It's not dying out any longer. We're heading toward having 700,000 U.S. hams due to the final elimination of the code test (you're welcome) and the fact that it's technically getting more fun due to software radio, etc. That's more than we've had in a very long time.
Interesting -- thanks for the info. However, that 700,000 figure would include people like me, who are no longer active. Seems like there ought to be more reliable indicators than number of licenses -- e.g., sales of radios.
I believe there were more new licenses issues last year than ever before. A lot of the new hams are associated with emergency responders (CERT groups, etc.)
What are the oddds that the "Justice" Dept. goes after the Wash. Post for that? I LMFAO when I read that. They basically flipped off the DOJ then proceeded to turn around and moon them.
So we now have laws that we aren't allowed to know about. Greeeaaaat.
I can't stand either Bush or Kerry. Though I do like the gridlock idea. Or do I push for a 3rd party candidate to bust the only-2 choices?
Most likely in these "grapefruit-size balls of electrical tape" were what we refer to as a Kerney and is one of the proper ways to make a splice. If you peeled it all apart you would probably find (from the outside going in):
Electrical Tape Rubber Tape (rubber tape about the thickness of padded double sided tape.) Kerney (copper clamp like thing) Conductors (Wires)
This is akin to a wire nut in a junction box, but should be water proof. They don't make wire nuts for 3/0 wire (if you have for example a 200 Amp service.)
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I work for an electrical contractor as a draftsman so here's a little info.
We are open shop so I say don't call any IBEW shops. They aren't any better, but they'll cost you more (IMHO).
Just make sure they are licensed (wether it's contractor or electrician.) and COMPETANT. Licensing varies State by State and even by local jurisdictions. Some states the contractor is licensed (California) and some only have licensed electricians w/o contractor licensing (Texas).
Electrical Conductor Color Coding:
120/240V (1 or 3 phase) or 208/120V (3 phase):
Phase A - Black Phase B - Red Phase C - Blue (3 Phase only) Neutral - White
480/277V:
Phase A - Brown Phase B - Orange Phase C - Yellow Neutral - Grey (Remember B.O.Y.)
Ground is always Green and is voltage independant.
If it isn't marked, be careful. "Phase Tape" may have come off. Most wire sizes 4 gauge and larger (smaller numbers) is generally always black. "Phase Tape" (colored electrical tape) is used to mark the phases as noted above.
The panel SHOULD be marked as to what it is. Usual voltages are:
120/240V 1 Phase, 3 Wire (Common Residential) 120/240V 3 Phase, 4 Wire (Be CAREFUL. You can have a stinger leg @ 208V. By code it should be Phase B and the panel should be marked).
These are common system we work with, and of course is not exhaustive.
A special note, if the system is using shared neutrals (you can share 1 neutral with up to the number of phases. i.e. 3 circuits on a 3 phase system as long as they are seperate phases [1 from each Phase (A-B-C)] and 2 circuits on a 1 phase system) make sure to turn off the power to all off the circuits using a neutral before opening it. We had to replace 6 UPSes when an electrician opened up a neatral on a 3 phase system. And if circuits are being used, there IS power on the neutral. It can very based on the circuit. Check it with a meter to ground to show you the voltage.
There are also further color codings if you are using Romex style wiring. The outter jacket on new Romex denotes the wire gauge size. The only one I can think of is yellow and I believe it's 12 ga.
New MC cables (it's like flex, but from the factory and you can't change the wire insde of it) is also color coded to the wires inside.
The version of the National Electric Code you will need to comply with will depend on the Authority Having Jurisdiction. The AHJ will be your local building inspector. They have the final say so on what happens. The most current NEC is the 2002 NEC, but many AHJs are still using 1999 as they haven't made their local tweaks. For example, CA takes the NEC and creates the California Electrical Code. It's basically the same. We always design off of the NEC anyways.
Little notes:
A standard circuit breaker should have no more than 80% of it's rating applied to it. 20 Amp circuit breaker should have no more than 16 Amps connected to it. A fuse can be loaded to 100% of it's rating.
The overcurrent protection (circuit breaker or fuse) shouldn't be rated less than the wire that is connected to it. But you can put larger wire than the breaker (as long as the wire physically fits the lug.) I.e. you can put wire rated at 200 Amps on a 100 Amp breaker, but you can't put wire rated at 100 Amps on a 200 Amp breaker.
