Not a problem. In fact, there is a brand of pineapple, at least in the US, called "DelMonte Gold". These are guaranteed to be ripe and ready to eat when they are shipped. If you see these in the market, snap them up, they are worth the extra dollar or so. Happy eating!
All of the produce departments I have worked in gave the "shrinkage" (the bad/rotten product that has been culled from the shelves) to local farmers. It was then recycled into bacon, ham, and pork chops.
The whole problem is avoidable...if grocers would simply get their produce from local (farmer's) markets.
That works greate during the worm months, but is much harder to do in the winter. Supermarkets do source much of their fresh produce locally during the spring/summer/fall months, the exception being produce that will only grow in certain areas. Bananas and mangoes are tropical/subtropical fruits and most be shipped by boat/train/truck over great distances to reach far Northern and Southern latitudes. This is not possible to do if the fruit is shipped when ripe. In the US, citrus can only be grown in sufficient quantities in the Southern states, from California, Florida, Arizona, etc. so they need to be shipped by truck/train to the rest of the country. In the north, local-grown tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries, blueberries, etc. are only available in the spring/summer, apples, squash, etc. are only available in the fall, and on and on. The problemn is, people still want to eat salads in the winter months so they ship the stuff in from all over the country and all over the world to accomidate.
SO I;m probably one of the only people that visists this site that actually was a "journeyman" produce guy and have dealt with ordering and throwing out massive quatities of produce for various stores (Vons, Henrys, and Bristol Farms).
You are NOT the only one, my brother. Former produce department manager for Shaw's Supermarkets here! Good to see a fellow nerdy green-grocer out in the wild! You are correct, though, these stickers will not work worth a damn. Anything that is stocked or stored near the bananas will show a false positive on them due to the massive amounts of ethelene that they give off. The first rule of produce-ology is get the bananas out of the boxes to dissapate the ethelene gas build up. Rule number two is keep the tomatoes away from the bananas unless you want to try and sell tomato soup!
There is absolutely no way to ship true vine-ripened tomatoes
Not quite true. There are several growers that ship vine-ripened tomates all over North America year-round. One of the biggest is in Canada (Flash warning), believe it or not. The tomatoes are grown in huge greenhouses and are allowed to ripen on the vine. They are then packed in special cardboad trays that are just deep enough for one layer of fruit. The trays are padded and contain individual packing cells for each tomato. It's pretty effective at keeping the tomatoes from getting bruised during shipment and they are actually quite good, for store bought. You will pay a premium for these over the gassed variety, but it is worth it IMO.
Trust me. Grow your own tomatoes.
This, of course, is the best solution. Nothing beats walking out to the garden and grabbing a nice fresh Burpee Big-Boy(tm) off of the vine and biting into it like an apple!
Pineapple - go by smell. It should have a rich pineapple smell. If it has no smell whatsoever, leave it. Pineapples do not ripen once harvested, so you can't count on that happening on your shelf at home. They will simply turn brown instead.
Watermelon - These are a bit more difficult, but there is a trick to picking a good one. Look at the bottom of the melon (where it sits on the ground as it grows). The patch where it has been sitting should be a rich cream color. If it is too white, the melon is probably under-ripe. Check the outer skin, any small rotten patches indicate that the melon is going bad. To determine ripeness, knock on the outside of the melon with your knuckles. The sound it makes should be a ringing "doom" sound, like a bongo drum. If is is more of a dull "thud", the melon is probably starting to rot. Also, pick the melon up. If it feels heavy for its size, it is probably not hollowed out in the middle and full of yummy goodness.
I used to be a green-grocer in a previous life, so I know a thing or two about fresh produce.
They weren't selling anything. In fact, they weren't commercials at at. They were a series of educational short films produced by ABC television. And yes, they were very cool. The "I'm just a Bill" one is a personal favorite...
They probably picked "50 First Dates" to show off the lush scenery in HD (the film was shot in Hawaii). There were many tropical vistas, rain forests, ocean views, etc. used as backdrops in the film.
You're right, it wouldn't be easy or straight forward. The logic as to what combinations and permutations of the password to test and how many iterations to do so would be a PITA. It would also probably be overkill for most systems.
They could be saving the hashes of the old passwords.
Step 1. Once the new password is entered, you hash it, check against the list of saved hashes to see if that exact phrase had been used already. If so, deny new password, if not, move to step 2.
Step 2. Take the plain text of the new password that was entered, re-arrange and/or substitue some characters (E.G. "password" becomes "asswordp"), generate a hash of this value and check against the old saved hashes. If the new hash matches one in the list, deny password, if not repeat Step 2 until you are satisfied that the password is unique enough. Once the system is satisfied, add the hash of the new password to the list of saved hashes and mark it as the current one.
