Why not use it? It's not like they're saying "More Abortions, More Freedom" and if I was a resident of Munich I would be impressed that the city government takes pride in finding a way to use Linux and isn't afraid to show it. It might be a showstopper for another candidate if he refuses to acknowledge that.
I think one reason why you don't see many 100% impartial reports is that most people can't help but have some personal view to whatever report they are working on. Even a professional, being paid to be impartial must have some opinion. That's bound to come across somehow.
Pretend you're a real objective 3rd party who has been commissioned to generate a virgin, clean-room style report. Pretend you've never heard of Linux. Now when it comes time to set up TCO research and benchmark testing where are you going to go to get information about how to benchmark? Linux has lots of avaliable support through the web, books, HOWTO's etc. but all of those usually come bundled with a boatload of angst toward MS and Windows. (I'm not commenting on whether this is a good or bad thing) Now how do you manage to be 100% unaffected by the FUD or the "David vs Goliath" story when it's all part of the atmosphere? I don't think you can.
I don't know if I'm quite explaining this right, but that would explain why Reis (Reese?) would still exist after John Connor melted the evidence, and it would still explain why John Connor himself existed after the act.
You make an interesting point. But you do need to take into account Reese DID NOT exist when John Connor burned the T-101 and the chip because he hadn't been born yet. Reese states in the movie that he was born ~after~ judgement day. Thus any events taking place before his birth into the timeline do not necessarily affect him (including his own death at the hands of the Terminator) and he can still exist. Until T3 we did not know why John and (by extension) Reese still existed. Now we know that Judgment Day can only be postponed, not prevented.
If your neighbors are sharing a connection with you it should be obvious to them whether you are paying your share of the bill each month. I'd say it could create more of a sense of accountability in regard to keeping the neighbors happy and the connection up. After all, nobody wants to be the guy who got everybody's connection turned off because he forgot to pay the bill for 60 days.
We need to seriously rethink our goals. The Shuttle has been around for 1/2 the entire history of man in space. It was being desinged when the Altair was a hit. With modern computer and automation systems, surely the vast majority of research can be performed autonomously. We need a vehicle for this and a seperate vehicle to safely bring people back and forth.
The main problem will be finding justification for the vehicle to be used strictly for "exploration". Naysayers view may be "Exploration of what? What can't we see with Hubble or with probes?". I think we are at least a few hundred years away from an NCC-1701-type vehicle designed to zoom around "exploring". Practical exploration (in our lifetime) will probably be done using single-purpose spacecraft designed to transport equipment and people to a planet or moon or wherever to perform experiments.
I had a similar experience with a company I was working for in a Boston suburb. Unfortunately, I was fired when I came back to work after a 5 day grieve over the death of my mother. I guess I should have read the Employee Handbook more carefully since this company gave 2 days grieving for immediate family members + any accrued vacation. Since I didn't have any vacation time saved up for beyone my 2 days grieve I got the boot.
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I meant that if he were using some handheld RFID scanner device to discover the brand and model of CD player, he might be tempted to take it based on the perceived value. This by comparison to visually identifying earphones and that there must be an audio device connected to them that he may want to steal.
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I'm glad you posted that because I was wondering if you could just protect yourself by "tag spamming". Purchase a whole bunch of tags (like 500 or so) and have them sewn into something always with you, such as a wallet. And you would never have to worry about Nike or the Gap or WalMart tracking you because they'd have absolutely no idea what clothing or products you actually have.
I'd love to see the look on the guys face when he scans someone and it reports that he has on his person a set of Bridgestone tires, 13 brands of CD players, 2 refrigerators and about 1000lbs worth of miscellaneous food and clothing items.
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I'm not trying to discount the dangers of abuse of RFID. Anyone who values privacy and security should be aware of the potential dangers. If some guy on the bus decides he going to snatch my CD player, it's not as if having an RFID tag in it was going to be a huge factor in tempting him.
somebody could come upto your home, maybe scan your burglar alarm to find out what type it is and check up on the 'net to see if it can be easily disabled? Somebody could scan through your window (or wall?) and see what type of computer, tv, vcr, dvd player you have? see what type of clothes you have in your cupboards? what dvds/cds in your collections?
