A well run multicast network should be no worse than a Reuters feed (itself a good example of multicast).
During this and the last world cup, the clients where I was working hnad some massive displays in the reception area and people were invited to take time off to view the game. This was particularly effective as although people were away from their desks, it was easier to see who was working and who wasn't. At one particular trading room, the company just installed TV tuner cards throughout.
The BBC is planning to broadcast the England matches live on the net to UK users. I don't know who else will do this, but the effect on the net during business hours will be interesting at least. I would not be surprised to see some companies turning off access so that Internet deliviered services continue to work.
I was a software engineer on a GPS project for aircraft about 10+ years ago. After an RF front end, the signal was brought into a DSP and slow (by modern standards) processor combination. The software wasn't rocket science and the signal recovery just used the special coding embedded in the GPS signal for recovery.
A friend of mine was working in the Visa section of a US consulate. Prior to 9/11, they were understaffed with the work being outsourced with little quality control. The end result was that the brief was only to verify whether the applicant would overstay and/or be a burden to the tax payer. At the time there was *no* procedure for checking for police records or suspected terrorists.
As for entry clearance performed by the immigration officer, again they had no really usable watchlist. So I would counter your contention that they could have been picked up earlier. Without the additional information about suspicions triggered overseas, they were perfect.
Airport security was previously premised on there being no suicide attacks and the use of a small blade to kill and take over only worked with the element of surprise. Heck, I used to carry my pen-knife regularly when traveling and it was always permitted.
I agree that TIA is a fiasco, and although I now feel confident that air-travel is safer, all that has happened is one door is closed and many, many others remain open.
We have to capture the country even if it is sanctioned because I'm in banking and we keep everything for a period of time whether or not we enter into a relationship.
The OFAC list is seriously fscked as it is orientated purely around latin representations of names. From many languages (i.e., Arabic, Cyrillic) there are multiple latin transliterations. The data is usually of dubious provenance and there may be discrepancies between the same entity listed in two diffent places.
The GSM standard is *very* strong on authentication. Every time a phone is activated, the SIM's issuing air-time provider must authenticate it (even pre-paid). To require foreign SIMs to be locally registered before they can roam would be very easy. Its just a small mod to force manual registration.
On the other hand, having the enemy using a system which is readily monitorable, and yes, it would be easy to flag the roaming SIMs for speacial attention.
Joking aside, The whole "Know-Your-Customer"/"Ant-Money Laundering" thing comes the government and banks preferring you to use traceable bank accounts. These accounts are monitored ans suspicious transactions (cash or foreign) are notified. This way it becomes a lot easier to ensure that transactions are going to be taxable.
It is not about the war on terror or even the war on dugs.
If you want to make your quick buck, become the President/CEO or CFO. Th you raid the shareholders capital, the pension fund and the corporate bank accounts directly. Actually with derivatives, you don't even have to raid the bank accounts (well, until you lose)!
Half a century later, colonialism is still being blamed although it brought national unity (with the exception of partition), democracy and infrastructure. The problem is too little has been done to develop the infrastructure.
I say forget the fscking space program at ISRO in Banglaore, why not just make sure that the people there all have access to clean running water, or perhaps the politicians owning the water trucks won't like it. Access to clean water is seen as a key indicator of development, not a space program.
Then there are the towns and villages vs the big cities. It is great that so many have jobs in the big cities, but what about the rest? It is a very interesting to drive to a major Indian software company (sitting in its customs zone) and compare the affluence of the company in its shiny new campus to the poverty outside.
Apparently it costs around $2.5K to have a child in a big city if you want proper medical care. I know plenty of Indians that can afford it, but their drivers, cooks etc., won't be able to. They can just afford to exist.
Will the poor people accept this for a long period, well probably not? Historically this will mean civil unrest, which is why those big software companies stockpile supplies (diesel, food, water and so on).
Lastly, if India was a true democracy, please can they dispose of their dirty politicians and get some things done for the ordinary people!!!
No, the Colossi were not all destroyed, some continued into the late 50s where they were replaced by more modern equipment at GCHQ Cheltenham. The techniques used by Colossus remained applicable until well into the sixties are the Russians were using ciphers similar to the German Lorenz system.
The fact that Colossus existed was heavily guarded until Winterbotham's book (about 1974) so the remains were carefully destroyed as were most records of its construction. However Tony Sale managed to reconstruct it based on notes obtained from the original designers including Tommy Flowers as well as interviews.
You forget the real issue is that India can afford nukes and a space program. Unfortunately, it can't afford literacy or infrastructure development.
As for your misrepresentations about the Brits not permitting industrial development, you may want to have words with this company as well as others. When the Brits left, the Indians did not want major assistance programs from any western power and were prefering to flirt with the Soviets at the time.
