Seems like most of you are missing a crucial point here. Or, possibly, I'm far too paranoid. FTFA:
Chinese police are seeking a man who said he threw eggs and shoes at the architect of China's "great firewall", the world's most sophisticated and extensive online censorship system.
and, FTFS:
Meanwhile admirers of the shoe attacker showered the anonymous young man with promises of everything from Nike trainers to replace his lost footwear, to iPads, sex and jobs.
Admirers, eh? I'd say that if I wanted to find someone, I'd find his price and start pursuing him. Just a thought, but I'd probably offer him a job. Maybe he needs one. Or, if that's not enticing enough, how about some sexual service[s] (to be provided by someone other than me, of course). Go down the list until you find his price. Then, when there's no possibility of escape, make him disappear. Just sayin'.
I always wondered if it would be possible to build a huge parabolic acoustic "mirror" that could focus the energy of those 1200 watt bass systems back either to the glass or the eardrums of the driver causing aural devastation. How big would this parabola have to be to get the kind of energy that could do some real damage?
You can apply a similar trick to just about any ne'er do well from history:
Pablo Escobar comes to mind. If he hadn't killed so many people he would've been remembered as a great philanthropist and humanitarian for all the great things he did for his countrymen.
Anyone notice that the buyback price seems to imply that the book is utterly worthless? I've had better returns on college textbooks (at the campus bookstore) and at used book sellers around town.
1. --snip-- [A]nd my color vision is actually better than most men's, it's actually better than most women's. I have on the other hand been to theaters that poorly maintain their equipment (Deer Brook Mall)
I'm just curious. By what metric can you make that claim? Every 12 months, I have to take this test, and I had a government agency administer this test during a job interview. I've never seen the FM-100, however.
Dumped cable (TV and Internet) in December 2008 and got the mid-range AT&T no-contract DSL for about 1/3 the monthly cost.
Right now we're going with a mix of OTA (local news and hockey, don't give a damn about any other sports), Hulu (simply because it's a relatively good aggregating service), and some network stuff (Comedy Central, History, PBS, etc.) that's not found directly on Hulu.
For news, Al Jazeera is the only one which I'm aware that is legit. I have found some "dubious" sites that rebroadcast national news (well, not any more).
I tried Boxee early on and quite frankly, couldn't stand it. Maybe it's gotten much better now. I hope so. I keep hearing good things.
I have no need for Netflix or anything like that. The local library has a pretty good network here in Southeast Michigan, so getting just about any movie I want just involves a bit of waiting.
Definitely avoid using a real or traceable name in online discussion forums and social sites. Also, avoid embedding your real name into your email address, such as "JohnSurfer@cox.net" or the like.
Well, right now it's a crapshooot when installing new or upgrading, so I haven't put much effort into upgrading to newer versions.
Thanks for the tip on the disk controller. Most every response I got revolved around the video card. That all proved fruitless with different cards, so I just found a distro that worked and stuck with it. It's not the one I want, but it works until I can get a newer system.
I had to give up on anything Ubuntu or Ubuntu-derived after 9.04 for two reasons: 1) Sound just keeps getting worse and there's no good solution (I have the same problems with Fedora 14 also, just not as bad as Ubuntu was), and 2) I don't know what changed, but I boot the live disc, install, then reboot... and nothing happens. I'm left with the last few lines from the POST and SCSI card init. and at the point where GRUB is supposed to start it's just a blinking cursor. Posts to forums for multiple distros with which I've had this problem have only resulted in more frustration. And what really puzzles me is that Sabayon and Fedora install/boot fine.
For me, unfortunately, Linux has regressed and as much as I love Linux, I'm having more and more trouble recommending it to other people.
I know a company that has some high-profile clientele. The scheduling system this company uses essentially details when and where a specific client will be at a given time in regards to the service the company provides (private aircraft transportation). Some clients have even gone so far as to ask the company and all personnel to sign NDAs regarding this information.
There was a meeting when this new scheduling system came to pass and all personnel were given a UID and told to select a suitably obfuscated password (i.e., numbers, punctuation, upper-case, and lower) of a minimum length of N characters.
During the meeting, one person logged in and noticed that the URL had only HTTP and this person expected HTTPS. Asking the President of the business unit holding the meeting, this person wondered “why no SSL?”. Response, “What's that?” An extremely brief description of what is SSL and why it's handy followed. Response, “Our system's secure.”
Not in the mood to argue with a superior about their lack of understanding of technology, this person went home and fired up Wireshark and Ettercap just to see how ugly it really was. A simple MITM attack on a wireless router showed that company personnel might as well not even bother with an obfuscated login procedure. Anyone suitably skilled and motivated, or just curious, could easily intercept login details and have access to the system.
