throw the boullion as far away as humanly possible
cook the ramen al dente (don't laugh)
add a dollop of spaghetti sauce according to preference
hey presto - ramen-ghetti
I know real spaghetti noodles aren't terribly expensive, but ramen can be significantly cheaper (important when every dollar counts). Ramen is also easier to cook (where "cook" == "make pliable").
Sometimes I think of these meals - 10+ years in the past - when I'm putting a very thick steak on the grill. It helps to have a side of perspective every now and again.
I find Morningwood Penitentiary funnier. Sadly, it took me a few viewings of that episode to catch that joke.
In 'Office Space' the protagonist lived in 'Morningwood Apartments'. I wondered if that sign had been built just for the movie or it was actually the name of the complex (possibly a joke by some suburban planner).
You are also aware that Apu went to Springfield Heights Institute of Technology, right?:-) I was surprised the school sign was shown so prominently in [whatever episode that was].
(I kid, of course: there's no way to escape election hoopla - carefully distinguished from useful content - for at least 2 of the 4 intervening years.)
I'm currently running JDS on a ThinkPad T20: PIII 700 w/ 256MB RAM. I don't play games or watch movies on it - DVD playback is choppy (go figure) - but it works very well for everyday office tasks and as a portable network assessment platform. Even StarOffice seems to run smoothly and without undue delay. *shrug* I wouldn't want to compile anything large on it (so gentoo is not an option (zing!)) but smaller sources (like Xine) take only a couple minutes.
Before some goober snorts "a couple minutes to compile Xine!!11!oneone LOL", said goober should keep in mind that this is designed as a desktop system - think Joe and Jane EndUser (or Joe and Jane Sixpack if you don't get along w/ the EndUsers).
Customers also appreciate the fact that it is backed by a reputable company.
NYT quote: "That's a freight train I wouldn't want to get in front of," said Mr. Doerr, explaining the importance to having a stake in a Linux-based venture. "Probably get run over.''"
Unlike all those other fluffy freight trains that one could "get in front of" with no consequences. I imagine his last name is pronounced "derrr" (see 'duh' [colloquial]).
"We stand at a pivotal moment," Tom Daschle, the Senate Democratic leader, recently said at a policy forum in Washington at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation's top general science group. "For all our past successes, there are disturbing signs that America's dominant position in the scientific world is being shaken."
I thought science was the one area where there should be no borders. Why is it so disturbing that other countries are doing well in scientifical-type stuff?
Mr. Daschle accused the Bush administration of weakening the nation's science base by failing to provide enough money for cutting-edge research.
Okay - this is ridiculous. The graphs cover 20 years - 1983-2003. Bush has been in office for ~3 years. Explain again how this is his fault...??
PS I'm not defending Bush - I'm defending basic math skills.
Oh, and here is a link to the printer-friendly version. Kudos to the submitter for including a link to the reg-free version.
It was a simple - and amusing - idea that an FTC commissioner would be named 'Swindle' - nomen erat omen and all that. It was not an ad hominem attack or an attempt to assassinate Mr. Swindle's character.
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Because Sun isn't prepared to play in Windows, they suffer.
That is like saying "because Ferrari isn't prepared to build economy cars, they suffer". You seem to be missing the point: Sun's real market is not the commodity-server area where Windows is popular. Sun shines* in the area of 8+ CPU machines that actually have to a) bear a heavy load and b) stay up while doing so.
* D'oh.
Sun Microsystems != typical "technology company"
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These guys are not selling dog food over the interweb-thingie. They have been around for ~22 years, and have a rather long history of building extremely robust hardware in the server space. (I specified server space because the Ultra5/Ultra10 and the low-end Blades are not great.)
No, I am not a Sun fanboy; I like most of their hardware, and I like Solaris. I just believe that people shouldn't treat Sun like the flash-in-the-pan goofy "technology companies" that made the bubble possible.
Or would you blame the workman who cuts off his arm with the buzz saw's totally unprotected blade?
Yes, I would: he was obviously doing something with the saw that was inappropriate; what saw-oriented task [when done correctly] involves waving it at one's own arm?* The fact that the blade was unprotected is irrelevant since he should have known it was unprotected and therefore dangerous. All tools can be used stupidly, and oddly enough the results really can be the fault of the operator. It is also possible for fault to lie in more than one area.
