If you're paranoid about Man-In-The-Middle attacks or would just like to know whether your own corporation surveils your HTTPS browsing, you can use this checker: https://www.grc.com/fingerprints.htm to confirm whether your certificate fingerprints are the same.
I get regular pains from typing at work and sometimes the situation flares up for me when I'm typing more regularly. My symptoms are weak grip, dull wrist pain and when it gets worse, tingly fingers. Sometimes the problem was enough to cause worry.
Using a Powerball (the plastic versions) has really helped. So much, I'd say that it definitely cures it for me. I only have to use it a few consecutive days for about 5 minutes, doing about 5-9,000 on the little counter (just enough to warm the wrist muscles up), and that, is honestly enough for a few weeks. The benefits are felt almost immediately. I believe it helps with the blood flow to the fingers.
My recommendation to anyone with these symptoms is to get one!
Seriously, it has been by far the best purchase to date out of the money I've spent trying to cure my RSI.
It comes and goes for me, particularly bad when I'm not using my split keyboard for any long period of time. My wrists would feel tingly which became especially noticeable at night. I even bought an Evoluent vertical mouse and that made little to no difference.
People may frown at people like us on this forum and indeed I've known people with terrible setups to have no problems whatsoever, but some of us are just more prone to it than others. I type a lot at work and as a fast touch typist I generally type far more than my colleagues.
I got myself a Powerball and within just 2 days I noticed a big difference! I couldn't believe how effective it is. All it takes is a few minutes each day at 5000-7000 rpm, a few times a week to maintain the strength and now I never notice my wrists tingling even after a long day at work.
You're right. I learnt the other day that the Great Wall Of China - famed for the fact that you can see it from space - can't actually be seen! Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_great_wall_of_china#Visibility_from_space
I'm seriously doubting whether you can see this damn from space either!
But those are only half-lives! Our readers should be reminded that that's time for half of the material to decay and not 100% of the material. One or two of those half-lives are quite long also, so although it's only going to be a little radioactive, it is certainly not 100% stable.
Of course, whether that level of radiation is enough to cause problems in circuits, I'm not sure and I'm certainly no scientist.
You suspect humour? I suspect that Americans do not understand it at all! I was laughing all the way! But maybe that's because I'm British and I understand that this is really just a complete piss take on the rest of the world. If I had wanted to read a serious comparison, I would have read Wikipedia
1. Force Microsoft to uncouple IE with Windows, allowing the user to uninstall it.
2. Vendors like Dell are then free to sell an alternative browser if they wish.
Perhaps at first manufacturers will just stick with IE, but once they realise the potential of others (e.g. Firefox has more features, Safarai is faster on netbooks etc.), they'll sell machines with alternatives. Then it's all about market forces.
As one commenter on here put it, if you try and make people choose, then you are trying to force people to not be sheep! This will never work!
Why in hell should a person subject their identity and private information to the whim of the trolls on the Internet in any capacity, just to "prove" they aren't hiding something sinister? Try proving there WAS something sinister, I'll certainly take that complaint more credibly.
You've got the wrong end of the stick entirely. I wasn't suggesting that she reveal her identity. I was merely outlining an alternative truth. Personally, I can choose and decide for myself what to believe and I'm nothing like a "conspiracy nut" as you so delicately put it. The fact of the matter is Groklaw is quite an extensive source when it comes to the SCO case details. Perhaps it's just a blog, but some people might see it as more than that.
Let's suppose for a moment that she was/is under some kind of financial agreement with IBM, then that changes things entirely. I am by no means suggesting this is the case but regarding it as a possibility - especially given the bias in her posts.
Maybe my post was trolling, but it's something I have the right to do and you should not undermine. Something more constructive towards the debate would have been appreciated rather than contempt and mockery.
I'm sorry buddy, but it ain't a myth. What do you think runs the Windows shell? IE is explorer + html rendering engine.
Wrong. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_7#Features_and_changes. This seems to be a change in IE7, although I thought the entire process had been decoupled within IE6...
Anyhow, I'm referring to memory usage and as the graphs show, IE has no memory advantage over rival browsers.
With the M42 trial, they only opened the hard shoulder during peak times and then reduced the speed of all lanes down to 40MPH. So drivers should have enough time to react to any stopped cars in the hard shoulder. Also, the system is monitored closely with cameras so that if anything does happen, they can close that section of the hard shoulder and then emergency vehicles should gain access.
On my Ubuntu desktop, gnome-volume-manager takes care of everything. It calls gnome-mount to mount/unmount/eject by listening to D-BUS events from HAL. Also there's the basic 'eject' command if you're interested in something more manual.
On modern Linux distros like Ubuntu, inserting a CD-ROM will auto-mount and pressing the eject button will auto-unmount and eject which I think is similar to the Windows' behaviour you was describing.
I think you're the first person to ask that question here as everyone seems to think every non-commercial OSS project within the EU would be protected. You don't have to interoperate with Microsoft's technology to tread on their patents do you?
Not that software patents currently have any worth in the EU at the moment.
I'm using a Radeon Mobility 9200 with the "Radeon" driver and 3D acceleration does work reasonably well. So please stop spreading FUD.
