And go through the legal costs and time? Why? No, the correct thing was done.
There are pets who are dead. There could have been children in that house.
Seriously, you think it's okay to stand and watch a property burn down and lives be lost because someone has the misfortune to be poor and live on the wrong side of an invisible line some politician created?
If his county won't provide fire coverage, they should be paying the neighboring one for service. The idea that you have entire counties without fire cover is astonishing. What if you're in a car accident there, do you not get emergency help?
In the meantime, the fire service should have a fixed fee for fire fighting where the $75 insurance hasn't been paid. Even if it was $1,500, at least folk would have a way of getting cover. The idea that in the event of a fire, some jobsworth can say no coverage is available is crazy. For firefighters to actually be on the scene and stand and watch a house burn is sickening.
It's thoughts like those that land coders in trouble.
We have an expert on the record saying it's very very hard, and an AC posting saying the opposite. Who to trust???
What if there's a flaw in the smart card hardware that allowed votes cast to be transmitted differently? What if the master key were to be exposed and someone launched a MITM attack? What if there's an exploitable flaw in the operating system of the server collecting or collating the votes?
You have a solution to just one tiny part of the giant jigsaw puzzle. Still think it wouldn't be hard?
"As Bruce Schneier points out "a secure Internet voting system is theoretically possible, but it would be the first secure networked application ever created in the history of computers."
and...
"Mr.Schneier points out, 'building a secure Internet-based voting system is a very hard problem, harder than all the other computer security problems we've attempted and failed at. I believe that the risks to democacy are too great to attempt it.'"
I think anyone wanting to build a secure online voting system should give those quotes some really serious thought before starting. Then before they write any code, they should be to explain why they believe they are right and one of the field's most respected experts is wrong.
In this case, the closed and proprietary VoIP protocol enables people to work around price discrimination on closed and proprietary wires.
But surely there are decent SIP clients for Android? My 4 year old Nokia E Series can do native SIP voip calls over 3G or WIFI, integrating fully with the built in phonebook. I can select a number from the phone book and call it over the cellphone network or through my asterisk box at home. My cell phone can act as a local extension of the home phone system.
It doesn't do SIP based video calls, but as a phone it works a charm, and the functionality is standard.
Ah, so what you want are the benefits of being a US citizen - the emergency extraction if where you stay becomes a war zone, the consular assistance in almost every country on earth, plus the option to return for your retirement and use medicare, all without paying?
If you don't like it, renounce your citizenship. Your obligations to the US end at that point.
Not at all. Go to another country that will take you. Undertake whatever they require to gain citizenship. Visit your nearest US embassy, pay the fee and you no longer have any obligation to the US.
And just try getting them to explain how the computer decides to allocate 'long wait' movies when they do become available. Eventually I was told that your priority moves up, even if it's further down the queue, then when the title becomes available you have to move it to the top of the queue. Of course the reason it's in 'long wait' status is because of high demand, so by the time you move it up your queue, it's already been shipped to someone else.
Their customer service are actually very good at replying quickly. They just don't have the knowledge base to actually answer your questions, nor do they have the power to do anything about it.
I listed a whole host of oscar winning movies which were unavailable or on long wait. I asked why they weren't stocking them. All were readily available to buy online. The stock reply was that sometimes the movie companies stop making the movies so they can't buy any more.
If you reply to a customer service rep with a followup question, the ticket will be handled by a different agent who invariably replies with the same boilerplate the first agent used.
They don't have free streaming, so what separated their plans from Netflix was that you could exchange in store.
Here they closed all three local stores leaving over 100,000 people without a local Blockbuster. Overnight, their rent by post plans were more expensive than Netflix and more restrictive. They also appeared to be slowing down shipping movies, where they'd often be sent out the day after your return was received, rather than the same day.
Then they started rolling out kiosks, like RedBox. But if you have a mail in subscription, you can't use your free rental coupons in their kiosks and you can't do returns or exchanges to their kiosks.
They seem hell bent on destroying themselves, and that doesn't engender much sympathy.
In Q2 2010, PC makers shipped a combined 82.5 million devices. HP and Dell combined to ship over 25 million computers.
Over the course of a year, that's 330 million PCs. Assuming each one has a life span of four years, that puts 1.32 billion PCs in use.
Apple have achieved great sales numbers with the iPad. I've no doubt that they created a new market segment (though one that would likely have been created anyway). It's still useful to be able to place that 4m number in comparison with the billion plus computers already out there (and able to run Flash too!).
As pointed out by drewhk (1744562), this review appears to be a work for hire by a firm that is paid to write book reviews by authors and publishers. LinkedIn lists Gary Sorkin as Founder/Consultant for Pacific Communication Group, and the whois entry lists Nicole Sorkin as Registrant. There is an identical review on Amazon that is attributed to the firm.
The/. Book Review Guidelines state:
"Important: If you have a relationship (other than as an ordinary reader) to the author or publisher of a book you're reviewing, disclose that relationship. "
I wonder if such a relationship exists, and if so why it is hidden?
