All good but overhyped technologies do this. It works like this: The sponsor of a technology hits a home run in the media with hype, and everyone jumps on board thinking it's the silver bullet they've been waiting for. Then reality shows up, and all those who bought the unrealistic expectations generated by the hype jump ship, and the media reports on the mass exodus from the technology as though the technology has failed. Meanwhile the technology is still growing steadily as the real users find it suits their needs well. Its capabilities expand and it matures, and then it starts to become widely adopted. And then finally it's good enough to live up to the former hype, and everyone thinks "it's back!"
It's not living up to the expactations we have for it five years from now today: it's dead. It's finally living up to those expectations after five yerars: it's back.
Java, Linux-on-the-desktop, XML, and many more fit this pattern.
...32,000 techies lost their jobs at various major software development companies on Friday, August 13th, allegedly for visiting a site contianing pornographic material. An anonymous vice president of information technology at a Fortune 500 company had this to say: "This represents a great step in removing these future pedophiles from our workforce. In our analyses we found that 86% of pedophiles had been exposed to pornography before the age of 18. Plain and simple, this proves that pornography is a gateway drug to sexual deviancy. Thank goodness we found these freaks of nature before they could cause any real harm to our enterprise."
"In other words, owners say their SUVs are over 6K when it benefits them and under 6K when it burdens them. Here's my solution: Pick a number and stick with it. If owners of heavy SUVs prefer to use the lower curb weight, fine with me. "
Unfortunatey this solution is in search of a problem, as at present, there isn't anything that needs to be solved. There are two weight ratings, one is for the actual weight of the vehicle, and the other is for the vehicle at maximum payload, a weight number that few people are ever going to see. Other weight ratings on vehicles include front and rear axle ratings (the sum of which is greater than GVWR). We could even introduce GCWR (Gross Combined Weight Rating) which includes towing capacity in to the weight, and then we could see the astronomical figure of 22,000lb show up when analyzing the diesel-powered Ford Excursion!
There are different weight ratings for different reasons, and different laws are based on different measures.
Question: How bad is the quality of a movie videotaped with a camcorder? I can't imagine it being anything better than absolutely awful. One of the big reasons for going to see a movie in the theatres (or even on DVD) is the awesome sound and picture quality. Who in their right mind wants to watch a movie that was taped off a camcorder?
I seriously have no idea why this problem even exists.
I didn't realize the Hemi did that well on mileage, glad to hear Dodge has finally fixed that problem. The old 360s were terrible, a friend of mine with a Durango got 10-11, though he had a heavy foot.
I calculated that my current mileage would go up 5mpg by buying a Duramax diesel equipped truck vs. my current 1/2 ton with the 5.3L, which added up to about 300 gallons of gas per year at my current driving rate. I live in California, where gas prices are insane ($2.35 at present for 87). Winds up being $700/yr if gas stays the same, but I'm betting it goes up. The engine winds up costing an extra $4000, and financed at 0% over five years that's $800/yr. So I'm paying an extra $100/yr, or $8/month for the Diesel.
The Diesel engine option will hold all of its value and then some based on resale, esp. since I take great care of my trucks. So for me, where I live, it winds up being a great deal...so I'll probably wind up with a diesel next time, even though I don't tow.
BTW, from what I've heard the Hemi gets a big power boost after 250 or 500 miles...the computer holds it back for break-in.
It's a travesty when a 3800-pound 2004 Pontiac GTO (classed as a compact car) that gets, in reality, about 20/26 is "rated" by the EPA at 15/18, and gets a $1000 "gas guzzler" tax...while the 8000-pound Ford Excursion in the next parking spot gets fuel mileage so bad that it isn't even rated...but is eligible for medium-duty-truck tax writeoffs, and no "guzzler" tax. The whole system should be dumped in favor of vehicle choice, not artificial limits put on cars by the government.
Ford Excursions tend to get about 18mpg, if you elect to buy the "PowerStroke" diesel. I believe that the majority of Ford Excursions sold are diesels, as they're very popular among the heavy-duty towing crowd. There are no doubt a multitude of soccer moms driving them too, but they tend to avoid them as the comfort of this vehicle is very much compromised by it's towing capability (e.g., they have a solid axle front end suspended via leaf springs...great for towing and offroading, not so hot for the shopping mall).
