True, but for now, it's not that easy to contract Ebola. Assuming we don't overwhelm the healthcare system here and can effectively isolate all known cases it's not going to be very bad. Assuming we can keep secondary infections to a minimum, we can likely keep it under wraps. Should Ebola go airborne and pass like the flu, then prepare for the destruction of a healthy percentage of the world's population.
I have very little sympathy for a man that lied on a form and endangered the health and lives of many, many people. Hopefully no one else turns up infected and the threat he posed is over.
I hear that there is already another patient in Dallas which would have been infected by Duncan. I hope I'm wrong.
FISA allows them to look at the data w/o a warrant in specific cases. Specifically, if the data is of a foreign located target, or a target believed to be foreign, it is specifically allowed.
But, I dare say they are not abusing the privilege. Do you know of anybody being tried for crimes detected though NSA gathered data? If they where abusing the privileges of the FISA law, one would think we'd see some example cases. So far, I'm not hearing of any.
Remember that the US Constitution only applies to US territory and citizens. Outside of that, the NSA has a generally free hand to do what it wants (at least by US law). I see the danger, but I don't see the NSA off the reservation with what they do, especially now.
Six times bigger? Since when? Not in my lifetime. GDP growth has been pretty steady at 2-3% over the last few years I believe. I'll have to look up the numbers but in dollars GDP growth has been just over the inflation rate of late, which means it's pretty much flat.
Who's going to want a fusion plant if it's more risky and more expensive than Natural Gas?
Someone who doesn't like burning fossil fuels or mining natural gas.
Oh, you mean the stupid person who will willingly spend extra money to avoid feeling guilt? Yea, they only exist in places with disposable income. Third world countries will burn the cheapest fuel they can because they cannot afford anything else and the guiltless nut case only makes the "bad" fuels cheaper for the people who cannot afford to avoid their guilty feelings if they had them in the first place. Net result is no different than it was before the money was needlessly spent.
You need to be cheaper than the current price leader, which happens to be Natural Gas (according to the DOE in the USA) right now. Who's going to want a fusion plant if it's more risky and more expensive than Natural Gas? Um.. Nobody....
I'm not saying that it is effective, but the NSA is subject to the FISA law which includes a "court" that approves it's monitoring activities. If they just ran the network, there would be no need for even that process. So even if you consider the FISA court just a rubber stamp, it is at least *possible* that a monitoring request could be denied the NSA right now.
Ah yes... What the framers actually intended... Government should be as LOCAL as possible, with Federal government being extremely limited in size and scope.
Most Americans would love to see government with municipal broadband. It would save them money despite typical government waste simply because of how much the incumbent ISPs are gouging with their ridiculous pricing structure. We can't have it because politicians are controlled through lobbying to eliminate new forms of competition and it flies in the face of populist "small government" ideology.
I don't think you are fully thinking this though. IF the government provided broadband services, they'd have full access to all the traffic that flows though this network. Can you imagine if we had the NSA building out all the broadband services in the USA? Monitoring R us.... Gone would be the required warrant (or rubber stamp) process we have now and the NSA would have absolute access to literally everything they wanted to see without oversight.
My four cylinder diesel A3 apparently has a top speed of 137 MPH.
Remind me not to ride with you....
Given this is slashdot, I should have allowed for some 4 cylinder production cars to have the ability to exceed 120 MPH... But the point was larger numbers are better in marketing. So putting 120 MPH on the speedometer in a GEO Metro is more about hype than reality. My Nissan Quest as 120 MPH on the gauge, but I can assure you I'll NEVER try it, but it's there because it uses the same drive train as the Nissan Z, where the 120 MPH impressed my son...
Sorry, given this is shashdot, I should have allowed for some production 4 cylinder car to make it past 120 MPH. However, I assure the GEO Metro economy 4 cylinder isn't going to bury the pointer on it's speedometer without going down hill with a strong tail wind.
