Not around here they're not. I saw a car go into a lamppost at about 20mph a few years ago; the lamppost is still there.
hmm... I guess I was making the (seemingly incorrect) assumption that most places had started using those. I've even seen a TV show that featured a section on them.
Are you suggesting that people are going to start snapping these puppies off to steal the wireless routers
No, when a car hits them (which happens on a semi-frequent basis in any major metropolitan area). They're made to snap off to decrease the damage done to the car and occupants. They're also easier to repair if they snap completely off then if they would just bend when hit. Next time you walk by one, take a little bit closer look at it. They're typically connected to the base by 4 large bolts usually with some type of cushioning, semi-plyable material in between. When a car hits it the four bolts snap and the pole falls over, typically breaking just the bolts and the light and causing minimal damage to the vehicle. To repair it they simply replace the light and the four bolts.
Plus only the antenna would need to be on the streetlight itself, the rest could be buried underground.
That wouldn't make too much sense and would be much more expensive/time consuming to install and repair. You don't see a lot of burried phone boxes. But who knows, this is the government.
the metal box they're going to need to protect it from damage is probably going to block any chance of a wireless signal from coming out
That's why you put the antenna on the outside... Street lights are what, 15-20 feet tall? (5-6 meters for our European friends:) Not the easiest place to gain access too.
in streetlights? Does that make any sense to anyone? Considering that most street lights are meant to snap off their bases if enough force is applied to them, it just doesn't seem like the ideal location for that type of hardware.
But man, talk about scary big brother tactics: "a government initiative to monitor all cars' speed and location, all the time, everywhere"
Stealing the Ford is an example of a physical item, which has to be made again (and incur the use of raw materials, and labour to create)
That was why I threw in the music analogy as well.
Although the idea that stealing a physical item is somehow drastically different is not one I agree with. Both sides of that debate can be argued very well.
The MPAA sends out *free* copies of their films, one of said *free* copies makes it onto the Internet where the general public can consume for free
So, if say, Ford, gives out a number of free cars to a number of important clients, and one of them gets stolen, then we can go and steal the rest of the Fords sitting in front of our nearby Ford plant and Ford should in no way get upset about it?
Or if an independent musician records a song and emails it for *free* to his friends and a copy of this *free* song gets posted on the internet and now everyone can download it for *free*. Why would the musician be upset?
Think a little more about what you're saying. Yes the MPAA are bastards, but they do have a right to protect thair assets. Just because it's easy and probably 50% of the/. audience does it, downloading movies is still illegal. And if the movies are so crappy why are so many people downloading them and wasting their time by watching them?
I think it should at least make for a highly interesting read, especially after reading this review. However, Amazon didn't give any results for it, so I'm not sure where to get it, though I'll admit I haven't looked that hard. Anyone know offhand?
From the article: You can learn more about Steve's work on his website. This book is available for now only through amazon.co.uk.
They are clearly trying to give the impression that they are law enforcement. The jackets themselves are almost synonymous with law enforcement. You see someone wearing one, you assume it's legit.
From the article this sounds pretty dispicable: "The RIAA saw it differently. Figuring the discs were bootlegs, a four-man RIAA squad descended on his stand a few days before Christmas and persuaded the 4-foot-11 Borrayo to hand over voluntarily a total of 78 discs.
"They said they were police from the recording industry or something, and next time they'd take me away in handcuffs," he said through an interpreter....they may all be ex-P.D. Yes, they wear cop-style clothes and carry official-looking IDs. But if they leave people like Borrayo with the impression that they're actual law enforcement, that's a mistake.
With all the trappings of a police team, including pink incident reports that, among other things, record a vendor's height, weight, hair and eye color"
A disgusting case of intimidation. Way to go RIAA, pick on a 4' 11" guy who hardly knows English.
But is this really any suprise? Plenty of companies have their own private police forces (and small private militaries too) and you still can hire your own army if you've go the cash, which many companies do.
This statement goes a little far in my opinion: "A large percentage [of the vendors] are of a Hispanic nature," Langley said. "Today he's Jose Rodriguez, tomorrow he's Raul something or other, and tomorrow after that he's something else. These people change their identity all the time."
Which is a polite way of saying: "Those damn shifty Mexicans! They can't be trusted!" You're not the police! If I don't tell you my real name, there's nothing wrong with that, you idiots.
Anyhow, robotic dog? Stupid, absolutely stupid. Legs are the most unstable mode of transportation. Give it some wheels or treads, then it won't cost millions in R&D to just get the thing working.
RTFA next time... (I know I know... this is/. people don't read the articles) Wheeled vehicles would not be suitable for some places they would like to take these "dogs". Wheels work great in wide open places, but try getting a wheeled vehicle to climb stairs, climb over a 2 foot wall, jump a three foot wide chasm, etc. etc.
