I don't buy the 'one of the first' either. Trash-80 BBS' were commonplace in that timeframe and there were CP/M based BBS' in operation before 1980. Hell, C-64 BBS' were so common that the term "Commie BBS" had a real, derogatory meaning.
Not to mention the mini and mainframe systems that looked like BBS.
A couple of ferinstances - were you aware that Kaiser Wilhelm made at least three direct attempts to influence his cousin, the Tsar, to not mobilize, thereby forestalling German mobilization (which was a response to the expected Russian action)?
A look back at the Balkan Wars of the previous decade would give you an inkling of how such a resolution would have played out.
The belief that WWI was inevitable is not universal. See Keegan's history, for instance.
It is true that after a certain point, the cycle of responsive mobilizations (which entailed war) could not be stopped, but to say that the cycle could not have been broken at some point by men of good will is inaccurate. To say that such men did not exist in 1910s Europe is also incorrect.
WWI was a huge mistake and not a single one of the powers that entered it did so willingly. Even the Habsburgs had (well-founded) fears.
Note that they approve the module and not the access software. The flaw is in the access software. Therefore, 140-2 compliance or approval isn't proof that your data is safe. It just means that some approved form of encryption is implemented by the crypto module. It appears that the modules in question were given some form of TEMPEST examination as well, but once again, that means nothing in terms of the access software.
I dated a girl once who was a power player wherever she went: better than me. She also made sure that she was never identifiable as 'herself' ever. Rarely ever played a female character. She didn't want the attention: she just wanted to meter her skillset against others.
I think the subtle assumption is there. It's reinforced by the fact that a lot of *identifiable* chick gamers are attention whores. By which I mean: if they are willing to participate in voice chat and be identified as female, they probably want people to pay a lot of attention to them. Meaning that they aren't really all that interested in the game mechanics, but rather are going to the place where there are people which will feed their need for constant, unadulterated* attention. They'll let some guy pick their spec and tell them how to play. Pride is irrelevant in this context: it's all about getting that temporary validation.
It's an unfortunate stigma but it's real.
* Well, they'll 'adulterate' to get same, but that's another story.
The day that we do pull out of there - which will be with our tails between our legs - will subject the peoples of Afghanistan and nearby states with the same dangers and indignities they'd face if that day were today. The only difference between now and then will be the body count.
I say this in the following capacity:
1. I deployed to a remote Sunni area of Iraq in 2007-08 with lots of rocket, mortar and small-arms fire. 2. I know dozens of people who have deployed to Afghanistan, including close friends. 3. I am at risk of deploying there myself shortly.
That said, I was against this intervention from the start. I am against it now. We should pull out yesterday. We cannot win. Afghanistan has proven intractable to central governance even with 105,000 Soviets there and the will to use armaments that we blanch at. There is no reason to expect that a lesser number of US troops will have any more luck. Only more death lies along that route.
Obama is playing LBJ's game of placating the public to the hilt, but he will understand failure soon enough.
I agree. I found the US-Canada border in particular to be the home of the most unimpressive border guards I have seen, though to be honest, Homeland Security personnel in general are unimpressive. Rude, nasty, undereducated and morally/ethically small people abound in those uniforms. Not a fucking 'welcome home' to be heard from this bunch.
I come from a family full of cops, I work daily with actual combatant US soldiers and have immense respect for them, but seeing these Homeland Security pricks from their various ill-run agencies acting as officers of the United States makes me want to vomit. The whole organization needs to be deconstructed and re-imagined in some kind of intelligent form.
I come from a time when the net was actually free. I do object to the ads and commercialization of the net. I want to see every web based business tank and die.
That way, we get the infrastructure that was laid in for us, and the Gordon Gekko types lose their shirts. Win-win!
Some of us never thought commercializing Linux was a good idea at all. We had a perfectly usable OS for geeks and now it gets progressively dumbed down to make it 'more desktop friendly' with very little market penetration ensuing. We're getting taken for a ride by some folks who want to make money off it. It's bullshit.
For me, I just hate the marketing cocksuckers who come up with these terms. Some asshole saw too many Visio diagrams with a big cloud in the middle representing the intervening networks and decided that there are computers out there that will magically do what they want. Every time I hear the term 'cloud' I think 'botnet'. Because essentially, that's the only thing extant that resembles what they are proposing.
And that's the root of the issue - I do. I'm pretty sure out of the two people I did that night, one of them did and one of them didn't, and the one that didn't is pretty insane, to the point of being institutionalized a few times in the ensuing ten years till now.
It was during my divorce from the crazy lady and I did quite a few things I am not proud of. This one was probably the one with the most lingering guilt, though.
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I would be shocked if you couldn't get 38400 or even 57600 out of a null modem cable. Assuming a buffered chip at the receiving end - 16550 type.
I don't buy the 'one of the first' either. Trash-80 BBS' were commonplace in that timeframe and there were CP/M based BBS' in operation before 1980. Hell, C-64 BBS' were so common that the term "Commie BBS" had a real, derogatory meaning.
Not to mention the mini and mainframe systems that looked like BBS.
You need to use a 2-byte value or skip every other byte, as every other one is a screen attribute value.
Otherwise, you're right.
For MGA or Herc you'd use B000:0000 as your start segment, all others B800:0000, as you did.
I'm sure it has something to do with an Indian entity, say the government and banks, being cut out of fees.
Baksheesh.
