Good Samaritan laws are designed to protect people who act in good faith.
They do not penalize someone for not acting, and generally they do not apply to professionals. Whether a cop, trained in first aid or CPR counts as a professional, I don't know.
The copy designed for the touchscreen I used (search eBay for "ramline tablet") doesn't work too well when viewed on non-touchscreen, as I hide the mouse cursor and some javascript tricks to make the 'tapping' of an icon more sensitive.
If you're seriously interested, I can set up a slightly different copy so you can play with it on a PC.
I set up something similar to this for my daugher (2.5 years old).
She can browse through selected pictures of animals, family, friends, etc.
There's an interactive portion where it shows three pictures and plays a recording "Where is the ball". When she touches the correct one, plays a small animation. Amazing what it's done for her vocabulary, and I have it running in English and Mandarin Chinese (wife's side of the family) for each object. She loves to play with it, gets about a half hour a day.
It's amazing what you can do with a cheap touchscreen.
If anyone's interested, drop me a note and I'll share it.
I've written an email to their executives, I suggest that all current and former Scouts do the same.
From: http://www.boyscoutsla.org/website/contact_us.htm
Barnes, Steve Scout Executive 217 Steve. Barnes@boyscoutsla.org
Bonsky, Paul Special Projects Executive 227 Paul.Bonsky@boyscoutsla.org
Borunda, Lala Finance Secretary 235 Lala.Borunda@boyscoutsla.org
Burgueno, Rita Urban Emphasis Executive 272 Rita.Burgueno@boyscoutsla.org
Brown, James IT Specialist 283 James@compphys.com
Burton, Kevin Webmaster 283 Kevin.Burton@boyscoutsla.org
Chan, Ana Receptionist 0 Ana.Chan@boyscoutsla.org
Chaffers, Tanya Accounts Payable 245 Tanya.Chaffers@boyscoutsla.org
Chicas, Estela Registrar 207 Estela.Chicas@boyscoutsla.org
Curtis, Brian Director of Field Services 262 Brian.Curtis@boyscoutsla.org
De Jarnett, Cindy Pacifica District Executive 256 Cindy.DeJarnett@boyscoutsla.org
Dumani, Maria Administration Secretary 216 Maria.Dumani@boyscoutsla.org
Hatch, Wade Director of Camping Services 243 Wade.Hatch@boyscoutsla.org
Felcyn, Anna Rio Hondo Senior Executive 285 Anna.Felcyn@boyscoutsla.org
Forbes, Larry Chief Financial Officer 280 larry.forbes@boyscoutsla.org
Gonzalez, Leo San Antonio District Executive 220 Leo.Gonzalez@boyscoutsla.org
Hatch, Wade Director of Camping Services 243 Wade.Hatch@boyscoutsla.org
Matsuzaki, Lynn Urban Emphasis Executive 269 Lynn.Matsuzaki@boyscoutsla.org
Maxfield, John Director of Support Services 251 John.Maxfield@boyscoutsla.org
McCarthy, Jim Frontier District Director 282 Jim.McCarthy@boyscoutsla.org
Monge, Marcos Rio Hondo District Executive 238 Marcos.Monge@boyscoutsla.org
Peña, Andrea Finance Director 261 Andrea.Pena@boyscoutsla.org
Peralta, Gracie Office Manager 252 Gracie.Peralta@boyscoutsla.org
Peterson, Trinita Payroll & Benefits Specialist 277 Trinita.Peterson@boyscoutsla.org
Reck, Roger Executive Finance Director 215 Roger.Reck@boyscoutsla.org
Roberson, Jennifer Field Services Secretary 233 Jennifer.Roberson@boyscoutsla.org
Rojas, Mariela Cashier 254 Mariela.Rojas@boyscoutsla.org
Rosenberg, Laura Event Secretary 250 Laura.Rosenberg@boyscoutsla.org
Ruiz, Robert Facilities Maintenance 205 Robert.Ruiz@boyscoutsla.org
Shipp, Gwangi Thunderbird District Executive 226 Gwangi.Shipp@boyscoutsla.org
Spagnoli, Tony Rio Hondo District Executive 273 Tony.Spagnoli@boyscoutsla.org
Sullivan, Hannibol Asst. Director of Field Services 319 Hannibol.Sullivan@boyscoutsla.org
Turner, Flynn Pacifica District Executive 223 Flynn.Turner@boyscoutsla.org
Verdugo, Danette Camping Services Secretary 257 Danette.Verdugo@boyscoutsla.org
Villalobos, George Finance Director 240 George.Villalobos@boyscoutsla.org
Zuniga, Victor Pacifica District Director 274 Victor.Zuniga@boyscoutsla.org
...a biometric program designed to stop counterfeit identification...