And what's more stable, two legs, or two wheels?
I loved that sony robot presentation. My favorite quote: Other enhancements for the latest version of Qrio include more advanced finger control that allows him, swiveling like a baseball pitcher, to throw a light ball some three to four yards, and hold fans while dancing.
Howard Dean defines illegal as "the Soviet Union supplying much of the equipment that Iran, I believe, most likely is using to set itself along the path of developing nuclear weapons"
And lastly, I fail to see how, by enforcing a U.N. resolution, the U.S. is weakening the Charter
Exactly, it is mainly the French and Germans who are responsible for the weakening of the UN. Throwing out warnings and deadlines, and when the deadlines are not met and the warnings not listened to they just threw out more warnings. All along they were hoping that Saddam would not call them on it, and he did. And what happened then? Nothing... just more and more bs.
I also find it interesting how since the US did not do enough (or anything really) to help those in Rwanda and other countries, that we are to blame. And lets not even get into Serbia and Croatia... We're only one country... don't other countries have armies? I swore they did...
If we did indeed supply Iraq with chemical weapons (which isn't really in doubt) it is even more of a reason that we needed to get rid of Saddam. If we made a mess, we should clean it up.
But I remember going through my classes at school, with many of the profs just so damn excited about XP and other types of programming practices. I've yet to expereience any of these enviroments really thoroughly followed in a company. For me, the only time they are followed is at the weekly development meetings, then we all play by our little roles. But after the meeting, we're back to the same old chatoic programming.
After reading the post, Scrum does less for me than XP does, which also does very little.
On a completely different topic, what happened to that Microsoft anti-linux post? Actually found that a little more interesting, but it was pulled before it ever reached the main page it seems.
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I bet those antennas would make a nice little target for some kid with a bb gun
Yeah they'd make a great target. Extremely difficult to hit, and wouldn't matter at all if they did get hit.
JPL engineers played Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out" in the control room
Way to go and really enforce those nerd stereotypes. Come on guys.
NASA also has photos, straight from their fake set in Hollywood where they produce all the "space" footage.
That is such a big lie!
Those sets have been moved to India.
Not around here they're not. I saw a car go into a lamppost at about 20mph a few years ago; the lamppost is still there.
hmm... I guess I was making the (seemingly incorrect) assumption that most places had started using those. I've even seen a TV show that featured a section on them.
Oh well... again, I'm an idiot.
Are you suggesting that people are going to start snapping these puppies off to steal the wireless routers
No, when a car hits them (which happens on a semi-frequent basis in any major metropolitan area). They're made to snap off to decrease the damage done to the car and occupants. They're also easier to repair if they snap completely off then if they would just bend when hit.
Next time you walk by one, take a little bit closer look at it. They're typically connected to the base by 4 large bolts usually with some type of cushioning, semi-plyable material in between. When a car hits it the four bolts snap and the pole falls over, typically breaking just the bolts and the light and causing minimal damage to the vehicle. To repair it they simply replace the light and the four bolts.
Plus only the antenna would need to be on the streetlight itself, the rest could be buried underground.
That wouldn't make too much sense and would be much more expensive/time consuming to install and repair. You don't see a lot of burried phone boxes. But who knows, this is the government.
the metal box they're going to need to protect it from damage is probably going to block any chance of a wireless signal from coming out
:) Not the easiest place to gain access too.
That's why you put the antenna on the outside...
Street lights are what, 15-20 feet tall? (5-6 meters for our European friends
in streetlights? Does that make any sense to anyone? Considering that most street lights are meant to snap off their bases if enough force is applied to them, it just doesn't seem like the ideal location for that type of hardware.
But man, talk about scary big brother tactics: "a government initiative to monitor all cars' speed and location, all the time, everywhere"
Stealing the Ford is an example of a physical item, which has to be made again (and incur the use of raw materials, and labour to create)
That was why I threw in the music analogy as well.
Although the idea that stealing a physical item is somehow drastically different is not one I agree with.
Both sides of that debate can be argued very well.
The MPAA sends out *free* copies of their films, one of said *free* copies makes it onto the Internet where the general public can consume for free
/. audience does it, downloading movies is still illegal. And if the movies are so crappy why are so many people downloading them and wasting their time by watching them?
So, if say, Ford, gives out a number of free cars to a number of important clients, and one of them gets stolen, then we can go and steal the rest of the Fords sitting in front of our nearby Ford plant and Ford should in no way get upset about it?
Or if an independent musician records a song and emails it for *free* to his friends and a copy of this *free* song gets posted on the internet and now everyone can download it for *free*. Why would the musician be upset?
Think a little more about what you're saying. Yes the MPAA are bastards, but they do have a right to protect thair assets. Just because it's easy and probably 50% of the
I think it should at least make for a highly interesting read, especially after reading this review. However, Amazon didn't give any results for it, so I'm not sure where to get it, though I'll admit I haven't looked that hard. Anyone know offhand?
