If you happen to live in one of the two countries that TIVO is available in.
If you live anywhere else in the world, building a MythTV box is one of the few ways to get a PVR. (yeah, I know some cable companies will rent you a box with PVR functions, but they are very short on features, and not hackable)
For the benefit of those who haven't played it, the original game came with a small collection of stuff in the box... I can't recall what the other items were.
-Microscopic space fleet
-Peril Sensitive Sunglasses
-"Don't Panic" button (Mine is still on the cork board beside my computer)
-fluff
-no tea (just like real intergalactic hitchikers don't carry)
So if you modify the genes by natural methods its not GM, but if you use artificial means to accomplish the exact same result
That's not the complaint that I hear in most anti-GM arguements. The problem is with creating splices/hybrids that cannot be created through "natural" methods of crossbreeding.
Once road traffic has been stationary for a while, it seems safe enough to so some surfing while you wait.
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The Norfolk Southern railroad has used a variation of this idea for years in their Triple Crown Service.
The difference is that this new thing provides it's own propultion, where the Roadrailers used by NS and others are meant to be coupled together into a long train.
The last thing the railroads want is a bunch of small vehicles cluttering up the system. North America's railroads are set up to run best with fewer, but larger trains.
Ummm... that's the last thing we want. The media companies are already accommodating their customers. They see their customers as the ones who shovel money at them.
For those who don't recognize who that is, it's the advertisers. They pay the bills, and they call the shots
We are media consumers, and we have almost no influence, except on those rare occasions when we make the advertisers feel our wrath.
He describes that if automated installation of patches were widely deployed then the benefits to discovery would increase.
Assuming the patches don't break something else by mistake.
The last time I did an update on my laptop (via MS update) and rebooted, I landed in a BSOD. I had to disable my wireless card, get new drivers, and re-install it before I could get the machine to boot normally again.
If the update had happened automatically, and I was not in a position to get the new device drivers like on the road, or at a customer's site), I would have been SOL.
While automatic updates may sometimes make sense for security, they aren't the best solution.
The text says "organised cirminal gangs in Russia are supplying U.S.- based spammers with details..."
I know I'm repeating myself, but, we have to make sure that headline appears in the "mainstream" media, not just in places that only us geeks look.
Joe 6 pack needs to be routinely reminded that "spammers=criminals", and "buying from spammers=giving money to the Russian Maffia".
I think those of us who are familliar with the problem, need to take the initiative to contact our local media and help them understand what's going on. Lay it out for them: virusses -> zombie PCs -> mail relays -> spam -> criminal gangs. And then repeat to make sure they get it: "Aunt matilda's computer is being used to make Big Money for the russian maffia.", and "buying from spammers finances the creation of more virusses".
The fewer people who buy from spammers, the less spammers can afford to stay in business. Shout it from the rooftops.
If China can keep much of the rest of the internet inaccessable to their citizens, why can't the rest of the world block the polution that China is transmitting?
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Figures, it's what you should expect from Hollywood these days.
Yup, just like every movie headline on Fark says: Hollywood is out of ideas"
Slashdot Mirror
I would if I could
on the subject a couple of years ago.
I mean if the "wine snobs" can have their wine appreciation courses, why can't we beer (or Whiskey) drinkers have the same.
Education aside, ya gotta love a course that recommends a designated driver!
Is flashing the bios damaging enough for you?
Yay! I was hoping I wasn't the only one who wanted to see him on this list.
C'mon, he even looks like a mad scientest!
You can buy a TiVo for $99
If you happen to live in one of the two countries that TIVO is available in.
If you live anywhere else in the world, building a MythTV box is one of the few ways to get a PVR. (yeah, I know some cable companies will rent you a box with PVR functions, but they are very short on features, and not hackable)
-Microscopic space fleet
-Peril Sensitive Sunglasses
-"Don't Panic" button (Mine is still on the cork board beside my computer)
-fluff
-no tea (just like real intergalactic hitchikers don't carry)
IIRC
Yeah, 'cause Stang looks like he's a fine upstanding citizen. I'll bet the cops never hassle anyone that looks like him.
And he's THE preacher.
