So what if you can buy a laptop and add GPS (and an FM transmitter plus other stuff)? Anybody can do that, all it takes is money and the ability to plug something into a USB port. It's like hiring an architect and contractor to design and build a nice house and then acting like you had some part in the actual construction. Anybody with money can buy a Ferarri, but it takes skill and craftsmanship to actually make one.
This fellow, Torsten Lyngaas, has done something that takes no small amount of skill and knowledge. And did a nice, clean job of it. Hell, most people would be hard-pressed to teardown a laptop and successfully put it back together.
"What is it with acting like foreign nationals are some sort of trained monkey?" It comes from not wanting to admit that in comparison to Monsieur Paillard, we are the monkeys. And untrained to boot.
The Yugo had a pathetic motor where the displacement didn't mean much.
Back around the era of the Yugo, my brother had a Datsun 1200 that was as good as any other car driving around town. On the highway it would do 120 mph all day (Colorado to Texas several times). Granted, it would take a litte while to get to that speed. Mileage would go down to about 35 mpg at 90. It would tap out at about 130 (pegged the speedo), but would start to overheat after a while.
It was fun, but there wasn't much there. A litte motor that sounded like an overclocked sewing machine, some sheet metal and four wheels. It would have been all over if you hit a paper cup, much less a jackrabbit.
Make sure the main fire alarm can be easily heard in your office and that you have more than one way out (what if the fire is outside the only door?). Alternate egress is usually required by the fire code, but is sometimes overlooked.
The real problem is that even when people study history up the wazoo, if they want something bad enough they'll come up with rationalizations as to why history doesn't apply to their special case. Then they get all huffy when they discover that they are doomed.
A "stock tank" is a watering hole for livestock. It can be made of metal (imagine a kiddie wading pool times 10) or it can be a pond created by building a small earthen dam to collect rain or creek water. In Texas, the pond-like tanks are often big enough (a couple hundred feet across) for fishing.
Solar cells last a long time (20+ years) and as long as the connections are done properly, require little or no maintenance. They can get hammered by hail or by ice falling from higher on the mast, though.
So, your cousin comes over and without your knowledge, downloads a song onto your computer and then his mp3 player. The cops come and take your computer. If you want it back, you have to sue them for it. Sound fair?
If this works the same way the drug laws work, the government owns (literally) your computer as soon as the illegal download occurs; you just don't know it yet.
A friend who used to be an undercover BATF agent told me that a common way to bring drugs into the country is to steal a light plane (which he said was trivial if you know what you're doing) and then go get the drugs and bring 'em in. As soon as the plane is stolen for a drug crime, it belongs to the feds. The doctor who used to own it just doesn't know it yet. He has to sue to get it back.
One can hope the law has changed since then, but somehow I doubt it.
Then our duty is clear. Even though it will cause a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of names suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced, we must all change our names to "Richard Bruce Cheney".
Nobody has ever been able to adequately explain what a football field actually is, but its presence is indicated by the unearthly glow found emanating from television sets in the US during the fall and winter, usually on weekends. Curiously, it always disappears late on a Sunday evening during mid-January and doesn't return again until autumn.
I don't know about California, but in Washington (State), there's no sales tax on non-tangible services. However, the provider has to pay the Business and Occupation tax which, although it's usually less than the sales tax, is usually a few percent. And if you're starting a new business and don't check out the end of quarter tax forms, it can be a surprise that the state is going to take 2.5% of your gross income. It's a sales tax that is hidden from the purchaser. It would be better if the state was honest and just collected it straight up.
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So what if you can buy a laptop and add GPS (and an FM transmitter plus other stuff)? Anybody can do that, all it takes is money and the ability to plug something into a USB port. It's like hiring an architect and contractor to design and build a nice house and then acting like you had some part in the actual construction. Anybody with money can buy a Ferarri, but it takes skill and craftsmanship to actually make one.
This fellow, Torsten Lyngaas, has done something that takes no small amount of skill and knowledge. And did a nice, clean job of it. Hell, most people would be hard-pressed to teardown a laptop and successfully put it back together.
