>> In short, Telus sucks, but because it has a monopoly on basic phone service, the consumer is left with no choice.
Fortunately where I live, I don't need to use them for anything. I do have a telus phone laying around somewhere, but haven't used it in years. It'll be a cold day in hell before I give them another cent of my money. I'm using a different carrier for cell now and have zero complaints.
>> even their revenue sources (aka the customer) take a distant second place.
Eventually the marketplace sorts this sort of shit out.
>> The thing that I can't figure out is who goes to a contentless site and starts click the ads? I very rarely click ads anyway, but to do it from a crap site just seems really dumb.
That one's easy;
1. The scammer builds a web page using "blackhat" SEO tricks to make it seem like good, ontopic content.
2. The page shows up high in search results and many click onto it.
3. once they get there and see it's shit, they look for a way out fast, often choosing one of the advert links rather than the "back" button.
4. profit.
As long as it pays, these losers will keep doing it...
>> but a typical healthplan for my professional friends costs $10,000-12,000
According to my company, the non-cash benefits I receive cost them (and our customers ultimately) more than half my cash salary in addition (I do have an excellent benefit package though)
>> And Japan has alot of socialized services, such as National Health Care. As a result, the Japanese corporations are able to remain much, much more competitive
having company-run unions help the japanese corps *just* a little bit there too.
>> 1.) Faster HD access (the real limiting factor in PC computing these days)
I'd _really_ like to see solid state drives come down in price and go up in size. The current choices are really cool, but not quite ready for prime time....
>> Gas will never hit $10 per gallon, because even without subsidies biofuels cost less than that to produce.
Burning vegetable oil in our cars and trucks has been suggested since the creation of deisel engines.
The tech to do it is here and it works. Check this link out greasecar There is plenty more on the web about this, but the greasecar link is the only one I have in memory - google biodeisel for similar stuff
I expect if vegetable based fuels were created & refined on a decent scale, the price would be in the ballpark _now_. More likely that I'll see my tax dollars wasted on recovery of oil from marginal sources, like shale and tar sands..
>> Opera using it's own UAS (~Opera/8.01 (Windows NT 5.0; U; en)) usually has no trouble displaying anything
Some banks, etc deny me access till I come back with an "approved" UA string. I don't understand why web developers look at http_user_agent for anything except statistics. It's too unreliable to use on host specific basis.
for one, everyone and their dog can fake HTTP_USER_AGENT. Opera and Konqueror have got spoofing built in and changing your UA string in Firefox is trivial.
For two, sniffing HTTP_ACCEPT gives you the actual capabilities of the browser - or at least the ones advertised. http_accept typically doesn't get faked. Even if I change the UA to Lynx or whatever, the HTTP_ACCEPT value is reported correctly.
I've got some info on spoofing http_user_agent here. The main site has more on http_accept, etc. and a cgi script to view values from your request header. Check it out.
I think the OP is referring to the supposed tendency for older M16 rounds, fired out of the slow twist barrels to destabilise on entry. The M16s did have a reputation for destabilising in the human body, causing worse wounds than expected (If the round tumbles on entry, it gives up more energy, therefore more wound damage)
If this reputation was deserved, I don't know, but the M16 did have the rate of twist in its' rifling increased years ago. The rounds were also re-engineered to work in the fast twist barrels.. The new rounds are more stable with better accuracy/penetration at long range.
There are probably specifics on this kicking around if anyone wants to google for it..
>> I've always heard people utter this bullshit, but I've never seen it experienced. I've never had a problem installing XP and having it do its update thing and being infected in between.
I have never believed this either - 12 minute, 4 minutes, whatever. I think its a bogus number but, it just doesn't make sense to expose yourself to risk. Why not install anti-virus and firewall software from CD before connecting to get patches?
>> the article says the bandage chemically binds to the blood and skin. That must really be a B*t** to get off.
I had a semi-serious wound when I was a kid. They left the dressings on a *little* too long once and nice new pink flesh grew through and around the gauze in the first layer of the dressings. Getting the gauze out of my flesh was pretty painful.
If this "bonds" to flesh the same way, you won't like the removal process too much.