A couple of ferinstances - were you aware that Kaiser Wilhelm made at least three direct attempts to influence his cousin, the Tsar, to not mobilize, thereby forestalling German mobilization (which was a response to the expected Russian action)?
A look back at the Balkan Wars of the previous decade would give you an inkling of how such a resolution would have played out.
The belief that WWI was inevitable is not universal. See Keegan's history, for instance.
It is true that after a certain point, the cycle of responsive mobilizations (which entailed war) could not be stopped, but to say that the cycle could not have been broken at some point by men of good will is inaccurate. To say that such men did not exist in 1910s Europe is also incorrect.
WWI was a huge mistake and not a single one of the powers that entered it did so willingly. Even the Habsburgs had (well-founded) fears.
50% of all datacenter operators lie about their staffing levels.
First, here's the NIST list of approved 140-1 and 140-2 modules.
Note that they approve the module and not the access software. The flaw is in the access software. Therefore, 140-2 compliance or approval isn't proof that your data is safe. It just means that some approved form of encryption is implemented by the crypto module. It appears that the modules in question were given some form of TEMPEST examination as well, but once again, that means nothing in terms of the access software.
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Saddam's purported 'hatred of radical Islam' didn't stop him from adding "Allahu Akbar" or "God is Great" to the Iraqi flag post-1991.
Enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Technically, the classic OS had a CLI inasmuch as it had a debug switch on the box and it would throw you into a CLI window.
That wasn't what I said, but points to you for reading comprehension.
I dated a girl once who was a power player wherever she went: better than me. She also made sure that she was never identifiable as 'herself' ever. Rarely ever played a female character. She didn't want the attention: she just wanted to meter her skillset against others.
Perhaps you are like her.
You never played MUDs or WoW then. Can't come up with any other explanation for not seeing what is visible just about anywhere in that genre.
I think the subtle assumption is there. It's reinforced by the fact that a lot of *identifiable* chick gamers are attention whores. By which I mean: if they are willing to participate in voice chat and be identified as female, they probably want people to pay a lot of attention to them. Meaning that they aren't really all that interested in the game mechanics, but rather are going to the place where there are people which will feed their need for constant, unadulterated* attention. They'll let some guy pick their spec and tell them how to play. Pride is irrelevant in this context: it's all about getting that temporary validation.
It's an unfortunate stigma but it's real.
* Well, they'll 'adulterate' to get same, but that's another story.
I stayed away because of the Godwin fear. It brings out the crazies every time.
I would expect the people at the Kandahar Burger King to have more insight than you are showing here.
You sound like a chickenhawk to me.
The day that we do pull out of there - which will be with our tails between our legs - will subject the peoples of Afghanistan and nearby states with the same dangers and indignities they'd face if that day were today. The only difference between now and then will be the body count.
I say this in the following capacity:
1. I deployed to a remote Sunni area of Iraq in 2007-08 with lots of rocket, mortar and small-arms fire.
2. I know dozens of people who have deployed to Afghanistan, including close friends.
3. I am at risk of deploying there myself shortly.
That said, I was against this intervention from the start. I am against it now. We should pull out yesterday. We cannot win. Afghanistan has proven intractable to central governance even with 105,000 Soviets there and the will to use armaments that we blanch at. There is no reason to expect that a lesser number of US troops will have any more luck. Only more death lies along that route.
Obama is playing LBJ's game of placating the public to the hilt, but he will understand failure soon enough.
I agree. I found the US-Canada border in particular to be the home of the most unimpressive border guards I have seen, though to be honest, Homeland Security personnel in general are unimpressive. Rude, nasty, undereducated and morally/ethically small people abound in those uniforms. Not a fucking 'welcome home' to be heard from this bunch.
I come from a family full of cops, I work daily with actual combatant US soldiers and have immense respect for them, but seeing these Homeland Security pricks from their various ill-run agencies acting as officers of the United States makes me want to vomit. The whole organization needs to be deconstructed and re-imagined in some kind of intelligent form.
I'm waiting for the sticky feet and noisy kid emulation for my home theater, to give the full experience.
"I need a grant"
I come from a time when the net was actually free. I do object to the ads and commercialization of the net. I want to see every web based business tank and die.
That way, we get the infrastructure that was laid in for us, and the Gordon Gekko types lose their shirts. Win-win!
Some of us never thought commercializing Linux was a good idea at all. We had a perfectly usable OS for geeks and now it gets progressively dumbed down to make it 'more desktop friendly' with very little market penetration ensuing. We're getting taken for a ride by some folks who want to make money off it. It's bullshit.
Overrated is not subject to M2, Insightful is.
Using Overrated is being a prick in an approved way, and it's the reason why a lot of people I used to correspond with here left.
Not to say M2 is anything but a joke which I opted out of years ago, but still...
For me, I just hate the marketing cocksuckers who come up with these terms. Some asshole saw too many Visio diagrams with a big cloud in the middle representing the intervening networks and decided that there are computers out there that will magically do what they want. Every time I hear the term 'cloud' I think 'botnet'. Because essentially, that's the only thing extant that resembles what they are proposing.
And that's the root of the issue - I do. I'm pretty sure out of the two people I did that night, one of them did and one of them didn't, and the one that didn't is pretty insane, to the point of being institutionalized a few times in the ensuing ten years till now.
It was during my divorce from the crazy lady and I did quite a few things I am not proud of. This one was probably the one with the most lingering guilt, though.