Think of it like this, if it's remotely controlled once, probably not a big issue because I'm assuming that they're only operated for a short window of time in which it's hard to analyze the signals. If you're using a bomber on a long range mission, you're allowing people to monitor the signals for hours and hours. That gives people the ability to track and monitor the signals for holes and/or patterns. Not to mention DoS attacks. Oh and how stealthy could something be with a transceiver with enough bandwidth to handle the video and control feed? Unless it's being controlled by tight beam which would kind of defeat the purpose....
Oh and one more thing, think about this folks...the PS3 was hacked by a bunch of talented guys doing it in their FREE TIME . Imagine what they could have done if they were paid to hack into something like a remote control bomber as a full time job!?!
Drones I can understand, they're primarily detailed to doing surveillance or limited to small munitions, but now we're talking about a full bomber that could be remote controlled? Seriously? There's nothing that can't be hacked! If it's controllable by something outside of the craft itself, it is vulnerable to hacking! Oh let's give enemies the opportunity to hack our BOMBERS, with a Nuclear option no less!
"Fact's" that aren't questioned...what's that called...umm.....oh yeah Faith! I thought faith and science didn't mix? I personally believe they mix together as well as toothpaste and orange juice..
It would be interesting to see what would happen if the coating was applied to a boat. Would the boat be fouling proof? Also, would it go even faster because it's coated in a hydrophobic substance? Hmmmm...The geek in me wants to get a toy boat, test its performance, then have them coat it then test it again and see if the performance improves by a measurable amount.
I heartily agree...Come to the Dresden Side because:
a) Harry Dresden has an....adverse affect on technology as he says, "I can take out a Xerox copier at 50 paces"
b) Harry Dresden follows the tao of Peter Parker
c) Dresden gets messed up worse than John McClain on his very worse day
d) Lines like this:
“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.” - Harry Dresden
or
Murphy: “I've been fighting this computer all day long. I swear, if you blow out my hard drive again, I'm taking it out of your ass.”
Harry: “Why would your hard drive be in my ass?” -Harry
So as I said..come to the Dresden side you'll laugh your ass off:)
''the SmartMeters program... could well actually increase total electricity consumption and therefore the carbon footprint'
Honestly, this is just ridiculous! Since I've had my smart meter installed I've reduced my electrical usage by half! All it takes is a person with the want to decrease their electrical usage and google power meter and boom you can evaluate your energy usage and decrease it, thus reducing consumption!
I agree. The keyboard on the Touch Pro 2 is out standing and PuTTY does run great. It's also a great business phone as well. What I love most about it is the ability to flip the phone over and put it down on a table and have the speaker phone (which is really good) kick on. It also has a mute/unmute button the back.
You know what, I have actually worked VERY extensively with outsourced call centers. You know it's not the fact that you can pay $2 per call. That's not really the issue as I see it, because you know what folks? You get what you pay for! The cultural differences between the US and India and the Philippians is just to marked. If the folks can't work through something on a script, then they're typically screwed. Why is this? Because their culture is different. I used to work as Escalation for these folks and when I would ask some basic questions as to what the problem was, they would just say yes to everything! I would find that the problem they had missed was basic because they don't think like a troubleshooter. They have preconceived notions and would take 8+ hours on the phone with these customers and end up not helping them. I have also run into this behavior as well. I'm a technical guy. When I have to call into technical support, I do so because there's a problem that I have diagnosed and can't move forward without them doing something. I go over the exact steps that I have done to diagnose the problem, and then they have me do silly shit (For example...my power supply is bad, it's not charging nor providing power to my laptop, swap the power supply out and all is good...guy in tech support had me take my battery out and hold down the power button...REALLY!?!).
Anyways, that's my rant about outsourced call centers. Their troubleshooting skills are useless. I will say this however, our European call centers were outstanding. Is this because their culture is similar to the one found in the US? Probably. It might be education, but from what I'm led to understand most of the folks who work at call centers in India and the Philippians are college grads, and they aren't dumb. I think their cultures just don't have them question authority enough!
Just noticed that 3.42 has been released. Nothing posted on the official PS3 website...I wonder what it's going to do? Keep an eye out here.
Figures...I did one update since I'll be able to use Linux now and Sony has to come and spoil my fun.
I have the same model and didn't run into any issues; however, I waited until the next upgrade. I always wait and see if my console will get bricked before doing any firmware updates;)
As far as the console getting to hot, I picked up a cooling station for the PS3 and it has helped keep it running cooler (if not more quietly). Also be sure you've got enough airspace for proper ventilation.
