The general reason why the FCC has jurisdiction over wires that handle info is because those wires make serious use of "the commons" - poles, tunnels, manholes, junction boxes in the middle of the sidewalk, etc. etc. Without some mutual agreements as to how best use those commons there'd be a chaos- or monopoly-inducing free-for-all. The people (and by extension businesses) get the government to establish those mutual agreements i.e. regulations and create a regulatory body to oversee it all. Hence the FCC handles both wires and spectrum. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.
Which isn't of course saying that the regulation or lack thereof they impose always puts them on the side of the angels.
Whereas with a wiki-style web directory, you could edit it directly. The problem is that it would require the mass population of users/editors to both build the directory and to keep it from being overrun by spammers, griefers, trolls, etc.
Of course ne'er-do-wells have resorted to stealing copper wire, ever since The Man made melting down pennies a federal crime. US pennies and nickels are technically worth more as metal than their face value. (I can't source it but I recall reading that before the new regulation was made a company was actually gearing up to enter the penny-melting business until the feds put the kibosh on it.)
It's a pity web directories such as the Open Directory Project have fallen by the wayside in the mind of the general public. (Alexa ranks dmoz at No. 460.) If a web directory had the same personal investment end users worldwide give Wikipedia it could provide a useful alternative to algorithm-based search engines. Although Wikipedia already is a web directory of sorts, with links to relevant sites at the end of articles, as well as numerous "list of" articles pointing to sites you might never encounter searching through Google.
1) Google makes it explicitly clear that its services are being pushed to the top of the results - say a section labeled "Google services" on an off-white background, much like it does with sponsored results.
2) End users aren't bothered by this in the least, and Google profits go up another notch.
Putting the issue of EM & radiation exposure aside and focusing on the more lurid kind of exposure -
Why do the full body scanners have to create a full body picture? If the images from the scanner to the TSA officials were physically divided up - say, head and shoulders, upper torso, lower torso, legs and feet - there would probably be less "OMG they're seeing me nekkid!" reactions from the passengers, since the images are more anonymized.
Of course such a solution raises numerous "yes, but.." flags, but I'd think they should be readily addressable.
Of course they said the same thing about electronic voting machines.
Drop a sackful of regular paper airplanes made of some fluorescent 8.5 x 11 sheets (or A4 for you Brits), with a phone number printed on them, and see who calls.
Nice, if you willing to settle for a city floating on the water. If you'd like your city to be floating, period, however, Bucky's still got your back...
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...the astronomer wasn't just hit on the head with a cartoonishly large wooden mallet?
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The general reason why the FCC has jurisdiction over wires that handle info is because those wires make serious use of "the commons" - poles, tunnels, manholes, junction boxes in the middle of the sidewalk, etc. etc. Without some mutual agreements as to how best use those commons there'd be a chaos- or monopoly-inducing free-for-all. The people (and by extension businesses) get the government to establish those mutual agreements i.e. regulations and create a regulatory body to oversee it all. Hence the FCC handles both wires and spectrum. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.
Which isn't of course saying that the regulation or lack thereof they impose always puts them on the side of the angels.
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Case in point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter#Arrests
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Whereas with a wiki-style web directory, you could edit it directly. The problem is that it would require the mass population of users/editors to both build the directory and to keep it from being overrun by spammers, griefers, trolls, etc.
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Zinc could also be profitable if the timing is right. At one point in 2006 it exceed $2/pound, while 181 post-1982 pennies weigh one pound.
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Of course ne'er-do-wells have resorted to stealing copper wire, ever since The Man made melting down pennies a federal crime. US pennies and nickels are technically worth more as metal than their face value. (I can't source it but I recall reading that before the new regulation was made a company was actually gearing up to enter the penny-melting business until the feds put the kibosh on it.)
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It's a pity web directories such as the Open Directory Project have fallen by the wayside in the mind of the general public. (Alexa ranks dmoz at No. 460.) If a web directory had the same personal investment end users worldwide give Wikipedia it could provide a useful alternative to algorithm-based search engines. Although Wikipedia already is a web directory of sorts, with links to relevant sites at the end of articles, as well as numerous "list of" articles pointing to sites you might never encounter searching through Google.
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1) Google makes it explicitly clear that its services are being pushed to the top of the results - say a section labeled "Google services" on an off-white background, much like it does with sponsored results.
2) End users aren't bothered by this in the least, and Google profits go up another notch.
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...but it ain't no Zorg ZF-1
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http://www.steering-wheel-ipad.com/
And it won't void your warrenty!
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Could this be used as an anti-jailbreaking tool? "Unauthorized OS detected, reprogram FPGA to 'guacamole mode' "
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It can be the biggest penguin you've ever seen! An electric penguin, twenty feet high, with long green tentacles that sting people!
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...a certain regime was making right before its government and economy collapsed.
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Putting the issue of EM & radiation exposure aside and focusing on the more lurid kind of exposure -
Why do the full body scanners have to create a full body picture? If the images from the scanner to the TSA officials were physically divided up - say, head and shoulders, upper torso, lower torso, legs and feet - there would probably be less "OMG they're seeing me nekkid!" reactions from the passengers, since the images are more anonymized.
Of course such a solution raises numerous "yes, but.." flags, but I'd think they should be readily addressable.
Of course they said the same thing about electronic voting machines.
Ah, forget I said anything....
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Yes, and it can now handle classical written equations previously resistant to artificial intelligence.
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You know, the middlemen!
The first order of business will be establishing a form of currency. How about basing it on sand?
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And you can be the first Phobo (foe-bow) - or would that be Phobia (foe-bee-ah)?
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Another day older and skills less fresh
Spaghetti Monster don't ya call me 'cause I can't go
I sold my ghost to the company store
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Drop a sackful of regular paper airplanes made of some fluorescent 8.5 x 11 sheets (or A4 for you Brits), with a phone number printed on them, and see who calls.
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Any chance Wozniak and/or Jobs were amongst the people who put it together? Or did they have people by then?
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Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!
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Nice, if you willing to settle for a city floating on the water. If you'd like your city to be floating, period, however, Bucky's still got your back...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_nine_(Tensegrity_sphere)
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And if the users of either service were actually paying money for them, you'd might actually be right.
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Injuns, soothsayers, and volcanoes? Sounds like one hella cool game! When'll the demo be available?
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It's a poor sort of security that assumes that the person you're up against isn't very bright. And/or creative and/or desperate and/or psychotic.
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