You are missing a Vital factor -- R.E.M. Sleep can come very fast if the subject has reached a point of true mental exhaustion. It sounds like everyone in this post have this very problem - Sleep exhaustion. And they dont know what to do with it.. Don't get me wrong I understand - I spent a 48 hour day this week. Sleep Doctors will tell you that you need to redo your life :
Never "nap" in your own bed. Napping on a couch is a good thing
Try to maintain the same bed time - even if it hurts
If you cannot sleep - never sit in front of a TV or CRT. This one is my downfall. Supposedly a CRT/TV will, because of its flashing colors reset your sense of "daylight" constantly - making you think that it is daybreak constantly. I often wonder if given enough work and games and no interruptions how long I could stay awake and aware. My personal best is 37 hours sans computers/TV, 52 hours with.
I have awoken in the night, if I set in front on my monitors (3x21") I will be up for the day - if I dont, I *will* go back to sleep eventually.
GO SEE A SLEEP DOC -= they will help you =- I am told you live a shorter life if your sleep sux.
For the average slashdotter - get teh heck away from your monitor/TV - read book - go to bed...:/
But I think that if you look at this logically, you'll draw a different conclusion. Long before man arrived, that species of bird had failed to evolve a solid foothold in its ecosystem. With all of New Zealand right there, the best that bird could do was live on one tiny island.
...Or perhaps the species had reacently come about and was waiting for said hurricane to blow it to other islands to help its own little Diaspora. Or perhaps it's evolution had just started and given another hundred years population pressure would have forced members of the species to start to try migration. Or perhaps the spieces was in a state of flux gettting yeady for some individuals to evolve into yet a different species one that would have made it off the island. The bird did have a solid foothold on it's ecosystem. When that ecosystem changed it, like many others have to currently deal with non-native invasive species had a very rough go of it.
So, there are millions of species on our planet, and I think we should study and catalog all of them. But let's also acknowledge the fact that no matter what we do, 99.9% of those species are going to be evolutionary dead ends.
On a sufficiently large enough time scale sure. But it is very short sighted of us to not give them all a chance anyway. What if the next plant that we wipe out holds the cure to cancer, what if the next vole shows the evolution of the bat, what if the next sapling cut down would have (in that sufficiently large enough time scale) have led to the rise of a group to rival the angiosperms in thier variety and vitality. It is not just that humans cause extinctions (You're welcome;)) Its that we are causing them at the greatest rate since any of the mass exticion events that have happened on the planet. All that it takes is a very little bit of care and we humans seem to think that we are the most special of the species and don't have to care.
Here are two closing thoughts for you. What is the most successful Genus on the planet? The knee jerk reaction is humans. No, not at all. The most successful is one of the Grass genera (take your pick) not only to they outnumber Humans by orders of magnitude but they have evolved and obligate parasite (us). Second I leave you with the words of my Taxonomy professor. "It is theoretically impossible to identify a species of a living set of creatures, for everything is constantly evolving, and what is not identifiable as a species today may be tomorrow. Truly the only way to identify a species is when they are all gone. So truth be told, mankind have been the greatest producer of species in the history of the World. " A true statement, and one that ruffles the feathers of biologists.It does not however mean that we shouldn't care about "making more species"
To me the obvious thing for the *FAN*atics is to set up a Star Trek MMORPG. Set some sort of honor system up so that everyone is as squeaky clean as good old Gene saw the future and let them pilot their ships all they want. I honesty can't believe that no one has created this beast already - talk about your monthy subscriptions - this thing is a gold mine.
It tells me that what he meant was that they have Cisco servers. From my home I can use Windows, Mac, or linux to VPN into work. This is the whole reason to use VPN. If he is at work using VPN to get into thier own network.... then he should be able to do it from anywhere on the Net. If they block external access - then I have to ask why in the world they have a network set up that way - not trusting internal clients is odd at best - sounds to me like the business is set up like a coffee house with open access all over. And then it means that his machine is sitting in some unfirewalled way if he thinks he can mount a drive. Yuck, what a security mess. Chances are he can VPN in from home and simply mistyped.
