They're not trying to hire a full-time Klingon translator. They're just trying to compile a list of people who might be available as needed. It's a linguistically diverse county.
The county's RFPQ (pdf) lists the main languages they're looking for: American Sign Language, Arabic, Cambodian, Cantonese, Farsi, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Much further down, on page 45 of 54, there's a form that applicants can fill out. It lists other languages that the county would be interested in finding translators for: Afrikaans, Afghan, Amharic, Armenian, Bosnian, Chamorro, Chinese, Czech, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Klingon, Mien, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Samoan, Swedish, Tagalog, Tao Chiew, Tigrinia, Thai, Tigre, Togan-Isle, and Yugoslavic. Then there's a place to list other languages they haven't listed (there are hundreds of others, after all).
So, yes, you're free to apply and offer your services as an interpreter between English and Esperanto, Elvish, Lojban, Tamarian, or Perl. But they won't be paying you any money unless they actually find themselves in a situation where they need a translator.
Multicultural government building a rolodex of translators. Nothing more to see here. Move along, folks.
Non-white defendants in the US are more likely to be convicted and, when convicted, receive harsher sentences than white people convicted of comparable offenses.
Fixing this problem would improve the lives of many more people, and would set a useful precedent -- while having few if any of the public relations and semantic problems of fighting for "hacker rights".
I'm a divorced mother of seven trying to put my life put back together after the death of my fourth husband. My kids still blame me for his death (it wasn't my fault, honest!), and I'm having a tough time meeting new people. What should I do?
-Sleepless in Sarasota
Dear Sleepless in Sarasota,
Since uugetty is part of getty_ps you'll first have to install getty_ps. If you don't have it, get the latest version from metalab.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/serial. In particular, if you want to use high speeds (57600 and 115200 bps), you must get version 2.0.7j or later. You must also have libc 5.x or greater.
By default, getty_ps will be configured to be Linux FSSTND (File System Standard) compliant, which means that the binaries will be in/sbin, and the config files will be named/etc/conf.{uu}getty.ttySN. This is not apparent from the documentation! It will also expect lock files to go in/var/lock. Make sure you have the/var/lock directory.
If you don't want FSSTND compliance, binaries will go in/etc, config files will go in/etc/default/{uu}getty.ttySN, and lock files will go in/usr/spool/uucp. I recommend doing things this way if you are using UUCP, because UUCP will have problems if you move the lock files to where it isn't looking for them.
getty_ps can also use syslogd to log messages. See the man pages for syslogd(1) and syslog.conf(5) for setting up syslogd, if you don't have it running already. Messages are logged with priority LOG_AUTH, errors use LOG_ERR, and debugging uses LOG_DEBUG. If you don't want to use syslogd you can edit tune.h in the getty_ps source files to use a log file for messages instead, namely/var/adm/getty.log by default.
Decide on if you want FSSTND compliance and syslog capability. You can also choose a combination of the two. Edit the Makefile, tune.h and config.h to reflect your decisions. Then compile and install according to the instructions included with the package.
I bought my Optra E310 because their tech support has no problem dealing with Linux, and because it uses standard memory (so you can add 64MB for a pittance).
Sorry to see that Lexmark has decided it no longer wants geeks' goodwill.
The University of California's edition is fairly recent -- I'd imagine there wasn't much in the 1970s that could shock Californians. I'm guessing this edition is more complete, and I'm asking my public library for a copy of it. Here's hoping it's got fewer ellipses (and more eccentricity).
Robert Sunshine, managing director of CineAsia organizer Sunshine Group Worldwide, told attendees he spotted DVDs of "Analyze That" in a Bangkok shop last week.
Man oh man, I think I'd pay a buck to give that movie back.
Syntax is the structure of a sentence and the order in which the words are uttered or written. cummingsed sentences do not necessarily have flaws in syntax.
In high school, I was terrified of getting yelled at for saying something the wrong way, or accidentally ordering a plate of flaming testicles instead of a slice of pizza.
There were no snooty Romans alive to correct me on my pronunciation -- and in fact my teacher told me that there were two ways to pronounce things, Roman-style and medieval-style.
Then, in college, I tested out of Spanish because I knew enough Latin that I only needed a little bit of Spanish cramming to answer the placement exam questions. (That, and a Mu Alpha Theta career, and lots of standardized tests. If public schools have taught me anything, it's how to fill in a bubble sheet for a multiple-guess test.)
So I didn't end up speaking any languages other than English fluently, which sucks, but I did get my linguistics degree (think of it as a blessed +2 scroll of learn language named "I know Kung Fu") and went on to grad school for my librarian union card.
Hmm. Considering the fan noise coming from my computer, maybe I should have studied American Sign Language.
