I dont want to be a kill joy, but how accurate do you really need?
I have the $100 garmin, and on a normal day reading from inside my car it can differentiate parking spots in the lot outside my office (total about 18 spots and it can tell me which i am in). it can tell the difference in which lane I drive home in, and can easily tell my front door from my garage door and tell me exactly where i would have to go to get to the other. in the little onboard map thingie, it picks up the size of my car if i walk around it holding it. I can watch the little box draw, and as best i can tell its perfect.
I understand that for military and survey needs you may need a more accurate GPS, but when your that close, (within 10-15 feet) how precise do you need?
Also, with the WAS enabled GPS units being even more accurate than my little yellow garmin, cant those deliver what you desire?
Re:Not as bad as it really seems
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Hack Your Ride
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· Score: 1
Kinda funny, the F/I eclipses are built to handle about 26PSI boost from the factory by using forged pistons and connecting rods... as well as the crank.
other cars like the VWAG 1.8t use excellent components except for the out of date K03 or K04 turbo that is factory. a little work on those and you can push close to 2 bar without engine issues as far as reliablity people have already put over 100k miles on a T3/T4 turbocharger modded engine pushing 350Whp. once they replaced their stock clutch (which is too light in the first place) they have had no issues
for a car that weighs in at about 3k thats pretty dang mean
besides that, trying to make Keanu into a decent actor, but that has proved impossible for studios and special effects teams who just cant seem to pull it off...
I dont want to troll, but I feel the IT job cuts for the most part were a good way of cleaning out the underbrush so to speak. Good IT people are still finding jobs and getting work, the people who arent are for the most part not cut out for it. Now there are some examples, but look at me, I have no degree, 5 years of admin experience, 3 as a Unix admin, I went looking for a job, and it took a little while (I wasnt looking full time since I was still working) and I found 3 offers that I got to pick from...
I dont think it has been that hard for those who belong in the positions, just for those who held positions they had no right, education, experience or mindset for.
in the series (Recluse series by LE Modersett JR) the "good guys" can magickly bend light around them so hey you can travel without being seen.... but you can't see a dang thing either:-)
I have a p200 32meg ram that has throughput in the 50Mb range but Tops out around there. Mind you realisticly a person will only see about 60-70 over a "true" 100Mb connection minus overhead.
You can always pick up someones older PC like a Celeron 300-500 and make a Linux NAT (Network Address Translation) box out off it. Most of the consumer level dsl/cable "routers" are just simple NAT boxes done in hardware.
look around a simple nat box is easy and cheap to setup and you can decide the speed. I get 50mbs across a p200 NAT box at my work (for test environment)
I know at least I have said it and many many others. Communisim is good in Theory. The second you forget about the asshole factor though is when you get in trouble.
Socialistic and communistic systems seem to work well in a small group, no larger than a large family and assumes many of the same rules as a family. The second you get "Joe Schmo(ski)" to realize he doesnt have to work as hard as everyone else, hes still going to get paid the same anyways is the second communism fails.
even more dangerous to the system is when the general person realizes no matter how hard they work at a meanial job they are not going to advance over their peers for a long long time. thats the buety of a capitalistic system which tends to go hand in hand with a democratic system.
I think someone stuck an Extra Zero in there. They say 1000Mb/s but then say its about 65 times faster than a T1 (1.54Mb/s*65=100.1Mb/s) and they refer to it as fast ethernet at least once meaning 100Mb/s ether net.
Not that 100Mb/s isnt bad, but I doubt they took the extra cost jumb to do 1000Mb/s and a reporter somewhere along the line added an extra zero in there...
I have a feeling you have never actually read an online/computer based book. there is something very nice in having a copy in your hands and being able to read it in perfect text format where ever you are without having ot need batteries, a backlight, a mouse or push a button to go on to the next page.
Saying books are going to be outdated except for eccentrics and bibliophiles (not to mention everyones favorite luddites) is a bit of an overstatement.
