You'd be looking at more than that I think. A decent sized force will have hundreds of officers, each generating 8-12 hours of footage a day. Every day. There would likely also need to be retention planned for over 5 years, potentially much longer, since that is the statute of limitations on most crimes. Footage from something where someone died would have to be kept for life, because there is no statute of limitations on murder. That's not to say it couldn't be archived some way, but a single NAS isn't gonna cut it.
It shouldn't be a metal box. Metal boxes are very good at blocking signals. I do agree though, they must NOT have access to it, and there needs to be data retention laws put in place with stiff penalties if the department cannot produce the evidence during discovery of a trial.
I hate to say this, but given the past, this is a good possibility. In Philadelphia, a police officer punched a woman in broad daylight, on a crowded street. There were scores of witnesses. All charges were dropped, and the judge ruled that "she fell into his fist." 1 month ago, NYPD officers killed a man using a chokehold which has been ruled illegal since the 1980's. Old Dominion police in June trespassed on a man's property, assaulted him, maced his entire family, all because he was standing on his porch recording them with a video camera. In Chicago, Skokie police refused to discipline an officer who was caught on film throwing a woman face first into a concrete holding cell bench, crushing the front of her skull. It wasn't until the DA stepped in that he saw charges. The police department refuses to admit wrongdoing.
This is exactly it. If the police had A) chosen not to selectively enforce their state's sunshine laws in an attempt to protect the cop over protecting the community, B) shown up to facilitate peaceful protest instead of showing up armed to the gills, the protests would have gone on relatively calmly. The issue of rioting sprang up when the police did neither, and instead chose to dedicate not only all of their local resources, but resources from several other police departments solely on the protesters. That left a lot of opportunity for rioters to take advantage of dips in enforcement elsewhere.
Honestly, I thought they had proven that light diffuses too quickly for this to happen without a lens to concentrate it. Not that it's real science, but they tried to build the ancient "death ray" multiple times on Mythbusters and while they were able to get smoke, they weren't able to ignite anything. Maybe they're not so much "setting the birds on fire" as they are cooking them?
So, the majority of the articles I've read about this eruption, have potential dangers all along the scale. From "some ash" to effects similar to the eruption of Tabora (which caused crazy weather fluctuations as far west as north america, where it seeded clouds, was able to drop temps from 85 degrees to below freezing in hours, etc). It's getting hard to find real facts from FUD. If it's as big as Tabora, I would understand governments trying to mute the possibility because it would cause widespread panic. Any geo-geeks out there who can provide some hard facts?
I agree, but reddit has a big issue with stalking downvoters. If you post an unpopular opinion on one sub, it's not uncommon to see days of downvotes afterwards on completely beneficial, completely unrelated, helpful posts on entirely different subs. It's an acknowledged issue with the system. Basically, there needs to be a limitation on the number of downvotes a user can receive from a particular source. The hard part is doing this in a way that lets people rebuke someone who is being a genuine jackhole, but also prevents people from harassment.
This is a pretty normal sociological phenomenon. Outside of tribal culture, people usually find some group that they best fit in with based on any number of demographic/sociological attitudes. I'm pretty sure there is a doctoral thesis in here somewhere for someone who's feeling squirrely. It's pretty fascinating.
I was a closed beta player. I think a big part of my loss-of-interest is that they've vanilla-ized each of the classes so much. The original players manual stated, for instance, that the mage was the highest damage dealing class, but in exchange, could likely be 1-or-2-shotted by some other classes. They were the epitome of the glass cannon. It defined the playstyle of the class. They had cool spells like invisability to enable a mage to attack while hidden (just once). They had khadgars unlocking. Hunters on the other hand, could do tons of damage, but also got to wear better armor, but as an expense, had to worry about sacrificing inventory space to store expendable ammo. I played vanilla, and then the first expansion. The classes were still unique, fun, and had that sort of a feeling. But making everything generic and getting rid of real defining abilities for each class has killed a lot of the fun. I want to trade the risk of being 1-2 shotted for being able to 1-2 shot other people. No class really feels like it stands out from the others so far as damage.
I was really into PS2, and had been an avid PS player since the beginning. However, PS2 got a bit annoying after awhile. I didn't like how they limited you (unlike the original PS). The problem we had is every side on every server seemed to develop at least 1 "massive" guild that would just steamroll whatever they wanted with numbers. If you weren't in that guild, you basically scratched by. It made it un-fun.
They actually didn't do anything new and different. They basically put a few changes on FFXI and rebranded it as a new game. The locales weren't that different, the timer things were annoying, the races were the same (with a couple different letters different in the names)... it really didn't feel different. I'm saying that as a long time FFXI player.
You may enjoy guild wars/guild wars 2? The only big issue is that they really are heavy on the pay2play crap. Constantly getting drops and "chests" you can only open by buying "keys" that cost real world money.
I tried the original, and I tried the revamped version. I honestly couldn't get through the 45 minutes of intro before I could do anything interesting. Then when I got there, the combat just kinda felt... meh. I have 1 friend who plays and enjoys it, so maybe it gets better. I just didn't feel like giving too much time after everything leading up to that point.