I'm curious if they might be able to combine this with another microbe or filtering system that would enable it to purify the water too. If they could, you could get an almost closed water system thus solving a lot of the water issues across the US. Or if it could desalinate water while producing power:)
Did anyone watch the Terminiator TV show, I mean hello! Skynet started as a like a chess game or something. OMG, are they like retarded or something? I for one don't want like a super smart computer thingy nuking me then sending its icky robots after me. Like eww!
I'm currently in the process of purchasing a property owned by Wells Fargo, and I'm also using Wells Fargo for the mortgage. Honestly, I'm getting messages from the company that's servicing the property that the seller wants the deal closed as soon as possible, and that I need to pressure the lender! I mean honestly, this and the example listed here are a perfect example of how a bank can get so large that they can't even deal with themselves. Who would have thunk a fictitious person could develop schizophrenia!
Does anyone know what happened to the poor guy? I remember reading about this incident when it happened, but never anything after that. I hope he sued the hell out of BestBuy man. That's just crap! I don't know if he could sue the police too, but I would hope so. I mean what a ginormous cluster f#%k!
I've been scratching my head ever since I saw this, because we've had several new methods for producing/harvesting/storing hydrogen on/. for a few years:
I got all of those by doing a search here on/. Those are just some of the top ones too. These methods are to new to have become a fees-able opportunity so far; however, given a few years and another few gasoline panics (we all know they're coming), and they'll probably come around to being more standardized.
Hey man, I started as a level 1 phone bitch back in the day. I know it sucks, but I was only there for about six months or so. You have to really "prove" yourself and try to shine above everyone else. Look at existing processes and try to come up with better ways of doing them.
Even if they're not accepted (three of my suggestions went ignored for about 3 years), but you're going to get managements attention. If you get their attention you might get a project.
Personally, I excelled at e-mail and took over e-mail management for Tech Support, then I took over the company's Knowledge base, then the entire CRM. After getting CRM experience under my belt, I managed to score a new job (mind you I don't have a degree and I was 24 at the time) doubling what I had made at the previous company while only being on the market two weeks.
So long story short, get management attention, get projects, move up the ladder. Once you do that you'll loose the stigma of "tech support" because you'll be a "Project Manager" or some other for company xyz instead of "Tech Support" for company xyz. It will take a bit longer (This was the reason why I did the exact opposite of you in terms of college), but in the long run you'll have the experience that companies are looking for.
Also, once you do move up don't wait to long to get your feelers out, give it a good year or two then jump ship. That will give you 4 years of experience at xyz company even though you're only listing what you had done in the last couple of years.
If your kids are into Star Wars, then I would highly recommend Young Jedi Knights, these are excellent books and when I was younger I loved reading the series. It's written by Kevin J. Anderson and his wife Rebecca Moesta. They're great books and easy reads.
I would also suggest Citizen of the Galaxy and Have Space Suit Will Travel, both by Heinlein. They're classics and just right for preteens. If they haven't already read "Where the Red Fern Grows" for school, then I would recommend that one too. Unfortunately those are my best recommendations, I usually ended up reading whatever my Dad had laying around the house, so I never got into the younger stuff.
One good thing I have to say about Sprint is that they let you be grandfathered into plans. I've had the same Data plan for 8 years now, and pay $10/month for unlimited data access AND text messaging. It's one of the reasons I haven't changed carriers. I would end up paying $20/Month now for the same data access then $15/month for unlimited text messaging! It's just ridiculous what they're doing now that it's popular. I'm just damn thankful that I was an early adopter and Sprint hasn't forced me to pay more:)
Problem is not many geeks have the $$ to make an interest group! Most of us are well off, but not that well off.
Maybe more of us need to run for office so we can educate the lawyers in Congress about what affect their policies on technology have!
I would say let's start our own political party but so many of us are of different opinions on non-technology related politics. (as seen by the ramped Ron Paul debates seen on/.)
I would love to see that eventually, but what's the first step? If there's a major boycott going on, the media will start to pay attention. If that happens, maybe people will pay attention the message that our legal system is fraked up and needs a boost. FCC, Patents and copyrights, etc. We also need to start hitting the freaking polls people, and I don't mean the ones/.
