The most common method is to put a reel inside one of those circular food dehydrators for about 24-36 hours. (no...I'm not making this up.)
Basically, the dehydrator heats up, but not too much (maybe 100F, not sure). It causes the magnetic material to bind back to the base without melting the base layers together. There was a very thorough how-to article in a home recording mag in the early 90s. It even recommended a specific model dehydrator.
My point was that you are doing the math according to Newtonian physics, but claim there's no violation of relativity.
The cornerstone of special relativity is light does not go faster than the speed of light.
Anytime you say anything is going FTL, including photons, that's a violation of relativity.
I wasn't implying there was a flaw in Calculus, just in the equation that the calculus is being applied to.
It doesn't take into account general relativity(or special relativity in the case of the grandparent).
And it doesn't matter how short of a time span it is, matter (or energy) can't go faster than light.
You can (on paper) slow down the constant velocity of the bottom of the ladder to where the speed
of the top of the ladder becomes FTL for a significant period of time (i.e. more than a few peco-seconds.)
You're confusing Newtonian physics and relativity.
Using Newtonian physics, it's easy to prove all kinds of goofy stuff.
You can "prove" using calculus that if you lean a ladder against a wall, and pull the bottom of the ladder out at a CONSTANT velocity, the top of the ladder will move down the wall at a speed that is accelerating (after the ladder passes 45 degrees).
The instant before the top of the ladder hits the floor, it has infinite velocity.
The problem, of course, is that this is not a newtonian universe. Our best theory at the moment says nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, including light. Light IS physical, (i.e. photons), it just doesn't have any mass. Light cannot go faster than the speed of light. That's kinda where the name "speed of light" came from.
IANACosmologist/Astronomer...but I think you can explain the Earth's bulge because it is still active;i.e. is not solid so it can expand here, contract there, sorta like a water balloon. The moon is probably completely solid and therefore should not bulge.
Maybe we should just start putting in different types of random sensors in laptops that can pull data from the emediate environment
and see what the hackers can do with them. Some suggestions:
Gyroscopes for Orientation (pitch,roll,yaw)
More accelerometers
Altimeter
GPS
External temperature,humidity, pressure
Pressure sensors (which determine how hard the user is banging on the keyboard in aggrevation).
Thermal imaging
I'm a call center programmer for a large US financial company.
We have a LOT of call centers here in the states but none
overseas for security reasons. However there has been a lot
of talk lately about a call center opening in a Spanish Speaking
country or territory (like Puerto Rico, which is part of US) where you never have problems
finding people who speak spanish but can also find people who speak
some english, french, etc.
Of course the main incentive is not language abilities but cheap labor.
A Puerto Rican in Puerto Rico is cheaper than a Puerto Rican in Florida.
I've been a general programmer for 10+ years. I didn't think I'd get much out of a CCNA class but I really enjoyed it. Many things that were hazy before (subnet masks, switches vs routers, etc) are now crystal clear.
I'm now using my new knowledge of the UDP protocol to do some cool broadcasting stuff in some of my client-server apps.
3)600 procs?? It sounds like you've put too much in one database. I've seen groups do this and it usually leads to scalability problems. I'm not talking about multiple servers; just spliting things up catagorically into multiple databases in the same instance. In sql server they're called databases, in Oracle they're called schemas....not sure about db2 or sybase.
The end result is you have all your customer related data and associated objects (views, stored procs, etc.) in one database and all your product data and associated object in another... etc. As long as they're running in the same instance, there's no performace impact.
It depends on what db you're using. Most of my work is with SQL Server and Oracle. They both compile
the stored proc when you save it, any SQL injection doesn't work. i.e. you can't comment out the rest of
the stored proc if it's already been compiled.
In SQL Server you can do something like this (there's a way to do this in Oracle but I forget. Not sure about sybase.)
create procedure myTestProc @someDateTime datetime = '1/1/2050' as --put insert, delete, update here.... select * from someTable where (@someDateTime >= someTable.someDate or @someDateTime = '1/1/2050')
The where clause basically says, if the optional parameter is not the default then check it, otherwise ignore it.
