Of course you still need to pass through security, and of course it's all still theatre, but most of the facts in your post are wrong.
Cross-border use: - Nexus is good for more than US-Canada travel. It can get you in to Canada from anywhere, and the recent merging with Global Traveler means that you can use it to enter the US from more than just Canada
Security line use: - If you have a Nexus card, you can use a special Nexus line at security checkpoints at most airports in Canada. AFAIK American cardholders are also eligible to use it - These lines are set up at the entry points for domestic, cross-border and international waiting areas (in fact, at YYZ T1 they have Nexus lines at domestic and international security but not for the US) - The Nexus security line is not the same as the status passenger line. The status pax get merged in at the front of the standard line and need to step on the dance pad. However, Nexus holders skip the dance pad completely and thus avoid the junk-fondling. You also get lined up with other frequent travellers and avoid getting stuck behind vacationers. There is still a chance of random fondling but it's very rare. The Nexus security lines are a much better option in all respects. - YMMV at different airports (and even different times of day) but the process is roughly similar across the board
We've had this for a little while in Canada, and it works quite well. What they've done is re-purpose the Nexus Card for security lines.
Nexus is a joint Canada-US initiative whereby applicants get pre-screened by both countries. If you are approved you can use self-declarations plus iris scanning (air) or RFID card (land) when entering Canada from anywhere or entering the US from Canada. The program is kludgy but it keeps getting improved. It costs $50 for five years and is absolutely indispensable for anyone who travels more than occasionally (saves about an hour every time you cross the border).
For airport security, what they've done in most major airports is create a special line for Nexus holders. Not only do you skip lining up with the great unwashed, but you also pass on the "dance dance revolution" pad that randomly selects passengers for the "you're going to miss you flight so that we can fondle your junk" line. Nexus lines are set up for domestic, transborder and international flights so you don't need to be entering the US.
It's not a perfect setup, since the use of a border-crossing card for domestic flights is a bit confusing. However, it's CATSA's first outbreak of common sense in years so overall it's a big step forward.
I inherited a lightly-worn 1962-ish Omega Speedmaster a few years ago and quite enjoy wearing it (though not every day, b/c it's so damn heavy). The Speedmaster is now marketed as the "moon watch" because it was worn by the Apollo astronauts. The Speedmaster was a good choice because of the plastic crystal that wouldn't shatter and cause problems in zero-G. It cost me a few hundred $ to get a new main spring and pushers, and works as well today as it did 50 years ago.
I like it because it's a good reminder of what you can accomplish without the latest and greatest technology. Sure you have to wind it every day or so, and sure your $5 Casio keeps better time, but it was good enough to help get people to the moon. Astronauts literally trusted their lives with this thing - the watch was used to sequence maneuvers, estimate oxygen levels and time spacewalks walks. And all this was done with a spring, some gears and highly-precise engineering. If anything, it's a reminder that if you are going to build something, build it right.
A few generations until seeing a paper book is as rare as seeing a lion? Thats a bit absurd, I dont know anyone who has thrown out their book collection after getting a kindle.
I think he's trying to say that there will be a massive explosion in the global lion population. Must be something to do with global warming and how it will turn most of Europe & North America into giant savannas.
They missed a great opportunity to bring motorcycle helmets with them and make a whole website about their 'ride' through the famed "Superconducting Super Collider Exclusion Zone".
Was it too hard to hold the laptop up? I think I'm missing your point...
I realize it might be 'handy', but that difference does not justify a new purchase. And if you didn't have a laptop and were to be making a choice between the two types of devices, I wonder if the actual PROS/CONS of the tablet would outweigh those of a laptop. I should note that a physical keyboard is extremely handy for *most* portable computing uses --- like e-mail, or slashdot, or forums, or address bar typing, or search queries... etc.
A laptop is a data in/out device. A tablet is a data out device. The OP presented a good use case for a simple device (light, plain screen, viewable by multiple people in daylight, good video integration, simple UI, instant on) that two people can use as an aid for problem-solving while standing in a field. There's no way that lugging a clamshell notebook out to the player is as convenient.