Because it's a standardized test. That it doesn't represent real life is not a surprise. That it seems to favor specific design features over others should not be a surprise and doesn't invalidate the results. I repeat, this is a standardized test.
Manufacturers spend big bucks to get their designs rated and certified though the EPA's mandated testing. CAFE standards are mandated for the manufacturers whole fleet. I'm sure they spend more money on the higher volume units to reduce fuel consumption and raise MPG for the fleet. This means they will more strictly control how the car is driven though the testing course, the test conditions will be optimized more fully, and mileage will be better. I also believe that people who drive smaller engined cars tend to be more aggressive in terms of throttle settings and other engine load (AC blowers, vehicle loading, radios etc) than the standard test cycles require, thus they don't get the stated mileage. Also, the mandated test conditions are quite specific and deviations from actual test conditions can lead to significant changes in mileage.
So this mileage difference is not really a problem to worry about. We simply have to keep standardized testing and the differences between the test results and real life are not something we can fix..
In marketing, bigger numbers are usually better, except for the price. This is why we use MPG and why they put big numbers on the speedometer even though that 4 Cylinder would never make it to 120 MPH.
Windows 7 becomes Windows 8 becomes Windows 8.1. Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, 787.... Airbus 320, 321, 330, 340, 350, 380... Ford F-150, F-250, F-350. Each increase is supposed to represent the product getting bigger and better.
Personally, If it was my company, I'd want the details clearly in writing and not subject myself to trying to explain in court what the CEO means in his public statements. It seems like it would lead to less abuse by lawyers. You can never avoid such abuses though, all you can do is make it as hard as possible to be found liable for more than you intended. Best way to do that is to draft an airtight warranty document.
So that leads one to believe that this whole discussion was more of a bait and switch technique, where the customer thinks that the single most expensive component of his car is fully covered, where in reality, Tesla is reserving the right to refuse replacement for any number of reasons that suits it at the time. Typical used care selling...
This is true for all people who understand the code of OpenWRT in its entirety.
Else it's simply a choice of picking who to trust.
Personally, I'd go with the software that has the open source which I can obtain and look at if I want over the "you will never get the code" from the router vendor. (At least at the consumer level.) I'll trust the one I could possibly verify over the one I never could.
I think your trust is well placed if you choose the ready build OpenWRT firmware... If you don't like that, build your own in a VM like I had to because they don't release firmware for my specific router.
Not sure I agree with you. I have a set of Netgear routers that you can get used for under $50 each that work with OpenWRT well and are not that far out of date. (Netgear actually used OpenWRT so they work well given that they have to release the source code.) Now if you are looking for something more than a router, say a media server or VPN gateway, they might be a bit light, but as a standard wireless router they are quite adequate. They have a lot of flash, good memory size and reasonable performance to suit me and my network is not lightweight. We routinely stream 2 or more HD streams and support my son's gaming needs all at the same time. We have 7 PC's, various tablets and HD media players.
If you think you *really* need USB 3.0 and the latest wireless spec, then you already have a lot more to spend than I do. USB 3.0 might be nice if you where running a file server, but having the latest high speed wireless connection requires you have both new routers as well as laptops/adapters, tablets, media players and the like. If you really want a file/media server, don't use a USB disk anyway, you have the money, buy a NAS.
So I don't feel for you if you are complaining about cost if you really think 802.11ac and USB 3.0 are necessary...
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True, but for now, it's not that easy to contract Ebola. Assuming we don't overwhelm the healthcare system here and can effectively isolate all known cases it's not going to be very bad. Assuming we can keep secondary infections to a minimum, we can likely keep it under wraps. Should Ebola go airborne and pass like the flu, then prepare for the destruction of a healthy percentage of the world's population.
It's going to turn into a racist issue and/or a malpractice suit.
Already is... Jessy Jackson showed up in Dallas YESTERDAY, even before Duncan died, to get the ball rolling on that.
