Might be easier to just route everything through a VPN instead of jumping carriers... of course that assumes that VPNs aren't blocked by your carrier for this very reason. I'm sure they could come up with a justification for VPN being a "business class" service which requires a hefty additional fee of some sort. You know, just in case it means that they are missing out on double billing you for bits they cannot see/classify/bill you for.
Except perhaps doing new things, learning new skills, and taking whatever measures one deems prudent for comfort and safety while adventuring.
True, but all too often I see people who use technology as a crutch, especially out in wilderness areas. Instead of taking the time to learn a new skill, all too often people simply jump right in before realizing what they are getting into. I am all for people doing new things, especially when they involve experiencing the outdoors, but being informed is critical. Thus, it would seem important to know what the anticipated need of radio communications is. It would probably also be helpful to know what he/she is doing in the mountains. I would not necessarily recommend a huge heavy radio to someone who is trying to hike the Great Divide Trail at a world record pace. But, if he/she is out for a morning of bird watching, then what gear is appropriate for the trip changes substantially.
Although I subscribe to the "you are in the wilderness for a reason" school of thought, it would help to know why you are looking for some sort of radio link to the outside world. Do you need it for emergencies or checking the latest Slashdot articles? Understanding your intended use will help narrow the suggestions thrown at you.
If you only want it for emergencies, then nothing beats having the skills to do what you are doing and the buddy system. Enjoy the outdoors, not carrying an extra 3 pounds of gear. YMMV.
I agree that it could very well be just a few renderings, but the idea that they are developing a crew capsule with multiple launch vehicles in mind is what interests me. It is a large departure from the old system. So, while the effort may be more a product of Boeing's marketing and art departments than their aerospace engineers, it shows the culture change that the older aerospace/defense contractors are having to undergo to be competitive in the new world of commercialized aerospace endeavors.
It is an attempt at a money grab from the government, that part certainly is not changing, but aerospace has always relied on heavy subsidies from the government since it is typically cutting edge technology which may not have immediately recognizable consumer applications (something which shareholders are not crazy about since they are typically short term thinkers).
Interesting that Boeing has finally weighed in with something new for human space transport and that their offering looks very much like a commodity product. Somewhat surprising for such a larger organization that is used to fat government contracts with no competition past the initial bidding. That the capsule will be able to launch on a variety of rockets will hopefully be a boon to the budding commercial space industry. My only fear is that this is a Microsoft-type extend and embrace move to smother the pesky upstarts in the field (e.g. SpaceX, Armadillo, etc.).
Regardless, it is nice to see that the government and private sectors will soon have an ability to choose, it sure beats the old system.
Why assume that it is Android that they are copying? It could still end up being a really kicking clone of WinMo 6.5 (or at least as kicking as WinMo gets).
Is the Memory Hole anything like the Money Hole that I saw featured on The Onion News Network ( http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-should-the-government-stop-dumping-mon,14289/ )? Because I am personally in favor of personal money holes. People should be able to dump their money in a hole of their own choosing.
Dude... don't pick on Atlanta. That's not cool. I hear that they have an awesome airport and in the future, hopefully, it will be underwater and inhabited by mer-people.
Whether the student understands 9/11 or not shouldn't matter. All of our decisions as a society should not be based on a singular event. That she is 19 does not matter except to note that she is an adult with all of the rights and privileges so entitled.
Nowhere in any of the articles I have read did the woman suggest that she thought the situation was funny. Regardless, going on the premise that you suggest that she apologize... apologize to who? To the police officers for exceeding their authority? To the information kiosk woman for not answering her question? Perhaps to the people of the United States for reminding us once again that as a country we love to make a big deal about nothing.
Fujitsu still makes hard drives, but only Ultra 320 SCSI drives. We use them at work becuase they are nice drives and are at lower price-point compared to other SCSI HDD vendors.
Fujitsu only did away with their consumer level drive unit.
