I disagree, this could actually reduce the time spent looking in the mirror. If you cut someone off, the guy in the car behind you is going to do everything he can to get your attention (flip you the bird, honk, scream, shoot at you). If this car is at all successful, after the first phase of 'wow, look at that!' comments from drivers, people will get used to it and disregard angry drivers at a glance, easily guaging their emotional state from the very visible front end of the car, rather than peering at the driver him/herself.
On a side note, I'd like to the car do this automatically, without the driver having to flip a switch or push a button, kind of like Suki's car in 2 Fast 2 Furious (albeit hers was only on the dashboard LCD, not outside the car).
It's called a radio. News, sports, weather, traffic. Here in the us, an am/fm radio (headphones) is as low as $7. That's all you need, and you don't look like a complete freak at the airport. Because after all, not looking like a geek is so very important to... geeks.
While I can see why the MPAA and NFL would want to fight Tivo on this, I don't think Tivo is doing anything revolutionary at all. Digitizing content from TV has been possible for several years. If it's illegal with Tivo, then it's illegal with a VCR, a DVD-R, a PC-base PVR, and a host of other ways to get broadcast TV onto the PC. There is no way this can possibly be enforced. Tivo is the target because it is the most popular commercially available PVR, plain and simple. I just don't see Tivo losing this battle.
While you have some valid points regarding environmental research, I just can't see how this country can justify spending so much money ($11B!) on space programs, when so many of it's citizens are starving and dying in the streets. Can you imagine how much even 1/10th of that budget could do to help raise the standard of living?
I think it has more to do with what the company actually does. How many window washing companies can you find in the yellow pages named so-and-so's windows? This was about Linux, and Microsoft not wanting people associating the product with them, which sheep tend to do. Kudos for Lindow^H^H^Hspire for getting sued and walking away with $20M.
Correction: E-mail in most corporate environments is not usually actively monitored, which is why you never hear about someone being caught for something they sent. Separate from the government, corporations have to justify costs. Spending any amount of money for someone to read through e-mail is counterproductive (read: cuts into the bottom line). E-mail is usually monitored after someone is already suspected of something.
On a side note, we don't have a centralized IM chat server at my office, but I do know that MSN conversations are logged. IM messages are plain text, being sent over a network, over known ports. So just because you company isn't opting for the MSFT solution to chatting, doesn't mean your conversations aren't out in the open. Any network tech with 2 minutes of free time can do the same thing that you fear so much from Microsoft, without the added cost of the software.
I think what he meant is, somewhere "in one spot" where he has no control over the logs. I use trillian, which keeps logs of every conversation, but you can delete them at will, or encrypt the ones that you want to keep. You can even change read permissions for that directory. You can't really control that when it's stored somewhere else on the network - what if daily logs are sent to supervisors / managers at their request? You can't really do anything about that.
Colour me "troll," but I don't see your point as far as "catching up" to Japanese society. Because we don't all read Manga somehow means we are behind somehow? Did you ever stop to think of WHY they read these books so much? Check this out:
Commuter lines carry people from their homes in the suburbs back and forth to work. Because of the rise in land prices, more people have been moving to suburbs in search of affordable housing. More than 70% of office workers now commute aboard trains that are usually packed to overflowing. Commuting can also be quite time-consuming. In 1995, the average time spent in going to the office in the Tokyo metropolitan area was 69 minutes, and in 1994, the rate of congestion during peak commuter hours between Shin-Kawasaki and Shinagawa on the JR Yokosuka line was 230% its normal capacity.
If I'd spent that much time on a train, I'd read comics every day as well. Japan is a very, VERY different culture than its American counterpart. Sorry to say so, but I have no desire to value my job more than my own personal life. I work to live, not vice versa. If we ever catch up to such a workaholic lifestyle, it will no longer be America.
First off, these are EM (electromagnetic) waves, which are all around us all day every day anyway.
