Picture this...instead of the stationary cameras on the wall/ceiling at the drug store, there are employees following people with cameras. I'm betting customers would react the same way as surveillance guy. Funny how the visible attachment of a person to the camera makes all the difference for some reason. Why is that?
Not much difference between this and the "emergency alert system" on radio and TV. Content is interrupted and "important" messages are broadcast in its place. Maybe this needs some coordination and oversight by the FCC, and this could become a good thing. Compared to 20 years ago, very few people would realize any benefit from the TV/radio emergency broadcasts, unless it was on the Internet somehow like this.
I am a UNIX admin (17 years now).
Many Windows admins I've worked with have very little knowledge of networking concepts, Internet workings, and application development/architecture. An effective admin (UNIX or Windows) should have at least waist-deep knowledge of all of these areas. When one has a view of a "bigger picture," they can be an effective troubleshooter, and help in all many areas. The worst admins only know their piece of the puzzle, and are very good at pointing fingers to other groups when they cannot identify where the problem might lie.
Beside the fact that people have been doing this for years, he built this on a multi-rotor heli platform. Flight times for these are usually under 10 minutes, given the power needed to keep them in the air. If he really wants surveillance with long range, he should try a fixed-wing setup, where flight times can be 30-45 minutes. DIYDRONES.COM is a good place to start.
Now if I could just find a way to virtualize my mom's Mac OS X 10.3. Her 10+ year-old G4 is going to die some day. I don't think the hackintosh will work on an OS X that old, will it? Needs to keep compatibility with OS 9/Carbon for PageMaker. She doesn't like change.
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I've been talking about this for years too. But not for security, just to remember everything. Everything. The important thing about this device would be how the video/audio is stored, tagged/indexed and later retrieved. To make this effective, I'd need an easy speech query mechanism, so I can say "Hey when was the last time I changed the oil in my car" or "What did I do with my wallet yesterday when I got home". Or how about "What was the name of that guy I met 8 years ago at that conference and where did he work"?
There are so many tiny events in life that, if remembered, would really help out, so we don't repeat the same mistakes twice. Or just to give "tips" to our future selves, that will always be recalled.
A quick fix that would get 99.9% of us out of people's pics, if the User-Agent string is something unique to the frames. This would only allow HTTP requests from frames, not from desktop browsers. Yes, we can change our user agent string on the desktop browser to match, but like I say - 99.9% of people wouldn't know how.
My twins' cord blood is banked at CBR (www.cordblood.com). As long as we refer someone each year, we can get our storage fees waived for the year. We find it pretty easy each year to find a pregnant friend that wants to do this.
I see the knee-jerk "RACISM" response has been invoked in most of you. None of you were there, and no one knows exactly what happened except the people directly involved. How can you immediately condemn the airline for their actions without having first-hand knowledge of what was seen, said or done?
There are many many other things airline staff would find "suspicious" other than the color of their skin - maybe they were whispering to each other, maybe they had no baggage, maybe they were sweating a lot, etc. We just don't know.
Don't immediately assume it was their race or religion that got them kicked off the plane.
Well, "just a fork bomb" still seems pretty effective on Solaris 10. When running this I cannot perform any other tasks, as the server is completely out of memory and cannot spawn any processes. Drives the load average up to >2000 for several minutes at least. Repeat fork bomb as needed.
I understand your point of view. I plan to talk to my kids about sex and treat is as a "normal" part of our existence. However do you see a difference in these two things:
1) Factual, non-taboo discussions about sex, relationships, and even nudity.
2) Porn spam in their inbox, showing nearly gynecological views of women "ready to make you shoot your load" or "watch me get it on with a horse".
I really don't want my 5-year old kids exposed to this level of graphic imagery. Call me crazy. Everything I've read on the matter does indicate it can have a somewhat disproportionate affect on them in later life.
I really believe this type of arrangement will become more common in the future. I've probabaly missed the boat, as I'm already in my mid 30s. But I'll bet by the time my kids (now 2) and their friends are of dating age, polyamorous relationships of varying degrees will be quite common.
Every generation has found new ways to push the limits of sex and relationships - the 60/70s had "free love", swinger parties etc. The 80/90s were somewhat of a slow period (maybe AIDS had something to do with it). And now it seems experimenting with homosexuality, at least for girls, is very mainstream and acceptible. Porn and strip clubs is mainstream now, at least in the part of the US in which I live.
Polyamory exists now as a secretive, underground lifestyle choice, just like homosexuality and pornography did in the past. I predict big things for polyamory in the near future.
My wife and I have also considered becoming involved with another girl in some fashion, but at this time the barriers seem too great - cultural norms, legality, etc.
Don't think it will hold up in court, but the company does have an interesting view on why it should. My wife and I are looking forward to retiring there on our nice acre of lunar land.
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Probably need '&&' between them. Wouldn't want to continue if the previous weren't allowed to succeed. Could mean legal trouble.
Picture this...instead of the stationary cameras on the wall/ceiling at the drug store, there are employees following people with cameras. I'm betting customers would react the same way as surveillance guy. Funny how the visible attachment of a person to the camera makes all the difference for some reason. Why is that?
Cool, let's tax car sales too, and give it to the horse and buggy companies - they are really struggling!
