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The Trouble with RFID
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That is not the problem!
Do you recall a story fairly recently about one guy who using a great deal of very public infrastructure information, managed to put together a map that had the US government worried because it revealed information that was supposed to be classified?
It is the same thing, if you track the movements, with all the other tracking that is going on, it will be much easier to put together that information to get a complete dossier on a person if you want to. The real worry is not the data being collected about movement, but the fact that if such data was available, it could be put together with other information that would be a breach of privacy that we do not want. Start doing this, and you will have people putting together 'maps' of publically available information that can show personal details about specific people that we take for granted our right to keep private.
Where I go to school, at the University of Waterloo, we have a thriving used bookstore which is a member of the university's retail services. Its in a prominant location in our Student Life Center, and is larger that most mall bookstores you walk into.
It sells books for a much more reasonable price (1/2 price or so for good condition) and most of that money is given to the student who gave the book when it sells. All in all, it is one of the better systems that I have seen, the only problem is that sometimes it can be difficult to find the book you're looking for because it has either sold out, or the textbook publishers have changed the edition again.
Definition of Myth #3 A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology.
A myth when used in this context doesn't necessarily mean it has to be widely believed. For example, it is a myth that Elvis is still alive. Some people believe it, most do not, but it still would be labelled as such.
Simple, everyone KNOWS that Australia is a foreign country, and thus their standards are not up to American standards. Besides, no one could possibly make something better, cheaper, and faster than the US.
United States: upholding the ideals of democracy for over 200 years.
Yep, and also remember that there is always an automatic recount, by hand, if the vote differential for the lead candidate is smaller than a fixed value. I can't remember what it is for federal elections, but for provincial its something like 100 votes.
In Manitoba, with 1,100,000 people or so, and about 70 legislature seats, thats around 15,700 votes per riding total. With a 50% voter turnout rate that drops to 7,850 or a 1.5% margin for error.
Better timing when you go the speed limit? Where do you live?
Seriously, I'd like to know. Around where I live, on the major thoroughfares, the timing is bad enough that you have to either be doing 40 (kph in a 60 zone) or 75 to hit the lights. And that is regardless of traffic conditions. (In my city, the traffic doesn't get so bad that its gridlock, it keeps moving at a pretty decent pace even at rush hour.)
Or pay the teachers enough that they don't decide to strike? Or prefer to concentrate on the student's education instead of their own pocketbook?
I'm still wondering how the hell there are schools that can afford complete metal detection systems and security guards!
What happened to teachers taking an interest in their students? I say screw RFID tracking of students and the like, if the system is THAT broken, we really have to take a strong look at our priorities when it comes to education.
Its not forcing a kid to be in an adult supervised location for 7 hours a day so parents can divest themselves of responsibility, its about educating students and cultivating their interest to hopefully help them through life.
My good old Amiga 500 circa 1988. For games mostly that don't respond well to emulation on an Athlon 2800 due to the fact that they rely on the clock timing of the machine for their pacing.
Ever try to play Firepower on a modern computer? A full tank of fuel that used to last 1/2 an hour to 45 mins on an old computer, runs out now in about 1/8th of a second.
1/10th of a second corresponds to a drop of 5cm, or about 2-3 inches d = 1/2*a*t^2 d = 1/2*9.8*(0.1^2) d = 4.9*0.01 d = 0.049m = 4.9cm = ~2.3 inches or so. A drop of 2.3 inches of a laptop isn't generally enough to damage the harddrive through scratching, even if the heads are moving. If the drop is any larger than 5cm, the heads are already parked and you have no worries.
If a floppy disk is 1/8 of an inch (I'm guessing here) and holds 1.44MB And there are 1024 MB in a GB, and 1024 GB in a TB, you would need: 873,813.33 floppy disks to hold 1.2 TB, which would measure 4551.11 feet high
No, the problem is that American companies don't! And yes, I have received calls from US based companies that have wanted to sell me something. As if I don't have enough local companies calling me!