To the O.P.: I would definately contact a qualified person. If the company you work for doesn't own the building, then most likely you HAVE to have a licensed contractor or electrician. It sounds like you need some major wiring work done or at the least checked out.
At least someone else noticed this too. They logged on from a regular workstation in a class room.
At least random people on the street can't get the data. I'm just more worried about students. Just wait till Little Johnny finds out that Little Billy is a nut case.
Maybe we should see if there is a book "Network Security for Dummies" and send it.
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I don't know how much of an effect this would have but the RH6.2/Tux2.0 setup was tested in Q4 of 2000 (I'm assuming the date was around 11/27/2000 by the URL) and the IIS/SWC server was in April of 2001.
It doesn't mention which kernel version the machine was running since it seems to be the kernel that really stepped up to the plate. Was it 2.2 or a 2.3?
It was an 8 way server with 32GB RAM. And 8 1Gbit/s NICs.
The "corporation" status is there to provide some form of protection, much like a normal corporation is set up. I would also say most non-profit organizations are not full corporations. Its not a great way to go however.
It is my understanding that a non-profit corporation just doesn't issue profits to any shareholders at the end of the quarter/year. They can still "make money" i.e. have a positive balance in the books.
I worked for a non-profit in Calif. for about 2 years and learned some things. We had Articles of Incorporation like all corporations do in Calif., we were just organized under a certain code. We were also listed as a 501(c)3 (US Internal Revenue Code) [has to do with "education" IIRC]. This is basically a certification from the IRS that you are a non-profit.
Bulk mail is when an entity, with a bulk mail permit, send "mass quantities" (250+ pcs?) of mail at one time. All the mail MUST be the same. You can not even have someone wet sign each one. But you can have the signature printed with the normal printing process. They can not be personalized in any way.
I worked for a non-profit and our volunteer coordinator used to write notes to people when she ran across their newsletter. The bulk mail guys could reject them, but it wasn't worth it.
The reason it is cheaper is that you are supposed to do the dirty work for them. And the more work you do, bar coding, carrier route sort, etc. the cheaper it is. It also depends on the number of pieces to a given destination. If you can fill a 1' or 2' tray to the same Zip code, its cheaper than if you could only fill the tray to a 3 digit area. Very complicated.
I used to deal with mailing stuff where I worked. We got a BRM permit (Business Reply Mail) and this is how it worked for us:
The USPS was kind enough to create the envelope design (they made them for free, and in whatever standard side we wanted, No. 9 for us).
We had them printed at our normal print shop. At a normal rate for envelope printing.
We take a sample, say 10 of 5000 back to the PO for an inspection. They are very stringent on allignment. They okay them (or not, at which point the print shop has to toss the others, on their dime.)
As far as payment goes, you have an account with the USPS. You pay the yearly fee and then you have two options. You can pay up front which included something like first class postage plus 3 cents (handling)/piece based on say 250 pieces over the year. Or you could pay on individual piece if you didn't think you would get the minimum level returned, but you pay a much high per piece rate (say 10-15 cents). 1998 I think was over 45 cents, IIRC. As each piece comes in, your account is debited based on your payment schedule.
And I believe they said that we paid based on whatever the rate was. So I suppose if you loaded up an envelope the receiver would be charged appropriately. Each BRM permit has its own Zip+4 zip code, i.e. Permit # 1234 Anytown, CA 12345-6789 is the only thing that should be receiving mail at that Zip+4. The +4 is different than your normal +4. IE 93744-4640 received BRM at 93744-9998.
And the post office LOVES junk mail. It's all sent very cheaply (about 60% of normal first class mail). Everything goes pre-sorted (see the CAR-RT-SRT?), trayed (1' or 2'), etc.
Go take a tour of your local PO. The bigger ones have all the fun equipment.
Well the reason for adding on tresspassing charges to burglary (legally it's burglary, not B&E) is that first you had to tresspass (entering onto someone's property without permission) before you could committ the act of burglary. Burglary doesn't mean stealing, it is mearly the act of entering a building (locked or not), locked vehicle, vessel, storage container, and other places (refer to CA PC 459, most likely other state laws are the same number, but maybe not)"...with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony..." (notice the "any felony" portion there as well.)
