Talk about synchronicity. I just got through watching Spaceballs three hours ago! The last time I had seen it was when it was first released ( over a decade ago). BTW, I'm unemployed and very bored. Watching Spaceballs indicates that I am getting to the bottom of my movie collection!
No they would'nt. "Fortune 500" is not only the standard metric (Fortune 50 is not), it has all ( or maybe more) propaganda impact as "Fortune 50". Most people translate "Fortune 50" as "the top 50 of the Fortune 500". From a marketing ( related to propagandist) perspective, this is undesirable as it causes the reader to hold more concepts in their head then needed and it might cause the reader to think too much. The last thing a propagandist wants is for the target to think. The other reason they would not do this is that in narrows the field way too much, e.i. Fortune 100 companies who are using Linux and are not associated with IBM.
MS will have payed for SCOs Linux licenses as part of their Linux lab set up. They are using Linux AND they support SCO. Both are public record. MS can not use Linux without the SCO Linux license. So of the set of all companies that have bought the SCO Linux License, one is MS. As that set has only one member, that member has to be MS.QED
The server in question is used to transfere data between the customer and the Acxiom databases. All the guy did was to crack some passwords to access files on that server. It also appears that the capability for using encryption for the data transfered through this server exists. It is probably up to the customer to use this. I don't know why customers would not use encryption, either ignorance, or maybe Acxiom charges extra for this. In any case, the problem is not the design of the system, but the way the system is being used.
Acxiom will need to make some changes. First, if they are indead charging extra for the use of encryption, they need to stop. That means changing that demonic marketing mentality that classifies everything as an added feature that must carry extra cost. Encryption is not an optional feature, but an integral componet of a secure system. One does not sell an Automobile, and charge extra for including brakes. Second, Acxiom must make the use of encryption manditory.
Concidering Acxioms buisness, I'm pretty sure the marketers are in control. If change happens in the company it will be accompanied by a lot of flying fur.
now we now how much MS gave SCO under the guise of buying a license. 8 million in licensing revenue, and we all know that SCO has only sold one license since this sordid affair started.
I wish people would READ the comment they are flaming. It would also be nice if moderators would think befor they give points. Modding up an illogical post is even more illogical.
Maybe YOU should read some history befor you post. On the other hand, it probably won't do you much good. More data won't fix your faulty capability to use logic.
Declining China lost to superpower Europe.
China was in decline because of isolationism.
European nations became superpowers because they were engaging in exploration.
So what was the point you were trying to make?
England did not become a superpower because of the wealth created by its explorations, but by developing the technology to do that exploration. The monitary reward was just an incentive that added some positive feedback.
The value of a manned misson to Mars is not just the scientific data or any short term economic benifit. The true value lies with the massive exansion of the capabilities of mankind that would result in attempting such a mission.
I guess you did not read the release clause. It covers all activity of MS independent of its relationship to the case. That means unless they opt-out, no Floridian can sue MS for anything they did prior to 24(?) Dec 2002, whether it has anything to do with antitrust or not. Thats a pretty broad release clause.
So really, the people aren't getting stiffed, they're just getting gypped. However, the people of Florida will get some indirect benefits
First, how many schools would actualy qualify?
Second, would MS be giving money, vouchers, or overpriced sytems with overpriced MS software ( which would be tax deductable).
I think the last is most likely. I am sure it would be orchastrated in such a way as to lock the schools into a Windows only enviroment. MS has been playing this game for decades. They all ready are targetting schools with special deals in an attempt to prevent them from switching to more suitable linux based systems.
They publish a large selection of math and science books. Most are reprints of some of the best works on their subject ever published. Because they are reprints, they are relativly cheap. I am currently extending my math background to include graduatle level stuff. I have spent less the $70 (US). That is less then just one current textbook.
dB is a logarithmic scale used to quantify relative energy. Because dB is logorithmic, it is always used to measure the difference in two leveles, one usualy being a reference. That is why the earlier poster talked about the sound of a jet relative to a slient room. For a reference, a signal that is 3 dB geater then another signal, has twice the energy. Usualy when you see dB used it in the form of dBM, dBC, dBR, etc. The third letter identifies the zero point.
Headroom is measured relative to the highest level the media can record so (record level) - (Ref) will be negative.
