I was a terrorist in my youth. I'd blow up army men with firecrackers, filled tennis balls with gasoline, even constructed solid fuel rockets with an explosive payload. Of course terrorism was a lot more popular in the 70s than it is now.
I've been using this exact solution for about a year now. It's standard "high spamblock" from earthlink.
For all the bozos who replied saying it'll never work, it works great. I have zero spam, month after month. Only once (out of tens of thousands) has a spammer done the CAPTCHA to request that I allow the email, and that was from an online pharmacy that I'd bought something from.
The only drawback is that some people get confused by the autoresponse and wind up calling me to see what's going on. If I'm bored, I'll check my blocked messages to see if there are any legitimate messages, and to keep an eye on what kinds of spam subject lines are fashionable.
SRAM is faster than DRAM and is used where speed is the prime requirement such as in CPU caches and router buffers. It is also used for external caches, DRAM burst circuits and in its dual-ported form for digital signal processing circuits. Modern FPGAs contain significant amounts of embedded SRAM.
Slow, low-capacity SRAMs are used where low power consumption and low cost are the most important requirements, as in battery-powered backup RAM. SRAM is less dense than DRAM, due to a more complex internal structure, it is therefore not suitable for high-capacity, low-cost applications such as PC memory.
The power consumption of SRAM varies widely depending on clock speed. Fast SRAM is much more power-hungry than DRAM, and some ICs can consume many watts at full speed. Slow SRAM, such as the battery-powered "CMOS" RAM on PC motherboards, can have a very low power consumption, in the region of a microwatt when sitting idle.
Hobbyists have often preferred using SRAM instead of DRAM, due to the ease of interfacing. SRAM is significantly easier to work with and faster to implement than DRAM. There are no refresh cycles, as required with DRAM. The address and data buses are usually fully accessible, rather than multiplexed. SRAM circuits usually require only power, ground, address/data, and three controls: Chip enable (CE), Write enable (WE) and Output enable (OE).
Small SRAM buffers are commonly found in hard disk, CDROM and CDRW drives, even in mini disc recorders. Usually 64 to 256 kbyte (and more), they buffer track data, which is transferred in chunks instead of direct byte writes. SRAM is both fast to access, and easy to control by a microprocessor (CPU).
Not that I agree with the policy, but many people busted for child molestation never fucked anyone underage. They just chatted dirty with an FBI agent pretending to be 16. They just busted a dozen people in a mass sting locally for doing exactly what Foley did. Those poor bastards are going to do very hard time and have a crippling lifetime sex offender status.
In any case, my problem with Foley is that he was a hypocrite. My problem with Republicans is that they fixate on sex scandals then bitch when a Republican gets caught. Republicans are the ones who kept screaming about Lewinsky. I'd have more sympathy for a politician's personal life if they'd not made such a big deal about it. It's too late to say "so-and-so was just as bad" or "nobody got hurt" or "why the fixation on personal life"
That's why I'd prefer links to manufacturer pages. Anyone in the world can look at that and see what is being discussed. I didn't know if the OP was talking about UK devices specifically or if a poorly-formed google search just happened to return those at the top. One sponsored link (at the very top) was for a US device that does analog & digital, so there was some confusion.
I have a USB TV capture device that I'm somewhat happy with, but I don't know from your link what you're looking for. Maybe it's like mine, maybe not, there's no way to tell.
Many times a google link will have complete trash for the top several slots. A info-free "buy now" link, an expired blog link, and so forth. In any case, the top several links weren't useful to the majority of slashdot, and didn't seem very useful to UK readers either.
I'd have put a few links to manufacturer specs or something. Google links are best used to slap down someone who apparently doesn't know about google.
The first 4 links in your google link were UK links, so I stopped looking. This seems to happen a lot - I'll check somebody's google link and wade through a bunch of crap, sometimes giving up. I tend to not click on google links much anymore. Either form a good query or find a useful link.
Not that I have a problem with the UK, but tv devices for the UK are useless to me.
You're looking for a compressor/limiter. I have one connected to my audio out for exactly this purpose. With the settings I use, a bit of compression is applied with a strict limit. This way, a sudden explosion or scream won't bug the neighbors even with the volume high enough to hear whispered dialogue.
I use an actual rack-mounted compressor, but there are numerous software ones too.
If you set compression too aggressively, you'll notice "pumping" - such as when there is steady-level background with an intermittent loud noise. The background will get louder, then fade immediately after a loud noise, then get louder.