Loitering is also a crime in most localities
Woah, we'd better get rid of all those benches in the park. At bus stops too. Obviously their main use is loitering.
So if you modify the genes by natural methods its not GM, but if you use artificial means to accomplish the exact same result
That's not the complaint that I hear in most anti-GM arguements.
The problem is with creating splices/hybrids that cannot be created through "natural" methods of crossbreeding.
Once road traffic has been stationary for a while, it seems safe enough to so some surfing while you wait.
The Norfolk Southern railroad has used a variation of this idea for years in their Triple Crown Service.
The difference is that this new thing provides it's own propultion, where the
Roadrailers used by NS and others are meant to be coupled together into a long train.
The last thing the railroads want is a bunch of small vehicles cluttering up the system. North America's railroads are set up to run best with fewer, but larger trains.
Ummm... that's the last thing we want. The media companies are already accommodating their customers. They see their customers as the ones who shovel money at them.
For those who don't recognize who that is, it's the advertisers. They pay the bills, and they call the shots
We are media consumers, and we have almost no influence, except on those rare occasions when we make the advertisers feel our wrath.
to what the Flower People say"
Don't blame me, you started teh Spinal Tap references
Let's face it, cable companies can offer one thing that the phone companies can't, and that's television.
Really? I think my local telephone company would want to argue that point.
Yeah, here in Canada too. I'm not sure how long the tapes are kept;
One month. Or it was 8 years ago when I was a broadcast engineer, who had to make sure the damn thing kept working.
We had a reel-to-reel that was modified to run extra slow, you got about 26 hours on one tape. The jocks changed the tape at midnight each day.
The tapes were occasionally used to verify complaints, but more often for spot checks on CanCon.
Remind your boss that the reason the sites look so terrible in non-IE browsers is because the sites do not conform to WWW standards.
And to that the boss says "but if IE can make it look right, why can't this firebox thingie manage to do the same?"
HDTV antennas are just regular TV antennas
Oh sure, next you'll be telling me that I don't need "digital ready" headphones for my CD Walkman?
Or, is he sorry that he got caught?
To quote every cop I've ever known...
"They're always sorry after they get caught. If they really felt that way, they wouldn't be doing $CRIME in the first place"
He describes that if automated installation of patches were widely deployed then the benefits to discovery would increase.
Assuming the patches don't break something else by mistake.
The last time I did an update on my laptop (via MS update) and rebooted, I landed in a BSOD. I had to disable my wireless card, get new drivers, and re-install it before I could get the machine to boot normally again.
If the update had happened automatically, and I was not in a position to get the new device drivers like on the road, or at a customer's site), I would have been SOL.
While automatic updates may sometimes make sense for security, they aren't the best solution.
I know I'm repeating myself, but, we have to make sure that headline appears in the "mainstream" media, not just in places that only us geeks look.
Joe 6 pack needs to be routinely reminded that "spammers=criminals", and "buying from spammers=giving money to the Russian Maffia".
I think those of us who are familliar with the problem, need to take the initiative to contact our local media and help them understand what's going on. Lay it out for them: virusses -> zombie PCs -> mail relays -> spam -> criminal gangs.
And then repeat to make sure they get it: "Aunt matilda's computer is being used to make Big Money for the russian maffia.", and "buying from spammers finances the creation of more virusses".
The fewer people who buy from spammers, the less spammers can afford to stay in business. Shout it from the rooftops.
And before someone asks, no, it's not mine.
But I do have Ian's permission to attempt to slashdot his sign.
Well, since that sign has been slashdotted into a smouldering mass of silicon, here is a different sign to play with.
It runs Apache and has survived under heavy load in the past.
Oh, and it's been online for about 4 years.
Have fun.
Is the emissions from fleet vehicles a significant part of the total?
Maybe, maybe not, but another part of the equation is that the government (post office) should set a "good example" for the people.
Yeah, I know, the gov't isn't usually looked to for moral leadership, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't try to do the right thing.
If China can keep much of the rest of the internet inaccessable to their citizens, why can't the rest of the world block the polution that China is transmitting?
Figures, it's what you should expect from Hollywood these days.
Yup, just like every movie headline on Fark says: Hollywood is out of ideas"