"that's why many european states does not trust windows to run their battleships or other critical military systems. I was assigned to disassembling the windows core logic when I did my mil svc."
Afraid that Great Britain is more than happy to employ Microsoft software in their warships.
Send me an email with resume if you would be interested in a consulting job in Spokane, WA.
"Friendly, experienced and motivated network admin who is comfortable working side-by-side with the client at their place of business. Duties include network installation and support. Some travel. "
I need someone who can learn to program and design databases also. Network Admins/Programmers are few and far between. Most people specialize-but we need people who can do both (works better for our small company).
Does this mean that we can finally line up all the Neanderthals who still think the moon landing is a hoax, let them look through the shiny new "telescope" and see the lunar landers still parked where they landed about 38 years ago?
However, the reading level is more like 6th grade instead of high school. But the stories had a lot of (apparently) accurate science related material. Even younger would be Encyclopedia Brown-but that's not science-orientated. Sorry, not much help for high school students.
"Your number plate is out in plain sight anyway, it is also visible at the same or greater distance as the reader range. So there is no privacy implication here."
Uh...no. Last time I checked, I couldn't read a license plate at 100 yards-so it isn't the same thing. Also, if I want to sit on the sidewalk and record every license plate that drives by my business or maybe, the local pr0n shop, I could do that-but man would it get boring. Now however, I can automate the process. I don't even have to be there-just set up an RFID recorder and walk away. Come back in a day/two days/more days and I will have a record of all the cars that stopped by the pr0n shop. Oh! Wait-I would also have a record of all the cars that only drove by the pr0n shop and didn't stop. Now how am I going to differentiate that?
Anyway, I use the porn shop as an example of how nut-jobs (tm) would use the technology in an attempt to further their personal views. Do I actually think that someone would do that? Monitor traffic at a porn shop and then post it on a website because they have a bone to pick with porn? You betcha. And maybe not a porn shop/movie theatre-what about a Planned Parenthood office/abortion clinic? There are nut-jobs that would do just that-post the information of every car that "stopped" by. Oh, guess what? My wifes car would show up twice a day, every day because my son's daycare is right next door (i.e., much less than 100 yards to the parking lot of Planned Parenthood). And there are people protesting outside PP almost every day! Do I think it is likely that someone would leverage that technology to further their own cause? Hell yeah! In fact, I think it is more likely that someone would gather data on people "stopping by" an abortion clinic than it would be that someone would actually kill the doctors and patrons of abortion clinics (google it-it's happened more than once). Yes, yes, yes-you can do the same thing by standing at the entrance to the parking lot-but with this technology- you can have an accurate record (dates, times) of every car that came within 100 yards of for the entire year! All you have to do is sit at home while the machine does all the work.
If the technology was never used for anything besides what it was intended, I would not have a problem with it. But it won't be.
That's too cool! I would have loved that! "laser skeet". I would have (cost being no object, of course) bought at least three and cajoled a friend into throwing them all in the air as quickly as possible to see how many I could hit.
I just realized that the new MacBook Pro's Intel Core 2 Duo processor is NOT the same as the one that was included on the one I ordered. So even though it is a minor speed increase in GHz, it is a next generation processor which (hopefully) means an even greater performance boost than what you would expect from an increase in GHz alone.
My wife is REALLLY getting tired of me grabbing her and excitedly telling her about each feature that has been upgraded.;) I think that's all though. Whew! Don't think I could have taken much more excitement.
I just ordered my MacBook Pro 17" on the 20th. This morning I got an email from Apple with excellent news! Since my MacBook hadn't shipped yet, they were going to ship me the upgraded one at no additional cost!
So many times I have heard stories about people buying Apple computers and then the day (or so) after they unpack it, Apple releases the upgraded model for the same cost.
I am sooooo stoked! Sure, the expected ship date is November 6th instead of October 25th, but who cares? Faster processor (2.33 vs 2.18) and 2GB of RAM vs 1GB. I didn't get a larger hard drive because I ordered the 100GB 7200 RPM drive which hasn't changed in the new model.
