Currently, the dual-boot beta system is an OLPC with a Dell XPS duct-taped to the back of it. To Boot Windows, you turn the thing over... A Microsoft spokes-droid stated that the beta solution only raises the cost "slightly", but won't give an exact figure.
I still think it's because they oversold their network capacity...
It's probably simpler than that. Restricting the download of "copyrighted material" allows them to actually control, then charge for that access.
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...acknowledge that you cannot protect against EVERY POSSIBLE THREAT and focus on the most likely.
Of course, the *real* purpose of the security checks is NOT to protect the passengers. It's to protect the airplane, airline, and things onto which the airplane might crash. Still, you have a valid point.
Perhaps passengers should simply be warned that any plane that gets hijacked, gets shot down without negotiation and we, as a society live with that. Problem solved.
I use TextPad for quick and Word Pro for professional.
OMG! I finally found another person that uses Word Pro! I started with AmiPro and upgraded when Lotus bought them out. I have always found them to be much easier and "better" than Word. Actually, I like the entire SmartSuite much better than Office.
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That's why I like to use sed and shell echos, pipes, and redirects...
You jest, but I wrote many a research paper and technical article using "TeX", "nroff", and related tools, back in the day. All came out looking great.
Why not simply put the reader 20 feet away as people approach?
Your post makes no sense. Isn't that what they said they're doing?
No. They're distributing cards that can be read at a distance of 20 feet from the reader. I suggest that they could issue cards that can only be read from a nominal distance and actually move the reader 20 feet down the line.
From TFA: 'we make commercially viable efforts to automatically filter confidential personally identifiable information such as UserID, password, credit card numbers, and account numbers'
And in the not-too-distant future, a week after the governments of the world force vaccinate everyone against cocaine (so the terrorists don't "win"), some scientist will discover a way to use cocaine to cure cancer...
Think ill of me if you will, but you know governments think like this and Murphy's Law loves irony... Oh how we are penny wise, and pound foolish.
Is that how one interfaces with rarely-used document archives? via groping?
Bender: If by "interface" you mean "have sex with" and if by "rarely-used document archive" you mean "your girlfriend", then yes, "groping" is the correct term. As follows:
Hey baby, can I interface with your rarely-used document interface?
Later, want to kill all humans?
Look, if I take twelve Tylenol, I'm going to bork my liver, but that doesn't mean that the FDA should take it off the market!
You were probably exaggerating for example, but the issue with Tylenol (acetaminophen) is that even taking the normal dose over the course of a few days, usually if combined with some alcohol (which, I know, sounds stupid, but apparently it happens more than one would think) can bork your liver.
Acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure, even if we leave alcohol out of the picture. According to one study, it accounts for 20 percent of cases (Schiodt et al, Liver Transplantation and Surgery, January 1999) An as-yet-unpublished follow-up puts the number even higher--30 percent. Acute liver failure isn't that common. Still, 70,000 cases of acetaminophen toxicity are reported each year.
The real problem with drugs like Tylenol is that the difference between a therapeutic (that is, medically effective) dose and a toxic one is surprisingly small. In adults the maximum safe dosage is four grams (eight 500-milligram tablets) over a 24-hour period. The toxic dose is a mere seven grams taken all at once.
You can make the margin even thinner by drinking too much and eating too little. I'll spare you the biochemistry, but basically acetaminophen and alcohol in combination overwhelm the liver's ability to remove toxins from your bloodstream. At the same time, starving yourself reduces the liver's output of glutathione, a natural detoxicant produced in response to food.
The upshot is that heavy drinkers (two or more drinks per day) who don't eat can suffer worse liver damage from Tylenol than people who OD on purpose. Of 71 patients treated at a Dallas medical center for acetaminophen overdose, 50 were attempted suicides and 21 were victims of an accidental overdose (Schiodt et al, New England Journal of Medicine, October 1997). The would-be suicides on average took twice as much of the drug as the accidental victims. Yet far more of the latter went into a coma (seven versus three) and died (four versus one). Why? Because most of the accidental victims were alcoholics. Five people--three accidental victims, two attempted suicides--overdosed on less than four grams, the claimed safe dosage for 24 hours.
Let's not forget kidney damage. A December 1994 study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a daily tablet of acetaminophen for a year or 1,000 pills over a lifetime doubled the odds of kidney failure.
