This type of thing has been going on in the convention center arena for years. When renting space at many major trade shows, you're required to register (and pay a fee) for using WiFi in your booth.
The justification is that it helps prevent interference and maximizes network utility for everyone. If you choose to use WiFi without registering (even legally, within Part 15) they fine you.
They (claim they) can do this because it is a condition of the rental contract. There's nothing they could do to stop randoms from sitting out on the sidewalk with WiFi gear.
"Mr. P" eh? Maybe he was just a pervert who was into golden showers and got off on you kids calling him that! Call your lawyer, there could be millions in it for you!
Just FYI, pre-flight inspection is done, but it's done with the same form you'd fill out at the US border. You hand the form to a uniformed & badged US immmigration (BCIS) officer.
It's not done by the airlines (thankfully) and doesn't involve any blank pieces of paper, just the usual friendly blue form. It does ask where you'll be staying in the US.
Currently US pre-flight inspections are only done at the following airports: Aruba
Bahamas: Freeport Nassau
Bermuda: Hamilton
Ireland: Dublin Shannon
Canada: Calgary Edmonton Montreal Ottawa To ronto Vancouver Victoria Winnipeg
It's probably a PVC jacketed cable. PVC is really nasty stuff, but (aside from it slowly killing you) it is also close to an ideal material for insulating cables.
No "respected" charity will retain my respect very long if they either: a) Solicit me by phone without my explicit permission to do so b) Sell/Barter any information about me to anyone, ever
You mis-read my post. I used the Google "link:" directive to find the number of sites that Google records as linking directly to "searchking.com". I didn't just plug "search king" as a search term. That would be, as you point out, completely assinine.
I refer you to this page at Google that describes the feature I used. As they say there, "The query link:siteURL shows you all the pages that point to that URL." Unlike a regular search, it is not influenced by click-throughs, page-rank, or anything except the number of linked pages.
Not strictly true, Google says about 1570 sites link to searchking.com. Although most of those are probably either his affiliates or stories about the lawsuit.
So can authors of P2P tools then specify that their code may not be used to look for copyright infringement? And then prosecute anyone who uses their client or reverse-engineers their protocols for that purpose?
What's really ironic is that there are better ways to assure yourself not only high rank position in search engines, but customer loyalty as well.
Rather than spending tons of money on bidding for keywords, "search engine optimization", and similar schemes, companies could try hosting some useful content that relates to their product. I'm not talking ads here. Not even coupons or discounts. I mean information. Real, useful, information. The stuff the web was built for.
Relative to the cost of all these MBA-wannabes and their attempts to pervert the results of the major search engines, hiring a knowlegeable person to write some good content for a site would probably be cheaper as well as more effective. Plus, you'll attract people back to your site even when they're not in a buying mood, so they'll think of you first when they are realy to purchase something.
There are certainly sites that already take this approach. 9thtee.com is one example; they host a good collection of Tivo hacking material, and useful links to other related sites. A search for "Tivo upgrades" on google brings them up in the #1 nonpaid spot. And, surfers have a reason to visit the site even when they aren't planning a purchase... but they might run across something they like when there anyway. How's that for 'targeted advertising"?
It's not STORM shielded, and the FBI has STORM equipment that can detect RF emissions (as low as a nanowatt in frequency!)
If the FBI is measuring frequency in nanowatts, we've got bigger problems in our educational system than I thought. Watts are a measure of power, not frequency.
The main similarity between the big and small SUVs is that they're horribly unsafe. The "mini-SUVs" in particular have the rediculous ground clearance and excessive amount of unsprung mass of a fullsize SUV, without the extra normal force and long wheelbase the bigger machines have to keep them stuck to the road.
The one consolation is that when you roll your Samurai, you're only being crushed by 2 tons of metal instead of 10.
As for fuel inefficiency, it's inherent in the SUV when driven on-road. I bike to work, and if I've got knobby offroad tires on, it's a lot harder to cruise along than with road tires. Aerodynamics and other design tradeoffs needed to make you feel tough also result in sub-optimal fuel consumption. The only non gasoline-guzzling SUVs I've seen are the Explorers that've been converted to natural gas or electricity. And they're not much more efficient, they just don't burn gasoline.
The Samurai isn't made any more, but the Vitara only gets 22/25 mpg in the city, just over half the 35/40 mpg a Honda Civic gets these days. Cargo volume? Pretty much the same.
The SUV philosophy is "style"/dicksize compensation over economics, safety, pollution control, practicality, and comfort. There are some people who need an SUV-type vehicle. Most people don't. Unless you drive off-road or through deep snow, you're better off with an AWD car... and spend the extra gas money on some studded tires.
Oblig on-topic comment... I've got to agree with those who've said that it makes more sense for the average joe to have an ultralight notebook with a badass carry case rather than a fully armored computer. Beyond about 3-4 pounds the notebook gets unwieldy for toting around safe environments...
