An associate got jailed and I "visited" him twice in Glynn county jail in Georgia.
That was the only quick way I could initiate contact from outside. Other ways include sending postcards by mail... The system uses low-end webcams and offers no privacy to the inmate. They don't use a handset, which means audio gets overheard by other inmates. Camera was aimed too high. I could see other inmates. "Visits" at that facility need to be done at specific times and are limited to 15 minutes. I gave him some vital information and setup schedule for for when I would be available to accept his calls.
By contrast, inmates can make a phone call that gets billed to the person outside seemingly at any time. They can make repeated phone calls and the amount of contact seems to be limited mostly by the wallet of the person outside. They use a phone handset, which offers improved audio quality and privacy with regards to other inmates.
My phone bill from PayTel was allegedly 21 cents per minute, but the actual blended rate once you incorporate all the fees is 36.6 cents.
The PDF explicitly mentions DD-WRT as an example of what should not be permitted:
Third-Party Access Control 1. Explain if any third parties have the capability to operate a US sold device on any other regulatory domain, frequencies, or in any manner that is in violation of the certification. 2. What prevents third parties from loading non-US versions of the software/firmware on the device? Describe in detail how the device is protected from “flashing” and the installation of third-party firmware such as DD-WRT.
If you are investing in LED lighting, which is superior to CFLs, please be sure to also match your screens with LED backlighting. You want the highest CRI on your light sources. Sunlight color temperature is 5500K, incadescent is 3300K. The post about 4200K is spot-on.
Dimmable light sources are a must.
Oh, and consider screens that are color-correct. I have 2 monitors on my desk right now and only one of them is easy to calibrate for colors properly. 42" industrial panels for the video wall will probably be more cost-effective and easy to replace without mounting headaches as the standards are well-established now.
I am designing a NOC as well, so I am looking into this as well.
That would be the silly "Legal Notice" in the local paper. It generally serves no purpose beneficial to the business owner. It helps data miners who sell this data on newly created businesses to their customers.
I've never bothered complying with that requirement when creating businesses.
A corporation would have to file that legal notice as well.
That statement likely means "You normally have to pay for it, but now you can access wsj.com at no extra charge from a Starbucks-hosted network in addition to the rest of the Internet". I don't think that's a bad thing.:)
Short version: these cameras decrease safety. Someone was kind enough to rear-end my vehicle for stopping at the end of yellow. In another case, a police vehicle nearly smashed into me. If there was no such camera, I would have behaved differently.
...in reality there are 3rd party smiley add-ons that work with IM software. You can recognize them by the "Your buddy sent you a smiley, to see it you need to install X software" type of IMs.
That software is not exactly good for your computer either.
UNIFIED REGISTRATION: As a service to our users, we may consolidate registration data for Webfetti, My Fun Cards, Kazulah, Smiley Central and certain other specified websites, services or applications accessible via the Toolbar, so that users are only required to provide registration information once, and would then be able to use the same unique ID and password to access all such websites, services or applications.
Passwords. In order to access certain services, you may be required to accept additional terms and conditions and/or establish an account including an unique ID and password
After reading that EULA, which references a bunch of other EULAs... that's enough to send my head spinning.
Well, I listen to http://di.fm/ premium stream on my Windows Mobile phone while driving. It's as simple as going to www.di.fm and selecting mp3, wma, or aac. If you are a premium subscriber, you can login and get your premium options. The thing plays using Windows Media player.
I would expect syncing up a PLS file from Shoutcast would enable similar functionality on the Apple platform.
Given fragment 0.5"x1"x2" figure out the curvature of a portion of a payload of unknown shape and size.
If that's not reverse engineering - recreating the initial object from a tiny fragment, I don't know what is.:)
Given a large quantity of misleading, inaccurate, and downright incorrect data figure out the reasons for anomalies. Sounds like reverse engineering to me.
A school is just another government institution. Every employee is employed by the government, hence is a government agent. Rights against government intervention are not waived.
I will be the second person to affirm that your assessment is incorrect.
The files are identical, but packaging is different. Some files are simply not included, while other features are disabled in Registry.
TabletPC and MCE are both based on XP Pro. The stated reason for disabling domain functionality in MCE, which by the way is still there and legal to use if you know how to enable it and I've done that for my clients, was to support Extenders.
Install a pure (the version systembuilders buy from distributors) OEM build of XP Home and a the same pure OEM build of XP Pro, and then compare. There will be no difference in stability.
It includes 3000 daytime minutes, unlimited Internet on handset, unlimited hotspot access, and unlimited SMS. It does not include long distance and unlimited nights and weekends airtime as I don't need them (I get 3000 minutes for the price of a 1000-minute "national" plan).
Nowadays, $99/mo is effectively unlimited everything, but fees and taxes add up to more.
I do use thousands of minutes, hence this plan is appropriate for me. Without Internet/SMS it would be $30 less. If I were to use every minute in my plan, it would effectively cost me $0.016/minute.
