smithian

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by smithian 15y ago
The ones that I have had the most "See Note 7"* moments with have been large multifunction workgroup printers that you would find in any office - of varying manufacturers. these printers all claim to have mac drivers, and generally these c
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by smithian 15y ago
Well, certainly between anything that owes its heritage to NT it is. I have win2000, 2003, XP, and 7 all playing very nicely together, and I cannot recall any issues with setup or maintenance. Compare that with getting a Mac to print to a
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by smithian 15y ago
In other words, not effective at all? Yes.
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by smithian 15y ago
You're kidding right? Windows file sharing is trivial to set up.
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by smithian 15y ago
So, uh, your backup strategy is "buy two computers for every employee?" INteresting, but hardly cost-effective.
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by smithian 15y ago
You seem to not know anything about this, so I'll cut you some slack even though your wording is slightly offensive. Worker owned cooperatives aren't some kind of pie-in-the sky idea tat has never been tried. they make up a large portion o
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by smithian 15y ago
Or you could stop all government subsidies to corporations and set up a business tax structure that is heavily favorable to worker-owned cooperatives at the expense of shareholder-owned corporations. Corporations are just machines for extr
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by smithian 15y ago
GDP does not account for the externalities that the study took into account.
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by smithian 15y ago
Some people love it. Like me. The pointer never feels quite so much like an extension of my brain with anything other than the nipplemouse.
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by smithian 15y ago
Ruckus, Meru, Xirrus, there are a lot of players in the 4th gen wireless space.
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by smithian 15y ago
This has nothing to do with Obama. STS was planned for decommission in the Bush era. Blaming it on Obama is reactionary tripe. Also, Soyuz is STILL the most reliable launch system on the planet after Delta II, and the most reliable manned
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by smithian 15y ago
Can anyone confirm or deny that this is only an issue when authenticating to an OpenLDAP server (i.e. does it also affect authentication against Active Directory?) I will check it when I get to the office and update here. This could poten
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by smithian 15y ago
Wow, I totally misread your post. It looked to me as if you were seriously comparing them. Sorry, looks like it's time for coffee.
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by smithian 15y ago
"but are currently afraid to do so due to per-pressure and the threat of retaliatory violence?" You can't be serious. What "threat of retaliatory violence"? And to answer your question, approximately none.
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by smithian 15y ago
I think that may be the first time I've heard Science and Engineering referred to as special interests. Given the key role they play in pretty much everything we take for granted in a modern technological society, I would describe funding
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by smithian 15y ago
I'm surprised that most of the reaction and commentary on this seems to be about either 1. the vague health claims that fresh-squeezed is better than old OJ enhanced with flavoring or 2. the sugar debate What I want to know is, why should I
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by smithian 15y ago
No. In my local supermarket, and in every supermarket I have ever been in (live in the Northeast, but have been plenty of other markets in the US and abroad) there is both natural white cheddar and colored cheddar, although sometimes the c
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by smithian 15y ago
Yes, but I feel the same way about Facebook. You don't see everything that your friends post, and they don't see everything you post once you get above a few dozen friends. At least G+ is allowing you to teach it what your friend lists ar
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by smithian 15y ago
There are other reasons than the ones he listed. For instance, one reason that the Shuttle can remain docked to the ISS without damaging the docking connector is that the two vehicles employ their respective Reaction Control Systems (RCS)
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by smithian 15y ago
I've always wondered about this. What happens when the network goes down in the middle of open-heart surgery?
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by smithian 15y ago
Yes. I am currently hiring and have a candidate that is actually perfect for the job. I will not hire him. Why? Because on his resume he claimed ownership for some very impressive projects, and in the interview it became clear that he w
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by smithian 15y ago
When you're talking about SSL handshakes, where else is the latency going to come from?
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by smithian 15y ago
Sure, I manage servers in the US, Japan and Australia so I'm well acquainted with how latency sucks. I was questioning the idea that there was a possibility of "an extra 100-1000 millisecond trip each way" - Taken literally, this would mea
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by smithian 15y ago
Where in the world are you getting 1000 ms rtt's? Sat link?
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by smithian 15y ago
So what? Sloppy thinking on the other side doesn't excuse sloppy thinking on yours. Nuclear advocates should be talking about how nuclear can move forward in the light of the dangers that are more obvious than ever now, not playing a game
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by smithian 15y ago
>Lessons learned: nuclear power is pretty darn safe, although you shouldn't build 50s-style reactors near the coast in a tsunami zone. If you do, don't live nearby. No surprises there. I would say that it was a surprise to everyone invo
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by smithian 16y ago
Too easy to game. 2 weeks later there would be someone selling lists of links to import to increase your chances of getting a job offer/interview.
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by smithian 16y ago
Interesting. I found my email hash here but not my username hash. You may want to edit the text to encourage searching on both.
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by smithian 16y ago
My solution to this problem wrt cars was to buy a low-mileage used BMW off lease and learn to replace my own brakes (highest cost routine maintenance task). I'm making use of someone else's wastefulness (the previous owner) to subsidize my
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by smithian 16y ago
My experience is the same. You would think that their large capacity 'enterprise' products would at least be somewhat more reliable than the under-desk units, but we had nothing but trouble with the Symmetras we installed a few years back.

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