I don't think I'm lying or ignorant. Aviation technology went through a huge leap during WWI and WWII due to government investment. Radar was invented with federal research. Heck, the internet we're having this discussion on was developed by federal research. I just wanted to point out that the private sector didn't give us modern jets. In order to get huge investments such as this, you can try using patents if return on investment is likely and large or you can use federal grants. I doubt we'd have landed on the moon or developed the bomb without grants.
I'd like to see any login or cc info be encrypted. For most types of websites, that's all that is necessary. One of my banks encrypts everything after you log in. That's OK I guess, but it doesn't display anything sensitive (last 4 digits of account number, etc.) and it is very slow. I wouldn't feel too much risk having my balance info and ATM activity compromised.
Most webmail servers I use offer SSL login screens these days. None of them encrypt my whole session, which is fine with me.
Don't post if all you can do is a half-assed grammar complaint. You'll usually get modded down if you don't contribute something to the discussion. You'll get modded down less if you wait for something more compelling than an offtopic complaint.
SSL adds a lot of overhead. You can serve 10 plain pages or more for every 1 encrypted page. Plus, it's pretty stupid to encrypt myspace browsing or slashdot or whatever the kids do these days. You can't throw server hardware at it either. The performance degradation is on both client and server, and is pretty severe.
When I'm considering two systems with the same specs and warranty, I'll usually choose the cheaper one. I've had "quality" brands die young and a Packard Bell that is still running. If a maker has consistent quality problems I'll stop considering them, but components vary so greatly even within the same model it is foolish to think you're getting guaranteed quality with a certain brand.
There are a couple of areas I won't risk low quality: memory and optical media. It's all made in China, often the same factory, but the ones that test poorly often end up as no-name bargains.
Seriously, how big a threat are Boy Scouts to the content cartels? If they get the boy scouts on their side, who next? 80-year old fundamentalist grandmothers?
They need to start something that'll get the cool kids. Like an anti-piracy gang. Complete with drugrunning and cap-bustin.
I've installed about a dozen HP desktop PCs in the past 3 years, and probably 30 Dells, as well as 20 HP servers. Problems have been few with both manufacturers. I don't really put much faith in brand x = quality value y. It's all made in China. Both have been pretty good about ease of getting inside the box and getting to slots, drives, etc. That used to drive me crazy about OEM machines. Compaq was the absolute worst.
I'd say HP machines have given me less problems, but not a lot less. Support is abysmal for both companies, but I've become adept at webchatting my way to success without becoming angry or insulting. Either of those will ruin my day and decrease my chance of support giving me what I need.
I like HP as a company, just because it was started by engineers and I loved my hp11c in high school. I'm not very loyal, though. I'll buy whatever the company I'm doing work for buys without complaint. For personal use or friends, I buy on price.
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heh, haven't seen a zombo link in a while. I prefer obmoz, myself. [checks to see if it still works] It does.
I was a terrorist in my youth. I'd blow up army men with firecrackers, filled tennis balls with gasoline, even constructed solid fuel rockets with an explosive payload. Of course terrorism was a lot more popular in the 70s than it is now.
I've been using this exact solution for about a year now. It's standard "high spamblock" from earthlink.
For all the bozos who replied saying it'll never work, it works great. I have zero spam, month after month. Only once (out of tens of thousands) has a spammer done the CAPTCHA to request that I allow the email, and that was from an online pharmacy that I'd bought something from.
The only drawback is that some people get confused by the autoresponse and wind up calling me to see what's going on. If I'm bored, I'll check my blocked messages to see if there are any legitimate messages, and to keep an eye on what kinds of spam subject lines are fashionable.
Those fireants in that storm drain when I was 8 must have not been very evolved then. They found my poor hide quite interesting.
From wikipedia:
Not that I agree with the policy, but many people busted for child molestation never fucked anyone underage. They just chatted dirty with an FBI agent pretending to be 16. They just busted a dozen people in a mass sting locally for doing exactly what Foley did. Those poor bastards are going to do very hard time and have a crippling lifetime sex offender status.
In any case, my problem with Foley is that he was a hypocrite. My problem with Republicans is that they fixate on sex scandals then bitch when a Republican gets caught. Republicans are the ones who kept screaming about Lewinsky. I'd have more sympathy for a politician's personal life if they'd not made such a big deal about it. It's too late to say "so-and-so was just as bad" or "nobody got hurt" or "why the fixation on personal life"
That's why I'd prefer links to manufacturer pages. Anyone in the world can look at that and see what is being discussed. I didn't know if the OP was talking about UK devices specifically or if a poorly-formed google search just happened to return those at the top. One sponsored link (at the very top) was for a US device that does analog & digital, so there was some confusion.
I have a USB TV capture device that I'm somewhat happy with, but I don't know from your link what you're looking for. Maybe it's like mine, maybe not, there's no way to tell.
