Was I the only one who saw the clockspeed and thought it would be a fun idea to take a directional and an amplifier and see what happens when one is inbetween you and the local repeater?
Frankly, I use the capslock key a lot. I knew how to type before I took a typing class, but when I got in to one which was required for school, that was one thing they trained me on. I know that most people don't, even if they should, but I use it whenever I have more than one capital letter to type. It's much more ergonomic for me to type CapsLock-U-S-A than Left-Shift+U Right-Shift+S Left-Shift+A when I'm typing USA. I think that the conroll thing is a mix of learning it the "old way," and people who missed part of touch typing training.
I attended in 1999-2000, but graduated in Michigan. Was Fred Finke a teacher when you were there? You can e-mail me at josh [at] [my slashdot user name] [dot] itgo [dot] com
So, what's to keep a bank from denying your application for a bank card when you present them an NDA? Or what's to keep your company from firing you or limiting your security clearance because they want nothing to do with your silly legal agreement? I know if I presented any papers to the bank when I tried to cash a check, they would simply say, "I'm sorry, we can't sign this." And I would not have any money.
On, not much is stopping them. There isn't much stopping me, on the other hand, from saying to the person that I need to see the branch's VP so that I can close my account and walk over to the local credit union. I'm a rather young person, and when I signed up for my bank account, the banker handed me the papers and said very briefly what they said and then expected me to sign them. I took each paper and read them. Then I asked about the privacy policy and read through their little pamplet. I agreed with the terms, I got an account. If I didn't agree with the terms, within 400ft, there is another bank, and there are 6 other banks, and 1 credit union withing a half-mile. Besides that, I could have just said "Sorry, I don't agree with these terms" and gone and cashed my checks and payed with cash for stuff.
Don't forget that if all the companies are requiring finger prints, retinal scans, and your butt print, then you can always start your own.
I know what you're thinking, biometrics CAN'T change. Well, mine are changing. Specificly my retinal scan. If you look in to my posting history far enough, you'll learn that I have a retinal eye disease. As part of my disease, as the retina degenerates, the way it looks changes. As more areas get pigmented, I'd imagin that my retinal scan would be different.
Now, at the moment, I can still drive. If I were to have gotten a retinal scan when my license was issued, and a cop pulls me over now, I don't know if my ID would match up to my retina. What happens then? Do I get ticketed for having a fake ID? Do I get charged with a fellony? Do I get branded a terrorist? So perhaps, I have to go to court, and prove that I have Retinitus Pigmentosa. I don't mind having people know that, but some people don't want that information in the public record. What do people like me do in a situation like that?
These guys should quiet down. If they get together the other scientists in this field, they could take the next 20 years off. Now, if only I could find a way to do the same thing...
I believe that you're thinking of the movie The Manhattin Project. It's simular, and not to be confused with the real Manhattin Project. The kid in the movie meets a scientist who falls in love with his mom. The scientist allows him in to the lab to see the laser and he realizes that they have plutonium in there. He decides to build an a bomb...
Actually there is a good reason: Phase Modulated signals actually end up being the same as FM signals. They have to be "remixed*" because the frequency responce is a bit different, but otherwise they're the same. Also, the problem isn't with these modulation techniques.The problem is the amount of frequency space left in the RF specturm. In other words you could put an AM signal in the FM Broadcast frequency range, but it would be noise to your reciever.
As a side note AM can be done in stereo, the trick is to use Phase Modulation on the carrier. There is some information about that in part 73 of FCC code. (Yeah, I was bored the other night.
*The PM's audio sounds tinny because compared to FM it over emphasizes the higher frequencies.
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It's called Amateur Radio.
Which is generally not open to experimentation, testing or demonstration of new methods and technologies.
Umm, what Amateur Radio are you dealing with? The license I hold does allow me to experiment with new techniques. For example PSK-31 was invented in 199\8 or 1999 and is widespread. Yes, there are some limits, for example, you can't use more bandwidth then a voice channel on HF for new modes, but that's just common sense. Up above 3GHz, you're pretty much open to anything you want, including spread spectrum. You can do SS on everything above 70cm. If it's currently not allowed, the FCC does grant 6 month at a time experiment permits. If it works, the FCC will allow it. For example, see the ARRL's experiments in the 60m band.
