Bad thing about a lot of these jammers is they don't just affect cellular but also the 700 and 800 MHz spectrum used by public safety - firefighters and police. There have been jammers seized by LE where they got out on traffic stops and their radios started showing out of range.
We use suppressors from Transtector on the AC lines, and suppressors from PolyPhaser on RF lines at a number of radio tower sites my employer owns. No lightning damage in the time I've been here, just have had to replace a few PolyPhasers, which means they work.
Also you really, really, really need a good, low resistance earth ground. Bond EVERYTHING to it.
As background, I worked in an engineering department of a TV station for a while, and with the way things are going, engineering and IT are becoming far more intertwined and co-dependent on each other. Splitting them apart would, I think, be counterproductive - you'd end up with IT wanting to do their own thing and engineering being unable to make it work with their side of the house.
Having dedicated IT people and dedicated engineering people is a great idea, but they need a single leader to keep everyone pulling in the same direction (and some cross-training helps too).
I'm sure AT&T hates me for -not- using their free WiFi hotspots and continuing to suck data down over 3G... I just don't like wide open networks and so much stuff that you have to log in to still -not- using HTTPS.
The plant that's 4 miles from my house sits on less than 1 square mile and produces over 2300 MW, day or night.
The 12.5 square miles of flat desert land may be no problem out west, but finding several hundred acres of flat land here in the Appalachians just isn't happening. Besides, we'd have to cut down all the trees.
A stone that is so valuable that not only is it worth 2 MONTHS salary
Fortunately, my soon-to-be-wife told me if I'd spent that much money on her ring that I'd not only have been stupid, but she'd have made me take it back and get something cheaper.
The University I work for has very limited disclosure of SSNs, and has system-wide been cracking down on the users of them - justify the need, or get rid of them. And if you have them, then your systems get to undergo more frequent and in-depth security audits.
The College I attend uses an 8-digit serial number which is linked across to the SSN for student identification, but they can still use your SSN if you don't know the other number.
I think the biggest point is that I don't want someone (even me) to be able to see the SSNs of others, but being able to search against them is very helpful, especially when dealing with new students who haven't a clue what their university ID number(s) are.
Watch out if you buy one; they can easily create interference to other users in the 800 MHz band, like public safety radio systems, and the FCC takes a rather dim view of this - see the FCC notices sent to some unlucky users above.
and about time, NBC's HD coverage is the worse of the big 3
Huh?
NBC is the only network broadcasting late night programming in HD. All of their sitcoms and dramas during prime-time are in HD. The reality shows aren't, but they're crap anyway so it wouldn't matter.
(disclaimer: I work for an NBC affiliate and I used to work for an ABC affiliate)
The AC wrote: "I think the point is that of course all broadcasters already keep recordings of all their output, so this is a no-op for them."
No, most local broadcasters don't keep recordings of what they air.
I used to work in master control at one local station, and am about to start in the same position at another station. At the one where I used to work, we did keep recordings of our newscasts for a month (so we could sell you a copy for $29.95 - and a lot more people buy those than you would think), but the only other recording was a 24-hour time-lapse aircheck, the only real purpose of it being to prove to advertisers that their ads did air if there was a dispute.
We didn't record any network content - went from sat receiver straight to air, same for a lot of the syndicated shows (in particular Oprah [barf] and Regis & Kelly). Just the costs to keep recordings of these would be pretty substantial - figure a 60 BetacamSP tape is over $15, even in bulk, and then find the storage space for all of them!
Call me un-American, but I like to pay cash. Helps stop that paper trail that all the various corporations like to generate, and I actually don't like owing anybody anything.
So I go over there around Christmas-time last year to buy some blank minidiscs. Unfortunately, they are the only people in town who sell them. Of the six registers they had open, only one could handle my cash transaction, so I got to stand and wait much longer than everyone else for that particular cashier.
You'd almost think they want you to charge it. Especially on your Best Buy card. With a minimum APR of 19.8%...
NO, I don't want to charge it.
NO, I don't want a Best Buy card.
NO, I don't want the extended warranty.
And, NO, I don't want my 8 free issues of whatever magazine you're trying to pitch this week!
Honestly, get rid of the headphones - period. If you're that worried, you need to be more aware of your surroundings, and if you can't hear what's going on or who's coming up behind you, you're just a walking target.
