Hey if we IT people can benefit by surfing porn at work, cops can benefit by speeding through the streets - smoking red lights - and causing other forms of danger to society.
SARCASIM ALERT
As the definition states (which I thought was the case) for entrapment to work in the legal sense, it has to be caused by an officer of the state/fed/local gov't. It is not entrapment by insurance cariers. They can put this as mandatory policy - you do not have to buy their insurance policy.
As I said in a previous statement - these companies have too much leeway.
Except if you get in a car wreck and the insurance adjuster finds out that you messed with the speedometer - they will recind your insurance and possibly strike you with some law that will be setup in these cases.
It's optional now, in test phase. Soon it will be mandatory or you don't get the cheaper rates (or worse they raise your rates), and shortly there after you will not get any discount and for that matter you will not get insurance without the chip. Small steps - gradual steps - thats how big business and gov'ts take our rights. First by a small innocuous rule and it grows and grows...
Unfortunately these insurance companies are not regulated enough (they are not given price ceilings). It is a raquet and they know it - with the whole "its a privelege to drive" bs they try and feed us.
Just like Robert Bigelow estimates of his $200 million expenditure that will result in greater capacity then Nasa's expenditures of 50 billion for a space station. Las Vegas Mercury This article was also on/. a number of weeks back.
Point is, private industry can and is doing it cheaper and better. Everyone knows that the gov't is notorious for poor money management - that is why gov't contracts are the "golden fleece" for any company.
Now if you want to compare MS or Ford to the gov't? Well you simply cannot, because the gov't is trying to develop its own retail OS (at least that I know of) or its own retail vehicle.
Things can be done better - managed better. As a friend of mine (Medical DR/lawyer) once said "If anyone but the gov't ran the US Postal service, it would turn a profit and consumers would pay less."
As for your one astronaut, wasn't that Steve Bucheme (sp?) in Armagedden saying "Hey Harry, you know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has two hundred thousand moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good doesn't it?"
I agree, discrete math is very valuable - in my opinion more valuable then calculus (i have a library for this). Discrete math can be applied to real world functions that are not math based (i have done this on a simplistic level).
It is just not many people know what "discrete math" is when asked- and the people I am referring to are those in math and computer science. Sometimes we use methodologies without even realizing it.
The real question is - how much would this mission cost if it was not managed by the gov't but by some private industry who actually is trying to save a buck while getting the best service (while the gov't blows its wad to get the worst service).
Marketers realize that these pop-ups (unders/behinds/invisible/spyware/etc) are effective because the amount of money they are shelling out is less then the money they are taking in - hence they are making a profit - and as long as there is a profit (and the internet is one of the cheapest methods to advertise) then they are correct in their assessment.
Now does this mean what they are doing is morally correct? Well that is best left to a philosophy course.
Well I guess they can't always do bad. Though this won't mean a hoot for international companies who do not reside in the US (or US extradition country) it will at least help stem (for now) this countries pop-up advertisers.
Go FTC (i feel sick now)
I remember when I was told I would have to take "Discrete Mathematics." I must have asked about 15 people (none of my professors, but some people in the computer industry, and some math students) and not a single one of them knew what the hell "discrete math" meant.
I wasn't sure if it was some hidden society or a tampon commercial...sheesh:)
But it was an interesting math class (omg did I say interesting and math in the same sentence)?
By making it open source we allow malicious hackers (as well as benign hackers) access to the data. Those so inclined to cause damage can do so more easily with the code. While I think the open source community is a great thing- allowing everyone to view the errors - i think in terms of life/death security - I would rather the program remain as obscure and secrative as possible. These medical technologies do not have to get the job done with glitz and glammer - they just have to get the job done. Most medical systems do not require anything of the end user to know the system. That is my line of thought.
I 100% agree that medical systems should not be plugged to any non-secure system. They may even want to run it like ATM machines - but they do need it on some kind of network so hospitals can share valuable data.
I don't know if I expect a nurse to know what version of UNIX was running on the computer. She is a nurse (end-user), not a techie. And even if she did happen to know what version of UNIX was running - what could she do with that tidbit of unsubstantial knowledge? In an emergency she would have no clue about debugging the system.
Though I do believe that these systems should be on 100% proprietary, close source, OS that was created for one sole purpose - medical industry. Even hardware embedded OS would be great.
Please be aware that SP2 will cause some problems with official MS products (i.e. CRM). So you may want to backup your system (obvious) prior to installing this update.
Someone sent a friend of mine a BSOD graphic after they installed SP2 on their computer. Their computer now needs a fresh install. Though I like to do a fresh install whenever an SP update comes out (good for the soul).
Which by your methodology I like the sound of it even better. For a little bit more (100?) I would get a new mobo, new ram, new processor and two video cards.....those numbers add up wonderfully for me:)
Import my scsi hard drive (15k RPM)/dvd player with my adaptec scsi card and my system will be smoking (about time).:)
Will last years card be able to work with this new found technology? Nvidia might not offer that can't of support (be it by choice or by natural design).
