The writeup is a little confusing, it looks like its saying that GPS is blockable by "European forces" and the USA is alright with it. As far as I'm aware, that is not the case.
GPS is blockable by any idiot with a soldering iron, you don't need the permission of the US government just a little knowledge of electronics.
Don't get too excited, it was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. It had all the subtlety of a slap in the face with a wet mullet, it had some good lines but the delivery was so appalling it was painful (EULA on the gun was a prime example). I was really looking forward to it but I doubt I'll be watching the second episode.
Expect DVI models at a later date, they can supprt HDCP (the bit the industry care about) too. If you don't have DVI either then you are well and truly screwed, in Europe an HDCP compatible DVI or HDMI interface is a requirement (PDF, see Annex A) to use the HD-Ready logo.
Switzerland has the lowest violent crime rate and murder rate of any industrialized nation, and have the absolute highest private ownership of firearms in the industrialized world (basicly, nearly all able bodied men have full access to military style weapons).
Not private ownership, most of those weapons belong to the government.
It also has the side benefit that without a military, they have pretty much been at peace for the last 200 years.
Ah, I see your misunderstanding. The Swiss DO in fact have a military, a rather large conscript military. Military service is compulsory but not necessarily full time. They do 17 weeks basic training and a refresher every year and are required to keep their weapons to hand (hence the large number of households with military guns in them). Imagine a country full of mountains which the locals all know backwards, now imagine they all have military training and big guns. Now picture an enemy force trying to invade. They'd be slaughtered and everyone knows it. Their incredible ability to defend themselves and their much vaunted neutrality add up to no-one sane wants to go to war with Switzerland, they're not a threat to anyone as long as they're left alone and invading them would be far far too expensive in terms of men to be worth it.
No, I refuse to have my beloved language associated with 'color' and 'sox'. There does appear to be a North American language rooted in English but it has long since become seperated from the tongue of Her Brittanic Majesty.
So what? If they created the product originally, they have every right to want to do things their way and to make sure they do not lose control of their project.
They abandoned the project years ago, it wasn't until Robert Castley took it up after they dropped it that it amounted to much. Under his leadership it turned into from a basic CMS into a great piece of Free software with a large community which is when Miro got interested again.
2. 5% of the users really know their stuff, and could do your job better than you, but choose not to, because the pay sucks.
I'm very good at what I do, not even 5% of my peers are as good as I am (admittedly I work on the helpdesk so the bar isn't necessarily too high in some cases). I know my stuff in a lot of detail (I'm a geek) and am usually the most intelligent person in any room I'm in. These are plain simple facts and even my employer wouldn't deny them, I am however (despite the seeming arrogance of the preceding statements) willing to learn and depressingly aware that I don't know everything (I generally find the more I learn the more I realise I don't know). I treat users as human beings and enjoy the problem solving parts of my job. Ok, so repairing an oversized.pst for the nth time is less than fun but I usually get all the difficult stuff no-one else knows what to do with. Fortunately my employer recognises this and my pay slip is suitably well padded. Getting someone with my level of knowledge who actually enjoys helpdesk work is worth the extra shekels to them, it means the systems and comms teams can get on with taking things forward while I make sure the current setup keeps ticking over.
3. Most users, including engineering types who are very intelligent in their own field, know a specific sequence to run the program or programs they normally use. They don't know how to set environment variables, fire up (much less use) a DOS command line, or organize their data in a hierarchical fashion. And, they sure has h*ll don't know how to edit the registry. Don't expect 'em to.
Most users are perfectly capable of firing up a command line and following instructions if they're given clearly and unambiguously. Obviously you want to keep it simple (ipconfig, set etc) but it's the quickest way to get their IP address (assuming you don't have central login histories built in to your call logging software or it's not working).
4. If you don't provide and enforce a directory structure and naming convention on shared/networked drives, users will place every single file and directory at the root.
This one makes me shudder. Repairing the damage done by those who went before me and rebuilding the permission structures ("user in the global, global in the local", it's not rocket science for crying out loud!) once the directory structure is sane (and incidentally only allowing list access to the root file share) has eaten up more of my time than I want to even think about.
6. Backup servers every night. This'll save your *ss more than once.
And don't forget that accurate backup reporting is just as critical. Finding out the backup has failed the last 2 weeks and the software didn't report it is not something you ever want to go through (fortunately we also do manual checks). This is a sore point with me, one of those head->wall things I don't want to talk about.
7. When someone is requesting new services or features, learn to ask "What do you really want?". Ask this question a lot. Keep repeating until the requestor finally discovers what he or she reallywants. It won't be obvious to them.
This is the core of my job. I have to balance network integrity and security with user needs, frequently the "obvious" (to the user) solution is not acceptable in some way or other (wireless for example is an absolute no go area on our network) so I have to work out one that is. I'm here to enable users to achieve their tasks and goals, not to get in the way.
8. WiFi in the local coffee shop is kewl. That plus VPN is even kewler. But WiFi in the office makes be very nervous.
See above, it just doesn't happen on anything connected to the core network.
