It's funny how everybody here gripes and moans about freedom of information and whatnot, but when something is provided you just want to complain about that.
This is an example of a government agency trying to make public information available to the public. All of the cases shown are civil cases which have been filed by persons in the court. All of the information was given to the court by the persons involved because of the the civil cases they started. The information contained within the documents is public information. A reasonable person would know that. I don't see any reason a social security number should EVER even be needed within a civil case. If you don;'t want it becoming part of public record don't place it with a public agency that is required to disclose the records in the name of free information.
Regarding the checks that are viewable online it is a moot point. You can use a bank account and routing number and put it on a check with any name on it and it will fly at any bank (except usually for the originating bank) or supermarket. Online checks are even better because you don't even have to sign them or see anybody that may be able to identify you at some future point.
It's not like they're showing you the documents regarding criminal cases (you can only get the minutes). You'll see that if you search for someone's name in a criminal matter you'll only get birth month and year and basic description, which is necessary because you have some common names. Example, Search in the desert court for "Fred Garcia." You'll see a Fred Garcia (multiple times, different aliases) with a birthday of 06/1975. It appears he is scum of society, with multiple pending cases for burglary, robbery, possession of stolen property, possession of controlled substances, battery, and resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer. Which is different from Freddy Garcia 11/1981, who only has minor traffic violations. If you want to have fun try, "Jose Vasquez" or "Juan Perez."
I'd assume the only reason he is not in jail or prison right now is because people whine about the prisoners being victims of not enough bed space and such. What about the people that these guys victimize, when they get out they just do it again and there are more real victims. Jail and prison is not supposed to be a fucking resort with free health care, it's a punishment for doing something offensive to society.
I believe they're doing a good job of making it easy to access information that is available to the public. They also do a decent job of withholding information that could easily be abused. Instead, we should be talking about how nice it is that they have made this effort and perhaps have a comment or two about how it could be made better. It's like watching the Olympics and instead of congratulating the guy who won, talking about any mistake he made while winning while ignoring the gold medal.
Nothing will ever be good enough. Government will always suck because no policy will ever appeal to everybody. The police will always be oppressive because people don't like being punished for what they've done. Etc. etc. etc.
I suggest most of you go to your local police department and ask to go on a ride along. Most departments allow them to people without criminal records. My first ride along was an eye opener. Perhaps you will get a better grasp on what happens in the rest of the world while you're text messaging, using your latest gadget, or installing Linux on your refrigerator.
I know these seem like senseless ramblings, my point is you all whine too much.
Bill Gates does not have to prove to anybody that he is rich, it is a well known fact. There is a local country club here where a poor person has a net worth of $12,000,000USD (it's basically the minimum liquidity required to be permitted to live there).
If you valet at one of these events you won't park anything that costs less than $200,000. Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Ferraris, etc.
Bill Gates pulls up in an Oldsmobile Bravada.
Personally, I believe he is still a geek, and he loves to rub in the fact that the people there are some of the richest in the world, yet they can't even hold a candle to his fortune. Part of being a little against the grain and not conforming to the norm of the extremely rich.
If you have are expecting a million users you should expect to put some cash into this. Develop the majority of it from scratch, get up to date on RFCs and how different web mail services and servers vary from them (this is honestly the hardest part).
First, develop an incoming server that it specific to your aims, have it read from your user database (the only thing you should use any database server for in this instance is a user database) have it dump the raw message to files in some sort of predetermined directory structure (find out the particular limitations for your OS, and test them, you will regret it if you don't). Don't do anything with the incoming mail server more than verifying the user and dumping the raw information.
Next, you write the POP server, the web interface, and if you are going to have an internal mail client then you write that (look into IMAP for ideas on protocol). Have only these things do any sort of indexing of messages, and when they do make them write to a universally (among your software) readable index file so you don't do any work more than you have to.
Whatever you do don't use a database to handle your mail. It may work fast initially but I can promise you with any regularly available database that you will start getting very slow with more than 200000 users.
Use sendmail for your outgoing mail servers. Have dedicated servers compiled with only what is needed to function as a mail server. Rotate what smtp servers your mail clients use and expect to have a whole lot of mail that is going to wrong addresses and mail servers that have really slow connections, so have a few fallback servers that have much larger timeouts that the primary servers send the mail to once they are unable to send it themselves. That way the majority of the mail gets out fast.
You can honestly write all of this from scratch in a few months. Writing it from scratch gives you the functionality required for your situation. Look at bug databases for simlar programs and make sure your software doesn't have similar exploits. Learn from the mistakes of others. Don't use windows for any servers (not trying to be biased) except maybe on your RAID arrays. Read the writeup (don't have the link) about the issues that the hotmail team had when converting hotmail to windows.