See: PC 459 Note that this is a link to the California DMV's site where they list all Penal Code sections relevant to operation of a motor vehicle. I'm to lazy to go find it in the rest of the penal code.
In other words, if you commit ANY FELONY no matter what it is, inside of any specified object, you have also committed burglary.
You can also look at California's other laws (3 Strikes and You're Out and 10-20-Life) to see kind of what is happening with extra charges. They use them as bargaining chips in pleas, and sentencing enhancements. Also, they could then possibly use these to further define any parole conditions. We take guns away from felons, driver's licenses and cars from drunks, why not these tools (and computers) away from people who break into computers? You say "Well, that is all they know how to do!" My advice to them is to learn another trade. We don't advocate for thiefs to be able to continue their "occupation" why should we do the same with computer criminals?
There are other things to consider in the Northwest Airlines case. The company has accused the employees of illegal strike activity. At the time, IIRC, a court said that they couldn't strike and they did this "sick-out" which is illegal. The searching of the employee and union leaders' computer is just a type of discovery in their lawsuit. That article also said they have yet to excercise those rights (most of the case has been settled.)
If this is as someone posted earlier, part of a collective bargaining agreement, there may be protections set out as to whether these computers are Ford assetts in their entirity or whether they are renting/buying them. If they, the employees, are renting/buying them then I would assume that Ford probably would have less rights to access them.
With regard to the web sites, I have a feeling that these sites are probably more intranet type of things that would have information for employess like, office parties, what plant put out the most vehicles, and that type of stuff, not personal home pages for the employees.
I worked for a non-profit. Basically people can earn money by being an employee of the corporation. Non-profit means that someone isn't getting a check after the year is over if the company makes a profit. I assume that they either roll it over to the next fiscal year, or donate it to other charities. Many large companies will have a charitable arm that receives money and sends it out to other non-profits. In fact, there are som non-profits that make money. The one I worked for never had to worry about that. Look up Internal Revenue Code Section 504(c)3. I think that was it. I know the (c)3 is right. (It was fun to clean up grants with several copyright marks in them.)
Actually I think that Visio would compete more with Actrix than AutoCAD. Maybe it might try to compete with AutoCAD LT in some areas. I've never used Visio so I don't know what its capabilities are. I use AutoCAD R14 w/ Softdesk Building Services (now in limbo over support for AutoCAD 2000) since I work for an electrical contractor. I've looked at the demo for Actrix and it seems to do what people are talking about (diagraming various things). Our AutoCAD vendor tried to get us to buy it (~US$395/seat) for doing ladder diagrams for electrical equipment but we went elsewhere.
In many cases, at least if the buyers are smart, they include a non-compete clause in the contract. I have this feeling that a clause such as this was (if it wasn't it should have been) in the contract to sell Slashdot. Almost all purchases are this way. Also it is not unusual to see these types of clauses in contracts with employees who bring in a lot of business.
I don't know if it is online, but Inc. Magazine ran a couple articles (main subject of that issue) about this time last year that mentions this, but it was more in relating to spouses starting businesses and protecting the business from a divorce. Rather interesting read if you are into this sorta thing.
Pepsi owned Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell. They spun them off a few years ago into their own company. Look at the delivery trucks for these three, they all have each others logos on them. Easy way to look at, notice the Stars Wars commercials with the little dog, The Colonel and that Pizza Hut Chick.
They could try. As my instructor said, "Anyone can sue anyone, at anytime, for anything." I think the person could defend themselves with the fact that what they said is their opinion. If I remember right, you can't be sued for your opinion (most likely because that is true free speech.)
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Interesting -- thanks for the info. However, that 700,000 figure would include people like me, who are no longer active. Seems like there ought to be more reliable indicators than number of licenses -- e.g., sales of radios.
I believe there were more new licenses issues last year than ever before. A lot of the new hams are associated with emergency responders (CERT groups, etc.)
What are the oddds that the "Justice" Dept. goes after the Wash. Post for that? I LMFAO when I read that. They basically flipped off the DOJ then proceeded to turn around and moon them.
