It's not five times bigger (in volume), it's five times more massive. Gas giants can't get much bigger than Jupiter. Add more mass and they just get more dense. (Stars are large not because of mass but because fusion pushes out from the center. )
The flash is exactly aligned with the top of that pole or light. Could it be the sun reflecting off of glass or copper at the top of the pole? Not sure if that could explain the line though.
Instead of just blindly going with one format over another, how about we see how these maturing technology standards develop and then make an INFORMED DECISION based on how they actually work. Agreed, consumers don't want to go through VHS/Beta again and neither do the manufacturers. There's more to it than jumping on the nearest bandwagon.
I lost my sig.
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The fact that the Saturn V rockets never blew up doesn't mean they never had problems! There were plenty of things that went wrong. Even in the movie Apollo 13, one of the Saturn V engines malfunctioned during take off. We survive failures in rockets and other critical pieces of technology due not only to pragmatic design but also redundancy. (Also, think about the design of airplanes...triple redundancy on hydrolic lines.)
Also, there was some kind of semi-critical problem in EVERY SINGLE Apollo mission except Apollo 17, the very last one.
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Sounds like she's also missing a chapter on which OS to use if you don't want to worry about viruses and worms and security holes.
I work for a bank... in the call center... I program the ACDs, the CTI, the routing, the whole enchilada. We don't use Caller-ID, we use ANI. We don't even GET caller ID from the phone company because it's useless. Ever authorize a new credit card from your home phone? Were not using caller ID, were using ANI which can't be spoofed (not easily). Card activation is actually fairly benign. The real risk is when you start talking to a real person. The first thing our reps do is "authenticate" you. This ALWAYS requires three pieces of information. If your ANI matches the phone number on your account, that counts as one piece of information. They would still need to provide SSN, DOB, or MMN (mother's maiden name). Anyone who knows what they're doing doesn't rely on Caller ID. As you said, it will never be a way of identifying who's calling.
You must not have seen the first movie. MI2 came across as a pretty standard action movie: Stunts, Good guy, bad guy, girl, things blow up, etc. Yes the screenplay was horrible but at least it had Woo directing.
However, Mission Impossible 1 was (for me) the worst movie EVER. I remember newspaper articles that came out with the movie that was trying to explain the plot! Enough people contacted the local reviewer that he had to write a plot synopsis... for people who had already seen the movie. On top of the train-wreck for a screen play is Brian De Palma... one of the worst directors ever. Then you have the Cruise's decision (he was a producer) to throw out the TV formula, and have the entire movie concentrate on one character. And I'll never forgive Danny Elfman for changing the theme to 4/4 time (...and I'm a Boingo fan.)
This movie really goes beyond bad for me. To paraphrase PJ O'Rourke talking about the Siberian express: "pure incompetence could not explain this, some form of intentional malice must be involved."
IBM is just responding to OSRM's pure FUD campaign. OSRM is raising the issue to boost their "insurance" sales. IBM is the least of my concerns with all this. OSRM spouting bullshit in order to boost their business is what pisses me off becuase PHBs out their will start thinking "Gosh... this is a risk. Let's avoid it."
Luckily I do have a job so I don't have to prepare for an interview any time soon. I have a lot of experience with a lot of things but I know not to call myself an expert at anything. (As soon as you do, you inevitably meet someone who knows a whole lot more than you do.) I have a good background in *nix which makes me the "expert" in my department. Most of the MS heads around here have little patience for shells or using vi. I've had a spare computer in my home office for a couple months waiting for me to install linux so I can get some REAL experience. This is impossible at work as only SAs have root access to any of our Solaris servers. Most of the work I do is SQL (MS & Oracle), some.NET component work, and telephony. Thanks for all the advice.
Steve
I sorted through my MSDN subscription last year and pulled all the foreign language and BETA discs... must have been 300 of 'em. I should have mailed them to this guy.