What I find funny about the Excursion is why anyone buys the gas engine. The Diesel costs $4000 more, but the increase in monthly payment (most people finance) is obliterated by the gas savings. And the resale value of a diesel IS MORE THAN $4000 above a comparable gas model. Not to mention that the performance of diesel is markedly better than the gas offerings, even when not towing. The only negatives to buying the diesel are that it makes a fair amount of noise at idle and many gas stations do not offer diesel fuel.
I definitely agree with your point about V8 powered cars...you can easily see 30mpg with a lightweight and aerodynamic vehicle powered by a Chevy smallblock.
Was it within the 30 day Buyer's Remorse period? We only charge the $175 ETF if you've been under contract for 30 days or longer.
It took me 45 days to realize I'd been fleeced, when the rep told me I was 15 days out of luck. It takes a little while before you're friends start to ask "how come you never pick up your phone," and you find out that that "service not available" message actually won't go away until you reboot the phone (and the phone didn't initially SEEM to go into this mode as often).
After cancelling I switched to Verizon, basically for the reasons that their customer service was supposedly higher rated and that they were NOT pushing GSM technology yet. I'm since amazed at how neat it is to actually have a phone that works most all of the time.
I made the mistake of buying a 2 year GSM subscription with AT&T and a Motorola T720 telephone. I did this in response to having major issues with my previous non-GSM phone getting reception. This turned out to be a remarkably poor decision, as AT&T's GSM service was inferior even to their older-technology service, and this particular Motorola phone wasn't even "Alpha" quality (it effectively powered down without notice if it couldn't find service for more than a few minutes, which happened CONSTANTLY).
Anyway, they sold me this stuff, it didn't work, and I was on a 2 year contract. In going back and forth with them for a while, they explained to me that this was an 'unusual' problem, that their GSM service was good, and that the telephone was not buggy (and perhaps I should warranty mine). This greatly conflicted with reports from fellow users of their GSM service and this Motorola telephone that I'd been reading on the Internet....as it turned out there seemed to be a great number of people in my situation.
So I called AT&T and told them our contract was at an end, and to cancel the service immediately. They of course demanded a $175 cancellation fee. I informed that they would not need this fee, as the reason for the cancellation was their failure to provide the services which were set forth in the contract, i.e. cellular telephone service. It takes a LONG TIME to explain how this works to any customer service rep. Eventually, they actually figured it out and agreed to part ways without additional costs. I consider myself lucky for not having to take them to small claims over the $175.
My primary work use of my computer is Java development, typically using Eclipse+Tomcat, but with a reasonable chunk of general purpose stuff (web/email/office) too.
RH8 was very good to me, very few problems. I was surprised given the amount of new stuff that went into it.
RH9 was okay once I figured out that somehow my Athlon 1100/motherboard/memory had bit the dust. (It was crashing every night at 4:02am running updatedb until then).
FC1 is about the best Linux I've ever used. The only problems I've encountered are: Nautilus likes to crash way too often. Evolution is a little more unstable then I'd like (I almost think it's annoyed at some of the wacky things spammers stick in messages). The updater didn't work out of the box. Work machine has a 174 day uptime (meaning it hasn't been rebooted since it was installed). Home machine's uptime indicates day I moved into current residence.
FC2 is now running on my laptop. No problems yet, but i've only used it for an hour or so. I will say that I'm quite pleased to see that when I plugin in my USB flash card reader, an icon shows up in Nautilus' "Computer" folder. When I unplug it, it goes away. It seems to at least run Java and Eclipse with no issues yet.
I would think the justice department would be able to see if all the images in the cache were dated from that one single event or if they were spread over time. If he's telling the truth, it should be easy to prove.
Consider the scenario of the user who only views porn in a Web browser, and does not save it to their hard drive. Bear in mind that saving porn to your hard drive is probably a skill that the average porn surfer does not possess. The malware program will behave identically to the intentional porn user. The malware will display pornographic websites and display them, as would the intentional porn user.