Yes, I know the traditional definition of 'hacking' includes making $ITEM do something it was not intended to do, but there are limits.
will theatre owners/operators use to pinpoint the asshats making lots of noise during the movie?
Yes, the video cameras are prohibited but at least they're quiet. I guess making the moviegoing experience more enjoyable (tolerable?) isn't that high on the priority list.
/waits for movies to be released on DVD 'cause movie theatres are no longer enjoyable. YMMV.
To measure how well both cards perform with actual gameplay we used Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004 and Halo and Far Cry. For both versions of Unreal Tournament we've used the built-in benchmark, which consists of a flyby and a botmatch. We've omitted the flyby scores as they doesn't tell us much about performance during actual gameplay, just how fast the graphics card is able to render the flyby. With UT2003 the lead the GeForce 6800 Ultra takes over the Radeon 9800 XT is less impressive, at a 1024x768 and 1280x1024 resolutions it is only 6% faster. At 1600x1200 however the GeForce 6800 Ultra pulls away and clocks in 21% faster. With UT2004 the difference is much bigger, starting off at 10% at 1024x768 up to 65% faster at 1600x1200. What is also noteworthy is the fact that the performance of the Radeon 9800 XT drops at higher resolutions whereas that of the GeForce 6800 Ultra stays at about the same level.
I know this is/., but how does this become "beating ATI's fastest by over 100% in almost every benchmark"??
there is a hobby called 'trainspotting' where people hang about at railway stations, noting the comings and goings of trains (e.g. the 4723 to Wembley left the station at 0914).
since these trainspotters are often outside in inclement weather, they wear large puffy winter coats
being geeks and having no fashion sense, they choose the same sort of large puffy coats that your mother made you wear when you were a kid. (Think of the big coat George Costanza wore in that episode of 'Seinfeld' if that helps.)
in the UK, the puffy coat is called an anorak
the garment became synonymous with the sad trainspotting git who wears it.
Illustrating the strong emotional response elicited by such a sudden insight, Archimedes is said to have run home from the baths in euphoric glee--without his clothes.
But really, haven't we all done this at one time or another?
Catch-22 is one of my favorite modern novels. I read it at least N times (where N is a pretty large number) before I found out it had been made into a movie. One afternoon I was channel surfing, and happened to catch the opening credits. I was happy about this for a minute, then reconsidered - and turned the TV off.
I realized that through reading the book I had formed my own mental images of Pianosa, Yossarian, Hungry Joe, et al, and I did not want the director's interpretation to intrude on my own. I suspect at least a few of us on/. are like that (with science fiction and other genres).
Please understand that what follows is my opinion only.
OCTAVE is interesting: it involves getting input from all levels of the organization to determine what is important to whom and why. This is a pretty effective way to figure out a) what would happen/be affected if $RESOURCE became unavailable, and b) how to best protect $RESOURCE. Having said that, OCTAVE is probably a bit too time-consuming for most organizations; many companies, for example, may not be able to dedicate all the requisite personnel - most of them mission-critical - to a potentially months-long OCTAVE cycle.
I wouldn't say it is outdated; on the contrary, it is conceptual (vice purely operational) and as such ages better than most technical FAQs and HOWTOs.
There is a version for small[er] businesses - i.e. fewer than 100 people - called OCTAVE-S (colloquially called OCTAVE Lite). You can read about it here (scroll down a bit).
and I can't believe anyone actually modded you up. So crypto is just a "feel-good technolog[y]" and "doesn't really do much for anyone in the end"? Have you ever used a VPN? Or SSL? Or anything in the PGP/GPG genre? Why?
Crypto is not perfect but it is extremely useful in certain situations. You apparently believe that since crypto doesn't solve all of our problems that we shouldn't use it at all.
PS If you think that "a very determined person" stealing the machine will render all crypto ineffective, you need some remedial reading on the topic. (Not a flame - just an observation.) Here is a hint: multi-level security.
This paper addresses some of the issues you mentioned.
ObDisclaimer: I am one of the authors (though no longer at CERT) and express some opinions in the paper re: patching schedules and general due care in this area.
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But it would have to be small enough that it could be placed atop one's lap. Whatever could we call such a thing...
For a change of pace:
take a package or two of ramen
throw the boullion as far away as humanly possible
cook the ramen al dente (don't laugh)
add a dollop of spaghetti sauce according to preference
hey presto - ramen-ghetti
I know real spaghetti noodles aren't terribly expensive, but ramen can be significantly cheaper (important when every dollar counts). Ramen is also easier to cook (where "cook" == "make pliable").