Secondly, the lead sheet that they give you for an x-ray is just for your peace of mind, because the x-ray machine doesn't actually give off that much radiation. From this site:
Everyday each of us receives a small amount of radiation emanating from outer space and the rocks beneath us, which is referred to as the background count. So for example, one chest X-ray, which is the lowest amount of radiation we use, is the same as an extra week of natural background radiation. To put it into perspective, every time you travel on a plane you receive more radiation from cosmic radiation than you would if you were standing on the ground. One chest X-ray is roughly equivalent to the amount of extra radiation you would receive if you travelled from London to New York by plane.
And why on earth does someone need to take their IPs with them?
Probably because he's too lazy, but there are also some valid reasons. Perhaps there are external (read: out of his control) links directly to his IP rather than a dns address. Perhaps people have just gotten used to typing the IP, because it's very easy to remember (i.e. 10.11.12.13) - with an IP like that, he'd have no need for a dns. While the reasons may be extreme, they are valid nonetheless. If this is the man's source of income, and the IP is that important, then you can see why the judge made the (temporary!) decision. It would be like cutting your access to your own bank account; the money's there, but you can't do anything with it.
I prefer to think of it like changing a telephone number rather than changing a mailing address. In many cases, the telephone company let's you take your number with you when you move, not because you LOVE the number, but to make it easier for people to contact you. It doesn't matter if you leave a voicemail saying that your number is changing, contact everyone who knows you and give them the new number, people will STILL call the old number. Same deal here.
Every serious gamer knows that 86Hz is unacceptable. True gamers know: CRT > LCD / PLASMA. Until you can find me a plasma that can refresh at 125Hz or greater, I'll stick with my 80lb. CRT.
Any gamer extreme enough to buy two of these cards plus the requisite hardware should be smart enough to know that a flat panel is a waste of money for games. Then again, they are gamers...
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Linux cures cancer! And makes julienne fries to boot!
Come on, if they were using Windoze no one would say 'Windows is helping to rebuild Iraq.' I love Linux as much as the next guy who is even semi-informed, but come on people. It's not the next wonder drug.
I've heard of 'RTA' but you didn't even read the story. He said he's tired of drive failures, RAID0 won't help as there isn't any real redundancy. They should take the 'R' out and call it 'AID0'.
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I disagree, this could actually reduce the time spent looking in the mirror. If you cut someone off, the guy in the car behind you is going to do everything he can to get your attention (flip you the bird, honk, scream, shoot at you). If this car is at all successful, after the first phase of 'wow, look at that!' comments from drivers, people will get used to it and disregard angry drivers at a glance, easily guaging their emotional state from the very visible front end of the car, rather than peering at the driver him/herself.
On a side note, I'd like to the car do this automatically, without the driver having to flip a switch or push a button, kind of like Suki's car in 2 Fast 2 Furious (albeit hers was only on the dashboard LCD, not outside the car).
It's called a radio. News, sports, weather, traffic. Here in the us, an am/fm radio (headphones) is as low as $7. That's all you need, and you don't look like a complete freak at the airport. Because after all, not looking like a geek is so very important to... geeks.
That changes everything...
In the bathroom.
...of course it was number 2!
Here's Pam without make-up. Kinda makes you want to rethink your whole idea, now doesn't it?
From their site:
Colour me 'enabler.'
mwahaha... you said "probably".
While I can see why the MPAA and NFL would want to fight Tivo on this, I don't think Tivo is doing anything revolutionary at all. Digitizing content from TV has been possible for several years. If it's illegal with Tivo, then it's illegal with a VCR, a DVD-R, a PC-base PVR, and a host of other ways to get broadcast TV onto the PC. There is no way this can possibly be enforced. Tivo is the target because it is the most popular commercially available PVR, plain and simple. I just don't see Tivo losing this battle.
While you have some valid points regarding environmental research, I just can't see how this country can justify spending so much money ($11B!) on space programs, when so many of it's citizens are starving and dying in the streets. Can you imagine how much even 1/10th of that budget could do to help raise the standard of living?