I thought the wrong/skipped answers were much more illuminating than the right answers.
For example, much has been made of Watson's "Toronto" answer to the US Cities question in Game 1. However, it wasn't a terrible answer because one of Toronto's airports is named after a war hero (Billy Bishop, the WWI fighter ace who shot down the Red Baron), and the main airport (Pearson) was named after a politician who was also a WWI veteran. Watson knew that Toronto wasn't in the US, the war was wrong and neither were named after a battle, but Toronto was the least wrong of all its options so that's what it chose. If this question had come up in the regular rounds Watson would have skipped (as happened occasionally). However, it needed to answer so it went with the best available option.
Now, since Watson would certainly have had data on O'Hare, Midway and Chicago in its database, the problem was either in the question parsing or the search heuristics. One suspects that its weakness is the linking together of disparate data, and it's quite likely that humans will retain this edge for some time.
The show that will air tonight has been filmed weeks ago, for no good reason that I can think of.
Jeopardy is always filmed in advance. There's no conspiracy - it's much cheaper to film a daily game show in batches. Editing/preparing the episodes also takes a bit of time, hence the delay
Friggin' boards and share holders. I hate them... This is the generic problem, boards and shareholders poke their governance noses in, not trusting senior operational to make the best decisions.
Yeah, because the biggest problem facing corporate America over the past few years has been excessive self-governance.
No corporation is required to have a succession plan. Why should Apple
Because shareholders own the company. If the company's owners want a succession plan then Apple had better well get cracking.
Regardless, your assertion is false - most large companies will have succession plans for key staff. Many willl go so far as to take out hefty life insurance policies to cover short-term risk if their CEO, chief product designer, star analyst etc... gets hit by a bus.
This is very cool tech. I went to the Uffizi and zoomed in on Venus' boob until it filled the screen. Then I noticed all the brush work on the (strategically placed) hand and saw how Botticelli had subtly shifted the placement of the fingers as he painted. Would be very cool if they could add an X-Ray overlay.
Thanks a lot Google - I went looking for 15th-Century nudie picks but instead I ended up learning something.
Too easy - I just took a bunch of pictures of obsolete technology to include in my response (and to make it authentic I shot it on film). Now, if you can please hold on a bit I just need to send the roll off to get processed into Kodachrome slides. Shouldn't take more than a few days, so please check back.
Actually, your original point is relevant. In many jurisdictions sexual activity involving more than two people has no expectation of privacy, regardless of the circumstances.
In Canada this went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in 2005 that if the adults are consenting and there is no "harm", any activity involving more than two people is a private matter and none of the state's business. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/843-e.htm#indecency
Fantastic. The worst ISP in Canada is still faster than the best ISP in the US.
Yes, but if you try to watch Netflix on a Rogers account you'll blow through the download cap by the second act of the first movie. You'll also be paying more for the privilege, and Ted Rogers will personally come to your house at night to empty the coins out of all your pockets and leave your milk out on the counter.
Isn't an activity that's labeled "social" by definition part of the public domain? I'm all for protecting privacy rights, but you have to be an idiot these days to think that logging into Facebook is anything other than an explicit waiver of those rights.
I just use my Blackberry as an alarm clock. Every night before going to bed I simply remove & replace the battery - I wake up to the sound of the finished reboot, alert and refreshed after about eight hours of sleep.
They did say that. You're simply either a) unable to comprehend English, or b) so compelled to pedantry that said desire short-circuited the parts of your brain dedicated to the comprehension of the English language.
Fine - try looking at it a different way. Let's say that Europa has an atmospheric density of 100 units. If someone were to say that Rhea's was one time thinner, what would the density of Rhea's atmosphere be?
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Of course you still need to pass through security, and of course it's all still theatre, but most of the facts in your post are wrong.
