hmmm. this malware steals identity related data and reposts it to a Russian Server it was undetected for weeks by any of the "Big" anti-virus companies Even after detection it was misclassified for at least another 2 months Just keeping your anti-virus software up to date is simply not enough - maybe its time to set up a secure computing Boot CD to do any online financial transactions.
Seriously, I think that I'm going to set up as light of a boot image as I can on non-re-writeable media
To boot LINUX and support firefox, SSL, SSH, and little else.
I thought about using a bootable USB key, but that media is re-writeable.
Does this seem sufficiently paranoid, or are there further steps to take?
You're thinking of the earlier HF 1.3 liter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CRX
"The original 1.3 liter car and the later American-market CRX HF model could reliably achieve better than 50 mpg, more than a decade before gas-electric hybrids appeared on the market, and at no price premium over the base model; the 1.3 liter was rated at 52 mpg for CITY and 57mpg highway.[1] "
Gee, and it wasn't even a hybrid. Anemic as hell, though, with less than 70hp.
the 1988 SI was about 108 hp. Shit, this makes me want to go find an original HF and restore it, since I drive about 400 miles per week for work.
Prius Fuel cost @ 40mpg 2.75$ per gallon (2500 gallons) for 100,000 miles = $6,875
or 6.8 cents per mile
H2 Fuel cost at 13 mpg 2.75$ per gallon (23,076 gallons) for 300,000 miles (like it would actually get that high mpg with wear on the engine? hmmph) $63,461
or 21 cents per mile
whoops, what about oil changes, tires, wear and tear of other replacement parts?
Were these new cars? or did you get 75K out of a used honda after the prior owner abused it? And did you replace the timing belt at 60K like you're supposed to?
Did all of these cars suddenly die, or just had problems that weren't cost effective to fix.. like needing a rebuilt engine or transmission?
Everyone that I know who has owned Hondas have been able to make them last over 150k miles without much by way of repairs at all.
Do you or other drivers in your family ride the clutch much, or were they automatics by chance? I definitely agree that smaller cars with Automatic trans definitely have more problems.
My last Honda was a 1988 CRX Si, first car I ever bought brand new. It lasted me 13 years. I drove it hard but did all the scheduled maintenance, and it was still running strong when I sold it at 253000 miles. With the original clutch still in it, and not slipping.
repairs over that time were 2 A/C compressors and an ignition switch.
I ran through 5 sets of tires (Yokohamas are soft!) 3 sets of belts and 2 timing belts.
Oil was changed between every 3k and 4k miles.
I had to re-upholster the seat fronts from wear, and replace the windshield once.
Mostly wear, and cheaply fixed. all while getting 28mpg on regular unleaded.
I think it's a matter of expectations. If there is an expectation that you will be there at 8:00, be there at 8:00.
I'm lucky. I work in development. For now, anyway, I'm contract and my boss doesn't mind that on Mondays I show up around 9:30 AM. I drive 3 hours to get here, since I live out of town on weekends.
But guess what? I'm here till 10:00 at night. and I show up BEFORE anyone else the rest of the week, then leave early on Thursday. I get a lot done, but many of my "out of band hours" are only spent on MY projects, so I'm unavailable to mentor / help other team members.
And THAT is probably what will keep me fromgoing permanent here. The perception is created that I get my stuff done, but that's it. And for the most part, the perception is accurate, except for the times other team members stay late and come by my office looking for help, I gladly give it.
"Documented". Was she in a secure area and observed / supervised 24 hours a day?
As a recovering food-aholic myself (the scientific term is fatass) I can tell you that not only did I lie to other people about my intake, I managed to convince myself that I wasn't overeating as well.
I'm now consuming 1800-2000 calories a day and guess what? I'm losing 2 -2.5 lbs per week. But more importantly I've lost 2 inches on my waist in the last month.
"Restaining order"..?.. now that paints an ugly mental picture.