They don't care about how much money they are going to get, as long as they can trade it for some crystal meth, crack, heroin, whatever. Most of these guys are most likely junkies looking for a quick fix, not career thieves.
I figured some day there would be a DIY project to take an HDCP monitor apart to the point where you can extract the decrypted signal, but I figured that was still a long ways away.
Seems it has already been done, but the researcher is not releasing any details due to fear of the DMCA and MPAA.
This is more than a science issue, it is a religious issue. And I would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA.
Do I detect a new/. meme in the making? I, for one, would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA...
Beer will be served at slightly above room temperature!
OK, that does it. The rest of our new British Overlord edicts I could live with, but for God's sakes man, leave our beer alone! Everyone knows that the only way that our American beer can be palateable is to chill it down to near freezing temperatures so as to hide the distinct flavour of mule-piss!
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Not a problem. In fact, there is a brand of pineapple, at least in the US, called "DelMonte Gold". These are guaranteed to be ripe and ready to eat when they are shipped. If you see these in the market, snap them up, they are worth the extra dollar or so. Happy eating!
All of the produce departments I have worked in gave the "shrinkage" (the bad/rotten product that has been culled from the shelves) to local farmers. It was then recycled into bacon, ham, and pork chops.
This, of course, is the best solution. Nothing beats walking out to the garden and grabbing a nice fresh Burpee Big-Boy(tm) off of the vine and biting into it like an apple!
Pineapple - go by smell. It should have a rich pineapple smell. If it has no smell whatsoever, leave it. Pineapples do not ripen once harvested, so you can't count on that happening on your shelf at home. They will simply turn brown instead. Watermelon - These are a bit more difficult, but there is a trick to picking a good one. Look at the bottom of the melon (where it sits on the ground as it grows). The patch where it has been sitting should be a rich cream color. If it is too white, the melon is probably under-ripe. Check the outer skin, any small rotten patches indicate that the melon is going bad. To determine ripeness, knock on the outside of the melon with your knuckles. The sound it makes should be a ringing "doom" sound, like a bongo drum. If is is more of a dull "thud", the melon is probably starting to rot. Also, pick the melon up. If it feels heavy for its size, it is probably not hollowed out in the middle and full of yummy goodness. I used to be a green-grocer in a previous life, so I know a thing or two about fresh produce.
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They weren't selling anything. In fact, they weren't commercials at at. They were a series of educational short films produced by ABC television. And yes, they were very cool. The "I'm just a Bill" one is a personal favorite...
They probably picked "50 First Dates" to show off the lush scenery in HD (the film was shot in Hawaii). There were many tropical vistas, rain forests, ocean views, etc. used as backdrops in the film.
I think you want something like this monster...
You're right, it wouldn't be easy or straight forward. The logic as to what combinations and permutations of the password to test and how many iterations to do so would be a PITA. It would also probably be overkill for most systems.
They could be saving the hashes of the old passwords.
Step 1. Once the new password is entered, you hash it, check against the list of saved hashes to see if that exact phrase had been used already. If so, deny new password, if not, move to step 2.
Step 2. Take the plain text of the new password that was entered, re-arrange and/or substitue some characters (E.G. "password" becomes "asswordp"), generate a hash of this value and check against the old saved hashes. If the new hash matches one in the list, deny password, if not repeat Step 2 until you are satisfied that the password is unique enough. Once the system is satisfied, add the hash of the new password to the list of saved hashes and mark it as the current one.
They don't care about how much money they are going to get, as long as they can trade it for some crystal meth, crack, heroin, whatever. Most of these guys are most likely junkies looking for a quick fix, not career thieves.
Sorry, I thought you meant that if you didn't want the feature that that was too bad, you were stuck with it. No offence meant.
Oh you don't want suggestions? too bad..
Or, you could just turn them off if you don't want them.
I got a chuckle the other day (Feb. 24th) when his status read "Happy Birthday!"
Actually, that's "Apollo landings theory " thank you very much.
Thank you for clarifying this point. I would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA...
I figured some day there would be a DIY project to take an HDCP monitor apart to the point where you can extract the decrypted signal, but I figured that was still a long ways away.
Seems it has already been done, but the researcher is not releasing any details due to fear of the DMCA and MPAA.
This is more than a science issue, it is a religious issue. And I would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA.
/. meme in the making? I, for one, would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA...
Do I detect a new
Beer will be served at slightly above room temperature!
OK, that does it. The rest of our new British Overlord edicts I could live with, but for God's sakes man, leave our beer alone! Everyone knows that the only way that our American beer can be palateable is to chill it down to near freezing temperatures so as to hide the distinct flavour of mule-piss!
Nice! I didn't know this site exisited! Let the debate begin...
Oh yeah, well Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer
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