Young drivers are usually saddled with -HUGE- -annual- premiums, even if they don't drive that much (unlikely, but - hey - with Internet & other hacking activities eating up our time, there's less left over for cruisin'...;-)
Excellent idea, who's time has come... ie, as soon as it becomes sufficiently hack-proof to work... eg, with independent checking stations installed, a one-City-only policy could work (every time the car passes an automatic toll-RFID station, it could broadcast its ID & the number of KM's driven, up to that point, which could be relayed to the insurance company...)
In short: 128 kb/sec, has USB & 10BaseT cables, as well as a microphone! Does Data at that speed but also Digital Voice at 4.8 kb/sec & Analog Voice, all on 1.2 GHz (an Amateur Band)
12 V @ 6 A on higher power, but reportedly more reliable than traditional WiFi gear, in cars, etc.
Adelaide had one of the nicest little Telecomms Museums around,
run entirely by volunteers (ex-Telecom's people).
But Telstra (ie, Telecom re-badged) soon got hungry
for dollars & closed it down, in the early 90's.
The building was put up for sale, but - being
Trust-listed (so that it'd be pretty hard to
make any significant changes to the building
that it was located in) - who would buy it?
Today, it sits there (next to the GPO) still
being used as a warehouse (if it is used at all).
There are so few/. articles per day, as things are... to allocate one of the already slim resources to -this- topic (which I feel would be better left on the Mozilla project web site) is just not good enough.
We need to be able to vote/moderate the QUALITY of an article's topic, just as we can do with individual posts, today.
Perhaps the person who PICKS an article should receive less access to the input hopper (from which posted articles are selected for publication on/.)
Even if you like the article on Mozilla's default theme, you might like to see/. readers have SOME mechanism to rate selec- ted articles.
What's think?;-/
Why not ask those who got / have jobs what works?
on
Resumes for New Grads?
·
· Score: 1
That's all, just ask them... They might have
asked their boss's what got them in (or have
heard or worked it out for themselves...)
We're using a tool that arose out of some DoD Research...:-|
Re:Open source being used in Genetic Research
on
Open Sourcing Innovation
·
· Score: 4, Interesting
Just today, Australia's ABC had a program - "In the National Interest" (avail via Audio on Demand) on Open Source methods being transplanted from S/W dev't to scientific research in genetic engr'g, etc.
So... call it all the names you like... it still seems to be doing some good, eg giving folks in remote/isolated places of developed countries or developing countries opportunities to contribute to progress of State of the Art.
Here's what happened when we tried to get a copy of "BERKS 6" purchased by & for borrowers of the local (Sterling) Public Library:
First, BERKS 6 (there may be a '7 by now, FAIK) is:
A set of 4 CD-ROMs - full of tutorials on IT, programming, etc -and- Open Source Software - and the whole set costing under Au$ 20.00 + post made the deal very good value, indeed.
So, I suggested that the Stirling library, (one of the lib's in the Adel Hills Council area) buy & shelve a set or two for borrowing.
The answer came back NO.
After a bit of negotiation, including a calm but assertive education process on Open Source Software, they finally agreed to pass on my suggestion to their "central buying organisation"
(I'm not sure if it saves us any money on item-cost, but they very likely do any IP-related checking, to see if it's an item licensed for library holding/loaning, so it may save us court & legal costs in the long run...)
After a while in their queue, a few copies of the 4-disk sets were purchased - one for each of several libraries in the system.
I was eventually notified that a BERKS 6 set was available at the Stirling library.
UNFORTUNATELY, the CD-ROM set was on the REFERENCE shelf, ie -not- available for home borrowing... apparently due to the risk that a borrower could copy the disks.
In fact, the library had rung or eMailed someone in the UK-based BERKS publisher, to see if they intended the CD-ROM's to be loanable by libraries.
They -thought- they were told that this was not desired, hence their confinement on the REFERENCE SHELF.
