"First, I'll kick you in the nuts as hard as I can. Then you kick me in the nuts as hard as you can. The last candidate to fall wins the election. I'll go first..."
Dial *67 before you dial the number, and your number will show up as 'blocked ID' (or similar) on the display on the other end.
However, IIRC this does not work when you're calling a 1-800 or other toll-free number. I guess the idea is that if you are footing the bill you should be allowed to block your number, and if you are paying for the toll-free line you should be able to see who is calling you - which makes sense.
And I am, frankly, tempted to reveal to you here that the American Teleservices Association (www.ataconnect.org/) seems to have a phone line working (at least for now) at 317-816-9336.
...
... that's just plain rude. So I am taking the high road.
Whew! That was close. We wouldn't want Mr. Barry to sully his relationship with the ATA by posting such scandalous info. Kudos to you, sir, for your strenuous efforts to maintain some level of decorum!
However, I have no such relationship...:-)
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
I recommended that instead of going forward with the migration, that we educate users and build support internally first.
In response to perceived resistance, he decided to back off a bit and get "buy-in" from the people that actually would be using OpenOffice.org; IMO this was a smart move.
I cringe whenever I see rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth zealots - regardless of topic (OS, programming language, political party, etc. - spouting off and alienating the people they are trying to convert. Such zealots hurt the cause they are trying to help.
As an aside, I picture a modified logo and an advertisement for "A55 Hat Linux", a distro developed 'specially for the zealots...
Don't even get me started on the differences between career fields and their SRBs (bonus for signing away a few years of your life).
For those of you watching at home, SRB = Selective Re-enlistment Bonus. This is money given to those in high-demand (and high-turnover) positions. When I got out I turned down an SRB of 3, meaning the bonus would be (3 times $figure times the # of years on the re-enlistment). 3 is quite high re: the SRB; it was a nice chunk of change for a lowly enlisted guy - about $22K before taxes - but still not worth it. YMMV.
Not to mention NO room for fast advancement.
This one bothered me, too. Epecially in the lower ranks, most people get promoted around the same time: the difference between Mother Theresa and Charles Manson [promotion-wise] would probably be about 4-6 months. As a silly-vilian, my career is on my shoulders.
The only way to move on to bigger and better things is to go officer.
However, officer = management. Seriously, officers are there to run things, not to do things.
Expect to spend 50% or more of your career away from your family as well.
This depends on your job category. I was in for 6 years and never went TDY (temporary duty). My brother has been in the USAF for 18 years, and he has been TDY for a total of less than two years and overseas (unaccompanied) for one. 3 != (50% of 18).
Ops tempo is crazy right now, and it's getting worse. Bush and co will run you ragged for shit pay.
BZZZZT! Red herring alert! This is not a Bush/Republican/political issue. I served under two presidents, and guess what? The pace at work depended on what was happening around the world at the time. Of course, I was in a different line of work; the demands on a PC tech are probably relatively static (modulo manning).
Mr. Loiacono said Sun would continue to sell individual pieces of the server package, but that most companies would reap big savings from what he called the "happy meal" approach.[emphasis mine]
Several years ago, Sun's incarnation of the 100Mb Ethernet adapter was called hme, which - depending who you asked - stood for "hundred meg[abit] ethernet" or "happy meal ethernet".:-)
I wonder if Mr. Loiacono knew that and was making a subtle allusion, or if his choice of words was just a coincidence. Hmmm.
If memory serves, Microsoft and Novell came under fire a few years ago for their use of the word 'Engineer'. In the non-IT world, the word actually carries meaning: one must complete a licensing process before calling oneself an Engineer. Additionally, these real [i.e. non-IT] engineers are actually held liable for defects/mistakes/incompetence, etc.
My dad is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer and a Professional Engineer (P.E.); this issue was covered extensively in his trade magazines.
This is typical of so many kiddies these days: "I want everything for free, even if it's something I will never need/use/understand".
Many products that are the result of the work of many people - like cars, toasters, and yes, even documents - cost money to produce. Learn to recognize which items are worth the amount on the price tag, and purchase accordingly.
Office supply stores often carry (for lack of a better term) room temperature laminating material. It looks like an 8.5"x11" clear sticker, and is pretty easy to use:
put the laminating sheet clear side down on a table
peel off the backing paper
place the object to be protected on the now-exposed sticky side of the sheet. In this case the receipt would go print side down.
either fold the clear sheet over the back of the receipt, or trim it, or whatever.
