You seriously believe that the federal government will make a decision about something like TSA-style "security" on trains, based on actual risks?
Yes, you can argue all you want about why it's stupid to do so, but the fact remains that there is clearly motion toward that direction in the US, and it's not at all unthinkable that you'll have to deal with the TSA when boarding Amtrak at some point in the not too distant future. Regardless of if it is a good idea.
The only place where it makes sense when considering cost and time is if you are planning to be in Florida for over 3 weeks or so, IIRC. For just a 1 week or so vacation, flying down and renting wins hands-down.
But then again, I don't put anything there I wouldn't mind the whole world seeing. I really don't understand how this is so confusing to people -- treat everything you give to Facebook as public, anything else is just insanity.
(Predictably, www.facebook.org/Leebert, if you care.)
To be honest, I haven't gone all the way back there in years, but I do know that coming out of the Shell Station on my motorcycle and navigating around the potholes always makes me nervous.:)
But yes, they realigned the road a couple of years ago, so it's in pretty good shape from the middle of the Shell to the NSA gate.
I was trying to make a (humorous) point that it's a museum that's really tucked away, and you have to know it's there. So it's no surprise that its existence isn't widely known. Though I *think* there's actually a sign on the B/W Parkway now.
Yes, because it's hidden down a road with potholes large enough to lose a small semi in. And to get to it, you need to all but drive up to the scary looking gates of the NSA before turning down said hidden road.
This *does* make him less reliable and he is less consistently available to work when scheduled.
Sounds like a problem which will take care of itself, if the employer is smart. If the employer isn't smart (and quite a few of them softstep around afraid to fire anybody for being useless), serves 'em right.
If the employer doesn't notice any effects of the drugs on the job the employee is doing, then either it's not an issue, or the employer isn't paying enough attention, and thus there's a bigger issue.
Obvious solution: Virtual box under linux will let you run whatever windows you want. Its graphic drivers are not good enough for most new 3D games (yet), but it certainly will let you do online banking...
Big VirtualBox fan here (though usually the other way around, Linux on Windows.)
The problem with the solution you're proposing is that VBox requires you to have a valid Windows license. (And a "restore CD" just doesn't cut it...)
For some people, that's a non-starter, and half the point of Wine is to avoid that situation.
Generally the requester is charged, however, it depends upon the FOIA request. There are some exemptions for certain types of data and certain types of requests. For example, news media are given extra leeway under FOIA.
I work as a maintenance engineer within the oil and gas industry and I can tell you that a large portion of my time is spent reverse engineering crap that is documented only in some old fart's head who retired several years earlier.
They should take a lesson from those of us in the IT industry! Oh, wait...
This is somewhat misleading. Interstate highways and US routes are funded in large part by the Federal government. Granted a part of that also comes from fuel taxes, but not all of it. The Maryland transportation trust fund has quite a few sources of revenue, not just motor vehicles.
Sources of funds include motor fuel taxes, motor vehicle excise (titling) taxes, motor vehicle fees (registrations, licenses and other fees), and federal-aid. In addition, the Trust Fund also includes corporate income taxes, sales and use taxes, operating revenues (e.g., transit fares, port fees, airport fees), and bond proceeds. Federal-aid projections are based on current appropriations and the match required to meet capital program cashflow requirements. Bonds are issued to support the cashflow requirements of the planned capital program while maintaining debt coverage requirements.
And I'm really weirded out that you live in Maryland.
I walk up behind people and say "Could you stand to the right, please?" in Washington, and it works fine. Don't have to do it during the day, usually. Perhaps at the tourist stops, but I don't use those.
I don't know about the UK. My comment was US specific. I was under the impression that this thread was discussing the general case, not specifically the UK.
