Hadn't thought of the otterbox (nice idea, makes sense). If your really trying to prep for something like this, consider making a non-magnetic copy also. While the odds of an EMP type disaster killing the drive (especially if stashed in a safe place) are slim, so are the odds of a nuclear disaster I guess.
Consider burning it to a CDR also. This is stuff that might have to be updated once a year (such as deeds or photos/contacts) anyway, so its not like the age of the media and deterioration will be a big problem.
A rule of thumb I've learned is that if your planning for stuff that occurs more then 2 standard deviations away from the mean, then chances are you want something that is (or can at least be considered virtually) full-proof. At the very least, the odds of all of the combined methods together have a lesser chance of failing then the original threat does of occuring.
>Story lifted directly from BoingBoing. Even the quote from Wired was lifted directly from the BoingBoing story.
And they didnt list it either (the cell company). This reminds me of rumors on the school-yard. "oh, someone said your not cool, but I'm not going to tell you who and I'll just make up a name and call them Person A". It doesnt accomplish anything other then stiring up stuff (e.g. webhits).
If someone filed a C-n-D, to me at least, whats the point of writing a story about it if your not going to put much if any substance in it. For all we know, this person could have made the entire thing up. We dont have any names, and no sources were cited. I'm not calling hoax, but to me this is less useful then reading the Onion (which at least makes me laugh).
Bingo, I was reading through the summery going "well, I wonder what they were doing with it", and at the bottom they mention SAP.
ERP stuff is (generally) much more mature and easier to support on Windows. I was at a PeopleSoft conference right before they were eaten and went to the Linux sessions they had and it was a mess. They weren't going to officially support Linux until their next major version which in ERP is a death sentance (no support from the vendor, so if something goes wrong and you cant fix it, its off to consultants...). The install and config process was also detailed and even the speaker mentioned it wasnt for the faint of heart comparatively.
Short of Merck/IBM/other large company doing an implimentation on *nix (which is the only place I've ever seen anyone actually do it on *nix), everyone else does it on Windows cause its just easier to get up and running and maintain.
right tool for right job, this is just one of those jobs that doesnt fit at the moment.
well, while they dont come out and "guarentee" access, they do compensate you for non-service days which is cool. If only my cable company did that...
quote:
>>>What happens if my service is disrupted?
We're committed to providing you with a service that has as few disruptions as possible. In the unlikely event that you experience a loss of service caused by us for more than 5 consecutive days (for home members) and 24 consecutive hours (for office members), you will be compensated for each day's disruption, by a reduction in your monthly service fee equivalent to the amount you would have paid for service on those days.
In order to receive this reduction, you will need to notify us as soon as the service failure occurs and request the appropriate reduction by contacting member services when your service is restored. See our 'Standard terms and conditions' for more information.
(shamefully yanked from their Tell Me More page, read below for my thoughts on their definition of unlimited usage and how they define it and their process)
Features
* Up to 24 meg download speed
* Up to 1.3 meg upload speed
* Unlimited Internet access
* No download caps
* Free high specification wireless Be Box modem
Options
* Be static IP
* Be home email and webspace, coming soon (click here for more info)
* More coming soon
Be Box modem
* ADSL 2+ enabled
* 4 port 10/100 megs Ethernet switch (1 port reserved for future use)
* 54 megs 802.11 b/g wireless interface
* 2 voice over broadband ports (future use)
* 1 analog back-up (future use)
* OS Independent (Ethernet)
Requirements
* A rampant thirst for speed
* BT phone line
* A device capable of communicating via TCP/IP (like a Windows PC, Mac, Xbox with Live...)