I've never had 30 optional parameters but I've had quite a few and this
trick has allowed me to condense many statements into one.
If this trick doesn't work, you can also use IF statements and keep everything in one stored proc instead of multiple.
Yes, but most SQL injection attacks happen via text boxes which gets put into a String type.
What the parent is suggesting is recasting them into numbers (e.g. SSN, account number, etc)
or date/time.
If the user is entering a name or password, then you have to manually screen the input for
bad data.
Simply forcing request variables to the correct type and escaping all strings is pretty much the only thing you need to do.
Or you could just use stored procedures.
I've been doing that for years without any problems.
I've also never had any issue with "business logic". I can keep my business logic
seperate with stored procs. (I never understood that argument against them.)
I've always felt that gearing (and the required engine torque) has been overlooked in increasing efficiency. My wife's new Accord only runs at 2300 RPM at 70 miles an hour, which is the lowest I've ever seen for a 4 cylinder engine in a mid-size car.
I also have a friend with 99 vette. He can put the cruise on 70 mph and, as long as it's in 6th gear, the tac runs around 2k and gets 36 mpg! This is almost totally due to the very high gearing and unbelievable amount of torque the engine can produce. I am totally bewildered that a mid-size v8 can get better mileage than a small hybrid.
I agree that DRM sucks but I also agree that this is going to be an uphill struggle.
Most consumers who use iTunes don't mind (or aren't even aware) of the DRM they're using.
My REAL problem with the recording industry/RIAA isn't DRM (although it sucks)...it's the PRICING!
Let me get this straight. I supply the internet connection, the computer, the portable player, the CD burner,
and I still have to pay 0.99 a song? Gimme a break. Normally I wouldn't quible over 0.99 but if songs
were cheaper (0.25) I'd be buying a LOT of them. Way way more than I am now.
The movie industry got on the clue train a couple years ago when they started pricing some movies at $5,$10, etc.
Try finding a music CD for less than $10 from a retailer. Good Luck.
The recording industry STILL has dollar signs in their eyes and now that it's no longer in their wallets, all
they can do is blame piracy. The market has changed. They need to adapt. iTunes,et.al. is a start but still has a way to go.
Drop the DRM.
Drop the price per song/album.
Drop the attitude.
Because which proxy you use can be changed via a button on the tool bar.
None of this drilling into a stupid properties, sub-menu screen, third tab from the left, click here, check that, fill out this form in triplicate crap.
I use this feature at work to switch between our normal proxy and a test proxy, or to turn off proxy completely.
USB 2.0: Revised in December 2002. Added three speed distinctions to this standard, allowing all devices to be USB 2.0 compliant even if they were previously considered only 1.1 or 1.0 compliant. This makes the backwards compatibility explicit, but it becomes more difficult to determine a device's throughput without seeing the symbol. As an example, a computer's port could be incapable of USB 2.0's hi-speed fast transfer rates, but still claim USB 2.0 compliance (since it supports some of USB 2.0).
You're correct. It should specify high speed or specify they have to implement the FULL standard.
In reality this isn't much of a concern. I haven't seen a NEW computer in over 2 years that wasn't all USB 2.0 high-speed.
I work for a large financial institution.
We have a LOT of data...and not just account data.
Back in the 80's, the standard was two mainframes in the same room, back-up
tapes kept on and off site, and a contract with a company to supply a DR computer
if it was ever needed.
Cut to 2006...
We have dual fully redundant data centers, each with many mainframes, and pipes
big enough to drive a dump truck full of bits between the two.
A third one is about to open and a fourth is under construction.
I will definitely conceed that Notes is more than email. My company once used Notes databases for all kinds of things but we've migrated all that to more traditional databases (which scales and integrates better) and web based apps. (We've also outsourced/purchased a LOT of apps that use to be home-grown.)
You're right that Notes is a waste if only used for email...which is all that we are using it for anymore. Problem is the system is entrenched and would be VERY difficult to migrate at this point.
I also agree that OO can save in doc format and it's not too difficult to do that. However, it'll still take a while to convince corporate culture of that. I would be willing to bet that almost every fortune 500 company (save IBM) uses MS Office just because it's the "corporate standard". Big companies move slow in this regard. We'll have to give it about 3-5 more years before they start moving away from MS and away from Notes/Domino.