A friend in the UK who used to rebuild cars into something different had an issue with the vehicle licensing authority because of sticking out bits front and back. Apparently when you get you car recertified for street use they look to see if their are bits that could cause damage/injury and will not pass the car unless you can demonstrate the thing is protected. I therefore can't understand how this guy managed to get a car with a jet engine poking out of the back through (even unlit) without building some kind of cage around it. Note that this guy's jet engine seems considerably larger profile than the US person described in the original article.
Of course, if one is simply modding an existing car and you are arguably keeping the same road gear, then maybe you don't need to worry about reregistration.
The car existed and was used to drag race in the UK. It was a kind of fake Rolls-Royce with nothing but the radiator grill and the engine being actually RR (the motor company and the aero engine being the same, way back when).
I managed to see the engine close up. Yes it looked like a large aeroengine and it had the RR stamp so it could have been a Merlin.
The car had license plates so it was probably street legal.
The best way to eradicate spammers would simply be to go after their clients.
A long time ago, the UK had a lot of problems with pirate radio stations. Rather than go for the station which was situated conveniently offshore, they went for the advertisers. Without advertising the stations collapsed.
With spam, the key is to follow the money. Obviously someone is making serious dollars out of the C1alis, etc. They need credit card clearing and bank accounts. Nobody can tell me these are untraceable these days.
I have just been involved with a KYC/AML project with a large bank. Openinmg an account requires multiple docs. If you can get me a genuine SSN card or drivers license that would be the key to opening the rest. We would still need other sources of evidence to support this.
Once you have the account then if you want to do anything involving cross border transfers, major encashment or deposits, we would again ask for official photo-id. Some banks are tougher on this than others and some have already been fined. Go from the US to the UK and you will find an even higher level of paranoia as their regulators are even tougher.
The point is that they could do some things, but not all. To open a bank account, for example, would need a lot of additional documentation. Some of it much harder to forge. Admittedly, not impossible but a different level of difficulty.
Nope. If you book with my FF number, the web site demands my PIN. If you try to book without my Pin, you won't have my personal data, although you could theoretically add an FF number to a normal online booking.
I am curious as to how the person got so far through the BA website without a password or PIN. Last time I looked, you needed this. Perhaps Mr Broer hadn't registered one. Otherwise did they compromise BA's website?
The important thing is that you will not be allowed on an international flight without showing a valid passport. BA boarding procedures mandate a check of the passport against the ticket at the gate. This is kind of necessary now that outbound passengers from the UK are very rarely checked by immigration. True, an airline is unlikely to even have a UV light let alone a scanner there so it may be possible to get through with a forged passport.
In the UK, they have something called the highway code. This isn't a law and it gets revised from time to time but you are supposed to learn it to pass the driving test. If you break it, you are on dodgy ground. If you have an accident whilst breaking it you can and will be charged.
My issue is that single-issue laws are great for the lawmakers but are too specific to be useful.
Many countries already have offences such as Driving without Due Care and Attention. This is fairly non-specific and can be used against any driver who endangers others by performing a non-driving activity (such as having their groin scalded by superheated coffee) whilst nominally in control of a moving vehicle.
The same problem is had by those who fiddle with their GPS while driving, or even the entertainment system. Must we introduce specific legislation for each device?
It should be noted that I do agree with the clampdown which is already in place in much of Europe. Handsfree units are convenient and quite comfortable to wear now, especially the lightweight BT varieties such as the Plantronics 640 which even my wife wears without problems.
If you don't like the cost of BT, there are still wired headsets which often ship for free now or are a very low cost extra.
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During this and the last world cup, the clients where I was working hnad some massive displays in the reception area and people were invited to take time off to view the game. This was particularly effective as although people were away from their desks, it was easier to see who was working and who wasn't. At one particular trading room, the company just installed TV tuner cards throughout.
The BBC is planning to broadcast the England matches live on the net to UK users. I don't know who else will do this, but the effect on the net during business hours will be interesting at least. I would not be surprised to see some companies turning off access so that Internet deliviered services continue to work.
I was a software engineer on a GPS project for aircraft about 10+ years ago. After an RF front end, the signal was brought into a DSP and slow (by modern standards) processor combination. The software wasn't rocket science and the signal recovery just used the special coding embedded in the GPS signal for recovery.
As for entry clearance performed by the immigration officer, again they had no really usable watchlist. So I would counter your contention that they could have been picked up earlier. Without the additional information about suspicions triggered overseas, they were perfect.
Airport security was previously premised on there being no suicide attacks and the use of a small blade to kill and take over only worked with the element of surprise. Heck, I used to carry my pen-knife regularly when traveling and it was always permitted.
I agree that TIA is a fiasco, and although I now feel confident that air-travel is safer, all that has happened is one door is closed and many, many others remain open.
