We have similar terrain down here in the southeast corner of AZ. Wired connections are really only viable if there is already infrastructure to run it.
I was on satellite for 2 years until I built up a point to point wireless connection. Cost is steep. Not only the networking hardware, but the install hardware to provide power and mounting. I've been able to help with the cost by splitting the end wireless out to a few other folks in the area, but there are only 2 other households within 4 miles so it's only a drop in the bucket.
With the monetary resources it is viable. The distance can be covered. No, it isn't cheap. It's a trade off. Folks in the city pay $50/mo for super high speed internet access. Then again they also pay $500,000 for a house on a lot that's smaller than my dog kennels.
Personally I'm happy with the higher expense of services like internet and electricity out in the boonies. Keeps land prices low and the riff raff out.
If a group from sales can't break an app, it's secure.
You might also use a bunch of chimps. The only difference there is all of the poo flinging, screaming and downright annoyance factor, but it's hard to find good chimps, so it's easier to just put up with it and use folks from sales.
You have to be *in* the US for your rights to be in effect. Once you're at border security, you're not in the US anymore, so your rights don't apply. At least that's the argument, however dubious.
The "border" is the area 50 miles from the actual geopolitical border. In fact it gets stretched further and further and there are "border" agents in Tucson of all places. There are "roving checkpoints" in this area that are well north (~25-30 miles) of the border. One is herded through these checkpoints, if they're up at the time, whether they've left the country or not.
Also when you enter the port of entry, you enter the US. Which is why once can be busted for having this, that or the other thing on their person.
"Childs intends to 'expose the utter mismanagement, negligence, and corruption at DTIS, which if left unchecked, will in fact place the City of San Francisco in danger,' according to his motion."
The fact that one employee had complete control over the network should be enough of a sign. Of course this is management, so they're all likely still confused on what's going on and need to have another meeting.
Why exactly do the machines need to be powered off? Is it to save energy consumption or some other idea upper management has?
I ask only because my company has jumped headlong into the "going green" movement and the policies initially created around that idea, while they meant well, were written by suits and HR folks instead of engineers. This meant they were horribly inefficient in trying to be efficient.
Yes, you could solve the issue of having to turn on and turn off the machines and even automate the process, but unless powering them up and down has an actual benefit it is all a waste of time, money and resources. Which is likely the exact opposite of why they gave that directive. They just don't know any better.
... Expect to see the fixtures sold to builders with non-replacable bulbs will cost the builder only slightly more when bought in huge quantities but the homeowner will be faced with $1000 lamp fixtures should they ever need or desire to replace them.
I have several LED fixtures. I don't think I've spent much more than $60 on one. Backwoods Solar has a selection of them.
Comcast inherently regulates how their users communicate on the internet. Users pay for a service and that service is provided. As long as there is an understanding of what that service entails and any limits, they can do whatever they want.
What Comcast did wrong was to change the service and not inform their customers.
I live on the border of Arizona and Sonora. I also travel across the border on a regular basis. I work remotely and take advantage of that mobility.
I have never had my laptop searched, confiscated or even looked at in hundreds of crossings. The same as I've never had BP try to search around my house. They tried to come on my ranch once, but after some spirited discussion they turned around and left.
Unless you're toting your laptop across the border through the mesquite, no yankee kid from Cincinnati that works for the BP is going to even think of trying to copy data from it. The BP only works the ports when customs is short on manpower. Off the ports the only time a BP agent would think of looking at your laptop is if the bed of your pickup was full of drugs or you had a stock trailer full of Mexicans.
I also can't think of a situation where someone coming through a port of entry,that isn't doing something blatantly stupid, would have their data seized. Their largest concerns here are if you have any hay in the back of your truck, how many gallons of diesel you put in your transfer tank (USD $2.19!) and every so often they'll slip a mirror under your truck to see if you have drugs under there. Unless when asked about your plans for being in the US you reply, "Terrorist activities", you'll be fine.
For them to actually have some way to scan and analyze data to pinpoint the "bad people" would require planning, efficiency and intelligence. This is the government we're talking about here. The data is safe.