Remember, a lot of people don't check their mail frequently, don't waste CPU time on something that is not immediately necessary.
The conduit is so that you can easily upgrade in the future without digging it back up. It could be worthwhile if direct burial cable didn't cost significantly more, but it does. If you have the hole dug already you might as well drop some conduit in there. You have a probably with a line later, just pull a new one through. The telephone and cable companies are finally getting wind of this, especially in areas of extreme temperatures.
Nothing better than saving a few thousand feet of digging from having to occur more than once. Also, even a smaller conduit will allow more than one cable to run through it. If you go to a 2 inch conduit you could run 7 or 8 different lines for whatever you choose, tv cable, networking, telephone, security cameras, whatever you require.
Spend $75 rent a ditch witch for a day. Run some conduit between the greenhouses, it's about $.20/foot if that. Hardwire the buildings and put in access points. (I'm imagining there is some equipment that needs to be mobile) Put some thought into how you want to wire them all together with budget in mind and you'll have a large (physically) network that in the end doesn't cost too much.
In the end you will realize how gratifying it is to work with your hands to complete a project like that. Don't forget to buy wire pulling lubricant and put in hand holes (places to access the conduit) every 200' or so.
Talk about a pain in the arse. Scientific Atlanta's HD boxes (the 8000SD and the 8000HD) are just that. btw, the DVI output does work, but is incompatible with some tvs. They will only output in 16:9 (which pisses off a lot of subscribers) and seem to have a problem creating a clear picture. If you have a 4:3 screen you're stuck with letterbox (unless if your TV will zoom it, then your stuck without the right and left side of the picture). Ok, enough about sa and their horrible HD Boxes.
If you want to get an HD box from Time Warner. Make sure to get their Pace 550p. Don't even think about accepting the SA boxes. And don't even bother with the HD DVR. The Pace 550p has zoom, stretch, and normal output supported by the converter. On top of that, you can choose an output being 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i (which you can alter on a menu that doesn't require your tv, which is invaluable) as well as passthrough. Also, you can specify if you want 4:3 or 16:9 with those resolutions. Really, the only HD converter you should bother with from time warner.
Also, unless you know about cable you should have your cable company install the bloody box. It should assure you that the FDC (data going to the box) and the RDC (data being sent from the box to the cable co) are at proper levels, FDC being significantly more important to the average viewer. Actually, more than likely the installer is a lazy kid that gets paid $9/hr. So I suppose you just need to get lucky in order to recieve the level of service you expect.
Databases may be ok for small businesses and personal use. But for enterprise level it is completely out of the question. Why do you think places like Yahoo! and Hotmail use a filesystem instead of database? Because using databases for e-mail is very IO-intensive, especially when you have thousands, or even, millions of people accessing it. If you are designing an email system for enterprise level use, avoid databases for the email storage at all costs. ---------
Apparently I didn't use ENOUGH power so I had to pay for power I didn't use. I would think that at times like this they might thank people like me. I guess I didn't make their "Minimum Charge". ---------
I am personally offended. To relate Death Metal to Pop is horrible and wildly inaccurate. Try to relate bands such as Morbid Angel, Deicide, Carcass, and Cradle of Filth to Britney Spears, Eminem, Backstreet Boys, and N'Sync. I'm sorry, but you just can't do that.
The true Death Metal bands are in it because that's what they want. Deicide has never sold out. Sure, maybe they'd like to sell more albums, but like hell if they'd ever change their style to appeal to the mainstream. Britney Spears, on the other hand, would do whatever it takes to sell as many albums as possible including change her style.
In reality both of these are fine by me. I can see why somebody wouldn't want to be what they're not. And I can also see why somebody would be what they're not for money. But to say that they are the same is very upsetting.
I went to the link specified by the article, cut off the file name from the URL and got a page with an "English Version" link that pointed to here. http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~mbsf/sworde.htm ----- ----
>Either you are spreading FUD, or you don't understand what you are talking about. In the first case, please stop being lame. In the second --- > read a little, if you really are concerned about how licences affect *you*, you should have at least a little understanding of them. Here you go in laymen's terms--- The idea is that GPL infects everything that you write that uses any source that is GPL. If you use GPL for anything you have to make your source GPL also. It spreads and infests everything. If people decide to use your source, even the part that wasn't initially GPL'd but is now because it used some GPL licensed source, now your course has to be GPL. It's just plain lame.
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“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” -- George Orwell, 1984
Most certainly not. :)
It's funny how everybody here gripes and moans about freedom of information and whatnot, but when something is provided you just want to complain about that.
