1- Is asking you questions about important issues 2- Is listening to your answers 3- Is doing it in a way convenient for you - CD and the internet
and consequently, 4- You are afraid they might use these answers for political purposes.
What's wrong with you people? Would you prefer a statement like "we garantee that your opinion will never be recorded or used for any decision we will make" ?
Curiously, this doesn't seem to be the case here in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The cable modem access base cost is 30$ CDN (about 20$ US). That is if you have bought the modem. This is really cheap for 3Mbits/s. And ADSL is so cheap, some analog modem access provider want to sue Bell Canada for unreasonably low prices. Currently, it costs the consumer 24.95$ CDN per month for ADSL access with Bell Canada, the owner of the copper lines. But Bell allows 3rd parties to offer ADSL access, at a cost of 24.99$ per month. It is therefore impossible for them to be competitive.
I don't want to pay more, but let's be honest, 25-30$ CDN (16-20$ US) is incredibly cheap for broadband access, and I would find it reasonable to see my internet bill raised.
We tought there was only one continent.
We found America, a continent very similar to Eurasia.
We tought we were the only planet with a moon and a sun.
We looked at Jupiter and found storms, moons.
We tought we were the only solar system with planets
We are finding new solar systems often now.
Now you think we are the only planet that has life forms on it?
Are you sure we won't find another one soon?
Everything we see in the universe, our own planet, our sun, other galaxies, is repeated at least a million times elsewhere in the universe. Do you really think anything in this universe is unique? I don't think so.
My sister finished her MIS degree two years ago.This degree deals mostly with management, with some emphasis on information technology. My sister is now a technical project manager (the project is technical, not the manager). What she does exactly is tell the programmers what to do, what is needed, assign resources to tasks, etc. If you want advancement, that's a great degree. The MIS degree gives her a BBA, so it's clear that's more administration than science. If you're like me and like hardware stuff, I recommend computer engineering. I you're into kernel hacking or database stuff, CS is best. So it all depends on what you really like.
You can talk about password possibilities a long time, but that's not the way it works in the industry. I've done some tech support on a big administrative floor, and although our system is very secure, the biggest security hole comes from the user. I've seen many times the password written on a post-it on the screen, or under the keyboard. Since we force the user to change its password every 60 days, they end up forgetting which one is current. And then I have to assign a new one. The better the password, the more likely they will write it down because they can't remember it.
Research on new password types like pictures is a good thing. alphanumeric characters are good for computers, but not for humans. I think that if we can find a new way to secure user access, it will be a giant leap in computer security.
How comes there isn't more people choosing beard? Christmas is about the only time of the year I can go around not shaved. Before and after christmas, it's part-time job (school doesn't require shaving) and during the summer it's the full-time job.
So enjoy that long beard, 'cause it wont stay there very long.
My college here in Canada had also a smart card system, in fact it was the Mondex thing. Same thing as you probably. It was particularly useful for vending machines, coffee or a hot chocolate(my favorite). The targeted use is indeed small-amount payments. The long-term goal was to replace all coins-related transactions.
The chip on my ID card could hold up to 500$ CDN, so it was a lot more than your 20$, although I dont know anybody who would put more than 100$ or so. It is a fact that these little chip are too fragile. Mine never broke, but after a few months the machines have problems reading it.
Ok, I'm not sure if this is the one you talk about, but here in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, we just finished a one year test-drive of a smart card mastercard call Mondex. In fact, Mondex is the name of the whole system, but the cards are said to have a "mondex chip". I dont consider this a credit card really, but more an electronic wallet. You can put no more than 500$ (that was in cdn dollars btw) on the card, for security reason, and then you can spend it just as with a credit card. It is better than interact (also called ATM cards) because the system doesn't need to call a central office by phone. everything is done local. And also, when you say they hope to put everything in one card, that's because since it is a chip, they put it on a regular ATM card so it can do both. You could also put it on a credit card.