Yeah, we wouldn't want to stop counterfeits, or identify them. As long as we stop counterfeit identification, we can proudly announce to the nation that there are no counterfeit passports.
How can their reader be taking hold? It was just unveiled at CES according to TFA. At least wait until they have a retail product out before announcing that it's "taking hold".
I want a wireless card that emulates CompactFlash. Something with on-board memory to hold the pictures while they transmit, or while the camera is out of range.
When it gets in range, establishes connection, uploads. Would have to be remotely configured the first time, after that it just FTPs the pictures wherever you want them. Could even auto-upload to website or photo service. No more cables, funky camera software, etc.
One simple phrase "Please place me on your Do-not-Solicit list." would cure most of it.
I'm sorry to say that I worked for a telemarketing company in High School. Their calling lists? We would photocopy a page out of a phone book, working our way through.
Every other year, we'd start on a new phone book. No way to get off 'the list', without unlisting your phone number.
If they were running as "linksys" anyways, wouldn't a simple reset (pen / paperclip to the reset button) put them back on their merry way?
Depends. To reset the password (firmware defaults) most devices require a hard reset, which requires holding the pin in for up to a minute. If the person is foolish enough to be running an AP against IT policy, most often they won't figure this out, in my experience.
If you really want to get nasty, not difficult to make a new firmware with the appropriate checksum and upload it. In many cases, router will be dead for good.
Equipment sensitive enough for you to determine direction is expensive. Triangulation even more so.
1) Attach to the access point (assuming it's not using WPA)
2) Traceroute back to find out the access point's IP
3) Look up in your manuals (you *do* have manuals, don't you) to find out where that IP block is assigned
4) Invade the sales department.
Alternatively, after you connect, try the usual addresses to access the admin interface of the AP. Change it to some settings that will never work, then change the password. When they complain to you/helpdesk, you have them.
Which is what leads to people spend 300 or 400 bucks on an entirely new machine...
Half the/. posts say this, but many many people have computers worth more than $300-400, if you're using that kind of low-end machine, you generally can't afford this kind of tech support anyways.
Add in the cost of re-installing all your programs, the cost of lost data, and the trouble of buying a new PC, and you're looking at over $1000 average. Add in the higher-value PCs or laptops, and you've got a significant investment.
This is why, in spite of low hardware costs, tech support is still going strong.
Why not a low-end PDA? I used to take notes in my class on a Palm folding keyboard and an old Palm IIIx. Downloaded a free editor that was way better than what came with the OS, I was in business. Entire thing could be folded up and easily carried. Syncing is already taken care of, and you have the additional programmability you're looking for.
Doing it by typing in something isn't much different from a URL, not too cool....
Now if someone came up with an incredibly redundant barcode that I could use a cameraphone to snap a pic of. Later on email/sms that photo, where it is processed, link identified, and content returned... it would be equally useless, but a lot cooler!
Whatever you do, sign a contract for your last X weeks and get a documented pay rate for any work you do after that, and make sure that it notes that taking the work is at your discretion.
You've already implied that your boss is unreasonable/inconsiderate. Would you put it past them to fire you as soon as they find your replacement? (with 4-weeks notice, not terribly unlikely). Would you put it past them to pay you at a lower rate for on-call work, assuming you accept it? Have it documented, have them sign something for each call-out that says "I called so-and-so on m/d/y and understand that I will be charged for a minimum call-out time of Y hours at $Z/hour.
Document everything. They do, even if you don't know it, it's the only way to level the playing field.
claim 48 describes a user interface that responds to a user's request to "delete" his search history by rendering it "undisplayable" to him, but still leaving it accessible for other uses.
Does the Mac 'Trash Can' and/or Windows 'Recycle Bin' count a prior art?
When filed back in 2003, Amazon asked the USPTO not to publish the application, but rescinded that request last May, presumably in anticipation of its filing for an international patent."
