I remember when those birds used to pickup terrestrial FM stations. You could listen to the downlink 'in the clear.' This use of military satellites goes back to, at least, 1978.
Not all 'nice guys' are wimpy. You can be a nice guy AND be assertive, stand up for yourself, take risks, and take credit for your own work. Heck, you can even be part of a confrontation and still be nice. This IS being nice and perhaps even honest. A person who can't do any of the above is a wimp. wimp!=nice guy.
Now, a 'douchebag' would be a guy that takes credit for others' work, is confrontational, puts everyone else down, and takes risks that put others in jeopardy. Some people like being douchebags, and some people just like douchebags.
go figure.
You CAN win and be an honest, stand-up guy. You won't if you are a wimp, and douchebags never win, even if it looks like they do.
I've hired wimps, douchehbags, and stand-up people. When the time came to let them go, the douchebags and wimps went first. Stand-up people went last, but they got great references and any assistance I could give them. That, in the end, is winning.
Gotta love the webcast (at least for Windows). A video camera pointing at a mac screen running quicktime. Hopefully this is just for the L-1011 liftoff...
Don't forget that it was only two to five meters when measured head-on. When measured from the side it would only be one to four meters, and from the back four to seven meters.
Hell, I have 9-track tapes that are older than that and I can still read them. I also have 2" quad video from 1965, but I'll save that for a future thread..:)
But seriously, go tape. DLT, SDLT, mini carts, or 9 track reel. Wrap up a DLT in a bunch of plastic sheeting and you should be ok. just TAR or CPIO the data, don't use a proprietary tape backup format
If you want to make it REALLY difficult, encode it onto cassette tape at 300baud and include a reader.
Of course, it makes sense that they are planning a trip to China, since all of the stuff in house was probably made there, and after the next big credit crunch, they might even be going overseas to pay forced-homage to the mortgage lender.
This system was shown at the National Association of Broadcaster's convention in Las Vegas last year. The camera looked like something out of a horror film, as did the microphone system. Still, it worked well and the picture.... lets just say it was hard to tell it from the surrounding wall, other than the slight reflection of the hall lights. I have a brief shot of this camera here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9YPwIrr1g at about 1:38 into the clip.
I tell ya, nothing like having a trusty E-6 sliderule device in your bag, just in case your batteries die. For some calculations, it is MUCH faster than an electronic flight computer.
we had 1/2" EIAJ (and EIAJ-2) reel to reel videotape, and we liked it! Of course, there was 1" or 2" Quad that were better.... Hell, lets look at 3/4" (umatic) vs. VHS vs. Beta vs. Cartravision (hooray USA). The winner? UMATIC. Better resolution than VHS or Beta, more players than Cartravision, and it has been in use since (gasp....) 1974, and is still going strong.
Hmm, this isn't really NEW news. There have been discussions about this going on at a local charity-aggregator/processor company (being used as a card tester site) down (san diego) here for several years... No, I'm not going to name it. Not Yours.
Hmmm, a current-inrush I can see, but over-voltage? Someone didn't study the blueprints. I'd say inexcusable, but hey, I'm a NASA fan, so I won't. yet.
Yep, but you also need to ensure that all copies of the documents in question are destroyed. PSTs, OSTs?
And how short is too short? Got a board meeting next week, I'm sure someone sent out an agenda, and someone sent a reply to one or more board members. When do you delete that? Can you delete that, since it is a public comment on a public agenda?
Much more complex than 'destroy them all.' if it were only that simple.
'Cause you need to log everything. Student sends an IM? Capture it. Board Member sends an email to 3000 users? Capture it. Sup. sends out virus infected email due to a, well, virus or worm? Log it. And, don't forget all of that inbound spam you are blocking, and all of the stuff you MAY be blocking outbound. Gotta log it FIRST.