10. The office coffee sucks. Buy a french press & your own coffee. I r
Forgive me if this is wrong, my physics ended at A level.
As I understand it (continuing your analogy) if you rub out black on your card and write white instead, the other card will now read black.
With photons if you rotate the polarity of one the other also rotates, that's the spooky bit.
Opening an SSL page using NTLMAPS->MS ISA server->target server doesn't work too well with wget, curl copes fine. For some specific needs curl is more useful, for others it's wget. They were never designed to compete with one another.
I was a long time MythTV user and ended up reinstalling Windows to play Eve Online. I took a look at MCE 2k5 and unfortunately it blows Myth out of the water, the interface is very polished and it's so much more usable than Myth. Don't get me wrong, I think Myth is great but don't be so quick to discount MCE2k5, MS really do have a slick product there.
As a PH programmer I prefer Mambo, the development framework is just a lot nicer to work with (for me at least). Drupal seriously kicks arse in terms of server resources though, it really is very very fast.
Finally, making the probabalistic move every time will not do as well, because if you do that you would absolutely never bluff. A bot to be good in the long run must bluff, otherwise it is far too predictable and you can gain too much information from its bets and raises.
However, in a low stakes limit hold 'em game the average player does not pay any attention to the other players styles. A tight poker bot could make a nice profit there, especially if it is programmed to remember the players who take money off it regularly (i.e. the ones who pay attention) and avoid them.
Remember, a tight player rarely bluffs in a low limit game. It's a far less important strategy than it is in a no limit tournament.
Anyone who thinks the best poker stategies are dictated by statistics has no idea how to play poker. That won't make much of a poker playing strategy.
Anyone who thinks this has never played a low stakes limit hold 'em game. WPT events are more complex but at lower levels (i.e. where most people play) a bot that can calculate pot odds/implied odds correctly is well on the way to a steady profit.
There are still corporate sites installing new Win2K systems
I support one of them, we still have a few 98 machines but apart from those we're all (c1500) on win2k now and not going anywhere else anytime soon (much as I'd like to see a move to Linux it's not going to happen).
Or, at least, preventing such self-incriminating evidence to come to light could be considered exercising ones right to plead the fifth.
I am neither a lawyer nor an American but I see it this way (and suspect the US courts do too, it's the whole basis for discovery in a trial). The relevant clause from the fifth amendment is, "nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself". Any document you wrote and which the court requires you to provide is technically the witness, not you.
You will also notice it specifies "criminal case", it does not mention any such protection applying to civil cases.
I don't know about the US but all my guide data is available over the air as part of the DVB broadcast. I don't even need an active internet connection to get it so the concept of paying for this data or even having to fight to get it seems strange.
The biggest sticking point is that the content will only be available to UK TV-licence holders.
Why is that a sticking point? If they don't restrict it to UK IP addresses (or some equivalent) there'll be uproar from the UK population who paid for it all.
There's also talkSPORT, a UK commercial talk station. They broadcast on the web as well, there's a fair amount of sport but mornings and late evenings (UK time) have some great non-sport presenters. James Whale, Mike Dickin, Ian Collins are all worth a listen, I even enjoy US Rebublican Charlie Wolf (if only because he makes me want to scream at the radio as I disagree with him so strongly and so often).
BBC Five Livewhich has a similar mix but without the ads. Their morning (again UK time) shows are particularly good.
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GPS is blockable by any idiot with a soldering iron, you don't need the permission of the US government just a little knowledge of electronics.
And not too well ;)
Don't get too excited, it was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. It had all the subtlety of a slap in the face with a wet mullet, it had some good lines but the delivery was so appalling it was painful (EULA on the gun was a prime example). I was really looking forward to it but I doubt I'll be watching the second episode.
Expect DVI models at a later date, they can supprt HDCP (the bit the industry care about) too. If you don't have DVI either then you are well and truly screwed, in Europe an HDCP compatible DVI or HDMI interface is a requirement (PDF, see Annex A) to use the HD-Ready logo.
No, I refuse to have my beloved language associated with 'color' and 'sox'. There does appear to be a North American language rooted in English but it has long since become seperated from the tongue of Her Brittanic Majesty.
They abandoned the project years ago, it wasn't until Robert Castley took it up after they dropped it that it amounted to much. Under his leadership it turned into from a basic CMS into a great piece of Free software with a large community which is when Miro got interested again.
Technically speaking, it's a liberal democracy.
I'm very good at what I do, not even 5% of my peers are as good as I am (admittedly I work on the helpdesk so the bar isn't necessarily too high in some cases). I know my stuff in a lot of detail (I'm a geek) and am usually the most intelligent person in any room I'm in. These are plain simple facts and even my employer wouldn't deny them, I am however (despite the seeming arrogance of the preceding statements) willing to learn and depressingly aware that I don't know everything (I generally find the more I learn the more I realise I don't know). I treat users as human beings and enjoy the problem solving parts of my job. Ok, so repairing an oversized .pst for the nth time is less than fun but I usually get all the difficult stuff no-one else knows what to do with. Fortunately my employer recognises this and my pay slip is suitably well padded. Getting someone with my level of knowledge who actually enjoys helpdesk work is worth the extra shekels to them, it means the systems and comms teams can get on with taking things forward while I make sure the current setup keeps ticking over.
