Well the problem is it could be against the law to tamper with or modify the data recorder.
Of course one solution would be to drive an older car without the "drive data recorder" feature, but if this is too common laws could be passed which would make the data recording manditory.
Even better a bag of peanuts I got on American last time I flew had this on the package "Instructions: Open bag, eat nuts" and "Warning: contains peanuts".
Reminds me of that old saying "Nobody ever lost money by underestimating the inteligence of the American public."
In all seriousness since McDonald's lost the "hot coffee" lawsuit most hot drink to-go cups now have a warning on them that says "caution: contents hot!" or something similar.
Sorry, but addicts bear at least some responsiblity for their addictions. True, blaming the addict isn't going to help them but unless an addict takes responsiblity for their own role in their addiction they are NOT going to recover.
Overall I think his chairmanship will be good for the tech community. His record and carrer has shown a distrust of large moneyed intrests and sticking up for the little guy against those intrests.
BTW just because he isn't a card carrying member of the Christian Coalition and doesn't invite Trent Lott over for tea doesn't make him any less of a Republican or any less of a conservative. He is a traditional conservative who has more in common with Goldwater (also from AZ) than the current religious right.
I happen to have much respect Senator McCain because he is willing to stand up for what he believes in rather than slavishly sticking to whatever the party platform of the week is.
Lord knows they've got the cash and the companies in question could use the help. For a few billion Microsoft could be an airline or telecommunications monopoly as well.
They might have some anti-trust problems with the FTC. Macromedia bought Freehand off of Adobe when Adobe bought Aldus. Seems the Feds didn't like Adobe having both Illustrator and Freehand.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, try Speakeasy DSL. They allow servers on residential class connections, they'll even give you a static IP to use it with. The service you want may end up being a bit more than $50/month but it is likely to be less than $400/month. For example in many areas they offer 1.5M down/768k up for $99/month.
Try Speakeasy DSL. They allow servers, they allow P2P, they support wireless connection sharing, they have very few restrictions on how your connection is used.
Way cool, good service.
I have no connection to Speakeasy Networks other than being a very satisfied customer.
Try Speakeasy. Yea they may be more expensive than what your cable company or ILEC is charging and their advertized speeds may be lower but you will be glad you did. Why? you ask? Well: 1) static IP addresses, including DNS if you need it. 2) no ban on servers or P2P networks 3) cool people and no BS 4) network not oversold.
I hear people go on about how fast their cable connections are but I really have yet to see it. Most cable companies don't have enough bandwith going into their networks to support even a fraction of their users. What good does a 10mb down connection do if you are sharing a 10mb headend connection with 5000 other users to the net?
Also I would like to point out there are diminishing returns in having a connection over about 768k. I've worked in several places with T1 (1.5Mb) or better connections, my average download speed for most sites was between 600 and 800 kb/s even on the site with a 100Mb fiber connection.
"Those handy lock jimmys" are known as "slim jims". You can find these for sale if you know where to look (hint: locksmith, tow company, or law enforcement supply). There are a number of cool products out there that aren't marketed to the general public and won't be found in the local WalMart. Most of these are even legal to sell/buy/own.
And a rumor posted on The Register at that. I'll believe this when I see it confirmed somewhere that doesn't appear to be cribbing from the Reg or Slashdot.
This also assumes Macromedia wants to be bought by Microsoft, even if MS is attempting a hostile bid Macromedia may go looking for a white knight.
I could see IBM, Adobe, or Sun ending up with Macromedia in the end.
You've got to wonder if the traditional media feels threatened by the blog phenommena?
I mean 2 somewhat negative stories in 2 days is a bit much.
Sort of reminds me of the papers after the "shiney! new!" take on the web wore off and increasing numbers of people were web surfing instead of watching TV or reading the papers. There were a whole bunch of "evils of the web" stories back then as well.
Like the AC said take the ASVAB, a good overall score there can let you pretty much pick the MOS you want.
Also shop around amongst the services. Don't just talk to an Army recruiter, talk to the National Guard, talk to the Air Force, talk to the Navy, talk to the Marines, talk to the Coast Guard. Compare and contrast amongst the services, even if you have your heart set on the Army and would never joint the Marines or Air Force, a better offer from another service can cause the recruiter to up his offer.
I'm not sure why they wouldn't want computer skills right now. I am an experienced UNIX sysadmin an I'm finding no lack of jobs out there. The DOD is a major UNIX user and I'm finding quite a few listings for civilian computer jobs with the vairous agencies.
One problem with this is the transitory nature of the media. If someone more than 20 years ago was going to keep a journal, diary, or engage in regular correspondence with someone they were going to do it on paper. This paper would end up in attics and safe deposit boxes to be found years later.
