It's obvious that this is another incident of an "educated" person making a rash, inane and embarrasing decision without any knowledge of the subject they're making a decision on. As a US federally licensed amateur radio operator, it's part of the licensing exam for all three license classes to include a good portion of RF safety.
If the good doctor would have bothered to check out the facts (such as what's at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/rf-faqs.html) before inserting his foot in his mouth, he would have read that it's very inconclusive that radio waves of any sort cause cancer. I use a handheld radio that transmits up to five watts of power within a few inches of my head and I've never had any problems. I've never heard of an amateur radio operator dying of cancer caused by his hobby either.
As it's been said, everything causes cancer. Methinks that Der Fuhrer has alterior motives to shutting down Wi-Fi and everyone else suffers.
You know, these kids have to learn their crappy skills from somewhere-namely their parents. Most of these kids these days have terrible spelling, grammar and reading comprehension skills. I see that especially on/. more often than not-proper nouns not being capitalized, improper punctuation (or the lack of), improper use of ellipsis marks (a pet peeve) . . . the list goes on and on. Let's not forget that the US's wonderful public (dis)education system is to blame just as much as the parents not doing what they should be on educating their children.
Of course, proofreading helps too, but only if you know what you're trying to fix.
I'm old enough now to have a child that would be posting on this site and others. If I found him doing these atrocious things (rest assured, I'd be nonplussed at the fact he'd be doing that with the family name!), I'd correct him immediately.
Unfortunately, this generation is all about instant satisfaction-common sense and respect be damned. I truly hate having to read some of these Slashdotter's comments because I don't speak ebonics or AOLspeak, sorry. My parents taught me English.
Evidently most of the people who've replied on here don't have a clue about amateur radio either. A big part of amateur radio is experimentation and if it doesn't work, you figure out why and do it again. Hopefully with your adjustments, corrections and redesigns your experiment will become a working item. After all, how do you think all the neat modes in amateur radio were developed? Trial and error.
Most/.ers have no clue about working QRP (low power radio)-I mean, the thing is miles above earth transmitting on 500mW of power. Some personal stereos put out more power than that.
But, if anyone checks, there's another unused spacesuit and more equipment on the ISS. Oh, by the way, it's ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) http://www.rac.ca/ariss that did this, not NASA.
They licensed OS/2 to Serenity Systems as an OEM product. SS has added new features, tightened up some code, put more value-added programs and drivers into the distribution package, but they don't own OS/2. No chance in hell for that one.;)
IBM still owns OS/2, lock, stock and barrel.
Because it seems that many people out here don't realize this, IBM still sells licenses to businesses. IBM, however, screwed the SOHO side of OS/2 years ago. There's a few of us that think IBM secretly hired the Amiga marketing team somewhere along the line.
That aside, I use OS/2 for my daily use. I've got everything I want or need under OS/2. (I do have a Windows machine for my big gun games though. But that's what Windows is really good for... and I digress.)
What many people don't know is that a while back, Ralph Nader actually tried to petition IBM to open source OS/2.
I, as an OS/2 user since '96, cannot see IBM/ever/ open sourcing OS/2, period. There are too many licensing issues with Microsoft and many other parties. There's probably a dozen other things that have been pointed out already.
But, hey, OS/2 works fine for me as it is. I'm not complaining.
There's still programs being developed for OS/2, new kernels every now and again, but open sourcing OS/2 isn't something I think I'll see.
Thanks for the insightful comment and yeah, our representatives are bought and sold from the minute they decide to run for office, sadly enough.
I'm not of either party, but both parties are corrupted enough that when one complains about the other's ways, it's like pot calling kettle black. Never mind that everyone in Washington is basically crooked in some way or another, or as you said, they get in but get booted out never to be re-elected.
As for the bill itself, I highly doubt that it would pass. There are too many government organizations and too many private organizations that depend on that information, such as the Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard), SKYWARN, ARES, FEMA, GEMA (Georgia's version of FEMA), et al. I'd think that the Armed Forces's force would be enough to kill the bill (as was stated in previous comments).
It'd also hurt us hams who are weather spotters too. Luckily, I live in the Atlanta metro area and there's tons of spotters out here, but where you are, I can imagine that you, quite literally, are the sole information gatherer for the NWS out there. It's even more unfortunate that if you lose that information, quite literally people could start dying because of that.
Which, of course, our elected officials wouldn't know or care about.
A friend who once served as a pageboy told me that representatives are like mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed plenty of shit, heheheh.