Not much difference between this and the "emergency alert system" on radio and TV. Content is interrupted and "important" messages are broadcast in its place. Maybe this needs some coordination and oversight by the FCC, and this could become a good thing. Compared to 20 years ago, very few people would realize any benefit from the TV/radio emergency broadcasts, unless it was on the Internet somehow like this.
Actually if you work for another company (and not your own), this may be difficult.
If you could claim it as a "home office" on your taxes it might offset some of the costs. Not sure if that is allowed.
I am a UNIX admin (17 years now). Many Windows admins I've worked with have very little knowledge of networking concepts, Internet workings, and application development/architecture. An effective admin (UNIX or Windows) should have at least waist-deep knowledge of all of these areas. When one has a view of a "bigger picture," they can be an effective troubleshooter, and help in all many areas. The worst admins only know their piece of the puzzle, and are very good at pointing fingers to other groups when they cannot identify where the problem might lie.
Beside the fact that people have been doing this for years, he built this on a multi-rotor heli platform. Flight times for these are usually under 10 minutes, given the power needed to keep them in the air. If he really wants surveillance with long range, he should try a fixed-wing setup, where flight times can be 30-45 minutes. DIYDRONES.COM is a good place to start.
Oh - G4 - no hackintosh - duh.
Now if I could just find a way to virtualize my mom's Mac OS X 10.3. Her 10+ year-old G4 is going to die some day. I don't think the hackintosh will work on an OS X that old, will it? Needs to keep compatibility with OS 9/Carbon for PageMaker. She doesn't like change.
I've been talking about this for years too. But not for security, just to remember everything. Everything. The important thing about this device would be how the video/audio is stored, tagged/indexed and later retrieved. To make this effective, I'd need an easy speech query mechanism, so I can say "Hey when was the last time I changed the oil in my car" or "What did I do with my wallet yesterday when I got home". Or how about "What was the name of that guy I met 8 years ago at that conference and where did he work"? There are so many tiny events in life that, if remembered, would really help out, so we don't repeat the same mistakes twice. Or just to give "tips" to our future selves, that will always be recalled.
Nice. So could that huge tracking necklace be replaced by your infrared safety glasses?
A quick fix that would get 99.9% of us out of people's pics, if the User-Agent string is something unique to the frames. This would only allow HTTP requests from frames, not from desktop browsers. Yes, we can change our user agent string on the desktop browser to match, but like I say - 99.9% of people wouldn't know how.
Do we really need to do it again?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090610/sc_space/japaneseprobetoslamintomoontoday
Now THAT is friggin creepy. Nice horror-movie choir for the soundtrack, nice all-white surroundings with no windows or doors. Nightmare material.
My consumer reaction to this ad:
"Ummmm...what?"
Definitely needs follow-up ads with more pertinent info.
My twins' cord blood is banked at CBR (www.cordblood.com). As long as we refer someone each year, we can get our storage fees waived for the year. We find it pretty easy each year to find a pregnant friend that wants to do this.
I see the knee-jerk "RACISM" response has been invoked in most of you. None of you were there, and no one knows exactly what happened except the people directly involved. How can you immediately condemn the airline for their actions without having first-hand knowledge of what was seen, said or done?
There are many many other things airline staff would find "suspicious" other than the color of their skin - maybe they were whispering to each other, maybe they had no baggage, maybe they were sweating a lot, etc. We just don't know.
Don't immediately assume it was their race or religion that got them kicked off the plane.
Well, "just a fork bomb" still seems pretty effective on Solaris 10. When running this I cannot perform any other tasks, as the server is completely out of memory and cannot spawn any processes. Drives the load average up to >2000 for several minutes at least. Repeat fork bomb as needed.
A bug? Absolutely not - UNIX has always been great at giving smart people the ability to shoot themselves in the foot.
I understand your point of view. I plan to talk to my kids about sex and treat is as a "normal" part of our existence. However do you see a difference in these two things:
1) Factual, non-taboo discussions about sex, relationships, and even nudity.
2) Porn spam in their inbox, showing nearly gynecological views of women "ready to make you shoot your load" or "watch me get it on with a horse".
I really don't want my 5-year old kids exposed to this level of graphic imagery. Call me crazy. Everything I've read on the matter does indicate it can have a somewhat disproportionate affect on them in later life.
Um yes. I was 17 when I first started seeing porn in my inbox. I imagine that same material may have a very different effect on a 5-year-old.
I really believe this type of arrangement will become more common in the future. I've probabaly missed the boat, as I'm already in my mid 30s. But I'll bet by the time my kids (now 2) and their friends are of dating age, polyamorous relationships of varying degrees will be quite common.
Every generation has found new ways to push the limits of sex and relationships - the 60/70s had "free love", swinger parties etc. The 80/90s were somewhat of a slow period (maybe AIDS had something to do with it). And now it seems experimenting with homosexuality, at least for girls, is very mainstream and acceptible. Porn and strip clubs is mainstream now, at least in the part of the US in which I live.
Polyamory exists now as a secretive, underground lifestyle choice, just like homosexuality and pornography did in the past. I predict big things for polyamory in the near future.
My wife and I have also considered becoming involved with another girl in some fashion, but at this time the barriers seem too great - cultural norms, legality, etc.
Don't think it will hold up in court, but the company does have an interesting view on why it should.
My wife and I are looking forward to retiring there on our nice acre of lunar land.
www.lunarembassy.com
This sounds like a nice chunk of change for my family. Sort of a bonus on top of my life insurance. Gotta find one of these "dealers".