But I'm talking to a bunch of gamers for whom that last 0.4% performance boost is worth more than a hot cheerleader full of X.
These are the same people that get into squabbles over which display adapter is better when A gets 150FPS (frames per second) and B gets 140FPS but with better double-dodecahedron rendering or whatever. It makes no difference to them that most human eyes cannot distinguish between 40FPS and 80FPS, let alone anything above 100. However, if the [abstract and wholly meaningless number] is higher then the product must be better. Oh, well - at least the cheerleaders are safe.
more than likely it is because most USB ports cannot supply the required amount of current to properly power a USB drive case.
That's probably not the main issue. I picked up one of these the day after Thanksgiving for $129.99. It is a 4GB portable USB hard drive (platters, servos, etc.) that runs from a single USB connection. It might be nice to have a battery assist [on the I/O Magic device] so it doesn't drain the battery of the host, but it doesn't appear to be absolutely necessary
As an aside, the USB connector on the drive folds out and turns 90 degrees each way so you can use it w/ laptops no matter which way the USB port is aligned.
Even here in New York, where there's plenty of money and plenty of real coffee shops (not to mention Dunkin Donuts if you just want a quick cup), Starbucks is fairly popular among the white-collar crowd.
I was in Manhattan yesterday, and while I saw lots of nifty-looking restaurants and the ubiquitous Starbucks, I don't recall any [local,non-chain] coffee shops. To be fair, however, my driver kept up a brisk pace where practical and it's possible some just went by in a blur. (I'm not refuting what you said; I'm just mentioning my very limited experience in the area.)
Re: the white-collar crowd - I think there are just so *^#% many Starbucks locations that they are often the closest viable option for many white collar workers. I can walk out of my office building - in a rather non-major city - via one of two doors: directly across the street from each door is a Starbucks. In DC a Starbucks will be built across the street from a Starbucks: apparently this is even more convenient as it relieves people of the pesky need to cross the street. D'oh.
People go to Starbuck's so they can say they go there. And to be seen there.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but where do people think going to Starbuck's is a status-enhancing gimmick? The only place where this might work is East Podunk, USA. In most metropolitan areas the Starbuck's outnumber the Kwik-E-Marts and carry about the same cachet. They are appealing because a) they are absolutely everywhere [in most cities], i.e. convenient and b) the product is generally consistent across stores in different regions. (This also explains the success of chain restaurants in the US.)
1. Paper, Printer, Ink Costs
Quality often costs money. Unfortunately there aren't too many ways to get around this: disposable income makes the world go 'round.
2. Hassle of finding the right brand/model/style/type(glossy, photo etc)
This is generally a one-time decision made after some experimentation with a short list of products.
3.Printer Troubles
See item 1. Buy a current model from a reputable manufacturer - that offers a good warranty - and a model that has garnered favorable reviews from multiple sources. For the record I use a Canon i960 and have been very happy with the output and with the conservative ink usage (even printing 20+ 8x10s).
4.Cropping photos
This is a puzzler. How difficult is it to crop a photo? I guess you have two options: take better pictures or become more proficient with your photo editor of choice. (Not a flame - just an observation.)
5.Time
For some people - myself included - fiddling about with digital photos is an enjoyable and relaxing hobby, so the time spent is not considered wasted.
You use Wal-Mart for your digital prints? That's great. However, in general I would rather chew off my own left arm than set foot in Wal-Mart, making this an unattractive option.
In fact, one of the primary advantages of home photo printing for me is convenience: I can modify, recreate, etc. photos at any time and on short notice without waiting for additional parties. I control the entire process, which is worth more to me than the 50 cents or whatever I would save per print.
I emphasized 'for me' above because - guess what? - we all have different opinions. Your statement that Speaking from experience, I found that printing at home is not worth the time and money carries no weight: you are not a statistically significant sample set. IOW, to each his own.
Kind of like how they separate first class from the rest?