This is interesting to me because I thought about this myself. The sticker on my window tells a burglar exactly what security system I use and who administers it. Additionally, it has been said many times that the range of the RFID transmitter unit is not more than 3-5 feet. It's not like the drug-addict burglars are going to be picky and choosy over what model and brand name DVD player I have. "Oh wow, my RFID scan-o-matic says this guys got a brand new Mac G5, we better stop here and pick this thing up before we head to the next place!"
Why can't my home security system be programmed with the contents of my living room and automatically set off an alarm if any of those tags leave the premises? We might see a shift in the way we look at home security. Instead of just trying to keep people out, there can be ways of keep our valuables in.
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While the arguments against abuse of the technology are obvious, the benefits to the consumer are not so obvious.
Have you ever gone to BestBuy and purchased a new piece of software, opened it at home and realized that you just bought a box with a manual and nothing else? Good luck explaining to the manager that someone must have opened the box and taken the jewel case before you purchased it. With RFID you would be protected from this situation by checking the contents of the box automatically at the register.
How about turning your car in for an oil change at the local Park-'n'-Lube, getting home and (without opening the hood of your car) using your ACME USB RFID scanner to verify that the oil filter was actually changed and the mechanic didn't just put the old one back on.
The usefullness of this technology is too great to just ban it outright.
I think the parent was making an inherent point that "Windows Explorer" does not have functionality to sort specifically by.mp3 extension. Though another person pointed you that you can sort by "files of type" it doesn't always yield the same results. A user shouldn't have to open up a seperate "search" window to single out a list of a one type of file when they know exactly what directory the files are located in.
This has been tried in several places, most notable is a network of toll roads in Southern CA.
The state is working to privatize the controlled-access roadways in a way similar to the privatization of the energy companies.
Imagine this: private companies take over the entire public road system (like they have done with our electricity supply), then they charge "whatever the market will bear" (as the energy suppliers are doing: up to 33,300% increase in spot prices). Who cares how much gasoline costs when the toll road operators charge, say, $1 a mile for us to use "their" roads?
It has been a failure both financially and ecologically (not providing the touted benefit).
To find out, put it on eBay -- even if ``it'' is a 3 year old Poodle named "Trixie".
That's the theory behind one totally pissed-off Washington resident's pitch to hold eBay auctions for state legislators to bid on the safe return of thier canine friends.
It's a lesson in economics, explains Peter Q Public, a motorcycle commuter fed up with crap from the House transportation committee.
The state will someday have to find a real solution to the gridlock on the freeways. The most likely targets are state legislators who happen to be pet owners.
Auctions on eBay would be an easy first step toward fair legislation, Peter thinks.
And eBay is a good way to find out how much that dog is worth, Peter said, for lawmakers, .
``We can allow the market to establish what the value is,'' Peter told the state Transportation Commission last week. ``It's the kind of idea we'd like to put up for the next Legislature.
``If we use the eBay bid process,'' Peter said later, ``we'll find legislators are willing to pay a significant amount of money to get their pets back alive and unharmed.''
The lawmakers themselves would set the ``significant amount,'' instead of the commuters picking a price.
``I hope the eBay auction calculates the price low enough, and there aren't any $10,000,000 bids,'' said Ed Barnes, a corrupt state transportation commissioner from Vancouver, Wash.
Peter answered: ``If the (winning) bid is over $10,000,000 we've learned an awful lot about what value our pets have.''
Peter envisions night time abduction of random numbers of pets per month. The first month's winning bids would likely be low until the lawmakers catch on, Peter said.
Auctions on eBay are just one of several ideas before an angry mob willing to stop at nothing to find clever ways of getting the state to stop bullshitting everyone and fix the transportation problems.
Don't forget about shipping charges! But it's not that bad if you don't buy tickets through Ticketmaster and buy them at the venue box office. You can at least aviod the Convenience fee and shipping.
The program should be obvious.. Didn't you see "A Clockwork Orange"? You will be re-educated by the FBI. Then whenever you are tempted to download an mp3 from KaZaA you will become violently ill. You may also be forced to lick the shoe of the current RIAA/MPAA mouthpiece.
So all this has done is raised the difficulty of the "6 clicks to porn in the library game" in public libraries across the country. Hell if the library sets its browser start page to National Geographic's website, little Johnny could probably get to the nude tribespeople pictures in less than 3 clicks...
