Ya that would be tantamount to everyone carry a tracking device so they could be found at any time and have their movements tracked. Good thing America hasn't fallen for that trick yet.
Damn sheeple.
If you are seeing my handwriting it is for one of three reasons.
1) I'm filling out an application. 2) You are reading my signature. 3) You are reading my notes.
In any of those instances I could actually careless if you can read my handwriting. I hate cursive I always have. I remember my grandmother used to write me letters in cursive. I just stopped reading them because it wasn't worth the eye strain.
I don't know what good reason there is for writing in cursive. I've never heard of one. It just seems to be something that is anachronistic and has no place in a modern society.
To all the dinosaurs who still insist that writing in cursive is important: You can think that but I'm never going to bother read anything you write.
Talk to people you trust. It's just that simple. Use your friends and family as a "soundboard" for your idea. They will see the holes you did not.
I wouldn't expect anyone to ever sign an NDA without knowing what they are getting into. I don't recall the article, but it basically said any company who signs an NDA like that is opening themselves to liability. That's why most will not even discuss ideas so that you cannot later take them to court for stealing your idea. If you want to discuss an idea and they already have 2 years of research into the exact same thing they are opening themselves to the liability of a lawsuit from you. The same apparently goes for music companies.
Once you are sure you have a good idea run with it and don't stop until its too late. Anything else and you are setting yourself up for failure.
I'm willing to bet that poll question was a little more suited to the results then they are letting on.
When you qualify that poll question "Is traffic shaping reasonable?" with "as long as the customer is treated fairly" it means something completely different then the reality of the situation. If the ISP's get their way they won't give a shit if it's fair to the customer so long as they don't start loosing business.
So the poll question may be "fair", but the reflection of reality certainly isn't going to be true.
My father had the same experience. Long ago he was given the choice between staying a programmer and climbing that chain of job titles or becoming management. In a previous job he discovered the further he moved away from writing code the more unhappy he was. It is for this reason he quit that job and took a new one at lower pay.
Now the OP on the other hand has an obvious preference for becoming management. It is as plain as day in how he worded his question. I think what he's really asking for is forgiveness for going to the dark side or at least some understanding.
So yes you can become management but it at that point you have become a sell out, not that there's anything wrong with that.
I was looking for a similar device myself. I wanted to use it to control things like lights and the TV in my house. Originally I landed on the n810 (nokia). It had a decent sized touchscreen, not huge, a wireless, a flip out keyboard and oddly enough GPS. I was trying to find out what was wrong with this device. Turns out the GPS is a little slow to come on. But for the price it is great for its other functions. At least from what I read.
In reality I ended up buying an Android G1. I don't so much use it as a cellphone, but it makes a wonderful PDA with which I can make SIP calls, if I choose. The G1 definitely has a smaller screen, but what it offered in CPU power and programmability through the JAVA platform that Google and friends developed made it worth it. I can write my own apps and widgets for it.
As far as being a PDF reader... that's a big no for the momement. I'm not sure about the n810's ability to view PDF's.
It's not really important that its new or not. Everyone bemoaning this article so far has done so because they "heard" of a few people doing it. Well that really doesn't help the masses. To do that you need a way to reproduce the technique for other people who could use to learn it. The point is they developed a system to TEACH it, not just the method of echolocation itself.
At the very least he should have received a life sentence. In reality he should have received the death penalty. This is straight up treason of the highest order. The guy was warned not to work on it with the students in question, not to mention he was warned not to take the laptop to china with the sensitive information on it.
Some may feel like this is an over reaction but in reality its an under reaction.
Congratulations you answered your own question in the very same post you posed it in.
There is no "buying" asterisk, it's open source. At most you will need an FXS card/box. The FXS card allows you to ring your house phones. If you want to deal with a real land line you need an FXO card.
Using the FollowMe feature in Asterisk will give you exactly what you ask for. In all you shouldn't have to spend more then $300 on the card and computer. Best part is you can keep using the same house phones you've had all along. (SIP phones cost $90+)
Your ideal setup would be a cellphone with a friends and family package where you pick a number you get unlimited calls to. Setup a SIP account through one of the many services. This will give you a callable number. Pick this as your number in your friends and family package. Connect the asterisk box to the sip account. You can now call home to your asterisk box over the internet for free, you can then call out again using your asterisk box to any other sip user for free or to any other landline for a small charge depending on the service (typically $0.01/min).
People don't cash in through the developer, thus they have no liability. ISK has no value to the developer because they can create as much or little of it as they want. People cash in through other players buying the ingame money.
