I think if this dude put a triangle box on the side of his desk chair, he would be able to lean back on it. You could even cut a hole in the triangle and use those tubes to make arm-rests.
Pretty cool stuff though. Looks like fun to build.
This hasn't been mentioned yet, but I remember reading about the hybrid taxis at MSNBC a while ago. One of the major concerns was that the Hybrid SUVs would not provide adequate legroom for customers (they have about 10 inches less than crown victorians). The second is that they don't know how well the vehicles would hold up. Other than those 2 issues, it sounded like a the cab companies were interested to see how the trials went.
Oh, and submitter, please don't throw in baseless crap like "Soon, a large portion of New York's yellow cars will also be "green."". This is a trial, and they want to see how it goes. It will still be a few years before any real changes occur, but we are making progress.
Accessing material over the internet by using existing holes in school firewalls/proxies is NOT illegal. Most of us do it all the time at work because our IT departments are insane (but leave port 80 open with a proxy to censor us...may as well just leave them all wide open). Anyway unless you are attacking their network (router, firewall, proxy) in some way, it's not illegal or even immoral.
I think most schools/workplaces setup firewalls to protect themselves from idiots who open everything arriving in their inbox. If you are smart enough to know how to exploit holes in your firewall, I think you're smart enough to not open viruses. The problem is not really you, but more-so the people you show your tricks to. For example...
If Mr. Elite Hacker finds an exploit in his company's firewall and uses it, no problem. Chances are he knew what he was doing to get there. But what happens when he shows Newbie Hacker how to accomplish the same thing? Maybe Newbie sort of knows what he's doing, but he doesn't have enough knowledge of everything and could seriously screw something up. Then if Newbie shows John Doe his trick, thats where the problems begin because John Doe doesn't have a clue what he's doing, and he's the reason the company set up security to begin with.
Now lets say a virus gets loose because of Elite's trick and John's carelessness, and the company has to shut down for the day costing them $100k. Who's fault is it? Here's a sort-of example of what I mean.
I can understand why the school would want to prevent students from hacking their laptops, but felony charges is not the way to do it. In fact, I bet if you pulled every student that hacked his own notebook aside and commended them on their l33t skillz (while explaining the seriousness of what they did), they wouldn't share their secrets, or at least be more respectful of school property. But seriously, WTF kind of policy is "don't install AIM on your computer." Use the computer for what it was made for!
Actually most people are reasonable. Its administrators/law officials/politicians that weasel themselves into positions of power only because they want control. These are the fucktards you speak of. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Please let me know which banks DON'T work with FireFox
It's not a bank, but Verizon Wireless does not allow me to submit a payment online using firefox (It just sends me back to the select payment page after hitting ok). All the other stuff (except payment) work fine. I sent them feedback regarding this issue and received this half-assed response:
Dear Casey *****,
Thank you for contacting Verizon Wireless through our website.
Casey, thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. Customer feedback, such as yours, enables Verizon Wireless to improve the quality of service we provide. We take communications from our customers very seriously, and we will make sure your comments are provided to the appropriate person.
If you have any further questions please write to us again through www.VerizonWireless.com, or call us at 1-800-350-2830. Our hours are Monday through Friday, 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time.
We appreciate your business, Casey. Thank you for using Verizon Wireless products and services.
Sincerely,
Hector Verizon Wireless.com E-Services and Support
And sorry to go off-topic here, but it makes me angry to receive a half-assed reply generated by a form like Hector sent me. I'd rather get a 2 sentence reply that says "Hey yeah thanks we'll look into it! Firefox is cool!". At least I know the person actually read it. If the company cares so much about my input, they can at least take the time to write a coherent response. By this I mean don't use "thank you" in 40% of your sentences, and don't use my name everytime you need to address me. I know who the letter was to, it was already mentioned at the top.
My argument may not be obvious, but it's not hard to follow, either. It centers around the notion that security must be evaluated not based on how it works, but on how it fails.
It doesn't really matter how well an ID card works when used by the hundreds of millions of honest people that would carry it. What matters is how the system might fail when used by someone intent on subverting that system: how it fails naturally, how it can be made to fail, and how failures might be exploited.
- Real addresses on all cards, even for undercover police officers
I suspect this is going to be a problem for repo and tow-truck guys. I have spoken with a few of them and they all say rule #1 is never give out your address. They put their PO Box on their license, but some don't even like to give that out. They do this because there are some crazy people who shoot at them and all sorts of stuff.
