Power tools don't hurt people, people hurt people. With the quality of Craftsman and Dewalt et al, I am sure that our beloved deadly power tools will be around for a years to come. I still use my grandfather's ungrounded metal Craftsman power drill from 30 years ago.
From the safety point of view, I am very happy about this technology. It is not new; I read about it a few years ago in Popular Science. I am considering becoming a trained rescue worker and I know that industrial accidents are messy. The people working meat production lines have to wear chainmail armor to protect themselves from their knives but most people do not take such precautions.
Why would the USAF jam its own military signals? A friend who flies Blackhawks says the worst part of training was then they shut down the GPS receiver and made him navigate on the fly, so to speak. It's not like we have any military presence aroundin the Pacific or anything.
Not surprisingly, this plan does not appear to be in any stage of implementation. From TFA: "The US Air Force and the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have proposed using very low frequency radio waves to flush particles from radiation 'belts' above Earth and dump them into the upper atmosphere over either one or several days."
My guess is that this is an emergency countermeasure in the event of a nuclear strike. Also from TFA: "If the intense radiation belts resulted from a rogue state detonating a nuclear-tipped missile in the upper atmosphere, using such remediation technology would probably be acceptable to the international community."
I hate to inform everyone, but the sky is not falling. At least not yet (always keep your towels handy in case it does).
Hard work is part of the solution to working your way up the ladder in America. Education is another vital component. Now days most people can afford to go through some post-secondary education thanks in part to the huge sums of financial aid being doled out. The sad thing is that a large minority of students are dropping out of high school. A high school diploma is a ticket to a better life. Without my HS diploma I would not be in a respected 4 year university. Even a $20,000 per year phlebotomist job requires training that in turn requires a HS diploma. Dot com successes aside, real success requires education.
This may sound odd, but I am a rookie part time volunteer EMT and I will probably end up playing Trauma Center: Second Opinion while sitting around waiting for a call at the firehouse.
Although release games do not mean much in the long run, this list is not the tradition batch of driving, shooting, and shooting while driving games that other consoles seem to love.
But did they change the terms of the license after purchase? Because that would really anger the original poster:)
Honestly I am not with the hate Microsoft crowd. You are free to use other software if you do not like theirs. I plan to run out and buy a Windows Vista laptop next summer but I use OpenOffice and FireFox. Today there are more alternatives to Microsoft than ever before so I fail to see the point of all of this complaining.
Agreed. The sample contained far more criminals per capita than any airport will (hopefully) ever have. A skilled agent should be able to spot the nieve college student who was talked into smuggling drugs home from spring break. Terrorists often disgustingly believe that what they are doing is right therefore it may be harder to spot them. I think that human vigilence is the answer. TSA screeners may not be the greatest law enforcement officials ever known, but patrolling police can often spot trouble.
In the long run, I would not be surprised if this technology showed up in interogation rooms. Many people would confess if shown a digital readout from an advanced machine that said they were not telling the truth, regardless of the accuracy of said machine. Criminals have been known to fall for less: "Radnor, Pennsylvania: Police interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message 'He's lying' was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the 'lie detector' was working, the suspect confessed."
I think that this page is important in this discussion. I wonder if the map would look different if this study were performed today. Maybe I can talk some of my schoolmates/professors into doing another study.
I am currently applying for a position at NHTSA, so I do understand the risk of driving to the airport. On a related note, I think that NHTSA deserves much more funding for all of its operations. It's too bad that some people oppose seat belt laws, as they are real lifesavers and cut down on scraping-you-off-the-pavement time and money. Thanks for the comment about my sig. I've been using it all summer but it seems quite apt in the context of this thread.
Anyway, back on topic. The risk of terrorism is enough to warrent these drastic actions. I have frequent flyer cards with just about every airline ever. After the founding of the TSA, screeners were really mean and seemed to enjoy dumping things out of their bags and demanding that passengers replace them quickly and move along. I attended a speech by the undersecretary of Homeland Security who was in charge of airport security and even he complained that screeners were jerks. They have gotten much better lately, and I hope that they can find ways of rapidly searching people. These regulations might not make people 100% safe (nothing will) but they do decrease the risk of explosives getting onboard. When I was a congressional intern last semester, I always complained that they did not allow me to carry water when I was giving tours. Now I guess I know why.
The one part of the new regulations that I fail to understand is the fact that people cannot buy liquid inside of fare control and bring it onboard the plane. The system only works if there is trust in the screeners. They allow airport employees through security with potentially dangerous items (knives, heavy wrenches, blowtorches, etc.) but they have never bothered screening to see if they are on a plane. The police inside the airport have firearms, but they do not perform two searches for those. I do not want to be at the mercy of the airline for my food and drink! I like having the passengers in seats around me gazing with envy as I unwrap my Big Mac, fries, and large Coke. If someone makes it through primary screening with a contriband item they will also make it through secondary screening.
