"Next time you hear something Buzzing around when you're at a family picnic you might think twice before swatting it could be an expensive action."
Punctuation is your friend. Among other things.
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VoIP Wiretapping
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Seems that the real savvy shady types would run their own VOIP in lieu of commercial services - unless you could encrypt between the end users, somewhat difficult given a commercial POTS/VoIP bridge. Anyone who knows what they're talking about want to sound off on this?
Gentoo is nice on the PPC - as almost everything is compiled from source anyway, it means that the lack of PPC binaries almost becomes moot. Also, it's a lot faster to incorporate bleeding-edge hardware support. And the forums are nice.
I use it, if you couldn't tell.
If you want the songs on your computer, download them from iTunes (or other legal service of choice), use hymn (or semi-legal equivalent of choice), and then listen or convert as you please.
Or, use Bittorrent. Or DC. Or Shareaza. Or ____.
Amazing how inventive the discerning music consumer/pirate can be.:P
Solar Panels typically have a lot of surface area not devoted to photovoltaic cells - some type of lensing could be used to focus the light that would normally hit the unused portions onto the reactive areas. Or, if a cell is more efficient with more light coming in, then that's another possible use right there.
In terms of instability and such, I'd be far more worried about MySQL 4.1 than Apache 2 - especially as the compatibility issues haven't been completely nailed out (Connector/J, etc)
Makes me wonder - if all this content is in blog/comment format, what are we losing as we auto-prune our forums, our comments, out old stories? How to we save the nuggets and toss out the crap? Like BUMP posts - those should be confined to the seventh circle of hell.
Dante, anyone?
That type of niche sftware is exactly the sort of thing I associate with something like QT. Not the prettiest thing in the world, but it'll run almost anything.
I'm really going to hope you're kidding. Really. There are far more things to blame 'moral degeneration' on that Japanese freaking cartoons - hell, if anything, they (may) have contributed to the tech boom - which doesn't deem like a comedown to me.
Besides - I'm not sure how crushing other people with anvils, burning them, blowing them up, running them over is any better than what the Japasese 'toons are showing. (With a few non-televised exceptions, of course...)
There are a couple solutions to this problem:
1. Tweak OSX - there are tons of apps to make OSX work the way you want to - or you can just use your favorite *NIX apps via the *new and improved* X11 support in Panther.
2. Install Linux on the mac. YDL is great if you like Red Hat, and supports lots of late-model hardware. Gentoo has a well-maintained PPC distro, if you like compiling things.
DO NOT INSTALL IF YOU HAVE A REVOLUTION 7.1 SOUND CARD INSTALLED!
The update disables the driver, because the.kext driver specifies a Darwin version below that of OS 10.2.8
I wonder what they'll call the 10.2.8 update when they re-release it? 10.2.8.1? This brings them awfully close to 10.3, and they usually roll some fixes in to the old OS when they release a new one.
If you want a temporary fix for the caching problem, enable the debug menu (check macosxhints.com for how) and tweak the cache - I just flat-out disabled mine, since I'm on DSL.
Eventually the patch will be 'automatically' installed - since M$ controls both ends of the update process (server & client) there's really no telling when the whim will strike and the patch is installed by default, or bundled with a service pack or the like.
But, as my father is so @#$%-ing fond of saying, "It all works so well together."
Bah.
Cybersquatting, though one of the great minor evils of the web, is damned hard to stop. I can't think of any way to regulate/legislate it without messing up the domain registration and transfer process for everyone else - though it would be nice to be able to buy domains BACK from these companies - I would imagine quie a few choice domains are in their hands.
Nice to see a lawsuit taking on Verisign over this - even if it is a cybersquatter.
I wonder if there's an intelligent way to reserve domain names for individuals and organizations which already have use for the name - maybe a form of 'prior branding' only better implemented...
Mars is a lot less likely to smack into us than some random asterioid...
I think.
Of course - Mars gets smacked around by asteroids all the time; that happens when you stick a planet in an asteroid belt.
If you really want interesting, check out neutron stars, degenerate matter, black holes, quasars, and other crazy stuff. Black holes may get TOO much coverage, however.
That's a tough call to make for a big corporation - the only way for them to test out that kind of sales model is to throw a major product at it - and if it fails, then they can lose millions (depends on the product) In the short term, techniques like activation keys, ET-phone-home, etc. are far more in line with their existing business model.
On the other hand - If , say Macromedia and Adobe slashed prices to one tenth, the I know I'd buy more of their products!
Well, my 1986 Corrola does NOT have all that. If I want MPG, I do it the old way - with a scale and a ruler.
Oooh - you meant Gallon, not Gram. Make that calculator, odometer, and gas reciept. (speling?)
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Rising Stars? I swear I've read that plotline before...
"Next time you hear something Buzzing around when you're at a family picnic you might think twice before swatting it could be an expensive action." Punctuation is your friend. Among other things.