At-A-Glance : Get More 3000 plan $49.99 Unlimited Domestic Text and/or Instant Messaging $9.99 T-Mobile Total Internet Add-on $19.99 Total Due Monthly*
$79.97
If I used less airtime, I'd use an even less expensive plan. Carriers have relatively unadvertised "regional" plans that, in my case, cover calls within California and Nevada.
In my experience, most people to whom I talk are on a wrong plan and are paying more than they could be. It can be complicated to accurately estimate the use. I routinely review my customers' bills and reconfigure their plans to save money.
In fact, I could probably drop the TXT portion of my plan and save some money, but I like to have a set not-to-exceed budget item referring to my cell phone bill.
How about not outputting Dolby 5.1 through the HDMI?
Those silly Motorola DVRs...
I can't begin to count how many hours people waste trying to get that to work before they have to call someone like me and I tell them "Oh, you'd expect them to send proper audio signal, but they don't. We need to send audio through Toslink and reconfigure your receiver to take that as the preferred audio signal".
And then there's the universally valid business model of being a trademark holder and licensing the use of mark... for...
??? P R O F I T!
Psion is doing everything right in defending their trademark and shouldn't be called a troll. I call these things subnotebooks. Sony calls them PictureBook (tm) by the way. I haven't even heard the term Netbook until a month or so ago.
It's one way for geeks to get cozier with girls...
1. Burn a livecd with Firefox and OpenOffice 2. Laugh at administration attempts at censorship 3. Offer to do it for her... 4....over dinner
Any attempts to censor hardware that is capable of booting alternatives will fail. You are on Slashdot, so I expect you to know this.
That being said, Macbooks are expensive. The end goal is probably a computer capable of being an Internet gateway and of running an office suite. This can be done for much less. LTSP could be used to provide students with a consistent desktop for school work.
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By the way, the video call was free as of February 2016.
An associate got jailed and I "visited" him twice in Glynn county jail in Georgia.
That was the only quick way I could initiate contact from outside. Other ways include sending postcards by mail... The system uses low-end webcams and offers no privacy to the inmate. They don't use a handset, which means audio gets overheard by other inmates. Camera was aimed too high. I could see other inmates. "Visits" at that facility need to be done at specific times and are limited to 15 minutes. I gave him some vital information and setup schedule for for when I would be available to accept his calls.
By contrast, inmates can make a phone call that gets billed to the person outside seemingly at any time. They can make repeated phone calls and the amount of contact seems to be limited mostly by the wallet of the person outside. They use a phone handset, which offers improved audio quality and privacy with regards to other inmates.
My phone bill from PayTel was allegedly 21 cents per minute, but the actual blended rate once you incorporate all the fees is 36.6 cents.
I don't know what you are reading, but the actual order http://www.supremecourt.gov/or... says:
Effective December 2016 with no use of word "immediate".
The order does not mention tor or anonymity.
The PDF explicitly mentions DD-WRT as an example of what should not be permitted:
Third-Party Access
Control
1. Explain if any third parties have the capability to operate a US sold device on any
other regulatory domain, frequencies, or in any manner that is in violation of the
certification.
2. What prevents third parties from loading non-US versions of the
software/firmware on the device? Describe in detail how the device is protected
from “flashing” and the installation of third-party firmware such as DD-WRT.
Wrote a comment.
Sounds like a good idea.
If you are investing in LED lighting, which is superior to CFLs, please be sure to also match your screens with LED backlighting. You want the highest CRI on your light sources. Sunlight color temperature is 5500K, incadescent is 3300K. The post about 4200K is spot-on.
Dimmable light sources are a must.
Oh, and consider screens that are color-correct. I have 2 monitors on my desk right now and only one of them is easy to calibrate for colors properly. 42" industrial panels for the video wall will probably be more cost-effective and easy to replace without mounting headaches as the standards are well-established now.
I am designing a NOC as well, so I am looking into this as well.
That would be the silly "Legal Notice" in the local paper. It generally serves no purpose beneficial to the business owner. It helps data miners who sell this data on newly created businesses to their customers.
I've never bothered complying with that requirement when creating businesses.
A corporation would have to file that legal notice as well.
That statement likely means "You normally have to pay for it, but now you can access wsj.com at no extra charge from a Starbucks-hosted network in addition to the rest of the Internet". I don't think that's a bad thing. :)
Please see http://www.highwayrobbery.net/ for details (it's a site about how to beat these tickets).
Short version: these cameras decrease safety. Someone was kind enough to rear-end my vehicle for stopping at the end of yellow. In another case, a police vehicle nearly smashed into me. If there was no such camera, I would have behaved differently.
...in reality there are 3rd party smiley add-ons that work with IM software. You can recognize them by the "Your buddy sent you a smiley, to see it you need to install X software" type of IMs.
That software is not exactly good for your computer either.
For example: http://emoticons.smileycentral.com/yahoo-smileys.jsp
And its EULA http://helpint.mywebsearch.com/intlinfo/eula/eula.jhtml
Choice quotes from EULA
UNIFIED REGISTRATION: As a service to our users, we may consolidate registration data for Webfetti, My Fun Cards, Kazulah, Smiley Central and certain other specified websites, services or applications accessible via the Toolbar, so that users are only required to provide registration information once, and would then be able to use the same unique ID and password to access all such websites, services or applications.