Hey, you know what? I have a cousin who has screwed up a pizza-in-a-box twice now, once because he didn't take off the plastic, and the second time because he didn't take the cardboard out from under it...
Wow, fitting you should post that AC because that was a pretty good Troll (or would you call it Flamebait? I can never tell).
All I was trying to get across is that there are some really good bands out there that only do it as a hobby. Obviously they aren't (or aren't yet) top 40 material, but they also don't put out 'music in a can' that the parent post was complaining about.
I live in a moderate sized Canadian city (Winnipeg), and I know of several bands that make the rounds of the local pubs and small theatres that play great music, and do so very well. For the most part they aren't interested in becoming 'the next big thing' because they just do this for fun. Most have day jobs and aren't your starving artist type.
Finally, you can find some really good live music available usually quite nearby if you spend the time to look for it and know what you like.
I don't know, I haven't gone to get it, I've got a copy of XP Pro acquired elsewhere as well as Office. I only knew about the CHiP offer second-hand from when I spent some time working for the Math Faculty.
The one thing keeping me back from using flourescent lights in my house is that after a couple of hours under flourescent lighting I develop a nasty headache. It must be something to do with the frequency they operate on, but I won't be switching anytime soon.
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That is not the problem!
Do you recall a story fairly recently about one guy who using a great deal of very public infrastructure information, managed to put together a map that had the US government worried because it revealed information that was supposed to be classified?
It is the same thing, if you track the movements, with all the other tracking that is going on, it will be much easier to put together that information to get a complete dossier on a person if you want to. The real worry is not the data being collected about movement, but the fact that if such data was available, it could be put together with other information that would be a breach of privacy that we do not want. Start doing this, and you will have people putting together 'maps' of publically available information that can show personal details about specific people that we take for granted our right to keep private.
Did anyone else read that as:
'complete and accurate-free-content encyclopedia'?
I was becoming quite interested in looking at this Onion-esque encyclopedia...
Where I go to school, at the University of Waterloo, we have a thriving used bookstore which is a member of the university's retail services. Its in a prominant location in our Student Life Center, and is larger that most mall bookstores you walk into.
It sells books for a much more reasonable price (1/2 price or so for good condition) and most of that money is given to the student who gave the book when it sells. All in all, it is one of the better systems that I have seen, the only problem is that sometimes it can be difficult to find the book you're looking for because it has either sold out, or the textbook publishers have changed the edition again.
Definition of Myth #3
A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology.
A myth when used in this context doesn't necessarily mean it has to be widely believed. For example, it is a myth that Elvis is still alive. Some people believe it, most do not, but it still would be labelled as such.
Uh, I think they're back. At my school's co-op posting board, there was just recently a job description for cable pulling in NY/NY.
Simple, everyone KNOWS that Australia is a foreign country, and thus their standards are not up to American standards. Besides, no one could possibly make something better, cheaper, and faster than the US.
United States: upholding the ideals of democracy for over 200 years.
Yep, and also remember that there is always an automatic recount, by hand, if the vote differential for the lead candidate is smaller than a fixed value. I can't remember what it is for federal elections, but for provincial its something like 100 votes.
In Manitoba, with 1,100,000 people or so, and about 70 legislature seats, thats around 15,700 votes per riding total. With a 50% voter turnout rate that drops to 7,850 or a 1.5% margin for error.
Ah Kingston, the city I was referring to was Winnipeg MB, Portage Ave.
Heck, if they attempted to decode the correct flash sequence, you could prosecute them under the DMCA for breaking an encryption sequence!
Better timing when you go the speed limit? Where do you live?
Seriously, I'd like to know. Around where I live, on the major thoroughfares, the timing is bad enough that you have to either be doing 40 (kph in a 60 zone) or 75 to hit the lights. And that is regardless of traffic conditions. (In my city, the traffic doesn't get so bad that its gridlock, it keeps moving at a pretty decent pace even at rush hour.)