Why not? The moment we can get graphics to the point where it looks like the real thing - then we will consistantly go for increased performance until we can have some crazy fast rendering that is so intense the human mind cannot experience it on a conscious level (A.D.D. anyone?)
It won't stop until we get to "holo-deck" technology - and while we may not have the force field effect at the very least we could have a cool visual. So when you play Doom 50 you will be in a special suit that simulates blows, while having cool images run into you- all while you are standing in a special shower-sized box. Now that will be cool.
How does this card compare to the 6800? I mean at 200 bucks, that sounds awefully cheap compared to the 6800 which is $500? If this card is better, I will shell out to buy two of them and a new motherboard - and my friend who just got his 6800 this past week will be bitter (he paid 400 for his one card):)
-A
While it's convenient to say that, you should also understand that when an author is trying to publish their book - unless they are very well known (i.e. stephen king) they are at the mercy of the publisher.
Yes Katie Jones could have attempted to go to another publisher - but that doesn't mean they would take her, offer her the same deal, or even agree to let her keep the name.
I think it was irresponsible to name the book "Katie.com" when there is such a site which is not related to the book.
But who am i? Hopefully this will go to court and the publishing company will get it's butt handed to it - but in such a manner as to not harm Katie Jones (assuming she had no hand in this debacle).
Hell the Choate Ruger Mini-14 stock is used in actual guns. If I was a cop and I saw someone pointing this thing at someone, I would shoot first find out the answers later - and too bad for the geek who was dumb enough to walk around with one of these.
Now if I happend to see someone pointing one of these at me (and no real sniper would get seen, but we are talking geeks not snipers) I would run so fast, in such a chaotic zig zag that you would think i was froggart on crack.
You are probably right - they just want to avoid the bad press (i.e. SCO) right now. Especially with SCO, they do not want to be lumped into that group. Rest assured, that IBM did plenty of research before making their announcement. They figure their bottom dollar will suffer less (right now) by not sueing at this point. If this changes in the future, so will their "intentions."
The star registry is a cheesy feel good that you give to your 5 year old. While *ideally* I would like to think that an intelligent adult does not believe the star registry actually holds any water - I am not holding my breath. And even if it did hold any water, by the time we can reach the nearest star - well lets just say I am not expecting anything within the next 200 years - unless a eureka occurs, the people will be dead and the patents will expire.
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Hey if we IT people can benefit by surfing porn at work, cops can benefit by speeding through the streets - smoking red lights - and causing other forms of danger to society.
SARCASIM ALERT
As the definition states (which I thought was the case) for entrapment to work in the legal sense, it has to be caused by an officer of the state/fed/local gov't. It is not entrapment by insurance cariers. They can put this as mandatory policy - you do not have to buy their insurance policy.
As I said in a previous statement - these companies have too much leeway.
Except if you get in a car wreck and the insurance adjuster finds out that you messed with the speedometer - they will recind your insurance and possibly strike you with some law that will be setup in these cases.
It's optional now, in test phase. Soon it will be mandatory or you don't get the cheaper rates (or worse they raise your rates), and shortly there after you will not get any discount and for that matter you will not get insurance without the chip. Small steps - gradual steps - thats how big business and gov'ts take our rights. First by a small innocuous rule and it grows and grows...
Unfortunately these insurance companies are not regulated enough (they are not given price ceilings). It is a raquet and they know it - with the whole "its a privelege to drive" bs they try and feed us.
Just like Robert Bigelow estimates of his $200 million expenditure that will result in greater capacity then Nasa's expenditures of 50 billion for a space station. Las Vegas Mercury /. a number of weeks back.
This article was also on
Point is, private industry can and is doing it cheaper and better. Everyone knows that the gov't is notorious for poor money management - that is why gov't contracts are the "golden fleece" for any company.
Now if you want to compare MS or Ford to the gov't? Well you simply cannot, because the gov't is trying to develop its own retail OS (at least that I know of) or its own retail vehicle.
Things can be done better - managed better. As a friend of mine (Medical DR/lawyer) once said "If anyone but the gov't ran the US Postal service, it would turn a profit and consumers would pay less."
As for your one astronaut, wasn't that Steve Bucheme (sp?) in Armagedden saying "Hey Harry, you know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has two hundred thousand moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good doesn't it?"
I agree, discrete math is very valuable - in my opinion more valuable then calculus (i have a library for this). Discrete math can be applied to real world functions that are not math based (i have done this on a simplistic level).
It is just not many people know what "discrete math" is when asked- and the people I am referring to are those in math and computer science. Sometimes we use methodologies without even realizing it.
The real question is - how much would this mission cost if it was not managed by the gov't but by some private industry who actually is trying to save a buck while getting the best service (while the gov't blows its wad to get the worst service).
As I recall, NASA does have a cable channel where you can observe their missions. I viewed this once, and well - it was VERY boring.
Marketers realize that these pop-ups (unders/behinds/invisible/spyware/etc) are effective because the amount of money they are shelling out is less then the money they are taking in - hence they are making a profit - and as long as there is a profit (and the internet is one of the cheapest methods to advertise) then they are correct in their assessment.
