I got whatever is #1 on amazon for about $60 a few weeks ago and have been spending time learning to fly it before I invest in something awesome. Worth considering as they are harder to fly than one would think.
While I actually agree that this type of feature SHOULD exist I think it is better implemented at the Operator level by them implementing IMEI blocking like every other major carrier around the world. This "kill switch" sounds like a huge target for hackers as all they need to do is break down one wall and they have access to everyones phones kill switch. Much like when China and other Rogue states infiltrated Gmail and other mail carriers years ago it wasnt through the front door but the secret back door that the Govt had installed.
What about a system where when people use the system the swipe their badge on a logging device? Wouldnt be 100% perfect but would be better than paper as people are lazy. If the devices have stand alone monitors you could put make the power for the monitor (not the test equipment) tied to the badge reader?
Are there any plugins, scripts, extensions etc that one could install that automatically encrypts stuff that is over 5 months old? Occasionally I need stuff from back then when I would need to search for it -- which I guess would be problematic? Is there a solution to protecting this stuff w/o deleting it from the server?
You can set your phone to GSM only.. (which lots of people do as it increases battery life and generally gives a better call quality).. Or just put a few phones doing data connections on UMTS at the time of the demo.. It will take up most of the connection (used to be max of 7 per cell).. then everyone else will be diverted to GSM
I have it on good authority (I've worked at my fair share of cell phone operators globally) that all of the Major networks around the world will be going to LTE.. If they are on CDMA now (like Verizon) they will go straight to LET, if they are on GSM / wCDMA / UMTS they will go to LTE next..
The mobiel network in london was running at about 90% capacity but still operational. During emergencies a priority system is implamented so that emergency services and then government officieals get priority use on the network. Text messages is still the best way to communicate with people in London today.
This isn't about making anything "safer". This is about providing the ILLUSION that we are "safer" now because we are "taking these steps".
After all this "security" stuff was enacted their were polls that asked how "secure" people felt. One company did the poll and it said 70 some % of people felt safer now. Then they added another question "have you flown on an airplane since 9/11?" After factoring in that answer it was 7% of people who have flown since 9/11 felt safer, where as the vast majority of people who hadn't flown felt safer. It was over 90 some %.
So now we have the most annoying security in the world at our airports that makes people who don't fly feel safe!
Arn't we glad we are making our lives a pain in the ass!!!
The Ents look a great deal like the Whomping Willow in Harry Potter. I thought they looked cheezy but that was my opinion. Definatly had that "CG Overlay" look about them.
Tivo is in Bed with the MPAA, remember old Tivo's had Commercial skip but it was disabled in an "update."
The reason that they do not like commercial skipping on PVRs but Fast forward is ok because you are still "watching" the commercial when you Fast forward it even if it onlty takes 10 seconds instead of 30. With Commercail skip it really does skip it as opposed to speed it up.
Remember The Well from back when the mainstream internet was in its infancy. They are still around but they are subscription based. Also this seems like old BBS' used to be before the internet was common.
A point that should be noted is that if you do not agree to the liscence after you have purchased the software you are generally $&!# out of luck as there are no stores I know of (In the US.) That will take back open software. So either I use the software and agree to the liscence or I have just wasted my money. Maybe we need easy to read liscences that we can read before we get the software?
Especially a law that won't even solve the problem (wrt overseas pirates whose governments look the other way).
Teh best arguement is that legislation is not going to solve the problem. If they only sell hardware in this country that has protection methods but other countries don't I will get what I need from the other countries hurting U.S. Businesses. It's like throwing a small rock in the Mississippi and expecting it to stop the flow, the river will find another way, even if you use a very big rock.
How did we (users) get stuck in this state. This in on the same level as saying when I get a new TV, VCR, PVR, or Stereo I have to get a new cable provider.
Read the definition of a whore: A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain. Thus the definition is valid and you are an idiot. Enough said.
In regards to it doesn't make you look very professional or worthy of respect when you result to cheap tactics like this. If you checked the definition of whore you see that it is valid to represent a whore as: A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain. which is obviously what Sen. Hollings is out for with his bill.
You can still buy mudslinging ads. The only reform that "might" happen will conveniently be enacted the day after this election.... Then after that the Supreme Court will declare it as unconstitutional as it violates the 1st Amendment.
>When I need to normalize a wave function I'm >lost without a calculating utility (TI-89) to do >the work for me.
But when would you not have one of these to do that for you while on the Job?
So you have one course that is really hard that teaches problem solving. That doesn't quite seem like enough to me? One learns problem solving by solving many problems and I don't think you can learn enought in jsut one class? We have a management Informations systems degree here but that is a joke. It is run by the business school which by definition means it is cake to get through. The hardest part is gettign the 3.83 in your first 2 years of GEN ED CRAP to get in. Personally I would never hire anyone from our business college (It ranks between 3-7 nationally [sorry can't remeber exactly]) they are taught to think like machienes as well.