We have to capture the country even if it is sanctioned because I'm in banking and we keep everything for a period of time whether or not we enter into a relationship.
The OFAC list is seriously fscked as it is orientated purely around latin representations of names. From many languages (i.e., Arabic, Cyrillic) there are multiple latin transliterations. The data is usually of dubious provenance and there may be discrepancies between the same entity listed in two diffent places.
On the other hand, having the enemy using a system which is readily monitorable, and yes, it would be easy to flag the roaming SIMs for speacial attention.
The general comment was that it was suicidal to write about certain rather well-armed people in a particular way, hence "Suicide".
On the other hand it does reduces costs, so what if it isn't particularly effective.
Perhaps the best job to outsource is that of senior management....
It is not about the war on terror or even the war on dugs.
If you want to make your quick buck, become the President/CEO or CFO. Th you raid the shareholders capital, the pension fund and the corporate bank accounts directly. Actually with derivatives, you don't even have to raid the bank accounts (well, until you lose)!
I say forget the fscking space program at ISRO in Banglaore, why not just make sure that the people there all have access to clean running water, or perhaps the politicians owning the water trucks won't like it. Access to clean water is seen as a key indicator of development, not a space program.
Then there are the towns and villages vs the big cities. It is great that so many have jobs in the big cities, but what about the rest? It is a very interesting to drive to a major Indian software company (sitting in its customs zone) and compare the affluence of the company in its shiny new campus to the poverty outside.
Apparently it costs around $2.5K to have a child in a big city if you want proper medical care. I know plenty of Indians that can afford it, but their drivers, cooks etc., won't be able to. They can just afford to exist.
Will the poor people accept this for a long period, well probably not? Historically this will mean civil unrest, which is why those big software companies stockpile supplies (diesel, food, water and so on).
Lastly, if India was a true democracy, please can they dispose of their dirty politicians and get some things done for the ordinary people!!!
The fact that Colossus existed was heavily guarded until Winterbotham's book (about 1974) so the remains were carefully destroyed as were most records of its construction. However Tony Sale managed to reconstruct it based on notes obtained from the original designers including Tommy Flowers as well as interviews.
The Plantronics 640 will sit in your ear without the clip. The clip itself is so light-weight it doesn't interfere much with sunglasses/glasses.
As for your misrepresentations about the Brits not permitting industrial development, you may want to have words with this company as well as others. When the Brits left, the Indians did not want major assistance programs from any western power and were prefering to flirt with the Soviets at the time.
Of course, if one is simply modding an existing car and you are arguably keeping the same road gear, then maybe you don't need to worry about reregistration.
I managed to see the engine close up. Yes it looked like a large aeroengine and it had the RR stamp so it could have been a Merlin.
The car had license plates so it was probably street legal.
With spam, the key is to follow the money. Obviously someone is making serious dollars out of the C1alis, etc. They need credit card clearing and bank accounts. Nobody can tell me these are untraceable these days.
As someone once said, follow the money.
Once you have the account then if you want to do anything involving cross border transfers, major encashment or deposits, we would again ask for official photo-id. Some banks are tougher on this than others and some have already been fined. Go from the US to the UK and you will find an even higher level of paranoia as their regulators are even tougher.
The point is that they could do some things, but not all. To open a bank account, for example, would need a lot of additional documentation. Some of it much harder to forge. Admittedly, not impossible but a different level of difficulty.
Nope. If you book with my FF number, the web site demands my PIN. If you try to book without my Pin, you won't have my personal data, although you could theoretically add an FF number to a normal online booking.
The web site doesn't retain credit card details. Otoh as a "Gold" frequent flyer holder, he would probably have accumulated a lot of air-miles.
The important thing is that you will not be allowed on an international flight without showing a valid passport. BA boarding procedures mandate a check of the passport against the ticket at the gate. This is kind of necessary now that outbound passengers from the UK are very rarely checked by immigration. True, an airline is unlikely to even have a UV light let alone a scanner there so it may be possible to get through with a forged passport.
My issue is that single-issue laws are great for the lawmakers but are too specific to be useful.
Many countries already have offences such as Driving without Due Care and Attention. This is fairly non-specific and can be used against any driver who endangers others by performing a non-driving activity (such as having their groin scalded by superheated coffee) whilst nominally in control of a moving vehicle.
The same problem is had by those who fiddle with their GPS while driving, or even the entertainment system. Must we introduce specific legislation for each device?
It should be noted that I do agree with the clampdown which is already in place in much of Europe. Handsfree units are convenient and quite comfortable to wear now, especially the lightweight BT varieties such as the Plantronics 640 which even my wife wears without problems.
If you don't like the cost of BT, there are still wired headsets which often ship for free now or are a very low cost extra.