I agree that they should have done it on Wikipedia... therefore, I started it (link from Usability section of the Linux topic to a new topic Linux Incompatibility)
The list is empty since I couldn't get to the original server. So, as time permits...
Let's say you're starting out small, like working out of your spare bedroom, and your working capital is whatever is left over after paying your monthly bills. Sure, that method is not usually your ticket to the bigtime, but it can be a foot in the door. It *could* turn into a thriving business, building its own capital for expansion as it progresses.
In that case, yeah, I'd go for the book. I could afford that, but couldn't afford "outsourcing" it. I think it would help. The time for the self-starter with no capital and no connections selling software may have waned a bit, but with the help of the web, it's still possible.
Nah, they are actually very shrewd and forward-looking. They know that if not now, then eventually something like the INDUCE act will be made law, effectively making illegal CD & DVD burners as well as Roxio's (formerly Adaptec's) popular duping software.
They're just gittin out while the gittin is good, see?
Oh, yah. Took a little over a minute for me. The Oklahoma taxpayers dollars at work. Nice to work at a.edu organization.
For the record. I clicked the BT link and pointed it at the file I had already gotten down from MS. I let it upload until I'd served up 2 GB. Did my part.
Point taken regarding Venus, but on Mars, there is a heat source in the daytime sun (well, maybe not so much with the declining sunlight in the present season). I was seeing parallels with passive solar heating methods used in efficient homes. "Bank" heat during the daylight hours and allow it dissipate into the needed areas overnight.
Overall, I guess I see this Mercury mission approach as a nice melding of materials science and mechanical engineering with "rocket science."
If I were Wes Watkins, I'd devote the rest of my life looking after the well-being of those orphans,
I see I used a cliche' form which is normally assumed to mean
I think he should devote the rest of his life...
and I guess maybe I did mean that too. But I meant to be delivering it in the context of my second sentence in my OP when I think about how I broken up I'd be...I might do just what that Russian father did.
True to introvert, nerdy norms, I was being selfish and talking about *me*.
For the record, Watkins is pleading not guilty to misdemeanor charges but is apparently working something out privately with the survivors' family.
I know thermal issues have always been central to spacecraft design, but this sounds like a nicely engineered approach to temperature control.
I'm reminded of the faulty heater on one of the Mars Rovers. Could such problems be avoided or at least mitigated by use of more passive thermal management (insulation, heat pipes, heat sinking/sourcing)?
I'm also reminded of the Russian probes to Venus which had uderstandably short lives due to both heat and pressure (possibly corrosive gases as well).
I'm firmly in the camp that promotes more unmanned probes, maximizing the power of money spent on advancing spacecraft technology and knowledge from expanded exploration rather than blowing it all on the dubious value of letting a person stand on Mars.
Back before 'net cafe's were in all the big chinese cities (heck, Liuzhou was/is backward enough they may still not be very netified). Funny, I did it with an international LD call back to my ISP in Oklahoma. It was mainly to check my email, but I spent a very few minutes doing a little surfing.
My AT&T calling card almost blistered my backside before I was done.
I hate to say it, but when I think about how I broken up I'd be if my wife and kids were to perish like that, I might do just what that Russian father did.
Here in Oklahoma a well liked politician, Wes Watkins, dug himself a personal hell earlier this year. This man, who has had buildings and awards named after him, rear-ended a car, knocking it into oncoming traffic where an 18-wheeler and a sports car both wound up broadsiding it. The two adults were pronounced dead at the scene, their toddler survived as did their 4 other children who were in school at the time. Apparently, no alcohol or drugs were involved, just an accident.
If I were Wes Watkins, I'd devote the rest of my life looking after the well-being of those orphans.
Hey, it's easy to choose a language that's much harder to learn than Korean.
The Hangul 'alphabet' consists of only 24 phonetic characters. Easy to read and easy to write. I learned it in about 2 weeks of half-assed trying and I ain't no genius. Get that part done and then all that's left is the grammar and vocabulary.
Try that with English. I pity and admire the people who learn English as a second language (Germans don't count).
OK, if you'll provide an advance payment of $3000 ($1400 for my bot kit, $1400 for my Korean buddy's botkit and $200 for mekju) I can get the entire site translated for you. We'll even let the owners of the orginal site have the translation.
Or were you just bluffing about English speakers buying it if they could just read it?