Ah, I see your issue - it's a commercial review from a company employed by the publisher.
I don't mind someone reviewing a book in two places, but you're spot on - a company hired by the author/publisher shouldn't be the one to judge a book as 10/10.
It would be nice if they;s mentioned that their review was a work for hire.
The summary is exactly the same as the first "review" in amazon. What a coincidence. I call BS.
I'm not sure what you mean. Why should someone not be allowed to write a review for Amazon and for/.
It's not like the reviewer tried to hide who they are. From the summary, "reviewer Gary R. Sorkin" and the first review on Amazon is by the very same "Gary Sorkin".
Without the review having been posted here, many would never have heard of the book nor found it on amazon
One 'benefit' of DRM is that it should make lending or even reselling trivial. Frankly I don't mind if there's even a small admin charge to cover the DRM costs.
I bought my first book on my iPad. Told a friend about it and they said "oh, I'd love to borrow that when you're finished'. Immediately it is clear that I have rented the book and I have to say sorry. The user experience is crap. Users are losing a right they have held for centuries.
Barnes and Noble have made a pathetic attempt by allowing one time 14 day sharing. Really it's just an advertising tool for the Nook.
The iPad is just a large iPhone that can't make calls. It is not a general purpose computer.
Did you just make up a new definition to suit your bias?
I think it's fair to say the iPad has at the very least a CPU, memory and I/O device.
It very clearly can be seen that it is capable of a wide variety of uses - web browsing, ereader, computer learning software, games, music player, video player.
Exactly why do you not consider it to be a general-purpose computer?
Well, I was working on the assumption that any such place would have corridors, somewhere to eat etc.
It's also quite possible to focus grow lights on a plant without spreading light everywhere else.
Someone else commented on the issue of natural light hitting computer screens. That too sounds like a design problem that allows unwanted light to hit those screens.
These are issues that are hard to tackle in a retrofit. They should be an integral design aspect of a new build property.
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There are pets who are dead. There could have been children in that house.
Seriously, you think it's okay to stand and watch a property burn down and lives be lost because someone has the misfortune to be poor and live on the wrong side of an invisible line some politician created?
If his county won't provide fire coverage, they should be paying the neighboring one for service. The idea that you have entire counties without fire cover is astonishing. What if you're in a car accident there, do you not get emergency help?
In the meantime, the fire service should have a fixed fee for fire fighting where the $75 insurance hasn't been paid. Even if it was $1,500, at least folk would have a way of getting cover. The idea that in the event of a fire, some jobsworth can say no coverage is available is crazy. For firefighters to actually be on the scene and stand and watch a house burn is sickening.
It's thoughts like those that land coders in trouble.
We have an expert on the record saying it's very very hard, and an AC posting saying the opposite. Who to trust???
What if there's a flaw in the smart card hardware that allowed votes cast to be transmitted differently? What if the master key were to be exposed and someone launched a MITM attack? What if there's an exploitable flaw in the operating system of the server collecting or collating the votes?
You have a solution to just one tiny part of the giant jigsaw puzzle. Still think it wouldn't be hard?
They could also be collected by political parties from voters through theft, bribery or coercion then used to cast multiple votes.
Many years ago there was a GNU project to create an online secure voting software. It's a great idea.
In 2002, they finally stopped development. They explain why here: http://www.gnu.org/software/free/
Quoting from that page:
"As Bruce Schneier points out "a secure Internet voting system is theoretically possible, but it would be the first secure networked application ever created in the history of computers."
and...
"Mr.Schneier points out, 'building a secure Internet-based voting system is a very hard problem, harder than all the other computer security problems we've attempted and failed at. I believe that the risks to democacy are too great to attempt it.'"
I think anyone wanting to build a secure online voting system should give those quotes some really serious thought before starting. Then before they write any code, they should be to explain why they believe they are right and one of the field's most respected experts is wrong.
But surely there are decent SIP clients for Android? My 4 year old Nokia E Series can do native SIP voip calls over 3G or WIFI, integrating fully with the built in phonebook. I can select a number from the phone book and call it over the cellphone network or through my asterisk box at home. My cell phone can act as a local extension of the home phone system.
It doesn't do SIP based video calls, but as a phone it works a charm, and the functionality is standard.
Or you could have purchased an Acer Revo for 200 bucks. It does Hd video comfortably and draws 20 watts so is cheap to run.
Assuming your time is worth $20/hour, what was the real cost of searching for parts, putting it together etc etc?
Having had multiple accounts with them for over five years, I don't recall being charged a fee once.
Either you heard wrong, or are doing something wrong.
They also completely ignore that about 30% of the increase is accounted for by inflation. So in 2009 dollars, the 1999 budget would have been $2.21T
Ah, so what you want are the benefits of being a US citizen - the emergency extraction if where you stay becomes a war zone, the consular assistance in almost every country on earth, plus the option to return for your retirement and use medicare, all without paying?
If you don't like it, renounce your citizenship. Your obligations to the US end at that point.