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We have similar terrain down here in the southeast corner of AZ. Wired connections are really only viable if there is already infrastructure to run it.
I was on satellite for 2 years until I built up a point to point wireless connection. Cost is steep. Not only the networking hardware, but the install hardware to provide power and mounting. I've been able to help with the cost by splitting the end wireless out to a few other folks in the area, but there are only 2 other households within 4 miles so it's only a drop in the bucket.
With the monetary resources it is viable. The distance can be covered. No, it isn't cheap. It's a trade off. Folks in the city pay $50/mo for super high speed internet access. Then again they also pay $500,000 for a house on a lot that's smaller than my dog kennels.
Personally I'm happy with the higher expense of services like internet and electricity out in the boonies. Keeps land prices low and the riff raff out.
If a group from sales can't break an app, it's secure.
You might also use a bunch of chimps. The only difference there is all of the poo flinging, screaming and downright annoyance factor, but it's hard to find good chimps, so it's easier to just put up with it and use folks from sales.
You have to be *in* the US for your rights to be in effect. Once you're at border security, you're not in the US anymore, so your rights don't apply. At least that's the argument, however dubious.
The "border" is the area 50 miles from the actual geopolitical border. In fact it gets stretched further and further and there are "border" agents in Tucson of all places. There are "roving checkpoints" in this area that are well north (~25-30 miles) of the border. One is herded through these checkpoints, if they're up at the time, whether they've left the country or not.
Also when you enter the port of entry, you enter the US. Which is why once can be busted for having this, that or the other thing on their person.
"Childs intends to 'expose the utter mismanagement, negligence, and corruption at DTIS, which if left unchecked, will in fact place the City of San Francisco in danger,' according to his motion."
The fact that one employee had complete control over the network should be enough of a sign. Of course this is management, so they're all likely still confused on what's going on and need to have another meeting.
Why exactly do the machines need to be powered off? Is it to save energy consumption or some other idea upper management has?
I ask only because my company has jumped headlong into the "going green" movement and the policies initially created around that idea, while they meant well, were written by suits and HR folks instead of engineers. This meant they were horribly inefficient in trying to be efficient.
Yes, you could solve the issue of having to turn on and turn off the machines and even automate the process, but unless powering them up and down has an actual benefit it is all a waste of time, money and resources. Which is likely the exact opposite of why they gave that directive. They just don't know any better.
... Expect to see the fixtures sold to builders with non-replacable bulbs will cost the builder only slightly more when bought in huge quantities but the homeowner will be faced with $1000 lamp fixtures should they ever need or desire to replace them.
I have several LED fixtures. I don't think I've spent much more than $60 on one. Backwoods Solar has a selection of them.
Comcast inherently regulates how their users communicate on the internet. Users pay for a service and that service is provided. As long as there is an understanding of what that service entails and any limits, they can do whatever they want.
What Comcast did wrong was to change the service and not inform their customers.
I live on the border of Arizona and Sonora. I also travel across the border on a regular basis. I work remotely and take advantage of that mobility.
I have never had my laptop searched, confiscated or even looked at in hundreds of crossings. The same as I've never had BP try to search around my house. They tried to come on my ranch once, but after some spirited discussion they turned around and left.
Unless you're toting your laptop across the border through the mesquite, no yankee kid from Cincinnati that works for the BP is going to even think of trying to copy data from it. The BP only works the ports when customs is short on manpower. Off the ports the only time a BP agent would think of looking at your laptop is if the bed of your pickup was full of drugs or you had a stock trailer full of Mexicans.
I also can't think of a situation where someone coming through a port of entry ,that isn't doing something blatantly stupid, would have their data seized. Their largest concerns here are if you have any hay in the back of your truck, how many gallons of diesel you put in your transfer tank (USD $2.19!) and every so often they'll slip a mirror under your truck to see if you have drugs under there. Unless when asked about your plans for being in the US you reply, "Terrorist activities", you'll be fine.
For them to actually have some way to scan and analyze data to pinpoint the "bad people" would require planning, efficiency and intelligence. This is the government we're talking about here. The data is safe.