I know a guy who died because he was wearing a seat-belt in a car crash. Everyone else was thrown free of the car when it flipped, but because this guy was wearing a seat belt (this was an older car though) he ended up hanging half-in and half-out of the car, and the car landed on him.
So, while seatbelts may save lives, they can kill as well.
The kelvin (K) temperature scale is an extension of the degree Celsius scale down to absolute zero, a hypothetical temperature characterized by a complete absence of heat energy. Temperatures on this scale are called kelvins, NOT degrees kelvin, kelvin is not capitalized, and the symbol (capital K) stands alone with no degree symbol. [In 1967 the new official name and symbol for "kelvin" were set by the 13th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM).]
What irritates me further, is that some people are also under the impression that those who do download for their own PERSONAL use are looked upon in the same league as those who download, copy, and sell to people for huge profits.
Well, maybe not same league, but definately the same game. If they are just using it for their personal use, the MPAA or RIAA sues for an exorbitant amount of money. Once I've been sued for $100,000 the couple of years in jail I would have had had I sold the products wouldn't look like _that_ big a deterrent.
They even have documents that give a step by step procedure for stealing the Microsoft fonts and installing them on Linux systems! Notice in particular the instructions for the Tahoma font.
Also, from the HOW-TO, "TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.", not Microsoft. I'm not sure if the 'Tahoma' font in particular is property of Microsoft.
so he could loose in his rideing and still manage to be Prime Minister.
Umm.. Is it just me, or doesn't he at least have to get elected somewhere? He can't just step off the street and become PM.. He needs to be vote in by the people in 1 riding somewhere, doesn't he?
I have a Gravis Gamepad that looks just like a normal Playstation Controller (Not the dual-shock). I paid $19.99 Canadian for it, and it came bundled with 2 Disney games (IE, Christmas presents for relatives). It seems to work just as well as a real Playstation controller.
But, if you already have Playstation controllers lying around, I can see how the adapters would be economical. My only question is, do they support Vibration/Force Feedback?
Did you RTFA? (I hate saying that, it makes me feel.. like all the other assholes who say that)
Internet Explorer Pop-up Manager Q. What does Pop-up Manager do?
A. Pop-up Manager blocks most unwanted pop-up windows from appearing. Pop-up windows that are launched when the end user clicks a link will not be blocked.
End users and IT administrators can let specific domains launch programmatic pop-up windows. Developers will be able to use or extend the pop-up functionality in Internet Explorer for applications hosting Internet Explorer.
Q. Who does this feature apply to?
A. For end users, browsing the Web will be less annoying, because unwanted pop-up windows will not automatically appear.
For Web developers, Pop-up Manager affects the behavior of windows opened by Web sites, for example, by using the window.open() and showHelp() methods
For application developers, there is a new user interface: InewWindowManager.
Applications that use the rendering engine in Internet Explorer to display HTML can choose to use or extend the Pop-up Manager functionality. ...
the rest of the world is not going to convert the mp3 collection to ogg's.
Good, and I don't ever want to download an OGG file that was converted from an MP3. No point in making a high-quality OGG file from an MP3 file that has (in my opinion) worse quality. All my OGG files are ripped straight from the CD at a nice high (192 kbit nominal) bitrate.
A few winters ago, I was driving through a major snowstorm with about 8-10 inches of snow on the highway. I drove for over 150 kilometers and saw only one snowplow.
That's just part of the charm of living in Canada. Hell, in the prairies theres hardly any point in plowing anyways, because as soon as they plow, the wind blows it all (and more) back onto the highway.
If you are being paid to plow a street, shouldn't the state be allowed to audit whether you've done the work or not? It seems that the only people who would/should be concerned here are those that are overcharging the state.
You are absolutely correct. The state should be able to audit whether you've done the work or not.. With say, routine monitoring of road conditions, a hotline for the public to call to complain about worse than average road conditions, etc..
They should NOT be able to track every move of an employee.
For example, at work, I need a proximity security badge to get into some areas. This is not as much for monitoring my movements as for making sure I don't go into unauthorized places, etc.. (though they certainly can monitor my movement to an extent). They do not have badge readers at every door, or on the doors to the bathroom, etc.. If they did, I would complain about a lack of privacy.
