So I went through and tried configuring one of these systems, but I couldn't add it to my cart because of 'Compatibility Problems', which the Dell website was even kind enough to explain to me so that they could be fixed and I could continue adding the machine to my cart. The 'problems' it reported to me were:
Errors:
Windows® Vista does not support Optical Drive selected. Warnings:
You have selected Vista Premium Operating System with a Basic system configuration. To fully realize Vista Premium's capabilities you need to select at least 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM Memory.
And no, I did not change the OS selection, I checked twice that it was still set to 'FreeDOS'.
Sure it is, he says right out he didn't eliminate the pump because it was the most expensive part, he wanted to eliminate it because it was the loudest part.
Perhaps something small and portable that could be transferred to persons wishing to contact you in the future. A small piece of stiff paper with your name at the top might fit the bill, you could put phone numbers on the lower portion along with postal and email addresses, maybe even a URL!
Excuse me, I need to go patent this innovation before somebody beats me to it.
And if you are worried about that (and you don't have backups), then take it to someone who has those certificates, just don't force the rest of us to pay higher taxes so that we can have a 'computer technician licensing enforcement bureau'
In order to analyze the body you have to accept the message, after you have accepted the message you can't then change your mind and give them a response that says 'mailbox not available', which is how the software works.
If you want to use their 'pretend the mailbox is busy and have them try again later' tactic, you have to do it right up front, which means the only information you have is the ip address it is coming from, and possibly the envelope to/from information, depending on where in the transaction you do the check.
It would only be simple if it worked, if I go look, mine says only 'No alerts set up', just like it has for more than 6 months. That doesn't stop them from sending me 4-5 messages a day though.
The problem isn't the number being reused, the problem is Yahoo's broken system. I signed up my own pager long ago to see if the information they sent out was in any way useful, discovered it wasn't, and then found there is no way to get rid of them once they start. I unchecked all the subscription boxes, tried deleting the mobile device, and finally deleted my account entirely. Six months later I still get pages from the system every day.
Well, since you asked, I'd be willing to surrender my privacy under the following conditions:
1. Pigs fly 2. A government we can trust is elected 3. Satan lets me win the snowball fight in hell
When these things have happened, we can talk about me willingly surrendering my privacy, until then you just get to make up your own jokes about which of these is the least likely.
The don't communicate via satellite, they get their position from the gps satellites just like other gps receivers, then they can transmit their position to other users using the radio.
Accept no substitute. Real Evil Villians shop at Home Despot.
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Actually Ham Radio played a vital part in the aftermath of 9/11, here in Loudoun county (Northern Virginia), the local amateur radio operators came out in force, primarily providing emergency communications support for the area around the pentagon, helping to coordinate the arrivals of huge numbers of rescue workers and vehicles, and providing communications between the local Red Cross chapter and the hotel where everyone evacuated from Dulles airport was taken. I met many of these guys at the local Red Cross office, and watched as they built a communications network to support an area where every phone line and every cell tower was completely overloaded. At the time I couldn't even imagine the effort that probably went into building a net in New York.
Alexa.com appears to be some web search ("powered by Google") toolbar thingy. I can't determine if they are the same people as the wayback machine or not.
And you weren't tipped off by the fact that they tell you on their front page that they are?
pay attention to the part that says:
The Internet Archive, working with Alexa Internet, has created the Wayback Machine.
We already have disposable printers, we call them "Epsons".
I had an epson printer for about a year, and never had to worry about what an ink cartridge costs, since it would have to go in for service before the cartridge ever got close to running out anyway, and always came back with brand new cartridges, what a deal!
A lot of areas in the US have a system like this now. If you call my house with caller id blocked, the phone company intercepts the call and gives you a message that since you don't have caller id, you must record your name in order to have the call ring through. Once you've recorded your name, the call rings at my house, and the callerid shows up as 'call intercept'. I can either ignore it and let it go to voicemail, or I can answer and listen to the recorded name, and then decide if I want to answer or pretend I'm not home and send the call to voicemail.
I have to say, I think this is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
it adds a certain levity? Which form of levity would that be?
1. Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity.
2. Inconstancy; changeableness.
3. The state or quality of being light; buoyancy.
Personally, I like the last one, law enforcement adds buoyancy.
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The one thing that I'd be worried about with wi-fi is interference. With cable runs, you can handle shielding better. As it stands, they want you to turn off your laptop, portable CD player, cell phone, etc. during takeoff and landing.
Then again, if those are fine to use during the flight, then maybe this would be OK too. Any electrical engineers (or IANAEE) care to comment?
Not all of those are fine to use during the flight, FCC regulations require that anything that receives or transmits signals remain off as long as the aircraft doors are closed. (Do I sound like I've sat through that speech one too many times?)
Besides, we all know that teenagers understand technology better than adults. Even the ones who aren't bright enough to get past the lock won't take long to realize that privacy comes in a box labeled 'Tin Foil'.
I had the same problem, in the same area, I'm about 2 miles from AOLs Dulles headquarters, less than 5 from PSInet's headquarters, and within rock-throwing distance of MCI-Worldcom and Network Solutions, and yet broadband is not available in the area because most of the phones have been bundled over fiber. Verizon finally installed a DSL line in November that I ordered in February, and was promised an install date in March. Better late than never I guess.
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So I went through and tried configuring one of these systems, but I couldn't add it to my cart because of 'Compatibility Problems', which the Dell website was even kind enough to explain to me so that they could be fixed and I could continue adding the machine to my cart. The 'problems' it reported to me were:
Errors:
Windows® Vista does not support Optical Drive selected.
