Pig Hogger, attacking Malaysia, quotes Amnesty International. ..
restriction of individual rights and liberties,...
You mean like the CDA and COPA ???
use by police of excessive force in dispersing peaceful demonstrators,...
Recall Seattle, Washington, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, earlier this year ???
allows detention without charge for up to two years, renewable indefinitely, of anyone considered a potential threat to national security.
We do it here in the States too, if they're foreign nationals. ..
At least 27 prisoners of conscience were detained,...
We seem to have bunches of those here, too.... I remember a story about a divorce custody case gone bad, the mother hid the child. ..and did several years in jail (basic details here )
Odd, the same thing could be said for Europe or Canada, yet they offer considerably more freedom than Singapore.
Could it be that this be the result of guns alone being banned???
Well, you can see what good a gun ban did in Washington DC, or New York City. (irony intentional)
I'd suggest that Singapore's domestic tranquility is a combination of good law enforcement, an efficient judicial system, and a societal more that holds the law in far more respect than is typical in, say, your generic American city or suburb. But don't see what a lack of guns has to do with it: a knife, bludgeon, or even a fist can hurt you just as much, or kill you just as dead. . .
Do the math. If I have a 200kg probe, and I expend 1 kg of its' mass a day for the sail/shield, then we're talking about a **100** kg probe which can accellerate for 100 days. . .
. ..especially with the power and mass requirements.
The one immediately obvious drawback is that it is
relatively slow. Another question that comes to mind is the effects of such a strong magnetic field on electronic devices within the field. Or for that matter, the effect on biological systems within such a field, especially over long periods of time.
But if nothing else, the team at NASA has apparentely developed an inexpensive solar radiation shield, especially useful for deep space exploration or space habitat use during solar storms. . . .
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(Plus, some terraforming techniques are kinda tricky to adapt to an occupied planet -- slamming it with comets, fer instance.)
Not if you don't care about the population. Recall the Centauri bombardment of the Narn Homeworld in B5 ?? Similar effect, but add an Ice Age as well. . . .
. ..is that lots of people, and more importantly, lots of companies have bought into it.
Case in point. A few months ago, I was job hunting. A headhunter called me up about a certain position. I had all the quals. ..but their HR droid shot me down, because I wasn't an MCSE.
Oddly enough, in my new position, we work with that company. And they've borrowed me numerous times to fix what their wet-behind-the-ears, just-got-my-MCSE PFY couldn't do, or botched. Needless to say, it has been a source of many billable hours to my current employer. And all because Company "X"'s HR droid decided that a shiny, new MCSE certification trumped years of experience in the field. . . .
At least all of the OTHER Maxtor NAS units are that way: capacity is listed as total drive capacity, either as individual drives or as a volume set. . .
That's why I looked at earlier models. But the not-quite-NFS and not-quite-NTFS system was the showstopper. For 4 Grand, I can put together a cold-swappable RAID with true NFS or true NTFS, and still stay at least close to the price-point, adding only an hour or so of my time. And the result is both standards-based and user-maintainable. In fact, I'm using a 120GB RAID built in just such a fashion as "instant backup" to supplement my tape backup (we originally had other plans for the RAID, but they fell through, and so I put the box to use. ..)
. ..and they don't exactly conform to either true NFS, or to true NTFS. They're great for local storage, but don't expect the fine granularity in access permissions you'd find in a more standard RAID. Oh, and since it's a sealed box, if one drive fails you have a choice: backup to other media, or unplug the box and send in for service. . . .
But you'll have to rent the keyboard and mouse, just like a movie headset (complete with airline-proprietary connector. ..). And good luck getting ANYTHING done in cattle, er, coach class. ..there just isn't room, even if they had little chiclet keyboards and touchpad mice.
A couple of hundred pax on a jetliner, figure at most half will actually go online, and most will accept modem speeds. So figure an on-board proxy server feeding 1-2 DirectPC-type satellite links, with a satellite uplink as well. . .
And three guesses as to the likely browser and OS of the inflight system. Especially since Boeing is the OTHER big outfit in the Seattle area. . .
"Superficial distinction" ??? I think not. . .
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Let's go back to America, after the Revolution.
Our FIRST Constitution was the Articles of Confederation, linking 13 independent states into a broader Union, while maintaining local sovereignty. That principle remains in the current Constitution of 1787. . ..add to that the fact that several sovereign nations voluntarily joined the US: the Republic of Texas and the Kingdom of Hawaii come to mind. . ..