Gawd - Talk to me, lie to me, give me shameless stats, even send me to goatse - but please, oh please gimme a link - PLEASE!!! I have large wads of transferable cash, I must have it!!
The.40 SnW IS a 10 mm round. And truth be told if I needed a round to punch thru basic aromor - gimme a.45 Colt any day "+P" tells me that you are a Dealer not a shooter. Us shooters talk grains of powder - not the +P marketing hype. Long-EZ - I invite you to my Home - pick your gun - we can go out and shoot it - if I don't own it, it is a short drive to some one who does. Come down - the food is good.
When you're out in public, the rules of the game have changed from when you're inside your home.
Well, let us take this to the extreme then shall we?
Ahem
From this point forward the government has decreed that:
Seeing as they are public spaces, all bathrooms in courthouses, public parks and rest stops shall now have web cams to make sure that illeagal activities are not taking place, and so that injured persons can be taken care of quickly.
To protect the public in public spaces only naked people shall be allowed in, you have no right to privacy, and modesty is an emotion, not a right.
Lastly all court proceedings and all accusations made against you as well as all use of a public hospital shall be televised and posted tothe web, these are public functions, and you have no right to privacy while in a public space.
Seriously though, I do expect privacy on the road. I expect privacy in a public hospital, national forest, or in a courthouse, or in any number of "public" spaces. I dont see where this is different then setting a cop on the street corner to affix your personal prison type anklet locator on you to know where you go during the day, after all, you are out in public, where anyone can see you, why not allow them to track you? Just someone can be seen in a public space doesn't mean they need to give up their privacy. Someone futher up made a comment about a car being an "effect" as far as the Constitution was concerned. Considering America's car culture I would argue that it is as much of an extension of a person as the clothing on their back.
I was taught that there were only a few basic stories and tha Shakespeare had done them all - every thing else is just a variation on a theme, if you want to see the other four, get reading.
Sera
P.S. Or at least rent the video of Much Ado About Nothing with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson, IMHO it is some of the best film ever made.
And the lefties that control the media would have us believe that the videogames are the problem.
Hey thanks for making this a partisan issue, because I am sure that the only the right cares about raising thier children. Oh, and if you look a little deeper you will see that most of the fire comes from the right not the left. Keep your hate to yourself, the rest of us cant stand your brand of hate anymore.
It also means that they get to complain about a regulated industry instead of being parents. ala - "My child committed suicide, it is the fault of Rock and Roll. (~not~ my failing as a parent to listen to them and see what they are going through)
Actually copyrighting the exploit is kinda cool. Say you are a admin, and some kid gets fresh and tries this out. "Hey kid, not only am I nailing you to the wall for this, but I am turning you over to the guy who "owns" it and you get to pay him a nice fine." No, I think that is it pretty hilarious that the code is copyrighted.
By the reading of these posts it makes me wonder if any of them have ever worked in a factory that controls production or not, or maybe they have and actually believe in the mentality. People are not machines. "Oh the quota is 30 widgets a day" and after you get really good at your job, "Oh, now it's 40 widgets per day" then 45, 47, 50 - till you are working like a fiend the whole time through. "But you are on *my* dime!" Uh, huh, tell you what on the 26th lets have Boxing day here at the plant and we will see what the color of your dime is, and we switch paychecks too by the way. "Geez bob, you have been delivering 100 packages a day for weeks, today was only fourty, we are going to have to do something about that." Boss? The roads were solid ice. "Bob, when you are on my dime, you will deliver 100 packages a day, you can stay till they are delivered or forgo your christmas bonus for missing quota."
But, nah, I am sure that is just tin foil stuff, no one I know who has done factory work has ever run into stuff like that. And I am sure that they will make allowances for running to daycare to move a sick kid, stopping to help an old lady, drop off a donation to Tsunami victems, businesses are big hearted that way, thats why the unions rose up isn't it?
