Oh yeah - forgot to mention I read the entire Fellowship of the Ring and part of The Two Towers on that trip. They couldn't believe I shut up for such a long time:)
Actually even people who get out all the time often have no idea how fscking huge the US is. Europeans are used to being able to jaunt from one country to another in a matter of hours while it would take about ten hours just to drive from key west to jacksonville, for example.
My parents took me on an 8,000 mile drive across the country when I was 12 - it took a whole month. We started in FL, drove through GA, into TN, west across AR and OK, across the top of TX (which still took over a day - try going across the middle), across NM and AZ, to Four Corners, into CO, NB, SD, MN, up into Canada, past Niagra Falls, and back down the eastern seaboard through NY, VA, NC, SC, GA and back home.
Notice we only got about HALFWAY across the breadth of the country - there was still the entire northwest region, which is huge in itself. They went to WA and OR several years later btw.
6. everyone above is loading banners (well - ok don't bother - i know not all of us do)
7. moolah++
you think they give a rat's ass if you like it as long as you keep visiting the site?
it's like the howard stern movie Private Parts - half the audience likes him and is listening to what he is going to say next and the other half hates him and is listening to what he will say next
Only one thing is worse than Vogon poetry: poetry written by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, England. Fortunately, she died when the planet Earth was destroyed.
JTK> We are here to... witness these... amazing.. chefs Announcer> Cuisan! JTK> Yes, Sulu? Announcer> I think he is using squid! JTK> Squid... and egglpant... a... dangerous combination...
I disagree - gamers like a challenge because it means they will be playing for a long time before they can conquet it. Seriously - making hte physics "too" realistic just makes my mouth water.
the guy rips on the X-Box games just as bad as the rest of them
"rips on" by saying it has the most realistic (or was it "beautiful?") sky, islands and water and the physics were *too real* so it was overly challenging.
I agree - I actually finished that game. Took forever and I cannot believe I actually managed to do it. At the end you have to traverse a ridiculous labrynth and fight an inverse image of yourself who is quite a badass. Finally did it tho:)
You can still get cheap bidirectional printer cables that don't conform to the IEEE spec. They cost about a third as much. I went with a client to Best Buy to advise him about which computer to buy. This guy had tons of cash and ended up spending about $3,000 but all on stuff he wanted (top of the line cpu, nice monitor, printer, scanner, etc.)
The salesman insisted we buy the IEEE cable which cost about $50. I asked, "What is the difference?" and he said, "Speed". I opted for the cheaper one for about $12.95. That seemed to piss him off a little.
I had to refuse the "extended service warranty" (only $300!) *six* times. Finally I said, "Jesus, write it down and I'll sign it in blood! No extended warranty!"
As we proceeded to checkout, they said, "Since you didn't take the warranty we have to open the box and verify that all the parts are included." I watched as the salesman opened the PC box and removed everything inside and then replaced it. I still don't know the point of that little exercise. After he was done I said, "Was everything there?" and he said, "Yes." I said, "Good, because that was Compaq factory tape sealing the box and if anything is missing now it is your ass, not theirs."
All they want to hear is that you ran their diagnostics. Doesn't matter if you hear the drive go "clunk, clunk". Doesn't matter if you hold the phone up to the drive so they hear it go "clunk, clunk".
"Let's go ahead and run the diagnostics anyway."
So okay - just run the damn diagnostics. Then the call goes like this,
Me> I have a dead hard drive. Tech> Have you run diagnostics? Me> Yes, it failed the linear seek. Tech> Can you read me the FRU number?
-- note the FRU number is on the hard drive, which is still in the computer because you just ran diagnostics. And it's on the underside so you have to remove the drive from the PC while they wait.
Me> Hold on while I pull the drive...
-- musak --
Me> Hello? The FRU # is $%^#$%& Tech> Okay let me just confirm your shipping addres...
CAI would have had some more work to do on their product
I doubt it - I am using an older commercial version (6.5.2) and it will handle RSA keys up to 2048 bit and Diffie/Hellman up to 4096 (DH2048 is the default).
No, no, no. You will lease the computer at a monthly rate, with no option to buy. Software costs extra and its use is charged by the minute. For example, you can use Microsoft Internet Explorer version 10.5 (Service Pack 42) for an hour at 1.5 Mb/s downstream for the low low price of $5.95 US.
Oh yeah, and you don't just watch it - it watches you right back thanks to the "complimentary" camera and microphone that are always on (a feature).