This is a bit misleading, as not all parts of the "Government" have a policy such as this. All of the work that we do in my "Goverment" organization is availiable via FoIA requests, so in general we don't limit our users with stupid policies regarding USB sticks.
I'm not sure why it should matter at all. If you are already resigned to the fact that a malicious person would still be able to do something or steal data, then why punish other individuals who use USB storage devices for the hypothetical Forces of Good. In my organization, we have several users who use USB sticks so that they can take their work home with them and we're supposed to encourage/enable them to do it (as the Admins).
But for what it's worth, we are not a bank or the military, so our policies reflect the laid back nature of our organization.
You're analogy is nowhere near being correct (it is a good try though). When I buy clothes, I look at them before I buy them. I'm not blindfolded by security everytime I walk into Macy's and left to blindly pull things from the shelves. I only buy clothes that I like after looking at them and the other options. And I certainly wouldn't buy one nice shirt if it meant that I had to spend a small truckload of cash on 12 other ugly shirts that I wouldn't use as fire tinder. I'm not advocating stealing, just trying to point out a crappy analogy.
I would agree that it is quite a harsh judgement against Qmail. I'm not running Qmail now, but I've tried it out in the past (I used the www.qmailrocks.org ideology/implementation) and the alleged "open spam relay" issue isn't mentioned in that documentation either. Of couse the docs go on to talk about that dude's preferences and "best practices" in setting up qmail to expand upon the groundwork to protect against spam and such, but I would have to suspect that Qmail is much too big to have such a glaring issue such as that be open to all (although I could be proven wrong... perhaps by someone like MSFT).
I was impressed about the level to which the guy has thought out how much in the way of CPU cycles/ memory/bandwidth it will cost him to implement different filtering methods. Kudos to him for sticking with Sendmail through thick and thin.
So what is the point of this article? To taunt us with their l33t importing skills. And then to flaunt their superior Canadian hops?
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Although I agree that turnitin.com is a useful resource for teachers, I've had my own issues with it before for an upper-level university history class. I "turned it in" to the website and it gave me a bad "originality score" because there were many many lines of text that were copied from other sources on the internet. Nevermind the fact that the copied lines were actually the footnotes that had to be there to prove that I got my ideas from somewhere.
When you turn in a 20 page paper with 100+ footnotes the bloody site, used to at least, gives you a horrible score and thinks that it is a "bought paper". At least it shows the student the pieces that it thinks have been copied and it is very obvious what had happened. But still, is this not just creating more work for Teaching Assistants who are already not paid enough for the grief that I gave them?
Strangely enough, ClearChannel was one of the backers of XM when they were first getting started. It was that alone that made me hesitant to sign up as I wasn't sure what kind of a path they would take. Even today, the 2 or 3 rebroadcast FM music stations that gent sent out over XM's signals are ClearChannel stations, although I'm not sure about the talk side of XM's offerings.
-Bex
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An easy way to opt-out is to just not carry a phone. It's a cheap way too. Easy-squeazy.
WEP doesn't work at 11 Mbps, but rather 2 Mbps. 802.11b can reach 11 Mbps but only when all the nifty security features are turned off. It's a sad choice of two evils, but thankfully that choice seems to have been made for me now:~)
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never hurts to give a call to old Dr. Jack Daniels
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half bravery and half stupidity.
what you use the courage for is up for personal interpretation
I agree with MSwanson on this one. And I am really disappointed that people moded up such a comment as that. I'll probably get a troll's rating for this, but there are some things that are better left unsaid.
Besides, who said that the Linux community can't "extend and embrace" Microsoft;~) maybe MSwanson is a secret agent penguin or something and checking out the big capitalists from the inside (It never hurts to dream even if its probably not true).
I am still hoping to see Transmeta laptops become mainstream, but with this latest move by IBM it makes me wonder if something is wrong with the way that the chips perform. This is not ment to bash Transmeta, but it may very well be that they did not work out very good in the price/preformance catagory for IBM to implement right now.
