Never before seeing Sphere had I ever been so unhappy that I wanted to leave the theater. I've never left a movie, but that was the closest I came. With every passing minute, the film got worse and worse.
I didn't read the book, so I don't know if the original story was the problem or whether it got the Hollywood treatment, but it sucked.
99% of the time, I just ignore these attempts, as I'm pretty confident that I'm secure. I will admit though, that ssh login attempts make me nervous. I've been meaning to change my ssh port, this will probably remind me to do it.
However, one time a few years ago, I was sitting at the console while multiple attempts were made on various ports. Being in the mood I was in, I looked up his IP address, and found that he was on a local ISP. Decided to call tech support of that ISP. The support guy confirmed my report, then suspended his account on the spot.
That was a bit of instant gratification for me, and probably a lesson for the (likely) high school kid on the other end.
It always amazes me how many people believe in evolution, yet still believe major climate change must spell disaster.
Emphasis added by me.
Speaking for myself, as one who beleives in evolution, I beleive that major climate change can or likely will spell disaster. Certainly not must, though.
And my biggest concern is preventative - if major climate change does cause disaster, then it's likely too late to do anything about it. And then we're fuct.
In this current state of outsourcing, not only would I not encourage women to enter the CS field, I wouldn't encourage men to enter it. In my opinion, it's just not currently a stable industry, especially from the perspective of a fresh-out.
I just re-watched "Sexy Beast" yesterday. What a 180-degree character turn from what Kingsley played in Ghandi. Fantastic portrayal of a relentlessly brutal character.
Sure would have been nice if they had included a new solitare game in the release. I've already got my machine firewalled, and have never had an issue with security on this box. I mean, hell, at least give me something I'll use!
I'm a new owner of a powerbook and have thought about installing YDL, but I haven't seen a reason for it... With X11 installed, it seems to me that I can do everything I need with OSX, which is *nix enough to do everything I do with my Fedora Core system.
Can any YDL advocates provide some insight as to why they prefer this over OSX?
Just to let you know, NCSoft *does* have an office in Austin Texas. Shoulda followed them to work to see tabula rasa and guild wars:p
Oh, I know - the first thing I did when I saw TFA was go to the NCSOFT website and see if there was an Austin office. I've occasionally thought of applying for work with Garriott and Friends, but I'm really a hardware guy, not a software guy.
My afternoon coffee is usually half-decaf and half-regular. Anything after that is full-decaf.
I think that's an excellent idea. That's what I did as well the last time I was in the process of quitting.
The problem I have with substituting decaf for regular is that nobody else in my office drinks decaf, and I find it too wasteful to make a large pot when I'm only going to have a cup or two.
So for me, unless I'm going to bring in my own coffee pot (I've got a small one that makes 2 cups at a time), I've got to revert to water.
Unfortunately, I've tried that - the headaches were brutal. I have migraine problem as well, and the withdrawal headaches lead to migraines, which border on unbearable. I've got a pretty good pain threshold, too - they're just that bad. In that respect, I have to agree with the other poster, that the withdrawal symptoms can vary widely from person to person.
However, you're somewhat correct - at some point, I'm going to have to get down to zero cups, and will simply have to put up with the headaches until they subside.
I concur. For a couple of years I ran a 5x120GB software RAID5 volume as a multimedia storage/server system at home. It was reliable (I survived 2 separate drive failures) and performed well - I don't have any benchmarks anymore, but it never taxed the Athlon 1300 running it. The key to good performance was adding additional IDE controller cards - never use both master and slave on one IDE channel. Each drive is a master with no slave attached.
I ultimately got rid of the machine, as it was hot and noisy (due to fans).
Although the Linksys solution won't offer RAID redundancy or performance, for a multimedia application like mine it's satisfactory. I personally don't care if I lose this particular data - I deal in taper-friendly bands, so re-acquiring lost music is not difficult.
I tried this, but all it made me do was wake up and pee. And it annoyed my wife.
What I'm trying to do....
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....cut way back on coffee. I've got similar sleep problems, and I'm convinced it's caffeine related. I don't drink coffee after 3PM, but if I don't have a cup early in the morning, I've got headaches for the rest of the day.
Currently, I'm cutting back, and have been on a 2 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon ration. Bit by bit, I'm going to get off it completely. Of course, when work gets busy, I'm sure I'll get back on it.
Not to defend Microsoft, but I'm wondering if this isn't actually a wise move. If Intel hasn't released a 64-bit platform for the home user, would it not make more sense for MS to continue development until the market is fully ready for the operating system?
As an AMD supporter, I'd rather them make it available sooner so that AMD might be able to leverage their lead in the 64-bit field. But from Microsoft's perspective? This might be the best move.
(of course, all of this ignores that they're usually chronically late with releases anyway)
Repeating a recent theme of mine, I'll nominate Infocom's "Suspended" - an early release shipped in a box that had a contoured white plastic face, right in line with the theme of suspended animation. It was way cool looking.
Yep, that's the solution. It is mind-bogglingly simple and obvious to anyone who has any interest in fair elections.