Its always a good idea to keep a history that cant be wiped out by a magnet or a careless delete key.
Modified school bus with every other row removed, a server near the front running dumb linux terminals (for heat, space, costs issues) running star office (most places use msoffice but star is very close in interface) with gecko for browsing (keeping it lite). if available run packet radio or if not i would have to say cell for internet uplinks...
all said and done that would make an interesting project.... want help?
mirror incase it gets slashdotted
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McOwen Case Settled
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· Score: 2, Informative
Update - January 17, 2002 Georgia V McOwen Case closed!
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
For Immediate Release: January 17, 2002
Contact:
Lee Tien
Senior Staff Attorney
Electronic Frontier Foundation
tien@eff.org
+1 415 436-9333 x102 (office), +1 510 290-7131 (cell)
David Joyner
Attorney
Kenney & Solomon
CDJoyner66@aol.com
+1 770 564-1600
Distributed Computing Prosecution Ends with Whimper Not Bang
Georgia Man's Ordeal Ends
San Francisco - David McOwen can finally see the light at
the end of the tunnel. After about two years of facing the
prospect of years in prison and more than $400,000 in fines
and restitution, the former DeKalb Technical College systems
administrator has accepted an offer by the state of Georgia
that will bring his legal nightmare to an end.
Since February 2000, McOwen has been the target of a
"computer trespass" investigation and then prosecution. His
crime? In 1998, he installed a distributed-computing client
(like the SETI@home screensaver) on the college's PCs in
order to participate in a distributed decryption contest. In
early 2000, the school administrators threatened McOwen with
criminal charges and called in the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation. The threat of more than $400,000 in liability
was based solely on the use of the school computers, valued
at 59 cents per second.
Under the terms of the deal, announced today, McOwen will
receive one year of probation for each criminal count, to
run concurrently, make restitution of $2100, and perform 80
hours of community service unrelated to computers or
technology. McOwen will have no felony or misdemeanor record
under Georgia's First Offender Act.
"David never should have been prosecuted in the first place,
but we're glad that the state decided to stop," said Senior
Staff Attorney Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF). "This is a very good result for David. He
very likely could have won if the case had gone to trial,
but trials cost money and you never know what will happen."
Tien explained that much of the case against McOwen turned
on whether he had fair notice that installing the
Distributed.net client software was prohibited. Under the
Georgia computer trespass statute, criminal liability may
only be imposed if the person uses the computer or network
with knowledge that the use is unauthorized. "From what I
can tell, the state would have had a hard time proving
beyond a reasonable doubt that David knew he wasn't
authorized to install the software," Tien said. "I can't
help but feel that this was a face-saving deal for the
state."
"The state's claim of up to $815,000 for computer time seems
to fit an old pattern that we've seen before," Tien said. In
one of the first cases championed by EFF, a man faced years
in prison for obtaining and publishing an internal BellSouth
document initially valued at almost $80,000. The case was
dropped after evidence was introduced that it was publicly
available for $13.
The issue raised by McOwen's prosecution isn't an isolated
one, Tien added. Distributed computing is an important
scientific tool that can harness the spare cycles of
numerous personal computers into the virtual equivalent of a
supercomputer. The SETI@home screensaver, for instance,
allows computer users all over the world to aid in the
search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Last year,
however, the Tennessee Valley Authority banned the SETI@home
program from its computers, declaring it a risk to computer
security.
While McOwen's legal problems appear over, they've taken a
serious toll. He resigned from his job at DeKalb soon after
the school threatened him. And he was fired from his next
job at Cingular Wireless last August because of the bad
publicity surrounding the case.
EFF wishes to praise and give special thanks to David
Joyner, McOwen's attorney at Kenney & Solomon, for all of
his hard work. Thanks are also owed to McOwen's supporters
at FreeMcOwen.com and MachineThoughts.com for publicizing
the case and raising money for his legal fund.
