I am a counselor for the BSA Programming merit badge, which requires the scout to write 3 programs in 3 different languages. I will accept javascript as a programming language, but despite being asked many times, I will not accept HTML as a programming language.
John Deere has a lot of proprietary software that they do have a legitimate reason to protect. Their self-driving tractors that can compute the optimum path to cover a field, their ability to track how much is harvested per acre, which get's uploaded to their central servers so they can crunch it and sell it back to the farmers.
Unfortunately, the laws (pushed by John Deere, and I think Case as well) do not distinguish between software and hardware. I remember watching my Uncle pulling a starter out of a Chevy Impala and putting it into a John Deere in under 30 minutes so he could go out and feed the cows. I fear those days are probably gone (Note: that particular chore doesn't require any of the proprietary software)
Not sure if you are trolling or not, but I'll answer as if you are serious...
In general yes, moving to a plant based diet is better for you and the environment, but if you are trying to track your macros (for low carb diets or whatever), subway salads are supposed to be low carb. Soy has more carbs and less protein than chicken breast. Not a whole lot, but it can throw you off if you are tracking carefully.
I bought the Kobo because of the backlight, and I still like the Kobo better than my Nook, or my Kindle, but I end up on my Kindle most of the time because that's where the free books are.
I use calibre to convert non-DRM'd books from epub to mobi and back - do I still need to turn in my geek cred card?
Bluetooth works fine for me if I have the phone on an armband or if I hold it out to the side, but the second I lower my arm or put the phone in my pocket, my headphones stop working. Give me a wired connection please!!
Don't even get me stated on having to re-pair my phone to my car stereo every time I want to use it, but that's my fault for buying a cheap car stereo (note to self - don't buy Pyle brand ever again)
It would have shown as a sale on the daily receipts to the lotto company, but the cash for the sales would not have been in the cash drawer - hence it was 'missing'.
My question is, how long did she think she could get away with it? Maybe she was hoping she could hit it big and disappear before she was caught? But then she would have had to collect the money from the same employer she was stealing from....
okay - everyone within 10 miles of a nuclear reactor start searching for symptoms of hallucinations of aliens and swelling in only the right pinky toe. Maybe throw in random deafness every 10 minutes lasting for 30 seconds.
This was my thought too: What is the difference between a drone and a remote controlled toy?
What about those remote controlled helicopters/airplanes - are the sale of those going to be regulated because some people fly them in urban areas? What's the difference (legally) between a $1000 gas powered 10lb helicopter with a 5 foot wingspan and one of those $20 battery powered indoor helicopters you buy at Big-5 and fly for 1 minute/charge? (until you sneeze and blow it across the room)
20 years ago i had a model rocket that went several hundred feet in the air before spreading it's wings to come back down - no control whatsoever - is that more or less dangerous than a quadcopter being controlled through a remote link, or following a pre-programmed path? What if I put a camera or some other payload on that glider - is it a drone now?
Is anything that flies without a human being on board to control it considered a drone? What about paper airplanes?
Minor nitpicking here, but this is the internet...
An EMT is not the same as a Paramedic. EMT's can give O2, Intubate, do CPR, insert an IV, provide basic care etc... A Paramedic can give drugs on the scene (after consulting with a dr - usually over the radio), emergency surgery in trauma cases, and probably a lot more. I think it's the difference of 80 hours of school for an EMT versus 400 hours of school for a paramedic, but don't quote me on those numbers.
This also re-opens the argument that if Apple made the battery replaceable in the first place, then you wouldn't have to damage the phone to replace the battery.
I agree - Teacher should get reprimanded for reading that book to the students - middle school students are perfectly capable of reading on their own..
On a serious note: The local High School Honors English class required the students read this book over summer break before school started. I gave my son the book and told him to read it even though it looks like he will be going to different school.
I'm guessing (completely speculation) that it would not be sent to individual phones, but more than likely would be something that would be controlled by the cell tower.
I can imagine a command to all the cell towers in an affected region that says "send this message to every cell phone you can reach." That way you could target a very specific geographical area without keeping track of who is on what network, who is traveling to Georgia for the weekend, etc..
99% of the time you are right, but there was one a couple of months ago where the boyfriend (not the child's father) drove into the delta with kid in the back seat. Amber Alert was active on him, just not fast enough.
Actually - PGE started work on a nuclear power plant in Marin County - even managed to dig a hold for the cooling tower before someone noticed it was directly on the San Andreas fault line....
