1. Companies always have NDA's (non-disclosure agreements) when they have info they don't want others to have... if you sign it, respect it. It's that simple. We have all signed them before.
2. I never mention people/places unless I *know* it's safe. I never mention identifyable people, only the info they publically reveal (and a link to their blog). It's just common respect.
3. Never mention who I am working for, or what I'm doing, unless I am positive it doesn't violate the rules of #1, and #2. Ever, no exceptions.
Perhaps I'm paranoid, but that's been my policy for ages.
IMHO it's just common sense. Just because you don't sign your real name to your blog doesn't mean you don't need to abide by your NDA.
1. Video Out (how cool would an S-VIDEO port on there be). Hook up an S-VIDEO --> RCA adapter, and hook it into any TV, and play full screen. Oh how life would change.
2. WiFi instead of IrDA. Come on, what were they thinking? IrDA sucks, WiFi has so much more going for it. IMHO that was a poor choice.
3. Drop Memory Stick Duo and use Compact Flash. Lets face it... I'm a Clie owner myself. CF is the better of the two. It's price per MB is much cheaper. Not to mention you can buy them anywhere, and they are improving in capacity and speed.
I'm sure it will be a success regardless, but if it had those 3 things, it would be the ultimate killer device. A must have for anyone.
I'm curious how long it will take until someone gets Linux running on this thing. Sounds like a good device for it. Then we could (perhaps) use a WiFi or Bluetooth USB adapter!
IMHO "suggest" is the coolest thing to come out of google labs in some time. I know everyone who saw that seemed pretty impressed, myself included. I found it very useful.
I'd love to see that make the homepage.
Then again, I'm still waiting for firefox and thundebird support for google desktop.
It has a large display, much better quality. I can put games on it (without paying Verizon for them), easy to hookup to my computer, much more memory, more functional calendar, todo list, address book.
All around it's better.
butcomplete lack of quality products on the market.
If a company came out with a decent priced good PDA... it would be a whole new market. Unfortunately, there are none.
[dream]I'm still hoping Apple will eventualy step up with a PDA, Phone, Mp3 player deal that will knock everyone's socks off.[/dream]
Yes he should be prosecuted, yes he commited a crime, no it's not ethical, no it's not right.
But if I was a parent in that school district, I'd be very concerned. That is a great example of the security in that district. Why not install that on the Nurse's computer? Get some medical info.
If the workstations are that insecure, imagine how the servers with student information are. Workstations are pretty easy to make safe these days for a good admin.
IMHO they should fire whom ever is in charge of network security. They OBVIOUSLY did not perform their job. If a student was able to install a key logger, the computer wasn't secure. No user (except an admin) should be able to do so. There's no excuse for that lax security.
If I were a parent in that school district, I'd demand that they fire the individual(s) in charge of IT, and look for someone who knows 1 or 2 things about security.
Sorry, but just imagine what someone who wants to do evil could do if security is that lax. He just wanted some test questions. Imagine someone who wants records from the nurses office, wants to alter another students grades, etc. etc.
Involvement with popular open source packages is very impressive. Being able to say to your employer "I added feature _______ to project ________" is one way to put something unique on your resume before you graduate college. It's worth double if the employer knows the product, and tripple if they use that feature.
IMHO that's important. It is a career path. It's not a career (except for a few lucky souls). There are a few who make a living off of it (Mozilla hackers for MoFo, IBM, SUN, Google, Novell), RedHat, etc. That is a career.
But to say it's not a career path... that's a boatload of BS. It's been a career path for many individuals.
Not to mention it's one of the greatest learning experiences. I think I've learned more from open source than any class. Much more.
A guy shines a laser pointer in the Sky, and the FBI is after his ass. You think there going to allow this? I think not. They will consider it a airline safety issue (hence homeland security) until they can pass a separate law.
Then the sky will chance based on that terror warning system.
Unlike when they did it on the clients, this puts it through a limited number of gates.
ISP's will likely start limiting outbound email to x email/hr. Companies and ISP's will likely start monitoring and kill quicker.
This will benefit spammers for a very short period, then bite them in the ass.
