Posts by JWLong 743 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Feb 2014
>>The copilot.microsoft.com website fell over for an hour and 40 minutes overnight, returning a Cloudflare Error 1016 message when users attempted to chat with the bot.<<
So, let me get this right.........
MicroSlop is using Cloudfare servers to run CoPlop(dung) on?
When did MicroSlop buy Cloudfare?
Credit card numbers are not random. They follow international standards (ISO/IEC 7812) and use a structured 12-to-19-digit format that identifies the industry, card network, issuing bank, specific account, and a mathematical check digit.
Structure of a Credit Card NumberFirst Digit (Major Industry Identifier): Shows the business category. 3 is for travel and entertainment (like American Express), 4 is for Visa, 5 is for Mastercard, and 6 is for financial or discovery cards.
Digits 2–6 (Issuer Identification Number): Also called the Bank Identification Number (BIN). This identifies the exact financial institution or bank that issued the card.
Middle Digits (Account Number): A unique sequence chosen by the issuer to connect the card to your specific personal bank account.
Last Digit (Check Digit): A single validation number calculated using the preceding digits.
The Luhn Algorithm:The final number on a credit card is a "checksum" generated by the Luhn algorithm (created by IBM engineer Hans Peter Luhn in 1954).Computers run a formula doubling and adding specific digits in the sequence.If the final calculated sum ends in zero, the sequence is a valid card number.
This prevents typing errors and instantly flags fake or mistyped numbers at checkout without needing to access an external database.
I was involved in the check printing industry in the 80's-90's working on presses and LinoType machines. We had access to all US banks algorithm for generating checking account numbers. This was how we could preprint checks for new bank customers starter checks(100 checks per new account).
When a current bank customer would reorder checks(200 checks minimum) we would run the account number through that banks algorithm and it would spit out a yes or no possibility of the account being real.
I have seen a map of the Luhn algorithm. The vast amount of bit manipulation/shifting, adding and subtracting is amazing to see.
>> I imagine that fail·safes built into the turbines and generators were electro-mechanical as would the primary feedback control <<
Not really, most critical safety systems today depend on pure mechanical controls. I was trained in rebuilding/overhauling/testing mechanical safety systems for propulsion boilers/high pressure steam systems in the USNavy.
As far as being in a space when a generator turbine comes apart,------you don't want to be there.!
https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=copes+water+level+control
Having hands on experience on shipboard steam systems in the USN, I call bullshit on the electric cats!
I spent 5 years in the USN, first as a boiler tech, then a boiler repairman, then as a boilermaker. These positions were inplace onboard USN aircraft carriers (USS Midway and USS Kittyhawk).
Catapults and Arresting gear are two totally different animals, arresting gear uses a big ass air cylinder with varible pressure set to the type of aircraft coming in, it has nothing to do with steam.
Steam catapults have decades of use/performance behind them.
The ship has a steam driven propulsion system, two reactors and four main engines, so there is no problem supplying the needed steam to operate the cats.
Why convert steam to electricity(loss of energy) to be use as a form of mechanical energy(loss of energy) to do a job a job that steam is very good at.
The steam catapults are very simple systems compared to the rest of the engineering/propulsion systems on board. They are easily adjusted to the weight of the aircraft being launched and have cycle times between aircraft in the seconds time frame. The highest maintenance factor componet is the actual steam cylinder on deck itself, and if it is properly maintained it causes very few problems and when it does it's easy to repair.
As usual, some ass-hat came up with this "Electronic Piece of Shit that doesn't work worth a Crap" as is standard for any large organization because "Change is Good!". When it comes to genertating large amounts of controllable energy you can't beat steam. Why do you think they still use steam in the propulsion system to this date and haven't converted it to an electric(motor) driven system on aircraft carriers. When these electronic systems go down(cats) it's time to park the ship at some repair facility for a duration of time that wasn't included in the original oversight of converting to "Electronic Catapults" for a good reason, they are to fucking hard to fix at sea because they are junk engineering/design/and build!
I don't like Heir rTrump, but I think he(or one of his admins) got this one right! Down vote me if you like, I don't give a fuck, I know what works in this instance, and it in hell isn't "electric", ask me how I know...........
.....are known cybercrooks/thieves allowed visa's in the first place?
If I get a parking ticket and don't pay for it, I can't renew my drivers license or register my car next year. But, the feds will issue known crooks a visa to visit the country.
There's something wrong there and it's not to hard to see either!
With only one letter different, font and fount certainly look and sound alike, and even share similar origins. But these nouns have different meanings. Here, we take a look at how they are used both on their own and in a common expression about knowledge.
⚡ Quick summary
As a noun, font is a particular style and size of text. But the word also has other meanings, such as “a container that holds water for baptisms,” and, in archaic use, “a fountain.” Fount is a spring or fountain, but it can also refer more broadly to a source or origin. As an expression, the more standard version is fount of knowledge, though some style guides say that font of knowledge is also acceptable.
Font vs. Fount
As a noun, font has two common meanings: First, it can refer to a style of text, such as the size and design of the letters. Second, it’s the name of the container that holds water in church baptism ceremonies.
