My fault I guess, I was still under the impression it still uses the 'processor speed doubles every 18 months' definition (which isn't really exponential, but I will go with the flow).
Likely because I just quit smoking and are somewhat grumpy, but I am tired of hearing about Moore's Law. Maybe those in the semiconductor industry care about it, but I, and those I work with certainly don't. At what point will we stop hearing about it?/rant
(Thank you for your patience. Now where are the damn pretzels?)
I am continually scared when facing a green light at an intersection and then having some one drive through the red light from my left to right. These people are trying to kill me. So supporting a system that lets them get away with it is nonsensical.
Sorry, but I disagree. The camera might help ensure that the offender gets punished for running the light, but if someone is going to run the light, well, they are gonna run the light.
Great article, and the other, unmentioned, advantage to roundabouts is they are 'green'. Less time spent idling waiting for red light to change = less hydrocarbon and NOx emissions. The only people that should be against them are insurance claims adjusters and body shop owners.
FWIW, I was the Security Officer and in charge of all data security, customer information protection, etc. So if someone was spending an inordinate amount of time on the web, chatting, or abusing the 'electronic communications systems' then it was my job to look into it. Found one user with kiddie porn (US Marshalls took care of that scumbag) and 2 others that were embezzling.
Not to say that I am not a sleazebag, but I was justified in being one.
I find that hard to believe. I would have put it well above 50. Years back I ran an MDaemon mail server and let users have the IM client. Was pretty interesting reading, to say the least.
"...costs rise in a way that makes on-shore-mandated software cost-uncompetitive on the world market.'"
Is it just me, or does that not really matter when talking about code created for the gov't, especially code that has a significant security impact? There are tons of places less important than this where the budget can be cut.
As far as the US developers falling behind world progress, we can do what Robin Williams has always done and steal the good stuff.
That happens all the time (in my paint analogy). Customers want a certain brand, certain color, etc. I don't see the difference (or why my first comment was considered 'trolling', but whatever). MS Office has a 94% market share (if you believe http://www.dailytech.com/Office+2010+to+Launch+Today+Microsoft+Owns+94+Percent+of+the+Market/article18360.htm), then why wouldn't any company, gov't or otherwise, be justified in requesting it?
The option to not bid on the project. This is like me requesting bids from contractors to paint my house and a contractor suing me because he doesn't like the color I picked. TFB, don't bid, and have a nice day.
Yeah, this is all well and good if you live next door to the CO or in a city with new copper. Anyone living in the vast majority of 'older' cities and towns on the east coast is dealing with copper that was installed before the 1960's and has no shot at this kind of speed.
Where do you see this all leading to? Will there be rulings in the near future that will blow more holes in the DMCA, and if so will that potentially lead to a more or less strict revision by the government?
I agree. I was lucky enough to have a couple of 'non-standard' teachers that brought a lot of wisdom and insight into what they taught, and really made things interesting. One guy that taught a global class (social studies) was a former state department worker that was stationed in the Middle East, and it was so much better to hear stories of what he got to do and see there than it would have been to read it in a dry textbook. Nowadays he probably wouldn't have time to talk to us like that, for fear of dropping a percentile on the state test(s).
As far as the tile goes, I think at a certain age, likely elementary level, kids would be excited about being able to touch something that 'came from outer space'. Maybe it could create a spark in an otherwise uninterested mind. Jaded high school kids wouldn't be impressed by anything that wasn't a laser, phaser, or blaster, but to an 8-year old I would think it would be pretty cool.
In the hands of the right teacher this is the kind of thing that could get kids interested in science, provided the teacher gets a chance to talk about them during the 3 minutes per class time that isn't used to teach them how to pass whatever standardized test is next on the schedule.
The GLBA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Leach%E2%80%93Bliley_Act ) is this type of gov't regulation and has none of the issues that you have brought up, with the exception of the gov't agency that is required to police (audit) companies bound by it. But the GLBA didn't create those agencies, just granted them a standard set of rules and the power to enforce them. If anything it has created more jobs, rather then reducing them. Granted, many of the jobs are filled by auditors, and imo there are few lower lifeforms on the planet, but they still fill jobs.
The issue with it is that when there are auditors there are bound to be varied interpretations of the law, and the standard bias that goes along with it. I went thru 3-4 audits a year at 3 different community banks over a 10 year span and no 2 audits were alike. What the Feds wanted the State didn't care about. What the OCC wanted the FDIC disagreed with. One group had me remove overhead sprinklers from the 'data center' and the next group wrote me up for not having fire suppression in the data center. The standard requires 'encryption' but I didn't have a single bit of customer info encrypted until the last year at the last bank. I did, however, get written up for not having a written log to track the changing of smoke detector batteries.
That's all well and good, but then the price of everything that consumers need to purchase (90+% of which is delivered via truck) goes up as well. Taxing gasoline effects a lot more than just what it costs to fill your tank at the Exxon station. What's gutless is the fact that the standard has remained stagnant since 1984 or so. It should have been raised long ago.
As a citizen of the United States, I am morally bound to oppose the unconstitutional wishes of said leadership. Personally, I believe that the armed forces of the United States are bound by oath to stand up against those that would promote illegal and unconstitutional actions like this.
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My fault I guess, I was still under the impression it still uses the 'processor speed doubles every 18 months' definition (which isn't really exponential, but I will go with the flow).
Moore pics please.
Likely because I just quit smoking and are somewhat grumpy, but I am tired of hearing about Moore's Law. Maybe those in the semiconductor industry care about it, but I, and those I work with certainly don't. At what point will we stop hearing about it? /rant
(Thank you for your patience. Now where are the damn pretzels?)
