And once they finish building your important things, they could go on to build houses for everyone else in the world that needs'm. Imagine that, if they built a house (with all the working amenities like drinkable water and sanitation) for everyone in the world who needed them, maybe the world would be a bit less anti-americain. Seeing as invading ppl hasn't helped yet.
Sorry, a touch off topic there.
Anyway, I'm glad to see that the hubble's getting repaired. It's solid economic sense to maintain something that valuable. After all, they do benefit from it, and it's a nice source of national pride too.
*sigh* I wonder what would happen if the US millitary's budget accidentally got transfered to NASA for, say, a decade. I bet they could accomplish some fairly spectacuar things fairly quickly, especially if they knew said budget would vanish again at the end of the decade.
I like the looks of it. I could see problems with my wrists/arms getting tired after a while, but aside from that it looks good. Sound theory, anyway.
And to those who laugh at the 50 wpm figure, that's after about a month of playing with it. Sure, lots of us have wpms in the 70+, many (myself included) in the 100+ wpm. But how long have we been tying to get to these speeds? Probably a lot longer than a month... Using such a device, provided my wrists/arms don't die from holding it up, I could see most of us reaching speeds well above whatever we do currently. And I wouldn't mind learning a new keyboard layout. I can alternate fairly well between QWERTY and DVORAK. What's a third?
Many ppl have commented that having one's comp auto-login is just being mentally defficient. On the other hand, it's hard(er) to make something auto-run if it never actually gets loged-in.
Intrestingly enough, OSX supports the disconnection of your login and the program/file that stores all your passwords. (keychain) Thus you can still have your login auto-login, yet still not have any access to the stored passwords untill they enter the keychain password. If I recall correctly, the password file is encrypted permenently, and is only readable by the keychain app when it has the proper password or key.
I'm not positively sure, but I think that the filevault system can also be set up like this. Essentially meaning your acount has multple levels of access. The main "you're into the acount and can do stuff", then needing second and possibly third passwords to access keychains and files. Much more secure.
This could be used to have your comp login automatically and run any programs or whatever, without compromising your data or passwords.
And on a side note, how many ppl actually log out their laptop every time they tuck it away in their carry bag, or even every time they set it down and look the other way? In all likelyhood, (for most ppl), the login isn't an issue, since it'll already be loged in and running when the thieves steal it. This also means that said tracking apps can't/shouldn't be on startup ones, but general background ones that check said server every so often.
All in all, I think some of the physical security devices, such as good old lock and cable ones that most laptops, and actually many comps in general can accomodate (good for places you'll be for a while like hotel rooms), or the above mentioned motion sensor type thing. Best security of all: Keep it attached to you, and don't leave it lying around anywhere.
Can't comment on the old movie, but the radio series, that which I heard of it, was good.
Heh. Should be intresting. The books don't make any bones about stretching the readers credulity to the limit, which will make the movie version both harder and easier. Harder to match, and easier since the producers don't have to be quite as attentive to realism, per se. Of course, that still won't excuse bad movie making, which is always a distinct possibility.
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And once they finish building your important things, they could go on to build houses for everyone else in the world that needs'm. Imagine that, if they built a house (with all the working amenities like drinkable water and sanitation) for everyone in the world who needed them, maybe the world would be a bit less anti-americain. Seeing as invading ppl hasn't helped yet. Sorry, a touch off topic there. Anyway, I'm glad to see that the hubble's getting repaired. It's solid economic sense to maintain something that valuable. After all, they do benefit from it, and it's a nice source of national pride too. *sigh* I wonder what would happen if the US millitary's budget accidentally got transfered to NASA for, say, a decade. I bet they could accomplish some fairly spectacuar things fairly quickly, especially if they knew said budget would vanish again at the end of the decade.
I like the looks of it. I could see problems with my wrists/arms getting tired after a while, but aside from that it looks good. Sound theory, anyway. And to those who laugh at the 50 wpm figure, that's after about a month of playing with it. Sure, lots of us have wpms in the 70+, many (myself included) in the 100+ wpm. But how long have we been tying to get to these speeds? Probably a lot longer than a month... Using such a device, provided my wrists/arms don't die from holding it up, I could see most of us reaching speeds well above whatever we do currently. And I wouldn't mind learning a new keyboard layout. I can alternate fairly well between QWERTY and DVORAK. What's a third?
Many ppl have commented that having one's comp auto-login is just being mentally defficient. On the other hand, it's hard(er) to make something auto-run if it never actually gets loged-in. Intrestingly enough, OSX supports the disconnection of your login and the program/file that stores all your passwords. (keychain) Thus you can still have your login auto-login, yet still not have any access to the stored passwords untill they enter the keychain password. If I recall correctly, the password file is encrypted permenently, and is only readable by the keychain app when it has the proper password or key. I'm not positively sure, but I think that the filevault system can also be set up like this. Essentially meaning your acount has multple levels of access. The main "you're into the acount and can do stuff", then needing second and possibly third passwords to access keychains and files. Much more secure. This could be used to have your comp login automatically and run any programs or whatever, without compromising your data or passwords. And on a side note, how many ppl actually log out their laptop every time they tuck it away in their carry bag, or even every time they set it down and look the other way? In all likelyhood, (for most ppl), the login isn't an issue, since it'll already be loged in and running when the thieves steal it. This also means that said tracking apps can't/shouldn't be on startup ones, but general background ones that check said server every so often. All in all, I think some of the physical security devices, such as good old lock and cable ones that most laptops, and actually many comps in general can accomodate (good for places you'll be for a while like hotel rooms), or the above mentioned motion sensor type thing. Best security of all: Keep it attached to you, and don't leave it lying around anywhere.
Can't comment on the old movie, but the radio series, that which I heard of it, was good. Heh. Should be intresting. The books don't make any bones about stretching the readers credulity to the limit, which will make the movie version both harder and easier. Harder to match, and easier since the producers don't have to be quite as attentive to realism, per se. Of course, that still won't excuse bad movie making, which is always a distinct possibility.