That was true of me, until my recent job change. At my old job, everyone wore a uniform, even the president. A uniform service took care of it all... washing, repairing, replacement.
And it was an outfit that makes automated industrial testing equipment, not a burger joint.
more of an course to help corporate types to be better aware of and combat cracking (note usage of correct word here) techniques. Your typical 'script kiddie' ain'ta gonna blow $4000 on a course on cracking; he's gonna hang out on IRC and cracking/warez sites to try and mooch some free advice and 'proggies'.
IMO, a network admin ought to all ready know the tricks of the trade and keep him/herself up to date on the tech. But I guess this course probably does provide a good service to some... seen waaaaay to many fresh IT grads who may have aced all their classes but still manage to get out in the real world without really knowing how it all works.
Pardon me, I'm a WordStar cripple from way back in the early '80s. Got my start coding asm in WordStar on a CP/M machine for a while, then cut my teeth on Turbo Pascal and Turbo C.
The main draw of the WordStar keystrokes? Your hands never have to stray far from home row. It's incredibly sane.
Joe's Own Editor (JOE) perpetuates the sanity in the 'nix world.
Here's a better plan. Write to your senator(s) about this. Sometimes I think they live in a world too insulated from their constituents... let them know your thoughts on the matter... let them see the side of it that Hatch is not going to.
And of course it does no good to curse and flame at your senators; keep it clean and thoughtful. Here's my effort to that effect:
Dear Sir,
I've recently read that Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is preparing a bill that is being referred to as the "Induce Act" which, were it to be passed, would make significant changes to copyright law.
It may be precipitous to be arguing against something which has not yet been presented, but this one is scary. Wrapped by the excuse of reducing the exploitation of minors, which is a worthy goal, this bill has the potential to wreck the development of software and technology in the US by making any product or service that could possibly be used for copyright violation illegal. Understand that this would have zero effect on technology development outside our borders, putting the US at a severe disadvantage in the global market.
What is worse is that this is a disingenuous attempt to place unwarranted power in the hands of copyright holders and, especially, publishers. If I thought it had the proverbial "snowball's chance in Hell" of achieving any improved protection for children, I might consider it. As it stands, it is a thinly veiled effort to further remove rights of "fair use" and access to technology from the public. Even assuming that was a desirable goal to a majority, this proposed bill would have deliterious effects of distasterous proportion to the freedoms of US citizens and our ability to compete in the world.
Please pause for a reality check, read what is appearing in the press regarding this and other efforts to undermine our rights and freedoms and take a very long and careful look at the true agendas and priorities of your colleague, Sen. Orrin Hatch. I don't know who's interests he is attempting to serve, but I am certain they are not those of his state nor this nation.
I second this. They'll want to hang to what they consider proprietary knowledge. Folks will (have already) argue that in science (especially genomics) all related knowledge belong to all of us because it is part of us. That argument makes sense to me, but as long as a company acquires such information without sharing it, it is still "proprietary" in a certain sense.
In bio-business there is a big dis-incentive to sharing information as they are out for the greater good of their stockholders first, humankind second. In acedemia, you would think there would be much incentive for sharing, but that is not always true. It depends greatly on the funding model of the institution or project. Many university studies are funded by industry with the understanding that any resultant patents would be assigned to the people holding the purses to commercialize as they wish. Other projects remain even more proprietary in the sense that nothing is patented but kept as a internal IP.
In Windows, the later versions of cipher.exe support the/w option to "wipe" unallocated filespace. It apparently writes 1's and 0's alternately to at least keep the majority of people from being able to recover anything from a volume.
Yah. GH 2004 was such a whopping success that my brother and I started toying with the idea of entering (or at least attempting to enter) the challenge. We've got an old VW dune buggy, a webcam, a couple of old PII notebook computers, plenty of bailing wire (we're in Oklahoma, no duct tape for us) and a few distros of Linux to work with.
Surely we can't do any worse than this year's competitors, eh?
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I agree that they should have done it on Wikipedia... therefore, I started it (link from Usability section of the Linux topic to a new topic Linux Incompatibility)
The list is empty since I couldn't get to the original server. So, as time permits...
Let's say you're starting out small, like working out of your spare bedroom, and your working capital is whatever is left over after paying your monthly bills. Sure, that method is not usually your ticket to the bigtime, but it can be a foot in the door. It *could* turn into a thriving business, building its own capital for expansion as it progresses.
