Second problem: hanging laundry. It takes a lot of space and you need a relatively low-humidity place to do the drying where people aren't going to steal your stuff.
1. Yes, three hours. Put laundry on, go do other things. Come back later and its done.
2. Most folk in the US have significantly more space than in the UK, yet in the UK it's still common to hang clothes to dry. Apartment blocks typically have shared space for drying clothes. A rotating clothesline takes very little space.
3. The UK frequently has inclement weather. Many folk don't even own tumble dryers and still get clothes clean.
4. That appliance has running costs. Wind is free.
Based on a 50 minute drying time. Assuming you clothes do not take that amount of time then it is not more energy efficient. It also means you can't use gas for your dryer which increases the demand of electricity.
Why on earth would you think that if it halves the time for a load that takes 50 minutes, it wouldn't also shorten the drying time for quicker drying fabrics? I don't think there's anything magic about the 50 minute time suggested, it's just a typical length of time for a dryer to run.
As for using electricity, we're coming up with all manner of renewable sources for electricity. Not so much for natural gas. Gas has cost advantages at present (assuming you have a gas line at your dryer location) but they're less likely to be there in the future.
Google does offer a patch. Android is open source.
Users need to vote with their wallets, refusing to buy from manufacturers who customize Android, usually to the customer's detriment, then fail to commit to monthly security updates.
With the Pound now trading at around $1.23, and the UK app store incorporating VAT at 20% while the US store doesn't include sales tax in the list priced, this sounds about right. Certainly the "UK premium" is nothing like the 50-100% that wasn't uncommon a decade or so ago.
Apple look simply to be pricing in the devaluation in Sterling that has occurred since the beginning of Brexit. I'm not sure anyone can find much to fault with that. The real question is how quickly Apple will move to reduce prices if/when the Pound recovers?
There was a GNU project to create free software for online voting. In 2002, Jason Kitcat the project coordinator abandoned development, pointing to this quote from Bruce Schneier: "a secure Internet voting system is theoretically possible, but it would be the first secure networked application ever created in the history of computers."
I don't see anything having changed in the intervening fourteen years, other than perhaps attackers getting more sophisticated. We may not have internet voting, but the idea that voting machines or those used in the tabulation of votes are connected to the internet is madness.
I still believe that regulators should require that, if a caller ID is to be presented, it should be traceable to an individual in the originating country (with the carrier responsible if it's not). A carrier should be able to warrant this to its interconnects - if it can't, that carrier's calls will all be presented with no caller ID.
Customers can then reject calls without caller ID or from other countries if necessary.,Where caller ID is presented it is then traceable to a person, enabling existing state rules about such calls to be enforced.
There is no good reason that I should be able to buy a VOIP account for a couple of dollars a month and spoof any caller ID.
Perhaps, but if you read the thread you will recognize that I am referring to the OPs use of purpose.
So, in the alternate, you could say that it's purpose it to intelligently respond to natural language after hearing a wake word. A cynic may go further and suggest that the intelligent response will be determined in part by Amazon's ability to monetize the response.
Nonetheless, the design and intent are for the device to transmit language after hearing a wake word. If it operates outside that design and intent, this should be detectable if your router is secure and able to track outbound usage on a per device basis.
Actually, its purpose is to listen for a wake word, then send the next sentence to the cloud for processing.
For someone concerned about wiretapping, it would make sense to monitor outbound data use by the echo. Spikes caused by wiretapping should be obvious since it does not normally transmit everything it hears.
If somehow you could have gotten all of this done with a client and an IMAP server (at least for individuals without intra-user shared data) maybe a more open client model would have held on to some of the market because the back-end could have been a single system and not a mashup of a half-dozen different services.
Why would a bandwidth heavy standard like IMAP support have saved things? We already have open standards for calendar and contacts, CalDAV and CardDAV respectfully. And there are open source server solutions that implement them, such as Zimbra.
I've had the original, the 4S and when 6 came out I decided against it on two reasons and got a 5s - I don't need a door to carry in my pocket and I don't need a snitch that can be read by any passer by. So if they put the innards of whatever 6 or 6s in the SE without removing the NFC I am not going to get one. NFC and wallet and fingerprint reader are bad for security
So let's get this right, you're comfortable with your phone broadcasting over bluetooth, wireless 802.11 a,b,c,g and n, 2g, 3g and LTE wireless signals in CDMA and GSM etc. But when it comes to NFC you draw a line? That makes perfect sense.