I could not agree more. I had a pretty messy tax situation (personal) due to a divorce two years ago and a programmer friend of mine recommended his accountant. He saved me several hundred dollars and got me straight with the IRS. This guy is a tax geek - he likes doing taxes the way I like using computers. I think it makes all the difference in the world when you enjoy what you do, since you tend to do it very well, work at all hours, research everything, etc.
This year I have personal and corporate taxes to file and I wouldn't think of going anywhere else. No matter what I am worried about he has the answer and it is better than I expected.
Actually, Redhat has started releasing beta versions, I believe. I would never deploy a Redhat x.0 release in production, for the reason above. However, I also would never deploy a Microsoft operating system the first year it is released, so...
The thing about linux is that if you don't know how to set it up you can unknowingly install LOTS of services, most of which are unnecessary for a home user and many of which can be compromised. Redhat's "everything" install sounds pretty neat, but you probably don't want to run an FTP server, DNS server, SQL server, etc. if you don't absolutely need it (and know how to configure it). Mandrake (at least the older versions) has better security setup, allowing you to check off a security level during install that does a decent job of hardening the OS. Of course, not knowing that you are installing file shares on a cable modem with no firewall could be even easier to compromise:)
Also they capitalize on the fact that Redhat major release versions at x.0 are untested in the field. x.1 is somewhat patched and x.2 is near rock-solid. Of course they only mention those first 8 months of 2001 because 7.2 was released in 10/2001.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm a licensed computer technician
Translation: Must Consult Someone Experienced.
Saddam Hussein has a bunker 75 feet under Bagdad.
We are seeking a way to use tactical nuclear weapons in the field.
Tactical nuke plans call for penetration into the ground so they can destroy bunkers.
Iraq is cutting oil production.
The Carlyle group uhh ... nevermind.
Former Pres. George Bush's career began in the oil industry.
Bush Sr. was President when we went to war with ... Iraq.
G. Dubya is President now and threatening Iraq ...
Saddam better duck.
Oh yeah - forgot to mention I read the entire Fellowship of the Ring and part of The Two Towers on that trip. They couldn't believe I shut up for such a long time :)
Actually even people who get out all the time often have no idea how fscking huge the US is. Europeans are used to being able to jaunt from one country to another in a matter of hours while it would take about ten hours just to drive from key west to jacksonville, for example.
My parents took me on an 8,000 mile drive across the country when I was 12 - it took a whole month. We started in FL, drove through GA, into TN, west across AR and OK, across the top of TX (which still took over a day - try going across the middle), across NM and AZ, to Four Corners, into CO, NB, SD, MN, up into Canada, past Niagra Falls, and back down the eastern seaboard through NY, VA, NC, SC, GA and back home.
Notice we only got about HALFWAY across the breadth of the country - there was still the entire northwest region, which is huge in itself. They went to WA and OR several years later btw.
Damn! I was gonna say "He can have His day in court like everyone else" but yours was better :)
Umm,
/. is now commercial, right?
1.
2. more page hits == moolah++
3. you are posting
4. i am posting
5. everyone reading this is reading
6. everyone above is loading banners (well - ok don't bother - i know not all of us do)
7. moolah++
you think they give a rat's ass if you like it as long as you keep visiting the site?
it's like the howard stern movie Private Parts - half the audience likes him and is listening to what he is going to say next and the other half hates him and is listening to what he will say next
whatever works
Only one thing is worse than Vogon poetry: poetry written by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, England. Fortunately, she died when the planet Earth was destroyed.
JTK> We are here to ... witness these ... amazing .. chefs ... and egglpant ... a ... dangerous combination ...
Announcer> Cuisan!
JTK> Yes, Sulu?
Announcer> I think he is using squid!
JTK> Squid
goddammit! where is the AC!?!??
I am farking cursed
This proves "Wesley" is not a real geek. Everybody knows it's 'fscking'.
I disagree - gamers like a challenge because it means they will be playing for a long time before they can conquet it. Seriously - making hte physics "too" realistic just makes my mouth water.