Yeah... The article is very poorly written. Take a look at this one, which explains a few more details.
All the finalists offer free rent and a wide range of incentives that include free office furniture, free parking and free gym memberships for agency employees.
I don't live in SF, nor have I been following the proposal, but this seems like a big waste of money. Since when do benefits such as free gym memberships for employees have to do with anything? This place isn't even doing any research, they are merely organizing who gets the money. This sounds like its corrupt from the start. "Want some money? Too bad, you're not on the list."
You bring up an interesting point. It would be awesome if we could utilize unused parts of the brain for computer implants or devices. If we wired an input device up to the brain at an early age, would the human brain be able to learn to use it? Perhaps one day when we better understand how the human brain works, this might be possible. We could learn books by "loading" them into our memory, or look at infrared light/heat via a small camera in our eye, or store 100% accurate digital photographs and video events and recall them at will. It would create endless possibilities.
FTA: Humayun said he hopes to begin testing a 60-electrode model of the Argus by late 2005.
Humayun said the Argus 60's microchip will be one-quarter the size of the current model, and should offer a significant improvement.
"The brain has hundreds of millions of photodetectors, and to use only 16 of them really speaks volumes for the brain's ability to use this artificial visual input and make sense out of it," Humayun said. "Another pixel means higher resolution. Our models show that patients could read or have face recognition."
I generally do that too - pile stuff into my online shopping cart until i'm ready to buy ready to buy. Then when I have enough money saved in my entertainment budget, I'll select the things I want the most and buy them. Amazon makes this really easy with the "save for later" feature and giving me an instant total. Some of the stuff from my cart gets deleted because I realize I'll never use it. I just wish Amazon wasn't so big brotherish.
You should watch the PBS Special, Burden of Innocence. It has interviews with a lot of people who were wrongfully convicted for rape and other crimes, and then their story of how impossible it was to find jobs even when they were completely exonerated. To quote the site directly: Only 17 jurisdictions have laws providing monetary compensation to the wrongfully convicted. Of these, the amount of compensation varies widely, from a maximum of $5,000 under federal law, to an unlimited cap in New York and West Virginia.(from here) - That basically means if the Federal Govt fucks up and wrongfully convicts you, you can only sue for $5,000.
Will this allow sites such as Archive.org to keep copies of movies? If I remember correctly, they fought a lawsuit to store such things under the fair-use clause but lost.
My good friend's step-dad owned a 2000 Celica. The car was kept in mint condition. About 2 weeks ago Toyota called him up and told him they wanted to buy his car from him because they stopped making Toyotas. They offered him something like $25,000. He got a Camry with a 3-month loan.
Honda's are pretty reliable too. I haven't had any major problems with my 94 Accord, but little stuff stops working which is annoying - my cruise control randomly kicks off, my speedometer stoped working which had to be replaced (the speedohead broke). Mechincally though, it is an extremely reliable car. My next car will be a Honda or Toyota... you really can't go wrong with either.
You could give him some marijuana to bring it back up 6 points.
Of course i'm only kidding, drugs are actually extremely bad for kids with developing brains.
But anyways, why even lie to your son? You don't want to break his trust on something so stupid, especially when he will eventually learn to download games on the internet or borrow them from his friend which will restart the same problem. Instead, you should teach him some responsiblity and time management skills by making him finish his school work before he plays games. It's called will power. If he never develops these skills he may be just as bad in college regarding disipline for school work. Teach them everything you can in their early years.
BTW, 16 is still a more or less high age, you'd be amazed about what a 15 year old kid knows. And if that kid decides to have sex with her 16 and a half years old boyfriend, I don't think there's any reason for the boyfriend going to jail except some angry parents who want to think their daughter is more naive than what she really is.
Google around for Milton Academy. Recently, a 15 year old girl gave blow jobs to five 16 year old boys. All of them were suspended, but there is a law that makes it illegal for 16 year olds to have sex with 15 year olds. The police were considering charging the boys with statutory rape, because it qualifies under state law. Here's a link.
15-17y old kids are having one night stands these days, so it's not they are into some weird thing.
Hasn't it always been that way, only never really mainstream like it is today? I can recall learning in sociology/history that girls used to be married at the age of 12. I can also recall many older people telling me about the stupid shit they did in their high school/college years. I have a feeling kids have been having sex well before 18 for a long time, but now its just obvious to everyone. Perhaps you just believed the media and religious right that its a "new horrible phase sweeping the country," without taking care to ask real people what it was like 50 years ago. Most likely the truth lies somewhere inbetween.