I don't think we're far from the day (actually it's probably already passed), where we see malware live up to the true meaning of it's name, and take actions simply to be malicious rather than for profit. In such a case, a malware author would not have a difficult time mimmicking the user saving pornographic content onto his computer in C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\inetsrv\help data\dontlookinhere\SecretPornArchiveThatIHopeNoOn eFinds. Also bear in mind that it's not beneath a malware author to do such a thing in an effort to extort users into buying a specific malware removal tool, for example.
Furthermore, for the case of being fired (as opposed to the criminal issue), the standard of proof is far less than beyond a reasonable doubt, or even a proponderance. If you're an at-will employee you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, and in cases like this employers have a zero tolerance policy or otherwise feel that it's the easiest way to deal with a potential problem. And in the event that you do even have a chance to fight it, you're going to have to show that your computer wasn't secure, in which case the IS department will swear you are lying (as it would reflect negatively on their performance to say otherwise). Your employer would be likely to believe your IS team, after all, as they would be seen as the experts on the matter.
Being alone, by definition, invovles not being near anyone else. When you're alone, it isn't ever a PROBLEM to have passerby offer up a friendly hello, as, well, there isn't such a thing as passerby.
Going to your popular local wilderness area isn't going to get you the lonliness you seek, no matter how much you glare at the friendly people you encounter who are just being polite.
I live in Southern California, what must be the most sprawling suburbs in the world, and yet I know of dozens of places I can ride that are less than an hour away where I'll be unlikely to see another soul or sign for miles.
The point...if you really want to go somewhere and be alone...then for goodness sakes, go somewhere where you actually are alone. Don't try and fake it by refusing to acknowledge the few dozen people you walk past in your simulated virtual lonliness. I can't imagine a more fruitless experience than going to the popular local wilderness area and trying to lead yourself to believe that you're in the middle of the wild.
"I have a personal policy that if I see anything manmade in the woods other than a basic signpost, it comes down. Trash, sensors (never seen those), signs ("bike race this direction!"), etc"
Hey, you're that guy on the trail that wears that silly hat who responds to a friendly greeting from anyone who walks/rides by with an annoyed grunt, aren't you? You're angry that other people want to do other things on the trails than exactly what you do (hiking alone in perfect silence).
Most everyone else (hikers, horseback riders, and bikers like myself), don't really give two shits about what you're type thinks.
I live in Santa Cruz, and know some of these people who were laid off recently. I don't like what SCO is doing, either... and I have fond hopes that they fail miserably with regards to their Linux IP litigations. Still, some good friends of mine are now without work, without prescription benefits, and in this jobless recovery, without much hope. I feel very badly for them.
Regards,
John, human
It can be a terrible thing for someone to lose their job, especially given that they probably were in ideal positions before Darl came along. But honestly, these folks shouldn't be at all surprised that they are being laid off. The writing has been on the wall for about nine months now, and for the last six or so it should have been blatantly obvious that anyone who doesn't add value to the litigation should not even count on a short term future with SCO.
I feel bad for these folks because the management decided to wreck their company, but that happened last year.
I can now go iTunes using my Windows XP box that doesn't even have speakers, buy music tracks, run them through this DRM remover, and then play them back on my Linux machines at home and at work?
If this actually turns out to be the case, I'll be sending Apple (iTunes) about $20-50/month for the forseeable future.
Will I (some random guy on the Internet) get to see it? I'm not talking about the the proprietary AIX/Dynix stuff, but the infringing code that they claim to be in the Linux kernel?
My (obvious) guess is no, but this comment really is a question to those who might know more.
I leased a server from EV1 back when they were called RackShack.net. Over the course of a week, the server had to be re-imaged three times due to a problem that I never quite managed to diagnose but that most certainly caused everything to stop working right quick. Their techs were stumped over the matter.
They had a minimum six month (or perhaps 1 year) contract at the time. I informed them that given that we could not get the server working in a reasonable amount of time, that I was going to go ahead and go elsewhere. They informed me that I had a contract, and thus I could not do that without paying a fine. I informed them that a contract is an agreement with mutual obligations between in this case two parties, where one party (me) provides money in exchange for the other party (RackShack) providing a service (dedicated hosting). Given that RackShack had failed to provide the services stated in the contract, I was under no obligation to provide money.
