Yet ANOTHER reason to get rid of the TSA. We waste dollar after dollar on that stupid agency. And according to their own stats, we're no safer now than in 2001. Moreover, from a constitutional standpoint:
1. The Federal govt has the right to secure the borders -- this is the job for border patrol, NOT the TSA 2. Inter-state flights - not within Federal jurisdiction 3. That leaves flights that go across state lines, but do not leave the US.
The only place where the TSA arguably should have any authority is #3. And if we do #1, #2, and track & deport known terrorists or terrorist sympathizers, then the need for #3 becomes very minimal.
Let's face it, the TSA is filled with a bunch of inept, under-achieving goons, who have shaky justification for their jobs (at best) and should be replaced with private security companies. Such companies could be under appropriately laws to make sure they can be prosecuted for violating the 4th amendment, civil liberties, etc. and they'd have plenty of incentives to do things right...
For Verizon at least, they have a clause for "materially adverse effect". If they change the contract in any way, that you find to be "materially adverse", and it can be reasonably shown to be so, you get out free and clear.
Believe me, if I had seen that article prior to the change, I'd probably be free of them now. I'm almost counting the months until my latest contract renewal is up.
INACS (I'm not a Constitutional scholar)... But, for flights that originate in Texas and only fly over Texas, would not Texas law trump federal law? The same kind of thinking is currently being used with guns (if the gun is made in a state, sold in a state, used in a state, and never crosses state lines, it remains a state issue). I would think the combination of the 10th amendment and commerce clause would apply in such cases for intra-state flights, thus leaving the TSA out in the cold for such flights.
And if so, that actually sounds like a decent solution for many (non-overseas) travelers... set up airports just far enough inside your border for people to fly across the state, get a taxi to another state, and fly over that state too if need be. Yes, it could be more expensive, and yes it could be more annoying... But, if all states basically told the TSA to "get out" for such flights & did their own security measures, you might actually still get to your destination faster than a flight where you have to go through the TSA first.
Anyone here know about the constitutionality of this?
"Doctor... Venkman. The purpose of science is to serve mankind. You seem to regard science as some kind of dodge... or hustle. Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist, Dr. Venkman!" -- Dr. Yeager
GM has no money due to management issues. GM doesn't just make & sell cars, they had GMC financing. They played in the finance world too much and got bitten. The reason they failed is not due to quality, but bad upper management. And don't tell me that being in the IT world you cannot understand that or that it doesn't happen. How many programmers/engineers/etc have been bad-mouthed b/c a company tanked due to poor management?
Stop listening to magazines and ratings companies! Like it or not, they're going to be paid to say some things. Find a mechanic friend who works at a shop doing a lot of business, who doesn't fix your cars, and thus has no vested interest in steering you in any direction, then ask them what cars they see the most. Moreover, ask them about cars with the Ecotec engine (Saturn L-series, Cobalt, Cavalier) and see if they don't tell you that's one of the best engines out there.
Obviously you got a lemon... I bought a used 2000 Bravada with 82k miles on it -- only thing I replaced on it in 3 years (and ~35k miles) was a fuel pump and a hub assembly. Only reason I got rid of it was my wife had a blowout on the highway and it was totaled (mostly due to exterior damage, not the engine bay). I had a 2000 Saturn with 162k miles and sold it at 209k miles b/c I was moving and couldn't afford to take it with me. It had a few more parts replaced, but the power train, suspension, and electrical system (e.g., power windows, cruise, etc.) NEVER gave me problems even during a winter with several feet of snow in just a few weeks. GMC products have been good to me... far better than the Sable I used to own, or the 2001 Ford Explorer, or the 2000 Hyundai Accent, or the 2005 Kia Spectra. I only wish I had bought GM products to start with, would have saved me lots of headaches.
And I'm glad I've never owned a Toyota!... a mechanic friend (ASE master mechanic for Midas) saw non-stop problems with them in their shop. He told me that Toyota is no more reliable than any other car. It's just that whereas most people realistically expect problems with their cars, Toyota owners are surprised.
Uhmm, need I point out the obvious?... 1 Exabit/sec / 100,000,000 users = 10 Terabit/sec bandwidth per user. Yes, I know there's overhead, distribution across large distances, etc, etc that would lower the realistic bandwidth. But, it means each user could still have a crazy amount of bandwidth.
Actually, like them or not, the Tea Party has shown Americans know where things are headed, don't like it, and are making efforts to reverse the trend towards a total Nanny state. A
Ask Intel how much F0 0F cost them. While in college, we had someone in a seminar class discuss how Intel had an engineer who didn't update the floating point division test code when they modified the FDIV instruction and POOF! there goes $500 million (iirc).