Some people drive cars because they enjoy it. I am considering purchasing a motorcycle because of this very reason. I don't plan to go 100mph or be a retard, but it would be nice to go out for a stroll on a Sunday morning. If I just sat back and let a computer do all the work, I do not think I would enjoy it as much. Contrary to your fascist beliefs that everyone should enjoy books and not driving, driving for some people is about more than getting from point A to point B... why else would would have sport cars and motorcycles?
FYI, I live in one of the only states in the country without mandatory seatbelt or helmet laws. The drivers here really aren't that bad. There are a few idiots here and there, but thats expected in ANY area. I think you're just getting too aggravated when you see a bad driver, and don't know how to chill out and let it go. Quit fucking worrying about the bad drivers - its not your job to legislate their stupidity, because they're going to be dumbasses even if you make it illegal. If something happens, just make sure that it was the other person's fault and you shouldn't have to worry.
You can also search for Windham, NH (my town), and clearly see that Cobbets Pond is covered in ice and snow. If you go a few miles southwest, its springtime.
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Just out of curiousity, is that how disposable cell phone batteries work?
Pretty cool stuff though. Looks like fun to build.
Oh, and submitter, please don't throw in baseless crap like "Soon, a large portion of New York's yellow cars will also be "green."". This is a trial, and they want to see how it goes. It will still be a few years before any real changes occur, but we are making progress.
I think most schools/workplaces setup firewalls to protect themselves from idiots who open everything arriving in their inbox. If you are smart enough to know how to exploit holes in your firewall, I think you're smart enough to not open viruses. The problem is not really you, but more-so the people you show your tricks to. For example...
If Mr. Elite Hacker finds an exploit in his company's firewall and uses it, no problem. Chances are he knew what he was doing to get there. But what happens when he shows Newbie Hacker how to accomplish the same thing? Maybe Newbie sort of knows what he's doing, but he doesn't have enough knowledge of everything and could seriously screw something up. Then if Newbie shows John Doe his trick, thats where the problems begin because John Doe doesn't have a clue what he's doing, and he's the reason the company set up security to begin with.
Now lets say a virus gets loose because of Elite's trick and John's carelessness, and the company has to shut down for the day costing them $100k. Who's fault is it? Here's a sort-of example of what I mean.
I can understand why the school would want to prevent students from hacking their laptops, but felony charges is not the way to do it. In fact, I bet if you pulled every student that hacked his own notebook aside and commended them on their l33t skillz (while explaining the seriousness of what they did), they wouldn't share their secrets, or at least be more respectful of school property. But seriously, WTF kind of policy is "don't install AIM on your computer." Use the computer for what it was made for!
Actually most people are reasonable. Its administrators/law officials/politicians that weasel themselves into positions of power only because they want control. These are the fucktards you speak of. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I never heard any follow-up though.
It's not a bank, but Verizon Wireless does not allow me to submit a payment online using firefox (It just sends me back to the select payment page after hitting ok). All the other stuff (except payment) work fine. I sent them feedback regarding this issue and received this half-assed response:
And sorry to go off-topic here, but it makes me angry to receive a half-assed reply generated by a form like Hector sent me. I'd rather get a 2 sentence reply that says "Hey yeah thanks we'll look into it! Firefox is cool!". At least I know the person actually read it. If the company cares so much about my input, they can at least take the time to write a coherent response. By this I mean don't use "thank you" in 40% of your sentences, and don't use my name everytime you need to address me. I know who the letter was to, it was already mentioned at the top.
My argument may not be obvious, but it's not hard to follow, either. It centers around the notion that security must be evaluated not based on how it works, but on how it fails.
It doesn't really matter how well an ID card works when used by the hundreds of millions of honest people that would carry it. What matters is how the system might fail when used by someone intent on subverting that system: how it fails naturally, how it can be made to fail, and how failures might be exploited.
I thought it was worth repeating.
I suspect this is going to be a problem for repo and tow-truck guys. I have spoken with a few of them and they all say rule #1 is never give out your address. They put their PO Box on their license, but some don't even like to give that out. They do this because there are some crazy people who shoot at them and all sorts of stuff.
They should just hang photographs of the road in front of the cameras.
Yeah... The article is very poorly written. Take a look at this one, which explains a few more details.