This illicited the response of "but sir, you signed a one year contract". Finally I worked my way up through about three levels of management until I got to someone with a bit of authority. At this point I was (seriously) threatening legal action if they didn't refund all money and cancel the account. At first the woman I dealt with upheld the "you're locked in, sorry" argument, right up until the point where she offered to check the situation with her legal dept. The next phone call involved an apology and a check.
I've got a '03 Silverado, and it has an engine oil life monitor that indicates oil life as a percentage (when it gets close to 0, you change the oil). It typically tracks on about 7-8,000 miles between oil changes. This monitor is supposed to be very dynamic based on how the vehicle is driven, i.e., it's probably more likely based on hours at RPM and idle than on mileage. When I change the oil in my truck, it's still in visually good shape after 7,500+ miles.
Modernly, 3,000 mile oil change intervals are a myth. Most car manufacturers call for them every 7,500 miles or so, but sooner if you drive in dirty conditions. Jiffy Lube and like companies tends to advertise to this myth for the obvious reasons. They want you visiting often so they can deceive you into buying additional services that you don't need (and which they might not even actually perform, anyway).
Just type "3000 mile oil change myth" into Google if you want some evidence to back this up.
"Editor's Note: Forbes.com was unable to obtain permission from Ford to use an image of a Bronco II from the 1983-1989 model years. The Bronco above is a 1980."
This is a bigger screwup than this editor's note leads one to believe. The Bronco and Bronco II are two completely different vehicles. The Bronco was based on theu fullsize Ford F-150 pickup, where the Bronco II was based on the compact Ford Ranger pickup. The Bronco was produced before, during, and after the time the Bronco II was produced. The two-door Bronco II was effectively replaced in the early nineties by the Ford Explorer, while the Bronco continued up until about 1997 when it was replaced by the four-door Expedition.
While the Bronco II was prone to rollover, the regular Bronco never had such issues.
There is no way to effectively evade popup blocking software using JavaScript. If the browser is configured not to allow JavaScript to open windows, then it is not going to open JavaScript windows. Some popup blocking software will only block popups opened in a certain fashion (the way typical ad pop-ups/unders are opened) but are designed to allow popups that appear to be opened in direct response to a user click. It won't take long for the blockers to alter there software to not allow ANY popups, unless the site is on a user-specified whitelist.
This leads me to believe they might be talking about using Flash or ActiveX. The latter isn't a big problem, as we'll just chose to not allow such ActiveX controls to be launched. My experience with Flash is very limited, but I believe it is possible to get Flash to launch a pop-up window. I'm uncertain as to whether Flash must use JavaScript to interface with the browser to open such windows or if it communicates with the browser through another means? Either way, so long as Mozilla exists, there will not be popups if you don't want them.
I don't understand why DoubleClick would want to start such an arms race. The net effect is that banner advertising would be cast in the same light as the MPAA/RIAA folks among geeks, and DoubleClick will wind up the worse for it. Most people find popups annoying, but tolerate banners just fine. If they "declare war", no one's going to have a moral issue with simply blocking everything from doubleclick and then some, and installing such software on every computer they happen to encounter (friends, family, coworkers, etc). I'm not saying such universal ad blocking would be a good thing for online content, but I do think it will happen if the marketers get too obnoxious.
...I'll be opening an iTunes account very soon, where previously I would not have considered it. The two primary computers where I listen to music are Linux PCs at work and at home. I'm unwilling to burn AACs to a CD and then re-encode them (with additional loss) into MP3s or Oggs.
I just hope Apple gets the message and removes all DRM from their music. At that point, I'd encourage others who do not have technical knowledge to buy music using the service as well.
I take it that it is the RIAA that mandates the DRM though and not Apple?
Will an HDTV DirecTivo function exactly as my current original-generation Tivo in terms of letting me watch any show I recorded, i.e., are these affected by the broadcast flag stuff? Will it provide component video outputs and an optical audio output such I can watch those programs on the HDTV I bought three years ago?
