Also, they spend most of their time on the road (so to speak).
My last flight I had an extended talk with a flight attendent. It sounds fun to travel the world, but she only spent a few weeks at home per year. The rest of the time was bouncing around the world with little time for sleep or sightseeing. Pilots can probably get a more predictable schedule, but you're can't punch out when the clock strikes 5.
Once upon a time, editors, for lack of a better word, edited.
There is a Frank Zappa quote that almost fits slashdot to a T...
Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. -- Frank Zappa, quoted in Linda Botts, "Loose Talk" (1980)
In medical school I tested a certain blood pressure medicine... and it gave me a certain "standing at attention" side effect. I always wondered if that drug was a pre-market version of viagra.
Reportedly, Viagra (Sildanefil) was originally intended to lower blood pressure. They conducted trials, but it didn't work. They discovered the side effects when patients refused to give back leftover pills and even requested more.
Viruses aren't just a matter of running warez from kazaa. In today's world, you can get a virus/worm/root compromose through buffer overflows in windows networking, IIS, apache, sshd, sendmail, MS SQL, mysql, etc. No double clicking needed!
For corporations, all it takes is one guy with a laptop to get infected and bypass the firewalls. You might not be affected, but IT depts are.
As well as quizzing people online, Ms Gordon, who now works for security firm Symantec, became a regular at the conferences and conventions that virus writers attend and organise.
Do virus writers really go to virus conventions? I'd think you'd find people like Ms Gordon, undercover FBI, wannabe 133t teenagers, and maybe a couple former virus writers out of jail and trying to find admiration.
Let's hope he continues this lawsuit mania. Why? Because most members of the gov'ts servers are linux. Congress (the democractic party at least) is beholden to lawyers who file these frivilous lawsuits. They won't institute tort reform until it bites them in the ass. Darl could just be the one to do that.
AT&T, then Novell used to own Unix (source code/ip and the Unix name). Novell sold the source code and IP to SCO, which licenses it out to companied like IBM, SUN, etc. With Linux and *BSD providing FREE Unix-like OSes that are just as good as SCO's Unix, SCO's market is shrinking fast... Most of the big boys signed agreements in the days of ATT.
Unix the name is owned by the Unix consortium. If you pay them money, and your OS passes certain tests, you can call yourself Unix. Of course, in these days of Linux and Posix, the Unix name isn't worth as much as it once was.
That's incorrect. Most CCs charge a flat % (3-4% for online sales, lower if the volume is high), but also charge a flat 10-15 cent fee for each sale, and the gateway may charge 5-10 cent fee for address verification. Plus $20-30 a month for "statement fees".
For a $.99 sale, the flat fees take a big bite out of potential profits. iTunes mitigates by lumping all sales within a 2 day period on one charge and gift certificates/allowances.
Like many people, I swallowed the Sun media machine, hook line and sinker. Sun failed to deliver. Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me.
So I (and everyone else) was more skeptical when c#/.net/clr was announced. MS has the advantage of time -- faster machines, more memory -- and they saw what SUN did wrong.
I won't drink the.net koolaid, but I have contributed code to the.mono project.
As for java, the days are numbered. Many companies are now refusing to touch java since MS JVM will be unsupported (I argued with our R/D VP for two hours, I showed him the Sun, IBM, and Blockdown JVM... it didn't matter). Our.jsp pages are being converted to.csp (better db performace and easier maintenance).
Java is resigned to a niche market of server backends. C# might fare better for GUI apps, but not until LongHorn (by which time CPU speed will run it better).
I've never had a problem playing mp3s in iTunes. Granted, these were mostly mp3s I ripped/encoded myself (with blade and lame). WMP had some problems with them (sometimes would play with no volume when started at the beginning. starting 2 seconds into the song was fine).
WinAmp and iTunes are very different programs, IMO.
WinAmp is an mp3(/ogg/wav/etc) player. iTunes plays mp3s, but it's really a music database.
With Winamp, I might play a CD worth of music, but I was at the mercy of how my mp3 collection was sorted on disk. With iTunes, my music is sorted and catalogued. I can easily select disco music, 60s music, individual artists, individual albums, etc. I find myself listening to music much more. I've probably played more songs through iTunes in the last month than I did through winamp in the last year.
