but do most of them contain grammer this horrific? The linked article read more like a stream of consciousness e-mail (a poorly written one at that) than a published piece of literature.
Without any info given on the margin of error, this 0.88% increase is hard to put in perspective. If the margin of error was 0.7%, then we're not talking about much here. Nonetheless, it's very interesting to see FireFox taking hold, even if very slowly. (I suppose that really shows just how entrenched MSIE is.) -- Paul
That's very interesting, and I appreciate your having posted that. (I hope that I can learn at least something new every day.:-) )
I wonder if timing makes a difference. For instance, if the suit were against XYZ and it turned out that XYZ was rewriting the code to exclude the alleged SCO source code before the suit was filed, could that then be used to argue that XYZ knew of the infringements?
At any rate, I suppose that it's good that this false rumor is being denied by SCO so as to not buoy SCO's arguments in the so-called court of public appeal. (Since this show is just as much for SCO's investors as for anybody else.)
Again, thanks for the very interesting post! -- Paul
Thanks for the nice tip! I agree that this doesn't really add to your security all that much, except in two respects: it keeps people with identifying your SSID with what might be on it or where you live (e.g., Hey, they have a great computer in 1234 Apple Street. Let's break in there!), and it helps to keep the honest and/or curious users from accidentally connecting to your network.
But I absolutely agree that it needs to be part of a larger security scheme (see my post above), and even so, wireless is always going to be riskier than a ``wired'' network... Thanks! -- Paul
Haha, good point. (That joke immediately occurred to me after posting, too.) Of course, that's not my SSID...
Of course, choosing and not broadcasting the SSID should only be one of several layers of security. (Using whatever WEP or WAP security you have available and changing keys frequently, MAC filtering, reducing the transmission strength on the AP to the minimal level necessary, etc.) -- Paul
I always figured it wouldn't hurt to use a random string of letters and numbers and not broadcast the SSID. e.g., 2j9djfjZJ3. At least it won't give any info on what's found on the network, and it'd be nearly impossible to guess. -- Paul
... But it's unsightly, can be costly (suitable areas for wind farms are often near the coast, where land is expensive)
Well, that really depends upon your personal taste. In some ways, a tall, graceful white wind turbine spinning on the horizon can be a beautiful sight. I've seen many towns in the Midwest buying a wind turbine or two to supplement their local power production. In a way, it's like the tall wind turbine is a beautiful sign of progresively moving forward in the same way that smokestacks were 100 years ago (but with much less impact!) I also can't help but remember the rustic sight of the old wooden windmills.
As for needing to be near the coast to get some decent winds, I think that just about anybody who has lived in the Great Plains can tell you otherwise. -- Paul
On a related note, I'd like to be able to use SLI with two cheap video cards. Perhaps two cheap vid cards could be work together to give performance comparable to that of a much more expensive single card. -- Paul
I said that you or anybody is crazy to spend that much on a home. I dream of owning a home at some point, too. If it costs that much to do so, then I'll save and plan for it. That's the reality of life in southern California and many other places.
people living in God's Country will quit looking for validation of their trading culture and weather for lower cost of living?
This is actually pretty demeaning to those in other regions. There's a good deal more going on culturally away from the coasts than many realize. (City orchestras, University theatres, visiting operas, art galleries, and hell, this thing called "the Internet" and DVD purchases can bring culture just about anywhere.) And nobody called it "God's country" here.
...so quit complaining that you'd like to live in the same city as me if only it wasn't so expensive... it is, so get over it. Be happy with what you've got, or make the necessary changes.
You've actually made a deduction that doesn't follow from the post: I haven't made any such statements.
In fact, you're exactly wrong: I live in Orange County, and while I detest some of the factors that have lead to the outrageous land prices, I am doing something about it: I'm attending graduate school and getting the education to do what I want to do and afford the lifestyle I want.
But thank you for your vitriolic post. We can all use a little of that on a Friday evening. -- Paul
As stated below, the cost of living is fantastic. I grew up in Nebraska, and it's amazing what kind of a beautiful home and acreage you can get for $250,000. By contrast, it's amazing what you can't get for $1,000,000 in California.