I have very little sympathy for a man that lied on a form and endangered the health and lives of many, many people. Hopefully no one else turns up infected and the threat he posed is over.
I hear that there is already another patient in Dallas which would have been infected by Duncan. I hope I'm wrong.
We are waiting for the news conference right now.
FISA allows them to look at the data w/o a warrant in specific cases. Specifically, if the data is of a foreign located target, or a target believed to be foreign, it is specifically allowed.
But, I dare say they are not abusing the privilege. Do you know of anybody being tried for crimes detected though NSA gathered data? If they where abusing the privileges of the FISA law, one would think we'd see some example cases. So far, I'm not hearing of any.
Remember that the US Constitution only applies to US territory and citizens. Outside of that, the NSA has a generally free hand to do what it wants (at least by US law). I see the danger, but I don't see the NSA off the reservation with what they do, especially now.
Six times bigger? Since when? Not in my lifetime. GDP growth has been pretty steady at 2-3% over the last few years I believe. I'll have to look up the numbers but in dollars GDP growth has been just over the inflation rate of late, which means it's pretty much flat.
Who's going to want a fusion plant if it's more risky and more expensive than Natural Gas?
Someone who doesn't like burning fossil fuels or mining natural gas.
Oh, you mean the stupid person who will willingly spend extra money to avoid feeling guilt? Yea, they only exist in places with disposable income. Third world countries will burn the cheapest fuel they can because they cannot afford anything else and the guiltless nut case only makes the "bad" fuels cheaper for the people who cannot afford to avoid their guilty feelings if they had them in the first place. Net result is no different than it was before the money was needlessly spent.
You need to be cheaper than the current price leader, which happens to be Natural Gas (according to the DOE in the USA) right now. Who's going to want a fusion plant if it's more risky and more expensive than Natural Gas? Um.. Nobody....
I thought it was Cisco myself.... Not that I've had any issues with their gear and support beyond the price... (cough, cough)
I'm not saying that it is effective, but the NSA is subject to the FISA law which includes a "court" that approves it's monitoring activities. If they just ran the network, there would be no need for even that process. So even if you consider the FISA court just a rubber stamp, it is at least *possible* that a monitoring request could be denied the NSA right now.
Sometimes socialist Sweden is nice =)
Perhaps it is nice from time to time, it's just that when socialism isn't nice, it's horrid.
Ah yes... What the framers actually intended... Government should be as LOCAL as possible, with Federal government being extremely limited in size and scope.
Most Americans would love to see government with municipal broadband. It would save them money despite typical government waste simply because of how much the incumbent ISPs are gouging with their ridiculous pricing structure. We can't have it because politicians are controlled through lobbying to eliminate new forms of competition and it flies in the face of populist "small government" ideology.
I don't think you are fully thinking this though. IF the government provided broadband services, they'd have full access to all the traffic that flows though this network. Can you imagine if we had the NSA building out all the broadband services in the USA? Monitoring R us.... Gone would be the required warrant (or rubber stamp) process we have now and the NSA would have absolute access to literally everything they wanted to see without oversight.
That will get you TOS'ed from most ISP's. The don't look kindly on sharing your connection with your neighbors.
We also have 40x larger GDP, so whose pocket is all of that money going into?
If you live here and have a job, It partly goes to you.
Xbox 360 became XBox One
True, but that's Microsoft's "We don't need to market because who we are" attitude for you... How well is XBox One doing? See what I mean?
Lotus Elise is a 1.4l four cylinder engine and does 150mph.
Decidedly NOT an economy car...
My four cylinder diesel A3 apparently has a top speed of 137 MPH.
Remind me not to ride with you....
Given this is slashdot, I should have allowed for some 4 cylinder production cars to have the ability to exceed 120 MPH... But the point was larger numbers are better in marketing. So putting 120 MPH on the speedometer in a GEO Metro is more about hype than reality. My Nissan Quest as 120 MPH on the gauge, but I can assure you I'll NEVER try it, but it's there because it uses the same drive train as the Nissan Z, where the 120 MPH impressed my son...
