When asking a question you should use terms like. What does it say? vs Does it say this?
This last is very important if you are working with somebody from Japan. For cultural reasons, they are highly reluctant to tell you no. Asking "What does it say?" is safer, because it avoids the difficulty. Also, never ask them a negative question, such as, "It doesn't do FOO?" because they will answer it the way it's asked, rather than what you meant. (That is, a yes means "Yes, it doesn't do FOO.") Again, just a part of their culture. I'm not from Japan and only visited it once for less than a week but I've done enough tech support to learn this the hard way.
Last time I looked, you could still get Diet Lime Coke in Los Angeles. I buy it sometimes, because I can't drink the regular soft drinks any more. (Type II diabetic) Most of the time, a new drink comes out in regular only, and it's a long time (if ever) before the diet type is introduced, so I was happy to see it come out only in diet. I hope they have a diet version of this new flavor, so I can try it
My present employer wanted me to start immediately, yet they would want me to give them two weeks notice.
I hope you didn't agree. Many companies will try to do that to see if you'll agree, and it's a black mark if you do. If you'll quit without notice to move to them, you'll do it to them too, and they'd be looking for your replacement ASAP. Always insist on giving notice, even if you intend on waitint 'till the last second and saying, "Oh, by the way, this was my last day here."
Since when did "cease and desist" become a verb? Don't the slashdot "editors" realize part of their job is editing the submissions for spelling, grammar and so on? Of course, what with all those dupes we've been seeing, I guess we can be happy to see an article we haven't seen before. Still, I'm almost surprised nobody's brought this up before.
If you throw a stimulant into the mix, it might keep you drinking well past the point where you should be on the floor & passed out.
Back when I was young and foolish (Funny, isn't it, how often the two terms are associated?) I used to like to drink a shot of tequilla backed up with Mexican Coffee. (Like Irish, but using tequilla instead of Irish whiskey.) The booze got me drunk and the coffee got me wired. Very strange, and the hangovers tended to be horrendous.
If you can write a digit followed by 6 zeroes in that checkbook, you're A-OK!
Oh, I could write a check right now and if would cure my Type II diabetes I would. Of course, there's no chance that check would clear the bank, but so what? I'd already be cured!
Yes, of course. -geocities.com means the same as NOT(geocities.com) just as +geocities.com would mean AND(geocities.com). I thought that was obvious, but I guess not everybody knows that trick.
I honestly don't know how many people here in California are aware of the law. I am because I used to work the polls. It might be worth checking out, because some day you might be working closer to home and prefer to vote in person if possible.
Oh, and anyone who's scheduled to work for the duration that the polls are open.
I can't speak for anyplace else, but here in California your employer has to give you time off to visit the polls if your unable to get there any other way. They're open from 8 AM to 8 PM, but if you're really stuck, you can always get time off for long enough to get there and back. I'd not be surprised if it were part of the Federal Election Code, but don't know.
This was one ham, out of several in the neighborhood, and it only happened on one channel. His comments about us made it clear he knew he was interfering and didn't care. I don't know what the rules were, but nobody offered to help and he wouldn't clean up his act. (I've mentioned this to other hams and they've told me that it would have been trivial for him to stop the interference if he'd wanted to.)
The breaking of Enigma is probably the biggest reason we have to thank for the victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.
In the long run, certainly. However, there were no sudden events that made a great, obviuus change, like the ones I mentioned for the Pacific. That's what I meant by "dramatic."
One thing they're not always good about is cracking down on hams interfering with broadcast. I remember, years ago, a local ham was leaking onto a TV station's bandwidth in our neighborhood and the FCC just ignored complaints. We knew who he was and called him once or twice, then heard his insults on our TV set. This went on for over a year, while they ignored our complaints. I don't know what it's like now, but they don't always bother to help.
What I want to know is why he thinks "broadcasting is unconstitutional." It's not mentioned in anywhere in the Constitution, and the only place that might be remotely relevant is the First Amendment, which would seem to support it. If he really said exactly that, either he wasn't thinking or he's more of a ass than I'd expect.
