Ah...ok. Well, the chances of that passing, or the current one getting extended is pretty slim, I'd wager. All the lawsuits against it have held up so far, but given the number of people that are completely freaked out about it, I'd be amazed to see it continue after the current one expires.
The amount of RFID equipment that it would take to cover every inch of a library is pretty substantial, and that equipment is damn expensive. We have some of it to mess around with there, and you have been inches away to get it to react. The equipment involved is very expensive, and not very big.
The equipment to do detection from even farther away is MUCH more expensive.
With the paranoia going around the library systems these days, I seriously doubt they'll be putting this type of equipment in to do that sort of detection. The chances that some government agency would do something like that are even smaller, since the library would scream bloody murder.
This is how they got the Unabomber and the Zodiac Killer. This is nothing new. Grand juries have been doing this for years. A judge still needs to give approval to do it.
The Patriot Act gives the government power to strip citizenship based on the Attourney General's whims, and hold secret trials where one can't face the accuser.
This sounds like complete FUD to me, because in looking in the Patriot Act itself, I can't seem to find it. Sounds like you've been listening to other people's idea of what it is, rather than getting the facts for yourself.
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.htm l
RFID has nothing to do with the Patriot Act, and you can bet that if the San Francisco Public Library is using 'em, then it DOUBLE doesn't have anything to do with the Patriot Act.
Of course, any library could switch from the ISBN system to a serial number system at the bequest of Ashcroft and his thugs.
This is complete FUD and a cheap shot. There's nothing in the Patriot act that would anyone to turn on any kind of system like that on the library as a whole.
I used to the the "loyal employee" too. The VP of the company came in, told me there was going to be a layoff. My first thought was for some of the other people in the group that had less experience, and would have a hard time finding a job. Turns it, it was just me and two other folks from the group.
It really shouldn't have come as a big surprise, the company was in a death spiral, but I couldn't read the signs of that back then. Company went from over 200 people in development down to just a couple, over the course of the next year or so.
That the best job I ever had. I ended up having to go work for another place in town, one with a well-deserved bad reputation. It really sucked.
The thing that sucks even worse, now, is that I've worked at a GREAT place before, so I know how good it can be...not like most places these days.
That was the last job I remained "loyal" too. I've been suspicious of every move a company makes since then, and I'll tell you, it sucks having to feel like you have to do that.
No offense, but if I received a resume like that (with a copyright notice), I'd throw it in the trash.
Everyone else on this is right about copyright notices, you don't need one to already be protected. Putting one on there might make you feel better, but it's more than likely to be bypassed if it gets into the hands of a hiring manager.
I tried to use Matrix Resources too, and I have to say, I was pretty disappointed. The recruiter I worked with tried to get me to take lower paying jobs, sent me on an interview for a place that did consulting work (which I specifically said I didn't want, and didn't find THAT out until I got there for the interview).
I'm at a much higher paying job now, and it's pretty stress free.
But, it's not the staff that's doing it. It's the grass roots folks. When's the last time "grass roots" folks have been part of the staff making decisions after the election to an office that high? Hell, even city council people don't add "grass roots" folks to their staff once they're elected.
You know, I like free software as much as the next geek, but as for him "promoting free software"... well, he's not. His campaign staff is...give credit where credit is due. I seriously don't think he knows about this promotion.
It'll be interesting to see if any competing campaigns take it up and use it for their communities.
More candidates should do this.
Frankly, I'd be interesting in hearing more about General Clarke's ideas on time travel. (Follow the link... he actually talks about this. I kid you not).
Right, the initial ruling did, which is why it was thrown out. It was like applying the law for jaywalking to murder. Didn't have anything to do with each other.
They were trying to apply the equal protection clause, which is part of the constitution, and the basis for Bush v. Gore. THAT's what the three judge panel tried to apply, and did it incorrectly. That's what I was saying. Check it out. They were trying to twist the decision in B. v. G. to apply in this case, as if it was the law. The full court saw this, and threw it out.
