I think the only problem I would have is that if you are using a provider and then they change their policy. In UTAH ( where I don't live either) there are a lot of families that would want this, so I could see it becoming a profitable thing there. So if you ended up living there, you could end up screwed looking for an ISP that does not block it.
Personally I think the real solution is for the ISP's to offer an OPTION of turning this on or off on a per user basis. Maybe they send you some hardware that they update or something. Hmm, sounds like a business model to me.
Filter-at-home => a service that will filter your content for you. You specify what you don't like, no rock music, not porn, and Filter-at-home will filter that content for you. Hmm this could work.....
lol.... actually the idea of using a meta tag for separating modes is so MS like, right up there with conditional comments <!--[ if IE gt 6 ]>crashAndBurn();<[endif]-->
There is also the problem of management playing favoritism and letting certain employees work at home and others not. While most places make it merit based, some are not. Also some jobs require people to be in the office and doing meetings and things like that, and while some can be done via telecommuting, sometimes face to face is more effective.
Then there is the case where remote employees get to do whatever they want and get away with slipping deadlines and all sorts of excuses because management does not know enough about the issues, which while it can happen in the office, you are more likely to see someone surfing the web and not getting things done in the office then someone at home playing wow.
Other countries don't put people in prison because they cut off your hand for stealing or kill you for adultery ( yes in some countries that is legal ). For pedophiles, guess what they do!
I agree the problem of prison needs reform, but maybe we should not let prisons to be traded on the stock market, like they are in a few states. Also they should not be allowed to profit from prison work.
The real problem is that prison is not a reform place, it is a place where people can hone their skills as murders, rapists, and thief's.
I have a small problem or need clarification with #1 and #17.
What constitutes animal abuse? Is feeding live fish to a pet fish that only eats live fish animal abuse? What would you consider how we keep chickens, cows and other livestock that we use for food as? Some call it abuse others call it food.
As for #1, would this be a complete immediate withdrawal or planned? I could see a complete withdrawal as causing problems. It would probably cause terrorists to move into Iraq or Iran to attack Iraq, which could be even worse.
Some kid would hack the system and then cause rolling blackouts, by simply turning everyone's AC to 40 when the temp outside is really warm, like in the 90's or above.
I think it is time for legislation to require a separation of work and home. What you do outside of work should be your own business not up to your employer to decide.
... any electronic device that one has. So that ipod could be searched for whatever, as well as your cell phone, or pda or any other device that stores data of any type. Weee.. that will speed things up at customs:-O
They could let you store it on their server, but allow you to encrypt the data with your own PGP key. You would have both the public and private keys for your data and only you would be able to access them.
Or they could let you choose which server you want to store the data on, maybe you would have your own server setup and you want to use that instead of theirs.
Actually there are 2, 4, and I think 8 gig drive versions of this thing. It also has SD slot, so you can expand drive capacity. There is also a version with 1gig of RAM. There are reports you can install WinXP if you wanted to.
I think this is more of a pda/laptop market space. Except for palm, which has not released a new OS version for their pda's , no-one really makes a pda anymore, for sale, in the US. They are all being made a cell phone / pda combination. While surfing the web on an iPhone or crackberry may sound like a good thing, it is not for everyone. Some people want something with a little larger of a screen and a little more like a laptop, but not a heavy as a laptop. This is also where the nokia N770/800/810 fit and the UMPC line. When you want more power than a phone but not the weight of a laptop. Think of it as you want to go on vacation and check your email and surf the web, but you don't feel like you need a 15" screen. While a phone would work, you want to be able to see things at a slightly larger resolution like that of a dvd player.
I wonder if their would be a market for one of these that had a dvd player built into also.
That's not a true definition. A sex offender can be someone who had sex in a public place or solicited sex, or was accused of solicitation, or depending on the state, could be someone who had gay sex, or straight anal sex, or oral sex between consenting adults.
You should really see how in Nazi Germany they started their 'purification' program, saying that Jews were bad, and then expanded it to include gays, mentally disabled, and then disfigured people and the handicap. The would have continued. While I am not saying this is the same thing, it should illustrate how it may seem small now, but can snowball.
Problem is that we are assuming that the term 'sex offender' only applies to pedophiles. If that definition is expanded, who is to say that you aren't a pervert / sex offender?
"otherwise all people would be given computers and internet access would be as common as running water."
Actually public libraries are just that. In fact, anyone can go to a public library, even the homeless and get a library card and use the computers there. So having computers in libraries is basically giving everyone a computer and internet access, even if it is limited.
I can see banning them from OWNing a computer, and requiring that their internet access be monitored, but baring them from the internet today is insane!
