What is even better is attempting to view www.microsoft.com with IE2.0. I had a standard install of WinNT4.0 at my last job. However, I had already become addicted to the Start Menu Toolbars feature (I would make different tool bars for different projects and turn them on and off depending on what I was working on), which for some reason was a modification that IE4.0 made, and IE5.0 did not include. So, I went to uninstall IE5.0, because I knew I couldn't install an earlier version over it. After the unistall, I realized my gaffe: I didn't go and get the IE4.0 install first. For some reason, the unistall of IE5.0 reverted the browser back to IE2.0, so I figured "No prob, just surf to www.microsoft.com and get the 4.0 install". I went there and couldn't see anything. The page was completely blank. I tried ftping to ftp.microsoft.com, but had trouble figuring out where IE4.0 was. Eventually, I just got a co-worker to D/L it for me.
Yes, but assymettric encryption does allow that the third party does not have to be present execept at the initial trusted event. This is important for applications that wish to trust someone, but cannot talk to the authority, because they are on a non-networked device, like a DVD player or a Coke machine.
This is an incorrect interpretation of the law. IANAL, but basically it's not that they have a warrent to search only for bodies, but to search in places that bodies could be. So if they are looking in a closet and they find a box, they cannot open the box, since it is unreasonabe to suspect the body is inside. However, if they are looking for a gun, then they can open the box, find the drugs, and then charge you for posession of narcotics with intent to sell.
The lesson here is to always cut up your victims' bodies so that the pieces can fit into many drug boxes.
And there are many tools that will write and wipe random data a configurable amount of times (I think norton's default was 30 times), thus making it impossible to recover the data even by the means you are talking about. Wiping data is not that difficult.
The real question is, why was the partition unencrypted in the first place?
I store quite a few of my ideas on and work related information, as well as other minor information like bank account numbers, building codes and passwords on my Visor. I use Cryptopad to encrypt the sensitive notes. It looks and feels the same as MemoPad, to the point where I've remapped the memopad button to launch Cyptopad instead. Plus, I don't worry about someone getting this info if I loose my visor or is someone steals it.
No. While "The Galaxy Song" song was in Monty Python's Meaning of Life, it was featured during the movie in a sketch about organ donation. The theme to The Meaning of Life is called "The Meaning of Life". It has the following lyrics:
Why are we here, what's life all about?
Is God really real, or is there some doubt?
Well tonight, we're going to sort it all out
For tonight it's the Meaning of Life.
What's the point of all this hoax?
Is it the chicken and the egg time,
Are we just yolks?
Or perhaps we're just one of God's little jokes.
Well ça c'est the Meaning of Life.
Is life just a game where we make up the rules,
While we're searching for something to say,
Or are we just simply spiralling coils,
Of self-replicating DNA?
In this life, what is our fate?
Is there Heaven and Hell? Do we reincarnate?
Is mankind evolving or is it too late?
Well tonight here's the Meaning of Life.
For millions this life is a sad vale of tears,
Sitting round with nothing to say,
While scientists say we're just spiralling coils,
Of self-replicating DNA.
So just why, why are we here?
And just what, what, what, what do we fear?
Well çe soir, for a change, it will all be made clear,
For this is the Meaning of Life
-c'est la sens de la vie,
This is the Meaning of Life.
It isn't a measurement system that gives the.007. The.007 was a ratio remainder, and thus has no units. It is.007 if you use metric or imperial, because it is 1 - the ratio of mass of helium to 2*the mass of hydrogen.
My personal pet theory on the nature of our existance is that we are the result of a hypothesis. That is to say that all of existance is the logical conclusion of a set of axioms and that our percieved consciousness is part of that conclusion.
This theory fits in rather well with the article: the set of axioms can be the corresponding values for the six numbers. However, that doesn't mean that acutally is the hypothesis. The hypothesis could start with a configuration of the universe as it was 50 years ago, and we wouldn't know it. The actions we enact today are the result of that hypothesis.
