I'm interested in how each different network will handle the situation. We have moved to centralization on the Internet, and I'm curious as to whether any of these places will give in to the attackers demands, such as disabling or removing the atackees account.
After trying to use a computer power supply for a recent project, I've found that if you really look into it, a "500W" power supply will put out about 100Watts on the 12V end, about 50Watts on the 5V end, and almost nothing on the 3.3V.
The project needed 12V at 15A max, so I assumed that a normal 500 Watt would be fine, but the second I started to pull a load, the tiny inductors would drain off within 2-20 seconds. All depending on how long the power supply was on for, and the safety mechanisms would shut down the PSU.
I noticed that nothing actually claimed that the power supply was a 500Watt power supply, they just put "500W" on the box, making you assume it meant that it could carry a load of 500 Watts. After carefully looking around, I noticed that all power supplies, even the old 200Watt models had almost all the same components, the only difference being a higher gauge steel box, or large heatsinks inside of the unit to make it heaver and "feel" more quality.
I finally used a power supply out of a Compaq ProLiant 5000R that could handle the load without any sort of issues, and quickly found that there is little to no difference in the quality of a $20 ATX power supply, or a $200 one.
I imagine if college is teach a world without set times for tests, classes, and meetings, that most industry is going to head that way, too. The only people who will have to be at work at a fixed schedule are people like doctors, nurses, firefighers, and cops.
Is it just me, or does anyone else here find it disturbing that CmdrTaco put "I-like-the-testing-part" and described the story as "the sextiest" when the subject is about children taking nude pictures of themselves, and testing to see if they are child pornography?
From my point of view, it seems this could be combatted by using two cameras and depth perception, movement detection. The same way we are able to judge these things. Then the cameras would be able to tell of it was a picture or not. Also, if the cameras could move on a track, and look up, down, left or right, this would make it even more accurate.
PayPal normally makes two deposits into your account for a few cents, and you then report to paypal how many cents were deposited so that you can verify you are the account holder. I think slashdot found a solution to the age old four step profit formula:
Step 1: Open a PayPal Account
Step 2: Verify Account Information
Step 3: Repeat Step 2 Many Times
Step 4: Profit!
I started my own web development / consulting firm off of one hundred dollars and all I can do is back up the parent on all of those points. Just because you are "an internet company" does not mean that traditional business practices don't follow you. When cold calling, people will quickly throw you out the door, especially if you look terrible, I can't stress enough on the business cards. When going into someone's business, you have about 15 seconds to hook them so that you can reel in the sale. Doing things "web 2.0" or "just online" will quickly send you to the poor house. People online don't want to pay for anything and want everything for free unless they are purchasing a physical product. Also, you will have to print invoices, you can't always email them, and you will have to deal with people not wanting to pay. If you don't want to have a universal contract in hand because you want to be "cool and casual", you will be treated as such. You have to be stern and well prepared when talking to people, and you can't stumble over yourself while speaking. If you later want to expand and build a firm and do this as your full time job, you will have to bring on partners, and that opens up another box of problems. If you talk to clients about your second job, they will think you are struggling and desperate, and will not take you seriously. If you say "uhm" and stall, you will be frowned upon. It took me three years of busting ass to get where I am now, and I am better for it. You need to spend some money on a nice sports jacket, a tie, and keep a decent haircut and clean shaved face, or you will be thrown to the hounds. Welcome to the world of business, I could talk for hours about this, but all I can really do is wish you the best of luck. Gods speed, especially when cold calling.
An easy port have been the case with the original xbox, as it was just a pentium 3 computer running a windows varient, but the new xbox 360 uses a power pc chip (used in macintoshes from the mid 90s until 2006) with an os that is based off of an early version of windows nt that supported power pc prcessors. I imagine the differences in modern pc architecture and the modern xbox actually make porting a game quite difficult if it is not written on a common platform that runs on all systems, which I assume because of it's nature, gta 4 is not
If the CIO is the visionary, and the CTO is the get things done guy, I imagine that an Obama administration will want a CIO type of guy, seeing all the hope and change talk, with no real plan of action.
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I'm interested in how each different network will handle the situation. We have moved to centralization on the Internet, and I'm curious as to whether any of these places will give in to the attackers demands, such as disabling or removing the atackees account.
You can also use a gun for target practice, but if you use one during the comission of a crime, the penalties are stiffer.
I was thinking not to give them any ideas for GPLv4.
I just read about the cross licensing. I could have sworn that the first Ford Escapes had the same "Hybrid Synergy Drive" badge that Toyota also had.
I wouldn't give them the honour that comes with the title, "theorists". "Nut jobs" is much better.
