Both Australia and European Union countries have notice periods. Often this is the period of time between pay packets.
With some positions the longer you stay in a job the longer the notice period. This will vary with specific contract details but that is the general rule of thumb.
You can end up being paid that period of time's salary but requested not to return to work. This is often called 'gardening leave'.
Best not to reject faxes from older machines or questionable configurations. You would be amazed at how many really old fax machines are still in use.
The real problem is wasted toner, paper and a pile of time consuming spam faxes every morning.
I set up a small office to solve this problem. The staff continued to use their trusted manual fax machine and all incoming faxes arrived on the computer.
The manual fax machine was set to answer the phone after nine rings. The pc answered after two. Even if the staff accidentially turn off the computer or the computer hangs, the stand alone fax still picks up. No increased risk of losing faxes.
Imagine waking up one day to find your Mac has solved a vexing scientific problem. While the cure to cancer, super-efficient solar power and ending world hunger are a ways off, you can combine your computing resources using Xgrid -- and help usher in a new era of biological breakthroughs, rocket science and advanced models of scientific phenomena.
Cluster rack Mac Synergy
Xgrid turns a group of Macs into a supercomputer, so they can work on problems greater than each individually could solve. You can let Xgrid operate in screensaver mode, so whenever you aren't working, your Mac can crunch away at some data set. Or if you have a group of Macs dedicated to the task, Xgrid makes it easy to set up a cluster that works around the clock, every day of the year.
Power to the People
Without needing any programming knowledge, you can see the power of sharing resources when you set a group of Macs to drawing sophisticated graphics. As you add more Macs to the cluster , the program draws more quickly, as in the included Mandelbrot set demo. If you're a geneticist, you'll appreciate the Xgrid BLAST application that lets you compare sets of genetic sequences even more quickly.
Rendevous Supercomputers Made Easy
Xgrid uses zero configuration Rendezvous to discover available resources, so you never have to enter IP addresses to set up a cluster. An easy-to-use System Preference panel lets you control how your machine gets used by the network, and also tells the cluster which computer can send problems to the group for number crunching. Xgrid takes the grunt work out of splitting jobs and collecting results. Many scientists who already use command line tools in their work will immediately be able to take advantage of Xgrid and have the power of a cluster without the hassle of setup.
It should be the other way around but that would mean Congress truly understanding the problem they wise to tackle. Lobby groups would never let such a reckless situation occur. How could Congress do that and pass so much legislation?;-)
My politics lecturer once described the difference between the UK legal system and the US legal system in these terms. He pointed out that a lack of constitutional rights in the UK meant our rights as subjects are not enumerated. A law needs to be passed to specifically remove a right. In the US the constitution fully enumerates a citizens rights.
Now that we have a supergovernmental layer in the form of the European Union things are changing. We now have more rights enshired by the European Courts - if you can afford to take your case that far.
I expect this comparison is not fair or accurate but this is/. so I will no doubt be informed shortly.:-)
It seems the UK's largest ISP, Demon Internet, is also affected by a sudden recent surge in e-mails.
Thankfully they are keeping their customers informed through their status pages but it has resulted in us moving our mailboxes from Demon for the time being. We have seen delays as much as twenty-four hours or more.
Demon Internet released the following statement, also available in its original form here.
Demon Mail Service
Some customers will have noted that the delivery of some email has been delayed.
As a result of maintenance carried out on our mail platform, there was an inadvertent misconfiguration of part of the mail server application.
This resulted in some email being back-logged. Whilst we have cleared a significant volume of the back-logged email, we have taken the decision to manage this email separately to avoid similar delays to any email sent or received today. The remaining backlog will be managed and delivered over the coming 24 hours.
A further announcement will be made in due course.
CUDA and PMU are effectively the same for end users. Certainly CUDA was the code name for the chipset responsible for your Mac's power management in eariler PowerMacs. Since then the PMU term has come into use. A new chipset? Certainly grown more functional since those first releases.
The button resets a set of values the PMU chipset contains or at least manages; including auto start-up and shut down times.
DayStar have a TechNote regarding reseting CUDA on their machines here.
The definition for the Cuda Chip is as follows:
A microcontroller chip that serves as the managing circuitry for the Apple Desktop Bus and the real-time clock. It oversees the power on and off of the system. It maintains the parameter RAM, better known as PRAM. It also manages and maintains information regarding all system resets from various commands. Examples of this are: keyboard restart, lose of power, software restart.
You could always try Microspot's MacDraft package. Its history dates back to the very first Macs and it is now a true native Mac OS X application (Carbonised). It is fairly powerful for a budget CAD package.
I just want to be able to play the music on the device of my choice. In this case it is via my laptop or iPod.