Also, this is a good thing (TM) for the region. The rural areas have been in decline for many decades, as agriculture has become so efficient that it can't support too many more people. So economic opportunity has been pretty poor. This has caused demographic problems, as the educated youth move to other regions where there are better (or existent) job opportunities. There isn't much call for research scientists in Wahoo, Nebraska.
This is also good for the corps. relocating there. Not only is the work ethic a strong aspect of the Middle American culture, but the years of lacking opportunity might make for more motivated employees.
Of course, then there's the reduced cost of labor, the lower utility rates, gasoline doesn't cost $2.50 a gallon, and lower tax rates. Not a bad package. -- Paul
Agreed. And furthermore, the ipod culture's neither a subculture of Macdom (since not all ipod users are Mac users) nor a superculture (since not all Mac users are ipod users). They just happen to have a large area of intersection. -- Paul
Basically, just watch where you surf on a PUBLIC machine. duh.
And watch where your email contacts surf, too. (Since their cached data includes the emails you sent to their hotmail account and vice versa.) I guess this just helps illustrate that you should never rely on email for sensitive / private communication, as you have no guarantee on how well it's handled once it arrives in their inbox (or during transmission, for that matter). -- Paul
That's a really good point. On that note, instead of going into programming to do programming, one might consider going into science that requires a lot of programming. For instance, I'm studying computational biophysics (e.g., simulating cancer growth, chemotherapy, red blood cell deformation, etc.), and it takes a lot of fascinating math, computer science, physics, and biology. It's a lot of fun, it's rewarding, and it provides a great excuse to work with high-end computers and programming.;)
There are a lot of programmers out there. There are a good number of scientists. But there aren't quite so many who can do both well. -- Paul
I'm sorry for the redundancy, folks. The prior post hadn't been modded up to make it through my filter when I started composing my post, and I wanted to be careful to do fact checking and proofreading before clicking on the final "submit", just as any other good/.er would do. -- Paul
is wrong. One can "effect" a change, but in this case, the appropriate verb here is "affect" (to influence), rather than "effect" (to cause to come into being; bring about often by surmounting obstacles; accomplish). -- Paul
You compete with thousands of other "nerds", who compete to have the "first post". Other, highly valued nerds, called "moderators", skew the viewing of these saids "posts" with "mod points".
So, in many ways, the question boils down to just what sufficient consideration is.
Well, according to this reference, consideration means "compensation paid, or inconvenience suffered by, the party for whom it proceeds, or the reason for which one enters into a contract."
I suppose, then, that it means that the agreement must have provided this sufficient compensation so as to be worth his agreeing to it. But we'd have to look to specific case law to determine whether or not he has received sufficient consideration in this case.
Of course, IANAL, so help is always appreciated.
-- Paul
I use a Uniden 2.4 GHz phone in the same apartment as with a D-Link 802.11b AP (model DI-614+) and adapters (airlink plus, so it goes at 22 mbps, rather than 11 mbps). I haven't had a problem with wireless performance, even with the transmission strength turned down to 12.5%. (to reduce the strength of the transmissions leaving my apartment)
However, I have noticed a pulsating clicking sound on the phones caused by the wireless network. Usually, changing the channel on the phone helps with it.
Now, do keep in mind that the 802.11g units will be much more sensitive than the 802.11b units. -- Paul
It would be a great way to hook them on the Disney franchise at a very early age or accelerate the process...
This may not differ too much from other operations where the hardware isn't sold to make a profit, but rather to strengthen the brand and bring more people in. That it's marketed towards children is a little spooky, but then again, it's Disney...
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Or just map the image to a rectangle and move it past the camera...
but do most of them contain grammer this horrific? The linked article read more like a stream of consciousness e-mail (a poorly written one at that) than a published piece of literature.