According to John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, etc. the 2nd amendment (right to keep and bear arms) existed to keep gov't in check so a revolution wouldn't be necesary, but would be possible.
Is it any wonder the liberal line is to claim the 2nd amendment doesn't apply to "the people"?
Because the FCC is discriminating based on content. It's ok to scream out everynight if you're a charity, or a politician, or doing a poll, but it's not ok if you're selling credit cards.
The FCC said that commercial calls were more likely to be fraudulent. There are plenty of charity scams, most politicians are full of shit, and there are a lot of "push polls". Selectively restricting is the problem.
About a month or 2 ago, a telemarketting group filed a lawsuit against the DNC list. A judge ruled the FCC did not have authority to setup the list. The next day, congress passed a law (only 3 reps voted against it) giving the FCC such authority.
50+ million phone numbers are signed up. No amount of lobbying could convince the FCC or congress to repeal it. ATT's only option is in the courtroom. Currently, the constitutionality of it is in appeal (the list may be enforeced since the judge felt the telemarketers would ultimately lose). ATT's only option is to appeal in order to negotiate a lower settlement.
the cure for AIDS is hereby released under into the public domain:
DO NOT FUCK OTHER MEN UP THE ASS. DO NOT LET OTHER MEN FUCK YOU UP THE ASS.
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Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
I just got a banner ad (on slashdot) for slashdot. "Missed yesterday's news? Read Slashdot!" So, now the fact that you dupe stories and post old shit days, weeks, or months after the fact is a selling point?
Java is obsolete. A bold statement, I know, but the facts bear it out.
Java's main strength was supposed to be platform independence. However, due to missteps by Sun and backstabbing by Microsoft, Java has been relegated to the back-end of a web page, running under unix. In this client-server architecture, speed is crucial, and java's bytecode doesn't cut it.
Native binaries are the only way to get the speed necessary in the post-.com days, when budgets are limited and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on "enterprise" servers is no longer viable.
Fortunately, Linux is FREE (as in herpes and porn)and makes commodity hardware perform as well as enterprise offerings from Dell, Compaq, IBM, etc.
Furthermore, all major unices (AIX, SCO, *BSD, HPUX, Solaris, etc) include linux binary support, so linux binaries are more platform independent than Java is.
An american tourist was driving through the Autralian outback, when he sees a naked man chasing after a kangaroo.
A while later, he stops to gas up his land rover, and sees a one-legged man jacking off with furious abandon.
The American says to gas station attendant, "What sort of fucked up country is this? I see naked men running after kangaroos, and this pervert is masturbating in public!"
The gas attendant looks at him and replies, "Well, mate, you can't expect ol' Tommy to catch a kangaroo if he's only got one leg"
If you and your bondage boys are into that shit, then go for (it's even legal in Texas these days).
Here's the first amendment. There's a lot of big words, so you may want to use a dictionary.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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My last flight I had an extended talk with a flight attendent. It sounds fun to travel the world, but she only spent a few weeks at home per year. The rest of the time was bouncing around the world with little time for sleep or sightseeing. Pilots can probably get a more predictable schedule, but you're can't punch out when the clock strikes 5.
You're thinking of worms, not viruses.
There is a Frank Zappa quote that almost fits slashdot to a T...
Reportedly, Viagra (Sildanefil) was originally intended to lower blood pressure. They conducted trials, but it didn't work. They discovered the side effects when patients refused to give back leftover pills and even requested more.
For corporations, all it takes is one guy with a laptop to get infected and bypass the firewalls. You might not be affected, but IT depts are.
Do virus writers really go to virus conventions? I'd think you'd find people like Ms Gordon, undercover FBI, wannabe 133t teenagers, and maybe a couple former virus writers out of jail and trying to find admiration.
Let's hope he continues this lawsuit mania. Why? Because most members of the gov'ts servers are linux. Congress (the democractic party at least) is beholden to lawyers who file these frivilous lawsuits. They won't institute tort reform until it bites them in the ass. Darl could just be the one to do that.