Unlike rain which usually comes down relatively evenly over an area, snow doesn't. It blows around and some areas get much more than others. Knowing where there are problems with drifting and where the ploughs are, allows the highways dept to put the two together more effectively.
How does GPS address this issue? Does the GPS somehow record how much snow is on the ground? A plow operator is most likely going to do a whole section of road (especially if they're salting, etc..) and not just the worst areas. It might provide you with a little bit of information on the worst areas, but how do you know whether the problem is snow, ice, a missed area, etc..?
This is odd.. I would think that you would just get stuck with the bill like any other hit & run. How do you know it WAS a snowplow employed by the city? Even if there was a snowplow with GPS near, how do you know there wasn't also one without GPS, say privately owned to clear parking lots?
My car has a dent in the front, maybe I should say that I was hit by a plow.
Anyway, does this affect CDRWs and DVDs also? My homedir backups would be quite expensive in Canada. Are there 'bootleg' CDRs available?
I can buy a spindle of 100 generic blank 80 minute cds for about $35 CDN from a store close to me in Ottawa. That works out to $0.35 CDN each, or about $0.27 USD each.
It would be interesting to compare how much I pay compared to how much an American would pay for a similar spindle, but I have never really been concerned about the price being high.
Well, with Microsoft, there seems to be no way to ensure that you won't get screwed, so you had better start insuring yourself against getting screwed.
Incidentally, is it legal in Canada for a private citizen to own a gun?
Yes, of course.. How else are we going to defend ourselves from the polar bears?
If you want to own a gun, you need to get a possession only license, or if you want to buy one, you need a possession and acquisition license.
Also, if you want to buy a gun and have a spouse, they need to sign off on it as well (or else further investigation will take place).
For rifles and shotguns, you need to take the Canadian Firearms Safety Course. For handguns, you need to take the Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course.
Handgun possession is limited to collectors, target shooters and those who can demonstrate a need of guns to protect their lives.
refering to your sig, did you also see this in the FTP.EXE file?
\4 V S _ V E R S I O N _ I N F O +n|:o:o?
| S t r i n g F i l e I n f o u 0 4 0 9 0 4 B 0 L
C o m p a n y N a m e M i c r o s o f t C o r p o r a t i o n T F i l e D e s c r i p t i o n F i l e T r a n s f e r P r o g r a m > F i l e V e r s i o n 5 . 0 0 . 2 1 9 5 . 5 4 3 4 0 I n t e r n a l N a m e f t p . e x e t ( L e g a l C o p y r i g h t C o p y r i g h t ( C ) M i c r o s o f t C o r p . 1 9 8 1 - 1 9 9 9 8 O r i g i n a l F i l e n a m e f t p . e x e
Just to make it clear, this is not the person you said would reply with the "wtf do you know?" comment.
But, really, what the hell do you know?
You're right, the average walking speed isn't 5 mph, its about 3-4 mph, which means it wouldn't take him 12 hours to walk to and from work, it would take him between 15 and 20 hours to get to work.
So yes, the guy was wrong, but his ballpark figure was right. now he only gets 4 to 9 hours a day to eat, sleep, and work. If he can walk 30 miles in an hour or 2, he would be blowing all other walkers away in the Olympic speed walking competitions.
Oh, and by the way, "you blather on, offering no supporting evidence for your views while disparaging others without listening to them."
Yeah, but I can sure put a lot of downloaded music on a DVD, so as long as that $2.27 gives me some sort of indemnity from piracy charges, its all good.
Slashdot Mirror
..and all your boxes will have the same hostname and IP address. Or, you could use DHCP.
I know a guy who died because he was wearing a seat-belt in a car crash. Everyone else was thrown free of the car when it flipped, but because this guy was wearing a seat belt (this was an older car though) he ended up hanging half-in and half-out of the car, and the car landed on him.
So, while seatbelts may save lives, they can kill as well.
From The U.S. Metric Association
The kelvin (K) temperature scale is an extension of the degree Celsius scale down to absolute zero, a hypothetical temperature characterized by a complete absence of heat energy. Temperatures on this scale are called kelvins, NOT degrees kelvin, kelvin is not capitalized, and the symbol (capital K) stands alone with no degree symbol. [In 1967 the new official name and symbol for "kelvin" were set by the 13th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM).]
