I'll agree with that. Whatever British political party is in power, they always want more surveillance. Which political party is out of power, they will oppose the introduction of new powers.
It's been like that since the 1980's at least. They used to comment in Usenet that the British public were like frogs being boiled slowly. They wouldn't notice the slow erosion of their rights until it was too late.
Typical Marxist strategy is to have so many rules, regulations, by-laws and other bits of legislation that at any time someone is always breaking something. Then they can drag any opponent through the courts, give them a criminal record as well as confiscate their property.
Look up the lyrics to "The Ostrich" by Steppenwolf.
I had to take a database theory class to understand the dangers of "unique identifiers" with web forums and other systems. You might not give out your name, but mentioning the last few employers is enough to identify you. Just one historical local event can be identifiable to a city.
It's been proven that steal-to-order burglars have used google maps to identify churches to steal the lead roofing materials from. Mobile phones have been used by drug dealing and smuggling syndicates. Tourist helicopter flyovers have been used to help thieves identify property to steal (one family had a granite lion stolen from their garden even though it was hidden by bushes at street level and cemented in place).
I always wondered why USB connecting my mobile phone to my laptop wpuld well and truly mess up the wi-fi connection for 24 hours. Even rebooting wouldn't fix the problem. Hint: the mobile phone would appear to the PC as a file system with auto-run. The most annoying thing was that on a Windows PC, the auto-run would reroute the network settings through the mobile phone network.
bios level remote access, KVM switches - some sys-admins want remote BIOS level access to their servers. The software replicates the framebuffer as well as mouse anf keyboard events across the internet.
Sometimes they mean IT skills, like switching a computer on, using a word processor, reading and sending E-mail, using a spreadsheet application and printing documents. In some deprived parts of the UK school-leavers don't even know how to do those things.
Start by teaching the concept of Turing machines. An set of symbols representing instructions. Anything from cooking instructions, music sheets to computer programs. Then digital representation requires the use of binary to represent data, logic gates and flowcharts. Move onto microprocessors, CPU and GPU. Cover basic things like RAM, ROM, cache, registers, microcode, assembly language, high level languages and scripts. Move onto operating systems, security, passwords, the internet (clients, routers and sevets) and the need for encryption.
We used to havd SYS Computer Studies as well as Physics and Mathematics. Mathematics covered vector-matrix algebra, while Physics covered topics like the electromagnetic spectrum, photons, refraction, gravity and Keplers laes of motion. Writing little animation programs to denonstrate your understanding was the best way to learn.
There was a guy who was to report to his local police station every day because ho complained that secret mlitary tests made his incadescent light bulbs burn out. He kept a logbook of every tine this happened. It only happened 9 to 5, mondays to fridays.
You can get remote control light bulbs these days - these are infra-red controlled for on/off and color. If they can fit an Ir sensor inside, they can fit a CCD sensor and microphone. They could even fit a fibgerprint reader on the on/off switch.
Interviewer: "Now Dr., can you explain what the obstacles are to a manned mission are?
Scientist: "Well, the first problem is getting your vehicle out into Earth orbit. Then you have to get your trajectory right in order to reach Mars orbit. Then you can send down an exploration vehicle. The main problems are carrying enough food and water as well as waste disposal. Radiation is another problem. But all of these problems have solutions developed for terrestrial exploration."
Interviewer: "So, it's not really rocket science, doing this exploration?"
Theoretically, there is enough information in the actual font of the text, the frame that the text is on, and the material and texture of the wall to identify that location uniquely.
If you have seen that sign before, you would be able to recognise that location. USA street names tend to be white text on small blue rectangular signs at 90 degrees to each other, and on posts. London street names tend to be white rectangular plates mounted on walls along with the postcode at the bottom. In Scotland, thr streetnames are white on black tiles with a pointing hand.
Others I can't classify, like the word "essex" in white text on a green frame with a curvy bit on top.
Yes. Visited the store the days before the liquidation sale was about to take place. Saw the sports cars at the back, the replica models on the desk, the luxury executive desk and chair. Sales manager types said that he had reached saturation point with just about every product range there was. There were only so many office PC systems in the city. Even fewer who needed Soundblaster cards and game controllers.
Yes, that was the one. It was like walking through a ghost ship, or a place that had been visited by "Neutron Jack". Everything was there as it was exactly until the moment they declared bankruptcy.