Something like that, but the curtain would need to be heavier to dampen the sound. Unfortunately, on the last several trips I noticed that the flight attendants did not close the curtain [between coach and first class]. Forgetful? Intentional? Another half-baked security measure? I don't know.
Actually a door between phone and non-phone would be even better, but I don't think that will fly (so to speak).
Divide up the seats into a cell phone and non-cell phone section. Kind of like a non-smoking and smoking section they have in restaurants.
True, but as there tends to be some smoke drifting into the non-smoking section there would likely be some noise spilling into the non-phone section. If there were a bulkhead between the two sections (with a heavy curtain over the doorway) this could work.
I suspect there are a number of individuals on/. that also read Fark. There seems to be a fair amount of overlap between the two sites, as anything remotely geeky ends up on both pages in short order.
Just how far will adware companies go to continue to attempt to bombard us with their ads?
A) As far as they think they need to go
B) As far as they are allowed to go and remain on the right side of the law
C) As far as they need to go despite the law
D) All of the above
E) Profit?
F) CowboyNeal
Microsoft Windows, Sun's Solaris, and Red Hat's Linux
It appears people may be reading too much into this. To my eyes it looks like a listing of commercial OSs along with their vendors: Windows from Microsoft, Solaris from Sun, and Linux from Red Hat. Yes, there are other commercial Linux distros. Yes, there are a lot of other Linux distros, period. The question is this: how many of these are viable contenders in the market[s] shared by Solaris and Windows? And of those, how many are as easily recognized as Red Hat?
The statement above just clarifies that Red Hat's Linux is the particular distro under consideration. I don't believe it is a plot to assign ownership of all things Linux to Red Hat.
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The security focus mailing list dedicated to forensics is also good lurking
I am the moderator of the SecurityFocus.com forensics list, and agree that it is a great resource. (Al Huger is listed in the info page as the moderator; he is actually the list owner.) The list is dedicated to discussion of technical forensics topics.
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*please* IBM keep your Thinkpad business. These (and the Apple Powerbooks) are the best laptops on the market today, and well worth a premium price. I've owned 5 different Thinkpads over the years, from the 701C "Butterfly keyboard" model up through the T and X series. Every one of them still works perfectly.
I like ThinkPads very much: the TP600 has the best keyboard I have ever used on a portable machine. However, the longevity of my ThinkPads has not been as good:
- the CMOS battery died prematurely in the TP600; now it defaults to the external display on boot and must be reconfigured manually each time it is powered up
- the onboard NIC in the T20 appears to have died and taken part of the PCI bus with it. Three current Linux distributions (MDK10, Knoppix 3.5, RH Enterprise) hang at/sbin/loader, and XP hangs at checking devices (or whatever the wording is). As an added bonus, there is no option in the BIOS to disable the onboard NIC. (Yes, I could open it up and really disable it but that shouldn't be necessary.)
Stupid metric system... what's the conversion rate from boatloads to Libraries of Congress?
You first have to convert boatload to volkswagen, and THEN convert to libocong. IIRC there are 6.3 volkswagens to the boatload, assuming these are metric boatloads. If they are Imperial boatloads, the equation becomes much more problematic (probably because of all the stormtroopers).
Well, we have only ~6 weeks to go in 2004. If the draft came out in early January I imagine we could call that 'soon', particularly since v2 has been in place for a while.
I was going to make a snarky comment about (defining soon) == (the Clinton defense) but decided to behave.:-)
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But I'm talking to a bunch of gamers for whom that last 0.4% performance boost is worth more than a hot cheerleader full of X.
These are the same people that get into squabbles over which display adapter is better when A gets 150FPS (frames per second) and B gets 140FPS but with better double-dodecahedron rendering or whatever. It makes no difference to them that most human eyes cannot distinguish between 40FPS and 80FPS, let alone anything above 100. However, if the [abstract and wholly meaningless number] is higher then the product must be better. Oh, well - at least the cheerleaders are safe.
Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit
The original link is here. This was originally published in Phrack #49 on 08 November 1996. It is still a relevant and useful article.
No, it's ok. They use American beer.
