Good quick summary. Please mod Parent up. A few points, though:
it's a new device, so it's possible (probable) that many / all of these features are coming ('cept for hardware encryption which may be limited to HW upgrades)
Have application signing with self-signed certs as an enforceable policy.
While I can't say that this is a solved problem, it does appear to be a common one, particularly where it's cold / snowy. I'm betting not too many people from Arizona are in on a solution.
This person has prototyped a solution for LED vehicle lights as well as traffic lights (makes sense as they suffer from the same problem) - heated traffic light lens
You mean, something to the effect that he was a normal, healthy, happy boy before he got the vaccine. Then he got sick right after the vaccine, and subsequently developed the signs and symptoms associated with autistic behaviour?
From the Canadian public health agency:
"Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative used in many vaccines. In large concentrations, or over extended periods of exposure, mercury can cause damage to the brain and the kidneys."
"Nevertheless, NACI has recommended a long-term goal of removing thimersol from vaccines, provided that safe alternatives to this preservative can be found. This will help to reduce unnecessary environmental exposure to mercury."
While it is smart PR to state that there is no "proven" link, Kids are nevertheless getting caught in the grip of this poison. It is to me, somewhat telling that the agency is pushing for the removal of Mercury in these drugs. Me, I'm sort of a fan of not having mercury voluntarily injected into either myself or my child.
I have a domain hosted at EasyDNS. They also have my my MX record, and a list of my own 'domain' email accounts. I set up forwarded mail accounts so that mail destined to 'user@myowndomain.com' goes to 'user@rogers.com' at my email service provided to me by my Broadband provider [Rogers].
For my mail through the Rogers webmail service, the "from" account is configured to send out as "user@myowndomain.com" rather than "user@rogers.com", so outbound mail looks like it's coming from my own domain
From my email client on my laptop (Tbird), I actually send mail through easydns and it acts as an outbound service for 'myowndomain.com'. Also, the "from" account is configured to send out as "user@myowndomain.com" rather than "user@rogers.com", so no hassles there either.
It was easy enough to add an account for "dad@myowndomain" for my father's own use, sending to his internet service account (Bell sympatico). It's done fine for us so far.
I'm not sure if this approach would work for everyone, but I'm quite satisfied with it. I also know that there are other settings I've tweaked with (SPF record at EasyDNS, etc)so that my mail doesn't get trapped as 'spam' everywhere I go.
I can certainly understand why the systems administrators want to keep the CCRA machines in the best state. However, messing with them at this particular time is rather... well, let's go with skull-crushingly stupid.
Returns from across the country are going to be coming in. hundreds of thousands of returns will come through the online submission systems. Those machines should've been frozen at Christmas. The Bank that I used to work at had a freeze on their, c machines right near (or after) Christmas in preparation for the onslaught of transactions related to RRSP (US-401K) season).ulminating the lat week of February.
I'm not sure when the DST patches came out for the affected machines, but it seems that they would've been more intellegent about when they were applied.
Plus, no fail-over plan? No back up services? (or were they patched at the same time?) no roll-back? Uhm, naw, we'll just shut 'em down. Yes that works. I mean, who would mind?
It would be nice if HP also comitted to getting Linux on their laptops as well. I noticed that there is no trouble getting Windows running on my laptop, but It's always hit and miss whether or not Linux runs.
Of the three laptops I've had over the years, It's only the latest one (an HP dv6000 from Canadia) that's not playing nice.
While this is indeed trolling, I wonder if Microsoft encourages HP (et al) to make it difficult to get Linux running on their machines (ie wierdness for screen / network / etc firmware or modules).
"Who's to say I didn't write the Wikipedia entry myself"
A good point. Then he should have "quoted" himself or made a bibliographic reference to the external article.
Brings up an interesting point. If you're writing a paper and you feel the need to reference one of your own previous works or publications (since I know I have DOZENS of those;) ), are you supposed to provide references for your resources published by you?
For long distance feeding this capacitive load adds greatly to the power loss in the line.
Now, I'm not a physicist (just a geek), but doesn't the power loss translate into a substantial amount of heat being generated?
I mean, high tension lines have all that air around them to dissipate the heat generated. How would they handle it with underground pipes? I recall hearing about underground high tension lines in New Zealand (I think) that used coolant (dielectric fluid)? pumped around the lines in conduits to dissipate heat. What happens if the pumps fail? What happens if lightning or high winds, rather than knocking out a line, takes out the transformer that runs a pumping system, and then the lines overheat and blow anyways?