An older woman used to dry her puddel in the oven. One day she decided to go high-tech and bought herself a microwave. "Since food gets quicker done in the [microwave] oven", she thought, "why not dry my puddel in there too".
Acutally, it's spelled poodle. Not to be confused with a puddle, which is what the poodle probably melted into during microwaving. --
Wouldn't sound any different (unless you only did one speaker). You can't hear phase.
If you want to try though, just take your speaker cables and switch the + and - connections. Try doing only one channel or the other and you'll get cancellation and a really odd sound. (Pretty much how the BOSE heaphones work) Do them both and well, you'll be listening to your music upside down. But it'll sound exactly the same. The RIAA may attempt to sue you for playing this 'derivative work'. Don't say I didn't warn you. --
This isn't a specifically Mozilla problem, since it seems to happen with 4.7x too... in Mandrake 7.2 I find that anytime the browser pops up a window, it comes up the full size of the initial browser, and not as a properly sized 'dialog box' sized one. Means that annoying "Netscape 6 Now Available" on Netscape's site is even more annoying since it takes up my whole screen.
Maybe at some point people will get annoyed enough with some of the stupid decisions, nonsensical arrangements, and general state of the current name system to define a system from scratch that will actually work in the context of the commerical Internet. Or maybe we'll all just suffer and complain on Slashdot once in a while. --
As much as I dislike MS, I have to assume they'd at least use some sort of cryptographic hashing function to generate message digests of the apps for signing. Then again, if they want to licence the CueCat algorithm from Digital Convergence for this piece of the OS I wouldn't complain either.:)
As far as Shareware programmers, I suspect this will be a big pain in the ass for them. They're going to have to start including directions as to how to switch the feature off, since it's unlikely they could afford whatever MS is going to charge for signing. --
> we the people are smart enough to do this thing on our own.
Yeah, right. You the people can't even figure out how to punch ballots correctly and require "Caution: contents are hot" on coffee cups. Slashdotters might figure it out, but somehow I think resolving multiple identical trademarks is beyond the reach of the average person. --
The next person whose cell phone rings during a movie I'm watching will have to start worrying about prostate cancer unless they have a really long antenna....
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Not if they were really poorly achieving!
This type of thing has been going on in the convention center arena for years. When renting space at many major trade shows, you're required to register (and pay a fee) for using WiFi in your booth.
The justification is that it helps prevent interference and maximizes network utility for everyone. If you choose to use WiFi without registering (even legally, within Part 15) they fine you.
They (claim they) can do this because it is a condition of the rental contract. There's nothing they could do to stop randoms from sitting out on the sidewalk with WiFi gear.
IANAL, of course.
Don't say that too loudly. The telemarking companies will use it as a reason to get permission to start calling cell phones whenever they want to.
"Mr. P" eh? Maybe he was just a pervert who was into golden showers and got off on you kids calling him that! Call your lawyer, there could be millions in it for you!
Just FYI, pre-flight inspection is done, but it's done with the same form you'd fill out at the US border. You hand the form to a uniformed & badged US immmigration (BCIS) officer.
o ronto
It's not done by the airlines (thankfully) and doesn't involve any blank pieces of paper, just the usual friendly blue form. It does ask where you'll be staying in the US.
Currently US pre-flight inspections are only done at the following airports:
Aruba
Bahamas:
Freeport
Nassau
Bermuda:
Hamilton
Ireland:
Dublin
Shannon
Canada:
Calgary
Edmonton
Montreal
Ottawa
T
Vancouver
Victoria
Winnipeg
It's probably a PVC jacketed cable. PVC is really nasty stuff, but (aside from it slowly killing you) it is also close to an ideal material for insulating cables.
No "respected" charity will retain my respect very long if they either:
a) Solicit me by phone without my explicit permission to do so
b) Sell/Barter any information about me to anyone, ever
I'd say the opposite. If they're keen on living, they won't eat airline food at all. That stuff is zarking terrible.
You mis-read my post. I used the Google "link:" directive to find the number of sites that Google records as linking directly to "searchking.com". I didn't just plug "search king" as a search term. That would be, as you point out, completely assinine.
I refer you to this page at Google that describes the feature I used. As they say there, "The query link:siteURL shows you all the pages that point to that URL." Unlike a regular search, it is not influenced by click-throughs, page-rank, or anything except the number of linked pages.
Nice +4 though.
...because no-one else links to them
Not strictly true, Google says about 1570 sites link to searchking.com. Although most of those are probably either his affiliates or stories about the lawsuit.
So can authors of P2P tools then specify that their code may not be used to look for copyright infringement? And then prosecute anyone who uses their client or reverse-engineers their protocols for that purpose?
What's really ironic is that there are better ways to assure yourself not only high rank position in search engines, but customer loyalty as well.