Legal defense fund for the McOwen case:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid= 39&threadid=593069
About EFF:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil
liberties organization working to protect rights in the
digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and
challenges industry and government to support free
expression, privacy, and openness in the information
society. EFF is a member-supported organization and
maintains one of the most-linked-to websites in the world at
http://www.eff.org/
um, it wasnt a back down
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Borland Backs Down
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· Score: 2, Interesting
they just posted a big ol "Ooops" and sait they were sorry for it....
saying they backed down is announcing a victory when there was no enemy...
say about 30 years? that way I can live the rest of my life out without having to worry about having a chip imprinted in my skin that can be tracked by anyone who wants to throw money at a receiver? or having my wallet surveyed by a potentiel mugger? Or have my cars speedometer turn me in for doing 80 down the turnpike???? Please folks, someone invent a time machine so I can live in 1971 and drive a friggin barracuda?
Slashdot Mirror
"Impressive!!!"
I dont want to be a kill joy, but how accurate do you really need?
I have the $100 garmin, and on a normal day reading from inside my car it can differentiate parking spots in the lot outside my office (total about 18 spots and it can tell me which i am in). it can tell the difference in which lane I drive home in, and can easily tell my front door from my garage door and tell me exactly where i would have to go to get to the other. in the little onboard map thingie, it picks up the size of my car if i walk around it holding it. I can watch the little box draw, and as best i can tell its perfect.
I understand that for military and survey needs you may need a more accurate GPS, but when your that close, (within 10-15 feet) how precise do you need?
Also, with the WAS enabled GPS units being even more accurate than my little yellow garmin, cant those deliver what you desire?
NT doesnt support USB i mean come on!!!
Kinda funny, the F/I eclipses are built to handle about 26PSI boost from the factory by using forged pistons and connecting rods... as well as the crank.
other cars like the VWAG 1.8t use excellent components except for the out of date K03 or K04 turbo that is factory. a little work on those and you can push close to 2 bar without engine issues as far as reliablity people have already put over 100k miles on a T3/T4 turbocharger modded engine pushing 350Whp. once they replaced their stock clutch (which is too light in the first place) they have had no issues
for a car that weighs in at about 3k thats pretty dang mean
already working on it
:-) a guinness a day keeps the doctor away
4 6
h /alzheimers. htm
n _b eer_may_protect_again.htm
beer has been shown to reduce and kill some early leisons that can be cancerous...
dark beers are the best at it
http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=98
as well as be a potentiel treatment for alzheimers
http://www.beerisgoodforyou.com/healt
an reducing the risk of heart disease
http://www.beerisgoodforyou.com/health/folate_i
http://www.anywho.com/qry/wp_rl?street=W+120+Ave&c ity=WESTMINSTER&STATE=CO&whiteshark.type=a
:-)
how many other business has this guy got registered outta his house?!? thats kinda funny, maybe there is a legal lead there
One newly added english word, "Bullet-Time" (tm)
besides that, trying to make Keanu into a decent actor, but that has proved impossible for studios and special effects teams who just cant seem to pull it off...
I dont want to troll, but I feel the IT job cuts for the most part were a good way of cleaning out the underbrush so to speak. Good IT people are still finding jobs and getting work, the people who arent are for the most part not cut out for it. Now there are some examples, but look at me, I have no degree, 5 years of admin experience, 3 as a Unix admin, I went looking for a job, and it took a little while (I wasnt looking full time since I was still working) and I found 3 offers that I got to pick from...
I dont think it has been that hard for those who belong in the positions, just for those who held positions they had no right, education, experience or mindset for.
Or would you just go so far as to say he is a Web Master? Gives all those poor lonely cube monkies more hope eh?
Ha Ha Green Goblin, I'll PHP your ass!!!
Reminds me of a great fantasy series...
