SO then NBC does the same thing a few months later. Then Fox, then ABC. "Oh well...no problem. NOW we have installed the delay system. (After getting all that extra publicity)" The fine is also to prevent others from going down that same road.
Now, I don't personally agree with fining them. My own view is that there are two buttons on a radio or television -- one changes the channel, the other one turns it off. Use them, monitor what your children listen to/watch and don't expect the government to babysit for you.
I agree, but in what was ostensibly a family show (Superbowl), you're watching with the expectation of no boobs. There is no chance to switch the channel. If that game had been aired on the Playboy channel, I'd agree with your sentiment about babysitting and channel switching.
The relevant "slack" was between the cockpit and the main cabin. That "slack" has yet to be tightened.
FAA Sets New Standards for Cockpit Doors
WASHINGTON - In response to President Bush's call to strengthen aircraft security, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today published new standards to protect cockpits from intrusion and small arms fire or fragmentation devices, such as grenades. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act authorizes the FAA to issue today's final rule that requires operators of more than 6,000 airplanes to install reinforced doors by April 9, 2003.
You don't need the El-Al style interogation, you just need the El-Al style cockpit door.
And correct me if I am wrong but there was only 1 attack prior to 9/11.WTC 1993. USS Cole. Nairobi. Dar es Salaam. Khobar Towers.
The then current laws prevented the exchange of information you speak of.
I don't like the current situation either! But the sentiment voiced far too often ("There is nothing to worry about. This is all bullshit!") is totally wrong.
No, I'm not 'into it'. The problem is, these attacks did happen. And given enough slack, those who orchestrated it will try it again.
True, there have been no attacks on US soil since then. Why is that? OBL has suddenly seen the light, and doesn't want to do it again? Not likely.
The administration (not just Bush) is in a no win situation. If there are no attacks, whatever they are doing is too much. Too restrictive, too many freedoms lost, etc. If there is another attack, whatever they were doing wasn't enough. Lose/lose.
What should the administration have done differently in the wake of 9/11? The only difference I would have made is not concentrating so much on Iraq, and more on OBL. Still no guarantee that he would have been caught by now. And even then, his followers would have carried on in his martyred name.
But I want it all on one device. it's just not here yet. So we try to beat the existing devices into submission.
Starting with a dedicated camera is not the way to go. Start with a PDA or cellphone. The ergonomics of good picture-taking does not mesh well with keyboard/thumbing/mousing/etc.
Just think how well my meager investments will be doing after they've had the chance to grow for 100 years! I'll be loaded!
No, because everyone else will be in a similar situation. No growth compared to your peers.
If it happened there would be a clear class division between those that could afford it and those that couldn't.
And those that can't will riot in the streets. Burn down your precious longevity clinics, and eat you alive. Once it is known (or even hinted at) it is possible, all the money in the world will not protect you.
Politicians introduce all kinds of crap bills, knowing that it will never, ever pass. It then gets watered down, and what they really wanted does get passed. So what does this guy really want?
but hopefully audio as well.
From SpaceflightNow "Also among the expected post-landing data are sounds from a microphone that might capture the rustling of frigid nitrogen winds or lapping waves."
Interesting idea, but what's missing is context. Where did this doohickey come from? Is it an alternator arm from a Ford, or a tape transport arm from a VCR? Same basic shape, vastly different scale. Alternator arm from a Ford or a Chevy? 1/4" difference in length would negate its use on one or the other.
If I know the context (VCR model 110FC, or 2001 Ford Focus), then it would be much easier to just go directly to an illustrated parts breakdown or CAD repository for that model. If I don't know the context, I'd have to be a very precise artist to even get vaguely close. And close usually isn't good enough.
I agree, though, that its a more realistic goal than full image recognition, but wonder at the true usefulness.
Slashdot Mirror
"OMG! Bush spent $40M on his inauguration!" Why is it bad for Bush, but not bad for others?
Oh, and Bill C spent 42 mil (in 1996 dollars) on his party. But we won't speak of that, will we.
All copying is illegal? Copying for personal use/time or space shifting is OK? somewhere in the middle?
