We should provide radiotherapy patients with a hospital-issued ID so they do not have to suffer through security checks. It would not be much more difficult than issuing a driver's license.
Umm yeah. So these detectors exist because it's assumed that terrorists would use a dirty bomb UNDERGROUND, and wouldn't shield it properly.
Conversely, your solution assumes that terrorists can't get fake hospital ID's or driver's licenses.
IMHO, these things are about as good as a dead-bolt lock. Only the true morons would be stopped by it.
if by warm you mean "like an industrial kiln" then you're right, but if you mean "pleasantly warm" then you are sorely mistaken.
I spent a week in Gonzalez TX, during June about 5 years ago, when my wife's Aunt died. They had a big old house with no A/C. Hmm, Actually the church didn't have A/C either. Very small town. My father-in-law called it 'Little Hell'. The worst for me was my 6 month old being so uncomfortable.
As corny as it sounds, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. It was in the 90's there easily, but it was just HOT. Up here it can be unbearable in the 80's.
If you are thinking education, poverty, medicare, you are dreaming.
Hmm, recent observations:
Education: Finish REBUILDING playgrounds with FOAM this time, instead of woodchips. Apparently wood chips just aren't soft enough. Next year, rebuild with Charmin.
Poverty: Yeah, right. Like the bum down the road needs another 40, and we should pay for housing for families with up to 12 kids.
Medicare: Here's a potential good. But how about using government money for public medical research and licensing the results to companies for production, instead of just paying for the result of the research those companies are doing? ROI. Live it. Learn it. Love it.
that mozilla is quick at fixing their software when problems arise. Too bad that the DHTML bug came up in the first place. But I say "good job moz" for their fast repairs.
Yeah, it almost seemed to big for them to miss. But when I was browsing the bug # referenced in Buzilla, it looks as if the patch for that issue and some other patches just didn't get committed for some reason.
Now the trick is to get this version to HR, but a real resume to the hiring manager. Some kind of magic ink that changes after HR reads it? Now where did I put my "McGivor's Guide to Resume Writing" book?
The support for a second monitor seems to be a sales gimmick more than a serious initiative. It is certainly poorly supported by Matrox.
I've found it very useful. Sure, a second montior is useless when you are using virtual desktops. BUT, it's great for MONITORING. I've used dual monitors to allow Call Center people to monitor ACD stats. I've used it to allow people to monitor security cameras from their desk.
The second output can also be a TV out. So at home when I use Windows Media Player, or Real Player, or the DivX player, that video is automatically redirected to my TV. No more watching movies on a dinky monitor.
At the time I bought my G400, it was on par with all the other technology. That was like 3 years ago, and I haven't found a reason to upgrade.
ATI, OTOH, has always had shit. They can't make decent drivers, and they sell parts of their product to OEMS, which means that you can't always easily get a driver for a complete reinstall (I inherited Gateways with ATI's at my current job).
I've ALWAYS had some sort of issue with ATI cards. I remember an ATI card crashing MS Windows because I was also using a Parallel Quickcam. WTF? (While I think GNU-Linux is silly, MS Windows - vs windows - actually makes sense) Sure, they're eventually figured out, and usually fixed with a new driver or video BIOS, but IMHO, ThinkGeek needs a 'I will not upgrade your ATI driver' T-Shirt. It's too much of a PITA, for something that should 'just work'.
I don't know about the rest of the world, but you certainly have a peculiar view of the costs involved in running a small business.
Huh?
What does 'ea' stand for?
staplers - $200
That's STAPLER(S).
PC's - $200/ea
PC'(s) Multiple at $200 EACH.
Ok, STAPLERS - about $12/ea. What about a binding staper?
Hmm ok, less than $30. So if you have 20 people, that's $242.
I don't see a problem here.
Pretend that's your expenses for the first year. You obviously wouldn't buy PC's every year. Anything else need spelling out?:P
I pulled a number out of my ass, fairly accuratle, but nobody knows the difference between EACH and total.
Slashdot user:
Can sniff out a Microsoft user through a phone line.
Can give you a pipe of unix commands to change 'Microsoft' to 'M$' in all your Word files.
Doesn't know what the F#!K 'ea' means.
The only one that I can think of MAYBE for the latter category is Gimp, and the user interface on that thing is so horrible as to be useless for anyone but a true geek (at least, the last time I used it which was admittedly a while ago).
