Whats interesting is that in classified environments, I've found they prefer us to bring in mp3's and knowingly support piracy rather than have us bring media in.
IIRC, there was an attack vector in Windows XP (no service pack) where an MP3 with a well-crafted ID3 tag could cause a buffer overflow exploit. This was just the tooltip on the mouse-over of the file in Explorer - you didn't even have to play it.
such as ceasing of hybrid vehicles in the United States
Will all of the cars cease at once, or will it be one driver at a time who finds their car stopping in the middle of the day? Will it be a gradual stop, or a sudden stop? And how about hybrid systems already in use in Honda, Ford, Komatsu, etc. engines, as well as locomotives? Will those cease, too?
Perhaps production/distribution will cease, but that's about it.
Bush, during campaign 2004 repeatedly told the American people he would never do such a thing, even with the mis-named Patriot Act in place.
It might be more accurate and helpful if we always refer to it as the "PATRIOT Act" to call attention to the fact that the name is an acronym. It at least encourages people to remember that it's an arbitrary set of letters designed to politically shield the Act from discussion. Are you going to argue against the "Patriot" Act? Are you not a Patriot?
"Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism": What are these tools? Any tool is innocent, but many can be put to good or bad use.
Heck, might as well propose the "PUPPY" Act (Put all Urban People Permanently in Yugoslovia) and see who complains. You're not against puppies, are you?
I've noticed that TV signal quality is pretty poor in areas that used to be quite good. My original house as well as my past one were both about 15 miles from downtown Chicago, and both could (on a clear day) have line-of-sight with the Sears Tower. Twenty years ago you could watch TV with a roof antenna or rabbit-ears and get by, but now it's completely useless.
Question: has the noise-floor been raised, has the output from the stations dropped, or have my standards gone up after years of cable/satellite?
There are a number of user script/ GreaseMonkey options to do this on the user side. I'm using one in Opera right now that adds a little "CC" link after each external link while browsing slashdot.
There's been some online discussion about this in the past, and generally the challenge is that some of the larger sites that CAN handle the traffic would get a little ticked if their site got cached in such a way that they would miss the corresponding ad revenues.
Ditto for my 2001 Honda Insight. Car has unusual Oil and Tire requirements, and I have YET to have a Honda dealer get it all right; I've tried several.
1) Oil change receipt always states 4 qts of 10w40. Car takes 2.7 liters of 0w20. Dealer confirms that the receipt is standard, and that the specs are actually handled by the mech. How can I be sure?
2) Tire pressure for car is spec'd 38lbs front, 35 back. Every dealer visit has stated that tires have been set for 28/28 or 30/30 or something similar. In half the cases, the dealer actually did lower the pressure, but in the other half, the tires hadn't been touched. Do I dare let them near them again?
Maybe as hybrids get more common these issues will go away, but it's interesting that the above problems aren't those of hybrid technology, but simply those of daily laziness in dealing with an unusual car.
I actually put this one in for a firm that did remote access to support user machines. The application (old) didn't really support masking, so the user would see the password being entered. The user didn't KNOW however that there was no masking going on, and always assumed that the password was some five letter long word. It was, in fact, five asterisks in a row.
Taxes are the cost we pay for a civilized society.
It's been said that taxes are the cost we pay for a lack of a civilized society. Would we need taxes for police and military if we were truly civilized? Would Social Security, Welfare, etc. all be necessary if we were the civilized, altruistic bunch we sometimes deem ourselves to be?
The current American tax load is about 50%, accounting for state, federal, local, sales tax, tariffs, etc. What would a "civilized" person do with a a doubled paycheck? Feed the poor? Voluntarily subsidize a road or school improvement?
Your point is valid in many cases - the Secret Service is usually a very professional bunch, but I believe in the case of Janet Voorhies, she was approached by several people from campaign operations who had presented themselves as Secret Service, so that's a grey area. They never stated it but, dressed and acted the part. Secret Service answered to them, as well.
Actual charges can be dropped or dismissed, but the ability to arrest and expel someone under threat of force is itself. Drug laws for example would allow full destruction of a car in the search for drugs. When not found, the vehicle pieces might or might not be returned. RICO confiscations of cash and property are a major source of income for many localities; are you aware that in a RICO confiscation, the PROPERTY is essentially accused of the crime, and at a lower standard of guilt (preponderance of evidence). As a person who's been a witness to a crime, I know how it is to have the investigating police threaten you with arrest and prosecution if you don't tell the story the way they want it. "Impeding an investigation, lying to officers," etc.
