FM frequencies are merely a collective decision of a bunch of eletromagnetic energy to exist in a cohesive waveform for a period of time, and over a certain distance.
And that have commercial value.
Millions of consumers have receivers in their homes/works/cars that operate with transmissions on those frequencies, so the realist in me says the FCC is chasing them because commercial radio pushes them to.
Meanwhile, the tinfoil in my hat says it's about Big Brother restricting public broadcast and free communication... oh, and keeping the little guy down, man.
I'd rather have a computer flagging me than a human who may judge me by the color of my skin
If they can flag based on what you said, I'm sure they can flag you based on the skin tone in the photo on your drivers license or passport too. Or by your just family history or name. Or where you live. Or where your parents live.
Anyways, odds are the computer won't be doing the flagging per se, it'll just be following the parameters and policies entered by those humans controlling it. I'm not sure they'd trust "national security" to a self-learning neural net without some sort of bias in it.
Even if the device works, his derivation is wrong and even he doesn't know how it works.
Actually, that would be a good thing. If convential wisdom says it can't work, but it works anyway (as prototype/demo engines suggest), then we need to find out why and adjust theories to match. It wouldn't be the first time our understanding didn't match our reality.
It's only a closed system if you think in terms of eletro-magnetics. Assuming the prototype works to any degree, what if he's found an electro-gravitational effect? Yes, I'm reaching a bit here, but gravitational effects aren't limited to an enclosure... or maybe even our dimensions... so it wouldn't be a closed system.
The year before mine our school tried to take a picture up there (~100,000 feet) but it didn't work because the cold temperature changed the timing of some electronics, causing them to malfunction =/
Arguably, though, "software engineering" isn't real engineering until you use formal methods to ensure the correctness of your design and implementation.
That's exactly what I'm arguing. I think XP has a place in improving quality, but I don't think you can call it Engineering. Take pair-programming for example, and you've got two craftsmen making experienced choices and catching each others mistakes, not the application of formal methods with their correctness based on scientific principals. It's a big difference IMO.
I've used the Sinclair Basic, AmigaOS, MacOS 7 through X, Mandrake (back in the day), RedHat, LFS, Gentoo, Debian, Trustix, Adamantix, Ubuntu, OpenBSD, QNX, Solaris, Windows 3.1 through XP, and probably a few others I've forgotten about. In all seriousness, Novell SLED 10 is the most productive OS I've found. The only thing I'm not 100% convinced about is the new applications browser (needs an extra click or two to find my apps) but maybe it's better for less experienced users. Had no worries getting it installed on my laptop (yes, accelerated XGL, suspend, bluetooth, wireless, etc works) either.
If Gentoo is too hard, Joe really should give this one a shot. The pretty interface is really only half of the attraction.
Why should it be illegal? As another poster pointed out, it's just like selling modifications to your car. Modchips don't automatically imply illegal activities or copyright infringement, it could simply be a way to play the DVDs you bought while working in Japan. Selling them shouldn't be illegal because not everyone has the ability to do it themselves, yet anyone could have a valid need to use them.
Interesting comment. I recall that recently a gentleman operating a certain online gambling site in the UK was arrested in the US, for breaching US laws by operating his UK site. I wonder if this inspired the spammer to follow suit?
What "certain times" exactly? Bushs presidency? You've invaded another country, but you're not at war with the whole world, the sooner you (as a country) realise that the better.
Trading freedom for security is not a wise choice: Freedom is real, but security is only an illusion.
Rather than catapaults, it's more like the guy in the US is throwing a bucket of money over thr border, and the Mexican guy is putting some pot in the bucket (or not, if the US guy loses) then the US guy pulls the string to bring it back.
The UK guy is running his servers legally in the UK, and the US guy is accessing them illegally from the US. Tell me, why is it the guy providing the service that gets nailed? Why not the guy *procuring* the service (as it would be in the China example of another post)?
This patch protects Microsoft. The other patches protect the users. It should be suprising that Microsoft looks after itself better than it looks after everyone else.
While I don't think there is "evil" in the intentions of the engineer who thought this "clever" thing up, or the marketing guy who figured the data would be useful, or the corporates who realised it could boost the shareholder value, lets not forget that the government can obtain the data if they so desire as well.
As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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I'll second the GP post. I've had a bunch removed, and they send them all away to be tested afterwards.
A bunch of hot ass Jessica Albas running around would be awesome as hell!
Not if they kick your ass every time you make a pass at them.
FM frequencies are merely a collective decision of a bunch of eletromagnetic energy to exist in a cohesive waveform for a period of time, and over a certain distance.
And that have commercial value.
Millions of consumers have receivers in their homes/works/cars that operate with transmissions on those frequencies, so the realist in me says the FCC is chasing them because commercial radio pushes them to.