AT&T, then Novell used to own Unix (source code/ip and the Unix name). Novell sold the source code and IP to SCO, which licenses it out to companied like IBM, SUN, etc. With Linux and *BSD providing FREE Unix-like OSes that are just as good as SCO's Unix, SCO's market is shrinking fast... Most of the big boys signed agreements in the days of ATT.
Unix the name is owned by the Unix consortium. If you pay them money, and your OS passes certain tests, you can call yourself Unix. Of course, in these days of Linux and Posix, the Unix name isn't worth as much as it once was.
For a $.99 sale, the flat fees take a big bite out of potential profits. iTunes mitigates by lumping all sales within a 2 day period on one charge and gift certificates/allowances.
So I (and everyone else) was more skeptical when c#/.net/clr was announced. MS has the advantage of time -- faster machines, more memory -- and they saw what SUN did wrong.
I won't drink the
As for java, the days are numbered. Many companies are now refusing to touch java since MS JVM will be unsupported (I argued with our R/D VP for two hours, I showed him the Sun, IBM, and Blockdown JVM... it didn't matter). Our
Java is resigned to a niche market of server backends. C# might fare better for GUI apps, but not until LongHorn (by which time CPU speed will run it better).
You have been warned.
WinAmp and iTunes are very different programs, IMO.
WinAmp is an mp3(/ogg/wav/etc) player. iTunes plays mp3s, but it's really a music database.
With Winamp, I might play a CD worth of music, but I was at the mercy of how my mp3 collection was sorted on disk. With iTunes, my music is sorted and catalogued. I can easily select disco music, 60s music, individual artists, individual albums, etc. I find myself listening to music much more. I've probably played more songs through iTunes in the last month than I did through winamp in the last year.
gnuplot (which isn't GNU) kicks the shit out of every proprietary package I've ever seen.
Is it any wonder the liberal line is to claim the 2nd amendment doesn't apply to "the people"?
The FCC said that commercial calls were more likely to be fraudulent. There are plenty of charity scams, most politicians are full of shit, and there are a lot of "push polls". Selectively restricting is the problem.
About a month or 2 ago, a telemarketting group filed a lawsuit against the DNC list. A judge ruled the FCC did not have authority to setup the list. The next day, congress passed a law (only 3 reps voted against it) giving the FCC such authority.
50+ million phone numbers are signed up. No amount of lobbying could convince the FCC or congress to repeal it. ATT's only option is in the courtroom. Currently, the constitutionality of it is in appeal (the list may be enforeced since the judge felt the telemarketers would ultimately lose). ATT's only option is to appeal in order to negotiate a lower settlement.
DO NOT FUCK OTHER MEN UP THE ASS. DO NOT LET OTHER MEN FUCK YOU UP THE ASS.
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
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Get off me Pa, you're crushing my smokes!
Java's main strength was supposed to be platform independence. However, due to missteps by Sun and backstabbing by Microsoft, Java has been relegated to the back-end of a web page, running under unix. In this client-server architecture, speed is crucial, and java's bytecode doesn't cut it.
Native binaries are the only way to get the speed necessary in the post-.com days, when budgets are limited and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on "enterprise" servers is no longer viable.
Fortunately, Linux is FREE (as in herpes and porn)and makes commodity hardware perform as well as enterprise offerings from Dell, Compaq, IBM, etc.
Furthermore, all major unices (AIX, SCO, *BSD, HPUX, Solaris, etc) include linux binary support, so linux binaries are more platform independent than Java is.
A while later, he stops to gas up his land rover, and sees a one-legged man jacking off with furious abandon.
The American says to gas station attendant, "What sort of fucked up country is this? I see naked men running after kangaroos, and this pervert is masturbating in public!"
The gas attendant looks at him and replies, "Well, mate, you can't expect ol' Tommy to catch a kangaroo if he's only got one leg"
The typical vietnamese citizen spends all day in the rice fields or staring at a donkey's asshole thinking up new ways to cook rat.
You tell me who won the fucking war.
It may also be called the "brown orifice" to honor goatse.
- Invent sob story about being fired from MS
- Post to slashdot
- ???
- Profit!
I'm not buying it.Here's the first amendment. There's a lot of big words, so you may want to use a dictionary.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.