I agree. As a matter of fact, the fact that a house or building is blurred-out will likely attract more attention from someone browsing Street View. This is similar to the fuss Barbara Streisand made about aerial photos of the Malibu coast that happened to include her house. The more noise she made about it, the more people flocked to the net to find out what the fuss was about. Thousands upon thousands of more people saw pictures of her house than ever would have had she just ignored it.
Goncalves is Portuguese, which is technically not "Hispanic". Many ignorantly group it as such, but all Federal employment forms I've encountered track is as European extraction. So what's your point?
Yes, that's true, but from what I understand the HTC units can change the 3g frequency in firmware. Have not yet seen any hacks to enable 3g on AT&T though.
Puleeeese... A user then pays broadband charges to get dialup speed if he/she is found guilty? I'm sure AT&T will love that. For that you could just go to any of the $5/mo dialup providers... why continue to play with the company that dumped you?
5 or 10MB? I haven't seen anything of that capacity since the original IBM PC XT. Not even a school would take that except to put in a museum. Don't you mean 5 or 10GB?
Actually.. Juan Trippe of PanAm pushed the double-decker concept. Boeing didn't want to do it.
Joe Sutter, was the lead designer on the Boeing 747. From the Seattle PI:
"Juan Trippe was double-decker-happy," Sutter recalled.
Until the day Sutter invited Trippe and other Pan American executives to check out a double-decker mock-up Boeing had constructed.
Boeing boss Bill Allen took Trippe and his party up to the top of the mock-up. Sutter stayed below -- way below. Sutter wanted Trippe to try an emergency slide that had been set up from the upper deck. Trippe refused and quickly came back down the shaky stairs.
Trippe was then taken to single-deck mock-up with the wide cabin that would become the hallmark of the 747 interior.
"He walked into that wide single-deck mock-up, and he didn't say a word," Sutter recalled. "But you knew that was the way he wanted to go."
There was one last visit that day, to a mock-up of the cockpit, which would be situated above the main cabin. For aerodynamic reasons, Boeing had created a large empty space just behind the cockpit. It would become the 747's signature hump.
Sutter recalled that Trippe turned to John Borger, a Pan Am engineer, and asked what the space was for.
Borger replied that it could be used for crew rest, Sutter recalled.
"This will be for passengers," Trippe replied.
Sutter was against a full double-deck 747 design for two main reasons. He was worried about slide interference with the wings from the upper deck in case of an emergency evacuation. And the two-deck design would leave little room for the 747 to carry a lot of cargo in its belly.
I can guarantee that the FAA will not let the owner 'skip' maintenance. Servicing (annuals) are mandated by the FAA and they are far more stringent than anything a car must go through. Since this vehicle is treated like an airplane, it must have follow the same service and inspection regimen as an airplane, otherwise you won't be allowed to fly it (legally). All the people who purchased the Terrefugia are pilots and/or former aircraft owners. They know this. Aircraft are maintained to a much higher standard than automobiles. Much of the private aircraft fleet is >30 years old and still airworthy... this is due to stringent inspection requirements. Engines are overhauled at mandated intervals and major parts are swapped when they hit their useful life. I have a 30 year-old Grumman Tiger that is easily in better shape than the typical 5 year-old automobile. The average yahoo will not be able to fly a Terrafugia. The true everyman aircar is still many years away.
I've now seen other articles with pictures of the certificate and it is the new "credit card" style. It's true that you can look up airman info on the FAA database, but it will not divulge the certificate number. If it has address, vitals and matches his certificate number as verified by the FAA, I would say it's genuine or a very sophisticated hoax.
If the "license" is one of the new FAA issued pilots certificates (credit card plastic w/ hologram), it would have to be a pretty sophisticated hoax to forge it. It's true it does not have a photo, but it does have several anti-forgery countermeasures. Along with his name, it contains all of his vital stats and his certificate number. I'm sure the FAA could easily identify if it's a fake. If it's one of the old paper certificates, it probably could be forged. The article does not mention if the certificate was "paper or plastic".
It's interesting that a whitepaper provided by Sandvine posits that their equipment actually protects Net Neutrality with "fair allocation of network resources between potentially competing uses of the network." Stating, "the greedy nature of applications and the over-subscription model of the Internet challenges network operators and the regulatory environment as they strive to maintain Internet freedoms that subscribers expect from the Industry". http://www.sandvine.com/general/getfile.asp?FILEID=37
Can you believe it? I'm sure Comcast execs bought right into this.
I'm sure there are people thinking about starting a business to do just that... only to be shot down when customers are told that "unauthorized" battery replacement will void the Apple warranty.
This is just a sign that Microsoft has "jumped the shark". Pursuing this line of 'competition' just means that Microsoft is growing more and more wary of FOSS software momentum... SaaS, Web Services, Linux, etc. is slowly starting to press on Microsoft. Where are they going to innovate (or appropriate) next? Wait another six years for the next OS release? Microsoft main objective is not really to extort money from FOSS users; they're just trying to inject the typical Microsoft FUD to slow adoption of alternatives while they scramble to find a way to hijack the train.
This just sucks. SpeakEasy is the best ISP I've ever experienced. Good phone techs that know what they're talking about. No ridiculous first level technicians spouting, "Turn the modem off for 15 seconds and then turn it on".
I'll lay 10 to 1 odds that BestBuy will not be able to resist "tweaking" with what already works. I give it 90 days... then we'll hear the first screams.
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I guess you don't care that "For all intensive purposes" should be "For all intents and purposes" either.