But if you have access to a lab or facility or know someone who does, you could probably obtain a small amount to fool around with at home. You would just have to be careful about how you transport and contain it (safety glasses, thick rubber gloves, etc.) A metal (not glass or plastic) thermos would be decent. But you must not screw the cap on tight or the container could explode! It is better to not use the cap or to make sure that you make a 1/2 inch hole in it. You would basically handle the container as if it was full of boiling water. The drawback is that to go to all that trouble for a liter of liquid nitrogen that will boil away in about 12 hours is not very convenient...
Where does the article specifically mention locking linux out of the machine? There's one line about "fending off competition" but the article is so vague about the actual technologies (Palladium?) to be used. Maybe it's too far off yet to see what barriers they will implement to prevent me from running linux on it. Looks to me like it's an XBOX with a mac screen and keyboard and a thumbprint scanner.
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IBM (an American company) is handling the deal.
Why not use it? It's not like they're saying "More Abortions, More Freedom" and if I was a resident of Munich I would be impressed that the city government takes pride in finding a way to use Linux and isn't afraid to show it. It might be a showstopper for another candidate if he refuses to acknowledge that.
I think one reason why you don't see many 100% impartial reports is that most people can't help but have some personal view to whatever report they are working on. Even a professional, being paid to be impartial must have some opinion. That's bound to come across somehow.
Pretend you're a real objective 3rd party who has been commissioned to generate a virgin, clean-room style report. Pretend you've never heard of Linux. Now when it comes time to set up TCO research and benchmark testing where are you going to go to get information about how to benchmark? Linux has lots of avaliable support through the web, books, HOWTO's etc. but all of those usually come bundled with a boatload of angst toward MS and Windows. (I'm not commenting on whether this is a good or bad thing) Now how do you manage to be 100% unaffected by the FUD or the "David vs Goliath" story when it's all part of the atmosphere? I don't think you can.
If your neighbors are sharing a connection with you it should be obvious to them whether you are paying your share of the bill each month. I'd say it could create more of a sense of accountability in regard to keeping the neighbors happy and the connection up. After all, nobody wants to be the guy who got everybody's connection turned off because he forgot to pay the bill for 60 days.
Actually, I have wondered if some of the recent virus attacks may have been created by someone with access to Windows source.
What about the run-from-CD evaluation version freely available for download?
SuSE - SuSE live-eval 8.1
I had a similar experience with a company I was working for in a Boston suburb. Unfortunately, I was fired when I came back to work after a 5 day grieve over the death of my mother.
I guess I should have read the Employee Handbook more carefully since this company gave 2 days grieving for immediate family members + any accrued vacation. Since I didn't have any vacation time saved up for beyone my 2 days grieve I got the boot.
I meant that if he were using some handheld RFID scanner device to discover the brand and model of CD player, he might be tempted to take it based on the perceived value.
This by comparison to visually identifying earphones and that there must be an audio device connected to them that he may want to steal.
I'm glad you posted that because I was wondering if you could just protect yourself by "tag spamming". Purchase a whole bunch of tags (like 500 or so) and have them sewn into something always with you, such as a wallet. And you would never have to worry about Nike or the Gap or WalMart tracking you because they'd have absolutely no idea what clothing or products you actually have.
I'd love to see the look on the guys face when he scans someone and it reports that he has on his person a set of Bridgestone tires, 13 brands of CD players, 2 refrigerators and about 1000lbs worth of miscellaneous food and clothing items.
Additionally, it has been said many times that the range of the RFID transmitter unit is not more than 3-5 feet. It's not like the drug-addict burglars are going to be picky and choosy over what model and brand name DVD player I have. "Oh wow, my RFID scan-o-matic says this guys got a brand new Mac G5, we better stop here and pick this thing up before we head to the next place!" Why can't my home security system be programmed with the contents of my living room and automatically set off an alarm if any of those tags leave the premises? We might see a shift in the way we look at home security. Instead of just trying to keep people out, there can be ways of keep our valuables in.
While the arguments against abuse of the technology are obvious, the benefits to the consumer are not so obvious.
Have you ever gone to BestBuy and purchased a new piece of software, opened it at home and realized that you just bought a box with a manual and nothing else? Good luck explaining to the manager that someone must have opened the box and taken the jewel case before you purchased it. With RFID you would be protected from this situation by checking the contents of the box automatically at the register.
How about turning your car in for an oil change at the local Park-'n'-Lube, getting home and (without opening the hood of your car) using your ACME USB RFID scanner to verify that the oil filter was actually changed and the mechanic didn't just put the old one back on.
