If they had the time, the resources and the security to do it. IANAL, but that letter is really yours until it's in the hands of other person. The USMail, no matter what they say, is just a carrier.
IMO, the reason they don't do it is because it would be almost impossible to protect themselves from social engineering while doing it, and the overhead of processing those cancellations would just kill the delivery times.
So this thing basically looks like Space Shuttle. If they were merely trying to copy the design, why not buy the good ole' US shuttle? Or a Russian model? Shouldn't they be trying something different?
It never ceases to amaze me how often Americans reach for the Constitution like it's infallible... I know it's been said many times, but the document was written 200 years ago. Yes, it was comprehensive, well thought out, and it is still very useful. But do not hang onto it like the southern baptists hang onto the bible! (we make fun of them for it, don't we?) When are you all going to realize that probably 99% of people who own guns don't use them to hunt food with it? When was the last time you someone shoot a deer with a handgun, then dragged the carcass home to feed the family? Why on god's green earth would you ever need an AR-15? I live in Alexandria, and work in Falls Church (the site of the last shooting)... and I have to tell you folks, I get slight anxiety attacks when I go gas up. Back to the issue at hand: what is so wrong with requiring not only your gun's fingerprint, but your own when you buy a gun??? How does that invade your privacy? If somebody robs you, and leaves their fingerprints all over, would you not want them caught, even if it causes *you* a 2-second inconvenience? Why do you hate/distrust your own government so much? I have no answers on this one, but sometimes these privacy/gun fanatics just go contrary to (admittedly, my) common sense.
This is ridiculous... "R&D is going to be hurting for better part of a decade." So what? For so many years people have been whining that the technology has outraced the society, and how the rate of innovation will slow a little bit, we're raising a huge red flag. IMO, we'll need decades to learn and perfect the stuff we have today anyway... and especially sort out the legal and societal boundaries around these new technologies.
Look how far we can bring the technology... Look at Ford's model T, then look at the latest Beamer... If only hardware and software would get refined the same way.
Very good point. I currently work at a 13 person company.
1) I am the only IT they have, in addition to being a front-level programmer. I take care of about 8 Sun/Linux boxes, and about 4 test Win2K boxes.
2) We currently oursource our laptops/mail/network support, which I think is absolutely great. That company does what I wouldn't want to touch, nor have the expertise for (firewall, main file server, exchange, remote backups, laptop hardware support, recovering crashed hard drives, stuff like that).
While they cost us about $6000/month, their role is clearly defined, they are very responsive, and do what we would need at least a two-three people here full time to do. (and we didn't even have to buy all that equipment, the $6000 amount covers leasing the hardware, and pretty much unlimited support).
For a company like ours, there just isn't the need to hire two more people who are just going to sit around. As the parent mod suggested, the economy of scale is certainly there.
Yes!!! Thank god I'm not the only one who feels this way. For some reason, I have no problem with sucking down a burger for which a cow had to die, but I hate seeing dead(dying) flowers no matter how pretty.
I guess it's cause a dead cow serves a purpose (feeding me), but cut flowers are just pretty to look at...
Then when I try to place potted plants in some strategic spots (like bedroom dressers etc), then "you just don't do that"... What's up with that???
If you ask me, I'd rather the US keeps working on them. If you don't, how are you going to keep up with the developments in such technology (chemical, biological) in other places (such as Iraq) and develop antidotes?
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Is it too hard to use the use of both your hands to enter in a few extra tags so that the Internet is "accessible to all!"
As a matter of fact, yes. Have you ever heard of a carpal tunnel syndrome?
"Why don't they widen airplane and car and bus seats so morbidly obese people can sit in them?"
Because the morbidly obese can always just buy two seats instead of one and spread their fat cheeks across both.
If they had the time, the resources and the security to do it.
IANAL, but that letter is really yours until it's in the hands of other person. The USMail, no matter what they say, is just a carrier.
IMO, the reason they don't do it is because it would be almost impossible to protect themselves from social engineering while doing it, and the overhead of processing those cancellations would just kill the delivery times.
So this thing basically looks like Space Shuttle. If they were merely trying to copy the design, why not buy the good ole' US shuttle? Or a Russian model?
Shouldn't they be trying something different?
It never ceases to amaze me how often Americans reach for the Constitution like it's infallible...
I know it's been said many times, but the document was written 200 years ago. Yes, it was comprehensive, well thought out, and it is still very useful. But do not hang onto it like the southern baptists hang onto the bible! (we make fun of them for it, don't we?)
When are you all going to realize that probably 99% of people who own guns don't use them to hunt food with it? When was the last time you someone shoot a deer with a handgun, then dragged the carcass home to feed the family? Why on god's green earth would you ever need an AR-15?
I live in Alexandria, and work in Falls Church (the site of the last shooting)... and I have to tell you folks, I get slight anxiety attacks when I go gas up.
Back to the issue at hand: what is so wrong with requiring not only your gun's fingerprint, but your own when you buy a gun??? How does that invade your privacy? If somebody robs you, and leaves their fingerprints all over, would you not want them caught, even if it causes *you* a 2-second inconvenience? Why do you hate/distrust your own government so much?
I have no answers on this one, but sometimes these privacy/gun fanatics just go contrary to (admittedly, my) common sense.
This is ridiculous...
"R&D is going to be hurting for better part of a decade."
So what? For so many years people have been whining that the technology has outraced the society, and how the rate of innovation will slow a little bit, we're raising a huge red flag.
IMO, we'll need decades to learn and perfect the stuff we have today anyway... and especially sort out the legal and societal boundaries around these new technologies.
Look how far we can bring the technology... Look at Ford's model T, then look at the latest Beamer... If only hardware and software would get refined the same way.
Very good point. I currently work at a 13 person company.
1) I am the only IT they have, in addition to being a front-level programmer. I take care of about 8 Sun/Linux boxes, and about 4 test Win2K boxes.
2) We currently oursource our laptops/mail/network support, which I think is absolutely great. That company does what I wouldn't want to touch, nor have the expertise for (firewall, main file server, exchange, remote backups, laptop hardware support, recovering crashed hard drives, stuff like that).
While they cost us about $6000/month, their role is clearly defined, they are very responsive, and do what we would need at least a two-three people here full time to do. (and we didn't even have to buy all that equipment, the $6000 amount covers leasing the hardware, and pretty much unlimited support).
For a company like ours, there just isn't the need to hire two more people who are just going to sit around. As the parent mod suggested, the economy of scale is certainly there.
OK, I understand all the answers about legacy code. But doesn't a new set of specs and a new language imply continued development in that language?
Yes!!! Thank god I'm not the only one who feels this way. For some reason, I have no problem with sucking down a burger for which a cow had to die, but I hate seeing dead(dying) flowers no matter how pretty.
I guess it's cause a dead cow serves a purpose (feeding me), but cut flowers are just pretty to look at...
Then when I try to place potted plants in some strategic spots (like bedroom dressers etc), then "you just don't do that"... What's up with that???
If you ask me, I'd rather the US keeps working on them. If you don't, how are you going to keep up with the developments in such technology (chemical, biological) in other places (such as Iraq) and develop antidotes?
Work on them, keep them safe, find us a cure.