I still think I'd be far more worried about the Russian doomsday machine that was actually built. Though, I suppose given this day and age its usage is growing more and more unlikely.
Correct. I know that at, for instance, T-Mobile a customer must be the one to hang up, or give explicit instructions that they are finished with the call. Otherwise, the CSR cannot hang up the phone or they risk losing their job. This ended up being an issue for T-Mobile employees in our area because they started getting calls from elderly folks/shut ins who just wanted someone to talk to, and they'd hang on the line for 2-3 hours refusing to hang up. The rep is powerless to hang up if the person on the line hasn't initiated hanging up. Not sure if the same applies to Comcast or not (or if the T-Mobile policy has changed).
The bulk of Comcast support is handled in Colorado. They do hire some contractors but for the most part they work domestically. Granted, I only deal with Comcast Business class services, so maybe we have different tier1 folks.
I'll get rated down for this, but I agree with you. People don't want to look at a lot of hard facts. We currently have about 7.046 billion people alive (based on 2012 numbers). Our global human population is increasing by approximately 1.1% annually, which means we will double to 14 billion people in 63 years (following the rule of 72). Nearly about 870 million people are currently suffering from chronic malnourishment. 780 million lack ready access to water. Realistically, do we think logistical changes to provide food and water for another 7 billion people are possible in the next 63 years? Another 14 billion in 128 years? Another 28 billion in 193 years? Worse, some countries see growth rates as high as 1.8%, which would shorten that doubling rate to about 40 years. Exponential growth is a bitch. While ebola is no where near a nice way to go, a pandemic that wipes out a significant portion of the world may be preferable to experiencing water and food wars that will occur if we aren't able to institute logistics to provide for the constant influx of mouths to feed. Otherwise, we are going to be looking at global population controls within our childrens' or our grandchildrens' lifetimes.
FYI, I'm a Comcast engineer. All CPE management interfaces (the interface between the CMTS and the CM) are moving to IPv6 and should be transitioned by the end of the summer. The only remaining devices with the CMM interface still running on IPv4 are a handful of business class devices which should be converted by september. Beyond that, any modem which runs DHCP on LAN interfaces is running in either IPv4 or dual stack mode, though the ultimate plan is to move everything to IPv6 eventually.
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You'd be looking at more than that I think. A decent sized force will have hundreds of officers, each generating 8-12 hours of footage a day. Every day. There would likely also need to be retention planned for over 5 years, potentially much longer, since that is the statute of limitations on most crimes. Footage from something where someone died would have to be kept for life, because there is no statute of limitations on murder. That's not to say it couldn't be archived some way, but a single NAS isn't gonna cut it.
It shouldn't be a metal box. Metal boxes are very good at blocking signals. I do agree though, they must NOT have access to it, and there needs to be data retention laws put in place with stiff penalties if the department cannot produce the evidence during discovery of a trial.
I hate to say this, but given the past, this is a good possibility. In Philadelphia, a police officer punched a woman in broad daylight, on a crowded street. There were scores of witnesses. All charges were dropped, and the judge ruled that "she fell into his fist." 1 month ago, NYPD officers killed a man using a chokehold which has been ruled illegal since the 1980's. Old Dominion police in June trespassed on a man's property, assaulted him, maced his entire family, all because he was standing on his porch recording them with a video camera. In Chicago, Skokie police refused to discipline an officer who was caught on film throwing a woman face first into a concrete holding cell bench, crushing the front of her skull. It wasn't until the DA stepped in that he saw charges. The police department refuses to admit wrongdoing.
This is exactly it. If the police had A) chosen not to selectively enforce their state's sunshine laws in an attempt to protect the cop over protecting the community, B) shown up to facilitate peaceful protest instead of showing up armed to the gills, the protests would have gone on relatively calmly. The issue of rioting sprang up when the police did neither, and instead chose to dedicate not only all of their local resources, but resources from several other police departments solely on the protesters. That left a lot of opportunity for rioters to take advantage of dips in enforcement elsewhere.
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Honestly, I thought they had proven that light diffuses too quickly for this to happen without a lens to concentrate it. Not that it's real science, but they tried to build the ancient "death ray" multiple times on Mythbusters and while they were able to get smoke, they weren't able to ignite anything. Maybe they're not so much "setting the birds on fire" as they are cooking them?
So, the majority of the articles I've read about this eruption, have potential dangers all along the scale. From "some ash" to effects similar to the eruption of Tabora (which caused crazy weather fluctuations as far west as north america, where it seeded clouds, was able to drop temps from 85 degrees to below freezing in hours, etc). It's getting hard to find real facts from FUD. If it's as big as Tabora, I would understand governments trying to mute the possibility because it would cause widespread panic. Any geo-geeks out there who can provide some hard facts?