I work for a group of public libraries that uses a computer to call and say "Someone at this telephone number" -- we won't say who, because if you use a public library we consider it your own damn business -- "has an item waiting to be picked up at the So-and-So Public Library".
Unfortunately, if you use one of those gadgets that sends a "this number has been disconnected" message, the library's computer takes that at face value. You miss picking up the book, and then the library staff asks you to verify your phone number the next time you're there.
So, yeah, it works, but sometimes a little too well.
Temperature of 70C... check. Earth-normal air pressure... check.
My God! Venus' atmosphere is just like the inside of a tricked-out 4.7GHz tower with neon and Nixie tubes.
NASA can save their money looking for life in an atmosphere like that. I've been to LAN parties -- you're not going to find a life anywhere near a box like that.
Liquid War is addictive, fast-paced, and easy to learn. Perhaps best of all, there's no installation routine. Unzip it and run it, and watch your cat disappear under a pile of laundry as everything outside the game ceases to be interesting.
Where do you work, man? I want a job where I can play loud video games at my desk, especially if pop-up ads aren't allowed in the workplace.
Much, much better: "Synchronized" and "Unlisted"
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William C. Calvin's Synchronized and its sequel Unlisted are great reading. Kate Medici's phone firewall isn't as dangerous as YT's dentata, but damn if it doesn't look handy after all. (Perhaps a combination of the two would be good. When you get a telemarketer on the line, just press the button...)
Calvin is generally pretty realistic about computer security and crypto -- one-time pads actually run out of bits, and nobody hax0rs an entire network by clicking on a pi symbol in the corner of a web page. Better still, the plot's entertaining, and Our Heroine is a BOFH. Fun stuff, and well worth putting on your handheld for those boring meetings.
This will be a great source of information on how and when science fiction words came into use in English, and if I had a sabbatical-type job, I'd have just found what I wanted to do with my next sabbatical.
We still need help, by the way, so please help the Oxford English Dictionary learn more about science fiction and fandom.
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They're not trying to hire a full-time Klingon translator. They're just trying to compile a list of people who might be available as needed. It's a linguistically diverse county.
The county's RFPQ (pdf) lists the main languages they're looking for: American Sign Language, Arabic, Cambodian, Cantonese, Farsi, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Much further down, on page 45 of 54, there's a form that applicants can fill out. It lists other languages that the county would be interested in finding translators for: Afrikaans, Afghan, Amharic, Armenian, Bosnian, Chamorro, Chinese, Czech, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Klingon, Mien, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Samoan, Swedish, Tagalog, Tao Chiew, Tigrinia, Thai, Tigre, Togan-Isle, and Yugoslavic. Then there's a place to list other languages they haven't listed (there are hundreds of others, after all).
So, yes, you're free to apply and offer your services as an interpreter between English and Esperanto, Elvish, Lojban, Tamarian, or Perl. But they won't be paying you any money unless they actually find themselves in a situation where they need a translator.
Multicultural government building a rolodex of translators. Nothing more to see here. Move along, folks.
"Dammit! Who's been dunking madeleines in tea and sticking them on the scanner bed again?"
Non-white defendants in the US are more likely to be convicted and, when convicted, receive harsher sentences than white people convicted of comparable offenses.
Fixing this problem would improve the lives of many more people, and would set a useful precedent -- while having few if any of the public relations and semantic problems of fighting for "hacker rights".
According to this post, the Joke Tracking Center can be contacted at:
Joke Tracking Center
PO Box 011509
Miami, FL 33101
Looks like it's time to send one of those USPS postcards that you can send online...
and here's the corrected address:
JOKE TRACKING CENTER
PO BOX 11509
MIAMI FL 33101-1509
Now let's all be good citizens and send our fritzspotting records to Dave! I wonder if a post office has ever been slashdotted before...
Dear Sleepless in Sarasota,
Since uugetty is part of getty_ps you'll first have to install getty_ps. If you don't have it, get the latest version from metalab.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/serial. In particular, if you want to use high speeds (57600 and 115200 bps), you must get version 2.0.7j or later. You must also have libc 5.x or greater.
By default, getty_ps will be configured to be Linux FSSTND (File System Standard) compliant, which means that the binaries will be in
If you don't want FSSTND compliance, binaries will go in
getty_ps can also use syslogd to log messages. See the man pages for syslogd(1) and syslog.conf(5) for setting up syslogd, if you don't have it running already. Messages are logged with priority LOG_AUTH, errors use LOG_ERR, and debugging uses LOG_DEBUG. If you don't want to use syslogd you can edit tune.h in the getty_ps source files to use a log file for messages instead, namely
Decide on if you want FSSTND compliance and syslog capability. You can also choose a combination of the two. Edit the Makefile, tune.h and config.h to reflect your decisions. Then compile and install according to the instructions included with the package.