The US national drinking age of 21 isn't necessarily coded into national law, but actually every individual state has it's own "21" law. It was a slow process over many decades, but the federal government essentially forced the states into it by withholding a bunch of highway funds from each state with an "18" law. Eventually, they all fell into line. I agree that the net effect is the same, however, as was intended.
I'd say the solution for OSX is RAM. I'll gladly take your old Macs off your hands if you wish.
My brother-in-law handed me down his old G3-400MHz iMac. Normally, one would flinch, but he had also been running it with 1GB of RAM. We've got 10.3.9 on it. Works fine.
Consider a RAM upgrade and see how it goes. If you're in doubt (before taking the plunge on buying new RAM), swap some in from another computer and try it out.
I haven't tried Linux (Debian or Ubuntu) on a Mac yet, but I've got a G3-333MHz iMac in the box that I've been tempted to put into service! (Just got to find a cheap source for 144 pin SODIMMs - 32MB is not enough!)
I love this list! I dug around a little and someone on eBay has the episode guide available for sale, and also claims to have VHS copies of the show "NUFF SAID!! Any questions?" and posts his hotmail address.
My guess is that you may get the Parker Lewis collection after all. wink wink
I tried to find it, but it has been awhile since this was reported. I recall it happening around the last round of negotiations for Kroger in the area.
I believe it was in Consumer Reports last year. They identified two chains as having great prices AND service in spite of not being union-shops. One of them was Trader Joe's, and apparently they pay their employees VERY well - starting pay for a cashier was generally higher than that of a veteran cashier at the local (union) Safeway/Dominicks. (I don't remember the name of the other chain.)
Trader Joe's is also an example of a place that does some other things right. For example, all of the local "big box" grocery stores have decided to block the front of the conveyor with pop and magazines; you can't pull up your cart and unload like you used to. Trader Joe's has their checkout aisles designed so that the checker even unloads the cart and moves it to THEIR side for you.
Another story: one time my wife only had $55 for a $60 purchase while in line, and had forgotten all "plastic" at home. They told her "that's OK, come back and pay us when you remember." They didn't take her name or any personal info. Two hours later I went back with the $5.
Does anyone have the link to the time Mark Cuban did something similar a few years ago?
He sent out a mass email to 7,000 of his closest friends saying "please vote my player as an NBA All-Star". He put all of the names in the "TO" rather than the "BCC" box.
Instantly, all 7000 people had each others' email addresses. Many of them did a "reply-to-all" to chat about what a mistake that was, while others used the list to buy/sell tickets and basketball merchandise to each other.
Eventually, Mark sent out another mass-email apologizing for the mess.
When I was younger, and OTA was what we had, picture quality was affected by passing planes and poor television signal locking.
Now, years later, OTA is barely watchable in the same house (line of sight to Sears Tower, Chicago). The picture shakes, wobbles, and sometimes cuts out entirely for no apparent reason.
Questions: 1) Have the TVs changed so that they're less tolerant of OTA signals? 2) Have TV broadcasters dropped signal strength because "it's just being watched on cable anyway"? or 3) Has the signal noise floor risen over the years with a proliferation of cell phones, garage door openers, and keyless remotes?
Or lastly: has our tolerance for poor signal dropped over the years, where we expect nothing but razor sharp pictures from our TVs?
All I know is that I've had to get cable and satellite over the years when all I've really wanted were the local channels. However, I was able to convince DISH Network to let me keep the local channels for $5/month and drop all of the rest. Which is what I wanted all along.
Also: consider adding a limited user to the machine with a "null" password. A thief who tries to use the machine won't be able to use her account, but will be able to get in easily via the limited user. This way, not only is her stuff better protected if you use encryption (since the thief won't log in as her), but you'll have a very specific logon to put in all of the "phone home" action you want.
Also: consider installing a few apps like VNC, and dyndns on the box, making it easier to jump on it when you need to.
I serendipitously downloaded NeoJ yesterday and still have the DMG. Is there any way to join the torrent without re-downloading?
Yes: simply grab the torrent and when your client asks where you want to save it, point it right at the one you already downloaded. Your client will then compare your file against the torrent and decide that you've already got it, but leave you in the swarm.