I believe the above envelope method needs the following added protections:
- lock envelopes in a lock box - place lock box in cage guarded by starved weasels - place cage of starved weasels in room with adequately small air vents - door to room to is a two door man trap with laser verification of retinal and palm capillary patterns - room to man trap is guarded by six stout navy seals and one old lady (beware of the old lady) - entire complex is housed 400 floors below the surface with 4ft thick concrete steel reinforced walls - etc....
Go ahead and sell the company, but don't work for the people who purchased it. Do not sign a non-compete contract. Take the money that you get from the company and start another one doing the exact same thing.
You will have competition in your market, but you will also have a sizeable nest egg to invest.
This came up at work because the display inverter went out in my macbook pro. We considered turning it into a touch screen kiosk before we got it fixed.
We would have used this for distributing information to employees, but it could be useful in the home as well, like a calendar for the family or grocery list tracking or what have you. Could even build in an Asterisk box if you wanted.
In my situation my company purchased my laptop. Now I was given a choice, laptop or desktop, whatever I wanted within a reasonable budget. Now for some odd reason I chose the MacBook Pro.
Given the pick of any laptop, isn't that the one you would pick? Throw on top of that one of the most stable and easy to use operating systems I've ever experienced. I can't think of a reason you would want to use anything else. I could put windows on it if I wanted to.
Setting cost aside what machine do you really want? Considering the life of the unit would you rather have the machine you want or just make do with whatever machine was the cheapest? I use this laptop every day of my life (sad I know) why not shell out that extra $500 for the reason the machine is worth it. Like in my MacBook Pro's case solid construction, great keyboard, great track pad, easy to view screen, accessible peripheral ports. I've never had to replace a part on this machine except for the power supply which suffered a cord injury. My only real complaint about this machine is how warm it gets, but its either sitting on a laptop pad, or on my desk.
Now compare this to my previous experience owning a Dell Inspiron. The Inspiron was bought on a budget a lot smaller then the MacBook Pro budget. In all in the first year of owning the laptop I replaced the following under warranty: Modem 3x Motherboard 2x Screen 1x Keyboard 2x
Owning the Inspiron was pure hell. Add on top of that having to deal with Windows and the number of driver issues the machine had I never wanted to buy a Dell again (nor have I).
So after two and half years of owning this MacBook Pro I still have a complete working machine with no hardware issues with nothing ever having to be replaced.
Here is what I have noticed regarding computer (and auto) manufacturers. As of late they have moved to a business model where they create a product that lives through its warranty period and not much longer after that. At which point it costs a considerable amount of money to repair or replace. Now Apple on the other hand has always striven to build a solid product. I respect them for this. There are certain aspects I don't like about Apple, like Steve Jobs for instance, but this amount of dislike absolutely pales in comparison to that for Microsoft and other PC manufacturers.
In the coming years in the tightening of the economy I predict the successful companies will return to making quality products that last longer. Mainly due to people realizing they can't economically replace their laptop/car every 3 years.
I am not a Mac Fanboi. I simply found something that works better then windows/PC could ever dream of. If I don't have the option of Mac OS X on the "appropriate" hardware then my next choice is Ubuntu for its simplicity. I've personally switched 12 friends and family to using it exclusively.
Tell them if 3 weeks isn't good enough you can leave now instead. Call their bluff essentially because you obviously have the upper hand in the situation. They need you more then you need them. Don't let your personal feelings get in the way in regards to how they will reference you.
Furthermore (at least in my state, Wisconsin) there are only two questions a former employer can answer when being called for a reference about previous employment.
a) How long did you work there? b) Would they rehire you?//IANAL
A fire is what is called exigent circumstances. At the point that a teenager refuses to exit a burning you are more then within your right to man handle them. Anything less would be negligence.
Whereas in this fucked up situation she was using a cellphone which is not life threatening.
A merchant may ask for ID, but they may not conditionally process the transaction based on the ID. I.e. if someone is holding the credit card they must accept it as payment. This is true for "buyer's instruments" like Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. This is however not true for "owner instruments" like American Express where the owner of the card must make the transaction.
Although not really a pure math book I think you can see the relevance. I found it very enlightening to read and it provided a very interesting insight into odd things like Why Sumo Wrestlers Cheat and How much Crack Dealers really make an hour.
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Ya that would be tantamount to everyone carry a tracking device so they could be found at any time and have their movements tracked. Good thing America hasn't fallen for that trick yet. Damn sheeple.
If you are seeing my handwriting it is for one of three reasons.
1) I'm filling out an application.
2) You are reading my signature.
3) You are reading my notes.
In any of those instances I could actually careless if you can read my handwriting. I hate cursive I always have. I remember my grandmother used to write me letters in cursive. I just stopped reading them because it wasn't worth the eye strain.
