The Hulk has entered the race as a late candidate and you can even vote for him (versus those Puny Human Bush and Kerry!) at his official campaign site
I agree with previous comments that if you keep the marketing droids out of the FAQ, it will be a better document... and would suggest you should have a tie-in to the tech support folks so that (as the "F" part suggests) when you get a lot of similar questions, you just pop a good/correct/complete answer in there - this is exactly the approach I've used with my BBQ Grill FAQ
The 1D Mark II is 8 mega-pixels and can shoot at 8fps with a frame depth of 40 frames with a focal length multiplier of 1.3 - read more in the dpreview.com review - the "first-generation" 1D was also 1.3x multiplier, and as others have pointed out, the 1Ds was 1.0 - i.e. "full-size" just like the 1Ds Mark II... so nothing new there.
The submitter is a bit mistaken that the 1Ds Mark II will be used by "photographers shooting sporting events" as the 1D Mark II (with the higher frame rate and focal length multiplier HELPS for telephoto shots, plus about half the cost) will be the DSLR of choise for these folks... whereas the 1Ds Mark II is targetted towared studio work... although obviousely both would do well in either environment.
BTW, I've actually used a 1D Mark II and it is an amazing DSLR - scary how fast you can shoot pictures... and I even caught a semi-decent sequence of my having a hack of a water skiing crash
Just under a year after October 31st, 2003, the Halloween WebCam is expected to be back on the air shortly so you can check out the halloween decorations.
Since you can surf to it from your own home, you don't have to worry about fireworks, earthquake levels, flying rocks from the lava dome... and climbing permits are not required. Check back in a week as you may get some good views and be able to turn the lights on and off.
I only know what I read in the Denver Post the last three days (links in the submission) and it doesn't specify what type of OS they run, so that's why I said "probably means re-installing Windows" which I bet is a reasonable guess.
In response to some other comments, it should be obvious to all that in a crisis/recovery situation, you don't switch OS's or other major changes, so they should recover to whatever they are using now... but long-term (if they are running Windows), they may want to consider Linux. And yea, there are other issues in terms of admin expertise/capability/etc. in terms of their ability to look at other solutions.
And finally, consider posting with a username, since The Incredible Hulk SMASHES Anonymous Cowards!;-)
An easier approach (if you can afford it) is to buy a late model DSLR that supports this "natively" - for instance, here is Nikon's writeups about it which tags the image are you take it. Combine that with wireless base unit (the latest one support 802.11g instead of b) and you are ready to rock-n-roll. Digicam vendors have historically used the USB port mostly for sending images OUT... but they are realizing it may be "interesting" to use it to feed information IN as in this case.
Don't really need it for static stuff such as my christmas lights but if you do something like climb Longs Peak it would be really nice to know exactly where you shot the pictures... plus with the GPS feed, you have exact timestamping.
A spokesperson for Hormel Foods reports that there has been no decrease in spam either... however, there has been an increased interest in Spam Gifts and also in the Spam Museum.
I bet I get modd'ed down into oblivion, but rather than send Email to 20,000 people about my folding@home team, would it be OK if I posted it here for 20,000 Slashdotters to consider joining?!?;-)
BTW, I'm really surprised that the 20,000 PC's are "only" $3,000 - seems like you could have 'em do clicks on Google Ads or other affliiate type stuff and make a lot more than that... assuming you don't get caught.
Wonder what I have to do about the satellite pictures of my house - am I OK if they had been taken by European sats, but not OK if from US sats?!?
On a hopefully unrelated note, I noticed the following in my web server logs:
149.101.1.128 - - [07/Sep/2004:08:48:12 -0600] "GET/faq/satellite_photo/ HTTP/1.0" 200 4449 "http://www.terraserver.com/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 (CK-DNJ702R1)"
That IP address resolves to wdcsun28.usdoj.gov... and the referral of www.terraserver.com is pretty odd too... and 10 minutes later, the IP address 149.101.1.116 (resolves as wdcsun16.usdoj.gov) looked at the same page... but so far, no other accesses from 149.101.*.* addresses - have the black helocopters been dispatched?!?;-)
Boy, some/.'ers are a bit ungrateful - maybe I'll send The Incredible Hulk after some of 'ya!;-)
I submitted this story because Todd is one of the "good guys" out there IMHO. I agree that USING sudo isn't that difficult (especially in simple environments), but writing it is a bit more work and remember that sudo is a privilaged program so it needs to be pretty darn "tight" in terms of security stuff, and if you read through the release notes, there are all sorts of interesting subtle issues that have been addressed, plus the feature set has expanded - for example, LDAP support.
Todd has selflessly maintained/updated/supported sudo for over a decade - anyone on his Email lists know that he responds pretty darn quick. And he's not trying to "pull a RedHat" here - you can continue to use those channels and get the same code base for free. I.e. he's done such a good job that it is fair to ask the question "why buy support" since you get it for free anyway!
