Excellent advice (glad someone thought of it). There are many digital modes available in the Amateur Radio Service. It would provide an excellent learning foundation on Spread Spectrum and other modes as people have already listed. The commercial nature of the traffic, or it's encryption, cannot be broadcast in the spectrum allocated to amateurs, but you will sure find lots of people with encryption experience from the commercial radio side within your hobby. Maybe look up your local amateur radio club and ask around...
A simple black book style journal works best for me. PDAs can't display enough information on their screen, and I ain't carrying my laptop around with me.
I journal everything I work on in date order in the book.
"work on" is defined as:
-talk to someone
-send a resume
-get an interview
-notes from that interview
-etc.
Not journalled:
-postings that I read that I discarded
-other items that I saw but did not act upon
Bonus: journal comes in handy for the next roiund of job-hunting, you can see where you were a few years back, and work all of those contacts as well.
Look for default passwords on the other routers, set them for a common channel (thereby freeing up a channel for you), then set yours up for a free channel.
I just got these ones (ironically for flying) and I like them. They feature an expandable piece, like construction-grade ear plugs, that fits in the ear to isolate outside noise.
{I'm not trolling here}
It seems to me that on Bush's agenda buried deep away someplace was to ensure that high-speed internet was plentiful for his constituents. In general this is a good idea. I can't help but wonder about the timing of this announcement just so close to an election.
As a long time computer geek and radio enthusiast, I'm torn between two wants/needs and ideals, the high-speed and the use of the radio spectrum.
At the end of it all it is up to the FCC to regulate the use of the spectrum. I could be wrong but it seems to me that this is a rare decision where they KNOWINGLY put in a service that will cause interference to another service.
As a radio amateur, I expect parts of the spectrum to be unclear at any time. I do not, however, expect a government body to purposely trash it at all times with interference in order to move forward an election agenda!
73 de VE6VPD
Copy of an expanded version of the story with informative links (at bottom) from .
By ERIN McCLAM
Associated Press Writer
September 24, 2004, 8:27 PM EDT
NEW YORK -- A federal judge Friday struck down a 1994 law banning the sale of bootleg recordings of live music, ruling the law unfairly grants "seemingly perpetual protection" to the original performances.
U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr. dismissed a federal indictment of Jean Martignon, who runs a Manhattan mail-order and Internet business that sells bootleg recordings.
Baer found the bootleg law was written by Congress in the spirit of federal copyright law, which protects writing for a fixed period of time _ typically for the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death.
But the judge said the bootleg law, which was passed "primarily to cloak artists with copyright protection," could not stand because it places no time limit on the ban.
Baer also noted that copyright law protects "fixed" works _ such as books or recorded music releases _ while bootlegs, by definition, are of live performances.
A federal grand jury indicted Martignon in October 2003 for selling "unauthorized recordings of live performances by certain musical artists through his business."
The business, Midnight Records, once had a store in Manhattan but now operates solely by mail and Internet. It sells hundreds of recordings, specializing in rock artists, from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin.
An e-mail message to Martignon from The Associated Press was not immediately returned Friday, and a phone number could not immediately be located.
Megan Gaffney, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan U.S. attorney, said federal prosecutors were "reviewing the decision and will evaluate what steps ought to be taken going forward."
The Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group that fights piracy and bootlegging, also disagreed with the ruling.
The decision "stands in marked contrast to existing law and prior decisions that have determined that Congress was well within its constitutional authority to adopt legislation that prevented trafficking in copies of unauthorized recordings of live performances," said Jonathan Lamy, a spokesman for the RIAA.
The bootleg law calls for prison terms of up to five years for first offenders and 10 years for second offenders, plus fines. It requires courts to order the destruction of any bootlegs created in violation of the law.
The law did not apply to piracy, which is the unauthorized copying or sale of recorded music, such as albums.
Bloody shame, IMHO IANAL that they felt pressured to kill the product line and avoid any issues with the RIAA. Next news flash will be that the RIAA has pressured music stores to stop selling CDs and avoid "any needless distribution of our highly overprotected music".
But here's the part that gets me... from the Product Information Page http://www.xmradio.com/xmpcr...
"XM PCR Developer Communities:
The XM PCR revolution is in full effect. Across the XM Nation, we're excited to see independent developers creating fantastic new versions of the XM PCR software for a wide range of platforms including Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows.
Windows: XtreMe PCR
Macintosh OS X: MacXM
Unix: XMPCR perl scripts
Linux: xmd-xmfe
Did we miss a developer? Let us know if you're developing any PCR software."
What an addition this would be to remote meetings, instructing, etc. Just set your cellphone on the table and have a live demo in front of your eyes.
Of course someone will likely use it for pr0n before any other "real" uses...
More words: This most certainly has to be overturned on a privacy bill of some sort. Imagine the widespread mail-reading that is now determined -at least in the mentioned juridstictions- to be legal. I wonder what ever happened to the privacy laws and how they match up to this new ruling (the ones that say a conversation is deemed to be confidential and cannot be disclosed outside of the circle in which it originated?)