How ridiculous is it that we still use electoral votes? My representatives no longer need to ride a horse and buggy to Washington, D.C. to cast their vote!
Living in the DC area, I can tell you that on many, almost most occaisions, a horse and buggy would be FASTER. . .
As for "direct democracy", nice idea, except for a few minor facts. Structurally, the US is a confederation of 50 smaller political units. The real reason for the Electoral College is to insure the votes of smaller-populated states aren't washed away by the swell of votes of a few highly-populated states. That's why we admit States to the Union, and why the Constitution prevents the sub-division of States into smaller States. . . .
. . . as nothing succeeds without various pressure groups in Washington these days, perhaps NASA should propose an alliance with the National Organization for Women (NOW), noting that until now, only white males have set foot on other worlds. NOW throws its's support behind NASA for a female -first-step on Mars. . .
Are there to be different tiers of who can run what media ??? "Separate and Unequal" is even worse than "Separate but Equal" Which is the effect of using only MPAA-sanctioned players for media YOU'VE ALREADY PURCHASED. .. No, it doesn't have the karma of fighting a local government trying to keep its' priviledges, just that of fighting a multi-corporate entity that wants to separate you from your hard-earned money, and then tells you how you have to use what you just bought. ..all for their own maximized profits. . .
You assume that Special Relativity is the final word on the Universe. Time will tell whether you're right or not.
You're being a bit anal here. If denizens of three separate solar systems, once common language is established, determine that similar events occurred in separate locations at a fairly specific time in the past, that sounds like a close-enough approach to simultaneity for this observer. . .
Sure, lots of people have computers these days, but not everyone is able to use them to the same level.
The same can be said of the written and/or spoken word. That why "weasel-word" contracts exist, and you can nearly get lynched by suggesting that citizens sign a petition to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
The only difference adding a "digital signature petition" option would be that the technologically enabled would now have similar power to that of the politically enabled. . .
Try to take over the world!!! (or is that Microsoft???)
Are you so sure that a "Computer War" can't kill ?
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Let's play theorectical compu-terrorist.
Call "CyberTerr" for a label. I target critical infrastructure: the power net, telcos, ground and air traffic control systems. I aim airliners for mountains, gridlock cities while shutting down both power AND Ma Bell. And hey, while at it, I take over a few nuclear power plants, and have them melt down. All remotely.
Trust me, I'm quite convinced a purely Cyber war could have LOTS of physical casualties. And so does the Pentagon: they reportedly have a significant part of their Information Warfare, excuse me, Information OPERATIONS, capability in Infrastructure Defense.
And even if I'm wrong, and the Pentagon is wrong, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT CHANCE ???
. ..can we safely assume that you're running the same 9.1 GB SCSI hotswaps ??
And why no Athlon boxen... or is that for the future ????
In any case, looks like nice, solid technology, as opposed to bleeding-edge tech, and thus extremely reliable. My hats off to your network architect: VERY nicely done. . . .
. ..as with the current Q2 Sellout of AMD chips, and size of the "Value" PC market, AMD is going to have to ramp up production seriously on this Duron chip to meet demand....
With retirement funds investing in M$, and individuals owning shares in those funds, there may well be more people who own a chunk, however small, of Microsoft than voted in the last Presidential election. What about THEIR interests ???
I'll say it up front. I'm an MCP, slowly working on getting MCSE status by the end of this year.
That being said. . . I currently am teaching a class of 15 students, all government employees, all being retrained into NT Network Engineers (the host agency runs a mixed Solaris-NT environment. ..) I'm teaching them what it takes to pass several of the MCSE exams. But I'm also reminding them that not every problem requires a Microsoft solution, and more often than not the complicated method they've practiced to do it the M$ way is not the way it's currently done, and in reality, you follow ($foo) instead.
Even so, only about 10 of the 15 have what it takes to be decent network engineers of any sort, much less the much-ranted-about MCSEs. . . Heck, I've used my MCP status in the past to say to customers: yes, you COULD do it with a Microsoft solution, but you could do it another way, instead, with lower cost and better stability. And was believed, because I ***WAS*** Microsoft Certified. . ..