From TFA: "the best strategy [to see the shower] is to lie down and stare at as large a patch of sky as possible."
If I lie down in my back yard I can barely see the dull orange glow of Philadelphia to the south. Strangely, no meteors! Or stars for that matter. I go to school in Washington DC and we had to do all of out observing for astronomy class on computers with simulation software. Too much of the world is bathed in constant light pollution. I miss living in the midwest.
That sounds a lot like AvantGo, only that uses Palm OS so you can use the bigger touchscreen. If you are going to have an encyclopedia put on your iPod, why not use a real one like Britannica instead of Wikipedia? That way you could cite it,
I understand that bacteria are hardy creatures, but how can this species survive in the world when it does not have uranium to eat? On what does it normally subsist? Are these normal bacteria or special and exotic?
The linked article talks about a small scale experiement in bidding on print ads. Considering the auctions ended back in February I do not know if Google plans to do it again.
I fail to see the comparison between Linux and this technology. Linux is an OS and this is a market driven revenue model. That said, I think that this technique has a lot of promise. My concern is that it will take too much attention from larger advertisers to bid on different ad spots. Some people maintain thousands of ads. Market driven technology has proven itself effective in many different situations and applications and I sincerely hope that this will give AdSense a run for its money. Regardless of what AdSense does that is similar, this will at least present some competition.
I take it you're from the South. The Coke example is interesting, as Pepsi is the primary one fighting it with their long running Ask for Coke campaign. Pepsi does not want people associating "Coke" with cola.
There is merit in defending the word "Google." After all, how many people (Simpsons fans excluded) associate the Dumpster brand with excellent trash bins? Similar to Google, the Xerox company has attempted to reclaim its name from generic use as a verb. After all, a TrashCo bin is not a dumpster. A store brand tissue is not a Kleenex. A bandage made by anyone other than J&J is not a BandAid. A Ricoh copier is not a Xerox machine. Yahoo! Search and Windows Live Search are not Google.
Only it is a fictional movie, thus there is no crime. Ocean's 11 and Ocean's 12 go into detail about how they steal money from various people, but that is not considered criminal in real life.
Honestly, how many people are in a position to commit such a hack? Everyone who could do it knows exactly how to do it already. It is only through programmer honesty and code review that it does not happen.
You beat me to it. I was just thinking about how much better TFA would be if they explained the specifics of how the Office Space team ripped off the banking system.
I get the feeling that this site has an anti-Microsoft slant and the screenshots reflect this. I also believe that Windows Vista will have limited capabilities that are better then the teasers that we have seen.
Like most of us here probably do, I disagree with some of the selections. The 2006 Toshiba is a strange choice, as there are plenty of media computers out there and I fail to see how this one is so revolutionary.
If I wanted random lists of stuff I would visit Listable. On the other hand, I see this as a guide to some of the best computers with the reasons that they are great. I have never considered PC World the last word on technology.
But I thought that the problems that people were having were largely Google-specific, thus the title of the writeup. It seems that lots of people who hate Google refuse to stop using it. There are alternatives out there to most of what they offer. Personally I am a Google fan, but I have tried most search engines at one time or another.
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From the safety point of view, I am very happy about this technology. It is not new; I read about it a few years ago in Popular Science. I am considering becoming a trained rescue worker and I know that industrial accidents are messy. The people working meat production lines have to wear chainmail armor to protect themselves from their knives but most people do not take such precautions.
Not surprisingly, this plan does not appear to be in any stage of implementation. From TFA: "The US Air Force and the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have proposed using very low frequency radio waves to flush particles from radiation 'belts' above Earth and dump them into the upper atmosphere over either one or several days."
My guess is that this is an emergency countermeasure in the event of a nuclear strike. Also from TFA: "If the intense radiation belts resulted from a rogue state detonating a nuclear-tipped missile in the upper atmosphere, using such remediation technology would probably be acceptable to the international community."
I hate to inform everyone, but the sky is not falling. At least not yet (always keep your towels handy in case it does).
Hard work is part of the solution to working your way up the ladder in America. Education is another vital component. Now days most people can afford to go through some post-secondary education thanks in part to the huge sums of financial aid being doled out. The sad thing is that a large minority of students are dropping out of high school. A high school diploma is a ticket to a better life. Without my HS diploma I would not be in a respected 4 year university. Even a $20,000 per year phlebotomist job requires training that in turn requires a HS diploma. Dot com successes aside, real success requires education.
Although release games do not mean much in the long run, this list is not the tradition batch of driving, shooting, and shooting while driving games that other consoles seem to love.
Honestly I am not with the hate Microsoft crowd. You are free to use other software if you do not like theirs. I plan to run out and buy a Windows Vista laptop next summer but I use OpenOffice and FireFox. Today there are more alternatives to Microsoft than ever before so I fail to see the point of all of this complaining.