In fact, I use Celestia which renders everything in 3D and have played UT2004 on this driver. It's more than adequate.
And as ideologically sound as it is to be using the "Radeon" driver, I'd rather get the extra performance by using the "fglrx" driver. Unfortunately for me, ATI decided to stop supporting my hardware which I bought in 2004. The "Radeon" driver continues to support my hardware so for some of us it's a blessing.
Glad to hear that the rendering will now get some hardware accerlation.
Does anyone know how faster this will be? Will it lead to smoother scrolling as on my Linux machine 'smooth scrolling' is very jerky - especially so with flash adverts.
I didn't mean to sound trollish at all in my comment.
Given the fact that human beings haven't stopped evolving, if we divide ourselves among two planets (let's say a terraformed Mars) and don't interbreed for a long period of time then surely speciation will eventually happen. After that, we'll be too different both culturally and physically and at least given human nature, we'll probably end up at war with them.
The way I see it there are three things we can do:
Accept the situation.
Genetically modify all humans with some roll in the dice and enforce our colonists to use the technology (there will always be 'savages' however).
What you (and many oither people) fail to realize is that if we had a permanent colony of people living on the moon (or any other planet for that matter) to carry on the human race in case of a wipeout on Earth it would fail because we're only human for as long as we're on Earth.
The moon's gravity is 1/3 that of Earth's, so any human beings that reproduce and stay there for some number of generations will grow to be much taller and thinner. They're muscle structure might change a lot and by the end of the human race on Earth, they'll be completely alien.
In my opinion this was the glaring point to be made from the article and the author clearly doesn't show a full understanding of user access control. It must be part of the Windows' user mentality to assume that any security restrictions must be there for inexperienced users. It looks like it's going to take some considerable education to revert their attitudes.
Unlike you, all my music is pirated on my iPod. Even the artists I most respect are pirated and I don't have engrained in me the consumerism that seems to be part of most Americans (I'm British). I don't have any friends or family who legititmately buy music online and most will pirate music quite happily.
Now that I've said that, having a pirate tax on blank CDs and MP3 players may not be such a bad idea. Sure it may not be very fair in many cases, but it may present a shift where the RIAA tolerates electronic piracy more. And lets face it, they're going to have to do this sooner or later anyway.
It means the artists do get something from me - not much I grant you, but who says successful musicians should be multi-millionairs? Besides, it will mean the fat middle men will have to go on a diet.
Oracle is very complex. I've spent the last 3 years learning how to maintain and run an Oracle database, but there's so much to learn. I can't help but think that at some point in the future another fully featured database technology will make things easier and then economics will play it's part and Oracle will end up in second place.
Installing is a major pain. Cloning an entire Applications environment is an answer to this, but with Oracle's Rapid Clone it's still too manual. There are automated cloning solutions out there such as XClone
Can't wait until Firefox 3 when they start using Gecko 1.9 which renders pages using the Cairo graphics API. I hope it speeds up rendering significantly - even for those with poorer than average graphics chips.
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If you're paranoid about Man-In-The-Middle attacks or would just like to know whether your own corporation surveils your HTTPS browsing, you can use this checker: https://www.grc.com/fingerprints.htm to confirm whether your certificate fingerprints are the same.
I get regular pains from typing at work and sometimes the situation flares up for me when I'm typing more regularly. My symptoms are weak grip, dull wrist pain and when it gets worse, tingly fingers. Sometimes the problem was enough to cause worry. Using a Powerball (the plastic versions) has really helped. So much, I'd say that it definitely cures it for me. I only have to use it a few consecutive days for about 5 minutes, doing about 5-9,000 on the little counter (just enough to warm the wrist muscles up), and that, is honestly enough for a few weeks. The benefits are felt almost immediately. I believe it helps with the blood flow to the fingers. My recommendation to anyone with these symptoms is to get one!
Many thanks
It comes and goes for me, particularly bad when I'm not using my split keyboard for any long period of time. My wrists would feel tingly which became especially noticeable at night. I even bought an Evoluent vertical mouse and that made little to no difference.
People may frown at people like us on this forum and indeed I've known people with terrible setups to have no problems whatsoever, but some of us are just more prone to it than others. I type a lot at work and as a fast touch typist I generally type far more than my colleagues.
I got myself a Powerball and within just 2 days I noticed a big difference! I couldn't believe how effective it is. All it takes is a few minutes each day at 5000-7000 rpm, a few times a week to maintain the strength and now I never notice my wrists tingling even after a long day at work.
http://www.powerballs.com/
You're right. I learnt the other day that the Great Wall Of China - famed for the fact that you can see it from space - can't actually be seen! Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_great_wall_of_china#Visibility_from_space I'm seriously doubting whether you can see this damn from space either!
But those are only half-lives! Our readers should be reminded that that's time for half of the material to decay and not 100% of the material. One or two of those half-lives are quite long also, so although it's only going to be a little radioactive, it is certainly not 100% stable. Of course, whether that level of radiation is enough to cause problems in circuits, I'm not sure and I'm certainly no scientist.