So we now have laws that we aren't allowed to know about. Greeeaaaat.
I can't stand either Bush or Kerry. Though I do like the gridlock idea. Or do I push for a 3rd party candidate to bust the only-2 choices?
Most likely in these "grapefruit-size balls of electrical tape" were what we refer to as a Kerney and is one of the proper ways to make a splice. If you peeled it all apart you would probably find (from the outside going in):
Electrical Tape
Rubber Tape (rubber tape about the thickness of padded double sided tape.)
Kerney (copper clamp like thing)
Conductors (Wires)
This is akin to a wire nut in a junction box, but should be water proof. They don't make wire nuts for 3/0 wire (if you have for example a 200 Amp service.)
I work for an electrical contractor as a draftsman so here's a little info.
We are open shop so I say don't call any IBEW shops. They aren't any better, but they'll cost you more (IMHO).
Just make sure they are licensed (wether it's contractor or electrician.) and COMPETANT. Licensing varies State by State and even by local jurisdictions. Some states the contractor is licensed (California) and some only have licensed electricians w/o contractor licensing (Texas).
Electrical Conductor Color Coding:
120/240V (1 or 3 phase) or 208/120V (3 phase):
Phase A - Black
Phase B - Red
Phase C - Blue (3 Phase only)
Neutral - White
480/277V:
Phase A - Brown
Phase B - Orange
Phase C - Yellow
Neutral - Grey
(Remember B.O.Y.)
Ground is always Green and is voltage independant.
If it isn't marked, be careful. "Phase Tape" may have come off. Most wire sizes 4 gauge and larger (smaller numbers) is generally always black. "Phase Tape" (colored electrical tape) is used to mark the phases as noted above.
The panel SHOULD be marked as to what it is. Usual voltages are:
120/240V 1 Phase, 3 Wire (Common Residential)
120/240V 3 Phase, 4 Wire (Be CAREFUL. You can have a stinger leg @ 208V. By code it should be Phase B and the panel should be marked).
208/120V 3 Phase, 4 Wire (Common Commerical [and mutli-tenant Residential])
"High Voltage"
480/277V 3 Phase, 4 Wire (Common Commercial/Industrial)
These are common system we work with, and of course is not exhaustive.
A special note, if the system is using shared neutrals (you can share 1 neutral with up to the number of phases. i.e. 3 circuits on a 3 phase system as long as they are seperate phases [1 from each Phase (A-B-C)] and 2 circuits on a 1 phase system) make sure to turn off the power to all off the circuits using a neutral before opening it. We had to replace 6 UPSes when an electrician opened up a neatral on a 3 phase system. And if circuits are being used, there IS power on the neutral. It can very based on the circuit. Check it with a meter to ground to show you the voltage.
There are also further color codings if you are using Romex style wiring. The outter jacket on new Romex denotes the wire gauge size. The only one I can think of is yellow and I believe it's 12 ga.
New MC cables (it's like flex, but from the factory and you can't change the wire insde of it) is also color coded to the wires inside.
The version of the National Electric Code you will need to comply with will depend on the Authority Having Jurisdiction. The AHJ will be your local building inspector. They have the final say so on what happens. The most current NEC is the 2002 NEC, but many AHJs are still using 1999 as they haven't made their local tweaks. For example, CA takes the NEC and creates the California Electrical Code. It's basically the same. We always design off of the NEC anyways.
Little notes:
A standard circuit breaker should have no more than 80% of it's rating applied to it. 20 Amp circuit breaker should have no more than 16 Amps connected to it. A fuse can be loaded to 100% of it's rating.
The overcurrent protection (circuit breaker or fuse) shouldn't be rated less than the wire that is connected to it. But you can put larger wire than the breaker (as long as the wire physically fits the lug.) I.e. you can put wire rated at 200 Amps on a 100 Amp breaker, but you can't put wire rated at 100 Amps on a 200 Amp breaker.
To the O.P.: I would definately contact a qualified person. If the company you work for doesn't own the building, then most likely you HAVE to have a licensed contractor or electrician. It sounds like you need some major wiring work done or at the least checked out.
At least someone else noticed this too. They logged on from a regular workstation in a class room.
At least random people on the street can't get the data. I'm just more worried about students. Just wait till Little Johnny finds out that Little Billy is a nut case.
