All of the alarms I've seen use a spare twisted pair for an encrypted signal, which is monitored constantly... as soon as the line is cut, the monitoring facility dispatches police.
Now if you are using an unmonitored alarm system, you would be SOL, but an unmonitored system has almost zero value anyway, other than to annoy the neighbors should it be triggered.
Emergency vehicles where I live already control the traffic lights using rapidly strobing lights.
The traffic lights go red for every lane EXCEPT the one from which the emergency vehicle is approaching, which will be green, helping to clear a path...
Trillian is "free as in beer"... they also have a pay-for-use client, but the free client is far better than ICQ and AIM and Yahoo and IRC all in different applications... and arguably better than any one of the above...
On most cel plans in the states, SMS costs more than making a voice call (voice calls are usually a flat rate for the month unless usage crosses a threshold)... SMS is usually charged per message (although bulk purchases of SMS are becoming more common).
I've had three different cable modem accounts with different providers over the years...
a) any service is ok (although they warn about the dangers of running open services, especially Windows file and printer sharing) b) no excess use charges c) no difference in throughput at all hours d) upstream bandwidth is capped, 384K on two of the accounts, 512K on the other e) true... pretty inconsequential concern, anybody at your ISP can and IS snooping your connection as well
For some crimes, we do brand them... at least, with information.
Nothing like having the police walk around the neighborhood saying, "I'm here to inform you that Joe Schmoe who lives up the block at 123 XYZ is a convicted sex offender. Have a nice day."
If you think it is possible to carry fire arms in the US, just try it some time... you'll be arrested before you can say "right to bear arms" in 99% of the locations you might try it.
The right to bear arms extends only as far as the local regime wants it to, which is usually restricted to law enforcement.
Hmmm... questionable, sounds like about the same noise level
emits a knee-buckling shriek that prompts Polifka to clap his hands over his ears and sends others staggering away
Oh my... this is just insane enough to work, especially given the current political atmosphere of anything to provide a stronger false sense of security
You know, somebody once said that a rational argument is over as soon as somebody mentions nazis... in this case, however, I think it is the governments who brought them to mind, not me.
$50/licence and we'll send you several-months-in-advance "engineering samples" of new OSes before they are released so you can test with your hardware, provided you include a copy with every PC sold.
$100/licence and we'll send you 3-day-in-advance "engineering samples", if you sell even one machine without a copy of windows.
The SentryKey (tm) used by Jeep (and maybe other Daimler-Chrysler divisions) uses a radio transponder embedded in the handle of the key... it gets it's power from the radio pulse given by the modified ignition switch... in other words, the radio challenge signal provides the power for the response... very simple, very cool.
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Have you checked out Booble?
All of the alarms I've seen use a spare twisted pair for an encrypted signal, which is monitored constantly ... as soon as the line is cut, the monitoring facility dispatches police.
Now if you are using an unmonitored alarm system, you would be SOL, but an unmonitored system has almost zero value anyway, other than to annoy the neighbors should it be triggered.
Emergency vehicles where I live already control the traffic lights using rapidly strobing lights.
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The traffic lights go red for every lane EXCEPT the one from which the emergency vehicle is approaching, which will be green, helping to clear a path
A better analogy might be:
Poor household wiring means better job security for firefighters.
And Jerry Pournelle successfully campaigned to have Microsoft add an option to Word just for him. Which one?
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That option is still there to this day.
Dang, it must be nice to be able to tell Bill Gates what to do once in a while!
May I be the first to say "Well, DUH!"
Trillian is "free as in beer" ... they also have a pay-for-use client, but the free client is far better than ICQ and AIM and Yahoo and IRC all in different applications ... and arguably better than any one of the above ...
I find it amusing that you abbreviated "Duke Nukem Forever" as DNF ... when that is a common race abbreviation for "Did Not Finish" ...
On most cel plans in the states, SMS costs more than making a voice call (voice calls are usually a flat rate for the month unless usage crosses a threshold) ... SMS is usually charged per message (although bulk purchases of SMS are becoming more common).
Could you define "typically"?
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... pretty inconsequential concern, anybody at your ISP can and IS snooping your connection as well
I've had three different cable modem accounts with different providers over the years
a) any service is ok (although they warn about the dangers of running open services, especially Windows file and printer sharing)
b) no excess use charges
c) no difference in throughput at all hours
d) upstream bandwidth is capped, 384K on two of the accounts, 512K on the other
e) true
For some crimes, we do brand them ... at least, with information.
Nothing like having the police walk around the neighborhood saying, "I'm here to inform you that Joe Schmoe who lives up the block at 123 XYZ is a convicted sex offender. Have a nice day."
I think some people are more annoyed that people will know that:
A) Susie doesn't wear a bra most days
B) Janie wears tiger-striped thongs
The hub-bub isn't so much about the RFID's you CAN see, but about the embedded ones that you can NOT see and are therefore hard to remove.
If you think it is possible to carry fire arms in the US, just try it some time ... you'll be arrested before you can say "right to bear arms" in 99% of the locations you might try it.
The right to bear arms extends only as far as the local regime wants it to, which is usually restricted to law enforcement.
True, but compilations of facts have been determined to be copyrightable (such as each individual phonebook).
It is a weird and not entirely logical batch of case law.
You have my Word on it!
Hmmm ... questionable, sounds like about the same noise level
emits a knee-buckling shriek that prompts Polifka to clap his hands over his ears and sends others staggering away
I have a feeling this device just might be louder than a 10,000rpm disk drive ...
Oh my ... this is just insane enough to work, especially given the current political atmosphere of anything to provide a stronger false sense of security
*thick german accent* "Papers?"
... in this case, however, I think it is the governments who brought them to mind, not me.
You know, somebody once said that a rational argument is over as soon as somebody mentions nazis
I'd want internal illumination with bubble channels ... my own "Wurlitzer Bubblematic PC"
How is it done? Like this:
$50/licence and we'll send you several-months-in-advance "engineering samples" of new OSes before they are released so you can test with your hardware, provided you include a copy with every PC sold.
$100/licence and we'll send you 3-day-in-advance "engineering samples", if you sell even one machine without a copy of windows.
And exactly what punishment for an OEM who testifies to this?
Doubt if that is an issue.
... it gets it's power from the radio pulse given by the modified ignition switch ... in other words, the radio challenge signal provides the power for the response ... very simple, very cool.
The SentryKey (tm) used by Jeep (and maybe other Daimler-Chrysler divisions) uses a radio transponder embedded in the handle of the key
Then you are known as a JavaScript coder