This one, of the many FAQ's on USB.org's site, struck me as being the most telling
So how does USB compare to IEEE-1394)?
While the two serial buses seem similar, they are intended to fulfill different bandwidth and cost needs. 1394 can move more data in a given amount of time, but is considerably more expensive than USB due to its more complex protocol and signaling rate. Applications that are best suited for 1394 are disk drives, high quality video streams and other high bandwidth applications; all higher end consumer devices. USB is appropriate for middle and low bandwidth applications such as audio, scanners, printers, keyboards, and mice.
USB and 1394 are complementary technologies. 1394 is for devices where high performance is a priority and price is not, while USB is for devices where price is a priority and high performance is not.
One of the underlying reason we teach our children cursive is "By joining letters, cursive writing reinforces the blending of sounds within words."
It provides a basis on which they can build an effective platform to communicate throughout their lives.
I agree that none of us use it, as I haven't written in cursive in well over 15 years (except for the sig), and nor do I plan to any time soon)
I received a call at 7:04 this morning from a guy asking me if I wanted to refinance my house.
After shaking the cobwebs out and clearing a pack and a half of yesterday's cigarette smoke from my throat, thanked him for waking me and asked to be placed on his company's DNC list.
He (or someone from the same company) called back three times throughout the day...
The national DNC list is a good idea in theory, but in practice, there are too many exceptions to the rule to make it worthwhile for any one.
Now, I did a little research and this is what I found...
I agree, most large sites follow a four step roll.
Code developed and Unit tested in a DEV environment, then promoted to SIT - where the users get their first crack a breaking it. Once the code is stabilized it's promoted to a User Acceptance environment - where the scope of the testing increases by a factor of 5..... If, and only if, the code proves stable (typically over a 1 to 2 week period) the code will be migrated to Prodcution.
I agree wholeheartedly....please allow me to sample your post :
This has been an extremely hot topic in the music industry for almost ten years, it's great to see it getting discussed here. But IMHO it depends on the extent of the sample. If you sample some instruments or maybe even a couple spoken words, that falls under fair use. But then there are songs out there that will sample an entire chorus, or a chord progression. Those artists SHOULD have to pay royalties. Getting greedy doesn't help anyone but the greeder himself.
Around here, there are several BIG BOX arcades.
Gameworks. AND Jillians for example. Each on has at least 10,000 sq ft of arcade space, full service bar and even restaurants.
http://www.daveandbusters.com/
In StL, Dave and Busters is strikingly similar to these fine establishments.
The small, shitty mom and pop arcade in the mall might be shutting it's doors, but the niche is being filled by upscale (albeit expensive) "Entertainment Venues"
Discover Financial Services and American Express Tuesday joined the list of credit-card companies saying a hacker breached a security system of a company that processes transactions on behalf of merchants......
I recently noticed a double charge on my account, except that one charge was in LA and the other was in NY...hmm.. I haven't been to either place in the last six months.
So I called the Credit Card Co, they said "Based on our records, it appears the card was swiped at both locations."
"Interesting..cause it's right here in my goddamn wallet", came the reply.
I was then told to contact the merchant for the fastest resolution -e.g.10-20 business days. Or I could file a fraudulent activity claim with the Credit Card Co, which could take up to 4 months to be resolved.
At least I wouldn't have to pay interest on the disputed amount... BA!
Moral of this story...well...I gues you're screwed either way...
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Point taken, but when that small percentage affects performance/availability - it reflects poorly on those souls tasked with maintaing said applications.
While we can make recommendations, often times we aren't in a position to pick and choose which applications we support, nor the architectures and supporting software they require. For example - inherited legacy applications, more than 4 years old and written for NT. While these may have a business need, that need is not great enough to qualify the expense of upgrading
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The problem here isn't really in applying the patches (especially MS patches), it's the damage those patches do to the applications running on those servers.
Microsoft routinely sends out patches that negatively affect their own damned applications...much of the Sys Admins time is spent editing the goddamn registry to restore order.
Not that I need to say this, but if you automate bad code, your problems rise exponentially....
--No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that -
(A)
is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title;--
Does this mean I should throw out all the magic markers in my drawer, just to avoid any temptation to scribble on my "digitally encrypted" CD's?
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So how does USB compare to IEEE-1394)?
