If this plan was actually rolled out, I can see Google entering into the wireless market as a provider. It would be in there own self interest to provide such data services.
It would probably a nightmare for dispatchers, but having a live video feed from a 911 call would rock. Live video would give dispatchers a real world situational report to the officers or fire rescue units responding plus State Attorney's Office more evidence to prosecute criminals with. It probably would also push for larger wireless connection to field units to view what the dispatchers are seeing or replays of the video before reaching the scene.
From what I've been told by Persians living in the US, Iranian government is purely command and control. Even what company is being paid for the year worth of soap is by the Iranian government. Wouldn't surprise me that Iranian government is paying hot and heavy to keep the world from knowing what students are protesting but leave nothing for legally bought SCADA systems. Question is how much is the SCADA systems black market?
I sure didn't see any landing gear on this "UAV". It looks like a one way vehicle which would put it in the low budget cruise missile category that has to be remotely flown to the target by a human.
Seems to be a flash back of the 1970s when NASA and subcontractors were laying off workers (including my father who was working with TRW at the time) after Apollo 17 flight. I think Radiation (now Harris) was laying as well so it was truly a ugly time for Brevard County. This time there isn't as many subcontractors and there are more industries located in Brevard County to hire some of the soon-to-be ex employees.
I guess the main reason why so many are going to be sticking around until the final mission is there is simply not much else out who will hire them. May as well enjoy the meal ticket until the last day.
What I'm amazed is they got the server software in the first place. I guess the client software can be reversed engineered to point the client to the private server, but getting the inhouse server software is gotta be tough thing to do?
As a former USPS Rural Carrier PFT (Part Time Flex), I can tell you two things that are indeed causing USPS to be highly inefficient. First is the huge number of middle managers that are there to create paperwork to justify their and their superior's jobs. Lets gut middle management that are the bane of reports that are forced on Post Masters and Customer Service Supervisors. Post Master should have complete control over their office, they are the front line managers that need to be empowered and not hobbled management wise. Second is the unions, Rural Carriers have their own, City Carriers have their own, Clerks have their own, so do Maintence, what's left of them that haven't been subcontracted out. I can't remember if the mail handlers have their own or not or apart of the clerks, wouldn't surprise me if they did. There needs to be one union and that's it, not separate unions each with their own contracts that say what can and can not be done.
No, I was not a member of National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, I refused to join when I realized that as a RCA (before I became career as a RC PTF), the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association didn't give a rat's ass about us Rural Carrier Associates (RCAs), we were just a poker chip in their weak ass negotiations with USPS, we got zero health care benefits nor did we get other major perks that the Rural Carriers got. I've never heard of a union not insuring their apprentices receive health care benefits, but that is how they treat their apprentices (RCAs). Even City Carrier union made sure their substitute carriers got insurance and full benefits.
USPS is a mess, it needs radical changes to make it into a effective and money making business. It's losing money because their cash cow, Business Bulk Mail, volume is in the toilet along with the first class mail. It will take congress to get them sorted out and we know how well they are doing with budgets...
I'm extremely impressed with 3M for supporting Linux with a driver. I always liked their products, even more now that I know they support my Linux addiction with deeds instead of words.
I'll agree that controls and I'll throw in UI for a given platform can be a game killer. Games today, IMO, need to be on PC or console plus mobile platform. Problem for the mobile platform the UI/controls suck. I am surprised wireless companies have not been pushing blue tooth controllers for their smartphones to turn them into online game consoles. Having some really great games on smartphones (or tablets) is a great way to help lock in those customers for the next two to three years and add in additional sales of more blue tooth devices.
One has to wonder why Apple's policies allowed the situation to get to this point. Why are any apps being approved before Apple has preformed due diligence on them? No background checks on the coders? Apple is making more then enough money to make things right and come out looking to be the champion for iTune users but it doesn't look like it will be so.
Except if you read 776.032 which clearly opens the door to law suits if it was not a justifiable action. Was it a justifiable action, depends on what the evidence is or lack of evidence and that would be determined in a court of law. How is that going to be determined in a court of law? Why sue the cop and let the judge decide! If the judge decides the actions were justified, then the law giving immunity applies and cop/agency is off the hook. If the agency is nice, they will pay for the legal bills for the cop. If the agency is strapped and doesn't give a rat's ass about the cop, the cop better a member of PBA/FoP/IUPA so their insurance will cover his bills for winning.
Let me remind you that they TOOK a email from the Chief of Security with them and showed it to the rent-a-idiots. They had intent to educate the rent-a-idiots but took something that wasn't signed, which was a mistake on their part.