First, as correctly pointed out, if you are a big Corporation, they often like the "security" of having a support contract - yea, it's kinda dumb, but anyone who works at a big company knows what I'm talking about.
And second, if you appreciate good software, here's an easy way to toss a few $$$ Todd's way to thank him for all his work. In this day-n-age of spammers/slimebags all trying to make a buck, Todd is a throwback to the "free sharing" of an earlier era of the Internet.
Disclaimer: I have used sudo for over a decade (and also live in the Boulder, Colorado area), but otherwise have no profession/personal relationship with Todd. Like I said, I just think he's a "good guy" who deserved a little bit of recognition.
I was pretty surprised that no registration was required for the online one - nice job NaDrew - BTW, this article ran on the front page of the print edition.
For those that actually read the article (this is/. after all), I think the writer failed to mention the influence on the Internet of hacking. They talk about a "Hardware Hacking" book, but I'd argue that the easy/free exchange of information via the Internet has really caused hacking to increase. The picture next to the article is of a long-range wi-fi attenna... and we've seen a bazillion of the "pringle can" options too, again, all abetted by the easy, quick sharing of lessons learned.
I also think they fail to point out this influence in other non-technical areas. For instance, I have a fairly decent web page about how to convert your BBQ Grill from LP to NG - based on Email I have gotten, lotsa folks have used this - I certainly will never write a book about it - ditto for my home made manometer - these are both "hacks" that are useful,
BTW, Blondie (from the comic strips) would love to use this device on Dagwood to curb his late night eating: While he was working at the computer-security company AtStake near Boston four years ago, Mr. Grand says too many colleagues were taking food that wasn't theirs from the office refrigerator. So he put the fridge into the cabinet of a big, unused Digital Equipment Corp. minicomputer. To the inside of the door, he bolted a custom-made circuit board that read employees' identification badges and unlocked for authorized eaters only. The setup was also rigged so Mr. Grand could log onto a Web site and monitor who was having late-night munchies.
At the risk of sounding like a Windoze shill, I did see one inaccuracy in the Register article in that there is some egress filtering - this popped up on my first FTP connection (from DOS), my first VPN session, and for Google Compute, it asked about "phoning home" to the Folding@HOME project.
I otherwise agree with most that was written - I totally agree that "less is more" when it comes to security (although there often ends up being hooks for stuff like RPC all over the place) and I couldn't believe it when I saw "Remote Assistance" enabled on my computer by default when I loaded it - WTF!
Yep - the color scheme at it.slashdot.org is still pukey, so the terrorist attempts must have failed - either that, or/. is a high priority for the Department of Homeland Security to defend..
You could have some "fun" with this - halfway through the night, send out a "broadcast" saying the Coppertone Girl and her friends are at the bar you are hanging out at - would be hilarious to see the rush of guys come streaming in!
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Guess I'll have to check the Web Server Logs to see if anyone surfs to the Hulk for President Site from fcc.gov or usdoj.gov ...
"Dave's not here"
The Hulk has entered the race as a late candidate and you can even vote for him (versus those Puny Human Bush and Kerry!) at his official campaign site
I agree with previous comments that if you keep the marketing droids out of the FAQ, it will be a better document ... and would suggest you should have a tie-in to the tech support folks so that (as the "F" part suggests) when you get a lot of similar questions, you just pop a good/correct/complete answer in there - this is exactly the approach I've used with my BBQ Grill FAQ
The submitter is a bit mistaken that the 1Ds Mark II will be used by "photographers shooting sporting events" as the 1D Mark II (with the higher frame rate and focal length multiplier HELPS for telephoto shots, plus about half the cost) will be the DSLR of choise for these folks ... whereas the 1Ds Mark II is targetted towared studio work ... although obviousely both would do well in either environment.
BTW, I've actually used a 1D Mark II and it is an amazing DSLR - scary how fast you can shoot pictures ... and I even caught a semi-decent sequence of my having a hack of a water skiing crash
Since you can surf to it from your own home, you don't have to worry about fireworks, earthquake levels, flying rocks from the lava dome ... and climbing permits are not required. Check back in a week as you may get some good views and be able to turn the lights on and off.
And after all that hard DIY work, sit back and enjoy a Hulk Drop Martini ;-)
Instead of the "pi" benchmark, can these guys to join my Folding@HOME team!?!
Lets just hope they don't end up on the Splatometer
In response to some other comments, it should be obvious to all that in a crisis/recovery situation, you don't switch OS's or other major changes, so they should recover to whatever they are using now ... but long-term (if they are running Windows), they may want to consider Linux. And yea, there are other issues in terms of admin expertise/capability/etc. in terms of their ability to look at other solutions.
And finally, consider posting with a username, since The Incredible Hulk SMASHES Anonymous Cowards! ;-)
Don't really need it for static stuff such as my christmas lights but if you do something like climb Longs Peak it would be really nice to know exactly where you shot the pictures ... plus with the GPS feed, you have exact timestamping.