Maybe we should see if there is a book "Network Security for Dummies" and send it.
They make Red Hat Network Enterprise, Proxy and Satellite services just for this. https://rhn.redhat.com/purchase_info.pxt
I have no clue how much it costs. I assume if you have the need for it, then it isn't that much.
Actually when this suit is appealed (if it isn't tossed out) it will end up in the 9th Circuit.
Hopefully they side with Mr. Gilmore. At least if you are going to have regulations make them public.
I also agree with at least one other poster, another attack will not come by air. Too many people expect it. Another transportation medium? Rail? Car?
Doesn't seem to be much of a difference.
t ml
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/14137.h
I don't know how much of an effect this would have but the RH6.2/Tux2.0 setup was tested in Q4 of 2000 (I'm assuming the date was around 11/27/2000 by the URL) and the IIS/SWC server was in April of 2001.
It doesn't mention which kernel version the machine was running since it seems to be the kernel that really stepped up to the plate. Was it 2.2 or a 2.3?
It was an 8 way server with 32GB RAM. And 8 1Gbit/s NICs.
The "corporation" status is there to provide some form of protection, much like a normal corporation is set up. I would also say most non-profit organizations are not full corporations. Its not a great way to go however.
It is my understanding that a non-profit corporation just doesn't issue profits to any shareholders at the end of the quarter/year. They can still "make money" i.e. have a positive balance in the books.
I worked for a non-profit in Calif. for about 2 years and learned some things. We had Articles of Incorporation like all corporations do in Calif., we were just organized under a certain code. We were also listed as a 501(c)3 (US Internal Revenue Code) [has to do with "education" IIRC]. This is basically a certification from the IRS that you are a non-profit.
Bulk mail is when an entity, with a bulk mail permit, send "mass quantities" (250+ pcs?) of mail at one time. All the mail MUST be the same. You can not even have someone wet sign each one. But you can have the signature printed with the normal printing process. They can not be personalized in any way.
I worked for a non-profit and our volunteer coordinator used to write notes to people when she ran across their newsletter. The bulk mail guys could reject them, but it wasn't worth it.
The reason it is cheaper is that you are supposed to do the dirty work for them. And the more work you do, bar coding, carrier route sort, etc. the cheaper it is. It also depends on the number of pieces to a given destination. If you can fill a 1' or 2' tray to the same Zip code, its cheaper than if you could only fill the tray to a 3 digit area. Very complicated.
I used to deal with mailing stuff where I worked. We got a BRM permit (Business Reply Mail) and this is how it worked for us:
The USPS was kind enough to create the envelope design (they made them for free, and in whatever standard side we wanted, No. 9 for us).
We had them printed at our normal print shop. At a normal rate for envelope printing.
We take a sample, say 10 of 5000 back to the PO for an inspection. They are very stringent on allignment. They okay them (or not, at which point the print shop has to toss the others, on their dime.)
As far as payment goes, you have an account with the USPS. You pay the yearly fee and then you have two options. You can pay up front which included something like first class postage plus 3 cents (handling)/piece based on say 250 pieces over the year. Or you could pay on individual piece if you didn't think you would get the minimum level returned, but you pay a much high per piece rate (say 10-15 cents). 1998 I think was over 45 cents, IIRC. As each piece comes in, your account is debited based on your payment schedule.
And I believe they said that we paid based on whatever the rate was. So I suppose if you loaded up an envelope the receiver would be charged appropriately. Each BRM permit has its own Zip+4 zip code, i.e. Permit # 1234 Anytown, CA 12345-6789 is the only thing that should be receiving mail at that Zip+4. The +4 is different than your normal +4. IE 93744-4640 received BRM at 93744-9998.
And the post office LOVES junk mail. It's all sent very cheaply (about 60% of normal first class mail). Everything goes pre-sorted (see the CAR-RT-SRT?), trayed (1' or 2'), etc.
Go take a tour of your local PO. The bigger ones have all the fun equipment.
See: PC 459 Note that this is a link to the California DMV's site where they list all Penal Code sections relevant to operation of a motor vehicle. I'm to lazy to go find it in the rest of the penal code.