What irritates me further, is that some people are also under the impression that those who do download for their own PERSONAL use are looked upon in the same league as those who download, copy, and sell to people for huge profits.
Well, maybe not same league, but definately the same game. If they are just using it for their personal use, the MPAA or RIAA sues for an exorbitant amount of money. Once I've been sued for $100,000 the couple of years in jail I would have had had I sold the products wouldn't look like _that_ big a deterrent.
Actually, 12 a degree difference in Kelvin is the same as a 12 degree difference in Celcius.
Really, you shouldn't use the word 'degree' with the work 'Kelvin' as in the case used in the Story. It's preferable to write simply 5789 Kelvin.
How often do you get pr0n/anime/music/movies over http? That's what I thought.
About 50% of the time.
It can't be reversed. That's the point of MD5.
No, but given fast enough hardware, and some other information about the file (say, size and type) it could be brute forced.
They even have documents that give a step by step procedure for stealing the Microsoft fonts and installing them on Linux systems! Notice in particular the instructions for the Tahoma font.
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- formats/html_single/FDU.html#TRUETYPE
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/truetype.htm
Your link is bad, it should be
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other
Also, from the HOW-TO, "TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.", not Microsoft. I'm not sure if the 'Tahoma' font in particular is property of Microsoft.
Just thought that you should know.
so he could loose in his rideing and still manage to be Prime Minister.
Umm.. Is it just me, or doesn't he at least have to get elected somewhere? He can't just step off the street and become PM.. He needs to be vote in by the people in 1 riding somewhere, doesn't he?
I have a Gravis Gamepad that looks just like a normal Playstation Controller (Not the dual-shock). I paid $19.99 Canadian for it, and it came bundled with 2 Disney games (IE, Christmas presents for relatives). It seems to work just as well as a real Playstation controller.
But, if you already have Playstation controllers lying around, I can see how the adapters would be economical. My only question is, do they support Vibration/Force Feedback?
Or like someone who's running a FreeBSD based load balancer/proxy/accelerator.
I doubt that their news site doubles as their honey-pot.
Did you RTFA? (I hate saying that, it makes me feel .. like all the other assholes who say that)
...
Internet Explorer Pop-up Manager
Q. What does Pop-up Manager do?
A. Pop-up Manager blocks most unwanted pop-up windows from appearing. Pop-up windows that are launched when the end user clicks a link will not be blocked.
End users and IT administrators can let specific domains launch programmatic pop-up windows. Developers will be able to use or extend the pop-up functionality in Internet Explorer for applications hosting Internet Explorer.
Q. Who does this feature apply to?
A. For end users, browsing the Web will be less annoying, because unwanted pop-up windows will not automatically appear.
For Web developers, Pop-up Manager affects the behavior of windows opened by Web sites, for example, by using the window.open() and showHelp() methods
For application developers, there is a new user interface: InewWindowManager.
Applications that use the rendering engine in Internet Explorer to display HTML can choose to use or extend the Pop-up Manager functionality.
the rest of the world is not going to convert the mp3 collection to ogg's.
Good, and I don't ever want to download an OGG file that was converted from an MP3. No point in making a high-quality OGG file from an MP3 file that has (in my opinion) worse quality. All my OGG files are ripped straight from the CD at a nice high (192 kbit nominal) bitrate.
'the billboard is only about 100 metres from [Radical's] head office' and reads 'now hiring' using ASCII, alongside an EA Canada logo."
Actually, it doesn't read 'now hiring', it reads 'Now Hiring'.
A few winters ago, I was driving through a major snowstorm with about 8-10 inches of snow on the highway. I drove for over 150 kilometers and saw only one snowplow.
That's just part of the charm of living in Canada. Hell, in the prairies theres hardly any point in plowing anyways, because as soon as they plow, the wind blows it all (and more) back onto the highway.