That is true. I am currently at the University of Arizona and was in the Computer Science program but are most likely going to drop as I have started to go insane coding 24/7. I enjoy the problem and solution hunt but that seems to be irrelivant any more. You have 1 project a semester that has to be solved in the first week it is assigned then the rest of the time is spent coding it. Personally I am going to try and find more problem solving related courses but that is going to be a task. They are teaching CS majors to be coding drones as that is what companies seem to want. Everything from analist to web page designer now seems to need a CS major? Is it me or is there a need for the splitting of the major into 2 parts? Coder and IT Specialist?
I thnk a wireless cuecat would be better becasue really.. who reads magazines at their computer? I sure don't. Then jsut scan them and then when I come to my computer I can look athe things I scan? Just a thought....
Your arguement goes right along with that of the recording industry but are missing the key point. One cannot simply ban Napster (or anything else for that matter) because it allows the ability to do something illegal. Phones aid/allow drug deals. FTP allows software piracy. CD-R's allow for software theft. The mail system allows for the transmission of stolen information. You can prosicute the users of these systems but you cannot prosicute the system. What would you say if your phone was cut off because someone used it for a drug deal? You would be annoyed. This is the reason the police are required to get an arrest warrant as otherwise we could all be arrested for doing somethign potentially illegal.
Back in the day one used to get a huge manual with a program or game. It included everything you ever wanted to know about the game and you could read it (nat as if anyone ever did) when it was ubstalling. Then someone decided that you could save money by not printing the paper manuals. So everyone followed. Have you noticed that all the Linux releases come with a huge manual? Also that before Linux went "mainstream" in order to get it you bought a book that had the cd included? All this was becasue it is s much faster to flip through a book to find whatever you are looking for as opposed to a screen. Notice that whenever you get a lone emial you normally print it out? Or even the newspaper. It comes on PAPER while you could probably read the thing for free online. But you don't because it is easier to read. What about programs that you need the information from the manual in order ot play the game when you first start? Flight Sim 2000? If you didn't have a printed manual you would have no Idea what to do. Are thye goign to put in the installer. "Click next to print the manual?" Then you get a 100 page manual that you cannot staple takes up a rediculous amount of space becaue it printed the whole thing in large font on one side of the paper. (as most of us do not have double sided printers.) So all in all we end up loosing out on the little things that make life so much easier yet they save some company 50 some odd cents.
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I got whatever is #1 on amazon for about $60 a few weeks ago and have been spending time learning to fly it before I invest in something awesome. Worth considering as they are harder to fly than one would think.
While I actually agree that this type of feature SHOULD exist I think it is better implemented at the Operator level by them implementing IMEI blocking like every other major carrier around the world. This "kill switch" sounds like a huge target for hackers as all they need to do is break down one wall and they have access to everyones phones kill switch. Much like when China and other Rogue states infiltrated Gmail and other mail carriers years ago it wasnt through the front door but the secret back door that the Govt had installed.
What about a system where when people use the system the swipe their badge on a logging device? Wouldnt be 100% perfect but would be better than paper as people are lazy. If the devices have stand alone monitors you could put make the power for the monitor (not the test equipment) tied to the badge reader?
Are there any plugins, scripts, extensions etc that one could install that automatically encrypts stuff that is over 5 months old? Occasionally I need stuff from back then when I would need to search for it -- which I guess would be problematic? Is there a solution to protecting this stuff w/o deleting it from the server?
You can set your phone to GSM only.. (which lots of people do as it increases battery life and generally gives a better call quality) .. Or just put a few phones doing data connections on UMTS at the time of the demo.. It will take up most of the connection (used to be max of 7 per cell).. then everyone else will be diverted to GSM
I have it on good authority (I've worked at my fair share of cell phone operators globally) that all of the Major networks around the world will be going to LTE.. If they are on CDMA now (like Verizon) they will go straight to LET, if they are on GSM / wCDMA / UMTS they will go to LTE next..
Its not a question of if but when..
The mobiel network in london was running at about 90% capacity but still operational. During emergencies a priority system is implamented so that emergency services and then government officieals get priority use on the network. Text messages is still the best way to communicate with people in London today.
This isn't about making anything "safer". This is about providing the ILLUSION that we are "safer" now because we are "taking these steps".
After all this "security" stuff was enacted their were polls that asked how "secure" people felt. One company did the poll and it said 70 some % of people felt safer now. Then they added another question "have you flown on an airplane since 9/11?" After factoring in that answer it was 7% of people who have flown since 9/11 felt safer, where as the vast majority of people who hadn't flown felt safer. It was over 90 some %.
So now we have the most annoying security in the world at our airports that makes people who don't fly feel safe!
Arn't we glad we are making our lives a pain in the ass!!!
The Ents look a great deal like the Whomping Willow in Harry Potter. I thought they looked cheezy but that was my opinion. Definatly had that "CG Overlay" look about them.
