Gee... Guess it's time to file a formal complaint with the USPS. The USPS Inspectors already HATE eBay and eBay sellers. Now eBay is going to (try) to BAN the use of a government sanctioned form of payment? This oughta get good real quick.
Toyota has had a total vehicle recycle plan since the Prius was first brought to the US. The HV battery is supposed to be removed and returned to Toyota via UPS. All wiring harnesses have a "pull loop" to aid in the easy removal of wiring. All plastic parts are appropriately marked to aid in proper recycling. However, in real life, cars most often wind up in a scrap yard where usable parts are resold and the remainder is seldom properly recycled. Sigh... On Prius #3 with 91K on the clock Bp
Because the Communications Act of 1934 (and as ammended) requires the FCC to regulate telephone companies as part of Interstate Commerce. Also because cell phones use radio frequencies, also regulated by the FCC.
..." saying it will cost the industry hundreds of millions of dollars to implement the new rules"
Aww,,, Sniff, sniff. I co-manage 5 remote 2-way radio sites and, due to increased power needs, we have to upgrade the backup generator at one of our sites. Our primary electrical contractor quoted $38,000 for a COMPLETE installation: 35KW generator, transfer switch and installation.
And that's for ONE generator. The cellular folks will be buying them by the trainload and should be able to weasel a significant discount.
..." it will be "very difficult" for cellular operators and tower companies to meet the new FCC backup power rule. "It will take a lot of cooperation and innovation,"...
More crap!
The electrical connections are the simplest part of the installation. Our contractor installs full-site transfer switches. They connect between the power meter and the disconnect switch or main fuse box. Two electricians do that part in under a day. The generator itself, OTOH, can take up to a week depending if there is a concrete base to be poured, fuel tank and EPA issues. Still, there's nothing new enough here to require "innovation".
Believe me when I say that implementing CALEA in VOIP isn't trivial since the data must be intercepted somewhere.
The questions to be answered are where and how the interception is accomplished - especially in a manner that isn't trivially detectable by the user or client software?
I'll leave the details on detection methods as an exercise for the overly paranoid but, having studied the issue (potential need for CALEA) several years ago and having the client pooh-pooh the need to even plan for it (read management and the almighty budget dollarette) it isn't necessarily simple or cheap or (especially) practical given some poorly-designed networks.
It isn't likely to be going away anytime in the near future. A degree in CS or related and a CISSP makes a good door-opener. And, there are so many aspects to the field, you can basically pick your fave area and self-train for it to get started and then work up to certification in that specialty.
Since the scammer wants money orders, I assume that someone has sent a U.S. Postal Money Order. _IF_ the sender was VERY CAREFUL to enclose the POMO with a "mail order" that PRECISELY describes the item ordered, the Postal Inspectors are VERY happy to help out; they HATE eBay scammers! It usually takes them a simple fone call or casual visit (flash badge and BIG gun) to convince the seller to cough up the goods pronto. If necessary, the inspector can patiently explain how 5 years "quality time" with Bubba is a 5 FULL years: no time off for ANYTHING in the Federal pen.
Been tried on me twice. In both cases I eventually received the merchandise - in the condition described at the time of the sale. Yes - it make take as long as 9 months (in one case) but I have yet to be dissapointed by the power behind that $.90 piece of paper.
Sorry folks but, once more, FUD is being spread by those having interests in seeing hybrid technology fail are squatting and grunting out "their" side of the story.
I have owned a 2001, 2003 and now a 2004 Toyota Prius - ALL of which met AND exceeded EPA highway estimates once they were thoroughly and properly broken in - about 6,000 to 7,000 miles.
Yes, in the winter with its colder, denser air, Prius is going to try like hell to give you 45 MPG at REASONABLE speeds. At 75 MPH and above I regularly saw 38 to 43 MPG. In the summer with its less dense air, I have seen 55 MPH at speed and as much as 63 MPH over a 50+ mile trip at 60 MPH.