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All good but overhyped technologies do this. It works like this: The sponsor of a technology hits a home run in the media with hype, and everyone jumps on board thinking it's the silver bullet they've been waiting for. Then reality shows up, and all those who bought the unrealistic expectations generated by the hype jump ship, and the media reports on the mass exodus from the technology as though the technology has failed. Meanwhile the technology is still growing steadily as the real users find it suits their needs well. Its capabilities expand and it matures, and then it starts to become widely adopted. And then finally it's good enough to live up to the former hype, and everyone thinks "it's back!"
It's not living up to the expactations we have for it five years from now today: it's dead.
It's finally living up to those expectations after five yerars: it's back.
Java, Linux-on-the-desktop, XML, and many more fit this pattern.
...32,000 techies lost their jobs at various major software development companies on Friday, August 13th, allegedly for visiting a site contianing pornographic material. An anonymous vice president of information technology at a Fortune 500 company had this to say: "This represents a great step in removing these future pedophiles from our workforce. In our analyses we found that 86% of pedophiles had been exposed to pornography before the age of 18. Plain and simple, this proves that pornography is a gateway drug to sexual deviancy. Thank goodness we found these freaks of nature before they could cause any real harm to our enterprise."
From the author, concerning GVWR vs. Curb Weight:
"In other words, owners say their SUVs are over 6K when it benefits them and under 6K when it burdens them. Here's my solution: Pick a number and stick with it. If owners of heavy SUVs prefer to use the lower curb weight, fine with me. "
Unfortunatey this solution is in search of a problem, as at present, there isn't anything that needs to be solved. There are two weight ratings, one is for the actual weight of the vehicle, and the other is for the vehicle at maximum payload, a weight number that few people are ever going to see. Other weight ratings on vehicles include front and rear axle ratings (the sum of which is greater than GVWR). We could even introduce GCWR (Gross Combined Weight Rating) which includes towing capacity in to the weight, and then we could see the astronomical figure of 22,000lb show up when analyzing the diesel-powered Ford Excursion!
There are different weight ratings for different reasons, and different laws are based on different measures.
Question: How bad is the quality of a movie videotaped with a camcorder? I can't imagine it being anything better than absolutely awful. One of the big reasons for going to see a movie in the theatres (or even on DVD) is the awesome sound and picture quality. Who in their right mind wants to watch a movie that was taped off a camcorder?
I seriously have no idea why this problem even exists.
I didn't realize the Hemi did that well on mileage, glad to hear Dodge has finally fixed that problem. The old 360s were terrible, a friend of mine with a Durango got 10-11, though he had a heavy foot.
I calculated that my current mileage would go up 5mpg by buying a Duramax diesel equipped truck vs. my current 1/2 ton with the 5.3L, which added up to about 300 gallons of gas per year at my current driving rate. I live in California, where gas prices are insane ($2.35 at present for 87). Winds up being $700/yr if gas stays the same, but I'm betting it goes up. The engine winds up costing an extra $4000, and financed at 0% over five years that's $800/yr. So I'm paying an extra $100/yr, or $8/month for the Diesel.
The Diesel engine option will hold all of its value and then some based on resale, esp. since I take great care of my trucks. So for me, where I live, it winds up being a great deal...so I'll probably wind up with a diesel next time, even though I don't tow.
BTW, from what I've heard the Hemi gets a big power boost after 250 or 500 miles...the computer holds it back for break-in.
It's a travesty when a 3800-pound 2004 Pontiac GTO (classed as a compact car) that gets, in reality, about 20/26 is "rated" by the EPA at 15/18, and gets a $1000 "gas guzzler" tax...while the 8000-pound Ford Excursion in the next parking spot gets fuel mileage so bad that it isn't even rated...but is eligible for medium-duty-truck tax writeoffs, and no "guzzler" tax. The whole system should be dumped in favor of vehicle choice, not artificial limits put on cars by the government.
Ford Excursions tend to get about 18mpg, if you elect to buy the "PowerStroke" diesel. I believe that the majority of Ford Excursions sold are diesels, as they're very popular among the heavy-duty towing crowd. There are no doubt a multitude of soccer moms driving them too, but they tend to avoid them as the comfort of this vehicle is very much compromised by it's towing capability (e.g., they have a solid axle front end suspended via leaf springs...great for towing and offroading, not so hot for the shopping mall).