ISP's and companies aren't going to tolerate a spike in CPU usage, and possible blacklisting if they can take care of it. They will start blocking IP's from sending mail, etc. etc.
I guess Robot pr0n like this will just become more popular.
Think we'll have to wait until robots are 18 years old before they can be pr0n stars? I'm not sure if it's good to see robot todler pr0n. Then again, I guess they can be adults from birth... hmm.
Oh how Congress will have fun debating the legality of robot pr0n.
I ask this simply because I don't know anyone who pays extra for shipping.
These days it seems that you order online if you want a good price, and you go to the store if you want it quick.
I personally calculate shipping into the price, and compare. It seems there's always 1 place that offers free shipping these days. I'll wait an extra day or 2 for free shipping.
I got a LCD TV from Amazon.com. Did free shipping. 48hrs after I ordered UPS was at the door. Yea, that's right. 48hrs, and free shipping.
In most cases I found it's well under a week.
IMHO I would never pay extra for shipping. Want me as a customer? Think free.
If they let me pay $x a year for all the shipping for a year (unlimited shopping and no shipping)... I would consider that.
But not to make shipping faster. Never. And I'm sure I'm not alone.
Though the note about the headphones is a good thing.
People have been mugged because of the trademark white headphones. It's a sign that you may be carrying an expensive (in demand) iPod.
It's actually a safety thing. Get other headphones that aren't white... and keep the iPod in your pocket. Then a casual person on the street doesn't know if you have a $5 Walmart Personal Radio or a $400 iPod.
This reminds me of the time Microsoft fired an employee for taking a picture of a shipment of Apple PowerMac G5's arriving at Microsoft's campus.:-D
But I'd personally like to see a reflection on more open source projects than just 1 or 2.
There are a million+1 projects now. Some with only 2 people, some with hundreds. I'd like to see what the research shows in a larger sampling.
I'm guessing some of the smaller projects (1-10 people) will have different motivational and organizational factors than a larger project. Simply because of the group dynamics.
I admit I love human exploration, but after the Mars Rovers have had such success, I wonder if it's cheaper to consider researching that more.
Leave Human exploration to harder goals (Mars). But for experiments in orbit, repair missions, etc. Why not consider robotics?
The Mars rovers have done a very impressive job. I'd bet if NASA put the effort into robotics that it did into the Moon Launch effort.... they would be 10000X better.
They can also work more, don't suffer from fatigue, don't need life support systems, etc.
I'd like to see the human/robot space exporation roles change. Save humans for stuff like going to Mars, or the Moon, or other places where the goal is to get a person there. But lets use Robots for the most dangerious stuff, and situations where a Robot can easily do the job.
IMHO a shuttle should be looking at Earth --> Mars.
Looking through various search queries in Google and MSN I noticed that Google finds images in pages that barely make a mention to the keyword (and does it accurately). MSN on the other hand the pages have more references to the keyword I am searching for.
I'm not sure why this is, I guess it's just the alor. they use to index.
I'm betting MSN will improve a bit, it takes a while to index the net to the level that Google did. It takes a long while.
I'll be saving a few queries, and comparing them over time, and see how the change. I'm guessing in 6 months the query results will be fairly different.
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Here's been my observation:
1. Companies always have NDA's (non-disclosure agreements) when they have info they don't want others to have... if you sign it, respect it. It's that simple. We have all signed them before.
2. I never mention people/places unless I *know* it's safe. I never mention identifyable people, only the info they publically reveal (and a link to their blog). It's just common respect.
3. Never mention who I am working for, or what I'm doing, unless I am positive it doesn't violate the rules of #1, and #2. Ever, no exceptions.
Perhaps I'm paranoid, but that's been my policy for ages.
IMHO it's just common sense. Just because you don't sign your real name to your blog doesn't mean you don't need to abide by your NDA.
1. Video Out (how cool would an S-VIDEO port on there be). Hook up an S-VIDEO --> RCA adapter, and hook it into any TV, and play full screen. Oh how life would change.
2. WiFi instead of IrDA. Come on, what were they thinking? IrDA sucks, WiFi has so much more going for it. IMHO that was a poor choice.