This isn't the first time that this has happened to a British game store. Back in the 1990's, a local store was set up by a local kid who had left school at 16. The local papers were hyping his store as going up may the major chains like Virgin, Dixons and HMV.
Within six months, the store had gone into liquidation with *everything* in the store being given a price tag for auction. Everything from the company sports cars in the rear car park to the front sign above the high street doors. Even the office desk and the official company directors note pad were up for auction.
The sad part was that you could see where he and the accountant had analyzed the inventory, the sales trends and price changes only to realize they were loaded with stuff nobody could buy. There was a bargain bucket filled with joysticks, game pads and other accessories.
thing was that you could see where he had done the n
Easy. When people go shopping for one item, they usually want to buy a complete outfit. Like buying a new suit with matching shoes, tie, shirt and cufflinks. Same with necklace, earrings and rings. Usually each store will specialize in one particular combination of material like gemstones or metals, and recommend the other shops for other items.
Could you imagine what would happen if these corporations were able to not only patent these genes but also derived works from random combinations of these genes. Allowing parents on detection processes and chemical formula seems fair enough.
You don't really notice that while you are in a country like the UK. But as soon as you move to a neighbouring country in Europe, you suddenly find that all the big issues (like "austerity measures", "the war on terror" are non-issues). Almost as if they were deliberately the state of siege.
There is a sales term called the (Adam) Osborne effect. Based in the era of "luggage" computer where a CRY screen, twin floppy Fisk drives and a transformer could fit into something as small as a suitcase, Adam Osborne proudly announced at one new product exhibition that the next model that they were going to be selling in there months time was going to have even more features. The end result was that no-one was interested in buying or developing for the current model.
Some people were doing that type of research in last computer science department. Face recognition works on the T shaped area of the face defined by the eyebrows, nose, eyes and mouth. Things like glasses, beards moustaches and piercings could throw things off track.
Sounds like squirrels are a cheaper alternative than postgrad students. The only problem is trying to express problems such as gene interactions and superconductor formula in terms of "find the shortest path to the nuts". Once that is solved, the nation has solved the problem of a shortage of STEM researchers.
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I'll agree with that. Whatever British political party is in power, they always want more surveillance. Which political party is out of power, they will oppose the introduction of new powers.
It's been like that since the 1980's at least. They used to comment in Usenet that the British public were like frogs being boiled slowly. They wouldn't notice the slow erosion of their rights until it was too late.
They are starting to compare smartphones to Orwells telescreen, except that now the proles csn afford them.
Typical Marxist strategy is to have so many rules, regulations, by-laws and other bits of legislation that at any time someone is always breaking something. Then they can drag any opponent through the courts, give them a criminal record as well as confiscate their property.
Look up the lyrics to "The Ostrich" by Steppenwolf.
I had to take a database theory class to understand the dangers of "unique identifiers" with web forums and other systems. You might not give out your name, but mentioning the last few employers is enough to identify you. Just one historical local event can be identifiable to a city.
It's been proven that steal-to-order burglars have used google maps to identify churches to steal the lead roofing materials from. Mobile phones have been used by drug dealing and smuggling syndicates. Tourist helicopter flyovers have been used to help thieves identify property to steal (one family had a granite lion stolen from their garden even though it was hidden by bushes at street level and cemented in place).
I always wondered why USB connecting my mobile phone to my laptop wpuld well and truly mess up the wi-fi connection for 24 hours. Even rebooting wouldn't fix the problem. Hint: the mobile phone would appear to the PC as a file system with auto-run. The most annoying thing was that on a Windows PC, the auto-run would reroute the network settings through the mobile phone network.
bios level remote access, KVM switches - some sys-admins want remote BIOS level access to their servers. The software replicates the framebuffer as well as mouse anf keyboard events across the internet.
Sometimes they mean IT skills, like switching a computer on, using a word processor, reading and sending E-mail, using a spreadsheet application and printing documents. In some deprived parts of the UK school-leavers don't even know how to do those things.
Start by teaching the concept of Turing machines. An set of symbols representing instructions. Anything from cooking instructions, music sheets to computer programs. Then digital representation requires the use of binary to represent data, logic gates and flowcharts. Move onto microprocessors, CPU and GPU. Cover basic things like RAM, ROM, cache, registers, microcode, assembly language, high level languages and scripts. Move onto operating systems, security, passwords, the internet (clients, routers and sevets) and the need for encryption.