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Think of it like this, if it's remotely controlled once, probably not a big issue because I'm assuming that they're only operated for a short window of time in which it's hard to analyze the signals. If you're using a bomber on a long range mission, you're allowing people to monitor the signals for hours and hours. That gives people the ability to track and monitor the signals for holes and/or patterns. Not to mention DoS attacks. Oh and how stealthy could something be with a transceiver with enough bandwidth to handle the video and control feed? Unless it's being controlled by tight beam which would kind of defeat the purpose....
Oh and one more thing, think about this folks...the PS3 was hacked by a bunch of talented guys doing it in their FREE TIME . Imagine what they could have done if they were paid to hack into something like a remote control bomber as a full time job!?!
Drones I can understand, they're primarily detailed to doing surveillance or limited to small munitions, but now we're talking about a full bomber that could be remote controlled? Seriously? There's nothing that can't be hacked! If it's controllable by something outside of the craft itself, it is vulnerable to hacking! Oh let's give enemies the opportunity to hack our BOMBERS, with a Nuclear option no less!
"Fact's" that aren't questioned...what's that called...umm.....oh yeah Faith! I thought faith and science didn't mix? I personally believe they mix together as well as toothpaste and orange juice..
It would be interesting to see what would happen if the coating was applied to a boat. Would the boat be fouling proof? Also, would it go even faster because it's coated in a hydrophobic substance? Hmmmm...The geek in me wants to get a toy boat, test its performance, then have them coat it then test it again and see if the performance improves by a measurable amount.
I heartily agree...Come to the Dresden Side because:
:)
a) Harry Dresden has an....adverse affect on technology as he says, "I can take out a Xerox copier at 50 paces"
b) Harry Dresden follows the tao of Peter Parker
c) Dresden gets messed up worse than John McClain on his very worse day
d) Lines like this:
“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.” - Harry Dresden
or
Murphy: “I've been fighting this computer all day long. I swear, if you blow out my hard drive again, I'm taking it out of your ass.”
Harry: “Why would your hard drive be in my ass?” -Harry
So as I said..come to the Dresden side you'll laugh your ass off
This is the most moronic thing I have ever heard:
... could well actually increase total electricity consumption and therefore the carbon footprint'
''the SmartMeters program
Honestly, this is just ridiculous! Since I've had my smart meter installed I've reduced my electrical usage by half! All it takes is a person with the want to decrease their electrical usage and google power meter and boom you can evaluate your energy usage and decrease it, thus reducing consumption!
I agree. The keyboard on the Touch Pro 2 is out standing and PuTTY does run great. It's also a great business phone as well. What I love most about it is the ability to flip the phone over and put it down on a table and have the speaker phone (which is really good) kick on. It also has a mute/unmute button the back.
You know what, I have actually worked VERY extensively with outsourced call centers. You know it's not the fact that you can pay $2 per call. That's not really the issue as I see it, because you know what folks? You get what you pay for! The cultural differences between the US and India and the Philippians is just to marked. If the folks can't work through something on a script, then they're typically screwed. Why is this? Because their culture is different. I used to work as Escalation for these folks and when I would ask some basic questions as to what the problem was, they would just say yes to everything! I would find that the problem they had missed was basic because they don't think like a troubleshooter. They have preconceived notions and would take 8+ hours on the phone with these customers and end up not helping them. I have also run into this behavior as well. I'm a technical guy. When I have to call into technical support, I do so because there's a problem that I have diagnosed and can't move forward without them doing something. I go over the exact steps that I have done to diagnose the problem, and then they have me do silly shit (For example...my power supply is bad, it's not charging nor providing power to my laptop, swap the power supply out and all is good...guy in tech support had me take my battery out and hold down the power button...REALLY!?!).
Anyways, that's my rant about outsourced call centers. Their troubleshooting skills are useless. I will say this however, our European call centers were outstanding. Is this because their culture is similar to the one found in the US? Probably. It might be education, but from what I'm led to understand most of the folks who work at call centers in India and the Philippians are college grads, and they aren't dumb. I think their cultures just don't have them question authority enough!
Update...bypass has been "patched". Let's cross our fingers that it's something that's easily bypassed.
Folks, DO NOT update to 3.42!
Just noticed that 3.42 has been released. Nothing posted on the official PS3 website...I wonder what it's going to do? Keep an eye out here. Figures...I did one update since I'll be able to use Linux now and Sony has to come and spoil my fun.