How 'bout dictionaries? :-)
Without any info given on the margin of error, this 0.88% increase is hard to put in perspective. If the margin of error was 0.7%, then we're not talking about much here. Nonetheless, it's very interesting to see FireFox taking hold, even if very slowly. (I suppose that really shows just how entrenched MSIE is.) -- Paul
That's very interesting, and I appreciate your having posted that. (I hope that I can learn at least something new every day. :-) )
I wonder if timing makes a difference. For instance, if the suit were against XYZ and it turned out that XYZ was rewriting the code to exclude the alleged SCO source code before the suit was filed, could that then be used to argue that XYZ knew of the infringements?
At any rate, I suppose that it's good that this false rumor is being denied by SCO so as to not buoy SCO's arguments in the so-called court of public appeal. (Since this show is just as much for SCO's investors as for anybody else.)
Again, thanks for the very interesting post! -- Paul
Mod the parent up. This is precisely why they're denying it: they don't want to provide legal fuel to SCO's arguments! -- Paul
Thanks for the nice tip! I agree that this doesn't really add to your security all that much, except in two respects: it keeps people with identifying your SSID with what might be on it or where you live (e.g., Hey, they have a great computer in 1234 Apple Street. Let's break in there!), and it helps to keep the honest and/or curious users from accidentally connecting to your network.
But I absolutely agree that it needs to be part of a larger security scheme (see my post above), and even so, wireless is always going to be riskier than a ``wired'' network ... Thanks! -- Paul
Not anymore...
Haha, good point. (That joke immediately occurred to me after posting, too.) Of course, that's not my SSID ...
Of course, choosing and not broadcasting the SSID should only be one of several layers of security. (Using whatever WEP or WAP security you have available and changing keys frequently, MAC filtering, reducing the transmission strength on the AP to the minimal level necessary, etc.) -- Paul
I always figured it wouldn't hurt to use a random string of letters and numbers and not broadcast the SSID. e.g., 2j9djfjZJ3. At least it won't give any info on what's found on the network, and it'd be nearly impossible to guess. -- Paul
Well, that really depends upon your personal taste. In some ways, a tall, graceful white wind turbine spinning on the horizon can be a beautiful sight. I've seen many towns in the Midwest buying a wind turbine or two to supplement their local power production. In a way, it's like the tall wind turbine is a beautiful sign of progresively moving forward in the same way that smokestacks were 100 years ago (but with much less impact!) I also can't help but remember the rustic sight of the old wooden windmills.
As for needing to be near the coast to get some decent winds, I think that just about anybody who has lived in the Great Plains can tell you otherwise. -- Paul
Thanks for the heads-up. That sounds like a great trick for the future ...
... but a very nice thing to keep an eye out for on ebay! :) -- Paul
Alas, $150-$200 is still out of the "cheap" range for a married graduate student
Nice idea.
On a related note, I'd like to be able to use SLI with two cheap video cards. Perhaps two cheap vid cards could be work together to give performance comparable to that of a much more expensive single card. -- Paul
Except if they already suspect you, they can get a warrant and check for the printer (and its chip) themselves. -- Paul
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Slow down there, buddy!
...so quit complaining that you'd like to live in the same city as me if only it wasn't so expensive... it is, so get over it. Be happy with what you've got, or make the necessary changes.
I said that you or anybody is crazy to spend that much on a home. I dream of owning a home at some point, too. If it costs that much to do so, then I'll save and plan for it. That's the reality of life in southern California and many other places.
people living in God's Country will quit looking for validation of their trading culture and weather for lower cost of living?
This is actually pretty demeaning to those in other regions. There's a good deal more going on culturally away from the coasts than many realize. (City orchestras, University theatres, visiting operas, art galleries, and hell, this thing called "the Internet" and DVD purchases can bring culture just about anywhere.) And nobody called it "God's country" here.
You've actually made a deduction that doesn't follow from the post: I haven't made any such statements. In fact, you're exactly wrong: I live in Orange County, and while I detest some of the factors that have lead to the outrageous land prices, I am doing something about it: I'm attending graduate school and getting the education to do what I want to do and afford the lifestyle I want.
But thank you for your vitriolic post. We can all use a little of that on a Friday evening. -- Paul
Indeed!
