Yes, Elrond should look the same. Hugo Weaving, assuming he returns, will have aged up to five years, which has to be removed using make-up. I assume that the grandparent was referring to this.
Not necessarily. There's already at least 3 Mothra movies without Godzilla. Agter all there's plenty of other city-destroying monsters out there. Besides, Mothra always seems to be very reluctant to help out until the last minute so he's probably glad that Godzilla is retiring.:)
You should have your head close to the headrest to minimize the risk for whiplash injuries. In a properly designed car, such as a Volvo, you can sit comfortably in your normal position (unless you are leaning forward like a humpback, which will lead to trouble with shoulders and back before you know it) and your head will be close to the headrest.
In locations where mines are a problem the locals will know in what areas there are mines; that field, the left side of the road, the small forest by the river, etc. However the number and location of mines is unknown and finding and disabling them is an insanely slow process. One man can clear 2 or 3 square meters per hour and it's about the most stressful job you can find.
If the actual finding of mines can be automated with the use of these plants then it is a lot easier and faster to disable them when you don't have to spend hours on your knees to find each one individually.
Anti-tank mines have a diameter of 30-40 cm, are 6-8 cm deep and weigh about 10kg. I can also tell you that it not fun at all to carry 2 or more for several kilometers somewhere in the middle of a Finnish forest.
The largest mines are probably anti-personnel claymore mines. They are something like 25cm high and 50cm wide and produce a huge (50-100m) conical storm of shrapnel. They are however usually attached to a tree or similar structure so that the effect acts horizontally taking out a lot of infantry and perhaps unarmored vehicles. The plants are of no use when looking for these.
There are several kinds of mines that can be dispersed from aircraft. the ones I've seen are Russian and are about 10cm wide, 5cm high and look sort of like butterflies so that they can be packed efficiently and disperse widely when dropped. These are not dug into the ground so I doubt the plant will be of much use in finding them. Now someone is thinking that such small mines that are above the ground shouldn't be a problem, but account for the fact that the a plane can drop several thousands in one run. Combine that with toxic gas and/or napalm and it's a really big problem.
The kinds of mines that the plants are probably used to find are anti-personnel mines dug into the ground. These usually consist of an explosive charge 10cm wide and about 10cm high with some shrapnelling stuff in them. On top of that a trigger is attached making the whole contraption just above 15cm high. The whole thing is dug into the ground and covered with a cm or two of dirt so that it goes off when a soldier (or civilian) steps on it.
Christmas Eve is on a Wednesday this year. Depending on which days are holidays in your country you could give them 2-3 extra days off with full pay at the beginning of the week. That way they would have 9 consecutive days off. A smaller monetary reward on top of that would make everyone very happy.
If they are well done it is a plus in my book, but I've seen some really shitty powerpoint that added absolutely nothing to the presentation.
I prefer to listen rather than take notes. If the slides are nicely done they serve as lecture notes and I can focus on following the lecture (and I have good notes from the lecures I skip). And I save paper as I'm perfectly comfortable with reading from a monitor. I've never had to print any lecture slides with exception for when you can use your notes (read printed slides) during the exam.
I have, once. I used it to send a message to a friend on the campus network when the outside connection was down so that ICQ and mail where unavailable. The alternative would have been to use a few cents on a phone call or actually get up and walk *GASP* the 100 meters or so to talk to him face to face.:)
So I installed W2k for a friend a few days ago - Connected to the internet to get the RPC patch, and got infected with this work in under a minute - Not even time to get the update!...
And that's why you should have installed a software firewall, such as ZoneAlarm, from CD before connecting to the internet
While you're at it install a decent browser and e-mail client from the same CD before your friend has a chance to start using IE and Outlook (Express).
I've found that the best argument to this is to say that it does not matter what can be taken from you, but what can be done in your name by breaking the password. If the account is compromised anyone could send mail in your name or use your account to store illegal material.
Trying to explain about root access and such things will be met by a blank stare, It's more effective to talk about the drawbacks of being discovered with someone else's child pornography in your account.
As always Google found what I was looking for here.
Johnson & Johnson wants to market the IBot as a physician-prescribed device, instead of a consumer device, so that it can be covered under many medical insurance plans, according to development information provided by the company.