This is an example of a government agency trying to make public information available to the public. All of the cases shown are civil cases which have been filed by persons in the court. All of the information was given to the court by the persons involved because of the the civil cases they started. The information contained within the documents is public information. A reasonable person would know that. I don't see any reason a social security number should EVER even be needed within a civil case. If you don;'t want it becoming part of public record don't place it with a public agency that is required to disclose the records in the name of free information.
Regarding the checks that are viewable online it is a moot point. You can use a bank account and routing number and put it on a check with any name on it and it will fly at any bank (except usually for the originating bank) or supermarket. Online checks are even better because you don't even have to sign them or see anybody that may be able to identify you at some future point.
It's not like they're showing you the documents regarding criminal cases (you can only get the minutes). You'll see that if you search for someone's name in a criminal matter you'll only get birth month and year and basic description, which is necessary because you have some common names. Example, Search in the desert court for "Fred Garcia." You'll see a Fred Garcia (multiple times, different aliases) with a birthday of 06/1975. It appears he is scum of society, with multiple pending cases for burglary, robbery, possession of stolen property, possession of controlled substances, battery, and resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer. Which is different from Freddy Garcia 11/1981, who only has minor traffic violations. If you want to have fun try, "Jose Vasquez" or "Juan Perez."
I'd assume the only reason he is not in jail or prison right now is because people whine about the prisoners being victims of not enough bed space and such. What about the people that these guys victimize, when they get out they just do it again and there are more real victims. Jail and prison is not supposed to be a fucking resort with free health care, it's a punishment for doing something offensive to society.
I believe they're doing a good job of making it easy to access information that is available to the public. They also do a decent job of withholding information that could easily be abused. Instead, we should be talking about how nice it is that they have made this effort and perhaps have a comment or two about how it could be made better. It's like watching the Olympics and instead of congratulating the guy who won, talking about any mistake he made while winning while ignoring the gold medal.
Nothing will ever be good enough. Government will always suck because no policy will ever appeal to everybody. The police will always be oppressive because people don't like being punished for what they've done. Etc. etc. etc.
I suggest most of you go to your local police department and ask to go on a ride along. Most departments allow them to people without criminal records. My first ride along was an eye opener. Perhaps you will get a better grasp on what happens in the rest of the world while you're text messaging, using your latest gadget, or installing Linux on your refrigerator.
I know these seem like senseless ramblings, my point is you all whine too much.
That's impossible. Average IQ by definition will always be 100.
Bill Gates does not have to prove to anybody that he is rich, it is a well known fact. There is a local country club here where a poor person has a net worth of $12,000,000USD (it's basically the minimum liquidity required to be permitted to live there).
If you valet at one of these events you won't park anything that costs less than $200,000. Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Ferraris, etc.
Bill Gates pulls up in an Oldsmobile Bravada.
Personally, I believe he is still a geek, and he loves to rub in the fact that the people there are some of the richest in the world, yet they can't even hold a candle to his fortune. Part of being a little against the grain and not conforming to the norm of the extremely rich.
If you have are expecting a million users you should expect to put some cash into this. Develop the majority of it from scratch, get up to date on RFCs and how different web mail services and servers vary from them (this is honestly the hardest part).
First, develop an incoming server that it specific to your aims, have it read from your user database (the only thing you should use any database server for in this instance is a user database) have it dump the raw message to files in some sort of predetermined directory structure (find out the particular limitations for your OS, and test them, you will regret it if you don't). Don't do anything with the incoming mail server more than verifying the user and dumping the raw information.
Next, you write the POP server, the web interface, and if you are going to have an internal mail client then you write that (look into IMAP for ideas on protocol). Have only these things do any sort of indexing of messages, and when they do make them write to a universally (among your software) readable index file so you don't do any work more than you have to.
Whatever you do don't use a database to handle your mail. It may work fast initially but I can promise you with any regularly available database that you will start getting very slow with more than 200000 users.
Use sendmail for your outgoing mail servers. Have dedicated servers compiled with only what is needed to function as a mail server. Rotate what smtp servers your mail clients use and expect to have a whole lot of mail that is going to wrong addresses and mail servers that have really slow connections, so have a few fallback servers that have much larger timeouts that the primary servers send the mail to once they are unable to send it themselves. That way the majority of the mail gets out fast.
You can honestly write all of this from scratch in a few months. Writing it from scratch gives you the functionality required for your situation. Look at bug databases for simlar programs and make sure your software doesn't have similar exploits. Learn from the mistakes of others. Don't use windows for any servers (not trying to be biased) except maybe on your RAID arrays. Read the writeup (don't have the link) about the issues that the hotmail team had when converting hotmail to windows.