:-)
in the series (Recluse series by LE Modersett JR) the "good guys" can magickly bend light around them so hey you can travel without being seen.... but you can't see a dang thing either
Cable management cable management cable management!!!
well really more than just those, those are just my big pet peeves.
Good things to have include
a work bench
a tool cart
a phone
a seperate test subnet (firewalled from the real net)
a good lock
cooling
UPS
generator
all internal walls
static floor panals
and make sure there is room to work today and a few years down the line...
-Booyah
COOL!!!!
I finally get to hang a goggles on sign from my cube wall!!!
See I suggest the 300-500 celeron range.
I have a p200 32meg ram that has throughput in the 50Mb range but Tops out around there. Mind you realisticly a person will only see about 60-70 over a "true" 100Mb connection minus overhead.
You can always pick up someones older PC like a Celeron 300-500 and make a Linux NAT (Network Address Translation) box out off it. Most of the consumer level dsl/cable "routers" are just simple NAT boxes done in hardware.
look around a simple nat box is easy and cheap to setup and you can decide the speed. I get 50mbs across a p200 NAT box at my work (for test environment)
I cant wait till I awnser the phone and get
"Hi, How are you? I send you this call in order to have your advice"
Yeah!!!
I know at least I have said it and many many others. Communisim is good in Theory. The second you forget about the asshole factor though is when you get in trouble.
Socialistic and communistic systems seem to work well in a small group, no larger than a large family and assumes many of the same rules as a family. The second you get "Joe Schmo(ski)" to realize he doesnt have to work as hard as everyone else, hes still going to get paid the same anyways is the second communism fails.
even more dangerous to the system is when the general person realizes no matter how hard they work at a meanial job they are not going to advance over their peers for a long long time. thats the buety of a capitalistic system which tends to go hand in hand with a democratic system.
Same place I log anyways
:-)
:-)
Dot matrix printer on LP1
try to erase THAT log
-booyah
I think someone stuck an Extra Zero in there. They say 1000Mb/s but then say its about 65 times faster than a T1 (1.54Mb/s*65=100.1Mb/s) and they refer to it as fast ethernet at least once meaning 100Mb/s ether net.
Not that 100Mb/s isnt bad, but I doubt they took the extra cost jumb to do 1000Mb/s and a reporter somewhere along the line added an extra zero in there...
-Booyah
I have a feeling you have never actually read an online/computer based book. there is something very nice in having a copy in your hands and being able to read it in perfect text format where ever you are without having ot need batteries, a backlight, a mouse or push a button to go on to the next page.
Saying books are going to be outdated except for eccentrics and bibliophiles (not to mention everyones favorite luddites) is a bit of an overstatement.
Its always a good idea to keep a history that cant be wiped out by a magnet or a careless delete key.
-Booyah
Modified school bus with every other row removed, a server near the front running dumb linux terminals (for heat, space, costs issues) running star office (most places use msoffice but star is very close in interface) with gecko for browsing (keeping it lite). if available run packet radio or if not i would have to say cell for internet uplinks...
all said and done that would make an interesting project.... want help?
Update - January 17, 2002 Georgia V McOwen Case closed!
= 39&threadid=593069
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
For Immediate Release: January 17, 2002
Contact:
Lee Tien
Senior Staff Attorney
Electronic Frontier Foundation
tien@eff.org
+1 415 436-9333 x102 (office), +1 510 290-7131 (cell)
David Joyner
Attorney
Kenney & Solomon
CDJoyner66@aol.com
+1 770 564-1600
Distributed Computing Prosecution Ends with Whimper Not Bang
Georgia Man's Ordeal Ends
San Francisco - David McOwen can finally see the light at
the end of the tunnel. After about two years of facing the
prospect of years in prison and more than $400,000 in fines
and restitution, the former DeKalb Technical College systems
administrator has accepted an offer by the state of Georgia
that will bring his legal nightmare to an end.