The Social Security Act as amended contains many provisions designed to help child support agencies collect support when noncustodial parents or their income and assets are hard to find, including two which relate to driver’s licenses. The act mandates that states enact and implement laws requiring the recording of social security numbers (SSN) of any applicants for a driver’s license on the application. State CSE programs rely on SSNs to locate the addresses, income, and assets of noncustodial parents. Motor vehicle agencies (MVA) can be a valuable source of SSNs that CSE programs have difficulty obtaining elsewhere. The act also requires that states have laws requiring procedures to suspend, withhold, or restrict the driver’s licenses of noncustodial parents who are delinquent in their child support payments.
The Fox channel in Washington D.C. became aware that photographers were being hassled by security in Union Station (the train station in Washington), so they dispatched a reporter and a crew to do a story on it. So they're interviewing the head spokesman for Amtrak, who is explaining that there aren't any laws or rules against photography inside the train station...when a security guard comes up and tells the TV crew they'll have to turn the cameras off.
And as I recall from the video, the security guard refused to take the Amtrak spokesperson's direction to back off.
Well... The top fuel is one of those intense, short duration experiences... You feel it in your chest, your eardrums bottom out, but it's short-lived. (as you know)
The shuttle is interesting. It seems to vary a good bit based on things such as weather. I'm certain it varies based on distance, I watch it from the Kennedy Space Center causeway, which is about 6 miles or so from the launch tower.
The sound at that distance isn't particularly loud, it seems to peak in the 106ish db range. But it feels more like it's moving the earth ground rumbling than affecting you, if that makes sense... I've heard it set off a couple of car alarms before, so it's nothing to sneeze at. It gets kind of poppy for a bit, right around max-q.
Of course, at that distance, it takes almost half a minute for the sound to actually reach you after take off, and with the diffusion that happens, it isn't quite as pronounced and crisp. (Yeesh, I'm starting to sound like an analog record nut, sorry...)
I guess if I had to sum it up, the dragsters you feel in your body, the shuttle you feel a lot by your feet.
The real thing that's always amazing isn't so much the sound as it is the light. It's something that has to be seen in person to truly understand the luminosity. The analogy I give is this: Imagine videotaping a road flare. The video can't truly reproduce the experience of seeing it with your eyes. Same for the shuttle, it's so surprisingly bright, if all you've seen is video of it.
Anyway, make the pilgrimage. If for no other reason than to be able to tell people you saw it with your own eyes. It's a great experience, and one I'm truly, truly going to miss.
A select quote: "The IEEE 802.3ab standard deals with one of the four physical layer specifications. It gives GbE customers the ability to use existing 100BASE-TX CAT5 cabling with 1000BASE-T."
She had a bug up her butt, that's for sure. But I just didn't say anything and wandered back, because the alternative would be for my sarcastic self to rear his ugly head.:)
BTW, cool on the pilot thing. I'm hoping maybe to start on my license this fall, if both schedule and money cooperate.
No, sir, I have not, but I've heard about it. I guess now since I work in the District right across the water, I should probably take some time one day to head over there and check it out. Heck, maybe I'll hop on the bike this weekend.
What I *really* want to do is go see St. Maarten airport some time.
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my book says that Jesus makes me imortal. (sic)
It says that people have eternal souls, irrespective of their belief in Jesus. It says nothing of their physical bodies lasting eternally.
You may not believe it, and that's fine, but at least get it right if you're going to mock it.
You seriously believe that the federal government will make a decision about something like TSA-style "security" on trains, based on actual risks?
Yes, you can argue all you want about why it's stupid to do so, but the fact remains that there is clearly motion toward that direction in the US, and it's not at all unthinkable that you'll have to deal with the TSA when boarding Amtrak at some point in the not too distant future. Regardless of if it is a good idea.
That's the way I always heard it pronounced in the 90's, until apparently people started thinking "McAfee" is spelled "MacAfee".
I guess I've heard enough people talking about fixin' to go down to the Mac-Donalds that I shouldn't be surprised...
Have you ever looked into the Amtrak auto train?