What I find funny about the Excursion is why anyone buys the gas engine. The Diesel costs $4000 more, but the increase in monthly payment (most people finance) is obliterated by the gas savings. And the resale value of a diesel IS MORE THAN $4000 above a comparable gas model. Not to mention that the performance of diesel is markedly better than the gas offerings, even when not towing. The only negatives to buying the diesel are that it makes a fair amount of noise at idle and many gas stations do not offer diesel fuel.
I definitely agree with your point about V8 powered cars...you can easily see 30mpg with a lightweight and aerodynamic vehicle powered by a Chevy smallblock.
Was it within the 30 day Buyer's Remorse period? We only charge the $175 ETF if you've been under contract for 30 days or longer.
It took me 45 days to realize I'd been fleeced, when the rep told me I was 15 days out of luck. It takes a little while before you're friends start to ask "how come you never pick up your phone," and you find out that that "service not available" message actually won't go away until you reboot the phone (and the phone didn't initially SEEM to go into this mode as often).
After cancelling I switched to Verizon, basically for the reasons that their customer service was supposedly higher rated and that they were NOT pushing GSM technology yet. I'm since amazed at how neat it is to actually have a phone that works most all of the time.
I made the mistake of buying a 2 year GSM subscription with AT&T and a Motorola T720 telephone. I did this in response to having major issues with my previous non-GSM phone getting reception. This turned out to be a remarkably poor decision, as AT&T's GSM service was inferior even to their older-technology service, and this particular Motorola phone wasn't even "Alpha" quality (it effectively powered down without notice if it couldn't find service for more than a few minutes, which happened CONSTANTLY).
Anyway, they sold me this stuff, it didn't work, and I was on a 2 year contract. In going back and forth with them for a while, they explained to me that this was an 'unusual' problem, that their GSM service was good, and that the telephone was not buggy (and perhaps I should warranty mine). This greatly conflicted with reports from fellow users of their GSM service and this Motorola telephone that I'd been reading on the Internet....as it turned out there seemed to be a great number of people in my situation.
So I called AT&T and told them our contract was at an end, and to cancel the service immediately. They of course demanded a $175 cancellation fee. I informed that they would not need this fee, as the reason for the cancellation was their failure to provide the services which were set forth in the contract, i.e. cellular telephone service. It takes a LONG TIME to explain how this works to any customer service rep. Eventually, they actually figured it out and agreed to part ways without additional costs. I consider myself lucky for not having to take them to small claims over the $175.
My primary work use of my computer is Java development, typically using Eclipse+Tomcat, but with a reasonable chunk of general purpose stuff (web/email/office) too.
RH8 was very good to me, very few problems. I was surprised given the amount of new stuff that went into it.
RH9 was okay once I figured out that somehow my Athlon 1100/motherboard/memory had bit the dust. (It was crashing every night at 4:02am running updatedb until then).
FC1 is about the best Linux I've ever used. The only problems I've encountered are: Nautilus likes to crash way too often. Evolution is a little more unstable then I'd like (I almost think it's annoyed at some of the wacky things spammers stick in messages). The updater didn't work out of the box. Work machine has a 174 day uptime (meaning it hasn't been rebooted since it was installed). Home machine's uptime indicates day I moved into current residence.
FC2 is now running on my laptop. No problems yet, but i've only used it for an hour or so. I will say that I'm quite pleased to see that when I plugin in my USB flash card reader, an icon shows up in Nautilus' "Computer" folder. When I unplug it, it goes away. It seems to at least run Java and Eclipse with no issues yet.
I would think the justice department would be able to see if all the images in the cache were dated from that one single event or if they were spread over time. If he's telling the truth, it should be easy to prove.
Consider the scenario of the user who only views porn in a Web browser, and does not save it to their hard drive. Bear in mind that saving porn to your hard drive is probably a skill that the average porn surfer does not possess. The malware program will behave identically to the intentional porn user. The malware will display pornographic websites and display them, as would the intentional porn user.
