She is 59 - so she grew up without computer knowledge - and she can't type. Learning computer skills at 59 while blind is probably a challenge.
If you RTFA there's a picture of her writing setup - physical guide lines on the paper - so her method has been thought out, it isn't just random scribbles.
There are two different issues being merged into one here:
Vehicle noise outside the car - to warn pedestrians/other motorists/etc. of the car's presence;
Vehicle noise inside the car - so the driver has a perception of how fast they are driving.
A speaker making 'vroom vroom' noises outside the car does nothing for the driver - most modern Audi-class cars are so quiet inside you can barely hear an internal combustion engine. Some cars (even loud high-performance ones) already artifically add engine noise to the stereo system so the driver can gauge their speed.
That's not completely fair. QC's main function is to make sure the product works as advertised - and the switch does work correctly. It just has a few extra files on an internal bit of memory - not visible to the outside world in normal product use.
This sounds more like a failure in the manufacturing process - either (a) the malware was on the golden copy that was generated by HP (which would be an engineering failure made in the USA), or (b) the malware got added by the fabrication house (which would be a supplier failure, but should have been caught by US engineering when they verified the first production samples).
The question is "Why do people want live near a Active Military Air Base???"
Because they're active military personnel? Or because they're civilian contractors? Or because they run a store/restaurant that serves the base?
If the military base had been built large enough in the first place - in this case, expropriate all of the then-unused land between it and the ocean - then the apartments would have been several miles further away, and the incident would have been on an uninhabited section of a military base, and not news.
Maybe you can answer the one big question the press hasn't asked: why are military training missions being flown over densely populated civilian areas?
Virginia is extremely close to the Atlantic Ocean - train all you want, the noise won't bother anyone, and malfunctions don't make news headlines.
Isn't that why the largest US Navy base in the world is in Nevada?
The RAF during the 1950's was involved in armed conflict around the globe: Egypt/Suez, what is now called Iraq, Malaya, Korea, and I'm sure there were others - as well as operations to support Berlin against the Russians. Most of those aircraft losses were in combat missions, not in training.
Should gay parents be able to 'turn off the hetero'?
Should parents be able to 'turn off the violence'? Which, to me, would be a much larger issue. But then if you turn off the violence in Mass Effect, you may as well turn off the game completely.
If you want the situation to change, hire the guy in charge of security at El-Al. Get rid of the entire TSA, and just do whatever the Israelis do. Air travel can be safe.
People would have to buy a second phone just for entertainment.
The Blackberry was a business tool, just like a photocopier. Nobody complains about having to buy a game console because their photocopier can't play games.
The Blackberry was an effective business tool because it only had business-related functionality - so any company buying them didn't feel they were providing free toys for their employees, they were only providing a necessary tool. Unfortunately now everyone wants the latest/shiniest/coolest gadget, not just a business phone.
Ask Google. Part of the "location" info that the phone reports is what wifi it's connected to
That is different. OP said "on the internet". If a phone is also connected to wifi - thereby having two internet connections - then yes, in some cases, additional information can be obtained.
If the phone is on the internet, they can be even more accurate than that.
Uh, say what? How does DHCP provide better resolution than knowing what cell tower you are communicating with??
Knowing a location to within a square mile - i.e. which cell tower - isn't very useful. However, most smartphones have a built-in GPS - if the carrier can remotely access the phone and provide the police with a GPS location, THAT would be useful.
Storing large quantities of oil is very expensive, unlike, say, gold or diamonds. You can't hoard the stuff.>
Storing large quantities of oil is *free* - there is no cost involved at all. Just leave it in the ground. Pump it out just before you want to sell it.
Several ways: one is time. When you go back and look at a routine you haven't seen for six months, does it still look good? Or are you tempted to rip it apart and rewrite it? Did you put in adequate comments, so that you can remember necessary details after that length of time? Sure, coding styles change, but you shouldn't hate your old code.
Another is features. When you need to add/change/improve something, how easy is it? Do you need to rip apart old code, or can you just drop in something new with minimal changes? Does it work when the OS is updated?
Another is *user* feedback. If the project works, doesn't crash, and is easy to use, great. If you get questions about "how do I..." or "why does it..." then think about how your code could change to help the end user.
There is a large difference between This American Life (a news program, i.e. it presents factual information) and Top Gear (a comedy program, occasionally involving cars, which presents absolutely anything for a laugh). Here's a hint: One of the two killed one of the presenters by drowning at sea.
Neither one is a "reality" show - which are, as you say, not factual.
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She is 59 - so she grew up without computer knowledge - and she can't type. Learning computer skills at 59 while blind is probably a challenge.
If you RTFA there's a picture of her writing setup - physical guide lines on the paper - so her method has been thought out, it isn't just random scribbles.
A speaker making 'vroom vroom' noises outside the car does nothing for the driver - most modern Audi-class cars are so quiet inside you can barely hear an internal combustion engine. Some cars (even loud high-performance ones) already artifically add engine noise to the stereo system so the driver can gauge their speed.
As I understand it, brand TLDs are intended for trademarks that qualify as famous
Does this mean that the brand becomes the registrar for that domain?
Because I was hoping to get coke.pepsi for my web site.
Now it is suggested that the .com is superfluous in most cases, so people simply could write:
pepsi
You already can, in any sort of modern browser. No need to create a new TLD, it works today.