Gotta go now-still doing my Happy Dance:D
Here is (most of) the email from Apple:
Apple is excited to announce the availability of the new MacBook Pro, now
powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and delivering speeds up to 39%
faster than the previous MacBook Pro generation. Each new MacBook Pro also
features more memory and a larger hard drive -- all for the same price as the
previous model.
Learn more about the new MacBook Pro here:
.
Since your MacBook Pro has not shipped, we will upgrade your original order to
the new model.
You can view the configuration and status of your order by visiting our Order
Status website at . There is no need to
contact us unless you choose to change or cancel your order.
And all you need is a handset, since in most places you can call emergency numbers (aka 9-1-1) even if the general phone service is disconnected.
Not in my city in Eastern Washington (Qwest Telecomunications). I specifically asked the Qwest before disconnecting my landline if I would still be able to dial 911 after disconnecting my normal phone service. They said no but for $9 a month I could have metered service (unlimited is $17 a month before all those freakin' taxes) and that I would be able to dial 911. I asked if I could have a dial-tone just for making 911 calls without a fee or a much lower fee and they said that they could not do that. So if I didn't pay for metered service or for normal phone service, I would not be able to place a 911 call. A month later we cancelled our land line service. Now when you pick up the phone it is silent (as I expected). Of course, I never did try dialing 911 from the phone after that but I don't think that would work. Will have to try it when I get home just to be sure.
Damn. Don't set up shop in my town. We charge $85 to $125 per hour for any support call (depends on customer, whether they have a support contract and other things). I just finished reinstalling Windows XP on Friday for a client. It cost them 3 hours of time (at a rate $85/hour because they signed a 12-month support contract).
I know it's dumb, but it's just like having an open wifi access point. If someone else gets on it, the owner of it is responsible for the content/use.
Really? So the city of Somewhere, USA is responsibile for any criminal use of their free, wireless internet access that they provide to anyone who is within range? Is Kinko's responsible for someone coming in and photocopying pictures of illegal acts or copying copyrighted material? If you decide to leave your keys in your car overnight and someone steals your car and gets a speeding ticket are you going to have to pay the fine?
My apologies. You are right-that is completely different than if you had said you were responsible for the calls and my comment was obviously written as if that was what you said.
the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes
detection: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
I think there is a BIG difference between purposely positioning your TV so that it can be seen through the window and
unintentionally exposing yourself because you forgot to close the curtains.
I think (but you never know with judges these days) that if you purposely paraded around your house naked with all the
curtains opened and knew they were open you would be hard pressed to convict someone who was watching you do it.
*Side note/Real-World Example: A friend of mine was taken to court on some charge that I forget. The complaint was from the neighbor across
the street from him. My friend had a habit(?) of walking around his house naked. Trouble was, he had a great big picture window in the living
room. And he kept the curtains open. And the lights on at night. His neighbor didn't appreciate that and he was taken to criminal court
for the infraction (maybe "exposing himself" was the charge). So, could my friend have had his neighbor arrested for being a peeping tom? Guess not-or at
least the court didn't see a problem with his neighbor looking through his window and noticing him walking around naked.
That's a great example. What if you subscribe to HBO, is HBO going to shut you down for positioning your TV so that anyone can look at it? What about all the times that people purchase a pay-per-view event and everyone chips in and watches it at one persons place? Is that stealing?
A while back, HBO attempted to get bars and other establishments to stop showing "Sex and the City" to their customers. They claimed it was stealing.
Maybe the pay TV example is a little different, but if it's OTA television, it's definitely not stealing. In fact, you would probably be increasing the number of people who watch the commercials, which is what the advertisers have been bitching about for so long anyway, "No one will watch our ads if you put a 30-second auto-forward function into your TiVo/DVR." Wah. Wah. Wah.
I could even put a big sign up saying "Hey, free phone." Now let's imagine that somebody uses that phone to make numerous threatening calls to people. I am then an irresponsible jackass for allowing my service to be used in that manner.