I printed out your post and filed it under "things to learn before my next job interview." I have experience coding C in Unix, but I haven't done a fork() since college. Thanks.
This reminds me of a story an older IT guy told me years ago. He was in charge of several mini-computers in the 70s. The company who made the computer told him they could upgrade it when he needed more capacity. When he ordered the upgrade, the computer company sent a tech out to do it. The tech opened up a panel on the computer, cut one wire with a pair of clippers and closed the panel. I don't think they even had to reboot it.
Ah!! I went back and actually READ YOUR POST and now I understand. I speed-read it the first time and I thought you were talking about latency with the Strattelites. My appologies.
latency in these systems make it unattractive for many internet applications
I wouldn't think this would suffer from the latency you get with Sat connections. Sats are thousands of miles above the earth while this is only 13 miles straight up... maybe 25 when you're at an angle. I doubt you'd notice a latency.
The real question is does it perform the format conversion on-the-fly, as you're transfering files. If that's the case, that's GOTTA slow down the transfer process due to necessary CPU cycles. The unit might just as well be hooked up via a serial cable.
Yeah... I once heard that, long ago, when you got a computer, you got the SOURCE code to the OS. I mean...can you imagine?!? The actual CODE to the OS... it just blows my mind! I wonder if we'll ever see those days again...
Yup. And the people who make this crap (like that stupid monkey tool bar...) will just change the EULA, that all my relatives just click through, giving them permission to harvest info and install more spyware without further notice.
Laptops are locked up when they're in docking stations...at least they're suppose to be. (mine always is.) But we don't lock down regular boxes and the new Dell SFF desktops are small enough to stuff in back-pack so they tend to disappear. I've never heard of a company "checking out" laptops to employees. I'm the only one who's ever handled my laptop since I got it two years ago. We have to take them everywhere in case we get a support call.
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The flash is exactly aligned with the top of that pole or light. Could it be the sun reflecting off of glass or copper at the top of the pole? Not sure if that could explain the line though.
Neither. It's in New Zealand. Indonesia is where Frodo sailed to at the end of the story.
Well, that sounds kind of ...naive.
Instead of just blindly going with one format over another, how about we see how these maturing technology standards develop and then make an INFORMED DECISION based on how they actually work. Agreed, consumers don't want to go through VHS/Beta again and neither do the manufacturers. There's more to it than jumping on the nearest bandwagon.
I lost my sig.
The fact that the Saturn V rockets never blew up doesn't mean they never had problems! There were plenty of things that went wrong. Even in the movie Apollo 13, one of the Saturn V engines malfunctioned during take off. We survive failures in rockets and other critical pieces of technology due not only to pragmatic design but also redundancy. (Also, think about the design of airplanes...triple redundancy on hydrolic lines.)
Also, there was some kind of semi-critical problem in EVERY SINGLE Apollo mission except Apollo 17, the very last one.
Sounds like she's also missing a chapter on which OS to use if you don't want to worry about viruses and worms and security holes.
Just for the record.... I'm a call center programmer for a bank... we use ANI. We NEVER user caller ID for ANYTHING. See my earlier post.
I work for a bank... in the call center... I program the ACDs, the CTI, the routing, the whole enchilada. We don't use Caller-ID, we use ANI. We don't even GET caller ID from the phone company because it's useless. Ever authorize a new credit card from your home phone? Were not using caller ID, were using ANI which can't be spoofed (not easily). Card activation is actually fairly benign. The real risk is when you start talking to a real person. The first thing our reps do is "authenticate" you. This ALWAYS requires three pieces of information. If your ANI matches the phone number on your account, that counts as one piece of information. They would still need to provide SSN, DOB, or MMN (mother's maiden name). Anyone who knows what they're doing doesn't rely on Caller ID. As you said, it will never be a way of identifying who's calling.
Reminds me of a local diner that only has counter service. They have a sign that says:
We seat 100 people, 10 at a time.