Why so pissy? Democrat controlled congress didn't extend your unemployment benefits?
First, was I replying to your post? Why no I was not, I was replying to the same post you were replying to.
Second, they did screw up because they took a hard copy of the email from the Chief of Security instead of obtaining a signed letter. You sure can argue why they needed it in the first place, but I will point out they DID take the email with them to show to the rent-a-idiots. Hard copy of an email is meaningless, something signed by CoS would have told the rent-a-idiots that were doing something wrong.
Yes you can sue a law enforcement officer in FL as well as their agency. There are no laws shielding the individual cop from anything other then Good Samaritan Act. This is the reason why PBA/FoP/IUPA collect so much money, legal bills of officers, pay their legal bills.
How about rereading what I posted and then try to think like a normal person. Your getting all bothered by some rent-a-idiots didn't understand a finer point of the law that isn't covered in their Policy Manual? Get real.
First of all, there was never an arrest by law enforcement. Second where the two photographers screwed up is they never had written permission to photograph/videotape the facility. They had a hard copy of a email which is worthless. Had they had a real letter which was signed by the security chief, they could have presented it to the security captain and said if he had questions, refer him to the chief.
Let's be clear about security, they are a joke. Security management is even a bigger joke, which is what a security Capt is, a joke and a half with no real knowledge of anything beyond whatever is written in their policy manual. They are not law enforcement, they do not have the extensive training nor selection process to weed out the not too swift. Metro-Dade, IIRC, is an accredited agency which means 90%+ have to have at least a two year degree besides passing the law enforcement academy(1,600+ hours) and FDLE standards.
The two should have pulled away from the situation and attempted it on another day when the Chief of Security (which I bet is a government employee and not some security hack) was available to confirm everything. But that wouldn't make any headlines like on/., now would it?
So much for Google Employee privacy! What business does Google have to snoop into it's employee's sexual preferences? What about Google employees who are straight who live with someone who they are not married, they going to see extra pay? What is it with Google and privacy, don't they have any respect for their own worker's privacy? Guess that just underscores what little respect they have of user's privacy issues.
I would go with a Verizon Droid or Storm2 and a femtocell. Reason is this, your not going to be using it in the class room or buildings for that matter. Your spotty coverage by Verizon should be good enough out doors as you walk to building to building so you can Skype call anyone you need to call back. The primary place your going to be depending on it is in your dorm room and that is where a femtocell would come real handy and you probably can charge your dorm mates who have Verizon for it's use. Great coverage in the dorm room, workable around campus and you have a fully working cellphone when your in town.
Actually, if you weed out the illegal aliens, young people who do not want to spend the money on health insurance because they are young and healthy, and those who are temporary out of insurance because of being unemployed but will find a job with health insurance in the near future, your down to 15 M people without insurance. If you take the money that was not spent (slush money) in the porkulous spending bill, that would be enough to pay for those 15M people's insurance policies for the next 10 years and not have the US Government in charge of the entire health care industry. Best of both worlds and everyone that wants coverage has it on money already borrowed. Win:win to me, but you know how the Progressives are, they want it all under their control, for their own power, ahh, well, your best interest. Yeah, that's the ticket!
But yes, kill the constellation program and move forward with the private enterprise bidding on hauling stuff into space. NASA does need to be broken up and scattered into the different existing agencies and deorbit the white elephant on schedule that is costing way too much and providing way too little.
Blue Screen of Death takes on a whole new meaning. When things take a absolute crap, there has to be a well trained humans onboard with current skills to save the aircraft from certain doom. I want to know how they can guarantee UAVs will see and avoid in all directions when mixing in lower air space traffic when it's having onboard system failures and with other aircraft also having system failures. Mode C was great, I'm sure the new GPS they want installed in every aircraft in the coming years will be great too but they all will fail, usually at the worst times and the system has to be made to handle it. I don't think they have the tech to handle it and keep it from shutting down general aviation by adding even more cost burden to the pilots. If you can't keep general aviation alive and producing pilots and the US DoD is shutting down pilot programs in order to fund UAV pilot training, where is the hero pilots to save the 757 when both engines flame out from bird strikes going to come from? Oh, it'll be automated too?
Lets keep the UAVs out of normal airspace and keep them well away from populated areas less they are equal to an ultralite category that can take off or land without a normal airport.
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If this plan was actually rolled out, I can see Google entering into the wireless market as a provider. It would be in there own self interest to provide such data services.