Seems that the real savvy shady types would run their own VOIP in lieu of commercial services - unless you could encrypt between the end users, somewhat difficult given a commercial POTS/VoIP bridge. Anyone who knows what they're talking about want to sound off on this?
Gentoo is nice on the PPC - as almost everything is compiled from source anyway, it means that the lack of PPC binaries almost becomes moot. Also, it's a lot faster to incorporate bleeding-edge hardware support. And the forums are nice. I use it, if you couldn't tell.
If you want the songs on your computer, download them from iTunes (or other legal service of choice), use hymn (or semi-legal equivalent of choice), and then listen or convert as you please. Or, use Bittorrent. Or DC. Or Shareaza. Or ____. Amazing how inventive the discerning music consumer/pirate can be. :P
My guess would be that it's a bit like wardriving, only involving water and fewer wheels. Either that or it's a fancy word for what a Navy does.
Gonna need a waterproof laptop for that sort of thing...
Solar Panels typically have a lot of surface area not devoted to photovoltaic cells - some type of lensing could be used to focus the light that would normally hit the unused portions onto the reactive areas. Or, if a cell is more efficient with more light coming in, then that's another possible use right there.
In terms of instability and such, I'd be far more worried about MySQL 4.1 than Apache 2 - especially as the compatibility issues haven't been completely nailed out (Connector/J, etc)
Makes me wonder - if all this content is in blog/comment format, what are we losing as we auto-prune our forums, our comments, out old stories? How to we save the nuggets and toss out the crap? Like BUMP posts - those should be confined to the seventh circle of hell. Dante, anyone?
That type of niche sftware is exactly the sort of thing I associate with something like QT. Not the prettiest thing in the world, but it'll run almost anything.
I'm really going to hope you're kidding. Really. There are far more things to blame 'moral degeneration' on that Japanese freaking cartoons - hell, if anything, they (may) have contributed to the tech boom - which doesn't deem like a comedown to me.
Besides - I'm not sure how crushing other people with anvils, burning them, blowing them up, running them over is any better than what the Japasese 'toons are showing. (With a few non-televised exceptions, of course...)
Aaack - you beat me to it. My chance for fame-gone!
I'll go sulk now...
There are a couple solutions to this problem:
1. Tweak OSX - there are tons of apps to make OSX work the way you want to - or you can just use your favorite *NIX apps via the *new and improved* X11 support in Panther. 2. Install Linux on the mac. YDL is great if you like Red Hat, and supports lots of late-model hardware. Gentoo has a well-maintained PPC distro, if you like compiling things.
I seem to remember a breeder-type reactor having some issues in Japan - it might've been just a minor safety thing, but I don't remeber that well...
I believe the biggest drawbacks are the watermarks and the inability to import and export documents to full-version Maya.
For once, the 'Soviet Russia' comment is almost funny.
Almost
No - wait. It's not.
[Shudders at the thought]
Brrrrrrrr....
DO NOT INSTALL IF YOU HAVE A REVOLUTION 7.1 SOUND CARD INSTALLED! The update disables the driver, because the .kext driver specifies a Darwin version below that of OS 10.2.8
I wonder what they'll call the 10.2.8 update when they re-release it? 10.2.8.1? This brings them awfully close to 10.3, and they usually roll some fixes in to the old OS when they release a new one.
If you want a temporary fix for the caching problem, enable the debug menu (check macosxhints.com for how) and tweak the cache - I just flat-out disabled mine, since I'm on DSL.
Eventually the patch will be 'automatically' installed - since M$ controls both ends of the update process (server & client) there's really no telling when the whim will strike and the patch is installed by default, or bundled with a service pack or the like. But, as my father is so @#$%-ing fond of saying, "It all works so well together." Bah.
Cybersquatting, though one of the great minor evils of the web, is damned hard to stop. I can't think of any way to regulate/legislate it without messing up the domain registration and transfer process for everyone else - though it would be nice to be able to buy domains BACK from these companies - I would imagine quie a few choice domains are in their hands. Nice to see a lawsuit taking on Verisign over this - even if it is a cybersquatter. I wonder if there's an intelligent way to reserve domain names for individuals and organizations which already have use for the name - maybe a form of 'prior branding' only better implemented...
Mars is a lot less likely to smack into us than some random asterioid... I think. Of course - Mars gets smacked around by asteroids all the time; that happens when you stick a planet in an asteroid belt. If you really want interesting, check out neutron stars, degenerate matter, black holes, quasars, and other crazy stuff. Black holes may get TOO much coverage, however.
That's a tough call to make for a big corporation - the only way for them to test out that kind of sales model is to throw a major product at it - and if it fails, then they can lose millions (depends on the product) In the short term, techniques like activation keys, ET-phone-home, etc. are far more in line with their existing business model. On the other hand - If , say Macromedia and Adobe slashed prices to one tenth, the I know I'd buy more of their products!
Well, my 1986 Corrola does NOT have all that. If I want MPG, I do it the old way - with a scale and a ruler. Oooh - you meant Gallon, not Gram. Make that calculator, odometer, and gas reciept. (speling?)