But they should use the IMSI number, not the IMEI number. And combine it with a password, then you get into a better level of security than with only a password since you are using something you have.
However with the recent rise in malicious apps for phones using the phone for anything secure is risky.
And we may still see another independent candidate floating up but it may be someone that waits just to avoid the costs and let Romney and Obama beat the crap out of each other first.
One thing to consider is that for a large company every major upgrade of the user interface causes a lot of costs while people are learning the new features and how to find how to do it when their old familiar features has disappeared. I'm still annoyed by a few things in the new Office UI.
And the statistics Microsoft has collected saying for example that the Start button could go away - I don't think that they have realized that the statistics they got is skewed since many advanced users and company admins intentionally unticks the checkbox allowing Microsoft to collect data about your usage. That leaves them with statistics from a large number of home users that are more or less computer illiterate.
So if you look at how a moron works and design your tools after that then you will make tools for morons. But then you are actually a moron yourself.
I think that the real problem CL sees is the risk of sites harvesting ads and displaying them as their own in order to catch some Google searches to their sites and in turn make money of ads for Viagra etc.
The dilemma with the model that they had was more that the person placing the ad couldn't place the same ad somewhere else too.
Thanks! His books are providing a perspective that stands out and the only comparable author with a similar perspective is Murray Leinster.
Other authors that I feel are under-appreciated: Øyvind Myhre Bertil Mårtensson Mike Resnick Iain M Banks Richard Morgan Piers Anthony Jack Vance Christopher Anvil Björn Kurtén Leigh Brackett Karel Capek Roald Dahl Steven Gould John M Harrison A.A. Attanasio Franz Kafka (If you have the stamina, no wonder that people refer to him when describing public services) Henry Kuttner Keith Laumer Fritz Leiber Ken MacLeod Jack McDevitt John Scalzi (See Whatever Timothy Zahn
I'm not sure that it was everything Heinlein did stand for in the book, he usually took a few ideas, stuck to them for the story of the book and made a good story of it. But he's hardly under-appreciated.
If you need an under-appreciated author, try Bertil Mårtensson.
Then it would have been well-known in that area already. I have been living in that area earlier and the issue of low temperatures and condensation was not one of the major concerns.
What people tends to forget is that when the outdoor temperature goes down the relative humidity indoors also drops considerably and that means that the condensation issues aren't that big. And the most sensitive parts are the hard disks, just wait to unpack them from the ESD bag until they have been up to room temperature. Same for other media transported - keep them in their innermost packaging until they are up to room temp, which takes an hour at most.
What's really a big problem in that climate is actually ESD issues caused by static electricity.
And what about the prediction by Heinlein that the election of President of the US would result in "Nehemiah Scudder" being elected 2012 and that there will be no election in 2016.
And no wonder that the businesses in London complains of the lack of customers when the restrictions for the olympic venues are hard enough to make you feel like a suspect.
In my opinion - both phone and chat are useful, often using them together. This because you can't always figure out the spelling of some words and sometimes it's easier to send the user some text string over the chat. Even better if images can be sent.
But sometimes it's a lot easier to solve the problem for the user with a personal visit.
Unfortunately what management sees are just trouble tickets resolved, not the real user satisfaction. It's like measuring the quality of a bakery on the amount of flour used.
There's a place both for stealth crafts and more ordinary crafts.
The stealth crafts are excellent to use to sneak up on the target with for the first turn, but after the first turn it doesn't matter any more if you have stealth or not. At second strike it's only a question of how much punch you are able to throw at the enemy - and the precision of the strikes.
It's time to make sure that there is a legal precedent set into what really can be written in an EULA and invalidate all the EULA:s that are stepping over the legal bounds.
I would not really consider developing for Windows Phone as it is now. Their earlier platforms were incomplete for developers and the backward compatibility for apps seems to be ignored so every new generation from Microsoft has so far required a rewrite of the app.
Add to this the fact that Android and iOS are the big players right now. The existence of free apps may not by themselves generate much income but the amount of free apps are an indication of how large the developer community is - and their competence. A free app that is good and useful is promoting the developer which then can offer his services for more advanced solutions.
So for Microsoft to succeed they need to offer something that is as ground-breaking as the iPhone, and so far this doesn't seem to be the case and they will be a fringe player.
Old stuff that still works today are representing the top items of their time. There was a lot of stuff back then that was junk too, and that has rightly perished.
But the Russians solved the problem with a closed loop system to get the engines more efficient, which can be seen in the RD180 engines used in the Atlas rockets.
So some problems were solved in the US others in Russia, but combine the knowledge and you may get something useful.
The RD170 is actually not entirely comparable since it's a four chamber solution. It also have a sibling the RD180. However one of the interesting factors with them is that the construction they have is a closed system where the exhaust from driving the pumps is injected into the chamber and provides additional thrust.
The RD180 engines have seen use in the Atlas rockets since they are more efficient than the engines originally designed for the Atlas rockets.
But from my point of view I think that they should look at the experience and technology used both in the RD170/171/180 and in the F1A engines to be able to get the best of both worlds. Add to it the knowledge gained in materials that have improved since the 60's and 70's and the improvement in computer power that allows us to make more complex calculations.
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That - and the fact that some people loves to mess up statistics.
Same in Sweden - paper ballots, hand counted. And ID check at the voting station.
But they should use the IMSI number, not the IMEI number. And combine it with a password, then you get into a better level of security than with only a password since you are using something you have.
However with the recent rise in malicious apps for phones using the phone for anything secure is risky.
What the amount of unsure means is that there's potential for a third candidate - if you can find one.
Maybe Jimmy McMillan? At least he has some attitude! Also look at his web site: http://jimmymcmillan.org/
And we may still see another independent candidate floating up but it may be someone that waits just to avoid the costs and let Romney and Obama beat the crap out of each other first.