We used to havd SYS Computer Studies as well as Physics and Mathematics. Mathematics covered vector-matrix algebra, while Physics covered topics like the electromagnetic spectrum, photons, refraction, gravity and Keplers laes of motion. Writing little animation programs to denonstrate your understanding was the best way to learn.
There was a guy who was to report to his local police station every day because ho complained that secret mlitary tests made his incadescent light bulbs burn out. He kept a logbook of every tine this happened. It only happened 9 to 5, mondays to fridays.
You can get remote control light bulbs these days - these are infra-red controlled for on/off and color. If they can fit an Ir sensor inside, they can fit a CCD sensor and microphone. They could even fit a fibgerprint reader on the on/off switch.
Discussuon on a talk show:
Interviewer: "Now Dr., can you explain what the obstacles are to a manned mission are?
Scientist: "Well, the first problem is getting your vehicle out into Earth orbit. Then you have to get your trajectory right in order to reach Mars orbit. Then you can send down an exploration vehicle. The main problems are carrying enough food and water as well as waste disposal. Radiation is another problem. But all of these problems have solutions developed for terrestrial exploration."
Interviewer: "So, it's not really rocket science, doing this exploration?"
Scientist: "Actually, it is rocket science!"
Guess the space mice win this race again.
Theoretically, there is enough information in the actual font of the text, the frame that the text is on, and the material and texture of the wall to identify that location uniquely.
If you have seen that sign before, you would be able to recognise that location. USA street names tend to be white text on small blue rectangular signs at 90 degrees to each other, and on posts. London street names tend to be white rectangular plates mounted on walls along with the postcode at the bottom. In Scotland, thr streetnames are white on black tiles with a pointing hand.
Others I can't classify, like the word "essex" in white text on a green frame with a curvy bit on top.
Yes. Visited the store the days before the liquidation sale was about to take place. Saw the sports cars at the back, the replica models on the desk, the luxury executive desk and chair. Sales manager types said that he had reached saturation point with just about every product range there was. There were only so many office PC systems in the city. Even fewer who needed Soundblaster cards and game controllers.
Yes, that was the one. It was like walking through a ghost ship, or a place that had been visited by "Neutron Jack". Everything was there as it was exactly until the moment they declared bankruptcy.
This isn't the first time that this has happened to a British game store. Back in the 1990's, a local store was set up by a local kid who had left school at 16. The local papers were hyping his store as going up may the major chains like Virgin, Dixons and HMV.
Within six months, the store had gone into liquidation with *everything* in the store being given a price tag for auction. Everything from the company sports cars in the rear car park to the front sign above the high street doors. Even the office desk and the official company directors note pad were up for auction.
The sad part was that you could see where he and the accountant had analyzed the inventory, the sales trends and price changes only to realize they were loaded with stuff nobody could buy. There was a bargain bucket filled with joysticks, game pads and other accessories.
thing was that you could see where he had done the n
Easy. When people go shopping for one item, they usually want to buy a complete outfit. Like buying a new suit with matching shoes, tie, shirt and cufflinks. Same with necklace, earrings and rings. Usually each store will specialize in one particular combination of material like gemstones or metals, and recommend the other shops for other items.
Could you imagine what would happen if these corporations were able to not only patent these genes but also derived works from random combinations of these genes. Allowing parents on detection processes and chemical formula seems fair enough.
You don't really notice that while you are in a country like the UK. But as soon as you move to a neighbouring country in Europe, you suddenly find that all the big issues (like "austerity measures", "the war on terror" are non-issues). Almost as if they were deliberately the state of siege.
There is a sales term called the (Adam) Osborne effect. Based in the era of "luggage" computer where a CRY screen, twin floppy Fisk drives and a transformer could fit into something as small as a suitcase, Adam Osborne proudly announced at one new product exhibition that the next model that they were going to be selling in there months time was going to have even more features. The end result was that no-one was interested in buying or developing for the current model.
Some people were doing that type of research in last computer science department. Face recognition works on the T shaped area of the face defined by the eyebrows, nose, eyes and mouth. Things like glasses, beards moustaches and piercings could throw things off track.
Sounds like squirrels are a cheaper alternative than postgrad students. The only problem is trying to express problems such as gene interactions and superconductor formula in terms of "find the shortest path to the nuts". Once that is solved, the nation has solved the problem of a shortage of STEM researchers.
That was hallucinigenics. Try and make the target see what they most feared. I'd have thought Batmans worst fear would to be tangled up in nets.