My power, here in Tennessee, is supplied by the federal government - namely the Tennessee Valley Authority. Has been for all 24 years I've been alive. And it's damn reliable too. Granted, TVA doesn't actually sell me the power - they sell it to the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, which is operated by the city, and they distribute power to the masses.
The number of outages I've experienced can be counted on one hand. Even with a tropical storm blowing through in 1996, a 3 foot blizzard in 1993, and sundry other storms and so forth, no outages. Only one of any significant length was due to a squirrel trying to nest in a transformer. Squirrels are highly conductive, they just burn out really quickly.
Another point to make about TVA is that their generating plants are scattered throughout the territory, instead of having them concentrated in certain locations, and they operate a wide mix of nuclear, coal, and hydro plants. Diversity is a good thing.
Most of the cooperatives around here are the same way. Low rates, high reliability and pretty good customer service. Taking the demand for profits out of the mix can never hurt the customers.
You won't find any of these underwater trees in the TVA lakes in and around Tennessee... they saw fit to cut 'em down and sell 'em off before they flooded their lakes.
Makes sense too, they wanted the money that they could get for them, and in shallow areas leaving the trees standing could create either a navigational hazard as well as potentially creating breeding areas for mosquitoes, if they stuck up above the water's surface.
The NTIA (part of the Department of Commerce) has a wall-sized poster which shows the frequency allocations from 3 kHz all the way up to 300 GHz... you can either buy one from the Feds for $7.50, or go here and download it as a PDF file.
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First world problems. Grow up.
"...made a habit of ordering out for pizza..."
Pay cash. Stop at Little Caesars. Done!
In this case, I'll prefer the fake.
The things that pass for delicacies.
Bad thing about a lot of these jammers is they don't just affect cellular but also the 700 and 800 MHz spectrum used by public safety - firefighters and police. There have been jammers seized by LE where they got out on traffic stops and their radios started showing out of range.
Sounds like stillborn hardware for a stillborn OS. This one won't even make a footnote in computing history.
We use suppressors from Transtector on the AC lines, and suppressors from PolyPhaser on RF lines at a number of radio tower sites my employer owns. No lightning damage in the time I've been here, just have had to replace a few PolyPhasers, which means they work.
Also you really, really, really need a good, low resistance earth ground. Bond EVERYTHING to it.
As background, I worked in an engineering department of a TV station for a while, and with the way things are going, engineering and IT are becoming far more intertwined and co-dependent on each other. Splitting them apart would, I think, be counterproductive - you'd end up with IT wanting to do their own thing and engineering being unable to make it work with their side of the house.
Having dedicated IT people and dedicated engineering people is a great idea, but they need a single leader to keep everyone pulling in the same direction (and some cross-training helps too).
Didn't say 3G was safe, only that open WiFi is a lot less safe. I'm clear on the news from Blackhat.
I'm sure AT&T hates me for -not- using their free WiFi hotspots and continuing to suck data down over 3G... I just don't like wide open networks and so much stuff that you have to log in to still -not- using HTTPS.
I still like nuclear.
The plant that's 4 miles from my house sits on less than 1 square mile and produces over 2300 MW, day or night.
The 12.5 square miles of flat desert land may be no problem out west, but finding several hundred acres of flat land here in the Appalachians just isn't happening. Besides, we'd have to cut down all the trees.
So, let's summarize...
* Batteries - dangerous.
* Liquids - dangerous.
* Cigarette lighters - not dangerous.
Remember, the TSA won't let you have spare batteries in your carry-on, nor a bottle of Coca-Cola, but you can flick your Bic!
Idiots.
Fortunately, my soon-to-be-wife told me if I'd spent that much money on her ring that I'd not only have been stupid, but she'd have made me take it back and get something cheaper.
Since when does money == love?
The University I work for has very limited disclosure of SSNs, and has system-wide been cracking down on the users of them - justify the need, or get rid of them. And if you have them, then your systems get to undergo more frequent and in-depth security audits.
The College I attend uses an 8-digit serial number which is linked across to the SSN for student identification, but they can still use your SSN if you don't know the other number.