What boggles my mind is why there's such partisan resistance to a human-verifyable backup scheme. It should be in the interest of both parties to ensure that the elections are fair and accurate. The staunch resistance by the Republican party to having a verifyable paper trail is only leading to wild conspiracy theory that could boil over if Bush wins re-election. That's not good for either party, and it's not good for the country.
What are their costs in bringing and conducting the class action? Those are among the most expensive litigation.
Good question - I didn't know that class action suits were significantly more costly to run than individual cases. What makes that so? I can think of administrative costs of tracking members of the class, but there must be more than just that.
That was my point, that it was a waste of time, money, and resources that could be better spent elsewhere. I don't begrudge the lawyers what they make - I haven't been through law school, but I would guess that it's not easy - but I think that the allocation of money awarded in class action suits (or settlements, as in this particular case) should be questioned. While it may be argued that the spirit of the class action is being fulfilled by punishing the defendant (Paypal, in this case), the only ones who really see any reward are the lawyers, and obviously, they weren't among those wronged by the defendant.
Unfortunately, there seems little way of changing the system - preventing this sort of lawsuit only eliminates the threat of legal action against corporate malpractice. Although I would hate to see it come down to regulation, perhaps there needs to be some oversight as to what percentage lawyers can actually earn from these cases.
I suppose, all things considered, I agree with your thesis - Lawyers are evil.
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I didn't read the book, so I don't know if the original story was the problem or whether it got the Hollywood treatment, but it sucked.
However, one time a few years ago, I was sitting at the console while multiple attempts were made on various ports. Being in the mood I was in, I looked up his IP address, and found that he was on a local ISP. Decided to call tech support of that ISP. The support guy confirmed my report, then suspended his account on the spot.
That was a bit of instant gratification for me, and probably a lesson for the (likely) high school kid on the other end.
Emphasis added by me.
Speaking for myself, as one who beleives in evolution, I beleive that major climate change can or likely will spell disaster. Certainly not must, though.
And my biggest concern is preventative - if major climate change does cause disaster, then it's likely too late to do anything about it. And then we're fuct.
Only being half sarcastic, actually.
As an aside, I wanted to point you toward a virtual desktop pager for OSX that I've been using and really like:
http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/index.php
Can any YDL advocates provide some insight as to why they prefer this over OSX?
Oh, I know - the first thing I did when I saw TFA was go to the NCSOFT website and see if there was an Austin office. I've occasionally thought of applying for work with Garriott and Friends, but I'm really a hardware guy, not a software guy.
I think that's an excellent idea. That's what I did as well the last time I was in the process of quitting.
The problem I have with substituting decaf for regular is that nobody else in my office drinks decaf, and I find it too wasteful to make a large pot when I'm only going to have a cup or two.
So for me, unless I'm going to bring in my own coffee pot (I've got a small one that makes 2 cups at a time), I've got to revert to water.
Unfortunately, I've tried that - the headaches were brutal. I have migraine problem as well, and the withdrawal headaches lead to migraines, which border on unbearable. I've got a pretty good pain threshold, too - they're just that bad. In that respect, I have to agree with the other poster, that the withdrawal symptoms can vary widely from person to person.
However, you're somewhat correct - at some point, I'm going to have to get down to zero cups, and will simply have to put up with the headaches until they subside.
Heh, that's a good one, actually. I'll be the good husband, though, and clarify that having my wife is lucky.
And no, you can't borrow her.
I ultimately got rid of the machine, as it was hot and noisy (due to fans).
I'm currently looking in to Linksys's network storage thingy: http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-155-ProdID-N SLU2-1.php
Although the Linksys solution won't offer RAID redundancy or performance, for a multimedia application like mine it's satisfactory. I personally don't care if I lose this particular data - I deal in taper-friendly bands, so re-acquiring lost music is not difficult.
Which is why I don't play the lottery or visit Las Vegas - I've used up my share of luck.
I tried this, but all it made me do was wake up and pee. And it annoyed my wife.
Currently, I'm cutting back, and have been on a 2 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon ration. Bit by bit, I'm going to get off it completely. Of course, when work gets busy, I'm sure I'll get back on it.
As an AMD supporter, I'd rather them make it available sooner so that AMD might be able to leverage their lead in the 64-bit field. But from Microsoft's perspective? This might be the best move.
(of course, all of this ignores that they're usually chronically late with releases anyway)
http://infocom.elsewhere.org/gallery/suspended_mas k/suspended-mask.html
http://www.fox.com/arresteddev/index.htm
What boggles my mind is why there's such partisan resistance to a human-verifyable backup scheme. It should be in the interest of both parties to ensure that the elections are fair and accurate. The staunch resistance by the Republican party to having a verifyable paper trail is only leading to wild conspiracy theory that could boil over if Bush wins re-election. That's not good for either party, and it's not good for the country.
Good question - I didn't know that class action suits were significantly more costly to run than individual cases. What makes that so? I can think of administrative costs of tracking members of the class, but there must be more than just that.
Unfortunately, there seems little way of changing the system - preventing this sort of lawsuit only eliminates the threat of legal action against corporate malpractice. Although I would hate to see it come down to regulation, perhaps there needs to be some oversight as to what percentage lawyers can actually earn from these cases.
I suppose, all things considered, I agree with your thesis - Lawyers are evil.