Actually a better approach would be to completely lock down the access points that are sold.
When I upgraded my Verizon FIOS service to add TV, the installer gave me a new router: an ActionTec MI424-WR.
The wireless access point was enabled, but it had 64-bit WEP enabled with a password that looked like it was randomly generated. I switched it to WPA PSK and set my own password, but I was impressed that it didn't default to a wide open access point.
At at least 2 airlines I've flown, you will see them write one "S" on your ticket for each flag you set off, which increases your likelihood of being "randomly" selected. The whole random thing is a complete misnomer.
Or it may be printed on there when the boarding pass is generated.
The notation is why TSA wants to see your boarding pass just as you walk through the metal detector: so they can divert you for additional screening.
One time, I stood in line with a couple of other people who were "randomly selected", back when they did a final screening at the gate. We compared boarding passes, and all had the additional marking. So, we started asking each other: what did you do to deserve this?
For me, it was a one-way ticket. My travel agent used to do this when we could save a bunch of money with trips that included a Saturday night stay. I would make a one-way flight on one airline, then a round trip on another airline each weekend to return home until the consulting engagement was finished. It's commonly called "inside-out" booking in the travel industry.
For another, it was an expired driver's license. And a third was someone who somehow missed his planned flight and paid cash for this flight at the last minute.
I subsequently had the same experience on a later flight, booked at the last minute on an airline I had never flown before. When I got pulled aside, I got the little speech about being randomly selected. I told the TSA guy that I flew on a regular basis, and I knew exactly what had caused me to be selected. He smiled and said: "Our definition of random is a little different than other people's".
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However, it should be pointed out that the sting is purely a defensive weapon only and that the "striking" action is an involuntary response rather than a conscious "attack."
Long ago, during a SCUBA certification class, my instructor warned us about sting rays.
Sting rays settle onto the bottom and cover themselves (at least around the edge) with sand, making it very hard to see them. And in a shallow lagoon, you can inadvertantly step on one.
Their involuntary response is to whip their tail up. If the sting ray is big enough, it can plant the barb right in a person's chest. I don't remember if he said it directly, but since the toxin affects heart and respiration rate, releasing the toxin directly into the chest is the worst-case scenario.
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The pre-punch line is also featured in a song frequently played on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show. The lyrics are reproduced here: Wet Dream. It's a series of puns about fish and other aquatic life.
The joke is a bit different:
My barracuda was in the shop
So I was in a rented stingray
And it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell Station
They said I'd blown a seal
I said, "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it, OK pal?"
Yeah, because the only reason WE can't redirect the output from the dilithium matrix through the deflector array to close a rift in the space-time continuum and send Q back home is because we didn't build the Superconducting Supercollider.
It's interesting that you picked the SSC for your example.
John Cramer (a physics professor at the University of Washington) wrote a book entitled Einstein's Bridge. It's what he calls "hard science fiction", about how the SSC was actually built and resulted in an invasion by a hostile intelligence. The protagonists somehow travel back in time and manipulate the political process so that the SSC is never built.
Had he spoken up as soon as he'd discovered hi iPod missing and the suddenly strange behaviour of the flight attendants, they might have brushed off the incident.
RTFA. That's exactly what he did.
The reason he didn't say anything at first is because he thought the seat cover had clogged the toilet.
Oh wait, there's already a drug marketed under the name of Soma?
Wow, I would have never thought a company would be dumb enough to market a drug as "Soma" in the US or UK. Someone in marketing either never read "Brave New World" or forgot about it.
The book was required reading for me, although I don't remember if it was middle or high school.
The poorest areas are not being rebuilt, and it seems like a lot of the aim of the rebuilding efforts so far is to attract businesses and higher-income people than the ones that used to live there. Most of the poor still don't have any homes to return to, and their entire neighborhoods remain wastelands while politicians argue if they should even bother rebuilding them.
They aren't rebuilding the poorest areas because it's more likely to be flooded again. That's a large part of the reason that low-income people lived there: it was cheaper. And it was cheaper because the land was known to be prone to flooding.
How about fibre-to-the-curb or even better, to my demark point instead.
I already have it. 15 megabit/sec down, 2 megabit/sec up. Finally, I have true high-definition TV and static-free phones, as well.
Of course, it depends on where you live. I was fortunate to be in one of the early deployment areas. However, the speed of the service depends on the competition. Where I live, 15/2 is the highest speed for a reasonable price. Elsewhere, people are getting 20/5 (or even higher) for a similar price.
