Keep in mind that fatalities per anything is also hugely affected by the safety of cars, which is much higher than it was 20 years ago. You would have to count total accidents, accidents per mile driven, etc. not fatalities or injuries, in order to get an even comparison.
Independent testing has not borne out the "I can talk on the phone without harm to my driving" claim. Most people think they're an above-average driver, and most people think they can talk on the phone without harm.
In actual testing, talking on the phone has ALWAYS resulted in reduced reaction time. Always. And I'd bet that most of those people didn't believe it.
Start with Slashdot. Of all the sites I visit (not all that many really, only about 30 or 40) Slashdot is the one that makes me wish I had a faster CPU. Clicking into an article with lots of contents on Slashdot will sometimes lock my browser entirely for many seconds, sometimes up to 30 seconds or so.
I'd be a lot happier with the old pre-AJAX version.
Yeah, but that could mean anything. Does it specifically say that your data is encrypted to AES 256, or just that AES 256 is "used to protect your data"? The latter could mean that the key is encrypted with AES 256, but then the key is just an XOR key for the data. Or that AES 256 is only used in the driver software it loads (if there is any, I don't know).
There have been cases before of "secure" thumb drives that just had bits on the controller that had to be unlocked with keys to allow access to the data, and simply shorting/lifting those pins on the controller defeated the security.
A 2 hour test is pointless. The real test would be to give the devices to some guys who had the ability to put logic analyzers and scopes on the pins, and reverse engineer the entire system over the course of weeks. THEN see if they could generate a relatively simple way to break into the data.
They tried to buy me one, but I don't want a smartphone. I want my phone to make phone calls and texts. The latter because it's handy to have my systems email me text alerts when something's going wrong. I had a hell of a time convincing them to go away and leave me alone.
Me, too. In fact, they just bought me a brand new Core2Duo based machine about 3 months ago - I used it for 2 months then gave up and put the old P4 back on the desk. The reason? The new machine had Office 2007 on it, the old, Office 2003. The speed differences between the machines are utterly negligible for what I do (I need Firefox, Outlook, and about a dozen SSH windows - I could be using a 300 MHz Pentium if I wanted to), but having to put up with Office 2007 was costing me real productivity, even after I "got used to it" the workflow for the types of things I was doing was significantly slower.
I'm significantly more productive on the old P4 based machine and 2003 than I was on the Core2 machine with 2007. Both are running XP; I tried 7 for about 6 weeks and again, even after getting used to it, it was still a net loss in productivity for me, so I went back.
FWIW, Transcend class 6 16GB cards work great in both my Canon 500D (T1i) at raw burst and full video, and also in my Canon HF100 HD camcorder at full bitrate. Have bought 5 now.
Found the problem - it turns out that if you install the version with the JRE, only that install package works right to modify or uninstall in the future.
Actually Darwin's evolution means that those best adapted to the environment survive, not necessarily the strongest.
I guess I don't understand the distinction. Both those concepts in this context sound the same to me.
Really? It's not hard to understand.
Say you drop some apes into a place where the only food source is growing in the bottoms of holes 3 feet deep. Some of the apes are really strong, but others have really long arms. The strong ones are going to have a rough time getting food, the long armed ones are better suited for this environment. The strong ones will survive for a while by stealing food from the long armed ones, but eventually they'll lose if conditions don't change.
In this context, the supposedly more fit would be buzzing at a different frequency. It's not at all obvious that those mosquitoes would also be stronger, or even more efficient at anything - there's almost certainly an evolutionary reason why most mosquitoes buzz at the frequencies they do. Ones that buzz at a different frequency could be far less efficient flyers, or they could be easier to swat, easier to hear and thus less stealthy, etc.
I only went to the shareware site because the OpenOffice main site didn't have anything older than 3.1. Normally I would never go to the shareware sites, it's just the only place I could find the 3.0.0 install files using google.
OK, I did what you suggested. Didn't work.
The installer says 3.0.0 is already installed and refuses to continue. The uninstaller says that 3.0.0 is NOT installed and refuses to continue.
Did you still have the installation files on your hard drive that the 3.0.0 install dropped on your desktop? I removed mine. I actually went out and found a copy of 3.0.0 on a shareware site, and put the files there. 3.0.0 still refuses to uninstall. 3.2.0 says 3.0.0 has to be uninstalled first. The 3.0.0 installer refuses to uninstall 3.0.0 - it says 3.0.0 is not installed, even though I can go to the start menu and start up OO apps, and they are version 3.0.0.
I think there are some holes in their installation process. I usually don't have trouble either, but when I do, they're usually a huge pain in the butt to fix. That's a pretty typical statement for Windows, actually.
