I've never seen anyone in the bus or the subway start a conversation with a stranger who wasn't politely trying to end the conversation as fast as possible.
You must live in a rather unfriendly part of the world then.
Besidses, some of us can listen to music AND think at the same time. Heck, I can even chew gum and walk on top of that!
Yeah but trying thinking, chewing gum, listening to music and walking (without bumping into lamposts or into people). There's a limit to multitasking.
However many glowing reviews it gets I'm still not buying one. I don't even want an ipod and see them as overhyped too! What is the matter with people? Can't they just learn the value of thinking or conversations with complete strangers on long journeys instead of having to be listening to music or chattering on their mobile?
Does anyone else see the irony and humour in the article finishing with the line: "said subtler systems are used to identify when an angry customer is preparing to cancel services." - followed by a related headline of "liquid explosives detection device created" *grins* As if the people getting frustrated at wanting to cancel will resort to more extreme methods. *grins*
Doing it that way would slow it down. The reason being is that the videocard would have to communicate with the motherboard. The latency of the wireless connection would therefore make it a slower arrangement than on the computer. Regarding whether it would alter the bandwidth required - yes it would - it would increase it. You see the bandwidth required for just sending the video signal would be just one way (to the monitor). Graphics cards communicate in two directions with the motherboard (both accepting changes to the picture or calculations as well as telling the computer information about the current display).
It's difficult to be specific though without giving examples.
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Assuming a refresh rate of 50fps that's 288 Megabyte/second or 2.25 Gigabits/second A monitor's a rather pointless one though as it requires a cable for the power.
As far as I knew this technology was already in use - for example wireless USB webcams. However I can't think of many real life applications that would use the bandwidth this technology provides other than video. Any suggestions?
Prohibiting access to books - oh my university already did that - the department claimed that library cards were too expensive so certain students aren't entitled to one now. Bear in mind these are libraries you need a library card just to enter.:P
I was thinking of this very issue myself before I read your comment that if you submitted your own work already on the system it would be flagged as being plaigiarised. However what I would be intrigued to know is how much detail it gives regarding the plaigiarism - eg who the original source of the work was? If it was able to leave out your own work from checking then this could be avoided. However software programmers are notoriously lazy at times - and there are probably privacy implications too.
The more people who vote and the bigger the difference - the harder that is to interfere with and get away with it. Not every electoral district uses electronic counting machines either.
Well yes, because if people get too disaffected and turned off by politics and think their vote won't make a difference they won't vote. Unfortunately it's the undecided voters you mention that decide the outcome of elections.
To be perfectly honest it's like that to a certain degree here in the UK too. However to most politicians they knew the risks when they put themselves forward for the job and it's like water off a duck's back. Here there are also far less 24 hour news channels and they just tend to repeat the same stories every 15 minutes. Yes the Republicans have successfully campaigned on the "politics of fear" platform, however isn't the American public intelligent and savvy enough to notice the bias and editorial slant of networks such as Fox News?
If there's enough doubt in the how shall I put it uninterferibility of the Diebold machines - that particular State just won't use them for the next election to avoid problems.
Yeah but there's still a lot of controversy as to the validity of the 2004 election result. Yep Liberman's loss wasn't a general election, however it showed how they saw him as an electoral liability rather than an asset. Sitting candidates (unless they want to retire/quit) are almost universally reselected. Hence this was unusual and showed the strength of protest votes and feelings on this issue. Of course you could just intepret it to say that it's just a reflection of how partisan and polarised politics in America has become now.
Here bills often take so long to pass that they don't make it through the process before the end of the Parliament. There is a procedure to "carry over" bills to the next Parliament and one to force a bill through if the House of Lords votes it down but neither are used very often. Regarding the later it's only been used four times in recent times as far as I know on the War Crimes Act 1991, European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (which introduced proportional representation for electing MEPs), Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 which equalised the age of consent for gay and lesbian sex to the same as heterosexual - at 16 and the Hunting Act 2004 (which basically banned hunting).
Perhaps I'm just incorrectly assuming that legislation in the States moves through the two Houses there at the glacial speed it moves through the Houses of Parliament here. Here the stages of a bill are:- first reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage, third reading, passage through the other House followed by Royal Assent.
I think you're underestimating quite how many protest votes there will be because of the general lack of confidence in the current administration. Take the way that candidates have been trying to distance themselves from Bush as an example of that. Look what happened to the Democratic candidate Joe Lieberman - mainly because his views were seen as too close to the current Republican administration.
There's too much "group think" in US politics and not enough politicians willing to risk criticism just for being independent and actually reflecting the views of their constiuents rather than special interest groups that have contributed to their election campaign.
I think it's partly the media to blame in the States though and the way they don't cover politics more than superficially and tend to overly dramatise everything out of proportion with endless drivel and comment. This puts any politician off taking a stance on moral rather than political grounds on an issue as they know they'll get pilloried for it.