Can they take online classes? Can they search for housing? Can they use google maps? I guess they cannot get a job that they may need internet access to search for information. I guess this means they cannot get an iPhone / blackberry either, or any phone that allows internet access, which is most of them today.
This just sounds to extreme in a world where the internet and tech is pretty much part of mainstream life.
I don't think that everyone is ready to use their bandwidth that way. I think people like installing applications they can use off line, and don't want to always be 'online'. Sometimes people just want to turn on their computer and start up word and work and not have to download the application to run it.
I think the migration needs to happen in an office place first before it starts to happen at home.
the hard drive in my toshiba laptop is a 4 gig drive that has lasted 12 years. I have several drives around here that are 2 and 4 gigs that are about 10 years old. My ssd's on the other hand, no so long. Only so many writes you can do to a ssd before it goes to crap, and if you do a lot of compiling you are going to loose your data quicker on an ssd than a hd.
ssd's have a limited lifetime of number of reads and writes. I would imagine that a 10 year old hard drive that was used all day would last longer than an ssd. I would also imagine that someone who does a lot of compiling and disk writes would wear down the ssd and then have to throw it out and replace it. I know that they have some technology that spreads this out on some devices, but still. I think having the main OS on an SSD would be ideal and then the swappable parts could be on a regular disk. You could make the OS read only, so it would be less likely to have a hacker install virus software to the OS directly and the OS could refuse to run software in the read only space. While this would be limiting, it would solve some of the issues we have today with virus and security.
I've seen via's pico itx and their smaller 'in design board', and they are pretty cool. When the price comes down a little it will probably start to displace arm. My real question is where do you find small cheap or inexpensive displays to go with these little boards? Something on the order of a 4-5 inch diagonal screen.
A small board is great, but a 4-5 inch screen would make a killer do it yourself pda / mini-computer.
... all over again. It seems to me that at some point one will become more popular than the other. The question is which one. Then the other will go away. So far though I do not see anything being really improved upon. IMHO there should be certain built-ins to the browser to make it worth it.
Here is what I would suggest: 1 multi-column drop down, with sort capabilities. This is something that is available in desktop applications; 2) built-in browser menu; 3) better scripting modal window, I should have OK(alert), OK/Cancel(confirm), Yes/No, and Yes/No/cancel message boxes at least or a better way of specifying these.
Maybe some of this is improvements in JS/ECMA Script, but making more things 'built-in' to the browser, would make a more standard experience, assuming you could get everyone to upgrade to the browsers and people to develop to these standards.
After reading this article, it would be nice to have both these standards merged into one so I get xforms with HTML5 menu and toolbars.
Is there anything out there that will block phone call from coming in at all, without going through the phone company? If I have caller ID can I block calls that show up as anonymous or with a phone number that I want to block?
My fingers are not exceptionally fat, but I do have large hands. I think Steve Jobs must have hands like a small girl, because when I tried the iPhone out, I made so many typo's. So I went with a RAZR instead as I can type on that. I'm actually looking forward to the us release of the Nokia N810, although it is not a phone:-(. It will have a keypad I can use. YMMV
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.. we just went to the library and worked in groups there and helped each other out all the time. Was that cheating or helping each other out?
Personally I think the real solution is for the ISP's to offer an OPTION of turning this on or off on a per user basis. Maybe they send you some hardware that they update or something. Hmm, sounds like a business model to me.
Filter-at-home => a service that will filter your content for you. You specify what you don't like, no rock music, not porn, and Filter-at-home will filter that content for you. Hmm this could work.....
lol.... actually the idea of using a meta tag for separating modes is so MS like, right up there with conditional comments <!--[ if IE gt 6 ]>crashAndBurn();<[endif]-->
Then there is the case where remote employees get to do whatever they want and get away with slipping deadlines and all sorts of excuses because management does not know enough about the issues, which while it can happen in the office, you are more likely to see someone surfing the web and not getting things done in the office then someone at home playing wow.
I agree the problem of prison needs reform, but maybe we should not let prisons to be traded on the stock market, like they are in a few states. Also they should not be allowed to profit from prison work.
The real problem is that prison is not a reform place, it is a place where people can hone their skills as murders, rapists, and thief's.
What constitutes animal abuse? Is feeding live fish to a pet fish that only eats live fish animal abuse? What would you consider how we keep chickens, cows and other livestock that we use for food as? Some call it abuse others call it food.
As for #1, would this be a complete immediate withdrawal or planned? I could see a complete withdrawal as causing problems. It would probably cause terrorists to move into Iraq or Iran to attack Iraq, which could be even worse.
Some kid would hack the system and then cause rolling blackouts, by simply turning everyone's AC to 40 when the temp outside is really warm, like in the 90's or above.
