Indeed. IMO SSL public keys could be stored in DNSsec protected DNS records. That way one would only have to trust the manager of the root zone and the TLD, which would be a good improvement compared to the CA debacle.
Right, and when you buy example.com you should be able to sign certs for whatever.example.com for free.
the state wanted routers with redundant power supplies [...] for 24/7/365 locations such as regional jails and DHHR state hospitals.
And even in that case they would have been better off with two cheaper routers and two data links in a redundant configuration! One of the standard packages for sale at $OLDWORK was/is "1 SDSL line, 1 ADSL line, two 1800-series (formerly 800-series) Cisco routers, with BGP and HSRP set up so that when both lines are up VoIP goes over the SDSL and non-VOIP goes over the ADSL, when one line goes down everything goes on the other automatically and our support is automatically notified". It cost a *LOT* less than USD 20000!
Once the todo list is done, tie it to a "what am I doing" applet that lets you click on the task you are now going to devote time to. At the end of the day/week/whatever, display totals, time left, projected end date at current speed (time spent per day on the task), etc.
My first thought when seeing the crossword was that to make sure there aren't two or more answers, you place the clue between egrep and/usr/share/dict/words . . . and that effectively cured me of any desire of actually doing the crossword.
Should've read The Stand by Stephen King too, at least the first half which is basically scientific worst-case what-if fiction. The second half is Stephen King-typical paranormal fiction.
Computer-wise they need some virtualization-clustering fu. Not having coded so a logical node can run on several physical servers I can understand, but having some crazy-powerful server/nodes but no way to seamlessly move users to them seems a pity.
Military-wise, those who made the first mistake decided not to cut their losses, tried to recoup by throwing the good after the bad, throwing in reserves to save suddenly severely exposed friendlies, and they got severely burned for that. I'm sure there are second-years studying military strategy who are shaking their heads at newbie errors.
I distinctly remember at least one occasion where troops exercising with blank rounds managed to hit bystanders (Carcassonne, France, June 29th 2008). I'm sure there have been others. Not to mention bystanders with weapons firing back!
Anybody know of other unorthodox propulsion methods from SF?
David Weber's Honor Harrington series postulates both wormholes and a kind of displacement into a state in which c is not the same. It feels less like an exploration of extreme physics than a literary device to set 18th century sea battles in the future, which it manages quite well.
Anybody know of other unorthodox propulsion methods from SF?
Asaro postulates an inversion drive. I'm not sure it should be called unorthodox, since she is a professor of physics and described the drive in the American Journal of Physics. Basically, OK you can't go at light speed, but add a complex part to your speed, and you go around the singularity.
All NIC drivers see a specific code in a buffer and shut down.
Not good enough. A nic driver that sees a specific code in a buffer, for the next hour sets that specific code in all subsequent packets passing through, and then shuts down after having fried the motherboard. Cue chaos.
Thank you for that. Indent and bracket placing standards are good for consistency, xCase and whatever are nice so that one immediately recognizes variables and functions and whatnot, but the really useful part of a coding standard is the one that says that every function has documentation block which specifies:
Hmmm. Webster DOES have it, defined as "a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery piece to a target". Definitely "citation needed". Dictionary.com says origin 1905-1910. I have taken an instant dislike to the expression, based on perceived lack of usefulness, homophony with almost-synonym, and IMHO probable origin in the misspelling of said synonym. Webster tells me to "like" it on Facebook; if there was a Facebook "dislike" I'd even consider signing up for a Facebook account.
The "killer feature" for me on Gmail is conversation view[...]. Back when I switched over to Gmail, it was the only thing that had this feature
Mutt existed long before Gmail. My first thought when I saw the GMail conversation view was "Mutt does it better". It still does.
though it does sometimes screw up (since email was never designed to actually have this in the first place).
The In-Reply-To header is extremely basic, there "in the first place", and the only thing really needed for conversation view. I would be surprised if none of the original designers of the e-mail format had envisioned the use. It "screws up" in GMail because GMail tries to compensate for MUAs who don't set In-Reply-To correctly.
If the ISP was running the Tor node, why not? But the ISP says you are running the Tor node, so that makes it your problem and your consequences to face. You're not saying you were running a Tor node unwittingly, right? Hmmm . . . a virus that installs a Tor node . . .
Can I ask a deeper question? Why do you offer phone support at all?
Probably because that's what people want to pay for. When you have a human on the line, you know that human is paying attention to you and only to you, and that's what you're paying for. IM/chat support *only* doesn't sound professional. However I do agree that WebEx or something similar should absolutely be standard alongside the telephone call, quite simply because it helps the client get satisfied quicker. That makes the customer happy, and also helps the bottom line when customers are paying a flat fee per month or per incident.
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Indeed. IMO SSL public keys could be stored in DNSsec protected DNS records. That way one would only have to trust the manager of the root zone and the TLD, which would be a good improvement compared to the CA debacle.
Right, and when you buy example.com you should be able to sign certs for whatever.example.com for free.
the state wanted routers with redundant power supplies [...] for 24/7/365 locations such as regional jails and
DHHR state hospitals.
