I've listened to quite a bit of Robert Miles' (warning: "flashy" site) music and really like it. I don't know why it's so hard to find. I think you can buy it at The Wall, but I can't find a website for the store.
I'm starting a new workgroup for a different subset of my computers and that would be a perfect "sub-theme" to follow, but I'd never thought of it.
The cool part is the computers in the new workgroup will be spread out through the building, so the one in the office can be mordor, makeready can be mirkwood.
Haven't seen anyone post this yet, but I'm naming my network after characters from The Lord of the Rings.
Central server is gandalf Secondary is aragorn etc.
I wouldn't try to quantify the number of names in the books, but I imagine you could name a 150-200 computers if you started consulting the historical material.
Something I'd been doing when I didn't want to destroy a Windows installation that I might need at a later time is setup a VNC config file and run the following line in my win.ini file:
1) the computer boots up faster (no explorer.exe to load) and is more stable, no explorer to crash.
2) The vnc connection settings are all stored in the config file, and I run VNC full-screen, so it's transparent to the user that it's even a virtual desktop.
This was demonstrated some months ago when I was tracing a friend of mine's network and noticed they were using a router on their dsl line.
Apparently their (SLC, Utah) dsl provider was recommending/providing the same model of Cisco router to many of their clients, because by simply pinging down a list of nearby addresses, I was able to telnet into the routers -- with no login, as the access password was by default blank.
The scary part is two-fold in this situation:
1) the user's username and password were stored in plaintext on the router and
2) by telnetting to the provider's site, you could login and see the user's account information, such as address, etc.
FWIW, I have not noticed slow "times" of the day in my area. However, Planetcable was forced to stop accepting subscribers until Comcast had upgraded their infrastructure to support the additional traffic, so this could be an atypical situation.
In general though, I have noticed a substantial variation in the quality of service from day to day, and month to month. Some days or weeks at a time it's fine, and other times it's horrible (high ping/high packet loss) for months.
My question is simply how do they plan to really maintain a 'private' forum for this...? Is it feasible that they several hundred (several thousand?) people can know about something and it not leak out? Or, can that many people exchange information and not be "overheard"?
"Ah, how to refute this? Let me count the ways:"
One of the functions of government is to factor in social obligations to its people, especially the ones who need the most help.
Just out of curiousity, I'm wondering why and how charity is a responsibility or function of the government, because I know it's not in the constitution. The more any government stops being a government and starts being a charity or wealth-redistribution facility, the more inefficient and unable to deal with true goverment issues -- like the establishment and enforcement of laws and national defense -- it will become.
A purely economical standpoint leads to a corporate strategy, not a national one. Or in
other words, a fascist state.
A fascist state is not based on the ultimate corporate strategy, but rather the ultimate social strategy. The ultimate involvement of the goverment in the lives of the people.
You do *not* want to maximize the total output of a national economy.
-snip- As Brin explained, top-heavy taxation leads to redistribution of wealth through charitable giving. You do want to maximize the output, but you want to keep it runnning in as efficient a way as possible. The reality is that if the richest paid a proportionate tax they would have much, much more money on hand, and they would redistribute the wealth themselves, much more efficiently than the government and its bureaucracies. You can deny this and say they are evil, idle rich if you want, but the history of the U.S. tells a different tale.
Ok, I'm a Bush supporter and I'm getting ANNOYED at all the people whining about all the people whining about Rob's comments. I mean, 1200 messages and 30 of them are trolls? What is new about this? So far, I've read far more complaining about people complaining than I have about people complaining about Rob. I don't have a problem with Rob voicing his views on this any more than I do on anything else, despite the fact that I disagree with him.
Now, I would prefer that he would explain why, exactly, it is that he prefers Al Gore to George Bush, considering that George Bush is a whole lot closer to equaling more freedom than Al Gore. And it often seems that freedom is one of the biggest underlying topics on slashdot. (Yeah Micro$oft Sucks, but so does Linux so M$ get's my vote. No arguments against that, right?)