This person denies they put in backdoor code for the FBI... a likely story! That's just what a person working secretly for the FBI would say. And next he'll claim he's not a BSD coder too! He's guilty, guilty I say!
Seriously, until the code has been fully audited and results released, the original blurb on this is enough, I don't need several stories in a day on it. This kind of "reporting" reminds me of an incident that newscasters reported and kept updating every 30 seconds as though something amazing was going to happen any second.
What I'd like to know (and have wanted to know for a while) is how much data** do we actually have about this stuff? By that I mean, how many points on the globe have been measured, how well distributed are they (not just clumped together in a few small areas), how many readings a year are taken, how many years back they have been taken, etc.
As was pointed out with London possibly having a 3rd white Christmas... that's ONE location on earth. Further, do we have data going back farther than 50 years? If so, what are the answers to the questions above for that 50 years? Then go back 100 years. Then 150, 200, etc. While I've not looked into it, I doubt we have accurate data going back 200 years or more in the amounts we have nowadays or in the distribution we (may) have.
If we don't have data going back sufficiently far enough then how can we say this is definitely not part of a natural cycle? Further, even if something we're doing is having an effect, how can we presume that the earth doesn't have sufficient mechanisms in place to self-correct in time despite any increase in CO2, GHG, or other chemicals from mankind? Yes, I get it that sitting on our hands may be a problem if it really is rising and continuing to rise without a self-correct mechanism from the earth (or even the solar system for that matter). But, it's extremely hard for me to take people like Al Gore or other alarmists seriously when they're declaring the destruction of the earth and others (with more knowledge, experience, and authority) are saying no, it's not that bad. It's even harder when the alarmists' solution has that eery ring of global redistribution of wealth and communism. Yes, I'm bringing politics into the discussion, but that's what Al Gore and others have done, so I think it is fair game to discuss the political motivations of those crying out for change in industrial practices and social changes "for the greater good".
** Where data is absolute temperature, along with what else was going on at the time... no rain, tons of rain, storms, other natural factors.
production line workers? I'd like to think of us as more like the engine in a car and HR + marketing as the aesthetics and interior features. Many people may by the car for looks, but if the engine blows up, they're not likely to buy that car again.
Won't anyone please think of the children? Oh how horrible it is that so many are run over! If only our cars had mirrors that could help us see the back of the car! If only humans had the ability to turn around and look behind them! But, don't worry! The wonderful benevolent Big-Brother-in-training US government is here to the rescue!
<rant>
This is why we, as Americans*, need to stop playing the "It's this party's fault" game. The parties, especially the major two, are using our division as a means to shove through insane and stupid legislation like this. And we're too busy blaming each other instead of the numb-skulls in charge. Please start voting based on principles, not party! Vote for someone who will uphold the constitution in all their decisions, not just when it suits them. And no, it's not so complex that it's hard to do sometimes. You read the document and then you say, "Is legislation X in line with the constitution and with the original intent** of the founders?" If the answer is no, you don't pass it. If your rep won't do that, then vote them out. We hired them and we can fire them.
</rant>
There, now I feel better.
* Yes, I know plenty of/. members are not in or from the US. I'm not talking to them. ** Original intent as can be seen from the federalists papers, other writings by the founders, and the plain simple writing in the document in the first place.
Somebody call Will Smith. This sounds like a good post-apocalyptic future type of movie... you know maybe with some drug whose side effect is to turn people into flesh eating zombies. And Will Smith could be an unlikely hero who captures one of the zombies and finds a cure just in time. That sounds just up his alley. Wait! What?! He's already done one of those? Oh, never mind.
What are the current read/write speeds for flash based SSDs these days? Both peak and sustained? I have not looked in ages and really would like to know. Can they even compare with HDDs nowadays? Do flash based SSD's use an internal RAID0 (or similar) method to spread reads/writes across multiple chips and thus increase overall write speeds?
I figure the wear algorithms and # of cycles these days is such that they'd last long enough for me, but price and read/write speeds are an issue to me.
How often have European countries (and really any nations) been conquered historically? And why do you think that is?... there's a reason Americans like guns and want to own them... we have a sane and historical reason for not trusting govt. Guns are a good deterrent to insane govt.
I know this is not official, but... since the specs and naming scheme seem similar to the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) smartphone, my guess is at least 512MB, if not 1GB.
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We are Google. You will be assimilated. Your technological, biological, and patent distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile.
Yes, sorry about the typo.