So it runs on water, then? Cool!
more than likely it is because most USB ports cannot supply the required amount of current to properly power a USB drive case.
That's probably not the main issue. I picked up one of these the day after Thanksgiving for $129.99. It is a 4GB portable USB hard drive (platters, servos, etc.) that runs from a single USB connection. It might be nice to have a battery assist [on the I/O Magic device] so it doesn't drain the battery of the host, but it doesn't appear to be absolutely necessary
As an aside, the USB connector on the drive folds out and turns 90 degrees each way so you can use it w/ laptops no matter which way the USB port is aligned.
Camper: "What was that ruckus?"
Ranger: "What ruckus?"
Camper: "I was just in my office^W tent and I heard a ruckus!"
Ranger: "Could you describe the ruckus, sir?"
The lightning bolts, and the bears, and the bears with lightning bolts in their mouths so when they bark^W growl they shoot lightning bolts at you?
Even here in New York, where there's plenty of money and plenty of real coffee shops (not to mention Dunkin Donuts if you just want a quick cup), Starbucks is fairly popular among the white-collar crowd.
I was in Manhattan yesterday, and while I saw lots of nifty-looking restaurants and the ubiquitous Starbucks, I don't recall any [local,non-chain] coffee shops. To be fair, however, my driver kept up a brisk pace where practical and it's possible some just went by in a blur. (I'm not refuting what you said; I'm just mentioning my very limited experience in the area.)
Re: the white-collar crowd - I think there are just so *^#% many Starbucks locations that they are often the closest viable option for many white collar workers. I can walk out of my office building - in a rather non-major city - via one of two doors: directly across the street from each door is a Starbucks. In DC a Starbucks will be built across the street from a Starbucks: apparently this is even more convenient as it relieves people of the pesky need to cross the street. D'oh.
People go to Starbuck's so they can say they go there. And to be seen there.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but where do people think going to Starbuck's is a status-enhancing gimmick? The only place where this might work is East Podunk, USA. In most metropolitan areas the Starbuck's outnumber the Kwik-E-Marts and carry about the same cachet. They are appealing because a) they are absolutely everywhere [in most cities], i.e. convenient and b) the product is generally consistent across stores in different regions. (This also explains the success of chain restaurants in the US.)
Have a look at their enterprise product listing to see what else is available.
1. Paper, Printer, Ink Costs
Quality often costs money. Unfortunately there aren't too many ways to get around this: disposable income makes the world go 'round.
2. Hassle of finding the right brand/model/style/type(glossy, photo etc)
This is generally a one-time decision made after some experimentation with a short list of products.
3.Printer Troubles
See item 1. Buy a current model from a reputable manufacturer - that offers a good warranty - and a model that has garnered favorable reviews from multiple sources. For the record I use a Canon i960 and have been very happy with the output and with the conservative ink usage (even printing 20+ 8x10s).
4.Cropping photos
This is a puzzler. How difficult is it to crop a photo? I guess you have two options: take better pictures or become more proficient with your photo editor of choice. (Not a flame - just an observation.)
5.Time
For some people - myself included - fiddling about with digital photos is an enjoyable and relaxing hobby, so the time spent is not considered wasted.
You use Wal-Mart for your digital prints? That's great. However, in general I would rather chew off my own left arm than set foot in Wal-Mart, making this an unattractive option.
In fact, one of the primary advantages of home photo printing for me is convenience: I can modify, recreate, etc. photos at any time and on short notice without waiting for additional parties. I control the entire process, which is worth more to me than the 50 cents or whatever I would save per print.
I emphasized 'for me' above because - guess what? - we all have different opinions. Your statement that Speaking from experience, I found that printing at home is not worth the time and money carries no weight: you are not a statistically significant sample set. IOW, to each his own.
Kind of like how they separate first class from the rest?
Something like that, but the curtain would need to be heavier to dampen the sound. Unfortunately, on the last several trips I noticed that the flight attendants did not close the curtain [between coach and first class]. Forgetful? Intentional? Another half-baked security measure? I don't know.