Mine cycles between total usage since installation, current usage right now, and current voltage being supplied to the house (I suppose to verify a brownout condition).
Headline should read: California County attempts to put a one year moratorium on installation of SmartMeters, PGE ignores them and installs them anyway.
As for those wondering about the meter reader unions - rumour has it that PGE has already fired all the meter readers and has been using contractors to install the SmartMeters.
The only valid reason I've heard so far is that they use the unlicensed spectrum to communicate back to the home base, which is very close to Marin County's emergency radio system (A trunked system called MERA). but in reality this is nothing more than a political move to mollify all the health-nuts in the valley so the County leaders look they are doing something.
Agreed - I saw it as a classic example of Joseph Campbell's "Heroes Journey" tale.
The hero is offered a challenge, which he initially refuses, but then gets forced into taking. He meets a mentor and a love interest, the love interest gets herself in trouble and has to be rescued, basically giving the hero his motivation to further his quest, the mentor sacrifices himself at the end so the hero can finish his journey and discover something about himself.
There were other movie formula's thrown in - the villain's henchman originally was on the hero's side - and has a last minute change of heart, turning against the villain, and sacrificing himself in the process. And the mulligan was Flynn's disk.
But going back the original post - the setting is too close to present day real-life for people to accept a Heroes Journey at face value. It just doesn't seem right. "Not enough imagination".
I've worked in the telecom industry and I've seen the type of testing they do on their products, and I've worked in the software industry and I've seen the type of testing they do on their products...
It will be a long long time before I give up my hardline from ATT and rely only on VOIP as my main contact with the world. or anything more than I'm bored - let's see who I can talk to....
I remember reading something a while ago, about a train tunnel in Russia that was so long, the coal engine and the passengers used up all the oxygen on it's first trip through, and some bad stuff happened.
I would assume(/cough) hope a modern day train would carry it's own air supply with sufficient reserve supply and backup safety systems in case of a breakdown.
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No - you need to change them all to "fourwordsalluppercase"
That's the real story. FCC actually paying attention to it's own rules.
Now if only we can get them to do something about 7.200Mhz.....
I am a counselor for the BSA Programming merit badge, which requires the scout to write 3 programs in 3 different languages. I will accept javascript as a programming language, but despite being asked many times, I will not accept HTML as a programming language.
John Deere has a lot of proprietary software that they do have a legitimate reason to protect. Their self-driving tractors that can compute the optimum path to cover a field, their ability to track how much is harvested per acre, which get's uploaded to their central servers so they can crunch it and sell it back to the farmers.
Unfortunately, the laws (pushed by John Deere, and I think Case as well) do not distinguish between software and hardware.
I remember watching my Uncle pulling a starter out of a Chevy Impala and putting it into a John Deere in under 30 minutes so he could go out and feed the cows. I fear those days are probably gone (Note: that particular chore doesn't require any of the proprietary software)
Not sure if you are trolling or not, but I'll answer as if you are serious...
In general yes, moving to a plant based diet is better for you and the environment, but if you are trying to track your macros (for low carb diets or whatever), subway salads are supposed to be low carb. Soy has more carbs and less protein than chicken breast. Not a whole lot, but it can throw you off if you are tracking carefully.
I bought the Kobo because of the backlight, and I still like the Kobo better than my Nook, or my Kindle, but I end up on my Kindle most of the time because that's where the free books are.
I use calibre to convert non-DRM'd books from epub to mobi and back - do I still need to turn in my geek cred card?
Bluetooth works fine for me if I have the phone on an armband or if I hold it out to the side, but the second I lower my arm or put the phone in my pocket, my headphones stop working. Give me a wired connection please!!
Don't even get me stated on having to re-pair my phone to my car stereo every time I want to use it, but that's my fault for buying a cheap car stereo (note to self - don't buy Pyle brand ever again)
It would have shown as a sale on the daily receipts to the lotto company, but the cash for the sales would not have been in the cash drawer - hence it was 'missing'.
My question is, how long did she think she could get away with it? Maybe she was hoping she could hit it big and disappear before she was caught? But then she would have had to collect the money from the same employer she was stealing from....
okay - everyone within 10 miles of a nuclear reactor start searching for symptoms of hallucinations of aliens and swelling in only the right pinky toe. Maybe throw in random deafness every 10 minutes lasting for 30 seconds.
This was my thought too:
What is the difference between a drone and a remote controlled toy?