I tend to agree. Car recalls are nothing new. I can only imagine the reaction here if Apple announced that you'd have to take your iPhone back to the Apple Store for OS upgrades or security patches.
Cars have a lot more computer than in the past. It makes them more efficient and it makes them safer. The entertainment system is massively more complex than an old fashioned tape deck, and that lets us have a more enjoyable drive. With all that code, there are going to be things that can be improved or which need fixed, and therefore software updates are inevitable. Given many cars now have 10,000 mile service windows, I for one would rather not wait a year until the dealer installs it at the next oil change.
Isn't there a law on the books yet about timely notifications?
There's no indication that American Express themselves were compromised. They can only notify their cardholders once the third-party service provider tells them something happened. My guess is that the service provider didn't know until recently.
Now you won't have to hire a surveyor to find out where the edge of your property is.
That would require your property boundaries to be described in coordinates, rather than beginning at the iron pin 20 feet east south east from the largest oak tree; thence northwest 1 furlong until the stone wall bounding farmer Jones' land. More accurate GPS isn't really going to help you interpret something like this. At least the US doesn't have to deal with issues like changes to the length of a furlong made by Queen Elizabeth I.
You would have a hard time convincing me that no passing/passing allowed lines are not helpful.
They are a nightmare. The double yellow lines that are prevalent in the US with very limited passing zones prevent people overtaking in otherwise clear stretches, then encourage it in shorter stretches where there may not be sufficient time or distance to complete the maneuver. I have seen some passing zones which would be sufficient to pass a tractor traveling at 20mph, but which are in no way sufficient to pass a large truck doing 50mph. By putting up a sign that says passing allowed, there will always be those that think this means it's also safe.
Similarly, there may be a long straight stretch which is divided into two passing zones, one for each direction. If you have an oncoming vehicle at the start of the stretch there would often be plenty of room to complete a pass after it goes by, but now you only have half of your 'passing allowed' zone left. Stupid.
That's exactly what (you are) welcome to the food in my kitchen means.
I'm guessing you don't have many friends. Over the years I have told countless people that they are welcome to the food in the fridge or kitchen. Not one has interpreted that as meaning they are welcome to leave the pantry empty.
That's helpful clarification, since the Rule links to the actual codification which the original article seems to misread, deliberately or
So the linked article says "The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft, or an aircraft being developed as a model aircraft" (Did you notice the absence of a period at the end of their quote?)
And the Public Law referenced in the FAA Rule actually says:
SEC. 336. SPECIAL RULE FOR MODEL AIRCRAFT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the incorporation of unmanned aircraft systems into Federal Aviation Administration plans and policies, including this subtitle, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft, or an aircraft being developed as a model aircraft, if— (1) the aircraft is flown strictly for hobby or recreational use; (2) the aircraft is operated in accordance with a community based set of safety guidelines and within the within the programming of a nationwide community-based organization; [snip] (b) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Administrator to pursue enforcement action against persons operating model aircraft who endanger the safety of the national airspace system.
So the rule which the original article thinks would prevent the FAA from regulating actually says that it only applies to model aircraft flown as part of a nationwide community's programming.
This is totally different. The linked article even explains it
Following the link, it tells us that model aircraft to which the rule applies are defined as "unmanned aircraft... Flown within line of sight".
As i understood it, the new FAA rule applies to drones capable of being flown outside the pilot's line of sight. Therefore this law is irrelevant as to whether or not the FAA can regulate, since it covers a different type of aircraft.
They have this thing where they demand a second form of ID - they ask for a driver's license number, or a passport number. I protested and they settled for a student ID number, which in hindsight was a smart move.
That's the problem. The OP is looking for something substantially more affordable. It's easy for those with some reasonable income to not realize just how tight things are for the poorest members of society.
That said, I think there's a real limitation as to what can be achieved at such low pricepoints. At about the $170 range you can have a decent screen, processor, storage, and RAM. As you go below that price point things have to be sacrificed. Unfortunately I don't see much in the way of screen-less options that save money. HP make a Stream desktop that runs windows, but it's still around the same pricepoint. Intel make a compute stick, which is better with a $135 price tag on Amazon, but that's probably still too expensive.
Maybe you're stuck with something Raspberry PI like, with a small but fast SSD and a cheap case, keyboard, and mouse. That sounds like it could work, but once you have the computer, case, HDMI cable, SD card and some sort of removable storage so the kids can submit work, you're still going to have a price tag that is well above $50/head.