Not at all. Go to another country that will take you. Undertake whatever they require to gain citizenship. Visit your nearest US embassy, pay the fee and you no longer have any obligation to the US.
I had those great conversations too.
And just try getting them to explain how the computer decides to allocate 'long wait' movies when they do become available. Eventually I was told that your priority moves up, even if it's further down the queue, then when the title becomes available you have to move it to the top of the queue. Of course the reason it's in 'long wait' status is because of high demand, so by the time you move it up your queue, it's already been shipped to someone else.
Their customer service are actually very good at replying quickly. They just don't have the knowledge base to actually answer your questions, nor do they have the power to do anything about it.
I listed a whole host of oscar winning movies which were unavailable or on long wait. I asked why they weren't stocking them. All were readily available to buy online. The stock reply was that sometimes the movie companies stop making the movies so they can't buy any more.
If you reply to a customer service rep with a followup question, the ticket will be handled by a different agent who invariably replies with the same boilerplate the first agent used.
It's incredibly frustrating.
It's an incredible strategy they're undertaking.
They don't have free streaming, so what separated their plans from Netflix was that you could exchange in store.
Here they closed all three local stores leaving over 100,000 people without a local Blockbuster. Overnight, their rent by post plans were more expensive than Netflix and more restrictive. They also appeared to be slowing down shipping movies, where they'd often be sent out the day after your return was received, rather than the same day.
Then they started rolling out kiosks, like RedBox. But if you have a mail in subscription, you can't use your free rental coupons in their kiosks and you can't do returns or exchanges to their kiosks.
They seem hell bent on destroying themselves, and that doesn't engender much sympathy.
Nokia sell that many smart phones in seven months.
In Q2 2010, PC makers shipped a combined 82.5 million devices. HP and Dell combined to ship over 25 million computers.
Over the course of a year, that's 330 million PCs. Assuming each one has a life span of four years, that puts 1.32 billion PCs in use.
Apple have achieved great sales numbers with the iPad. I've no doubt that they created a new market segment (though one that would likely have been created anyway). It's still useful to be able to place that 4m number in comparison with the billion plus computers already out there (and able to run Flash too!).
Hey, I can't see you. Is your camera turned on?
As pointed out by drewhk (1744562), this review appears to be a work for hire by a firm that is paid to write book reviews by authors and publishers. LinkedIn lists Gary Sorkin as Founder/Consultant for Pacific Communication Group, and the whois entry lists Nicole Sorkin as Registrant. There is an identical review on Amazon that is attributed to the firm.
The /. Book Review Guidelines state:
"Important: If you have a relationship (other than as an ordinary reader) to the author or publisher of a book you're reviewing, disclose that relationship. "
I wonder if such a relationship exists, and if so why it is hidden?
Ah, I see your issue - it's a commercial review from a company employed by the publisher.
I don't mind someone reviewing a book in two places, but you're spot on - a company hired by the author/publisher shouldn't be the one to judge a book as 10/10.
It would be nice if they;s mentioned that their review was a work for hire.
I'm not sure what you mean. Why should someone not be allowed to write a review for Amazon and for /.
It's not like the reviewer tried to hide who they are. From the summary, "reviewer Gary R. Sorkin" and the first review on Amazon is by the very same "Gary Sorkin".
Without the review having been posted here, many would never have heard of the book nor found it on amazon
Well, at least they aren't trying to buy up the entire first run of the kindle edition.
One 'benefit' of DRM is that it should make lending or even reselling trivial. Frankly I don't mind if there's even a small admin charge to cover the DRM costs.
I bought my first book on my iPad. Told a friend about it and they said "oh, I'd love to borrow that when you're finished'. Immediately it is clear that I have rented the book and I have to say sorry. The user experience is crap. Users are losing a right they have held for centuries.
Barnes and Noble have made a pathetic attempt by allowing one time 14 day sharing. Really it's just an advertising tool for the Nook.
Did you just make up a new definition to suit your bias?
I think it's fair to say the iPad has at the very least a CPU, memory and I/O device.
It very clearly can be seen that it is capable of a wide variety of uses - web browsing, ereader, computer learning software, games, music player, video player.
Exactly why do you not consider it to be a general-purpose computer?
But you can search before the fade in. The cursor is already in the box. Just type and hit enter.
The whole point of the fade in is to make sure there's no garbage coming between you and Google's main objective, search.
I suspect you're right.
Nevertheless, you can have an ssh terminal, vnc client and an X windows server.
And a colour changing logo affects your work day in what way? You realise no one at Google forced you to spend the afternoon playing pacman.
You can still type in a query, click search and get your results.
To be honest, I usually miss out on the doodles because it's so much quicker in Firefox to hit Ctrl K then type your query.
Well, I was working on the assumption that any such place would have corridors, somewhere to eat etc.
It's also quite possible to focus grow lights on a plant without spreading light everywhere else.
Someone else commented on the issue of natural light hitting computer screens. That too sounds like a design problem that allows unwanted light to hit those screens.
These are issues that are hard to tackle in a retrofit. They should be an integral design aspect of a new build property.