My brother works for the FBI in Philadelphia. He has told me exactly what all kinds of things that the police do to attempt to keep the protestors under control and why it is necessary. The protestors have boot camps where they teach the newbies to climb scaffolding, organize attacks against the police, etc. I have a hard time apologizing for any police action taken against those protestors, or any protestors for that matter who make it a point of being non-peaceful (i.e., violent).
Did someone say they actually had access to the information? or did they just slow down the computer that was sending/receiving such that the information was delayed?
The version of Acrobat viewer that allows search is 2mb more download than the searchless version.
First of all, the Acrobat Reader download with search is still significantly smaller than most major browsers, and there's a good chance that most people already have it on their systems.
Since Acrobat is made for print, you will not get whole books online in a readable format, unless you assume 1024x768 and a paperback 2 page per pdf page novel.
Again, you baffle me. Acrobat is made for print, eh? Well, I didn't know you could arbitrarily zoom in on HTML, which (even though it has the same ppi/dpi and "glow" problems as mentioned for PDF) is somehow designed for screens, despite that fact that PDF often shows better detail, more clearly, esp in type.
One of the major advantages of PDF is that the layout need not be changed much, if at all, for online vs. print publishing. As opposed to HTML, which needs to be almost entirely redone. It is also typically smaller than HTML files, because it is pre-compressed.
So yeah, zoomable, smaller file sizes that are more easily protected than html is somehow for PRINT while, larger files and less readable type that is more easily pirated is for SCREEN. Ok:-)
Fame is never a reason to be taken seriously. Which is the reason I ignore most celebrities. (i.e just because Sharon Stone dumps her firearms, does that mean I should?) However, to Microsoft, Michael _should_ mean something, as he saved their ugly little keisters a few more days of embarrassment a few months back.
The reason that I respect what he has to say is because he is right.
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I've listened to quite a bit of Robert Miles' (warning: "flashy" site) music and really like it. I don't know why it's so hard to find. I think you can buy it at The Wall, but I can't find a website for the store.
How narrow-minded. Of me! LOL
I'm starting a new workgroup for a different subset of my computers and that would be a perfect "sub-theme" to follow, but I'd never thought of it.
The cool part is the computers in the new workgroup will be spread out through the building, so the one in the office can be mordor, makeready can be mirkwood.
Thanks!
Haven't seen anyone post this yet, but I'm naming my network after characters from The Lord of the Rings.
Central server is gandalf
Secondary is aragorn
etc.
I wouldn't try to quantify the number of names in the books, but I imagine you could name a 150-200 computers if you started consulting the historical material.
that should be your SYSTEM.INI file, not WIN.INI.
Sorry.
Something I'd been doing when I didn't want to destroy a Windows installation that I might need at a later time is setup a VNC config file and run the following line in my win.ini file:
/config configfile
:-)
shell=c:\software\misc\vnc\vncviewer.exe
This worked for me in a couple of ways:
1) the computer boots up faster (no explorer.exe to load) and is more stable, no explorer to crash.
2) The vnc connection settings are all stored in the config file, and I run VNC full-screen, so it's transparent to the user that it's even a virtual desktop.
FWIW, YMMV.
This was demonstrated some months ago when I was tracing a friend of mine's network and noticed they were using a router on their dsl line.
:-)
Apparently their (SLC, Utah) dsl provider was recommending/providing the same model of Cisco router to many of their clients, because by simply pinging down a list of nearby addresses, I was able to telnet into the routers -- with no login, as the access password was by default blank.
The scary part is two-fold in this situation:
1) the user's username and password were stored in plaintext on the router and
2) by telnetting to the provider's site, you could login and see the user's account information, such as address, etc.
This _seriously_ freaked out my friend!
FWIW, I have not noticed slow "times" of the day in my area. However, Planetcable was forced to stop accepting subscribers until Comcast had upgraded their infrastructure to support the additional traffic, so this could be an atypical situation.
In general though, I have noticed a substantial variation in the quality of service from day to day, and month to month. Some days or weeks at a time it's fine, and other times it's horrible (high ping/high packet loss) for months.