Now does this mean what they are doing is morally correct? Well that is best left to a philosophy course.
Well I guess they can't always do bad. Though this won't mean a hoot for international companies who do not reside in the US (or US extradition country) it will at least help stem (for now) this countries pop-up advertisers.
Go FTC (i feel sick now)
I remember when I was told I would have to take "Discrete Mathematics." I must have asked about 15 people (none of my professors, but some people in the computer industry, and some math students) and not a single one of them knew what the hell "discrete math" meant. :)
I wasn't sure if it was some hidden society or a tampon commercial...sheesh
But it was an interesting math class (omg did I say interesting and math in the same sentence)?
By making it open source we allow malicious hackers (as well as benign hackers) access to the data. Those so inclined to cause damage can do so more easily with the code. While I think the open source community is a great thing- allowing everyone to view the errors - i think in terms of life/death security - I would rather the program remain as obscure and secrative as possible. These medical technologies do not have to get the job done with glitz and glammer - they just have to get the job done. Most medical systems do not require anything of the end user to know the system. That is my line of thought.
I 100% agree that medical systems should not be plugged to any non-secure system. They may even want to run it like ATM machines - but they do need it on some kind of network so hospitals can share valuable data.
I don't know if I expect a nurse to know what version of UNIX was running on the computer. She is a nurse (end-user), not a techie. And even if she did happen to know what version of UNIX was running - what could she do with that tidbit of unsubstantial knowledge? In an emergency she would have no clue about debugging the system.
Though I do believe that these systems should be on 100% proprietary, close source, OS that was created for one sole purpose - medical industry. Even hardware embedded OS would be great.
VMware should give the person the option to do this.
Please be aware that SP2 will cause some problems with official MS products (i.e. CRM). So you may want to backup your system (obvious) prior to installing this update.
Someone sent a friend of mine a BSOD graphic after they installed SP2 on their computer. Their computer now needs a fresh install. Though I like to do a fresh install whenever an SP update comes out (good for the soul).
Which by your methodology I like the sound of it even better. For a little bit more (100?) I would get a new mobo, new ram, new processor and two video cards.....those numbers add up wonderfully for me :) :)
Import my scsi hard drive (15k RPM)/dvd player with my adaptec scsi card and my system will be smoking (about time).
Will last years card be able to work with this new found technology? Nvidia might not offer that can't of support (be it by choice or by natural design).
Why not? The moment we can get graphics to the point where it looks like the real thing - then we will consistantly go for increased performance until we can have some crazy fast rendering that is so intense the human mind cannot experience it on a conscious level (A.D.D. anyone?)
It won't stop until we get to "holo-deck" technology - and while we may not have the force field effect at the very least we could have a cool visual. So when you play Doom 50 you will be in a special suit that simulates blows, while having cool images run into you- all while you are standing in a special shower-sized box. Now that will be cool.
How does this card compare to the 6800? I mean at 200 bucks, that sounds awefully cheap compared to the 6800 which is $500? If this card is better, I will shell out to buy two of them and a new motherboard - and my friend who just got his 6800 this past week will be bitter (he paid 400 for his one card) :)
-A
Hmm edit, I got confused - change Katie Jones to Katie Tarbox :) Thats what I get for typing and trying to speak on the phone at once.
While it's convenient to say that, you should also understand that when an author is trying to publish their book - unless they are very well known (i.e. stephen king) they are at the mercy of the publisher.
Yes Katie Jones could have attempted to go to another publisher - but that doesn't mean they would take her, offer her the same deal, or even agree to let her keep the name.
I think it was irresponsible to name the book "Katie.com" when there is such a site which is not related to the book.
But who am i? Hopefully this will go to court and the publishing company will get it's butt handed to it - but in such a manner as to not harm Katie Jones (assuming she had no hand in this debacle).
Hell the Choate Ruger Mini-14 stock is used in actual guns. If I was a cop and I saw someone pointing this thing at someone, I would shoot first find out the answers later - and too bad for the geek who was dumb enough to walk around with one of these.
Now if I happend to see someone pointing one of these at me (and no real sniper would get seen, but we are talking geeks not snipers) I would run so fast, in such a chaotic zig zag that you would think i was froggart on crack.
You are probably right - they just want to avoid the bad press (i.e. SCO) right now. Especially with SCO, they do not want to be lumped into that group. Rest assured, that IBM did plenty of research before making their announcement. They figure their bottom dollar will suffer less (right now) by not sueing at this point. If this changes in the future, so will their "intentions."
-snicker-
If it weren't so long, this should be a sig.
The star registry is a cheesy feel good that you give to your 5 year old. While *ideally* I would like to think that an intelligent adult does not believe the star registry actually holds any water - I am not holding my breath. And even if it did hold any water, by the time we can reach the nearest star - well lets just say I am not expecting anything within the next 200 years - unless a eureka occurs, the people will be dead and the patents will expire.