Further pressing of the issue with the vendor of this scheduling application has only revealed that it's “not their problem” and to take it up with the PHB.
Yep, well, sort of. At home, I generally remove my shoes and muck about in slippers or barefoot. The Adidas Supernova Control 10 that I have right now was purchased about 4 years ago. I thought I was going to run with them, but knee problems have cancelled that plan permanently. The only thing wrong with these shoes is that they have the most annoying squeak when the heel strikes. Otherwise, they're in great condition (just a little stretched and greyed, and the sole is losing some of its tread) I only wear them when exercising now, mostly due to the noise. Otherwise, I have some slip-on shoes that I've had since probably around 2002 or so. They're finally starting to fall apart on the inside. I go through work shoes a little faster--about one pair every two years right now. I usually just get rid of them when they will no longer take a polish.
Since high school, I've had one pair of Nike Air Pegasus and two pairs of Adidas Supernovas for my regular every day sneakers. The thing is, I'm usually either in slippers or my dress shoes.
I get about 5-7 years out of my Adidas Supernova. I've been getting the Control 10 model. They run about $80 and up. I used to run a lot more than I do now and that would push the life of the shoe down to about 6-12 months.
At $40 a pair, my work shoes are now going into year three and will probably need replacing in the next six months. $40 every three years beats the hell out of my old Johnston & Murphy's which barely made it a year before falling apart.
I don't know about you, but I keep my sneakers for a VERY long time. I can count on one hand the number of pairs I've purchased over the past 20 years--and still have a couple free fingers. I love the biodegradable idea, and I really like the photo of the shoes. They look great! I just don't want to take a chance that flowers are going to sprout from my shoes before I'm done with them.
Every now and then there's an article almost worth reading. I made it through nearly 70% of this article before I gagged on its excessive text and gave up.
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I don't think you know any pilots because if you did, you'd know that this little trick doesn't work. [citation] rthille is correct.
(It's working for me from NYC area at the moment.)
Michigan, Florida, and Kentucky here. No problems.
Seems like most of you are missing a crucial point here. Or, possibly, I'm far too paranoid. FTFA:
Chinese police are seeking a man who said he threw eggs and shoes at the architect of China's "great firewall", the world's most sophisticated and extensive online censorship system.
and, FTFS:
Meanwhile admirers of the shoe attacker showered the anonymous young man with promises of everything from Nike trainers to replace his lost footwear, to iPads, sex and jobs.
Admirers, eh? I'd say that if I wanted to find someone, I'd find his price and start pursuing him. Just a thought, but I'd probably offer him a job. Maybe he needs one. Or, if that's not enticing enough, how about some sexual service[s] (to be provided by someone other than me, of course). Go down the list until you find his price. Then, when there's no possibility of escape, make him disappear. Just sayin'.
Whoa! For a second there, I thought, uh... well, oh, nevermind.
I always wondered if it would be possible to build a huge parabolic acoustic "mirror" that could focus the energy of those 1200 watt bass systems back either to the glass or the eardrums of the driver causing aural devastation. How big would this parabola have to be to get the kind of energy that could do some real damage?
You can apply a similar trick to just about any ne'er do well from history:
Pablo Escobar comes to mind. If he hadn't killed so many people he would've been remembered as a great philanthropist and humanitarian for all the great things he did for his countrymen.
Anyone notice that the buyback price seems to imply that the book is utterly worthless? I've had better returns on college textbooks (at the campus bookstore) and at used book sellers around town.
Thanks for the book recommendation. I'm always looking for something to read along those lines. Still have "Alone Together" in the queue as well.
1. --snip-- [A]nd my color vision is actually better than most men's, it's actually better than most women's. I have on the other hand been to theaters that poorly maintain their equipment (Deer Brook Mall)
I'm just curious. By what metric can you make that claim? Every 12 months, I have to take this test, and I had a government agency administer this test during a job interview. I've never seen the FM-100, however.
Dumped cable (TV and Internet) in December 2008 and got the mid-range AT&T no-contract DSL for about 1/3 the monthly cost.
Right now we're going with a mix of OTA (local news and hockey, don't give a damn about any other sports), Hulu (simply because it's a relatively good aggregating service), and some network stuff (Comedy Central, History, PBS, etc.) that's not found directly on Hulu.
For news, Al Jazeera is the only one which I'm aware that is legit. I have found some "dubious" sites that rebroadcast national news (well, not any more).
I tried Boxee early on and quite frankly, couldn't stand it. Maybe it's gotten much better now. I hope so. I keep hearing good things.