It would probably a nightmare for dispatchers, but having a live video feed from a 911 call would rock. Live video would give dispatchers a real world situational report to the officers or fire rescue units responding plus State Attorney's Office more evidence to prosecute criminals with. It probably would also push for larger wireless connection to field units to view what the dispatchers are seeing or replays of the video before reaching the scene.
Jaffe is wrong, /dance is appropriate for Order's tree humping Elves.
From what I've been told by Persians living in the US, Iranian government is purely command and control. Even what company is being paid for the year worth of soap is by the Iranian government. Wouldn't surprise me that Iranian government is paying hot and heavy to keep the world from knowing what students are protesting but leave nothing for legally bought SCADA systems. Question is how much is the SCADA systems black market?
I'm just wondering if it's ARM or x86 based. Hate it when the leave out the tech details.
I sure didn't see any landing gear on this "UAV". It looks like a one way vehicle which would put it in the low budget cruise missile category that has to be remotely flown to the target by a human.
Seems to be a flash back of the 1970s when NASA and subcontractors were laying off workers (including my father who was working with TRW at the time) after Apollo 17 flight. I think Radiation (now Harris) was laying as well so it was truly a ugly time for Brevard County. This time there isn't as many subcontractors and there are more industries located in Brevard County to hire some of the soon-to-be ex employees.
I guess the main reason why so many are going to be sticking around until the final mission is there is simply not much else out who will hire them. May as well enjoy the meal ticket until the last day.
What I'm amazed is they got the server software in the first place. I guess the client software can be reversed engineered to point the client to the private server, but getting the inhouse server software is gotta be tough thing to do?
As a former USPS Rural Carrier PFT (Part Time Flex), I can tell you two things that are indeed causing USPS to be highly inefficient. First is the huge number of middle managers that are there to create paperwork to justify their and their superior's jobs. Lets gut middle management that are the bane of reports that are forced on Post Masters and Customer Service Supervisors. Post Master should have complete control over their office, they are the front line managers that need to be empowered and not hobbled management wise. Second is the unions, Rural Carriers have their own, City Carriers have their own, Clerks have their own, so do Maintence, what's left of them that haven't been subcontracted out. I can't remember if the mail handlers have their own or not or apart of the clerks, wouldn't surprise me if they did. There needs to be one union and that's it, not separate unions each with their own contracts that say what can and can not be done.
No, I was not a member of National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, I refused to join when I realized that as a RCA (before I became career as a RC PTF), the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association didn't give a rat's ass about us Rural Carrier Associates (RCAs), we were just a poker chip in their weak ass negotiations with USPS, we got zero health care benefits nor did we get other major perks that the Rural Carriers got. I've never heard of a union not insuring their apprentices receive health care benefits, but that is how they treat their apprentices (RCAs). Even City Carrier union made sure their substitute carriers got insurance and full benefits.
USPS is a mess, it needs radical changes to make it into a effective and money making business. It's losing money because their cash cow, Business Bulk Mail, volume is in the toilet along with the first class mail. It will take congress to get them sorted out and we know how well they are doing with budgets...
Why would they want to pay when they don't what to know?
I'm extremely impressed with 3M for supporting Linux with a driver. I always liked their products, even more now that I know they support my Linux addiction with deeds instead of words.
I'll agree that controls and I'll throw in UI for a given platform can be a game killer. Games today, IMO, need to be on PC or console plus mobile platform. Problem for the mobile platform the UI/controls suck. I am surprised wireless companies have not been pushing blue tooth controllers for their smartphones to turn them into online game consoles. Having some really great games on smartphones (or tablets) is a great way to help lock in those customers for the next two to three years and add in additional sales of more blue tooth devices.
One has to wonder why Apple's policies allowed the situation to get to this point. Why are any apps being approved before Apple has preformed due diligence on them? No background checks on the coders? Apple is making more then enough money to make things right and come out looking to be the champion for iTune users but it doesn't look like it will be so.
Except if you read 776.032 which clearly opens the door to law suits if it was not a justifiable action. Was it a justifiable action, depends on what the evidence is or lack of evidence and that would be determined in a court of law. How is that going to be determined in a court of law? Why sue the cop and let the judge decide! If the judge decides the actions were justified, then the law giving immunity applies and cop/agency is off the hook. If the agency is nice, they will pay for the legal bills for the cop. If the agency is strapped and doesn't give a rat's ass about the cop, the cop better a member of PBA/FoP/IUPA so their insurance will cover his bills for winning.
Then why did they take the hard copy of the email with them in the first place?
