Uh, very few of the users of each browser are testing for security holes... I would imagine the people looking for security holes in each is about even.
I thought RFID would only transmit some unique identifier. In other words, the identity information is not stored in the RFID chip, but in a database in a server somewhere; the RFID only supplies the index key to the (presumably) correct record in the server.
So, I don't see why RFID suddenly makes stealing people's identities so much easier as half the posts on here are claiming. You'd still have to hack into the db to know what the details of that person are if you randomly stole the code from the RFID chip.
What are you talking about? Read some of the threads - plenty of Dell bashing going on, lawsuit threats, etc., and in comments posted before yours. I don't see anyone defending Dell.
Reading this thread makes me glad I bought a Fujitsu laptop for the second time. My first one (a Pentium 133 mind you) still works perfectly, the current one works well, and a couple other Fujitsu laptops family and friends have all seem to work very well after years of use...
The airline industry didn't take off (hehe) until after WWII. Trains were quite popular through the 40s as the primary mode of overland transportation.
I don't really like Kerry or Bush, and the third-party candidates don't fit me either. So, I'd be going to the polls with the mindset of voting for the best of a bad lot, and it's not really motivating me to get out and vote. If there was a candidate I really liked, I'm sure I'd have no problem getting the energy up to put my vote in for him/her - but that's just not the case.
The video game character isn't helping, especially since I don't watch MTV.:) (I'm not doing Spike TV's "Check Up or Check Out" thing, either.)
My problem with my old laptop and wireless is that it only has a 16-bit PCMCIA port. I can't find any 16-bit PCMCIA 802.11b or.11g cards. Know of any? I'd love to set it up in the kitchen...
I've bitched about this before, but why can't news sites provide links to their sources? This is the internet, after all; we have the technology. It would take seconds, and obviously the journalist already has the information. Yes, I know I can search it myself, but I shouldn't have to - the supporting documentation should be provided by the person writing the article. (And, yes, I'm aware of the irony of saying that without providing a link.:) But I'm stating an opinion, not a fact.)
Although the current administration did propose it, I blame all of the Senators and Representatives (including Kerry) that voted for it. Without their support Bush never would've had the opportunity to sign it.
I'm pretty sure that comment was meant to be "government's role in general, as defined by the constitution" as opposed to "the current administration". Also, remember the Supreme Court didn't pass the Patriot Act...
In a hundred years, the fans of other contestants will claim that those contestants actually beat SS1 but didn't publicize it.;)
Seriously, it's likely that many of them have insights into the design that Rutan didn't consider which could be useful for building other space ships. They should be tested and studied just like SS1.
I have no idea what your second sentence is saying. I never proposed any "solution"; I just said that government funds all other forms of transportation and that I expect space travel to be similar. I doubt anyone could afford to travel if only the travelers had to pay for what they used; meanwhile there is a benefit to society as a whole from trade.
The postal service sucks? I wasn't aware of that. Care to provide some proof? I've always been fairly happy with the USPS.
4. You don't have to ride through bad neighborhoods. A guy that rides to work (and takes a shower) told me a friend of his had his bike stolen out from under him...
Chicken and egg: they can't build the highways until there are a significant number of smart cars; there won't be a significant number of smart cars until there are highways that use them.
Good thing. I happen to like driving and would hate to have that pleasure taken away from me.
Part of the effect of government spending money on transportation is stimulating commerce, which increases prosperity for everyone (even the poor get more support, because now taxes on the wealthy/middle class can support it). It would take far longer, if it would ever happen at all, to try to have the same results with no government involvement.
All transportation is government funded at least in part. Think about it: airport terminals, bus terminals, railroad stations, roads, and plenty of other things are all built by the government which the transportation industry then uses. And that doesn't even count the money spent on things like Amtrak, airline bailouts, and other expenses, such as oversight (FAA, FRA, etc).
You know the URL you supplied doesn't back up your statement, right?
"The SEC took him and five associates to court because his cars didn't have all the technical features that he had promised investors in his prospectus they would. That stymied his ability to raise the money he needed to produce the 300,000 cars he had orders for. It was not a case of the "big three" motor companies acting to crush him - in fact Ford gave him steering wheels for the Lincoln Zephyr as a gesture of help."
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Thank you for brightening my day. Hilarious!
--RJ
Uh, very few of the users of each browser are testing for security holes... I would imagine the people looking for security holes in each is about even.
--RJ
I thought RFID would only transmit some unique identifier. In other words, the identity information is not stored in the RFID chip, but in a database in a server somewhere; the RFID only supplies the index key to the (presumably) correct record in the server.
So, I don't see why RFID suddenly makes stealing people's identities so much easier as half the posts on here are claiming. You'd still have to hack into the db to know what the details of that person are if you randomly stole the code from the RFID chip.