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So, basically, the goverment:
1- Is asking you questions about important issues
2- Is listening to your answers
3- Is doing it in a way convenient for you - CD and the internet
and consequently,
4- You are afraid they might use these answers for political purposes.
What's wrong with you people? Would you prefer a statement like "we garantee that your opinion will never be recorded or used for any decision we will make" ?
Curiously, this doesn't seem to be the case here in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The cable modem access base cost is 30$ CDN (about 20$ US). That is if you have bought the modem. This is really cheap for 3Mbits/s. And ADSL is so cheap, some analog modem access provider want to sue Bell Canada for unreasonably low prices. Currently, it costs the consumer 24.95$ CDN per month for ADSL access with Bell Canada, the owner of the copper lines. But Bell allows 3rd parties to offer ADSL access, at a cost of 24.99$ per month. It is therefore impossible for them to be competitive.
I don't want to pay more, but let's be honest, 25-30$ CDN (16-20$ US) is incredibly cheap for broadband access, and I would find it reasonable to see my internet bill raised.
Let's take a look into astronomical history:
We tought there was only one continent.
We found America, a continent very similar to Eurasia.
We tought we were the only planet with a moon and a sun.
We looked at Jupiter and found storms, moons.
We tought we were the only solar system with planets
We are finding new solar systems often now.
Now you think we are the only planet that has life forms on it?
Are you sure we won't find another one soon?
Everything we see in the universe, our own planet, our sun, other galaxies, is repeated at least a million times elsewhere in the universe. Do you really think anything in this universe is unique? I don't think so.
My sister finished her MIS degree two years ago.This degree deals mostly with management, with some emphasis on information technology. My sister is now a technical project manager (the project is technical, not the manager). What she does exactly is tell the programmers what to do, what is needed, assign resources to tasks, etc. If you want advancement, that's a great degree. The MIS degree gives her a BBA, so it's clear that's more administration than science. If you're like me and like hardware stuff, I recommend computer engineering. I you're into kernel hacking or database stuff, CS is best. So it all depends on what you really like.
You can talk about password possibilities a long time, but that's not the way it works in the industry. I've done some tech support on a big administrative floor, and although our system is very secure, the biggest security hole comes from the user. I've seen many times the password written on a post-it on the screen, or under the keyboard. Since we force the user to change its password every 60 days, they end up forgetting which one is current. And then I have to assign a new one. The better the password, the more likely they will write it down because they can't remember it.
Research on new password types like pictures is a good thing. alphanumeric characters are good for computers, but not for humans. I think that if we can find a new way to secure user access, it will be a giant leap in computer security.
damn. sorry guys. wrong discussion, I thought I was under the poll discussion.
How comes there isn't more people choosing beard? Christmas is about the only time of the year I can go around not shaved. Before and after christmas, it's part-time job (school doesn't require shaving) and during the summer it's the full-time job.
So enjoy that long beard, 'cause it wont stay there very long.
My college here in Canada had also a smart card system, in fact it was the Mondex thing. Same thing as you probably. It was particularly useful for vending machines, coffee or a hot chocolate(my favorite). The targeted use is indeed small-amount payments. The long-term goal was to replace all coins-related transactions.
The chip on my ID card could hold up to 500$ CDN, so it was a lot more than your 20$, although I dont know anybody who would put more than 100$ or so. It is a fact that these little chip are too fragile. Mine never broke, but after a few months the machines have problems reading it.
Ok, I'm not sure if this is the one you talk about, but here in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, we just finished a one year test-drive of a smart card mastercard call Mondex. In fact, Mondex is the name of the whole system, but the cards are said to have a "mondex chip". I dont consider this a credit card really, but more an electronic wallet. You can put no more than 500$ (that was in cdn dollars btw) on the card, for security reason, and then you can spend it just as with a credit card. It is better than interact (also called ATM cards) because the system doesn't need to call a central office by phone. everything is done local. And also, when you say they hope to put everything in one card, that's because since it is a chip, they put it on a regular ATM card so it can do both. You could also put it on a credit card.