>> Keep in mind that the United States and European armies are the only military forces that don't use disposable regiments
I don't think that's right. The IDF (Israeli Defense Force) puts a big premium on survival of individual soldiers.
Also, I don't think it's a difference in ideology so much as 1st world vs 3rd world realities. Medical treatment for basic needs is pretty lacking in many parts of the world, forget staff trained to handle battle wounds...
>> The point is that good admins won't get slashdotted in the first place.
Unless your boss says, run this site for us. Don't spend more than X.
That's real world. most web sites are a balance between acceptable performance and cost.
If you're on a budget, and your site gets slashdotted all you can do is serve up a page saying "Sorry, were screwed". (or mebbe change your DNS settings to point at someone you really hate)
FWIW I see opera user agent strings regularly in my site logs.
I'd guess I have about as many users reporting Netscape 4 as all Opera versions combined, so they're there, but just barely. Google-bot and MSN-bot hit me more often than Opera.
Perhaps if they keep adding features like this, I'll see the numbers go up.
If there were a pressing need to store data physically on something the size of my thumbnail, why not store it on - something the size of my thumbnail? I mean you could burn it on the back of a watch, or jewellry. You could even set it up so the surface you're writing to is better protected than my thumbnail and easily replaceable.
Just because we can do something doesn't make it a good idea. I'll keep my usb thumb drive, thanks.
I'm no hippy buddy, but I certainly consider things like human rights and enviromental records when buying things. It's part of the total cost of producing an item and we all pay it one way or another.
>> Otherwise you're just fucking up the system
any business model that doesn't consider environmental sustainability or basic human rights is "fucking up the system". Sure you can cut corners to save money, but it's frequently at the cost of things you just can't buy back.
I take that to mean you'd be able to mash the gas and accelerate in case of an emergency. IE the human inputs would over-ride the GPS inputs. I still think the idea blows, nearly as hard as photo radar blows, but it hopefully shouldn't get anyone killed...
>> France trying to sue Yahoo for selling stuff that's illegal in France
I don't know the specifics, but I suspect Yahoo has operations in France. If the French law couldn't lay a sanction against some entity within their jurisdiction, I don't know what else would force yahoo to change their ".fr" content.
>> seem to be enforceable for foreign companies due to their specifically attempting to do business in the US.
I still think they can only enforce against companies having operations or employees physically in the country. Like nearly everyone else here IANAL. Would anyone who who actually knows the law like to jump in and enlighten us?
>> you have more of an obligation to follow the rules
Semantics on my part perhaps, but I think the onus still lies with the entity actually having a presence in the US to keep square with their own laws. Understandably, this will force entities in other jurisdictions to toe the line, or lose $$$.
questionless devotion, yes. That is bad, but I would hope everyone does question. There are many seemingly foolish acts of devotion that harm no one. Sikhs don't cut their hair. Orthodox Jews might not "mar the corners" of their beard. Amish might avoid zippers. None of it harms anyone else, and if it makes them feel closer to their deity or more observant, there is no harm.
It doesn't deserve anyone's mockery.
>> Show me an religion that says all religions are equal.
>> If you do business in the US then you are obliged to abide by US law. Since they are selling advertising to US companies, they are doing business in the US.
I can hear the phishers and scammers laughing at you all over the world.
"If you want to do business in USA abide by US law"? Give me a break.
How bout the sites offering pointers to Bit torrents? They serve US consumers and are clearly outside the USA. I don't see "Team America, World Police" coming for them anytime soon... The entertainment industry might lobby for new laws in their own jurisdictions but they or any other entity hardly need to obey the laws of a foreign state.
Slashdot Mirror
>> In short, Telus sucks, but because it has a monopoly on basic phone service, the consumer is left with no choice.
Fortunately where I live, I don't need to use them for anything. I do have a telus phone laying around somewhere, but haven't used it in years. It'll be a cold day in hell before I give them another cent of my money. I'm using a different carrier for cell now and have zero complaints.
>> even their revenue sources (aka the customer) take a distant second place.
Eventually the marketplace sorts this sort of shit out.
>> watch porn using my web browser
You can do that?!?
This could change the whole rating of the internet to AO, better keep it quiet.