So the earlier example with a car doing much the same has been corrected. Now they have data that shows a bike can do something similar at an intersection. I imagine it will be pretty trivial to produce code that lets the car progress through the intersection slowly, while watching the bike to make sure it stays within a box.
One thing's for sure, a car that refuses to go until the cyclist stops moving or takes their turn is hardly creating a dangerous situation.
It does raise another interesting point though. What is it that US road designers have with four way stops? They place them everywhere, while the rest of the world happily gives bigger roads priority and use yields to allow traffic from side roads to merge. If the roads are very similar in traffic volume, use a roundabout.
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1. Yes, three hours. Put laundry on, go do other things. Come back later and its done.
2. Most folk in the US have significantly more space than in the UK, yet in the UK it's still common to hang clothes to dry. Apartment blocks typically have shared space for drying clothes. A rotating clothesline takes very little space.
3. The UK frequently has inclement weather. Many folk don't even own tumble dryers and still get clothes clean.
4. That appliance has running costs. Wind is free.
Why on earth would you think that if it halves the time for a load that takes 50 minutes, it wouldn't also shorten the drying time for quicker drying fabrics? I don't think there's anything magic about the 50 minute time suggested, it's just a typical length of time for a dryer to run.
As for using electricity, we're coming up with all manner of renewable sources for electricity. Not so much for natural gas. Gas has cost advantages at present (assuming you have a gas line at your dryer location) but they're less likely to be there in the future.
Google does offer a patch. Android is open source.
Users need to vote with their wallets, refusing to buy from manufacturers who customize Android, usually to the customer's detriment, then fail to commit to monthly security updates.
With the Pound now trading at around $1.23, and the UK app store incorporating VAT at 20% while the US store doesn't include sales tax in the list priced, this sounds about right. Certainly the "UK premium" is nothing like the 50-100% that wasn't uncommon a decade or so ago.
Apple look simply to be pricing in the devaluation in Sterling that has occurred since the beginning of Brexit. I'm not sure anyone can find much to fault with that. The real question is how quickly Apple will move to reduce prices if/when the Pound recovers?
Strange, since they gave it an 86.
There was a GNU project to create free software for online voting. In 2002, Jason Kitcat the project coordinator abandoned development, pointing to this quote from Bruce Schneier: "a secure Internet voting system is theoretically possible, but it would be the first secure networked application ever created in the history of computers."
I don't see anything having changed in the intervening fourteen years, other than perhaps attackers getting more sophisticated. We may not have internet voting, but the idea that voting machines or those used in the tabulation of votes are connected to the internet is madness.
I still believe that regulators should require that, if a caller ID is to be presented, it should be traceable to an individual in the originating country (with the carrier responsible if it's not). A carrier should be able to warrant this to its interconnects - if it can't, that carrier's calls will all be presented with no caller ID.
Customers can then reject calls without caller ID or from other countries if necessary.,Where caller ID is presented it is then traceable to a person, enabling existing state rules about such calls to be enforced.
There is no good reason that I should be able to buy a VOIP account for a couple of dollars a month and spoof any caller ID.
Perhaps, but if you read the thread you will recognize that I am referring to the OPs use of purpose.
So, in the alternate, you could say that it's purpose it to intelligently respond to natural language after hearing a wake word. A cynic may go further and suggest that the intelligent response will be determined in part by Amazon's ability to monetize the response.
Nonetheless, the design and intent are for the device to transmit language after hearing a wake word. If it operates outside that design and intent, this should be detectable if your router is secure and able to track outbound usage on a per device basis.
Actually, its purpose is to listen for a wake word, then send the next sentence to the cloud for processing.
For someone concerned about wiretapping, it would make sense to monitor outbound data use by the echo. Spikes caused by wiretapping should be obvious since it does not normally transmit everything it hears.
Read 28 U.S.C. Â 1746 and 18 U.S.C. Â 1621.
Under Federal law you can be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
While dated, much of FYI-28 / RFC 1855 is still applicable and the world would be a better place if more folk followed it.
Why would a bandwidth heavy standard like IMAP support have saved things? We already have open standards for calendar and contacts, CalDAV and CardDAV respectfully. And there are open source server solutions that implement them, such as Zimbra.
Google's offering was an April Fool, though a strange one given this was already happening.
So let's get this right, you're comfortable with your phone broadcasting over bluetooth, wireless 802.11 a,b,c,g and n, 2g, 3g and LTE wireless signals in CDMA and GSM etc. But when it comes to NFC you draw a line? That makes perfect sense.