Note 1: The EPA test is "driven" indoors, on a "rolling road" and does NOT represent reality. Google for the recent big stink about the validity of EPA estimates.
Note 2: There is no such place as EPA "city"; you'd be hard pressed to recreate EPA "city" MPG on a bicycle!
NOTE 3: Drive like the typical journalcritter: underinflated tires, with the AC on (or in Defrost which runs the AC constantly) or at high speeds with the windows down and MPG will suffer in ANY car.
Only time and miles will tell what my 04 will bless me with cause I'm 2 weeks into the original tank of gas and showing 47 MPG for mixed local and 75 MPH highway driving. Check back in another 6,000 miles for an update.
Finally - I wish the world would wake up and get off the MPG kick; Prius is ALL about it's lack of emissions. As a father of 2 boys with two grandsons, I'm concerned that there will be enough fresh air to carry them the rest of their lives. My Prius simply doesn't pollute enough to worry about! Here in the coal power-plant east, my 04 is actually cleaner than a grid-charged pure EV!
Now - I'd love to see an article "outing" GM's outright lies about their Silverado baby-killer non-"hybrid".
The Old Man
"batterys have to be 200 degrees to operate . .." What planet are you from? NiMh cells are, in fact, kept COOLED to room temperature by means of a blower system.
Perhaps you are referring to that mythical "hydrogen fuel cell" thinggie that Detroit has squandered several billion in taxpayer's money just to tell us "in 20 years"? T_O_M
Another load of premium male bovine excrement from out friends in Texas and Munich/Detroit.
My THIRD Prius, an 04 (I've owned an 01 and 03 - both completely problem-free), is currently sitting in Port Newark. I am also a retired rescue captain so I can state with some authority that Prius fundamental design is such that it would take a deliberate act of stupidity for a rescue technician to manage to make contact with both the positive AND negative high voltage leads at the same time since both are ground-isolated and separately encased in conduit.
In real-fife rear-end accidents, only ONE Prius battery was damaged and it's safety issue was some minimal leakage of electrolyte; NOT "Deadly High Voltage"!
In fact, the Japanese national fire safety bureau (the official name escapes me at the moment) insisted that Toyota place the HV conduit inboard far enough that the "Jaws Of Life" can't possibly make contact in one or two "bites".
Sigh...
"I don't understand it??? I'm afraid of it! KILL IT!!!" T_O_M
There are several factors that the BPL industry isn't mentioning: - Even low-power, in-band transmissions can completely shut down BPL for a mile radius or more. Wonder what happens when I fire up my (FCC licensed) KW on 20 meters for a weekend-long contest? - BPL is for overhead transmission lines. Burried lines don't have near the capacity but ARE better on interference. - The bandwidth mentioned for BPL is STDM shared in the same way as cable modem service. YMWV - Last, BPL operates as an unlicensed part 15 service. All part 15 users are liable to accept ANY and ALL interference from licensed services and must cease use of a part 15 device that causes interference to a licensed service. This passes ALL interference problems off to the end-user. Turn it off NOW or go to jail... WB1GOT
Also remembered reading that, although the winning bidder is REQUIRED to complete the transaction, the seller is NOT!
The seller can call off the deal at ANY TIME for ANY (or NO) reason - even AFTER receiving payment!
>Actually the REAL moral of the story is to use
>an escrow service anytime the loss of the money
>is really going to matter to you more than the
>escrow fee would.
Unfortunately, MANY of the so-called "escrow" services are rip-offs too: un/improperly licensed and not bonded.
>It's sad, but good people sometimes have a
>change of heart when a thousand bucks in cash is
>staring them in the face. You gotta watch your
>ass.
AMEN!
Yep - it's still there.:-)
>There's far too many good sellers that use >AOL/Hotmail accounts and Mailboxes etc for
>shipping purposes to take heed to your other
>warnings.