What about those remote controlled helicopters/airplanes - are the sale of those going to be regulated because some people fly them in urban areas? What's the difference (legally) between a $1000 gas powered 10lb helicopter with a 5 foot wingspan and one of those $20 battery powered indoor helicopters you buy at Big-5 and fly for 1 minute/charge? (until you sneeze and blow it across the room)
20 years ago i had a model rocket that went several hundred feet in the air before spreading it's wings to come back down - no control whatsoever - is that more or less dangerous than a quadcopter being controlled through a remote link, or following a pre-programmed path?
What if I put a camera or some other payload on that glider - is it a drone now?
Is anything that flies without a human being on board to control it considered a drone? What about paper airplanes?
Minor nitpicking here, but this is the internet...
An EMT is not the same as a Paramedic. EMT's can give O2, Intubate, do CPR, insert an IV, provide basic care etc... A Paramedic can give drugs on the scene (after consulting with a dr - usually over the radio), emergency surgery in trauma cases, and probably a lot more. I think it's the difference of 80 hours of school for an EMT versus 400 hours of school for a paramedic, but don't quote me on those numbers.
This also re-opens the argument that if Apple made the battery replaceable in the first place, then you wouldn't have to damage the phone to replace the battery.
I agree - Teacher should get reprimanded for reading that book to the students - middle school students are perfectly capable of reading on their own..
On a serious note: The local High School Honors English class required the students read this book over summer break before school started. I gave my son the book and told him to read it even though it looks like he will be going to different school.
Just one more step for Corporations to be considered Sovereign Entities. Soon they will be considered the same as a country.
I'm guessing (completely speculation) that it would not be sent to individual phones, but more than likely would be something that would be controlled by the cell tower.
I can imagine a command to all the cell towers in an affected region that says "send this message to every cell phone you can reach." That way you could target a very specific geographical area without keeping track of who is on what network, who is traveling to Georgia for the weekend, etc..
99% of the time you are right, but there was one a couple of months ago where the boyfriend (not the child's father) drove into the delta with kid in the back seat. Amber Alert was active on him, just not fast enough.
Wait until the spammers find a way to spoof messages from the president.
Also they can be used to detect open or short circuits in the system to help track down failures/downed powerlines/blown transformers, etc....
Actually - PGE started work on a nuclear power plant in Marin County - even managed to dig a hold for the cooling tower before someone noticed it was directly on the San Andreas fault line....
Mine cycles between total usage since installation, current usage right now, and current voltage being supplied to the house (I suppose to verify a brownout condition).
Headline should read: California County attempts to put a one year moratorium on installation of SmartMeters, PGE ignores them and installs them anyway.
As for those wondering about the meter reader unions - rumour has it that PGE has already fired all the meter readers and has been using contractors to install the SmartMeters.
The only valid reason I've heard so far is that they use the unlicensed spectrum to communicate back to the home base, which is very close to Marin County's emergency radio system (A trunked system called MERA). but in reality this is nothing more than a political move to mollify all the health-nuts in the valley so the County leaders look they are doing something.
Agreed - I saw it as a classic example of Joseph Campbell's "Heroes Journey" tale.
The hero is offered a challenge, which he initially refuses, but then gets forced into taking. He meets a mentor and a love interest, the love interest gets herself in trouble and has to be rescued, basically giving the hero his motivation to further his quest, the mentor sacrifices himself at the end so the hero can finish his journey and discover something about himself.
There were other movie formula's thrown in - the villain's henchman originally was on the hero's side - and has a last minute change of heart, turning against the villain, and sacrificing himself in the process.
And the mulligan was Flynn's disk.
But going back the original post - the setting is too close to present day real-life for people to accept a Heroes Journey at face value. It just doesn't seem right. "Not enough imagination".
Somewhere there's a junior sysadmin going "so if this script didn't push the latest build onto the test servers, where did it get pushed to?"
I've worked in the telecom industry and I've seen the type of testing they do on their products, and I've worked in the software industry and I've seen the type of testing they do on their products...
It will be a long long time before I give up my hardline from ATT and rely only on VOIP as my main contact with the world. or anything more than I'm bored - let's see who I can talk to....
A LONG time....
I remember reading something a while ago, about a train tunnel in Russia that was so long, the coal engine and the passengers used up all the oxygen on it's first trip through, and some bad stuff happened.
I would assume(/cough) hope a modern day train would carry it's own air supply with sufficient reserve supply and backup safety systems in case of a breakdown.