DenyHosts is a handy little script that watches your ssh port, looking for brute force/dictionary attack attempts. Then it blacklists those IP addresses. You can also set it up to share your blacklist with others, and/or to update your own blacklist with what other users have found.
After all, this is a free market, and Fox News is only delivering the quality that people are demanding in that free market.
*That* is what frightens me.
No, you are misunderstanding the whole situation.
The consumers that are driving the market in this case are the corporations that advertise using TV. Whatever TV is successful at attracting eyeballs for the advertisers is what will be on.
Talk about lack of perspective. Go spend thirty seconds with Google. Pick a dictator, any dictator: Castro, Somosa, Saddam, Ceausescu, whatever.
Look at their record in office and compare to any US president of any era--Bush, Carter, Ford, Coolidge, Harding, whatever. The level of violence, corruption, intimidation, whatever aren't even in the same league.
There was a time when it would not have been necessary to make this case. You are right, of course. But at the same time, your comment is most telling.
Well, all I can say is That's not a load. This is a load! </crocodile_dundee>.:-)
I started out with the Mac Pro (2.6, dual dual core) running with Apple's default fan settings, and the system would not run stable under my load with the case closed. I'd see temps of 74 degC (165 degF) on all four cores. All while the fans remained quietly down in the 500-600 rpm range just like you describe. The memory became hot enough to burn skin, as did the heatsink on the NVIDIA card.
Eventually, I downloaded the fan speed software, and found that even running at about half speed (1400 rpm), the system was not stable with the case closed. So I maxed out the fans at around 2800 rpm and closed the case. Now, my CPU temps run in the 49-57 degC (120-135 degF) range. And the memory and video heatsink are now just barely warm to the touch.
So, I think I have enough evidence to make my own claims regarding the (in)adequacy of mac pro cooling under full load. I suspect that if I were running either 3.0s or quad cores that I would push past even 2800 rpms' abiity to do the job. And I have to wonder why, until I forced the speed higher with third-party software, the mac pro would let itself burn up before increasing the fan speed to audible levels. If you ask me, there is clearly a design defect.
Compare that to the new quad-core and eight-core mac pro's and dual core laptops that run very effectively with very minimal air cooling.
Have you actually used a mac pro for anything demanding? I can assure you, the cooling required for a mac pro under full load is far from "minimal". Why do you think there are so many fans in the case? Decoration? Truthfully, I'd say that the cooling in a mac pro is inadequate for a system that's under full load 24x7. Best-case, it's borderline when the system is new.
Well, you could always point out that.odf is an ISO standard now, and.doc isn't. Cross-platform, standards-compliant data formats with numerous open-source implementations ought to have an inherent leg up in any sane world. People are willing to go download Acrobat reader to read PDF files. If there is value and zero cost, people can be persuaded to do the right thing.
As someone who has taught math at the level you are asking about, I thought I'd add my 2 cents.
The tutor idea previously mentioned is a good one.
Taking classes at a local community college is a good one.
But, I can also commend Saxon Math products to you. They are designed for homeschoolers, so if you are disciplined, they can be a good fit for someone looking to relearn math. They key is doing the homework. Math takes practice, and that is what Saxon is particularly good at, spreading the practice out. So, if you learn about a concept today and have a 30 problem set for homework today, you will maybe only have 6-10 problems on what you just learned. Tomorrow's lesson, you will still have problems from today. Next week, you will still have problems from today's lesson. Fewer and fewer as time goes on, but it's comprehensive. If you are disciplined to do the work, Saxon is an excellent curriculum.
You can also pick up Saxon materials used on Amazon at a steep discount, but carefully watch ISBN numbers and editions. It does no good to get solutions to a different version's problem sets. There is no particular reason I can discern to use the latest version.
It sounds easy in theory, in practice it fails horribly. After all do you want your child to be a friend-less socially inept blob of flesh? Is them not going on the internet worth that to you?
