Like most Europeans I have a (mandatory) national - in my case German - I.D., and up to this point I do not feel spied on or deprived of any kind of liberty.
In the U.S., the attitude towards a national I.D. seems to range from scepticism to demonization to outright paranoia.
This is an honest question, not trying to make anyone angry: What's the big deal? How does a national ID infringe on liberties?
Alex
P.S.: If you would like to tell me that Europe is already under the control of Martians/Illuminati/New World Order/Jews/Bilderbergs etc.: Please don't. In that case, I would like to stay ignorant and cheerful;)
I do not have much experience with HSCSD, but my experience with GPRS has been the same as with WAP... Being a geek I got myself the technology as soon as I could get my dirty hands on it, and have been utterly dissapointed.
GPRS remains a last resort for me, and with the given prices it will be for quite some time.
Well, what more can I say... excercising (in my case at a gym) has helped me tremendously. Sitting in front of computers or in airplane seats.
Do it!
Alex
Maybe everybody here knows about it anyway...
Years ago, in the Boston Computer Museum, I found an interesting exhibit. In those times, still with a LaserDisk player, it was explained what sets HAL appart from most (all) other Robots/Computers in the Movies: HAL does not chit-chat. Using the scene where HAL finally says "I am having second thoughts" on the mission it is shown that each and everything HAL says and does fits into a plan. Even his smalltalk is a means to an end, i.e. to "loosen up" Bowman.
If I find the script somewhere - and anyone is interested at all - I could see if I can recreate the exhibit.
The other item is the wonderful Jan 1998 Article in Wired, "Happy Birthday HAL", with an interesting comparison of "2001" and 1998. Most notably, the Soviet Union and PanAM no longer exist, and no other carrier is offering commercial flights into space. A nice series of pictures comparing the movie to reality in 1998 ended with:
2001 - The computer wants to kill you
1998 - You want to kill the computer
Alex
Tongue in cheek... hmmm... Travelling frequently I have to say that entering the US is the a awkward feeling, just slightly short of eastern block countries when communism was alive and kicking.
A German author (Paul Waczlawik) wrote about Customs and INS: "You will be treated like a common criminal. Don't take it personally though, they treat everybody that way."
The Apollo crew was really lucky...
Walter
The Telefonica virus uses an http based message gateway. These are extremly common in europe, and most of them have "spam checking", e.g. will not send two identical messages within a given time. Search google for "free sms" to find these (usually ad-financed) services. Some of the more sophisticated gateways want username and password. The telefonica virus generates random (spanish) mobile phone numbers. (Here in Europe, Cellphones have distinct area codes. In Germany, e.g. 16x and 17x are used or reserved for cellphones) Walter
Perfect idea! Let's decide on a day, on a week, on a month. To make a point, I personally would commit to not buying any new CDs for a year (and neither download MP3s). But we need to get going, and it is going to create a bigger impact if it was publicised. Being just a meek geek, I ask you, oh mighty slashdotters: How do we get started?
Slashdot Mirror
Even if it is going to hurt my Karma...
What were you trying to say, young AC? "Hail to the goat!!!"? "My goat is doing fine!!!"?
Probably you are the follower of some strange Goat cult.
Alex
Like most Europeans I have a (mandatory) national - in my case German - I.D., and up to this point I do not feel spied on or deprived of any kind of liberty.
;)
In the U.S., the attitude towards a national I.D. seems to range from scepticism to demonization to outright paranoia.
This is an honest question, not trying to make anyone angry: What's the big deal? How does a national ID infringe on liberties?
Alex
P.S.: If you would like to tell me that Europe is already under the control of Martians/Illuminati/New World Order/Jews/Bilderbergs etc.: Please don't. In that case, I would like to stay ignorant and cheerful
To check it out yourself:
c ti on5part3.pdf
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pdfs/se
Page 18, have fun!
I do not have much experience with HSCSD, but my experience with GPRS has been the same as with WAP... Being a geek I got myself the technology as soon as I could get my dirty hands on it, and have been utterly dissapointed.
GPRS remains a last resort for me, and with the given prices it will be for quite some time.
Walter
Well, what more can I say... excercising (in my case at a gym) has helped me tremendously. Sitting in front of computers or in airplane seats. Do it! Alex
Maybe everybody here knows about it anyway... Years ago, in the Boston Computer Museum, I found an interesting exhibit. In those times, still with a LaserDisk player, it was explained what sets HAL appart from most (all) other Robots/Computers in the Movies: HAL does not chit-chat. Using the scene where HAL finally says "I am having second thoughts" on the mission it is shown that each and everything HAL says and does fits into a plan. Even his smalltalk is a means to an end, i.e. to "loosen up" Bowman. If I find the script somewhere - and anyone is interested at all - I could see if I can recreate the exhibit. The other item is the wonderful Jan 1998 Article in Wired, "Happy Birthday HAL", with an interesting comparison of "2001" and 1998. Most notably, the Soviet Union and PanAM no longer exist, and no other carrier is offering commercial flights into space. A nice series of pictures comparing the movie to reality in 1998 ended with: 2001 - The computer wants to kill you 1998 - You want to kill the computer Alex
Tongue in cheek... hmmm... Travelling frequently I have to say that entering the US is the a awkward feeling, just slightly short of eastern block countries when communism was alive and kicking. A German author (Paul Waczlawik) wrote about Customs and INS: "You will be treated like a common criminal. Don't take it personally though, they treat everybody that way." The Apollo crew was really lucky... Walter
The Telefonica virus uses an http based message gateway. These are extremly common in europe, and most of them have "spam checking", e.g. will not send two identical messages within a given time. Search google for "free sms" to find these (usually ad-financed) services. Some of the more sophisticated gateways want username and password. The telefonica virus generates random (spanish) mobile phone numbers. (Here in Europe, Cellphones have distinct area codes. In Germany, e.g. 16x and 17x are used or reserved for cellphones) Walter
Perfect idea! Let's decide on a day, on a week, on a month. To make a point, I personally would commit to not buying any new CDs for a year (and neither download MP3s). But we need to get going, and it is going to create a bigger impact if it was publicised. Being just a meek geek, I ask you, oh mighty slashdotters: How do we get started?