--RJ
What are you talking about? Read some of the threads - plenty of Dell bashing going on, lawsuit threats, etc., and in comments posted before yours. I don't see anyone defending Dell.
--RJ
Reading this thread makes me glad I bought a Fujitsu laptop for the second time. My first one (a Pentium 133 mind you) still works perfectly, the current one works well, and a couple other Fujitsu laptops family and friends have all seem to work very well after years of use...
--RJ
The airline industry didn't take off (hehe) until after WWII. Trains were quite popular through the 40s as the primary mode of overland transportation.
--RJ
So, I should vote for a minor party I don't agree with so that maybe down the road someone will form a party I do agree with?
I'm not sure I buy your logic...
--RJ
I don't really like Kerry or Bush, and the third-party candidates don't fit me either. So, I'd be going to the polls with the mindset of voting for the best of a bad lot, and it's not really motivating me to get out and vote. If there was a candidate I really liked, I'm sure I'd have no problem getting the energy up to put my vote in for him/her - but that's just not the case.
:) (I'm not doing Spike TV's "Check Up or Check Out" thing, either.)
The video game character isn't helping, especially since I don't watch MTV.
--RJ
The Simpsons scene where they drag off the VJ that just turned 25 and replace her with an 18-year-old was right on target.
I miss Martha Quinn!
--RJ
Thanks! Just placed the order!
--RJ
My problem with my old laptop and wireless is that it only has a 16-bit PCMCIA port. I can't find any 16-bit PCMCIA 802.11b or .11g cards. Know of any? I'd love to set it up in the kitchen...
--RJ
I've bitched about this before, but why can't news sites provide links to their sources? This is the internet, after all; we have the technology. It would take seconds, and obviously the journalist already has the information. Yes, I know I can search it myself, but I shouldn't have to - the supporting documentation should be provided by the person writing the article. (And, yes, I'm aware of the irony of saying that without providing a link. :) But I'm stating an opinion, not a fact.)
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/n02-1--RJ
How would abandoning the space shuttle right now help the ISS? We don't have a replacement ready to go...
--RJ
I didn't say it did.
Although the current administration did propose it, I blame all of the Senators and Representatives (including Kerry) that voted for it. Without their support Bush never would've had the opportunity to sign it.
--RJ
I'm pretty sure that comment was meant to be "government's role in general, as defined by the constitution" as opposed to "the current administration". Also, remember the Supreme Court didn't pass the Patriot Act...
--RJ
In a hundred years, the fans of other contestants will claim that those contestants actually beat SS1 but didn't publicize it. ;)
Seriously, it's likely that many of them have insights into the design that Rutan didn't consider which could be useful for building other space ships. They should be tested and studied just like SS1.
--RJ
I have no idea what your second sentence is saying. I never proposed any "solution"; I just said that government funds all other forms of transportation and that I expect space travel to be similar. I doubt anyone could afford to travel if only the travelers had to pay for what they used; meanwhile there is a benefit to society as a whole from trade.
The postal service sucks? I wasn't aware of that. Care to provide some proof? I've always been fairly happy with the USPS.
--RJ
4. You don't have to ride through bad neighborhoods. A guy that rides to work (and takes a shower) told me a friend of his had his bike stolen out from under him...
--RJ
Chicken and egg: they can't build the highways until there are a significant number of smart cars; there won't be a significant number of smart cars until there are highways that use them.
Good thing. I happen to like driving and would hate to have that pleasure taken away from me.
--RJ
Part of the effect of government spending money on transportation is stimulating commerce, which increases prosperity for everyone (even the poor get more support, because now taxes on the wealthy/middle class can support it). It would take far longer, if it would ever happen at all, to try to have the same results with no government involvement.
--RJ
All transportation is government funded at least in part. Think about it: airport terminals, bus terminals, railroad stations, roads, and plenty of other things are all built by the government which the transportation industry then uses. And that doesn't even count the money spent on things like Amtrak, airline bailouts, and other expenses, such as oversight (FAA, FRA, etc).
Why would space travel be any different?
--RJ
You must not change it often - when my cat uses the litter, it stinks for a couple minutes but then clears right up.
I keep my cat's litter box in the bathroom because I have nowhere else to put it. I have no basement, no closets that are out of the way, etc.
--RJ
I was thinking the same thing. Great movie. Of course, having Audrey Hepburn in it helps a lot, too!
--RJ
So much for that golden future!
--RJ
You know the URL you supplied doesn't back up your statement, right?
"The SEC took him and five associates to court because his cars didn't have all the technical features that he had promised investors in his prospectus they would. That stymied his ability to raise the money he needed to produce the 300,000 cars he had orders for. It was not a case of the "big three" motor companies acting to crush him - in fact Ford gave him steering wheels for the Lincoln Zephyr as a gesture of help."
--RJ