I think this highlights a "how not to code" idea, period. In 1986, when I was taking a BASIC (boo, hiss) course in high school, I learned that values should be expressed as variables even if the coder does not expect them to change. So instead of using (32 feet/second^2), one should instead declare g once, using whatever units are appropriate, and thereafter refer to g instead of a hardcoded value. If g changes, the coder need only update one line.
Note: I am not a programmer/coder/developer in any sense of any of the words, so technical nits should remain unpicked; however, if I am completely out in left field, please feel free to point that out.
However, in some of them the artists still use the low-tech approach: they affix small pointed objects that look like pyramids (go figure) to the skull or to a new casting made from the skull. The pyramids represent typical depth of tissue at various points around the skull so the artists know how much clay/putty to apply.
A little OT, but I was fascinated by the X-ray approach used in the most recent [Nefertiti] special. The discovery of the broken-off right arm was a bit odd, though: the arm didn't go very far - about 2-3 feet - yet it remained "lost" for almost 100 years.
Sun Microsystems doesn't seem to mind what's happening with SCO. I wonder why?
Because Sun has Solaris.:-) Yes, Sun has also dabbled/is dabbling in the Linux space, but their bread+butter is mid- to high-end server hardware running Solaris. They (Sun) are not betting the farm on Linux, and as a result they probably aren't too concerned with how this debacle turns out.
To anticipate two inevitable responses:
No, Sun isn't really trying to compete in the Joe/Jane Sixpack market - nor should they.
Yes, X86 running Linux are much faster in a lot of circumstances - irrelevant (see above).
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"First, I'll kick you in the nuts as hard as I can. Then you kick me in the nuts as hard as you can. The last candidate to fall wins the election. I'll go first..."
The history of Moore's Law.
Or if you are interested in Moore's original paper, you can find it here.
"Hotting up" is the UK version of "heating up". Not everyone speaks US English.
Dial *67 before you dial the number, and your number will show up as 'blocked ID' (or similar) on the display on the other end.
However, IIRC this does not work when you're calling a 1-800 or other toll-free number. I guess the idea is that if you are footing the bill you should be allowed to block your number, and if you are paying for the toll-free line you should be able to see who is calling you - which makes sense.
From the article:
And I am, frankly, tempted to reveal to you here that the American Teleservices Association (www.ataconnect.org/) seems to have a phone line working (at least for now) at 317-816-9336.
Whew! That was close. We wouldn't want Mr. Barry to sully his relationship with the ATA by posting such scandalous info. Kudos to you, sir, for your strenuous efforts to maintain some level of decorum!
However, I have no such relationship...
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
American Teleservices Association 317-816-9336
Have a nice day!
I recommended that instead of going forward with the migration, that we educate users and build support internally first.
In response to perceived resistance, he decided to back off a bit and get "buy-in" from the people that actually would be using OpenOffice.org; IMO this was a smart move.
I cringe whenever I see rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth zealots - regardless of topic (OS, programming language, political party, etc. - spouting off and alienating the people they are trying to convert. Such zealots hurt the cause they are trying to help.
As an aside, I picture a modified logo and an advertisement for "A55 Hat Linux", a distro developed 'specially for the zealots...
Baby Greedo hucks a lima bean at Baby Han first.
Don't even get me started on the differences between career fields and their SRBs (bonus for signing away a few years of your life).
For those of you watching at home, SRB = Selective Re-enlistment Bonus. This is money given to those in high-demand (and high-turnover) positions. When I got out I turned down an SRB of 3, meaning the bonus would be (3 times $figure times the # of years on the re-enlistment). 3 is quite high re: the SRB; it was a nice chunk of change for a lowly enlisted guy - about $22K before taxes - but still not worth it. YMMV.
Not to mention NO room for fast advancement.
This one bothered me, too. Epecially in the lower ranks, most people get promoted around the same time: the difference between Mother Theresa and Charles Manson [promotion-wise] would probably be about 4-6 months. As a silly-vilian, my career is on my shoulders.
The only way to move on to bigger and better things is to go officer.
However, officer = management. Seriously, officers are there to run things, not to do things.
Expect to spend 50% or more of your career away from your family as well.
This depends on your job category. I was in for 6 years and never went TDY (temporary duty). My brother has been in the USAF for 18 years, and he has been TDY for a total of less than two years and overseas (unaccompanied) for one. 3 != (50% of 18).
Ops tempo is crazy right now, and it's getting worse. Bush and co will run you ragged for shit pay.
BZZZZT! Red herring alert! This is not a Bush/Republican/political issue. I served under two presidents, and guess what? The pace at work depended on what was happening around the world at the time. Of course, I was in a different line of work; the demands on a PC tech are probably relatively static (modulo manning).