Rather than spending tons of money on bidding for keywords, "search engine optimization", and similar schemes, companies could try hosting some useful content that relates to their product. I'm not talking ads here. Not even coupons or discounts. I mean information. Real, useful, information. The stuff the web was built for.
Relative to the cost of all these MBA-wannabes and their attempts to pervert the results of the major search engines, hiring a knowlegeable person to write some good content for a site would probably be cheaper as well as more effective. Plus, you'll attract people back to your site even when they're not in a buying mood, so they'll think of you first when they are realy to purchase something.
There are certainly sites that already take this approach. 9thtee.com is one example; they host a good collection of Tivo hacking material, and useful links to other related sites. A search for "Tivo upgrades" on google brings them up in the #1 nonpaid spot. And, surfers have a reason to visit the site even when they aren't planning a purchase... but they might run across something they like when there anyway. How's that for 'targeted advertising"?
It's not STORM shielded, and the FBI has STORM equipment that can detect RF emissions (as low as a nanowatt in frequency!)
If the FBI is measuring frequency in nanowatts, we've got bigger problems in our educational system than I thought. Watts are a measure of power, not frequency.
The main similarity between the big and small SUVs is that they're horribly unsafe. The "mini-SUVs" in particular have the rediculous ground clearance and excessive amount of unsprung mass of a fullsize SUV, without the extra normal force and long wheelbase the bigger machines have to keep them stuck to the road.
The one consolation is that when you roll your Samurai, you're only being crushed by 2 tons of metal instead of 10.
As for fuel inefficiency, it's inherent in the SUV when driven on-road. I bike to work, and if I've got knobby offroad tires on, it's a lot harder to cruise along than with road tires. Aerodynamics and other design tradeoffs needed to make you feel tough also result in sub-optimal fuel consumption. The only non gasoline-guzzling SUVs I've seen are the Explorers that've been converted to natural gas or electricity. And they're not much more efficient, they just don't burn gasoline.
The Samurai isn't made any more, but the Vitara only gets 22/25 mpg in the city, just over half the 35/40 mpg a Honda Civic gets these days. Cargo volume? Pretty much the same.
The SUV philosophy is "style"/dicksize compensation over economics, safety, pollution control, practicality, and comfort. There are some people who need an SUV-type vehicle. Most people don't. Unless you drive off-road or through deep snow, you're better off with an AWD car... and spend the extra gas money on some studded tires.
Oblig on-topic comment... I've got to agree with those who've said that it makes more sense for the average joe to have an ultralight notebook with a badass carry case rather than a fully armored computer. Beyond about 3-4 pounds the notebook gets unwieldy for toting around safe environments...
Acutally, it's spelled poodle. Not to be confused with a puddle, which is what the poodle probably melted into during microwaving.
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If you want to try though, just take your speaker cables and switch the + and - connections. Try doing only one channel or the other and you'll get cancellation and a really odd sound. (Pretty much how the BOSE heaphones work) Do them both and well, you'll be listening to your music upside down. But it'll sound exactly the same. The RIAA may attempt to sue you for playing this 'derivative work'. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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It seems from the press release that they're not supporting the Vtech Helio with this version... or am I just not looking in the right places?
*sigh* Suppose I need an iPaq anyway.
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This isn't a specifically Mozilla problem, since it seems to happen with 4.7x too... in Mandrake 7.2 I find that anytime the browser pops up a window, it comes up the full size of the initial browser, and not as a properly sized 'dialog box' sized one. Means that annoying "Netscape 6 Now Available" on Netscape's site is even more annoying since it takes up my whole screen.
Anybody know how to get around this?
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Maybe at some point people will get annoyed enough with some of the stupid decisions, nonsensical arrangements, and general state of the current name system to define a system from scratch that will actually work in the context of the commerical Internet. Or maybe we'll all just suffer and complain on Slashdot once in a while.
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Actually, the Aironet cards did support 40-bit WEP, but not at the full 11Mb rate.
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Well that explains Microsoft BOB at least. It was just as usable as it was useless.
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As much as I dislike MS, I have to assume they'd at least use some sort of cryptographic hashing function to generate message digests of the apps for signing. Then again, if they want to licence the CueCat algorithm from Digital Convergence for this piece of the OS I wouldn't complain either. :)
As far as Shareware programmers, I suspect this will be a big pain in the ass for them. They're going to have to start including directions as to how to switch the feature off, since it's unlikely they could afford whatever MS is going to charge for signing.
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> we the people are smart enough to do this thing on our own.
Yeah, right. You the people can't even figure out how to punch ballots correctly and require "Caution: contents are hot" on coffee cups. Slashdotters might figure it out, but somehow I think resolving multiple identical trademarks is beyond the reach of the average person.
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Now all those 'misplaced' disks at US research facilities can be tracked down much more easily!
The next person whose cell phone rings during a movie I'm watching will have to start worrying about prostate cancer unless they have a really long antenna....