One thing to consider is that for a large company every major upgrade of the user interface causes a lot of costs while people are learning the new features and how to find how to do it when their old familiar features has disappeared. I'm still annoyed by a few things in the new Office UI.
And the statistics Microsoft has collected saying for example that the Start button could go away - I don't think that they have realized that the statistics they got is skewed since many advanced users and company admins intentionally unticks the checkbox allowing Microsoft to collect data about your usage. That leaves them with statistics from a large number of home users that are more or less computer illiterate.
So if you look at how a moron works and design your tools after that then you will make tools for morons. But then you are actually a moron yourself.
Unfortunately - with the large number of buttons on the steering wheel these days this is starting to be a problem there too.
Even push buttons that aren't easily identifiable by touch is a problem. If you can't identify with touch you must take your eye off the road.
And too many push buttons in a row all identical is a nightmare.
I think that the real problem CL sees is the risk of sites harvesting ads and displaying them as their own in order to catch some Google searches to their sites and in turn make money of ads for Viagra etc.
The dilemma with the model that they had was more that the person placing the ad couldn't place the same ad somewhere else too.
Thanks! His books are providing a perspective that stands out and the only comparable author with a similar perspective is Murray Leinster.
Other authors that I feel are under-appreciated:
Øyvind Myhre
Bertil Mårtensson
Mike Resnick
Iain M Banks
Richard Morgan
Piers Anthony
Jack Vance
Christopher Anvil
Björn Kurtén
Leigh Brackett
Karel Capek
Roald Dahl
Steven Gould
John M Harrison
A.A. Attanasio
Franz Kafka (If you have the stamina, no wonder that people refer to him when describing public services)
Henry Kuttner
Keith Laumer
Fritz Leiber
Ken MacLeod
Jack McDevitt
John Scalzi (See Whatever
Timothy Zahn
Then you also have Fred Hoyle.
I'm not sure that it was everything Heinlein did stand for in the book, he usually took a few ideas, stuck to them for the story of the book and made a good story of it. But he's hardly under-appreciated.
If you need an under-appreciated author, try Bertil Mårtensson.
P.C. Jersild, "After the Flood" and Dénis Lindbohm "The Roots of Doom", "The Bewinger" are two of the most depressing authors I have been reading.
On a side note - I have actually performed computer support to P.C. Jersild when he lost his book on his computer once.
Then it would have been well-known in that area already. I have been living in that area earlier and the issue of low temperatures and condensation was not one of the major concerns.
What people tends to forget is that when the outdoor temperature goes down the relative humidity indoors also drops considerably and that means that the condensation issues aren't that big. And the most sensitive parts are the hard disks, just wait to unpack them from the ESD bag until they have been up to room temperature. Same for other media transported - keep them in their innermost packaging until they are up to room temp, which takes an hour at most.
What's really a big problem in that climate is actually ESD issues caused by static electricity.
And what about the prediction by Heinlein that the election of President of the US would result in "Nehemiah Scudder" being elected 2012 and that there will be no election in 2016.
Drown the area in hotspots named "Burger King", "Pepsi" and similar using directional antennas.
That would cause some amusement.
And no wonder that the businesses in London complains of the lack of customers when the restrictions for the olympic venues are hard enough to make you feel like a suspect.
In my opinion - both phone and chat are useful, often using them together. This because you can't always figure out the spelling of some words and sometimes it's easier to send the user some text string over the chat. Even better if images can be sent.
But sometimes it's a lot easier to solve the problem for the user with a personal visit.
Unfortunately what management sees are just trouble tickets resolved, not the real user satisfaction. It's like measuring the quality of a bakery on the amount of flour used.
There goes the customers to some other solution that can't be eavesdropped.
There's a place both for stealth crafts and more ordinary crafts.
The stealth crafts are excellent to use to sneak up on the target with for the first turn, but after the first turn it doesn't matter any more if you have stealth or not. At second strike it's only a question of how much punch you are able to throw at the enemy - and the precision of the strikes.
It's time to make sure that there is a legal precedent set into what really can be written in an EULA and invalidate all the EULA:s that are stepping over the legal bounds.
I would not really consider developing for Windows Phone as it is now. Their earlier platforms were incomplete for developers and the backward compatibility for apps seems to be ignored so every new generation from Microsoft has so far required a rewrite of the app.
Add to this the fact that Android and iOS are the big players right now. The existence of free apps may not by themselves generate much income but the amount of free apps are an indication of how large the developer community is - and their competence. A free app that is good and useful is promoting the developer which then can offer his services for more advanced solutions.
So for Microsoft to succeed they need to offer something that is as ground-breaking as the iPhone, and so far this doesn't seem to be the case and they will be a fringe player.
And I don't use FB, only LinkedIn - what does that make me? Potential murderer for hire?
Old stuff that still works today are representing the top items of their time. There was a lot of stuff back then that was junk too, and that has rightly perished.
But the Russians solved the problem with a closed loop system to get the engines more efficient, which can be seen in the RD180 engines used in the Atlas rockets.
So some problems were solved in the US others in Russia, but combine the knowledge and you may get something useful.
The RD170 is actually not entirely comparable since it's a four chamber solution. It also have a sibling the RD180. However one of the interesting factors with them is that the construction they have is a closed system where the exhaust from driving the pumps is injected into the chamber and provides additional thrust.
The RD180 engines have seen use in the Atlas rockets since they are more efficient than the engines originally designed for the Atlas rockets.
But from my point of view I think that they should look at the experience and technology used both in the RD170/171/180 and in the F1A engines to be able to get the best of both worlds. Add to it the knowledge gained in materials that have improved since the 60's and 70's and the improvement in computer power that allows us to make more complex calculations.