The Libertarian Party has also released a Press Release on this matter. Interestingly, the release also mentions several other surveillance devices that are still being developed by federal and state agencies. An excerpt:
A radar gun that allows police to "see" through concrete walls. The handheld device, about the size of a large hair dryer, shoots radio waves through walls and displays movement on a graph. The device will be in police hands by October.
High-tech scanners -- dubbed "X-rated X-rays" by critics -- that can show a clear image of your naked body under your clothes. The machine, called the BodySearch, has already been installed by the FAA in airports around the nation, and is used to examine suspected smugglers.
During Slashdot's last discussion on (satellite) radio, one thread mentioned that DC's WWDC ("DC 101") and WHFS ("HFS") are owned by the same company.. But, from what I can tell, WWDC is owned by Clear Channel, while WHFS is owned by Infinity Broadcasting -- what gives?
It appears that Pearl Harbor has been badly received by critics. "Not since Battlefield Earth have critics gotten so creative when bashing a movie." ObCredit: BluesNews.
If only America Online changed their name for their international business divisions... Sweden Online has a particularly appropriate acronym, for instance;).
It seems that all of those indie artists on MP3.com just got sucked in by a big label. This is reminiscent of the ongoing pattern of indie labels being bought out (or fake indies being created by) the big labels.
Of course, you can always cross-check any so-called indie labels against the RIAA Memebership List. In fact, since I don't buy CDs from the RIAA anymore (thank goodness for Century Media!), I make use of that list quite often.
Just for reference, doing the 1/4 mile in 9.8 seconds is faster than a specially modified 777 horsepower Viper (which took 11.4 seconds). And, to give you an idea about how much horsepower that Viper has, consider that a Honda Accord has 150 horsepower.
Jabs at Disney, always a plus :)
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As Film Threat points out in its review, Shrek also makes some amusing jabs at Disney:
It's no secret that DreamWorks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg left Mouse-schwitz [...] under bad circumstances. The evil Lord lives in a building whose architecture is strangely similar to the stark building occupied by Disney chief Michael Eisner. The kingdom where the evil Lord rules also has a set of arcane laws that are not too far from Disney's infamous and bizarre rules for their own employees. And the internment camp filled with fairy tale creatures looks like a roster of characters that have been in Disney cartoons in the past.
I graduated from Virginia Tech last May, but my email address there still seems to work.. Does anyone know if VT has an email-for-life policy, or am I just an anomoly?
On a related note, FBI Director Louis Freeh will be resigning in June. Freeh was the guy who wanted to require Cell Companies to provide the FBI with the location of mobile phone users without a court order or warrant. He was also against legislation that would have eased the restrictions on the export of crypto.
On a related note, Web Reference really does some fine stuff. Of particular note is the HierMenu script, which uses DHTML to simulate pulldown menus (it works in Netscape v4+, IE v4+, and even Mozilla). It's not Free, but still free. Major websites (such as Merrill Lynch and Trilogy Software) use the script all the time.
Well, there's always eBay or otherauction sites. But, a better long-term solution could be to create a "Used DSL modems" website. You could list your own wares, of course, but also post ads from other buyers & sellers. Unless the participation was really high, you wouldn't even necessarily need a database backend -- you could probably just update the (static) html files manually.
P.S. I'm looking for a new job in Web Development. I invite you to check out
my portfolio of hand coded HTML / JavaScript / CSS.
Not that I particularly care (heh, I'd order one anyway), but I'm curious about how these cases passed FCC Certification. IIRC, ordinary cases don't have much problem in this area, but that's just because they're a big metal box;).
Speaking of regulations and cell phones, has anyone heard news on GSM progress in America? It seems that the rest of the world is quite a bit ahead of us in that regard. As I understand it, the FCC already allocated the frequencies that GSM would've used (?), and if that is indeed the case then I dunno how it could be resolved:(.
If you're looking for a fully gesture-based input system, you may be interested in the KeyBowl, a no-key no-wrist-movement "keyboard". Contrary to what the pictures might imply, the two domes don't rotate. Rather, letters are formed by sliding the domes while keeping the wrists straight.
I don't own one of these (I have a Kinesis Contoured keyboard, which I'm very pleased with), but I'd be half-tempted to buy a KeyBowl if they weren't almost $400 (%$#!).
For those young-uns in the audience, I can explain Michael's reference in the department ("reinstall-life-support-[Y/N]?"). It's an allusion to DOS's Choice command. To get the prompt he gave as an example, you'd use:
CHOICE/T:Y,5 Reinstall life support
The question mark and the key choices of [Y/N] appear by default (though the key choices are configurable). And, the "/T:Y,5" bit configures CHOICE to automatically default to "Y" if no key is chosen within 5 seconds (I figured that would be kinda helpful, given that it is life support we're talking about here).
P.S. I'm looking for a new job in Web Development. I invite you to check out my portfolio of hand coded HTML / JavaScript / CSS.
On a related note, does anyone have any tips of finding Open-Source-friendly employers? I'm looking for a job in Web Development (or Web Engineering), but most of the job postings that I've seen are very MS-centric:(. And, it's not that I'd refuse to work in an MS-shop, but I'd prefer not to use only MS software.
I know about GNUJobs, but that doesn't seem to be very comprehensive (a search for "html" yields two hits, for example). And of course many OSS projects have their own "Jobs" section, but I was hoping for more of an all-in-one site..