We all know the what Transmeta "promises" to deliever, but who said it has to come in the first generation of their chips?
Thank you for your comments, they have been taken into condsideration despite the fact that you can not spell nor are even sure enough of yourself to post your username and e-mail. It's good to see that there are still meatheads out there to make democracy work the way it does. Have a nice day.
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Might be easier to just route everything through a VPN instead of jumping carriers... of course that assumes that VPNs aren't blocked by your carrier for this very reason. I'm sure they could come up with a justification for VPN being a "business class" service which requires a hefty additional fee of some sort. You know, just in case it means that they are missing out on double billing you for bits they cannot see/classify/bill you for.
Except perhaps doing new things, learning new skills, and taking whatever measures one deems prudent for comfort and safety while adventuring.
True, but all too often I see people who use technology as a crutch, especially out in wilderness areas. Instead of taking the time to learn a new skill, all too often people simply jump right in before realizing what they are getting into. I am all for people doing new things, especially when they involve experiencing the outdoors, but being informed is critical. Thus, it would seem important to know what the anticipated need of radio communications is. It would probably also be helpful to know what he/she is doing in the mountains. I would not necessarily recommend a huge heavy radio to someone who is trying to hike the Great Divide Trail at a world record pace. But, if he/she is out for a morning of bird watching, then what gear is appropriate for the trip changes substantially.
Although I subscribe to the "you are in the wilderness for a reason" school of thought, it would help to know why you are looking for some sort of radio link to the outside world. Do you need it for emergencies or checking the latest Slashdot articles? Understanding your intended use will help narrow the suggestions thrown at you.
If you only want it for emergencies, then nothing beats having the skills to do what you are doing and the buddy system. Enjoy the outdoors, not carrying an extra 3 pounds of gear. YMMV.
I agree that it could very well be just a few renderings, but the idea that they are developing a crew capsule with multiple launch vehicles in mind is what interests me. It is a large departure from the old system. So, while the effort may be more a product of Boeing's marketing and art departments than their aerospace engineers, it shows the culture change that the older aerospace/defense contractors are having to undergo to be competitive in the new world of commercialized aerospace endeavors.
It is an attempt at a money grab from the government, that part certainly is not changing, but aerospace has always relied on heavy subsidies from the government since it is typically cutting edge technology which may not have immediately recognizable consumer applications (something which shareholders are not crazy about since they are typically short term thinkers).
Interesting that Boeing has finally weighed in with something new for human space transport and that their offering looks very much like a commodity product. Somewhat surprising for such a larger organization that is used to fat government contracts with no competition past the initial bidding. That the capsule will be able to launch on a variety of rockets will hopefully be a boon to the budding commercial space industry. My only fear is that this is a Microsoft-type extend and embrace move to smother the pesky upstarts in the field (e.g. SpaceX, Armadillo, etc.).
Regardless, it is nice to see that the government and private sectors will soon have an ability to choose, it sure beats the old system.
Why assume that it is Android that they are copying? It could still end up being a really kicking clone of WinMo 6.5 (or at least as kicking as WinMo gets).
Is the Memory Hole anything like the Money Hole that I saw featured on The Onion News Network ( http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-should-the-government-stop-dumping-mon,14289/ )? Because I am personally in favor of personal money holes. People should be able to dump their money in a hole of their own choosing.
Dude... don't pick on Atlanta. That's not cool. I hear that they have an awesome airport and in the future, hopefully, it will be underwater and inhabited by mer-people.
Whether the student understands 9/11 or not shouldn't matter. All of our decisions as a society should not be based on a singular event. That she is 19 does not matter except to note that she is an adult with all of the rights and privileges so entitled.
Nowhere in any of the articles I have read did the woman suggest that she thought the situation was funny. Regardless, going on the premise that you suggest that she apologize... apologize to who? To the police officers for exceeding their authority? To the information kiosk woman for not answering her question? Perhaps to the people of the United States for reminding us once again that as a country we love to make a big deal about nothing.