It's just ONE "suspect" criteria and is significant when the seller requests POMO sent to a "drop box".
(And I'm also buying up old LDs, so get off my turf:)
Hey! Wanna swap lists offline?
w-h-p-at-a-t-t-dot-n-e-t
I have done extensive buying and selling on eBay and only had one REAL attempt to hose me: I won a $1,200.00+ auction for 2 LaserDisc players and a LARGE lot of discs. I paid by US Postal Money Order and sent them via regular mail along with my standard boilerplate : a formal letter listing ALL pertinent information regarding my "win" and necessary shipping details.
Nothing....
No communication with seller...
Nothing....
Filed with eBay and got NOTHING from them: World's WORST EXCUSE for ANY type of "customer service" I have ever encountered, with BLIND defense of the seller and ALWAYS, the one with the biggest feedback rating automatically wins.
Went to the regional Post Office and chatted with one of the "badge, gun and no humor" types for advice.
Filled out the paperwork and paid the $$ to get official copies of the cashed POMOs.
Filed an official Mail Fraud complaint on-line with a list of ALL the documentation I had accumulated.
Nothing...
Nothing...
As per the "bad humor" guy: they (USPS Inspector's Service) prioritize these things on order of $$, frequency(body count), politics and "investigator interest".
I guess that with the bad press eBay had been getting, someone saw fit to send a nastygram to the perp - er... seller.
It took 9 months (I DID get screwed, didn't I?) but FINALLY, 5 large cardboard boxes show up - no letter, no E-Mail - NOTHING other than the shipping labels showing they had been sent about 10 days prior to my FINALLY getting them.
Moral of the story: I avoid ANY seller that:
- refuses to accept a US Postal Money Order,
- operates out of a PO box (mailboxes etc and the like) OTHER than a USPS PO Box
- communicates EXCLUSIVELY using a phony (unauthenticated) E-Mail account
- does not PROMPTLY reply to a pre-close E-Mail question, even if you have to make one up.
Anyone out there "flushing" their old LD collections?
My two cents worth of thoughts on this tragedy:
- Shinjan's death was untimely and unwarranted but we are all seeing the effect without knowing the cause. I can certainly suspect that his suspension was, at least, the catalyst but certainly not the cause.
- We ALL live in a society and are subject to it's laws and are ALL empowered to attempt to CHANGE those laws we feel are wrong. In New Jersey, Title 2 describes that:
"2C:20-25. Computer-related theft
A person is guilty of theft if he purposely or knowingly and without authorization:
a. Alters, damages, takes or destroys any data, data base, computer program, computer software or computer equipment existing internally or externally to a computer, computer system or computer network;
b. Alters, damages, takes or destroys a computer, computer system or computer network;
c. Accesses or attempts to access any computer, computer system or computer network for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud, or to obtain services, property, or money, from the owner of a computer or any third party;
or
d. Alters, tampers with, obtains, intercepts, damages or destroys a financial instrument. "
I'm sure that NJ is not the most, nor least "oppressive" in computer-related laws - in fact, title 2C goes on to state that certain "unauthorized access" may be a simple "disorderly person" offence.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out...
The Old Man
It depends...
Peer review of unique (proprietary techniques, protocols...) should be performed NDA PRIOR to "Gold". Peer review is a GOOD THING!
Public source release "can" be done release -1 if it is essential to "protect" your product and it's market. Otherwise - go public when the leadership team fells "most comfortable" with HEAVY bias toward "sooner" rather than "later".
My 2 cents: Within 6 months of first release.
But - that's just MY opinion. I'd rather see a slow release than NO release. (Ya listening MS?)
Slashdot Mirror
Gee...
Guess it's time to file a formal complaint with the USPS. The USPS Inspectors already HATE eBay and eBay sellers. Now eBay is going to (try) to BAN the use of a government sanctioned form of payment?