Wow, you guys are sure doing the job here!! Shutiing down those torrent sites, sure is slowing them up!!
But there is the thing, now normally you would hire some consultant that would cost you thousands, but I will give it to you gratis. You are in the same position that your cousin the RIAA was with Napster. See they cut the head off the dragon too - but then they found out, that it was no dragon, indeed it was a Hydra. For every head they cut off 2 more rose in its place. Now mp3's are everywhere. You may slay this beast yet, but expect encrypted clients, trackers and hosters in countries that don't care about you, and other things which I can only imagine. You have an oppertunity here like your cousin did, it seems that you are going down the same path. I have something to tell you, you are not going to like it, expect failure.
We just this summer got a new sliding glass door installed. As the guy was giving us his pitch he was telling us about its resistance to heating up a room due to sunlight. One thing he mentiond was there were aluminium flecks in the glass to bounce off sunlight, I made him repeat that part. I have always wanted to try wifi across it and see what would happen. So in answer to your question : buy new windows?
Slashdot Mirror
Sera
- Never "nap" in your own bed. Napping on a couch is a good thing
- Try to maintain the same bed time - even if it hurts
- If you cannot sleep - never sit in front of a TV or CRT. This one is my downfall. Supposedly a CRT/TV will, because of its flashing colors reset your sense of "daylight" constantly - making you think that it is daybreak constantly. I often wonder if given enough work and games and no interruptions how long I could stay awake and aware. My personal best is 37 hours sans computers/TV, 52 hours with.
- I have awoken in the night, if I set in front on my monitors (3x21") I will be up for the day - if I dont, I *will* go back to sleep eventually.
GO SEE A SLEEP DOC -= they will help you =-I am told you live a shorter life if your sleep sux.
For the average slashdotter - get teh heck away from your monitor/TV - read book - go to bed ...:/
Seraphim
Mr Carson, I do truly miss you. Bless you Sir.
Here are two closing thoughts for you. What is the most successful Genus on the planet? The knee jerk reaction is humans. No, not at all. The most successful is one of the Grass genera (take your pick) not only to they outnumber Humans by orders of magnitude but they have evolved and obligate parasite (us). Second I leave you with the words of my Taxonomy professor. "It is theoretically impossible to identify a species of a living set of creatures, for everything is constantly evolving, and what is not identifiable as a species today may be tomorrow. Truly the only way to identify a species is when they are all gone. So truth be told, mankind have been the greatest producer of species in the history of the World. " A true statement, and one that ruffles the feathers of biologists.It does not however mean that we shouldn't care about "making more species"
Sera
To me the obvious thing for the *FAN*atics is to set up a Star Trek MMORPG. Set some sort of honor system up so that everyone is as squeaky clean as good old Gene saw the future and let them pilot their ships all they want. I honesty can't believe that no one has created this beast already - talk about your monthy subscriptions - this thing is a gold mine.
Sera
...And started by the word "Mongolian"
Sera
Thus using the Cisco VPN client... It tells me that what he meant was that they have Cisco servers. From my home I can use Windows, Mac, or linux to VPN into work. This is the whole reason to use VPN. If he is at work using VPN to get into thier own network
Sera
Use the Cisco VPN client for Mac OSX? Am I missing something here?
Sera
Gawd
- Talk to me, lie to me, give me shameless stats, even send me to goatse - but please, oh please gimme a link - PLEASE!!! I have large wads of transferable cash, I must have it!!
Sera
Where is your sig from? I have to ask because my Boss is named Mark Anderson - I would love to post it to his office door.
Sera
Sera
In the future Sir I would hope that you get that in the right order - it is:
Consumer/customer/citizen
Thank You for your attention to this matter
signed
Corporate America
Actually I do, it works wonderfuly on the demo machine at work - people love it.