In that case, yeah, I'd go for the book. I could afford that, but couldn't afford "outsourcing" it. I think it would help. The time for the self-starter with no capital and no connections selling software may have waned a bit, but with the help of the web, it's still possible.
validator.w3.org reports that page has 338 errors (instances of non-compliance).
Way to go, boys!
Roxio commits corporate suicide. Film at 11...
Nah, they are actually very shrewd and forward-looking. They know that if not now, then eventually something like the INDUCE act will be made law, effectively making illegal CD & DVD burners as well as Roxio's (formerly Adaptec's) popular duping software.
They're just gittin out while the gittin is good, see?
Oh, yah. Took a little over a minute for me. The Oklahoma taxpayers dollars at work. Nice to work at a .edu organization.
For the record. I clicked the BT link and pointed it at the file I had already gotten down from MS. I let it upload until I'd served up 2 GB. Did my part.
Point taken regarding Venus, but on Mars, there is a heat source in the daytime sun (well, maybe not so much with the declining sunlight in the present season). I was seeing parallels with passive solar heating methods used in efficient homes. "Bank" heat during the daylight hours and allow it dissipate into the needed areas overnight.
Overall, I guess I see this Mercury mission approach as a nice melding of materials science and mechanical engineering with "rocket science."
Though upon re-reading my original post
If I were Wes Watkins, I'd devote the rest of my life looking after the well-being of those orphans,
I see I used a cliche' form which is normally assumed to mean
I think he should devote the rest of his life...
and I guess maybe I did mean that too. But I meant to be delivering it in the context of my second sentence in my OP when I think about how I broken up I'd be...I might do just what that Russian father did.
True to introvert, nerdy norms, I was being selfish and talking about *me*.
For the record, Watkins is pleading not guilty to misdemeanor charges but is apparently working something out privately with the survivors' family.
I know thermal issues have always been central to spacecraft design, but this sounds like a nicely engineered approach to temperature control.
I'm reminded of the faulty heater on one of the Mars Rovers. Could such problems be avoided or at least mitigated by use of more passive thermal management (insulation, heat pipes, heat sinking/sourcing)?
I'm also reminded of the Russian probes to Venus which had uderstandably short lives due to both heat and pressure (possibly corrosive gases as well).
I'm firmly in the camp that promotes more unmanned probes, maximizing the power of money spent on advancing spacecraft technology and knowledge from expanded exploration rather than blowing it all on the dubious value of letting a person stand on Mars.
Back before 'net cafe's were in all the big chinese cities (heck, Liuzhou was/is backward enough they may still not be very netified). Funny, I did it with an international LD call back to my ISP in Oklahoma. It was mainly to check my email, but I spent a very few minutes doing a little surfing.
My AT&T calling card almost blistered my backside before I was done.
Man, that whole episode is just too sad.
I hate to say it, but when I think about how I broken up I'd be if my wife and kids were to perish like that, I might do just what that Russian father did.
Here in Oklahoma a well liked politician, Wes Watkins, dug himself a personal hell earlier this year. This man, who has had buildings and awards named after him, rear-ended a car, knocking it into oncoming traffic where an 18-wheeler and a sports car both wound up broadsiding it. The two adults were pronounced dead at the scene, their toddler survived as did their 4 other children who were in school at the time. Apparently, no alcohol or drugs were involved, just an accident.
If I were Wes Watkins, I'd devote the rest of my life looking after the well-being of those orphans.
Oh, yeah, here's how I found that info:
Lexicon Branding came up with the name as well as "Swiffer," "PowerBook" and others.
It's a science, you see? Or at least a niche business.
Hey, it's easy to choose a language that's much harder to learn than Korean.
The Hangul 'alphabet' consists of only 24 phonetic characters. Easy to read and easy to write. I learned it in about 2 weeks of half-assed trying and I ain't no genius. Get that part done and then all that's left is the grammar and vocabulary.
Try that with English. I pity and admire the people who learn English as a second language (Germans don't count).
OK, if you'll provide an advance payment of $3000 ($1400 for my bot kit, $1400 for my Korean buddy's botkit and $200 for mekju) I can get the entire site translated for you. We'll even let the owners of the orginal site have the translation.
Or were you just bluffing about English speakers buying it if they could just read it?
Hah!
That was true of me, until my recent job change. At my old job, everyone wore a uniform, even the president. A uniform service took care of it all... washing, repairing, replacement.