Once it's installed and configured correctly, it has been reliable. But, there have been administrative problems every step along the way.
What ever happened to the stuff with HD-DVD playing at 1/4 the resolution unless your TV supported encryption over HDMI?
It's supposed to be in all of the existing players. But, the enforcement of the down-rez'ing is enabled on a per-disc basis. Movie A might require HDMI for high definition, while Movie B will not.
Most of the studios have announced they will not enable this flag on the discs they distribute until sometime in the future. But as I noted in another posting, I really wonder what will be distributed until then: the movies that no one really wants? Will they release popular movies without the down-rez flag set?
I have a pre-HDMI projection TV. I'm perfectly happy with it, and am not going to run out and buy a replacement just because the movie studios decided to cripple it a few years after I bought it. If HD players drop in price to the point of being an impulse purchase, I might buy one before I replace my TV.
But the studios must clearly label their HD-DVD or BluRay discs to indicate whether it can be viewed in high-definition without HDMI. If it's not labeled and I buy one and find that it's been restricted to standard definition, it's getting returned as defective for a full refund.
Or I may skip the HD player altogether. FIOS TV will be installed at my house in a couple of days, and it includes an HD PVR. I own only a handful of DVDs and rent everything else from NetFlix. For almost the same monthly cost, I can subscribe to several premium HD movie channels and record movies until I'm ready to watch them.
I rarely watch movies more than once, and usually don't find the extra content on DVDs to be interesting. My selection will be limited, but I won't have to worry about whether I can view the movie in high definition.
It's almost like they're TRYING to keep people from buying these new players.
Almost all of the movie studios are releasing the first high-def DVD's without turning on the flag that will require the encrypted HDCP connection to view the high-definition picture. So, those of us that bought large-screen TV's a few years ago (before the HDCP interface was available) will be able to view the movies without being down-rez'ed to standard definition.
My guess is they are avoiding release of popular movies without this flag. But, they risk antagonizing people without an HDCP-enabled display if they release movies with the flag. So, how long do you suppose they will wait?
The Detroit car industry was devastated because of cheaper Japanese imports, was it not? Presumably all cars were manufactured in Japan and Asia and then shipped over to be sold in the US?
No, the US auto industry was devastated by Japanese imports that were perceived to be better. The early Japanese imports were considered to be junk, and didn't make much of a dent in US car sales.
The gasoline shortages in the late 70's and early 80's accelerated the market share of imports. Detroit was behind the curve on fuel efficiency and Japan filled the demand for cars with good gas mileage. But after gasoline was again available at a reasonable price, people decided they liked the imports better and didn't go back to US-manufactured cars.
Therefore, by my argument, if the Japanese auto manufacturers were selling cars in the US but not making them there, then the US government would have taxed them more (kind of like a heavier import duty). This would have kept the US car industry more competitive and therefore helped stop the problem you're describing?
We might still be buying US-made cars, but they'd still be crap. The US auto industry got a huge wake-up call to improve their products and increase fuel efficiency.
I don't know WHERE in the US you get 15 Mbps, but I'm sure that it costs nearly 4X what you're paying.
I get 15 Mbps down / 2 Mbps up for $45/month. I live in one of the areas where Verizon has deployed FIOS -- fiber to side of my house, and a 100 Mbit connection to my firewall.
In some parts of the country, Verizon FIOS subscribers are getting up to 30 Mbps for the same price, due to competitive offerings from the local cable company. Installation technicians have been telling people in this area that we can soon expect an upgrade to 20 Mbps for the same reason.
I believe the deployed technology supports up to 622 Mbps/sec, but a large part of that is reserved for distribution of video.
I'm not going to bother with the rest of your BS, and I hope no one takes it seriously. But, this is a good example of the validity of your posting:
Last time I checked, jet airplane gas was $.30 per gallon at the airports.
You are off by about an order of magnitude. Prices vary according to location, but even the lowest prices are comparable to regular unleaded. For a list of "great deals", see:
Trying to level your command rank was like trying to herd cracked out cats with ADD.
In Planetside, the trick is to get hooked up with a good outfit. Sadly, there are very few. I switched several times before I found one that I liked, and I've been with them for over a year.
However, it may relieve your frustrations, but it won't necessarily make it faster. Good outfits have policies that set priority for who gets to lead a squad and earn CEP. It may take you a while to bubble to the top of the seniority list.