Of course, you also need to have an INTERNAL POLICY that states WHO can see the archive, WHO can delete the archive, and who gets to define what the archive is. A colossal waste of resources. And I work in this area as a consultant.
You can thank the lawyers (and un-aware staff/students sending questionable email, for wasting your school's budget.
(and no, you can't use E-RATE funds for this stuff, legally, at least).
Welcome to my hell. I've had this happen to 8 of my domains over the last couple of years, typical spam runs of 30k at a time, based on all of the 'bounce back' messages that tell me 'my' mail is spam, or worse "go F** yourself, spammer" crud. SPF might fix this, but only if it was mandatory and ALL ISPs blocked non-commercial email servers (DO NOT WANT the latter to occur).
Lets face it, as a commercial medium, sure, VHS is dead. So is Quad, MII, 1" C, and u-matic, but that doesn't mean you can't find equipment to use the format (well, MII and 2" Quad is kind of hard to find). I don't mind if everyone writes of VHS, just means more end-of-life tape bargains for me.
Before 1" was dead, a reel of 66minute V1-K tape from Sony was $125. I picked up a sealed CASE of these for $20+shipping on ebay.
Bring on VHS's death (and the bargains that will follow)
For some interesting reading on Hydrogen storage using a similar method to the Honda version (but w/o propane...) check out the Hydrogen fuel pages at United Nuclear (http://www.unitednuclear.com./ These folks seem to have been doing it for the last 10 years.....
Of course, they have also found some problems with long-term engine life for CONVERTED engines...
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Just don't switch it to overload!
Thank Jebus that this story didn't hit Fark. Could you imagine the number of email accounts, starting TODAY, that would contain the letters SRJC?
Not that anyone from slashdot.org would ever hop over to gmail and start creating such things. That would not be nice.
say.no.to.srjc@gmail.com
I remember when those birds used to pickup terrestrial FM stations. You could listen to the downlink 'in the clear.' This use of military satellites goes back to, at least, 1978.
Too bad it is not available in the United States; it looks like an interesting competitor to Slacker.
Not all 'nice guys' are wimpy. You can be a nice guy AND be assertive, stand up for yourself, take risks, and take credit for your own work. Heck, you can even be part of a confrontation and still be nice. This IS being nice and perhaps even honest. A person who can't do any of the above is a wimp. wimp!=nice guy.
Now, a 'douchebag' would be a guy that takes credit for others' work, is confrontational, puts everyone else down, and takes risks that put others in jeopardy. Some people like being douchebags, and some people just like douchebags.
go figure.
You CAN win and be an honest, stand-up guy. You won't if you are a wimp, and douchebags never win, even if it looks like they do.
I've hired wimps, douchehbags, and stand-up people. When the time came to let them go, the douchebags and wimps went first. Stand-up people went last, but they got great references and any assistance I could give them. That, in the end, is winning.
Wow. Where did you get that definition of a video game? "video games have pixels"
Simply amazing.
Gotta love the webcast (at least for Windows). A video camera pointing at a mac screen running quicktime. Hopefully this is just for the L-1011 liftoff...
Don't forget that it was only two to five meters when measured head-on. When measured from the side it would only be one to four meters, and from the back four to seven meters.
Hell, I have 9-track tapes that are older than that and I can still read them. I also have 2" quad video from 1965, but I'll save that for a future thread.. :)
But seriously, go tape. DLT, SDLT, mini carts, or 9 track reel.
Wrap up a DLT in a bunch of plastic sheeting and you should be ok. just TAR or CPIO the data, don't use a proprietary tape backup format
If you want to make it REALLY difficult, encode it onto cassette tape at 300baud and include a reader.
But Where is Bob? Or Super-Sweaty Ballmer?
Of course, it makes sense that they are planning a trip to China, since all of the stuff in house was probably made there, and after the next big credit crunch, they might even be going overseas to pay forced-homage to the mortgage lender.