It was a long time since I read about it, but it was something about it being a lot cheaper to buy once it was classified as an aid for disabled people. I don't remember the reason, could have been either related to insurance or to tax deductability I guess.
Is there any way to be sure that the logs are genuine to begin with, especially the paper versions? If it's done by someone in the same building, physical security is 0 and any theory is possible really. The logging machine could have been tampered with or swapping ethernet cards in two machines: MACs are swapped and probably IPs. Get a lawyer and sue for wrongful termination, lost wages, mental distress, legal fees etc.
I think there's something about that in some book by Tolkien. Something about how elves are peaceful by their nature as war is really the only thing that would cut their life short. Mortal men on the other hand are more reckless and wage war left and right as they will die "soon" anyway.
The elves showing up at Helm's Deep in The Two Towers (the movie) is also a much greater sacrifice as they are essentially giving up eternal life by coming to the aid of the mortals.
Despair not. This topic if any deserves a dupe. Wait 4-5 hours and their will be a submission which hopefully includes a text version for you to ignore.
There was a study I saw on TV (not sure if it was PBS or Discovery) where kids actually retained more information being taught in a dimly lit room than in a bright one.
I don't know if it's related, but I always turn off some of the fluorescent lights at the office if I'm the first in or the last to go. I don't want it to be completely dark because my eyes don't like it if the monitor is the only light source, but turning off the sections of the office lights closest to me is very soothing and I'm a lot more productive at those times. Although that also correlates with the absence of PHBs I'm pretty sure it's the ligths.
Everyone else insists on having the lights on, which is the equivalent of playing only Britney Spears loudly on the headphones for the entire week. Since we have an open floor plan there's not much to do about it.
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The first thing I thought when reading the OP was "Don't buy Philips, don't buy Sony". And of course the first post recommends a Sony. I don't have any first hand experience of Sonys because I avoid buying them due to the high number of people complaining about their poor quality. I think their TVs may be a little better than the usual products, but I still avoid them. Based on the Sonys I've seen on display in shops I also dislike their picture quality. Although the source signal usually stinks and the settings are probably way off, it's still an indication of quality. Go check out some TVs in a few stores before you buy anything. bring your own DVD and have them hook it up so you know what it's supposed to look like.
Instead I would recommend a Panasonic. Mine is almost 10 years old but has not never shown any signs of old age and the image quality is still excellent. It also does both NTSC and PAL which is great for overseas DVDs. The only downside is that it's only got 2 scart connectors and only one of them handles RGB. Make sure you have enough connectors on the device you buy.
Before buying anything play around with the remote in the store. This is the UI of the TV and you should be able to use it comfortably with one hand without looking at it. I've seen some astonishingly assinine remote control desings. This is one of the reasons that I will never buy anything made by Philips. The other is that their VCRs are legendary for breaking down. Usually very soon after the warranty expires.
I think you misunderstood my point. I do receive valid e-mail as HTML-only on occasion. That mail has however _never_ had any content that couldn't be presented as clearly and easily in plain text, which is what I was getting at.
This amounts to little more than an annoyance in itself, but means that I can't filter mail by throwing away everything of type text/html. If it comes from a commercial company (while still being valid) they are less likely to see my money again.
Most of the tricks in the article (yes, I read it) require the mail to be in HTML format. If they were not, filters would be much more effective.
I don't remember ever receiving an e-mail that actually had any content requiring it to be HTML. It would be pretty sinple to set up a mail server to bounce any incoming (or outgoing for that matter) HTML mail with a friendly notice that the server does not accept HTML mail, and to please try again using ASCII. The problem is that there are plenty of people who have no idea what they are supposed to do at that point.
Also I wonder if it could be effective for filters to detect whether such obfuscation is used rather than try to parse the contents and filter based on that. Many of the methods used are pretty obvious if you try to detect that specifically.
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Yes, Elrond should look the same. Hugo Weaving, assuming he returns, will have aged up to five years, which has to be removed using make-up. I assume that the grandparent was referring to this.
