And this comment is spot on in my book. I have no problem using drones for science, nature and wildlife purposes, and the like. But drones for police matters? There is a reason I live far away from most government.....
I have a Nexland Pro800Turbo that I use for this exact scenaio. They're hard to find these days as the company was purchased by Symantec a few years back, but they pop up on eBay every now and then.
VISA has in their regs (merchant agreement) that merchants are not allowed to ask for ID if the card is signed and unless they have specific reason to believe you are not the cardholder, hence the commercials. When a merchant asks you for ID, they're breaking their merchant agreement with their processor and VISA.
The big picture here, and what the Alaska Democratic Party is after, is that if you add up the individual district results, 2+2 does not equal 4. The individual district results add up to far many more votes than were officially cast. The Division of Elections acknowledges the mis-perception but is esentially saying "trust us". Their explination has some merit to it - that since Alaska is organized different than other states (Alaska does not have counties, and our electoral bounderies do not necessarily corrilate to other political bounderies), the software used to display the return results is somewhat hacked together (no pun intended) for our unique requirements. What's confusing is that it's causing some district results to be "double counted" when added up individually. The problem is further exacerbated by all the absentee ballots cast in the 2004 general election.
While I agree our state Division of Elections (and their vendor) needs to do a better job of breaking down individual district results, there is not a problem of "no paper trail" here in Alaska. The Diebold machines used for many years here (including 2004) are not the touch screen "pure electronic" machines, but rather fill-in-the-blank bubble cards that are then scanned into an optical reader. The paper cards are then randomly spot-checked to the results the optical scanners provide. I have complete faith in the machines and I've voted on them since ~2000.
DAAANG! I want that electricity bill. Around here a KWH usually runs $0.125, or 12.5 cents. Sorry to nitpick but that's like the Taco Bell that advertises the ".99 cents" taco and looks at you funny when you tell them to keep the change from the penny you pay with.
a regular desktop PC will never ever approach that kind of power consumption
Never is a rather big statement. Just like "a regular desktop PC will never ever need more than a 10MB hard drive", or "a regular desktop PC will never ever need more than 640KB of RAM".
But really, if I wasn't keeping the email on Google's servers, it would be on my own hard drive, which if the Government is going to serve a search warrant on Google, they could just as easily raid my house.
Yes, you could say my hard drive would be encrypted, or the Goverment could subpoena Google rather than serve a search warrant, but then, you shouldn't be doing anything illegal through a public company anyway, let alone in plain-text.
In summary, I find Gmail's interface and features worth the risk.
You get different results by searching for "weather 99503" & "weather 99517", two ZIP codes that are side-by-side to eachother in the real world, yet the forcast for 99503 for the next two days is overcast & sunny while 99517 is snowing.
FTA as a reason not to do Quartz or Aqua "X11 Will Always Look like Other Platforms: Many people deploying OpenOffice.org count the identical look and feel on all supported platforms as a major benefit. It helps them reduce training and, in many cases, implement a single multi-platform solution using OpenOffice.org as middleware (such as extendedPDF). Any native work that changes the interface would remove this as a critical selling point for OpenOffice.org for these users."
Umm, I have yet to hear one negative comment regarding Aqua interfaces (done right). This comment appears to be nothing but pure FUD. If anything, an Aqua UI would make an OOo suite EASIER to use on an OS X system.
But, again, whatever. I can't wait to get ahold of Pages. Apple seems to have finally woken up and realized they need their own (updated) office/productivity suite. OOo is great and all, but if their team seems to have the attitude "one platform, one UI" is better, I'll pass.
Besides, there's always NeoOffice/J to root for!;)
I think that's exactly his point. You need to conduct due diligence to make sure YOU AREN'T infringing on someone's patent, less you want to get sued for millions if it's found you are infringing.
Yeah, but they don't have built-in FedEx tracking!
I just wish I would have bought more GOOG. I bout 2 shares on IPO day... $100.xx.... not too bad a return so far, but to think at this rate I could have sunk everything in and made some bank....
If Corporate America didn't have to pay any income taxes, or the expense of "complience officers", government relations, et al, they should be able to offer many more benefits.
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There is no road pad to Nome that you could use to drive on or make an ice road out of. The nearest road is 500 miles away.
And this comment is spot on in my book. I have no problem using drones for science, nature and wildlife purposes, and the like. But drones for police matters? There is a reason I live far away from most government.....
Ditto
When you un-friend Kim Jong-Il?
I have a Nexland Pro800Turbo that I use for this exact scenaio. They're hard to find these days as the company was purchased by Symantec a few years back, but they pop up on eBay every now and then.
hmm... the first "black box" listed on that linked article is most certainly not the HAARP site (I live about 8 miles from HAARP).