As a fellow amateur radio operator, I agree completely with what you've said. Only after people start dying will the government listen. Unfortunately, common sense isn't so common.
Let's not forget that it's against the law in the US to use fake info in your WHOIS info (I believe it's a seven-year sentence).
Yesterday, after receiving the email from GoDaddy (with whom I have three domains), I immediately dropped my.US domain, registered a.NET domain and bought an account to privately register my domain.
My problem is with spam-I have tons and tons of spam from making the mistake of not registering privately my domains years ago. Hopefully now, that'll stop somewhat.
Granted, I do use a PO Box and my cell phone number for my registrations that are both easily changed, but still, I don't want being necessarily public information.
If you need to reach me, you can send an email to admin@, abuse@, postmaster@ and you can still get me. You don't have to go through the backchannels to reach me. One of my friends thought it was funny that his "discovered a way" to contact me through my private registration. It burst his bubble when I told him the above.
Don't laugh, but when I was a tech for a very large company that sold computers, we were instructed by Microsoft to instruct consumers to reinstall Windows every six months.
Wonder if that still applies for XP.
If I can remember this right, there are a few nuclear power plants and several medical imaging machines running OS/2, still, to this day.
Can you imagine if a nuclear power plant running Windows popped up with "We're sorry, but the power plant has to be restarted..."...;)
I still run a BBS under OS/2 and I never, ever touch it to reboot it unless I have to install new hardware or there's a major software upgrade. It's really reliable.
I remember seeing my first Windows-enabled ATM way out in BFE, Illinois (it was with Union Planters Bank). I'll be damned if the thing didn't crash on the guy who was using it, who promptly let loose a string of blue that would make a longshoreman blush. I chuckled, knowing that this would be the state of things to come.
Oh well. M$ has its tendrils in everything these days. Except my computers.
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It's obvious that this is another incident of an "educated" person making a rash, inane and embarrasing decision without any knowledge of the subject they're making a decision on. As a US federally licensed amateur radio operator, it's part of the licensing exam for all three license classes to include a good portion of RF safety.
If the good doctor would have bothered to check out the facts (such as what's at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/rf-faqs.html) before inserting his foot in his mouth, he would have read that it's very inconclusive that radio waves of any sort cause cancer. I use a handheld radio that transmits up to five watts of power within a few inches of my head and I've never had any problems. I've never heard of an amateur radio operator dying of cancer caused by his hobby either.
As it's been said, everything causes cancer. Methinks that Der Fuhrer has alterior motives to shutting down Wi-Fi and everyone else suffers.
Nothing like a little fresh how's your father from the Ministry of Silly Walks.
I didn't know that Alexander the Great was a fan of Pink Floyd. I knew those guys were old, but I had no idea THAT old.
You know, these kids have to learn their crappy skills from somewhere-namely their parents. Most of these kids these days have terrible spelling, grammar and reading comprehension skills. I see that especially on /. more often than not-proper nouns not being capitalized, improper punctuation (or the lack of), improper use of ellipsis marks (a pet peeve) . . . the list goes on and on. Let's not forget that the US's wonderful public (dis)education system is to blame just as much as the parents not doing what they should be on educating their children.
Of course, proofreading helps too, but only if you know what you're trying to fix.
I'm old enough now to have a child that would be posting on this site and others. If I found him doing these atrocious things (rest assured, I'd be nonplussed at the fact he'd be doing that with the family name!), I'd correct him immediately.
Unfortunately, this generation is all about instant satisfaction-common sense and respect be damned. I truly hate having to read some of these Slashdotter's comments because I don't speak ebonics or AOLspeak, sorry. My parents taught me English.
I'm not that damn lazy.
Hey, I've got a Warp Drive right next to me. (The joke: the computer is running OS/2 Warp...)
Evidently most of the people who've replied on here don't have a clue about amateur radio either. A big part of amateur radio is experimentation and if it doesn't work, you figure out why and do it again. Hopefully with your adjustments, corrections and redesigns your experiment will become a working item. After all, how do you think all the neat modes in amateur radio were developed? Trial and error.
/.ers have no clue about working QRP (low power radio)-I mean, the thing is miles above earth transmitting on 500mW of power. Some personal stereos put out more power than that.
/. are about anything that doesn't have to do with Linux or MP3s.
Most
But, if anyone checks, there's another unused spacesuit and more equipment on the ISS. Oh, by the way, it's ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) http://www.rac.ca/ariss that did this, not NASA.
If people RTFA and do a little more reading about the news stories http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/02/03/103/, they just might notice little things.
