i just spent two hours fighting with windows to install, then connect to a network, then authorize, but the nic drivers aren't signed and apparently the ms authorization system (and windows update) don't believe it's a NIC, even though I can get out on the net just fine. So apparently IE is rolled into EVERY part of the OS except that. so then I get to call MS' authorization phone number and have my hand held for ten minutes of voice prompting, looking like a moron to all the people walking outside my office, reading off numbers.
5. Most people find DJB nazi's difficult to get on with.
There are a few on my local LUG list that, when possible, respond to questions with things like "rm bind; install djbdns" or "rm sendmail; install qmail". What's even more nauseating are the responses to other questions that are sourced eighteen different ways to cr.yp.to/djb-is-god/blah/blah.
I'm sorry, but these people seem like they're members/leaders of djb's cult spouting cr.yp.to as their bible.
What about online transactions? I get the sarcasm, but when European banks offer these security features as a default/standard, US banks look like a bunch of schleps. I don't know about you, but I can control a list of OTPs to further protect my online accounts and transacitons.
Use VMWare if possible. Then you can use SMB in your NAT'd LAN on your Linux host to store your data, and your Windows VM just mounts that share to read and write data. Relatively near native access times, realistically speaking. Of course, I don't work with 4GB+ video files, so YMMV, but I'm guessing your box[en] are more than fast enough to perform decently when you're forced to use Windows.
As another poster posited, an all-expenses-paid evening could easily surpass the soon-to-be-$149 pricetag of a PS2. Plus, even if she's not your type, you could have a nice time for one evening. Sometimes a date is *more* fun for both parties if you know there won't be another. But I suppose most of the guys reading the gaming section of/. wouldn't really know that...
Anyway, maybe he just asked her out anyway, when they walked off the field. "Hey baby, how 'bout I show you a thing or two on the PS2?" (HA!)
None taken. Yeah, I'm young. I don't remember Wellstone's campaigns but the last one, and Perpich was before my time. I like Ventura overall. I would've liked him more as a rep or senator, where, like Wellstone, he would've HAD to learn to work with others, while speaking his true mind. A governor (single nat'l/int'l rep of the state) or pres (nat'l/int'l rep of the nation/leader of the free world) politics matter, as sad as that is. While I'd love to see Ventura, Nader, maybe even Dean in there, as they *might* actually have some sort of platform they're running on, the international relations and delicacy of that position would be lost on them. IMO, that's a bit too risky. If Ventura were involved in int'l business somehow, had some experience in that, or if he had a bit more political experience than mayor of a small city and governor of a smallish state, it'd be different for me. But I haven't had coffee yet and I can tell I'm rambling. So here I stop.
Agreed. Ultimately, and in reality, I might just vote for Ventura because it'd be entertaining to have an ex-pro-wrestler/bad actor/bad governor as President. There are enough countries that see us as a laughing stock anyway, so why not fit the part:)
That, or I'd LOVE to see two or more "alternative" parties that lie somewhere in the middle. [Extreme OT] I'd love one that: let people make their own lifestyle choices, (gay marriage, pro choice, doesn't try to hide contraceptive education) more environmentally conscious, (provide an incentive for companies to care, aside from tax breaks) and pro-small-government. Better healthcare regulation (not socialized) and a huge welfare & social security reform would be sweet, as well. (I never understood the republican-pro-soc-sec-anti-welfare stand...)
/me steps off soap box, still frustrated with American government/politics.
I think the differnce is more that your salary is for completing work assigned, rather than a certain number of hours. Which sucks when too much work is assigned. But this leaves the employer wide open to dismiss employees for lack of performance. But that's the price I pay. And in the future, it will ideally lead to promotion & pay increase, though not necessarily less hours per week. Which also sucks. Better than being union, IMO though. I'm paid fairly, for what I am worth, and am treated with respect and my coworkers are upheld to the same standard.
If we were union (my last employer was) I'd work with some slugs who barely get 40 hours in, and don't do half the work I did most days, and I was a part time student employee. And they got paid triple what I was paid. Yeah, I got screwed, and I made them all look very bad, but my boss also knew I did a lot of work and so would let me take some extra time off with pay from time to time (no vacation for students/part-time) and let me "work from home" a few times a month. Not perfect, but it worked while I was in school.
As it stands, the main reason he was elected into Minnesota governorship (without any political planks that I was aware of) had more to do with general disgust over the Democratic and Republican parties...
