2. About how much money are we talking here?
Actor John Billingsley (Enterprise's Dr. Phlox) stated that the production of one Star Trek: Enterprise episode costs about $1.6m. For 22 episodes of a full season, this boils down to $35.2m
3. What guarantee do I have that the contribution is safe and legal? ....."All contributed money is used for sponsoring Enterprise; only transactional fees charged to us by payment systems and banks (set to a flat 5% because of the varying payment methods and individual fees) are deducted. Furthermore, all potential excess in fees will be donated to the American Tsunami Relief Fund. If no agreement can be made with Paramount, your contribution will be refunded to you."
They currently have a total of $3,070,745.00 US contributed to saving the show. I personally welcome the continuation of the show as I believe it is getting better. Originally when it aired I wasn't really that interested. Now I'm hooked on it.
I don't get UPN so I can't watch it so I have to go online and download the latest episode via Bittorrent. THAT is probably why their viewer ratings were so low. Checking the torrent tracker for this one episode totals 42,769.
If Paramount would release even a semi-high quality episode even with the commercials included I would rather do that to show my support. Hell, if they had a subscription not priced overly extremed I'd do it.
Online viewing is definalty growing more and more if they like it or not. Perhaps they'll learn from RIAA's mistakes and release an online "pay-per-download" setup. I'd join.
It's nice to see a Judge stand up for what he believes is the best for the people and what he believes is right without allowing the, I'm sure, intense pressure affect his decision. I wish more Judges had his perspective.
Just a little background about the Judge who told the FCC that they "crossed the line":
Chief Judge Harry Edwards
Born: New York, New York-November 3, 1940
His grandfather, a lawyer, had the most influence on him growing up and taught him several lessons for life. A speech by Marian Wright Edelman, as he describes, is fairly similar to his grandfather's lessons.
LESSON I: No person has a right to feel entitled to anything for which he has not worked. Frederick Douglass once said that "men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they get." Even the most talented among us must struggle to achieve. Probably the most important thing that my grandfather ever told me was that I should never have to rely on anyone else to assess my work. What he meant was that, if I kept my standards high enough, I always would be my own most severe critic, and I would never kid myself about the quality or significance of my work.
LESSON II: Never work just for money. In amplifying on this point, my mother used to tell me that money alone does not give satisfaction, nor does it prove personal worth. We see this every day, for we are the richest nation on earth, yet we have among the highest rates of incarceration, drug addiction, and child poverty in the world.
LESSON III: Do not be afraid of taking risks or of being criticized, especially in defense of goodness or in pursuit of justice. And, as my grandfather said, never be afraid of making mistakes; it is the way you learn to do things right. Dr. Benjamin Mays, the former President of Morehouse College, said it best: "It's not failure that is a sin, it's low aim."
LESSON IV: In a decent society, the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender. This moral precept was a principal teaching of Dr. Martin Luther King.
This is much more likely; or maybe it will just default to "Unknown #".>
Interesting enough when I call someone from Skype, be it to a landline or cell, my number shows up as 0000123456
Freaks a lot people out.
Skype should be offering "SkypeIn", or the association of a number with your account so land lines can call you, hopefully by winter.
CNN was talking about this last November.
But the fact that it is being brought up again shows that they are still trying to push it forward. I'm glad that they haven't made any real progress with it yet. Here is a list of government contacts in Oregon.
I'm not sure which one Oregon residents need to call to express their opinion though.
Thats very similar to what we do.
Plus, SET A BUDGET for the year.
Besides buying used equipment (refurbished, ebay, etc) sticking to a budget will actually give you an idea of where your money is going and what you can cut.
Our budget includes new IT equipment, software maintenance agreements, computer upgrades, education (limited tuition for degree or certification), and books.
If our engineering department wants a new pc they better have it in their budget. They're responsible for the new hire as well as his/her's equipment.
Was that using Standard Positioning Service (SPS) or Precise Positioning Service (PPS)?
