Just as RFID tags do not require batteries to give disclose their location and unique identifiers, modern cell phones also have similar functionality batteries or not...
I'm pretty familiar with rfid. You don't have some sort of link to anything talking about passive/semi-passive tagging in phones, do you?
Umm... most other forms of harassment are already illegal(enforcement aside). They want a law about cyber-bullying because it is the loophole in the current law.
They want to fix the type of problem you describe, by creating a new law to govern the new medium.
Submarines rarely make use of 'active' sonar, that defeats their purpose. (I was Navy so I have some professional background here) You might want to study sonar (and RADAR for interest) a bit more if you think 'more power' is the solution to better 'vision' under water. It ain't so good sir.
Umm... what about the active sonar on destroyers and other ships in a Carrier Fleet, used to detect attack subs? I'm not up to date on the current doctrine, but don't those tend to be used a little more liberally?
That's the point where I would have pulled out my cell phone, called 911 and told the dispatcher that I was being held against my will.
They are allowed to do that in a lot of places. Florida happens to be one of them. They can take 'reasonable' measures to prevent you from leaving. Of course reasonable isn't clearly defined, but it includes things very close to assault. You are welcome to call the police, but if anyone is arrested it will be you, possibly after being repeatedly Tasered.
It's not shutting down per se. It's in a polar region and winter is coming, it's diverting most of the diminishing solar energy it receives to generating hear, so it won't be damaged by the cold. It will still be operational, just operating in a mode that isn't very useful for doing science.
Nothing's broken. It's last longer than was planned, and now they are taking steps so there is a chance it will last longer still.
The assumption your making here is that the only way to be creative and successful at it is to use a mac that is simply not true. Why should the eeepc have to run OSX why cant it run Linux or Windows? both have available programs that do the same things as a Macbook but are going to be allot cheaper.
I really like FOSS, but I doubt a 7 year old nor the folks who work at the school would be of much help finding or using those tools.
Teacher gives out Mac specific instructions. All the other kids follow those. The kid with the eeePC spends a couple hours tracking down a similar program and figuring out how to use it. Then proceeds to attempt to translate the instructions into the new program.
I don't really know if it is the right environment to introduce the kid to linux. Enough of the staff would probably be familiar with Windows to help the kid out a bit. They do know how to use OSX. I really just don't see the support being there for linux, and I doubt most 7 year olds have the wherewithal to deal with the extra headaches without getting frustrated and discouraged before he even get to what they want to do.
I suppose it would depend on how you see it being used, but if it is going to be mainly at school and being directed by a teacher, I just don't know how well Linux would work. It would be less of an issue if much of the work and set up would be done at home, with help from a parent familiar with linux.
It really might be a better idea to wait a bit for the money or to looking around for a good price on some refurbished hardware(though honestly a quick look in Google doesn't seem hugely encouraging, and it seems a used macbook that's a couple years old is still going to set you back far more than an eeePC).
I'm not really about to get apoplectic because the parents will have more tools to protect their kids from content they find offensive. I don't think most parents are smart enough to actually use the V-chip, despite it's simplicity and a couple awareness campaigns--but that's not exactly relevant.
The wording does seem to imply that this could effect more than just TV, it specifically mentions internet distribution and streaming media. My only real concern is that it may lead to the expansion of the FCC's bailiwick, and could lead to requirements for ratings be required with material distributed online.
Between the panoply of distribution methods and the countless sources of content(particularly with the growth of user created content), I worry that things like this could lead to widespread mandates for ratings internet distribution. While the intentions behind such laws may be pure(stupid, but pure) the results could seriously hamper innovation(particularly for small projects) and could serve to add another arrow to the *IAA's quiver(attack p2p for distributing unrated material).
It is generally worrying to see the FCC's role as content cop to continuing expanding into the internet. Because they tend to act at the behest of america's most panicky and ideological idiots, I don't trust their objectivity or judgment.
This is just meetings looking into the subject, but when they respond that there is little in the way of standardized ratings on internet content, it does not seem unlikely that they would seek to 'remedy' the problem.
With this? Probably, but it doesn't really matter.
The Barcode reading software is opensource, and after that all anyone here cares about it passing it to a website or some other application.
Called ZXing or "Zebra Crossing" and is part of the google code project. It can be found here.
Freedom really is the killer app, but this thing is still kinda neat, and wireless barcode scanners are way overpriced. A few hundred dollars for a handset is really cheap by comparison.
The receivers for those devices are designed to filter out the secondary signal. It's not a hard thing to do, but it isn't what you would want for a device like the one they were testing. In the real world, it would switch over to an unoccupied channel. This 'white space test' wasn't testing in white space, it was testing a frequency that was being used by a TV station. It's pretty much crap, unless what the Google guy was saying about the frequency was factually wrong.
I rather like the idea of having an OS with as little on it as possible.
Exactly! I know from a marketing standpoint you want to cram in as much of your own products as possible, in order to keep your brand in front of the customer, but having a truly modular OS would be very nice indeed.