Passwords. In order to access certain services, you may be required to accept additional terms and conditions and/or establish an account including an unique ID and password
After reading that EULA, which references a bunch of other EULAs... that's enough to send my head spinning.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Blink_of_an_Eye_(episode)
Brief summary -
Voyager gets stuck in the night sky of a planet and creates seismic disturbances.
The planet rapidly develops technology to blast it out of the sky.
Missiles are necessary to shoot high speed targets. A stationary target can be eliminated far less expensively. :)
So I added an article on my blog. :) http://knyshov.com/bad-business-practices/litigious-bastards-my-contribution-to-the-campaign-against-jones-day-v-blockshopper/
Well, I listen to http://di.fm/ premium stream on my Windows Mobile phone while driving. It's as simple as going to www.di.fm and selecting mp3, wma, or aac. If you are a premium subscriber, you can login and get your premium options. The thing plays using Windows Media player.
I would expect syncing up a PLS file from Shoutcast would enable similar functionality on the Apple platform.
I can also listen to SiriusXM on my phone. :)
Mine is VIKI. :)
Given fragment 0.5"x1"x2" figure out the curvature of a portion of a payload of unknown shape and size.
If that's not reverse engineering - recreating the initial object from a tiny fragment, I don't know what is. :)
Given a large quantity of misleading, inaccurate, and downright incorrect data figure out the reasons for anomalies. Sounds like reverse engineering to me.
I've read the entire article, have you?
Why is it that I always see that response?
A school is just another government institution. Every employee is employed by the government, hence is a government agent. Rights against government intervention are not waived.
You have just had an accident.
Seven points have been temporarily
removed...
You have one more point left on your license.
No. SGC.
Most of those who would really care about NASA have been already conditioned that Airforce == space exploration and technology assimilation.
I will be the second person to affirm that your assessment is incorrect.
The files are identical, but packaging is different. Some files are simply not included, while other features are disabled in Registry.
TabletPC and MCE are both based on XP Pro. The stated reason for disabling domain functionality in MCE, which by the way is still there and legal to use if you know how to enable it and I've done that for my clients, was to support Extenders.
Install a pure (the version systembuilders buy from distributors) OEM build of XP Home and a the same pure OEM build of XP Pro, and then compare. There will be no difference in stability.
A *lot* less.
My plan is $83.97 usd/mo with all fees and taxes.
It includes 3000 daytime minutes, unlimited Internet on handset, unlimited hotspot access, and unlimited SMS. It does not include long distance and unlimited nights and weekends airtime as I don't need them (I get 3000 minutes for the price of a 1000-minute "national" plan).
Nowadays, $99/mo is effectively unlimited everything, but fees and taxes add up to more.
I do use thousands of minutes, hence this plan is appropriate for me. Without Internet/SMS it would be $30 less. If I were to use every minute in my plan, it would effectively cost me $0.016/minute.
At-A-Glance :
Get More 3000 plan $49.99
Unlimited Domestic Text and/or Instant Messaging $9.99
T-Mobile Total Internet Add-on $19.99
Total Due Monthly*
$79.97
If I used less airtime, I'd use an even less expensive plan. Carriers have relatively unadvertised "regional" plans that, in my case, cover calls within California and Nevada.
In my experience, most people to whom I talk are on a wrong plan and are paying more than they could be. It can be complicated to accurately estimate the use. I routinely review my customers' bills and reconfigure their plans to save money.
In fact, I could probably drop the TXT portion of my plan and save some money, but I like to have a set not-to-exceed budget item referring to my cell phone bill.
How about not outputting Dolby 5.1 through the HDMI?
Those silly Motorola DVRs...
I can't begin to count how many hours people waste trying to get that to work before they have to call someone like me and I tell them "Oh, you'd expect them to send proper audio signal, but they don't. We need to send audio through Toslink and reconfigure your receiver to take that as the preferred audio signal".
And then there's the universally valid business model of being a trademark holder and licensing the use of mark... for...
???
P R O F I T!
Psion is doing everything right in defending their trademark and shouldn't be called a troll. I call these things subnotebooks. Sony calls them PictureBook (tm) by the way. I haven't even heard the term Netbook until a month or so ago.
Smart companies increase marketing spend during recession. It's a cheap way to grab marketshare.
It's one way for geeks to get cozier with girls...
1. Burn a livecd with Firefox and OpenOffice ...over dinner
2. Laugh at administration attempts at censorship
3. Offer to do it for her...
4.
Any attempts to censor hardware that is capable of booting alternatives will fail. You are on Slashdot, so I expect you to know this.
That being said, Macbooks are expensive. The end goal is probably a computer capable of being an Internet gateway and of running an office suite. This can be done for much less. LTSP could be used to provide students with a consistent desktop for school work.
Minor thing... Please avoid the Seagate 1TB drives for the time being. You'll thank me for this.
There's a firefox add-on that lets you jump to a key in regedit :)