Look at how the government classified encryption software as "munitions" in order to prevent its export to foreign countries.
That's not even stretching the definition. In wartime, communications must be kept secure, and encryption is the key to this. Our cracking of Japan's Purple cypher warned us about the move on Austrailia in time to block it in the Coral Sea, about their move on Midway in time to block it and (with luck) give them a crushing defeat and about Yamamoto's movements so that we could attack his plane and shoot it down. Although not as dramatic, we got just as much use out of breaking Enigma in the European Theater.
You don't start at (or ever reach) the South Pole. There's a place where a circle around the pole is one kilometer. Start one kilometer north of there, and go south. You'll end up where you started. Possibly a better way to phrase the question is this:
A man walks one kilometer south, one east and one north, ending up at his starting point. What continent is he on?
This works, because he's on Antactica, and the North Pole isn't on a continent.
I remember when I first heard that. I was able to solve it by visualization in just a few minutes, although I couldn't prove my answer. It was based on a bit of imaginaation, knowing there was, in fact, an answer, and intuition. The anser is the volume of a sphere with a 5" radius.
The traditional answer is one. However, "at least one" is more accurate because, although it never says the others are going to St. Ives, it also doesn't say they aren't.
no, i have a better real firewall. itsa headless pentium 75 box running debian sarge and iptables...
We both have good firewalls. Yours is on a seperate box, which is probably best, but mine is good for one running on the same box. It doesn't matter who's is best, just that we have them. I think you'll agree that the "firewall" that comes with XP is inadaquate.
Many of the programs on my windows box never get more then once call home, I merely DNS their target sites to 127.0.0.1. If they try by IP I have ways to block that too.
It sounds like you're using XP's "firewall" that only blocks incoming packets, but lets everything out. I have a better, real firewall. When a program tries to phone home, my firewall asks if I want to allow it. If I don't know what the program is, I tell it not to allow outbound access, now or ever and that program's stuck. Then, I check what the program is. If it's not something I authorized, I use End Task to kill it, then uninstall it. If I can't do that directly, I update Ad-Aware and run a scan. That usually gets it.
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This last is very important if you are working with somebody from Japan. For cultural reasons, they are highly reluctant to tell you no. Asking "What does it say?" is safer, because it avoids the difficulty. Also, never ask them a negative question, such as, "It doesn't do FOO?" because they will answer it the way it's asked, rather than what you meant. (That is, a yes means "Yes, it doesn't do FOO.") Again, just a part of their culture. I'm not from Japan and only visited it once for less than a week but I've done enough tech support to learn this the hard way.
Certainly not! Resistance is futile. Your computer will be assimilated. You will learn to welcome your new Yahoo! overlords and trust the computer.
Last time I looked, you could still get Diet Lime Coke in Los Angeles. I buy it sometimes, because I can't drink the regular soft drinks any more. (Type II diabetic) Most of the time, a new drink comes out in regular only, and it's a long time (if ever) before the diet type is introduced, so I was happy to see it come out only in diet. I hope they have a diet version of this new flavor, so I can try it
I hope you didn't agree. Many companies will try to do that to see if you'll agree, and it's a black mark if you do. If you'll quit without notice to move to them, you'll do it to them too, and they'd be looking for your replacement ASAP. Always insist on giving notice, even if you intend on waitint 'till the last second and saying, "Oh, by the way, this was my last day here."
Since when did "cease and desist" become a verb? Don't the slashdot "editors" realize part of their job is editing the submissions for spelling, grammar and so on? Of course, what with all those dupes we've been seeing, I guess we can be happy to see an article we haven't seen before. Still, I'm almost surprised nobody's brought this up before.
Back when I was young and foolish (Funny, isn't it, how often the two terms are associated?) I used to like to drink a shot of tequilla backed up with Mexican Coffee. (Like Irish, but using tequilla instead of Irish whiskey.) The booze got me drunk and the coffee got me wired. Very strange, and the hangovers tended to be horrendous.