I had to eMail the same UK-publishers, as well as a US-based distributor with the above part of the story of my ordeal so far. (I got the impression that the US folks may have helped bring the UK-publishers around to a position that got them to eMail the library & me, to say something like: "Sure, it's OK with us to loan out these CD-ROMs, since - otherwise - you'd have to supply a computer that users could install the OSS programs onto...)
[Change of line-length due to laziness on my part... Hey/. if you don't like short lines, why not ignore and/or... Or at least make your text box wide enough to encourage longer than threshhold comment lines, so we never have to waste human time "lenthening" lines...?
Now, back to our reguarly scheduled comment, already in progress;-) ]
Soon after the eMail was verified by the library, the disks became available for home borrowing, at each of the libraries that had received copies...
Now, I just want to say: I wasn't all "sugar & spice" while negotiating with the various levels of staff in the library system.
I called a spade a spade (eg told them that they were making a dumb decision, based on ignorance about something that libraries had a responsibility to learn about - namely, Open Source publications & software) & insisted that we in borrow- er land had every right to see OSS items in libraries & even copy any programs licensed, eg, under the GPL.
Consider:
We're changing traditions at a time when the media is full of RIAA hype & stories about ISP's cutting off accounts of the folks who share music & other IP online.
So, it's natural that libraries would be scared & want to really do their homework before putting their budget on the line.
On the other hand, since there's likely a high-energy proponent in their ear now - ie telling about the risks of allowing folks to copy others' IP, they -need- an equally high-energy (and -not- a meek & mild) response to help them think clearly about the other side's equally valid arguments.
They push, we gotta push... We know our rights, the license conditions of the items we want on their shelves & where to get value for money.
A while back, we found some PDF's from either a US or UK source, one - possibly from the AG Dep't (US) - went into the practical computer forensic aspects of crime-scene investigation - with topics tied to fevices that might hold info useful to the investigation, and bits on how to preserve it.
At local police expo's, I've seen small stand- alone hard-disk mirroring devices.
And there was at least one article (again. on- line) embracing Linux as the op sys of choice for computer forensics.
Advanced Bionics Corp, one of three manufacturers of cochlear implants, says their customers should get vaccinations to protect them against meningitis and other similar diseases.
Australian manufacturer Cochlear Ltd, the leading manufacturer of the inner-ear devices, has sold over 40,000 devices in the past 20 years.
The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday said 25 adults and children with cochlear implants had been diagnosed with meningitis worldwide, with nine of them dying.
It says surveys of other cochlear implant centres suggest more unreported cases exist.
Meningitis is a complication of any inner ear surgery and some deaf patients are at even greater risk due to malformations of the inner ear."...but wait, there's more (from same article):
"Cochlear Ltd today said the overall incidence of meningitis in those that use its Nucleus cochlear implants is similar to the incidence of meningitis in the general population."
-and-
"Cochlear said it had recently learned of concerns expressed by
-another- cochlear implant manufacturer regarding a potential increased risk of meningitis based on experience with their recipient population."
Link to article on details on meningitis risk:
www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/26/1027497402823.h tml
Wasn't the non-Aussie device hit with some problem report(s) & knocked off the market for a while?
Don't quote me, but I think there was some risk of infection.
To find where / when to look, check the stock values of each company... one dropped after the problems came to light & - of course - the Aussie co. became "the only game in town" soon afterwards.
There may have been some details on the (Aussie) ABC's "Health Report" (radio program); to see, search:
abc.net.au/rn & drill down to the Health Report's section of the larger site...
The nifty AX.25 packet radio based Auto Packet Reporting System (APRS) enables each station in a network to act as a packet repeater, so that stations that can't communicate directly, can do so via other stations [& digipeaters], as necessary.
Slashdot Mirror
Better yet... Win 2000 Pro
(Both 98 & NT don't run Skype...
A new release just came out (2 CD-ROM's)
on 12 August 2004.
