From the TV specials that I've seen about this, it looks like area 51 was an R&D facility for rockets, planes, and other weapons. Unfortunatley, that requires a lot of toxic chemicals. Also, the workers would burn a lot of the failed projects so that they wouldn't be discovered. Like many areas of the US, one of the biggest polluters is the US Government.
My sense of scale has been corrupted by the McMansions. Then again, it's nice to have a guest room for visitors considering that I have all of that forest, a fish pond, cool breazes, and no noise!:)
I wouldn't mind a bit of green tech, either - houses designed with big south facing windows and large eaves to let in lots of sunlight in the winter but little in the summer, perhaps solar water heating, perhaps a heat pump, perhaps a wind turbine if in a windy area, etc. For really esoteric, on a big house you could go with a solar thermal evaporative cooler/heater: noiseless, takes no power, and has no moving parts except for the fan; heating and cooling are done by the same device.
I'm with you! That's exactly what I'm talking about.
The only thing that has me a little hesitant about solar is that you have to cut down enough trees so that enough sunlight can hit the panels on your roof. I like having the trees close to the house to shade the sun (especially during Summer) to help keep the house cool. There are trees that have plenty of leaves during the Summer to shade the house and they defoliate for the Winter letting the Sun in for the heat. But, what's the effect on the panels? Or is it a moot point?
There was this builder on NPR a year ago. He builds house in Athens, GA. He figured out that if he left as many trees as he could on a property, he could sell the house for a premium. I just thought - "Uh, Duh!" Most GA builders just clear cut everything and plant weeds (i.e.a lawn).
I'd want a small home(1,500 - 2,000 sq.ft.) on plenty of land (4+ acres) with trees. The only electronics I'd want is something that blocks anything wireless so I can have some peace and quiet for once. Also, I'd have an excuse for why I wasn't pestered by any phone calls...I mean, why I didn't get someone's call.
Two companies are going to merge, making them stronger and better able to compete in the marketplace, and their stock prices drop on news of the merger!
Usually, the purchasing company's stock price drops and the purchasee's stock price increases. A lot of folks risk arbitrage this position when news of a merger hits the street.
Risk arbitrage goes like this: sell short the aquiring comanies stock, or buy the Puts and hedge with the stock. Buy the aquiree company's stock and or buy the Calls and short the stock as a hedge. It's not a one for one transcation. There's some ratios of how much to buy based on the volatility of the underlying stocks, risk free interest rates, and some guessing.
Of course, every transaction is different.
The reason the aquiring companie's stock goes down is because usually the merged company does worse. Synergy? Hah! Another reason is that when companies start buying others is because their earning are or have decreased and they're trying to boost performance by buying others. So either way, buying other companies is usually a hint of troubles ahead or now.
Of course, everyone on Wall Street has their own opinions as there will be after my post.
And you're right about Wall Street: in a nutshell, whatever their title is on Wall Street, their job function is sales period! That means th investor get fucked somehow!
Mar 11, 2005 -- How identity theft really occurs
Identity theft has become huge, as we all know. But how and why does it occur? Many people think that identity theft occurs because of what we do online. But just slightly more than 10 percent happens online. Almost all of it occurs when someone steals your checkbook, your wallet or your mail. The Internet actually helps in reducing ID theft, according to the Better Business Bureau. Monitoring your checkbook and credit card status online is a huge deterrent to identity theft because people find things quickly and can report them right away. So, if you still have a checkbook and you refuse to part with it, keep it at home and know where it is at all times. This is especially important for businesses, which are expected to keep a higher standard of security when it comes to securing checks. Businesses have liability for checks written that are stolen. So, keep very good track of your checks if you own a business.
After switching to Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper (aka Liquid Crack) I was heading for 5 to 6 20oz bottles a day (at work) plus 5 to 10 12oz cans every two days (at home).
Too much Aspartame gives me wicked headaches. Aspartame also breaks down into formaldehyde by your liver - how much or how long - I don't know, but that's what I've been told by a dietician - a real dietician from a hostpital. Not your typical "self educated" one who learned about diet from magazines thay, well, may not be the best source for that kind of information.
FTFA: Why, oh why didn't they spend a few thousand dollars to buy for enough duplex printers like HP's 1320 for each office?
He also mentioned showing them how to flip the page.
I have an old HP 682C. When I first got it for a Windows 95 system, HP's driver had a duplex feature built in. When you selected duplex printing, it would prompt you with a picture showing you exactly how to flip the pages around and insert back into the machine to print on the other side.
Now, on XP, I have to use the MS driver. It doesn't have a duplex feature so I have to do it manually, remembering that when printing even pages only that I have to set the "print in reverse order" check box. Sometimes I forget and waste a tree. And for some wacky reason, I just can't get MS Word to do this correctly. It's like it ignores the check boxes or something - Arrg!