* An Ethernet port for a wire connection to the Be Box
* A 802.11b or 802.11g compatible network adapter for wireless connection to the Be Box
* Windows 98SE / Mac OS 8.6 or higher
Getting Be
* Place your order online
* If your order is accepted, your BT phone line will physically be connecting to our network in your local exchange (this usually takes about 2 - 4 weeks)
* You will be sent our welcome pack, including our Be Box modem and your line will be activated
* Follow our DIY instant broadband instructions in your welcome pack and you will be ready to go
-------------
Now, this looks rather straight forward, and I keep wondering "wheres the catch?" My only guess would be that either they are using fiber to make this economical for them on the business end, or they are going to throttle/mercilessly prosecute illegal activities which take place on their network, thus reducing load... I wouldnt expect any company to state the later, but the former might have been touted as a feature. So I went digging and came across their TOS policy (conviently linked under the "is this really unlimited" section of the FAQ (note #11):
So what can Be's services not be used for?
1. Unlawful, fraudulent, criminal or otherwise illegal activities
2. Sending, receiving, publishing, posting, distributing, disseminating, encouraging the receipt of, uploading, downloading or using any material which is offensive, abusive, defamatory, indecent, obscene, unlawful, harassing or menacing or a breach of the copyright, trademark, intellectual property, confidence, privacy or any other rights of any person
3. Commercial purposes (unless you are a home member who is working from home as a sole trader in business on your own account or an office member in which case see below for limits on certain types of commercial use)
4. Sending or uploading unsolicited emails, advertising or promotional materials, offering to sell any goods or services, or conducting or forwarding surveys, contests or chain letters except that home members working from home as a sole trader in business on their own account or office members are permitted to send marketing communications in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 if sent in batches of no more than fifty (50) emails at any time, each indiv
"To subscribe customers must have a BT phone line"
although I'm not sure what plans BT has to offer, I know that culturally it seems to have been the norm in the market place to have per-min charges on the phone instead of a flat rate per month.
Plus, most World Civ classes discuss the first drink as a ply to keep students awake during history class, so this isnt exactly an earth shattering report.
While I cant prove it one way or another, it's either a slow news day, or I smell a Piquepaille-esque submission/ad revenue scenario.
"For one thing, what if someone doesn't want 911 service on his or her VoIP phone? I already have a landline and a cell phone at home, and I might add a VoIP phone to the mix. I don't need 911 service and don't wish to pay higher prices for a GPS receiver or location-identifying hardware that would be included in it. Mandating 911 service would amount to a tax on VoIP customers."
I'll start out by saying I think the above reason is really kinda weak. There are other problems to be hashed out, but I'm just looking at this for the moment.
If anyone has read "This is Burning Man" by Brian Doherty, this will fall similarlly in line (its near the end of the book):
America seems to have grown up in an environment that gives the false illusion that they are safe. Child safety locks on cars and meds, etc. While there are a batch of people (and I'll personally go out on a limb and say over half as I'm an optimist at times) who can generally figure out whats safe and what isn't. There is still a large contingency (especially at large festivals such as Burning Man or Bonnaroo) who will push that limits to the point where they could/do die from their own actions. These people exist in society as we know it, and it isnt until they are in a dangerious situation that they dont realize it or choose to ignore it, and harm themselves.
Now, with that in mind, you and I both know, that there will be someone, somewhere, who does something insanely stupid (like making meth in a hillbilly home methlab), will need to call 911, and cant cause they were too cheap to get a real phone. Now, personally, i'm kinda ok with standing back and saying "well, Darwin was right after all", but the general public, in all of their emotional-based reactions and overzealous desire for safety , probably wont bode well with that***, and a nasty mess will ensue in the media and lots of other things. So, while there are other issues to be hashed out about who has access to what databases, I can understand why, from a fundimental level of ensuring access to emergency services, it (IMHO) should be required.
*** Steven Levett made an interesting point in Freakonomics: People dont have fear/outrage for the more probable, but very distant disasters, such as heart disease that can kill them, but instead focus their energy and fear/outrage on things that are very miniscule, such as terrorism attacks.
"(As a side note, I think it's cowardly for FCC officials to refuse to have their names mentioned, but it was a condition of attending the event.)"
Yeah, if you cant stand in front of a conference type event that you evidently called for, and have the press print you as a source, I think thats seriously pathetic.
as good a place as I can think of. You can specify your request based on contract length/type, and treat it as a regular job (since in the ask/. you mentioned you'd be willing to pay).