Not that this'll really get read (it's too late in the story really), but what about people like me with retinal problems. I can still hold a valid driver's license, and drive safely. As time goes on however, my retina will degrade, and that will change. In the intum, my retinal print will look different all the time. In my case, I have large pigmented areas on my retina. The same will be true of other people with simular diseases.
The people behind the desks at places like the DMV are rather feckless. They won't understand what that is. I will never scan out to be me, I'll always be an "unknown user." Oh, unknown user would probably be constude as not a citizen or, oh say, enemy of the state.
That depends on the counrty that you're in, and the country the other person is in. Within your own country, it is genearlly legal. Between countries, it becomes more dificult. It depends on the treaties between your country and the other county and also the domestic rules.
It is the concept of third party traffic. There are licensed radio amateurs on both ends of the connection controlling the radio, they are the controll operators. They make sure you follow the rules, ID, and make sure the radio is functioning properly.
For example, say I'm in the US with the Callsign KC8QRM and I'm calling VK5QRM. VK5QRM can get my friends brother and they we can sit there while they talk doing things like IDing and adjusting the power and antenna angle.
Now the rules with the UK are different. I can't call G8QRM and have him/her send traffic because the British Government doesn't allow it.
I think that probably all are supposed to be, but you can't ever be exactly sure that running over that curb followed by an EMP bomb didn't make it be off by just a few MPH...
Ahh, Ok. I've read more Pokey The Penguin than I have watched the A-Team. At the end of of a commic called "San Quinton Holds the Key" Pokey says "I love it when a plan comes together" though there is obvously no plan.
And how long will it be before someone cracks all the "hidden" music on the disks? Actually... I have one of the first models and I got a sample album with it. At first finding the music on it was very hard. Then I did an ls -al and found out that all of the songs are named.SongName.Aritst.oqq
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Was I the only one who saw the clockspeed and thought it would be a fun idea to take a directional and an amplifier and see what happens when one is inbetween you and the local repeater?
--Josh
Actually, that was a fusion device called "Mr. Fusion." The key is to place it on the front of a DMC Delorian.
True classified information is transmitted over the internet everyday via NES but you never know where the packets are.
Man, I didn't know that the Nintendo Entertainment System was so powerful!
But Adam, both you and I know you don't touchtype. :P
--Josh
Frankly, I use the capslock key a lot. I knew how to type before I took a typing class, but when I got in to one which was required for school, that was one thing they trained me on. I know that most people don't, even if they should, but I use it whenever I have more than one capital letter to type. It's much more ergonomic for me to type CapsLock-U-S-A than Left-Shift+U Right-Shift+S Left-Shift+A when I'm typing USA. I think that the conroll thing is a mix of learning it the "old way," and people who missed part of touch typing training.
I attended in 1999-2000, but graduated in Michigan. Was Fred Finke a teacher when you were there? You can e-mail me at josh [at] [my slashdot user name] [dot] itgo [dot] com
Was that Lyman High in Longwood?
So, what's to keep a bank from denying your application for a bank card when you present them an NDA? Or what's to keep your company from firing you or limiting your security clearance because they want nothing to do with your silly legal agreement? I know if I presented any papers to the bank when I tried to cash a check, they would simply say, "I'm sorry, we can't sign this." And I would not have any money.
On, not much is stopping them. There isn't much stopping me, on the other hand, from saying to the person that I need to see the branch's VP so that I can close my account and walk over to the local credit union. I'm a rather young person, and when I signed up for my bank account, the banker handed me the papers and said very briefly what they said and then expected me to sign them. I took each paper and read them. Then I asked about the privacy policy and read through their little pamplet. I agreed with the terms, I got an account. If I didn't agree with the terms, within 400ft, there is another bank, and there are 6 other banks, and 1 credit union withing a half-mile. Besides that, I could have just said "Sorry, I don't agree with these terms" and gone and cashed my checks and payed with cash for stuff.
Don't forget that if all the companies are requiring finger prints, retinal scans, and your butt print, then you can always start your own.
--Josh
I know what you're thinking, biometrics CAN'T change. Well, mine are changing. Specificly my retinal scan. If you look in to my posting history far enough, you'll learn that I have a retinal eye disease. As part of my disease, as the retina degenerates, the way it looks changes. As more areas get pigmented, I'd imagin that my retinal scan would be different.
