There are some parts of the old ship that most definitely should NOT be replicated on the new one.
Like the lifeboats.
And the engines.
And the bridge (and its navigation equipment and iceburg detection systems)
And the kitchens
And the "watertight" compartments. IIRC, they only went up a couple of decks, so when the water level got high enough, they all flooded.
I can understand that there are less intelligent people in the world, and that I might occasionally have to deal with them. Why, though, do they so often insist on standing up and calling attention to themselves?
I followed the link in the article:
http://www.theworknumber.com/Employees/DataReport/
It lets you search for your employer. My current employer does not report.
My previous employer did, but the one previous to that did not. So that's 1/3 for me.
YMMV, but it's probably worth checking. Then you can go (or not) to your HR dept and
ask them why or thank them for not divulging your info.
I think this close up of the cockpit makes it clear that that static display isn't functional. The video looked a lot like an RC.
The sides of the cockpit, where the canopy should seal, look like plastic or cardboard. No canopy latch visible, no structure underneath the mating surface, and...is that a piece of masking tape?
When I visited Taipei for the first time, I was amazed at the number of LED-lighted buildings and structures. It seemed like every building and bridge was lit by colored LEDs, many in continuously changing patterns. Once I thought about it a bit, it was obvious, that the home of the LED should be decorated with LEDs.
Silicon Valley deserves something like this. If it's done well, it can be a signature piece for the area. I hope it succeeds.
You mean like when the United States sent Alan Shepard into space in 1961, but didn't pass the civil rights act until 1964? And it's not like the CRA ended racial discrimination.
Pretty much just like that, only 50 years later. I guess some societies are slower to catch on than others.
True - you guys were way behind when it came to equal rights for non-whites, and still a good bit behind when it came to equal rights for women, compared to many countries in Europe....
Suppose that doesn't help your point very much though, does it?
We (US) are pretty much in the middle. We all have skeletons in our closets, most of us (including most of Europe) had colonies. Canada's probably at the top of the "good guy" list, but even they have a "history" with their indigenous people. Fundamentalist theocracies are kinda the bottom of the barrel, because "god says" it's OK to treat people like crap. Perhaps the US was 200 years ahead of the curve in spotting that?
You mean like when the United States sent Alan Shepard into space in 1961, but didn't pass the civil rights act until 1964? And it's not like the CRA ended racial discrimination.
Pretty much just like that, only 50 years later. I guess some societies are slower to catch on than others.
I'm beginning to think that fundamentalism in any guise is a Bad Thing.
If it were only that Nokia is passing every packet through their proxy, I would be confused but not angry. They are *decoding* encrypted traffic, which the user (correctly or not) believes to be private. The decryption is the problem. More so because the user has no inkling that the encrypted traffic is being decrypted by anyone but the intended recipient, and thus believes their information is still secure.
I expect lawsuits and investigations in the EU. Probably not in the US, but the EU data protection laws are very strict and this sort of thing isn't going to go down well at all.
The user makes what he believes to be an encrypted connection. Nokia interposes their server into this connection without the user's knowledge and decrypts their data (both ways), and then claims this is perfectly OK, since they're doing it to optimize bandwidth or such. whether they make use of the information or not, they are intercepting and decrypting a connection the user believes to be private.
This seems awfully like wiretapping and unauthorized interception of data communications. If it isn't illegal to decrypt an encrypted transaction if you are not the intended recipient, perhaps it should be. I'd wager it *is* illegal under EU data protection laws, but IANAL. It's probably OK in the US, due to some obscure law permitting just this activity, passed at the request of some large corporation.
. . . he needs an official declaration that he was never guilty in the first place, and should never have been prosecuted.
As the government always had the option not to prosecute under the law, the least they can do is to explicitly declare the law an error and apologize to and pardon *all* who were prosecuted under it.
It's not about Turing, so much as it is prosecuting people for something they should never have been prosecuted for (and the government always made the decision whether or not to prosecute)
Money. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess Gogo looked at the 100+ people in the cabin, multiplied by $19.95 (or whatever exhorbitant amount they charge for your share of the straw) and lobbied FAA.
As an (in)famous senator once said, "Money talks and bullsh*t walks."
No touchscreens, please. Any UI that requires you to remove your eyes from the road is a non-starter. Pleas, let's not *add* to the already out-of-control distracted driving problem.
Some comments based on experience (electrical engineer in communications and networking for 30 yrs):
- Xcelite #25 handle with RB-1 and RB-2 Flat/Philips reversible blades
- Second the multi-tool recommendation - (almost) everything you need, on your hip
- DON'T buy a cheap multimeter, buy a decent Fluke
- RJ45 crimper and
- cable continuity checker (like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16896775013)
- Toner probe (for tracing cables)
- Punch down tool with 66/110 blades
- LED flashlight (I like the cheap Chinese ones that run on CR123 cells,,,shelf life is longer than AAs)
- Head-mounted magnifier and 10x loupes
- decent hand tools, like diagonal cutters, cable cutter, etc. I love Klein tools, Cooper/Xcelite are 2d choice, avoid cheap stuff
- multi-bit screwdrivers, if you must, but get the kind that take the 1/4" hex bits, so you can replace them (they vanish quicker than you'd think)
The Youtube comments are worth a read. Kids nowadays... [shakes head] I just want to know why the symbol editor in OrCAD still sucks so bad. Maybe I should send them the link to the video?