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......... no, seriously, help this guy out. I'm not about to recommend PERL or Java or SQL, even though that's really all I'm semi-literate in.
And out of those, only java might come close to the requirements. I'd like to know what you guys recommend as well
thanks for the links. downloading now.
At my present job, there are no *nix boxes and I was getting homesick.
Now I've got some shiny PERL for "Winders" to keep me warm.
I worked for VoiceStream & Powertel which were gobbled up by T-Mobile, supporting Engineering and operations.
Streaming Internet has always been a problem because of not only bandwidth saturation, but the number of communication channels available at each tower. Neither the Siemens or Ericcson base stations had adequte capacity during peak commute hours, and I saw extremely poor QoS on the I-10 corridor, especially around major metros. Despite this, it was always difficult for Engineering to get the budget increases needed to upgrade radios at the sites that were hammered. T-Mobile's masters were only interested.
I agree that if Telecomm stepped in, it's technically feasible to provide this as a premium service, but not for the prices that XM and Sirius are charging right now. Not even close.
I don't know the bit-rate for either service, but I'd guess that it's considerably higher than GPRS can offer.
I've actually had simultaneous subscriptions to both. Our boat had Sirius included. The content is ok, bu the hardware was retarded. The XM recievers my wife and I have in our cars were so much easier to use, so guess what? we pulled the Sirius and dropped in the XM, not because the stations were better, but the hardware was better.
As for Satellite being dead.... what the hell do you do when you want to hear new music in your car, boat or plane? There's rarely anything good on FM, and unless you are constantly in front of a computer, streaming internet radio isn't available.
I drive 180 miles each way to work out of town during the week on my current contract, and I listen to XM until a commercial comes on, then swithc to the cd player for a couple of tracks, and go back to XM. Or I station hop to skip the ads for "G*2myPC" and Quic**n loans.
Not to mention, What about the boaters? When I'm 60 miles south of Pensacola, FL)... I can't recieve any "local FM stations".. only the odd AM skip here and there.
Lastly, I _was_ looking forward to getting XM weather next season. I wonder if that will be offered?
I'll say this much: IF sXM makes me buy new recievers for their new service, I _WILL_ be outfitting our cars and the boat with all mp3 players, instead of dropping another 300 - 600$ on recievers and installation. Meh.
But do be completely forthright If/when the papers are served.
If they are ever served.
so, keep it to yourself. Otherwise, you will be seen as a liability walking in the door. Not the best first impression.
Unless you haven't told us the whole story.. like you are under non compete or you threatened them first (you didn't do that, did you?).
I'm going to side with the cynics here in saying assume you will be escorted to the door when you give notice. THis is not personal, it's simply standard procedure.
SO next new job, negotiate a two week start date, with a provision to start earlier if possible. You could get an extra check that month if you are lucky, or at least not miss mmore than one payday.
P.S. anyone planning on leaving a job should start a rainy day fund long before they get an offer. Like the day they make the decision to leave.
Folks, pay attention to the previous post. It is the absolute truth!!
Any of you out there who have employers who match 401k deposits, PLEASE make sure you are putting in the MAX so you can build up that 401K.
Around 2002 I actually had to use my "Phuc U Fund" - savings & 401K that covered two years of expenses. It gave me time to sort out my personal life & extend my Oracle training. I can't imagine what a mess my career would be now if I wasn't able to take time out and retrain on my own nickle.
I noticed that as we get older, we are less and less "hire-able" and there's always someone willing to do the job cheaper.
So here's my other bit of advice for the youngest of the slashdotters. If at all possible, buy a house Now, not later. It's one of the few things that will appreciate every year, with the exception of price-inflated waterfront condos.
My initial reaction was 550 Watts? "teh overkils!!"
However, my personal experience living in the hurricane Belt (Mobile, AL & Pascagoula, MS) has taught me:
1. resupply can take weeks, not days
2. even if its available, it may not be possible or realistic to get fuel.