The 3-judge panel was making up the law by misapplying something in the Constitution for something in this case that didn't exist. It had no basis in the Constitution for the situation they were talking about.
If it had been, they wouldn't have been overturned.
Exactly right.... Government can't violate anyone's right to free speech, but there's no "right" to make other people listen to that "free speech". It's the old "You can say what you want, but we don't have to listen to it". Thank goodness.
Good thing Congress is likely to vote for the FTC to be granted the authority to put the Do Not Call list into practice soon. There were some pretty ticked off congressmen after this ruling was announced.
It's not a consitutional question because nothing happened to violate the equal protection clause. They pre-emptively ruled on something that "might" happen, not something that did happen. They were in fact making up an excuse. That's why the 11 member panel overturned it.
The joyboard was meant to be stood on. It was demoed on Good Morning America by Suzy Chaffee (remember the girl nicknamed Suzy Chapstick from those Chapstick commercials? That was her). The Guru Meditation was coined by the folks that would try and sit on it and balance.
That's all info from a speech that RJ Mical gave back at one of the numerous Amiga conferences. (I did see the GMA demo myself though).
What's the most number of CPUs that you can run in one box under Solaris? Some question for Linux. Can someone answer that for me?
One of the things that bugged me about Linux when I was paying closer attention to the kernel was that Linus seemed to be completely against finely-grained semaphores in the kernel and basically opted for huge chunks semaphored code instead. In order to be able to take advantage of a high number of CPUs in a system, the Linux kernel is going to have to go to that route, or you'll end up with a lot of CPUs spinning cycles while they wait for other CPUs to finish up whatever they're doing. (That's assuming of course that Linux allows multiple processes in kernel context at the same time, vs. the traditional Unix model).
Unless Linux can solve this sort of problem, Solaris will have an advantage because they can throw more hardware into one box, and have the kernel take advantage of it.
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Ah...ok. Well, the chances of that passing, or the current one getting extended is pretty slim, I'd wager. All the lawsuits against it have held up so far, but given the number of people that are completely freaked out about it, I'd be amazed to see it continue after the current one expires.
The amount of RFID equipment that it would take to cover every inch of a library is pretty substantial, and that equipment is damn expensive. We have some of it to mess around with there, and you have been inches away to get it to react. The equipment involved is very expensive, and not very big.
The equipment to do detection from even farther away is MUCH more expensive.
With the paranoia going around the library systems these days, I seriously doubt they'll be putting this type of equipment in to do that sort of detection. The chances that some government agency would do something like that are even smaller, since the library would scream bloody murder.
This is how they got the Unabomber and the Zodiac Killer. This is nothing new. Grand juries have been doing this for years. A judge still needs to give approval to do it.
This sounds like complete FUD to me, because in looking in the Patriot Act itself, I can't seem to find it. Sounds like you've been listening to other people's idea of what it is, rather than getting the facts for yourself.
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.ht
RFID has nothing to do with the Patriot Act, and you can bet that if the San Francisco Public Library is using 'em, then it DOUBLE doesn't have anything to do with the Patriot Act.
This is complete FUD and a cheap shot. There's nothing in the Patriot act that would anyone to turn on any kind of system like that on the library as a whole.
If there is, by all means, point it out.
This guy has a reputation for doing this sort of thing, and more people need to know about it.
I used to the the "loyal employee" too. The VP of the company came in, told me there was going to be a layoff. My first thought was for some of the other people in the group that had less experience, and would have a hard time finding a job. Turns it, it was just me and two other folks from the group.
It really shouldn't have come as a big surprise, the company was in a death spiral, but I couldn't read the signs of that back then. Company went from over 200 people in development down to just a couple, over the course of the next year or so.
That the best job I ever had. I ended up having to go work for another place in town, one with a well-deserved bad reputation. It really sucked.