Actually a door between phone and non-phone would be even better, but I don't think that will fly (so to speak).
Divide up the seats into a cell phone and non-cell phone section. Kind of like a non-smoking and smoking section they have in restaurants.
True, but as there tends to be some smoke drifting into the non-smoking section there would likely be some noise spilling into the non-phone section. If there were a bulkhead between the two sections (with a heavy curtain over the doorway) this could work.
Brutal punch-to-the-head incidents are expected to rise eleventy kajillion* percent.
* Margin of error +/- three kajillion.
I suspect there are a number of individuals on
"And hillbillies want to be called sons of the soil but it ain't gonna happen."
describes The Pocket and the Pendant as being 'like Stargate, Harry Potter, Snow Crash and the old Land of the Lost rolled into one'
Wow - Land of the StarHarrySnowPotterGateCrash of the Lost. That sounds like a good read.
Just how far will adware companies go to continue to attempt to bombard us with their ads?
A) As far as they think they need to go
B) As far as they are allowed to go and remain on the right side of the law
C) As far as they need to go despite the law
D) All of the above
E) Profit?
F) CowboyNeal
Are you a relative of Phil Zimmerman the creator of PGP???
Good old Uncle Phil!
J/K - we are not related. Note: we spell our names a bit differently. &:-)
Microsoft Windows, Sun's Solaris, and Red Hat's Linux
It appears people may be reading too much into this. To my eyes it looks like a listing of commercial OSs along with their vendors: Windows from Microsoft, Solaris from Sun, and Linux from Red Hat. Yes, there are other commercial Linux distros. Yes, there are a lot of other Linux distros, period. The question is this: how many of these are viable contenders in the market[s] shared by Solaris and Windows? And of those, how many are as easily recognized as Red Hat?
The statement above just clarifies that Red Hat's Linux is the particular distro under consideration. I don't believe it is a plot to assign ownership of all things Linux to Red Hat.
The security focus mailing list dedicated to forensics is also good lurking
I am the moderator of the SecurityFocus.com forensics list, and agree that it is a great resource. (Al Huger is listed in the info page as the moderator; he is actually the list owner.) The list is dedicated to discussion of technical forensics topics.
The SF forensics list archives are here. A general listing of SF mailing list archives is here. Those interested in subscribing to the forensics list (or other lists @SecurityFocus) can do so from the archive page.
Cheers!
Scott C. Zimmerman, CISSP
*please* IBM keep your Thinkpad business. These (and the Apple Powerbooks) are the best laptops on the market today, and well worth a premium price. I've owned 5 different Thinkpads over the years, from the 701C "Butterfly keyboard" model up through the T and X series. Every one of them still works perfectly.
I like ThinkPads very much: the TP600 has the best keyboard I have ever used on a portable machine. However, the longevity of my ThinkPads has not been as good:
- the CMOS battery died prematurely in the TP600; now it defaults to the external display on boot and must be reconfigured manually each time it is powered up
- the onboard NIC in the T20 appears to have died and taken part of the PCI bus with it. Three current Linux distributions (MDK10, Knoppix 3.5, RH Enterprise) hang at
VeriSign announced that 5.1 million new domains were registered in the third quarter of 2004
The representative then added "Approximately 58% of these are phishing sites."
Stupid metric system... what's the conversion rate from boatloads to Libraries of Congress?
You first have to convert boatload to volkswagen, and THEN convert to libocong. IIRC there are 6.3 volkswagens to the boatload, assuming these are metric boatloads. If they are Imperial boatloads, the equation becomes much more problematic (probably because of all the stormtroopers).
I go to a restaurant to eat great food instead of catching a plane.
Who would go to a restaurant to catch a plane?
:-)
Well, we have only ~6 weeks to go in 2004. If the draft came out in early January I imagine we could call that 'soon', particularly since v2 has been in place for a while.
I was going to make a snarky comment about (defining soon) == (the Clinton defense) but decided to behave.