This oughta get good real quick.
Toyota has had a total vehicle recycle plan since the Prius was first brought to the US.
The HV battery is supposed to be removed and returned to Toyota via UPS.
All wiring harnesses have a "pull loop" to aid in the easy removal of wiring.
All plastic parts are appropriately marked to aid in proper recycling.
However, in real life, cars most often wind up in a scrap yard where usable parts are resold and the remainder is seldom properly recycled.
Sigh...
On Prius #3 with 91K on the clock
Bp
Because the Communications Act of 1934 (and as ammended) requires the FCC to regulate telephone companies as part of Interstate Commerce.
Also because cell phones use radio frequencies, also regulated by the FCC.
Aww,,, Sniff, sniff. I co-manage 5 remote 2-way radio sites and, due to increased power needs, we have to upgrade the backup generator at one of our sites. Our primary electrical contractor quoted $38,000 for a COMPLETE installation: 35KW generator, transfer switch and installation.
And that's for ONE generator. The cellular folks will be buying them by the trainload and should be able to weasel a significant discount.
More crap! The electrical connections are the simplest part of the installation. Our contractor installs full-site transfer switches. They connect between the power meter and the disconnect switch or main fuse box. Two electricians do that part in under a day. The generator itself, OTOH, can take up to a week depending if there is a concrete base to be poured, fuel tank and EPA issues. Still, there's nothing new enough here to require "innovation".
Did someone pull the drain plug?
Believe me when I say that implementing CALEA in VOIP isn't trivial since the data must be intercepted somewhere.
The questions to be answered are where and how the interception is accomplished - especially in a manner that isn't trivially detectable by the user or client software?
I'll leave the details on detection methods as an exercise for the overly paranoid but, having studied the issue (potential need for CALEA) several years ago and having the client pooh-pooh the need to even plan for it (read management and the almighty budget dollarette) it isn't necessarily simple or cheap or (especially) practical given some poorly-designed networks.
And no - can't tell you who, when or why,
T_O_M
It isn't likely to be going away anytime in the near future.
A degree in CS or related and a CISSP makes a good door-opener.
And, there are so many aspects to the field, you can basically pick your fave area and self-train for it to get started and then work up to certification in that specialty.
Am there, doing that, T-shirts not allowed,
T_O_M
Any old editor / word processor / application: $$
VNC: Free
Cooperative whatever: Priceless
Just wait till BPL (Broadband Over Powerline) starts crapping on ELT and other government emergency frequencies.
Sigh...
1) Find them,
2) Shoot them,
3) Send the bill to the parents.
That's called a movie where I come from.
Anybody break the news to Thomas Edison??
Since the scammer wants money orders, I assume that someone has sent a U.S. Postal Money Order.
_IF_ the sender was VERY CAREFUL to enclose the POMO with a "mail order" that PRECISELY describes the item ordered, the Postal Inspectors are VERY happy to help out; they HATE eBay scammers!
It usually takes them a simple fone call or casual visit (flash badge and BIG gun) to convince the seller to cough up the goods pronto.
If necessary, the inspector can patiently explain how 5 years "quality time" with Bubba is a 5 FULL years: no time off for ANYTHING in the Federal pen.
Been tried on me twice. In both cases I eventually received the merchandise - in the condition described at the time of the sale.
Yes - it make take as long as 9 months (in one case) but I have yet to be dissapointed by the power behind that $.90 piece of paper.
Bill
T_O_M
Bag-o-Helium eh?
Sorry - just can't stop thinking about Kirk's helium distorted voice shouting: "Scotty! We need MORE power"!
Medication... Need more medication,
T_O_M
Sorry folks but, once more, FUD is being spread by those having interests in seeing hybrid technology fail are squatting and grunting out "their" side of the story.
I have owned a 2001, 2003 and now a 2004 Toyota Prius - ALL of which met AND exceeded EPA highway estimates once they were thoroughly and properly broken in - about 6,000 to 7,000 miles.