Even a small amount of oil and dirt from finger application can reduce the effectivness of thermal grease by 50%. That is, it can double the case to heatsink theta. A dead skin cell is a mountain in relation to the voids that the thermal grease is suppose to fill.
It helps to know how to apply the thermal grease. It also helps to know how to lap a heatsink. A properly laped heatsink will reduce the case to heatsink theta by between 30 and 50%. Properly applied heatsink grease results in a lower ch theta then any heatsink pad I have tested. The problem is that misapplied heatsink grease can be worse then using nothing at all. Unfortunatly, using heatsink grease properly takes some skill and experience, and is difficult in a manufacturing enviroment. So from a manufacturing point of view, heat sink pads are preferable. One more point, thermal grease is next to useless on heatsinks that are held on by those stupid little clips. Heatsinks should always be bolted, and torqed to the appropriate specification.
Not likely at all. Can't recover data from a reformated card. And reformating is what would be done. Its easier and cleaner then deleating each picture. Most likely this would be done at the same time as an integrety check, and right after the data is read. One insert and a few seconds of time is all it takes. Its a hell of a lot easier then dealing with an irate parent whos picture of the 4 yearold shacking hands with Micky Mouse did not take because of a faulty memory card.
I am somewhat ambareassed to say I did'nt vote in the last US Presidental election. First time in my life I abstained. I just could not bring myself to vote for GW, and me a life long Republican. A lot of other Republicans that I know also abstained. The only canidate that made any sence was the Green Party canidate. As the Green Party is still treated like the lunitic fring by the media, the chance of one of their canidates rising above statistical noise is almost zero. Maybe more voters would turn out if the parties fielded some better canidates, or maybe not.
You've gota kid? Pull this stuff out now, and get a project going. Get your daugher involved, get her friends involved. 14 is a perfect age for something like this. It would also be a great way to be involved in the life of your daughter, which is something that gets harder as adolescence progresses. Even if she does not show an interest in science, you might spark something in her. Think about it. You've have a project that is at the point were all the fun stuff starts happening, i.e. past the tediouse grinding phase.
At the very least, even if she does not want to be that involved, the fact that she has a parent(s) that is doing something cool ( in the eyes of most childeren) will be an experience to look back on years from now. At the most, you might help create the next Hubble or Chandrasekhar.
You might even use it as a vehical to tell her about all of the contributions to astronomy made by lady scientists, without which modern astronony would not be were it is today.
Buying preground optics is a great way to go, though actualy grinding ones own primary brings additional rewards. Optics grinding makes a better group project then an individual project. That because its tediouse. An individual will lose focus faster then a group ( called group or team discipline).
In my case, I had to grind my own primary because there were no pre-ground ones available with the f/ I wanted. I was realy into asteroids and comets. Everyone else was into nebulae and galactic clusters. So guess who the market targeted?
Anyway, my telescope also disapeared when I went into the service:(
The tumbleweed was intruduced in the 1880s, the exact date has slipped my mind at the moment, but it is know. The seeds were in a shipment of grain from the Russian steeps to North Dakota. The version of Europian agricultur practiced in the US and cattle ranching were primarily responcible for its rapid spread. It likes the wide openness of freshly plowed fields and grazelands. As a footnote, the Russian Thistle (tumbleweed) is now endangered in many places where it was once indiginous. I have read speculation that at some point, it might end up completely extinc in it native land, existing only as an obnoxious weed in the Americas. Wierd. From Russia with love (or something).
Dvorak was definatly a fan of OS/2, and continued to praise it even after the IBM/MS divorce. But he too was eventualy brought into line. Though the fact that OS/2 was a lost cause probably helped. Dvorak found other fish to fry. He always was the one to say things no one else is willing to say. Remember his coverage of Intels attempt to corner the RAM market?
Point one is not valid. It was part of MS FUD. Sorry you lose.
Point two was also MS FUD, spread by MS to convince venders to not ship OS/2.
And neither point addresses the blatent lies in PC Mag and other sources.
As a former OS/2 user ( since version 1.0, yes I'm that old), I was shocked and amazed by what I saw. I followed OS/2 developments closely. I also had access to technical publications that yould not find on a magazine shelf. I did not just wake up one morning and decide to start distrusting MS. I also did not learn my distrust of MS from/.. As I started disliking MS befor/. or Linux even existed. My dislike was caused by verifiable actions on the part of MS and their demostrably bought mouthpeices.
