Dunno why its different, but chances are that we have completely different types of loss. And different prescriptions.
When I meant real time adjustment, I mean the noise reduction and that kind of thing - I listen to classical music, and nothing ruins a concert like some asshole with a cellphone or a cough. The newer phonaks do a good job of masking out the background noises and letting me concentrate on the music.
Whereas the constant programs, at least in mine, seem to amplify everything equally which is annoying. I do like the way the phonaks adjust to the telephone tho.
FWIW my loss is neural damage, roughly 75 dB's down from 1000 Hz on up. Basically from birth, I'm 44 now. I previously used Widex Senso's which are also good, but the phonaks have a bit more punch. Prior to all that I wore analog Miracle-Ears but I just can't recommend them anymore.
Um. only for truly cheap analog crap hearing aids. You might want to do some market research. I've been working on vehicles of all kinds for 25 years, and I consider them to be simple compared to my hearing aids.
The hearing aids that I have right now, can hook into cell phone via bluetooth. Also TV, movies, iPod, and the car radio. Standard feature. However the price of hearing aids will tend to remain high because the silicon is semi-custom - and custom-made chips are not cheap. Not to mention the programming and support software at the dealer.
Sounds more like you need a different prescription, or a different vendor. I did just fine with the Widex Seno Divas and the Phonak Ultras. I actually dislike the constant programs since I lose the sense of distance based on relative volume.
The better ones are far more complex and feature-complete than you describe. You may want to do a bit more research. Simply amplifying the sounds in the frequency range required was done decades ago with analog units. The newer digital units do all kind of noise reduction and real-time adjustment to the users environment and hearing. That's the reason why I can listen to the birds singing while the neighbor is mowing his lawn.
Not necessarily. I was born with hearing loss, and have been denied coverage for my entire life due to pre-existing condition. My family had to scrape up cash when I was a kid. As an adult, (I'm 44 now) I lived in a shithole areas with marginal jobs - it took years to get management to consider health coverage. There was no way I could have afforded insurance on my pay grade, even if they would cover hearing aids.
I finally got laid off long ago and turned to the government. That fixed the problem.
As for a price bubble, I actually don't think its too far out of line, when you consider the capabilities of the newer models. Be aware also that some of the silicon is covered under patent licenses from Bose and Siemens, at least in the higher-end models. And the higher-end models are truly amazing compared to the old analog stuff I grew up with.
"a) No antivirus software was present on Diginotar's servers; b) 'the most critical servers' had malicious software infections; c) The software installed on the public web servers was outdated and not patched; and d) all servers were accessible by one user/password combination, which was 'not very strong and could easily be brute-forced.'"
Good points, all. I've been saying this for a while now. You know what's even sadder? The fact that so many commenters can't be arsed to RTFA let alone the links. And even if they do read, the comprehension seems to be lacking. This is why your post is so necessary and good.
It wasn't brute-forced. A user with commit privs had his work laptop trojanned. Yes, I actually was reading kernel.orgs emails when it happened. and all these other articles.
It was actually the other way around, believe it or not. The compromised client machine is owned by an Intel employee, who is a big-name contributor to the kernel and bootloaers. His machine was trojanned which in turn led to the compromise at kernel.org.
My larger point being that there are many very large companies involved in the kernel, and its not just distros.
Um. "Change permissions" and "Take ownership" are two entirely separate things.
Also, have you ever heard of ext2/3's extended attributes? I have. And its possible to create files (or whatever) that not even root can do anything about. See man[1] chattr
H.P.A. has commit privs and his work laptop was trojanned. That's how. Am I the only one who reads and understands the original e-mails from the admin?
Interestingly enough, my effective rate was about the same as your... when I was making 21 k a year. There wasn't any looholes available to me. And FWIW I'm republican too, but there are good ideas on both sides. And neither side will give.
Yeah, it can do diff -- in fact that's how its usually done. And yeah there are bug-trackers and bots for this kind of thing. Most notably at kernel janitors.org.
Thing is, a single huge post isn't gonna fly real good either. The usual accepted way is to announce that you got something big and you split it out into "X" number of modules. Then post no more than (generally) 15 at a time.
He also got flamed on LKML for it, I saw it the other day. Interestingly, nobody seemed to care who he works for. His coding style seems OK in general. Problem is, he sent 117 patches in the form of 117 emails, *in a single day* thereby denying sufficient time for review and comment. They weren't real happy about that.
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Dunno why its different, but chances are that we have completely different types of loss. And different prescriptions.