If the Republicans lose control after the mid-term elections will this piece of legislation ever make it to the statute books? Isn't this just another example of the Republicans in an election year trying to look strong on their chosen election issue of terrorism/national security?
I run a website about video game cheats. Therefore cheating is "a necessary measure and the sort of practice I'll likely need to succeed in the professional world".;)
It's hardly news this story as they've been doing this in some train stations for years. Two examples I could give being:-
I was standing at a platform rather near the line you're not supposed to cross when an express train went past which startled me - obviously they had CCTV because a few seconds later they announced over the tannoy to keep well back from the edge of the platform when trains were going past.
The only other time I've heard it used is when some kids were playing about at another station and they scared them off by saying they were on CCTV and threatening to call the police.
The article mentions cases that can withstand "a RPG or mortar shell explosion 85 percent of the time." Even with all those soldiers and insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan - who would seriously take their ipod into a combat situation? It strikes me as about as sensible as those people who ride bikes when smoking or talking on their mobile phones. Mind you they could always be listening to Edwin Starr's War on it ("War - Good God Y'all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing " etc).
What would be interesting though would be a top 5 games slashdot commenters play eg:-
1) Trolling 2) Providing a link to the ad free version of the article 3) Saying something totally obvious but because you write more than a paragraph hoping it'll get modded as insightful 4) Karma whoring 5) Karma whoring other posts (eg mod parent up please!)
" Wasting police time - section 5(2) Criminal Law Act 1967
(Archbold 28-224)
The offence of wasting police time is committed when a person
* causes any wasteful employment of the police by
* knowingly making to any person a false report orally or in writing tending to:
* show that an offence has been committed; or,
* give rise to apprehension for the safety of any persons or property; or,
* show that he has information material to any police inquiry.
It is a summary only offence carrying a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment and/or a level 4 fine.
The public interest will favour a prosecution in any one of the following circumstances:-
* police resources have been diverted for a significant period (for example 10 hours);
* a substantial cost is incurred, for example a police helicopter is used or an expensive scientific examination undertaken;
* when the false report is particularly grave or malicious;
* considerable distress is caused to a person by the report;
* the accused knew, or ought to have known, that police resources were under particular strain or diverted from a particularly serious inquiry;
* there is significant premeditation in the making of the report;
* the report is persisted in, particularly in the face of challenge.
"
Just in case you were wondering a level 4 fine is £2500.
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I've never seen anyone in the bus or the subway start a conversation with a stranger who wasn't politely trying to end the conversation as fast as possible.
You must live in a rather unfriendly part of the world then.
Besidses, some of us can listen to music AND think at the same time. Heck, I can even chew gum and walk on top of that!
Yeah but trying thinking, chewing gum, listening to music and walking (without bumping into lamposts or into people). There's a limit to multitasking.
However many glowing reviews it gets I'm still not buying one. I don't even want an ipod and see them as overhyped too! What is the matter with people? Can't they just learn the value of thinking or conversations with complete strangers on long journeys instead of having to be listening to music or chattering on their mobile?
Does anyone else see the irony and humour in the article finishing with the line: "said subtler systems are used to identify when an angry customer is preparing to cancel services." - followed by a related headline of "liquid explosives detection device created" *grins* As if the people getting frustrated at wanting to cancel will resort to more extreme methods. *grins*
Ahh but slashdot got there first before the scientists with websites that are made invisible to anyone who wished to view them.
Doing it that way would slow it down. The reason being is that the videocard would have to communicate with the motherboard. The latency of the wireless connection would therefore make it a slower arrangement than on the computer. Regarding whether it would alter the bandwidth required - yes it would - it would increase it. You see the bandwidth required for just sending the video signal would be just one way (to the monitor). Graphics cards communicate in two directions with the motherboard (both accepting changes to the picture or calculations as well as telling the computer information about the current display).
It's difficult to be specific though without giving examples.
24 bits = 3 bytes
3 bytes * 1200 * 1600 = 5.76 Megabytes
Assuming a refresh rate of 50fps that's 288 Megabyte/second or 2.25 Gigabits/second A monitor's a rather pointless one though as it requires a cable for the power.
As far as I knew this technology was already in use - for example wireless USB webcams. However I can't think of many real life applications that would use the bandwidth this technology provides other than video. Any suggestions?
Prohibiting access to books - oh my university already did that - the department claimed that library cards were too expensive so certain students aren't entitled to one now. Bear in mind these are libraries you need a library card just to enter. :P
I was thinking of this very issue myself before I read your comment that if you submitted your own work already on the system it would be flagged as being plaigiarised. However what I would be intrigued to know is how much detail it gives regarding the plaigiarism - eg who the original source of the work was? If it was able to leave out your own work from checking then this could be avoided. However software programmers are notoriously lazy at times - and there are probably privacy implications too.
A guilty conscience.
The more people who vote and the bigger the difference - the harder that is to interfere with and get away with it. Not every electoral district uses electronic counting machines either.