Yes, in the winter with its colder, denser air, Prius is going to try like hell to give you 45 MPG at REASONABLE speeds. At 75 MPH and above I regularly saw 38 to 43 MPG. In the summer with its less dense air, I have seen 55 MPH at speed and as much as 63 MPH over a 50+ mile trip at 60 MPH.
Note 1: The EPA test is "driven" indoors, on a "rolling road" and does NOT represent reality. Google for the recent big stink about the validity of EPA estimates. Note 2: There is no such place as EPA "city"; you'd be hard pressed to recreate EPA "city" MPG on a bicycle! NOTE 3: Drive like the typical journalcritter: underinflated tires, with the AC on (or in Defrost which runs the AC constantly) or at high speeds with the windows down and MPG will suffer in ANY car.
Only time and miles will tell what my 04 will bless me with cause I'm 2 weeks into the original tank of gas and showing 47 MPG for mixed local and 75 MPH highway driving. Check back in another 6,000 miles for an update.
Finally - I wish the world would wake up and get off the MPG kick; Prius is ALL about it's lack of emissions. As a father of 2 boys with two grandsons, I'm concerned that there will be enough fresh air to carry them the rest of their lives. My Prius simply doesn't pollute enough to worry about! Here in the coal power-plant east, my 04 is actually cleaner than a grid-charged pure EV!
Now - I'd love to see an article "outing" GM's outright lies about their Silverado baby-killer non-"hybrid". The Old Man
"batterys have to be 200 degrees to operate . . ."
What planet are you from?
NiMh cells are, in fact, kept COOLED to room temperature by means of a blower system.
Perhaps you are referring to that mythical "hydrogen fuel cell" thinggie that Detroit has squandered several billion in taxpayer's money just to tell us "in 20 years"?
T_O_M
Another load of premium male bovine excrement from out friends in Texas and Munich/Detroit.
My THIRD Prius, an 04 (I've owned an 01 and 03 - both completely problem-free), is currently sitting in Port Newark. I am also a retired rescue captain so I can state with some authority that Prius fundamental design is such that it would take a deliberate act of stupidity for a rescue technician to manage to make contact with both the positive AND negative high voltage leads at the same time since both are ground-isolated and separately encased in conduit.
In real-fife rear-end accidents, only ONE Prius battery was damaged and it's safety issue was some minimal leakage of electrolyte; NOT "Deadly High Voltage"!
In fact, the Japanese national fire safety bureau (the official name escapes me at the moment) insisted that Toyota place the HV conduit inboard far enough that the "Jaws Of Life" can't possibly make contact in one or two "bites".
Sigh...
"I don't understand it???
I'm afraid of it!
KILL IT!!!"
T_O_M
Many (international) BPL interference studies can be found on the ARRL Web site: http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/
There are several factors that the BPL industry isn't mentioning:
- Even low-power, in-band transmissions can completely shut down BPL for a mile radius or more. Wonder what happens when I fire up my (FCC licensed) KW on 20 meters for a weekend-long contest?
- BPL is for overhead transmission lines. Burried lines don't have near the capacity but ARE better on interference.
- The bandwidth mentioned for BPL is STDM shared in the same way as cable modem service. YMWV
- Last, BPL operates as an unlicensed part 15 service. All part 15 users are liable to accept ANY and ALL interference from licensed services and must cease use of a part 15 device that causes interference to a licensed service. This passes ALL interference problems off to the end-user.
Turn it off NOW or go to jail...
WB1GOT
Also remembered reading that, although the winning bidder is REQUIRED to complete the transaction, the seller is NOT!
:-)
:)
The seller can call off the deal at ANY TIME for ANY (or NO) reason - even AFTER receiving payment!
>Actually the REAL moral of the story is to use
>an escrow service anytime the loss of the money
>is really going to matter to you more than the
>escrow fee would.