Apparently you've never tried, or you HAVE been trained on, Photoshop or Quark. I've used computers for almost 20 years now (and I'm 28), and I've had just as much trouble getting Photoshop to do what I want, as I've had with The Gimp.
These are applications that do complicated things, and sometimes that just can't be dumbed down to intuitive.
Additionally, Microsoft is offering zero percent financing until early 2003 for one of its Licensing 6 programs geared toward small business customers.
I can't even wrap my brain around this..
Here's my list of things a small business needs:
Paper - $400
Pencils/Pens - $100
staplers - $200
binders - $200
PC's - $200/ea
OS - $200/ea - DIFFERRED PAYEMENTS!
Printers - $3000
ACCPAC Accounting - $12,000
Rent - $2000/mo
For example, TechNet assures us that, "administrators generally find benefit from porting 'cron' jobs to Windows Task Scheduler events. Both Microsoft Interix 2.2 and SFU allow administrators to port 'cron' files to Windows 2000 without any changes in most cases, allowing administrators to gradually transition scheduled events and scripts without impacting operations i.e. at migration scheduled events can still run as 'cron' jobs. After the migration, the 'cron' jobs can be migrated to Windows Task scheduler events. The Windows task scheduler has better integration with event logs."
Personally, I like consistancy. I use cron, WinCron, and WarpCron. That way, if you want to reschedule something on any OS in the building, you used the same format.
Now my wife can say "I'm going into JCPennys, I'll meet you in an hour", and I won't have to try and remember what she was wearing when I sneak up behind a brunette to pinch her butt!
"That was close honey, that chick's butt looks just like yours."
At least generally I can tell which one is her, by the three orbiting satellites.. (children)
Presumably the retailers are not only worried about losing sales in the sort term to people who will wait for the sale prices, but they're worried about competitors finding out this information and undercutting them on the items in question.
Having worked as a tech, and 'Software Supervisor' for Best Buy, I can tell you the first thing we did before the Store opened was change all the prices that came down from Corporate. They were all updated, and printed automatically based on the 'secret shopper', and other competitors Ads. So we'd spend an hour changing prices on everything from 900Mhz phones to printer cables, to Computer systems.
I think they're just pissed they're paying so much for advertising (which is layed out weeks in advance), and their target audience isn't actually reading the papers.
(Did you notice how I had to change prices for [part of what we called OPENING] the dept I wasn't REALLY responsible for? Bastards.)
More than 70 percent of consumers decide what to buy when they're at the grocery shelf, according to Klever Marketing, the Salt Lake City-based company that's developing one of the most elaborate tech carts.
Maybe Wil can come up with a better name for the 'Klever Marketing' company.:)
I don't know what's funnier: a slashdotter with a girlfriend, or the fact that you use your middle finger for the wheel. (WHO DOES THAT?)
I think it's the weird friend we all had who played 16 bit Nintendo games using his index and middle finger on the buttons (instead of his thumb like normal people).
Wich would also explain why the girlfriend is most impressed with his finger:P
umm... I think the cracker community has thier own system of karma, in the form of reputations.
My point is, the cracker community doesn't need bugtraq to even find these exploits. If you follow my reasoning (that possibly 95% of hacks are script kiddies who just run pre-compiled apps), by not providing these working exploits on a popular security site you could decrease attacks dramatically.
Think gun safey. I'm not saying you can't have a gun. I'm not saying you can't use a gun. I'm saying I'm not going to give you a gun that's loaded, with the safety off.
Those who think, "We should give MS a couple months to find an appropriate patch" are sadly misguided. Do you think a script kiddie or hacker is going to wait?
While I agree with you in principal, and I'm sure we share the bond of 360k floppies with zipped copies of viruses, I have to disagree with the details.
I remember a time when the source code for some vulnerabilities was disclosed, but with errors. If you didn't know how to fix the error, you couldn't use the vulnerability. This way, it was kept OUT of the hands of script kiddies, but put INTO the hands of those with a clue on how to fix the problem.
I'd be willing to bet 95% of the break-ins on the internet are plain old script kiddies. IMHO, there isn't any more port scanning going on, there isn't any more social engineering of the average joe's desktop pc. That sort of work is left to the 'expert' black hats, trying to get into the 'treasure chest'. The rest are lamers just running what they found.
IMHO, if BugTraq is going to post vulns, they need to be non-working, and the user has to have the knowledge to fix them. Especially on closed platforms, it does less good release exploits for code you can't fix, because you're not fixing the problem, you're just working around it.