When I meant real time adjustment, I mean the noise reduction and that kind of thing - I listen to classical music, and nothing ruins a concert like some asshole with a cellphone or a cough. The newer phonaks do a good job of masking out the background noises and letting me concentrate on the music.
Whereas the constant programs, at least in mine, seem to amplify everything equally which is annoying. I do like the way the phonaks adjust to the telephone tho.
FWIW my loss is neural damage, roughly 75 dB's down from 1000 Hz on up. Basically from birth, I'm 44 now. I previously used Widex Senso's which are also good, but the phonaks have a bit more punch. Prior to all that I wore analog Miracle-Ears but I just can't recommend them anymore.
Um. only for truly cheap analog crap hearing aids. You might want to do some market research. I've been working on vehicles of all kinds for 25 years, and I consider them to be simple compared to my hearing aids.
The hearing aids that I have right now, can hook into cell phone via bluetooth. Also TV, movies, iPod, and the car radio. Standard feature. However the price of hearing aids will tend to remain high because the silicon is semi-custom - and custom-made chips are not cheap. Not to mention the programming and support software at the dealer.
Sounds more like you need a different prescription, or a different vendor. I did just fine with the Widex Seno Divas and the Phonak Ultras. I actually dislike the constant programs since I lose the sense of distance based on relative volume.
The better ones are far more complex and feature-complete than you describe. You may want to do a bit more research. Simply amplifying the sounds in the frequency range required was done decades ago with analog units. The newer digital units do all kind of noise reduction and real-time adjustment to the users environment and hearing. That's the reason why I can listen to the birds singing while the neighbor is mowing his lawn.
Not necessarily. I was born with hearing loss, and have been denied coverage for my entire life due to pre-existing condition. My family had to scrape up cash when I was a kid. As an adult, (I'm 44 now) I lived in a shithole areas with marginal jobs - it took years to get management to consider health coverage. There was no way I could have afforded insurance on my pay grade, even if they would cover hearing aids.
I finally got laid off long ago and turned to the government. That fixed the problem.
As for a price bubble, I actually don't think its too far out of line, when you consider the capabilities of the newer models. Be aware also that some of the silicon is covered under patent licenses from Bose and Siemens, at least in the higher-end models. And the higher-end models are truly amazing compared to the old analog stuff I grew up with.
How does buying up another telco player encourage competition?
What about all the patent trolls? shouldn't they be classified as mobsters too? After all, aren't they behaving in the same way?
Guess we all know about how politics really works now, eh? I think its just filthy.
EPIC FAIL
Good points, all. I've been saying this for a while now. You know what's even sadder? The fact that so many commenters can't be arsed to RTFA let alone the links. And even if they do read, the comprehension seems to be lacking. This is why your post is so necessary and good.
It wasn't brute-forced. A user with commit privs had his work laptop trojanned. Yes, I actually was reading kernel.orgs emails when it happened. and all these other articles.
Invisible pr0n is no fun... well, at least not for most people.
It was actually the other way around, believe it or not. The compromised client machine is owned by an Intel employee, who is a big-name contributor to the kernel and bootloaers. His machine was trojanned which in turn led to the compromise at kernel.org.
My larger point being that there are many very large companies involved in the kernel, and its not just distros.
GNU *already has* an extension language.
It's called "bash"
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Um. "Change permissions" and "Take ownership" are two entirely separate things.
Also, have you ever heard of ext2/3's extended attributes? I have. And its possible to create files (or whatever) that not even root can do anything about. See man[1] chattr
H.P.A. has commit privs and his work laptop was trojanned. That's how. Am I the only one who reads and understands the original e-mails from the admin?
Slashdot was doing this stuff *long* before any of those sites even existed.
*going* to hell?
Interestingly enough, my effective rate was about the same as your... when I was making 21 k a year. There wasn't any looholes available to me. And FWIW I'm republican too, but there are good ideas on both sides. And neither side will give.
Yeah, it can do diff -- in fact that's how its usually done. And yeah there are bug-trackers and bots for this kind of thing. Most notably at kernel janitors.org.
Thing is, a single huge post isn't gonna fly real good either. The usual accepted way is to announce that you got something big and you split it out into "X" number of modules. Then post no more than (generally) 15 at a time.
Linus, is that you? The thought patterns and writing style seem to indicate it.
He also got flamed on LKML for it, I saw it the other day. Interestingly, nobody seemed to care who he works for. His coding style seems OK in general. Problem is, he sent 117 patches in the form of 117 emails, *in a single day* thereby denying sufficient time for review and comment. They weren't real happy about that.
Excuse me?
Don't get any on you! Use a cumbrella!