That is more work than I usually put into it. I usually just go with a "Y" or a "N", or I call the person in question. I haven't found a AI word sensing technology yet that can beat talking to someone... in fact, that is why I got a phone and not a pager.
It's a buzzword. Everything without a wire is by virtue "wireless," and thus cool and can cost at least $10 more. I have a wireless toaster, in fact. I just look at it and indulge in my hipness on days I don't want to make toast.
And more importantly (too me, anyway) is there anyway this could be rigged up to provide wireless internet access, 802.11b or otherwise?
Yeah dude. On launching day, take your laptop with a wireless card, and hide behind a bush near the launch site. Just about when they are ready to let the balloon go, run out of the bushes with a "Whooo hooooooooallyourballoonarebelongtoussssss!" and grab onto the bottom of the balloon. It will go up and they will probably shoot at you with M16s but chances are they will not be expecting this and they will miss. Then, when you are high enough up there, turn on the laptop and with any luck you'll drift over San Franciso and you can get some sweet wi-fi action from a defunct dot com with its wireless network still running.
Oh wait, you meant how can this help you get wireless access while you're still on the ground. Well... yeah.
It's only "more dangerous" because doctors and emergency workers are more careless about what they can do because they've got technology that "unwires" them. How did doctors get by without cell phones and beepers before those things existed? If they were on call, they stayed in places where they could get phone calls or messages!
If movie theatres start using jamming technology, then doctors just won't go to movies when they're on call. (Or they will, and will be rightfully sued when something bad happens.) Since I'm not a doctor, and I hate when cell phones ring in movie theatres, I say big *##!#@#ing deal. If the movie theatres want to pay for some kind of smart-vibrate feature on cell phones, then they can pay for it. Can you say "emergency dependability surcharge" on your cellphone bill?
One question I have, how long will you eyes stay on record?
Hopefully for as long as they are still your eyes. Or, would you rather go to the DEM (Department of Eye Measurements) once yearly with 50 pieces of paperwork to get your eyes scanned and your record validated?
If pay for the tickets with a credit card or check they know who you are.
Unless someone buys it for you.
You check in when you get to the airport, they ask for your license, they now know who you are.
Unless it's a fake license.
You board the plane using a ticket with your name on it, they now know who you are.
Unless it's not your name on the ticket but it matches up with your fake license.
Come on. All your other points about why it's good that they know who you are as a passenger are valid, but your arguements to how they will know for sure who you are are kind of lame.:)
Sorry, the trigger goes off every time you ship software. There's nothing that keeps bad pointer, in any software, from running a codepath that deletes user files or is otherwise malicious to your current task or data. I'm sure plenty of bits in most software apps could do some damage... what's the difference between these bits and those bits, besides intent? What's more important is the probability that those bits will be executed. And in this case, it's basically zip.
I realize this is quite a bit like the arguement for revoking the right to carry certain kinds of guns, but then again, I don't think anyone needs an AK47.
Personally, I don't care where the thing was created. Bombs went off in Nevada and now we ship all our nuclear waste there. Real considerate of us. Nevadans (sp?) should be able to have whatever damned plates they want.:)
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If a jewler created a great ring and someone took it, changed it a little, and sold it we'd call that theft. But if a programmer writes a progam and somebody decides to take it, modify it, stamp their name on it **EVEN IF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OBJECTS** then that's somehow OK?
I think if you did a random study on Slashdot users you'd find that the same users who decry companies as "evil" for defending thier rights are the same ones who've never had something stolen in this way.
Then again, it's so un-American these days to think that personal rights apply to people other than yourself. Which naturally makes everyone evil because they want rights too.:)
I saw your post on Slashdot and realized something... you know, sometimes corporate conglomerations can be a little scary. And then I laughed to myself and though, hey, sometimes I myself can be a little scary. I'm really sorry about that. I've contacted my friends at Microsoft and Intel and told them, you know, let's try not to be so scary. Like Tigger here. You wouldn't scary anyone, would you Tigger? Alright, well sit back and enjoy our show, "Winnie The Pooh And The Hundred Thousand Dollar Fine For Downloading MP3s" on the "Wonderful World Of Disney."