As stated below, the cost of living is fantastic. I grew up in Nebraska, and it's amazing what kind of a beautiful home and acreage you can get for $250,000. By contrast, it's amazing what you can't get for $1,000,000 in California.
Also, this is a good thing (TM) for the region. The rural areas have been in decline for many decades, as agriculture has become so efficient that it can't support too many more people. So economic opportunity has been pretty poor. This has caused demographic problems, as the educated youth move to other regions where there are better (or existent) job opportunities. There isn't much call for research scientists in Wahoo, Nebraska.
This is also good for the corps. relocating there. Not only is the work ethic a strong aspect of the Middle American culture, but the years of lacking opportunity might make for more motivated employees.
Of course, then there's the reduced cost of labor, the lower utility rates, gasoline doesn't cost $2.50 a gallon, and lower tax rates. Not a bad package. -- Paul
And you're in luck if you go a bit south. Wahoo is the capital of Saunders County, Nebraska (and about 20 miles from where I grew up.) :) -- Paul
Agreed. And furthermore, the ipod culture's neither a subculture of Macdom (since not all ipod users are Mac users) nor a superculture (since not all Mac users are ipod users). They just happen to have a large area of intersection. -- Paul
Basically, just watch where you surf on a PUBLIC machine. duh.
And watch where your email contacts surf, too. (Since their cached data includes the emails you sent to their hotmail account and vice versa.) I guess this just helps illustrate that you should never rely on email for sensitive / private communication, as you have no guarantee on how well it's handled once it arrives in their inbox (or during transmission, for that matter). -- Paul
That's a really good point. On that note, instead of going into programming to do programming, one might consider going into science that requires a lot of programming. For instance, I'm studying computational biophysics (e.g., simulating cancer growth, chemotherapy, red blood cell deformation, etc.), and it takes a lot of fascinating math, computer science, physics, and biology. It's a lot of fun, it's rewarding, and it provides a great excuse to work with high-end computers and programming. ;)
There are a lot of programmers out there. There are a good number of scientists. But there aren't quite so many who can do both well. -- Paul
I'm sorry for the redundancy, folks. The prior post hadn't been modded up to make it through my filter when I started composing my post, and I wanted to be careful to do fact checking and proofreading before clicking on the final "submit", just as any other good /.er would do. -- Paul
"Mysterious Force Effects Pioneer 10 & 11 Probes"
is wrong. One can "effect" a change, but in this case, the appropriate verb here is "affect" (to influence), rather than "effect" (to cause to come into being; bring about often by surmounting obstacles; accomplish). -- Paul
You compete with thousands of other "nerds", who compete to have the "first post". Other, highly valued nerds, called "moderators", skew the viewing of these saids "posts" with "mod points".
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That's a very interesting cite.
So, in many ways, the question boils down to just what sufficient consideration is.
Well, according to this reference, consideration means "compensation paid, or inconvenience suffered by, the party for whom it proceeds, or the reason for which one enters into a contract."
I suppose, then, that it means that the agreement must have provided this sufficient compensation so as to be worth his agreeing to it. But we'd have to look to specific case law to determine whether or not he has received sufficient consideration in this case.
Of course, IANAL, so help is always appreciated. -- Paul
I use a Uniden 2.4 GHz phone in the same apartment as with a D-Link 802.11b AP (model DI-614+) and adapters (airlink plus, so it goes at 22 mbps, rather than 11 mbps). I haven't had a problem with wireless performance, even with the transmission strength turned down to 12.5%. (to reduce the strength of the transmissions leaving my apartment)
However, I have noticed a pulsating clicking sound on the phones caused by the wireless network. Usually, changing the channel on the phone helps with it.
Now, do keep in mind that the 802.11g units will be much more sensitive than the 802.11b units. -- Paul
It would be a great way to hook them on the Disney franchise at a very early age or accelerate the process ...
...
This may not differ too much from other operations where the hardware isn't sold to make a profit, but rather to strengthen the brand and bring more people in. That it's marketed towards children is a little spooky, but then again, it's Disney