Cool! I either missed that on the show, or it wasn't fully explained, but it makes sense. Thanks! That was one of the best hours on TV in recent memory...
The card would have contained an RFID tag with the person's name, date of birth, gender, address, signature, card number, card expiration date, and Medicare number, but there were also provisions to add more personal data later on.
Hmmm..
more personal-data: height, weight, hair & eye color
this is why Japanese samurai swords were forged to have one side harder than the other side, so the sharp side would be extremely hard, but the other side would be less hard and more strong
Actually, the inner core is made of the softer steel, which is wrapped with the higher-carbon steel that forms the cutting edge. The (straight) sword is quenched and the softer steel contracts more (because of less carbon) than the outer high-carbon steel causing the sword to curve. The clay is used to create and preserve decorations on the blade face. High-quality swords can run over $100k.
Thank you PBS and NOVA, Secrets of the Samurai Sword, which shows the manual process from raw materials to finished sword.
But, before the (alleged) explosion, ineffective workers had minesweeper and solitaire. Before that they had a water cooler and last night's shows to talk about. Before that it was real solitaire with real cards.
...the USPTO has implemented this new one-click patent denial system, but due to a software bug, it only grants patents at this time. The workaround involves a few manual steps; click on the "Help" link for more information.
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Apparently, the duct tape holding the dual-boot beta didn't work as expected.
Hmm... Just about the size of one of those iPhone bills from AT&T.
Currently, the dual-boot beta system is an OLPC with a Dell XPS duct-taped to the back of it. To Boot Windows, you turn the thing over... A Microsoft spokes-droid stated that the beta solution only raises the cost "slightly", but won't give an exact figure.
They're not actually paralized back in their own dimension and are just acting like this to study us...
It's probably simpler than that. Restricting the download of "copyrighted material" allows them to actually control, then charge for that access.
Sorry, you can't download that torrent directly, but for only $9.99 a month (for the first three months) you can get two movies a day from our approved site and watch it via our patent-pending BittorrA&TT browser plugin ...
Of course, the *real* purpose of the security checks is NOT to protect the passengers. It's to protect the airplane, airline, and things onto which the airplane might crash. Still, you have a valid point.
Perhaps passengers should simply be warned that any plane that gets hijacked, gets shot down without negotiation and we, as a society live with that. Problem solved.
OMG! I finally found another person that uses Word Pro! I started with AmiPro and upgraded when Lotus bought them out. I have always found them to be much easier and "better" than Word. Actually, I like the entire SmartSuite much better than Office.
You jest, but I wrote many a research paper and technical article using "TeX", "nroff", and related tools, back in the day. All came out looking great.
So stop reading /. :-)
Let me fix that: "we do as little as possible..."
Think ill of me if you will, but you know governments think like this and Murphy's Law loves irony... Oh how we are penny wise, and pound foolish.
Ummm... Why not simply put the reader 20 feet away as people approach? Or is that too low-tech?
Last night I dreamt I was reading /. I'm not sure what that means, but it can't be good. Oddly, I thought I'd seen that dream before...
Bender: If by "interface" you mean "have sex with" and if by "rarely-used document archive" you mean "your girlfriend", then yes, "groping" is the correct term. As follows:
You were probably exaggerating for example, but the issue with Tylenol (acetaminophen) is that even taking the normal dose over the course of a few days, usually if combined with some alcohol (which, I know, sounds stupid, but apparently it happens more than one would think) can bork your liver.
From Does Tylenol + alcohol = liver failure? (and other articles):
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Cool! I either missed that on the show, or it wasn't fully explained, but it makes sense. Thanks! That was one of the best hours on TV in recent memory...
Hmmm..
Actually, the inner core is made of the softer steel, which is wrapped with the higher-carbon steel that forms the cutting edge. The (straight) sword is quenched and the softer steel contracts more (because of less carbon) than the outer high-carbon steel causing the sword to curve. The clay is used to create and preserve decorations on the blade face. High-quality swords can run over $100k.
Thank you PBS and NOVA, Secrets of the Samurai Sword, which shows the manual process from raw materials to finished sword.
Now it's /.
A man with one GPS knows where he is; a man with two is never quite sure.
[Apologies to Lee Segall.]
...the USPTO has implemented this new one-click patent denial system, but due to a software bug, it only grants patents at this time. The workaround involves a few manual steps; click on the "Help" link for more information.
Umm... Heidi Klum?