Kind of OT, but hoping someone can explain this to me? How can a patent be granted but not published? If I come up with a great idea, spend money on marketing, design, testing, etc, and later find out [insert corp here] has a unpublished patent, am I SOL?
How likely is it that Joe Ham in some suburbs is going to be capable of talking to India? Even with perfect weather and a great rig, very unlikely. Even with repeaters, rather unlikely.
In this case, it was used to communicate from the scene of the disaster to a more civilized area, where the messages and needs could be relayed. BPL would interfere with none of this.
Even if BPL become widespread and hams died out, sat phones are common enough. Hell, a local military could fly in comms within an hour or two if needed.
Ham radio was a great thing, but it is less relevant today, and hasn't advanced at all in the last 10 years.
There was a trial service with something similar to this, but I don't remember which service [fedex, DHL, UPS, etc]. They received an email notification as the truck was approaching their house. They could sign up for notifications 5, 10, 15 minutes before. Very cool if you live upstairs or work nearby and want to grab/sign for a delivery!
This is exactly why I'd love to see this released as open source. While my traffic isn't encrypted, it's relatively safe, as most people don't care enough to go through the trouble of intercepting my IMs. On a server, where the data is just lying there for searching, it's a whole different story.
If this was available for download, to run on my own servers, or on the servers of a (more) trusted company, this would be great!
I wonder how long it will be before AOL, MSN, etc start to offer server-based logging and such. Since they already have my traffic, not too much more to worry about....
Why not just use a pair of linksys WRT54G routers using the Sveasoft firmware? At under $60 each, not going to find a reliable solution much cheaper... firmware update allows all sorts of neat features, including VPNs.
While this is kind of neat, I wish he'd used a better lens to focus solely on the moon (obviously adds the requirement that he track it through the sky). During parts of the eclipse, the moon was dim enough to make out different features with a 20x lens, no special filters or anything. You could see the line of light move across the face. Really pretty neat. Wish I'd recorded this, anybody do something similar?
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Good Samaritan laws are designed to protect people who act in good faith. They do not penalize someone for not acting, and generally they do not apply to professionals. Whether a cop, trained in first aid or CPR counts as a professional, I don't know.
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The copy designed for the touchscreen I used (search eBay for "ramline tablet") doesn't work too well when viewed on non-touchscreen, as I hide the mouse cursor and some javascript tricks to make the 'tapping' of an icon more sensitive.
If you're seriously interested, I can set up a slightly different copy so you can play with it on a PC.
I set up something similar to this for my daugher (2.5 years old).
She can browse through selected pictures of animals, family, friends, etc.
There's an interactive portion where it shows three pictures and plays a recording "Where is the ball". When she touches the correct one, plays a small animation. Amazing what it's done for her vocabulary, and I have it running in English and Mandarin Chinese (wife's side of the family) for each object. She loves to play with it, gets about a half hour a day.
It's amazing what you can do with a cheap touchscreen.
If anyone's interested, drop me a note and I'll share it.
I've written an email to their executives, I suggest that all current and former Scouts do the same. From: http://www.boyscoutsla.org/website/contact_us.htm Barnes, Steve Scout Executive 217 Steve. Barnes@boyscoutsla.org Bonsky, Paul Special Projects Executive 227 Paul.Bonsky@boyscoutsla.org Borunda, Lala Finance Secretary 235 Lala.Borunda@boyscoutsla.org Burgueno, Rita Urban Emphasis Executive 272 Rita.Burgueno@boyscoutsla.org Brown, James IT Specialist 283 James@compphys.com Burton, Kevin Webmaster 283 Kevin.Burton@boyscoutsla.org Chan, Ana Receptionist 0 Ana.Chan@boyscoutsla.org Chaffers, Tanya Accounts Payable 245 Tanya.Chaffers@boyscoutsla.org Chicas, Estela Registrar 207 Estela.Chicas@boyscoutsla.org Curtis, Brian Director of Field Services 262 Brian.Curtis@boyscoutsla.org De Jarnett, Cindy Pacifica District Executive 