A little bit of history for thouse who only know what PC Mag said. The easier 'slide' up for customers bit was what MS was telling customers. What MS was trying to sell IBM on befor they pissed IBM off was quite different. MS had developed a plan to squees as much revinue out of their customers by essencialy screwing them over. They tried to get IBM to go along with the plan. This involved targeting OS/2 as a UNIX replacement, while marketing a series of deliberatly constrained OSs to desktop consumers. The idea was to hook the customer into an upgrade path that would require them to purchas a new OS every few years. IBM said "no way". Which is reasonable, as they had burnt themselves in the past doing this sort of thing. The last thing IBM needed during the Eighties was to engage in another plan to deliberatly screw its customers.
I am not making this stuff up. There were articles in industry publications that discused these issues. This included articles that pointed out that MS ramp-up concept was just a marketing ploy to convince consummers to allow themselves to be screwed. IBM and MS also made statements to attest to this. I seem to remember one of the more revieling articles being in EE Times.
Befor you start charctarizing anyone who knows the history of the issue as believers in black heliocpters, you should make sure you actualy know what your talking about. As it is, you have just become part of the MS FUD machine.
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Talk about synchronicity. I just got through watching Spaceballs three hours ago! The last time I had seen it was when it was first released ( over a decade ago). BTW, I'm unemployed and very bored. Watching Spaceballs indicates that I am getting to the bottom of my movie collection!
MS will have payed for SCOs Linux licenses as part of their Linux lab set up. They are using Linux AND they support SCO. Both are public record. MS can not use Linux without the SCO Linux license. So of the set of all companies that have bought the SCO Linux License, one is MS. As that set has only one member, that member has to be MS.QED
Acxiom will need to make some changes. First, if they are indead charging extra for the use of encryption, they need to stop. That means changing that demonic marketing mentality that classifies everything as an added feature that must carry extra cost. Encryption is not an optional feature, but an integral componet of a secure system. One does not sell an Automobile, and charge extra for including brakes. Second, Acxiom must make the use of encryption manditory.
Concidering Acxioms buisness, I'm pretty sure the marketers are in control. If change happens in the company it will be accompanied by a lot of flying fur.
The company also turned a profit of $3.7 million in the recent period compared to a $17.6 million net loss for the year-ago period.
How do you think SCO pulled this off? By selling a single license to MS.
now we now how much MS gave SCO under the guise of buying a license. 8 million in licensing revenue, and we all know that SCO has only sold one license since this sordid affair started.
I wish people would READ the comment they are flaming. It would also be nice if moderators would think befor they give points. Modding up an illogical post is even more illogical.
Declining China lost to superpower Europe.
China was in decline because of isolationism.
European nations became superpowers because they were engaging in exploration.
So what was the point you were trying to make?
England did not become a superpower because of the wealth created by its explorations, but by developing the technology to do that exploration. The monitary reward was just an incentive that added some positive feedback.
The value of a manned misson to Mars is not just the scientific data or any short term economic benifit. The true value lies with the massive exansion of the capabilities of mankind that would result in attempting such a mission.
I guess you did not read the release clause. It covers all activity of MS independent of its relationship to the case. That means unless they opt-out, no Floridian can sue MS for anything they did prior to 24(?) Dec 2002, whether it has anything to do with antitrust or not. Thats a pretty broad release clause.
First, how many schools would actualy qualify? Second, would MS be giving money, vouchers, or overpriced sytems with overpriced MS software ( which would be tax deductable).
I think the last is most likely. I am sure it would be orchastrated in such a way as to lock the schools into a Windows only enviroment. MS has been playing this game for decades. They all ready are targetting schools with special deals in an attempt to prevent them from switching to more suitable linux based systems.
They publish a large selection of math and science books. Most are reprints of some of the best works on their subject ever published. Because they are reprints, they are relativly cheap. I am currently extending my math background to include graduatle level stuff. I have spent less the $70 (US). That is less then just one current textbook.
Headroom is measured relative to the highest level the media can record so (record level) - (Ref) will be negative.
Last time I measured the level of a KC135 taking off ( from the side of the runway) I got around 180dBA. A lot of that energy is subsonic though.
Thats what torque drivers are for.