It's also the most overhyped and overpriced toy ever, and I'm kicking myself for posting it since that just contributes to the problem.
Why did you post it then?
No kidding, but personally I think this could potentially be useful for my 85yr old grandmother. Of course, we'd actually have to try it out first. You don't just throw grandma up there and say 'lean forward!' - ZOOM! There goes grandma.
So THEY saved by giving 1 disc instead of 2. What about me? Fucked as always?
Well, if you read the article, you'd see these disc's aren't stamped like the current ones. At this point, they would have to write each one individually. In that light, I'm quite sure that you buying the 'new format' would help screw them. (same price, but more expensive disc creation process)
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Umm yeah. So these detectors exist because it's assumed that terrorists would use a dirty bomb UNDERGROUND, and wouldn't shield it properly.
Conversely, your solution assumes that terrorists can't get fake hospital ID's or driver's licenses.
IMHO, these things are about as good as a dead-bolt lock. Only the true morons would be stopped by it.
I spent a week in Gonzalez TX, during June about 5 years ago, when my wife's Aunt died. They had a big old house with no A/C. Hmm, Actually the church didn't have A/C either. Very small town. My father-in-law called it 'Little Hell'. The worst for me was my 6 month old being so uncomfortable.
As corny as it sounds, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. It was in the 90's there easily, but it was just HOT. Up here it can be unbearable in the 80's.
It's all relative ;)
Maybe it's not a 'geek' enough reason, but it's warm and the Dallas Cowboy's Cheerleaders are there.
Granted, the Cowboy's aren't the Packers, but the cheerleaders aren't either :P
Hmm, recent observations:
Education: Finish REBUILDING playgrounds with FOAM this time, instead of woodchips. Apparently wood chips just aren't soft enough. Next year, rebuild with Charmin.
Poverty: Yeah, right. Like the bum down the road needs another 40, and we should pay for housing for families with up to 12 kids.
Medicare: Here's a potential good. But how about using government money for public medical research and licensing the results to companies for production, instead of just paying for the result of the research those companies are doing? ROI. Live it. Learn it. Love it.
Just my .02.
Yeah, it almost seemed to big for them to miss. But when I was browsing the bug # referenced in Buzilla, it looks as if the patch for that issue and some other patches just didn't get committed for some reason.
IMHO, That's why "Economic Theory" is taught, and not "Economic Law".
Try a VERY SMALL white font. :P
I've found it very useful. Sure, a second montior is useless when you are using virtual desktops. BUT, it's great for MONITORING. I've used dual monitors to allow Call Center people to monitor ACD stats. I've used it to allow people to monitor security cameras from their desk.
The second output can also be a TV out. So at home when I use Windows Media Player, or Real Player, or the DivX player, that video is automatically redirected to my TV. No more watching movies on a dinky monitor.
At the time I bought my G400, it was on par with all the other technology. That was like 3 years ago, and I haven't found a reason to upgrade.
ATI, OTOH, has always had shit. They can't make decent drivers, and they sell parts of their product to OEMS, which means that you can't always easily get a driver for a complete reinstall (I inherited Gateways with ATI's at my current job).
I've ALWAYS had some sort of issue with ATI cards. I remember an ATI card crashing MS Windows because I was also using a Parallel Quickcam. WTF? (While I think GNU-Linux is silly, MS Windows - vs windows - actually makes sense) Sure, they're eventually figured out, and usually fixed with a new driver or video BIOS, but IMHO, ThinkGeek needs a 'I will not upgrade your ATI driver' T-Shirt. It's too much of a PITA, for something that should 'just work'.
Huh?
What does 'ea' stand for?
staplers - $200
That's STAPLER(S). PC's - $200/ea
PC'(s) Multiple at $200 EACH.
Ok, STAPLERS - about $12/ea. What about a binding staper? Hmm ok, less than $30. So if you have 20 people, that's $242.
I don't see a problem here. Pretend that's your expenses for the first year. You obviously wouldn't buy PC's every year. Anything else need spelling out? :P
I pulled a number out of my ass, fairly accuratle, but nobody knows the difference between EACH and total.
Slashdot user:
Can sniff out a Microsoft user through a phone line.
Can give you a pipe of unix commands to change 'Microsoft' to 'M$' in all your Word files.
Doesn't know what the F#!K 'ea' means.