Yet ANOTHER reason to get rid of the TSA. We waste dollar after dollar on that stupid agency. And according to their own stats, we're no safer now than in 2001. Moreover, from a constitutional standpoint:
1. The Federal govt has the right to secure the borders -- this is the job for border patrol, NOT the TSA
2. Inter-state flights - not within Federal jurisdiction
3. That leaves flights that go across state lines, but do not leave the US.
The only place where the TSA arguably should have any authority is #3. And if we do #1, #2, and track & deport known terrorists or terrorist sympathizers, then the need for #3 becomes very minimal.
Let's face it, the TSA is filled with a bunch of inept, under-achieving goons, who have shaky justification for their jobs (at best) and should be replaced with private security companies. Such companies could be under appropriately laws to make sure they can be prosecuted for violating the 4th amendment, civil liberties, etc. and they'd have plenty of incentives to do things right...
OK, rant ended.
For Verizon at least, they have a clause for "materially adverse effect". If they change the contract in any way, that you find to be "materially adverse", and it can be reasonably shown to be so, you get out free and clear.
http://consumerist.com/2011/06/new-fee-lets-you-break-verizon-contract-without-early-termination-fee.html
Believe me, if I had seen that article prior to the change, I'd probably be free of them now. I'm almost counting the months until my latest contract renewal is up.
INACS (I'm not a Constitutional scholar) ... But, for flights that originate in Texas and only fly over Texas, would not Texas law trump federal law? The same kind of thinking is currently being used with guns (if the gun is made in a state, sold in a state, used in a state, and never crosses state lines, it remains a state issue). I would think the combination of the 10th amendment and commerce clause would apply in such cases for intra-state flights, thus leaving the TSA out in the cold for such flights.
And if so, that actually sounds like a decent solution for many (non-overseas) travelers... set up airports just far enough inside your border for people to fly across the state, get a taxi to another state, and fly over that state too if need be. Yes, it could be more expensive, and yes it could be more annoying... But, if all states basically told the TSA to "get out" for such flights & did their own security measures, you might actually still get to your destination faster than a flight where you have to go through the TSA first.
Anyone here know about the constitutionality of this?
A quote comes to mind...
"Doctor... Venkman. The purpose of science is to serve mankind. You seem to regard science as some kind of dodge... or hustle. Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist, Dr. Venkman!" -- Dr. Yeager
GM has no money due to management issues. GM doesn't just make & sell cars, they had GMC financing. They played in the finance world too much and got bitten. The reason they failed is not due to quality, but bad upper management. And don't tell me that being in the IT world you cannot understand that or that it doesn't happen. How many programmers/engineers/etc have been bad-mouthed b/c a company tanked due to poor management?
Stop listening to magazines and ratings companies! Like it or not, they're going to be paid to say some things. Find a mechanic friend who works at a shop doing a lot of business, who doesn't fix your cars, and thus has no vested interest in steering you in any direction, then ask them what cars they see the most. Moreover, ask them about cars with the Ecotec engine (Saturn L-series, Cobalt, Cavalier) and see if they don't tell you that's one of the best engines out there.
Obviously you got a lemon... I bought a used 2000 Bravada with 82k miles on it -- only thing I replaced on it in 3 years (and ~35k miles) was a fuel pump and a hub assembly. Only reason I got rid of it was my wife had a blowout on the highway and it was totaled (mostly due to exterior damage, not the engine bay). I had a 2000 Saturn with 162k miles and sold it at 209k miles b/c I was moving and couldn't afford to take it with me. It had a few more parts replaced, but the power train, suspension, and electrical system (e.g., power windows, cruise, etc.) NEVER gave me problems even during a winter with several feet of snow in just a few weeks. GMC products have been good to me... far better than the Sable I used to own, or the 2001 Ford Explorer, or the 2000 Hyundai Accent, or the 2005 Kia Spectra. I only wish I had bought GM products to start with, would have saved me lots of headaches.
And I'm glad I've never owned a Toyota! ... a mechanic friend (ASE master mechanic for Midas) saw non-stop problems with them in their shop. He told me that Toyota is no more reliable than any other car. It's just that whereas most people realistically expect problems with their cars, Toyota owners are surprised.
This sounds like a solution looking for a problem.
Uhmm, need I point out the obvious? ... 1 Exabit/sec / 100,000,000 users = 10 Terabit/sec bandwidth per user. Yes, I know there's overhead, distribution across large distances, etc, etc that would lower the realistic bandwidth. But, it means each user could still have a crazy amount of bandwidth.
Dr. House, is that you?
Actually, like them or not, the Tea Party has shown Americans know where things are headed, don't like it, and are making efforts to reverse the trend towards a total Nanny state. A
Ask Intel how much F0 0F cost them. While in college, we had someone in a seminar class discuss how Intel had an engineer who didn't update the floating point division test code when they modified the FDIV instruction and POOF! there goes $500 million (iirc).