I mean really - 4 weeks? I'd pull a thousand bucks out of the bank, rent a car, drive a few hundred miles, take a bus or something to the trailhead and spend a nice month hiking the Appalacian Trail or something, paying cash for my food. Always wanted to do that anyway, and for $10,000 it'd be a nice vacation. Do the rules say you have to be transacting business, or in populated areas or anything?
how do you drive when it get's real shitty with ice and snow
There's something that apparently a lot of drivers don't realize - that you can SLOW DOWN and drive carefully. If you see a stop sign, slow down well before you get to it. Look for the reflection of lights in the distance on the roadway to tell you if it's icy there. If it's icy, put the right wheels into the gravel on the side of the road where you'll get traction before applying the brakes. Don't tailgate. If you see brake lights up ahead, slow way down way early.
There are many drivers who think that the speed limit means LOWER limit, even in inclement weather. Unfortunately the increasing safety of cars means that Darwin doesn't get his shot at these morons.
Of course the ISP can block whatever they want, but they can't control everything or they will have no customers.
When I got my broadband installed probably 10 years ago, I was talking to the installers (surprisingly, TWO guys who ran Linux at home and knew what they were doing) while they were pulling wire and I was reading the contract.
I read out loud all the things I was prohibited from doing. Then I said "Hell, they've listed all the reasons to even HAVE broadband. If I couldn't do any of that I'd stick with dialup." They pretty much agreed.
I looked through his gallery, and although he certainly has done a good job, it's not really any better than the work of hundreds of other amateurs.
With modern SLRs, digital image stacking and a decent scope, a lot of people are doing this level of work. It takes some level of talent and a lot of patience, but it's nothing all that extraordinary.
It's CERTAINLY not up to the level of the current HST. None of those images show anything like the level of detail the Hubble has achieved.
I prefer manual transmissions myself, but automatic transmissions these days are not all that bad. You give up maybe 1 MPG usually, and even then it depends on if your A/C is on. With the A/C on a car with automatic may actually be a little more efficient, because it's programmed to cut the A/C off during heavy acceleration. This is especially helpful in city driving.
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Keep in mind that fatalities per anything is also hugely affected by the safety of cars, which is much higher than it was 20 years ago. You would have to count total accidents, accidents per mile driven, etc. not fatalities or injuries, in order to get an even comparison.
Independent testing has not borne out the "I can talk on the phone without harm to my driving" claim. Most people think they're an above-average driver, and most people think they can talk on the phone without harm.
In actual testing, talking on the phone has ALWAYS resulted in reduced reaction time. Always. And I'd bet that most of those people didn't believe it.
...and lose, after spending tens of thousands on legal fees.
Start with Slashdot. Of all the sites I visit (not all that many really, only about 30 or 40) Slashdot is the one that makes me wish I had a faster CPU. Clicking into an article with lots of contents on Slashdot will sometimes lock my browser entirely for many seconds, sometimes up to 30 seconds or so.
I'd be a lot happier with the old pre-AJAX version.
Yeah, but that could mean anything. Does it specifically say that your data is encrypted to AES 256, or just that AES 256 is "used to protect your data"? The latter could mean that the key is encrypted with AES 256, but then the key is just an XOR key for the data. Or that AES 256 is only used in the driver software it loads (if there is any, I don't know).
There have been cases before of "secure" thumb drives that just had bits on the controller that had to be unlocked with keys to allow access to the data, and simply shorting/lifting those pins on the controller defeated the security.
A 2 hour test is pointless. The real test would be to give the devices to some guys who had the ability to put logic analyzers and scopes on the pins, and reverse engineer the entire system over the course of weeks. THEN see if they could generate a relatively simple way to break into the data.
Not this one, it's a linear sensor, you have to swipe your finger over it, and it reads sequentially.
They tried to buy me one, but I don't want a smartphone. I want my phone to make phone calls and texts. The latter because it's handy to have my systems email me text alerts when something's going wrong.
I had a hell of a time convincing them to go away and leave me alone.
I've seen more tapes fail than hard drives. Be sure to make two tape copies as well.
Do not allow users to plug mass storage devices into their PCs. This means thumb drives, cameras, MP3 players, whatever.
Also don't allow in any executables over the internet, at least until they've been scanned.
Why do they lie!??!? ...And why can't they spell liar??!?
I'm using a CRT monitor, and in fact I have turned down offered "upgrades" to LCD several times.
The reason? My CRT is very clear and is 1600x1200. The "upgrades" are 1280x1024. No, sorry.
If they come by with a 1680x1050, I'll probably do it, but thus far they're dropping in whatever the cheapest crap from Dell is that they can get.
Me, too. In fact, they just bought me a brand new Core2Duo based machine about 3 months ago - I used it for 2 months then gave up and put the old P4 back on the desk. The reason? The new machine had Office 2007 on it, the old, Office 2003. The speed differences between the machines are utterly negligible for what I do (I need Firefox, Outlook, and about a dozen SSH windows - I could be using a 300 MHz Pentium if I wanted to), but having to put up with Office 2007 was costing me real productivity, even after I "got used to it" the workflow for the types of things I was doing was significantly slower.