If you are going to look it at like a job, treat it like a job and do job searchs, interviews, etc. If your org isnt big enough to really justify this (or its not a really big market segment to you), then my only other idea would be to see if there is a CS department at the local college that is willing to farm out people (again on a piece-work style contract) for the summer or an internship-style possition.
What you want to stay away from IMHO is a OSS-style community development for a port. I define it as a product in that from the management perspective your responsible for delivering something. With many OSS projects, you are only attracting people who are interested in that project, and not just anyone who's technically able. With actual work, you have access to a much larger pool of labor that is willing to and able to produce a satisfactory end product (in this case the port) even though some/many may be un-interested in the content in the same manner as OSS comunity project developers.
I'm just looking at it from the business perspective is all. Different advice for different objectives.
>>> I don't think it's just a matter of getting used to it, and of breaking old habits. No, the placement of the Command key really is detrimental to its use, at least as far as my fingers are concerned. Until today I've been trying to live with it, but now I'm going to find a way to remap the keys so as to move Command farther to the left.
Try using different fingers. On my work machines (windows), I use left pinky and index for Ctrl+C, where as on the mac, I use ring and middle. Both gestures require you to move your left hand away from "base position", and personally, I find neither inconvenient. I do agree that trying to use the same fingers you use on windows is contortion at best, which is why I found a new way when I switched.
So I would argue, that yes, it is a breaking of old habbits.
bingo, the other thing is, you dont associate your name with the individual pass, so they are only pinpointing "pass 106 has this finger structure with it", outside of that, they know that the first person who uses the pass has those fingers, not their name/age/gender/etc. Creditcard holder information could probably be gleaned, but not the actual person's info (at least not by this).
I've been to Disney a batch, and one thing I noticed was that the park hopper passes arn't restricted like this, only single park passes and season passes (which makes sense on the seasonal ones so you cant loan out your pass and let the entire neighborhood go for free)
To me the logic is to prevent/deter theft on the individual passes, or at least give that illusion (which seems to be a key element in America many times now). If you had to provide a name, or some other actual record, say an eye scan or an actual finger print, then yeah, I'd be a tad more concerned, but this I'll conceed in the proverbial war on privacy so that I may pick my key battles another day.
As for the best option if you were to jump ship, its dependant on your area really. Besides that, Cingular is SIM based so you can bring your phone to them (after its unlocked) and you dont have to sign a contract (unless that deal has changed).
I agree with the dislike of the ruling (as I am now in a sticky spot myself), but I'll bite on the logic of impeachment since you took the time to dig up some references.
It is true that supreme court justices can be impeached, but the grounds for impeachment being "high crimes and misdomenors", not "unconstitutional opinions".
From the Regency School of Law, article by Steven Fitschen:
One of the most intriguing aspects of the history of impeachment in America is that no judge has ever been impeached for some of the behaviors that citizens are the most concerned about. As they are today, in the wake of the Romer decision, Americans have often been concerned about judicial activism, judicial tyranny, evolutionary jurisprudence, rendering unconstitutional opinions, and the like. Indeed, at least one opponent of the current impeachment movement, Bruce Fein, has made much of this fact.
However, there are several historical reasons why impeachment has never been attempted for these offenses. In 1803-1805, President Thomas Jefferson attempted to use impeachment as a political weapon against Federalist judges. Jefferson, and those pursuing impeachment in the House, properly understood that "high crimes and misdemeanors" was an elastic term, designed to encompass unindictable offenses. However, they abused the process by attempting to circumvent the limits the Framers intended for the term.
History is the best guide to understanding why the term "high crimes and misdemeanors" was chosen. History also demonstrates that Jefferson went beyond the Framers' intent when he sought to use impeachment to remove federal judges simply because they belonged to the opposing political party. Anyone who seeks to do the same today would be guilty of the same error. However, anyone who seeks to remove tyrannical federal judges would use the tool of impeachment exactly as intended by the Framers.
control is essentially it. You can generally control a routine, where as an addiction is more or less outside of your control (smoking, drugs, even sex addicts cant go for more then a couple of days without engaging in their vice of choice).