Since February 2000, McOwen has been the target of a
"computer trespass" investigation and then prosecution. His
crime? In 1998, he installed a distributed-computing client
(like the SETI@home screensaver) on the college's PCs in
order to participate in a distributed decryption contest. In
early 2000, the school administrators threatened McOwen with
criminal charges and called in the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation. The threat of more than $400,000 in liability
was based solely on the use of the school computers, valued
at 59 cents per second.
Under the terms of the deal, announced today, McOwen will
receive one year of probation for each criminal count, to
run concurrently, make restitution of $2100, and perform 80
hours of community service unrelated to computers or
technology. McOwen will have no felony or misdemeanor record
under Georgia's First Offender Act.
"David never should have been prosecuted in the first place,
but we're glad that the state decided to stop," said Senior
Staff Attorney Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF). "This is a very good result for David. He
very likely could have won if the case had gone to trial,
but trials cost money and you never know what will happen."
Tien explained that much of the case against McOwen turned
on whether he had fair notice that installing the
Distributed.net client software was prohibited. Under the
Georgia computer trespass statute, criminal liability may
only be imposed if the person uses the computer or network
with knowledge that the use is unauthorized. "From what I
can tell, the state would have had a hard time proving
beyond a reasonable doubt that David knew he wasn't
authorized to install the software," Tien said. "I can't
help but feel that this was a face-saving deal for the
state."
"The state's claim of up to $815,000 for computer time seems
to fit an old pattern that we've seen before," Tien said. In
one of the first cases championed by EFF, a man faced years
in prison for obtaining and publishing an internal BellSouth
document initially valued at almost $80,000. The case was
dropped after evidence was introduced that it was publicly
available for $13.
The issue raised by McOwen's prosecution isn't an isolated
one, Tien added. Distributed computing is an important
scientific tool that can harness the spare cycles of
numerous personal computers into the virtual equivalent of a
supercomputer. The SETI@home screensaver, for instance,
allows computer users all over the world to aid in the
search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Last year,
however, the Tennessee Valley Authority banned the SETI@home
program from its computers, declaring it a risk to computer
security.
While McOwen's legal problems appear over, they've taken a
serious toll. He resigned from his job at DeKalb soon after
the school threatened him. And he was fired from his next
job at Cingular Wireless last August because of the bad
publicity surrounding the case.
EFF wishes to praise and give special thanks to David
Joyner, McOwen's attorney at Kenney & Solomon, for all of
his hard work. Thanks are also owed to McOwen's supporters
at FreeMcOwen.com and MachineThoughts.com for publicizing
the case and raising money for his legal fund.
Legal defense fund for the McOwen case:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid
About EFF:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil
liberties organization working to protect rights in the
digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and
challenges industry and government to support free
expression, privacy, and openness in the information
society. EFF is a member-supported organization and
maintains one of the most-linked-to websites in the world at
http://www.eff.org/
they just posted a big ol "Ooops" and sait they were sorry for it....
saying they backed down is announcing a victory when there was no enemy...
ah well, slashdot!=truth in reporting
Those who are willing to sacrafice long term Freedom in exchange for the short term feeling of security will always ruin it for everyone.
Time to start using the movements of my eyes to signal changes on my computer
blink, blink, left, wink, blink, right, blink, squint
-Booyah
oh say someone decides to crash a couple of 767's full of jet fuel on it......
You have to consider the extremes that someone may go to to take out what every may be hosted there nomatter how short term it would be...
Or in a more realistic world a good ol DDOS attack... Or your bandwidth carrier goes under....
the world is a harsh place for people who claim to be secure
say about 30 years? that way I can live the rest of my life out without having to worry about having a chip imprinted in my skin that can be tracked by anyone who wants to throw money at a receiver? or having my wallet surveyed by a potentiel mugger? Or have my cars speedometer turn me in for doing 80 down the turnpike???? Please folks, someone invent a time machine so I can live in 1971 and drive a friggin barracuda?