There is a Fry's in Webster? That's good. At least some modicum of civilization has managed to appear in that pestilential swamp. Perhaps there is hope for those lost souls stuck in the Greater Houston-Galveston Mosquito Breeding Facility.
Meanwhile, you can walk right onto your friendly, neighborhood general aviation airfield, fly your Cessna or Twin Otter to your not-too-far-off commercial field, and land behind all this elaborate security with your airline ticket in-hand. Until all our airports are sealed beneath impenetrable domes, the front and back doors will stand in sharp contrast. (Not like this is about security anyhow.)
Don't worry, they're trying real hard to close that door. Now, the little gate that has poorly vetted cabin crew who are allowed to roam in the cabin unsupervised and who have gone through only the most minimal screening before coming on to the tarmac. That gate is pretty much open....
Same with the guy driving the thousand gallon tank of jet fuel.
I'm not really sure I like that idea. My uses for flashlights tend to be a) camping, and b) when the power goes out. Unfortunately with USB charging I would get one charge's worth of use in those situations. With regular old batteries I can replace them to infinity, and if I forgot some I can pick them up at a gas station on my way to the woods.
One of the bigger issues with flashlights is that the batteries are often flat when you finally decide to use it. With replaceable batteries you can, of course, go buy new ones but many a time that's inconvenient (right after the tornado hits). A USB powered flashlight has some potential advantages - you can charge it pretty much anywhere these days. Plug in charger (I can see 4 USB chargers from where I'm sitting now), pretty much any computer made since 2000, many cars. USB is becoming more ubiquitous than AA cells. And for whatever reason, lithium rechargeable cells tend not to leak like regular batteries - that's another really common killer of the flashlight that is stuck in a drawer for two years.
As for the programming, it seems to be a bit overkill. I just built a similar, dumber circuit out of a 555 timer because I had an old filament powered headlamp that I wanted to convert to LED and a bunch of bright LEDs. But if it floats your boat, go for it. Same with the over engineered aluminum case.
RSA two factor authentication. It would be a very good solution but RSA is still milking the enterprise and government cows with that so it will be years before something like that becomes a commodity service. What ever came of the RSA security breach a few months back?
Often, pleonasm is understood to mean a word or phrase which is useless, clichéd, or repetitive, but a pleonasm can also be simply an unremarkable use of idiom.
Toss the drive and put another HD in the slot. Put the Superdrive in an external enclosure so you have it available for those walks through memory lane.
While you're technically quite correct, the term has been commandeered to mean pretty much any 'bad' drug (alcohol and tobacco are never considered 'narcotics'). The DEA is quite happy to conflate the meaning since it sounds Evil, Nasty and something that every right thinking folk would avoid.
It's just the typical Orwellian mindset that the US Government excels at. Drug Enforcement Agency (how do you 'enforce' a drug), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (sounds like a store name), Department of Homeland Security (ummm, right). Ministry of Peace.
OT, I know. But because we haven't heard an official statement from Slashdot on this matter, can someone please tell me why we're having so many of these Varnish cache server errors? What is it, some problem with the cluster environment? Regardless, this all seems to have started with the new format roll-out.
I'm surprised by all this Varnish stuff. That's old technology. I'd think that Slashdot could at least spring for some cheap polyurethane coatings.
Go further to 7 characters (fh0GH5h), and the CPU would grind along for 4 days, versus a frankly worrying 17 minutes 30 seconds for the GPU."
OK, so go to 15 characters. Using a password generator I can go as far as I like. Using some sort of password bank program, I can store passwords / phrases of any complexity and use copy and paste, thus having only one strong password to remember.
So, what am I missing? (And lets keep it on topic, folks).
I am so glad I was born in the 70's and graduated in the early 90's. There is no way I could have made it through the fascist regime that is modern government education.
Oh you would have been fine. We have better drugs these days. You wouldn't even drool. Much.
There is a reason why fuel tank is universally located in a protected area behind and on the side of the car. They're talking about installing capacitors in DOORS.
Gas tanks in doors would likely get your car banned off the road in a very short order.
Oh quit whining. They would be protected by the airbags. Snuggled up right next to your elbow. They'll be fine.
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There is a Fry's in Webster? That's good. At least some modicum of civilization has managed to appear in that pestilential swamp. Perhaps there is hope for those lost souls stuck in the Greater Houston-Galveston Mosquito Breeding Facility.
Yeah, yeah. We know ALL about this. And you.
In fact, we know a lot about you.
Signed, your friends at Google.
Meanwhile, you can walk right onto your friendly, neighborhood general aviation airfield, fly your Cessna or Twin Otter to your not-too-far-off commercial field, and land behind all this elaborate security with your airline ticket in-hand. Until all our airports are sealed beneath impenetrable domes, the front and back doors will stand in sharp contrast. (Not like this is about security anyhow.)
Don't worry, they're trying real hard to close that door. Now, the little gate that has poorly vetted cabin crew who are allowed to roam in the cabin unsupervised and who have gone through only the most minimal screening before coming on to the tarmac. That gate is pretty much open....
Same with the guy driving the thousand gallon tank of jet fuel.
They got the idea from total recall then?