All the finalists offer free rent and a wide range of incentives that include free office furniture, free parking and free gym memberships for agency employees.
I don't live in SF, nor have I been following the proposal, but this seems like a big waste of money. Since when do benefits such as free gym memberships for employees have to do with anything? This place isn't even doing any research, they are merely organizing who gets the money. This sounds like its corrupt from the start. "Want some money? Too bad, you're not on the list."
You bring up an interesting point. It would be awesome if we could utilize unused parts of the brain for computer implants or devices. If we wired an input device up to the brain at an early age, would the human brain be able to learn to use it? Perhaps one day when we better understand how the human brain works, this might be possible. We could learn books by "loading" them into our memory, or look at infrared light/heat via a small camera in our eye, or store 100% accurate digital photographs and video events and recall them at will. It would create endless possibilities.
FTA:
Humayun said he hopes to begin testing a 60-electrode model of the Argus by late 2005.
Humayun said the Argus 60's microchip will be one-quarter the size of the current model, and should offer a significant improvement.
"The brain has hundreds of millions of photodetectors, and to use only 16 of them really speaks volumes for the brain's ability to use this artificial visual input and make sense out of it," Humayun said. "Another pixel means higher resolution. Our models show that patients could read or have face recognition."
I generally do that too - pile stuff into my online shopping cart until i'm ready to buy ready to buy. Then when I have enough money saved in my entertainment budget, I'll select the things I want the most and buy them. Amazon makes this really easy with the "save for later" feature and giving me an instant total. Some of the stuff from my cart gets deleted because I realize I'll never use it. I just wish Amazon wasn't so big brotherish.
You should watch the PBS Special, Burden of Innocence. It has interviews with a lot of people who were wrongfully convicted for rape and other crimes, and then their story of how impossible it was to find jobs even when they were completely exonerated.
To quote the site directly:
Only 17 jurisdictions have laws providing monetary compensation to the wrongfully convicted. Of these, the amount of compensation varies widely, from a maximum of $5,000 under federal law, to an unlimited cap in New York and West Virginia.(from here) - That basically means if the Federal Govt fucks up and wrongfully convicts you, you can only sue for $5,000.
Will this allow sites such as Archive.org to keep copies of movies? If I remember correctly, they fought a lawsuit to store such things under the fair-use clause but lost.
Honda's are pretty reliable too. I haven't had any major problems with my 94 Accord, but little stuff stops working which is annoying - my cruise control randomly kicks off, my speedometer stoped working which had to be replaced (the speedohead broke). Mechincally though, it is an extremely reliable car. My next car will be a Honda or Toyota... you really can't go wrong with either.
Of course i'm only kidding, drugs are actually extremely bad for kids with developing brains.
But anyways, why even lie to your son? You don't want to break his trust on something so stupid, especially when he will eventually learn to download games on the internet or borrow them from his friend which will restart the same problem. Instead, you should teach him some responsiblity and time management skills by making him finish his school work before he plays games. It's called will power. If he never develops these skills he may be just as bad in college regarding disipline for school work. Teach them everything you can in their early years.
Perhaps they just want some reading material for when they're on the shitter.
Or just read slashdot all day.
Ohh yeah and PORN IS NOT FUCKING ILLEGAL!!!
Google around for Milton Academy. Recently, a 15 year old girl gave blow jobs to five 16 year old boys. All of them were suspended, but there is a law that makes it illegal for 16 year olds to have sex with 15 year olds. The police were considering charging the boys with statutory rape, because it qualifies under state law. Here's a link.
Hasn't it always been that way, only never really mainstream like it is today? I can recall learning in sociology/history that girls used to be married at the age of 12. I can also recall many older people telling me about the stupid shit they did in their high school/college years. I have a feeling kids have been having sex well before 18 for a long time, but now its just obvious to everyone. Perhaps you just believed the media and religious right that its a "new horrible phase sweeping the country," without taking care to ask real people what it was like 50 years ago. Most likely the truth lies somewhere inbetween.
FYI, I live in one of the only states in the country without mandatory seatbelt or helmet laws. The drivers here really aren't that bad. There are a few idiots here and there, but thats expected in ANY area. I think you're just getting too aggravated when you see a bad driver, and don't know how to chill out and let it go. Quit fucking worrying about the bad drivers - its not your job to legislate their stupidity, because they're going to be dumbasses even if you make it illegal. If something happens, just make sure that it was the other person's fault and you shouldn't have to worry.
You can also just click here.