I've always wondered what loony descided that faxing a signature was in any way secure. Possibly it was mildly secure when there were only fax machines and no computers with fax modems, scanners and editing software. (Although a literal cut'n'paste would still foil it back then.)
I've got a contract that I have "sign" with this idiotic method today. Joy, but they're paying me so... Has "fax signing" stood up to any real test in court?
I'm not sure if the "give it away and make money on service" model will really work for small development companies. While being able to charge for support would be nice, most small companies don't have the people to handle it.
I've also seen what happens to a company that suddenly changes its income model from selling software to supporting some very large clients, and it's not always pretty. ("Why yes, we'll uproot an entire development team and have them live out of a suitcase onsite for a couple months--as long as it takes!")
I would think that people vandalizing pole transformers would be a self-correcting problem. (Not unlike the people who try to steal the copper wire from live circuits. Messy.)
Since these boxes are designed to communicate, it would be simple to have them send a "Help I'm being vandalized!" message.
Are they still in existance? Amazing that screen savers were such a big niche 10 years ago. As for flying toasters, you can use one so long as it's a helicopter toaster. (Which is what Delrina did when After Dark objected to the Bloom County screen saver with Opus shooting them.)
Oh sure. On a space probe, you've got months to set up the exact aim for a bullseye--and only one chance to make it. So why not make sure it's right?
With Mars, unless the human life-span is vastly increased, we need a lot more local smarts on the probe so that we can give it higher level commands like "go over to that rock and take a sample" rather than "move forward 10 cm, stop, 10 degrees left, stop..."
I expect that they are taking it very slowly right now, and will let the Rover do more of the driving later on.
With the longer range probes like the Voyagers, etc, didn't they use a two-stage command cycle? i.e. send the command, have the probe return the command to verify, send a commit order...
The would get old real.. slow.. on Mars, but I doubt they use that.
I wonder how smart the Rover is about handling the unexpected? i.e. The Mars Rover rolls down ramp and runs over waiting Martain. Eight minutes later on Earth, "D'OH!"
I wonder if the Rover has the legally mandated beeper for reverse? Sure, I'm kidding but eventually someone is going to have to fill out paperwork as to why the Rover doesn't have to meet standards for earthly gadgets of whatever class it would fall into. NASA had to fill out paperwork for the shuttles for international aviation regs in case one had to make an emergency landing somewhere not covered by treaty.
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Oh it's certainly not a bad thing. But it is harnessing SCO's FUD storm. Now, when selling Linux to the PHBs, an indemnity protection now becomes a check-off item. Grabbing a distro and throwing it on a box is Just Not Done. *sigh*
Not only that but lots digital signatures depend on them as the issuing authority, which isn't a cheap service. But we can trust them, they run eTrust...
Sure why not. What SCO's chances of winning past IBM, Redhat and the rest to actually sue a SUSE user? Isn't think like selling "The Moon landing on your head" insurance?
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I've got a contract that I have "sign" with this idiotic method today. Joy, but they're paying me so... Has "fax signing" stood up to any real test in court?
As for this new method .. can't be worse.
I've also seen what happens to a company that suddenly changes its income model from selling software to supporting some very large clients, and it's not always pretty. ("Why yes, we'll uproot an entire development team and have them live out of a suitcase onsite for a couple months--as long as it takes!")
Since these boxes are designed to communicate, it would be simple to have them send a "Help I'm being vandalized!" message.
Are they still in existance? Amazing that screen savers were such a big niche 10 years ago. As for flying toasters, you can use one so long as it's a helicopter toaster. (Which is what Delrina did when After Dark objected to the Bloom County screen saver with Opus shooting them.)
With Mars, unless the human life-span is vastly increased, we need a lot more local smarts on the probe so that we can give it higher level commands like "go over to that rock and take a sample" rather than "move forward 10 cm, stop, 10 degrees left, stop..."
I expect that they are taking it very slowly right now, and will let the Rover do more of the driving later on.
Nah. They'll just think you're growing pot.
Are they going to market one with Steve Mann's name on it?
Awww mom!
I wonder what happens if you run them both, depending on the order?
The would get old real .. slow .. on Mars, but I doubt they use that.
I wonder if the Rover has the legally mandated beeper for reverse? Sure, I'm kidding but eventually someone is going to have to fill out paperwork as to why the Rover doesn't have to meet standards for earthly gadgets of whatever class it would fall into. NASA had to fill out paperwork for the shuttles for international aviation regs in case one had to make an emergency landing somewhere not covered by treaty.
No and good thing too. I wouldn't want to put a tow-charge from the AAA on my credit card!
"GivE mE $10o00, oR I kazAA it!" is going to take some getting used to.
So? They still make film. It's not like they were the only company making 35mm cameras. And it's not like they were making good 35mm cameras.
Yeah but they're in Utah. Don't they have those machines that hand out tickets for language like in Demolition Man?
They could use Keiko who had acting experience in Free Willy, but there are a couple of problems with that.
None of the Novell letters to Darl start with "Dear Mush-For-Brains;".
This is the weapon of a Jedi Caterer...an elegant utensil for a more civilized day. For over a thousand generations the Jedi Caterers were the servers of hor'dorves and snacks in the Republic. Before the dark times, before the Kraft Empire...
The LaserMonks are in Wisconsin, and just about everything there revolves around cheese. I'm sure they'd find a use for one.
Especially multiplayer. I want to be able to scream "Eat hot plasma and die, dirt-bag!" and mean it.
Oh it's certainly not a bad thing. But it is harnessing SCO's FUD storm. Now, when selling Linux to the PHBs, an indemnity protection now becomes a check-off item. Grabbing a distro and throwing it on a box is Just Not Done. *sigh*
Not only that but lots digital signatures depend on them as the issuing authority, which isn't a cheap service. But we can trust them, they run eTrust...
Sure why not. What SCO's chances of winning past IBM, Redhat and the rest to actually sue a SUSE user? Isn't think like selling "The Moon landing on your head" insurance?
Sure. You use curses with terminals, not printers.
Would you like friars with that?