Yeah, that's what I thought. I so want to create the disassembling head-thing that Arnie had. Bonus points for being able to hit the red switch.
I'm not really sure I like that idea. My uses for flashlights tend to be a) camping, and b) when the power goes out. Unfortunately with USB charging I would get one charge's worth of use in those situations. With regular old batteries I can replace them to infinity, and if I forgot some I can pick them up at a gas station on my way to the woods.
One of the bigger issues with flashlights is that the batteries are often flat when you finally decide to use it. With replaceable batteries you can, of course, go buy new ones but many a time that's inconvenient (right after the tornado hits). A USB powered flashlight has some potential advantages - you can charge it pretty much anywhere these days. Plug in charger (I can see 4 USB chargers from where I'm sitting now), pretty much any computer made since 2000, many cars. USB is becoming more ubiquitous than AA cells. And for whatever reason, lithium rechargeable cells tend not to leak like regular batteries - that's another really common killer of the flashlight that is stuck in a drawer for two years.
As for the programming, it seems to be a bit overkill. I just built a similar, dumber circuit out of a 555 timer because I had an old filament powered headlamp that I wanted to convert to LED and a bunch of bright LEDs. But if it floats your boat, go for it. Same with the over engineered aluminum case.
RSA two factor authentication. It would be a very good solution but RSA is still milking the enterprise and government cows with that so it will be years before something like that becomes a commodity service. What ever came of the RSA security breach a few months back?
Badness.
I am posting this comment from Divebus' cassette deck.
A cassette deck running a browser. Cool. Did you load BSD?
I count only one metaphor, and one pleonasm. I would say a "redundant pleonasm" were this not such an irony-deficient world.
Congrats on being chosen for the MOWOTD*
pleonasm
Often, pleonasm is understood to mean a word or phrase which is useless, clichéd, or repetitive, but a pleonasm can also be simply an unremarkable use of idiom.
* Most Obtuse Word of the Day
There is a difference between knowing how to do something, and actually doing it.
Yeah. Like Unicode.
I'm looking at you Slashdot. You and all of your silly Varnish servers.
Toss the drive and put another HD in the slot. Put the Superdrive in an external enclosure so you have it available for those walks through memory lane.
Go back and read his entire post. Then read it again. I guess it's not subtlety day for you.
While you're technically quite correct, the term has been commandeered to mean pretty much any 'bad' drug (alcohol and tobacco are never considered 'narcotics'). The DEA is quite happy to conflate the meaning since it sounds Evil, Nasty and something that every right thinking folk would avoid.
It's just the typical Orwellian mindset that the US Government excels at. Drug Enforcement Agency (how do you 'enforce' a drug), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (sounds like a store name), Department of Homeland Security (ummm, right). Ministry of Peace.
(€500 = US$730)
I think the Brits are right on this. Who wants a $730 note? Just doesn't add up....
(In case anyone thinks that statement is personal, I'm 24.)
Bless you, child.
OT, I know. But because we haven't heard an official statement from Slashdot on this matter, can someone please tell me why we're having so many of these Varnish cache server errors? What is it, some problem with the cluster environment? Regardless, this all seems to have started with the new format roll-out.
I'm surprised by all this Varnish stuff. That's old technology. I'd think that Slashdot could at least spring for some cheap polyurethane coatings.
You fool! You put antimatter in a SuperMax prison with all sorts of hardened criminals and you'll get ANTIHEROs.
And then where will we be, Mr. Smartypants American Patriot? There is a reason that the world hates us.
Smartphones are for pansies. Programming Editors are for geeks.
Emacs rules! (And besides, it has an OS built in).
Does anyone really use less than ten character passwords anymore?
Your bank. My bank. The nuclear reactor down the street. All sorts of folks.
One word: Ph0g4r3N0t4W0rdButF0g|sC4m3l
Your mother!
Go further to 7 characters (fh0GH5h), and the CPU would grind along for 4 days, versus a frankly worrying 17 minutes 30 seconds for the GPU."
OK, so go to 15 characters. Using a password generator I can go as far as I like. Using some sort of password bank program, I can store passwords / phrases of any complexity and use copy and paste, thus having only one strong password to remember.
So, what am I missing? (And lets keep it on topic, folks).
I graduated various things anywhere from the '70s to the '90s and I suppose it's my problem. Assuming it's my 'fault' is a bit over the top. Even if, as I did for a while, actively campaign for the only third party presidential candidate ever to get federal matching funds for an election, it doesn't seem to have helped a whole lot.
But, hey, thanks for the vote of support. Didn't think that I mattered all that much.
I am so glad I was born in the 70's and graduated in the early 90's. There is no way I could have made it through the fascist regime that is modern government education.
Oh you would have been fine. We have better drugs these days. You wouldn't even drool. Much.
And if you want to be pedantic it should be called "Vespucciland".
It does have a nice ring to it.
Not everyone is mentally unstable.
Now that's crazy talk.
There is a reason why fuel tank is universally located in a protected area behind and on the side of the car. They're talking about installing capacitors in DOORS.
Gas tanks in doors would likely get your car banned off the road in a very short order.
Oh quit whining. They would be protected by the airbags. Snuggled up right next to your elbow. They'll be fine.