Well yes, because if people get too disaffected and turned off by politics and think their vote won't make a difference they won't vote. Unfortunately it's the undecided voters you mention that decide the outcome of elections.
To be perfectly honest it's like that to a certain degree here in the UK too. However to most politicians they knew the risks when they put themselves forward for the job and it's like water off a duck's back. Here there are also far less 24 hour news channels and they just tend to repeat the same stories every 15 minutes. Yes the Republicans have successfully campaigned on the "politics of fear" platform, however isn't the American public intelligent and savvy enough to notice the bias and editorial slant of networks such as Fox News?
If there's enough doubt in the how shall I put it uninterferibility of the Diebold machines - that particular State just won't use them for the next election to avoid problems.
Yeah but there's still a lot of controversy as to the validity of the 2004 election result. Yep Liberman's loss wasn't a general election, however it showed how they saw him as an electoral liability rather than an asset. Sitting candidates (unless they want to retire/quit) are almost universally reselected. Hence this was unusual and showed the strength of protest votes and feelings on this issue. Of course you could just intepret it to say that it's just a reflection of how partisan and polarised politics in America has become now.
Here bills often take so long to pass that they don't make it through the process before the end of the Parliament. There is a procedure to "carry over" bills to the next Parliament and one to force a bill through if the House of Lords votes it down but neither are used very often. Regarding the later it's only been used four times in recent times as far as I know on the War Crimes Act 1991, European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (which introduced proportional representation for electing MEPs), Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 which equalised the age of consent for gay and lesbian sex to the same as heterosexual - at 16 and the Hunting Act 2004 (which basically banned hunting).
Perhaps I'm just incorrectly assuming that legislation in the States moves through the two Houses there at the glacial speed it moves through the Houses of Parliament here. Here the stages of a bill are:- first reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage, third reading, passage through the other House followed by Royal Assent.
I think you're underestimating quite how many protest votes there will be because of the general lack of confidence in the current administration. Take the way that candidates have been trying to distance themselves from Bush as an example of that. Look what happened to the Democratic candidate Joe Lieberman - mainly because his views were seen as too close to the current Republican administration.
There's too much "group think" in US politics and not enough politicians willing to risk criticism just for being independent and actually reflecting the views of their constiuents rather than special interest groups that have contributed to their election campaign.
I think it's partly the media to blame in the States though and the way they don't cover politics more than superficially and tend to overly dramatise everything out of proportion with endless drivel and comment. This puts any politician off taking a stance on moral rather than political grounds on an issue as they know they'll get pilloried for it.
If the Republicans lose control after the mid-term elections will this piece of legislation ever make it to the statute books? Isn't this just another example of the Republicans in an election year trying to look strong on their chosen election issue of terrorism/national security?
I run a website about video game cheats. Therefore cheating is "a necessary measure and the sort of practice I'll likely need to succeed in the professional world". ;)
It's hardly news this story as they've been doing this in some train stations for years. Two examples I could give being:-
I was standing at a platform rather near the line you're not supposed to cross when an express train went past which startled me - obviously they had CCTV because a few seconds later they announced over the tannoy to keep well back from the edge of the platform when trains were going past.
The only other time I've heard it used is when some kids were playing about at another station and they scared them off by saying they were on CCTV and threatening to call the police.
The article mentions cases that can withstand "a RPG or mortar shell explosion 85 percent of the time." Even with all those soldiers and insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan - who would seriously take their ipod into a combat situation? It strikes me as about as sensible as those people who ride bikes when smoking or talking on their mobile phones. Mind you they could always be listening to Edwin Starr's War on it ("War - Good God Y'all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing " etc).
What would be interesting though would be a top 5 games slashdot commenters play eg:-
1) Trolling
2) Providing a link to the ad free version of the article
3) Saying something totally obvious but because you write more than a paragraph hoping it'll get modded as insightful
4) Karma whoring
5) Karma whoring other posts (eg mod parent up please!)
IANAL but,:-
"
Wasting police time - section 5(2) Criminal Law Act 1967
(Archbold 28-224)
The offence of wasting police time is committed when a person
* causes any wasteful employment of the police by
* knowingly making to any person a false report orally or in writing tending to:
* show that an offence has been committed; or,
* give rise to apprehension for the safety of any persons or property; or,
* show that he has information material to any police inquiry.
It is a summary only offence carrying a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment and/or a level 4 fine.
The public interest will favour a prosecution in any one of the following circumstances:-
* police resources have been diverted for a significant period (for example 10 hours);
* a substantial cost is incurred, for example a police helicopter is used or an expensive scientific examination undertaken;
* when the false report is particularly grave or malicious;
* considerable distress is caused to a person by the report;
* the accused knew, or ought to have known, that police resources were under particular strain or diverted from a particularly serious inquiry;
* there is significant premeditation in the making of the report;
* the report is persisted in, particularly in the face of challenge.
"
Just in case you were wondering a level 4 fine is £2500.
That's from the Crown Prosecution Service's website.