Not necessarily. There's already at least 3 Mothra movies without Godzilla. Agter all there's plenty of other city-destroying monsters out there. Besides, Mothra always seems to be very reluctant to help out until the last minute so he's probably glad that Godzilla is retiring. :)
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You should have your head close to the headrest to minimize the risk for whiplash injuries. In a properly designed car, such as a Volvo, you can sit comfortably in your normal position (unless you are leaning forward like a humpback, which will lead to trouble with shoulders and back before you know it) and your head will be close to the headrest.
Apparently, you don't quite grasp the problem.
In locations where mines are a problem the locals will know in what areas there are mines; that field, the left side of the road, the small forest by the river, etc. However the number and location of mines is unknown and finding and disabling them is an insanely slow process. One man can clear 2 or 3 square meters per hour and it's about the most stressful job you can find.
If the actual finding of mines can be automated with the use of these plants then it is a lot easier and faster to disable them when you don't have to spend hours on your knees to find each one individually.
Anti-tank mines have a diameter of 30-40 cm, are 6-8 cm deep and weigh about 10kg. I can also tell you that it not fun at all to carry 2 or more for several kilometers somewhere in the middle of a Finnish forest.
The largest mines are probably anti-personnel claymore mines. They are something like 25cm high and 50cm wide and produce a huge (50-100m) conical storm of shrapnel. They are however usually attached to a tree or similar structure so that the effect acts horizontally taking out a lot of infantry and perhaps unarmored vehicles. The plants are of no use when looking for these.
There are several kinds of mines that can be dispersed from aircraft. the ones I've seen are Russian and are about 10cm wide, 5cm high and look sort of like butterflies so that they can be packed efficiently and disperse widely when dropped. These are not dug into the ground so I doubt the plant will be of much use in finding them. Now someone is thinking that such small mines that are above the ground shouldn't be a problem, but account for the fact that the a plane can drop several thousands in one run. Combine that with toxic gas and/or napalm and it's a really big problem.
The kinds of mines that the plants are probably used to find are anti-personnel mines dug into the ground. These usually consist of an explosive charge 10cm wide and about 10cm high with some shrapnelling stuff in them. On top of that a trigger is attached making the whole contraption just above 15cm high. The whole thing is dug into the ground and covered with a cm or two of dirt so that it goes off when a soldier (or civilian) steps on it.
It's not officially out yet, however some online stores have shipped it already. I know of a few Swedes who got their early this week.
Damn, damn, damn. I should have previewed. Here's the unmangled version:
First: Collect underpants
The second step is unknown
The third step: Profit!
First: Collect underpants The second step is unknown The third step: Profit!
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Christmas Eve is on a Wednesday this year. Depending on which days are holidays in your country you could give them 2-3 extra days off with full pay at the beginning of the week. That way they would have 9 consecutive days off. A smaller monetary reward on top of that would make everyone very happy.
If they are well done it is a plus in my book, but I've seen some really shitty powerpoint that added absolutely nothing to the presentation.
I prefer to listen rather than take notes. If the slides are nicely done they serve as lecture notes and I can focus on following the lecture (and I have good notes from the lecures I skip). And I save paper as I'm perfectly comfortable with reading from a monitor. I've never had to print any lecture slides with exception for when you can use your notes (read printed slides) during the exam.
I have, once. I used it to send a message to a friend on the campus network when the outside connection was down so that ICQ and mail where unavailable. The alternative would have been to use a few cents on a phone call or actually get up and walk *GASP* the 100 meters or so to talk to him face to face. :)
So I installed W2k for a friend a few days ago - Connected to the internet to get the RPC patch, and got infected with this work in under a minute - Not even time to get the update!...
And that's why you should have installed a software firewall, such as ZoneAlarm, from CD before connecting to the internet
While you're at it install a decent browser and e-mail client from the same CD before your friend has a chance to start using IE and Outlook (Express).
I just have some photos of my cat there.
I've found that the best argument to this is to say that it does not matter what can be taken from you, but what can be done in your name by breaking the password. If the account is compromised anyone could send mail in your name or use your account to store illegal material.
Trying to explain about root access and such things will be met by a blank stare, It's more effective to talk about the drawbacks of being discovered with someone else's child pornography in your account.
As always Google found what I was looking for here.
Johnson & Johnson wants to market the IBot as a physician-prescribed device, instead of a consumer device, so that it can be covered under many medical insurance plans, according to development information provided by the company.