Warnings:
You have selected Vista Premium Operating System with a Basic system configuration. To fully realize Vista Premium's capabilities you need to select at least 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM Memory.
And no, I did not change the OS selection, I checked twice that it was still set to 'FreeDOS'.
Sure it is, he says right out he didn't eliminate the pump because it was the most expensive part, he wanted to eliminate it because it was the loudest part.
Perhaps something small and portable that could be transferred to persons wishing to contact you in the future. A small piece of stiff paper with your name at the top might fit the bill, you could put phone numbers on the lower portion along with postal and email addresses, maybe even a URL!
Excuse me, I need to go patent this innovation before somebody beats me to it.
And if you are worried about that (and you don't have backups), then take it to someone who has those certificates, just don't force the rest of us to pay higher taxes so that we can have a 'computer technician licensing enforcement bureau'
In order to analyze the body you have to accept the message, after you have accepted the message you can't then change your mind and give them a response that says 'mailbox not available', which is how the software works.
If you want to use their 'pretend the mailbox is busy and have them try again later' tactic, you have to do it right up front, which means the only information you have is the ip address it is coming from, and possibly the envelope to/from information, depending on where in the transaction you do the check.
It would only be simple if it worked, if I go look, mine says only 'No alerts set up', just like it has for more than 6 months. That doesn't stop them from sending me 4-5 messages a day though.
The problem isn't the number being reused, the problem is Yahoo's broken system. I signed up my own pager long ago to see if the information they sent out was in any way useful, discovered it wasn't, and then found there is no way to get rid of them once they start. I unchecked all the subscription boxes, tried deleting the mobile device, and finally deleted my account entirely. Six months later I still get pages from the system every day.
Well, since you asked, I'd be willing to surrender my privacy under the following conditions:
1. Pigs fly
2. A government we can trust is elected
3. Satan lets me win the snowball fight in hell
When these things have happened, we can talk about me willingly surrendering my privacy, until then you just get to make up your own jokes about which of these is the least likely.
Or just go to http://www.firehouse.com/.
The don't communicate via satellite, they get their position from the gps satellites just like other gps receivers, then they can transmit their position to other users using the radio.
Maybe they figured nobody would be able to invest in them anyway, imagine how a broker would react if you called them up and said 'BUY SELL!'.
Or you can just install the python2 package that comes with 7.3.
Accept no substitute. Real Evil Villians shop at Home Despot.
Actually Ham Radio played a vital part in the aftermath of 9/11, here in Loudoun county (Northern Virginia), the local amateur radio operators came out in force, primarily providing emergency communications support for the area around the pentagon, helping to coordinate the arrivals of huge numbers of rescue workers and vehicles, and providing communications between the local Red Cross chapter and the hotel where everyone evacuated from Dulles airport was taken. I met many of these guys at the local Red Cross office, and watched as they built a communications network to support an area where every phone line and every cell tower was completely overloaded. At the time I couldn't even imagine the effort that probably went into building a net in New York.
Loudoun Amateur Radio Group Field Day Page
-- Jason Kohles KG4PPU
Alexa.com appears to be some web search ("powered by Google") toolbar thingy. I can't determine if they are the same people as the wayback machine or not.
And you weren't tipped off by the fact that they tell you on their front page that they are?
pay attention to the part that says:
The Internet Archive, working with Alexa Internet, has created the Wayback Machine.
We already have disposable printers, we call them "Epsons".
I had an epson printer for about a year, and never had to worry about what an ink cartridge costs, since it would have to go in for service before the cartridge ever got close to running out anyway, and always came back with brand new cartridges, what a deal!
You can already buy them on thinkgeek.
A lot of areas in the US have a system like this now. If you call my house with caller id blocked, the phone company intercepts the call and gives you a message that since you don't have caller id, you must record your name in order to have the call ring through. Once you've recorded your name, the call rings at my house, and the callerid shows up as 'call intercept'. I can either ignore it and let it go to voicemail, or I can answer and listen to the recorded name, and then decide if I want to answer or pretend I'm not home and send the call to voicemail.
I have to say, I think this is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
it adds a certain levity? Which form of levity would that be?
1. Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity.
2. Inconstancy; changeableness.
3. The state or quality of being light; buoyancy.
Personally, I like the last one, law enforcement adds buoyancy.
The one thing that I'd be worried about with wi-fi is interference. With cable runs, you can handle shielding better. As it stands, they want you to turn off your laptop, portable CD player, cell phone, etc. during takeoff and landing. Then again, if those are fine to use during the flight, then maybe this would be OK too. Any electrical engineers (or IANAEE) care to comment? Not all of those are fine to use during the flight, FCC regulations require that anything that receives or transmits signals remain off as long as the aircraft doors are closed. (Do I sound like I've sat through that speech one too many times?)
Besides, we all know that teenagers understand technology better than adults. Even the ones who aren't bright enough to get past the lock won't take long to realize that privacy comes in a box labeled 'Tin Foil'.
That wouldn't stop them, I get these things all the time for domains that won't expire for 5-10 years.
I had the same problem, in the same area, I'm about 2 miles from AOLs Dulles headquarters, less than 5 from PSInet's headquarters, and within rock-throwing distance of MCI-Worldcom and Network Solutions, and yet broadband is not available in the area because most of the phones have been bundled over fiber. Verizon finally installed a DSL line in November that I ordered in February, and was promised an install date in March. Better late than never I guess.