I don't think we're far from the day (actually it's probably already passed), where we see malware live up to the true meaning of it's name, and take actions simply to be malicious rather than for profit. In such a case, a malware author would not have a difficult time mimmicking the user saving pornographic content onto his computer in C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\inetsrv\help data\dontlookinhere\SecretPornArchiveThatIHopeNoO
Furthermore, for the case of being fired (as opposed to the criminal issue), the standard of proof is far less than beyond a reasonable doubt, or even a proponderance. If you're an at-will employee you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, and in cases like this employers have a zero tolerance policy or otherwise feel that it's the easiest way to deal with a potential problem. And in the event that you do even have a chance to fight it, you're going to have to show that your computer wasn't secure, in which case the IS department will swear you are lying (as it would reflect negatively on their performance to say otherwise). Your employer would be likely to believe your IS team, after all, as they would be seen as the experts on the matter.
Being alone, by definition, invovles not being near anyone else. When you're alone, it isn't ever a PROBLEM to have passerby offer up a friendly hello, as, well, there isn't such a thing as passerby.
Going to your popular local wilderness area isn't going to get you the lonliness you seek, no matter how much you glare at the friendly people you encounter who are just being polite.
I live in Southern California, what must be the most sprawling suburbs in the world, and yet I know of dozens of places I can ride that are less than an hour away where I'll be unlikely to see another soul or sign for miles.
The point...if you really want to go somewhere and be alone...then for goodness sakes, go somewhere where you actually are alone. Don't try and fake it by refusing to acknowledge the few dozen people you walk past in your simulated virtual lonliness. I can't imagine a more fruitless experience than going to the popular local wilderness area and trying to lead yourself to believe that you're in the middle of the wild.
"I have a personal policy that if I see anything manmade in the woods other than a basic signpost, it comes down. Trash, sensors (never seen those), signs ("bike race this direction!"), etc"
Hey, you're that guy on the trail that wears that silly hat who responds to a friendly greeting from anyone who walks/rides by with an annoyed grunt, aren't you? You're angry that other people want to do other things on the trails than exactly what you do (hiking alone in perfect silence).
Most everyone else (hikers, horseback riders, and bikers like myself), don't really give two shits about what you're type thinks.
I live in Santa Cruz, and know some of these people who were laid off recently. I don't like what SCO is doing, either
Regards,
John, human
It can be a terrible thing for someone to lose their job, especially given that they probably were in ideal positions before Darl came along. But honestly, these folks shouldn't be at all surprised that they are being laid off. The writing has been on the wall for about nine months now, and for the last six or so it should have been blatantly obvious that anyone who doesn't add value to the litigation should not even count on a short term future with SCO.
I feel bad for these folks because the management decided to wreck their company, but that happened last year.
...of an SSH tunnel? :)
I initially read this as "Brian's Cache Memory Found" and thought "hmmm, that's nice...good for him."
I can now go iTunes using my Windows XP box that doesn't even have speakers, buy music tracks, run them through this DRM remover, and then play them back on my Linux machines at home and at work?
If this actually turns out to be the case, I'll be sending Apple (iTunes) about $20-50/month for the forseeable future.
Will I (some random guy on the Internet) get to see it? I'm not talking about the the proprietary AIX/Dynix stuff, but the infringing code that they claim to be in the Linux kernel?
My (obvious) guess is no, but this comment really is a question to those who might know more.
I leased a server from EV1 back when they were called RackShack.net. Over the course of a week, the server had to be re-imaged three times due to a problem that I never quite managed to diagnose but that most certainly caused everything to stop working right quick. Their techs were stumped over the matter.
They had a minimum six month (or perhaps 1 year) contract at the time. I informed them that given that we could not get the server working in a reasonable amount of time, that I was going to go ahead and go elsewhere. They informed me that I had a contract, and thus I could not do that without paying a fine. I informed them that a contract is an agreement with mutual obligations between in this case two parties, where one party (me) provides money in exchange for the other party (RackShack) providing a service (dedicated hosting). Given that RackShack had failed to provide the services stated in the contract, I was under no obligation to provide money.
This illicited the response of "but sir, you signed a one year contract". Finally I worked my way up through about three levels of management until I got to someone with a bit of authority. At this point I was (seriously) threatening legal action if they didn't refund all money and cancel the account. At first the woman I dealt with upheld the "you're locked in, sorry" argument, right up until the point where she offered to check the situation with her legal dept. The next phone call involved an apology and a check.