Except for the original videotape decision, no one, incluing the courts, has really said.
That is the question that needs to be answered before we start screaming about the evils of DRM. What constitutes "illegal copying"?
SO then NBC does the same thing a few months later. Then Fox, then ABC. "Oh well...no problem. NOW we have installed the delay system. (After getting all that extra publicity)" The fine is also to prevent others from going down that same road.
I agree, but in what was ostensibly a family show (Superbowl), you're watching with the expectation of no boobs. There is no chance to switch the channel. If that game had been aired on the Playboy channel, I'd agree with your sentiment about babysitting and channel switching.
FAA Sets New Standards for Cockpit Doors
WASHINGTON - In response to President Bush's call to strengthen aircraft security, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today published new standards to protect cockpits from intrusion and small arms fire or fragmentation devices, such as grenades. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act authorizes the FAA to issue today's final rule that requires operators of more than 6,000 airplanes to install reinforced doors by April 9, 2003.
You don't need the El-Al style interogation, you just need the El-Al style cockpit door.
You need some of both.
Stable software does not overcome faulty wetware.
And it will be able to recognize slurred drunken speech?
it's near impossible to use the touch wheel with moist fingers).
Must resist. Too easy. Must resist.
And you totally miss the point of that sentence. Ah well.
NYC has voted Democrat forever anyway, Bush or no Bush.
The then current laws prevented the exchange of information you speak of.
I don't like the current situation either! But the sentiment voiced far too often ("There is nothing to worry about. This is all bullshit!") is totally wrong.
True, there have been no attacks on US soil since then. Why is that? OBL has suddenly seen the light, and doesn't want to do it again? Not likely.
The administration (not just Bush) is in a no win situation. If there are no attacks, whatever they are doing is too much. Too restrictive, too many freedoms lost, etc. If there is another attack, whatever they were doing wasn't enough. Lose/lose.
What should the administration have done differently in the wake of 9/11? The only difference I would have made is not concentrating so much on Iraq, and more on OBL. Still no guarantee that he would have been caught by now. And even then, his followers would have carried on in his martyred name.
Then I get hassled with all kinds of BS when I show my passport with my NYC address. Makes me want to stay - in Europe.
Go. We won't miss you.
"Who are you staying with?"
"ummmm....."
[ratchet up the questions to the next level]
Where are you staying?
With whom?
Let me see your return ticket.
Not so unusual.
Starting with a dedicated camera is not the way to go. Start with a PDA or cellphone. The ergonomics of good picture-taking does not mesh well with keyboard/thumbing/mousing/etc.
No, because everyone else will be in a similar situation. No growth compared to your peers.
If it happened there would be a clear class division between those that could afford it and those that couldn't.
And those that can't will riot in the streets. Burn down your precious longevity clinics, and eat you alive. Once it is known (or even hinted at) it is possible, all the money in the world will not protect you.
If passed and signed into law
Politicians introduce all kinds of crap bills, knowing that it will never, ever pass. It then gets watered down, and what they really wanted does get passed.
So what does this guy really want?
but hopefully audio as well.
From SpaceflightNow
"Also among the expected post-landing data are sounds from a microphone that might capture the rustling of frigid nitrogen winds or lapping waves."
Exactly. And that is the point. If you choose to use bittorrent, you will be uploading. And if the file you choose to download is copyrighted...
Your choice.
You whippersnappers! Mr. Wizard was cool when Bill Nye was but a pup.
You can be VERY selective:
Bittorrent/no bittorrent
Copyrighted file, public domain file.
It's your choice.
Alternator arm from a Ford or a Chevy? 1/4" difference in length would negate its use on one or the other.
If I know the context (VCR model 110FC, or 2001 Ford Focus), then it would be much easier to just go directly to an illustrated parts breakdown or CAD repository for that model. If I don't know the context, I'd have to be a very precise artist to even get vaguely close. And close usually isn't good enough.
I agree, though, that its a more realistic goal than full image recognition, but wonder at the true usefulness.
No, not incompetent or dumb. Just looking for sales/headlines.
FTA:
"...big numbers get headlines while honest uncertainty usually doesn't."
6 months? You're being generous.