You must not have seen the first movie. MI2 came across as a pretty standard action movie: Stunts, Good guy, bad guy, girl, things blow up, etc. Yes the screenplay was horrible but at least it had Woo directing.
However, Mission Impossible 1 was (for me) the worst movie EVER. I remember newspaper articles that came out with the movie that was trying to explain the plot! Enough people contacted the local reviewer that he had to write a plot synopsis... for people who had already seen the movie. On top of the train-wreck for a screen play is Brian De Palma... one of the worst directors ever. Then you have the Cruise's decision (he was a producer) to throw out the TV formula, and have the entire movie concentrate on one character. And I'll never forgive Danny Elfman for changing the theme to 4/4 time (...and I'm a Boingo fan.)
This movie really goes beyond bad for me. To paraphrase PJ O'Rourke talking about the Siberian express: "pure incompetence could not explain this, some form of intentional malice must be involved."
IBM is just responding to OSRM's pure FUD campaign. OSRM is raising the issue to boost their "insurance" sales. IBM is the least of my concerns with all this. OSRM spouting bullshit in order to boost their business is what pisses me off becuase PHBs out their will start thinking "Gosh... this is a risk. Let's avoid it."
Luckily I do have a job so I don't have to prepare for an interview any time soon. I have a lot of experience with a lot of things but I know not to call myself an expert at anything. (As soon as you do, you inevitably meet someone who knows a whole lot more than you do.) I have a good background in *nix which makes me the "expert" in my department. Most of the MS heads around here have little patience for shells or using vi. I've had a spare computer in my home office for a couple months waiting for me to install linux so I can get some REAL experience. This is impossible at work as only SAs have root access to any of our Solaris servers. Most of the work I do is SQL (MS & Oracle), some .NET component work, and telephony. Thanks for all the advice.
Steve
I found several books on Amazon about Baghavad Gita. Any particular one?
"A Walkthrough for Westerners"?
"The Song of God"?
"A New Translation"?
Thanks!!
Steve
I sorted through my MSDN subscription last year and pulled all the foreign language and BETA discs... must have been 300 of 'em. I should have mailed them to this guy.
I printed out your post and filed it under "things to learn before my next job interview."
I have experience coding C in Unix, but I haven't done a fork() since college. Thanks.
This reminds me of a story an older IT guy told me years ago. He was in charge of several mini-computers in the 70s. The company who made the computer told him they could upgrade it when he needed more capacity. When he ordered the upgrade, the computer company sent a tech out to do it. The tech opened up a panel on the computer, cut one wire with a pair of clippers and closed the panel. I don't think they even had to reboot it.
YEAH!! And while were at it... let's burn some books! But only those 'BAD' books that teach children 'BAD' things.
Ah!! I went back and actually READ YOUR POST and now I understand. I speed-read it the first time and I thought you were talking about latency with the Strattelites. My appologies.
So can I still fly with my "weapon"?
The real question is does it perform the format conversion on-the-fly, as you're transfering files. If that's the case, that's GOTTA slow down the transfer process due to necessary CPU cycles. The unit might just as well be hooked up via a serial cable.
Yeah... I once heard that, long ago, when you got a computer, you got the SOURCE code to the OS. I mean...can you imagine?!? The actual CODE to the OS... it just blows my mind! I wonder if we'll ever see those days again...
My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-gr eat-great-great-great-great-grandfather was british..... does that count?
Yup. And the people who make this crap (like that stupid monkey tool bar...) will just change the EULA, that all my relatives just click through, giving them permission to harvest info and install more spyware without further notice.
Laptops are locked up when they're in docking stations...at least they're suppose to be. (mine always is.) But we don't lock down regular boxes and the new Dell SFF desktops are small enough to stuff in back-pack so they tend to disappear.
I've never heard of a company "checking out" laptops to employees. I'm the only one who's ever handled my laptop since I got it two years ago. We have to take them everywhere in case we get a support call.