I have the same model and didn't run into any issues; however, I waited until the next upgrade. I always wait and see if my console will get bricked before doing any firmware updates ;)
As far as the console getting to hot, I picked up a cooling station for the PS3 and it has helped keep it running cooler (if not more quietly). Also be sure you've got enough airspace for proper ventilation.
I'm curious if they might be able to combine this with another microbe or filtering system that would enable it to purify the water too. If they could, you could get an almost closed water system thus solving a lot of the water issues across the US. Or if it could desalinate water while producing power :)
Did anyone watch the Terminiator TV show, I mean hello! Skynet started as a like a chess game or something. OMG, are they like retarded or something? I for one don't want like a super smart computer thingy nuking me then sending its icky robots after me. Like eww!
I'm currently in the process of purchasing a property owned by Wells Fargo, and I'm also using Wells Fargo for the mortgage. Honestly, I'm getting messages from the company that's servicing the property that the seller wants the deal closed as soon as possible, and that I need to pressure the lender! I mean honestly, this and the example listed here are a perfect example of how a bank can get so large that they can't even deal with themselves. Who would have thunk a fictitious person could develop schizophrenia!
Does anyone know what happened to the poor guy? I remember reading about this incident when it happened, but never anything after that. I hope he sued the hell out of BestBuy man. That's just crap! I don't know if he could sue the police too, but I would hope so. I mean what a ginormous cluster f#%k!
No, because it has special blond buttons tard! Like OMG, did you like even read the source article?
I got all of those by doing a search here on /. Those are just some of the top ones too. These methods are to new to have become a fees-able opportunity so far; however, given a few years and another few gasoline panics (we all know they're coming), and they'll probably come around to being more standardized.
If you're a FireFox user I would recommend the No Script and adblock add on. That way you're not actually loading anything unless you specify.
Hey man, I started as a level 1 phone bitch back in the day. I know it sucks, but I was only there for about six months or so. You have to really "prove" yourself and try to shine above everyone else. Look at existing processes and try to come up with better ways of doing them.
Even if they're not accepted (three of my suggestions went ignored for about 3 years), but you're going to get managements attention. If you get their attention you might get a project.
Personally, I excelled at e-mail and took over e-mail management for Tech Support, then I took over the company's Knowledge base, then the entire CRM. After getting CRM experience under my belt, I managed to score a new job (mind you I don't have a degree and I was 24 at the time) doubling what I had made at the previous company while only being on the market two weeks.
So long story short, get management attention, get projects, move up the ladder. Once you do that you'll loose the stigma of "tech support" because you'll be a "Project Manager" or some other for company xyz instead of "Tech Support" for company xyz. It will take a bit longer (This was the reason why I did the exact opposite of you in terms of college), but in the long run you'll have the experience that companies are looking for.
Also, once you do move up don't wait to long to get your feelers out, give it a good year or two then jump ship. That will give you 4 years of experience at xyz company even though you're only listing what you had done in the last couple of years.
Need I say more?
If your kids are into Star Wars, then I would highly recommend Young Jedi Knights, these are excellent books and when I was younger I loved reading the series. It's written by Kevin J. Anderson and his wife Rebecca Moesta. They're great books and easy reads.
I would also suggest Citizen of the Galaxy and Have Space Suit Will Travel, both by Heinlein. They're classics and just right for preteens. If they haven't already read "Where the Red Fern Grows" for school, then I would recommend that one too. Unfortunately those are my best recommendations, I usually ended up reading whatever my Dad had laying around the house, so I never got into the younger stuff.
One good thing I have to say about Sprint is that they let you be grandfathered into plans. I've had the same Data plan for 8 years now, and pay $10/month for unlimited data access AND text messaging. It's one of the reasons I haven't changed carriers. I would end up paying $20/Month now for the same data access then $15/month for unlimited text messaging! It's just ridiculous what they're doing now that it's popular. I'm just damn thankful that I was an early adopter and Sprint hasn't forced me to pay more :)
Problem is not many geeks have the $$ to make an interest group! Most of us are well off, but not that well off.
/.)
Maybe more of us need to run for office so we can educate the lawyers in Congress about what affect their policies on technology have!
I would say let's start our own political party but so many of us are of different opinions on non-technology related politics. (as seen by the ramped Ron Paul debates seen on
I would love to see that eventually, but what's the first step? If there's a major boycott going on, the media will start to pay attention. If that happens, maybe people will pay attention the message that our legal system is fraked up and needs a boost. FCC, Patents and copyrights, etc. We also need to start hitting the freaking polls people, and I don't mean the ones /.