I completely disagree. You are responsible for no ones actions but your own. If we were to assume that your analogy was correct, then every gun manufacturer would be liable for every crime committed with a gun (true, they have been successfully sued). Then of course there is Xerox and every other copier manufacturer-are they responsible for what their customers use the copier for? What about Kinkos? If I go in to Kinko's and use their color laser copier to make copies of child pornography pictures, is Kinkos responsible? What about Ford or Mazda or Toyota? There was a woman who ran over her husband multiple times. Is the auto maker responsible?
Hell no.
Here's the capper:
Are ISP's that offer FREE internet service responsible for their users actions on the internet? Suppose they send threatening emails to a bunch of people (similar to your example of someone using your phone to make threatening phone calls), is the ISP an "irresponsible jackass" for letting their free service be used like that? If one of their users looks up how to make a bomb and then blows up the WTC, is that the ISP's fault? And then of course, there is the question of downloading child pornography on their free internet service. Who is really responsible here?
Ever give milk to a cat or dog? they love it, and it is good for them.
Actually I have given milk to my cat. She never drank it. Several tries. Several rejections. I have attempted to feed other cats milk occasionaly-same results.
My dog on the other hand, hell-he would eat anything
A question: How do you know milk (cow's milk) is good for cats and dogs? Do you have any references to back up this claim?
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"that's why many european states does not trust windows to run their battleships or other critical military systems. I was assigned to disassembling the windows core logic when I did my mil svc."
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Afraid that Great Britain is more than happy to employ Microsoft software in their warships.
See this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/26/windows_b
and this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_45_destroyer
Send me an email with resume if you would be interested in a consulting job in Spokane, WA.
"Friendly, experienced and motivated network admin who is comfortable working side-by-side with the client at their place of business. Duties include network installation and support. Some travel. "
I need someone who can learn to program and design databases also. Network Admins/Programmers are few and far between. Most people specialize-but we need people who can do both (works better for our small company).
email me at consulting a-t nhspokane*d o t*com
Does this mean that we can finally line up all the Neanderthals who still think the moon landing is a hoax, let them look through the shiny new "telescope" and see the lunar landers still parked where they landed about 38 years ago?
I remember reading the "Danny Dunn" series like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Homework-Machine-Raymond-Abr ashkin-Williams/dp/0590468901/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002- 8587649-5217660?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173882058&sr= 8-2
However, the reading level is more like 6th grade instead of high school. But the stories had a lot of (apparently) accurate science related material. Even younger would be Encyclopedia Brown-but that's not science-orientated. Sorry, not much help for high school students.
"less wrong is acceptable? How about just saying no to ANYTHING that isnt acceptable?"
Thank you! Well freakin' said.
"Your number plate is out in plain sight anyway, it is also visible at the same or greater distance as the reader range. So there is no privacy implication here."
Uh...no. Last time I checked, I couldn't read a license plate at 100 yards-so it isn't the same thing. Also, if I want to sit on the sidewalk and record every license plate that drives by my business or maybe, the local pr0n shop, I could do that-but man would it get boring. Now however, I can automate the process. I don't even have to be there-just set up an RFID recorder and walk away. Come back in a day/two days/more days and I will have a record of all the cars that stopped by the pr0n shop. Oh! Wait-I would also have a record of all the cars that only drove by the pr0n shop and didn't stop. Now how am I going to differentiate that?
Anyway, I use the porn shop as an example of how nut-jobs (tm) would use the technology in an attempt to further their personal views. Do I actually think that someone would do that? Monitor traffic at a porn shop and then post it on a website because they have a bone to pick with porn? You betcha. And maybe not a porn shop/movie theatre-what about a Planned Parenthood office/abortion clinic? There are nut-jobs that would do just that-post the information of every car that "stopped" by. Oh, guess what? My wifes car would show up twice a day, every day because my son's daycare is right next door (i.e., much less than 100 yards to the parking lot of Planned Parenthood). And there are people protesting outside PP almost every day! Do I think it is likely that someone would leverage that technology to further their own cause? Hell yeah! In fact, I think it is more likely that someone would gather data on people "stopping by" an abortion clinic than it would be that someone would actually kill the doctors and patrons of abortion clinics (google it-it's happened more than once). Yes, yes, yes-you can do the same thing by standing at the entrance to the parking lot-but with this technology- you can have an accurate record (dates, times) of every car that came within 100 yards of for the entire year! All you have to do is sit at home while the machine does all the work.