I tend to agree. Car recalls are nothing new. I can only imagine the reaction here if Apple announced that you'd have to take your iPhone back to the Apple Store for OS upgrades or security patches.
Cars have a lot more computer than in the past. It makes them more efficient and it makes them safer. The entertainment system is massively more complex than an old fashioned tape deck, and that lets us have a more enjoyable drive. With all that code, there are going to be things that can be improved or which need fixed, and therefore software updates are inevitable. Given many cars now have 10,000 mile service windows, I for one would rather not wait a year until the dealer installs it at the next oil change.
There's no indication that American Express themselves were compromised. They can only notify their cardholders once the third-party service provider tells them something happened. My guess is that the service provider didn't know until recently.
That would require your property boundaries to be described in coordinates, rather than beginning at the iron pin 20 feet east south east from the largest oak tree; thence northwest 1 furlong until the stone wall bounding farmer Jones' land. More accurate GPS isn't really going to help you interpret something like this. At least the US doesn't have to deal with issues like changes to the length of a furlong made by Queen Elizabeth I.
They are a nightmare. The double yellow lines that are prevalent in the US with very limited passing zones prevent people overtaking in otherwise clear stretches, then encourage it in shorter stretches where there may not be sufficient time or distance to complete the maneuver. I have seen some passing zones which would be sufficient to pass a tractor traveling at 20mph, but which are in no way sufficient to pass a large truck doing 50mph. By putting up a sign that says passing allowed, there will always be those that think this means it's also safe.
Similarly, there may be a long straight stretch which is divided into two passing zones, one for each direction. If you have an oncoming vehicle at the start of the stretch there would often be plenty of room to complete a pass after it goes by, but now you only have half of your 'passing allowed' zone left. Stupid.
I'm guessing you don't have many friends. Over the years I have told countless people that they are welcome to the food in the fridge or kitchen. Not one has interpreted that as meaning they are welcome to leave the pantry empty.
If it's being flown within their guidelines AND as part of their programming.
That likely means as part of events scheduled by that organization. Simply being a member and following their guidelines wouldn't exempt you.
That's helpful clarification, since the Rule links to the actual codification which the original article seems to misread, deliberately or
So the linked article says "The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft, or an aircraft being developed as a model aircraft" (Did you notice the absence of a period at the end of their quote?)
And the Public Law referenced in the FAA Rule actually says:
So the rule which the original article thinks would prevent the FAA from regulating actually says that it only applies to model aircraft flown as part of a nationwide community's programming.
This is totally different. The linked article even explains it
Following the link, it tells us that model aircraft to which the rule applies are defined as "unmanned aircraft ... Flown within line of sight".
As i understood it, the new FAA rule applies to drones capable of being flown outside the pilot's line of sight. Therefore this law is irrelevant as to whether or not the FAA can regulate, since it covers a different type of aircraft.
They have this thing where they demand a second form of ID - they ask for a driver's license number, or a passport number. I protested and they settled for a student ID number, which in hindsight was a smart move.
That's the problem. The OP is looking for something substantially more affordable. It's easy for those with some reasonable income to not realize just how tight things are for the poorest members of society.
That said, I think there's a real limitation as to what can be achieved at such low pricepoints. At about the $170 range you can have a decent screen, processor, storage, and RAM. As you go below that price point things have to be sacrificed. Unfortunately I don't see much in the way of screen-less options that save money. HP make a Stream desktop that runs windows, but it's still around the same pricepoint. Intel make a compute stick, which is better with a $135 price tag on Amazon, but that's probably still too expensive.
Maybe you're stuck with something Raspberry PI like, with a small but fast SSD and a cheap case, keyboard, and mouse. That sounds like it could work, but once you have the computer, case, HDMI cable, SD card and some sort of removable storage so the kids can submit work, you're still going to have a price tag that is well above $50/head.
So the earlier example with a car doing much the same has been corrected. Now they have data that shows a bike can do something similar at an intersection. I imagine it will be pretty trivial to produce code that lets the car progress through the intersection slowly, while watching the bike to make sure it stays within a box.
One thing's for sure, a car that refuses to go until the cyclist stops moving or takes their turn is hardly creating a dangerous situation.
It does raise another interesting point though. What is it that US road designers have with four way stops? They place them everywhere, while the rest of the world happily gives bigger roads priority and use yields to allow traffic from side roads to merge. If the roads are very similar in traffic volume, use a roundabout.