I think you are still missing something. Yes, it is worth it. Because it isn't about the Internet at all, really. It's about raising you to be something other than a sociopath. And, were I your parent, I would make sure that I had more willpower than you did. Since I am in an inherently more powerful position than you are, I have the edge.
You missed the point. It's copyright infringement. One would generally not expect copyright infringement to be a criminal offense. Civil, sure. The guy should be in hock until the next jubilee year. But debtor's prison was eliminated a long time ago, for good reason.
Really, the state should have little interest in copyright infringement, aside from fairly adjudicating alleged cases of it. Only when state interests become subordinate to corporate interests does copyright infringement become a crime.
The beginning of the end, ironically enough, seems to have occurred in 1984.
You are the one to finally draw me out of just lurking here on/.
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DenyHosts is a handy little script that watches your ssh port, looking for brute force/dictionary attack attempts. Then it blacklists those IP addresses. You can also set it up to share your blacklist with others, and/or to update your own blacklist with what other users have found.
No, you are misunderstanding the whole situation. The consumers that are driving the market in this case are the corporations that advertise using TV. Whatever TV is successful at attracting eyeballs for the advertisers is what will be on.
Well, all I can say is That's not a load. This is a load! </crocodile_dundee>. :-)
I started out with the Mac Pro (2.6, dual dual core) running with Apple's default fan settings, and the system would not run stable under my load with the case closed. I'd see temps of 74 degC (165 degF) on all four cores. All while the fans remained quietly down in the 500-600 rpm range just like you describe. The memory became hot enough to burn skin, as did the heatsink on the NVIDIA card.
Eventually, I downloaded the fan speed software, and found that even running at about half speed (1400 rpm), the system was not stable with the case closed. So I maxed out the fans at around 2800 rpm and closed the case. Now, my CPU temps run in the 49-57 degC (120-135 degF) range. And the memory and video heatsink are now just barely warm to the touch. So, I think I have enough evidence to make my own claims regarding the (in)adequacy of mac pro cooling under full load. I suspect that if I were running either 3.0s or quad cores that I would push past even 2800 rpms' abiity to do the job. And I have to wonder why, until I forced the speed higher with third-party software, the mac pro would let itself burn up before increasing the fan speed to audible levels. If you ask me, there is clearly a design defect.
Well, you could always point out that .odf is an ISO standard now, and .doc isn't. Cross-platform, standards-compliant data formats with numerous open-source implementations ought to have an inherent leg up in any sane world. People are willing to go download Acrobat reader to read PDF files. If there is value and zero cost, people can be persuaded to do the right thing.
As someone who has taught math at the level you are asking about, I thought I'd add my 2 cents. The tutor idea previously mentioned is a good one.
Taking classes at a local community college is a good one.
But, I can also commend Saxon Math products to you. They are designed for homeschoolers, so if you are disciplined, they can be a good fit for someone looking to relearn math. They key is doing the homework. Math takes practice, and that is what Saxon is particularly good at, spreading the practice out. So, if you learn about a concept today and have a 30 problem set for homework today, you will maybe only have 6-10 problems on what you just learned. Tomorrow's lesson, you will still have problems from today. Next week, you will still have problems from today's lesson. Fewer and fewer as time goes on, but it's comprehensive. If you are disciplined to do the work, Saxon is an excellent curriculum.
You can also pick up Saxon materials used on Amazon at a steep discount, but carefully watch ISBN numbers and editions. It does no good to get solutions to a different version's problem sets. There is no particular reason I can discern to use the latest version.
Yeah, I'm sure DOS is safe too...
You missed the point. It's copyright infringement. One would generally not expect copyright infringement to be a criminal offense. Civil, sure. The guy should be in hock until the next jubilee year. But debtor's prison was eliminated a long time ago, for good reason.
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Really, the state should have little interest in copyright infringement, aside from fairly adjudicating alleged cases of it. Only when state interests become subordinate to corporate interests does copyright infringement become a crime.
The beginning of the end, ironically enough, seems to have occurred in 1984.
You are the one to finally draw me out of just lurking here on