One the that is important to understand about this theory is that it doesn't suppose that someone or something states the hypothesis. The theory is complete, in that it defines the existance of everything. It only states that the universe and the consciousness that you and I are perceiving are the result of what would happen if the conditions of the hypothesis were true. Thus we are perceiving the effect of an existance, but there is acutally no existance.
Yes, the internet *existed* for many years before Al got anywhere near political power. But it wasn't *popular* with anyone but techie-types until the mid-1990's, and it was then that Al, recognizing its potential, started a campaign of promoting and supporting it.
This statement is patently false. Vint Cerf stated in an email to MSNBC:
As far back as 1986, he was holding hearings on this subject (supercomputing, fiber networks...) and asking about their promise and what could be done to realize them. Bob Kahn... participated in several hearings held by then-Senator Gore
Which shows that he was holding hearing on the internet in 1986 and the Internet Timeline shows that in 1991, the US High Performance Computing Act (Gore 1) establishes the National Research and Education Network (NREN) was passed. All of this is well before the mid-1990's.
You are practising in the cut quoting that media has practised in many of it's misrepresentation of Gore's statements. The full quote is
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet
The full phrasing is important because the statement clearly is talking about what he did as a congressperson. He took the initiative over other Congresspeople to create the internet. (I never stated that he the quote meant a legistlative "initiative". Just that he took the Congressional initiative in creating the internet). There may have been many other people who had taken initiative to create the internet, but Gore took the inititive as a congress person.
According to the Internet Timeline, in 1986 the NSFNET was just created with a backbone of 56Kbps, but Vint Cerf acknowledged that "As far back as 1986, [Gore] was holding hearings on this subject (supercomputing, fiber networks...) and asking about their promise and what could be done to realize them. Bob Kahn, with whom I worked to develop the Internet design in 1973, participated in several hearings held by then-Senator Gore". In 1986, the internet was far from done. It was still being created. It can be said that it is still being created, but it can eaily be said that Al Gore played an important part in creating the internet. Not the first internet, but the internet, the one you are using right now.
I'll probably be moderated down again for stating this opinion, but I really don't care. I am rather sick of the media falsifying and cut quoting statements by Gore. For a longer disection of many Gore "lies," there is another good article on snopes.
As any Urban Legend fan will know, Al Gore never claimed to invent the internet. An article on Snopes details that he claimed:
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet
One important difference is the phrasing implies "Congressional inititive," not that he was the first ever to take the initiative in creating the internet.
An even more important aspect of this phrasing is that he used the word "creating", not "inventing". The phrasing implies that s a congressman, he promoted and passed bills that allocated budgets needed for the implementation of such a network. As Vint Cerf (often referred to as "the Father of the Internet") stated in an email to MSNBC:
VP Gore was the first or surely among the first of the members of Congress to become a strong supporter of advanced networking while he served as Senator.
Bearing Vint Cerf's statements in mind, Al Gores claim to be the one who took initive in creating the internet is reasonable.
here in Canada, you can't simply return a CD because it is bad
That's not true. Both HMV and Future Shop have an "any reason" return policy. I have returned a few CDs to HMV that I did not like when I brought them home. I haven't done this at Future Shop, though I have asked them about their retrn policy.
A post-secondary degree is not a guarantee for a job, certainly, but it can be an important asset in a candidate, depending upon the post-secondary institute and courses taken. The fact of the matter is that to get a worthwhile degree, you must solve problems in a wide variety of domains that you would have otherwise not have even bothered to look at. This makes the candidate more well rounded. Of course, actual workforce experience in a domain may make a candidate more appealing for a particular task (i.e. a contract postition), but when hiring for versatility (i.e. a perminant employee position), a candidate needs a lot of experience to make up for a lack of degree. Even self study does not mak up for it because, as I bolded above, a degree will force you into problems and domains you would not bother to look at.