I agree, but reddit has a big issue with stalking downvoters. If you post an unpopular opinion on one sub, it's not uncommon to see days of downvotes afterwards on completely beneficial, completely unrelated, helpful posts on entirely different subs. It's an acknowledged issue with the system. Basically, there needs to be a limitation on the number of downvotes a user can receive from a particular source. The hard part is doing this in a way that lets people rebuke someone who is being a genuine jackhole, but also prevents people from harassment.
It's a shame you posted that as AC, because "Humans are not rational creatures - they are rationalising creatures." is an EXCELLENT sig-worthy quote.
This is a pretty normal sociological phenomenon. Outside of tribal culture, people usually find some group that they best fit in with based on any number of demographic/sociological attitudes. I'm pretty sure there is a doctoral thesis in here somewhere for someone who's feeling squirrely. It's pretty fascinating.
I was a closed beta player. I think a big part of my loss-of-interest is that they've vanilla-ized each of the classes so much. The original players manual stated, for instance, that the mage was the highest damage dealing class, but in exchange, could likely be 1-or-2-shotted by some other classes. They were the epitome of the glass cannon. It defined the playstyle of the class. They had cool spells like invisability to enable a mage to attack while hidden (just once). They had khadgars unlocking. Hunters on the other hand, could do tons of damage, but also got to wear better armor, but as an expense, had to worry about sacrificing inventory space to store expendable ammo. I played vanilla, and then the first expansion. The classes were still unique, fun, and had that sort of a feeling. But making everything generic and getting rid of real defining abilities for each class has killed a lot of the fun. I want to trade the risk of being 1-2 shotted for being able to 1-2 shot other people. No class really feels like it stands out from the others so far as damage.
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I was really into PS2, and had been an avid PS player since the beginning. However, PS2 got a bit annoying after awhile. I didn't like how they limited you (unlike the original PS). The problem we had is every side on every server seemed to develop at least 1 "massive" guild that would just steamroll whatever they wanted with numbers. If you weren't in that guild, you basically scratched by. It made it un-fun.
They actually didn't do anything new and different. They basically put a few changes on FFXI and rebranded it as a new game. The locales weren't that different, the timer things were annoying, the races were the same (with a couple different letters different in the names)... it really didn't feel different. I'm saying that as a long time FFXI player.
My biggest issue is the huge push they put on players to pay extra cash.
You may enjoy guild wars/guild wars 2? The only big issue is that they really are heavy on the pay2play crap. Constantly getting drops and "chests" you can only open by buying "keys" that cost real world money.
I tried the original, and I tried the revamped version. I honestly couldn't get through the 45 minutes of intro before I could do anything interesting. Then when I got there, the combat just kinda felt... meh. I have 1 friend who plays and enjoys it, so maybe it gets better. I just didn't feel like giving too much time after everything leading up to that point.
I still think I'd be far more worried about the Russian doomsday machine that was actually built. Though, I suppose given this day and age its usage is growing more and more unlikely.
Correct. I know that at, for instance, T-Mobile a customer must be the one to hang up, or give explicit instructions that they are finished with the call. Otherwise, the CSR cannot hang up the phone or they risk losing their job. This ended up being an issue for T-Mobile employees in our area because they started getting calls from elderly folks/shut ins who just wanted someone to talk to, and they'd hang on the line for 2-3 hours refusing to hang up. The rep is powerless to hang up if the person on the line hasn't initiated hanging up. Not sure if the same applies to Comcast or not (or if the T-Mobile policy has changed).
AFAIK Comcast is not a public utility. Not sure about centurylink.
The bulk of Comcast support is handled in Colorado. They do hire some contractors but for the most part they work domestically. Granted, I only deal with Comcast Business class services, so maybe we have different tier1 folks.
So what you're saying is this may be a good time to invest in companies that make bottled water or purification systems.
I'll get rated down for this, but I agree with you. People don't want to look at a lot of hard facts. We currently have about 7.046 billion people alive (based on 2012 numbers). Our global human population is increasing by approximately 1.1% annually, which means we will double to 14 billion people in 63 years (following the rule of 72). Nearly about 870 million people are currently suffering from chronic malnourishment. 780 million lack ready access to water. Realistically, do we think logistical changes to provide food and water for another 7 billion people are possible in the next 63 years? Another 14 billion in 128 years? Another 28 billion in 193 years? Worse, some countries see growth rates as high as 1.8%, which would shorten that doubling rate to about 40 years. Exponential growth is a bitch. While ebola is no where near a nice way to go, a pandemic that wipes out a significant portion of the world may be preferable to experiencing water and food wars that will occur if we aren't able to institute logistics to provide for the constant influx of mouths to feed. Otherwise, we are going to be looking at global population controls within our childrens' or our grandchildrens' lifetimes.
Madagascar has closed their ports.
FYI, I'm a Comcast engineer. All CPE management interfaces (the interface between the CMTS and the CM) are moving to IPv6 and should be transitioned by the end of the summer. The only remaining devices with the CMM interface still running on IPv4 are a handful of business class devices which should be converted by september. Beyond that, any modem which runs DHCP on LAN interfaces is running in either IPv4 or dual stack mode, though the ultimate plan is to move everything to IPv6 eventually.