Hmm. Yet another application for my OBD II emulator. Plug the Snapshot module into it and have it report back my sedate driving profile.... selected from a menu in the emulator software.
Originally, I thought its only application was to report back "All OK" when I take my smoking stink bomb through the state emmisions test.
So now they have that dog. Think they won't find other things for it to do? Pretty soon, you take the dog on a walk through a parking lot and demand to search on every car it alerts on. Given the popularity of keychain USB drives and digital camera SD cards, this could become an excuse to search everyone.
Sure, it makes a warranted search easier. But its possible that the dog might miss things that a careful search executed by a human could catch.
I'm going to guess that these filings are done electronically. And that the information provided must fit some sort of pre-arranged schema. Back in the old paper days, a form with labeled fields to be filled out. So if some moron ran a SELECT * to populate the report, the state should have rejected it as not being filled out properly.
Or is this one of these reports that the state requires but never uses? Something that has been done by tradition but everyone has forgotten about the reasoning behind it. So it just gets filed (and posted to a public server these days) with no further thought.
Tell that to the language police (no, I'm not joking, Quebec has language police)
That's (sort of) my point. Residents of Quebec and businesses with a presence there may be bound by such laws. But if a Québécois purchases something on line, there should be no compliance cost incurred by the vendor if they are outside the jurisdiction. And so no excuse for a higher price.
I believe that this was considered for various SST designs as an alternative to the droop nose to give the pilots a view of the runway while landing and during low speed opertions in congested airways.
It's Monday and you arrive at work. Somehow you feel you're being managed bin a bunch of cretins
Which ges me to wondering: Why didn't Boeing beat Airbus to this patent?
Magic, sheer magic was cast upon everyone in the company. That night you sleep calm and sound knowing the pointy headed bosses suddenly got a clue and that in "vision without seeing" will be the next hot thing.
Actually, management has attained ultimate control over its workers. How can you be sure that you are seeing the same problem that your co-worker sees? That somehow, your view of the task hasn't been restricted to only that which management, in all its grand wisdom, has determined you have a need to know? And fed you through your VR goggles, headphones and mouthpiece?
Back when it cost real money to distribute product in smaller markets, they might have had a viable business model. But today, that is no longer the case. The marginal cost to distribute a digital product in NZ is zero. And the cost to distribute a physical good is what it takes to throw it in a UPS/FedEx box and load it on an airplane.
Whoever paid good money to secure exclusive rights to provide a zero value service is an idiot. Actually, NZ elected officials are the idiots. Because they are spending your tax dollars to prop up failed business models while these 'rights holders' are laughing all the way to the bank.
Which should be handled the same way a DVD purchase by a NZ resident visiting the USA is. The transaction occurred on US soil, subject to US taxes. If you carry that product into another tax jurisdiction, it's not the problem of the manufacturer or vendor.
complying with certain country specific rules (different ratings, having to provide dual language support in places like Quebec)
Again, its the responsibility (and choice) of the customer. If someone from Quebec purchases material in the USA without a French audio track, its their choice. Not the US vendor's problem.
Of course not for somthing as critical as maintenance planning and scheduling. But its OK for air traffic control functions. Where the consequences of a bad rule set are not nearly as serious.
Oops. Didn't think Bala Yoga was a unique location. However, given the list without that, I wonder how well WiFi based location would work. That is: in either a residential neigborhood or near a Starbucks (which all have one of a few common AP names).
some crackpot that shoots up a school or McDonalds, and the writer feels compelled to mention that they were a "loner".
These people are pretty bad at being loners. Many of them are seeking attention. The thought that, 'Now the world will notice me!'. True loners can occupy themselves with something not dependant on societies feedback.
This is more of an explaination about the people who read this stuff. The Facebook/Twitter posters might not know (or care) if they are being read. Or what people are thinking about them.
Kind of like the crazy guy on the corner screaming little snippets of scripture.
... that the names assigned to WiFi access points have any relationship to reality. Where I'm sitting, I can see 'MoeBalls', 'Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo WiFi', 'Mac', 'Get off my LAN', 'It Hurts When IP', 'Bala Yoga',.....
After 9/11 we actually got pretty good at keeping terrorists from getting to the United States,
Actually, no. Some noteworthy cases involve people in our military. That is getting pretty deep into our society, IMO. What we are good at doing is keeping a lid on the extremism that allows such people to organize and plan something more destructive than a crazed lone gunman.
Most of the Muslims in this country are much less extreme than their brethern in the Middle East. I guess they look around and figure that they have things pretty damned good here compared to back home.
Actually, this system alerts the lifeguards, not the swimmers. I assume they can then use an appropriate response for the situation, including warn the swimmers, or scaring the skark off with waverunners.
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Hmm. Yet another application for my OBD II emulator. Plug the Snapshot module into it and have it report back my sedate driving profile .... selected from a menu in the emulator software.
Originally, I thought its only application was to report back "All OK" when I take my smoking stink bomb through the state emmisions test.