Loved the Princess Bride swordfight, but my all-time favorite is Basil Rathbone and Errol Flynn in Robin Hood.
Which will work out splendidly, as first shown on SNL.
I am continually scared when facing a green light at an intersection and then having some one drive through the red light from my left to right. These people are trying to kill me. So supporting a system that lets them get away with it is nonsensical.
Sorry, but I disagree. The camera might help ensure that the offender gets punished for running the light, but if someone is going to run the light, well, they are gonna run the light.
Great article, and the other, unmentioned, advantage to roundabouts is they are 'green'. Less time spent idling waiting for red light to change = less hydrocarbon and NOx emissions. The only people that should be against them are insurance claims adjusters and body shop owners.
Just sign up everyone who is a member of the 'Indianapolis Colts Fan Club' group
Not nearly as creepy as a crawl-space full of them. Um, I mean, someone else's crawl-space full of them.
FWIW, I was the Security Officer and in charge of all data security, customer information protection, etc. So if someone was spending an inordinate amount of time on the web, chatting, or abusing the 'electronic communications systems' then it was my job to look into it. Found one user with kiddie porn (US Marshalls took care of that scumbag) and 2 others that were embezzling.
Not to say that I am not a sleazebag, but I was justified in being one.
I find that hard to believe. I would have put it well above 50. Years back I ran an MDaemon mail server and let users have the IM client. Was pretty interesting reading, to say the least.
But aren't most startups woefully underfunded and don't 97% of them fail? Oh, wait.....
"...costs rise in a way that makes on-shore-mandated software cost-uncompetitive on the world market.'" Is it just me, or does that not really matter when talking about code created for the gov't, especially code that has a significant security impact? There are tons of places less important than this where the budget can be cut. As far as the US developers falling behind world progress, we can do what Robin Williams has always done and steal the good stuff.
That happens all the time (in my paint analogy). Customers want a certain brand, certain color, etc. I don't see the difference (or why my first comment was considered 'trolling', but whatever). MS Office has a 94% market share (if you believe http://www.dailytech.com/Office+2010+to+Launch+Today+Microsoft+Owns+94+Percent+of+the+Market/article18360.htm), then why wouldn't any company, gov't or otherwise, be justified in requesting it?
The option to not bid on the project. This is like me requesting bids from contractors to paint my house and a contractor suing me because he doesn't like the color I picked. TFB, don't bid, and have a nice day.
Yeah, this is all well and good if you live next door to the CO or in a city with new copper. Anyone living in the vast majority of 'older' cities and towns on the east coast is dealing with copper that was installed before the 1960's and has no shot at this kind of speed.
Where do you see this all leading to? Will there be rulings in the near future that will blow more holes in the DMCA, and if so will that potentially lead to a more or less strict revision by the government?
I agree. I was lucky enough to have a couple of 'non-standard' teachers that brought a lot of wisdom and insight into what they taught, and really made things interesting. One guy that taught a global class (social studies) was a former state department worker that was stationed in the Middle East, and it was so much better to hear stories of what he got to do and see there than it would have been to read it in a dry textbook. Nowadays he probably wouldn't have time to talk to us like that, for fear of dropping a percentile on the state test(s). As far as the tile goes, I think at a certain age, likely elementary level, kids would be excited about being able to touch something that 'came from outer space'. Maybe it could create a spark in an otherwise uninterested mind. Jaded high school kids wouldn't be impressed by anything that wasn't a laser, phaser, or blaster, but to an 8-year old I would think it would be pretty cool.
In the hands of the right teacher this is the kind of thing that could get kids interested in science, provided the teacher gets a chance to talk about them during the 3 minutes per class time that isn't used to teach them how to pass whatever standardized test is next on the schedule.
The GLBA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Leach%E2%80%93Bliley_Act ) is this type of gov't regulation and has none of the issues that you have brought up, with the exception of the gov't agency that is required to police (audit) companies bound by it. But the GLBA didn't create those agencies, just granted them a standard set of rules and the power to enforce them. If anything it has created more jobs, rather then reducing them. Granted, many of the jobs are filled by auditors, and imo there are few lower lifeforms on the planet, but they still fill jobs. The issue with it is that when there are auditors there are bound to be varied interpretations of the law, and the standard bias that goes along with it. I went thru 3-4 audits a year at 3 different community banks over a 10 year span and no 2 audits were alike. What the Feds wanted the State didn't care about. What the OCC wanted the FDIC disagreed with. One group had me remove overhead sprinklers from the 'data center' and the next group wrote me up for not having fire suppression in the data center. The standard requires 'encryption' but I didn't have a single bit of customer info encrypted until the last year at the last bank. I did, however, get written up for not having a written log to track the changing of smoke detector batteries.
That's all well and good, but then the price of everything that consumers need to purchase (90+% of which is delivered via truck) goes up as well. Taxing gasoline effects a lot more than just what it costs to fill your tank at the Exxon station. What's gutless is the fact that the standard has remained stagnant since 1984 or so. It should have been raised long ago.
As a citizen of the United States, I am morally bound to oppose the unconstitutional wishes of said leadership. Personally, I believe that the armed forces of the United States are bound by oath to stand up against those that would promote illegal and unconstitutional actions like this.
You might be interested in this: http://www.montanarealestate.com/ Just sayin ...
They should come up with a tough flexible fuel container that can simply be dropped from a cargo plane and retrieved close to a base. ...
It would be even cooler if you got a free container drop after every 3 kills. Some with fuel, some weapons, or healthy stuff.