I don't have any real personal stake in the issue, since I don't carry a gun and never will, and the statistics bear out my opinion that you are more likely a magnet for trouble if you do.
I should have addressed this in my original post, but...
The "statistics" that you are citing only imply a correlation, not a causation. If those statistics "proved" that carrying or possessing a gun is a magnet for trouble, then those same statistics provided even stronger "proof" that renting a house/apartment (instead of owning it) is a magnet for trouble.
Having read the source of your "statistics", my opinion is that people tend to buy or carry a gun when they feel they will potentially be a victim of a violent crime. While that fear may be irrational for some, there are many people for which it is reasonable, due to where they live or where they work. As a result, it's not surprising (to me) that people in a high-crime area would be more likely to own/possess a gun.
Anecdotal evidence doesn't mean a whole lot, but I'm just curious, given this particular situation what exactly would having a gun tucked away in your belt do for you? Your assailant is behind you. Their "gun" is supposedly already pointed at your head. They're going to spot you trying to turn hero on them. Do you think you'll just get lucky?
Luck has nothing to do with it. All it takes is practice.
I would have been skeptical too, but I watched a demo using revolvers loaded with Simunition. The cartridge is loaded with a paintball pellet, and the only propellent is a primer. Muzzle velocity is a couple of hundred feet/sec -- it will sting, but not do any damage unless you are hit in the eye.
The "robber" was EXPECTING the "victim" to resist, but the "victim" drew a handgun from a concealed holster and shot the "robber" six times before the "robber" could react.
And that was despite being face-to-face where the "robber" could see exactly what was happened. If the robber is behind you, it actually makes it easier: he can't see what you are doing and you don't have to aim at that range. If he has friends, you just make sure that the one with the gun is disabled. The rest will run away screeming like little girls.
The key is to take advantage of the assailant's reaction time: the amount of time it takes him to recognize what is happening and do something in response. With practice, almost anyone can disable an attacker within that interval of time -- but only if they aren't deprived of the most effective tool to do so.
How do you know auto mechanics don't leave tools inside?
Long ago, I found one sitting on top of the engine of my airplane.
I was selling the plane, and flew it to this particular place for an inspection. Typical pre-purchase inspection of an airplane includes a compression check of each cylinder in the engine. The wrench in question was one used to tighten the reinstalled spark plugs to a specific torque.
I called and asked how they wanted me to ship it back. They wouldn't provide me a UPS/FedEx account number, and I had since sold the plane (and it was too far to drive). I finally just decided to ship it back on my own. But, I had other things to do at the time (it's the reason I sold the plane), so I wasn't in a hurry to do it.
At one point, they were calling every day and getting pretty rude. I always thought it was strange, given the circumstances.
It's useful for the viewers they expect: other EVE players. And every EVE player that has been playing more than a few days knows that EVE's timezone is GMT.
If you are currently in the Eastern Daylight Savings timezone, subtract 4 hours from the above to yield your local time. Everyone else should be able to figure it out from that.
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When I upgraded my Verizon FIOS service to add TV, the installer gave me a new router: an ActionTec MI424-WR.
The wireless access point was enabled, but it had 64-bit WEP enabled with a password that looked like it was randomly generated. I switched it to WPA PSK and set my own password, but I was impressed that it didn't default to a wide open access point.
Or it may be printed on there when the boarding pass is generated.
The notation is why TSA wants to see your boarding pass just as you walk through the metal detector: so they can divert you for additional screening.
One time, I stood in line with a couple of other people who were "randomly selected", back when they did a final screening at the gate. We compared boarding passes, and all had the additional marking. So, we started asking each other: what did you do to deserve this?
For me, it was a one-way ticket. My travel agent used to do this when we could save a bunch of money with trips that included a Saturday night stay. I would make a one-way flight on one airline, then a round trip on another airline each weekend to return home until the consulting engagement was finished. It's commonly called "inside-out" booking in the travel industry.
For another, it was an expired driver's license. And a third was someone who somehow missed his planned flight and paid cash for this flight at the last minute.
I subsequently had the same experience on a later flight, booked at the last minute on an airline I had never flown before. When I got pulled aside, I got the little speech about being randomly selected. I told the TSA guy that I flew on a regular basis, and I knew exactly what had caused me to be selected. He smiled and said: "Our definition of random is a little different than other people's".