I'm just askin'. This is all from sketchy recollection and conjecture.
I agree. Since parked domains can skew the results of the Netcraft survey (read: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics), removing them would certainly generate a more 'accurate' view of usage.
As a concession, I would think that Netcraft should subsequently generate a comparative report of parked vs active domains. Better still, a separate series of reports that focus soley on parked domains.
As I said above, it's not about whether or not DRM is a "good idea" (I think it sucks); it's about the role of the GPL in "policing" what type of software should be written using GPL-ed source.
First of all, let me state for the record that I loathe DRM.
Same Here.
I thought the GPL was about freedom, but now it's imposing some of the very restrictions that it has traditionally railed against!
I agree. As much as we hate how DRM prevents us from consuming content where and how we want, what will the next 'target product' me? Will the GPL prohibit the use of code in Missle guidance systems? Or in License Plate recognition systems?
I'm not suggesting that any of the above uses of technology are 'good' or 'bad' per se. I am saying however, that we need to tread carefully into the world of software police. Do we want the GPL to say how we use the source rather than why?
If I intended to do harm, I could have easily snagged all of the important SSH keys and installed backdoors before I put in my notice.
Depending on your network setup (and you access to such keys), it wouldn't be unreasonable for some companies to change the keys as a part of your departure.
It does however bring up an important poirnt. Make sure you've got your personal / important information off-site before you hand in your resignation. Every time, regardless of position. Imagine someone in a sales / Customer Relationship position that did not secure a copy of their 'book' before departure (legal concerns notwithstanding).
Not that this is by any means an exhaustive list, but:
Email Address Book
Bookmarks from all browsers
Personal files (pictures, mp3s, Resumes, etc) that you just kept on the computer 'temporarily'
code snippets that you've downloaded while researching development solutions
The internal company phonebook or email list (this may be contrary to company policy, so keep that in mind)
Business cards of vendors with which you have established a 'relationship'
Legos are just so restrictive that I really don't understand why so many geeks love them. Most of us bitch about people telling us what we can and cannot do, yet so many of you love legos, which restrict creativity to certain defined patterns.
I'm not sure if I'm being naiive, but I'll treat this as if it were not a troll.
Rather than looking at the pieces as limiting, I see the piece specifications as exactly the opposite. All of the pieces interconnect. The 'specialized' pieces are limited for basic construction, but they're great for accent. The remainder of the pieces follow a few _very_ simple rules. There are simple height, width, and depth constraints. There are a bunch of colours (not a ton, but enough, methinks). These constraints are applied with a great deal of consistency over a large number of different Lego pieces
Because of 'simple rules' and 'interconnectivity', I think that creativity is one of the few limiting factors.
[the] Transportation Department estimates showed the two-month extension would save the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of oil a day.
However,
The country uses about 20 million barrels of oil a day.
So, 10,000 saved / 20,000,000 consumed = 0.0005, or 0.05% savings in oil at the cost of messing up time schedules for 6-8 week difference between Standard and DST.
I don't think it's worth it. It would make more sense to ban SUVs or other non-commercial vehicles that have a mileage rating xMPG (disclaimer; I drive a Jimmy) or to ban the sale of Regular grade gasoline. I may be spitballing, but I'm pretty sure that either idea would generate greater energy savings.
I'm pretty sure that Saskatchewan would object anyways.
It's great that he could bridge to his 9500 and connect, but I guess one could also just run the Symbian version of PuTTY as well. I use it and it works great on my 9500.
If I recall, one has to install AdBlock (it doesn't come bundled with FF). With that in mind, it's not much different than the Ad Shield plug in that's available for IE (although AdBlock works much better, IMO).
I would say that it's not the browser, it's the user. When IE bundles an ad blocking tool with their browser (uh-huh) then you'll see the ad ignore rates go up.
There are ads at the top of the article? You must be surfing with MS Internet Explorer; When using Mozilla on my Linux desktop, I don't see the ads. ever.
I was incorrect above. Kylix supoprts development in both Object Pascal and C++. Borland, if you're not going to sell it or support it, then give it to us and we'll take it from here!
I thought Kylix was a brilliant IDE, but I'm biased because I am a long-time Delphi developer.
Even if Borland, in its decision (?) to discontinue support or development of Kylix, decides to distribute it as Open Source, I don't think that there would then be a huge surge in community support of the product. The primary reason for this is that the IDE, Component libraries, and Supoprted language is Object Pascal, and there's not much Pascal coding done on Linux these days.