And it was an outfit that makes automated industrial testing equipment, not a burger joint.
That's because the ID info went to *their* PBX where *they* can tell it to ignore the privacy flag.
more of an course to help corporate types to be better aware of and combat cracking (note usage of correct word here) techniques. Your typical 'script kiddie' ain'ta gonna blow $4000 on a course on cracking; he's gonna hang out on IRC and cracking/warez sites to try and mooch some free advice and 'proggies'.
IMO, a network admin ought to all ready know the tricks of the trade and keep him/herself up to date on the tech. But I guess this course probably does provide a good service to some... seen waaaaay to many fresh IT grads who may have aced all their classes but still manage to get out in the real world without really knowing how it all works.
Pardon me, I'm a WordStar cripple from way back in the early '80s. Got my start coding asm in WordStar on a CP/M machine for a while, then cut my teeth on Turbo Pascal and Turbo C.
The main draw of the WordStar keystrokes? Your hands never have to stray far from home row. It's incredibly sane.
Joe's Own Editor (JOE) perpetuates the sanity in the 'nix world.
Here's a better plan. Write to your senator(s) about this. Sometimes I think they live in a world too insulated from their constituents... let them know your thoughts on the matter... let them see the side of it that Hatch is not going to.
And of course it does no good to curse and flame at your senators; keep it clean and thoughtful. Here's my effort to that effect:
Dear Sir,
I've recently read that Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is preparing a bill that is being referred to as the "Induce Act" which, were it to be passed, would make significant changes to copyright law.
It may be precipitous to be arguing against something which has not yet been presented, but this one is scary. Wrapped by the excuse of reducing the exploitation of minors, which is a worthy goal, this bill has the potential to wreck the development of software and technology in the US by making any product or service that could possibly be used for copyright violation illegal. Understand that this would have zero effect on technology development outside our borders, putting the US at a severe disadvantage in the global market.
What is worse is that this is a disingenuous attempt to place unwarranted power in the hands of copyright holders and, especially, publishers. If I thought it had the proverbial "snowball's chance in Hell" of achieving any improved protection for children, I might consider it. As it stands, it is a thinly veiled effort to further remove rights of "fair use" and access to technology from the public. Even assuming that was a desirable goal to a majority, this proposed bill would have deliterious effects of distasterous proportion to the freedoms of US citizens and our ability to compete in the world.
Please pause for a reality check, read what is appearing in the press regarding this and other efforts to undermine our rights and freedoms and take a very long and careful look at the true agendas and priorities of your colleague, Sen. Orrin Hatch. I don't know who's interests he is attempting to serve, but I am certain they are not those of his state nor this nation.
Thank you for your time,
[my name]
[my address]
I second this. They'll want to hang to what they consider proprietary knowledge. Folks will (have already) argue that in science (especially genomics) all related knowledge belong to all of us because it is part of us. That argument makes sense to me, but as long as a company acquires such information without sharing it, it is still "proprietary" in a certain sense.
In bio-business there is a big dis-incentive to sharing information as they are out for the greater good of their stockholders first, humankind second. In acedemia, you would think there would be much incentive for sharing, but that is not always true. It depends greatly on the funding model of the institution or project. Many university studies are funded by industry with the understanding that any resultant patents would be assigned to the people holding the purses to commercialize as they wish. Other projects remain even more proprietary in the sense that nothing is patented but kept as a internal IP.
Ha ha ha ... I laugh at any operating system that requires the use of a mouse to administer.
So, which OS does that? Pretty much any administration that needs doing can be done in Windows at the command prompt.
In Windows, the later versions of cipher.exe support the /w option to "wipe" unallocated filespace. It apparently writes 1's and 0's alternately to at least keep the majority of people from being able to recover anything from a volume.
GH 2004 => G.C. 2004
Yah. GH 2004 was such a whopping success that my brother and I started toying with the idea of entering (or at least attempting to enter) the challenge. We've got an old VW dune buggy, a webcam, a couple of old PII notebook computers, plenty of bailing wire (we're in Oklahoma, no duct tape for us) and a few distros of Linux to work with.
Surely we can't do any worse than this year's competitors, eh?
...no matter what ridiculous flaws it has...
Did you see the version results for BIND? There are some really ancient ones out there. 1.971% are version 4.9.3 to 4.9.11
I haven't checked any vulnerability databases on it, but that seems pretty old... too old to have patches available?