The home may survive, but if it's beachfront, you may find the distance from your bunker to the waves is a lot less when you emerge after the hurricane.
The skeptic in me thinks the FTC knew who these companies were all along. Five companies account for millions of unwanted calls a day, and disregard the DNC list? Seems that an operation like that would be hard to hide. Maybe the political pressure got to be too much and FTC felt they had to act? I'm not complaining, just asking why we had to put up with it for several years before there was any regulatory action.
"Round up the usual suspects."
When "is building" becomes "has publicly demonstrated", I'll take notice.
I'll be even more impressed when I can buy said processor and use it in one of my designs. I suspect that may be a while.
Not *every* company using H1B is doing it for evil reasons. But some of the larger ones certainly seem to be. I have seen "help wanted" ads posted looking for Masters' degree in Comp Sci with some extremely specific qualifications and ridiculously low salary. I refuse to believe that there are not any US citizens who could do that job. I doubt anyone who went through a US university could afford to take it, though.
Seems to be a common thread in these PIN pad hacks: they steal/buy/obtain one, hack it, then swap it with a "live" one, take that home, hack it, and repeat.
So why:
- don't the PIN pads have unique IDs?
- hasn't the terminal software been updated to sound an alarm when the stored PIN pad ID doesn't match the ID read from the PIN pad?
- doesn't the terminal alarm WHENEVER the PIN pad is disconnected?
It's not like this hasn't been happening for a while...
(and I predict the perpetrators, when caught, will have eastern European (FSR) names...)
I once had a router where the signal started to go bad over time....how a device with no moving parts could wear out so quickly.
Inadequate cooling in the power output stage of the transmitter would be my guess. Proper cooling is essential for high frequency power output stages, as all semiconductors are inefficient to some extent. The more inefficient they are (it depends on frequency and internal structure), the more heat they generate. That heat needs to be removed, usually by conduction to a PCB etch and then to ambient air. If that path isn't efficient (no fans to keep the air moving), the internal temp gets higher and the transistors gradually get less efficient from the stress...generating more heat.
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There are some parts of the old ship that most definitely should NOT be replicated on the new one. Like the lifeboats. And the engines. And the bridge (and its navigation equipment and iceburg detection systems) And the kitchens
And the "watertight" compartments. IIRC, they only went up a couple of decks, so when the water level got high enough, they all flooded.
I can understand that there are less intelligent people in the world, and that I might occasionally have to deal with them. Why, though, do they so often insist on standing up and calling attention to themselves?
I followed the link in the article: http://www.theworknumber.com/Employees/DataReport/ It lets you search for your employer. My current employer does not report. My previous employer did, but the one previous to that did not. So that's 1/3 for me. YMMV, but it's probably worth checking. Then you can go (or not) to your HR dept and ask them why or thank them for not divulging your info.
I think this close up of the cockpit makes it clear that that static display isn't functional. The video looked a lot like an RC.
The sides of the cockpit, where the canopy should seal, look like plastic or cardboard. No canopy latch visible, no structure underneath the mating surface, and...is that a piece of masking tape?
When I visited Taipei for the first time, I was amazed at the number of LED-lighted buildings and structures. It seemed like every building and bridge was lit by colored LEDs, many in continuously changing patterns. Once I thought about it a bit, it was obvious, that the home of the LED should be decorated with LEDs. Silicon Valley deserves something like this. If it's done well, it can be a signature piece for the area. I hope it succeeds.
You mean like when the United States sent Alan Shepard into space in 1961, but didn't pass the civil rights act until 1964? And it's not like the CRA ended racial discrimination.
Pretty much just like that, only 50 years later. I guess some societies are slower to catch on than others.
True - you guys were way behind when it came to equal rights for non-whites, and still a good bit behind when it came to equal rights for women, compared to many countries in Europe....
Suppose that doesn't help your point very much though, does it?
We (US) are pretty much in the middle. We all have skeletons in our closets, most of us (including most of Europe) had colonies. Canada's probably at the top of the "good guy" list, but even they have a "history" with their indigenous people. Fundamentalist theocracies are kinda the bottom of the barrel, because "god says" it's OK to treat people like crap. Perhaps the US was 200 years ahead of the curve in spotting that?
You mean like when the United States sent Alan Shepard into space in 1961, but didn't pass the civil rights act until 1964? And it's not like the CRA ended racial discrimination.
Pretty much just like that, only 50 years later. I guess some societies are slower to catch on than others.
I'm beginning to think that fundamentalism in any guise is a Bad Thing.
If it were only that Nokia is passing every packet through their proxy, I would be confused but not angry. They are *decoding* encrypted traffic, which the user (correctly or not) believes to be private. The decryption is the problem. More so because the user has no inkling that the encrypted traffic is being decrypted by anyone but the intended recipient, and thus believes their information is still secure.