Mind you, Kylix would be a great starting point for a Linux C++ Builder. Let the porting begin
It's quite the cool looking little buggy. I can see someone using that for a (very) local commute, or to scoot about the neighbourhood to do some shopping.
There are several (older)people in my 'hood that use those adult tricycles with the large shopping basket, so this might be the next best thing for them. That is, if the price is right.
If they could design the unit to fold down flat, I could drive it to work and then store it upright against a wall (INSIDE my office, so it won't get poached) with about the same footprint as a two-wheeler.
Mind you, I'd be quite careful on what streets I drove. Too many maniacs around these here parts.
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Another site I read mentioned that it's blocked in the AdBlock Plus EasyPrivacy subscription. https://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions
I added that subscription and it worked like a charm
While I can't say that this is a solved problem, it does appear to be a common one, particularly where it's cold / snowy. I'm betting not too many people from Arizona are in on a solution.
This person has prototyped a solution for LED vehicle lights as well as traffic lights (makes sense as they suffer from the same problem) - heated traffic light lens
You mean, something to the effect that he was a normal, healthy, happy boy before he got the vaccine. Then he got sick right after the vaccine, and subsequently developed the signs and symptoms associated with autistic behaviour?
From the Canadian public health agency:
"Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative used in many vaccines. In large concentrations, or over extended periods of exposure, mercury can cause damage to the brain and the kidneys."
"Nevertheless, NACI has recommended a long-term goal of removing thimersol from vaccines, provided that safe alternatives to this preservative can be found. This will help to reduce unnecessary environmental exposure to mercury."
While it is smart PR to state that there is no "proven" link, Kids are nevertheless getting caught in the grip of this poison. It is to me, somewhat telling that the agency is pushing for the removal of Mercury in these drugs. Me, I'm sort of a fan of not having mercury voluntarily injected into either myself or my child.
I've got a 10-year old nephew that says otherwise.
Besides, it doesn't look like there are too many skiers there at present
I have a domain hosted at EasyDNS. They also have my my MX record, and a list of my own 'domain' email accounts. I set up forwarded mail accounts so that mail destined to 'user@myowndomain.com' goes to 'user@rogers.com' at my email service provided to me by my Broadband provider [Rogers].
For my mail through the Rogers webmail service, the "from" account is configured to send out as "user@myowndomain.com" rather than "user@rogers.com", so outbound mail looks like it's coming from my own domain
From my email client on my laptop (Tbird), I actually send mail through easydns and it acts as an outbound service for 'myowndomain.com'. Also, the "from" account is configured to send out as "user@myowndomain.com" rather than "user@rogers.com", so no hassles there either.
It was easy enough to add an account for "dad@myowndomain" for my father's own use, sending to his internet service account (Bell sympatico). It's done fine for us so far.
I'm not sure if this approach would work for everyone, but I'm quite satisfied with it. I also know that there are other settings I've tweaked with (SPF record at EasyDNS, etc)so that my mail doesn't get trapped as 'spam' everywhere I go.
I can certainly understand why the systems administrators want to keep the CCRA machines in the best state. However, messing with them at this particular time is rather ... well, let's go with skull-crushingly stupid.
Returns from across the country are going to be coming in. hundreds of thousands of returns will come through the online submission systems. Those machines should've been frozen at Christmas. The Bank that I used to work at had a freeze on their, c machines right near (or after) Christmas in preparation for the onslaught of transactions related to RRSP (US-401K) season).ulminating the lat week of February.
I'm not sure when the DST patches came out for the affected machines, but it seems that they would've been more intellegent about when they were applied.
Plus, no fail-over plan? No back up services? (or were they patched at the same time?) no roll-back? Uhm, naw, we'll just shut 'em down. Yes that works. I mean, who would mind?
It would be nice if HP also comitted to getting Linux on their laptops as well. I noticed that there is no trouble getting Windows running on my laptop, but It's always hit and miss whether or not Linux runs.
Of the three laptops I've had over the years, It's only the latest one (an HP dv6000 from Canadia) that's not playing nice.
While this is indeed trolling, I wonder if Microsoft encourages HP (et al) to make it difficult to get Linux running on their machines (ie wierdness for screen / network / etc firmware or modules).
Thank goodness for sites like http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ (even though there's nothing for the dv6000 yet)
From The comic:
;) ), are you supposed to provide references for your resources published by you?
"Who's to say I didn't write the Wikipedia entry myself"
A good point. Then he should have "quoted" himself or made a bibliographic reference to the external article.