It's amazing how stupid most of these people on
IBM didn't sell OS/2.
;)
... and I digress.)
/ever/ open sourcing OS/2, period. There are too many licensing issues with Microsoft and many other parties. There's probably a dozen other things that have been pointed out already.
They licensed OS/2 to Serenity Systems as an OEM product. SS has added new features, tightened up some code, put more value-added programs and drivers into the distribution package, but they don't own OS/2. No chance in hell for that one.
IBM still owns OS/2, lock, stock and barrel.
Because it seems that many people out here don't realize this, IBM still sells licenses to businesses. IBM, however, screwed the SOHO side of OS/2 years ago. There's a few of us that think IBM secretly hired the Amiga marketing team somewhere along the line.
That aside, I use OS/2 for my daily use. I've got everything I want or need under OS/2. (I do have a Windows machine for my big gun games though. But that's what Windows is really good for
What many people don't know is that a while back, Ralph Nader actually tried to petition IBM to open source OS/2.
I, as an OS/2 user since '96, cannot see IBM
But, hey, OS/2 works fine for me as it is. I'm not complaining.
There's still programs being developed for OS/2, new kernels every now and again, but open sourcing OS/2 isn't something I think I'll see.
> I thought I was a figment of my own imagination. :-)
;)
:>
Yes, I thought I was too. Same with those other people I talk to on a daily basis that still use OS/2.
Don't I know you from somewhere?
Thanks for the insightful comment and yeah, our representatives are bought and sold from the minute they decide to run for office, sadly enough.
I'm not of either party, but both parties are corrupted enough that when one complains about the other's ways, it's like pot calling kettle black. Never mind that everyone in Washington is basically crooked in some way or another, or as you said, they get in but get booted out never to be re-elected.
As for the bill itself, I highly doubt that it would pass. There are too many government organizations and too many private organizations that depend on that information, such as the Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard), SKYWARN, ARES, FEMA, GEMA (Georgia's version of FEMA), et al. I'd think that the Armed Forces's force would be enough to kill the bill (as was stated in previous comments).
It'd also hurt us hams who are weather spotters too. Luckily, I live in the Atlanta metro area and there's tons of spotters out here, but where you are, I can imagine that you, quite literally, are the sole information gatherer for the NWS out there. It's even more unfortunate that if you lose that information, quite literally people could start dying because of that.
Which, of course, our elected officials wouldn't know or care about.
A friend who once served as a pageboy told me that representatives are like mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed plenty of shit, heheheh.
I'd asked a friend about that show "The Office". He called it "The Orifice".
Maybe I should take that as a "turn the channel".
As a fellow amateur radio operator, I agree completely with what you've said. Only after people start dying will the government listen. Unfortunately, common sense isn't so common.
Why does this discussion remind me of Doc Ock from "Spiderman" . . . ?
Let's not forget that it's against the law in the US to use fake info in your WHOIS info (I believe it's a seven-year sentence). Yesterday, after receiving the email from GoDaddy (with whom I have three domains), I immediately dropped my .US domain, registered a .NET domain and bought an account to privately register my domain.
My problem is with spam-I have tons and tons of spam from making the mistake of not registering privately my domains years ago. Hopefully now, that'll stop somewhat.
Granted, I do use a PO Box and my cell phone number for my registrations that are both easily changed, but still, I don't want being necessarily public information.
If you need to reach me, you can send an email to admin@, abuse@, postmaster@ and you can still get me. You don't have to go through the backchannels to reach me. One of my friends thought it was funny that his "discovered a way" to contact me through my private registration. It burst his bubble when I told him the above.
Don't laugh, but when I was a tech for a very large company that sold computers, we were instructed by Microsoft to instruct consumers to reinstall Windows every six months. Wonder if that still applies for XP.
If I can remember this right, there are a few nuclear power plants and several medical imaging machines running OS/2, still, to this day. Can you imagine if a nuclear power plant running Windows popped up with "We're sorry, but the power plant has to be restarted ..." ... ;)
I still run a BBS under OS/2 and I never, ever touch it to reboot it unless I have to install new hardware or there's a major software upgrade. It's really reliable.
I remember seeing my first Windows-enabled ATM way out in BFE, Illinois (it was with Union Planters Bank). I'll be damned if the thing didn't crash on the guy who was using it, who promptly let loose a string of blue that would make a longshoreman blush. I chuckled, knowing that this would be the state of things to come.
Oh well. M$ has its tendrils in everything these days. Except my computers.