Meanwhile, the tinfoil in my hat says it's about Big Brother restricting public broadcast and free communication... oh, and keeping the little guy down, man.
Last time I checked, one needed a licence to broadcast on the FM frequencies.
I think that's kinda their point.
I'd rather have a computer flagging me than a human who may judge me by the color of my skin
If they can flag based on what you said, I'm sure they can flag you based on the skin tone in the photo on your drivers license or passport too. Or by your just family history or name. Or where you live. Or where your parents live.
Anyways, odds are the computer won't be doing the flagging per se, it'll just be following the parameters and policies entered by those humans controlling it. I'm not sure they'd trust "national security" to a self-learning neural net without some sort of bias in it.
I mean, I could contact my hosting provider, but I would prefer to check before harassing them.
Customer service is not harrassment.
Do NOT install Vista. ;-)
Even if the device works, his derivation is wrong and even he doesn't know how it works.
Actually, that would be a good thing. If convential wisdom says it can't work, but it works anyway (as prototype/demo engines suggest), then we need to find out why and adjust theories to match. It wouldn't be the first time our understanding didn't match our reality.
It's only a closed system if you think in terms of eletro-magnetics. Assuming the prototype works to any degree, what if he's found an electro-gravitational effect? Yes, I'm reaching a bit here, but gravitational effects aren't limited to an enclosure... or maybe even our dimensions... so it wouldn't be a closed system.
Sphinx? I reckon it looks more like a chimp...
The year before mine our school tried to take a picture up there (~100,000 feet) but it didn't work because the cold temperature changed the timing of some electronics, causing them to malfunction =/
I was in charge of the thermal stuff...
Hmmm. So you're saying it was your fault?
Arguably, though, "software engineering" isn't real engineering until you use formal methods to ensure the correctness of your design and implementation.
That's exactly what I'm arguing. I think XP has a place in improving quality, but I don't think you can call it Engineering. Take pair-programming for example, and you've got two craftsmen making experienced choices and catching each others mistakes, not the application of formal methods with their correctness based on scientific principals. It's a big difference IMO.
Novell SLED 10 for businesses.
I've used the Sinclair Basic, AmigaOS, MacOS 7 through X, Mandrake (back in the day), RedHat, LFS, Gentoo, Debian, Trustix, Adamantix, Ubuntu, OpenBSD, QNX, Solaris, Windows 3.1 through XP, and probably a few others I've forgotten about. In all seriousness, Novell SLED 10 is the most productive OS I've found. The only thing I'm not 100% convinced about is the new applications browser (needs an extra click or two to find my apps) but maybe it's better for less experienced users. Had no worries getting it installed on my laptop (yes, accelerated XGL, suspend, bluetooth, wireless, etc works) either.
If Gentoo is too hard, Joe really should give this one a shot. The pretty interface is really only half of the attraction.
Like any kind of engineering, software engineering needs as much face to face collaboration as possible.
You really think XP is Engineering?
Why should it be illegal? As another poster pointed out, it's just like selling modifications to your car. Modchips don't automatically imply illegal activities or copyright infringement, it could simply be a way to play the DVDs you bought while working in Japan. Selling them shouldn't be illegal because not everyone has the ability to do it themselves, yet anyone could have a valid need to use them.
Interesting comment. I recall that recently a gentleman operating a certain online gambling site in the UK was arrested in the US, for breaching US laws by operating his UK site. I wonder if this inspired the spammer to follow suit?
Hitachi have some 100GB 7200 SATA notebook drives available now. A Yonah/Merom pin-compatible 4 Core Quadro would be awesome...
Obviously he needs a bigger truck.
What "certain times" exactly? Bushs presidency? You've invaded another country, but you're not at war with the whole world, the sooner you (as a country) realise that the better.
Trading freedom for security is not a wise choice: Freedom is real, but security is only an illusion.
I understand your argument, but turn it around.
Rather than catapaults, it's more like the guy in the US is throwing a bucket of money over thr border, and the Mexican guy is putting some pot in the bucket (or not, if the US guy loses) then the US guy pulls the string to bring it back.
The UK guy is running his servers legally in the UK, and the US guy is accessing them illegally from the US. Tell me, why is it the guy providing the service that gets nailed? Why not the guy *procuring* the service (as it would be in the China example of another post)?
This patch protects Microsoft. The other patches protect the users. It should be suprising that Microsoft looks after itself better than it looks after everyone else.
It's simple: Google can't put me in prison.
But how do you get the sharks up there?
Seconded.
While I don't think there is "evil" in the intentions of the engineer who thought this "clever" thing up, or the marketing guy who figured the data would be useful, or the corporates who realised it could boost the shareholder value, lets not forget that the government can obtain the data if they so desire as well.
As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
It sounds like the BBC World News interlude music.
It's my favourite startup sound yet, and still manages to come across as professional.