Brings up an interesting point. If you're writing a paper and you feel the need to reference one of your own previous works or publications (since I know I have DOZENS of those
I wonder how long until it reaches the next Starbucks?
Now, I'm not a physicist (just a geek), but doesn't the power loss translate into a substantial amount of heat being generated?
I mean, high tension lines have all that air around them to dissipate the heat generated. How would they handle it with underground pipes? I recall hearing about underground high tension lines in New Zealand (I think) that used coolant (dielectric fluid)? pumped around the lines in conduits to dissipate heat. What happens if the pumps fail? What happens if lightning or high winds, rather than knocking out a line, takes out the transformer that runs a pumping system, and then the lines overheat and blow anyways?
I'm just askin'. This is all from sketchy recollection and conjecture.
Then Plug the unit and the PC into a UPS. That should reduce the likelyhood of such an event happening.
And someone that's geeky enough to mess with the router must have a UPS around somewhere that they can temporarily re-task.
Please mod parent up.
I agree. Since parked domains can skew the results of the Netcraft survey (read: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics), removing them would certainly generate a more 'accurate' view of usage.
As a concession, I would think that Netcraft should subsequently generate a comparative report of parked vs active domains. Better still, a separate series of reports that focus soley on parked domains.
As I said above, it's not about whether or not DRM is a "good idea" (I think it sucks); it's about the role of the GPL in "policing" what type of software should be written using GPL-ed source.
I agree. As much as we hate how DRM prevents us from consuming content where and how we want, what will the next 'target product' me? Will the GPL prohibit the use of code in Missle guidance systems? Or in License Plate recognition systems?
I'm not suggesting that any of the above uses of technology are 'good' or 'bad' per se. I am saying however, that we need to tread carefully into the world of software police. Do we want the GPL to say how we use the source rather than why?
Please mod parent up.Depending on your network setup (and you access to such keys), it wouldn't be unreasonable for some companies to change the keys as a part of your departure.
It does however bring up an important poirnt. Make sure you've got your personal / important information off-site before you hand in your resignation. Every time, regardless of position. Imagine someone in a sales / Customer Relationship position that did not secure a copy of their 'book' before departure (legal concerns notwithstanding).
Not that this is by any means an exhaustive list, but:I'm not sure if I'm being naiive, but I'll treat this as if it were not a troll.
Rather than looking at the pieces as limiting, I see the piece specifications as exactly the opposite. All of the pieces interconnect. The 'specialized' pieces are limited for basic construction, but they're great for accent. The remainder of the pieces follow a few _very_ simple rules. There are simple height, width, and depth constraints. There are a bunch of colours (not a ton, but enough, methinks). These constraints are applied with a great deal of consistency over a large number of different Lego pieces
Because of 'simple rules' and 'interconnectivity', I think that creativity is one of the few limiting factors.
It's great that he could bridge to his 9500 and connect, but I guess one could also just run the Symbian version of PuTTY as well. I use it and it works great on my 9500.
If I recall, one has to install AdBlock (it doesn't come bundled with FF). With that in mind, it's not much different than the Ad Shield plug in that's available for IE (although AdBlock works much better, IMO).
I would say that it's not the browser, it's the user. When IE bundles an ad blocking tool with their browser (uh-huh) then you'll see the ad ignore rates go up.
There are ads at the top of the article? You must be surfing with MS Internet Explorer; When using Mozilla on my Linux desktop, I don't see the ads. ever.
I was incorrect above. Kylix supoprts development in both Object Pascal and C++. Borland, if you're not going to sell it or support it, then give it to us and we'll take it from here!
I thought Kylix was a brilliant IDE, but I'm biased because I am a long-time Delphi developer.
Even if Borland, in its decision (?) to discontinue support or development of Kylix, decides to distribute it as Open Source, I don't think that there would then be a huge surge in community support of the product. The primary reason for this is that the IDE, Component libraries, and Supoprted language is Object Pascal, and there's not much Pascal coding done on Linux these days.
Mind you, Kylix would be a great starting point for a Linux C++ Builder. Let the porting begin
It's quite the cool looking little buggy. I can see someone using that for a (very) local commute, or to scoot about the neighbourhood to do some shopping.
There are several (older)people in my 'hood that use those adult tricycles with the large shopping basket, so this might be the next best thing for them. That is, if the price is right.
If they could design the unit to fold down flat, I could drive it to work and then store it upright against a wall (INSIDE my office, so it won't get poached) with about the same footprint as a two-wheeler.
Mind you, I'd be quite careful on what streets I drove. Too many maniacs around these here parts.