vsack was right on the ball, you probably shouldn't use that as an argument.
Another thing to keep in mind is the amount of information you are going to be giving this person. Politicians' time is at a premium, if you want to get your point through, its gotta be precise. You can include all the info and articles you want. Just make sure to write up a 2-3 page argument that is as forceful and persuasive as possible.
Last year in school there was this skinny little guy that carried around a 64oz insulated cup around campus. The cup was about twice as big as his head. He never had anything in it, but carried it with him everywhere for about 2 months. It was great satire, and I never figured anyone would acually use one that big.
Last week I got a job at a gas station, and guess what? A LOT of people use these cups everyday, sometimes refilling it TWICE in a day. Judging by the peoples weight, it is not diet. Even if it is diet, that NutraSweet (Aspartame) is not good for you.
What good is governement if they want to govern me? (pennywise)
If we want the government to stop trying to creake things like mandatory age checks before accessing adult material, then we need to stand up and tell them not to create spam laws either.
It is a problem that can be solved technically. We should strive to find better technical solutions instead of finding ways to sue them.
I've been thinking about a mobile distributed network for cars for a while now. I was thinking along the line of a main computer, with a 802.11 and a GPS with an LCD for output. It would be used as a communication tool. How many times have you been driving along a country road and just about had a heart attack when a deer jumped out at you? Now a mile down the road you pass a car going in the opposite direction toward the deer. Now wouldn't it be great if your car was broadcasting a signal that had an exact location and time the deer had been seen? The same thing for speed traps or construction.
I think it could passivly monitor the "network" and jump to unused IPs every once in a while to avoid being tracked.
Possibly have some type of intercom system, like modern CBs, so that you can thank people for letting you into traffic. This one I'm not sure how to impliment without aggrivating road range.
Since it's standard 802.11 you could even play Doom with everyone while in traffic. Or you could tie the computer into the stereo and put all your MP3 archives onto it and share them with everyone on the road. (It would be nice and easy to update the MP3s through the 802.11 while your car was in the driveway.)
Just what I have come up with while driving around.
At least here in the Twin Cities Verizon advertises that you will never have to pay a roaming fee. Of course you will never have to since Verizon doesn't allow your phone to roam. Either you are on their network, or your phone doesn't work. There coverage area in MN is pretty horrible unless you actually live in a large city and never travel out of it.
I saw a blurb, can't remember where or when, on TV about a system measured the density of the finger. They commented that this would prevent someone from using a removed finger, since it would have much less blood. I would guess that it would also work against gelitan fingers too.
I have been thinking long and hard about the idea of interact communication. I think that anything that allows the users to directly communicate with their own choice of words is a BAD idea. Think about it. The road rage would be insane.
Instead the cars should be like ants. When one car passes deer, or other animals,(maybe detect it with inferred?) it should record the spot and time, and broadcast it out to other cars within a few miles. This would be very helpful for us people out in the middle of no where. (Ever see what a car looks like after hitting an moose?) The cars would be able to sense density of vehicles, and start to broadcast traffic jams.
Economist would tend to agree with the poster above. A competitive market is one in which no single producer or consumer is able to have a significant effect on the price. Obviously Microsoft can set whatever price it wants without fear of people switching to an alternative.
I live in Minnesota, and a friend and I decided to take a weekend trip to Thunderbay Canada. We went in mid-October, so I stopped by my city hall to see if there was any new restrictions since S11. They told me that all I needed was proof that I was a citizen to leave and get back. When we reached the border, the Canadian boarder guard would not accept a SSN card as proof of residence, he said that he even had one.
"effective elimination of Constitution protections to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
It's a common mistake, but no where in the constitution does it say you have the right to pursuit happiness. If that where ture, everytime you made someone feel any emotion not connected with happiness they could send you to prision for violating their constitutional rights.
The phrase comes from the Declaration of Independence, which isn't binding in any way. It was just a big FU to Britan.
Apache has (had?) the largest market share, it was open source, and secure.
Also, it's a lot eaiser to spot the security flaws in open source. Just because there are less known flaws for a closed source project, does not make it more secure.
Every time a telemarketer calls to sell me a cell phone, I tell them that Barbra Walters on 20/20 said that cell phones give you cancer. They quiet down, no one wants to call Barbra Walters a liar.
Now I guess the telemarketers have a little ammunition.
I use a laptop as a my desktop (bad choice, never doing this again), and it tends to overheat and bog down. Last weekend I bought a 8" table fan and some 3" flexable ducting that I flattened out to blow under the laptop (while positioned on the docking station). While it does very well to cool the computer, converting down from 8-3" took away a lot of the blowing power, increased the noise, and ultimatly I had to put duct tape over most of the back of the fan to keep back flow from exiting there instead of forcing it through the ducting.
So my advise, if you want to use a desk fan, either use one the same size as your ducting, or don't use ducting.
I mean no disprespect, but on average, people who do not understand how computers work, or how security works into the networked envirnment, would choose windows. There is no reason why windows cannot be as secure as a well locked down linux system, it is just less likly.
Also, the number of systems used needs to be taken into consideration. If there are 50 NT servers running IIS, and 10 linux running rpc.mountd, who would you charge the higher premium on?
I would have no problem paying a yearly fee for a service like this, but if this is a last ditch effort to come up with some funding, what happens if they run out of money six months from now.
Slashdot Mirror
I was looking around the site, and they will issue you a diplomatic passport if you send them the appropriate info, plus about a 1000 bucks.
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Oh man would that be sweet, diplomatic immunity. Now I know where my next 900 bucks is going.
Link:
http://www.conchrepublic.com/diplomat_ap
vsack was right on the ball, you probably shouldn't use that as an argument.