My point is: doesn't HP's drivers come with this "manual" duplex feature anymore? That way, these folks on really tight budgets can get a much cheaper machine and still print "duplex" without having to remember or read notes on exactly how to position the paper. Yeah I know, it does seem like an incredibly stupid thing to deal with. But when you have a lot of shit going on, it's really easy to screw it up.
FTFA: If vendors don't have tangible proof points available and customer references then they're not giving you enough information.
What do you do if you're just starting out?
There's been a couple of times when I've mentioned F/OSS to business owner as a potential addition or replacement to his IT infrastructure (MySQL, Open Office) and as soon as they hear "free" they get this funny glaze over their eyes. Small businesses LOVE the word "free", but I think they equate "free" with junk - "you get what you pay for" attitude. I think they're also afraid of things not working, which equals no revenue coming in. This is a hurdle that I can't seem to get over.
So, if a program is bogging down because of lack of machine resources, this software will move it to another machine - sweet! But, I guess, it will only work if Cassatt supports that platform? In other words, if I happen to have a SUN machine on my network of primarily Windows boxes, could it move it to that, or any other platform? I can't find anything that mentions this in the links.
Let's say you post on some forum and you're trying to pick up some 11 yr-old. Now, if they catch you, not only can they charge you with soliticing a minor (or whatever it's called) but they can also charge you with posting anonymously or with a fake ID. I'm sure posting with a "fake ID" will become illegal under that law if it's passed.
Or, why even have the law when IPs addresses are easily tracked. Using those anonymous proxies are useless many times because; one, many sites, including/., block any traffic coming from them; two, those proxies add sooo much time to the packets that I get time-outs all the time making them useless.
Bah, it's just some politician grandstanding over nothing.
Interestingly, SCTP falls behind TCP in the majority of cases (more latency, less bandwidth).
You've brought up a question I have. I see SCTP can handle more than one stream, but what's the effect on the underlying hardware layer? In other words, you have multiple streams going at once; wouldn't that just divide up the bandwidth you have?
Web documents have no place being applications and javascript and flash have no place in documents.
I see some really nice web designs out there, but when it takes a minute (or more!) to load a page with a DSL line, then I get a little testy. And many times, I absolutely agree with you. I just want the information, the graphics/Flash/whatever do not add anything. And many times, it makes site navigation difficult because the page becomes so cluttered, it's hard to make out what you're looking for.
I don't know about Ajax or Flex. OTOH: But now that users are flocking to non-modifiable, one-size-fits-all web 2.0 apps like Gmail or Flickr, are we moving away from our open source ideals? Those services do provide many important benefits, but in the process of their enthusiastic adoption did we not loose sight of the most important issues?"
What users are you talking about? Those who use OSS or your typical Internet user?
Bare in mind that the internet, aside from the technical sites, has become a huge business, ecommerce, entertainment, and anything else that non-IT people want to use it for. The latter folks have no idea what OSS is. They just want thier music, porn, buy books, etc... And they'll use whatever canned software that is offered - they don't want to mess with code.
I guess what I'm saying (and what others have said) is that the internet and computers are just a home appliance now. Anyting that makes computers more of an appliance will sell BIG!
this is/. . Bashing MS is still the best way to karma whore.
What happened to the days when MS, along with Apple, was the hero because they were against the big bad IBM monopoly. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Phillipe Kahn, and others, were heros because of their success and they were leaders of a new age.
It's funny, how things change. I understand why old people are the way they are. Fuck! I'm becoming an old guy!
has seen hundreds of Japanese gamers line up for the privilege of owning one
So, it's a privilege to own a video game? I see. Like, it's a privilege to drive? I would abosolutley love to give up that "privilege"! I hate to drive and cars are just one big money pit.
All these wonderful people giving me all of these "privilege", but I think I'll pass.
I think it would be more profitable to sell the Indians pills that "guaranteed" that they'll have sons. And then another to sell sex dolls for those 20 million men who are unable to find a wife because everyone prefered sons so they had their daughters aborted or whatever.
You think that's bad, the UAE is also a huge customer of weapons from, well, you guess.
From this A: some stats on weapons sales to our "friends" including the UAE: * $2 billion of AMRAAMs, ammunition and bombs to complement a previous $6-8 billion F- 16 fighter jet sale to the United Arab Emirates. The U.A.E. has also demanded the computer coding for the F- 1 6s which would enable it to modify or replicate the jet's intelligence. If the U.A.E. gets the source code, other buyers will be sure to want it too.
what's sad is that I can't find a list from OUR government.