That hierarchy ended when people started buying multiple names in more than one com/net/org
The hierarchy was over when .com was created. There was no reason not to use .co.us, .co.uk, etc - which would have retained a hierarchy.
.com domain for personal non-commercial use.
It was *completely* over when the first person registered a
That's not completely fair. QC's main function is to make sure the product works as advertised - and the switch does work correctly. It just has a few extra files on an internal bit of memory - not visible to the outside world in normal product use.
This sounds more like a failure in the manufacturing process - either (a) the malware was on the golden copy that was generated by HP (which would be an engineering failure made in the USA), or (b) the malware got added by the fabrication house (which would be a supplier failure, but should have been caught by US engineering when they verified the first production samples).
I prefer "The Great International Paper Airplane Book", by Mander/Dippel/Gossage (from 1968!):
http://www.amazon.com/Great-International-Paper-Airplane-Book/dp/1578660289/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334112956&sr=1-1
Probably the first serious book on the subject, and a must-read if you're into paper airplanes.
And a grand total of $0 towards preventing any future data breaches.
A fair settlement in any data loss case would include significant steps taken towards preventing the same thing from happening again.
The question is "Why do people want live near a Active Military Air Base???"
Because they're active military personnel? Or because they're civilian contractors? Or because they run a store/restaurant that serves the base?
If the military base had been built large enough in the first place - in this case, expropriate all of the then-unused land between it and the ocean - then the apartments would have been several miles further away, and the incident would have been on an uninhabited section of a military base, and not news.
Maybe you can answer the one big question the press hasn't asked: why are military training missions being flown over densely populated civilian areas?
Virginia is extremely close to the Atlantic Ocean - train all you want, the noise won't bother anyone, and malfunctions don't make news headlines.
Isn't that why the largest US Navy base in the world is in Nevada?
The RAF during the 1950's was involved in armed conflict around the globe: Egypt/Suez, what is now called Iraq, Malaya, Korea, and I'm sure there were others - as well as operations to support Berlin against the Russians. Most of those aircraft losses were in combat missions, not in training.
why they didn't get back to a runway, if they had time to dump fuel like that.
You can dump fuel from an aircraft with dead engines, or one that is otherwise unable to fly.
Should gay parents be able to 'turn off the hetero'?
Should parents be able to 'turn off the violence'? Which, to me, would be a much larger issue. But then if you turn off the violence in Mass Effect, you may as well turn off the game completely.
Polish Government To Deliver Free Textbooks
Don't elementary schools provide free textbooks, not only in Poland, but pretty much the wold over?
"Polish Elementary Schools switching to e-books" would be more accurate.
If you want the situation to change: Don't fly.
If you want the situation to change, hire the guy in charge of security at El-Al. Get rid of the entire TSA, and just do whatever the Israelis do. Air travel can be safe.
Yes - but this does raise the possibility, at some point in the future, of voting with your middle finger.
They also say "10 million accounts". I have a hard time seeing how 10 million different people parked in NYC in a one month period (21 Jan to 25 Feb).
People would have to buy a second phone just for entertainment.
The Blackberry was a business tool, just like a photocopier. Nobody complains about having to buy a game console because their photocopier can't play games.
The Blackberry was an effective business tool because it only had business-related functionality - so any company buying them didn't feel they were providing free toys for their employees, they were only providing a necessary tool. Unfortunately now everyone wants the latest/shiniest/coolest gadget, not just a business phone.
The success of Red Hat does not depend on them selling anything at all. That $1 billion is for services and support - the product itself is free.
Ask Google. Part of the "location" info that the phone reports is what wifi it's connected to
That is different. OP said "on the internet". If a phone is also connected to wifi - thereby having two internet connections - then yes, in some cases, additional information can be obtained.
If the phone is on the internet, they can be even more accurate than that.
Uh, say what? How does DHCP provide better resolution than knowing what cell tower you are communicating with??
Knowing a location to within a square mile - i.e. which cell tower - isn't very useful. However, most smartphones have a built-in GPS - if the carrier can remotely access the phone and provide the police with a GPS location, THAT would be useful.
True. Alaska produces massive quantities of oil, but the price of gasoline in Alaska has hit $6 per gallon.
Storing large quantities of oil is very expensive, unlike, say, gold or diamonds. You can't hoard the stuff.>
Storing large quantities of oil is *free* - there is no cost involved at all. Just leave it in the ground. Pump it out just before you want to sell it.
Several ways: one is time. When you go back and look at a routine you haven't seen for six months, does it still look good? Or are you tempted to rip it apart and rewrite it? Did you put in adequate comments, so that you can remember necessary details after that length of time? Sure, coding styles change, but you shouldn't hate your old code.
Another is features. When you need to add/change/improve something, how easy is it? Do you need to rip apart old code, or can you just drop in something new with minimal changes? Does it work when the OS is updated?
Another is *user* feedback. If the project works, doesn't crash, and is easy to use, great. If you get questions about "how do I..." or "why does it..." then think about how your code could change to help the end user.
There is a large difference between This American Life (a news program, i.e. it presents factual information) and Top Gear (a comedy program, occasionally involving cars, which presents absolutely anything for a laugh). Here's a hint: One of the two killed one of the presenters by drowning at sea.
Neither one is a "reality" show - which are, as you say, not factual.