256 Cindy.DeJarnett@boyscoutsla.org Dumani, Maria Administration Secretary 216 Maria.Dumani@boyscoutsla.org Hatch, Wade Director of Camping Services 243 Wade.Hatch@boyscoutsla.org Felcyn, Anna Rio Hondo Senior Executive 285 Anna.Felcyn@boyscoutsla.org Forbes, Larry Chief Financial Officer 280 larry.forbes@boyscoutsla.org Gonzalez, Leo San Antonio District Executive 220 Leo.Gonzalez@boyscoutsla.org Hatch, Wade Director of Camping Services 243 Wade.Hatch@boyscoutsla.org Matsuzaki, Lynn Urban Emphasis Executive 269 Lynn.Matsuzaki@boyscoutsla.org Maxfield, John Director of Support Services 251 John.Maxfield@boyscoutsla.org McCarthy, Jim Frontier District Director 282 Jim.McCarthy@boyscoutsla.org Monge, Marcos Rio Hondo District Executive 238 Marcos.Monge@boyscoutsla.org Peña, Andrea Finance Director 261 Andrea.Pena@boyscoutsla.org Peralta, Gracie Office Manager 252 Gracie.Peralta@boyscoutsla.org Peterson, Trinita Payroll & Benefits Specialist 277 Trinita.Peterson@boyscoutsla.org Reck, Roger Executive Finance Director 215 Roger.Reck@boyscoutsla.org Roberson, Jennifer Field Services Secretary 233 Jennifer.Roberson@boyscoutsla.org Rojas, Mariela Cashier 254 Mariela.Rojas@boyscoutsla.org Rosenberg, Laura Event Secretary 250 Laura.Rosenberg@boyscoutsla.org Ruiz, Robert Facilities Maintenance 205 Robert.Ruiz@boyscoutsla.org Shipp, Gwangi Thunderbird District Executive 226 Gwangi.Shipp@boyscoutsla.org Spagnoli, Tony Rio Hondo District Executive 273 Tony.Spagnoli@boyscoutsla.org Sullivan, Hannibol Asst. Director of Field Services 319 Hannibol.Sullivan@boyscoutsla.org Turner, Flynn Pacifica District Executive 223 Flynn.Turner@boyscoutsla.org Verdugo, Danette Camping Services Secretary 257 Danette.Verdugo@boyscoutsla.org Villalobos, George Finance Director 240 George.Villalobos@boyscoutsla.org Zuniga, Victor Pacifica District Director 274 Victor.Zuniga@boyscoutsla.org
Sweet.... I wonder if I can have my plate # pressed similar to a captcha. Let them scan all they want....
Does google deliberately ignore links to other search engines?
It would be a riot to find a 'winning search' somewhere in Google's cached pages.....
...a biometric program designed to stop counterfeit identification...
Yeah, we wouldn't want to stop counterfeits, or identify them. As long as we stop counterfeit identification, we can proudly announce to the nation that there are no counterfeit passports.
How can their reader be taking hold? It was just unveiled at CES according to TFA. At least wait until they have a retail product out before announcing that it's "taking hold".
I want a wireless card that emulates CompactFlash. Something with on-board memory to hold the pictures while they transmit, or while the camera is out of range.
When it gets in range, establishes connection, uploads. Would have to be remotely configured the first time, after that it just FTPs the pictures wherever you want them. Could even auto-upload to website or photo service. No more cables, funky camera software, etc.
OTOH, battery life would undoubtably suffer.
One simple phrase "Please place me on your Do-not-Solicit list." would cure most of it.
I'm sorry to say that I worked for a telemarketing company in High School. Their calling lists? We would photocopy a page out of a phone book, working our way through.
Every other year, we'd start on a new phone book. No way to get off 'the list', without unlisting your phone number.
Isn't that what they pay for when they buy the music?
Exactly! Now that they've bought the music, it should be legal to copy it.
It's the people who haven't bought the music that might be committing "piracy". I think they should be taxing the people that don't buy the music!
If they were running as "linksys" anyways, wouldn't a simple reset (pen / paperclip to the reset button) put them back on their merry way?
Depends. To reset the password (firmware defaults) most devices require a hard reset, which requires holding the pin in for up to a minute. If the person is foolish enough to be running an AP against IT policy, most often they won't figure this out, in my experience.
If you really want to get nasty, not difficult to make a new firmware with the appropriate checksum and upload it. In many cases, router will be dead for good.
Equipment sensitive enough for you to determine direction is expensive. Triangulation even more so.
1) Attach to the access point (assuming it's not using WPA)
2) Traceroute back to find out the access point's IP
3) Look up in your manuals (you *do* have manuals, don't you) to find out where that IP block is assigned
4) Invade the sales department.