We (MN) made this mistake once, I won't do it again. I'm afraid, though, that this will get someone (Ventura or otherwise) elected in the not-too-distant future (the anyone but the dem's/rep's mentality) and I have a feeling we either, 1: won't like it, or 2: nothing will change anyway. The scariest thing is Ventura already proved he could do it. Even though only governship, the guy got a plurality out of nowhere. Why can't that happen in four years? It'll all be one big joke again, until everyone gets an "oh shit" look on their face as Ventura's numbers rise.
How was I on the public tit? And I've been working and paying taxes since I was 14, so suck it.
As for a politician who says/does what he believes, he wasn't able to get anything done but a budget each year. He also brought our house & senate into special session three of four years because he didn't like what they put out. Yes, honorable, but he cost the state nearly as much in the special sessions as were cut between the rejected and accepted budgets.
As for pres, yes, I hate(d) bush/kerry/clinton/bush/reagan/anyone else too. But none of them was able to do much of anything without congress behind them. Ventura (or any other independent) would be in the same situation Ventura was in MN, where no one will play with him. He had no real agenda, and even if he did, he wouldn't have gotten anywhere unless that agenda lined up with one party or the other. That's the way politics works today.
I would LOVE for that to change, but it's got to be a sweeping change, not just one or two positions. Give me an independent with a brain who says what he believes but doesn't shoot his mouth off, and he not only has a vote, but a volunteer on his campaign.
Don't do what we did up here in Minnesota. It's not worth it. Our nation is laughable enough, but could you imagine what happens when Jesse the Gov, formerly the Body becomes Jesse the Pres, formerly the Gov, formerly the Body?
Yes, he said what he thought. Every time he spoke. While inspiring, we (MN) quickly realized he's an idiot and wasted more time (and provided more fodder for press) than any governor previous. And I'm sorry, but even if Bush had thoughts running through his brain, he can't just say them. Okay, bad example. Any other president has to heavily weigh each word and how it may be misinterpreted. I guess if Jesse could find someone willing to be his press secretary and deal with all that, it would be interesting.
Now, granted Jesse wasn't the only cause, (i.e. economic downturn, etc.) but our Universities and Colleges are still reeling from the severe budget cuts that happened halfway through his term. I was lucky enough to be going to school then. My tuition feel just short of doubling, per credit, in the four years I was there.
I guess I wasn't speaking so much to the banking situation than passwords at work. The eighteen different authentication methods with your CC company is a bit rediculous, agreed.
I'm sorry, but if you're the person responsible for cleaning up a system after it's been ripped to shreds by an attacker, you're going to do what you can to prevent that from happening in the first place.
Try this: Pick a *good* password. For example: Take "Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;" (A line from Whitman's "Oh Captain! My Captain!")
Now, your password is
OC!Mc!0ftid;
(you switch the second "O" and the second "C" to avoid repeating characters) Now, say you have four systems: Unix, Mail, Login, Finance. Add one more character at the front/back/middle/somewhere. So you have one password with one extra character somewhere. For instance:
Next time you switch passwords, pick a different line or a different poem, and maybe move where you put your extra character. Now I can't walk in to one system if I compromise another one (the point of SEPARATE passwords...) minimizing the impact of an intruder.
Previous exams (mid-terms and finals) were available in the department office for all of my courses. Professors either changed them significantly from year to year, or they taught well and gave homework similar to the tests, so if you could do the homework, you could do the tests too. Without cheating.
My bad, I meant to say Low emissions vehicle. Wasn't paying that much attention. But I think everything I said still has validity. Not that I'm right, but I think I make a few noteworthy points.
Therein lies my biggest problem, though...I don't think I'd be comfortable driving something I took apart and reassembled. I'm handy, but as a youth, I ALWAYS had left-over parts when I investigated how some device worked, then attempted to reassemble.
I wouldn't want to be moving at 70 mph in a 2 ton steel box that I had spare parts from, when those spare parts prove how useful they would have been. Maybe when I get older and have more time & patience for this sort of thing, though...
1) the reusability factor is great, but these old cars also provide much more reusable scrap than the plastic/disposable cars of today. So in a sense, getting them off the road sooner may mean saving that much in mining/manufacturing the parts for a new car, making that new car even cheaper environmentally, than if you keep driving the old car.
2) I bet your Volvo's emissions are through the roof. My brand new Subaru gets roughly the same mileage, but I bet I have an equal or better powerband, my car is lighter, safer, and is zero-emission. Granted, this could be a big assumption on my part.
I'm just playing devil's advocate more than actually disagreeing with you.