If the technology was never used for anything besides what it was intended, I would not have a problem with it. But it won't be.
That's too cool! I would have loved that! "laser skeet". I would have (cost being no object, of course) bought at least three and cajoled a friend into throwing them all in the air as quickly as possible to see how many I could hit.
Guess I could always try to make my own...
It just keeps getting better!
;) I think that's all though. Whew! Don't think I could have taken much more excitement.
I just realized that the new MacBook Pro's Intel Core 2 Duo processor is NOT the same as the one that was included on the one I ordered. So even though it is a minor speed increase in GHz, it is a next generation processor which (hopefully) means an even greater performance boost than what you would expect from an increase in GHz alone.
My wife is REALLLY getting tired of me grabbing her and excitedly telling her about each feature that has been upgraded.
Wow! Just noticed that the VRAM got upgraded to 256MB also! SWEET!
I just ordered my MacBook Pro 17" on the 20th. This morning I got an email from Apple with excellent news! Since my MacBook hadn't shipped yet, they were going to ship me the upgraded one at no additional cost!
:D
So many times I have heard stories about people buying Apple computers and then the day (or so) after they unpack it, Apple releases the upgraded model for the same cost.
I am sooooo stoked! Sure, the expected ship date is November 6th instead of October 25th, but who cares? Faster processor (2.33 vs 2.18) and 2GB of RAM vs 1GB. I didn't get a larger hard drive because I ordered the 100GB 7200 RPM drive which hasn't changed in the new model.
Gotta go now-still doing my Happy Dance
Here is (most of) the email from Apple:
Apple is excited to announce the availability of the new MacBook Pro, now
powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and delivering speeds up to 39%
faster than the previous MacBook Pro generation. Each new MacBook Pro also
features more memory and a larger hard drive -- all for the same price as the
previous model.
Learn more about the new MacBook Pro here:
.
Since your MacBook Pro has not shipped, we will upgrade your original order to
the new model.
You can view the configuration and status of your order by visiting our Order
Status website at . There is no need to
contact us unless you choose to change or cancel your order.
Thank you for choosing Apple.
Can you use a TiVo without paying for their monthly service?
And all you need is a handset, since in most places you can call emergency numbers (aka 9-1-1) even if the general phone service is disconnected.
Not in my city in Eastern Washington (Qwest Telecomunications). I specifically asked the Qwest before disconnecting my landline if I would still be able to dial 911 after disconnecting my normal phone service. They said no but for $9 a month I could have metered service (unlimited is $17 a month before all those freakin' taxes) and that I would be able to dial 911. I asked if I could have a dial-tone just for making 911 calls without a fee or a much lower fee and they said that they could not do that. So if I didn't pay for metered service or for normal phone service, I would not be able to place a 911 call. A month later we cancelled our land line service. Now when you pick up the phone it is silent (as I expected). Of course, I never did try dialing 911 from the phone after that but I don't think that would work. Will have to try it when I get home just to be sure.
AC: What we would ALL like to see is ads we're interested in seeing, and none that we're not.
No. Some people would prefer not to see ANY ads. Are you new here?
Damn. Don't set up shop in my town. We charge $85 to $125 per hour for any support call (depends on customer, whether they have a support contract and other things). I just finished reinstalling Windows XP on Friday for a client. It cost them 3 hours of time (at a rate $85/hour because they signed a 12-month support contract).
Is it just me or is that ridiculous?
I know it's dumb, but it's just like having an open wifi access point. If someone else gets on it, the owner of it is responsible for the content/use.