Alternatively, after you connect, try the usual addresses to access the admin interface of the AP. Change it to some settings that will never work, then change the password. When they complain to you/helpdesk, you have them.
Which is what leads to people spend 300 or 400 bucks on an entirely new machine...
/. posts say this, but many many people have computers worth more than $300-400, if you're using that kind of low-end machine, you generally can't afford this kind of tech support anyways.
Half the
Add in the cost of re-installing all your programs, the cost of lost data, and the trouble of buying a new PC, and you're looking at over $1000 average. Add in the higher-value PCs or laptops, and you've got a significant investment.
This is why, in spite of low hardware costs, tech support is still going strong.
Why not a low-end PDA? I used to take notes in my class on a Palm folding keyboard and an old Palm IIIx. Downloaded a free editor that was way better than what came with the OS, I was in business. Entire thing could be folded up and easily carried. Syncing is already taken care of, and you have the additional programmability you're looking for.
Does this mean that MS Office will require a 17th CD to hold all the info?
Doing it by typing in something isn't much different from a URL, not too cool....
Now if someone came up with an incredibly redundant barcode that I could use a cameraphone to snap a pic of. Later on email/sms that photo, where it is processed, link identified, and content returned... it would be equally useless, but a lot cooler!
Whatever you do, sign a contract for your last X weeks and get a documented pay rate for any work you do after that, and make sure that it notes that taking the work is at your discretion.
You've already implied that your boss is unreasonable/inconsiderate. Would you put it past them to fire you as soon as they find your replacement? (with 4-weeks notice, not terribly unlikely). Would you put it past them to pay you at a lower rate for on-call work, assuming you accept it? Have it documented, have them sign something for each call-out that says "I called so-and-so on m/d/y and understand that I will be charged for a minimum call-out time of Y hours at $Z/hour.
Document everything. They do, even if you don't know it, it's the only way to level the playing field.
claim 48 describes a user interface that responds to a user's request to "delete" his search history by rendering it "undisplayable" to him, but still leaving it accessible for other uses.
Does the Mac 'Trash Can' and/or Windows 'Recycle Bin' count a prior art?
"How can you call this trash prior art?"
When filed back in 2003, Amazon asked the USPTO not to publish the application, but rescinded that request last May, presumably in anticipation of its filing for an international patent."
Kind of OT, but hoping someone can explain this to me? How can a patent be granted but not published? If I come up with a great idea, spend money on marketing, design, testing, etc, and later find out [insert corp here] has a unpublished patent, am I SOL?
How likely is it that Joe Ham in some suburbs is going to be capable of talking to India? Even with perfect weather and a great rig, very unlikely. Even with repeaters, rather unlikely.
In this case, it was used to communicate from the scene of the disaster to a more civilized area, where the messages and needs could be relayed. BPL would interfere with none of this.
Even if BPL become widespread and hams died out, sat phones are common enough. Hell, a local military could fly in comms within an hour or two if needed.
Ham radio was a great thing, but it is less relevant today, and hasn't advanced at all in the last 10 years.
There was a trial service with something similar to this, but I don't remember which service [fedex, DHL, UPS, etc]. They received an email notification as the truck was approaching their house. They could sign up for notifications 5, 10, 15 minutes before. Very cool if you live upstairs or work nearby and want to grab/sign for a delivery!
This is exactly why I'd love to see this released as open source. While my traffic isn't encrypted, it's relatively safe, as most people don't care enough to go through the trouble of intercepting my IMs. On a server, where the data is just lying there for searching, it's a whole different story.
If this was available for download, to run on my own servers, or on the servers of a (more) trusted company, this would be great!
I wonder how long it will be before AOL, MSN, etc start to offer server-based logging and such. Since they already have my traffic, not too much more to worry about....
Why not just use a pair of linksys WRT54G routers using the Sveasoft firmware? At under $60 each, not going to find a reliable solution much cheaper... firmware update allows all sorts of neat features, including VPNs.
While this is kind of neat, I wish he'd used a better lens to focus solely on the moon (obviously adds the requirement that he track it through the sky). During parts of the eclipse, the moon was dim enough to make out different features with a 20x lens, no special filters or anything. You could see the line of light move across the face. Really pretty neat. Wish I'd recorded this, anybody do something similar?