There are other differing attributes and examples, but in a nutshell, thats the gist of it.
Exactly. I'm aware that the UVM tried this a couple years ago in their Business Management major and when their students graduated and tried to find employment, that they practically screamed bloody murder at the department since the skills they had were not nearly as useful as perceived at the time.
In my travels across the country and visiting schools. Thats the general concensus for business and MIS. CS there is more of an argument as it can be a *complimentary* tool as the parent mentioned.
Schools that "sell out" to Microsoft are (essentially) looking out for their students best interest based on what they will face in life (which is generally a Microsoft world). That may not be the reason fed to people, but its there in the stack.
This is a decent solution, as the majority benefit from this decision, bu it isnt the ideal solution. A hybrid nix/MS environment can potentially lower costs, and expose students to multipul environments, and allow for the best tool to be used when needed. This also allows for conceptual content to be taught in a neutral environment (something faculty really strive for), such as using Oracle DBs, and MSSQL server in a Database Management class, or some mix of VB.net, Perl, and C in a Programming for Managers class. These demonstrate the concepts in multipul examples and environments so that students, regardless of what they are using, can use the conceptual tools that they have learned in college.
I honestly dont know about price breaks though with hybrid environments as my curiosity usually moves on to other things when I'm asking. I do know that at my campus last year, the MSDN was quoted at 25k, but was sold for under 10k after bargining (and this is a mono-environment).
anyone else see this as a way of stepping up their solution line against Oracle (who had the RDBMS, and grabbed PeopleSoft for the front end, so they could complete with SAP).
This wouldnt make much sense, except Oracle has been snatching up middleware people, and other IP groups to try and strengthen their overall ERP stance, something that IBM was looking to do with their strategic alliance with PeopleSoft last fall. Just a thought.
That if you are interested in seeing the software spread and be used, that you wouldnt do something like this. Kinda like biting the hand that feeds you.
I know that if I ran a company and I was compliant with a license, and the license changed to where I was penalized, I'd be less interested in using that software, but thats me.
While not entirely unrecomendable, there is the problem that people who go into inet cafes generally only know about Windows and how to use Windows and part of your business model is having a place where people can come and "easily" use the systems, even to the point of it being painfully easy and intuitive. This can be argued endlessly, but if your ever doing something like this, its something to consider.
As for the solution for windows users to prevent the altering of a configuration: www.symantec.com/goback/
My university uses it to lock down the general student labs. In 3 years, I've seen it work well.
You can do the same SVHS signal VHS tape too...
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But it doesnt mean its a great idea. While the signal will take if you drill the first hole (or the SVHS hole) onto a regular VHS tape, the tape after repeated play will not hold the signal nearly as well as an SVHS tape of similar plays, and recorded on the same decks. Many SVHS decks, such as the commercial Panasonic VS4820 have a feature called SVHS-ET which will override the pin trick and just put the SVHS signal on VHS tape.
I used to work for VMS, and we used the VS4820s almost exclusivly along with broadcast-grade SVHS and VHS tapes baught in bulk (for archival, editing, and professional video selling). Did some tests to see how legit this was and the VHS tapes did fail sooner one summer. How much sooner as compared to the SVHS tapes wasnt recorded as we only went until one tape failed (in this case the VHS), compared the signal to the other (which was much better) and went back to work. The difference in tape is marginal for many, but can make a world of difference given a different application.
This has been done for ages, the forcing of various signals onto tapes not intended for them. Works great for transporting material from one location to another to be used once or twice, but its definately not ideal for long term use.
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Hadn't thought of the otterbox (nice idea, makes sense). If your really trying to prep for something like this, consider making a non-magnetic copy also. While the odds of an EMP type disaster killing the drive (especially if stashed in a safe place) are slim, so are the odds of a nuclear disaster I guess.
