The Pontiac Aztek was pretty repellent. Or maybe repulsive.
The Aztek doesn't look all that out of place compared to all the little "crossover" SUV's rolling around now. If you want to see repulsive check out the Juke. http://commons.wikimedia.org/w...
On 1, how honest is the "it will interfere with emergency services" reason? I've heard police in particular have unofficially switched to cell phones for sensitive information.
It is honest. Public safety is all up in VHF,UHF, and the 700/800mhz bands. Other then going to digital voice (P25 mostly) there hasn't been much change in the tech. Its just radio.
Cops may use cellphones for sensitive stuff but dispatch and calls for help still use radio. Ambulances still use normal radios and "MED" channels in the clear to talk to doctors on the way to hospitals. FD's use normal low power portables while on site working a fire. If they get stuck that is how they call for help. If a boater needs help he is still going to call the coastguard on VHF.
There are digital trunking systems that hop around on a SET number of channels but they can still be interfered with if something is operating on their band like anything else.
There are bands like FRS,GMRS,CB,etc that you can mess around on and no one will care. The 27mhz CB band is a total free for all with guys running messy 2KW stations. Since they are contained down there the FCC doesn't care. This would be the best place to play around in IMO.. right in the middle of all the other chaos.
No good will come of messing around on public safety bands. It will get you noticed very quickly and may actually interfere with an emergency call.
The 2wire/pace (3600,3800,etc) all have TCP port 3479 open to the internet.This is what you are forced to use if you have AT&T U-verse. There is no way to block it and AT&T says its for "updates and trouble shooting". http://forums.att.com/t5/forum...
I wonder what great backdoors are in these gateways?
This will be used to shut down protests and stifle dissent.
I disagree. "The Man" does not need any killswitch to cut off protesters. He only has to shut off the cell sites in the target area. . Also if you brick the cellphone you can no longer track it. It would make more sense to block all traffic but leave the phones connected to the network and track them. This way to know WHO is there and where they are going.
I do agree that sooner or later it will get hacked. Imagine what would happen to ATT or VZN if every smartphone on their networked got bricked.
You are the one paying the ISP bill. You are the one paying the pricey smartphone bill.
He is 19.He is an adult. Cancel that crap and see if he thinks his addiction is worth getting a job and paying for it himself. If nothing else the job will get him out of cyber space and in to the real world.
Dismantling POTS system may shift the scope of this regulation to cell towers.
I doubt it. Look where they are sticking cell "towers" now. Building roof tops, church steeples,goofy looking fake flagpoles, on top of billboards,etc.. There is no way they are going to be able or willing to put big generators at all these sites.
When all these mini-sites go down the load is shifted to the real cell sites and they puke. During the last 3 big power outages here in my state of Connecticut cell service became very unstable. You had "5 bars" but if you tried making/getting a call it failed. POTS kept working like normal.
They are knocking out a big market by not having HF. Alot of interesting weird stuff on HF to analyze with a SDR. Thats where most of the ham activity is also.
I have one of the cheap 70mhz+ USB ones. Other then playing around with it some on 144mhz there isn't much going on in my local area on UHF and above.
The NSA cable switchover is causing some problems. Hold tight-- your phone, internet, and wireless communications will be 100% monitored by the NSA again very soon.
Slackware 3.0 -> 3.5 -> then some how we jumped to 7.0 -> 10 -> 12 -> etc...
Over the years there are some OpenBSD and NetBSD machines mixed in there for misc things. And even a run with Solaris 10 6/06 on 64bit x86.. That was a waste of time.
HFC CATV systems are already everywhere. All comcast has done is buy up local cable companies and upgrade the active equipment. No need to replace the millions of miles of plant out there. DOCSIS3.0 doesn't know the difference between coax from the 1970's or 2012. Most homes are wired for CATV and already have a coax drop running to the street. All comcast has to do it plug them in.
FiOS has to build out from scratch. They have all the labor costs in trenching or hanging the fiber to the house. They have to deal with getting right-a-ways and such. Also splicing fiber is alot more labor intensive then just popping an F-connector on to the end of some rg6.
The cable co makes money back on a sub after a month or 2. VZN has to wait YEARS for payback. If they cancel or switch after a short time then that means they just LOST money. Thats why they are bailing on FiOS. There is quicker money to be made elsewhere.
Don't waste your time with filtering. It will just make the kids want to see the "blocked" sites more. Anything you do a kid can get around in no time. If the kids are under 18 then it should be the parents call on whether they are on FB or not. The teachers can surf on their own time OFF the clock.