... realistic!
mmm
also:
talk, date, join, head, tail, split
As a person who used to wait in lines
and what do you do now - carry a gun?
the guy rips on the X-Box games just as bad as the rest of them
"rips on" by saying it has the most realistic (or was it "beautiful?") sky, islands and water and the physics were *too real* so it was overly challenging.
that sounds more like marketing to me
I agree - I actually finished that game. Took forever and I cannot believe I actually managed to do it. At the end you have to traverse a ridiculous labrynth and fight an inverse image of yourself who is quite a badass. Finally did it tho :)
You can still get cheap bidirectional printer cables that don't conform to the IEEE spec. They cost about a third as much. I went with a client to Best Buy to advise him about which computer to buy. This guy had tons of cash and ended up spending about $3,000 but all on stuff he wanted (top of the line cpu, nice monitor, printer, scanner, etc.)
The salesman insisted we buy the IEEE cable which cost about $50. I asked, "What is the difference?" and he said, "Speed". I opted for the cheaper one for about $12.95. That seemed to piss him off a little.
I had to refuse the "extended service warranty" (only $300!) *six* times. Finally I said, "Jesus, write it down and I'll sign it in blood! No extended warranty!"
As we proceeded to checkout, they said, "Since you didn't take the warranty we have to open the box and verify that all the parts are included." I watched as the salesman opened the PC box and removed everything inside and then replaced it. I still don't know the point of that little exercise. After he was done I said, "Was everything there?" and he said, "Yes." I said, "Good, because that was Compaq factory tape sealing the box and if anything is missing now it is your ass, not theirs."
God I hate Best Buy.
All they want to hear is that you ran their diagnostics. Doesn't matter if you hear the drive go "clunk, clunk". Doesn't matter if you hold the phone up to the drive so they hear it go "clunk, clunk".
"Let's go ahead and run the diagnostics anyway."
So okay - just run the damn diagnostics. Then the call goes like this,
Me> I have a dead hard drive.
Tech> Have you run diagnostics?
Me> Yes, it failed the linear seek.
Tech> Can you read me the FRU number?
-- note the FRU number is on the hard drive, which is still in the computer because you just ran diagnostics. And it's on the underside so you have to remove the drive from the PC while they wait.
Me> Hold on while I pull the drive...
-- musak --
Me> Hello? The FRU # is $%^#$%&
Tech> Okay let me just confirm your shipping addres...
no sweat
0) Claim that he cannot be indicted since all his hacking was done as a persona called 'Cowboy Neal' -- that's capital "C", lower-case "o" ...
Microsoft's version of the suit. I wonder how full the page would be if the URL was http://www.microsoft.com/lawsuit like at Sun's site.
I doubt it - I am using an older commercial version (6.5.2) and it will handle RSA keys up to 2048 bit and Diffie/Hellman up to 4096 (DH2048 is the default).
How about selling names instead? How much to be "Signal 11"?
No, no, no. You will lease the computer at a monthly rate, with no option to buy. Software costs extra and its use is charged by the minute. For example, you can use Microsoft Internet Explorer version 10.5 (Service Pack 42) for an hour at 1.5 Mb/s downstream for the low low price of $5.95 US.
Oh yeah, and you don't just watch it - it watches you right back thanks to the "complimentary" camera and microphone that are always on (a feature).
I could not agree more. I had a pretty messy tax situation (personal) due to a divorce two years ago and a programmer friend of mine recommended his accountant. He saved me several hundred dollars and got me straight with the IRS. This guy is a tax geek - he likes doing taxes the way I like using computers. I think it makes all the difference in the world when you enjoy what you do, since you tend to do it very well, work at all hours, research everything, etc.
This year I have personal and corporate taxes to file and I wouldn't think of going anywhere else. No matter what I am worried about he has the answer and it is better than I expected.
Actually, Redhat has started releasing beta versions, I believe. I would never deploy a Redhat x.0 release in production, for the reason above. However, I also would never deploy a Microsoft operating system the first year it is released, so ...
The thing about linux is that if you don't know how to set it up you can unknowingly install LOTS of services, most of which are unnecessary for a home user and many of which can be compromised. Redhat's "everything" install sounds pretty neat, but you probably don't want to run an FTP server, DNS server, SQL server, etc. if you don't absolutely need it (and know how to configure it). Mandrake (at least the older versions) has better security setup, allowing you to check off a security level during install that does a decent job of hardening the OS. Of course, not knowing that you are installing file shares on a cable modem with no firewall could be even easier to compromise :)
Also they capitalize on the fact that Redhat major release versions at x.0 are untested in the field. x.1 is somewhat patched and x.2 is near rock-solid. Of course they only mention those first 8 months of 2001 because 7.2 was released in 10/2001.