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The most common method is to put a reel inside one of those circular food dehydrators for about 24-36 hours. (no...I'm not making this up.)
Basically, the dehydrator heats up, but not too much (maybe 100F, not sure). It causes the magnetic material to bind back to the base without melting the base layers together.
There was a very thorough how-to article in a home recording mag in the early 90s. It even recommended a specific model dehydrator.
My point was that you are doing the math according to Newtonian physics, but claim there's no violation of relativity.
The cornerstone of special relativity is light does not go faster than the speed of light.
Anytime you say anything is going FTL, including photons, that's a violation of relativity.
I wasn't implying there was a flaw in Calculus, just in the equation that the calculus is being applied to. It doesn't take into account general relativity(or special relativity in the case of the grandparent).
And it doesn't matter how short of a time span it is, matter (or energy) can't go faster than light. You can (on paper) slow down the constant velocity of the bottom of the ladder to where the speed of the top of the ladder becomes FTL for a significant period of time (i.e. more than a few peco-seconds.)
You're confusing Newtonian physics and relativity.
Using Newtonian physics, it's easy to prove all kinds of goofy stuff.
You can "prove" using calculus that if you lean a ladder against a wall, and pull the bottom of the ladder out at a CONSTANT velocity, the top of the ladder will move down the wall at a speed that is accelerating (after the ladder passes 45 degrees).
The instant before the top of the ladder hits the floor, it has infinite velocity.
The problem, of course, is that this is not a newtonian universe. Our best theory at the moment says nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, including light. Light IS physical, (i.e. photons), it just doesn't have any mass. Light cannot go faster than the speed of light.
That's kinda where the name "speed of light" came from.
IANACosmologist/Astronomer...but I think you can explain the Earth's bulge because it is still active;i.e. is not solid so it can expand here, contract there, sorta like a water balloon. The moon is probably completely solid and therefore should not bulge.
immediate.... not emediate
Wow...I typed that previous post quick but even still, I haven't mangled a word that bad in a while.
I am my own grammer nazi....
Maybe we should just start putting in different types of random sensors in laptops that can pull data from the emediate environment and see what the hackers can do with them. Some suggestions:
Gyroscopes for Orientation (pitch,roll,yaw)
More accelerometers
Altimeter
GPS
External temperature,humidity, pressure
Pressure sensors (which determine how hard the user is banging on the keyboard in aggrevation).
Thermal imaging
You're thinking of West Virginia.
I'm a call center programmer for a large US financial company.
We have a LOT of call centers here in the states but none overseas for security reasons. However there has been a lot of talk lately about a call center opening in a Spanish Speaking country or territory (like Puerto Rico, which is part of US) where you never have problems finding people who speak spanish but can also find people who speak some english, french, etc.
Of course the main incentive is not language abilities but cheap labor. A Puerto Rican in Puerto Rico is cheaper than a Puerto Rican in Florida.
I live in Virginia. There's a Dish Network call center 2 minutes from my house.
I've been a general programmer for 10+ years. I didn't think I'd get much out of a CCNA class but I really enjoyed it. Many things that were hazy before (subnet masks, switches vs routers, etc) are now crystal clear.
I'm now using my new knowledge of the UDP protocol to do some cool broadcasting stuff in some of my client-server apps.
Just what I was going to suggest with one more:
3)600 procs?? It sounds like you've put too much in one database. I've seen groups do this and it usually leads to scalability problems. I'm not talking about multiple servers; just spliting things up catagorically into multiple databases in the same instance. In sql server they're called databases, in Oracle they're called schemas....not sure about db2 or sybase.
The end result is you have all your customer related data and associated objects (views, stored procs, etc.) in one database and all your product data and associated object in another... etc.
As long as they're running in the same instance, there's no performace impact.
It depends on what db you're using. Most of my work is with SQL Server and Oracle. They both compile the stored proc when you save it, any SQL injection doesn't work. i.e. you can't comment out the rest of the stored proc if it's already been compiled.