Now, at the moment, I can still drive. If I were to have gotten a retinal scan when my license was issued, and a cop pulls me over now, I don't know if my ID would match up to my retina. What happens then? Do I get ticketed for having a fake ID? Do I get charged with a fellony? Do I get branded a terrorist? So perhaps, I have to go to court, and prove that I have Retinitus Pigmentosa. I don't mind having people know that, but some people don't want that information in the public record. What do people like me do in a situation like that?
These guys should quiet down. If they get together the other scientists in this field, they could take the next 20 years off. Now, if only I could find a way to do the same thing...
--Josh
Don't forget HFl, HCl's nasty brother!
I believe that you're thinking of the movie The Manhattin Project. It's simular, and not to be confused with the real Manhattin Project. The kid in the movie meets a scientist who falls in love with his mom. The scientist allows him in to the lab to see the laser and he realizes that they have plutonium in there. He decides to build an a bomb...
They could always sleep their way to the top, but I'll bet their alarm clocks always wake them right up...
Actually there is a good reason:
Phase Modulated signals actually end up being the same as FM signals. They have to be "remixed*" because the frequency responce is a bit different, but otherwise they're the same. Also, the problem isn't with these modulation techniques.The problem is the amount of frequency space left in the RF specturm. In other words you could put an AM signal in the FM Broadcast frequency range, but it would be noise to your reciever.
As a side note AM can be done in stereo, the trick is to use Phase Modulation on the carrier. There is some information about that in part 73 of FCC code. (Yeah, I was bored the other night.
*The PM's audio sounds tinny because compared to FM it over emphasizes the higher frequencies.
Umm, what Amateur Radio are you dealing with? The license I hold does allow me to experiment with new techniques. For example PSK-31 was invented in 199\8 or 1999 and is widespread. Yes, there are some limits, for example, you can't use more bandwidth then a voice channel on HF for new modes, but that's just common sense. Up above 3GHz, you're pretty much open to anything you want, including spread spectrum. You can do SS on everything above 70cm. If it's currently not allowed, the FCC does grant 6 month at a time experiment permits. If it works, the FCC will allow it. For example, see the ARRL's experiments in the 60m band.
--Josh
Maybe this is another example of Americans destroying the English language...
Not to be inflamitory.
Although something about fusion power was also mentioned, somebody behind The Matrix wasn't paying too much attention in science class.
Maybe you just weren't paying attention in science fiction class!
Not that this'll really get read (it's too late in the story really), but what about people like me with retinal problems. I can still hold a valid driver's license, and drive safely. As time goes on however, my retina will degrade, and that will change. In the intum, my retinal print will look different all the time. In my case, I have large pigmented areas on my retina. The same will be true of other people with simular diseases.
The people behind the desks at places like the DMV are rather feckless. They won't understand what that is. I will never scan out to be me, I'll always be an "unknown user." Oh, unknown user would probably be constude as not a citizen or, oh say, enemy of the state.
Blah!
--Josh
And the other days are for when you're sick of vacationing.
--Josh
Except that doing this is totally illegal...
That depends on the counrty that you're in, and the country the other person is in. Within your own country, it is genearlly legal. Between countries, it becomes more dificult. It depends on the treaties between your country and the other county and also the domestic rules.
It is the concept of third party traffic. There are licensed radio amateurs on both ends of the connection controlling the radio, they are the controll operators. They make sure you follow the rules, ID, and make sure the radio is functioning properly.
For example, say I'm in the US with the Callsign KC8QRM and I'm calling VK5QRM. VK5QRM can get my friends brother and they we can sit there while they talk doing things like IDing and adjusting the power and antenna angle.
Now the rules with the UK are different. I can't call G8QRM and have him/her send traffic because the British Government doesn't allow it.
I think that probably all are supposed to be, but you can't ever be exactly sure that running over that curb followed by an EMP bomb didn't make it be off by just a few MPH...
Ahh, Ok. I've read more Pokey The Penguin than I have watched the A-Team. At the end of of a commic called "San Quinton Holds the Key" Pokey says "I love it when a plan comes together" though there is obvously no plan.
Your sig isn't a Pokey reffrence is it? San Quinton hold the key you know...
And how long will it be before someone cracks all the "hidden" music on the disks? .SongName.Aritst.oqq
Actually... I have one of the first models and I got a sample album with it. At first finding the music on it was very hard. Then I did an ls -al and found out that all of the songs are named
--Josh