In other words, if you commit ANY FELONY no matter what it is, inside of any specified object, you have also committed burglary.
You can also look at California's other laws (3 Strikes and You're Out and 10-20-Life) to see kind of what is happening with extra charges. They use them as bargaining chips in pleas, and sentencing enhancements. Also, they could then possibly use these to further define any parole conditions. We take guns away from felons, driver's licenses and cars from drunks, why not these tools (and computers) away from people who break into computers? You say "Well, that is all they know how to do!" My advice to them is to learn another trade. We don't advocate for thiefs to be able to continue their "occupation" why should we do the same with computer criminals?
There are other things to consider in the Northwest Airlines case. The company has accused the employees of illegal strike activity. At the time, IIRC, a court said that they couldn't strike and they did this "sick-out" which is illegal. The searching of the employee and union leaders' computer is just a type of discovery in their lawsuit. That article also said they have yet to excercise those rights (most of the case has been settled.)
If this is as someone posted earlier, part of a collective bargaining agreement, there may be protections set out as to whether these computers are Ford assetts in their entirity or whether they are renting/buying them. If they, the employees, are renting/buying them then I would assume that Ford probably would have less rights to access them.
With regard to the web sites, I have a feeling that these sites are probably more intranet type of things that would have information for employess like, office parties, what plant put out the most vehicles, and that type of stuff, not personal home pages for the employees.
I worked for a non-profit. Basically people can earn money by being an employee of the corporation. Non-profit means that someone isn't getting a check after the year is over if the company makes a profit. I assume that they either roll it over to the next fiscal year, or donate it to other charities. Many large companies will have a charitable arm that receives money and sends it out to other non-profits. In fact, there are som non-profits that make money. The one I worked for never had to worry about that. Look up Internal Revenue Code Section 504(c)3. I think that was it. I know the (c)3 is right. (It was fun to clean up grants with several copyright marks in them.)
I have a 3 Plus. I hope these help (I got these from a tech at AMAX):
1024x768NI @ 60Hz
800x600 @56/60/72Hz
640x480 @60/72Hz
H-Scan 30-40Hz/46-50Hz
V-scan 50-90Hz
Bandwidth 65MHz
248mmx186mm
I run 800x600 at 60 or 72Hz (not sure...if it works, not screw with it). It running on a Trident 9680 (2MB).
Hope this helps.
Actually I think that Visio would compete more with Actrix than AutoCAD. Maybe it might try to compete with AutoCAD LT in some areas. I've never used Visio so I don't know what its capabilities are. I use AutoCAD R14 w/ Softdesk Building Services (now in limbo over support for AutoCAD 2000) since I work for an electrical contractor. I've looked at the demo for Actrix and it seems to do what people are talking about (diagraming various things). Our AutoCAD vendor tried to get us to buy it (~US$395/seat) for doing ladder diagrams for electrical equipment but we went elsewhere.
In many cases, at least if the buyers are smart, they include a non-compete clause in the contract. I have this feeling that a clause such as this was (if it wasn't it should have been) in the contract to sell Slashdot. Almost all purchases are this way. Also it is not unusual to see these types of clauses in contracts with employees who bring in a lot of business.
I don't know if it is online, but Inc. Magazine ran a couple articles (main subject of that issue) about this time last year that mentions this, but it was more in relating to spouses starting businesses and protecting the business from a divorce. Rather interesting read if you are into this sorta thing.
They have a status page up. This is only from yesterday's activities:
8/3/99 Events
3:22pm - Network connections down due to router failure, possibly related to thunderstorms and power failures in the area
2:59pm - Network connections intermittently up
12:40pm - Network connections down due to router failure
11:02am - Services restarted
10:47am - Some services failed after reboot
10:45am - Reboot because the System log was full
10:30am - Network connections down due to router failure
Pepsi owned Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell. They spun them off a few years ago into their own company. Look at the delivery trucks for these three, they all have each others logos on them. Easy way to look at, notice the Stars Wars commercials with the little dog, The Colonel and that Pizza Hut Chick.
They could try. As my instructor said, "Anyone can sue anyone, at anytime, for anything." I think the person could defend themselves with the fact that what they said is their opinion. If I remember right, you can't be sued for your opinion (most likely because that is true free speech.)