This person denies they put in backdoor code for the FBI... a likely story! That's just what a person working secretly for the FBI would say. And next he'll claim he's not a BSD coder too! He's guilty, guilty I say!
Seriously, until the code has been fully audited and results released, the original blurb on this is enough, I don't need several stories in a day on it. This kind of "reporting" reminds me of an incident that newscasters reported and kept updating every 30 seconds as though something amazing was going to happen any second.
I've been reading through several comments...
What I'd like to know (and have wanted to know for a while) is how much data** do we actually have about this stuff? By that I mean, how many points on the globe have been measured, how well distributed are they (not just clumped together in a few small areas), how many readings a year are taken, how many years back they have been taken, etc.
As was pointed out with London possibly having a 3rd white Christmas... that's ONE location on earth. Further, do we have data going back farther than 50 years? If so, what are the answers to the questions above for that 50 years? Then go back 100 years. Then 150, 200, etc. While I've not looked into it, I doubt we have accurate data going back 200 years or more in the amounts we have nowadays or in the distribution we (may) have.
If we don't have data going back sufficiently far enough then how can we say this is definitely not part of a natural cycle? Further, even if something we're doing is having an effect, how can we presume that the earth doesn't have sufficient mechanisms in place to self-correct in time despite any increase in CO2, GHG, or other chemicals from mankind? Yes, I get it that sitting on our hands may be a problem if it really is rising and continuing to rise without a self-correct mechanism from the earth (or even the solar system for that matter). But, it's extremely hard for me to take people like Al Gore or other alarmists seriously when they're declaring the destruction of the earth and others (with more knowledge, experience, and authority) are saying no, it's not that bad. It's even harder when the alarmists' solution has that eery ring of global redistribution of wealth and communism. Yes, I'm bringing politics into the discussion, but that's what Al Gore and others have done, so I think it is fair game to discuss the political motivations of those crying out for change in industrial practices and social changes "for the greater good".
** Where data is absolute temperature, along with what else was going on at the time... no rain, tons of rain, storms, other natural factors.
You have just added to the many reasons why I'm glad I don't work for the TSA!
production line workers? I'd like to think of us as more like the engine in a car and HR + marketing as the aesthetics and interior features. Many people may by the car for looks, but if the engine blows up, they're not likely to buy that car again.
Just my $0.02
Sorry, but MySpace reinvented that problem. Not to mention they made it easier to create such a page. Just unavoidable I'm afraid.
Won't anyone please think of the children? Oh how horrible it is that so many are run over! If only our cars had mirrors that could help us see the back of the car! If only humans had the ability to turn around and look behind them! But, don't worry! The wonderful benevolent Big-Brother-in-training US government is here to the rescue!
<rant>
This is why we, as Americans*, need to stop playing the "It's this party's fault" game. The parties, especially the major two, are using our division as a means to shove through insane and stupid legislation like this. And we're too busy blaming each other instead of the numb-skulls in charge. Please start voting based on principles, not party! Vote for someone who will uphold the constitution in all their decisions, not just when it suits them. And no, it's not so complex that it's hard to do sometimes. You read the document and then you say, "Is legislation X in line with the constitution and with the original intent** of the founders?" If the answer is no, you don't pass it. If your rep won't do that, then vote them out. We hired them and we can fire them.
</rant>
There, now I feel better.
* Yes, I know plenty of /. members are not in or from the US. I'm not talking to them.
** Original intent as can be seen from the federalists papers, other writings by the founders, and the plain simple writing in the document in the first place.
Somebody call Will Smith. This sounds like a good post-apocalyptic future type of movie... you know maybe with some drug whose side effect is to turn people into flesh eating zombies. And Will Smith could be an unlikely hero who captures one of the zombies and finds a cure just in time. That sounds just up his alley. Wait! What?! He's already done one of those? Oh, never mind.
What are the current read/write speeds for flash based SSDs these days? Both peak and sustained? I have not looked in ages and really would like to know. Can they even compare with HDDs nowadays? Do flash based SSD's use an internal RAID0 (or similar) method to spread reads/writes across multiple chips and thus increase overall write speeds?
I figure the wear algorithms and # of cycles these days is such that they'd last long enough for me, but price and read/write speeds are an issue to me.
How often have European countries (and really any nations) been conquered historically? And why do you think that is? ... there's a reason Americans like guns and want to own them... we have a sane and historical reason for not trusting govt. Guns are a good deterrent to insane govt.
I know this is not official, but... since the specs and naming scheme seem similar to the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) smartphone, my guess is at least 512MB, if not 1GB.