The idea is to give folks a chance to "try"
free software that's made for Windows...
Once they see how much better it is, they
just might give a free OS a try, later.
"Don't cause pain, give pleasure!"
Young drivers are usually saddled with -HUGE- ;-)
-annual- premiums, even if they don't drive
that much (unlikely, but - hey - with Internet
& other hacking activities eating up our time,
there's less left over for cruisin'...
Excellent idea, who's time has come...
ie, as soon as it becomes sufficiently
hack-proof to work... eg, with independent
checking stations installed, a one-City-only
policy could work (every time the car passes
an automatic toll-RFID station, it could
broadcast its ID & the number of KM's driven,
up to that point, which could be relayed to
the insurance company...)
From my last visit to a retailer, I took away the suggestion that WiFi might be running on the order of 100 mWatts at GHz freq's.
;-)
Well, the new ICOM digital radios operate on 1.2 GHz with 10 Watts of transmit power.
Reviews suggest that mobile nodes can maintain
reliable links to other nodes while driving
around town.
Worth a look:
http://www.HamRadio.com/pdf/dstar.pdf
Oh, if you win, just earmark my 10% of your prize's $-value to me at...
Google for ICOM ID-1 for manual & spec's...
In short: 128 kb/sec, has USB & 10BaseT cables,
as well as a microphone! Does Data at that speed
but also Digital Voice at 4.8 kb/sec & Analog Voice, all on 1.2 GHz (an Amateur Band)
12 V @ 6 A on higher power, but reportedly more
reliable than traditional WiFi gear, in cars, etc.
Oh, it would require a Ham Radio License...
Adelaide had one of the nicest little Telecomms Museums around,
run entirely by volunteers (ex-Telecom's people).
But Telstra (ie, Telecom re-badged) soon got hungry
for dollars & closed it down, in the early 90's.
The building was put up for sale, but - being
Trust-listed (so that it'd be pretty hard to
make any significant changes to the building
that it was located in) - who would buy it?
Today, it sits there (next to the GPO) still
being used as a warehouse (if it is used at all).
Learn of the Past or repeat it (even elsewhere).
'looks like the ACM could go the same way...
Why is this article worth publishing?
/. articles per day,
/.)
/.
;-/
There are so few
as things are... to allocate one of
the already slim resources to -this-
topic (which I feel would be better
left on the Mozilla project web site)
is just not good enough.
We need to be able to vote/moderate the
QUALITY of an article's topic, just as
we can do with individual posts, today.
Perhaps the person who PICKS an article
should receive less access to the input
hopper (from which posted articles are
selected for publication on
Even if you like the article on Mozilla's
default theme, you might like to see
readers have SOME mechanism to rate selec-
ted articles.
What's think?
That's all, just ask them... They might have
asked their boss's what got them in (or have
heard or worked it out for themselves...)
Don't ask me... it's been too long since then
To find out why, cf:
eXtremeProgramming.org/rules.html
eg: "No overtime"
It's proprietary... It's Windows-based
(at least, last I heard)... but - if
none of the others do it... have a look.
It's been around for a while, but may be worth
a fresh mention:
www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html
We're using a tool that arose out of some DoD
Research...
Just today, Australia's ABC had a program -
"In the National Interest" (avail via Audio
on Demand) on Open Source methods being
transplanted from S/W dev't to scientific
research in genetic engr'g, etc.
So... call it all the names you like...
it still seems to be doing some good, eg
giving folks in remote/isolated places of
developed countries or developing countries
opportunities to contribute to progress of
State of the Art.
It apparently works.
The Global Ideas Bank has been around for quite a while (in Internet time ;-)
:-)
There are several other, similar sites as well.
Is there a portal to such sites... yet?