Consider burning it to a CDR also. This is stuff that might have to be updated once a year (such as deeds or photos/contacts) anyway, so its not like the age of the media and deterioration will be a big problem.
A rule of thumb I've learned is that if your planning for stuff that occurs more then 2 standard deviations away from the mean, then chances are you want something that is (or can at least be considered virtually) full-proof. At the very least, the odds of all of the combined methods together have a lesser chance of failing then the original threat does of occuring.
>Story lifted directly from BoingBoing. Even the quote from Wired was lifted directly from the BoingBoing story.
And they didnt list it either (the cell company). This reminds me of rumors on the school-yard. "oh, someone said your not cool, but I'm not going to tell you who and I'll just make up a name and call them Person A". It doesnt accomplish anything other then stiring up stuff (e.g. webhits).
If someone filed a C-n-D, to me at least, whats the point of writing a story about it if your not going to put much if any substance in it. For all we know, this person could have made the entire thing up. We dont have any names, and no sources were cited. I'm not calling hoax, but to me this is less useful then reading the Onion (which at least makes me laugh).
Bingo, I was reading through the summery going "well, I wonder what they were doing with it", and at the bottom they mention SAP.
ERP stuff is (generally) much more mature and easier to support on Windows. I was at a PeopleSoft conference right before they were eaten and went to the Linux sessions they had and it was a mess. They weren't going to officially support Linux until their next major version which in ERP is a death sentance (no support from the vendor, so if something goes wrong and you cant fix it, its off to consultants...). The install and config process was also detailed and even the speaker mentioned it wasnt for the faint of heart comparatively.
Short of Merck/IBM/other large company doing an implimentation on *nix (which is the only place I've ever seen anyone actually do it on *nix), everyone else does it on Windows cause its just easier to get up and running and maintain.
right tool for right job, this is just one of those jobs that doesnt fit at the moment.
well, while they dont come out and "guarentee" access, they do compensate you for non-service days which is cool. If only my cable company did that...
quote:
>>>What happens if my service is disrupted?
We're committed to providing you with a service that has as few disruptions as possible.
In the unlikely event that you experience a loss of service caused by us for more than 5 consecutive days (for home members) and 24 consecutive hours (for office members), you will be compensated for each day's disruption, by a reduction in your monthly service fee equivalent to the amount you would have paid for service on those days.
In order to receive this reduction, you will need to notify us as soon as the service failure occurs and request the appropriate reduction by contacting member services when your service is restored. See our 'Standard terms and conditions' for more information.
(shamefully yanked from their Tell Me More page, read below for my thoughts on their definition of unlimited usage and how they define it and their process)
Features
* Up to 24 meg download speed
* Up to 1.3 meg upload speed
* Unlimited Internet access
* No download caps
* Free high specification wireless Be Box modem
Options
* Be static IP
* Be home email and webspace, coming soon (click here for more info)
* More coming soon
Be Box modem
* ADSL 2+ enabled
* 4 port 10/100 megs Ethernet switch (1 port reserved for future use)
* 54 megs 802.11 b/g wireless interface
* 2 voice over broadband ports (future use)
* 1 analog back-up (future use)
* OS Independent (Ethernet)
Requirements
* A rampant thirst for speed
* BT phone line
* A device capable of communicating via TCP/IP (like a Windows PC, Mac, Xbox with Live...)
* An Ethernet port for a wire connection to the Be Box
* A 802.11b or 802.11g compatible network adapter for wireless connection to the Be Box
* Windows 98SE / Mac OS 8.6 or higher
Getting Be
* Place your order online
* If your order is accepted, your BT phone line will physically be connecting to our network in your local exchange (this usually takes about 2 - 4 weeks)
* You will be sent our welcome pack, including our Be Box modem and your line will be activated
* Follow our DIY instant broadband instructions in your welcome pack and you will be ready to go
-------------
Now, this looks rather straight forward, and I keep wondering "wheres the catch?" My only guess would be that either they are using fiber to make this economical for them on the business end, or they are going to throttle/mercilessly prosecute illegal activities which take place on their network, thus reducing load... I wouldnt expect any company to state the later, but the former might have been touted as a feature. So I went digging and came across their TOS policy (conviently linked under the "is this really unlimited" section of the FAQ (note #11):
So what can Be's services not be used for?