I have no need for Netflix or anything like that. The local library has a pretty good network here in Southeast Michigan, so getting just about any movie I want just involves a bit of waiting.
This whole thing smelled funny from the beginning.
Wow! I genuinely thought I was the last person on Earth still using PCMCIA.
Definitely avoid using a real or traceable name in online discussion forums and social sites. Also, avoid embedding your real name into your email address, such as "JohnSurfer@cox.net" or the like.
That's unlikely to help. I'm afraid this fight is already lost
Well, right now it's a crapshooot when installing new or upgrading, so I haven't put much effort into upgrading to newer versions.
Thanks for the tip on the disk controller. Most every response I got revolved around the video card. That all proved fruitless with different cards, so I just found a distro that worked and stuck with it. It's not the one I want, but it works until I can get a newer system.
I'm really disappointed that this failed to produce a "jacking on" joke.
I had to give up on anything Ubuntu or Ubuntu-derived after 9.04 for two reasons: 1) Sound just keeps getting worse and there's no good solution (I have the same problems with Fedora 14 also, just not as bad as Ubuntu was), and 2) I don't know what changed, but I boot the live disc, install, then reboot... and nothing happens. I'm left with the last few lines from the POST and SCSI card init. and at the point where GRUB is supposed to start it's just a blinking cursor. Posts to forums for multiple distros with which I've had this problem have only resulted in more frustration. And what really puzzles me is that Sabayon and Fedora install/boot fine.
For me, unfortunately, Linux has regressed and as much as I love Linux, I'm having more and more trouble recommending it to other people.
oh, duh! disregard.
Westinghouse and Edison?
I know a company that has some high-profile clientele. The scheduling system this company uses essentially details when and where a specific client will be at a given time in regards to the service the company provides (private aircraft transportation). Some clients have even gone so far as to ask the company and all personnel to sign NDAs regarding this information.
There was a meeting when this new scheduling system came to pass and all personnel were given a UID and told to select a suitably obfuscated password (i.e., numbers, punctuation, upper-case, and lower) of a minimum length of N characters.
During the meeting, one person logged in and noticed that the URL had only HTTP and this person expected HTTPS. Asking the President of the business unit holding the meeting, this person wondered “why no SSL?”. Response, “What's that?” An extremely brief description of what is SSL and why it's handy followed. Response, “Our system's secure.”
Not in the mood to argue with a superior about their lack of understanding of technology, this person went home and fired up Wireshark and Ettercap just to see how ugly it really was. A simple MITM attack on a wireless router showed that company personnel might as well not even bother with an obfuscated login procedure. Anyone suitably skilled and motivated, or just curious, could easily intercept login details and have access to the system.
Further pressing of the issue with the vendor of this scheduling application has only revealed that it's “not their problem” and to take it up with the PHB.
He has #3. His product on the other hand, they'd be willing to give away the moon for some meaningless electronic currency.
Yep, well, sort of. At home, I generally remove my shoes and muck about in slippers or barefoot. The Adidas Supernova Control 10 that I have right now was purchased about 4 years ago. I thought I was going to run with them, but knee problems have cancelled that plan permanently. The only thing wrong with these shoes is that they have the most annoying squeak when the heel strikes. Otherwise, they're in great condition (just a little stretched and greyed, and the sole is losing some of its tread) I only wear them when exercising now, mostly due to the noise. Otherwise, I have some slip-on shoes that I've had since probably around 2002 or so. They're finally starting to fall apart on the inside. I go through work shoes a little faster--about one pair every two years right now. I usually just get rid of them when they will no longer take a polish.
Since high school, I've had one pair of Nike Air Pegasus and two pairs of Adidas Supernovas for my regular every day sneakers. The thing is, I'm usually either in slippers or my dress shoes.
I get about 5-7 years out of my Adidas Supernova. I've been getting the Control 10 model. They run about $80 and up. I used to run a lot more than I do now and that would push the life of the shoe down to about 6-12 months.
At $40 a pair, my work shoes are now going into year three and will probably need replacing in the next six months. $40 every three years beats the hell out of my old Johnston & Murphy's which barely made it a year before falling apart.
Or wearing them in the rain?
I don't know about you, but I keep my sneakers for a VERY long time. I can count on one hand the number of pairs I've purchased over the past 20 years--and still have a couple free fingers. I love the biodegradable idea, and I really like the photo of the shoes. They look great! I just don't want to take a chance that flowers are going to sprout from my shoes before I'm done with them.
Frenemy, that's Portmanteau. You know, the guy from Fantasy Island.
--sorry, couldn't help it.
Every now and then there's an article almost worth reading. I made it through nearly 70% of this article before I gagged on its excessive text and gave up.