When the Mir Space Station was still up, you could listen to the comms downlink on 143.625MHz FM for a few minutes every few hours as it passed overhead.
It was quite strange listening to these Russian guys, whizzing round the Earth in a tin can, up there for weeks and weeks, just checking numbers (parameters) with the ground crew. You then realise that if you wanted to go for a short walk, or down to the shops, or to buy a beer, or ogle a few women, you could - but they can't. They're just stuck, up there, hoping that nothing goes wrong, and that someone will come and get them when their time's up.
I dislike Slashdot's scummy moderating other times.
I don't think the fault lies with the moderating system. I think it lies with the moderators.
Do you get mod points every now and then? Trawl through the -1 nonsense to check that nothing of value has been dropped? I tried it. But it's like searching sewers full of - well, sewage - for a nice sandwich that you want to eat. It's just not worth it.
Too often though, people use moderating to indicate if they agree or not.
If you have a wireless card that actually works on Linux,
Just check what card it is before you buy, and don't buy any that don't have Open Source, native Linux support. It's what I do. Cisco, Orinoco, the new Intel IPW drivers.
If you buy something that doesn't work, don't cry when it doesn't work.
Man. I was going to do something funny regarding Soviet Russia with Google's Translator, but apparently, Slashdot doesn't like that. Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters.
If "everything else" comprises of more than 1 element, then it will never equal "the most elegant solution", as the title "most elegant" can only be applied to one thing.
if ( count($everything_else) > 1 ) { die("Not the most elegant solution"); }
mod_security and Hardened PHP can help with preventing future attacks that people don't yet know about.
Also, using something like GRSec, or SELinux can further restrict what people could do if they did end up with a shell on your webserver. Although whether it's worth the effort to set up for everyone is another question.
It's similar in Russian. You could write "I love fluffy bunnies", but in Cyrillic it would look like "SUPER DEADLY POLONIUM". Russian lettering just looks like it has something to do with nuclear something.
I wanted to search for a file i KNEW was in there. So i typed it in the Vista search ( with indexing ) and it gave me a bunch of files.. None of which i was looking for.
The error must have been on your part, puny human. Do not argue with the All Powerful Computer. (tm)
I gave up on a separate player once I bought my latest phone.
FM Radio.
Wireless LAN.
Bluetooth
SIP client. (See my homepage for details on how to get this).
3G.
MP3 player.
3MP camera/video
Safari Browser
Lots of other stuff. Oh, and it makes phonecalls too.
The only thing I would like is a GPS receiver that I could access from within Java on the handset.
I used to prefer ogg on principle, but frankly I'm too lazy. I have a swim-proof mp3 player and anything can play mp3s. I got tired of fighting $5 mp3 players, mp3 players in cars, and mp3-only device categories.
Yep. And the date that the patent expires isn't that far away now.
I use Drupal because it works, and it also works on Postgres. I didn't want to have to install MySQL just to have a piece of blog software that I would occasionally write stuff on.
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We need a lot of goods
Do we? Or are you confusing "need" with "have been told that we should buy".
Need = food, housing, medicine (maybe).
When the Mir Space Station was still up, you could listen to the comms downlink on 143.625MHz FM for a few minutes every few hours as it passed overhead.
It was quite strange listening to these Russian guys, whizzing round the Earth in a tin can, up there for weeks and weeks, just checking numbers (parameters) with the ground crew. You then realise that if you wanted to go for a short walk, or down to the shops, or to buy a beer, or ogle a few women, you could - but they can't. They're just stuck, up there, hoping that nothing goes wrong, and that someone will come and get them when their time's up.
I dislike Slashdot's scummy moderating other times.
I don't think the fault lies with the moderating system. I think it lies with the moderators.
Do you get mod points every now and then? Trawl through the -1 nonsense to check that nothing of value has been dropped? I tried it. But it's like searching sewers full of - well, sewage - for a nice sandwich that you want to eat. It's just not worth it.
Too often though, people use moderating to indicate if they agree or not.
Tag: weaselwords ?
Carpenters make safes?
Yeah, because more violence, and more killings will make the world a better place.
Cry me a river. Take along a bootable Linux Live CD, and try it out on the actual machine you want to buy.
A bit about the Armenian genocide here: Turkey and the EU
If you have a wireless card that actually works on Linux,
Just check what card it is before you buy, and don't buy any that don't have Open Source, native Linux support. It's what I do. Cisco, Orinoco, the new Intel IPW drivers.
If you buy something that doesn't work, don't cry when it doesn't work.
Do they have car tyres squealing everywhere, even on sand at 5mph?
Man. I was going to do something funny regarding Soviet Russia with Google's Translator, but apparently, Slashdot doesn't like that. Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters.
Artillery shells
Browse a huge selection now.
Find exactly what you want today.
The second one links to eBay, of course.
Someone should sue eBay for false advertising.
Shouldn't they be embarking on a mission?
mod_security and Hardened PHP can help with preventing future attacks that people don't yet know about.
Also, using something like GRSec, or SELinux can further restrict what people could do if they did end up with a shell on your webserver. Although whether it's worth the effort to set up for everyone is another question.
It's similar in Russian. You could write "I love fluffy bunnies", but in Cyrillic it would look like "SUPER DEADLY POLONIUM". Russian lettering just looks like it has something to do with nuclear something.
I obey the speed limit.
What if you disagree with the speed limit for a certain part of road? What if your local authorities keep lowering the limits?
I wanted to search for a file i KNEW was in there. So i typed it in the Vista search ( with indexing ) and it gave me a bunch of files.. None of which i was looking for.
The error must have been on your part, puny human. Do not argue with the All Powerful Computer. (tm)
- FM Radio.
- Wireless LAN.
- Bluetooth
- SIP client. (See my homepage for details on how to get this).
- 3G.
- MP3 player.
- 3MP camera/video
- Safari Browser
Lots of other stuff. Oh, and it makes phonecalls too.The only thing I would like is a GPS receiver that I could access from within Java on the handset.
I used to prefer ogg on principle, but frankly I'm too lazy. I have a swim-proof mp3 player and anything can play mp3s. I got tired of fighting $5 mp3 players, mp3 players in cars, and mp3-only device categories.
Yep. And the date that the patent expires isn't that far away now.
I use Drupal because it works, and it also works on Postgres. I didn't want to have to install MySQL just to have a piece of blog software that I would occasionally write stuff on.
I get the same when I view Slashdot via the WAP/PDA version.
If thee casteth two opposing nets, thee will catcheth at least some fish.
- Me, 2007.
It is also a lot harder to use a *nix based box as a botnet zombie. It isn't impossible, but each machine has to be manually cracked
Eh? Says who?
Door locks, armored cars, fences and alarms don't prevent crime, they raise the cost (including risk) above the benefit.
I'd never thought of it like that. Insightful.