I'm getting sick and tired of hearing parents, school counselors, child psychologists, etc blaming MySpace for virtually everything bad that could occur in a teens life.
"[Camps] worry about online predators tracking children to camp and about their image being tarnished by inappropriate Internet juxtapositions"
They claim in the article that predators will use MySpace to discover summer camps where children are going and then possibly kidnap them or something worse. Summer camps don't suddenly pop-up over night and contact parents via ESP to get their children to come; they advertise in the paper, on the Internet, and by fliers. MySpace isn't tipping anyone off to these "secretive" camps, anyone can go to Google and find 30 summer camps without any problem. As for predators using the information to choose their specific target, probably not.
The article then goes on to say:
"[Kids] were some things that we found that some of the kids posted that were really kind of nasty, saying bad things about counselors"
If they have to list this as one of the reasons to abolish MySpace, they need to grow up.
If someone can point me to some concrete facts about the number of abductions that have occurred solely as a result of a kid using MySpace (without any other factors) I will get off my soap box. I agree one case is too many, and it is horrible, but would it have happened anyway without MySpace?
We can get this law thrown out too... Just point out that the only internet companies that make enough money to pay for the top speed packages are pr0n sites. Just think how much more people would pay if they could get access to their quality pr0n even faster!
That will shut the conservative majority right up!
The government has their spats with technology law but as they get into it they realize it is really more technical than they originally thought and it just fades away.
For example they tried to implement a tax on VoIP services but nothing came of that as they realized it would be harder than calculating sales tax on a tangible object (e.g., computer, car, etc.).
True, this may be easier than adding a "packet based" tax, but actually writing the policy for net neutrality would be complex.
This is surely not a replacement for a spectrum analyzer, but it will give you a general idea of interference in your house.
I have conducted many site surveys for businesses wanting wireless networks. The purpose of a spectrum analyzer is to pin-point sources of RF interference that may limit wireless connectivity, so that measures may be put in place to reduce RF emissions. You'd be surprised at amount of RF interference generated by industrial equipment, which poses a problem for RF engineers.
This product merely shows you that you have interference, and lacks the ability to pin-point the source. This product would be better if you could have an external parabolic antenna, but it looks like someone will need to figure out how to jimmy rig a Pringles can antenna to this unit. What can you expect for $100?
If you can successfully find your way to porn while at work behind a content filter, then you're probably computer literate. If not it is a really good skill to have.
All privacy issues aside, what good does it do to monitor every phone call if the bad guys are using pre-paid cell phones? Something tells me that a majority of bad guys are not signing up for cell phone contracts to conspire against the government.
Say the government does note a phone call made from a prepaid phone that happens to be conspiring, at the end of the call (or several) the bad guy will just throw away that phone and get another.
So is tracking every single call really doing anything to benefit national security?
This is good news. A majority of the causalities in Iraq are coming from RPGs and road side attacks; this would be a major improvement for current convoys. They need to push this through as quickly as possible!
Cool, I was looking for a super computer for my Cal Tech dormroom! Since the schools have an understanding I can fly out to MIT and pick one up! Thanks for the suggestion, I'll tell them Tweekster sent me.;-)
ARPA and DARPA can be used synonymously; the government could not seem to make up their mind what they wanted to call the agency.
I agree, the ARPANET was designed to allow researchers to communicate and share resources, but the design of the network allowed several nodes to fall off the network (or be blown up by a bomb for dramatic flair) without downing the entire network. In terms surviving a nuclear war, probably not, that would have to be a very robust network for the 1970s.
Being a "mesh network" you hope the hurricane misses a couple of streetlights, and you still a partially working network.
Afterall, that's why DARPA came up with the idea for the Internet in the first place: If one communication link gets taken out, there are still other links to communicate with.
I take issue with the telecom companies trying to regulate what city government can and cannot do with their donated equipment. However, if the city shuts down their equipment and lets it sit inactive until another emergency the telecom companies do not have a problem with this.