So, a larger battery bank that could sustain say 3 days of low wattage power is not unrealistic. and 550W is going to be needed to recharge a decent size bank.
http://www.bigfrogmountain.com/powerconsumption.cf m to calulate your expected power consumption. Don't forget to add cell phone chargers, task lighting etc to the load.
One of the best texts I have read that you'll find relevant is actually inside of a marine electrical manual, aimed at sailors who spend days if not weeks without much by way of power generation other than the alternator on their auxiallry engine and / or solarpanels or a windmill type generator.
http://www.amazon.com/Boatowners-Mechanical-Electr ical-Manual-Calder/dp/0713672269/sr=8-1/qid=116845 1812/ref=sr_1_1/002-7781348-0185606?ie=UTF8&s=book s
It would be suicidal for Apple to permanently simlock the phone. They would be cutting themselves off from a big market. And what about other countries? The simlock probably won't be there. After all, simlocks were created in the first place because of carrier subsidies. My guess is that Apple is contractually limited to simlock to Cingular for the first year, and then it won't be an exclusive product. By that time, it will be a "well known secret" how to unlock them anyway.
So, Off I go to Cingular in a few months to buy their most expensive phone with their cheapest plan, eh?
I'm not sure I like all this progress. Hell, even podunk l'il Jackson MS is getting in on the act:
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/precrime_ eyeint.html#comments
kidding about Podunk. Jackson is the capital.
but seriously, in this case, Cops having the helicopter would be a clear violation of civil liberties, so they just hired it out to the OCP..er, a private firm.
I dunno about that theory, but as a serious offshore fisherman, I'm getting killed by fuel costs.
my boat has a couple of "efficient" yamaha 4 strokes, and I get 1.2 - 1.5 mpg. Lower if it's windy. I'm selling it this year.
These guys are on the right track with the sails. Maybe This is the solution: http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1147 9&page=9 "The relatively small size of our engines, and the improved drive and hull efficiencies, make for a fuel miserly vessel that attempts to break the vicious circle of needing more fuel to power the higher h.p. engines needed to carry more fuel. This speed/fuel dilemma is discussed in an article in MARLIN, Feb-Mar '93. A more recent issue of MARLIN, Jan '95, makes a "head to head comparison" between a traditional 50' sportfisher, "Kelsey Lee" and a 50' catamaran vessel,"Tara Vana" over an identical, non-stop, 900 mile course from Costa Rica to Mexico; 1800 gals of fuel verses 320 gals for the cat (under power for the entire trip). And Tara Vana was able to fish the entire trip, unimpeded by the extra fuel containers which filled up the cockpit of Kelsey Lee. On another occasion, a voyage of 3700 miles was accomplished with the consumption of only 195 gals of fuel! [ The savings in fuel cost alone could defray a substantial portion of the crew salaries of this vessel in charter]"
http://www.runningtideyachts.com/articles/TaraSoun dings.html
Don't apologize. This was a lousy article, about what could have been an interesting story. Just because one is writing about academia doen't mean it's necessary to sound like a tw*t.
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A rejected entry for their poetry page fad loving tween, no mental overhead please, die in a fire.
hmmm.
this malware steals identity related data and reposts it to a Russian Server
it was undetected for weeks by any of the "Big" anti-virus companies
Even after detection it was misclassified for at least another 2 months
Just keeping your anti-virus software up to date is simply not enough - maybe its time to set up a secure computing Boot CD to do any online financial transactions.
Seriously, I think that I'm going to set up as light of a boot image as I can on non-re-writeable media
To boot LINUX and support firefox, SSL, SSH, and little else.
I thought about using a bootable USB key, but that media is re-writeable.
Does this seem sufficiently paranoid, or are there further steps to take?
Any suggestions?
And we would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids and their dog!