Sometimes I think of these meals - 10+ years in the past - when I'm putting a very thick steak on the grill. It helps to have a side of perspective every now and again.
I find Morningwood Penitentiary funnier. Sadly, it took me a few viewings of that episode to catch that joke.
In 'Office Space' the protagonist lived in 'Morningwood Apartments'. I wondered if that sign had been built just for the movie or it was actually the name of the complex (possibly a joke by some suburban planner).
You are also aware that Apu went to Springfield Heights Institute of Technology, right?
It's what makes pine work.
That was an article in The Onion.
Just like presidential elections!
(I kid, of course: there's no way to escape election hoopla - carefully distinguished from useful content - for at least 2 of the 4 intervening years.)
Do not taunt Happy Fun Universe(tm).
I'm currently running JDS on a ThinkPad T20: PIII 700 w/ 256MB RAM. I don't play games or watch movies on it - DVD playback is choppy (go figure) - but it works very well for everyday office tasks and as a portable network assessment platform. Even StarOffice seems to run smoothly and without undue delay. *shrug* I wouldn't want to compile anything large on it (so gentoo is not an option (zing!)) but smaller sources (like Xine) take only a couple minutes.
Before some goober snorts "a couple minutes to compile Xine!!11!oneone LOL", said goober should keep in mind that this is designed as a desktop system - think Joe and Jane EndUser (or Joe and Jane Sixpack if you don't get along w/ the EndUsers).
Customers also appreciate the fact that it is backed by a reputable company.
NYT quote: "That's a freight train I wouldn't want to get in front of," said Mr. Doerr, explaining the importance to having a stake in a Linux-based venture. "Probably get run over.''"
Unlike all those other fluffy freight trains that one could "get in front of" with no consequences. I imagine his last name is pronounced "derrr" (see 'duh' [colloquial]).
more often than I update my will.
You should, too.
(By that I mean change your passwords, not that you should update my will.)
Keeping your passwords in a kind of physical escrow - e.g. a bank safe-deposit box - should suffice.
What the *#%$ is a "mandated possibility"?
"We stand at a pivotal moment," Tom Daschle, the Senate Democratic leader, recently said at a policy forum in Washington at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation's top general science group. "For all our past successes, there are disturbing signs that America's dominant position in the scientific world is being shaken."
I thought science was the one area where there should be no borders. Why is it so disturbing that other countries are doing well in scientifical-type stuff?
Mr. Daschle accused the Bush administration of weakening the nation's science base by failing to provide enough money for cutting-edge research.
Okay - this is ridiculous. The graphs cover 20 years - 1983-2003. Bush has been in office for ~3 years. Explain again how this is his fault...??
PS I'm not defending Bush - I'm defending basic math skills.
Oh, and here is a link to the printer-friendly version. Kudos to the submitter for including a link to the reg-free version.
It was a simple - and amusing - idea that an FTC commissioner would be named 'Swindle' - nomen erat omen and all that. It was not an ad hominem attack or an attempt to assassinate Mr. Swindle's character.
(603413 Posties - now with 100% of your recommended daily allowance of Latin!)
Because Sun isn't prepared to play in Windows, they suffer.
That is like saying "because Ferrari isn't prepared to build economy cars, they suffer". You seem to be missing the point: Sun's real market is not the commodity-server area where Windows is popular. Sun shines* in the area of 8+ CPU machines that actually have to a) bear a heavy load and b) stay up while doing so.
* D'oh.
These guys are not selling dog food over the interweb-thingie. They have been around for ~22 years, and have a rather long history of building extremely robust hardware in the server space. (I specified server space because the Ultra5/Ultra10 and the low-end Blades are not great.)
No, I am not a Sun fanboy; I like most of their hardware, and I like Solaris. I just believe that people shouldn't treat Sun like the flash-in-the-pan goofy "technology companies" that made the bubble possible.
Or would you blame the workman who cuts off his arm with the buzz saw's totally unprotected blade?
Yes, I would: he was obviously doing something with the saw that was inappropriate; what saw-oriented task [when done correctly] involves waving it at one's own arm?* The fact that the blade was unprotected is irrelevant since he should have known it was unprotected and therefore dangerous. All tools can be used stupidly, and oddly enough the results really can be the fault of the operator. It is also possible for fault to lie in more than one area.
