Sounds like garbage, but isn't (so it seems). Google search shows it as part of local legend.
http://hamptonroads.atevo.com/guides/focus/archi ve/item/0,3721,3487,00.html "Maine lobster, which is also caught off the coasts of Massachusetts and Canada's Atlantic provinces, is perhaps the most famous and sought-after seafood dish in the world. But if the Pilgrims were to visit New England today, they would be perplexed with the esteem in which the lobster is held. The colonists regarded the meat of the lobster as fit only for pig food and fertilizer, and, in fact, prison riots were started when prisoners couldn't take yet another lobster dinner!"
Exactly how does adding a RFID chip make this any better? Since the hijackers didn't do anything prior to the hijacking to raise an alarm how would it have helped to have this kind of techonology in place?
For a brief moment I had the wonderful vision of people who talk loud enough on their phone in a train for everyone to hear the conversation getting a Mobile Ticket for being stupid in public...
"Now, the Transformers are set to undergo yet another metamorphosis, this one bringing them to the silver screen. Sure, they've been there before (back in 1986), but this new movie will be special; it will be live action!"
Now go back and look at the page the parent post links to...
Since the machines can be reprogrammed it has a lot to do with the tech.
If they were just the old style punch cards sitting on a table and someone altered prior to voting starting for the day then it would be a bit obvious when they were passed out to the voters be the election judges.
From the story: " And the electronic voting trend is accelerating: In November's presidential election, at least 50 million people will vote on touch-screens, compared with 55 million using paper, punch cards or lever machines, according to Washington-based Election Data Services."
Unless there is much larger public outcry it doesn't look like the problems will be solved before a mass rollout.
"Their study is purely a conceptual exercise. Like an architect's preliminary renderings of a new building, it will provide a few pretty pictures, a paper report and food for thought. If feasible, a defense of the planet would require decades to develop and cost tens of billions of dollars."
In short they are paying 75k for a group of people to sit around a brainstorm ideas.
Neat concept, call me when we are actually past the idea part of it.
"She pointed out that the Bureau of Labour Statistics was predicting a job gain of 22m in the US by '10, against a job loss of 2m due to offshoring."
When have 5+ year estimates ever been accurate in economic matters?
Secondly - Tomorrow's Jobs (from bls.gov) http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2003.htm "Services. This is the largest and fastest growing major industry group and is expected to add 13.7 million new jobs by 2010, accounting for 3 out of every 5 new jobs created in the U.S. economy. Over two-thirds of this projected job growth is concentrated in three sectors of services industries-business, health, and social services."
Social services? Wheeee.... big money here I come.....:-/
Because not all software firewalls are equal and not all hardware firewalls are able to do as much. Those that can do as much (or more) have a price tag that reflects that. Because some people don't like to throw away hardware that could be put to a good use. Because for some people it's just fun.
A few distros off the top of my head: Smoothwall Clarkconnect IPcop Freesco C oyotelinux
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.livejournal.com/export.bml
Sounds like garbage, but isn't (so it seems). Google search shows it as part of local legend.
i ve /item/0,3721,3487,00.html
http://hamptonroads.atevo.com/guides/focus/arch
"Maine lobster, which is also caught off the coasts of Massachusetts and Canada's Atlantic provinces, is perhaps the most famous and sought-after seafood dish in the world. But if the Pilgrims were to visit New England today, they would be perplexed with the esteem in which the lobster is held. The colonists regarded the meat of the lobster as fit only for pig food and fertilizer, and, in fact, prison riots were started when prisoners couldn't take yet another lobster dinner!"
Exactly how does adding a RFID chip make this any better? Since the hijackers didn't do anything prior to the hijacking to raise an alarm how would it have helped to have this kind of techonology in place?
When is this no longer going to be a news story?
Not Life After Death -- Email After Death
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Send Emails After Your Death
On November 15th, 2003 with 271 comments
For a brief moment I had the wonderful vision of people who talk loud enough on their phone in a train for everyone to hear the conversation getting a Mobile Ticket for being stupid in public...
What's this about cricket?
Is there some secret link in the story that doesn't go to a page that says:
/. mods don't actually look at the links, but isn't this pushing it a bit?
"The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000"
I know late stories go up sometimes and sometimes
"since it's beaten by racecars and the like"
Could that be the reason why they said "most amazing production car"
http://toycollecting.about.com/cs/transformers/a/t ransmovie.htm
"Now, the Transformers are set to undergo yet another metamorphosis, this one bringing them to the silver screen. Sure, they've been there before (back in 1986), but this new movie will be special; it will be live action!"
Now go back and look at the page the parent post links to...
"P.S. And darn it, why can't I get a simple paper reciept when I post?!"
Prt Scr
No (major) complaints then as long as it's not running constantly.
Would just like to point out like many other posters - VNC by itself is not a good idea.
Between man in the middle attacks and being able to just brute force the *max* 8 character password, it alone is asking for trouble.
From GigaLaw:- 2001-04b-all.html
m l
The Great Database Debate
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2001-all/isenberg
The DB articles in general (only 3):
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/databases.ht
Since the machines can be reprogrammed it has a lot to do with the tech.
If they were just the old style punch cards sitting on a table and someone altered prior to voting starting for the day then it would be a bit obvious when they were passed out to the voters be the election judges.
From the story:
" And the electronic voting trend is accelerating: In November's presidential election, at least 50 million people will vote on touch-screens, compared with 55 million using paper, punch cards or lever machines, according to Washington-based Election Data Services."
Unless there is much larger public outcry it doesn't look like the problems will be solved before a mass rollout.
"Another anti virus vendor cried "Anti-Trust!" and MS backed down"
For some silly reason I don't think this would be the reason....
"Their study is purely a conceptual exercise. Like an architect's preliminary renderings of a new building, it will provide a few pretty pictures, a paper report and food for thought. If feasible, a defense of the planet would require decades to develop and cost tens of billions of dollars."
In short they are paying 75k for a group of people to sit around a brainstorm ideas.
Neat concept, call me when we are actually past the idea part of it.
Social Services = direct quote
Yes there is a difference between Services and Social Services, in this case they stated phrase was social services.
Another one to add to the soon to be growing collection of links:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/
"custom AMD processor"
.... the same one you can get in a HP ze4000 laptop?
The Athlon(TM) XP-M 2500+
Deep Space Network website:
http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/
Not very detailed but a nice overview of the setup.
"She pointed out that the Bureau of Labour Statistics was predicting a job gain of 22m in the US by '10, against a job loss of 2m due to offshoring."
:-/
When have 5+ year estimates ever been accurate in economic matters?
Secondly -
Tomorrow's Jobs (from bls.gov)
http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2003.htm
"Services. This is the largest and fastest growing major industry group and is expected to add 13.7 million new jobs by 2010, accounting for 3 out of every 5 new jobs created in the U.S. economy. Over two-thirds of this projected job growth is concentrated in three sectors of services industries-business, health, and social services."
Social services? Wheeee.... big money here I come.....
Two words: Terrorist Robots.
I know you can run YellowDogLinux on the PPC
o ns/yd l_general/ethernet_connections.shtml
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
And do routing with it:
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/soluti
Not sure if there is a stripped down firewall distro for it yet. If you're up for it you might see what you could put together.
Because not all software firewalls are equal and not all hardware firewalls are able to do as much. Those that can do as much (or more) have a price tag that reflects that. Because some people don't like to throw away hardware that could be put to a good use. Because for some people it's just fun.
C oyotelinux
A few distros off the top of my head:
Smoothwall
Clarkconnect
IPcop
Freesco
It lives on here:
http://waste.sourceforge.net/