when it comes to being out in public, I consider there to be a difference between people tolerating the lives and actions of others vs people disturbing and intruding in on others.
It is my observation that people have been becoming more disrespectful towards others and more and more often fail to consider whether it is appropriate to deal with their personal needs or "needs" in proximity of others. For example, cel phones in places of worship, or theater, etc.
I'm not demanding everyone get an implant to use their cel phone, but I do think it reasonable people stop and think about others instead of themselves for a change. Or so I believe when I'm not zoned out on crack.
I hear ya. There is always somebody who doesn't answer their custom ringer for an unreasonable period of time. I dunno if it's an ego trip for them or what. We 80's kids didn't need them either;-)
The problem is in the precedent it sets. Once the public gets used to cellphone "dead zones", people will start using jammers in other areas for other reasons. How about at a movie theatre or concert? A fancy restaurant?
Exactly. What would there be to stop a pedophile, rapist, drug dealer, murderer, etc., from getting hold of jammers, especially if the intended victim is known to have at most a cel phone as a means of outside communication?
Don't the public universities write customized software for themselves and for companies?
Seems as if this tax would end up siphoning some money off federal grants and private funding. I guess such a tax would just get incorporated into the already ambiguous overhead costs.
It would be much better if there were a mechanism by which the libraries could be dynamically loaded into the memory as they are needed, which would reduce the memory footprint of the program and also break the application into smaller parts. It would also allow easy distribution, installation, and upgrading. It just so happens that such a mechanism does exist, namely our dynamically linked libraries (DLLs on Windows, and Shared Objects on Linux). Applications using them are called dynamic executables.
Ultrasonics aren't necessary to delivery focused sound waves. There's a whispering gallery exhibit at chicago's Museum of Science and Industry demonstrates this. The technology is simply to have send and receiver of hte sound at the foci of an ellipsoid. The speaker and listener don't even have to be facing one another.
I get a hunch they already can do that. I mean, to get an IP address you lease your IP address in their redirecting your web browser's first request to their log-on site. That would be the simplest way to put in advertising. But of course as these things go, users end up having ads thrust upon them (google take exception).
Trade secret, yes, but in violation of DMCA?! Copyright != trade secret. Besides, at that rate you might as well make accusations against investment houses at large -- they do their own calculations and speculations for their purposes. Why is it wrong to discuss it in public using public records?
first, thanks to sw155kn1f3 for pointing out the Fedora Legacy Project. I had no idea until then.
Installed yum, but WTF is all that header stuff when I could download a package directly and be done with it?
Then I thought of a faster way. I used to use a program called updateme which allows you to view which packages that need updating. Just point it to an FTP site, and voila. Fortunately, fedoralegacy provides FTP mirrors. Then you just use rpm -Uvh as usual.
it is one of law enforcement's best tools in preventing another catastrophic terrorist attack.
I call bull$hit. It's a logical fallacy they are touting there. Just because there hasn't been an attack doesn't mean there won't be one. Not needing a court order to investigate crimes is yet another way for "the law" to bypass the law.
If my vote is effectively futile, here's hoping someone on the inside will help turn things around.
I'll answer my own rhetorical question I asked in my (rejected) submission: what countries will follow if Britain is successful? Answer: all other modern world countries -- only a matter of time here in the US, imo.
Here is a article mentioning at least some of the uses of national ID cards:
The purposes and uses of the cards vary dramatically. In some countries, the cards are needed only to travel abroad, while in others, they are needed to travel within the country as well. The information contained on the card can also vary. Some cards list country of origin and citizenship. In some cases, race or tribal affiliation has been listed on the cards as well.... apartheid... South Africa... Rwanda...
A few tidbits on countries with national ID cards (snagged from this Dec 2001 article):
Global Roots More than 100 nations have a form of national identification and use them in a variety of ways to improve security, assist law enforcement and make the delivery of services more efficient.
In Spain, for example, an ID card is mandatory for all citizens older than 14, and they're required for many government programs. Argentinians must get a card when they turn 8 and then re-register at 17. Kenya requires its citizens to carry an ID at all times. Germany likewise requires all citizens over 16 to carry a card that's similar to a passport.
Belgium first used ID cards during the German occupation in World War I. Today every citizen older than 15 has to carry one, and it is used as proof of age and identity for an array of consumer and financial transactions. It also allows Belgians to travel to several countries without a passport. Police officers in Belgium can request to see the card for any reason, at any time.
Finland has one of the most sophisticated systems in the world, including a voluntary smart card that comes with a computer chip and serves as a travel card, or "mini-passport," in at least 15 European countries.
Much like the Defense Department card, which is officially called the Common Access Card, the Finnish ID enables users to electronically sign and encrypt online documents. Eventually, it would allow users to improve the security of cell phones by scrambling calls. To protect against fraud or misuse, officials limit the amount of personal information contained on the chip.
