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08/22/2009 13:56 #49598
Hacked ATMThe ATM in elmwood and Bryant is in this permanent state.
08/21/2009 20:14 #49593
Bing vs Google - Buffalo ClarityCategory: web
Now I know there are lot of things to compare in google maps vs bing maps. One being street view which bing just doesn't have, the other being birds eye view which Google doesn't have. Or photographs or 3d buildings or live data, etc. But I am not comparing that. Here I am going to compare apples with apples, so to speak. I am looking at my house in arial, in the most zoomed version on each and am sadly dissappointed in the crap imagery provided by google.
See for yourself:
I know its not the same for other place though. For example flagstaff, AZ is only black and white and low res on bing and normal looking, yet hazy on google maps.
See for yourself:
I know its not the same for other place though. For example flagstaff, AZ is only black and white and low res on bing and normal looking, yet hazy on google maps.
tinypliny - 08/28/09 09:04
I think google switched to self-sponsored street-view photography after people kept complaining that their satellite-based borrowed images were fuzzy and not so great.
I think google switched to self-sponsored street-view photography after people kept complaining that their satellite-based borrowed images were fuzzy and not so great.
uncutsaniflush - 08/21/09 21:48
I think I that Google uses satellite imagery while Microsoft uses aerial imagery (taken from aircraft based on the clarity and point of view) from Pictometry International :::link:::
Additionally, fwiw, the images for our street are newer on Bing.com
I think I that Google uses satellite imagery while Microsoft uses aerial imagery (taken from aircraft based on the clarity and point of view) from Pictometry International :::link:::
Additionally, fwiw, the images for our street are newer on Bing.com
08/21/2009 18:09 #49592
The attic of surprisesI was cleaning the attic with (e:terry) in prep for the new roof and
found a couple surprises.
1. The squirrels have eaten have re insulation which I think leads to
number 4.
2. A new sumac tree started growing in the chimney and was removed.
3. Who the frick, fucked in my cage? I never had sex in there but
someone at one of our parties must have and left a yellow used condom
in it which melted to the floor. Thanks jerk. At first, it just
looked like some debris so I picked it up to throw it out. It then
melted to my hand as it has somehow started to degrade. Ya I had to
use mineral spirits to remove it, yuck.
4. Just when roadkill started to get cliche, I bring you attic kill.
I wondered where those flies were coming from.
08/21/2009 14:09 #49588
The true speed of verizon FIOSCategory: internet
There is really no excuse for me to be such an idiot, I am a computer guy after all and I was bamboolzed by the verizon marketing gimmick. For some I thought 20/5 FIOS was 20MBps download by 5MBps upload. I couldn't understand why I was getting uploads speeds of only 500KBps for upload on the server. Turns out its 20 mbps/5 mbps. Notice the lowercase, it then read as bits where the bytes were. Read more about bits and bytes here 
e.g. What they should say is that verizon high speed business FIOS is 2 MBps down by 0.5 MBps up but who wants to advertise in 0.5 when 20/5 sounds so much sexier.
Here you can see the results I am currently getting from speakeasy speedtests on the server:
Last Result:
Download Speed: 19397 kbps (2424.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3049 kbps (381.1 KB/sec transfer rate
I mean I thought it was too good to be true. Now I am wonder if I ever even needed FIOS to begin with as the backups aren't that much faster than they would be dedicated with DSL or cable. I mean for a server its only the upload speed that matters.
Arghs.
e.g. What they should say is that verizon high speed business FIOS is 2 MBps down by 0.5 MBps up but who wants to advertise in 0.5 when 20/5 sounds so much sexier.
Here you can see the results I am currently getting from speakeasy speedtests on the server:
Last Result:
Download Speed: 19397 kbps (2424.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3049 kbps (381.1 KB/sec transfer rate
I mean I thought it was too good to be true. Now I am wonder if I ever even needed FIOS to begin with as the backups aren't that much faster than they would be dedicated with DSL or cable. I mean for a server its only the upload speed that matters.
Arghs.
tinypliny - 08/28/09 09:08
All cable companies lie at some level anyway. The best would be to rig up your own satellite dish and pay some super-provider for satellite based web access.
Its very reliable and the speeds are lightning fast until a meteorite takes out one of the transmitting satellites. Of course, the first impediment is actually building the dish yourself. They are incredibly costly otherwise.
All cable companies lie at some level anyway. The best would be to rig up your own satellite dish and pay some super-provider for satellite based web access.
Its very reliable and the speeds are lightning fast until a meteorite takes out one of the transmitting satellites. Of course, the first impediment is actually building the dish yourself. They are incredibly costly otherwise.
jenks - 08/24/09 16:17
I asked the cable company here (comcast) about fios/fiberoptic networks, and they said it's all a gimmick... that ALL cable is (and has been) fiberoptic, and that fios is a scam by the 'phone' companies and is not faster than even basic cable internet.
Any truth to this?
I asked the cable company here (comcast) about fios/fiberoptic networks, and they said it's all a gimmick... that ALL cable is (and has been) fiberoptic, and that fios is a scam by the 'phone' companies and is not faster than even basic cable internet.
Any truth to this?
fing - 08/21/09 15:25
Should I be ordering my own Fios now :) Don't forget you have superior on-site networking support. That probably does account for something :)
Should I be ordering my own Fios now :) Don't forget you have superior on-site networking support. That probably does account for something :)
james - 08/21/09 14:24
I hate Verizon....
I hate Verizon....
08/20/2009 22:57 #49583
Where have I beenCategory: life
I have been so busy with work. It seems to somehow take up my entire life on most days. Lots of awesome stuff got done but mostly I am just tired right now.
The roof is going to start this or next week. There goes $20,000 - at last it isn't the $30,000 I thought it was going to be.
My work is making me use a blackberry because the iphone is too insecure
The upside is that he blackerry is for work only and comes with tethering which which means my iphone's battery will probably last longer.
I found this awesome ibm site that tracks visualizations. Its pretty neat.
The roof is going to start this or next week. There goes $20,000 - at last it isn't the $30,000 I thought it was going to be.
My work is making me use a blackberry because the iphone is too insecure
The upside is that he blackerry is for work only and comes with tethering which which means my iphone's battery will probably last longer.
I found this awesome ibm site that tracks visualizations. Its pretty neat.
Wow - I can never trust ATMs in general after I read that people rig them to scan your card when you put it in.
Before, it doesn't dispense - trust me I tried.
As in, it was in the state when you walked up to it or after you put your card in?