I work for a sofware company that USED TO HAVE "Engineering" in its name. They dropped it because there are a handful of states that require you have at least one "Professional Engineer" on staff, which we didn't, but still wanted to do business in those states.
Futurama, like firefly, was scheduled during a "sport overtime" timeslot, i.e. it aired rarely, and sometimes only the confusing second half of the 24 minutes would air, etc.
It was pre-empted so many times, that they were actually able to stop production of the last season, and still had another entire season of unwatched shows to broadcast. Pathetic.
If you don't think thats enough for a warrant, go down to the local police station and start shouting that you're carrying a pound of crack.
In such a case, there are existing "turkey laws" that apply. Selling a pound of powdered sugar and calling it cocaine carries the same penalty as selling real cocaine. Such laws only apply to drug sales, and for any other sale, the charge would actually be simple fraud.
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IIRC, there was an attack vector in Windows XP (no service pack) where an MP3 with a well-crafted ID3 tag could cause a buffer overflow exploit. This was just the tooltip on the mouse-over of the file in Explorer - you didn't even have to play it.
link here
I hear he's sleeping with one of them - that's the rumor.
Will all of the cars cease at once, or will it be one driver at a time who finds their car stopping in the middle of the day? Will it be a gradual stop, or a sudden stop? And how about hybrid systems already in use in Honda, Ford, Komatsu, etc. engines, as well as locomotives? Will those cease, too?
Perhaps production/distribution will cease, but that's about it.
It might be more accurate and helpful if we always refer to it as the "PATRIOT Act" to call attention to the fact that the name is an acronym. It at least encourages people to remember that it's an arbitrary set of letters designed to politically shield the Act from discussion. Are you going to argue against the "Patriot" Act? Are you not a Patriot?
"Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism": What are these tools? Any tool is innocent, but many can be put to good or bad use.
Heck, might as well propose the "PUPPY" Act (Put all Urban People Permanently in Yugoslovia) and see who complains. You're not against puppies, are you?
Question: has the noise-floor been raised, has the output from the stations dropped, or have my standards gone up after years of cable/satellite?
I know I've asked this in the past, but was wondering if anyone had any new ideas.
There's been some online discussion about this in the past, and generally the challenge is that some of the larger sites that CAN handle the traffic would get a little ticked if their site got cached in such a way that they would miss the corresponding ad revenues.
1) Oil change receipt always states 4 qts of 10w40. Car takes 2.7 liters of 0w20. Dealer confirms that the receipt is standard, and that the specs are actually handled by the mech. How can I be sure?
2) Tire pressure for car is spec'd 38lbs front, 35 back. Every dealer visit has stated that tires have been set for 28/28 or 30/30 or something similar. In half the cases, the dealer actually did lower the pressure, but in the other half, the tires hadn't been touched. Do I dare let them near them again?
Maybe as hybrids get more common these issues will go away, but it's interesting that the above problems aren't those of hybrid technology, but simply those of daily laziness in dealing with an unusual car.
I actually put this one in for a firm that did remote access to support user machines. The application (old) didn't really support masking, so the user would see the password being entered. The user didn't KNOW however that there was no masking going on, and always assumed that the password was some five letter long word. It was, in fact, five asterisks in a row.
It's been said that taxes are the cost we pay for a lack of a civilized society. Would we need taxes for police and military if we were truly civilized? Would Social Security, Welfare, etc. all be necessary if we were the civilized, altruistic bunch we sometimes deem ourselves to be?
The current American tax load is about 50%, accounting for state, federal, local, sales tax, tariffs, etc. What would a "civilized" person do with a a doubled paycheck? Feed the poor? Voluntarily subsidize a road or school improvement?
Your point is valid in many cases - the Secret Service is usually a very professional bunch, but I believe in the case of Janet Voorhies, she was approached by several people from campaign operations who had presented themselves as Secret Service, so that's a grey area. They never stated it but, dressed and acted the part. Secret Service answered to them, as well.
Actual charges can be dropped or dismissed, but the ability to arrest and expel someone under threat of force is itself. Drug laws for example would allow full destruction of a car in the search for drugs. When not found, the vehicle pieces might or might not be returned. RICO confiscations of cash and property are a major source of income for many localities; are you aware that in a RICO confiscation, the PROPERTY is essentially accused of the crime, and at a lower standard of guilt (preponderance of evidence). As a person who's been a witness to a crime, I know how it is to have the investigating police threaten you with arrest and prosecution if you don't tell the story the way they want it. "Impeding an investigation, lying to officers," etc.