The usefullness of this technology is too great to just ban it outright.
I think the parent was making an inherent point that "Windows Explorer" does not have functionality to sort specifically by .mp3 extension. Though another person pointed you that you can sort by "files of type" it doesn't always yield the same results. A user shouldn't have to open up a seperate "search" window to single out a list of a one type of file when they know exactly what directory the files are located in.
Then shouldn't it be PHLAC?
This has been tried in several places, most notable is a network of toll roads in Southern CA.
The state is working to privatize the controlled-access roadways in a way similar to the privatization of the energy companies.
Imagine this: private companies take over the entire public road system (like they have done with our electricity supply), then they charge "whatever the market will bear" (as the energy suppliers are doing: up to 33,300% increase in spot prices). Who cares how much gasoline costs when the toll road operators charge, say, $1 a mile for us to use "their" roads?
It has been a failure both financially and ecologically (not providing the touted benefit).
To find out, put it on eBay -- even if ``it'' is a 3 year old Poodle named "Trixie". That's the theory behind one totally pissed-off Washington resident's pitch to hold eBay auctions for state legislators to bid on the safe return of thier canine friends. It's a lesson in economics, explains Peter Q Public, a motorcycle commuter fed up with crap from the House transportation committee. The state will someday have to find a real solution to the gridlock on the freeways. The most likely targets are state legislators who happen to be pet owners. Auctions on eBay would be an easy first step toward fair legislation, Peter thinks. And eBay is a good way to find out how much that dog is worth, Peter said, for lawmakers, . ``We can allow the market to establish what the value is,'' Peter told the state Transportation Commission last week. ``It's the kind of idea we'd like to put up for the next Legislature. ``If we use the eBay bid process,'' Peter said later, ``we'll find legislators are willing to pay a significant amount of money to get their pets back alive and unharmed.'' The lawmakers themselves would set the ``significant amount,'' instead of the commuters picking a price. ``I hope the eBay auction calculates the price low enough, and there aren't any $10,000,000 bids,'' said Ed Barnes, a corrupt state transportation commissioner from Vancouver, Wash. Peter answered: ``If the (winning) bid is over $10,000,000 we've learned an awful lot about what value our pets have.'' Peter envisions night time abduction of random numbers of pets per month. The first month's winning bids would likely be low until the lawmakers catch on, Peter said. Auctions on eBay are just one of several ideas before an angry mob willing to stop at nothing to find clever ways of getting the state to stop bullshitting everyone and fix the transportation problems.
You are wrong. The GPL is not a waiver of copyright. The author retains copyright.
Don't forget about shipping charges! But it's not that bad if you don't buy tickets through Ticketmaster and buy them at the venue box office. You can at least aviod the Convenience fee and shipping.
The program should be obvious.. Didn't you see "A Clockwork Orange"? You will be re-educated by the FBI. Then whenever you are tempted to download an mp3 from KaZaA you will become violently ill. You may also be forced to lick the shoe of the current RIAA/MPAA mouthpiece.
So all this has done is raised the difficulty of the "6 clicks to porn in the library game" in public libraries across the country. Hell if the library sets its browser start page to National Geographic's website, little Johnny could probably get to the nude tribespeople pictures in less than 3 clicks...
The short answer is, you can't.
But if you have access to a lab or facility or know someone who does, you could probably obtain a small amount to fool around with at home. You would just have to be careful about how you transport and contain it (safety glasses, thick rubber gloves, etc.) A metal (not glass or plastic) thermos would be decent. But you must not screw the cap on tight or the container could explode! It is better to not use the cap or to make sure that you make a 1/2 inch hole in it. You would basically handle the container as if it was full of boiling water. The drawback is that to go to all that trouble for a liter of liquid nitrogen that will boil away in about 12 hours is not very convenient...
Where does the article specifically mention locking linux out of the machine? There's one line about "fending off competition" but the article is so vague about the actual technologies (Palladium?) to be used. Maybe it's too far off yet to see what barriers they will implement to prevent me from running linux on it. Looks to me like it's an XBOX with a mac screen and keyboard and a thumbprint scanner.
Watch out for those "Greasy Greasels"!
Or how about those fire-breathing skeletons in the catacombs.
When those guys start spinning thier heads and flaming up the place.. I run!