You suspect humour? I suspect that Americans do not understand it at all! I was laughing all the way! But maybe that's because I'm British and I understand that this is really just a complete piss take on the rest of the world. If I had wanted to read a serious comparison, I would have read Wikipedia
2. Vendors like Dell are then free to sell an alternative browser if they wish.
Perhaps at first manufacturers will just stick with IE, but once they realise the potential of others (e.g. Firefox has more features, Safarai is faster on netbooks etc.), they'll sell machines with alternatives. Then it's all about market forces.
As one commenter on here put it, if you try and make people choose, then you are trying to force people to not be sheep! This will never work!
Why in hell should a person subject their identity and private information to the whim of the trolls on the Internet in any capacity, just to "prove" they aren't hiding something sinister? Try proving there WAS something sinister, I'll certainly take that complaint more credibly.
You've got the wrong end of the stick entirely. I wasn't suggesting that she reveal her identity. I was merely outlining an alternative truth. Personally, I can choose and decide for myself what to believe and I'm nothing like a "conspiracy nut" as you so delicately put it. The fact of the matter is Groklaw is quite an extensive source when it comes to the SCO case details. Perhaps it's just a blog, but some people might see it as more than that.
Let's suppose for a moment that she was/is under some kind of financial agreement with IBM, then that changes things entirely. I am by no means suggesting this is the case but regarding it as a possibility - especially given the bias in her posts.
Maybe my post was trolling, but it's something I have the right to do and you should not undermine. Something more constructive towards the debate would have been appreciated rather than contempt and mockery.
Doesn't this lend credit to the idea that perhaps PJ was hired solely to cover the SCO trial?
Was her mysterious identity ever uncovered?
That's a myth. IE6/7 has no more of an advantage over Firefox or any other web browser in terms of memory.
With the M42 trial, they only opened the hard shoulder during peak times and then reduced the speed of all lanes down to 40MPH. So drivers should have enough time to react to any stopped cars in the hard shoulder. Also, the system is monitored closely with cameras so that if anything does happen, they can close that section of the hard shoulder and then emergency vehicles should gain access.
On my Ubuntu desktop, gnome-volume-manager takes care of everything. It calls gnome-mount to mount/unmount/eject by listening to D-BUS events from HAL. Also there's the basic 'eject' command if you're interested in something more manual.
On modern Linux distros like Ubuntu, inserting a CD-ROM will auto-mount and pressing the eject button will auto-unmount and eject which I think is similar to the Windows' behaviour you was describing.
Not that software patents currently have any worth in the EU at the moment.
I'm using a Radeon Mobility 9200 with the "Radeon" driver and 3D acceleration does work reasonably well. So please stop spreading FUD. In fact, I use Celestia which renders everything in 3D and have played UT2004 on this driver. It's more than adequate.
And as ideologically sound as it is to be using the "Radeon" driver, I'd rather get the extra performance by using the "fglrx" driver. Unfortunately for me, ATI decided to stop supporting my hardware which I bought in 2004. The "Radeon" driver continues to support my hardware so for some of us it's a blessing.
Glad to hear that the rendering will now get some hardware accerlation. Does anyone know how faster this will be? Will it lead to smoother scrolling as on my Linux machine 'smooth scrolling' is very jerky - especially so with flash adverts.
Given the fact that human beings haven't stopped evolving, if we divide ourselves among two planets (let's say a terraformed Mars) and don't interbreed for a long period of time then surely speciation will eventually happen. After that, we'll be too different both culturally and physically and at least given human nature, we'll probably end up at war with them.
The way I see it there are three things we can do:
The moon's gravity is 1/3 that of Earth's, so any human beings that reproduce and stay there for some number of generations will grow to be much taller and thinner. They're muscle structure might change a lot and by the end of the human race on Earth, they'll be completely alien.
In my opinion this was the glaring point to be made from the article and the author clearly doesn't show a full understanding of user access control. It must be part of the Windows' user mentality to assume that any security restrictions must be there for inexperienced users. It looks like it's going to take some considerable education to revert their attitudes.
Now that I've said that, having a pirate tax on blank CDs and MP3 players may not be such a bad idea. Sure it may not be very fair in many cases, but it may present a shift where the RIAA tolerates electronic piracy more. And lets face it, they're going to have to do this sooner or later anyway. It means the artists do get something from me - not much I grant you, but who says successful musicians should be multi-millionairs? Besides, it will mean the fat middle men will have to go on a diet.
.. Like we're really that stupid to believe everything on Slashdot is a trap.
Oracle is very complex. I've spent the last 3 years learning how to maintain and run an Oracle database, but there's so much to learn. I can't help but think that at some point in the future another fully featured database technology will make things easier and then economics will play it's part and Oracle will end up in second place.
Installing is a major pain. Cloning an entire Applications environment is an answer to this, but with Oracle's Rapid Clone it's still too manual. There are automated cloning solutions out there such as XClone
Can't wait until Firefox 3 when they start using Gecko 1.9 which renders pages using the Cairo graphics API. I hope it speeds up rendering significantly - even for those with poorer than average graphics chips.