Cross-border use:
- Nexus is good for more than US-Canada travel. It can get you in to Canada from anywhere, and the recent merging with Global Traveler means that you can use it to enter the US from more than just Canada
Security line use:
- If you have a Nexus card, you can use a special Nexus line at security checkpoints at most airports in Canada. AFAIK American cardholders are also eligible to use it
- These lines are set up at the entry points for domestic, cross-border and international waiting areas (in fact, at YYZ T1 they have Nexus lines at domestic and international security but not for the US)
- The Nexus security line is not the same as the status passenger line. The status pax get merged in at the front of the standard line and need to step on the dance pad. However, Nexus holders skip the dance pad completely and thus avoid the junk-fondling. You also get lined up with other frequent travellers and avoid getting stuck behind vacationers. There is still a chance of random fondling but it's very rare. The Nexus security lines are a much better option in all respects.
- YMMV at different airports (and even different times of day) but the process is roughly similar across the board
We've had this for a little while in Canada, and it works quite well. What they've done is re-purpose the Nexus Card for security lines.
Nexus is a joint Canada-US initiative whereby applicants get pre-screened by both countries. If you are approved you can use self-declarations plus iris scanning (air) or RFID card (land) when entering Canada from anywhere or entering the US from Canada. The program is kludgy but it keeps getting improved. It costs $50 for five years and is absolutely indispensable for anyone who travels more than occasionally (saves about an hour every time you cross the border).
For airport security, what they've done in most major airports is create a special line for Nexus holders. Not only do you skip lining up with the great unwashed, but you also pass on the "dance dance revolution" pad that randomly selects passengers for the "you're going to miss you flight so that we can fondle your junk" line. Nexus lines are set up for domestic, transborder and international flights so you don't need to be entering the US.
It's not a perfect setup, since the use of a border-crossing card for domestic flights is a bit confusing. However, it's CATSA's first outbreak of common sense in years so overall it's a big step forward.
Just 34%? There is absolutely no way that the number can be that low.
I inherited a lightly-worn 1962-ish Omega Speedmaster a few years ago and quite enjoy wearing it (though not every day, b/c it's so damn heavy). The Speedmaster is now marketed as the "moon watch" because it was worn by the Apollo astronauts. The Speedmaster was a good choice because of the plastic crystal that wouldn't shatter and cause problems in zero-G. It cost me a few hundred $ to get a new main spring and pushers, and works as well today as it did 50 years ago.
I like it because it's a good reminder of what you can accomplish without the latest and greatest technology. Sure you have to wind it every day or so, and sure your $5 Casio keeps better time, but it was good enough to help get people to the moon. Astronauts literally trusted their lives with this thing - the watch was used to sequence maneuvers, estimate oxygen levels and time spacewalks walks. And all this was done with a spring, some gears and highly-precise engineering. If anything, it's a reminder that if you are going to build something, build it right.
It won't be quite that bad - experts predicted that over 1/3 of the passwords will never get used.
A few generations until seeing a paper book is as rare as seeing a lion? Thats a bit absurd, I dont know anyone who has thrown out their book collection after getting a kindle.
I think he's trying to say that there will be a massive explosion in the global lion population. Must be something to do with global warming and how it will turn most of Europe & North America into giant savannas.
They missed a great opportunity to bring motorcycle helmets with them and make a whole website about their 'ride' through the famed "Superconducting Super Collider Exclusion Zone".
Standards bodies have become nothing but the whore of businesses.
The main problem with standards is that they aren't.
Was it too hard to hold the laptop up? I think I'm missing your point...
I realize it might be 'handy', but that difference does not justify a new purchase. And if you didn't have a laptop and were to be making a choice between the two types of devices, I wonder if the actual PROS/CONS of the tablet would outweigh those of a laptop. I should note that a physical keyboard is extremely handy for *most* portable computing uses --- like e-mail, or slashdot, or forums, or address bar typing, or search queries... etc.
A laptop is a data in/out device. A tablet is a data out device. The OP presented a good use case for a simple device (light, plain screen, viewable by multiple people in daylight, good video integration, simple UI, instant on) that two people can use as an aid for problem-solving while standing in a field. There's no way that lugging a clamshell notebook out to the player is as convenient.
I thought the wrong/skipped answers were much more illuminating than the right answers.