The availability heuristic is a poor method of proof. While you may have never ever heard of such an employer, you may be surprised to read that I have. MSCE's have a bad reputation at certain companies: as another poster put it, they are stereotyped. At many of the companies I've worked at, they have felt burned by trusting the certification only to hire several vastly unqualified workers in a row. There is often a period of backlash where anyone who is certified is disqualified from the position immediately. This often results in the hiring of a competant person because they are looking at the person's other qualities instead of just the certification. This rewards the belief in the stereotype and perpetuates it to other managers through anecdotal evidence.
I must admit that I am nervous when I see MSCE on a resume. It is really how that particular thing is displayed, though. If it is listed as an important aspect of the person's skills (near the top of a skills section or if the certification section is above the skills section), then I become questioning of the candiate's actual skillset. If it is more subdued, then I with either not notice it or understand that certain things are put on a resume to pass through the "HR filters". The real difference is int one case you are selling yourself as a skilled person, int the other you are selling the MSCE program. Since I, and many others, are disbelievers of the program, it cannot be a large foundation of your sell to me.
While having this on Linux might be good, having a Palm port would be amazing. You could hook up the Palm via the serial port and use your Cye anywhere.
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Wow, this thing only ways about 2lb/0.91kg.
This just for the handhels unit shown here I'll bet that they can get this thing down to the size of a watch, and it'll be the next yuppie thing. Hell, I might. buy one if it came down to the 2K range.
Could this be used as a robot bloodhound? They claim that it can work in almost any environment, but how good is it at distinguishing similar odours?
The article claims it can be used for testing if two smells are similar, I'm guessing that this is one of the things it is realy good at. But is it better than a real dog? Can this device be used to help obsure contraband by acting as a simple test to see if the contraband can be smelt?
My bad. You are correct, it's an API, (or maybe just a layer, I'm not sure). I was a little confused at that time. I thought I had installed MDAC 4 to add functionality that wasn't in the previous version, but I remember now that I installed to be able to add an Access 2000 ODBC source.
The original points still stand though. mySQL is nowhere near even Access because it lacks transactions and subselects. These are two very large problems with it. Another large problem for me is the lack of foreign keys, but that is from a data integrety perspective, not a functional one, so it's not such a big deal for most people. Her e are the missing mySQL functions. There isn't a real deadline on transactions yet either, although they will be adding in automic multistatements for the next version subnumber.
I want to start playing around with PostgreSQL, since it seems to have all the features I want in a linux dB.
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What is even better is attempting to view www.microsoft.com with IE2.0. I had a standard install of WinNT4.0 at my last job. However, I had already become addicted to the Start Menu Toolbars feature (I would make different tool bars for different projects and turn them on and off depending on what I was working on), which for some reason was a modification that IE4.0 made, and IE5.0 did not include. So, I went to uninstall IE5.0, because I knew I couldn't install an earlier version over it. After the unistall, I realized my gaffe: I didn't go and get the IE4.0 install first. For some reason, the unistall of IE5.0 reverted the browser back to IE2.0, so I figured "No prob, just surf to www.microsoft.com and get the 4.0 install". I went there and couldn't see anything. The page was completely blank. I tried ftping to ftp.microsoft.com, but had trouble figuring out where IE4.0 was. Eventually, I just got a co-worker to D/L it for me.
Yes, but assymettric encryption does allow that the third party does not have to be present execept at the initial trusted event. This is important for applications that wish to trust someone, but cannot talk to the authority, because they are on a non-networked device, like a DVD player or a Coke machine.
The lesson here is to always cut up your victims' bodies so that the pieces can fit into many drug boxes.
The real question is, why was the partition unencrypted in the first place?
That doesn't mean that it isn't a crime. Making a mix tape for a friend is a crime. It's just that the RIAA isn't concerned about it.
But serial is kicking the crap out of parallel. How many serial devices do you have? How many serial? See!
I store quite a few of my ideas on and work related information, as well as other minor information like bank account numbers, building codes and passwords on my Visor. I use Cryptopad to encrypt the sensitive notes. It looks and feels the same as MemoPad, to the point where I've remapped the memopad button to launch Cyptopad instead. Plus, I don't worry about someone getting this info if I loose my visor or is someone steals it.