1. Unlawful, fraudulent, criminal or otherwise illegal activities
2. Sending, receiving, publishing, posting, distributing, disseminating, encouraging the receipt of, uploading, downloading or using any material which is offensive, abusive, defamatory, indecent, obscene, unlawful, harassing or menacing or a breach of the copyright, trademark, intellectual property, confidence, privacy or any other rights of any person
3. Commercial purposes (unless you are a home member who is working from home as a sole trader in business on your own account or an office member in which case see below for limits on certain types of commercial use)
4. Sending or uploading unsolicited emails, advertising or promotional materials, offering to sell any goods or services, or conducting or forwarding surveys, contests or chain letters except that home members working from home as a sole trader in business on their own account or office members are permitted to send marketing communications in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 if sent in batches of no more than fifty (50) emails at any time, each indiv
might be, one of the strings attached is:
"To subscribe customers must have a BT phone line"
although I'm not sure what plans BT has to offer, I know that culturally it seems to have been the norm in the market place to have per-min charges on the phone instead of a flat rate per month.
I'm game for that, it at least gives us the chance of filtering out a response of "Goatse Crater"... *shudder*
many news submissions died to bring us this information...
dog sh!t, and an old running shoe, next question.
Plus, most World Civ classes discuss the first drink as a ply to keep students awake during history class, so this isnt exactly an earth shattering report.
While I cant prove it one way or another, it's either a slow news day, or I smell a Piquepaille-esque submission/ad revenue scenario.
...for a trade off of a couple bucks:
"For one thing, what if someone doesn't want 911 service on his or her VoIP phone? I already have a landline and a cell phone at home, and I might add a VoIP phone to the mix. I don't need 911 service and don't wish to pay higher prices for a GPS receiver or location-identifying hardware that would be included in it. Mandating 911 service would amount to a tax on VoIP customers."
I'll start out by saying I think the above reason is really kinda weak. There are other problems to be hashed out, but I'm just looking at this for the moment.
If anyone has read "This is Burning Man" by Brian Doherty, this will fall similarlly in line (its near the end of the book):
America seems to have grown up in an environment that gives the false illusion that they are safe. Child safety locks on cars and meds, etc. While there are a batch of people (and I'll personally go out on a limb and say over half as I'm an optimist at times) who can generally figure out whats safe and what isn't. There is still a large contingency (especially at large festivals such as Burning Man or Bonnaroo) who will push that limits to the point where they could/do die from their own actions. These people exist in society as we know it, and it isnt until they are in a dangerious situation that they dont realize it or choose to ignore it, and harm themselves.
Now, with that in mind, you and I both know, that there will be someone, somewhere, who does something insanely stupid (like making meth in a hillbilly home methlab), will need to call 911, and cant cause they were too cheap to get a real phone. Now, personally, i'm kinda ok with standing back and saying "well, Darwin was right after all", but the general public, in all of their emotional-based reactions and overzealous desire for safety , probably wont bode well with that***, and a nasty mess will ensue in the media and lots of other things. So, while there are other issues to be hashed out about who has access to what databases, I can understand why, from a fundimental level of ensuring access to emergency services, it (IMHO) should be required.
*** Steven Levett made an interesting point in Freakonomics: People dont have fear/outrage for the more probable, but very distant disasters, such as heart disease that can kill them, but instead focus their energy and fear/outrage on things that are very miniscule, such as terrorism attacks.
"(As a side note, I think it's cowardly for FCC officials to refuse to have their names mentioned, but it was a condition of attending the event.)"