The SPS is used by both military and civilian. Anyone who can purchase a $100 receiver can use it to detect their location within an accuracy of 100 meters (95 percent) horizontally and 156 meters (95 percent) vertically.
The PPS is used by the military and users authorized by the U.S. P(Y) code. Not anyone can use this one. It provides provides a predictable positioning accuracy of at least 22 meters (95 percent) horizontally and 27.7 meters vertically. Not to mention that most PPS GPS devices are hard to come by. PPS is typically used in military, aviation, and marine usage. The only way I can figure you got ~1mm accuracy is if you used a ground station as a known point of reference to correct the skew. Either that or your triangulation is wrong;) GPS also uses, I believe, up to twelve satellites at a time to improve accuracy. Very rarely do they only use three satellites to obtain its coordinates.
I've done that but with the computer off.
Had to switch the PSU from 230 to 115 for repair in my office. Took it back out to the 230 and forgot to switch it back.
*POP*
Didn't fry anything but the PSU which in itself proved to be difficult. It's hard to find a PSU that has a built in fan for the cpu with the same dimensions...Try $60 for a 130w : \
Thats NOT trolling.
He expressed his opinion. Maybe he really has no desire to migrate to Linux as Windows works fine for him. Why migrate to one OS when your comfortable with paying for another? Sure you get more support out of OSS then you do when you pay Microsoft, but some people have no need to migrate.
Just like some people have no need to migrate to Windows, OSX, *BSD, Solaris, etc, etc, etc.
Personally I use Linux from server applications to gaming. The only time I use Windows is when I want multi-task in a game (I have yet to figure out how to minimize America's Army in Linux) or if I want to use my computer as an alarm clock. Sure I could use cron to play a wav...but their is no snooze feature.
Isn't stenography just more "security through obscurity", like using an odd ip-port to hide a service?
No, it is not. You can put any data you want in there and then password protect it.
However, if the original image is obtainable then it is possible to compare the two to decipher the data. But then again, who says your hidden data can't be an encrypted, compressed file?
Slashdot Mirror
Highdef DVD quality with behind the scenes.
2. About how much money are we talking here?
Actor John Billingsley (Enterprise's Dr. Phlox) stated that the production of one Star Trek: Enterprise episode costs about $1.6m. For 22 episodes of a full season, this boils down to $35.2m
3. What guarantee do I have that the contribution is safe and legal?
....."All contributed money is used for sponsoring Enterprise; only transactional fees charged to us by payment systems and banks (set to a flat 5% because of the varying payment methods and individual fees) are deducted. Furthermore, all potential excess in fees will be donated to the American Tsunami Relief Fund. If no agreement can be made with Paramount, your contribution will be refunded to you."
They currently have a total of $3,070,745.00 US contributed to saving the show.
I personally welcome the continuation of the show as I believe it is getting better. Originally when it aired I wasn't really that interested. Now I'm hooked on it.
I don't get UPN so I can't watch it so I have to go online and download the latest episode via Bittorrent. THAT is probably why their viewer ratings were so low. Checking the torrent tracker for this one episode totals 42,769.
If Paramount would release even a semi-high quality episode even with the commercials included I would rather do that to show my support. Hell, if they had a subscription not priced overly extremed I'd do it.
Online viewing is definalty growing more and more if they like it or not. Perhaps they'll learn from RIAA's mistakes and release an online "pay-per-download" setup. I'd join.
Ha Ha
Windows 2000*
No, but Intel only companies like Dell will miss that potential market even more.
If you read their site it states that it can successfully boot into *nix, Windows 200, and *BSD. Support for XP in on the way.
Here is an example how Firefox 1.0.1 shows IDN names.*
Click the Fake and Real link to see the difference.
The Fake site will not work with Internet Exporer with the latest service pack.
*Requires Firefox 1.0.1
Just a little background about the Judge who told the FCC that they "crossed the line":
Chief Judge Harry Edwards
Born: New York, New York-November 3, 1940
His grandfather, a lawyer, had the most influence on him growing up and taught him several lessons for life. A speech by Marian Wright Edelman, as he describes, is fairly similar to his grandfather's lessons.