Here's what happened when we tried to get a copy of "BERKS 6" purchased by & for borrowers of the local (Sterling) Public Library:
/. if you don't like short lines, why not ignore and/or ... Or at least make your text box wide enough to encourage longer than threshhold comment lines, so we never have to waste human time "lenthening" lines...?
;-) ]
First, BERKS 6 (there may be a '7 by now, FAIK) is:
A set of 4 CD-ROMs - full of tutorials on IT, programming, etc -and- Open Source Software - and the whole set costing under Au$ 20.00 + post made the deal very good value, indeed.
So, I suggested that the Stirling library, (one of the lib's in the Adel Hills Council area) buy & shelve a set or two for borrowing.
The answer came back NO.
After a bit of negotiation, including a calm but assertive education process on Open Source Software, they finally agreed to pass on my
suggestion to their "central buying organisation"
(I'm not sure if it saves us any money on item-cost, but they very likely do any IP-related checking, to see if it's an item licensed for library holding/loaning, so it may save us court & legal costs in the long run...)
After a while in their queue, a few copies of the 4-disk sets were purchased - one for each of several libraries in the system.
I was eventually notified that a BERKS 6 set was available at the Stirling library.
UNFORTUNATELY, the CD-ROM set was on the REFERENCE shelf, ie -not- available for home borrowing... apparently due to the risk that a borrower could copy the disks.
In fact, the library had rung or eMailed someone in the UK-based BERKS publisher, to see if they intended the CD-ROM's to be loanable by libraries.
They -thought- they were told that this was not desired, hence their confinement on the REFERENCE
SHELF.
I had to eMail the same UK-publishers, as well as a US-based distributor with the above part of the story of my ordeal so far. (I got the impression that the US folks may have helped bring the UK-publishers around to a position that got them to eMail the library & me, to say something like: "Sure, it's OK with us to loan out these CD-ROMs, since - otherwise - you'd have to supply a computer that users could install the OSS programs onto...)
[Change of line-length due to laziness on my part...
Hey
Now, back to our reguarly scheduled comment, already in progress
Soon after the eMail was verified by
the library, the disks became available
for home borrowing, at each of the
libraries that had received copies...
Now, I just want to say: I wasn't all
"sugar & spice" while negotiating with
the various levels of staff in the
library system.
I called a spade a spade (eg told them
that they were making a dumb decision,
based on ignorance about something that
libraries had a responsibility to learn
about - namely, Open Source publications
& software) & insisted that we in borrow-
er land had every right to see OSS items
in libraries & even copy any programs
licensed, eg, under the GPL.
Consider:
We're changing traditions at a time when
the media is full of RIAA hype & stories
about ISP's cutting off accounts of the
folks who share music & other IP online.
So, it's natural that libraries would be
scared & want to really do their homework
before putting their budget on the line.
On the other hand, since there's likely a high-energy proponent in their ear now - ie telling about the risks of allowing folks to copy others' IP, they -need- an equally high-energy (and -not- a meek & mild) response to help them think clearly about the other side's equally valid arguments.
They push, we gotta push... We know our rights, the license conditions of the items we want on their shelves & where to get value for money.
(In fact, this is a good time to pu
If so, I think version 7.5 of Opera
is available on SuSE Linux, so there
may be a way to do what you want to do
Which airlines will carry a person,
who tells them - up-front - that
they have a heart or other serious
medical condition?
(And any insurance may not cover
them if they don't tell them...)
A while back, we found some PDF's from either
;-)
a US or UK source, one - possibly from the AG
Dep't (US) - went into the practical computer
forensic aspects of crime-scene investigation
- with topics tied to fevices that might hold
info useful to the investigation, and bits on
how to preserve it.
At local police expo's, I've seen small stand-
alone hard-disk mirroring devices.
And there was at least one article (again. on-
line) embracing Linux as the op sys of choice
for computer forensics.
Google is your friend here...
Try, eg, Google("linux forensics")
Here's a site & CD claiming to be useful with
CF:
http://www.linux-forensics.com/
"Penguin Sleuth Kit Bootable CD"
'seems like a reasonable choice,
but does it exist... yet?