The copy protection embedded in the iTunes Store files allows me to do everything I want. I can record the music to audio CD and even RIP it back in, if I so wanted.
The protection BMG has used on the Amelie CD actually stops me playing the CD. I have yet to heard the contents of the CD!
The Amélié sound track CD carried the Philip's Digital Audio CD label. Still it was copy protected.:-(
I mentioned this to the store and they just looked confused when I started talking about Red Book format.
I got my money back after testing a second copy of the CD, the reason I gave for requesting the refund at the check out was that the CD was not a valid audio CD.:-)
"Red Book - CD Audio
- Defined by Philips and Sony in 1980 and published in a red binder, hence Red Book.
- Standard needed so a CD made by any manufacturer can be read by any CD player."
I would love to be able to pay for my favourite songs but last week I found one of my latest CD purchases was copy protected.
It was the Amélié Soundtrack CD I bought in Australia. Sadly the CD did not even mount in the Linux or Mac boxes I tried it on.:-(
Both the original and replace CDs I tried worked on standard players but could not be mounted on a CD drive. Typical nasty BMG copy protection.
I got my money back but even the store techie was surprised they had not mentioned the protection scheme on the packaging. He mentioned it was required in Oz. Is this true?
Annoying because I want to show my support for a funky French film and was willing to put my money where my mouth was.
If iTunes was available in Australia or the UK, then I would be buying that album online just to avoid the CD protection.
Even with all the disputes for and against the new G5s, it is good to see Apple providing a worthwhile high-end machine.
The fact that these benchmark arguments are even occuring is 'a good thing' for the Apple community.
For the last few years Apple owners have always had to begrudingly admit that they had no hope of beating Intel/AMD on nearly any performance metric. Thanks to the G5 they now have a glimmer of hope (and pride)!
It is also good to see Apple announcing a 3Ghz edition of the G5 in the near future.
Regardless of the benchmarks, it should really show off Panther (Mac OS X 10.3):-)
I have installed this latest update during the weekend and am pleased to say the little 'click' between tracks has vanished:-)
I also notice that my iPod is a lot more stable and somewhat more predicatable when coming out of sleep.
It still erks me that the response time between selecting a smart playlist and the visual feedback is so laggy. That extra second or so while the playlist is built can feel as if the system is ignoring your selection.
Still a fantastic player and a help to my sanity on the way to and from work:-)
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Can you supply a reference to your quotes about the Red Cross charging in POW camps and in emergency situations?
Both Australia and European Union countries have notice periods. Often this is the period of time between pay packets.
With some positions the longer you stay in a job the longer the notice period. This will vary with specific contract details but that is the general rule of thumb.
You can end up being paid that period of time's salary but requested not to return to work. This is often called 'gardening leave'.
Best not to reject faxes from older machines or questionable configurations. You would be amazed at how many really old fax machines are still in use.
The real problem is wasted toner, paper and a pile of time consuming spam faxes every morning.
I set up a small office to solve this problem. The staff continued to use their trusted manual fax machine and all incoming faxes arrived on the computer.
The manual fax machine was set to answer the phone after nine rings. The pc answered after two. Even if the staff accidentially turn off the computer or the computer hangs, the stand alone fax still picks up. No increased risk of losing faxes.
Here is the Apple web page for Xgrid.
The technology preview can be downloaded here.
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Imagine waking up one day to find your Mac has solved a vexing scientific problem. While the cure to cancer, super-efficient solar power and ending world hunger are a ways off, you can combine your computing resources using Xgrid -- and help usher in a new era of biological breakthroughs, rocket science and advanced models of scientific phenomena.
Cluster rack Mac Synergy
Xgrid turns a group of Macs into a supercomputer, so they can work on problems greater than each individually could solve. You can let Xgrid operate in screensaver mode, so whenever you aren't working, your Mac can crunch away at some data set. Or if you have a group of Macs dedicated to the task, Xgrid makes it easy to set up a cluster that works around the clock, every day of the year.Power to the People
Without needing any programming knowledge, you can see the power of sharing resources when you set a group of Macs to drawing sophisticated graphics. As you add more Macs to the cluster , the program draws more quickly, as in the included Mandelbrot set demo. If you're a geneticist, you'll appreciate the Xgrid BLAST application that lets you compare sets of genetic sequences even more quickly.
Rendevous Supercomputers Made Easy
Xgrid uses zero configuration Rendezvous to discover available resources, so you never have to enter IP addresses to set up a cluster. An easy-to-use System Preference panel lets you control how your machine gets used by the network, and also tells the cluster which computer can send problems to the group for number crunching. Xgrid takes the grunt work out of splitting jobs and collecting results. Many scientists who already use command line tools in their work will immediately be able to take advantage of Xgrid and have the power of a cluster without the hassle of setup.