The thing won't ready for prime time until it's got a kitchen sink.
The recovery options seem very similar to me. Clean room, ...
Clean room? Why?
You keep using that word. Even if you spelled it correctly, I do not think it means what you think it means.
Just when we think we've got everything figured out, some little twerp comes along and throws a monkey wrench in the works!
"... the less time they have to debug it."
You must be new here. That's your job.
Botnet.
They'll ask them how old they are. Duh.
I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.
"What is it with acting like foreign nationals are some sort of trained monkey?"
It comes from not wanting to admit that in comparison to Monsieur Paillard, we are the monkeys. And untrained to boot.
The Yugo had a pathetic motor where the displacement didn't mean much.
Back around the era of the Yugo, my brother had a Datsun 1200 that was as good as any other car driving around town. On the highway it would do 120 mph all day (Colorado to Texas several times). Granted, it would take a litte while to get to that speed. Mileage would go down to about 35 mpg at 90. It would tap out at about 130 (pegged the speedo), but would start to overheat after a while.
It was fun, but there wasn't much there. A litte motor that sounded like an overclocked sewing machine, some sheet metal and four wheels. It would have been all over if you hit a paper cup, much less a jackrabbit.
You're just being paranoid. Of course, being "a motorcyle AND bicyle rider", you have realized that they *are* out to get you.
"My arm hurts right here!" "Show me?" "Here!" "Wait, it's here now" "No no, it's here now"
The patient's finger is broken.
Make sure the main fire alarm can be easily heard in your office and that you have more than one way out (what if the fire is outside the only door?). Alternate egress is usually required by the fire code, but is sometimes overlooked.
To keep your productivity up, make sure there's only one chair (yours) and make sure it's comfy.
The real problem is that even when people study history up the wazoo, if they want something bad enough they'll come up with rationalizations as to why history doesn't apply to their special case. Then they get all huffy when they discover that they are doomed.
A "stock tank" is a watering hole for livestock. It can be made of metal (imagine a kiddie wading pool times 10) or it can be a pond created by building a small earthen dam to collect rain or creek water. In Texas, the pond-like tanks are often big enough (a couple hundred feet across) for fishing.
Solar cells last a long time (20+ years) and as long as the connections are done properly, require little or no maintenance. They can get hammered by hail or by ice falling from higher on the mast, though.
So, your cousin comes over and without your knowledge, downloads a song onto your computer and then his mp3 player. The cops come and take your computer. If you want it back, you have to sue them for it. Sound fair?
If this works the same way the drug laws work, the government owns (literally) your computer as soon as the illegal download occurs; you just don't know it yet.
A friend who used to be an undercover BATF agent told me that a common way to bring drugs into the country is to steal a light plane (which he said was trivial if you know what you're doing) and then go get the drugs and bring 'em in. As soon as the plane is stolen for a drug crime, it belongs to the feds. The doctor who used to own it just doesn't know it yet. He has to sue to get it back.
One can hope the law has changed since then, but somehow I doubt it.
Then our duty is clear. Even though it will cause a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of names suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced, we must all change our names to "Richard Bruce Cheney".
Nobody has ever been able to adequately explain what a football field actually is, but its presence is indicated by the unearthly glow found emanating from television sets in the US during the fall and winter, usually on weekends. Curiously, it always disappears late on a Sunday evening during mid-January and doesn't return again until autumn.
I don't know about California, but in Washington (State), there's no sales tax on non-tangible services. However, the provider has to pay the Business and Occupation tax which, although it's usually less than the sales tax, is usually a few percent. And if you're starting a new business and don't check out the end of quarter tax forms, it can be a surprise that the state is going to take 2.5% of your gross income. It's a sales tax that is hidden from the purchaser. It would be better if the state was honest and just collected it straight up.
And who will speak up for you when they come for the Canadians?
It is suspected that there are NarusInsight machines installed in the "secret" rooms. Realtime analysis of everything at several levels.
When only outlaws use cash, cash will be outlawed.