I think the biggest point is that I don't want someone (even me) to be able to see the SSNs of others, but being able to search against them is very helpful, especially when dealing with new students who haven't a clue what their university ID number(s) are.
Now to see how long it takes my vendors to say "OK, you can safely apply this patch."
http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-267221 A1.html9 A1.html
http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-26608
Watch out if you buy one; they can easily create interference to other users in the 800 MHz band, like public safety radio systems, and the FCC takes a rather dim view of this - see the FCC notices sent to some unlucky users above.
Notice that about half of the books are O'Reilly...
Get 'em the pocket references. Mine never make it back to the bookshelf; they just live on the desk on top of my monitor.
Huh?
NBC is the only network broadcasting late night programming in HD. All of their sitcoms and dramas during prime-time are in HD. The reality shows aren't, but they're crap anyway so it wouldn't matter.
(disclaimer: I work for an NBC affiliate and I used to work for an ABC affiliate)
The AC wrote: "I think the point is that of course all broadcasters already keep recordings of all their output, so this is a no-op for them."
No, most local broadcasters don't keep recordings of what they air.
I used to work in master control at one local station, and am about to start in the same position at another station. At the one where I used to work, we did keep recordings of our newscasts for a month (so we could sell you a copy for $29.95 - and a lot more people buy those than you would think), but the only other recording was a 24-hour time-lapse aircheck, the only real purpose of it being to prove to advertisers that their ads did air if there was a dispute.
We didn't record any network content - went from sat receiver straight to air, same for a lot of the syndicated shows (in particular Oprah [barf] and Regis & Kelly). Just the costs to keep recordings of these would be pretty substantial - figure a 60 BetacamSP tape is over $15, even in bulk, and then find the storage space for all of them!
I hope this gets shot down. For my sake.
Call me un-American, but I like to pay cash. Helps stop that paper trail that all the various corporations like to generate, and I actually don't like owing anybody anything.
So I go over there around Christmas-time last year to buy some blank minidiscs. Unfortunately, they are the only people in town who sell them. Of the six registers they had open, only one could handle my cash transaction, so I got to stand and wait much longer than everyone else for that particular cashier.
You'd almost think they want you to charge it. Especially on your Best Buy card. With a minimum APR of 19.8%...
NO, I don't want to charge it.
NO, I don't want a Best Buy card.
NO, I don't want the extended warranty.
And, NO, I don't want my 8 free issues of whatever magazine you're trying to pitch this week!
We outsourced it... the beancounters say its cheaper and more reliable!
Honestly, get rid of the headphones - period. If you're that worried, you need to be more aware of your surroundings, and if you can't hear what's going on or who's coming up behind you, you're just a walking target.
My power, here in Tennessee, is supplied by the federal government - namely the Tennessee Valley Authority. Has been for all 24 years I've been alive. And it's damn reliable too. Granted, TVA doesn't actually sell me the power - they sell it to the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, which is operated by the city, and they distribute power to the masses.
The number of outages I've experienced can be counted on one hand. Even with a tropical storm blowing through in 1996, a 3 foot blizzard in 1993, and sundry other storms and so forth, no outages. Only one of any significant length was due to a squirrel trying to nest in a transformer. Squirrels are highly conductive, they just burn out really quickly.
Another point to make about TVA is that their generating plants are scattered throughout the territory, instead of having them concentrated in certain locations, and they operate a wide mix of nuclear, coal, and hydro plants. Diversity is a good thing.
Most of the cooperatives around here are the same way. Low rates, high reliability and pretty good customer service. Taking the demand for profits out of the mix can never hurt the customers.
You won't find any of these underwater trees in the TVA lakes in and around Tennessee... they saw fit to cut 'em down and sell 'em off before they flooded their lakes.
Makes sense too, they wanted the money that they could get for them, and in shallow areas leaving the trees standing could create either a navigational hazard as well as potentially creating breeding areas for mosquitoes, if they stuck up above the water's surface.
Of course there's no FCC ID - they sell it in Australia.
No FCC ID required if you don't offer it for sale within the US. One area where American rules and regulations still apply only within the US...
The NTIA (part of the Department of Commerce) has a wall-sized poster which shows the frequency allocations from 3 kHz all the way up to 300 GHz... you can either buy one from the Feds for $7.50, or go here and download it as a PDF file.