Let me remind you that they TOOK a email from the Chief of Security with them and showed it to the rent-a-idiots. They had intent to educate the rent-a-idiots but took something that wasn't signed, which was a mistake on their part.
Why so pissy? Democrat controlled congress didn't extend your unemployment benefits?
First, was I replying to your post? Why no I was not, I was replying to the same post you were replying to.
Second, they did screw up because they took a hard copy of the email from the Chief of Security instead of obtaining a signed letter. You sure can argue why they needed it in the first place, but I will point out they DID take the email with them to show to the rent-a-idiots. Hard copy of an email is meaningless, something signed by CoS would have told the rent-a-idiots that were doing something wrong.
Yes you can sue a law enforcement officer in FL as well as their agency. There are no laws shielding the individual cop from anything other then Good Samaritan Act. This is the reason why PBA/FoP/IUPA collect so much money, legal bills of officers, pay their legal bills.
How about rereading what I posted and then try to think like a normal person. Your getting all bothered by some rent-a-idiots didn't understand a finer point of the law that isn't covered in their Policy Manual? Get real.
First of all, there was never an arrest by law enforcement. Second where the two photographers screwed up is they never had written permission to photograph/videotape the facility. They had a hard copy of a email which is worthless. Had they had a real letter which was signed by the security chief, they could have presented it to the security captain and said if he had questions, refer him to the chief.
Let's be clear about security, they are a joke. Security management is even a bigger joke, which is what a security Capt is, a joke and a half with no real knowledge of anything beyond whatever is written in their policy manual. They are not law enforcement, they do not have the extensive training nor selection process to weed out the not too swift. Metro-Dade, IIRC, is an accredited agency which means 90%+ have to have at least a two year degree besides passing the law enforcement academy(1,600+ hours) and FDLE standards.
The two should have pulled away from the situation and attempted it on another day when the Chief of Security (which I bet is a government employee and not some security hack) was available to confirm everything. But that wouldn't make any headlines like on /., now would it?
Saturn V launches were the loudest. Use to shake my windows in Indiatlantic.
So much for Google Employee privacy! What business does Google have to snoop into it's employee's sexual preferences? What about Google employees who are straight who live with someone who they are not married, they going to see extra pay? What is it with Google and privacy, don't they have any respect for their own worker's privacy? Guess that just underscores what little respect they have of user's privacy issues.
I would go with a Verizon Droid or Storm2 and a femtocell. Reason is this, your not going to be using it in the class room or buildings for that matter. Your spotty coverage by Verizon should be good enough out doors as you walk to building to building so you can Skype call anyone you need to call back. The primary place your going to be depending on it is in your dorm room and that is where a femtocell would come real handy and you probably can charge your dorm mates who have Verizon for it's use. Great coverage in the dorm room, workable around campus and you have a fully working cellphone when your in town.
Actually, if you weed out the illegal aliens, young people who do not want to spend the money on health insurance because they are young and healthy, and those who are temporary out of insurance because of being unemployed but will find a job with health insurance in the near future, your down to 15 M people without insurance. If you take the money that was not spent (slush money) in the porkulous spending bill, that would be enough to pay for those 15M people's insurance policies for the next 10 years and not have the US Government in charge of the entire health care industry. Best of both worlds and everyone that wants coverage has it on money already borrowed. Win:win to me, but you know how the Progressives are, they want it all under their control, for their own power, ahh, well, your best interest. Yeah, that's the ticket!
But yes, kill the constellation program and move forward with the private enterprise bidding on hauling stuff into space. NASA does need to be broken up and scattered into the different existing agencies and deorbit the white elephant on schedule that is costing way too much and providing way too little.
Blue Screen of Death takes on a whole new meaning. When things take a absolute crap, there has to be a well trained humans onboard with current skills to save the aircraft from certain doom. I want to know how they can guarantee UAVs will see and avoid in all directions when mixing in lower air space traffic when it's having onboard system failures and with other aircraft also having system failures. Mode C was great, I'm sure the new GPS they want installed in every aircraft in the coming years will be great too but they all will fail, usually at the worst times and the system has to be made to handle it. I don't think they have the tech to handle it and keep it from shutting down general aviation by adding even more cost burden to the pilots. If you can't keep general aviation alive and producing pilots and the US DoD is shutting down pilot programs in order to fund UAV pilot training, where is the hero pilots to save the 757 when both engines flame out from bird strikes going to come from? Oh, it'll be automated too?
Lets keep the UAVs out of normal airspace and keep them well away from populated areas less they are equal to an ultralite category that can take off or land without a normal airport.