Just put the modem in a locked closet or the principals office with an on/off switch. When you need to get online to download software or access some educational site you can turn it on just for that.
There is a lot of great content and features on Facebook,
Oh my sides. Please! Stop!
and its a great way to stay in contact with friends
My 1st computer was a TRS-80 Color computer 2. I still own it and its still in use hooked to a Tandy "Plug 'n Power" X10 controler. It runs some outside lights and the attic fans. As long as it keeps working i have no real reason to ever replace it. It just sits in the basement doing its job year after year.
I also have another CoCo2 hooked up to my bigscreen and DriveWire4 in the living room. Every once in a while I'll fire it up and play some MicroChess or Bedlam.
And I don't think they run windows and I don't think Hollywood likes a very open media server with out a direct internet link.
They have windows powered thinkpads on the station. Your link mentions them. They talk about virus updates and having to reflash the drives. Pictures of them are easy to find. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TORU_docking_system.jpg
Also I'm pretty sure hollywood and the media companies are the ones providing the movies to NASA. I don't think there is some NASA pc running bittorrent and forwarding the downloads to the ISS.
Slashdot Mirror
Well good thing this guy lives in NJ.
When an android phone crashes its no big deal.
When a car crashes people die. You can't just rush a system to market and call it "beta".
I can understand Detroit's reluctance to be the ones stuck holding the bag when these android cars start going all SKYNET and running people down.
The Pontiac Aztek was pretty repellent. Or maybe repulsive.
The Aztek doesn't look all that out of place compared to all the little "crossover" SUV's rolling around now. If you want to see repulsive check out the Juke. http://commons.wikimedia.org/w...
On 1, how honest is the "it will interfere with emergency services" reason? I've heard police in particular have unofficially switched to cell phones for sensitive information.
It is honest. Public safety is all up in VHF,UHF, and the 700/800mhz bands. Other then going to digital voice (P25 mostly) there hasn't been much change in the tech. Its just radio.
Cops may use cellphones for sensitive stuff but dispatch and calls for help still use radio. Ambulances still use normal radios and "MED" channels in the clear to talk to doctors on the way to hospitals. FD's use normal low power portables while on site working a fire. If they get stuck that is how they call for help.
If a boater needs help he is still going to call the coastguard on VHF.
There are digital trunking systems that hop around on a SET number of channels but they can still be interfered with if something is operating on their band like anything else.
There are bands like FRS,GMRS,CB,etc that you can mess around on and no one will care. The 27mhz CB band is a total free for all with guys running messy 2KW stations. Since they are contained down there the FCC doesn't care. This would be the best place to play around in IMO.. right in the middle of all the other chaos.
No good will come of messing around on public safety bands. It will get you noticed very quickly and may actually interfere with an emergency call.
You can look up what your area uses on sites like http://www.radioreference.com/...
Its all public info and licensed by the FCC.
The 2wire/pace (3600,3800,etc) all have TCP port 3479 open to the internet.This is what you are forced to use if you have AT&T U-verse. There is no way to block it and AT&T says its for "updates and trouble shooting".
http://forums.att.com/t5/forum...
I wonder what great backdoors are in these gateways?
This will be used to shut down protests and stifle dissent.
I disagree. "The Man" does not need any killswitch to cut off protesters. He only has to shut off the cell sites in the target area.
. Also if you brick the cellphone you can no longer track it. It would make more sense to block all traffic but leave the phones connected to the network and track them. This way to know WHO is there and where they are going.
I do agree that sooner or later it will get hacked. Imagine what would happen to ATT or VZN if every smartphone on their networked got bricked.
My grandparents had AOL.My parents had AOL. Everyone I knew had at least an AIM account. Where is AOL/AIM now?
You are the one paying the ISP bill.
You are the one paying the pricey smartphone bill.
He is 19.He is an adult. Cancel that crap and see if he thinks his addiction is worth getting a job and paying for it himself. If nothing else the job will get him out of cyber space and in to the real world.
Dismantling POTS system may shift the scope of this regulation to cell towers.
I doubt it. Look where they are sticking cell "towers" now. Building roof tops, church steeples,goofy looking fake flagpoles, on top of billboards,etc.. There is no way they are going to be able or willing to put big generators at all these sites.