Another thing to keep in mind is the amount of information you are going to be giving this person. Politicians' time is at a premium, if you want to get your point through, its gotta be precise. You can include all the info and articles you want. Just make sure to write up a 2-3 page argument that is as forceful and persuasive as possible.
I remember that too, wasn't it a slashdot article?
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Anyway, this link tells a little about it too:
http://content.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20
Some people have to ruin all the fun with facts and figures.
Last year in school there was this skinny little guy that carried around a 64oz insulated cup around campus. The cup was about twice as big as his head. He never had anything in it, but carried it with him everywhere for about 2 months. It was great satire, and I never figured anyone would acually use one that big.
Last week I got a job at a gas station, and guess what? A LOT of people use these cups everyday, sometimes refilling it TWICE in a day. Judging by the peoples weight, it is not diet. Even if it is diet, that NutraSweet (Aspartame) is not good for you.
What good is governement if they want to govern me? (pennywise)
If we want the government to stop trying to creake things like mandatory age checks before accessing adult material, then we need to stand up and tell them not to create spam laws either.
It is a problem that can be solved technically. We should strive to find better technical solutions instead of finding ways to sue them.
I've been thinking about a mobile distributed network for cars for a while now. I was thinking along the line of a main computer, with a 802.11 and a GPS with an LCD for output. It would be used as a communication tool. How many times have you been driving along a country road and just about had a heart attack when a deer jumped out at you? Now a mile down the road you pass a car going in the opposite direction toward the deer. Now wouldn't it be great if your car was broadcasting a signal that had an exact location and time the deer had been seen? The same thing for speed traps or construction.
I think it could passivly monitor the "network" and jump to unused IPs every once in a while to avoid being tracked.
Possibly have some type of intercom system, like modern CBs, so that you can thank people for letting you into traffic. This one I'm not sure how to impliment without aggrivating road range.
Since it's standard 802.11 you could even play Doom with everyone while in traffic. Or you could tie the computer into the stereo and put all your MP3 archives onto it and share them with everyone on the road. (It would be nice and easy to update the MP3s through the 802.11 while your car was in the driveway.)
Just what I have come up with while driving around.
At least here in the Twin Cities Verizon advertises that you will never have to pay a roaming fee. Of course you will never have to since Verizon doesn't allow your phone to roam. Either you are on their network, or your phone doesn't work. There coverage area in MN is pretty horrible unless you actually live in a large city and never travel out of it.
I saw a blurb, can't remember where or when, on TV about a system measured the density of the finger. They commented that this would prevent someone from using a removed finger, since it would have much less blood. I would guess that it would also work against gelitan fingers too.
A nice thread on DIY projectors, a lot of them are done with LCDs.
diyAudio
I have been thinking long and hard about the idea of interact communication. I think
that anything that allows the users to directly communicate with their own choice of
words is a BAD idea. Think about it. The road rage would be insane.
Instead the cars should be like ants. When one car passes deer, or other
animals,(maybe detect it with inferred?) it should record the spot and time, and
broadcast it out to other cars within a few miles. This would be very helpful for us
people out in the middle of no where. (Ever see what a car looks like after hitting an
moose?) The cars would be able to sense density of vehicles, and start to broadcast
traffic jams.
Economist would tend to agree with the poster above. A competitive market is one
in which no single producer or consumer is able to have a significant effect on the
price. Obviously Microsoft can set whatever price it wants without fear of people
switching to an alternative.
I live in Minnesota, and a friend and I decided to take a weekend trip to Thunderbay Canada. We went in mid-October, so I stopped by my city hall to see if there was any new restrictions since S11. They told me that all I needed was proof that I was a citizen to leave and get back. When we reached the border, the Canadian boarder guard would not accept a SSN card as proof of residence, he said that he even had one.
"effective elimination of Constitution protections to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" It's a common mistake, but no where in the constitution does it say you have the right to pursuit happiness. If that where ture, everytime you made someone feel any emotion not connected with happiness they could send you to prision for violating their constitutional rights. The phrase comes from the Declaration of Independence, which isn't binding in any way. It was just a big FU to Britan.
Apache has (had?) the largest market share, it was open source, and secure.
Also, it's a lot eaiser to spot the security flaws in open source. Just because there are less known flaws for a closed source project, does not make it more secure.
Every time a telemarketer calls to sell me a cell phone, I tell them that Barbra Walters on 20/20 said that cell phones give you cancer. They quiet down, no one wants to call Barbra Walters a liar.
Now I guess the telemarketers have a little ammunition.
I use a laptop as a my desktop (bad choice, never doing this again), and it tends to overheat and bog down. Last weekend I bought a 8" table fan and some 3" flexable ducting that I flattened out to blow under the laptop (while positioned on the docking station). While it does very well to cool the computer, converting down from 8-3" took away a lot of the blowing power, increased the noise, and ultimatly I had to put duct tape over most of the back of the fan to keep back flow from exiting there instead of forcing it through the ducting.
So my advise, if you want to use a desk fan, either use one the same size as your ducting, or don't use ducting.
Personally, I have a hard time falling asleep if I can't hear a half dozen fans and drives periodically spinning up.
I mean no disprespect, but on average, people who do not understand how computers work, or how security works into the networked envirnment, would choose windows. There is no reason why windows cannot be as secure as a well locked down linux system, it is just less likly.
Also, the number of systems used needs to be taken into consideration. If there are 50 NT servers running IIS, and 10 linux running rpc.mountd, who would you charge the higher premium on?
I would have no problem paying a yearly fee for a service like this, but if this is a last ditch effort to come up with some funding, what happens if they run out of money six months from now.