You're thinking of the earlier HF 1.3 liter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CRX "The original 1.3 liter car and the later American-market CRX HF model could reliably achieve better than 50 mpg, more than a decade before gas-electric hybrids appeared on the market, and at no price premium over the base model; the 1.3 liter was rated at 52 mpg for CITY and 57mpg highway.[1] " Gee, and it wasn't even a hybrid. Anemic as hell, though, with less than 70hp. the 1988 SI was about 108 hp. Shit, this makes me want to go find an original HF and restore it, since I drive about 400 miles per week for work.
I agree. Are they including Fuel costs in this?
that much is not clear fta.
Prius Fuel cost @ 40mpg 2.75$ per gallon (2500 gallons) for 100,000 miles = $6,875
or 6.8 cents per mile
H2 Fuel cost at 13 mpg 2.75$ per gallon (23,076 gallons) for 300,000 miles (like it would actually get that high mpg with wear on the engine? hmmph) $63,461
or 21 cents per mile
whoops, what about oil changes, tires, wear and tear of other replacement parts?
this is ridiculous.
Were these new cars? or did you get 75K out of a used honda after the prior owner abused it? And did you replace the timing belt at 60K like you're supposed to?
.. like needing a rebuilt engine or transmission?
Did all of these cars suddenly die, or just had problems that weren't cost effective to fix
Everyone that I know who has owned Hondas have been able to make them last over 150k miles without much by way of repairs at all.
Do you or other drivers in your family ride the clutch much, or were they automatics by chance? I definitely agree that smaller cars with Automatic trans definitely have more problems.
My last Honda was a 1988 CRX Si, first car I ever bought brand new. It lasted me 13 years. I drove it hard but did all the scheduled maintenance, and it was still running strong when I sold it at 253000 miles. With the original clutch still in it, and not slipping.
repairs over that time were 2 A/C compressors and an ignition switch.
I ran through 5 sets of tires (Yokohamas are soft!) 3 sets of belts and 2 timing belts.
Oil was changed between every 3k and 4k miles.
I had to re-upholster the seat fronts from wear, and replace the windshield once.
Mostly wear, and cheaply fixed. all while getting 28mpg on regular unleaded.
http://www.theaircar.com/howitworks.html#
Now that I see this articulated connecting rod thingy, I can see how they get reasonable distance out of a tank of air.. more efficient engine!
I think it's a matter of expectations. If there is an expectation that you will be there at 8:00, be there at 8:00. I'm lucky. I work in development. For now, anyway, I'm contract and my boss doesn't mind that on Mondays I show up around 9:30 AM. I drive 3 hours to get here, since I live out of town on weekends. But guess what? I'm here till 10:00 at night. and I show up BEFORE anyone else the rest of the week, then leave early on Thursday. I get a lot done, but many of my "out of band hours" are only spent on MY projects, so I'm unavailable to mentor / help other team members. And THAT is probably what will keep me fromgoing permanent here. The perception is created that I get my stuff done, but that's it. And for the most part, the perception is accurate, except for the times other team members stay late and come by my office looking for help, I gladly give it.
"Documented". Was she in a secure area and observed / supervised 24 hours a day?
As a recovering food-aholic myself (the scientific term is fatass) I can tell you that not only did I lie to other people about my intake, I managed to convince myself that I wasn't overeating as well.I'm now consuming 1800-2000 calories a day and guess what? I'm losing 2 -2.5 lbs per week. But more importantly I've lost 2 inches on my waist in the last month.
Limited intake & excercise.
Like the shirt says "Science. It works, Bitches"
"Restaining order" ..? .. now that paints an ugly mental picture.
......... no, seriously, help this guy out. I'm not about to recommend PERL or Java or SQL, even though that's really all I'm semi-literate in. And out of those, only java might come close to the requirements. I'd like to know what you guys recommend as well
thanks for the links. downloading now. At my present job, there are no *nix boxes and I was getting homesick. Now I've got some shiny PERL for "Winders" to keep me warm.
