There have been a number of articles on location monitoring. Some of the technologies that are capable of doing this in real time are:
cell phones - as mentioned, you are always pinpointed by cell credit cards - purchases link you to a database in real time ATM - smile, they get your picture, too! wireless networking - your MAC address is a unique ignature
The interesting part will be to find out who is getting exempted from the databases. For example, the US Congress has a history of exempting themselves from oversight that applies to everyone else.
Not a dumb question. Magnetic circuits can be shorted just like electrical circuits. In fact, proximity sensors work because any metallic object absorbs enough energy to be detectable by its electronics. In this case, I assume they have done their homework and made the energy field low enough not to fry your hand if you are wearing a wedding ring, say.
Even though the heat capacity of gases is generally larger than liquids, the thermal conductivity of water is about 30 times larger than air. Also, plumbing lets me move the water to exactly where I want the cooling to take place without heating it along the way.
IBM mainframes (ECL-based) used water-cooled plates for the CPU and have spent a lot of design effort on quick-connect couplings that don't leak. I just wish they had transferred some of that knowledge to the Sears washing machine group.
Had you read the article, his point was that you shouldn't have to slorp in the whole file just to read one field. In fact, he's using perl and regexp to avoid having to do things like Doc.Load.
The author claims that existing tools are oriented toward either converting to a big internal data structure, or to processing gradually using callbacks, neither of which is optimal for small fast code or simple programming.
This happened once with computer terminals at C-MU. They had about 50 that had accidentally been built with a star washer on the power supply connection to the motherboard. All of the current going through the small contact area of the points of the washer caused the PCB to heat up, char and finally catch fire. Some unlucky soul got the job of dismantling them all and replacing the star washer with a flat washer.
You're blaming the wrong people. Congress makes the tax laws which the IRS has to implement in the tax code, regardless of inconsistencies. If you want to change tax law, pay^H^H^H write to your congresscritter.
To get slightly on-topic, I've written to several people listed on government websites for posting MS Word documents. Generally they blame the geeks in their IT Departments! If the IT types can't get away from proprietary software, don't expect much from the average gov. official.
It would be excellent news if Poindexter didn't have a track record of lying to Congress about what he was up to. Maybe they can find a good military officer, a colonel maybe, to make those reports to Congress.
If I hold my hands in front of my face, you can't see me
My point was that there is currently a solution for a high-speed connection (DSL) so cheap that my ISP will install it for free if I sign up for a year. If I have the end of a fibre optic cable sticking out of my wall, what do I plug it into? Here's a 2Mbit optical modem. You want to pay for two of these?
At one time the telephone monopoly measured ringer current to locate "unauthorized" telephones that customers would (gasp!) install without consulting Bell. People installed phones anyway.
Once everyone has many devices with IP addresses on their home LAN, there is no way the ISP's can keep up. Just ignore this.
It sounds to me like SCO must have decrypted the Linux source code (which is cleverly encrypted as ASCII text). Seems like a countersuit based on DMCA violation is in order.
As a student at C-MU I worked as an EE lab assistant. A full professor (US-born) brought in a power supply that he said he had been trying to fix and couldn't get working. I replaced the fuse and it checked out fine.
I don't think that theoretical/practical dichotomy applies just to Chinese students.
NeXT
used a sealed magnesium case with an internal stirrer.
Although venting into the wall is pretty stupid, there were a fair number of Perqs connected to the outside by flexible dryer vent ca. 1981. Perq used a special "high-volume" fan, and I mean high volume!
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It T-cell's purpose to kill invading cells, so this is just a form of job re-training. Mostly they look for specific chemical signatures.
I'm hoping that they can also be trained for SARS infections which is likely to be the bigger problem soon.
Is that a cytokine in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
The Tall Blond Man with one Black Shoe "do do do do do do do do-do-do-do do"
The Petrified Forest - Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury's most accurate predicition of the future
Also Kiki's Delivery Service will be out April 15.
There have been a number of articles on location monitoring. Some of the technologies that are capable of doing this in real time are:
cell phones - as mentioned, you are always pinpointed by cell
credit cards - purchases link you to a database in real time
ATM - smile, they get your picture, too!
wireless networking - your MAC address is a unique ignature
The interesting part will be to find out who is getting exempted from the databases. For example, the US Congress has a history of exempting themselves from oversight that applies to everyone else.