I wonder who gets to decide what a "Legitimate Software Application" is?
Not even shill players, just AI players.
Pffft, time to buy stock in companies that sell white paint.
Thank you!
Amen.
After trying to use a computer power supply for a recent project, I've found that if you really look into it, a "500W" power supply will put out about 100Watts on the 12V end, about 50Watts on the 5V end, and almost nothing on the 3.3V.
The project needed 12V at 15A max, so I assumed that a normal 500 Watt would be fine, but the second I started to pull a load, the tiny inductors would drain off within 2-20 seconds. All depending on how long the power supply was on for, and the safety mechanisms would shut down the PSU.
I noticed that nothing actually claimed that the power supply was a 500Watt power supply, they just put "500W" on the box, making you assume it meant that it could carry a load of 500 Watts. After carefully looking around, I noticed that all power supplies, even the old 200Watt models had almost all the same components, the only difference being a higher gauge steel box, or large heatsinks inside of the unit to make it heaver and "feel" more quality.
I finally used a power supply out of a Compaq ProLiant 5000R that could handle the load without any sort of issues, and quickly found that there is little to no difference in the quality of a $20 ATX power supply, or a $200 one.
If you are really interested in getting rid of it for the obvious purposes of a fork, contact me. My email is pursini [ a t ] gmail [ d o t ] com
Just like the, "Apple is dying, their hardware is expensive, and microsoft owns them now." crowd.
I imagine if college is teach a world without set times for tests, classes, and meetings, that most industry is going to head that way, too. The only people who will have to be at work at a fixed schedule are people like doctors, nurses, firefighers, and cops.
Is it just me, or does anyone else here find it disturbing that CmdrTaco put "I-like-the-testing-part" and described the story as "the sextiest" when the subject is about children taking nude pictures of themselves, and testing to see if they are child pornography?
Were you later able to retrieve the 8gb of data?
From my point of view, it seems this could be combatted by using two cameras and depth perception, movement detection. The same way we are able to judge these things. Then the cameras would be able to tell of it was a picture or not. Also, if the cameras could move on a track, and look up, down, left or right, this would make it even more accurate.
I suggest you send that man some money and read his PDF
Yeah, he said no more crappy music
He only asked for one thing, gosh!
I wonder if that is where they get the money to verify American accounts!
PayPal normally makes two deposits into your account for a few cents, and you then report to paypal how many cents were deposited so that you can verify you are the account holder. I think slashdot found a solution to the age old four step profit formula:
Step 1: Open a PayPal Account
Step 2: Verify Account Information
Step 3: Repeat Step 2 Many Times
Step 4: Profit!
I started my own web development / consulting firm off of one hundred dollars and all I can do is back up the parent on all of those points. Just because you are "an internet company" does not mean that traditional business practices don't follow you. When cold calling, people will quickly throw you out the door, especially if you look terrible, I can't stress enough on the business cards. When going into someone's business, you have about 15 seconds to hook them so that you can reel in the sale. Doing things "web 2.0" or "just online" will quickly send you to the poor house. People online don't want to pay for anything and want everything for free unless they are purchasing a physical product. Also, you will have to print invoices, you can't always email them, and you will have to deal with people not wanting to pay. If you don't want to have a universal contract in hand because you want to be "cool and casual", you will be treated as such. You have to be stern and well prepared when talking to people, and you can't stumble over yourself while speaking. If you later want to expand and build a firm and do this as your full time job, you will have to bring on partners, and that opens up another box of problems. If you talk to clients about your second job, they will think you are struggling and desperate, and will not take you seriously. If you say "uhm" and stall, you will be frowned upon. It took me three years of busting ass to get where I am now, and I am better for it. You need to spend some money on a nice sports jacket, a tie, and keep a decent haircut and clean shaved face, or you will be thrown to the hounds. Welcome to the world of business, I could talk for hours about this, but all I can really do is wish you the best of luck. Gods speed, especially when cold calling.
An easy port have been the case with the original xbox, as it was just a pentium 3 computer running a windows varient, but the new xbox 360 uses a power pc chip (used in macintoshes from the mid 90s until 2006) with an os that is based off of an early version of windows nt that supported power pc prcessors. I imagine the differences in modern pc architecture and the modern xbox actually make porting a game quite difficult if it is not written on a common platform that runs on all systems, which I assume because of it's nature, gta 4 is not
If the CIO is the visionary, and the CTO is the get things done guy, I imagine that an Obama administration will want a CIO type of guy, seeing all the hope and change talk, with no real plan of action.
You were using DOS and Windows 3.1 in 1998?