I thought XM re-broadcast Clearchannel content? Where did you think all of those advertisements were coming from? http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2006/03/ 10/xm-the-sounds-of-salesmen.aspx
http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/xm-canada-dumps- clear-channel-content.html
And anyway, ClearChannel is dumping stations as well.
http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease .aspx?PressReleaseID=1825
"Clear Channel Announces Plan to Sell Radio Stations Outside the Top 100 Markets and Entire Television Station Group
SAN ANTONIO - November 16, 2006 - Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE:CCU) today announced plans to sell 448 of its 1,150 radio stations, all located outside the top 100 U.S. media markets, as well as the company's 42-station Television Group. Collectively, these properties contributed less than 10 percent of the company's revenues last year.
"
I worked for VoiceStream & Powertel which were gobbled up by T-Mobile, supporting Engineering and operations. Streaming Internet has always been a problem because of not only bandwidth saturation, but the number of communication channels available at each tower. Neither the Siemens or Ericcson base stations had adequte capacity during peak commute hours, and I saw extremely poor QoS on the I-10 corridor, especially around major metros. Despite this, it was always difficult for Engineering to get the budget increases needed to upgrade radios at the sites that were hammered. T-Mobile's masters were only interested. I agree that if Telecomm stepped in, it's technically feasible to provide this as a premium service, but not for the prices that XM and Sirius are charging right now. Not even close. I don't know the bit-rate for either service, but I'd guess that it's considerably higher than GPRS can offer.
I've actually had simultaneous subscriptions to both. Our boat had Sirius included. The content is ok, bu the hardware was retarded. The XM recievers my wife and I have in our cars were so much easier to use, so guess what? we pulled the Sirius and dropped in the XM, not because the stations were better, but the hardware was better. As for Satellite being dead.... what the hell do you do when you want to hear new music in your car, boat or plane? There's rarely anything good on FM, and unless you are constantly in front of a computer, streaming internet radio isn't available. I drive 180 miles each way to work out of town during the week on my current contract, and I listen to XM until a commercial comes on, then swithc to the cd player for a couple of tracks, and go back to XM. Or I station hop to skip the ads for "G*2myPC" and Quic**n loans. Not to mention, What about the boaters? When I'm 60 miles south of Pensacola, FL) ... I can't recieve any "local FM stations".. only the odd AM skip here and there.
Lastly, I _was_ looking forward to getting XM weather next season. I wonder if that will be offered?
I'll say this much: IF sXM makes me buy new recievers for their new service, I _WILL_ be outfitting our cars and the boat with all mp3 players, instead of dropping another 300 - 600$ on recievers and installation. Meh.
Dammit, You beat me to it. Seriously, though, I loved Toronto. If not for the cold, I'd live there!
But do be completely forthright If/when the papers are served. If they are ever served. so, keep it to yourself. Otherwise, you will be seen as a liability walking in the door. Not the best first impression. Unless you haven't told us the whole story .. like you are under non compete or you threatened them first (you didn't do that, did you?).
I'm going to side with the cynics here in saying assume you will be escorted to the door when you give notice. THis is not personal, it's simply standard procedure.
SO next new job, negotiate a two week start date, with a provision to start earlier if possible. You could get an extra check that month if you are lucky, or at least not miss mmore than one payday.
P.S. anyone planning on leaving a job should start a rainy day fund long before they get an offer. Like the day they make the decision to leave.
Another thought: I don't know how much of that control equipment is for voltage regulation of the panels or inverters to 120V .....
but if you are using inverters to power your networking equipment, consider replacing it with 12v equipment. You'll use far less power. But don't skimp, and make sure there is some kind of regulator circuit between your transceiver & the battery bank.