If you modify an old car to use fuel injection, add a catalytic converter, etc. then yes, most assuredly, you are helping. But the point I was getting at, is that a) you're probably not driving a 40 year old car day to day. If you are, that car puts out emissions. At some point the car pours out more garbage into the environment than the factory to make a new car. Remember these factories control their emissions, the same way the new cars do. A 40 year old car does not.
At the same time, and to cede to your point, perhaps this break even point I speak of is beyond 40 years of normal use of your classic/junker/whatever.
Agreed. But my point is that *even though* the Belair has been manufactured, at some point, the environmental cost of that Belair being driven will surpass the cost of manufacturing a new zero-emissions vehicle.
Before anyone pounces on this statement, consider:
* Most classic car owners do not drive their classic from day to day. Hence, much slower rate that they approach this break-even point. These cars typically are trophies anyway, so really, in my mind, are exempt from this discussion.
* People driving "classics" from day to day are probably instead driving junkers. These are the ones I'm targetting more. We can lump dump trucks & lawn mowers in with this group too, I suppose.
I had another point but couldn't type fast enough. But anyway, the "but it's too late" argument doesn't work. An individual getting the last few miles out of a very old car only pushes back the amount of time until purchasing a new/newer used vehicle, incurring this environmental expense to manufacture. But instead of incurring that cost sooner by staying in a newer vehicle, more pollutants may have been spewed.
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There are a few on my local LUG list that, when possible, respond to questions with things like "rm bind; install djbdns" or "rm sendmail; install qmail". What's even more nauseating are the responses to other questions that are sourced eighteen different ways to cr.yp.to/djb-is-god/blah/blah.
I'm sorry, but these people seem like they're members/leaders of djb's cult spouting cr.yp.to as their bible.
What about online transactions? I get the sarcasm, but when European banks offer these security features as a default/standard, US banks look like a bunch of schleps. I don't know about you, but I can control a list of OTPs to further protect my online accounts and transacitons.
What bank?
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Simple...don't use a condom!
C'mon, you have to be adventurous to please all the ladies! Besides, it gets cold up here in MN during the winter. We need all the warmth we can get!
No, it's much more complicated. You now have to count to 10. Sorry, maybe those lights should be installed everywhere! ;)
As another poster posited, an all-expenses-paid evening could easily surpass the soon-to-be-$149 pricetag of a PS2. Plus, even if she's not your type, you could have a nice time for one evening. Sometimes a date is *more* fun for both parties if you know there won't be another. But I suppose most of the guys reading the gaming section of /. wouldn't really know that...
Anyway, maybe he just asked her out anyway, when they walked off the field. "Hey baby, how 'bout I show you a thing or two on the PS2?" (HA!)
Don't forget money! :)
None taken. Yeah, I'm young. I don't remember Wellstone's campaigns but the last one, and Perpich was before my time. I like Ventura overall. I would've liked him more as a rep or senator, where, like Wellstone, he would've HAD to learn to work with others, while speaking his true mind. A governor (single nat'l/int'l rep of the state) or pres (nat'l/int'l rep of the nation/leader of the free world) politics matter, as sad as that is. While I'd love to see Ventura, Nader, maybe even Dean in there, as they *might* actually have some sort of platform they're running on, the international relations and delicacy of that position would be lost on them. IMO, that's a bit too risky. If Ventura were involved in int'l business somehow, had some experience in that, or if he had a bit more political experience than mayor of a small city and governor of a smallish state, it'd be different for me. But I haven't had coffee yet and I can tell I'm rambling. So here I stop.
Really though, is counting to two that difficult?
That, or I'd LOVE to see two or more "alternative" parties that lie somewhere in the middle. [Extreme OT] I'd love one that: let people make their own lifestyle choices, (gay marriage, pro choice, doesn't try to hide contraceptive education) more environmentally conscious, (provide an incentive for companies to care, aside from tax breaks) and pro-small-government. Better healthcare regulation (not socialized) and a huge welfare & social security reform would be sweet, as well. (I never understood the republican-pro-soc-sec-anti-welfare stand...)
If we were union (my last employer was) I'd work with some slugs who barely get 40 hours in, and don't do half the work I did most days, and I was a part time student employee. And they got paid triple what I was paid. Yeah, I got screwed, and I made them all look very bad, but my boss also knew I did a lot of work and so would let me take some extra time off with pay from time to time (no vacation for students/part-time) and let me "work from home" a few times a month. Not perfect, but it worked while I was in school.