It still works ok from a marketing standpoint. This pretty much forces(makes it easier than the alternatives anyway) users to go to Microsoft for simple software. It gets people into the habit of using the MS Live Repository, or whatever, which will help to lock people into using MS software.
It also takes some of the wind from the FOSS folks sails, by creating something similar to the package systems for various distros and quiets some of the anti-trust bundling issues--without really giving up market share for their Apps, because they will be the first found by the average user.
It probably will improve the user experience, but Microsoft will surely find ways to benefit from the new(for them) model. Microsoft benefiting from something does not necessarily mean it is evil.
Sure, but somewhat less obnoxious now that the RIAA has changed it's licensing model and internet radio stations won't have to pay royalties on songs they don't make money from.
So, when I use Pandora with Ad Block: I get music I like for free, Pandora doesn't have to pay the RIAA for it, and I am only costing them their bandwidth? I don't generate revenue for them, they don't pay for the music I listen to.
That's great. I'd been feeling bad about biting the hand that hooks me up with free music. I am still sucking on it, maybe nibbling it in an affectionate kind of a way, but not actually biting it.
10.5 sounds like a lot. It probably is a lot, but this is pretty much the licensing all the internet radio people were asking for. The RIAA gave up some ground and hopeful it will help ensure the Brits don't have to subsidies all my internet radio.
Does this effect their tensile strength, or just make them have a lower linear density? Does it stop at some point, or do they keep continuing to stretch until their bonds break?
I have heard this discussed in reference to space elevators before, but I seem to remember it being considered a merit. Like, they stretch a given amount, but retain most of their strength, so the end result is just a longer tube(which is good).
None of this has anything to do with actual software. It has to do with image. Strung out felons tend to not help create a good image.
It's BS and an invasion of privacy, and unless someone has very serious issues it's ineffective due to various helpful products. Most jobs these days require either a 4 year degree or UA.
Er, isn't it illegal to wardrive in some states [Florida] in the first place?
You don't have to log into the network to wardrive. Passive wardriving isn't illegal, though people(well at least one) has been prosecuted for accessing unencrypted wireless networks.
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Pretty much everyone who is sued, is sued for a tortious act.
Why can't people just accept that?
Because they think it is caused primarily by social expectations, and not nature, and can therefore be changed.
If you don't like something and believe it can be changed, there is no reason to accept it.
Just as RFID tags do not require batteries to give disclose their location and unique identifiers, modern cell phones also have similar functionality batteries or not...
I'm pretty familiar with rfid. You don't have some sort of link to anything talking about passive/semi-passive tagging in phones, do you?
Well, there is way the american people could swallow a bill that awful.
Some prefer Objectivist.
Umm... most other forms of harassment are already illegal(enforcement aside). They want a law about cyber-bullying because it is the loophole in the current law.
They want to fix the type of problem you describe, by creating a new law to govern the new medium.
You've got it backwards.
Throughout the entire industry each and every single till system is a POS.
Submarines rarely make use of 'active' sonar, that defeats their purpose. (I was Navy so I have some professional background here) You might want to study sonar (and RADAR for interest) a bit more if you think 'more power' is the solution to better 'vision' under water. It ain't so good sir.
Umm... what about the active sonar on destroyers and other ships in a Carrier Fleet, used to detect attack subs? I'm not up to date on the current doctrine, but don't those tend to be used a little more liberally?
That's the point where I would have pulled out my cell phone, called 911 and told the dispatcher that I was being held against my will.
They are allowed to do that in a lot of places. Florida happens to be one of them. They can take 'reasonable' measures to prevent you from leaving. Of course reasonable isn't clearly defined, but it includes things very close to assault. You are welcome to call the police, but if anyone is arrested it will be you, possibly after being repeatedly Tasered.
It's not shutting down per se. It's in a polar region and winter is coming, it's diverting most of the diminishing solar energy it receives to generating hear, so it won't be damaged by the cold. It will still be operational, just operating in a mode that isn't very useful for doing science.
Nothing's broken. It's last longer than was planned, and now they are taking steps so there is a chance it will last longer still.
They are giving away Crossover Pro for OSX or Linux.
Links are helpful.
The assumption your making here is that the only way to be creative and successful at it is to use a mac that is simply not true. Why should the eeepc have to run OSX why cant it run Linux or Windows? both have available programs that do the same things as a Macbook but are going to be allot cheaper.
I really like FOSS, but I doubt a 7 year old nor the folks who work at the school would be of much help finding or using those tools.
Teacher gives out Mac specific instructions. All the other kids follow those. The kid with the eeePC spends a couple hours tracking down a similar program and figuring out how to use it. Then proceeds to attempt to translate the instructions into the new program.
I don't really know if it is the right environment to introduce the kid to linux. Enough of the staff would probably be familiar with Windows to help the kid out a bit. They do know how to use OSX. I really just don't see the support being there for linux, and I doubt most 7 year olds have the wherewithal to deal with the extra headaches without getting frustrated and discouraged before he even get to what they want to do.