I completely agree with "And he acknowledged that "the line that we draw in this case will have far-reaching effects on personal privacy and security."
"What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?" Um, HELLO, quality will drop, bugs in software will increase exponentially as a result and Micro$fot will finally die from the burdens of this load and the world will proliferate with GOOD software.
From the document abstract...
"A description of different liveness detection methods is presented and discussed. Methods requiring extra hardware use temperature, pulse, blood pressure, electric resistance, etc., and methods using already existent information in the system use skin deformation, pores, perspiration, etc."
I really don't think that ANY biometric system will be foolproof until the old basic of security is implemented. The scheme is called "Something you have and Something you know" (someone out there does know the right name even if I can't remember it at the moment).
Think of the simple RSA keyfob some of us carry; it gives us a number and we use that PLUS a password to get into secure systems (have + know).
Carry this one step further and have the system check your fingerprint/handprint/iris/whatever PLUS ask for a password.
I personally think it's damn scary in this age of terrorism that someone could fake a biometric and get onto a plane; if the airlines for example issued me a unique password to go along with fingerprint (or whatever) recognition then I'd feel a whole bunch better about the entire process and the underlying technologies.
In related news CNN is reporting on the newfound popularity of the War in Iraq. The article discusses how the Iraqis believe that a war will aid their people in the rebuilding of their country, and the future benefits of an open free-market economy in Iraq.
After I hit "submit" a few minutes ago with this smarmy comment it hits me that a device like this that "runs off a vehicle's battery" could indeed change the way we think about field refrigeration techniques (let alone in the home). I mean, think about it, if the device can keep stuff cold on a minimal amount of power then think about the ramifications to the appliance industry.
Unless I absolutely misread the news release I interpret this to be a low-power device.
My Koolatron Cooler will kill a car battery in 6 hours and that's a lotta damn power it's taking just to keep the temperature cool (I know, they only keep items at 20degrees below ambient).
While I don't know an awful lot about this stuff it still strikes me as having the potential to change the convention on how we think about electric refrigeration and I think that's pretty cool!
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Excellent advice (glad someone thought of it). There are many digital modes available in the Amateur Radio Service. It would provide an excellent learning foundation on Spread Spectrum and other modes as people have already listed. The commercial nature of the traffic, or it's encryption, cannot be broadcast in the spectrum allocated to amateurs, but you will sure find lots of people with encryption experience from the commercial radio side within your hobby. Maybe look up your local amateur radio club and ask around...
Say it isn't so! ;)
I journal everything I work on in date order in the book.
"work on" is defined as:
-talk to someone
-send a resume
-get an interview
-notes from that interview
-etc.
Not journalled:
-postings that I read that I discarded
-other items that I saw but did not act upon
Bonus: journal comes in handy for the next roiund of job-hunting, you can see where you were a few years back, and work all of those contacts as well.
This comment is very interesting if not insightful
-or-
Use one of their wireless links instead?
Pilots sight Intel Chips in cockpits... Intel jailed under the patriot act... and other such silliness.
MOD PARENT UP, best explanation yet on what this means to a lay geek. 73 de VE6VPD
http://www.koss.com/koss/kossweb.nsf/02ProductPrin t/THEPLUG?OpenDocument Try this instead.
I got them at Radio Shack (Canada) for $35.
http://www.koss.com/koss/kossweb.nsf/02ProductPrin t/THEPLUG?OpenDocument/ for product information.
{I'm not trolling here} It seems to me that on Bush's agenda buried deep away someplace was to ensure that high-speed internet was plentiful for his constituents. In general this is a good idea. I can't help but wonder about the timing of this announcement just so close to an election. As a long time computer geek and radio enthusiast, I'm torn between two wants/needs and ideals, the high-speed and the use of the radio spectrum. At the end of it all it is up to the FCC to regulate the use of the spectrum. I could be wrong but it seems to me that this is a rare decision where they KNOWINGLY put in a service that will cause interference to another service. As a radio amateur, I expect parts of the spectrum to be unclear at any time. I do not, however, expect a government body to purposely trash it at all times with interference in order to move forward an election agenda! 73 de VE6VPD
Palm seems to prefer bluetooth IMHO. My T2 has bluetooth and I've only seen one older model with 802.11b built in (the C).
By ERIN McCLAM
Associated Press Writer
September 24, 2004, 8:27 PM EDT
NEW YORK -- A federal judge Friday struck down a 1994 law banning the sale of bootleg recordings of live music, ruling the law unfairly grants "seemingly perpetual protection" to the original performances.
U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr. dismissed a federal indictment of Jean Martignon, who runs a Manhattan mail-order and Internet business that sells bootleg recordings.
Baer found the bootleg law was written by Congress in the spirit of federal copyright law, which protects writing for a fixed period of time _ typically for the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death.