If a new ID card system is developed in the United States the initial users are likely to be immigrants and foreign visitors. Last month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation that would require foreign nationals to use high-tech visa cards containing a fingerprint, retinal scan or other unique identifier. It also would create a centralized "lookout database" containing information about known terrorists and other U.S. visitors deemed threatening.
Larry Ellison, chief executive of Oracle Corp., the world's largest database software maker, favors a voluntary card for all citizens, much like what the Air Transport Association endorsed. But he agrees that such a system might ultimately serve the same purpose as a national ID, if people found that travel and other activity was too inconvenient without it.
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when it comes to being out in public, I consider there to be a difference between people tolerating the lives and actions of others vs people disturbing and intruding in on others.
It is my observation that people have been becoming more disrespectful towards others and more and more often fail to consider whether it is appropriate to deal with their personal needs or "needs" in proximity of others. For example, cel phones in places of worship, or theater, etc.
I'm not demanding everyone get an implant to use their cel phone, but I do think it reasonable people stop and think about others instead of themselves for a change. Or so I believe when I'm not zoned out on crack.
I hear ya. There is always somebody who doesn't answer their custom ringer for an unreasonable period of time. I dunno if it's an ego trip for them or what. We 80's kids didn't need them either ;-)
The problem is in the precedent it sets. Once the public gets used to cellphone "dead zones", people will start using jammers in other areas for other reasons. How about at a movie theatre or concert? A fancy restaurant?
Exactly. What would there be to stop a pedophile, rapist, drug dealer, murderer, etc., from getting hold of jammers, especially if the intended victim is known to have at most a cel phone as a means of outside communication?
Translucency has been around for a while, but Apple is filing for time dependent translucency. E-term had that?
Well, the aspect ratio is 3:7, or about about 0.3 * sqrt(2). Ha! I finagled sqrt(2) in there somewhere!
Another neat topic would be the reasons for different countries' paper money sizes.
Don't the public universities write customized software for themselves and for companies?
Seems as if this tax would end up siphoning some money off federal grants and private funding. I guess such a tax would just get incorporated into the already ambiguous overhead costs.
From the article It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Much like legitimate email in our inboxes.
At least superficially they are the same beast.
Ultrasonics aren't necessary to delivery focused sound waves. There's a whispering gallery exhibit at chicago's Museum of Science and Industry demonstrates this. The technology is simply to have send and receiver of hte sound at the foci of an ellipsoid. The speaker and listener don't even have to be facing one another.
JAnus's Not User-Sympathetic
I get a hunch they already can do that. I mean, to get an IP address you lease your IP address in their redirecting your web browser's first request to their log-on site. That would be the simplest way to put in advertising. But of course as these things go, users end up having ads thrust upon them (google take exception).
thus suggesting that this website could take assume the tagline
Slashdot: The flash mob web site nerds prefer.
Trade secret, yes, but in violation of DMCA?! Copyright != trade secret. Besides, at that rate you might as well make accusations against investment houses at large -- they do their own calculations and speculations for their purposes. Why is it wrong to discuss it in public using public records?
And they possibly fill up your logfiles.
Time to remove the logging option for that port. Sigh.
Does regular or decaffeinated matter?
On a humorous note, will caffeinated green tea make the hard drive faster?
Well, the parser could use a little cleaning up, but otherwise it gives some idea what to upgrade.
first, thanks to sw155kn1f3 for pointing out the Fedora Legacy Project. I had no idea until then.
Installed yum, but WTF is all that header stuff when I could download a package directly and be done with it?
Then I thought of a faster way. I used to use a program called updateme which allows you to view which packages that need updating. Just point it to an FTP site, and voila. Fortunately, fedoralegacy provides FTP mirrors. Then you just use rpm -Uvh as usual.
it is one of law enforcement's best tools in preventing another catastrophic terrorist attack.
I call bull$hit. It's a logical fallacy they are touting there. Just because there hasn't been an attack doesn't mean there won't be one. Not needing a court order to investigate crimes is yet another way for "the law" to bypass the law.
If my vote is effectively futile, here's hoping someone on the inside will help turn things around.
WTF, redundant? I searched the comments before posting and it hadn't been mentioned.
We all scream for ice cream!
FYI there are DVD isos (1 disc) out there, so you don't necessarily have to juggle 4 CD-ROMs.
That said, I downloaded test2 only a few days ago and have yet to install successfully. Time to try test3!
Only if there's an accessible 802.11b or better network.
Naw, it's obvious why he left. It's to go join the family business to give out free ice cream on Wednesday night.
... more free ice cream here on Tuesday.)
(Psst
I'll answer my own rhetorical question I asked in my (rejected) submission: what countries will follow if Britain is successful? Answer: all other modern world countries -- only a matter of time here in the US, imo.
Here is a article mentioning at least some of the uses of national ID cards:
A few tidbits on countries with national ID cards (snagged from this Dec 2001 article):
British ID cards testing rollout Saturday April 24, @06:52PM Rejected