Carry smartphone around like it was an appendage. Women stay away. Problem solved.
So now they have that dog. Think they won't find other things for it to do? Pretty soon, you take the dog on a walk through a parking lot and demand to search on every car it alerts on. Given the popularity of keychain USB drives and digital camera SD cards, this could become an excuse to search everyone.
Sure, it makes a warranted search easier. But its possible that the dog might miss things that a careful search executed by a human could catch.
I'm going to guess that these filings are done electronically. And that the information provided must fit some sort of pre-arranged schema. Back in the old paper days, a form with labeled fields to be filled out. So if some moron ran a SELECT * to populate the report, the state should have rejected it as not being filled out properly.
Or is this one of these reports that the state requires but never uses? Something that has been done by tradition but everyone has forgotten about the reasoning behind it. So it just gets filed (and posted to a public server these days) with no further thought.
Tell that to the language police (no, I'm not joking, Quebec has language police)
That's (sort of) my point. Residents of Quebec and businesses with a presence there may be bound by such laws. But if a Québécois purchases something on line, there should be no compliance cost incurred by the vendor if they are outside the jurisdiction. And so no excuse for a higher price.
That was found in South Carolina. What is it in cubits?
TSA Check.
I believe that this was considered for various SST designs as an alternative to the droop nose to give the pilots a view of the runway while landing and during low speed opertions in congested airways.
So the flight crew knows that if they screw up, they go first.
It's Monday and you arrive at work. Somehow you feel you're being managed bin a bunch of cretins
Which ges me to wondering: Why didn't Boeing beat Airbus to this patent?
Magic, sheer magic was cast upon everyone in the company. That night you sleep calm and sound knowing the pointy headed bosses suddenly got a clue and that in "vision without seeing" will be the next hot thing.
Actually, management has attained ultimate control over its workers. How can you be sure that you are seeing the same problem that your co-worker sees? That somehow, your view of the task hasn't been restricted to only that which management, in all its grand wisdom, has determined you have a need to know? And fed you through your VR goggles, headphones and mouthpiece?
Welcome to the (management) Matrix.
local rights holders
IOW, suckers.
Back when it cost real money to distribute product in smaller markets, they might have had a viable business model. But today, that is no longer the case. The marginal cost to distribute a digital product in NZ is zero. And the cost to distribute a physical good is what it takes to throw it in a UPS/FedEx box and load it on an airplane.
Whoever paid good money to secure exclusive rights to provide a zero value service is an idiot. Actually, NZ elected officials are the idiots. Because they are spending your tax dollars to prop up failed business models while these 'rights holders' are laughing all the way to the bank.
there is varying levels of taxation per country.
Which should be handled the same way a DVD purchase by a NZ resident visiting the USA is. The transaction occurred on US soil, subject to US taxes. If you carry that product into another tax jurisdiction, it's not the problem of the manufacturer or vendor.
complying with certain country specific rules (different ratings, having to provide dual language support in places like Quebec)
Again, its the responsibility (and choice) of the customer. If someone from Quebec purchases material in the USA without a French audio track, its their choice. Not the US vendor's problem.
Of course not for somthing as critical as maintenance planning and scheduling. But its OK for air traffic control functions. Where the consequences of a bad rule set are not nearly as serious.
Don't wait behind me in the ATM line. I'm going to be a while.
Oops. Didn't think Bala Yoga was a unique location. However, given the list without that, I wonder how well WiFi based location would work. That is: in either a residential neigborhood or near a Starbucks (which all have one of a few common AP names).
some crackpot that shoots up a school or McDonalds, and the writer feels compelled to mention that they were a "loner".
These people are pretty bad at being loners. Many of them are seeking attention. The thought that, 'Now the world will notice me!'. True loners can occupy themselves with something not dependant on societies feedback.
This is more of an explaination about the people who read this stuff. The Facebook/Twitter posters might not know (or care) if they are being read. Or what people are thinking about them.
Kind of like the crazy guy on the corner screaming little snippets of scripture.
15 minutes in an empty room.
This.
I'm a much better judge of the behavior of an overtaking vehicle than a bunch of electronics.
Perhaps some optics/mechanics to help steady the image. Other then that, its pretty straightforward tech.
used to prove video and audio screams have not been tampered with
I thought this was going to something involving power lines, clamps and testicles. Never mind.
After 9/11 we actually got pretty good at keeping terrorists from getting to the United States,
Actually, no. Some noteworthy cases involve people in our military. That is getting pretty deep into our society, IMO. What we are good at doing is keeping a lid on the extremism that allows such people to organize and plan something more destructive than a crazed lone gunman.
Most of the Muslims in this country are much less extreme than their brethern in the Middle East. I guess they look around and figure that they have things pretty damned good here compared to back home.
SuperCodger. Able to clear his lawn of kids faster than a speeding bullet.
Actually, this system alerts the lifeguards, not the swimmers. I assume they can then use an appropriate response for the situation, including warn the swimmers, or scaring the skark off with waverunners.