We (MN) made this mistake once, I won't do it again. I'm afraid, though, that this will get someone (Ventura or otherwise) elected in the not-too-distant future (the anyone but the dem's/rep's mentality) and I have a feeling we either, 1: won't like it, or 2: nothing will change anyway. The scariest thing is Ventura already proved he could do it. Even though only governship, the guy got a plurality out of nowhere. Why can't that happen in four years? It'll all be one big joke again, until everyone gets an "oh shit" look on their face as Ventura's numbers rise.
As for a politician who says/does what he believes, he wasn't able to get anything done but a budget each year. He also brought our house & senate into special session three of four years because he didn't like what they put out. Yes, honorable, but he cost the state nearly as much in the special sessions as were cut between the rejected and accepted budgets.
As for pres, yes, I hate(d) bush/kerry/clinton/bush/reagan/anyone else too. But none of them was able to do much of anything without congress behind them. Ventura (or any other independent) would be in the same situation Ventura was in MN, where no one will play with him. He had no real agenda, and even if he did, he wouldn't have gotten anywhere unless that agenda lined up with one party or the other. That's the way politics works today.
I would LOVE for that to change, but it's got to be a sweeping change, not just one or two positions. Give me an independent with a brain who says what he believes but doesn't shoot his mouth off, and he not only has a vote, but a volunteer on his campaign.
Don't do what we did up here in Minnesota. It's not worth it. Our nation is laughable enough, but could you imagine what happens when Jesse the Gov, formerly the Body becomes Jesse the Pres, formerly the Gov, formerly the Body?
Yes, he said what he thought. Every time he spoke. While inspiring, we (MN) quickly realized he's an idiot and wasted more time (and provided more fodder for press) than any governor previous. And I'm sorry, but even if Bush had thoughts running through his brain, he can't just say them. Okay, bad example. Any other president has to heavily weigh each word and how it may be misinterpreted. I guess if Jesse could find someone willing to be his press secretary and deal with all that, it would be interesting.
Now, granted Jesse wasn't the only cause, (i.e. economic downturn, etc.) but our Universities and Colleges are still reeling from the severe budget cuts that happened halfway through his term. I was lucky enough to be going to school then. My tuition feel just short of doubling, per credit, in the four years I was there.
I guess I wasn't speaking so much to the banking situation than passwords at work. The eighteen different authentication methods with your CC company is a bit rediculous, agreed.
Try this: Pick a *good* password. For example: Take "Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;" (A line from Whitman's "Oh Captain! My Captain!")
Now, your password is
(you switch the second "O" and the second "C" to avoid repeating characters) Now, say you have four systems: Unix, Mail, Login, Finance. Add one more character at the front/back/middle/somewhere. So you have one password with one extra character somewhere. For instance:OC!Mc!u0ftid;f tid;
OC!Mc!m0ftid;
OC!Mc!l0
OC!Mc!f0ftid;
Next time you switch passwords, pick a different line or a different poem, and maybe move where you put your extra character. Now I can't walk in to one system if I compromise another one (the point of SEPARATE passwords...) minimizing the impact of an intruder.
Previous exams (mid-terms and finals) were available in the department office for all of my courses. Professors either changed them significantly from year to year, or they taught well and gave homework similar to the tests, so if you could do the homework, you could do the tests too. Without cheating.
You're all free to disagree, though.
I wouldn't want to be moving at 70 mph in a 2 ton steel box that I had spare parts from, when those spare parts prove how useful they would have been. Maybe when I get older and have more time & patience for this sort of thing, though...
2) I bet your Volvo's emissions are through the roof. My brand new Subaru gets roughly the same mileage, but I bet I have an equal or better powerband, my car is lighter, safer, and is zero-emission. Granted, this could be a big assumption on my part.
I'm just playing devil's advocate more than actually disagreeing with you.
At the same time, and to cede to your point, perhaps this break even point I speak of is beyond 40 years of normal use of your classic/junker/whatever.
Before anyone pounces on this statement, consider:
* Most classic car owners do not drive their classic from day to day. Hence, much slower rate that they approach this break-even point. These cars typically are trophies anyway, so really, in my mind, are exempt from this discussion.
* People driving "classics" from day to day are probably instead driving junkers. These are the ones I'm targetting more. We can lump dump trucks & lawn mowers in with this group too, I suppose.
I had another point but couldn't type fast enough. But anyway, the "but it's too late" argument doesn't work. An individual getting the last few miles out of a very old car only pushes back the amount of time until purchasing a new/newer used vehicle, incurring this environmental expense to manufacture. But instead of incurring that cost sooner by staying in a newer vehicle, more pollutants may have been spewed.