For example, much has been made of Watson's "Toronto" answer to the US Cities question in Game 1. However, it wasn't a terrible answer because one of Toronto's airports is named after a war hero (Billy Bishop, the WWI fighter ace who shot down the Red Baron), and the main airport (Pearson) was named after a politician who was also a WWI veteran. Watson knew that Toronto wasn't in the US, the war was wrong and neither were named after a battle, but Toronto was the least wrong of all its options so that's what it chose. If this question had come up in the regular rounds Watson would have skipped (as happened occasionally). However, it needed to answer so it went with the best available option.
Now, since Watson would certainly have had data on O'Hare, Midway and Chicago in its database, the problem was either in the question parsing or the search heuristics. One suspects that its weakness is the linking together of disparate data, and it's quite likely that humans will retain this edge for some time.
The show that will air tonight has been filmed weeks ago, for no good reason that I can think of.
Jeopardy is always filmed in advance. There's no conspiracy - it's much cheaper to film a daily game show in batches. Editing/preparing the episodes also takes a bit of time, hence the delay
Need to hire a new CEO? There's an app for that:
http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?Language=en&CountryId=3
Friggin' boards and share holders. I hate them... This is the generic problem, boards and shareholders poke their governance noses in, not trusting senior operational to make the best decisions.
Yeah, because the biggest problem facing corporate America over the past few years has been excessive self-governance.
No corporation is required to have a succession plan. Why should Apple
Because shareholders own the company. If the company's owners want a succession plan then Apple had better well get cracking.
Regardless, your assertion is false - most large companies will have succession plans for key staff. Many willl go so far as to take out hefty life insurance policies to cover short-term risk if their CEO, chief product designer, star analyst etc... gets hit by a bus.
If Wikileaks has been nominated, does that mean the actual prize going to be won by Mark Zuckerberg?
This is very cool tech. I went to the Uffizi and zoomed in on Venus' boob until it filled the screen. Then I noticed all the brush work on the (strategically placed) hand and saw how Botticelli had subtly shifted the placement of the fingers as he painted. Would be very cool if they could add an X-Ray overlay.
Thanks a lot Google - I went looking for 15th-Century nudie picks but instead I ended up learning something.
Too easy - I just took a bunch of pictures of obsolete technology to include in my response (and to make it authentic I shot it on film). Now, if you can please hold on a bit I just need to send the roll off to get processed into Kodachrome slides. Shouldn't take more than a few days, so please check back.
Actually, your original point is relevant. In many jurisdictions sexual activity involving more than two people has no expectation of privacy, regardless of the circumstances.
In Canada this went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in 2005 that if the adults are consenting and there is no "harm", any activity involving more than two people is a private matter and none of the state's business.
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/843-e.htm#indecency
Some might argue that sex is a social activity (especially if multiple partners are involved) but few would argue that this makes it public fare.
It is if you post the results on Facebook.
Fantastic. The worst ISP in Canada is still faster than the best ISP in the US.
Yes, but if you try to watch Netflix on a Rogers account you'll blow through the download cap by the second act of the first movie. You'll also be paying more for the privilege, and Ted Rogers will personally come to your house at night to empty the coins out of all your pockets and leave your milk out on the counter.
Isn't an activity that's labeled "social" by definition part of the public domain? I'm all for protecting privacy rights, but you have to be an idiot these days to think that logging into Facebook is anything other than an explicit waiver of those rights.
Actually, the process by which they're recovering the colour data is very interesting:
http://www.insell.co.uk/colourisation/Recovery_of_Colour_Information_0-2.htm
The good news is that they've figured out how to restore colour to the B&W negatives. The bad news is that it requires Kodachrome processing...
I just use my Blackberry as an alarm clock. Every night before going to bed I simply remove & replace the battery - I wake up to the sound of the finished reboot, alert and refreshed after about eight hours of sleep.
They did say that. You're simply either a) unable to comprehend English, or b) so compelled to pedantry that said desire short-circuited the parts of your brain dedicated to the comprehension of the English language.
Fine - try looking at it a different way. Let's say that Europa has an atmospheric density of 100 units. If someone were to say that Rhea's was one time thinner, what would the density of Rhea's atmosphere be?