And even in that case they would have been better off with two cheaper routers and two data links in a redundant configuration! One of the standard packages for sale at $OLDWORK was/is "1 SDSL line, 1 ADSL line, two 1800-series (formerly 800-series) Cisco routers, with BGP and HSRP set up so that when both lines are up VoIP goes over the SDSL and non-VOIP goes over the ADSL, when one line goes down everything goes on the other automatically and our support is automatically notified". It cost a *LOT* less than USD 20000!
That would be Bibale
Once the todo list is done, tie it to a "what am I doing" applet that lets you click on the task you are now going to devote time to. At the end of the day/week/whatever, display totals, time left, projected end date at current speed (time spent per day on the task), etc.
Or will it be Yoda?
My first thought when seeing the crossword was that to make sure there aren't two or more answers, you place the clue between egrep and /usr/share/dict/words . . . and that effectively cured me of any desire of actually doing the crossword.
And the NOISE that thing must make!
we are directed to a copy of the video... on YouTube??
Why not "Fight You're Own Muscles", at least it's pronounced the same. Or is this Yoda-speak?
Should've read The Stand by Stephen King too, at least the first half which is basically scientific worst-case what-if fiction. The second half is Stephen King-typical paranormal fiction.
Computer-wise they need some virtualization-clustering fu. Not having coded so a logical node can run on several physical servers I can understand, but having some crazy-powerful server/nodes but no way to seamlessly move users to them seems a pity.
Military-wise, those who made the first mistake decided not to cut their losses, tried to recoup by throwing the good after the bad, throwing in reserves to save suddenly severely exposed friendlies, and they got severely burned for that. I'm sure there are second-years studying military strategy who are shaking their heads at newbie errors.
Human-wise, as alen said, how many divorces...
I distinctly remember at least one occasion where troops exercising with blank rounds managed to hit bystanders (Carcassonne, France, June 29th 2008). I'm sure there have been others. Not to mention bystanders with weapons firing back!
Anybody know of other unorthodox propulsion methods from SF?
David Weber's Honor Harrington series postulates both wormholes and a kind of displacement into a state in which c is not the same. It feels less like an exploration of extreme physics than a literary device to set 18th century sea battles in the future, which it manages quite well.
Anybody know of other unorthodox propulsion methods from SF?
Asaro postulates an inversion drive. I'm not sure it should be called unorthodox, since she is a professor of physics and described the drive in the American Journal of Physics. Basically, OK you can't go at light speed, but add a complex part to your speed, and you go around the singularity.
Sure, and I have one, but it's not usually in my pocket.
portable breathalyzer App upcoming
See http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
Google won't want to pay, so Google won't post a link to their sites. Ever. Anywhere.
The box provided by French provider "Free" has a 250 GB HD that is CIFS exported:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebox#Quatri.C3.A8me_g.C3.A9n.C3.A9ration_:_version_6_.C2.AB_R.C3.A9volution_.C2.BB
All NIC drivers see a specific code in a buffer and shut down.
Not good enough. A nic driver that sees a specific code in a buffer, for the next hour sets that specific code in all subsequent packets passing through, and then shuts down after having fried the motherboard. Cue chaos.
It's not just formatting.
Thank you for that. Indent and bracket placing standards are good for consistency, xCase and whatever are nice so that one immediately recognizes variables and functions and whatnot, but the really useful part of a coding standard is the one that says that every function has documentation block which specifies:
- expected behavior .)
- allowable inputs (NULLs, empty strings, corner cases . .
- allowable outputs
Hmmm. Webster DOES have it, defined as "a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery piece to a target". Definitely "citation needed". Dictionary.com says origin 1905-1910. I have taken an instant dislike to the expression, based on perceived lack of usefulness, homophony with almost-synonym, and IMHO probable origin in the misspelling of said synonym. Webster tells me to "like" it on Facebook; if there was a Facebook "dislike" I'd even consider signing up for a Facebook account.
The "killer feature" for me on Gmail is conversation view[...]. Back when I switched over to Gmail, it was the only thing that had this feature
Mutt existed long before Gmail. My first thought when I saw the GMail conversation view was "Mutt does it better". It still does.
though it does sometimes screw up (since email was never designed to actually have this in the first place).
The In-Reply-To header is extremely basic, there "in the first place", and the only thing really needed for conversation view. I would be surprised if none of the original designers of the e-mail format had envisioned the use. It "screws up" in GMail because GMail tries to compensate for MUAs who don't set In-Reply-To correctly.
can they also prosecute your ISP as well?
If the ISP was running the Tor node, why not? But the ISP says you are running the Tor node, so that makes it your problem and your consequences to face. You're not saying you were running a Tor node unwittingly, right? Hmmm . . . a virus that installs a Tor node . . .
Can I ask a deeper question? Why do you offer phone support at all?
Probably because that's what people want to pay for. When you have a human on the line, you know that human is paying attention to you and only to you, and that's what you're paying for. IM/chat support *only* doesn't sound professional. However I do agree that WebEx or something similar should absolutely be standard alongside the telephone call, quite simply because it helps the client get satisfied quicker. That makes the customer happy, and also helps the bottom line when customers are paying a flat fee per month or per incident.