It is too bad that IP theft and misuse has grown to be such a concern that ownership has to be enshrined in commandment form.
In the long run, I would not be surprised if this technology showed up in interogation rooms. Many people would confess if shown a digital readout from an advanced machine that said they were not telling the truth, regardless of the accuracy of said machine. Criminals have been known to fall for less:
"Radnor, Pennsylvania: Police interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message 'He's lying' was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the 'lie detector' was working, the suspect confessed."
I think that this page is important in this discussion. I wonder if the map would look different if this study were performed today. Maybe I can talk some of my schoolmates/professors into doing another study.
Who cares about democracy, have brought the /. effect to the Middle East! This is a great day for the free world.
Regardless of who made it, I think it should still be considered just as funny and relevent. What difference does the author make?
Anyway, back on topic. The risk of terrorism is enough to warrent these drastic actions. I have frequent flyer cards with just about every airline ever. After the founding of the TSA, screeners were really mean and seemed to enjoy dumping things out of their bags and demanding that passengers replace them quickly and move along. I attended a speech by the undersecretary of Homeland Security who was in charge of airport security and even he complained that screeners were jerks. They have gotten much better lately, and I hope that they can find ways of rapidly searching people. These regulations might not make people 100% safe (nothing will) but they do decrease the risk of explosives getting onboard. When I was a congressional intern last semester, I always complained that they did not allow me to carry water when I was giving tours. Now I guess I know why.
The one part of the new regulations that I fail to understand is the fact that people cannot buy liquid inside of fare control and bring it onboard the plane. The system only works if there is trust in the screeners. They allow airport employees through security with potentially dangerous items (knives, heavy wrenches, blowtorches, etc.) but they have never bothered screening to see if they are on a plane. The police inside the airport have firearms, but they do not perform two searches for those. I do not want to be at the mercy of the airline for my food and drink! I like having the passengers in seats around me gazing with envy as I unwrap my Big Mac, fries, and large Coke. If someone makes it through primary screening with a contriband item they will also make it through secondary screening.
If I lie down in my back yard I can barely see the dull orange glow of Philadelphia to the south. Strangely, no meteors! Or stars for that matter. I go to school in Washington DC and we had to do all of out observing for astronomy class on computers with simulation software. Too much of the world is bathed in constant light pollution. I miss living in the midwest.
That sounds a lot like AvantGo, only that uses Palm OS so you can use the bigger touchscreen. If you are going to have an encyclopedia put on your iPod, why not use a real one like Britannica instead of Wikipedia? That way you could cite it,
I understand that bacteria are hardy creatures, but how can this species survive in the world when it does not have uranium to eat? On what does it normally subsist? Are these normal bacteria or special and exotic?
The linked article talks about a small scale experiement in bidding on print ads. Considering the auctions ended back in February I do not know if Google plans to do it again.
I fail to see the comparison between Linux and this technology. Linux is an OS and this is a market driven revenue model. That said, I think that this technique has a lot of promise. My concern is that it will take too much attention from larger advertisers to bid on different ad spots. Some people maintain thousands of ads. Market driven technology has proven itself effective in many different situations and applications and I sincerely hope that this will give AdSense a run for its money. Regardless of what AdSense does that is similar, this will at least present some competition.
There is merit in defending the word "Google." After all, how many people (Simpsons fans excluded) associate the Dumpster brand with excellent trash bins? Similar to Google, the Xerox company has attempted to reclaim its name from generic use as a verb. After all, a TrashCo bin is not a dumpster. A store brand tissue is not a Kleenex. A bandage made by anyone other than J&J is not a BandAid. A Ricoh copier is not a Xerox machine. Yahoo! Search and Windows Live Search are not Google.
Honestly, how many people are in a position to commit such a hack? Everyone who could do it knows exactly how to do it already. It is only through programmer honesty and code review that it does not happen.
You beat me to it. I was just thinking about how much better TFA would be if they explained the specifics of how the Office Space team ripped off the banking system.
I get the feeling that this site has an anti-Microsoft slant and the screenshots reflect this. I also believe that Windows Vista will have limited capabilities that are better then the teasers that we have seen.
As opposed to every other part of every computer?
If I wanted random lists of stuff I would visit Listable. On the other hand, I see this as a guide to some of the best computers with the reasons that they are great. I have never considered PC World the last word on technology.
How about you roll two dice? 2D10 will generate 100 numbers.
But I thought that the problems that people were having were largely Google-specific, thus the title of the writeup. It seems that lots of people who hate Google refuse to stop using it. There are alternatives out there to most of what they offer. Personally I am a Google fan, but I have tried most search engines at one time or another.
Maybe Google is working on a proxy server to protect us from these bad other proxies.