I expect lawsuits and investigations in the EU. Probably not in the US, but the EU data protection laws are very strict and this sort of thing isn't going to go down well at all.
The user makes what he believes to be an encrypted connection. Nokia interposes their server into this connection without the user's knowledge and decrypts their data (both ways), and then claims this is perfectly OK, since they're doing it to optimize bandwidth or such. whether they make use of the information or not, they are intercepting and decrypting a connection the user believes to be private.
This seems awfully like wiretapping and unauthorized interception of data communications. If it isn't illegal to decrypt an encrypted transaction if you are not the intended recipient, perhaps it should be. I'd wager it *is* illegal under EU data protection laws, but IANAL. It's probably OK in the US, due to some obscure law permitting just this activity, passed at the request of some large corporation.
. . . he needs an official declaration that he was never guilty in the first place, and should never have been prosecuted.
As the government always had the option not to prosecute under the law, the least they can do is to explicitly declare the law an error and apologize to and pardon *all* who were prosecuted under it.
It's not about Turing, so much as it is prosecuting people for something they should never have been prosecuted for (and the government always made the decision whether or not to prosecute)
Money. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess Gogo looked at the 100+ people in the cabin, multiplied by $19.95 (or whatever exhorbitant amount they charge for your share of the straw) and lobbied FAA. As an (in)famous senator once said, "Money talks and bullsh*t walks."
I can think of several people who should go...
Never mind the lack of seat belts. Sad that the Ford Nucleon never became real.
No touchscreens, please. Any UI that requires you to remove your eyes from the road is a non-starter. Pleas, let's not *add* to the already out-of-control distracted driving problem.
Best thing since FM radios in cars. Don't like the factory "whatever"? Pull it out and put in your own.
Allen and Torx "jacknife-style" sets. You can't lose the size you need, unlike the single sets
Some comments based on experience (electrical engineer in communications and networking for 30 yrs):
- Xcelite #25 handle with RB-1 and RB-2 Flat/Philips reversible blades
- Second the multi-tool recommendation - (almost) everything you need, on your hip
- DON'T buy a cheap multimeter, buy a decent Fluke
- RJ45 crimper and
- cable continuity checker (like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16896775013)
- Toner probe (for tracing cables)
- Punch down tool with 66/110 blades
- LED flashlight (I like the cheap Chinese ones that run on CR123 cells,,,shelf life is longer than AAs)
- Head-mounted magnifier and 10x loupes
- decent hand tools, like diagonal cutters, cable cutter, etc. I love Klein tools, Cooper/Xcelite are 2d choice, avoid cheap stuff
- multi-bit screwdrivers, if you must, but get the kind that take the 1/4" hex bits, so you can replace them (they vanish quicker than you'd think)
The Youtube comments are worth a read. Kids nowadays... [shakes head] I just want to know why the symbol editor in OrCAD still sucks so bad. Maybe I should send them the link to the video?
And the way to discourage buying of votes by third parties is to prosecute *them*, not those whose votes they attempt to buy.
And photographing your ballot makes perfect sense, in this day of untrustworthy automatic voting machines...
The home may survive, but if it's beachfront, you may find the distance from your bunker to the waves is a lot less when you emerge after the hurricane.
The skeptic in me thinks the FTC knew who these companies were all along. Five companies account for millions of unwanted calls a day, and disregard the DNC list? Seems that an operation like that would be hard to hide. Maybe the political pressure got to be too much and FTC felt they had to act? I'm not complaining, just asking why we had to put up with it for several years before there was any regulatory action.
"Round up the usual suspects."
When "is building" becomes "has publicly demonstrated", I'll take notice.
I'll be even more impressed when I can buy said processor and use it in one of my designs. I suspect that may be a while.
Not *every* company using H1B is doing it for evil reasons. But some of the larger ones certainly seem to be. I have seen "help wanted" ads posted looking for Masters' degree in Comp Sci with some extremely specific qualifications and ridiculously low salary. I refuse to believe that there are not any US citizens who could do that job. I doubt anyone who went through a US university could afford to take it, though.
Seems to be a common thread in these PIN pad hacks: they steal/buy/obtain one, hack it, then swap it with a "live" one, take that home, hack it, and repeat.
So why:
- don't the PIN pads have unique IDs?
- hasn't the terminal software been updated to sound an alarm when the stored PIN pad ID doesn't match the ID read from the PIN pad?
- doesn't the terminal alarm WHENEVER the PIN pad is disconnected?
It's not like this hasn't been happening for a while...
(and I predict the perpetrators, when caught, will have eastern European (FSR) names...)
I once had a router where the signal started to go bad over time....how a device with no moving parts could wear out so quickly.
Inadequate cooling in the power output stage of the transmitter would be my guess. Proper cooling is essential for high frequency power output stages, as all semiconductors are inefficient to some extent. The more inefficient they are (it depends on frequency and internal structure), the more heat they generate. That heat needs to be removed, usually by conduction to a PCB etch and then to ambient air. If that path isn't efficient (no fans to keep the air moving), the internal temp gets higher and the transistors gradually get less efficient from the stress...generating more heat.