But I do care... "For all intensive purposes" should be "For all intents and purposes"
I agree. As a matter of fact, the fact that a house or building is blurred-out will likely attract more attention from someone browsing Street View. This is similar to the fuss Barbara Streisand made about aerial photos of the Malibu coast that happened to include her house. The more noise she made about it, the more people flocked to the net to find out what the fuss was about. Thousands upon thousands of more people saw pictures of her house than ever would have had she just ignored it.
I'm waiting for Godwin's Law to kick in at any moment...
Goncalves is Portuguese, which is technically not "Hispanic". Many ignorantly group it as such, but all Federal employment forms I've encountered track is as European extraction. So what's your point?
Yes, that's true, but from what I understand the HTC units can change the 3g frequency in firmware. Have not yet seen any hacks to enable 3g on AT&T though.
Puleeeese... A user then pays broadband charges to get dialup speed if he/she is found guilty? I'm sure AT&T will love that. For that you could just go to any of the $5/mo dialup providers... why continue to play with the company that dumped you?
5 or 10MB? I haven't seen anything of that capacity since the original IBM PC XT. Not even a school would take that except to put in a museum. Don't you mean 5 or 10GB?
Actually.. Juan Trippe of PanAm pushed the double-decker concept. Boeing didn't want to do it. Joe Sutter, was the lead designer on the Boeing 747. From the Seattle PI: "Juan Trippe was double-decker-happy," Sutter recalled. Until the day Sutter invited Trippe and other Pan American executives to check out a double-decker mock-up Boeing had constructed. Boeing boss Bill Allen took Trippe and his party up to the top of the mock-up. Sutter stayed below -- way below. Sutter wanted Trippe to try an emergency slide that had been set up from the upper deck. Trippe refused and quickly came back down the shaky stairs. Trippe was then taken to single-deck mock-up with the wide cabin that would become the hallmark of the 747 interior. "He walked into that wide single-deck mock-up, and he didn't say a word," Sutter recalled. "But you knew that was the way he wanted to go." There was one last visit that day, to a mock-up of the cockpit, which would be situated above the main cabin. For aerodynamic reasons, Boeing had created a large empty space just behind the cockpit. It would become the 747's signature hump. Sutter recalled that Trippe turned to John Borger, a Pan Am engineer, and asked what the space was for. Borger replied that it could be used for crew rest, Sutter recalled. "This will be for passengers," Trippe replied. Sutter was against a full double-deck 747 design for two main reasons. He was worried about slide interference with the wings from the upper deck in case of an emergency evacuation. And the two-deck design would leave little room for the 747 to carry a lot of cargo in its belly.
I can guarantee that the FAA will not let the owner 'skip' maintenance. Servicing (annuals) are mandated by the FAA and they are far more stringent than anything a car must go through. Since this vehicle is treated like an airplane, it must have follow the same service and inspection regimen as an airplane, otherwise you won't be allowed to fly it (legally). All the people who purchased the Terrefugia are pilots and/or former aircraft owners. They know this. Aircraft are maintained to a much higher standard than automobiles. Much of the private aircraft fleet is >30 years old and still airworthy... this is due to stringent inspection requirements. Engines are overhauled at mandated intervals and major parts are swapped when they hit their useful life. I have a 30 year-old Grumman Tiger that is easily in better shape than the typical 5 year-old automobile. The average yahoo will not be able to fly a Terrafugia. The true everyman aircar is still many years away.
I've now seen other articles with pictures of the certificate and it is the new "credit card" style. It's true that you can look up airman info on the FAA database, but it will not divulge the certificate number. If it has address, vitals and matches his certificate number as verified by the FAA, I would say it's genuine or a very sophisticated hoax.
If the "license" is one of the new FAA issued pilots certificates (credit card plastic w/ hologram), it would have to be a pretty sophisticated hoax to forge it. It's true it does not have a photo, but it does have several anti-forgery countermeasures. Along with his name, it contains all of his vital stats and his certificate number. I'm sure the FAA could easily identify if it's a fake. If it's one of the old paper certificates, it probably could be forged. The article does not mention if the certificate was "paper or plastic".
IBM did this for decades. Hence the term, "IBM Shop".
Please do some research... It's not a fake. It's from a certified antitrust exhibit. You can read the whole email thread here: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/library/2003Jangatesmoviemaker.pdf (PDF).
Can you believe it? I'm sure Comcast execs bought right into this.
Isn't this the same Russian company that sells tools to crack Microsoft Office file passwords? Sorry... I mean "recovers" Office passwords.
I'm sure there are people thinking about starting a business to do just that... only to be shot down when customers are told that "unauthorized" battery replacement will void the Apple warranty.
Go to http://linux.sys-con.com/read/382946_p.htm and avoid all the junk.
Tux is 0:32 secs into the video. You can see him on the air intake riser to the left of the Firestone logo. Kinda dinky if you ask me.
Check out youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7QbQugXy1A
Novell is trying to make a statement... Novell joins EFF for patent reform .
This is just a typical businessman's reaction... don't piss off the giant until you have a foolproof way to survive or win.
This is just a sign that Microsoft has "jumped the shark". Pursuing this line of 'competition' just means that Microsoft is growing more and more wary of FOSS software momentum... SaaS, Web Services, Linux, etc. is slowly starting to press on Microsoft. Where are they going to innovate (or appropriate) next? Wait another six years for the next OS release? Microsoft main objective is not really to extort money from FOSS users; they're just trying to inject the typical Microsoft FUD to slow adoption of alternatives while they scramble to find a way to hijack the train.
The iceberg is starting to melt... quickly.
This just sucks. SpeakEasy is the best ISP I've ever experienced. Good phone techs that know what they're talking about. No ridiculous first level technicians spouting, "Turn the modem off for 15 seconds and then turn it on".
I'll lay 10 to 1 odds that BestBuy will not be able to resist "tweaking" with what already works. I give it 90 days... then we'll hear the first screams.