VISA has in their regs (merchant agreement) that merchants are not allowed to ask for ID if the card is signed and unless they have specific reason to believe you are not the cardholder, hence the commercials. When a merchant asks you for ID, they're breaking their merchant agreement with their processor and VISA.
The big picture here, and what the Alaska Democratic Party is after, is that if you add up the individual district results, 2+2 does not equal 4. The individual district results add up to far many more votes than were officially cast. The Division of Elections acknowledges the mis-perception but is esentially saying "trust us". Their explination has some merit to it - that since Alaska is organized different than other states (Alaska does not have counties, and our electoral bounderies do not necessarily corrilate to other political bounderies), the software used to display the return results is somewhat hacked together (no pun intended) for our unique requirements. What's confusing is that it's causing some district results to be "double counted" when added up individually. The problem is further exacerbated by all the absentee ballots cast in the 2004 general election.
While I agree our state Division of Elections (and their vendor) needs to do a better job of breaking down individual district results, there is not a problem of "no paper trail" here in Alaska. The Diebold machines used for many years here (including 2004) are not the touch screen "pure electronic" machines, but rather fill-in-the-blank bubble cards that are then scanned into an optical reader. The paper cards are then randomly spot-checked to the results the optical scanners provide. I have complete faith in the machines and I've voted on them since ~2000.
DAAANG! I want that electricity bill. Around here a KWH usually runs $0.125, or 12.5 cents. Sorry to nitpick but that's like the Taco Bell that advertises the ".99 cents" taco and looks at you funny when you tell them to keep the change from the penny you pay with.
Never is a rather big statement. Just like "a regular desktop PC will never ever need more than a 10MB hard drive", or "a regular desktop PC will never ever need more than 640KB of RAM".
Two words:
Bluetooth Headset
You can roam around and/or sit within a reasonable distance from your computer and it's ALLLL good.
Good thing MythBusters wasn't around when Mr. Franklin was flying his kite....
But really, if I wasn't keeping the email on Google's servers, it would be on my own hard drive, which if the Government is going to serve a search warrant on Google, they could just as easily raid my house.
Yes, you could say my hard drive would be encrypted, or the Goverment could subpoena Google rather than serve a search warrant, but then, you shouldn't be doing anything illegal through a public company anyway, let alone in plain-text.
In summary, I find Gmail's interface and features worth the risk.
When the V starts standign for Video rather than VoiceOverIP, then I'll start drooling.
It's probably the same constitution that seperates church and state.
yeah yeah mod me down as offtopic, I have karma to burn.
You get different results by searching for "weather 99503" & "weather 99517", two ZIP codes that are side-by-side to eachother in the real world, yet the forcast for 99503 for the next two days is overcast & sunny while 99517 is snowing.
I wonder where they pull their data from...
No they couldn't - Ep III comes out before the Series Finale of Enterprise...
FTA as a reason not to do Quartz or Aqua "X11 Will Always Look like Other Platforms: Many people deploying OpenOffice.org count the identical look and feel on all supported platforms as a major benefit. It helps them reduce training and, in many cases, implement a single multi-platform solution using OpenOffice.org as middleware (such as extendedPDF). Any native work that changes the interface would remove this as a critical selling point for OpenOffice.org for these users."
;)
Umm, I have yet to hear one negative comment regarding Aqua interfaces (done right). This comment appears to be nothing but pure FUD. If anything, an Aqua UI would make an OOo suite EASIER to use on an OS X system.
But, again, whatever. I can't wait to get ahold of Pages. Apple seems to have finally woken up and realized they need their own (updated) office/productivity suite. OOo is great and all, but if their team seems to have the attitude "one platform, one UI" is better, I'll pass.
Besides, there's always NeoOffice/J to root for!
I ditched it as soon as I discovered Camino (fka Chimera).
I don't know what DVD set you bought, but the one I got from Amazon has 6 or 7 discs... 4 ep/disc, not 1.
I think that's exactly his point. You need to conduct due diligence to make sure YOU AREN'T infringing on someone's patent, less you want to get sued for millions if it's found you are infringing.
Remember, ignorence is no excuse in court.
QUICK KIDS!!! Go change your CS major to a law degree!!!!! It's the wave of the future!!!!
I sure as hell hope litigation and royalty fees aren't going to be the "new" new economy.
As a side note, with how many "patents" Amazon has, I'm pretty surprised they aren't on board with this.
sigh...
Yeah, but they don't have built-in FedEx tracking!
I just wish I would have bought more GOOG. I bout 2 shares on IPO day... $100.xx.... not too bad a return so far, but to think at this rate I could have sunk everything in and made some bank....
yeah yeah OT
If Corporate America didn't have to pay any income taxes, or the expense of "complience officers", government relations, et al, they should be able to offer many more benefits.
the login still works... just tried it.