I suppose it would depend on how you see it being used, but if it is going to be mainly at school and being directed by a teacher, I just don't know how well Linux would work. It would be less of an issue if much of the work and set up would be done at home, with help from a parent familiar with linux.
It really might be a better idea to wait a bit for the money or to looking around for a good price on some refurbished hardware(though honestly a quick look in Google doesn't seem hugely encouraging, and it seems a used macbook that's a couple years old is still going to set you back far more than an eeePC).
I'm not really about to get apoplectic because the parents will have more tools to protect their kids from content they find offensive. I don't think most parents are smart enough to actually use the V-chip, despite it's simplicity and a couple awareness campaigns--but that's not exactly relevant.
The wording does seem to imply that this could effect more than just TV, it specifically mentions internet distribution and streaming media. My only real concern is that it may lead to the expansion of the FCC's bailiwick, and could lead to requirements for ratings be required with material distributed online.
Between the panoply of distribution methods and the countless sources of content(particularly with the growth of user created content), I worry that things like this could lead to widespread mandates for ratings internet distribution. While the intentions behind such laws may be pure(stupid, but pure) the results could seriously hamper innovation(particularly for small projects) and could serve to add another arrow to the *IAA's quiver(attack p2p for distributing unrated material).
It is generally worrying to see the FCC's role as content cop to continuing expanding into the internet. Because they tend to act at the behest of america's most panicky and ideological idiots, I don't trust their objectivity or judgment.
This is just meetings looking into the subject, but when they respond that there is little in the way of standardized ratings on internet content, it does not seem unlikely that they would seek to 'remedy' the problem.
Right, we want them to win in the courts so there is legal precedent and the way is opened for others to provide similar services.
We want the market to kill off the service(after new investments in infrastructure), because Real sucks and the service is retarded.
Both parties loose and everyone else wins.
With this? Probably, but it doesn't really matter.
The Barcode reading software is opensource, and after that all anyone here cares about it passing it to a website or some other application.
Called ZXing or "Zebra Crossing" and is part of the google code project. It can be found here.
Freedom really is the killer app, but this thing is still kinda neat, and wireless barcode scanners are way overpriced. A few hundred dollars for a handset is really cheap by comparison.
The receivers for those devices are designed to filter out the secondary signal. It's not a hard thing to do, but it isn't what you would want for a device like the one they were testing. In the real world, it would switch over to an unoccupied channel. This 'white space test' wasn't testing in white space, it was testing a frequency that was being used by a TV station. It's pretty much crap, unless what the Google guy was saying about the frequency was factually wrong.
Their source is on their download('downloaden') page.
I rather like the idea of having an OS with as little on it as possible.
Exactly! I know from a marketing standpoint you want to cram in as much of your own products as possible, in order to keep your brand in front of the customer, but having a truly modular OS would be very nice indeed.
It still works ok from a marketing standpoint. This pretty much forces(makes it easier than the alternatives anyway) users to go to Microsoft for simple software. It gets people into the habit of using the MS Live Repository, or whatever, which will help to lock people into using MS software.
It also takes some of the wind from the FOSS folks sails, by creating something similar to the package systems for various distros and quiets some of the anti-trust bundling issues--without really giving up market share for their Apps, because they will be the first found by the average user.
It probably will improve the user experience, but Microsoft will surely find ways to benefit from the new(for them) model. Microsoft benefiting from something does not necessarily mean it is evil.
Sure, but somewhat less obnoxious now that the RIAA has changed it's licensing model and internet radio stations won't have to pay royalties on songs they don't make money from.
The ads other people see and click on, just like every other website.
So, when I use Pandora with Ad Block: I get music I like for free, Pandora doesn't have to pay the RIAA for it, and I am only costing them their bandwidth? I don't generate revenue for them, they don't pay for the music I listen to.
That's great. I'd been feeling bad about biting the hand that hooks me up with free music. I am still sucking on it, maybe nibbling it in an affectionate kind of a way, but not actually biting it.
10.5 sounds like a lot. It probably is a lot, but this is pretty much the licensing all the internet radio people were asking for. The RIAA gave up some ground and hopeful it will help ensure the Brits don't have to subsidies all my internet radio.
Does this effect their tensile strength, or just make them have a lower linear density? Does it stop at some point, or do they keep continuing to stretch until their bonds break?
I have heard this discussed in reference to space elevators before, but I seem to remember it being considered a merit. Like, they stretch a given amount, but retain most of their strength, so the end result is just a longer tube(which is good).
None of this has anything to do with actual software. It has to do with image. Strung out felons tend to not help create a good image.
It's BS and an invasion of privacy, and unless someone has very serious issues it's ineffective due to various helpful products. Most jobs these days require either a 4 year degree or UA.
Er, isn't it illegal to wardrive in some states [Florida] in the first place?
You don't have to log into the network to wardrive. Passive wardriving isn't illegal, though people(well at least one) has been prosecuted for accessing unencrypted wireless networks.