Unfortunately, MANY of the so-called "escrow" services are rip-offs too: un/improperly licensed and not bonded.
>It's sad, but good people sometimes have a
>change of heart when a thousand bucks in cash is
>staring them in the face. You gotta watch your
>ass.
AMEN!
Yep - it's still there.
>There's far too many good sellers that use >AOL/Hotmail accounts and Mailboxes etc for
>shipping purposes to take heed to your other
>warnings.
It's just ONE "suspect" criteria and is significant when the seller requests POMO sent to a "drop box".
(And I'm also buying up old LDs, so get off my turf
Hey! Wanna swap lists offline?
w-h-p-at-a-t-t-dot-n-e-t
I have done extensive buying and selling on eBay and only had one REAL attempt to hose me: I won a $1,200.00+ auction for 2 LaserDisc players and a LARGE lot of discs. I paid by US Postal Money Order and sent them via regular mail along with my standard boilerplate : a formal letter listing ALL pertinent information regarding my "win" and necessary shipping details.
Nothing....
No communication with seller...
Nothing....
Filed with eBay and got NOTHING from them: World's WORST EXCUSE for ANY type of "customer service" I have ever encountered, with BLIND defense of the seller and ALWAYS, the one with the biggest feedback rating automatically wins.
Went to the regional Post Office and chatted with one of the "badge, gun and no humor" types for advice.
Filled out the paperwork and paid the $$ to get official copies of the cashed POMOs.
Filed an official Mail Fraud complaint on-line with a list of ALL the documentation I had accumulated.
Nothing...
Nothing...
As per the "bad humor" guy: they (USPS Inspector's Service) prioritize these things on order of $$, frequency(body count), politics and "investigator interest".
I guess that with the bad press eBay had been getting, someone saw fit to send a nastygram to the perp - er... seller.
It took 9 months (I DID get screwed, didn't I?) but FINALLY, 5 large cardboard boxes show up - no letter, no E-Mail - NOTHING other than the shipping labels showing they had been sent about 10 days prior to my FINALLY getting them.
Moral of the story: I avoid ANY seller that:
- refuses to accept a US Postal Money Order,
- operates out of a PO box (mailboxes etc and the like) OTHER than a USPS PO Box
- communicates EXCLUSIVELY using a phony (unauthenticated) E-Mail account
- does not PROMPTLY reply to a pre-close E-Mail question, even if you have to make one up.
Anyone out there "flushing" their old LD collections?
- Shinjan's death was untimely and unwarranted but we are all seeing the effect without knowing the cause. I can certainly suspect that his suspension was, at least, the catalyst but certainly not the cause.
- We ALL live in a society and are subject to it's laws and are ALL empowered to attempt to CHANGE those laws we feel are wrong. In New Jersey, Title 2 describes that:
"2C:20-25. Computer-related theft A person is guilty of theft if he purposely or knowingly and without authorization:
a. Alters, damages, takes or destroys any data, data base, computer program, computer software or computer equipment existing internally or externally to a computer, computer system or computer network;
b. Alters, damages, takes or destroys a computer, computer system or computer network;
c. Accesses or attempts to access any computer, computer system or computer network for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud, or to obtain services, property, or money, from the owner of a computer or any third party;
or
d. Alters, tampers with, obtains, intercepts, damages or destroys a financial instrument. "
I'm sure that NJ is not the most, nor least "oppressive" in computer-related laws - in fact, title 2C goes on to state that certain "unauthorized access" may be a simple "disorderly person" offence.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out...
The Old Man
Public source release "can" be done release -1 if it is essential to "protect" your product and it's market. Otherwise - go public when the leadership team fells "most comfortable" with HEAVY bias toward "sooner" rather than "later".
My 2 cents: Within 6 months of first release.
But - that's just MY opinion. I'd rather see a slow release than NO release. (Ya listening MS?)
T_O_M