Even a small amount of oil and dirt from finger application can reduce the effectivness of thermal grease by 50%. That is, it can double the case to heatsink theta. A dead skin cell is a mountain in relation to the voids that the thermal grease is suppose to fill.
He's not talking about the die, but the package.
And here I thought Linux was an OS kernel.
A Beowulf cluster of these!
Not likely at all. Can't recover data from a reformated card. And reformating is what would be done. Its easier and cleaner then deleating each picture. Most likely this would be done at the same time as an integrety check, and right after the data is read. One insert and a few seconds of time is all it takes. Its a hell of a lot easier then dealing with an irate parent whos picture of the 4 yearold shacking hands with Micky Mouse did not take because of a faulty memory card.
I am somewhat ambareassed to say I did'nt vote in the last US Presidental election. First time in my life I abstained. I just could not bring myself to vote for GW, and me a life long Republican. A lot of other Republicans that I know also abstained. The only canidate that made any sence was the Green Party canidate. As the Green Party is still treated like the lunitic fring by the media, the chance of one of their canidates rising above statistical noise is almost zero. Maybe more voters would turn out if the parties fielded some better canidates, or maybe not.
At the very least, even if she does not want to be that involved, the fact that she has a parent(s) that is doing something cool ( in the eyes of most childeren) will be an experience to look back on years from now. At the most, you might help create the next Hubble or Chandrasekhar.
You might even use it as a vehical to tell her about all of the contributions to astronomy made by lady scientists, without which modern astronony would not be were it is today.
In my case, I had to grind my own primary because there were no pre-ground ones available with the f/ I wanted. I was realy into asteroids and comets. Everyone else was into nebulae and galactic clusters. So guess who the market targeted?
Anyway, my telescope also disapeared when I went into the service :(
The tumbleweed was intruduced in the 1880s, the exact date has slipped my mind at the moment, but it is know. The seeds were in a shipment of grain from the Russian steeps to North Dakota. The version of Europian agricultur practiced in the US and cattle ranching were primarily responcible for its rapid spread. It likes the wide openness of freshly plowed fields and grazelands. As a footnote, the Russian Thistle (tumbleweed) is now endangered in many places where it was once indiginous. I have read speculation that at some point, it might end up completely extinc in it native land, existing only as an obnoxious weed in the Americas. Wierd. From Russia with love (or something).
Dvorak was definatly a fan of OS/2, and continued to praise it even after the IBM/MS divorce. But he too was eventualy brought into line. Though the fact that OS/2 was a lost cause probably helped. Dvorak found other fish to fry. He always was the one to say things no one else is willing to say. Remember his coverage of Intels attempt to corner the RAM market?
Point two was also MS FUD, spread by MS to convince venders to not ship OS/2.
And neither point addresses the blatent lies in PC Mag and other sources.
As a former OS/2 user ( since version 1.0, yes I'm that old), I was shocked and amazed by what I saw. I followed OS/2 developments closely. I also had access to technical publications that yould not find on a magazine shelf. I did not just wake up one morning and decide to start distrusting MS. I also did not learn my distrust of MS from /.. As I started disliking MS befor /. or Linux even existed. My dislike was caused by verifiable actions on the part of MS and their demostrably bought mouthpeices.
A little bit of history for thouse who only know what PC Mag said. The easier 'slide' up for customers bit was what MS was telling customers. What MS was trying to sell IBM on befor they pissed IBM off was quite different. MS had developed a plan to squees as much revinue out of their customers by essencialy screwing them over. They tried to get IBM to go along with the plan. This involved targeting OS/2 as a UNIX replacement, while marketing a series of deliberatly constrained OSs to desktop consumers. The idea was to hook the customer into an upgrade path that would require them to purchas a new OS every few years. IBM said "no way". Which is reasonable, as they had burnt themselves in the past doing this sort of thing. The last thing IBM needed during the Eighties was to engage in another plan to deliberatly screw its customers.
I am not making this stuff up. There were articles in industry publications that discused these issues. This included articles that pointed out that MS ramp-up concept was just a marketing ploy to convince consummers to allow themselves to be screwed. IBM and MS also made statements to attest to this. I seem to remember one of the more revieling articles being in EE Times.
Befor you start charctarizing anyone who knows the history of the issue as believers in black heliocpters, you should make sure you actualy know what your talking about. As it is, you have just become part of the MS FUD machine.