Yes, I know the traditional definition of 'hacking' includes making $ITEM do something it was not intended to do, but there are limits.
* I'm guessing that 'buzz-saw' == 'circular saw'.
will theatre owners/operators use to pinpoint the asshats making lots of noise during the movie?
Yes, the video cameras are prohibited but at least they're quiet. I guess making the moviegoing experience more enjoyable (tolerable?) isn't that high on the priority list.
clicky clicky
From the article:
/., but how does this become "beating ATI's fastest by over 100% in almost every benchmark"??
To measure how well both cards perform with actual gameplay we used Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004 and Halo and Far Cry. For both versions of Unreal Tournament we've used the built-in benchmark, which consists of a flyby and a botmatch. We've omitted the flyby scores as they doesn't tell us much about performance during actual gameplay, just how fast the graphics card is able to render the flyby. With UT2003 the lead the GeForce 6800 Ultra takes over the Radeon 9800 XT is less impressive, at a 1024x768 and 1280x1024 resolutions it is only 6% faster. At 1600x1200 however the GeForce 6800 Ultra pulls away and clocks in 21% faster. With UT2004 the difference is much bigger, starting off at 10% at 1024x768 up to 65% faster at 1600x1200. What is also noteworthy is the fact that the performance of the Radeon 9800 XT drops at higher resolutions whereas that of the GeForce 6800 Ultra stays at about the same level.
I know this is
As I understand it:
there is a hobby called 'trainspotting' where people hang about at railway stations, noting the comings and goings of trains (e.g. the 4723 to Wembley left the station at 0914).
since these trainspotters are often outside in inclement weather, they wear large puffy winter coats
being geeks and having no fashion sense, they choose the same sort of large puffy coats that your mother made you wear when you were a kid. (Think of the big coat George Costanza wore in that episode of 'Seinfeld' if that helps.)
in the UK, the puffy coat is called an anorak
the garment became synonymous with the sad trainspotting git who wears it.
:-)
British slang is fun.
Illustrating the strong emotional response elicited by such a sudden insight, Archimedes is said to have run home from the baths in euphoric glee--without his clothes.
But really, haven't we all done this at one time or another?
Catch-22 is one of my favorite modern novels. I read it at least N times (where N is a pretty large number) before I found out it had been made into a movie. One afternoon I was channel surfing, and happened to catch the opening credits. I was happy about this for a minute, then reconsidered - and turned the TV off.
I realized that through reading the book I had formed my own mental images of Pianosa, Yossarian, Hungry Joe, et al, and I did not want the director's interpretation to intrude on my own. I suspect at least a few of us on
For those of you wondering about OCTAVE: it is the Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and Vulnerability Evaluation. (It's not really about survivability as such.)
Please understand that what follows is my opinion only.
OCTAVE is interesting: it involves getting input from all levels of the organization to determine what is important to whom and why. This is a pretty effective way to figure out a) what would happen/be affected if $RESOURCE became unavailable, and b) how to best protect $RESOURCE. Having said that, OCTAVE is probably a bit too time-consuming for most organizations; many companies, for example, may not be able to dedicate all the requisite personnel - most of them mission-critical - to a potentially months-long OCTAVE cycle.
I wouldn't say it is outdated; on the contrary, it is conceptual (vice purely operational) and as such ages better than most technical FAQs and HOWTOs.
There is a version for small[er] businesses - i.e. fewer than 100 people - called OCTAVE-S (colloquially called OCTAVE Lite). You can read about it here (scroll down a bit).
Cheers!
and I can't believe anyone actually modded you up. So crypto is just a "feel-good technolog[y]" and "doesn't really do much for anyone in the end"? Have you ever used a VPN? Or SSL? Or anything in the PGP/GPG genre? Why?
Crypto is not perfect but it is extremely useful in certain situations. You apparently believe that since crypto doesn't solve all of our problems that we shouldn't use it at all.
PS If you think that "a very determined person" stealing the machine will render all crypto ineffective, you need some remedial reading on the topic. (Not a flame - just an observation.) Here is a hint: multi-level security.
This paper addresses some of the issues you mentioned.
ObDisclaimer: I am one of the authors (though no longer at CERT) and express some opinions in the paper re: patching schedules and general due care in this area.