If you are being paid to plow a street, shouldn't the state be allowed to audit whether you've done the work or not? It seems that the only people who would/should be concerned here are those that are overcharging the state. You are absolutely correct. The state should be able to audit whether you've done the work or not.. With say, routine monitoring of road conditions, a hotline for the public to call to complain about worse than average road conditions, etc.. They should NOT be able to track every move of an employee. For example, at work, I need a proximity security badge to get into some areas. This is not as much for monitoring my movements as for making sure I don't go into unauthorized places, etc.. (though they certainly can monitor my movement to an extent). They do not have badge readers at every door, or on the doors to the bathroom, etc.. If they did, I would complain about a lack of privacy.
Unlike rain which usually comes down relatively evenly over an area, snow doesn't. It blows around and some areas get much more than others. Knowing where there are problems with drifting and where the ploughs are, allows the highways dept to put the two together more effectively.
How does GPS address this issue? Does the GPS somehow record how much snow is on the ground? A plow operator is most likely going to do a whole section of road (especially if they're salting, etc..) and not just the worst areas. It might provide you with a little bit of information on the worst areas, but how do you know whether the problem is snow, ice, a missed area, etc..?
This is odd.. I would think that you would just get stuck with the bill like any other hit & run. How do you know it WAS a snowplow employed by the city? Even if there was a snowplow with GPS near, how do you know there wasn't also one without GPS, say privately owned to clear parking lots?
My car has a dent in the front, maybe I should say that I was hit by a plow.
Anyway, does this affect CDRWs and DVDs also? My homedir backups would be quite expensive in Canada. Are there 'bootleg' CDRs available?
I can buy a spindle of 100 generic blank 80 minute cds for about $35 CDN from a store close to me in Ottawa. That works out to $0.35 CDN each, or about $0.27 USD each.
It would be interesting to compare how much I pay compared to how much an American would pay for a similar spindle, but I have never really been concerned about the price being high.
Well, with Microsoft, there seems to be no way to ensure that you won't get screwed, so you had better start insuring yourself against getting screwed.
Incidentally, is it legal in Canada for a private citizen to own a gun?
Yes, of course.. How else are we going to defend ourselves from the polar bears?
If you want to own a gun, you need to get a possession only license, or if you want to buy one, you need a possession and acquisition license.
Also, if you want to buy a gun and have a spouse, they need to sign off on it as well (or else further investigation will take place).
For rifles and shotguns, you need to take the Canadian Firearms Safety Course. For handguns, you need to take the Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course.
Handgun possession is limited to collectors, target shooters and those who can demonstrate a need of guns to protect their lives.
refering to your sig, did you also see this in the FTP.EXE file?
:o :o?
\4 V S _ V E R S I O N _ I N F O +n|
| S t r i n g F i l e I n f o u 0 4 0 9 0 4 B 0 L
C o m p a n y N a m e M i c r o s o f t C o r p o r a t i o n T
F i l e D e s c r i p t i o n F i l e T r a n s f e r P r o g r a m
> F i l e V e r s i o n 5 . 0 0 . 2 1 9 5 . 5 4 3 4 0 I n t e
r n a l N a m e f t p . e x e t ( L e g a l C o p y r i g h t C o p y
r i g h t ( C ) M i c r o s o f t C o r p . 1 9 8 1 - 1 9 9 9 8
O r i g i n a l F i l e n a m e f t p . e x e
No no, I haven't misunderstood, what I meant was, let them raise the levy to $2.27 per disc, as long as that gives me indemnity.
Just to make it clear, this is not the person you said would reply with the "wtf do you know?" comment.
But, really, what the hell do you know?
You're right, the average walking speed isn't 5 mph, its about 3-4 mph, which means it wouldn't take him 12 hours to walk to and from work, it would take him between 15 and 20 hours to get to work.
So yes, the guy was wrong, but his ballpark figure was right. now he only gets 4 to 9 hours a day to eat, sleep, and work. If he can walk 30 miles in an hour or 2, he would be blowing all other walkers away in the Olympic speed walking competitions.
Oh, and by the way, "you blather on, offering no supporting evidence for your views while disparaging others without listening to them."
Yeah, but I can sure put a lot of downloaded music on a DVD, so as long as that $2.27 gives me some sort of indemnity from piracy charges, its all good.