Long ago, during a SCUBA certification class, my instructor warned us about sting rays.
Sting rays settle onto the bottom and cover themselves (at least around the edge) with sand, making it very hard to see them. And in a shallow lagoon, you can inadvertantly step on one.
Their involuntary response is to whip their tail up. If the sting ray is big enough, it can plant the barb right in a person's chest. I don't remember if he said it directly, but since the toxin affects heart and respiration rate, releasing the toxin directly into the chest is the worst-case scenario.
The joke is a bit different:
My barracuda was in the shop
So I was in a rented stingray
And it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell Station
They said I'd blown a seal
I said, "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it, OK pal?"
It's interesting that you picked the SSC for your example.
John Cramer (a physics professor at the University of Washington) wrote a book entitled Einstein's Bridge. It's what he calls "hard science fiction", about how the SSC was actually built and resulted in an invasion by a hostile intelligence. The protagonists somehow travel back in time and manipulate the political process so that the SSC is never built.
RTFA. That's exactly what he did.
The reason he didn't say anything at first is because he thought the seat cover had clogged the toilet.
Wow, I would have never thought a company would be dumb enough to market a drug as "Soma" in the US or UK. Someone in marketing either never read "Brave New World" or forgot about it.
The book was required reading for me, although I don't remember if it was middle or high school.
And I'm having an even harder time figuring out why someone modded it "informative".
They aren't rebuilding the poorest areas because it's more likely to be flooded again. That's a large part of the reason that low-income people lived there: it was cheaper. And it was cheaper because the land was known to be prone to flooding.
It's a Super Cub. See this picture:
http://lug.oregonstate.edu/gallery/firefox-crop-ci rcle/dscn1024
Someone else brought a Robinson R22, too:
http://lug.oregonstate.edu/gallery/firefox-crop-ci rcle/mg_5513
I already have it. 15 megabit/sec down, 2 megabit/sec up. Finally, I have true high-definition TV and static-free phones, as well.
Of course, it depends on where you live. I was fortunate to be in one of the early deployment areas. However, the speed of the service depends on the competition. Where I live, 15/2 is the highest speed for a reasonable price. Elsewhere, people are getting 20/5 (or even higher) for a similar price.
Once it's installed and configured correctly, it has been reliable. But, there have been administrative problems every step along the way.
The numbers in the GP posting are population, not salary.
It's supposed to be in all of the existing players. But, the enforcement of the down-rez'ing is enabled on a per-disc basis. Movie A might require HDMI for high definition, while Movie B will not.
Most of the studios have announced they will not enable this flag on the discs they distribute until sometime in the future. But as I noted in another posting, I really wonder what will be distributed until then: the movies that no one really wants? Will they release popular movies without the down-rez flag set?
I have a pre-HDMI projection TV. I'm perfectly happy with it, and am not going to run out and buy a replacement just because the movie studios decided to cripple it a few years after I bought it. If HD players drop in price to the point of being an impulse purchase, I might buy one before I replace my TV.
But the studios must clearly label their HD-DVD or BluRay discs to indicate whether it can be viewed in high-definition without HDMI. If it's not labeled and I buy one and find that it's been restricted to standard definition, it's getting returned as defective for a full refund.
Or I may skip the HD player altogether. FIOS TV will be installed at my house in a couple of days, and it includes an HD PVR. I own only a handful of DVDs and rent everything else from NetFlix. For almost the same monthly cost, I can subscribe to several premium HD movie channels and record movies until I'm ready to watch them.
I rarely watch movies more than once, and usually don't find the extra content on DVDs to be interesting. My selection will be limited, but I won't have to worry about whether I can view the movie in high definition.
Almost all of the movie studios are releasing the first high-def DVD's without turning on the flag that will require the encrypted HDCP connection to view the high-definition picture. So, those of us that bought large-screen TV's a few years ago (before the HDCP interface was available) will be able to view the movies without being down-rez'ed to standard definition.
My guess is they are avoiding release of popular movies without this flag. But, they risk antagonizing people without an HDCP-enabled display if they release movies with the flag. So, how long do you suppose they will wait?
No, the US auto industry was devastated by Japanese imports that were perceived to be better. The early Japanese imports were considered to be junk, and didn't make much of a dent in US car sales.
The gasoline shortages in the late 70's and early 80's accelerated the market share of imports. Detroit was behind the curve on fuel efficiency and Japan filled the demand for cars with good gas mileage. But after gasoline was again available at a reasonable price, people decided they liked the imports better and didn't go back to US-manufactured cars.