The only place where it makes sense when considering cost and time is if you are planning to be in Florida for over 3 weeks or so, IIRC. For just a 1 week or so vacation, flying down and renting wins hands-down.
Who DOESNT set their facebook as friends-only?
Me.
But then again, I don't put anything there I wouldn't mind the whole world seeing. I really don't understand how this is so confusing to people -- treat everything you give to Facebook as public, anything else is just insanity.
(Predictably, www.facebook.org/Leebert, if you care.)
To be honest, I haven't gone all the way back there in years, but I do know that coming out of the Shell Station on my motorcycle and navigating around the potholes always makes me nervous. :)
But yes, they realigned the road a couple of years ago, so it's in pretty good shape from the middle of the Shell to the NSA gate.
I was trying to make a (humorous) point that it's a museum that's really tucked away, and you have to know it's there. So it's no surprise that its existence isn't widely known. Though I *think* there's actually a sign on the B/W Parkway now.
Most people might not be aware of it
Yes, because it's hidden down a road with potholes large enough to lose a small semi in. And to get to it, you need to all but drive up to the scary looking gates of the NSA before turning down said hidden road.
Umm, you are aware that this guy is closely involved with Julian Assange in running Wikileaks, which leaked tons of US classified information, right?
No, they didn't. Someone who had access the information leaked the information to Wikileaks. Wikileaks merely published the leaked information.
Yes. NASA is full of excessively witty names (by geek definition) for IT projects.
The best one, IMO, is NOMAD (NASA Operational Messaging and Directory or something like that), the Agency's MS Exchange system.
Fairly well named, if you ask me: It is flawed, and imperfect.
Or the shoe bomber, or the Times Square bomber, the list goes on.
...the DC snipers...
This *does* make him less reliable and he is less consistently available to work when scheduled.
Sounds like a problem which will take care of itself, if the employer is smart. If the employer isn't smart (and quite a few of them softstep around afraid to fire anybody for being useless), serves 'em right.
If the employer doesn't notice any effects of the drugs on the job the employee is doing, then either it's not an issue, or the employer isn't paying enough attention, and thus there's a bigger issue.
Obvious solution: Virtual box under linux will let you run whatever windows you want. Its graphic drivers are not good enough for most new 3D games (yet), but it certainly will let you do online banking...
Big VirtualBox fan here (though usually the other way around, Linux on Windows.)
The problem with the solution you're proposing is that VBox requires you to have a valid Windows license. (And a "restore CD" just doesn't cut it...)
For some people, that's a non-starter, and half the point of Wine is to avoid that situation.
Who funds the process of replying?
Generally the requester is charged, however, it depends upon the FOIA request. There are some exemptions for certain types of data and certain types of requests. For example, news media are given extra leeway under FOIA.
I work as a maintenance engineer within the oil and gas industry and I can tell you that a large portion of my time is spent reverse engineering crap that is documented only in some old fart's head who retired several years earlier.
They should take a lesson from those of us in the IT industry! Oh, wait...
This is somewhat misleading. Interstate highways and US routes are funded in large part by the Federal government. Granted a part of that also comes from fuel taxes, but not all of it. The Maryland transportation trust fund has quite a few sources of revenue, not just motor vehicles.
From http://www.mdot.maryland.gov/Transportation%20Revenues%20and%20Expenses/TransportationFund.html :
Sources of funds include motor fuel taxes, motor vehicle excise (titling) taxes, motor vehicle fees (registrations, licenses and other fees), and federal-aid. In addition, the Trust Fund also includes corporate income taxes, sales and use taxes, operating revenues (e.g., transit fares, port fees, airport fees), and bond proceeds. Federal-aid projections are based on current appropriations and the match required to meet capital program cashflow requirements. Bonds are issued to support the cashflow requirements of the planned capital program while maintaining debt coverage requirements.
And I'm really weirded out that you live in Maryland.