Sera
Ahem
From this point forward the government has decreed that:
Seriously though, I do expect privacy on the road. I expect privacy in a public hospital, national forest, or in a courthouse, or in any number of "public" spaces. I dont see where this is different then setting a cop on the street corner to affix your personal prison type anklet locator on you to know where you go during the day, after all, you are out in public, where anyone can see you, why not allow them to track you? Just someone can be seen in a public space doesn't mean they need to give up their privacy. Someone futher up made a comment about a car being an "effect" as far as the Constitution was concerned. Considering America's car culture I would argue that it is as much of an extension of a person as the clothing on their back.
Sera
1) Much Ado About Nothing.
2) The Tempest
3) Comedy of Errors
4) Romeo and Juliet
I was taught that there were only a few basic stories and tha Shakespeare had done them all - every thing else is just a variation on a theme, if you want to see the other four, get reading.
Sera
P.S. Or at least rent the video of Much Ado About Nothing with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson, IMHO it is some of the best film ever made.
Who doesn't? Have you seen some of those young bucks that toss those girls in the air? Dreamy I tell ya.
Sera
Hey thanks for making this a partisan issue, because I am sure that the only the right cares about raising thier children. Oh, and if you look a little deeper you will see that most of the fire comes from the right not the left. Keep your hate to yourself, the rest of us cant stand your brand of hate anymore.
Sera
It also means that they get to complain about a regulated industry instead of being parents. ala - "My child committed suicide, it is the fault of Rock and Roll. (~not~ my failing as a parent to listen to them and see what they are going through)
Sera
Actually copyrighting the exploit is kinda cool. Say you are a admin, and some kid gets fresh and tries this out. "Hey kid, not only am I nailing you to the wall for this, but I am turning you over to the guy who "owns" it and you get to pay him a nice fine." No, I think that is it pretty hilarious that the code is copyrighted.
Sera
Spoken like a true Democrat, let us hope the State Supremes dont pick the winner "for the good of the Nation"
;)
To paraphrase every Republican for the last four years:
By the reading of these posts it makes me wonder if any of them have ever worked in a factory that controls production or not, or maybe they have and actually believe in the mentality. People are not machines. "Oh the quota is 30 widgets a day" and after you get really good at your job, "Oh, now it's 40 widgets per day" then 45, 47, 50 - till you are working like a fiend the whole time through. "But you are on *my* dime!" Uh, huh, tell you what on the 26th lets have Boxing day here at the plant and we will see what the color of your dime is, and we switch paychecks too by the way. "Geez bob, you have been delivering 100 packages a day for weeks, today was only fourty, we are going to have to do something about that." Boss? The roads were solid ice. "Bob, when you are on my dime, you will deliver 100 packages a day, you can stay till they are delivered or forgo your christmas bonus for missing quota."
But, nah, I am sure that is just tin foil stuff, no one I know who has done factory work has ever run into stuff like that. And I am sure that they will make allowances for running to daycare to move a sick kid, stopping to help an old lady, drop off a donation to Tsunami victems, businesses are big hearted that way, thats why the unions rose up isn't it?
Sera
Wow, you guys are sure doing the job here!! Shutiing down those torrent sites, sure is slowing them up!!
But there is the thing, now normally you would hire some consultant that would cost you thousands, but I will give it to you gratis. You are in the same position that your cousin the RIAA was with Napster. See they cut the head off the dragon too - but then they found out, that it was no dragon, indeed it was a Hydra. For every head they cut off 2 more rose in its place. Now mp3's are everywhere. You may slay this beast yet, but expect encrypted clients, trackers and hosters in countries that don't care about you, and other things which I can only imagine. You have an oppertunity here like your cousin did, it seems that you are going down the same path. I have something to tell you, you are not going to like it, expect failure.
Sera
We just this summer got a new sliding glass door installed. As the guy was giving us his pitch he was telling us about its resistance to heating up a room due to sunlight. One thing he mentiond was there were aluminium flecks in the glass to bounce off sunlight, I made him repeat that part. I have always wanted to try wifi across it and see what would happen. So in answer to your question : buy new windows?
Sera
Plus it helps the devestated economy.
Sera