I seriously doubt in 10 years if most weblogs entries from today will still be around in any form. The harddrives will have been wiped, the backup tapes and CDROMs tossed. There will only be a very few cases where some geek has been careful to maintain his archives and move them to whatever blog he is using today or where the blog is on some forgotten computer at MIT where the old blogs are preserved.
While the Wayback machine and some modern day version of Dejanews may help to preserve some of the blogs, I fear many may be lost.
Uh, hold on a sec, I've got to go write a business plan and call some friends of mine at Google.
I don't know the 777 makes me go "wow!". For some reason it's the only one of the newer generation twinjets to do so. Maybe its just "wow! look at those huge f*ing engines!" but it still makes me go "wow!"
I wouldn't call the L-1011 a disaster, it just had more teething problems than the DC-10. This is understandable given the large amount of new technology that was in that aircraft. The biggest problem with the L-1011 was by the time it was being delivered to customers Lockheed wasn't sure it wanted to be in the commercial airliner business. Things might have turned out differenly had Lockheed marketed the aircraft more agressively. Of course things would have been VERY different had Lockheed introduced a jet transport to compete with the 707 and the DC-8 instead of the Electra.
No the B52 isn't "made" anymore but the contract to keep the remaining planes airworthy for another 40 years is quite lucrative.
The F-22 was a joint Lockheed/Boeing bid. Lockheed may be prime, but Boeing has a very large hunk of that program.
Northrup is prime on the B2, but again Boeing has a major part of that program.
Delta and SeaLaunch aren't related at all, the rockets for SeaLaunch are built in the Ukraine and based on a Soviet design. Also Boeing maintains the Space Shuttle and is the prime contractor on the ISS.
The airlines seem to be going mostly for smaller longer range planes overall. Many airlines are flying mostly 737s and A320s domesticly, replacing many exsisting 737 routes with CRJs, replacing 767s with 757s on transatlantic routes, and replacing 747s with 767s and 777s on longer international routes.
I really don't see the business case for the A380. Its not what the airlines seem to want right now.
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Well a 1968 Dodge Dart doesn't.
Good milage, reliable as Hell, cheap to fix when something breaks.
Well the problem is it could be against the law to tamper with or modify the data recorder.
Of course one solution would be to drive an older car without the "drive data recorder" feature, but if this is too common laws could be passed which would make the data recording manditory.
Probably made in the same factory as chicken McNuggets "May contain chicken".
Even better a bag of peanuts I got on American last time I flew had this on the package "Instructions: Open bag, eat nuts" and "Warning: contains peanuts".
Reminds me of that old saying "Nobody ever lost money by underestimating the inteligence of the American public."
In all seriousness since McDonald's lost the "hot coffee" lawsuit most hot drink to-go cups now have a warning on them that says "caution: contents hot!" or something similar.
Sorry, but addicts bear at least some responsiblity for their addictions. True, blaming the addict isn't going to help them but unless an addict takes responsiblity for their own role in their addiction they are NOT going to recover.
Overall I think his chairmanship will be good for the tech community. His record and carrer has shown a distrust of large moneyed intrests and sticking up for the little guy against those intrests.
BTW just because he isn't a card carrying member of the Christian Coalition and doesn't invite Trent Lott over for tea doesn't make him any less of a Republican or any less of a conservative. He is a traditional conservative who has more in common with Goldwater (also from AZ) than the current religious right.
I happen to have much respect Senator McCain because he is willing to stand up for what he believes in rather than slavishly sticking to whatever the party platform of the week is.
Next year they'll float a rumor of thinking of acquiring Lockheed Martin, KFC, and Kiwi Shoe polish.
Now there's an idea, perhaps Microsoft should buy up bankrupt airlines, phone companies, or energy traders.
Lord knows they've got the cash and the companies in question could use the help. For a few billion Microsoft could be an airline or telecommunications monopoly as well.
They might have some anti-trust problems with the FTC. Macromedia bought Freehand off of Adobe when Adobe bought Aldus. Seems the Feds didn't like Adobe having both Illustrator and Freehand.
Well there might be something to it then. Cringely is a bit more reliable source of rumors than The Reg.
If Macromedia is for sale I would still rather see Sun, IBM, or Adobe end up with them.
I'm sure this makes those who want to telecommute happy.
Being able to VPN into work was a major reason at the last two companies I worked for to get a broadband connection.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, try Speakeasy DSL. They allow servers on residential class connections, they'll even give you a static IP to use it with. The service you want may end up being a bit more than $50/month but it is likely to be less than $400/month. For example in many areas they offer 1.5M down/768k up for $99/month.
Try Speakeasy DSL. They allow servers, they allow P2P, they support wireless connection sharing, they have very few restrictions on how your connection is used.
Way cool, good service.
I have no connection to Speakeasy Networks other than being a very satisfied customer.