What the city should propose to do is use the current emergency services systems (police, fire, etc.) in parallel with the wireless equipment. This would provide a variety of systems to use if one fails in the event of another hurricane. A majority if not all the equipment came from Cisco, which provides a software solution called LMR Over IP. This would ensure a highly redundant solution, just incase another event like hurricane Katrina happens again. This is a far better solution than having equipment sitting there useless, or removing it entirely.
The last time I checked Al-Qaeda uses a rather primitive approach to terrorism. They use incendiary devices in shoes, which often fail, second hand weapons, and other non-technical approaches.
The website for Al-Qaeda should be near the bottom of the list for the defense department.
Everyone has the idea that terrorists will one day hack into the power grid and cripple the stock market. They should focus on protecting the power grids from physical attacks before they start focusing on "cyber terrorism" where they could take the grid by "hacking into the system."
Being an IT professional, it is hard to track down solutions to difficult problems using Google alone. If you Google a problem, odds are you are going to wind up finding a message board where someone has the same issue, but no solution has been posted.
You'd think someone at the white house would have at least discovered that if you do an "I'm feeling lucky" search on google for "Worst President Ever" you get linked the the GW's bio on the whitehouse website.
"Our ability to consume bandwidth is growing far, far faster than the speed at which it is being added," he said. "The more bandwidth we consume, the more Internet traffic jams we have."
"NBA team owner Mark Cuban" is now internet expert because he HAS A BLOG? Don't get me wrong, having a blog isn't the problem, the problem is having a blog and thinking you are an internet expert because of it.
They make it seem as if the broadband is free. I pay $50 a month to get "6 Mbps," which in reality turns out to only be 3 Mbps, does that give me the right to pay $25, due to poor quality of service on the part of my cable company?
We already pay for speed, which is why dial-up is $9.99 a month, and a T-1 is $200.
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You make an excellent point! You spend $5 for the router, but lose your bandwidth by having to share it.
I thought most ISPs in Europe billed based on usage, if this is the case why would you want to share with anyone?
Sniping has been around since the beginning of auctions, it's not new just because of Ebay.
They claim in the article that predators will use MySpace to discover summer camps where children are going and then possibly kidnap them or something worse. Summer camps don't suddenly pop-up over night and contact parents via ESP to get their children to come; they advertise in the paper, on the Internet, and by fliers. MySpace isn't tipping anyone off to these "secretive" camps, anyone can go to Google and find 30 summer camps without any problem. As for predators using the information to choose their specific target, probably not.
The article then goes on to say:
If they have to list this as one of the reasons to abolish MySpace, they need to grow up.
If someone can point me to some concrete facts about the number of abductions that have occurred solely as a result of a kid using MySpace (without any other factors) I will get off my soap box. I agree
one case is too many, and it is horrible, but would it have happened anyway without MySpace?
Yeah, but can it beat Kasparov at chess?
We can get this law thrown out too... Just point out that the only internet companies that make enough money to pay for the top speed packages are pr0n sites. Just think how much more people would pay if they could get access to their quality pr0n even faster!
That will shut the conservative majority right up!
The government has their spats with technology law but as they get into it they realize it is really more technical than they originally thought and it just fades away.
For example they tried to implement a tax on VoIP services but nothing came of that as they realized it would be harder than calculating sales tax on a tangible object (e.g., computer, car, etc.).
True, this may be easier than adding a "packet based" tax, but actually writing the policy for net neutrality would be complex.
This too shall pass.
This is surely not a replacement for a spectrum analyzer, but it will give you a general idea of interference in your house.
I have conducted many site surveys for businesses wanting wireless networks. The purpose of a spectrum analyzer is to pin-point sources of RF interference that may limit wireless connectivity, so that measures may be put in place to reduce RF emissions. You'd be surprised at amount of RF interference generated by industrial equipment, which poses a problem for RF engineers.
This product merely shows you that you have interference, and lacks the ability to pin-point the source. This product would be better if you could have an external parabolic antenna, but it looks like someone will need to figure out how to jimmy rig a Pringles can antenna to this unit. What can you expect for $100?
For those of you not familiar with best Apple 2gs game ever see the wiki article on The Oregon Trail.