My question is simply how do they plan to really maintain a 'private' forum for this...? Is it feasible that they several hundred (several thousand?) people can know about something and it not leak out? Or, can that many people exchange information and not be "overheard"?
"Ah, how to refute this? Let me count the ways:"
One of the functions of government is to factor in social obligations to its people, especially the ones who need the most help.
Just out of curiousity, I'm wondering why and how charity is a responsibility or function of the government, because I know it's not in the constitution. The more any government stops being a government and starts being a charity or wealth-redistribution facility, the more inefficient and unable to deal with true goverment issues -- like the establishment and enforcement of laws and national defense -- it will become.
A purely economical standpoint leads to a corporate strategy, not a national one. Or in
other words, a fascist state.
A fascist state is not based on the ultimate corporate strategy, but rather the ultimate social strategy. The ultimate involvement of the goverment in the lives of the people.
You do *not* want to maximize the total output of a national economy.
-snip-
As Brin explained, top-heavy taxation leads to redistribution of wealth through charitable giving.
You do want to maximize the output, but you want to keep it runnning in as efficient a way as possible. The reality is that if the richest paid a proportionate tax they would have much, much more money on hand, and they would redistribute the wealth themselves, much more efficiently than the government and its bureaucracies. You can deny this and say they are evil, idle rich if you want, but the history of the U.S. tells a different tale.
I suggest you read a book by Adam Smith entitled The Wealth of Nations...
Ok, I'm a Bush supporter and I'm getting ANNOYED at all the people whining about all the people whining about Rob's comments. I mean, 1200 messages and 30 of them are trolls? What is new about this? So far, I've read far more complaining about people complaining than I have about people complaining about Rob. I don't have a problem with Rob voicing his views on this any more than I do on anything else, despite the fact that I disagree with him.
Now, I would prefer that he would explain why, exactly, it is that he prefers Al Gore to George Bush, considering that George Bush is a whole lot closer to equaling more freedom than Al Gore. And it often seems that freedom is one of the biggest underlying topics on slashdot. (Yeah Micro$oft Sucks, but so does Linux so M$ get's my vote. No arguments against that, right?)
My brother works for the FBI in Philadelphia. He has told me exactly what all kinds of things that the police do to attempt to keep the protestors under control and why it is necessary. The protestors have boot camps where they teach the newbies to climb scaffolding, organize attacks against the police, etc. I have a hard time apologizing for any police action taken against those protestors, or any protestors for that matter who make it a point of being non-peaceful (i.e., violent).
Did someone say they actually had access to the information? or did they just slow down the computer that was sending/receiving such that the information was delayed?
umm..... Hello?
:-)
The version of Acrobat viewer that allows search is 2mb more download than the searchless version.
First of all, the Acrobat Reader download with search is still significantly smaller than most major browsers, and there's a good chance that most people already have it on their systems.
Since Acrobat is made for print, you will not get whole books online in a readable format, unless you assume 1024x768 and a paperback 2 page per pdf page novel.
Again, you baffle me. Acrobat is made for print, eh? Well, I didn't know you could arbitrarily zoom in on HTML, which (even though it has the same ppi/dpi and "glow" problems as mentioned for PDF) is somehow designed for screens, despite that fact that PDF often shows better detail, more clearly, esp in type.
One of the major advantages of PDF is that the layout need not be changed much, if at all, for online vs. print publishing. As opposed to HTML, which needs to be almost entirely redone. It is also typically smaller than HTML files, because it is pre-compressed.
So yeah, zoomable, smaller file sizes that are more easily protected than html is somehow for PRINT while, larger files and less readable type that is more easily pirated is for SCREEN. Ok
Fame is never a reason to be taken seriously. Which is the reason I ignore most celebrities. (i.e just because Sharon Stone dumps her firearms, does that mean I should?) However, to Microsoft, Michael _should_ mean something, as he saved their ugly little keisters a few more days of embarrassment a few months back.
The reason that I respect what he has to say is because he is right.
I think we should be take the most powerful doctor poll again. With Linus added.