After all the 419 scammers being caught, the industry must be desperate for new staff.
It should be the other way around but that would mean Congress truly understanding the problem they wise to tackle. Lobby groups would never let such a reckless situation occur. How could Congress do that and pass so much legislation? ;-)
My politics lecturer once described the difference between the UK legal system and the US legal system in these terms. He pointed out that a lack of constitutional rights in the UK meant our rights as subjects are not enumerated. A law needs to be passed to specifically remove a right. In the US the constitution fully enumerates a citizens rights.
Now that we have a supergovernmental layer in the form of the European Union things are changing. We now have more rights enshired by the European Courts - if you can afford to take your case that far.
I expect this comparison is not fair or accurate but this is /. so I will no doubt be informed shortly. :-)
It seems the UK's largest ISP, Demon Internet, is also affected by a sudden recent surge in e-mails.
Thankfully they are keeping their customers informed through their status pages but it has resulted in us moving our mailboxes from Demon for the time being. We have seen delays as much as twenty-four hours or more.
Demon Internet released the following statement, also available in its original form here.
CUDA and PMU are effectively the same for end users. Certainly CUDA was the code name for the chipset responsible for your Mac's power management in eariler PowerMacs. Since then the PMU term has come into use. A new chipset? Certainly grown more functional since those first releases.
The button resets a set of values the PMU chipset contains or at least manages; including auto start-up and shut down times.
We use its functionality in DssW Power Manager.
DayStar have a TechNote regarding reseting CUDA on their machines here.
My apologies, you are right - one too many accents on my original posts! :-)
The collectors French DVD edition is linked here. Note the different name.
Must stop following the traditional slash dot spelling and grammar style guide!
You could always try Microspot's MacDraft package. Its history dates back to the very first Macs and it is now a true native Mac OS X application (Carbonised). It is fairly powerful for a budget CAD package.
Microspot MacDraft - it even loads AutoCAD files :-)
Higher end CAD users should look towards Nemetschek's VectorWorks.
I just want to be able to play the music on the device of my choice. In this case it is via my laptop or iPod.
The copy protection embedded in the iTunes Store files allows me to do everything I want. I can record the music to audio CD and even RIP it back in, if I so wanted.
The protection BMG has used on the Amelie CD actually stops me playing the CD. I have yet to heard the contents of the CD!
The Amélié sound track CD carried the Philip's Digital Audio CD label. Still it was copy protected. :-(
I mentioned this to the store and they just looked confused when I started talking about Red Book format.
I got my money back after testing a second copy of the CD, the reason I gave for requesting the refund at the check out was that the CD was not a valid audio CD. :-)
"Red Book - CD Audio
- Defined by Philips and Sony in 1980 and published in a red binder, hence Red Book.
- Standard needed so a CD made by any manufacturer can be read by any CD player."
Introduction to Compact Disc
I would love to be able to pay for my favourite songs but last week I found one of my latest CD purchases was copy protected.
:-(
It was the Amélié Soundtrack CD I bought in Australia. Sadly the CD did not even mount in the Linux or Mac boxes I tried it on.
Both the original and replace CDs I tried worked on standard players but could not be mounted on a CD drive. Typical nasty BMG copy protection.
I got my money back but even the store techie was surprised they had not mentioned the protection scheme on the packaging. He mentioned it was required in Oz. Is this true?
Annoying because I want to show my support for a funky French film and was willing to put my money where my mouth was.
If iTunes was available in Australia or the UK, then I would be buying that album online just to avoid the CD protection.
From a consumer who actually pays for music...
Even with all the disputes for and against the new G5s, it is good to see Apple providing a worthwhile high-end machine.
:-)
The fact that these benchmark arguments are even occuring is 'a good thing' for the Apple community.
For the last few years Apple owners have always had to begrudingly admit that they had no hope of beating Intel/AMD on nearly any performance metric. Thanks to the G5 they now have a glimmer of hope (and pride)!
It is also good to see Apple announcing a 3Ghz edition of the G5 in the near future.
Regardless of the benchmarks, it should really show off Panther (Mac OS X 10.3)
I have installed this latest update during the weekend and am pleased to say the little 'click' between tracks has vanished :-)
:-)
I also notice that my iPod is a lot more stable and somewhat more predicatable when coming out of sleep.
It still erks me that the response time between selecting a smart playlist and the visual feedback is so laggy. That extra second or so while the playlist is built can feel as if the system is ignoring your selection.
Still a fantastic player and a help to my sanity on the way to and from work