This strikes me as an apt description of US foreign policy, too...
I bought my Optra E310 because their tech support has no problem dealing with Linux, and because it uses standard memory (so you can add 64MB for a pittance).
Sorry to see that Lexmark has decided it no longer wants geeks' goodwill.
The University of California's edition is fairly recent -- I'd imagine there wasn't much in the 1970s that could shock Californians. I'm guessing this edition is more complete, and I'm asking my public library for a copy of it. Here's hoping it's got fewer ellipses (and more eccentricity).
Yes, I've definitely got to get me one of them Real Genius grants.
Slashdot.
Man oh man, I think I'd pay a buck to give that movie back.
A friend of mine went through hell trying to get any customer service from Toshiba. Even when they finally agreed that he deserved a replacement, he got censored (and censured) for telling other customers.
My God, people, *we* *have* *gone* *too* *far*.
Syntax is the structure of a sentence and the order in which the words are uttered or written. cummingsed sentences do not necessarily have flaws in syntax.
In high school, I was terrified of getting yelled at for saying something the wrong way, or accidentally ordering a plate of flaming testicles instead of a slice of pizza.
There were no snooty Romans alive to correct me on my pronunciation -- and in fact my teacher told me that there were two ways to pronounce things, Roman-style and medieval-style.
Then, in college, I tested out of Spanish because I knew enough Latin that I only needed a little bit of Spanish cramming to answer the placement exam questions. (That, and a Mu Alpha Theta career, and lots of standardized tests. If public schools have taught me anything, it's how to fill in a bubble sheet for a multiple-guess test.)
So I didn't end up speaking any languages other than English fluently, which sucks, but I did get my linguistics degree (think of it as a blessed +2 scroll of learn language named "I know Kung Fu") and went on to grad school for my librarian union card.
Hmm. Considering the fan noise coming from my computer, maybe I should have studied American Sign Language.
Phew, that's a relief!
When I saw "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" my first thought was: "Someone's trying a buffer overflow attack..."
That's no good to me -- my penis isn't electric.
We snail mail 'em if we can't reach them by phone. It just takes a little while longer.
:)
No offense taken -- I'm not our vendor.
I work for a group of public libraries that uses a computer to call and say "Someone at this telephone number" -- we won't say who, because if you use a public library we consider it your own damn business -- "has an item waiting to be picked up at the So-and-So Public Library".
Unfortunately, if you use one of those gadgets that sends a "this number has been disconnected" message, the library's computer takes that at face value. You miss picking up the book, and then the library staff asks you to verify your phone number the next time you're there.
So, yeah, it works, but sometimes a little too well.
Gee, this sounds familiar.
Temperature of 70C... check.
Earth-normal air pressure... check.
My God! Venus' atmosphere is just like the inside of a tricked-out 4.7GHz tower with neon and Nixie tubes.
NASA can save their money looking for life in an atmosphere like that. I've been to LAN parties -- you're not going to find a life anywhere near a box like that.
Liquid War is addictive, fast-paced, and easy to learn. Perhaps best of all, there's no installation routine. Unzip it and run it, and watch your cat disappear under a pile of laundry as everything outside the game ceases to be interesting.
If you're putting pieces together and considering them as a whole, that's synthesis.
If you're taking pieces apart and considering them separately, that's analysis.
If you're explaining this on Slashdot, that's anal-retentiveness.
Where do you work, man? I want a job where I can play loud video games at my desk, especially if pop-up ads aren't allowed in the workplace.
William C. Calvin's Synchronized and its sequel Unlisted are great reading. Kate Medici's phone firewall isn't as dangerous as YT's dentata, but damn if it doesn't look handy after all. (Perhaps a combination of the two would be good. When you get a telemarketer on the line, just press the button...)
Calvin is generally pretty realistic about computer security and crypto -- one-time pads actually run out of bits, and nobody hax0rs an entire network by clicking on a pi symbol in the corner of a web page. Better still, the plot's entertaining, and Our Heroine is a BOFH. Fun stuff, and well worth putting on your handheld for those boring meetings.
I've been helping to research science fiction terms like 'little green men' for the OED, and I can only gasp and drool and wait for UCalgary's army of cataloging librarians to make the collection accessible to the public.
This will be a great source of information on how and when science fiction words came into use in English, and if I had a sabbatical-type job, I'd have just found what I wanted to do with my next sabbatical.
We still need help, by the way, so please help the Oxford English Dictionary learn more about science fiction and fandom.