I've got a '03 Silverado, and it has an engine oil life monitor that indicates oil life as a percentage (when it gets close to 0, you change the oil). It typically tracks on about 7-8,000 miles between oil changes. This monitor is supposed to be very dynamic based on how the vehicle is driven, i.e., it's probably more likely based on hours at RPM and idle than on mileage. When I change the oil in my truck, it's still in visually good shape after 7,500+ miles.
Modernly, 3,000 mile oil change intervals are a myth. Most car manufacturers call for them every 7,500 miles or so, but sooner if you drive in dirty conditions. Jiffy Lube and like companies tends to advertise to this myth for the obvious reasons. They want you visiting often so they can deceive you into buying additional services that you don't need (and which they might not even actually perform, anyway).
Just type "3000 mile oil change myth" into Google if you want some evidence to back this up.
"Editor's Note: Forbes.com was unable to obtain permission from Ford to use an image of a Bronco II from the 1983-1989 model years. The Bronco above is a 1980."
This is a bigger screwup than this editor's note leads one to believe. The Bronco and Bronco II are two completely different vehicles. The Bronco was based on theu fullsize Ford F-150 pickup, where the Bronco II was based on the compact Ford Ranger pickup. The Bronco was produced before, during, and after the time the Bronco II was produced. The two-door Bronco II was effectively replaced in the early nineties by the Ford Explorer, while the Bronco continued up until about 1997 when it was replaced by the four-door Expedition.
While the Bronco II was prone to rollover, the regular Bronco never had such issues.
There is no way to effectively evade popup blocking software using JavaScript. If the browser is configured not to allow JavaScript to open windows, then it is not going to open JavaScript windows. Some popup blocking software will only block popups opened in a certain fashion (the way typical ad pop-ups/unders are opened) but are designed to allow popups that appear to be opened in direct response to a user click. It won't take long for the blockers to alter there software to not allow ANY popups, unless the site is on a user-specified whitelist.
This leads me to believe they might be talking about using Flash or ActiveX. The latter isn't a big problem, as we'll just chose to not allow such ActiveX controls to be launched. My experience with Flash is very limited, but I believe it is possible to get Flash to launch a pop-up window. I'm uncertain as to whether Flash must use JavaScript to interface with the browser to open such windows or if it communicates with the browser through another means? Either way, so long as Mozilla exists, there will not be popups if you don't want them.
I don't understand why DoubleClick would want to start such an arms race. The net effect is that banner advertising would be cast in the same light as the MPAA/RIAA folks among geeks, and DoubleClick will wind up the worse for it. Most people find popups annoying, but tolerate banners just fine. If they "declare war", no one's going to have a moral issue with simply blocking everything from doubleclick and then some, and installing such software on every computer they happen to encounter (friends, family, coworkers, etc). I'm not saying such universal ad blocking would be a good thing for online content, but I do think it will happen if the marketers get too obnoxious.
Assuming you can fit 60 lines of code on a 8.5"x11" sheet with in a 10 point font, you can fit 3600 lines of code on 60 pages.
You can thus fit 3600x4=14,400 lines of code on 60 pages in a 5pt font.
In a 2.5pt font, you can fit 14,400x4 lines of code on 60 pages, or 57,600 lines.
1.25pt: 230,400
0.675pt: 921,600
So "more than 60 pages" is more than adequate.
I'd personally hate to lay the credit for a return to space on Dubya.
Hypothetically, if Bush wound up deserving such credit, would you still hate to give it to him?
...I'll be opening an iTunes account very soon, where previously I would not have considered it. The two primary computers where I listen to music are Linux PCs at work and at home. I'm unwilling to burn AACs to a CD and then re-encode them (with additional loss) into MP3s or Oggs.
I just hope Apple gets the message and removes all DRM from their music. At that point, I'd encourage others who do not have technical knowledge to buy music using the service as well.
I take it that it is the RIAA that mandates the DRM though and not Apple?
Will an HDTV DirecTivo function exactly as my current original-generation Tivo in terms of letting me watch any show I recorded, i.e., are these affected by the broadcast flag stuff? Will it provide component video outputs and an optical audio output such I can watch those programs on the HDTV I bought three years ago?
If the answer is yes, I'll certainly buy one.