The thing that sucks though is that people can still use analog equipment like microphones and tape recorders to record my voice while I'm talking, so basically the fact that my voice's bits are encoded and encrypted and digital-rightsfully-managed as they fly though the air doesn't do me any good. What I really need is a voice rights management helmet so no one can hear me while I'm talking.
Microsoft didn't invent Java dude... so it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that it's not open. Nokia invented Java (during the period in which Al Gore was an honorary CEO.)
OK, so maybe you don't understand. It's a hidden message from people who want to take over your rights. The letters D, R, and M *all* appeared in the story. Put that together, and you get DRM. Digital Rights Management! They also encode these letters in the lyrics to most of N'Sync's music, which is why we hate them so much. Counter to this theory, is John Katz, who has none of these letters in his name, but we still don't like him. In short, everything's evil.
DanOb, this is the FBI. We have a warrant for your arrest for trying to build a dirty bomb. We found your post on a website called Slash Dot which made mention of radiation, more radiation, "special" paint, and fins. Please come with us.
Actually, the last one I saw was achieving some pretty impressive heights. Supposedly it was up to 40 feet, but this was a while ago.
And that is how many decameters? Suddenly, Pluto seems so close.
I always dreamed of shooting my water powered rocket I had when I was in 3rd grade into space... it went 40 feet into the air, plus a few. But I accidentally launched my "research" into the lake (a primary fuel source) and it sunk out to far for me to retrieve.
My guess is if I had a laser at that age I could have cooked off one of my fingers... er... I mean gotten it up to 50 feet... easy.
So, I'm thinking this could be used to power commercial airliners. Each city could have a laser (hereafter known as that city's "laser base,") which could be used to propel planes. And next, the secretary of defense issues a statement that there is a "credible" report that Al Quada members are trying to buy alot of metallic paint and weather balloons...
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That is more work than I usually put into it. I usually just go with a "Y" or a "N", or I call the person in question. I haven't found a AI word sensing technology yet that can beat talking to someone... in fact, that is why I got a phone and not a pager.
It's a buzzword. Everything without a wire is by virtue "wireless," and thus cool and can cost at least $10 more. I have a wireless toaster, in fact. I just look at it and indulge in my hipness on days I don't want to make toast.
And more importantly (too me, anyway) is there anyway this could be rigged up to provide wireless internet access, 802.11b or otherwise?
Yeah dude. On launching day, take your laptop with a wireless card, and hide behind a bush near the launch site. Just about when they are ready to let the balloon go, run out of the bushes with a "Whooo hooooooooallyourballoonarebelongtoussssss!" and grab onto the bottom of the balloon. It will go up and they will probably shoot at you with M16s but chances are they will not be expecting this and they will miss. Then, when you are high enough up there, turn on the laptop and with any luck you'll drift over San Franciso and you can get some sweet wi-fi action from a defunct dot com with its wireless network still running.
Oh wait, you meant how can this help you get wireless access while you're still on the ground. Well... yeah.
It's a horizon, but it's vertical... like when you're flying in a rocket and you look out the window. OK, I just made that up.
It's only "more dangerous" because doctors and emergency workers are more careless about what they can do because they've got technology that "unwires" them. How did doctors get by without cell phones and beepers before those things existed? If they were on call, they stayed in places where they could get phone calls or messages!
If movie theatres start using jamming technology, then doctors just won't go to movies when they're on call. (Or they will, and will be rightfully sued when something bad happens.) Since I'm not a doctor, and I hate when cell phones ring in movie theatres, I say big *##!#@#ing deal. If the movie theatres want to pay for some kind of smart-vibrate feature on cell phones, then they can pay for it. Can you say "emergency dependability surcharge" on your cellphone bill?
One question I have, how long will you eyes stay on record?
Hopefully for as long as they are still your eyes. Or, would you rather go to the DEM (Department of Eye Measurements) once yearly with 50 pieces of paperwork to get your eyes scanned and your record validated?
If pay for the tickets with a credit card or check they know who you are.
:)
Unless someone buys it for you.
You check in when you get to the airport, they ask for your license, they now know who you are.
Unless it's a fake license.
You board the plane using a ticket with your name on it, they now know who you are.
Unless it's not your name on the ticket but it matches up with your fake license.
Come on. All your other points about why it's good that they know who you are as a passenger are valid, but your arguements to how they will know for sure who you are are kind of lame.
But... we want to sue!