I've never had 30 optional parameters but I've had quite a few and this
trick has allowed me to condense many statements into one.
If this trick doesn't work, you can also use IF statements and keep everything in one stored proc instead of multiple.
Yes, but most SQL injection attacks happen via text boxes which gets put into a String type. What the parent is suggesting is recasting them into numbers (e.g. SSN, account number, etc) or date/time.
If the user is entering a name or password, then you have to manually screen the input for bad data.
I've been doing that for years without any problems.
I've also never had any issue with "business logic". I can keep my business logic
seperate with stored procs. (I never understood that argument against them.)
I've always felt that gearing (and the required engine torque) has been overlooked in increasing efficiency. My wife's new Accord only runs at 2300 RPM at 70 miles an hour, which is the lowest I've ever seen for a 4 cylinder engine in a mid-size car.
I also have a friend with 99 vette. He can put the cruise on 70 mph and, as long as it's in 6th gear, the tac runs around 2k and gets 36 mpg! This is almost totally due to the very high gearing and unbelievable amount of torque the engine can produce.
I am totally bewildered that a mid-size v8 can get better mileage than a small hybrid.
I don't drink.
You've just described every drunk person I ever met.
I agree that DRM sucks but I also agree that this is going to be an uphill struggle. Most consumers who use iTunes don't mind (or aren't even aware) of the DRM they're using.
My REAL problem with the recording industry/RIAA isn't DRM (although it sucks)...it's the PRICING! Let me get this straight. I supply the internet connection, the computer, the portable player, the CD burner, and I still have to pay 0.99 a song? Gimme a break. Normally I wouldn't quible over 0.99 but if songs were cheaper (0.25) I'd be buying a LOT of them. Way way more than I am now.
The movie industry got on the clue train a couple years ago when they started pricing some movies at $5,$10, etc. Try finding a music CD for less than $10 from a retailer. Good Luck.
The recording industry STILL has dollar signs in their eyes and now that it's no longer in their wallets, all they can do is blame piracy. The market has changed. They need to adapt. iTunes,et.al. is a start but still has a way to go.
Drop the DRM.
Drop the price per song/album.
Drop the attitude.
Because which proxy you use can be changed via a button on the tool bar.
None of this drilling into a stupid properties, sub-menu screen, third tab from the left, click here, check that, fill out this form in triplicate crap.
I use this feature at work to switch between our normal proxy and a test proxy, or to turn off proxy completely.
You're correct. It should specify high speed or specify they have to implement the FULL standard. In reality this isn't much of a concern. I haven't seen a NEW computer in over 2 years that wasn't all USB 2.0 high-speed.
Dropping into a seizure because of all the blinky lights and animated characters is more like it.
I work for a large financial institution.
We have a LOT of data...and not just account data.
Back in the 80's, the standard was two mainframes in the same room, back-up
tapes kept on and off site, and a contract with a company to supply a DR computer
if it was ever needed.
Cut to 2006...
We have dual fully redundant data centers, each with many mainframes, and pipes
big enough to drive a dump truck full of bits between the two.
A third one is about to open and a fourth is under construction.
Most of this is for SOX.
You mean a PC that includes:
An office suite.
A standards compliant browswer
Maybe a simple image editor
And maybe a couple of small utility programs.
Yeah, I guess that would be worth paying for....
I mean, it's not like people are giving it away for free.
I will definitely conceed that Notes is more than email. My company once used Notes databases for all kinds of things but we've migrated all that to more traditional databases (which scales and integrates better) and web based apps. (We've also outsourced/purchased a LOT of apps that use to be home-grown.)
You're right that Notes is a waste if only used for email...which is all that we are using it for anymore. Problem is the system is entrenched and would be VERY difficult to migrate at this point.
I also agree that OO can save in doc format and it's not too difficult to do that. However, it'll still take a while to convince corporate culture of that. I would be willing to bet that almost every fortune 500 company (save IBM) uses MS Office just because it's the "corporate standard". Big companies move slow in this regard. We'll have to give it about 3-5 more years before they start moving away from MS and away from Notes/Domino.