Sorry, given this is shashdot, I should have allowed for some production 4 cylinder car to make it past 120 MPH. However, I assure the GEO Metro economy 4 cylinder isn't going to bury the pointer on it's speedometer without going down hill with a strong tail wind.
Remind me not to ride with you.....
Because it's a standardized test. That it doesn't represent real life is not a surprise. That it seems to favor specific design features over others should not be a surprise and doesn't invalidate the results. I repeat, this is a standardized test.
Manufacturers spend big bucks to get their designs rated and certified though the EPA's mandated testing. CAFE standards are mandated for the manufacturers whole fleet. I'm sure they spend more money on the higher volume units to reduce fuel consumption and raise MPG for the fleet. This means they will more strictly control how the car is driven though the testing course, the test conditions will be optimized more fully, and mileage will be better. I also believe that people who drive smaller engined cars tend to be more aggressive in terms of throttle settings and other engine load (AC blowers, vehicle loading, radios etc) than the standard test cycles require, thus they don't get the stated mileage. Also, the mandated test conditions are quite specific and deviations from actual test conditions can lead to significant changes in mileage.
So this mileage difference is not really a problem to worry about. We simply have to keep standardized testing and the differences between the test results and real life are not something we can fix..
In marketing, bigger numbers are usually better, except for the price. This is why we use MPG and why they put big numbers on the speedometer even though that 4 Cylinder would never make it to 120 MPH.
Windows 7 becomes Windows 8 becomes Windows 8.1. Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, 787.... Airbus 320, 321, 330, 340, 350, 380... Ford F-150, F-250, F-350. Each increase is supposed to represent the product getting bigger and better.
I'd like to buy a Tesla that never exceeded the speed limit and was only driven to church on a Sunday etc etc.
Here's your new car sir....
Personally, If it was my company, I'd want the details clearly in writing and not subject myself to trying to explain in court what the CEO means in his public statements. It seems like it would lead to less abuse by lawyers. You can never avoid such abuses though, all you can do is make it as hard as possible to be found liable for more than you intended. Best way to do that is to draft an airtight warranty document.
So that leads one to believe that this whole discussion was more of a bait and switch technique, where the customer thinks that the single most expensive component of his car is fully covered, where in reality, Tesla is reserving the right to refuse replacement for any number of reasons that suits it at the time. Typical used care selling...
Lets not ignore road vibration.
No worries around here.... From Pot Hole city..
This is true for all people who understand the code of OpenWRT in its entirety.
Else it's simply a choice of picking who to trust.
Personally, I'd go with the software that has the open source which I can obtain and look at if I want over the "you will never get the code" from the router vendor. (At least at the consumer level.) I'll trust the one I could possibly verify over the one I never could.
I think your trust is well placed if you choose the ready build OpenWRT firmware... If you don't like that, build your own in a VM like I had to because they don't release firmware for my specific router.
Not sure I agree with you. I have a set of Netgear routers that you can get used for under $50 each that work with OpenWRT well and are not that far out of date. (Netgear actually used OpenWRT so they work well given that they have to release the source code.) Now if you are looking for something more than a router, say a media server or VPN gateway, they might be a bit light, but as a standard wireless router they are quite adequate. They have a lot of flash, good memory size and reasonable performance to suit me and my network is not lightweight. We routinely stream 2 or more HD streams and support my son's gaming needs all at the same time. We have 7 PC's, various tablets and HD media players.
If you think you *really* need USB 3.0 and the latest wireless spec, then you already have a lot more to spend than I do. USB 3.0 might be nice if you where running a file server, but having the latest high speed wireless connection requires you have both new routers as well as laptops/adapters, tablets, media players and the like. If you really want a file/media server, don't use a USB disk anyway, you have the money, buy a NAS.
So I don't feel for you if you are complaining about cost if you really think 802.11ac and USB 3.0 are necessary...