>> The thing that I can't figure out is who goes to a contentless site and starts click the ads? I very rarely click ads anyway, but to do it from a crap site just seems really dumb.
That one's easy;
1. The scammer builds a web page using "blackhat" SEO tricks to make it seem like good, ontopic content.
2. The page shows up high in search results and many click onto it.
3. once they get there and see it's shit, they look for a way out fast, often choosing one of the advert links rather than the "back" button.
4. profit.
As long as it pays, these losers will keep doing it...
>> but a typical healthplan for my professional friends costs $10,000-12,000
According to my company, the non-cash benefits I receive cost them (and our customers ultimately) more than half my cash salary in addition (I do have an excellent benefit package though)
>> And Japan has alot of socialized services, such as National Health Care. As a result, the Japanese corporations are able to remain much, much more competitive
having company-run unions help the japanese corps *just* a little bit there too.
Wow, Thank you for that link. The size is still a bit small (4GB) but the price is a lot better.
>> 1.) Faster HD access (the real limiting factor in PC computing these days)
I'd _really_ like to see solid state drives come down in price and go up in size. The current choices are really cool, but not quite ready for prime time....
>> Gas will never hit $10 per gallon, because even without subsidies biofuels cost less than that to produce.
Burning vegetable oil in our cars and trucks has been suggested since the creation of deisel engines.
The tech to do it is here and it works. Check this link out greasecar There is plenty more on the web about this, but the greasecar link is the only one I have in memory - google biodeisel for similar stuff
I expect if vegetable based fuels were created & refined on a decent scale, the price would be in the ballpark _now_. More likely that I'll see my tax dollars wasted on recovery of oil from marginal sources, like shale and tar sands..
>> Opera using it's own UAS (~Opera/8.01 (Windows NT 5.0; U; en)) usually has no trouble displaying anything
Some banks, etc deny me access till I come back with an "approved" UA string. I don't understand why web developers look at http_user_agent for anything except statistics. It's too unreliable to use on host specific basis.
for one, everyone and their dog can fake HTTP_USER_AGENT. Opera and Konqueror have got spoofing built in and changing your UA string in Firefox is trivial.
For two, sniffing HTTP_ACCEPT gives you the actual capabilities of the browser - or at least the ones advertised. http_accept typically doesn't get faked. Even if I change the UA to Lynx or whatever, the HTTP_ACCEPT value is reported correctly.
I've got some info on spoofing http_user_agent here. The main site has more on http_accept, etc. and a cgi script to view values from your request header. Check it out.
>> or mystically wound the enemy using voodoo.
I think the OP is referring to the supposed tendency for older M16 rounds, fired out of the slow twist barrels to destabilise on entry. The M16s did have a reputation for destabilising in the human body, causing worse wounds than expected (If the round tumbles on entry, it gives up more energy, therefore more wound damage)
If this reputation was deserved, I don't know, but the M16 did have the rate of twist in its' rifling increased years ago. The rounds were also re-engineered to work in the fast twist barrels.. The new rounds are more stable with better accuracy/penetration at long range.
There are probably specifics on this kicking around if anyone wants to google for it..
>> I've always heard people utter this bullshit, but I've never seen it experienced. I've never had a problem installing XP and having it do its update thing and being infected in between.
I have never believed this either - 12 minute, 4 minutes, whatever. I think its a bogus number but, it just doesn't make sense to expose yourself to risk. Why not install anti-virus and firewall software from CD before connecting to get patches?
>> the article says the bandage chemically binds to the blood and skin. That must really be a B*t** to get off.
I had a semi-serious wound when I was a kid. They left the dressings on a *little* too long once and nice new pink flesh grew through and around the gauze in the first layer of the dressings. Getting the gauze out of my flesh was pretty painful.
If this "bonds" to flesh the same way, you won't like the removal process too much.
>> Keep in mind that the United States and European armies are the only military forces that don't use disposable regiments
I don't think that's right. The IDF (Israeli Defense Force) puts a big premium on survival of individual soldiers.
Also, I don't think it's a difference in ideology so much as 1st world vs 3rd world realities. Medical treatment for basic needs is pretty lacking in many parts of the world, forget staff trained to handle battle wounds...