It was a long time since I read about it, but it was something about it being a lot cheaper to buy once it was classified as an aid for disabled people. I don't remember the reason, could have been either related to insurance or to tax deductability I guess.
Is there any way to be sure that the logs are genuine to begin with, especially the paper versions? If it's done by someone in the same building, physical security is 0 and any theory is possible really. The logging machine could have been tampered with or swapping ethernet cards in two machines: MACs are swapped and probably IPs. Get a lawyer and sue for wrongful termination, lost wages, mental distress, legal fees etc.
I think there's something about that in some book by Tolkien. Something about how elves are peaceful by their nature as war is really the only thing that would cut their life short. Mortal men on the other hand are more reckless and wage war left and right as they will die "soon" anyway.
The elves showing up at Helm's Deep in The Two Towers (the movie) is also a much greater sacrifice as they are essentially giving up eternal life by coming to the aid of the mortals.
Despair not. This topic if any deserves a dupe. Wait 4-5 hours and their will be a submission which hopefully includes a text version for you to ignore.
There was a study I saw on TV (not sure if it was PBS or Discovery) where kids actually retained more information being taught in a dimly lit room than in a bright one.
I don't know if it's related, but I always turn off some of the fluorescent lights at the office if I'm the first in or the last to go. I don't want it to be completely dark because my eyes don't like it if the monitor is the only light source, but turning off the sections of the office lights closest to me is very soothing and I'm a lot more productive at those times. Although that also correlates with the absence of PHBs I'm pretty sure it's the ligths.
Everyone else insists on having the lights on, which is the equivalent of playing only Britney Spears loudly on the headphones for the entire week. Since we have an open floor plan there's not much to do about it.
The first thing I thought when reading the OP was "Don't buy Philips, don't buy Sony". And of course the first post recommends a Sony. I don't have any first hand experience of Sonys because I avoid buying them due to the high number of people complaining about their poor quality. I think their TVs may be a little better than the usual products, but I still avoid them. Based on the Sonys I've seen on display in shops I also dislike their picture quality. Although the source signal usually stinks and the settings are probably way off, it's still an indication of quality. Go check out some TVs in a few stores before you buy anything. bring your own DVD and have them hook it up so you know what it's supposed to look like.
Instead I would recommend a Panasonic. Mine is almost 10 years old but has not never shown any signs of old age and the image quality is still excellent. It also does both NTSC and PAL which is great for overseas DVDs. The only downside is that it's only got 2 scart connectors and only one of them handles RGB. Make sure you have enough connectors on the device you buy.
Before buying anything play around with the remote in the store. This is the UI of the TV and you should be able to use it comfortably with one hand without looking at it. I've seen some astonishingly assinine remote control desings. This is one of the reasons that I will never buy anything made by Philips. The other is that their VCRs are legendary for breaking down. Usually very soon after the warranty expires.
Very disappointing really. I was
- praying for "shock and awe".
- hoping for bunker busters.
- expecting at least a few tanks.
- prepared to be slightly dissapointed by a few snipers.
But phone messages? Sheesh. Russia just isn't what it used to be.
I think you misunderstood my point. I do receive valid e-mail as HTML-only on occasion. That mail has however _never_ had any content that couldn't be presented as clearly and easily in plain text, which is what I was getting at.
This amounts to little more than an annoyance in itself, but means that I can't filter mail by throwing away everything of type text/html. If it comes from a commercial company (while still being valid) they are less likely to see my money again.
Most of the tricks in the article (yes, I read it) require the mail to be in HTML format. If they were not, filters would be much more effective.
I don't remember ever receiving an e-mail that actually had any content requiring it to be HTML. It would be pretty sinple to set up a mail server to bounce any incoming (or outgoing for that matter) HTML mail with a friendly notice that the server does not accept HTML mail, and to please try again using ASCII. The problem is that there are plenty of people who have no idea what they are supposed to do at that point.
Also I wonder if it could be effective for filters to detect whether such obfuscation is used rather than try to parse the contents and filter based on that. Many of the methods used are pretty obvious if you try to detect that specifically.
2. get the werd out. If people know about your package, it could solve a problem somewhere that would get it installed.
Somehow I get a feeling that he has that one covered. :)