See "National Minimum Drinking Age Act"
My brother-in-law handed me down his old G3-400MHz iMac. Normally, one would flinch, but he had also been running it with 1GB of RAM. We've got 10.3.9 on it. Works fine.
Consider a RAM upgrade and see how it goes. If you're in doubt (before taking the plunge on buying new RAM), swap some in from another computer and try it out.
I haven't tried Linux (Debian or Ubuntu) on a Mac yet, but I've got a G3-333MHz iMac in the box that I've been tempted to put into service! (Just got to find a cheap source for 144 pin SODIMMs - 32MB is not enough!)
Excellent! A mod of "redundant" to a "beowulf" joke! I hope more see and "get it".
My guess is that you may get the Parker Lewis collection after all. wink wink
eBay auction for Parker Stuff
I believe it was in Consumer Reports last year. They identified two chains as having great prices AND service in spite of not being union-shops. One of them was Trader Joe's, and apparently they pay their employees VERY well - starting pay for a cashier was generally higher than that of a veteran cashier at the local (union) Safeway/Dominicks. (I don't remember the name of the other chain.)
Trader Joe's is also an example of a place that does some other things right. For example, all of the local "big box" grocery stores have decided to block the front of the conveyor with pop and magazines; you can't pull up your cart and unload like you used to. Trader Joe's has their checkout aisles designed so that the checker even unloads the cart and moves it to THEIR side for you.
Another story: one time my wife only had $55 for a $60 purchase while in line, and had forgotten all "plastic" at home. They told her "that's OK, come back and pay us when you remember." They didn't take her name or any personal info. Two hours later I went back with the $5.
He sent out a mass email to 7,000 of his closest friends saying "please vote my player as an NBA All-Star". He put all of the names in the "TO" rather than the "BCC" box.
Instantly, all 7000 people had each others' email addresses. Many of them did a "reply-to-all" to chat about what a mistake that was, while others used the list to buy/sell tickets and basketball merchandise to each other.
Eventually, Mark sent out another mass-email apologizing for the mess.
three months ago...
$50 million in value? Just think how bad it would have been if they had used 2x burners, instead. $100 million, easy.
When I was younger, and OTA was what we had, picture quality was affected by passing planes and poor television signal locking.
Now, years later, OTA is barely watchable in the same house (line of sight to Sears Tower, Chicago). The picture shakes, wobbles, and sometimes cuts out entirely for no apparent reason.
Questions: 1) Have the TVs changed so that they're less tolerant of OTA signals? 2) Have TV broadcasters dropped signal strength because "it's just being watched on cable anyway"? or 3) Has the signal noise floor risen over the years with a proliferation of cell phones, garage door openers, and keyless remotes?
Or lastly: has our tolerance for poor signal dropped over the years, where we expect nothing but razor sharp pictures from our TVs?
All I know is that I've had to get cable and satellite over the years when all I've really wanted were the local channels. However, I was able to convince DISH Network to let me keep the local channels for $5/month and drop all of the rest. Which is what I wanted all along.
Also: consider adding a limited user to the machine with a "null" password. A thief who tries to use the machine won't be able to use her account, but will be able to get in easily via the limited user. This way, not only is her stuff better protected if you use encryption (since the thief won't log in as her), but you'll have a very specific logon to put in all of the "phone home" action you want.
Also: consider installing a few apps like VNC, and dyndns on the box, making it easier to jump on it when you need to.
After Penguin's involvement in the whole "katie.com" fiasco, I try to avoid buying anything with their name on it (Linux excepted!)
Yes: simply grab the torrent and when your client asks where you want to save it, point it right at the one you already downloaded. Your client will then compare your file against the torrent and decide that you've already got it, but leave you in the swarm.
I work for a sofware company that USED TO HAVE "Engineering" in its name. They dropped it because there are a handful of states that require you have at least one "Professional Engineer" on staff, which we didn't, but still wanted to do business in those states.
It was pre-empted so many times, that they were actually able to stop production of the last season, and still had another entire season of unwatched shows to broadcast. Pathetic.
In such a case, there are existing "turkey laws" that apply. Selling a pound of powdered sugar and calling it cocaine carries the same penalty as selling real cocaine. Such laws only apply to drug sales, and for any other sale, the charge would actually be simple fraud.