While the two serial buses seem similar, they are intended to fulfill different bandwidth and cost needs. 1394 can move more data in a given amount of time, but is considerably more expensive than USB due to its more complex protocol and signaling rate. Applications that are best suited for 1394 are disk drives, high quality video streams and other high bandwidth applications; all higher end consumer devices. USB is appropriate for middle and low bandwidth applications such as audio, scanners, printers, keyboards, and mice.
USB and 1394 are complementary technologies. 1394 is for devices where high performance is a priority and price is not, while USB is for devices where price is a priority and high performance is not.
Was he buried? Or did they find him where he fell?
Scavengers would have made off with the rest of his body and left the skull (due to the lack of meat).
One of the underlying reason we teach our children cursive is "By joining letters, cursive writing reinforces the blending of sounds within words."
It provides a basis on which they can build an effective platform to communicate throughout their lives.
I agree that none of us use it, as I haven't written in cursive in well over 15 years (except for the sig), and nor do I plan to any time soon)
I received a call at 7:04 this morning from a guy asking me if I wanted to refinance my house.
After shaking the cobwebs out and clearing a pack and a half of yesterday's cigarette smoke from my throat, thanked him for waking me and asked to be placed on his company's DNC list.
He (or someone from the same company) called back three times throughout the day...
The national DNC list is a good idea in theory, but in practice, there are too many exceptions to the rule to make it worthwhile for any one.
Now, I did a little research and this is what I found...
Stopping Telemarketers
FTC Laws
More FTC info
I agree, most large sites follow a four step roll.
Code developed and Unit tested in a DEV environment, then promoted to SIT - where the users get their first crack a breaking it.
Once the code is stabilized it's promoted to a User Acceptance environment - where the scope of the testing increases by a factor of 5.....
If, and only if, the code proves stable (typically over a 1 to 2 week period) the code will be migrated to Prodcution.
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This has been an extremely hot topic in the music industry for almost ten years, it's great to see it getting discussed here. But IMHO it depends on the extent of the sample. If you sample some instruments or maybe even a couple spoken words, that falls under fair use. But then there are songs out there that will sample an entire chorus, or a chord progression. Those artists SHOULD have to pay royalties. Getting greedy doesn't help anyone but the greeder himself.
In StL, Dave and Busters is strikingly similar to these fine establishments.
The small, shitty mom and pop arcade in the mall might be shutting it's doors, but the niche is being filled by upscale (albeit expensive) "Entertainment Venues"
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rfc1337
DR GODWIN ADAMS.
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
20B IKOYI CRESCENT, LAGOS NIGERIA.
E-mail godwinadams@hotmail.com
TEL-FAX- 234 -01- 7744315
RE:URGENT & CONFIDNTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL...
I second that!
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Discover Financial Services and American Express Tuesday joined the list of credit-card companies saying a hacker breached a security system of a company that processes transactions on behalf of merchants... ...
http://money.cnn.com/2003/02/18/technology/creditIt's not easy to get your money back.
I recently noticed a double charge on my account, except that one charge was in LA and the other was in NY...hmm.. I haven't been to either place in the last six months.So I called the Credit Card Co, they said "Based on our records, it appears the card was swiped at both locations."
"Interesting..cause it's right here in my goddamn wallet", came the reply.
I was then told to contact the merchant for the fastest resolution -e.g.10-20 business days. Or I could file a fraudulent activity claim with the Credit Card Co, which could take up to 4 months to be resolved.
At least I wouldn't have to pay interest on the disputed amount... BA!Moral of this story...well...I gues you're screwed either way...
How about an 'almost new' ipod for $182.50.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&catPoint taken, but when that small percentage affects performance/availability - it reflects poorly on those souls tasked with maintaing said applications.
While we can make recommendations, often times we aren't in a position to pick and choose which applications we support, nor the architectures and supporting software they require. For example - inherited legacy applications, more than 4 years old and written for NT. While these may have a business need, that need is not great enough to qualify the expense of upgrading
The problem here isn't really in applying the patches (especially MS patches), it's the damage those patches do to the applications running on those servers.
Microsoft routinely sends out patches that negatively affect their own damned applications...much of the Sys Admins time is spent editing the goddamn registry to restore order.
Not that I need to say this, but if you automate bad code, your problems rise exponentially....
--No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that -
(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title;--
Does this mean I should throw out all the magic markers in my drawer, just to avoid any temptation to scribble on my "digitally encrypted" CD's?
Law don't go 'round here...
BAH!It seems they've priced it based on the idea, not necessarily the components.
I prefer to use the hamster/wheel method. The little guy can run all night. . . .