Yeah, if you cant stand in front of a conference type event that you evidently called for, and have the press print you as a source, I think thats seriously pathetic.
as good a place as I can think of. You can specify your request based on contract length/type, and treat it as a regular job (since in the ask/. you mentioned you'd be willing to pay).
If you are going to look it at like a job, treat it like a job and do job searchs, interviews, etc. If your org isnt big enough to really justify this (or its not a really big market segment to you), then my only other idea would be to see if there is a CS department at the local college that is willing to farm out people (again on a piece-work style contract) for the summer or an internship-style possition.
What you want to stay away from IMHO is a OSS-style community development for a port. I define it as a product in that from the management perspective your responsible for delivering something. With many OSS projects, you are only attracting people who are interested in that project, and not just anyone who's technically able. With actual work, you have access to a much larger pool of labor that is willing to and able to produce a satisfactory end product (in this case the port) even though some/many may be un-interested in the content in the same manner as OSS comunity project developers.
I'm just looking at it from the business perspective is all. Different advice for different objectives.
>>> I don't think it's just a matter of getting used to it, and of breaking old habits. No, the placement of the Command key really is detrimental to its use, at least as far as my fingers are concerned. Until today I've been trying to live with it, but now I'm going to find a way to remap the keys so as to move Command farther to the left.
Try using different fingers. On my work machines (windows), I use left pinky and index for Ctrl+C, where as on the mac, I use ring and middle. Both gestures require you to move your left hand away from "base position", and personally, I find neither inconvenient. I do agree that trying to use the same fingers you use on windows is contortion at best, which is why I found a new way when I switched.
So I would argue, that yes, it is a breaking of old habbits.
he's just stiring the pot folks, gotta print something to save his job...
bingo, the other thing is, you dont associate your name with the individual pass, so they are only pinpointing "pass 106 has this finger structure with it", outside of that, they know that the first person who uses the pass has those fingers, not their name/age/gender/etc. Creditcard holder information could probably be gleaned, but not the actual person's info (at least not by this).
I've been to Disney a batch, and one thing I noticed was that the park hopper passes arn't restricted like this, only single park passes and season passes (which makes sense on the seasonal ones so you cant loan out your pass and let the entire neighborhood go for free)
To me the logic is to prevent/deter theft on the individual passes, or at least give that illusion (which seems to be a key element in America many times now). If you had to provide a name, or some other actual record, say an eye scan or an actual finger print, then yeah, I'd be a tad more concerned, but this I'll conceed in the proverbial war on privacy so that I may pick my key battles another day.
found here (TMO not interested to sell): http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/44408.html
As for the best option if you were to jump ship, its dependant on your area really. Besides that, Cingular is SIM based so you can bring your phone to them (after its unlocked) and you dont have to sign a contract (unless that deal has changed).
I agree with the dislike of the ruling (as I am now in a sticky spot myself), but I'll bite on the logic of impeachment since you took the time to dig up some references.
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It is true that supreme court justices can be impeached, but the grounds for impeachment being "high crimes and misdomenors", not "unconstitutional opinions".
From the Regency School of Law, article by Steven Fitschen:
One of the most intriguing aspects of the history of impeachment in America is that no judge has ever been impeached for some of the behaviors that citizens are the most concerned about. As they are today, in the wake of the Romer decision, Americans have often been concerned about judicial activism, judicial tyranny, evolutionary jurisprudence, rendering unconstitutional opinions, and the like. Indeed, at least one opponent of the current impeachment movement, Bruce Fein, has made much of this fact.
However, there are several historical reasons why impeachment has never been attempted for these offenses. In 1803-1805, President Thomas Jefferson attempted to use impeachment as a political weapon against Federalist judges. Jefferson, and those pursuing impeachment in the House, properly understood that "high crimes and misdemeanors" was an elastic term, designed to encompass unindictable offenses. However, they abused the process by attempting to circumvent the limits the Framers intended for the term.
History is the best guide to understanding why the term "high crimes and misdemeanors" was chosen. History also demonstrates that Jefferson went beyond the Framers' intent when he sought to use impeachment to remove federal judges simply because they belonged to the opposing political party. Anyone who seeks to do the same today would be guilty of the same error. However, anyone who seeks to remove tyrannical federal judges would use the tool of impeachment exactly as intended by the Framers.