I don't know what good reason there is for writing in cursive. I've never heard of one. It just seems to be something that is anachronistic and has no place in a modern society.
To all the dinosaurs who still insist that writing in cursive is important: You can think that but I'm never going to bother read anything you write.
Talk to people you trust. It's just that simple. Use your friends and family as a "soundboard" for your idea. They will see the holes you did not.
I wouldn't expect anyone to ever sign an NDA without knowing what they are getting into. I don't recall the article, but it basically said any company who signs an NDA like that is opening themselves to liability. That's why most will not even discuss ideas so that you cannot later take them to court for stealing your idea. If you want to discuss an idea and they already have 2 years of research into the exact same thing they are opening themselves to the liability of a lawsuit from you. The same apparently goes for music companies.
Once you are sure you have a good idea run with it and don't stop until its too late. Anything else and you are setting yourself up for failure.
Velcro. Panduit sells rolls of velcro that is double sided. Cut to length. wrap cables.
ZIP TIES ARE BAD. They have the potential to damage the wires in the cable. Do not use zip ties.
I'm willing to bet that poll question was a little more suited to the results then they are letting on.
When you qualify that poll question "Is traffic shaping reasonable?" with "as long as the customer is treated fairly" it means something completely different then the reality of the situation. If the ISP's get their way they won't give a shit if it's fair to the customer so long as they don't start loosing business.
So the poll question may be "fair", but the reflection of reality certainly isn't going to be true.
My father had the same experience. Long ago he was given the choice between staying a programmer and climbing that chain of job titles or becoming management. In a previous job he discovered the further he moved away from writing code the more unhappy he was. It is for this reason he quit that job and took a new one at lower pay.
Now the OP on the other hand has an obvious preference for becoming management. It is as plain as day in how he worded his question. I think what he's really asking for is forgiveness for going to the dark side or at least some understanding.
So yes you can become management but it at that point you have become a sell out, not that there's anything wrong with that.
In the end do what makes you happy.
I was looking for a similar device myself. I wanted to use it to control things like lights and the TV in my house. Originally I landed on the n810 (nokia). It had a decent sized touchscreen, not huge, a wireless, a flip out keyboard and oddly enough GPS. I was trying to find out what was wrong with this device. Turns out the GPS is a little slow to come on. But for the price it is great for its other functions. At least from what I read. In reality I ended up buying an Android G1. I don't so much use it as a cellphone, but it makes a wonderful PDA with which I can make SIP calls, if I choose. The G1 definitely has a smaller screen, but what it offered in CPU power and programmability through the JAVA platform that Google and friends developed made it worth it. I can write my own apps and widgets for it. As far as being a PDF reader... that's a big no for the momement. I'm not sure about the n810's ability to view PDF's.
It's not really important that its new or not. Everyone bemoaning this article so far has done so because they "heard" of a few people doing it. Well that really doesn't help the masses. To do that you need a way to reproduce the technique for other people who could use to learn it. The point is they developed a system to TEACH it, not just the method of echolocation itself.
At the very least he should have received a life sentence. In reality he should have received the death penalty. This is straight up treason of the highest order. The guy was warned not to work on it with the students in question, not to mention he was warned not to take the laptop to china with the sensitive information on it. Some may feel like this is an over reaction but in reality its an under reaction.
Absolutely none of the sales tax paid will go towards maintenance of the internet. Try again.
Congratulations you answered your own question in the very same post you posed it in.
There is no "buying" asterisk, it's open source. At most you will need an FXS card/box. The FXS card allows you to ring your house phones. If you want to deal with a real land line you need an FXO card.
Using the FollowMe feature in Asterisk will give you exactly what you ask for. In all you shouldn't have to spend more then $300 on the card and computer. Best part is you can keep using the same house phones you've had all along. (SIP phones cost $90+)
Your ideal setup would be a cellphone with a friends and family package where you pick a number you get unlimited calls to. Setup a SIP account through one of the many services. This will give you a callable number. Pick this as your number in your friends and family package. Connect the asterisk box to the sip account. You can now call home to your asterisk box over the internet for free, you can then call out again using your asterisk box to any other sip user for free or to any other landline for a small charge depending on the service (typically $0.01/min).
People don't cash in through the developer, thus they have no liability. ISK has no value to the developer because they can create as much or little of it as they want. People cash in through other players buying the ingame money.
nt
I believe the above envelope method needs the following added protections:
- lock envelopes in a lock box ....