Mr. Loiacono said Sun would continue to sell individual pieces of the server package, but that most companies would reap big savings from what he called the "happy meal" approach.[emphasis mine]
Several years ago, Sun's incarnation of the 100Mb Ethernet adapter was called hme, which - depending who you asked - stood for "hundred meg[abit] ethernet" or "happy meal ethernet".
I wonder if Mr. Loiacono knew that and was making a subtle allusion, or if his choice of words was just a coincidence. Hmmm.
If memory serves, Microsoft and Novell came under fire a few years ago for their use of the word 'Engineer'. In the non-IT world, the word actually carries meaning: one must complete a licensing process before calling oneself an Engineer. Additionally, these real [i.e. non-IT] engineers are actually held liable for defects/mistakes/incompetence, etc.
My dad is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer and a Professional Engineer (P.E.); this issue was covered extensively in his trade magazines.
This is typical of so many kiddies these days: "I want everything for free, even if it's something I will never need/use/understand".
Many products that are the result of the work of many people - like cars, toasters, and yes, even documents - cost money to produce. Learn to recognize which items are worth the amount on the price tag, and purchase accordingly.
Three minutes of "shaking"?
I do not think it means what you think it means.
Just mux the two 400 ports together, et voila! Firewire 800!
PS No, I can't imagine any kind of cluster of anything.
PPS Yes, I'm joking (about the first part, not the second). &:-P
Lots of speculation and rumor, too, if you're into that sort of thing.
This is slashdot! We're all about speculation and rumor. Innuendo, too, especially on the weekends.
Oh, and sentence fragments.
Office supply stores often carry (for lack of a better term) room temperature laminating material. It looks like an 8.5"x11" clear sticker, and is pretty easy to use:
put the laminating sheet clear side down on a table
peel off the backing paper
place the object to be protected on the now-exposed sticky side of the sheet. In this case the receipt would go print side down.
either fold the clear sheet over the back of the receipt, or trim it, or whatever.
Oh, I forgot something:
profit
Highlights how not to code embedded devices
I think this highlights a "how not to code" idea, period. In 1986, when I was taking a BASIC (boo, hiss) course in high school, I learned that values should be expressed as variables even if the coder does not expect them to change. So instead of using (32 feet/second^2), one should instead declare g once, using whatever units are appropriate, and thereafter refer to g instead of a hardcoded value. If g changes, the coder need only update one line.
Note: I am not a programmer/coder/developer in any sense of any of the words, so technical nits should remain unpicked; however, if I am completely out in left field, please feel free to point that out.
that watches those shows.
However, in some of them the artists still use the low-tech approach: they affix small pointed objects that look like pyramids (go figure) to the skull or to a new casting made from the skull. The pyramids represent typical depth of tissue at various points around the skull so the artists know how much clay/putty to apply.
A little OT, but I was fascinated by the X-ray approach used in the most recent [Nefertiti] special. The discovery of the broken-off right arm was a bit odd, though: the arm didn't go very far - about 2-3 feet - yet it remained "lost" for almost 100 years.
[uhm "(un)endliche Ruhe im Karton" means so much more though
This refers to "peace/quiet [Ruhe] in the case/box".
[ "Ja naturlich bleibe ich am Ball
"Naturally I remain on the ball" - "On the ball" is a colloquialism that means "attentive" or "vigilant".
It makes you feel all soddy inside [ "Da bekomme ich feuchte Augen"].
"My eyes [Augen] get moist", i.e. "I am emotionally/spritually moved".
You shouldn't make fun of people just because you think their names sound funny.
Sincerely,
Pat McGroyne
Sun Microsystems doesn't seem to mind what's happening with SCO. I wonder why?
Because Sun has Solaris.
To anticipate two inevitable responses:
No, Sun isn't really trying to compete in the Joe/Jane Sixpack market - nor should they.
Yes, X86 running Linux are much faster in a lot of circumstances - irrelevant (see above).
offers mp3 files of their own songs, described on their site as "Beatles tunes, done Metallica style".
The interesting piece is that some of the filenames have names that could be confusing to the bots/droids/goons at RIAA - e.g. letitbe.mp3. Hmmm.
PS I heard about Beatallica right here on dear ol'
The Independent has a related article here.
He posts the same content-free review for every book (with slight mods to fit the book topic).
(Yes, I understand the concept of a bot performing mindless repetition, but it's still fairly ridiculous to mod him/it up.)
the Common Criteria web site and have a look?
What did microsoft do for email and the web?
s/for/to
Now the answer should be clear...