I walk up behind people and say "Could you stand to the right, please?" in Washington, and it works fine. Don't have to do it during the day, usually. Perhaps at the tourist stops, but I don't use those.
If you say so. "UK Gov't Launches 'Your Freedom' Website To Seek Laws Worth Repealing " may not be the most general of cases.
What does the story title have to do with this thread? I said that I was under the impression that the thread was discussing the general case.
And again, as I said, I do not know about the UK.
can you point to the laws you refer to being invoked or used in some specific case in the US?
About 35 seconds in Google:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=6KY&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=+site:expertlaw.com+drivers+license+suspended+child+support&sa=X&ei=dEEyTIHyNsKB8gak1rmMAw&ved=0CD4QrQIwBA
I don't know about the UK. My comment was US specific. I was under the impression that this thread was discussing the general case, not specifically the UK.
Some quick googling gave me, from the GAO: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02239.pdf
They even presented to the security guards the very letter that granted the photographers permission, and they were still stopped.
The video isn't available anymore, but there was a great episode that happened a couple of years ago at DC's Union Station. From: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/06/union-station-p.html
And as I recall from the video, the security guard refused to take the Amtrak spokesperson's direction to back off.
I have yet to hear of a credible story of the government revoking a driver's license for no reason.
It's done fairly often for failing to pay child support, an offense that has nothing to do with your capability to safely operate a vehicle.
Well... The top fuel is one of those intense, short duration experiences... You feel it in your chest, your eardrums bottom out, but it's short-lived. (as you know)
The shuttle is interesting. It seems to vary a good bit based on things such as weather. I'm certain it varies based on distance, I watch it from the Kennedy Space Center causeway, which is about 6 miles or so from the launch tower.
The sound at that distance isn't particularly loud, it seems to peak in the 106ish db range. But it feels more like it's moving the earth ground rumbling than affecting you, if that makes sense... I've heard it set off a couple of car alarms before, so it's nothing to sneeze at. It gets kind of poppy for a bit, right around max-q.
Of course, at that distance, it takes almost half a minute for the sound to actually reach you after take off, and with the diffusion that happens, it isn't quite as pronounced and crisp. (Yeesh, I'm starting to sound like an analog record nut, sorry...)
I guess if I had to sum it up, the dragsters you feel in your body, the shuttle you feel a lot by your feet.
The real thing that's always amazing isn't so much the sound as it is the light. It's something that has to be seen in person to truly understand the luminosity. The analogy I give is this: Imagine videotaping a road flare. The video can't truly reproduce the experience of seeing it with your eyes. Same for the shuttle, it's so surprisingly bright, if all you've seen is video of it.
Anyway, make the pilgrimage. If for no other reason than to be able to tell people you saw it with your own eyes. It's a great experience, and one I'm truly, truly going to miss.
Yep. IEEE 802.3ab, which I cannot cite because I do not have a copy, but every credible reference I've seen indicates category 5 cable as the minimum.
For example: http://docs.hp.com/en//784/copper_final.pdf
A select quote: "The IEEE 802.3ab standard deals with one of the four physical layer specifications. It gives GbE customers the ability to use existing 100BASE-TX CAT5 cabling with 1000BASE-T."
She had a bug up her butt, that's for sure. But I just didn't say anything and wandered back, because the alternative would be for my sarcastic self to rear his ugly head. :)
BTW, cool on the pilot thing. I'm hoping maybe to start on my license this fall, if both schedule and money cooperate.
There are plenty of NICs and switches that say Cat-5 is fine. However, according to the spec, it isn't. You need Cat-5e.
Incorrect. The standard calls for minimum category 5 cable, not 5e. In fact, the 1000BASE-T standard pre-dates the category 5e standard.
No, sir, I have not, but I've heard about it. I guess now since I work in the District right across the water, I should probably take some time one day to head over there and check it out. Heck, maybe I'll hop on the bike this weekend.
What I *really* want to do is go see St. Maarten airport some time.