Don't forget "Experts Exchange". My last company paid for a subscription to that and most of the answers are either "RTFM" or just pulled straight from the newsgroup posting that is right under the 7 experts exchange hits on google. (Or, even more commonly, an RTFM pulled straight from the newsgroup...)
I've wondered about that. There's been so many times that I've searched on a problem and had a few links from "Experts Exchange" pop up with an almost exact question that I had. The when I looked for the answer, I found that stinking button that lead to the buy a subscription. I did exactly what you did, a page over or so and bingo! there was an answer. Of course, I ususally have to try a couple of different answers before one worked. I'd be really pissed if I bought a subscription only to have an answer not work or something that said RTFM; which is where I go first (Yeah, I learned the hard way to RTFM first:) )
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From the TV specials that I've seen about this, it looks like area 51 was an R&D facility for rockets, planes, and other weapons. Unfortunatley, that requires a lot of toxic chemicals. Also, the workers would burn a lot of the failed projects so that they wouldn't be discovered. Like many areas of the US, one of the biggest polluters is the US Government.
Hah, what about guests? Or, if I forget?
My sense of scale has been corrupted by the McMansions. Then again, it's nice to have a guest room for visitors considering that I have all of that forest, a fish pond, cool breazes, and no noise! :)
I'm with you! That's exactly what I'm talking about.
The only thing that has me a little hesitant about solar is that you have to cut down enough trees so that enough sunlight can hit the panels on your roof. I like having the trees close to the house to shade the sun (especially during Summer) to help keep the house cool. There are trees that have plenty of leaves during the Summer to shade the house and they defoliate for the Winter letting the Sun in for the heat. But, what's the effect on the panels? Or is it a moot point?
Oooo, I think I'm on to something here!
There was this builder on NPR a year ago. He builds house in Athens, GA. He figured out that if he left as many trees as he could on a property, he could sell the house for a premium. I just thought - "Uh, Duh!" Most GA builders just clear cut everything and plant weeds (i.e.a lawn).
I'd want a small home(1,500 - 2,000 sq.ft.) on plenty of land (4+ acres) with trees. The only electronics I'd want is something that blocks anything wireless so I can have some peace and quiet for once. Also, I'd have an excuse for why I wasn't pestered by any phone calls...I mean, why I didn't get someone's call.
I suggest that the open-porn should be stored on "Freshmeat".
Usually, the purchasing company's stock price drops and the purchasee's stock price increases. A lot of folks risk arbitrage this position when news of a merger hits the street.
Risk arbitrage goes like this: sell short the aquiring comanies stock, or buy the Puts and hedge with the stock. Buy the aquiree company's stock and or buy the Calls and short the stock as a hedge. It's not a one for one transcation. There's some ratios of how much to buy based on the volatility of the underlying stocks, risk free interest rates, and some guessing.
Of course, every transaction is different.
The reason the aquiring companie's stock goes down is because usually the merged company does worse. Synergy? Hah! Another reason is that when companies start buying others is because their earning are or have decreased and they're trying to boost performance by buying others. So either way, buying other companies is usually a hint of troubles ahead or now.
Of course, everyone on Wall Street has their own opinions as there will be after my post.
And you're right about Wall Street: in a nutshell, whatever their title is on Wall Street, their job function is sales period! That means th investor get fucked somehow!
Mar 11, 2005 -- How identity theft really occurs
Identity theft has become huge, as we all know. But how and why does it occur? Many people think that identity theft occurs because of what we do online. But just slightly more than 10 percent happens online. Almost all of it occurs when someone steals your checkbook, your wallet or your mail. The Internet actually helps in reducing ID theft, according to the Better Business Bureau. Monitoring your checkbook and credit card status online is a huge deterrent to identity theft because people find things quickly and can report them right away. So, if you still have a checkbook and you refuse to part with it, keep it at home and know where it is at all times. This is especially important for businesses, which are expected to keep a higher standard of security when it comes to securing checks. Businesses have liability for checks written that are stolen. So, keep very good track of your checks if you own a business.
Too much Aspartame gives me wicked headaches. Aspartame also breaks down into formaldehyde by your liver - how much or how long - I don't know, but that's what I've been told by a dietician - a real dietician from a hostpital. Not your typical "self educated" one who learned about diet from magazines thay, well, may not be the best source for that kind of information.
He also mentioned showing them how to flip the page.
I have an old HP 682C. When I first got it for a Windows 95 system, HP's driver had a duplex feature built in. When you selected duplex printing, it would prompt you with a picture showing you exactly how to flip the pages around and insert back into the machine to print on the other side.
Now, on XP, I have to use the MS driver. It doesn't have a duplex feature so I have to do it manually, remembering that when printing even pages only that I have to set the "print in reverse order" check box. Sometimes I forget and waste a tree. And for some wacky reason, I just can't get MS Word to do this correctly. It's like it ignores the check boxes or something - Arrg!