Really? So the city of Somewhere, USA is responsibile for any criminal use of their free, wireless internet access that they provide to anyone who is within range? Is Kinko's responsible for someone coming in and photocopying pictures of illegal acts or copying copyrighted material? If you decide to leave your keys in your car overnight and someone steals your car and gets a speeding ticket are you going to have to pay the fine?
My apologies. You are right-that is completely different than if you had said you were responsible for the calls and my comment was obviously written as if that was what you said.
:) Good question. I didn't argue that it was different. But I will.
Here is one definition of a peeping tom: Peeping Tom is a slang term for a voyeur. It originally referred to a character in the story of Lady Godiva.
So while being a voyeur is probably not illegal, spying on someone in their home is (in some if not most places*)
.So let's take a look at the definition of spying.
I think there is a BIG difference between purposely positioning your TV so that it can be seen through the window and unintentionally exposing yourself because you forgot to close the curtains.
I think (but you never know with judges these days) that if you purposely paraded around your house naked with all the curtains opened and knew they were open you would be hard pressed to convict someone who was watching you do it.
*Side note/Real-World Example: A friend of mine was taken to court on some charge that I forget. The complaint was from the neighbor across the street from him. My friend had a habit(?) of walking around his house naked. Trouble was, he had a great big picture window in the living room. And he kept the curtains open. And the lights on at night. His neighbor didn't appreciate that and he was taken to criminal court for the infraction (maybe "exposing himself" was the charge). So, could my friend have had his neighbor arrested for being a peeping tom? Guess not-or at least the court didn't see a problem with his neighbor looking through his window and noticing him walking around naked.
That's a great example. What if you subscribe to HBO, is HBO going to shut you down for positioning your TV so that anyone can look at it? What about all the times that people purchase a pay-per-view event and everyone chips in and watches it at one persons place? Is that stealing?
A while back, HBO attempted to get bars and other establishments to stop showing "Sex and the City" to their customers. They claimed it was stealing.
Maybe the pay TV example is a little different, but if it's OTA television, it's definitely not stealing. In fact, you would probably be increasing the number of people who watch the commercials, which is what the advertisers have been bitching about for so long anyway, "No one will watch our ads if you put a 30-second auto-forward function into your TiVo/DVR." Wah. Wah. Wah.
I could even put a big sign up saying "Hey, free phone." Now let's imagine that somebody uses that phone to make numerous threatening calls to people. I am then an irresponsible jackass for allowing my service to be used in that manner.
I completely disagree. You are responsible for no ones actions but your own. If we were to assume that your analogy was correct, then every gun manufacturer would be liable for every crime committed with a gun (true, they have been successfully sued). Then of course there is Xerox and every other copier manufacturer-are they responsible for what their customers use the copier for? What about Kinkos? If I go in to Kinko's and use their color laser copier to make copies of child pornography pictures, is Kinkos responsible? What about Ford or Mazda or Toyota? There was a woman who ran over her husband multiple times. Is the auto maker responsible?
Hell no.
Here's the capper:
Are ISP's that offer FREE internet service responsible for their users actions on the internet? Suppose they send threatening emails to a bunch of people (similar to your example of someone using your phone to make threatening phone calls), is the ISP an "irresponsible jackass" for letting their free service be used like that? If one of their users looks up how to make a bomb and then blows up the WTC, is that the ISP's fault? And then of course, there is the question of downloading child pornography on their free internet service. Who is really responsible here?
That's right. The individual.
Ever give milk to a cat or dog? they love it, and it is good for them.
Actually I have given milk to my cat. She never drank it. Several tries. Several rejections. I have attempted to feed other cats milk occasionaly-same results.
My dog on the other hand, hell-he would eat anything
A question: How do you know milk (cow's milk) is good for cats and dogs? Do you have any references to back up this claim?
And sometimes ... would just "spaz out" and run in circles for awhile.
You just described my 2-year old son.
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It's not the PC's I hate, it's...oh wait-yes it is.
Thanks.
;)
Wasn't sure until I read your comment.
I appreciate you clearing that up for me.
See? See?! MORE innovation!
...Innovation is slowing down. HA! Take that Jonathan Huebner!
first post?