Not a dumb question. Magnetic circuits can be shorted just like electrical circuits. In fact, proximity sensors work because any metallic object absorbs enough energy to be detectable by its electronics. In this case, I assume they have done their homework and made the energy field low enough not to fry your hand if you are wearing a wedding ring, say.
Even though the heat capacity of gases is generally larger than liquids, the thermal conductivity of water is about 30 times larger than air. Also, plumbing lets me move the water to exactly where I want the cooling to take place without heating it along the way.
IBM mainframes (ECL-based) used water-cooled plates for the CPU and have spent a lot of design effort on quick-connect couplings that don't leak. I just wish they had transferred some of that knowledge to the Sears washing machine group.
Had you read the article, his point was that you shouldn't have to slorp in the whole file just to read one field. In fact, he's using perl and regexp to avoid having to do things like Doc.Load.
The author claims that existing tools are oriented toward either converting to a big internal data structure, or to processing gradually using callbacks, neither of which is optimal for small fast code or simple programming.
Here ya go
www.amsat.org
What American privacy laws? Europe has privacy laws, the US has Equifax.
This happened once with computer terminals at C-MU. They had about 50 that had accidentally been built with a star washer on the power supply connection to the motherboard. All of the current going through the small contact area of the points of the washer caused the PCB to heat up, char and finally catch fire. Some unlucky soul got the job of dismantling them all and replacing the star washer with a flat washer.
Nice explanation but as this points out,
MS is going after anyone using "Windows" not just "Microsoft Windows" or
"Microsoft Windows Operating System"
Its more convenient than dial-up for people who don't have a phone.
You're blaming the wrong people. Congress makes the tax laws which the IRS
has to implement in the tax code, regardless of inconsistencies. If
you want to change tax law, pay^H^H^H write to your congresscritter.
To get slightly on-topic, I've written to several people listed on
government websites for posting MS Word documents. Generally they
blame the geeks in their IT Departments! If the IT types can't get
away from proprietary software, don't expect much from the average
gov. official.
It would be excellent news if Poindexter didn't have a track record
of lying to Congress about what he was up to. Maybe they can find
a good military officer, a colonel maybe, to make those reports
to Congress.
If I hold my hands in front of my face, you can't see me
My point was that there is currently a solution for a high-speed connection (DSL)
so cheap that my ISP will install it for free if I sign up for a year.
If I have the end of a fibre optic cable sticking out of my wall, what do
I plug it into? Here's a 2Mbit optical modem. You want to pay for two of
these?
Fiber may be cheap, but high-speed conversion to copper isn't.
Also, DSL cannot run over fiber, so the most common low-cost
solution is eliminated by fiber to the home.
People have these rights. I wasn't aware that companies did.
Oh yeah! Circuit Cellar Project #5! All parts available at
Radio Shack. Send SASE.
I have my "Build a Line-in-use Indicator" kicking around in the desk
drawer. Two transistors and a 9V battery.
There will be plenty of equally ingenious ways of getting around
this NAT spying. None as much fun as hacking little hardware
devices, though.
At one time the telephone monopoly measured ringer current to locate
"unauthorized" telephones that customers would (gasp!) install without
consulting Bell. People installed phones anyway.
Once everyone has many devices with IP addresses on their home LAN,
there is no way the ISP's can keep up. Just ignore this.
Using a gyro is already patented
visual basic 3,260,000
It sounds to me like SCO must have decrypted the Linux source code
(which is cleverly encrypted as ASCII text). Seems like a
countersuit based on DMCA violation is in order.
As a student at C-MU I worked as an EE lab assistant. A full professor (US-born)
brought in a power supply that he said he had been trying to
fix and couldn't get working. I replaced the fuse and it checked out
fine.
I don't think that theoretical/practical dichotomy applies just to
Chinese students.
This is an important result. It means that when driving a car at 60 mph (26.8 mps),
that the LENGTH of gravity is 8.2E8 meters!
NASA should be notified before going on long space missions!
NeXT
used a sealed magnesium case with an internal stirrer.
Although venting into the wall is pretty stupid, there were a fair number of Perqs connected
to the outside by flexible dryer vent ca. 1981. Perq used a special "high-volume" fan,
and I mean high volume!