Just a CCNP? I thought for sure they'd require a CCIE!
Logical rationalization of why Russia doesn't need to pay royalties to the celebrities:
A majority of musicians drink, if they drink "wodka" they can consider their royalities paid by the "wodka" experience.
For those non-drinkers, Russia gave us t.A.T.u, enough said.
Is anyone else getting database errors on the links now? The links worked the first time, but I can't get to either of them now.
If you can successfully find your way to porn while at work behind a content filter, then you're probably computer literate. If not it is a really good skill to have.
All privacy issues aside, what good does it do to monitor every phone call if the bad guys are using pre-paid cell phones? Something tells me that a majority of bad guys are not signing up for cell phone contracts to conspire against the government.
Say the government does note a phone call made from a prepaid phone that happens to be conspiring, at the end of the call (or several) the bad guy will just throw away that phone and get another.
So is tracking every single call really doing anything to benefit national security?
This is good news. A majority of the causalities in Iraq are coming from RPGs and road side attacks; this would be a major improvement for current convoys. They need to push this through as quickly as possible!
Cool, I was looking for a super computer for my Cal Tech dormroom! Since the schools have an understanding I can fly out to MIT and pick one up! Thanks for the suggestion, I'll tell them Tweekster sent me. ;-)
ARPA and DARPA can be used synonymously; the government could not seem to make up their mind what they wanted to call the agency.
I agree, the ARPANET was designed to allow researchers to communicate and share resources, but the design of the network allowed several nodes to fall off the network (or be blown up by a bomb for dramatic flair) without downing the entire network. In terms surviving a nuclear war, probably not, that would have to be a very robust network for the 1970s.
Being a "mesh network" you hope the hurricane misses a couple of streetlights, and you still a partially working network.
Afterall, that's why DARPA came up with the idea for the Internet in the first place: If one communication link gets taken out, there are still other links to communicate with.
I take issue with the telecom companies trying to regulate what city government can and cannot do with their donated equipment. However, if the city shuts down their equipment and lets it sit inactive until another emergency the telecom companies do not have a problem with this.
What the city should propose to do is use the current emergency services systems (police, fire, etc.) in parallel with the wireless equipment. This would provide a variety of systems to use if one fails in the event of another hurricane. A majority if not all the equipment came from Cisco, which provides a software solution called LMR Over IP. This would ensure a highly redundant solution, just incase another event like hurricane Katrina happens again. This is a far better solution than having equipment sitting there useless, or removing it entirely.
Finally an MP3 player I can wear to the Grammy Awards!
"We brought the Internet into this world, and by God we can take it back out!"
The last time I checked Al-Qaeda uses a rather primitive approach to terrorism. They use incendiary devices in shoes, which often fail, second hand weapons, and other non-technical approaches.
The website for Al-Qaeda should be near the bottom of the list for the defense department.
Everyone has the idea that terrorists will one day hack into the power grid and cripple the stock market. They should focus on protecting the power grids from physical attacks before they start focusing on "cyber terrorism" where they could take the grid by "hacking into the system."
This is a great concept.
Being an IT professional, it is hard to track down solutions to difficult problems using Google alone. If you Google a problem, odds are you are going to wind up finding a message board where someone has the same issue, but no solution has been posted.
Oooooh, Chesus Chriiiist, finally a website that understands me!
You'd think someone at the white house would have at least discovered that if you do an "I'm feeling lucky" search on google for "Worst President Ever" you get linked the the GW's bio on the whitehouse website.
Let them track those statistics!
-5 Flamebate, here I come!
"NBA team owner Mark Cuban" is now internet expert because he HAS A BLOG? Don't get me wrong, having a blog isn't the problem, the problem is having a blog and thinking you are an internet expert because of it.
They make it seem as if the broadband is free. I pay $50 a month to get "6 Mbps," which in reality turns out to only be 3 Mbps, does that give me the right to pay $25, due to poor quality of service on the part of my cable company?
We already pay for speed, which is why dial-up is $9.99 a month, and a T-1 is $200.