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www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/academics/lawreview/fi
Take it as you will.
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." -- Abraham Lincoln
always wondered how well that would work...
control is essentially it. You can generally control a routine, where as an addiction is more or less outside of your control (smoking, drugs, even sex addicts cant go for more then a couple of days without engaging in their vice of choice).
There are other differing attributes and examples, but in a nutshell, thats the gist of it.
Exactly. I'm aware that the UVM tried this a couple years ago in their Business Management major and when their students graduated and tried to find employment, that they practically screamed bloody murder at the department since the skills they had were not nearly as useful as perceived at the time.
In my travels across the country and visiting schools. Thats the general concensus for business and MIS. CS there is more of an argument as it can be a *complimentary* tool as the parent mentioned.
Schools that "sell out" to Microsoft are (essentially) looking out for their students best interest based on what they will face in life (which is generally a Microsoft world). That may not be the reason fed to people, but its there in the stack.
This is a decent solution, as the majority benefit from this decision, bu it isnt the ideal solution. A hybrid nix/MS environment can potentially lower costs, and expose students to multipul environments, and allow for the best tool to be used when needed. This also allows for conceptual content to be taught in a neutral environment (something faculty really strive for), such as using Oracle DBs, and MSSQL server in a Database Management class, or some mix of VB.net, Perl, and C in a Programming for Managers class. These demonstrate the concepts in multipul examples and environments so that students, regardless of what they are using, can use the conceptual tools that they have learned in college.
I honestly dont know about price breaks though with hybrid environments as my curiosity usually moves on to other things when I'm asking. I do know that at my campus last year, the MSDN was quoted at 25k, but was sold for under 10k after bargining (and this is a mono-environment).
anyone else see this as a way of stepping up their solution line against Oracle (who had the RDBMS, and grabbed PeopleSoft for the front end, so they could complete with SAP).
This wouldnt make much sense, except Oracle has been snatching up middleware people, and other IP groups to try and strengthen their overall ERP stance, something that IBM was looking to do with their strategic alliance with PeopleSoft last fall. Just a thought.
That if you are interested in seeing the software spread and be used, that you wouldnt do something like this. Kinda like biting the hand that feeds you.
I know that if I ran a company and I was compliant with a license, and the license changed to where I was penalized, I'd be less interested in using that software, but thats me.
(no, I didnt read the article)
While not entirely unrecomendable, there is the problem that people who go into inet cafes generally only know about Windows and how to use Windows and part of your business model is having a place where people can come and "easily" use the systems, even to the point of it being painfully easy and intuitive. This can be argued endlessly, but if your ever doing something like this, its something to consider.
As for the solution for windows users to prevent the altering of a configuration:
www.symantec.com/goback/
My university uses it to lock down the general student labs. In 3 years, I've seen it work well.
But it doesnt mean its a great idea. While the signal will take if you drill the first hole (or the SVHS hole) onto a regular VHS tape, the tape after repeated play will not hold the signal nearly as well as an SVHS tape of similar plays, and recorded on the same decks. Many SVHS decks, such as the commercial Panasonic VS4820 have a feature called SVHS-ET which will override the pin trick and just put the SVHS signal on VHS tape.
I used to work for VMS, and we used the VS4820s almost exclusivly along with broadcast-grade SVHS and VHS tapes baught in bulk (for archival, editing, and professional video selling). Did some tests to see how legit this was and the VHS tapes did fail sooner one summer. How much sooner as compared to the SVHS tapes wasnt recorded as we only went until one tape failed (in this case the VHS), compared the signal to the other (which was much better) and went back to work. The difference in tape is marginal for many, but can make a world of difference given a different application.
This has been done for ages, the forcing of various signals onto tapes not intended for them. Works great for transporting material from one location to another to be used once or twice, but its definately not ideal for long term use.