But the judge said the bootleg law, which was passed "primarily to cloak artists with copyright protection," could not stand because it places no time limit on the ban.
Baer also noted that copyright law protects "fixed" works _ such as books or recorded music releases _ while bootlegs, by definition, are of live performances.
A federal grand jury indicted Martignon in October 2003 for selling "unauthorized recordings of live performances by certain musical artists through his business."
The business, Midnight Records, once had a store in Manhattan but now operates solely by mail and Internet. It sells hundreds of recordings, specializing in rock artists, from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin.
An e-mail message to Martignon from The Associated Press was not immediately returned Friday, and a phone number could not immediately be located.
Megan Gaffney, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan U.S. attorney, said federal prosecutors were "reviewing the decision and will evaluate what steps ought to be taken going forward."
The Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group that fights piracy and bootlegging, also disagreed with the ruling.
The decision "stands in marked contrast to existing law and prior decisions that have determined that Congress was well within its constitutional authority to adopt legislation that prevented trafficking in copies of unauthorized recordings of live performances," said Jonathan Lamy, a spokesman for the RIAA.
The bootleg law calls for prison terms of up to five years for first offenders and 10 years for second offenders, plus fines. It requires courts to order the destruction of any bootlegs created in violation of the law.
The law did not apply to piracy, which is the unauthorized copying or sale of recorded music, such as albums.
On the Net:
Midnight Records: http://www.midnightrecords.com
Bootleg law: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2319A.html
Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press
But here's the part that gets me... from the Product Information Page http://www.xmradio.com/xmpcr...
"XM PCR Developer Communities:
The XM PCR revolution is in full effect. Across the XM Nation, we're excited to see independent developers creating fantastic new versions of the XM PCR software for a wide range of platforms including Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. Windows: XtreMe PCR
Macintosh OS X: MacXM
Unix: XMPCR perl scripts
Linux: xmd-xmfe
Did we miss a developer? Let us know if you're developing any PCR software."
Heh. Looks like they missed TimeTrax.
For his next projects, Giuseppe will be working on Jet-Powered Segways, aptly to be named JetWays.
-I never said the facts were real
-All I did say was it reminded me of the email
LIGHTEN UP, I was trying to inject humour!
Geesh!
Notwithstanding my opinion it reminded me of an email forwarded to me a while back. From the Ottawa Citizen:
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 300 employees and has the following statistics:
30 have been accused of spousal abuse
9 have been arrested for fraud
14 have been accused of writing bad cheques
95 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
4 have done time for assault
55 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
12 have been arrested on drug related charges
4 have been arrested for shoplifting
16 are currently defendants in lawsuits
62 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
Can you guess which organization this is?
It is the 301 MP's in the Canadian Parliament. The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in line.
IMHO therefore has to be "Garbage in equals Garbage out".
What an addition this would be to remote meetings, instructing, etc. Just set your cellphone on the table and have a live demo in front of your eyes. Of course someone will likely use it for pr0n before any other "real" uses...
More words: This most certainly has to be overturned on a privacy bill of some sort. Imagine the widespread mail-reading that is now determined -at least in the mentioned juridstictions- to be legal. I wonder what ever happened to the privacy laws and how they match up to this new ruling (the ones that say a conversation is deemed to be confidential and cannot be disclosed outside of the circle in which it originated?)
I completely agree with "And he acknowledged that "the line that we draw in this case will have far-reaching effects on personal privacy and security."
**wakes up from dream**
From the document abstract... "A description of different liveness detection methods is presented and discussed. Methods requiring extra hardware use temperature, pulse, blood pressure, electric resistance, etc., and methods using already existent information in the system use skin deformation, pores, perspiration, etc."
Think of the simple RSA keyfob some of us carry; it gives us a number and we use that PLUS a password to get into secure systems (have + know).
Carry this one step further and have the system check your fingerprint/handprint/iris/whatever PLUS ask for a password.
I personally think it's damn scary in this age of terrorism that someone could fake a biometric and get onto a plane; if the airlines for example issued me a unique password to go along with fingerprint (or whatever) recognition then I'd feel a whole bunch better about the entire process and the underlying technologies.
In related news CNN is reporting on the newfound popularity of the War in Iraq. The article discusses how the Iraqis believe that a war will aid their people in the rebuilding of their country, and the future benefits of an open free-market economy in Iraq.
Harumph. At least if I don't own an iPod I am still a part of this Personal Computer Revolution with an old Apple //c sitting on my shelf...
A typical GUY comment here, but I want to see this animated on a T-Shirt...!
Unless I absolutely misread the news release I interpret this to be a low-power device.
My Koolatron Cooler will kill a car battery in 6 hours and that's a lotta damn power it's taking just to keep the temperature cool (I know, they only keep items at 20degrees below ambient).
While I don't know an awful lot about this stuff it still strikes me as having the potential to change the convention on how we think about electric refrigeration and I think that's pretty cool!