Or pay the teachers enough that they don't decide to strike? Or prefer to concentrate on the student's education instead of their own pocketbook?
I'm still wondering how the hell there are schools that can afford complete metal detection systems and security guards!
What happened to teachers taking an interest in their students? I say screw RFID tracking of students and the like, if the system is THAT broken, we really have to take a strong look at our priorities when it comes to education.
Its not forcing a kid to be in an adult supervised location for 7 hours a day so parents can divest themselves of responsibility, its about educating students and cultivating their interest to hopefully help them through life.
My TipicIM client v1.6 is still responsive as of 7am est.
Yes, its the honesty of the company we should be questioning, not the reliability of their tests.
My good old Amiga 500 circa 1988. For games mostly that don't respond well to emulation on an Athlon 2800 due to the fact that they rely on the clock timing of the machine for their pacing.
Ever try to play Firepower on a modern computer? A full tank of fuel that used to last 1/2 an hour to 45 mins on an old computer, runs out now in about 1/8th of a second.
1/10th of a second corresponds to a drop of 5cm, or about 2-3 inches
d = 1/2*a*t^2
d = 1/2*9.8*(0.1^2)
d = 4.9*0.01
d = 0.049m = 4.9cm = ~2.3 inches or so.
A drop of 2.3 inches of a laptop isn't generally enough to damage the harddrive through scratching, even if the heads are moving. If the drop is any larger than 5cm, the heads are already parked and you have no worries.
If a floppy disk is 1/8 of an inch (I'm guessing here) and holds 1.44MB
And there are 1024 MB in a GB, and 1024 GB in a TB,
you would need: 873,813.33 floppy disks to hold 1.2 TB, which would measure 4551.11 feet high
Well, considering Ellesmere island was coverd in this ice sheet, I did a couple of calculations.
Ellesmere island is 37,775 sq km in size.
90% of that is 33,997.5 sq km.
Which is 13,126.51 sq miles (for you Americans)
Putting that in perspective,
Indiana is 35,866.90 sq miles
Vermont is 9,249.56 sq miles
and Hawaii is 6,422.62 sq miles.
Does that help?
No, the problem is that American companies don't! And yes, I have received calls from US based companies that have wanted to sell me something. As if I don't have enough local companies calling me!
zx75
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Well, he happened to have the unfortunate bad luck that it came on a tray on top of the cardboard... and the cardboard sortof, smoked. Badely...
Hey, you know what? I have a cousin who has screwed up a pizza-in-a-box twice now, once because he didn't take off the plastic, and the second time because he didn't take the cardboard out from under it...
:)
Maybe some people need those warnings.
Wow, fitting you should post that AC because that was a pretty good Troll (or would you call it Flamebait? I can never tell).
All I was trying to get across is that there are some really good bands out there that only do it as a hobby. Obviously they aren't (or aren't yet) top 40 material, but they also don't put out 'music in a can' that the parent post was complaining about.
I live in a moderate sized Canadian city (Winnipeg), and I know of several bands that make the rounds of the local pubs and small theatres that play great music, and do so very well. For the most part they aren't interested in becoming 'the next big thing' because they just do this for fun. Most have day jobs and aren't your starving artist type.
Finally, you can find some really good live music available usually quite nearby if you spend the time to look for it and know what you like.
I don't know, I haven't gone to get it, I've got a copy of XP Pro acquired elsewhere as well as Office. I only knew about the CHiP offer second-hand from when I spent some time working for the Math Faculty.
zx75
But they do provide subsidized copies of Windows XP (home edition) if you want to get one from CHiP for about 6 bucks I think it was?
I'm student at UW taking CS.
Its a pity that you believe all music comes from MTV and 'pre-packaged' singers.
Have you ever been to a bar to listen to a local band play their own music? If not, maybe you should.
The one thing keeping me back from using flourescent lights in my house is that after a couple of hours under flourescent lighting I develop a nasty headache. It must be something to do with the frequency they operate on, but I won't be switching anytime soon.