Slashdot Mirror
Alex Bischoff
During Slashdot's last discussion on (satellite) radio, one thread mentioned that DC's WWDC ("DC 101") and WHFS ("HFS") are owned by the same company.. But, from what I can tell, WWDC is owned by Clear Channel, while WHFS is owned by Infinity Broadcasting -- what gives?
Alex Bischoff
* 2001-02-26 17:18:07 Half-Keyboard Available for Palm (and Linux) (articles,pilot) (rejected)
Ah, the inconsistencies of Slashdot...
Alex Bischoff
I don't understand why mozilla doesn't have such a feature.
There is a bug filed for that functionality. Feel free to vote for it as well (of course, you need a free Bugzilla account to vote).
Alex Bischoff
It appears that none of the designs of these "laptops of the future" offer ergonomic keyboards. Go figure.
Alex Bischoff
It appears that Pearl Harbor has been badly received by critics. "Not since Battlefield Earth have critics gotten so creative when bashing a movie." ObCredit: BluesNews.
Alex Bischoff
that's 275$ not 175$
Not quite. You can get them for $189 here (sure, it's not "$175", but it's far from "$275").
Alex Bischoff
If only America Online changed their name for their international business divisions... Sweden Online has a particularly appropriate acronym, for instance ;).
Alex Bischoff
It seems that all of those indie artists on MP3.com just got sucked in by a big label. This is reminiscent of the ongoing pattern of indie labels being bought out (or fake indies being created by) the big labels.
Of course, you can always cross-check any so-called indie labels against the RIAA Memebership List. In fact, since I don't buy CDs from the RIAA anymore (thank goodness for Century Media!), I make use of that list quite often.
Alex Bischoff
Just for reference, doing the 1/4 mile in 9.8 seconds is faster than a specially modified 777 horsepower Viper (which took 11.4 seconds). And, to give you an idea about how much horsepower that Viper has, consider that a Honda Accord has 150 horsepower.
Alex Bischoff
Let's see.. the Palm OS accounts for 89% of the retail market.. And, that's a problem?
Alex Bischoff
Alex Bischoff
And, don't forget about JabberCentral -- a great place for Jabber news and Jabber downloads.
Alex Bischoff
I graduated from Virginia Tech last May, but my email address there still seems to work.. Does anyone know if VT has an email-for-life policy, or am I just an anomoly?
Alex Bischoff
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On a related note, FBI Director Louis Freeh will be resigning in June. Freeh was the guy who wanted to require Cell Companies to provide the FBI with the location of mobile phone users without a court order or warrant. He was also against legislation that would have eased the restrictions on the export of crypto.
Sounds like a good thing to me.
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On a related note, Web Reference really does some fine stuff. Of particular note is the HierMenu script, which uses DHTML to simulate pulldown menus (it works in Netscape v4+, IE v4+, and even Mozilla). It's not Free, but still free. Major websites (such as Merrill Lynch and Trilogy Software) use the script all the time.
Alex Bischoff
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It seems quite appropriate that one of the "uninfected" stations mentioned there is KGNU ;).
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I just want General MIDI on there! So many instruments to choose from, ahh. And, none of that nasty FM Synthesis either ;).
Alex Bischoff
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Please email me your url. Thanks :).
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Well, there's always eBay or other auction sites. But, a better long-term solution could be to create a "Used DSL modems" website. You could list your own wares, of course, but also post ads from other buyers & sellers. Unless the participation was really high, you wouldn't even necessarily need a database backend -- you could probably just update the (static) html files manually.
P.S. I'm looking for a new job in Web Development. I invite you to check out my portfolio of hand coded HTML / JavaScript / CSS.
Alex Bischoff
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Not that I particularly care (heh, I'd order one anyway), but I'm curious about how these cases passed FCC Certification. IIRC, ordinary cases don't have much problem in this area, but that's just because they're a big metal box ;).
Alex Bischoff
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Speaking of regulations and cell phones, has anyone heard news on GSM progress in America? It seems that the rest of the world is quite a bit ahead of us in that regard. As I understand it, the FCC already allocated the frequencies that GSM would've used (?), and if that is indeed the case then I dunno how it could be resolved :(.
Alex Bischoff
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If you're looking for a fully gesture-based input system, you may be interested in the KeyBowl, a no-key no-wrist-movement "keyboard". Contrary to what the pictures might imply, the two domes don't rotate. Rather, letters are formed by sliding the domes while keeping the wrists straight.
I don't own one of these (I have a Kinesis Contoured keyboard, which I'm very pleased with), but I'd be half-tempted to buy a KeyBowl if they weren't almost $400 (%$#!).
Alex Bischoff
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- CHOICE
/T:Y,5 Reinstall life support
The question mark and the key choices of [Y/N] appear by default (though the key choices are configurable). And, the "/T:Y,5" bit configures CHOICE to automatically default to "Y" if no key is chosen within 5 seconds (I figured that would be kinda helpful, given that it is life support we're talking about here).P.S. I'm looking for a new job in Web Development. I invite you to check out my portfolio of hand coded HTML / JavaScript / CSS.
Alex Bischoff
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On a related note, does anyone have any tips of finding Open-Source-friendly employers? I'm looking for a job in Web Development (or Web Engineering), but most of the job postings that I've seen are very MS-centric :(. And, it's not that I'd refuse to work in an MS-shop, but I'd prefer not to use only MS software.
I know about GNUJobs, but that doesn't seem to be very comprehensive (a search for "html" yields two hits, for example). And of course many OSS projects have their own "Jobs" section, but I was hoping for more of an all-in-one site..
Alex Bischoff
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