Bottom line: MCSE on a resume means you passed a battery of tests. So does the B.A. on my wall. When evaluating a resume, the thing to look for is whether the candidate has a decent quantity of cluons, or if they're spouting large amounts of bogons. Interview the former, roundfile the latter....
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restriction of individual rights and liberties, ...
You mean like the CDA and COPA ???
use by police of excessive force in dispersing peaceful demonstrators, ...
Recall Seattle, Washington, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, earlier this year ???
allows detention without charge for up to two years, renewable indefinitely, of anyone considered a potential threat to national security.
We do it here in the States too, if they're foreign nationals. . .
At least 27 prisoners of conscience were detained, ...
We seem to have bunches of those here, too.... I remember a story about a divorce custody case gone bad, the mother hid the child. . .and did several years in jail (basic details here )
My point ?? The US does the same stuff. . .
Odd, the same thing could be said for Europe or Canada, yet they offer considerably more freedom than Singapore.
Could it be that this be the result of guns alone being banned???
Well, you can see what good a gun ban did in Washington DC, or New York City. (irony intentional)
I'd suggest that Singapore's domestic tranquility is a combination of good law enforcement, an efficient judicial system, and a societal more that holds the law in far more respect than is typical in, say, your generic American city or suburb. But don't see what a lack of guns has to do with it: a knife, bludgeon, or even a fist can hurt you just as much, or kill you just as dead. . .
Do the math. If I have a 200kg probe, and I expend 1 kg of its' mass a day for the sail/shield, then we're talking about a **100** kg probe which can accellerate for 100 days. . .
The one immediately obvious drawback is that it is relatively slow. Another question that comes to mind is the effects of such a strong magnetic field on electronic devices within the field. Or for that matter, the effect on biological systems within such a field, especially over long periods of time.
But if nothing else, the team at NASA has apparentely developed an inexpensive solar radiation shield, especially useful for deep space exploration or space habitat use during solar storms. . . .
Not if you don't care about the population. Recall the Centauri bombardment of the Narn Homeworld in B5 ?? Similar effect, but add an Ice Age as well. . . .
The ratio is stacked in favor of the guys, and as a result, there are lots of women in IT here. . .
Yes I have. In fact, I married one. And am quite happy AND quite satisfied. . .
And as for IT ratios, the company I'm employed by is all-IT, and about 45% female. The "range" goes from OK to model-quality.
So much for both your stereotypes and your attitude.
Now, let's look at the MALES in IT, some of us are a pretty sorry lot. . . .
Case in point. A few months ago, I was job hunting. A headhunter called me up about a certain position. I had all the quals. . .but their HR droid shot me down, because I wasn't an MCSE.
Oddly enough, in my new position, we work with that company. And they've borrowed me numerous times to fix what their wet-behind-the-ears, just-got-my-MCSE PFY couldn't do, or botched. Needless to say, it has been a source of many billable hours to my current employer. And all because Company "X"'s HR droid decided that a shiny, new MCSE certification trumped years of experience in the field. . . .
At least all of the OTHER Maxtor NAS units are that way: capacity is listed as total drive capacity, either as individual drives or as a volume set. . .
That's why I looked at earlier models. But the not-quite-NFS and not-quite-NTFS system was the showstopper. For 4 Grand, I can put together a cold-swappable RAID with true NFS or true NTFS, and still stay at least close to the price-point, adding only an hour or so of my time. And the result is both standards-based and user-maintainable. In fact, I'm using a 120GB RAID built in just such a fashion as "instant backup" to supplement my tape backup (we originally had other plans for the RAID, but they fell through, and so I put the box to use. . .)
. . .and they don't exactly conform to either true NFS, or to true NTFS. They're great for local storage, but don't expect the fine granularity in access permissions you'd find in a more standard RAID. Oh, and since it's a sealed box, if one drive fails you have a choice: backup to other media, or unplug the box and send in for service. . . .
But you'll have to rent the keyboard and mouse, just like a movie headset (complete with airline-proprietary connector. . .). And good luck getting ANYTHING done in cattle, er, coach class. . .there just isn't room, even if they had little chiclet keyboards and touchpad mice.
A couple of hundred pax on a jetliner, figure at most half will actually go online, and most will accept modem speeds. So figure an on-board proxy server feeding 1-2 DirectPC-type satellite links, with a satellite uplink as well. . .
And three guesses as to the likely browser and OS of the inflight system. Especially since Boeing is the OTHER big outfit in the Seattle area. . .