From the article:
You can learn more about Steve's work on his website. This book is available for now only through amazon.co.uk.
15 out of 100 is bad?
I've got a fever... and the only prescription... is more cowbell.
Just watched that SNL skit last night. It's on Will Ferrell's greatest hits (or whatever) DVD.
Damn funny stuff.
AC - Just goes to show, you're a puss in real life and online
Congrats! Now go back to your parents basement.
Especially since I was right, and the parent post I responded to didn't have a clue.
you obviously don't know what mudbogging is...
Casinos have always been a BASTION of personal privacy!
They are clearly trying to give the impression that they are law enforcement. The jackets themselves are almost synonymous with law enforcement. You see someone wearing one, you assume it's legit.
Hello future, the present is calling
...they may all be ex-P.D. Yes, they wear cop-style clothes and carry official-looking IDs. But if they leave people like Borrayo with the impression that they're actual law enforcement, that's a mistake.
From the article this sounds pretty dispicable:
"The RIAA saw it differently. Figuring the discs were bootlegs, a four-man RIAA squad descended on his stand a few days before Christmas and persuaded the 4-foot-11 Borrayo to hand over voluntarily a total of 78 discs.
"They said they were police from the recording industry or something, and next time they'd take me away in handcuffs," he said through an interpreter.
With all the trappings of a police team, including pink incident reports that, among other things, record a vendor's height, weight, hair and eye color"
A disgusting case of intimidation. Way to go RIAA, pick on a 4' 11" guy who hardly knows English.
But is this really any suprise? Plenty of companies have their own private police forces (and small private militaries too) and you still can hire your own army if you've go the cash, which many companies do.
This statement goes a little far in my opinion:
"A large percentage [of the vendors] are of a Hispanic nature," Langley said. "Today he's Jose Rodriguez, tomorrow he's Raul something or other, and tomorrow after that he's something else. These people change their identity all the time."
Which is a polite way of saying: "Those damn shifty Mexicans! They can't be trusted!" You're not the police! If I don't tell you my real name, there's nothing wrong with that, you idiots.
How is this -1, Troll? Come on now...
Which ties it all back to that "living dead" company story earlier today...
Scary.... very scary...
SCO Group (NASDAQ SC:SCOX)
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Gateway's, although technically inferior has been out for about 5-6 months now.
In defense of the parent
/. when slashdotters speak of 'average' they generally mean 'average'
In defense of
Anyhow, robotic dog? Stupid, absolutely stupid. Legs are the most unstable mode of transportation. Give it some wheels or treads, then it won't cost millions in R&D to just get the thing working.
/. people don't read the articles)
RTFA next time... (I know I know... this is
Wheeled vehicles would not be suitable for some places they would like to take these "dogs". Wheels work great in wide open places, but try getting a wheeled vehicle to climb stairs, climb over a 2 foot wall, jump a three foot wide chasm, etc. etc.
And what's more stable, two legs, or two wheels?
I loved that sony robot presentation. My favorite quote: Other enhancements for the latest version of Qrio include more advanced finger control that allows him, swiveling like a baseball pitcher, to throw a light ball some three to four yards, and hold fans while dancing.
Hold fans while dancing! Yes!
Depends who defines "illegal" [democracynow.org]
;-p
Howard Dean defines illegal as "the Soviet Union supplying much of the equipment that Iran, I believe, most likely is using to set itself along the path of developing nuclear weapons"
All in good fun
And lastly, I fail to see how, by enforcing a U.N. resolution, the U.S. is weakening the Charter
Exactly, it is mainly the French and Germans who are responsible for the weakening of the UN. Throwing out warnings and deadlines, and when the deadlines are not met and the warnings not listened to they just threw out more warnings. All along they were hoping that Saddam would not call them on it, and he did. And what happened then? Nothing... just more and more bs.
I also find it interesting how since the US did not do enough (or anything really) to help those in Rwanda and other countries, that we are to blame. And lets not even get into Serbia and Croatia... We're only one country... don't other countries have armies? I swore they did...
If we did indeed supply Iraq with chemical weapons (which isn't really in doubt) it is even more of a reason that we needed to get rid of Saddam. If we made a mess, we should clean it up.
But I remember going through my classes at school, with many of the profs just so damn excited about XP and other types of programming practices. I've yet to expereience any of these enviroments really thoroughly followed in a company. For me, the only time they are followed is at the weekly development meetings, then we all play by our little roles. But after the meeting, we're back to the same old chatoic programming.
After reading the post, Scrum does less for me than XP does, which also does very little.
On a completely different topic, what happened to that Microsoft anti-linux post? Actually found that a little more interesting, but it was pulled before it ever reached the main page it seems.