Since all the existing numbers have been dialed atleast once, it means the particular combination of tones have been applied in sequence.
Yes, pianos have a limited number of keys, but since they can be put together in different orders and different lengths, it would take a bit more effort to do this with a piano...
everyone assumes that we're going to send in troops the same way with an extensive air campaign...
the way i see it, they're going to set up a small secure area to stage operations from (in Pakistan or Afghanistan, doesn't matter) and then keep craft in the air constantly to keep an eye on things and an eye out for bin laden (probably many of those unmanned craft)..
then begin polluting the terrorist system... sow distrust, support weaker/stupid members' advancement, and give a great deal of food and medicine away to locals...
imagine if our troops could make the system weaker by distrust and foolish leaders AND get useful information from locals... bin laden would see his organization crumble around him...
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Do you suggest that we have a handicap in fighting this war?
I think we already do have one thing that should help them... we WON'T purposely target civilians. yes, some will be hurt and killed, but the difference between us and the terrorists is that we won't do it on purpose...
18 people killed 6500+... why can't we keep our military out of the direct fire?
I'd just say that there's no "killer app" to rationalize getting this. Originally, I did not get net access for email (back in 96), but since I've had it pretty much continuously since then, I can't imagine being without it.
Sure, buying stocks from your pda/phone might be cool bragging rights, but really, is it worth it?
Not to mention that this is the same government that passed the DMCA and is hold Skylarov (sp?). Do you really want them in charge of your internet too?
I was thinking about this last night. Internet access is pretty much ubiqitous in our lives, and (at least for me) is absolutely essential in order to function. Certain resources, like gas, electricity, and telephone service are considered essential, and the gov't sets standards and requires availibility of these services. These services are required to be availible all the time. However, IPS's [rr.com] can get away with spotty QoS, ninexistant customer support, and can just close up shop when they go broke. Shouldn't internet access be provided, subsidized, or regulated by the gov't as is any essential utility?
The standards that are involved do not ensure the same QOS that we're used to with a standard phone or electrical system. When you pick up the phone, it's assumed that there will be a dial tone. When you try to get online (unless you have boradband like me!) you have to dial and try to get a connection. How many times have you been bumped offline? How many times have you crashed your system? How many times have other things happen where you lose your connection?
The fundamental difference with the phone and IT systems is that the phone system works on the basis that not everyone will wnat to use the phone at any given time and even if they do, it'll just be momentary. That's why telco's started to freak when "getting online" started to become popular with the bbses. Suddenly, they had many people making many calls at about the same and then holding the line for hours.
The tcp/ip standards has specific conditions on when it is to drop packets and degrade service for non-vital stuff because it can be re-transmitted later.
This is also why true convergence won't work between these two systems. One works on the basis of having dumb normally unconnected terminals that require incredibly high QoS (phones) while the other works on the basis that eventually the info will get through, but the order doesn't neccessarily matter and the connection could always be live.
it has all to do with training.. they don't want a bunch of bozos roaming around trying to help when they're just getting in the way.. they've been announcing for the past 36 hours to stop coming to help...
and they say that it'll take years because the operation would have to wipe out all pieces of the organization.. just killing Bin Laden won't do jack... other leaders will rise up..
last time i checked, this technology would NOT make it easier to stop terrorism...
if it works, it might be easier to track down the phones of the people (if I was told to evacuate, I can't promise that I would grab my phone off my desk)...
it sounds like the tracking is a great idea, but i'm thinking that it may have already been too late...
one of the fundamental problems is that it doesn't work in buildings AT ALL... it's absolutely horrible... now add in the resolution that it offers +/- 10 meters.. now add in multiple ones that could be close together... it'd be a mess and wouldn't result in anything anyway...
well, i've ordered gifts for friends and family over the phone and then, all of the sudden, the billing address isn't nearly as important... made me nervous
that's why i use exactly ONE card online with an incredibly low limit... then, just in case someone does get it, they can't try to wipe me or any business out...