Tivo is in Bed with the MPAA, remember old Tivo's had Commercial skip but it was disabled in an "update."
The reason that they do not like commercial skipping on PVRs but Fast forward is ok because you are still "watching" the commercial when you Fast forward it even if it onlty takes 10 seconds instead of 30. With Commercail skip it really does skip it as opposed to speed it up.
Remember The Well from back when the mainstream internet was in its infancy. They are still around but they are subscription based. Also this seems like old BBS' used to be before the internet was common.
A point that should be noted is that if you do not agree to the liscence after you have purchased the software you are generally $&!# out of luck as there are no stores I know of (In the US.) That will take back open software. So either I use the software and agree to the liscence or I have just wasted my money. Maybe we need easy to read liscences that we can read before we get the software?
Especially a law that won't even solve the problem (wrt overseas pirates whose governments look the other way).
Teh best arguement is that legislation is not going to solve the problem. If they only sell hardware in this country that has protection methods but other countries don't I will get what I need from the other countries hurting U.S. Businesses. It's like throwing a small rock in the Mississippi and expecting it to stop the flow, the river will find another way, even if you use a very big rock.
How did we (users) get stuck in this state. This in on the same level as saying when I get a new TV, VCR, PVR, or Stereo I have to get a new cable provider.
Geeze we got screwed!
Read the definition of a whore:
A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.
Thus the definition is valid and you are an idiot. Enough said.
In regards to it doesn't make you look very professional or worthy of respect when you result to cheap tactics like this.
If you checked the definition of whore you see that it is valid to represent a whore as:
A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain. which is obviously what Sen. Hollings is out for with his bill.
Ignorance is something stupid people use often
You can still buy mudslinging ads. The only reform that "might" happen will conveniently be enacted the day after this election.... Then after that the Supreme Court will declare it as unconstitutional as it violates the 1st Amendment.
So get a Recipt!
>When I need to normalize a wave function I'm >lost without a calculating utility (TI-89) to do >the work for me. But when would you not have one of these to do that for you while on the Job?
So you have one course that is really hard that teaches problem solving. That doesn't quite seem like enough to me? One learns problem solving by solving many problems and I don't think you can learn enought in jsut one class? We have a management Informations systems degree here but that is a joke. It is run by the business school which by definition means it is cake to get through. The hardest part is gettign the 3.83 in your first 2 years of GEN ED CRAP to get in. Personally I would never hire anyone from our business college (It ranks between 3-7 nationally [sorry can't remeber exactly]) they are taught to think like machienes as well.
That is true. I am currently at the University of Arizona and was in the Computer Science program but are most likely going to drop as I have started to go insane coding 24/7. I enjoy the problem and solution hunt but that seems to be irrelivant any more. You have 1 project a semester that has to be solved in the first week it is assigned then the rest of the time is spent coding it. Personally I am going to try and find more problem solving related courses but that is going to be a task. They are teaching CS majors to be coding drones as that is what companies seem to want. Everything from analist to web page designer now seems to need a CS major? Is it me or is there a need for the splitting of the major into 2 parts? Coder and IT Specialist?
I thnk a wireless cuecat would be better becasue really.. who reads magazines at their computer? I sure don't. Then jsut scan them and then when I come to my computer I can look athe things I scan? Just a thought....
This would be really cool if one could hack it into a Tivo like Appliance. Put that 30 gig HD to use.
Your arguement goes right along with that of the recording industry but are missing the key point. One cannot simply ban Napster (or anything else for that matter) because it allows the ability to do something illegal. Phones aid/allow drug deals. FTP allows software piracy. CD-R's allow for software theft. The mail system allows for the transmission of stolen information. You can prosicute the users of these systems but you cannot prosicute the system. What would you say if your phone was cut off because someone used it for a drug deal? You would be annoyed. This is the reason the police are required to get an arrest warrant as otherwise we could all be arrested for doing somethign potentially illegal.
Back in the day one used to get a huge manual with a program or game. It included everything you ever wanted to know about the game and you could read it (nat as if anyone ever did) when it was ubstalling. Then someone decided that you could save money by not printing the paper manuals. So everyone followed. Have you noticed that all the Linux releases come with a huge manual? Also that before Linux went "mainstream" in order to get it you bought a book that had the cd included? All this was becasue it is s much faster to flip through a book to find whatever you are looking for as opposed to a screen. Notice that whenever you get a lone emial you normally print it out? Or even the newspaper. It comes on PAPER while you could probably read the thing for free online. But you don't because it is easier to read. What about programs that you need the information from the manual in order ot play the game when you first start? Flight Sim 2000? If you didn't have a printed manual you would have no Idea what to do. Are thye goign to put in the installer. "Click next to print the manual?" Then you get a 100 page manual that you cannot staple takes up a rediculous amount of space becaue it printed the whole thing in large font on one side of the paper. (as most of us do not have double sided printers.) So all in all we end up loosing out on the little things that make life so much easier yet they save some company 50 some odd cents.