Sorry, the trigger goes off every time you ship software. There's nothing that keeps bad pointer, in any software, from running a codepath that deletes user files or is otherwise malicious to your current task or data. I'm sure plenty of bits in most software apps could do some damage... what's the difference between these bits and those bits, besides intent? What's more important is the probability that those bits will be executed. And in this case, it's basically zip.
I realize this is quite a bit like the arguement for revoking the right to carry certain kinds of guns, but then again, I don't think anyone needs an AK47.
It's the principal, man, the principal! He's sending them back for you and me and for America!
Personally, I don't care where the thing was created. Bombs went off in Nevada and now we ship all our nuclear waste there. Real considerate of us. Nevadans (sp?) should be able to have whatever damned plates they want. :)
If a jewler created a great ring and someone took it, changed it a little, and sold it we'd call that theft. But if a programmer writes a progam and somebody decides to take it, modify it, stamp their name on it **EVEN IF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OBJECTS** then that's somehow OK?
:)
I think if you did a random study on Slashdot users you'd find that the same users who decry companies as "evil" for defending thier rights are the same ones who've never had something stolen in this way.
Then again, it's so un-American these days to think that personal rights apply to people other than yourself. Which naturally makes everyone evil because they want rights too.
... because they're bogus feeds designed to throw someone off?
Sheep Abs,
I saw your post on Slashdot and realized something... you know, sometimes corporate conglomerations can be a little scary. And then I laughed to myself and though, hey, sometimes I myself can be a little scary. I'm really sorry about that. I've contacted my friends at Microsoft and Intel and told them, you know, let's try not to be so scary. Like Tigger here. You wouldn't scary anyone, would you Tigger? Alright, well sit back and enjoy our show, "Winnie The Pooh And The Hundred Thousand Dollar Fine For Downloading MP3s" on the "Wonderful World Of Disney."
Michael Eisner
The thing that sucks though is that people can still use analog equipment like microphones and tape recorders to record my voice while I'm talking, so basically the fact that my voice's bits are encoded and encrypted and digital-rightsfully-managed as they fly though the air doesn't do me any good. What I really need is a voice rights management helmet so no one can hear me while I'm talking.
Microsoft didn't invent Java dude... so it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that it's not open. Nokia invented Java (during the period in which Al Gore was an honorary CEO.)
Microsoft, because it's the only one with a non-prime number of characters! (excluding spaces.) Bring on the geometry questions, sucka.
OK, so maybe you don't understand. It's a hidden message from people who want to take over your rights. The letters D, R, and M *all* appeared in the story. Put that together, and you get DRM. Digital Rights Management! They also encode these letters in the lyrics to most of N'Sync's music, which is why we hate them so much. Counter to this theory, is John Katz, who has none of these letters in his name, but we still don't like him. In short, everything's evil.
All this talk about sitting on top of lasers and being shot up the tail pipe... I'm thinking I don't want to know what this "cool" ending is. :)
DanOb, this is the FBI. We have a warrant for your arrest for trying to build a dirty bomb. We found your post on a website called Slash Dot which made mention of radiation, more radiation, "special" paint, and fins. Please come with us.
Hit in the ass by a laser
Livin' it up when I'm goin' down
Hit in the ass by a laser
Lovin' it up 'til I hit the ground
- Aerosmith
Actually, the last one I saw was achieving some pretty impressive heights. Supposedly it was up to 40 feet, but this was a while ago.
And that is how many decameters? Suddenly, Pluto seems so close.
I always dreamed of shooting my water powered rocket I had when I was in 3rd grade into space... it went 40 feet into the air, plus a few. But I accidentally launched my "research" into the lake (a primary fuel source) and it sunk out to far for me to retrieve.
My guess is if I had a laser at that age I could have cooked off one of my fingers... er... I mean gotten it up to 50 feet... easy.
Oh, yeah, and I agree... definitely zerg. And also dude... you stole my idea for armies of borg pikachus (pikachi?).
Don't worry, I'm done now. I just got excited when I found out that I'm not the only person who makes paper, er, I mean aluminum foil, airplanes.
So, I'm thinking this could be used to power commercial airliners. Each city could have a laser (hereafter known as that city's "laser base,") which could be used to propel planes. And next, the secretary of defense issues a statement that there is a "credible" report that Al Quada members are trying to buy alot of metallic paint and weather balloons...