Thanks Slashteam, you guys did a great job of keeping up under the load and keeping the information flowing...
I, for one, am in the dc area and phone lines were blocked and i was at work without a tv or radio... you guys managed to keep many of us in touch with the outside world and the breaking news (even if some of it was a bit wrong)
Oh yeah, don't forget that France and Russia have made multi-billion dollar deals with Iraq concerning oil fields... with no requirements on where the money is spent...
Saddam: Hey, I have 3 billion dollars.. Shopping spree!! Let's see, I'll take some missiles, some ammo, I guess a Big Mac for the kids at home would be good too...
The Secret Service wouldn't allow Bush to return to the White House... the VP was there and in times of crisis, protocol REQUIRES that they stay no where near each other.
I always remember the old adage that "politics stop at the waters' edge"... well, you and Peter Jennings have proved that you care more about politics and taking jabs about the leaders that we should rally behind instead of this country.
I for one understand completely why the president was on the move. I had pairs of fighters flying protective cover over the city. I saw first hand the armed government and law enforcement agents and numerous places.
From now on, I'm blocking all your articles. It's not worth the time or the though...
I also don't appreciate the article above. Last time I checked, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict had two side... the Iraqi/US conflict had two sides...
or, once you get the thing configured, you make a few (dozen) backups of the floppy...
you get rooted, throw away the old disk, pop in a new disk and apply any fixes..
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they walked out because they were bashing the Israelis and completely forgetting that there was another side doing very similar things...
not to mention that up until the Wye River Accords (1998), the PLO constitution states 3+ times that their goal was the destruction of the Israeli state..
I'm not taking sides, I'm pointing out the fact that there are two sides to this conflict.
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Have you ever driven a remote control car?
How long did it take you to get used to the controls... now try to imagine flying a three dimensional car loaded with people hundreds of mile away reacting to stimuli that you can't feel in the control tower (turbulance, etc)...
oh, now add in the the fact that you would have to do a live video feed...
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And often, you only need some form of picture ID to get on a plane... school id's have worked in the past... that was pre-911 though...
The terrorists who boarded the planes on 09/11 all had legal American identification or foreign identification, right?
What good would this system do unless it was FORCED WORLD-WIDE?
Yeah, it'll be really cute when you can't fly on a plane, ride a train, get a credit card, open a bank account, or get a job without one...
Not to mention have email...
Board of Directors.
Yes, pianos have a limited number of keys, but since they can be put together in different orders and different lengths, it would take a bit more effort to do this with a piano...
we'd have more luck distributing picture books... no joke..
if they hate us so much and want to kill all of us, let's just cut them off completely... no more funding or assistance...
you don't bite the hand that feeds you...
everyone assumes that we're going to send in troops the same way with an extensive air campaign...
the way i see it, they're going to set up a small secure area to stage operations from (in Pakistan or Afghanistan, doesn't matter) and then keep craft in the air constantly to keep an eye on things and an eye out for bin laden (probably many of those unmanned craft)..
then begin polluting the terrorist system... sow distrust, support weaker/stupid members' advancement, and give a great deal of food and medicine away to locals...
imagine if our troops could make the system weaker by distrust and foolish leaders AND get useful information from locals... bin laden would see his organization crumble around him...
I think we already do have one thing that should help them... we WON'T purposely target civilians. yes, some will be hurt and killed, but the difference between us and the terrorists is that we won't do it on purpose...
18 people killed 6500+... why can't we keep our military out of the direct fire?
the fiscal year ends in 10 days and any money not spent goes back to the treasury and scrutinized...
one of the contracts that i'm on right now is freezing as of 09/30 unless our client gets at least some of their funding soon...
the House seems to be busy doing other things right now instead of approving the budget... understandable though...
Sure, buying stocks from your pda/phone might be cool bragging rights, but really, is it worth it?
FP?