This system was shown at the National Association of Broadcaster's convention in Las Vegas last year. The camera looked like something out of a horror film, as did the microphone system. Still, it worked well and the picture.... lets just say it was hard to tell it from the surrounding wall, other than the slight reflection of the hall lights. I have a brief shot of this camera here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9YPwIrr1g at about 1:38 into the clip.
No, seriously. Having a bunch of RTTY gear over here, this might be a fun Thursday diversion....
I tell ya, nothing like having a trusty E-6 sliderule device in your bag, just in case your batteries die. For some calculations, it is MUCH faster than an electronic flight computer.
we had 1/2" EIAJ (and EIAJ-2) reel to reel videotape, and we liked it! Of course, there was 1" or 2" Quad that were better.... Hell, lets look at 3/4" (umatic) vs. VHS vs. Beta vs. Cartravision (hooray USA). The winner? UMATIC. Better resolution than VHS or Beta, more players than Cartravision, and it has been in use since (gasp....) 1974, and is still going strong.
But really, 8-track?
Hmm, this isn't really NEW news. There have been discussions about this going on at a local
charity-aggregator/processor company (being used as a card tester site) down (san diego) here
for several years... No, I'm not going to name it. Not Yours.
Hmmm, a current-inrush I can see, but over-voltage? Someone didn't study the blueprints. I'd say inexcusable, but hey, I'm
a NASA fan, so I won't. yet.
Yep, but you also need to ensure that all copies of the documents in question are destroyed. PSTs, OSTs?
And how short is too short? Got a board meeting next week, I'm sure someone sent out an agenda, and someone sent a reply to
one or more board members. When do you delete that? Can you delete that, since it is a public comment on a public agenda?
Much more complex than 'destroy them all.' if it were only that simple.
'Cause you need to log everything. Student sends an IM? Capture it. Board Member sends an email to 3000 users? Capture it. Sup. sends out virus infected email due to a, well, virus or worm? Log it. And, don't forget all of that inbound spam you are blocking, and all of the stuff you MAY be blocking outbound. Gotta log it FIRST.
Of course, you also need to have an INTERNAL POLICY that states WHO can see the archive, WHO can delete the archive, and who gets to define what the
archive is. A colossal waste of resources. And I work in this area as a consultant.
You can thank the lawyers (and un-aware staff/students sending questionable email, for wasting your school's budget.
(and no, you can't use E-RATE funds for this stuff, legally, at least).
How much are users paying monthly for their Flickr accounts?
Thought so.
Don't like it? Start your own service.
Damn crybabies.
"Sheesh, who just dumped core? Light a match!"
-Kernel Boot Rom
Welcome to my hell. I've had this happen to 8 of my domains over the last couple of years, typical spam runs of 30k at a time, based on all of the 'bounce back' messages that tell me 'my' mail is spam, or worse "go F** yourself, spammer" crud. SPF might fix this, but only if it was mandatory and ALL ISPs blocked non-commercial email servers (DO NOT WANT the latter to occur).
Good Luck.
Lets face it, as a commercial medium, sure, VHS is dead. So is Quad, MII, 1" C, and u-matic, but that doesn't mean you can't
find equipment to use the format (well, MII and 2" Quad is kind of hard to find). I don't mind if everyone writes of VHS, just
means more end-of-life tape bargains for me.
Before 1" was dead, a reel of 66minute V1-K tape from Sony was $125. I picked up a sealed CASE of these
for $20+shipping on ebay.
Bring on VHS's death (and the bargains that will follow)
Online abortion clinics, right-to-second-lifers, the whole bit. Should be fun to watch (and gum up the works....)..
For some interesting reading on Hydrogen storage using a similar method to the Honda version (but w/o propane...) check out the Hydrogen fuel pages at United Nuclear (http://www.unitednuclear.com./ These folks seem to have been doing it for the last 10 years.....
Of course, they have also found some problems with long-term engine life for CONVERTED engines...
http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/h2.htm
-arg