Here are some examples of the different senses of font:
The document’s clean and modern font made it easy to read.
The priest poured water from the font during the baptism ceremony.
Fount refers to a spring or fountain, though you won’t see this poetic word much in everyday use. (To add to the confusion, in archaic use, the word font also means “fountain.”) You’re more likely to come across fount used to describe “a source or origin,” such as a source of inspiration.
Here are some examples of the different senses of fount:
She threw a penny into the fount for good luck.
The new manager was a fount of inspiration for the team.
As for their origins, the typographic sense of font is derived through the French fonte from Latin fundere, meaning “to melt or cast.” This is a nod to the way fonts used to be made, with molten metal cast to make movable type for print. The religious sense of font, however, comes from the Latin fons, which is also the source of fount.
Is It Font or Fount of Knowledge?
When it comes to the common expression, is it fount of knowledge or font of knowledge?
Fount of knowledge is considered the standard version based on first usage dating back to the 1600s. Font of knowledge, however, has been gaining more traction in the U.S. over the past few decades with font being used to mean “source.” Many style guides now consider both words to be OK in this expression. But if you’re a stickler for tradition (or if you don’t want to get called out by sticklers for tradition), go with fount of knowledge.
Here are some examples using fount of knowledge:
My brother is a fount of knowledge about cars.
The professor is known to be a fount of knowledge in the field of medieval history.
Note that you might also hear similar expressions such as fount of wisdom or even font of wisdom. Font of knowledge/wisdom may still pass in American English, but it’s often considered nonstandard.
To remember the standard version, think of a fountain flowing with knowledge. Now go forth and let your wisdom flow from the fount!
Fount, not font..............So, what does your comment have to do with the conversation at hand?
Biological Reality
While the Ouroboros is a profound mythic symbol, real snakes can sometimes be seen eating their own tails. However, in nature, this is not a philosophical act; it is usually the result of a physiological issue. Captive snakes (like constrictors) may swallow their own tails because they are heavily stressed, suffering from a high body temperature, or experiencing a feeding response triggered by a shedding tail or the scent of prey. If a snake bites its tail, it often cannot release it on its own and requires human intervention to prevent serious injury.
This is what AI reminds me of!
It is MicroSlop's true position to break everything that runs on the client side to force their SaaS.
You don't make updates with broken functionality like this by mistake. It is truely intentional!
One of the companies I do hardware repair for has all ready stated that in a little more than a year from now the will be MicroSlop free, everywhere. And, they made sure that MS was informed of that fact.
MicroSlop doesn't care, as long as the profits continue they will keep playing the game because enough SMB's exist to keep the money rolling in.
I cashed out my pension in 1997 when corporate want to roll it over to a 401K.
Today I only have investments in commodities, things that have real value.
I sold all my MS stock but still have my stock in the company I worked for 20+ years because they make real products. their stock is +-$80.00 a share. They are a 4 billion dollar corporation because that's the amount of sales they do per year.
I don't go near anything like this IPO because it's all madeup SHIT!
It's the other asshole corporations like, Amazon, MicroSlop, Gubber(google), X(y,z, you name it), that's raking in location data and selling to ad slingers(and anybody else that wants it). It's all fucking legal so the that the garbage pumpers can make their coinage(and tax free at that) so that they can buy the next elected individual.
This is one reason I don't install apps..............It's hard enough to try to control what the phone tries to do, let alone the shit appmakers try to get away with.
But, the military should have a policy that if you are in a combat area you either lose the phone(leave it at home) or just turn the fucking thing off for the duration of your tour.
......of this shit provided by the cheapest supplier(especially todays suppliers) in the world!
And, why are they testing on the only functioning launch pad they have. Strap that cocksucker to Trumps fat ass and use him as a test turd.
One thing can be said of today's rocket industry, they get really bad gas mileage!
>>Outlook is very close to pushing people away, the issues in the last few months are really pissing off our clients.<<
That is exactly MicroSlop's intention, to fuckup the client side version of OutLook to push them to the web shit that isn't worth a shit but requires a subscription(money,money,money) to use!
They pushed me away from OutLook(OutHouse), Windows(just a fuck'n broken window), and the rest of the Office(orifice, as in asshole) suite. If that's what they want, that's what they will get, Good fuck'n bye!
>>Also, what exactly is an "SDR filter"<<
SDR is "Software Defined Radio".
You can buy a USB blob and with SDR software you can pretty much tune any frequency that's recievable.
I have it to listen to shortwave on my laptop from all over, it's an old habit I got from my dad back in the early sixties(he was a ham radio junky).
https://www.google.com/search?q=sdr+reciever
Dear MicroSlop,
I just ended 4-1/2 years of selling off 19K shares of MicroSlop stock that I started buying in 86' for $0.08/share.
You want me back? I suggest you go fuck yourself first! I wouldn't go back if you offered free drugs to do so, and I don't do drugs anyway!
Now, feed this response into your toy CoPlop and see for yourself what the god damn problem is.