I would love to make an addition to my pages that talk about hunting vermin, bats, rats, and squirrels that would be called Hunting Spammers
A spokesperson for Hormel Foods reports that there has been no decrease in spam either ... however, there has been an increased interest in Spam Gifts and also in the Spam Museum.
The double flash of a nuke is a very unique signature and yes, there are space assets looking for exactly this - read more about the South Africa test in 1979 - unknown if these same satellite can pick up the Slashdotting of my 22,000 Christmas Lights ... ;-)
Go nuclear!
BTW, I'm really surprised that the 20,000 PC's are "only" $3,000 - seems like you could have 'em do clicks on Google Ads or other affliiate type stuff and make a lot more than that ... assuming you don't get caught.
On a hopefully unrelated note, I noticed the following in my web server logs: /faq/satellite_photo/ HTTP/1.0" 200 4449 "http://www.terraserver.com/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 (CK-DNJ702R1)"
149.101.1.128 - - [07/Sep/2004:08:48:12 -0600] "GET
That IP address resolves to wdcsun28.usdoj.gov ... and the referral of www.terraserver.com is pretty odd too ... and 10 minutes later, the IP address 149.101.1.116 (resolves as wdcsun16.usdoj.gov) looked at the same page ... but so far, no other accesses from 149.101.*.* addresses - have the black helocopters been dispatched?!? ;-)
I submitted this story because Todd is one of the "good guys" out there IMHO. I agree that USING sudo isn't that difficult (especially in simple environments), but writing it is a bit more work and remember that sudo is a privilaged program so it needs to be pretty darn "tight" in terms of security stuff, and if you read through the release notes, there are all sorts of interesting subtle issues that have been addressed, plus the feature set has expanded - for example, LDAP support.
Todd has selflessly maintained/updated/supported sudo for over a decade - anyone on his Email lists know that he responds pretty darn quick. And he's not trying to "pull a RedHat" here - you can continue to use those channels and get the same code base for free. I.e. he's done such a good job that it is fair to ask the question "why buy support" since you get it for free anyway!
First, as correctly pointed out, if you are a big Corporation, they often like the "security" of having a support contract - yea, it's kinda dumb, but anyone who works at a big company knows what I'm talking about.
And second, if you appreciate good software, here's an easy way to toss a few $$$ Todd's way to thank him for all his work. In this day-n-age of spammers/slimebags all trying to make a buck, Todd is a throwback to the "free sharing" of an earlier era of the Internet.
Disclaimer: I have used sudo for over a decade (and also live in the Boulder, Colorado area), but otherwise have no profession/personal relationship with Todd. Like I said, I just think he's a "good guy" who deserved a little bit of recognition.
For those that actually read the article (this is /. after all), I think the writer failed to mention the influence on the Internet of hacking. They talk about a "Hardware Hacking" book, but I'd argue that the easy/free exchange of information via the Internet has really caused hacking to increase. The picture next to the article is of a long-range wi-fi attenna ... and we've seen a bazillion of the "pringle can" options too, again, all abetted by the easy, quick sharing of lessons learned.
I also think they fail to point out this influence in other non-technical areas. For instance, I have a fairly decent web page about how to convert your BBQ Grill from LP to NG - based on Email I have gotten, lotsa folks have used this - I certainly will never write a book about it - ditto for my home made manometer - these are both "hacks" that are useful,
BTW, Blondie (from the comic strips) would love to use this device on Dagwood to curb his late night eating: While he was working at the computer-security company AtStake near Boston four years ago, Mr. Grand says too many colleagues were taking food that wasn't theirs from the office refrigerator. So he put the fridge into the cabinet of a big, unused Digital Equipment Corp. minicomputer. To the inside of the door, he bolted a custom-made circuit board that read employees' identification badges and unlocked for authorized eaters only. The setup was also rigged so Mr. Grand could log onto a Web site and monitor who was having late-night munchies.
Looks like Philadelphia is talking about making the entire city wireless - that seems like the ulimimate online service!
I otherwise agree with most that was written - I totally agree that "less is more" when it comes to security (although there often ends up being hooks for stuff like RPC all over the place) and I couldn't believe it when I saw "Remote Assistance" enabled on my computer by default when I loaded it - WTF!
Army may have had a tough time with The Hulk, but I think they'll SMASH SCO and their lawyers!
Yep - the color scheme at it.slashdot.org is still pukey, so the terrorist attempts must have failed - either that, or /. is a high priority for the Department of Homeland Security to defend ..
You could have some "fun" with this - halfway through the night, send out a "broadcast" saying the Coppertone Girl and her friends are at the bar you are hanging out at - would be hilarious to see the rush of guys come streaming in!
Given the 14G gravity, I think you need to send a buncha Incredible Hulk's over there if they wanted to be able to even stand up, much less survive.