Most users are perfectly capable of firing up a command line and following instructions if they're given clearly and unambiguously. Obviously you want to keep it simple (ipconfig, set etc) but it's the quickest way to get their IP address (assuming you don't have central login histories built in to your call logging software or it's not working).
This one makes me shudder. Repairing the damage done by those who went before me and rebuilding the permission structures ("user in the global, global in the local", it's not rocket science for crying out loud!) once the directory structure is sane (and incidentally only allowing list access to the root file share) has eaten up more of my time than I want to even think about.
And don't forget that accurate backup reporting is just as critical. Finding out the backup has failed the last 2 weeks and the software didn't report it is not something you ever want to go through (fortunately we also do manual checks). This is a sore point with me, one of those head->wall things I don't want to talk about.
This is the core of my job. I have to balance network integrity and security with user needs, frequently the "obvious" (to the user) solution is not acceptable in some way or other (wireless for example is an absolute no go area on our network) so I have to work out one that is. I'm here to enable users to achieve their tasks and goals, not to get in the way.
See above, it just doesn't happen on anything connected to the core network.
He doesn't work for the WSJ any more, he's a freelancer now. That would explain not using the "...from the WSJ" account.
Forgive me if this is wrong, my physics ended at A level. As I understand it (continuing your analogy) if you rub out black on your card and write white instead, the other card will now read black. With photons if you rotate the polarity of one the other also rotates, that's the spooky bit.
Opening an SSL page using NTLMAPS->MS ISA server->target server doesn't work too well with wget, curl copes fine. For some specific needs curl is more useful, for others it's wget. They were never designed to compete with one another.
I was a long time MythTV user and ended up reinstalling Windows to play Eve Online. I took a look at MCE 2k5 and unfortunately it blows Myth out of the water, the interface is very polished and it's so much more usable than Myth. Don't get me wrong, I think Myth is great but don't be so quick to discount MCE2k5, MS really do have a slick product there.
As a PH programmer I prefer Mambo, the development framework is just a lot nicer to work with (for me at least). Drupal seriously kicks arse in terms of server resources though, it really is very very fast.
none of the distros seem to provide diff-style patching.
Suse 9.3 does, as I'm on dialup it's a godsend.
As it's now GPL I wish other distro makers would look closer at YAST, it's by far the best config etc tool I've seen.
Finally, making the probabalistic move every time will not do as well, because if you do that you would absolutely never bluff. A bot to be good in the long run must bluff, otherwise it is far too predictable and you can gain too much information from its bets and raises.
However, in a low stakes limit hold 'em game the average player does not pay any attention to the other players styles. A tight poker bot could make a nice profit there, especially if it is programmed to remember the players who take money off it regularly (i.e. the ones who pay attention) and avoid them.
Remember, a tight player rarely bluffs in a low limit game. It's a far less important strategy than it is in a no limit tournament.
Anyone who thinks the best poker stategies are dictated by statistics has no idea how to play poker. That won't make much of a poker playing strategy.
Anyone who thinks this has never played a low stakes limit hold 'em game. WPT events are more complex but at lower levels (i.e. where most people play) a bot that can calculate pot odds/implied odds correctly is well on the way to a steady profit.
I support one of them, we still have a few 98 machines but apart from those we're all (c1500) on win2k now and not going anywhere else anytime soon (much as I'd like to see a move to Linux it's not going to happen).
I am neither a lawyer nor an American but I see it this way (and suspect the US courts do too, it's the whole basis for discovery in a trial). The relevant clause from the fifth amendment is, "nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself". Any document you wrote and which the court requires you to provide is technically the witness, not you.
You will also notice it specifies "criminal case", it does not mention any such protection applying to civil cases.
You don't have the Brits either, only our government.
I don't know about the US but all my guide data is available over the air as part of the DVB broadcast. I don't even need an active internet connection to get it so the concept of paying for this data or even having to fight to get it seems strange.
Reminds me of a saying I picked up somewhere, "Not everyone can be the first violinist in the orchestra, some have to push wind through the tuba."
Why is that a sticking point? If they don't restrict it to UK IP addresses (or some equivalent) there'll be uproar from the UK population who paid for it all.
There's also talkSPORT, a UK commercial talk station. They broadcast on the web as well, there's a fair amount of sport but mornings and late evenings (UK time) have some great non-sport presenters. James Whale, Mike Dickin, Ian Collins are all worth a listen, I even enjoy US Rebublican Charlie Wolf (if only because he makes me want to scream at the radio as I disagree with him so strongly and so often).
BBC Five Livewhich has a similar mix but without the ads. Their morning (again UK time) shows are particularly good.
What did you think "rev counter" was short for?