Pulled from here
This is much more likely; or maybe it will just default to "Unknown #".>
Interesting enough when I call someone from Skype, be it to a landline or cell, my number shows up as 0000123456
Freaks a lot people out. Skype should be offering "SkypeIn", or the association of a number with your account so land lines can call you, hopefully by winter.
CNN was talking about this last November.
But the fact that it is being brought up again shows that they are still trying to push it forward. I'm glad that they haven't made any real progress with it yet.
Here is a list of government contacts in Oregon.
I'm not sure which one Oregon residents need to call to express their opinion though.
No need to make the black box.
You can see the current data here
*UPDATED WITH CORRECT LINK*
No need to make the black box.
You can see the current data here
Thats very similar to what we do.
Plus, SET A BUDGET for the year.
Besides buying used equipment (refurbished, ebay, etc) sticking to a budget will actually give you an idea of where your money is going and what you can cut.
Our budget includes new IT equipment, software maintenance agreements, computer upgrades, education (limited tuition for degree or certification), and books.
If our engineering department wants a new pc they better have it in their budget. They're responsible for the new hire as well as his/her's equipment.
I'm still waiting for them to release BW2
It was an old, discontinued HP machine that was mounted in a rack. Buying a new case would also require modifiying the rack.
Was that using Standard Positioning Service (SPS) or Precise Positioning Service (PPS)? The SPS is used by both military and civilian. Anyone who can purchase a $100 receiver can use it to detect their location within an accuracy of 100 meters (95 percent) horizontally and 156 meters (95 percent) vertically.
;)
The PPS is used by the military and users authorized by the U.S. P(Y) code. Not anyone can use this one. It provides provides a predictable positioning accuracy of at least 22 meters (95 percent) horizontally and 27.7 meters vertically. Not to mention that most PPS GPS devices are hard to come by. PPS is typically used in military, aviation, and marine usage.
The only way I can figure you got ~1mm accuracy is if you used a ground station as a known point of reference to correct the skew. Either that or your triangulation is wrong
GPS also uses, I believe, up to twelve satellites at a time to improve accuracy. Very rarely do they only use three satellites to obtain its coordinates.
Link
I've done that but with the computer off. Had to switch the PSU from 230 to 115 for repair in my office. Took it back out to the 230 and forgot to switch it back.
*POP*
Didn't fry anything but the PSU which in itself proved to be difficult. It's hard to find a PSU that has a built in fan for the cpu with the same dimensions...Try $60 for a 130w : \
Yes, 4.1.
I only have 4 speakers and a sub. No center speaker.
Thanks. That is exactly what I was looking for.
I use KDE.
Unfortunatly my game captures all keys, including ctrl+F2
Thats NOT trolling.
He expressed his opinion. Maybe he really has no desire to migrate to Linux as Windows works fine for him. Why migrate to one OS when your comfortable with paying for another? Sure you get more support out of OSS then you do when you pay Microsoft, but some people have no need to migrate.
Just like some people have no need to migrate to Windows, OSX, *BSD, Solaris, etc, etc, etc.
Personally I use Linux from server applications to gaming. The only time I use Windows is when I want multi-task in a game (I have yet to figure out how to minimize America's Army in Linux) or if I want to use my computer as an alarm clock. Sure I could use cron to play a wav...but their is no snooze feature.
Isn't stenography just more "security through obscurity", like using an odd ip-port to hide a service?
No, it is not. You can put any data you want in there and then password protect it.
However, if the original image is obtainable then it is possible to compare the two to decipher the data.
But then again, who says your hidden data can't be an encrypted, compressed file?
I'm using the SB Live card with ALSA and have working 4.1 surround sound.
Seventh law of software is to put it on a server that can withstand /.
And when will the suing start?
My mistake. However, after reading through the sites page I fill that SUS would be a better choice.
Just untill they release WUS