Slashdot is a US site, but that isn't the point.
Many times a google link will have complete trash for the top several slots. A info-free "buy now" link, an expired blog link, and so forth. In any case, the top several links weren't useful to the majority of slashdot, and didn't seem very useful to UK readers either.
I'd have put a few links to manufacturer specs or something. Google links are best used to slap down someone who apparently doesn't know about google.
The first 4 links in your google link were UK links, so I stopped looking. This seems to happen a lot - I'll check somebody's google link and wade through a bunch of crap, sometimes giving up. I tend to not click on google links much anymore. Either form a good query or find a useful link.
Not that I have a problem with the UK, but tv devices for the UK are useless to me.
Well, Creative Zen's firmware patch disabled recording FM radio, so I can see epp_b's point. Here is a link.
Hm, I didn't think of that. I've always got internet, and I can't even imagine limiting myself to local FM radio.
What's wrong with streamripper?
Most copyright law is civil law. Google for "US copyright violation civil criminal" or such for info. here are some common copyright misconceptions.
The plaintiffs prefer civil law because the burden of proof is much lower.
Studds fucked a page of the legal age of consent. That doesn't make him a pedophile.
You're looking for a compressor/limiter. I have one connected to my audio out for exactly this purpose. With the settings I use, a bit of compression is applied with a strict limit. This way, a sudden explosion or scream won't bug the neighbors even with the volume high enough to hear whispered dialogue.
I use an actual rack-mounted compressor, but there are numerous software ones too.
If you set compression too aggressively, you'll notice "pumping" - such as when there is steady-level background with an intermittent loud noise. The background will get louder, then fade immediately after a loud noise, then get louder.
I don't think I'm lying or ignorant. Aviation technology went through a huge leap during WWI and WWII due to government investment. Radar was invented with federal research. Heck, the internet we're having this discussion on was developed by federal research. I just wanted to point out that the private sector didn't give us modern jets. In order to get huge investments such as this, you can try using patents if return on investment is likely and large or you can use federal grants. I doubt we'd have landed on the moon or developed the bomb without grants.
The Wright bros. plane was a piece of shit. Planes didn't become viable until federal funds were supplied.
I'd like to see any login or cc info be encrypted. For most types of websites, that's all that is necessary. One of my banks encrypts everything after you log in. That's OK I guess, but it doesn't display anything sensitive (last 4 digits of account number, etc.) and it is very slow. I wouldn't feel too much risk having my balance info and ATM activity compromised.
Most webmail servers I use offer SSL login screens these days. None of them encrypt my whole session, which is fine with me.
Don't post if all you can do is a half-assed grammar complaint. You'll usually get modded down if you don't contribute something to the discussion. You'll get modded down less if you wait for something more compelling than an offtopic complaint.
SSL adds a lot of overhead. You can serve 10 plain pages or more for every 1 encrypted page. Plus, it's pretty stupid to encrypt myspace browsing or slashdot or whatever the kids do these days. You can't throw server hardware at it either. The performance degradation is on both client and server, and is pretty severe.
When I'm considering two systems with the same specs and warranty, I'll usually choose the cheaper one. I've had "quality" brands die young and a Packard Bell that is still running. If a maker has consistent quality problems I'll stop considering them, but components vary so greatly even within the same model it is foolish to think you're getting guaranteed quality with a certain brand.
There are a couple of areas I won't risk low quality: memory and optical media. It's all made in China, often the same factory, but the ones that test poorly often end up as no-name bargains.
Seriously, how big a threat are Boy Scouts to the content cartels? If they get the boy scouts on their side, who next? 80-year old fundamentalist grandmothers?
They need to start something that'll get the cool kids. Like an anti-piracy gang. Complete with drugrunning and cap-bustin.
I've installed about a dozen HP desktop PCs in the past 3 years, and probably 30 Dells, as well as 20 HP servers. Problems have been few with both manufacturers. I don't really put much faith in brand x = quality value y. It's all made in China. Both have been pretty good about ease of getting inside the box and getting to slots, drives, etc. That used to drive me crazy about OEM machines. Compaq was the absolute worst.
I'd say HP machines have given me less problems, but not a lot less. Support is abysmal for both companies, but I've become adept at webchatting my way to success without becoming angry or insulting. Either of those will ruin my day and decrease my chance of support giving me what I need.
I like HP as a company, just because it was started by engineers and I loved my hp11c in high school. I'm not very loyal, though. I'll buy whatever the company I'm doing work for buys without complaint. For personal use or friends, I buy on price.
I can't wait for Galactica 2012 where they're back on earth and the only original characters are Adama and Tigh. Waiting in space for some reason.