The theory was that no one would want to copy it.
Haiku has 5 sounds
Followed then by 7 sounds
And then again 5
Why are we here, what's life all about?
Is God really real, or is there some doubt?
Well tonight, we're going to sort it all out
For tonight it's the Meaning of Life.
What's the point of all this hoax?
Is it the chicken and the egg time,
Are we just yolks?
Or perhaps we're just one of God's little jokes.
Well ça c'est the Meaning of Life.
Is life just a game where we make up the rules,
While we're searching for something to say,
Or are we just simply spiralling coils,
Of self-replicating DNA?
In this life, what is our fate?
Is there Heaven and Hell? Do we reincarnate?
Is mankind evolving or is it too late?
Well tonight here's the Meaning of Life.
For millions this life is a sad vale of tears,
Sitting round with nothing to say,
While scientists say we're just spiralling coils,
Of self-replicating DNA.
So just why, why are we here?
And just what, what, what, what do we fear?
Well çe soir, for a change, it will all be made clear,
For this is the Meaning of Life
-c'est la sens de la vie,
This is the Meaning of Life.
It isn't a measurement system that gives the .007. The .007 was a ratio remainder, and thus has no units. It is .007 if you use metric or imperial, because it is 1 - the ratio of mass of helium to 2*the mass of hydrogen.
My personal pet theory on the nature of our existance is that we are the result of a hypothesis. That is to say that all of existance is the logical conclusion of a set of axioms and that our percieved consciousness is part of that conclusion.
This theory fits in rather well with the article: the set of axioms can be the corresponding values for the six numbers. However, that doesn't mean that acutally is the hypothesis. The hypothesis could start with a configuration of the universe as it was 50 years ago, and we wouldn't know it. The actions we enact today are the result of that hypothesis.
One the that is important to understand about this theory is that it doesn't suppose that someone or something states the hypothesis. The theory is complete, in that it defines the existance of everything. It only states that the universe and the consciousness that you and I are perceiving are the result of what would happen if the conditions of the hypothesis were true. Thus we are perceiving the effect of an existance, but there is acutally no existance.
This statement is patently false. Vint Cerf stated in an email to MSNBC: As far back as 1986, he was holding hearings on this subject (supercomputing, fiber networks...) and asking about their promise and what could be done to realize them. Bob Kahn... participated in several hearings held by then-Senator Gore Which shows that he was holding hearing on the internet in 1986 and the Internet Timeline shows that in 1991, the US High Performance Computing Act (Gore 1) establishes the National Research and Education Network (NREN) was passed. All of this is well before the mid-1990's.
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet
The full phrasing is important because the statement clearly is talking about what he did as a congressperson. He took the initiative over other Congresspeople to create the internet. (I never stated that he the quote meant a legistlative "initiative". Just that he took the Congressional initiative in creating the internet). There may have been many other people who had taken initiative to create the internet, but Gore took the inititive as a congress person.
According to the Internet Timeline, in 1986 the NSFNET was just created with a backbone of 56Kbps, but Vint Cerf acknowledged that "As far back as 1986, [Gore] was holding hearings on this subject (supercomputing, fiber networks...) and asking about their promise and what could be done to realize them. Bob Kahn, with whom I worked to develop the Internet design in 1973, participated in several hearings held by then-Senator Gore". In 1986, the internet was far from done. It was still being created. It can be said that it is still being created, but it can eaily be said that Al Gore played an important part in creating the internet. Not the first internet, but the internet, the one you are using right now.
I'll probably be moderated down again for stating this opinion, but I really don't care. I am rather sick of the media falsifying and cut quoting statements by Gore. For a longer disection of many Gore "lies," there is another good article on snopes.
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet
One important difference is the phrasing implies "Congressional inititive," not that he was the first ever to take the initiative in creating the internet.