Remember, you can't sue the feds...
The standards that are involved do not ensure the same QOS that we're used to with a standard phone or electrical system. When you pick up the phone, it's assumed that there will be a dial tone. When you try to get online (unless you have boradband like me!) you have to dial and try to get a connection. How many times have you been bumped offline? How many times have you crashed your system? How many times have other things happen where you lose your connection?
The fundamental difference with the phone and IT systems is that the phone system works on the basis that not everyone will wnat to use the phone at any given time and even if they do, it'll just be momentary. That's why telco's started to freak when "getting online" started to become popular with the bbses. Suddenly, they had many people making many calls at about the same and then holding the line for hours.
The tcp/ip standards has specific conditions on when it is to drop packets and degrade service for non-vital stuff because it can be re-transmitted later.
This is also why true convergence won't work between these two systems. One works on the basis of having dumb normally unconnected terminals that require incredibly high QoS (phones) while the other works on the basis that eventually the info will get through, but the order doesn't neccessarily matter and the connection could always be live.
pakistan seems to be siding with us in this situation...
it has all to do with training.. they don't want a bunch of bozos roaming around trying to help when they're just getting in the way.. they've been announcing for the past 36 hours to stop coming to help...
and they say that it'll take years because the operation would have to wipe out all pieces of the organization.. just killing Bin Laden won't do jack... other leaders will rise up..
if it works, it might be easier to track down the phones of the people (if I was told to evacuate, I can't promise that I would grab my phone off my desk)...
it sounds like the tracking is a great idea, but i'm thinking that it may have already been too late...
God Bless the fallen and the rescuers...
one of the fundamental problems is that it doesn't work in buildings AT ALL... it's absolutely horrible... now add in the resolution that it offers +/- 10 meters.. now add in multiple ones that could be close together... it'd be a mess and wouldn't result in anything anyway...
that's why i use exactly ONE card online with an incredibly low limit... then, just in case someone does get it, they can't try to wipe me or any business out...
So who owns Fry's? Is it Disney or MS or AOL-TW?
I, for one, am in the dc area and phone lines were blocked and i was at work without a tv or radio... you guys managed to keep many of us in touch with the outside world and the breaking news (even if some of it was a bit wrong)
Thanks.
Saddam: Hey, I have 3 billion dollars.. Shopping spree!! Let's see, I'll take some missiles, some ammo, I guess a Big Mac for the kids at home would be good too...
Besides, current information shows that these people weren't Palestinian.
And last time I checked, the US government was sending food and medical supplies to Iraq. Oh yeah, Saddam intercepts them and blames us....
And last time I checked, the US was always acting as a moderator trying to get both sides to resolve the fighting...
The Secret Service wouldn't allow Bush to return to the White House... the VP was there and in times of crisis, protocol REQUIRES that they stay no where near each other.
I always remember the old adage that "politics stop at the waters' edge"... well, you and Peter Jennings have proved that you care more about politics and taking jabs about the leaders that we should rally behind instead of this country.
I for one understand completely why the president was on the move. I had pairs of fighters flying protective cover over the city. I saw first hand the armed government and law enforcement agents and numerous places.
From now on, I'm blocking all your articles. It's not worth the time or the though...
I also don't appreciate the article above. Last time I checked, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict had two side... the Iraqi/US conflict had two sides...
you get rooted, throw away the old disk, pop in a new disk and apply any fixes..
not to mention that up until the Wye River Accords (1998), the PLO constitution states 3+ times that their goal was the destruction of the Israeli state..
I'm not taking sides, I'm pointing out the fact that there are two sides to this conflict.
How long did it take you to get used to the controls... now try to imagine flying a three dimensional car loaded with people hundreds of mile away reacting to stimuli that you can't feel in the control tower (turbulance, etc)...
oh, now add in the the fact that you would have to do a live video feed...
FOR GOD SAKES, THIS ISN'T MS FLIGHT SIM!!!!!!