When all these mini-sites go down the load is shifted to the real cell sites and they puke. During the last 3 big power outages here in my state of Connecticut cell service became very unstable. You had "5 bars" but if you tried making/getting a call it failed. POTS kept working like normal.
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/03/2244204/satellite-phone-encryption-cracked
AT&T still offers good dial up here in the states for $22/month. Free if you are a uverse customer.
http://att.prodigy.net/openPhone/index.html
I keep a little usb modem in my laptop bag for those "when all else fails" times. Its slow but its better then nothing.
Obama funds fox news?
Why don't they do a fundraiser to hire someone to secure their website?
If they can't get that right then how do they plan on making a secure smartphone?
So in baseball if a fan catches a foul ball or home run ball the MLB lets them keep the ball.
Now in NASCAR if you catch a tire or engine block are you allowed to keep it also?
They are knocking out a big market by not having HF. Alot of interesting weird stuff on HF to analyze with a SDR. Thats where most of the ham activity is also.
I have one of the cheap 70mhz+ USB ones. Other then playing around with it some on 144mhz there isn't much going on in my local area on UHF and above.
The NSA cable switchover is causing some problems. Hold tight-- your phone, internet, and wireless communications will be 100% monitored by the NSA again very soon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
guy blew up a school over taxes.. no guns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
169 killed..no guns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
3000 killed.. no guns..
Yep.. some more laws will make us safe!!
Now they get to collect equipment fee's from those freeloading "lifeline" B1 customers.
AND
They no longer have hire and pay cable guys to physically disconnect people. The network is 100% encrypted.
A new revenue stream and one lest cost.
Slackware 3.0 -> 3.5 -> then some how we jumped to 7.0 -> 10 -> 12 -> etc...
Over the years there are some OpenBSD and NetBSD machines mixed in there for misc things. And even a run with Solaris 10 6/06 on 64bit x86.. That was a waste of time.
I enter my face book..
http://www.facebook.com/cr.alt.7
One post since 2009...
And it says I have 11billion page views?
Huh?
HFC CATV systems are already everywhere. All comcast has done is buy up local cable companies and upgrade the active equipment. No need to replace the millions of miles of plant out there. DOCSIS3.0 doesn't know the difference between coax from the 1970's or 2012. Most homes are wired for CATV and already have a coax drop running to the street. All comcast has to do it plug them in.
FiOS has to build out from scratch. They have all the labor costs in trenching or hanging the fiber to the house. They have to deal with getting right-a-ways and such. Also splicing fiber is alot more labor intensive then just popping an F-connector on to the end of some rg6.
The cable co makes money back on a sub after a month or 2. VZN has to wait YEARS for payback. If they cancel or switch after a short time then that means they just LOST money. Thats why they are bailing on FiOS. There is quicker money to be made elsewhere.
Don't waste your time with filtering. It will just make the kids want to see the "blocked" sites more. Anything you do a kid can get around in no time. If the kids are under 18 then it should be the parents call on whether they are on FB or not. The teachers can surf on their own time OFF the clock.
Just put the modem in a locked closet or the principals office with an on/off switch. When you need to get online to download software or access some educational site you can turn it on just for that.
There is a lot of great content and features on Facebook,
Oh my sides. Please! Stop!
and its a great way to stay in contact with friends
This doesn't need to be done in class or at work.
So now /. is resorting to interviewing past editors? When is the multi-part story on Jon Katz coming out??
My 1st computer was a TRS-80 Color computer 2. I still own it and its still in use hooked to a Tandy "Plug 'n Power" X10 controler. It runs some outside lights and the attic fans. As long as it keeps working i have no real reason to ever replace it. It just sits in the basement doing its job year after year.
I also have another CoCo2 hooked up to my bigscreen and DriveWire4 in the living room. Every once in a while I'll fire it up and play some MicroChess or Bedlam.
Believe it or not there is actually a small but active community of TRS-80 coco users. The Drivewire project is pretty active ( https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4/ ) and so is the coco mailing list ( http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/ ). Cloud9 is still in business coming up with cool new hardware and support services. ( http://www.cloud9tech.com/ )
And I don't think they run windows and I don't think Hollywood likes a very open media server with out a direct internet link.
They have windows powered thinkpads on the station. Your link mentions them. They talk about virus updates and having to reflash the drives. Pictures of them are easy to find.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TORU_docking_system.jpg
Also I'm pretty sure hollywood and the media companies are the ones providing the movies to NASA. I don't think there is some NASA pc running bittorrent and forwarding the downloads to the ISS.