I think it is time for legislation to require a separation of work and home. What you do outside of work should be your own business not up to your employer to decide.
... any electronic device that one has. So that ipod could be searched for whatever, as well as your cell phone, or pda or any other device that stores data of any type. Weee.. that will speed things up at customs :-O
Or they could let you choose which server you want to store the data on, maybe you would have your own server setup and you want to use that instead of theirs.
they were all allergic ;-).. ROTFLOL
I think this is more of a pda/laptop market space. Except for palm, which has not released a new OS version for their pda's , no-one really makes a pda anymore, for sale, in the US. They are all being made a cell phone / pda combination. While surfing the web on an iPhone or crackberry may sound like a good thing, it is not for everyone. Some people want something with a little larger of a screen and a little more like a laptop, but not a heavy as a laptop. This is also where the nokia N770/800/810 fit and the UMPC line. When you want more power than a phone but not the weight of a laptop. Think of it as you want to go on vacation and check your email and surf the web, but you don't feel like you need a 15" screen. While a phone would work, you want to be able to see things at a slightly larger resolution like that of a dvd player.
I wonder if their would be a market for one of these that had a dvd player built into also.
You should really see how in Nazi Germany they started their 'purification' program, saying that Jews were bad, and then expanded it to include gays, mentally disabled, and then disfigured people and the handicap. The would have continued. While I am not saying this is the same thing, it should illustrate how it may seem small now, but can snowball.
Problem is that we are assuming that the term 'sex offender' only applies to pedophiles. If that definition is expanded, who is to say that you aren't a pervert / sex offender?
Actually public libraries are just that. In fact, anyone can go to a public library, even the homeless and get a library card and use the computers there. So having computers in libraries is basically giving everyone a computer and internet access, even if it is limited.
I can see banning them from OWNing a computer, and requiring that their internet access be monitored, but baring them from the internet today is insane!
Can they take online classes? Can they search for housing? Can they use google maps? I guess they cannot get a job that they may need internet access to search for information. I guess this means they cannot get an iPhone / blackberry either, or any phone that allows internet access, which is most of them today.
This just sounds to extreme in a world where the internet and tech is pretty much part of mainstream life.
I think the migration needs to happen in an office place first before it starts to happen at home.
the hard drive in my toshiba laptop is a 4 gig drive that has lasted 12 years. I have several drives around here that are 2 and 4 gigs that are about 10 years old. My ssd's on the other hand, no so long. Only so many writes you can do to a ssd before it goes to crap, and if you do a lot of compiling you are going to loose your data quicker on an ssd than a hd.
ssd's have a limited lifetime of number of reads and writes. I would imagine that a 10 year old hard drive that was used all day would last longer than an ssd. I would also imagine that someone who does a lot of compiling and disk writes would wear down the ssd and then have to throw it out and replace it. I know that they have some technology that spreads this out on some devices, but still. I think having the main OS on an SSD would be ideal and then the swappable parts could be on a regular disk. You could make the OS read only, so it would be less likely to have a hacker install virus software to the OS directly and the OS could refuse to run software in the read only space. While this would be limiting, it would solve some of the issues we have today with virus and security.
A small board is great, but a 4-5 inch screen would make a killer do it yourself pda / mini-computer.
Here is what I would suggest: 1 multi-column drop down, with sort capabilities. This is something that is available in desktop applications; 2) built-in browser menu; 3) better scripting modal window, I should have OK(alert), OK/Cancel(confirm), Yes/No, and Yes/No/cancel message boxes at least or a better way of specifying these.
Maybe some of this is improvements in JS/ECMA Script, but making more things 'built-in' to the browser, would make a more standard experience, assuming you could get everyone to upgrade to the browsers and people to develop to these standards.
After reading this article, it would be nice to have both these standards merged into one so I get xforms with HTML5 menu and toolbars.
.. but can they monitor it, if I stuff it in a drawer and never install it? ROTFLOL!
I think they should change the name.
Why don't people name software after dinosaurs? Come on t-rex, now how cool would that be :-D
.. almost like the new yahoo mail, lots of adds, an annoying chat box and takes forever to load.
Is there anything out there that will block phone call from coming in at all, without going through the phone company? If I have caller ID can I block calls that show up as anonymous or with a phone number that I want to block?
My fingers are not exceptionally fat, but I do have large hands. I think Steve Jobs must have hands like a small girl, because when I tried the iPhone out, I made so many typo's. So I went with a RAZR instead as I can type on that. I'm actually looking forward to the us release of the Nokia N810, although it is not a phone :-(. It will have a keypad I can use. YMMV