Apparently you've never tried, or you HAVE been trained on, Photoshop or Quark. I've used computers for almost 20 years now (and I'm 28), and I've had just as much trouble getting Photoshop to do what I want, as I've had with The Gimp.
These are applications that do complicated things, and sometimes that just can't be dumbed down to intuitive.
I can't even wrap my brain around this..
Here's my list of things a small business needs:
Paper - $400
Pencils/Pens - $100
staplers - $200
binders - $200
PC's - $200/ea
OS - $200/ea - DIFFERRED PAYEMENTS!
Printers - $3000
ACCPAC Accounting - $12,000
Rent - $2000/mo
Do I have a distorted view of the world?
For example, TechNet assures us that, "administrators generally find benefit from porting 'cron' jobs to Windows Task Scheduler events. Both Microsoft Interix 2.2 and SFU allow administrators to port 'cron' files to Windows 2000 without any changes in most cases, allowing administrators to gradually transition scheduled events and scripts without impacting operations i.e. at migration scheduled events can still run as 'cron' jobs. After the migration, the 'cron' jobs can be migrated to Windows Task scheduler events. The Windows task scheduler has better integration with event logs."
Personally, I like consistancy. I use cron, WinCron, and WarpCron. That way, if you want to reschedule something on any OS in the building, you used the same format.
Easy, Simple, Effective.
"That was close honey, that chick's butt looks just like yours."
At least generally I can tell which one is her, by the three orbiting satellites.. (children)
Having worked as a tech, and 'Software Supervisor' for Best Buy, I can tell you the first thing we did before the Store opened was change all the prices that came down from Corporate. They were all updated, and printed automatically based on the 'secret shopper', and other competitors Ads. So we'd spend an hour changing prices on everything from 900Mhz phones to printer cables, to Computer systems.
I think they're just pissed they're paying so much for advertising (which is layed out weeks in advance), and their target audience isn't actually reading the papers.
(Did you notice how I had to change prices for [part of what we called OPENING] the dept I wasn't REALLY responsible for? Bastards.)
Maybe Wil can come up with a better name for the 'Klever Marketing' company. :)
Hence, IUPUI.
I think it's the weird friend we all had who played 16 bit Nintendo games using his index and middle finger on the buttons (instead of his thumb like normal people).
Wich would also explain why the girlfriend is most impressed with his finger :P
My point is, the cracker community doesn't need bugtraq to even find these exploits. If you follow my reasoning (that possibly 95% of hacks are script kiddies who just run pre-compiled apps), by not providing these working exploits on a popular security site you could decrease attacks dramatically.
Think gun safey. I'm not saying you can't have a gun. I'm not saying you can't use a gun. I'm saying I'm not going to give you a gun that's loaded, with the safety off.
While I agree with you in principal, and I'm sure we share the bond of 360k floppies with zipped copies of viruses, I have to disagree with the details.
I remember a time when the source code for some vulnerabilities was disclosed, but with errors. If you didn't know how to fix the error, you couldn't use the vulnerability. This way, it was kept OUT of the hands of script kiddies, but put INTO the hands of those with a clue on how to fix the problem.
I'd be willing to bet 95% of the break-ins on the internet are plain old script kiddies. IMHO, there isn't any more port scanning going on, there isn't any more social engineering of the average joe's desktop pc. That sort of work is left to the 'expert' black hats, trying to get into the 'treasure chest'. The rest are lamers just running what they found.
IMHO, if BugTraq is going to post vulns, they need to be non-working, and the user has to have the knowledge to fix them. Especially on closed platforms, it does less good release exploits for code you can't fix, because you're not fixing the problem, you're just working around it.
No kidding, but personally I think this could potentially be useful for my 85yr old grandmother. Of course, we'd actually have to try it out first. You don't just throw grandma up there and say 'lean forward!' - ZOOM! There goes grandma.
Tub/Shower? For what? Smaller than life porn?
I suppose if you're one-handed you would have a hard time taking it off.. but then wouldn't you have a hard time watching it too?
Well, if you read the article, you'd see these disc's aren't stamped like the current ones. At this point, they would have to write each one individually. In that light, I'm quite sure that you buying the 'new format' would help screw them. (same price, but more expensive disc creation process)
Or a 1/4" drill bit to a DD 3-1/2" floppy :)
No, you'd still pay $27, but you could watch the whole movie without changing discs.
Nobody ever said there was a deep understanding underlying political motivation. :)