Guns, they got. Doctors, they don't.
>> No more downloading the internet for them.
No sh*t. They come by each of my sites every so often and scrape the whole thing.
How much frigging disk space does it take to do full backups of the internet?
>> The point is that good admins won't get slashdotted in the first place.
Unless your boss says, run this site for us. Don't spend more than X.
That's real world. most web sites are a balance between acceptable performance and cost.
If you're on a budget, and your site gets slashdotted all you can do is serve up a page saying "Sorry, were screwed". (or mebbe change your DNS settings to point at someone you really hate)
>> sites... swamped... by... Opera users ???
FWIW I see opera user agent strings regularly in my site logs.
I'd guess I have about as many users reporting Netscape 4 as all Opera versions combined, so they're there, but just barely. Google-bot and MSN-bot hit me more often than Opera.
Perhaps if they keep adding features like this, I'll see the numbers go up.
>> You bite your fingernails?
Obviously, your data is screwed.
If there were a pressing need to store data physically on something the size of my thumbnail, why not store it on - something the size of my thumbnail? I mean you could burn it on the back of a watch, or jewellry. You could even set it up so the surface you're writing to is better protected than my thumbnail and easily replaceable.
Just because we can do something doesn't make it a good idea. I'll keep my usb thumb drive, thanks.
>> if the courts determine astrology is legally valid
;-)
I predict great disapointment in her future
> You're one of those hippies aint ya?
I'm no hippy buddy, but I certainly consider things like human rights and enviromental records when buying things. It's part of the total cost of producing an item and we all pay it one way or another.
>> Otherwise you're just fucking up the system
any business model that doesn't consider environmental sustainability or basic human rights is "fucking up the system". Sure you can cut corners to save money, but it's frequently at the cost of things you just can't buy back.
>> If programmers ran the world, the law would be clear, concise, and unambiguous
Just like Perl.
>> Talk about prior art. The word has existed since 1250.
Not sure why that got "Redundant". The link is relevant to the thread and provides information not present elswhere AFAIK.
Thanks for the link.
>> This idea sucks ass.
Gotta agree with you there. but from TFA:
"The system can be overridden to avoid a hazard."
I take that to mean you'd be able to mash the gas and accelerate in case of an emergency. IE the human inputs would over-ride the GPS inputs. I still think the idea blows, nearly as hard as photo radar blows, but it hopefully shouldn't get anyone killed...
>> France trying to sue Yahoo for selling stuff that's illegal in France
I don't know the specifics, but I suspect Yahoo has operations in France. If the French law couldn't lay a sanction against some entity within their jurisdiction, I don't know what else would force yahoo to change their ".fr" content.
>> seem to be enforceable for foreign companies due to their specifically attempting to do business in the US.
I still think they can only enforce against companies having operations or employees physically in the country. Like nearly everyone else here IANAL. Would anyone who who actually knows the law like to jump in and enlighten us?
>> you have more of an obligation to follow the rules
.sig BTW.
Semantics on my part perhaps, but I think the onus still lies with the entity actually having a presence in the US to keep square with their own laws. Understandably, this will force entities in other jurisdictions to toe the line, or lose $$$.
Love the
questionless devotion, yes. That is bad, but I would hope everyone does question. There are many seemingly foolish acts of devotion that harm no one. Sikhs don't cut their hair. Orthodox Jews might not "mar the corners" of their beard. Amish might avoid zippers. None of it harms anyone else, and if it makes them feel closer to their deity or more observant, there is no harm.
It doesn't deserve anyone's mockery.
>> Show me an religion that says all religions are equal.
Give Buddhism a whirl.
>> If you do business in the US then you are obliged to abide by US law. Since they are selling advertising to US companies, they are doing business in the US.
I can hear the phishers and scammers laughing at you all over the world.
"If you want to do business in USA abide by US law"? Give me a break.
How bout the sites offering pointers to Bit torrents? They serve US consumers and are clearly outside the USA. I don't see "Team America, World Police" coming for them anytime soon... The entertainment industry might lobby for new laws in their own jurisdictions but they or any other entity hardly need to obey the laws of a foreign state.