Here's a couple of relevant links:
http://www.dailywireless.org/2006/08/04/solar-roof net-wiki/
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesscommnet/ind ex.html?CMP=ILL-4GV796923290
Out of curiosity, can you provide us with more details on the quoted system as well as what you are providing power to?
more solar goodness here: http://www.dailywireless.org/2005/08/09/more-solar -wifi/
Folks, pay attention to the previous post. It is the absolute truth!! Any of you out there who have employers who match 401k deposits, PLEASE make sure you are putting in the MAX so you can build up that 401K. Around 2002 I actually had to use my "Phuc U Fund" - savings & 401K that covered two years of expenses. It gave me time to sort out my personal life & extend my Oracle training. I can't imagine what a mess my career would be now if I wasn't able to take time out and retrain on my own nickle. I noticed that as we get older, we are less and less "hire-able" and there's always someone willing to do the job cheaper. So here's my other bit of advice for the youngest of the slashdotters. If at all possible, buy a house Now, not later. It's one of the few things that will appreciate every year, with the exception of price-inflated waterfront condos.
My initial reaction was 550 Watts? "teh overkils!!" However, my personal experience living in the hurricane Belt (Mobile, AL & Pascagoula, MS) has taught me: 1. resupply can take weeks, not days 2. even if its available, it may not be possible or realistic to get fuel. So, a larger battery bank that could sustain say 3 days of low wattage power is not unrealistic. and 550W is going to be needed to recharge a decent size bank. http://www.bigfrogmountain.com/powerconsumption.cf m to calulate your expected power consumption. Don't forget to add cell phone chargers, task lighting etc to the load.
One of the best texts I have read that you'll find relevant is actually inside of a marine electrical manual, aimed at sailors who spend days if not weeks without much by way of power generation other than the alternator on their auxiallry engine and / or solarpanels or a windmill type generator.
http://www.amazon.com/Boatowners-Mechanical-Electr ical-Manual-Calder/dp/0713672269/sr=8-1/qid=116845 1812/ref=sr_1_1/002-7781348-0185606?ie=UTF8&s=book s
It would be suicidal for Apple to permanently simlock the phone. They would be cutting themselves off from a big market. And what about other countries? The simlock probably won't be there. After all, simlocks were created in the first place because of carrier subsidies. My guess is that Apple is contractually limited to simlock to Cingular for the first year, and then it won't be an exclusive product. By that time, it will be a "well known secret" how to unlock them anyway. So, Off I go to Cingular in a few months to buy their most expensive phone with their cheapest plan, eh?
I'm not sure I like all this progress. Hell, even podunk l'il Jackson MS is getting in on the act: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/precrime_ eyeint.html#comments
kidding about Podunk. Jackson is the capital.
but seriously, in this case, Cops having the helicopter would be a clear violation of civil liberties, so they just hired it out to the OCP..er, a private firm.
I dunno about that theory, but as a serious offshore fisherman, I'm getting killed by fuel costs. my boat has a couple of "efficient" yamaha 4 strokes, and I get 1.2 - 1.5 mpg. Lower if it's windy. I'm selling it this year. These guys are on the right track with the sails. Maybe This is the solution: http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1147 9&page=9 "The relatively small size of our engines, and the improved drive and hull efficiencies, make for a fuel miserly vessel that attempts to break the vicious circle of needing more fuel to power the higher h.p. engines needed to carry more fuel. This speed/fuel dilemma is discussed in an article in MARLIN, Feb-Mar '93. A more recent issue of MARLIN, Jan '95, makes a "head to head comparison" between a traditional 50' sportfisher, "Kelsey Lee" and a 50' catamaran vessel,"Tara Vana" over an identical, non-stop, 900 mile course from Costa Rica to Mexico; 1800 gals of fuel verses 320 gals for the cat (under power for the entire trip). And Tara Vana was able to fish the entire trip, unimpeded by the extra fuel containers which filled up the cockpit of Kelsey Lee. On another occasion, a voyage of 3700 miles was accomplished with the consumption of only 195 gals of fuel! [ The savings in fuel cost alone could defray a substantial portion of the crew salaries of this vessel in charter]"
http://www.runningtideyachts.com/articles/TaraSoun dings.html
Don't apologize. This was a lousy article, about what could have been an interesting story. Just because one is writing about academia doen't mean it's necessary to sound like a tw*t.