- place lock box in cage guarded by starved weasels
- place cage of starved weasels in room with adequately small air vents
- door to room to is a two door man trap with laser verification of retinal and palm capillary patterns
- room to man trap is guarded by six stout navy seals and one old lady (beware of the old lady)
- entire complex is housed 400 floors below the surface with 4ft thick concrete steel reinforced walls
- etc
Jack Thompson is NOT an expert on anything.
Go ahead and sell the company, but don't work for the people who purchased it. Do not sign a non-compete contract. Take the money that you get from the company and start another one doing the exact same thing.
You will have competition in your market, but you will also have a sizeable nest egg to invest.
This came up at work because the display inverter went out in my macbook pro. We considered turning it into a touch screen kiosk before we got it fixed.
We would have used this for distributing information to employees, but it could be useful in the home as well, like a calendar for the family or grocery list tracking or what have you. Could even build in an Asterisk box if you wanted.
In my situation my company purchased my laptop. Now I was given a choice, laptop or desktop, whatever I wanted within a reasonable budget. Now for some odd reason I chose the MacBook Pro.
Given the pick of any laptop, isn't that the one you would pick? Throw on top of that one of the most stable and easy to use operating systems I've ever experienced. I can't think of a reason you would want to use anything else. I could put windows on it if I wanted to.
Setting cost aside what machine do you really want? Considering the life of the unit would you rather have the machine you want or just make do with whatever machine was the cheapest? I use this laptop every day of my life (sad I know) why not shell out that extra $500 for the reason the machine is worth it. Like in my MacBook Pro's case solid construction, great keyboard, great track pad, easy to view screen, accessible peripheral ports. I've never had to replace a part on this machine except for the power supply which suffered a cord injury. My only real complaint about this machine is how warm it gets, but its either sitting on a laptop pad, or on my desk.
Now compare this to my previous experience owning a Dell Inspiron. The Inspiron was bought on a budget a lot smaller then the MacBook Pro budget. In all in the first year of owning the laptop I replaced the following under warranty:
Modem 3x
Motherboard 2x
Screen 1x
Keyboard 2x
Owning the Inspiron was pure hell. Add on top of that having to deal with Windows and the number of driver issues the machine had I never wanted to buy a Dell again (nor have I).
So after two and half years of owning this MacBook Pro I still have a complete working machine with no hardware issues with nothing ever having to be replaced.
Here is what I have noticed regarding computer (and auto) manufacturers. As of late they have moved to a business model where they create a product that lives through its warranty period and not much longer after that. At which point it costs a considerable amount of money to repair or replace. Now Apple on the other hand has always striven to build a solid product. I respect them for this. There are certain aspects I don't like about Apple, like Steve Jobs for instance, but this amount of dislike absolutely pales in comparison to that for Microsoft and other PC manufacturers.
In the coming years in the tightening of the economy I predict the successful companies will return to making quality products that last longer. Mainly due to people realizing they can't economically replace their laptop/car every 3 years.
I am not a Mac Fanboi. I simply found something that works better then windows/PC could ever dream of. If I don't have the option of Mac OS X on the "appropriate" hardware then my next choice is Ubuntu for its simplicity. I've personally switched 12 friends and family to using it exclusively.
Tell them if 3 weeks isn't good enough you can leave now instead. Call their bluff essentially because you obviously have the upper hand in the situation. They need you more then you need them. Don't let your personal feelings get in the way in regards to how they will reference you.
Furthermore (at least in my state, Wisconsin) there are only two questions a former employer can answer when being called for a reference about previous employment.
a) How long did you work there? //IANAL
b) Would they rehire you?
A fire is what is called exigent circumstances. At the point that a teenager refuses to exit a burning you are more then within your right to man handle them. Anything less would be negligence.
Whereas in this fucked up situation she was using a cellphone which is not life threatening.
Bad analogy.
A merchant may ask for ID, but they may not conditionally process the transaction based on the ID. I.e. if someone is holding the credit card they must accept it as payment. This is true for "buyer's instruments" like Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. This is however not true for "owner instruments" like American Express where the owner of the card must make the transaction.
For more information on this subject check this http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs15-mt.htm#2b
The sumo chapter was actually comparing Sumo Wrestlers to grade school teachers. Both groups cheat because it is in their best interest.
Sumo's will take a dive to keep the other guys stats up once their own position is assured.
Teachers on the other hand cheat because of funding. This was apparently rampant in the Chicago area school district.
The author explains it a lot better then my off handed memory can. It is an absolutely great book though.
I suggest Freakanomics.
Although not really a pure math book I think you can see the relevance. I found it very enlightening to read and it provided a very interesting insight into odd things like Why Sumo Wrestlers Cheat and How much Crack Dealers really make an hour.
Plausible deniability.
No conspiracy, it has merely faded to yesterday's news. Which can be found in the right column.