Remember, a lot of people don't check their mail frequently, don't waste CPU time on something that is not immediately necessary.
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The conduit is so that you can easily upgrade in the future without digging it back up. It could be worthwhile if direct burial cable didn't cost significantly more, but it does. If you have the hole dug already you might as well drop some conduit in there. You have a probably with a line later, just pull a new one through. The telephone and cable companies are finally getting wind of this, especially in areas of extreme temperatures.
Nothing better than saving a few thousand feet of digging from having to occur more than once. Also, even a smaller conduit will allow more than one cable to run through it. If you go to a 2 inch conduit you could run 7 or 8 different lines for whatever you choose, tv cable, networking, telephone, security cameras, whatever you require.
Spend $75 rent a ditch witch for a day. Run some conduit between the greenhouses, it's about $.20/foot if that. Hardwire the buildings and put in access points. (I'm imagining there is some equipment that needs to be mobile) Put some thought into how you want to wire them all together with budget in mind and you'll have a large (physically) network that in the end doesn't cost too much.
In the end you will realize how gratifying it is to work with your hands to complete a project like that. Don't forget to buy wire pulling lubricant and put in hand holes (places to access the conduit) every 200' or so.
Talk about a pain in the arse. Scientific Atlanta's HD boxes (the 8000SD and the 8000HD) are just that. btw, the DVI output does work, but is incompatible with some tvs. They will only output in 16:9 (which pisses off a lot of subscribers) and seem to have a problem creating a clear picture. If you have a 4:3 screen you're stuck with letterbox (unless if your TV will zoom it, then your stuck without the right and left side of the picture). Ok, enough about sa and their horrible HD Boxes.
If you want to get an HD box from Time Warner. Make sure to get their Pace 550p. Don't even think about accepting the SA boxes. And don't even bother with the HD DVR. The Pace 550p has zoom, stretch, and normal output supported by the converter. On top of that, you can choose an output being 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i (which you can alter on a menu that doesn't require your tv, which is invaluable) as well as passthrough. Also, you can specify if you want 4:3 or 16:9 with those resolutions. Really, the only HD converter you should bother with from time warner.
Also, unless you know about cable you should have your cable company install the bloody box. It should assure you that the FDC (data going to the box) and the RDC (data being sent from the box to the cable co) are at proper levels, FDC being significantly more important to the average viewer. Actually, more than likely the installer is a lazy kid that gets paid $9/hr. So I suppose you just need to get lucky in order to recieve the level of service you expect.
I swear, hackers did it!
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Databases may be ok for small businesses and personal use. But for enterprise level it is completely out of the question. Why do you think places like Yahoo! and Hotmail use a filesystem instead of database? Because using databases for e-mail is very IO-intensive, especially when you have thousands, or even, millions of people accessing it. If you are designing an email system for enterprise level use, avoid databases for the email storage at all costs.
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Apparently I didn't use ENOUGH power so I had to pay for power I didn't use. I would think that at times like this they might thank people like me. I guess I didn't make their "Minimum Charge".
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I am personally offended. To relate Death Metal to Pop is horrible and wildly inaccurate. Try to relate bands such as Morbid Angel, Deicide, Carcass, and Cradle of Filth to Britney Spears, Eminem, Backstreet Boys, and N'Sync. I'm sorry, but you just can't do that.
The true Death Metal bands are in it because that's what they want. Deicide has never sold out. Sure, maybe they'd like to sell more albums, but like hell if they'd ever change their style to appeal to the mainstream. Britney Spears, on the other hand, would do whatever it takes to sell as many albums as possible including change her style.
In reality both of these are fine by me. I can see why somebody wouldn't want to be what they're not. And I can also see why somebody would be what they're not for money. But to say that they are the same is very upsetting.
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I went to the link specified by the article, cut off the file name from the URL and got a page with an "English Version" link that pointed to here. http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~mbsf/sworde.htm- ----
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I went to the URL listed, cut off the file name. And there was a link to this page. http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~mbsf/sworde.htm
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>Either you are spreading FUD, or you don't understand what you are talking about. In the first case, please stop being lame. In the second --- > read a little, if you really are concerned about how licences affect *you*, you should have at least a little understanding of them. Here you go in laymen's terms---
The idea is that GPL infects everything that you write that uses any source that is GPL. If you use GPL for anything you have to make your source GPL also. It spreads and infests everything. If people decide to use your source, even the part that wasn't initially GPL'd but is now because it used some GPL licensed source, now your course has to be GPL. It's just plain lame.