An even more important aspect of this phrasing is that he used the word "creating", not "inventing". The phrasing implies that s a congressman, he promoted and passed bills that allocated budgets needed for the implementation of such a network. As Vint Cerf (often referred to as "the Father of the Internet") stated in an email to MSNBC:
VP Gore was the first or surely among the first of the members of Congress to become a strong supporter of advanced networking while he served as Senator.
Bearing Vint Cerf's statements in mind, Al Gores claim to be the one who took initive in creating the internet is reasonable.That's not true. Both HMV and Future Shop have an "any reason" return policy. I have returned a few CDs to HMV that I did not like when I brought them home. I haven't done this at Future Shop, though I have asked them about their retrn policy.
A post-secondary degree is not a guarantee for a job, certainly, but it can be an important asset in a candidate, depending upon the post-secondary institute and courses taken. The fact of the matter is that to get a worthwhile degree, you must solve problems in a wide variety of domains that you would have otherwise not have even bothered to look at. This makes the candidate more well rounded. Of course, actual workforce experience in a domain may make a candidate more appealing for a particular task (i.e. a contract postition), but when hiring for versatility (i.e. a perminant employee position), a candidate needs a lot of experience to make up for a lack of degree. Even self study does not mak up for it because, as I bolded above, a degree will force you into problems and domains you would not bother to look at.
The availability heuristic is a poor method of proof. While you may have never ever heard of such an employer, you may be surprised to read that I have. MSCE's have a bad reputation at certain companies: as another poster put it, they are stereotyped. At many of the companies I've worked at, they have felt burned by trusting the certification only to hire several vastly unqualified workers in a row. There is often a period of backlash where anyone who is certified is disqualified from the position immediately. This often results in the hiring of a competant person because they are looking at the person's other qualities instead of just the certification. This rewards the belief in the stereotype and perpetuates it to other managers through anecdotal evidence.
I must admit that I am nervous when I see MSCE on a resume. It is really how that particular thing is displayed, though. If it is listed as an important aspect of the person's skills (near the top of a skills section or if the certification section is above the skills section), then I become questioning of the candiate's actual skillset. If it is more subdued, then I with either not notice it or understand that certain things are put on a resume to pass through the "HR filters". The real difference is int one case you are selling yourself as a skilled person, int the other you are selling the MSCE program. Since I, and many others, are disbelievers of the program, it cannot be a large foundation of your sell to me.
Does anyone else find it funny how the slashdot story has a big apple logo right next to it.
This wouldn't be negative reinforcement. It would be postitive punishment
I never knew Open Sourcing Cye was this important
While having this on Linux might be good, having a Palm port would be amazing. You could hook up the Palm via the serial port and use your Cye anywhere.
This just for the handhels unit shown here I'll bet that they can get this thing down to the size of a watch, and it'll be the next yuppie thing. Hell, I might. buy one if it came down to the 2K range.
Could this be used as a robot bloodhound? They claim that it can work in almost any environment, but how good is it at distinguishing similar odours?
The article claims it can be used for testing if two smells are similar, I'm guessing that this is one of the things it is realy good at. But is it better than a real dog? Can this device be used to help obsure contraband by acting as a simple test to see if the contraband can be smelt?
My bad. You are correct, it's an API, (or maybe just a layer, I'm not sure). I was a little confused at that time. I thought I had installed MDAC 4 to add functionality that wasn't in the previous version, but I remember now that I installed to be able to add an Access 2000 ODBC source.
The original points still stand though. mySQL is nowhere near even Access because it lacks transactions and subselects. These are two very large problems with it. Another large problem for me is the lack of foreign keys, but that is from a data integrety perspective, not a functional one, so it's not such a big deal for most people. Her e are the missing mySQL functions. There isn't a real deadline on transactions yet either, although they will be adding in automic multistatements for the next version subnumber.
I want to start playing around with PostgreSQL, since it seems to have all the features I want in a linux dB.
MySQL does not support subselects or transactions. It's nowhere near as good as MDAC4 (Office 2000)