I'm significantly more productive on the old P4 based machine and 2003 than I was on the Core2 machine with 2007. Both are running XP; I tried 7 for about 6 weeks and again, even after getting used to it, it was still a net loss in productivity for me, so I went back.
FWIW, Transcend class 6 16GB cards work great in both my Canon 500D (T1i) at raw burst and full video, and also in my Canon HF100 HD camcorder at full bitrate. Have bought 5 now.
Found the problem - it turns out that if you install the version with the JRE, only that install package works right to modify or uninstall in the future.
Actually Darwin's evolution means that those best adapted to the environment survive, not necessarily the strongest.
I guess I don't understand the distinction. Both those concepts in this context sound the same to me.
Really? It's not hard to understand.
Say you drop some apes into a place where the only food source is growing in the bottoms of holes 3 feet deep. Some of the apes are really strong, but others have really long arms. The strong ones are going to have a rough time getting food, the long armed ones are better suited for this environment. The strong ones will survive for a while by stealing food from the long armed ones, but eventually they'll lose if conditions don't change.
In this context, the supposedly more fit would be buzzing at a different frequency. It's not at all obvious that those mosquitoes would also be stronger, or even more efficient at anything - there's almost certainly an evolutionary reason why most mosquitoes buzz at the frequencies they do. Ones that buzz at a different frequency could be far less efficient flyers, or they could be easier to swat, easier to hear and thus less stealthy, etc.
I only went to the shareware site because the OpenOffice main site didn't have anything older than 3.1. Normally I would never go to the shareware sites, it's just the only place I could find the 3.0.0 install files using google.
OK, I did what you suggested. Didn't work.
The installer says 3.0.0 is already installed and refuses to continue. The uninstaller says that 3.0.0 is NOT installed and refuses to continue.
I'm basically boned, as far as I can tell.
Did you still have the installation files on your hard drive that the 3.0.0 install dropped on your desktop? I removed mine.
I actually went out and found a copy of 3.0.0 on a shareware site, and put the files there. 3.0.0 still refuses to uninstall. 3.2.0 says 3.0.0 has to be uninstalled first. The 3.0.0 installer refuses to uninstall 3.0.0 - it says 3.0.0 is not installed, even though I can go to the start menu and start up OO apps, and they are version 3.0.0.
I think there are some holes in their installation process. I usually don't have trouble either, but when I do, they're usually a huge pain in the butt to fix. That's a pretty typical statement for Windows, actually.
My machine has 3.0.0 installed, but I deleted the installation files and have no copy anywhere.
I can't uninstall 3.0.0 without the installation files, and there doesn't appear to be anywhere to download them.
The new version won't install until I uninstall the old version.
Looks like I'll be using 3.0.0 forever.
I mean really - 4 weeks? I'd pull a thousand bucks out of the bank, rent a car, drive a few hundred miles, take a bus or something to the trailhead and spend a nice month hiking the Appalacian Trail or something, paying cash for my food. Always wanted to do that anyway, and for $10,000 it'd be a nice vacation. Do the rules say you have to be transacting business, or in populated areas or anything?
how do you drive when it get's real shitty with ice and snow
There's something that apparently a lot of drivers don't realize - that you can SLOW DOWN and drive carefully. If you see a stop sign, slow down well before you get to it. Look for the reflection of lights in the distance on the roadway to tell you if it's icy there. If it's icy, put the right wheels into the gravel on the side of the road where you'll get traction before applying the brakes. Don't tailgate. If you see brake lights up ahead, slow way down way early.
There are many drivers who think that the speed limit means LOWER limit, even in inclement weather. Unfortunately the increasing safety of cars means that Darwin doesn't get his shot at these morons.
FYI, there are no pressure plates. They use induction loops.
Of course the ISP can block whatever they want, but they can't control everything or they will have no customers.
When I got my broadband installed probably 10 years ago, I was talking to the installers (surprisingly, TWO guys who ran Linux at home and knew what they were doing) while they were pulling wire and I was reading the contract.
I read out loud all the things I was prohibited from doing. Then I said "Hell, they've listed all the reasons to even HAVE broadband. If I couldn't do any of that I'd stick with dialup." They pretty much agreed.
I looked through his gallery, and although he certainly has done a good job, it's not really any better than the work of hundreds of other amateurs.
With modern SLRs, digital image stacking and a decent scope, a lot of people are doing this level of work. It takes some level of talent and a lot of patience, but it's nothing all that extraordinary.
It's CERTAINLY not up to the level of the current HST. None of those images show anything like the level of detail the Hubble has achieved.
I hate scraping cars off. If it's that cold out I ride my bike instead (yes, I'm serious).
I prefer manual transmissions myself, but automatic transmissions these days are not all that bad. You give up maybe 1 MPG usually, and even then it depends on if your A/C is on. With the A/C on a car with automatic may actually be a little more efficient, because it's programmed to cut the A/C off during heavy acceleration. This is especially helpful in city driving.