I ordered a book (via Amazon.com) from an
:-(
Amazon affiliate merchant; Amazon debitted
my credit card.
Merchant eMailed me to say they don't
have what they showed they had, in the
same (new) conditions shown.
They cancelled the order & told Amazon.
Amazon creditted my account with LESS
than they had debitted, possibly due
to a change in exchange rates.
I said, fine (about the book's con-
dition), send one with a bent cover.
Affiliate merchant says, fine, deal
with us (directly) & we can send it
by additional shipping means.
I do that (& pay using PayPal),
since I don't know these people
from Moses.
Today, I see 2 different amounts
(debit greater than credit, by
Amazon) on my credit card state-
ment (on-line).
We need a single currency for
Internet transactions -or-
a better way to refund $'s,
in such situations.
Your first mistake was giving M$
;-)
;-)
your credit card details...
They'd be getting pretty hungry
right about now, what with all
this Open Source Software taking
away their market share & all...
Don't do that next time, & save
yourself -and- the folks at your
State's consumer affairs office
some time,,,
If so, consider using a (100 Mb/s) network share,
eg, based on a nearby desktop, as work- & target-
logical drives.
Just google with:
...but wait, there's more (from same article):
h tml
"cochlear implant" risk
eg, preferably searching for items in Australia.
"July 26 2002
Advanced Bionics Corp, one of three manufacturers
of cochlear implants, says their customers should
get vaccinations to protect them against meningitis
and other similar diseases.
Australian manufacturer Cochlear Ltd, the leading manufacturer of the inner-ear devices, has sold over 40,000 devices in the past 20 years.
The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday said 25 adults and children with cochlear implants had been diagnosed with meningitis worldwide, with nine of them dying.
It says surveys of other cochlear implant centres suggest more unreported cases exist.
Meningitis is a complication of any inner ear surgery and some deaf patients are at even greater risk due to malformations of the inner ear."
"Cochlear Ltd today said the overall incidence
of meningitis in those that use its Nucleus
cochlear implants is similar to the incidence
of meningitis in the general population."
-and-
"Cochlear said it had recently learned of concerns expressed by
-another- cochlear implant manufacturer regarding a potential increased risk
of meningitis based on experience with their recipient population."
Link to article on details on meningitis risk:
www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/26/1027497402823.
Other links:
FAQs:
http://www.cochlear.com/943.asp
Time-Line:
http://www.cochlearamericas.com/About/116.asp
Hearing Research Inst (Melbourne):
http://www.medoto.unimelb.edu.au/
www.medoto.unimelb.edu.au/info/implant1.htm
History:
http://www.phm.gov.au/hsc/cochlear/history.htm
US English:
http://www.cochlearamericas.com/
Graeme Clark Scholarship (for students in Aussie/NZ):
http://www.cochlear.com/796.asp
Jobs (near Sydney):
www2.recruitmanager.net/cochlear/publicjobs/
How it works, et al.:
http://www.science.org.au/nova/029/029box01.htm
http://www.science.org.au/nova/029/029key.htm
Wasn't the non-Aussie device hit with some problem report(s) & knocked off the market for a while?
Don't quote me, but I think there was some risk of infection.
To find where / when to look, check the stock values of each company... one dropped after the problems came to light & - of course - the Aussie co. became "the only game in town" soon afterwards.
There may have been some details on the (Aussie) ABC's "Health Report" (radio program); to see,
search:
abc.net.au/rn & drill down to the Health Report's section of the larger site...
The nifty AX.25 packet radio based Auto Packet Reporting System (APRS) enables each station in a network to act as a packet repeater, so that stations that can't communicate directly, can do so via other stations [& digipeaters], as necessary.
C.f. the White Paper at:
http://vk6.aprs.net.au/ukaprswp.pdf