My point is: doesn't HP's drivers come with this "manual" duplex feature anymore? That way, these folks on really tight budgets can get a much cheaper machine and still print "duplex" without having to remember or read notes on exactly how to position the paper. Yeah I know, it does seem like an incredibly stupid thing to deal with. But when you have a lot of shit going on, it's really easy to screw it up.
What do you do if you're just starting out?
There's been a couple of times when I've mentioned F/OSS to business owner as a potential addition or replacement to his IT infrastructure (MySQL, Open Office) and as soon as they hear "free" they get this funny glaze over their eyes. Small businesses LOVE the word "free", but I think they equate "free" with junk - "you get what you pay for" attitude. I think they're also afraid of things not working, which equals no revenue coming in. This is a hurdle that I can't seem to get over.
Yeah, I'm a shitty sales guy.
So, if a program is bogging down because of lack of machine resources, this software will move it to another machine - sweet! But, I guess, it will only work if Cassatt supports that platform? In other words, if I happen to have a SUN machine on my network of primarily Windows boxes, could it move it to that, or any other platform? I can't find anything that mentions this in the links.
Let's say you post on some forum and you're trying to pick up some 11 yr-old. Now, if they catch you, not only can they charge you with soliticing a minor (or whatever it's called) but they can also charge you with posting anonymously or with a fake ID. I'm sure posting with a "fake ID" will become illegal under that law if it's passed.
Or, why even have the law when IPs addresses are easily tracked. Using those anonymous proxies are useless many times because; one, many sites, including /., block any traffic coming from them; two, those proxies add sooo much time to the packets that I get time-outs all the time making them useless.
Bah, it's just some politician grandstanding over nothing.
Other than possibly making multistreaming network software easier to develop, what's the point of SCTP?
You've brought up a question I have. I see SCTP can handle more than one stream, but what's the effect on the underlying hardware layer? In other words, you have multiple streams going at once; wouldn't that just divide up the bandwidth you have?
I see some really nice web designs out there, but when it takes a minute (or more!) to load a page with a DSL line, then I get a little testy. And many times, I absolutely agree with you. I just want the information, the graphics/Flash/whatever do not add anything. And many times, it makes site navigation difficult because the page becomes so cluttered, it's hard to make out what you're looking for.
What users are you talking about? Those who use OSS or your typical Internet user?
Bare in mind that the internet, aside from the technical sites, has become a huge business, ecommerce, entertainment, and anything else that non-IT people want to use it for. The latter folks have no idea what OSS is. They just want thier music, porn, buy books, etc... And they'll use whatever canned software that is offered - they don't want to mess with code.
I guess what I'm saying (and what others have said) is that the internet and computers are just a home appliance now. Anyting that makes computers more of an appliance will sell BIG!
That is the most insightful things I've seen on this article. So, that's what we have to do: become owners. How to do it?
Invest and save. That's it. That's how you become one of "them".
That's what I'm doing.
What happened to the days when MS, along with Apple, was the hero because they were against the big bad IBM monopoly. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Phillipe Kahn, and others, were heros because of their success and they were leaders of a new age.
It's funny, how things change. I understand why old people are the way they are. Fuck! I'm becoming an old guy!
hey kids! Get out of yard!
I've got to go...goddamn kids!
So, it's a privilege to own a video game? I see. Like, it's a privilege to drive? I would abosolutley love to give up that "privilege"! I hate to drive and cars are just one big money pit.
All these wonderful people giving me all of these "privilege", but I think I'll pass.
I think it would be more profitable to sell the Indians pills that "guaranteed" that they'll have sons. And then another to sell sex dolls for those 20 million men who are unable to find a wife because everyone prefered sons so they had their daughters aborted or whatever.
From this A: some stats on weapons sales to our "friends" including the UAE: * $2 billion of AMRAAMs, ammunition and bombs to complement a previous $6-8 billion F- 16 fighter jet sale to the United Arab Emirates. The U.A.E. has also demanded the computer coding for the F- 1 6s which would enable it to modify or replicate the jet's intelligence. If the U.A.E. gets the source code, other buyers will be sure to want it too.
what's sad is that I can't find a list from OUR government.
I've wondered about that. There's been so many times that I've searched on a problem and had a few links from "Experts Exchange" pop up with an almost exact question that I had. The when I looked for the answer, I found that stinking button that lead to the buy a subscription. I did exactly what you did, a page over or so and bingo! there was an answer. Of course, I ususally have to try a couple of different answers before one worked. I'd be really pissed if I bought a subscription only to have an answer not work or something that said RTFM; which is where I go first (Yeah, I learned the hard way to RTFM first :) )