You assume all too much and know too little.
No. You're biggest concern is still snakes on a plane. Don't worry, nothing has changed. Move along.
Fujitsu still makes hard drives, but only Ultra 320 SCSI drives. We use them at work becuase they are nice drives and are at lower price-point compared to other SCSI HDD vendors.
Fujitsu only did away with their consumer level drive unit.
This is a bit misleading, as not all parts of the "Government" have a policy such as this. All of the work that we do in my "Goverment" organization is availiable via FoIA requests, so in general we don't limit our users with stupid policies regarding USB sticks.
I'm not sure why it should matter at all. If you are already resigned to the fact that a malicious person would still be able to do something or steal data, then why punish other individuals who use USB storage devices for the hypothetical Forces of Good. In my organization, we have several users who use USB sticks so that they can take their work home with them and we're supposed to encourage/enable them to do it (as the Admins).
But for what it's worth, we are not a bank or the military, so our policies reflect the laid back nature of our organization.
You're analogy is nowhere near being correct (it is a good try though). When I buy clothes, I look at them before I buy them. I'm not blindfolded by security everytime I walk into Macy's and left to blindly pull things from the shelves. I only buy clothes that I like after looking at them and the other options. And I certainly wouldn't buy one nice shirt if it meant that I had to spend a small truckload of cash on 12 other ugly shirts that I wouldn't use as fire tinder. I'm not advocating stealing, just trying to point out a crappy analogy.
Good sarchasm though.
I would agree that it is quite a harsh judgement against Qmail. I'm not running Qmail now, but I've tried it out in the past (I used the www.qmailrocks.org ideology/implementation) and the alleged "open spam relay" issue isn't mentioned in that documentation either. Of couse the docs go on to talk about that dude's preferences and "best practices" in setting up qmail to expand upon the groundwork to protect against spam and such, but I would have to suspect that Qmail is much too big to have such a glaring issue such as that be open to all (although I could be proven wrong... perhaps by someone like MSFT).
I was impressed about the level to which the guy has thought out how much in the way of CPU cycles/ memory/bandwidth it will cost him to implement different filtering methods. Kudos to him for sticking with Sendmail through thick and thin.
As far as I know, neither is the beer.
So what is the point of this article? To taunt us with their l33t importing skills. And then to flaunt their superior Canadian hops?
When you turn in a 20 page paper with 100+ footnotes the bloody site, used to at least, gives you a horrible score and thinks that it is a "bought paper". At least it shows the student the pieces that it thinks have been copied and it is very obvious what had happened. But still, is this not just creating more work for Teaching Assistants who are already not paid enough for the grief that I gave them?
Strangely enough, ClearChannel was one of the backers of XM when they were first getting started. It was that alone that made me hesitant to sign up as I wasn't sure what kind of a path they would take. Even today, the 2 or 3 rebroadcast FM music stations that gent sent out over XM's signals are ClearChannel stations, although I'm not sure about the talk side of XM's offerings.
-Bex
An easy way to opt-out is to just not carry a phone. It's a cheap way too. Easy-squeazy.
WEP doesn't work at 11 Mbps, but rather 2 Mbps. 802.11b can reach 11 Mbps but only when all the nifty security features are turned off. It's a sad choice of two evils, but thankfully that choice seems to have been made for me now :~)
never hurts to give a call to old Dr. Jack Daniels
what you use the courage for is up for personal interpretation
-Bex
Besides, who said that the Linux community can't "extend and embrace" Microsoft ;~) maybe MSwanson is a secret agent penguin or something and checking out the big capitalists from the inside (It never hurts to dream even if its probably not true).
-Bex
We all know the what Transmeta "promises" to deliever, but who said it has to come in the first generation of their chips?
-Bex
Thank you for your comments, they have been taken into condsideration despite the fact that you can not spell nor are even sure enough of yourself to post your username and e-mail. It's good to see that there are still meatheads out there to make democracy work the way it does. Have a nice day.