jbuzbee

21 ms·

211.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
I started with SLS linux which pre-dated Slackware and I certainly remember the scary warnings. But with a plain-vanilla graphics card and using ordinary settings, it wasn't an issue.
212.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Depends on what you mean. I've been running Linux for 20+ years and have never had a graphics card that I couldn't get to work. If you're talking about acceleration, there have obviously been issues getting manufacturer suppo
213.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Interesting way to look at it!
214.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Fascinating article showing that even in ancient times, and despite taxes, subsidies, trade-agreements, etc. trade between parties has always followed its own natural rate. So as much as politicians and various special-interest groups want
215.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
> 2: Go to, say, Ravenna, Italy Not to pick on Italy, but: http://ycharts.com/indicators/italy_youth_unemployment_rate_... So I wouldn't exactly want to model my economy on Italy. >If you're still uncon
216.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
> Think of it like Wal-Mart: it may provide jobs and cheaper goods to a community, but the wealth is a net outflow towards the Walton family Providing jobs and cheaper goods to the community sounds like it's putting wealth into the
217.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
>Standard Oil held down prices which was good in theory for customers, but it was devastating for competitors and their employees Uh, are you saying that Standard Oil should have made business decisions based on what was good for their c
218.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
I went overboard with my Raspberry PI and temperature sensors a couple of years ago. I hooked a bunch of sensors up to old wiring in the house that a previous owner had used for a security system. And while I was at it, I hooked up an old c
219.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Depends on the firmware. At least one starts up initially as an access point. You connect to it, hit a web page, enter your network credential, reboot and it's online.
220.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
I've seen Platypus several times at Tidbinbilla outside of Canberra and near the Australian ground-station for Nasa's deep-space network. If you're in the area, you can do both! http://www.tidbinbilla.act.gov.au&#
221.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Thanks for the $ info, but I'm in the Denver area. We get lots of sun too!
222.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
I've always preferred to buy vs. lease rationalizing that I'm taking the profit away from the middle-man for myself. And I'm interested in solar, but I've been hesitant to contact any solar installation outfit because I
223.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
These do look cool and perhaps are examples of inventions that should be patented, but unfortunately for me, patent abuses have turned me off to the whole patent system. I wouldn't want reminders of this broken system staring me in the
224.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
How about nyx.net? They've been around a long, long, time http://www.nyx.net/
225.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
> he didn't look deeply enough, and once he drew the initial wrong conclusion, he invented a totally wrong theory to explain it. My reading is the opposite. He started with a theory and then did a shallow search to bolster his pre-c
226.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
The point is that the article claims that practice petered out in the 17th century. I show otherwise. The article also states that one reason the practice was abolished was due to criminals leaving their sanctuary to commit more crimes. &#x
227.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
>> [Church Asylum] surprisingly survived (in a much changed form) into the 17th century. Longer than that. There was a case this year in Denver where an illegal alien was given sanctuary in a church to prevent his deportation. After n
228.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
I always assumed that his Nobel prize was more due to the awarding committee wanting to support his political views rather than any real economic insight. Pretty much like how Obama was given the Peace Prize when the nominations were due wh
229.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Cash is pretty much dead for me and has been for years. My wife and I use a credit card for every purchase we can, big or small. And we've never carried a balance, paying it off in full each month. I'm continually astounded at the
230.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Another nice story presentation from the New York Times
231.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
That seems a bit different. A unique subdomain for each web page load might be common, but from my reading of the article, it looks like every packet of the tunneled conversation gets a unique domain. So for transferring any amount of data,
232.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
From reading the article, it looks like in the most restrictive environment, the "malware" (dnscat2) behind the firewall passes data out by resolving lots and lots of unique subhosts at the controlled DNS server, e.g. many queries
233.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Seems like a reportable issue to me. Margaret Sullivan's page is here: http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/
234.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
You hate to say it, and it's not a solution to the general problem, but perhaps the best outcome for this particular case is for the girl and her mother to accept that the system is broken and realize the kid has been punished enough.
235.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
"America will be about the last place to attempt this" In a small sense, the US is already doing it. 60 minutes did a story on an area in Kentucky and West Virginia where they estimated 10-15% of the population, 250 thousand peopl
236.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
One commenter on the article claims that prices are jacked up to hide the true delivery cost. Wonder if that's the case?
237.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
Finding and prosecuting the guy would give some sense of justice, but unfortunately the cat's out of the bag since the source code is out and constantly being updated by engineers that are likely just as good or better than the origina
238.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
OK - Anyone for a funny story regarding filling out an SF-86? As part of the clearance process, your co-workers are interviewed regarding your work-habits, perceived integrity, etc. We had one woman, "Mary", in the office who was
239.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
I've been on other side of the coin as well. Agents came to me asking about another person. They tell you up front that it's voluntary to speak to them and that anything you say can get back to the person under investigation if th
240.
by jbuzbee 11y ago
As more clarification, this is not just relevant for the "intelligence community", i.e. the three-letter-agencies. It would also apply to folks at various National Laboratories, Army bases, NASA, etc. And even for universities do

More ›