I think it has more to do with what the company actually does. How many window washing companies can you find in the yellow pages named so-and-so's windows? This was about Linux, and Microsoft not wanting people associating the product with them, which sheep tend to do. Kudos for Lindow^H^H^Hspire for getting sued and walking away with $20M.
Try fufme.
I'm so ashamed that I know about that...
Correction: E-mail in most corporate environments is not usually actively monitored, which is why you never hear about someone being caught for something they sent. Separate from the government, corporations have to justify costs. Spending any amount of money for someone to read through e-mail is counterproductive (read: cuts into the bottom line). E-mail is usually monitored after someone is already suspected of something.
On a side note, we don't have a centralized IM chat server at my office, but I do know that MSN conversations are logged. IM messages are plain text, being sent over a network, over known ports. So just because you company isn't opting for the MSFT solution to chatting, doesn't mean your conversations aren't out in the open. Any network tech with 2 minutes of free time can do the same thing that you fear so much from Microsoft, without the added cost of the software.
I think what he meant is, somewhere "in one spot" where he has no control over the logs. I use trillian, which keeps logs of every conversation, but you can delete them at will, or encrypt the ones that you want to keep. You can even change read permissions for that directory. You can't really control that when it's stored somewhere else on the network - what if daily logs are sent to supervisors / managers at their request? You can't really do anything about that.
Stop filing Federal Taxes, then ignore their mail and phone calls. Oh, they'll take everything.
Colour me "troll," but I don't see your point as far as "catching up" to Japanese society. Because we don't all read Manga somehow means we are behind somehow? Did you ever stop to think of WHY they read these books so much? Check this out:
If I'd spent that much time on a train, I'd read comics every day as well. Japan is a very, VERY different culture than its American counterpart. Sorry to say so, but I have no desire to value my job more than my own personal life. I work to live, not vice versa. If we ever catch up to such a workaholic lifestyle, it will no longer be America.
Secondly, the lead sheet that they give you for an x-ray is just for your peace of mind, because the x-ray machine doesn't actually give off that much radiation. From this site:
good'on'ya
Probably because he's too lazy, but there are also some valid reasons. Perhaps there are external (read: out of his control) links directly to his IP rather than a dns address. Perhaps people have just gotten used to typing the IP, because it's very easy to remember (i.e. 10.11.12.13) - with an IP like that, he'd have no need for a dns. While the reasons may be extreme, they are valid nonetheless. If this is the man's source of income, and the IP is that important, then you can see why the judge made the (temporary!) decision. It would be like cutting your access to your own bank account; the money's there, but you can't do anything with it.
I prefer to think of it like changing a telephone number rather than changing a mailing address. In many cases, the telephone company let's you take your number with you when you move, not because you LOVE the number, but to make it easier for people to contact you. It doesn't matter if you leave a voicemail saying that your number is changing, contact everyone who knows you and give them the new number, people will STILL call the old number. Same deal here.
password noted. please reply when your passport is created. We'll all d/l using that one.
Microsoft: What the.. this African accountant is downloading the same package from 15000 different IPs???
Every serious gamer knows that 86Hz is unacceptable. True gamers know: CRT > LCD / PLASMA. Until you can find me a plasma that can refresh at 125Hz or greater, I'll stick with my 80lb. CRT.
Any gamer extreme enough to buy two of these cards plus the requisite hardware should be smart enough to know that a flat panel is a waste of money for games. Then again, they are gamers...
Linux cures cancer! And makes julienne fries to boot!
Come on, if they were using Windoze no one would say 'Windows is helping to rebuild Iraq.' I love Linux as much as the next guy who is even semi-informed, but come on people. It's not the next wonder drug.
Don't log out.
lol because I work with it everyday and know the cost of an 8-bay RAID system.
btw - i'm not the one post anonymously.
You're talking about software RAID. I was talking about hardware. good'on'ya
I've heard of 'RTA' but you didn't even read the story. He said he's tired of drive failures, RAID0 won't help as there isn't any real redundancy. They should take the 'R' out and call it 'AID0'.
IDE.