Therefore, by my argument, if the Japanese auto manufacturers were selling cars in the US but not making them there, then the US government would have taxed them more (kind of like a heavier import duty). This would have kept the US car industry more competitive and therefore helped stop the problem you're describing?
We might still be buying US-made cars, but they'd still be crap. The US auto industry got a huge wake-up call to improve their products and increase fuel efficiency.
I get 15 Mbps down / 2 Mbps up for $45/month. I live in one of the areas where Verizon has deployed FIOS -- fiber to side of my house, and a 100 Mbit connection to my firewall.
In some parts of the country, Verizon FIOS subscribers are getting up to 30 Mbps for the same price, due to competitive offerings from the local cable company. Installation technicians have been telling people in this area that we can soon expect an upgrade to 20 Mbps for the same reason.
I believe the deployed technology supports up to 622 Mbps/sec, but a large part of that is reserved for distribution of video.
Last time I checked, jet airplane gas was $.30 per gallon at the airports.
You are off by about an order of magnitude. Prices vary according to location, but even the lowest prices are comparable to regular unleaded. For a list of "great deals", see:
http://airnav.com/fuel/greatdeals/
In Planetside, the trick is to get hooked up with a good outfit. Sadly, there are very few. I switched several times before I found one that I liked, and I've been with them for over a year.
However, it may relieve your frustrations, but it won't necessarily make it faster. Good outfits have policies that set priority for who gets to lead a squad and earn CEP. It may take you a while to bubble to the top of the seniority list.
I should have addressed this in my original post, but...
The "statistics" that you are citing only imply a correlation, not a causation. If those statistics "proved" that carrying or possessing a gun is a magnet for trouble, then those same statistics provided even stronger "proof" that renting a house/apartment (instead of owning it) is a magnet for trouble.
Having read the source of your "statistics", my opinion is that people tend to buy or carry a gun when they feel they will potentially be a victim of a violent crime. While that fear may be irrational for some, there are many people for which it is reasonable, due to where they live or where they work. As a result, it's not surprising (to me) that people in a high-crime area would be more likely to own/possess a gun.
Luck has nothing to do with it. All it takes is practice.
I would have been skeptical too, but I watched a demo using revolvers loaded with Simunition. The cartridge is loaded with a paintball pellet, and the only propellent is a primer. Muzzle velocity is a couple of hundred feet/sec -- it will sting, but not do any damage unless you are hit in the eye.
The "robber" was EXPECTING the "victim" to resist, but the "victim" drew a handgun from a concealed holster and shot the "robber" six times before the "robber" could react.
And that was despite being face-to-face where the "robber" could see exactly what was happened. If the robber is behind you, it actually makes it easier: he can't see what you are doing and you don't have to aim at that range. If he has friends, you just make sure that the one with the gun is disabled. The rest will run away screeming like little girls.
The key is to take advantage of the assailant's reaction time: the amount of time it takes him to recognize what is happening and do something in response. With practice, almost anyone can disable an attacker within that interval of time -- but only if they aren't deprived of the most effective tool to do so.
Long ago, I found one sitting on top of the engine of my airplane.
I was selling the plane, and flew it to this particular place for an inspection. Typical pre-purchase inspection of an airplane includes a compression check of each cylinder in the engine. The wrench in question was one used to tighten the reinstalled spark plugs to a specific torque.
I called and asked how they wanted me to ship it back. They wouldn't provide me a UPS/FedEx account number, and I had since sold the plane (and it was too far to drive). I finally just decided to ship it back on my own. But, I had other things to do at the time (it's the reason I sold the plane), so I wasn't in a hurry to do it.
At one point, they were calling every day and getting pretty rude. I always thought it was strange, given the circumstances.
RTFA (and the moderator that marked your posting insightful should do the same).
Carruthers was arrested by FBI agents in Dallas on Sunday afternoon as he was returning to his home in Costa Rica from a trip to the United Kingdom.
It's useful for the viewers they expect: other EVE players. And every EVE player that has been playing more than a few days knows that EVE's timezone is GMT.
If you are currently in the Eastern Daylight Savings timezone, subtract 4 hours from the above to yield your local time. Everyone else should be able to figure it out from that.
Three days: 12/20-12/23. Technically it was 2-1/2 days, although it took about 12 hours to get everything running again.