Try Speakeasy. Yea they may be more expensive than what your cable company or ILEC is charging and their advertized speeds may be lower but you will be glad you did. Why? you ask? Well:
1) static IP addresses, including DNS if you need it.
2) no ban on servers or P2P networks
3) cool people and no BS
4) network not oversold.
I hear people go on about how fast their cable connections are but I really have yet to see it. Most cable companies don't have enough bandwith going into their networks to support even a fraction of their users. What good does a 10mb down connection do if you are sharing a 10mb headend connection with 5000 other users to the net?
Also I would like to point out there are diminishing returns in having a connection over about 768k. I've worked in several places with T1 (1.5Mb) or better connections, my average download speed for most sites was between 600 and 800 kb/s even on the site with a 100Mb fiber connection.
"Those handy lock jimmys" are known as "slim jims". You can find these for sale if you know where to look (hint: locksmith, tow company, or law enforcement supply). There are a number of cool products out there that aren't marketed to the general public and won't be found in the local WalMart. Most of these are even legal to sell/buy/own.
And a rumor posted on The Register at that. I'll believe this when I see it confirmed somewhere that doesn't appear to be cribbing from the Reg or Slashdot.
This also assumes Macromedia wants to be bought by Microsoft, even if MS is attempting a hostile bid Macromedia may go looking for a white knight.
I could see IBM, Adobe, or Sun ending up with Macromedia in the end.
You've got to wonder if the traditional media feels threatened by the blog phenommena?
I mean 2 somewhat negative stories in 2 days is a bit much.
Sort of reminds me of the papers after the "shiney! new!" take on the web wore off and increasing numbers of people were web surfing instead of watching TV or reading the papers. There were a whole bunch of "evils of the web" stories back then as well.
Like the AC said take the ASVAB, a good overall score there can let you pretty much pick the MOS you want.
Also shop around amongst the services. Don't just talk to an Army recruiter, talk to the National Guard, talk to the Air Force, talk to the Navy, talk to the Marines, talk to the Coast Guard. Compare and contrast amongst the services, even if you have your heart set on the Army and would never joint the Marines or Air Force, a better offer from another service can cause the recruiter to up his offer.
I'm not sure why they wouldn't want computer skills right now. I am an experienced UNIX sysadmin an I'm finding no lack of jobs out there. The DOD is a major UNIX user and I'm finding quite a few listings for civilian computer jobs with the vairous agencies.
One problem with this is the transitory nature of the media. If someone more than 20 years ago was going to keep a journal, diary, or engage in regular correspondence with someone they were going to do it on paper. This paper would end up in attics and safe deposit boxes to be found years later.
I seriously doubt in 10 years if most weblogs entries from today will still be around in any form. The harddrives will have been wiped, the backup tapes and CDROMs tossed. There will only be a very few cases where some geek has been careful to maintain his archives and move them to whatever blog he is using today or where the blog is on some forgotten computer at MIT where the old blogs are preserved.
While the Wayback machine and some modern day version of Dejanews may help to preserve some of the blogs, I fear many may be lost.
Uh, hold on a sec, I've got to go write a business plan and call some friends of mine at Google.
That is the Blended Wing Body (BWB) concept/project. From what I understand BWB and SC are competing projects.
I don't know the 777 makes me go "wow!". For some reason it's the only one of the newer generation twinjets to do so. Maybe its just "wow! look at those huge f*ing engines!" but it still makes me go "wow!"
I wouldn't call the L-1011 a disaster, it just had more teething problems than the DC-10. This is understandable given the large amount of new technology that was in that aircraft. The biggest problem with the L-1011 was by the time it was being delivered to customers Lockheed wasn't sure it wanted to be in the commercial airliner business. Things might have turned out differenly had Lockheed marketed the aircraft more agressively. Of course things would have been VERY different had Lockheed introduced a jet transport to compete with the 707 and the DC-8 instead of the Electra.
Comment on the LCD screens. JetBlue already has this in every aircraft. They don't have browsing yet, but they do have live TV.
Something to keep you amused on those long SEA-JFK flights.
No the B52 isn't "made" anymore but the contract to keep the remaining planes airworthy for another 40 years is quite lucrative.
The F-22 was a joint Lockheed/Boeing bid. Lockheed may be prime, but Boeing has a very large hunk of that program.
Northrup is prime on the B2, but again Boeing has a major part of that program.
Delta and SeaLaunch aren't related at all, the rockets for SeaLaunch are built in the Ukraine and based on a Soviet design. Also Boeing maintains the Space Shuttle and is the prime contractor on the ISS.
The airlines seem to be going mostly for smaller longer range planes overall. Many airlines are flying mostly 737s and A320s domesticly, replacing many exsisting 737 routes with CRJs, replacing 767s with 757s on transatlantic routes, and replacing 747s with 767s and 777s on longer international routes.
I really don't see the business case for the A380. Its not what the airlines seem to want right now.