3. Drop Memory Stick Duo and use Compact Flash. Lets face it... I'm a Clie owner myself. CF is the better of the two. It's price per MB is much cheaper. Not to mention you can buy them anywhere, and they are improving in capacity and speed.
I'm sure it will be a success regardless, but if it had those 3 things, it would be the ultimate killer device. A must have for anyone.
I'm curious how long it will take until someone gets Linux running on this thing. Sounds like a good device for it. Then we could (perhaps) use a WiFi or Bluetooth USB adapter!
Thank you.
That was the answer I was looking for.
And thanks to the other goons who couldn't answer the question, so they decided it was invalid.
IMHO "suggest" is the coolest thing to come out of google labs in some time. I know everyone who saw that seemed pretty impressed, myself included. I found it very useful.
I'd love to see that make the homepage.
Then again, I'm still waiting for firefox and thundebird support for google desktop.
This is for the electrical engineers:
Why is the MoBo blue? Is there a signifigance to the color of the board? Or did Apple just pick it because on the order sheet it was "aqua"?
Seriously.
Is it just me? Or do those jumpers look like pubic lice on his thumb?
It has a large display, much better quality. I can put games on it (without paying Verizon for them), easy to hookup to my computer, much more memory, more functional calendar, todo list, address book.
All around it's better.
butcomplete lack of quality products on the market.
If a company came out with a decent priced good PDA... it would be a whole new market. Unfortunately, there are none.
[dream]I'm still hoping Apple will eventualy step up with a PDA, Phone, Mp3 player deal that will knock everyone's socks off.[/dream]
hacking of people's fingers so someone could buy nail polish remover at thriftway.
Sadly... some idiot will actually attempt to do something like that if this technology takes off. Just watch.
There is some bozo out there who will think that's a brilliant idea.
correct
IMHO only half the blame falls on the student.
Yes he should be prosecuted, yes he commited a crime, no it's not ethical, no it's not right.
But if I was a parent in that school district, I'd be very concerned. That is a great example of the security in that district. Why not install that on the Nurse's computer? Get some medical info.
If the workstations are that insecure, imagine how the servers with student information are. Workstations are pretty easy to make safe these days for a good admin.
IMHO they should fire whom ever is in charge of network security. They OBVIOUSLY did not perform their job. If a student was able to install a key logger, the computer wasn't secure. No user (except an admin) should be able to do so. There's no excuse for that lax security.
If I were a parent in that school district, I'd demand that they fire the individual(s) in charge of IT, and look for someone who knows 1 or 2 things about security.
Sorry, but just imagine what someone who wants to do evil could do if security is that lax. He just wanted some test questions. Imagine someone who wants records from the nurses office, wants to alter another students grades, etc. etc.
Actually, some of the early bombing in Afganistan was based at several Air Force bases in the US.
And yes, Russia concented to use of their airspace.
It's cheaper (less miles in the air), and quicker (just fly and drop, no layovers, delays, setting up staging areas).
The bases in Germany, Turkey, Kewait, etc. were setup for smaller aircraft (F-16, F/A-18 etc.)
In fact it is a career path
Involvement with popular open source packages is very impressive. Being able to say to your employer "I added feature _______ to project ________" is one way to put something unique on your resume before you graduate college. It's worth double if the employer knows the product, and tripple if they use that feature.
IMHO that's important. It is a career path. It's not a career (except for a few lucky souls). There are a few who make a living off of it (Mozilla hackers for MoFo, IBM, SUN, Google, Novell), RedHat, etc. That is a career.
But to say it's not a career path... that's a boatload of BS. It's been a career path for many individuals.
Not to mention it's one of the greatest learning experiences. I think I've learned more from open source than any class. Much more.
Military aircraft do quite a bit. It's the shortest route from South America, to Africa, Australia for example.
The north pole is used extensively by the US Military. It's the fastest flight path from the US to Afganistan for example. Long range bombers use it.
A guy shines a laser pointer in the Sky, and the FBI is after his ass. You think there going to allow this? I think not. They will consider it a airline safety issue (hence homeland security) until they can pass a separate law.
Then the sky will chance based on that terror warning system.
So get ready for yellow and orange nights!
Unlike when they did it on the clients, this puts it through a limited number of gates.