Yes, and they won't care. Massachusetts has long been known for having the best politicians money can buy.
That may be so, but I have a piece of advice for you: don't ever go to Vegas!
Oh, I could write a check right now and if would cure my Type II diabetes I would. Of course, there's no chance that check would clear the bank, but so what? I'd already be cured!
Yes, of course. -geocities.com means the same as NOT(geocities.com) just as +geocities.com would mean AND(geocities.com). I thought that was obvious, but I guess not everybody knows that trick.
I mean, go up to your search terms, add that to the list and search again. All geocities.com sites will be removed from the results.
And if it does? Just add -geocities.com to your terms and watch them vanish in the haze.
I honestly don't know how many people here in California are aware of the law. I am because I used to work the polls. It might be worth checking out, because some day you might be working closer to home and prefer to vote in person if possible.
I can't speak for anyplace else, but here in California your employer has to give you time off to visit the polls if your unable to get there any other way. They're open from 8 AM to 8 PM, but if you're really stuck, you can always get time off for long enough to get there and back. I'd not be surprised if it were part of the Federal Election Code, but don't know.
This was one ham, out of several in the neighborhood, and it only happened on one channel. His comments about us made it clear he knew he was interfering and didn't care. I don't know what the rules were, but nobody offered to help and he wouldn't clean up his act. (I've mentioned this to other hams and they've told me that it would have been trivial for him to stop the interference if he'd wanted to.)
In the long run, certainly. However, there were no sudden events that made a great, obviuus change, like the ones I mentioned for the Pacific. That's what I meant by "dramatic."
One thing they're not always good about is cracking down on hams interfering with broadcast. I remember, years ago, a local ham was leaking onto a TV station's bandwidth in our neighborhood and the FCC just ignored complaints. We knew who he was and called him once or twice, then heard his insults on our TV set. This went on for over a year, while they ignored our complaints. I don't know what it's like now, but they don't always bother to help.
What I want to know is why he thinks "broadcasting is unconstitutional." It's not mentioned in anywhere in the Constitution, and the only place that might be remotely relevant is the First Amendment, which would seem to support it. If he really said exactly that, either he wasn't thinking or he's more of a ass than I'd expect.
That's not even stretching the definition. In wartime, communications must be kept secure, and encryption is the key to this. Our cracking of Japan's Purple cypher warned us about the move on Austrailia in time to block it in the Coral Sea, about their move on Midway in time to block it and (with luck) give them a crushing defeat and about Yamamoto's movements so that we could attack his plane and shoot it down. Although not as dramatic, we got just as much use out of breaking Enigma in the European Theater.
A man walks one kilometer south, one east and one north, ending up at his starting point. What continent is he on?
This works, because he's on Antactica, and the North Pole isn't on a continent.
I remember when I first heard that. I was able to solve it by visualization in just a few minutes, although I couldn't prove my answer. It was based on a bit of imaginaation, knowing there was, in fact, an answer, and intuition. The anser is the volume of a sphere with a 5" radius.
Actually, there's another place near the South Pole where he could have made that journey, but there aren't any bears there.
The traditional answer is one. However, "at least one" is more accurate because, although it never says the others are going to St. Ives, it also doesn't say they aren't.
We both have good firewalls. Yours is on a seperate box, which is probably best, but mine is good for one running on the same box. It doesn't matter who's is best, just that we have them. I think you'll agree that the "firewall" that comes with XP is inadaquate.
It sounds like you're using XP's "firewall" that only blocks incoming packets, but lets everything out. I have a better, real firewall. When a program tries to phone home, my firewall asks if I want to allow it. If I don't know what the program is, I tell it not to allow outbound access, now or ever and that program's stuck. Then, I check what the program is. If it's not something I authorized, I use End Task to kill it, then uninstall it. If I can't do that directly, I update Ad-Aware and run a scan. That usually gets it.