The thing that sucks even worse, now, is that I've worked at a GREAT place before, so I know how good it can be...not like most places these days.
That was the last job I remained "loyal" too. I've been suspicious of every move a company makes since then, and I'll tell you, it sucks having to feel like you have to do that.
Didn't you have two week severance coming?
No offense, but if I received a resume like that (with a copyright notice), I'd throw it in the trash.
Everyone else on this is right about copyright notices, you don't need one to already be protected.
Putting one on there might make you feel better, but it's more than likely to be bypassed if it gets into the hands of a hiring manager.
I'm at a much higher paying job now, and it's pretty stress free.
But, it's not the staff that's doing it. It's the grass roots folks. When's the last time "grass roots" folks have been part of the staff making decisions after the election to an office that high? Hell, even city council people don't add "grass roots" folks to their staff once they're elected.
Read the article. Faster than light travel implies time travel. Even says that in the article.
Apparently, YOU should read the article before shooting off your mouth, eh?
You know, I like free software as much as the next geek, but as for him "promoting free software"... well, he's not. His campaign staff is...give credit where credit is due. I seriously don't think he knows about this promotion.
It'll be interesting to see if any competing campaigns take it up and use it for their communities.
Hmmm..maybe some /. spelling technology would help me too. :-)
More candidates should do this. Frankly, I'd be interesting in hearing more about General Clarke's ideas on time travel. (Follow the link... he actually talks about this. I kid you not).
Right, the initial ruling did, which is why it was thrown out. It was like applying the law for jaywalking to murder. Didn't have anything to do with each other.
They were trying to apply the equal protection clause, which is part of the constitution, and the basis for Bush v. Gore. THAT's what the three judge panel tried to apply, and did it incorrectly. That's what I was saying. Check it out. They were trying to twist the decision in B. v. G. to apply in this case, as if it was the law. The full court saw this, and threw it out.
They cited Bush v. Gore, but it had nothing to do with the equal protection clause in that case, and that's why they were overturned.
The 3-judge panel was making up the law by misapplying something in the Constitution for something in this case that didn't exist. It had no basis in the Constitution for the situation they were talking about.
If it had been, they wouldn't have been overturned.
Exactly right.... Government can't violate anyone's right to free speech, but there's no "right" to make other people listen to that "free speech". It's the old "You can say what you want, but we don't have to listen to it". Thank goodness.
Good thing Congress is likely to vote for the FTC to be granted the authority to put the Do Not Call list into practice soon. There were some pretty ticked off congressmen after this ruling was announced.
It's not a consitutional question because nothing happened to violate the equal protection clause. They pre-emptively ruled on something that "might" happen, not something that did happen. They were in fact making up an excuse. That's why the 11 member panel overturned it.
The joyboard was meant to be stood on. It was demoed on Good Morning America by Suzy Chaffee (remember the girl nicknamed Suzy Chapstick from those Chapstick commercials? That was her). The Guru Meditation was coined by the folks that would try and sit on it and balance.
That's all info from a speech that RJ Mical gave back at one of the numerous Amiga conferences. (I did see the GMA demo myself though).
So, I have to ask, because I don't really know.
What's the most number of CPUs that you can run in one box under Solaris? Some question for Linux. Can someone answer that for me?
One of the things that bugged me about Linux when I was paying closer attention to the kernel was that Linus seemed to be completely against finely-grained semaphores in the kernel and basically opted for huge chunks semaphored code instead. In order to be able to take advantage of a high number of CPUs in a system, the Linux kernel is going to have to go to that route, or you'll end up with a lot of CPUs spinning cycles while they wait for other CPUs to finish up whatever they're doing. (That's assuming of course that Linux allows multiple processes in kernel context at the same time, vs. the traditional Unix model).
Unless Linux can solve this sort of problem, Solaris will have an advantage because they can throw more hardware into one box, and have the kernel take advantage of it.