Our FIRST Constitution was the Articles of Confederation, linking 13 independent states into a broader Union, while maintaining local sovereignty. That principle remains in the current Constitution of 1787. . . .add to that the fact that several sovereign nations voluntarily joined the US: the Republic of Texas and the Kingdom of Hawaii come to mind. . . .
These are NOT superficial differences. . .
How ridiculous is it that we still use electoral votes? My representatives no longer need to ride a horse and buggy to Washington, D.C. to cast their vote!
Living in the DC area, I can tell you that on many, almost most occaisions, a horse and buggy would be FASTER. . .
As for "direct democracy", nice idea, except for a few minor facts. Structurally, the US is a confederation of 50 smaller political units. The real reason for the Electoral College is to insure the votes of smaller-populated states aren't washed away by the swell of votes of a few highly-populated states. That's why we admit States to the Union, and why the Constitution prevents the sub-division of States into smaller States. . . .
In other words. . .
MARS NEEDS WOMEN!!!!
I'll dive for cover now. . . (g)
Are there to be different tiers of who can run what media ??? "Separate and Unequal" is even worse than "Separate but Equal" Which is the effect of using only MPAA-sanctioned players for media YOU'VE ALREADY PURCHASED. . . .all for their own maximized profits. . .
No, it doesn't have the karma of fighting a local government trying to keep its' priviledges, just that of fighting a multi-corporate entity that wants to separate you from your hard-earned money, and then tells you how you have to use what you just bought. .
As always, have a nice day. . .
Sure, lots of people have computers these days, but not everyone is able to use them to the same level.
The same can be said of the written and/or spoken word. That why "weasel-word" contracts exist, and you can nearly get lynched by suggesting that citizens sign a petition to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
The only difference adding a "digital signature petition" option would be that the technologically enabled would now have similar power to that of the politically enabled. . .
Just my $.02. . .
The same thing they do every night. . . .
Try to take over the world!!!
(or is that Microsoft???)
Call "CyberTerr" for a label. I target critical infrastructure: the power net, telcos, ground and air traffic control systems. I aim airliners for mountains, gridlock cities while shutting down both power AND Ma Bell. And hey, while at it, I take over a few nuclear power plants, and have them melt down. All remotely.
Trust me, I'm quite convinced a purely Cyber war could have LOTS of physical casualties. And so does the Pentagon: they reportedly have a significant part of their Information Warfare, excuse me, Information OPERATIONS, capability in Infrastructure Defense.
And even if I'm wrong, and the Pentagon is wrong, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT CHANCE ???
And why no Athlon boxen ... or is that for the future ????
In any case, looks like nice, solid technology, as opposed to bleeding-edge tech, and thus extremely reliable. My hats off to your network architect: VERY nicely done. . . .
. . .as with the current Q2 Sellout of AMD chips, and size of the "Value" PC market, AMD is going to have to ramp up production seriously on this Duron chip to meet demand....
With retirement funds investing in M$, and individuals owning shares in those funds, there may well be more people who own a chunk, however small, of Microsoft than voted in the last Presidential election. What about THEIR interests ???
What was it that an old German preacher said ??
"First they came for the Communists, but I wasn't a Communist, and said nothing.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, but I wasn't a Trade Unionist, and said nothing.
By the time they came for me, there was nobody left to say anything. . . "
That being said. . . I currently am teaching a class of 15 students, all government employees, all being retrained into NT Network Engineers (the host agency runs a mixed Solaris-NT environment. . .) I'm teaching them what it takes to pass several of the MCSE exams. But I'm also reminding them that not every problem requires a Microsoft solution, and more often than not the complicated method they've practiced to do it the M$ way is not the way it's currently done, and in reality, you follow ($foo) instead.
Even so, only about 10 of the 15 have what it takes to be decent network engineers of any sort, much less the much-ranted-about MCSEs. . . Heck, I've used my MCP status in the past to say to customers: yes, you COULD do it with a Microsoft solution, but you could do it another way, instead, with lower cost and better stability. And was believed, because I ***WAS*** Microsoft Certified. . . .
Bottom line: MCSE on a resume means you passed a battery of tests. So does the B.A. on my wall. When evaluating a resume, the thing to look for is whether the candidate has a decent quantity of cluons, or if they're spouting large amounts of bogons. Interview the former, roundfile the latter....