ISP's will likely start limiting outbound email to x email/hr. Companies and ISP's will likely start monitoring and kill quicker.
This will benefit spammers for a very short period, then bite them in the ass.
ISP's and companies aren't going to tolerate a spike in CPU usage, and possible blacklisting if they can take care of it. They will start blocking IP's from sending mail, etc. etc.
That's different...
I'm paying extra, for service I don't need.
I want to pay less for free ground.
The point is to save money... not throw it away.
I guess Robot pr0n like this will just become more popular.
Think we'll have to wait until robots are 18 years old before they can be pr0n stars? I'm not sure if it's good to see robot todler pr0n. Then again, I guess they can be adults from birth... hmm.
Oh how Congress will have fun debating the legality of robot pr0n.
I ask this simply because I don't know anyone who pays extra for shipping.
These days it seems that you order online if you want a good price, and you go to the store if you want it quick.
I personally calculate shipping into the price, and compare. It seems there's always 1 place that offers free shipping these days. I'll wait an extra day or 2 for free shipping.
I got a LCD TV from Amazon.com. Did free shipping. 48hrs after I ordered UPS was at the door. Yea, that's right. 48hrs, and free shipping.
In most cases I found it's well under a week.
IMHO I would never pay extra for shipping. Want me as a customer? Think free.
If they let me pay $x a year for all the shipping for a year (unlimited shopping and no shipping)... I would consider that.
But not to make shipping faster. Never. And I'm sure I'm not alone.
Though the note about the headphones is a good thing.
:-D
People have been mugged because of the trademark white headphones. It's a sign that you may be carrying an expensive (in demand) iPod.
It's actually a safety thing. Get other headphones that aren't white... and keep the iPod in your pocket. Then a casual person on the street doesn't know if you have a $5 Walmart Personal Radio or a $400 iPod.
This reminds me of the time Microsoft fired an employee for taking a picture of a shipment of Apple PowerMac G5's arriving at Microsoft's campus.
Apple has a similar enemy IBM and Sun have.
Microsoft, which LOVES patents.
Apple's working with IBM, Sun, and Open Source gives Apple a stratigic advantage. Apple wouldn't be around if it wasn't for all 3 of them.
Most of their patents are hardware, but they do have some software patents.
They do have a strong reliance on the open source community (Mac OS X contains a ton of open source code, as does Safari).
I'm guessing they will in the next year follow IBM's lead an open up a bit.
As to what they will make available, and what they will not, I really don't have a clue. Any guesses welcome.
But I'd personally like to see a reflection on more open source projects than just 1 or 2.
There are a million+1 projects now. Some with only 2 people, some with hundreds. I'd like to see what the research shows in a larger sampling.
I'm guessing some of the smaller projects (1-10 people) will have different motivational and organizational factors than a larger project. Simply because of the group dynamics.
I admit I love human exploration, but after the Mars Rovers have had such success, I wonder if it's cheaper to consider researching that more.
Leave Human exploration to harder goals (Mars). But for experiments in orbit, repair missions, etc. Why not consider robotics?
The Mars rovers have done a very impressive job. I'd bet if NASA put the effort into robotics that it did into the Moon Launch effort.... they would be 10000X better.
They can also work more, don't suffer from fatigue, don't need life support systems, etc.
I'd like to see the human/robot space exporation roles change. Save humans for stuff like going to Mars, or the Moon, or other places where the goal is to get a person there. But lets use Robots for the most dangerious stuff, and situations where a Robot can easily do the job.
IMHO a shuttle should be looking at Earth --> Mars.
I don't think it does fuzzy searching as well.
Looking through various search queries in Google and MSN I noticed that Google finds images in pages that barely make a mention to the keyword (and does it accurately). MSN on the other hand the pages have more references to the keyword I am searching for.
I'm not sure why this is, I guess it's just the alor. they use to index.
I'm betting MSN will improve a bit, it takes a while to index the net to the level that Google did. It takes a long while.
I'll be saving a few queries, and comparing them over time, and see how the change. I'm guessing in 6 months the query results will be fairly different.
Now that Ben and Darin work for Google....
doesn't firefox count as an "outstanding achievement" by any scope of the imagination?