Not RFID, but I remember something about 5 years ago at a few UK Universities that was very similar - think it was called Mondex. Essentially there were terminals around campuses where you could charge these cards up either with cash or with a debit card. They were accepted in all campus outlets, a few local bus companies, etc.
Certainly in Exeter (where I was at the time) they canned the project due to "lack of use". Which was surprising since everyone used the things all the time.
Shut off the computer, and pretend he never saw the child pornography?
Actually, that's exactly what I'd do if I was servicing a client's machine and was confronted with the situation. I'd return it to them having done nothing with it and politely inform them that by doing any work on it I would be putting myself in an unpleasant position.
I suppose this begs the question "who sets the speed limits?"
I know where I live in Northampton (in the UK, not the other one(s)) there are no shortage of places where 30mph zones have been put in quite some distance away from residential areas, in some cases on dual carriageway roads. Speed cameras have then been introduced and it seems obvious they're there purely as a revenue earner. I'm all for 30mph zones to keep speeds down in residential areas - that's fair enough - but not on dual carriageways in open countryside.
Likewise on motorways - the traffic usually adjusts its speed well above the official speed limit of 70mph (I'd estimate average traffic speed on the motorways - when they're not gridlocked at least - is about 85mph). Bearing in mind that overtaking on the inside isn't permitted over here, you can't sit in the middle lane exactly on the speed limit. If you move left into the slow lane you'll end up driving in the wheel ruts left by heavies (not a pleasant experience if you're on a long drive).
I wonder what you think you gain by blocking the ads? It is like saying: 'Ok, Slashdot editors, I want to read your magazine, but I do not want to let you earn any money for running it.'
Does anyone know whether slashdot is paid per click or per impression? If it's the former, then blocking ads that one has no intention of clicking on in the first place is unlikely to do any harm.
If I had mod points I'd mod this up. Most phishing scams out there are so blatently obvious to even non-technically minded people. The apalling spelling is usually a dead giveaway.
Perhaps there's a good lesson here for the banks though - they really do need to improve the quality of information they provide their customers with (e.g. a document detailing exactly what details they will and will not ask for online).
stealing $100,000 from a family's college saving's account
Most of the phishing attempts out there rely on the stupidity of users. Surely there's been enough publicity on the topic by now that people know not to fill in account details and the like on websites they aren't 100% sure they trust?
The scenario described in gregmac's post is almost identical to the setup I need to create here in the UK for a company in about a month's time.
Whilst I know documentation for Asterisk is getting better all the time, does anyone know of a site where people could submit copies of their config files (with usernames/passwords chopped out, obviously)? I think that'd be a great way for those of us new to asterisk to get to grips with the conf files, especially with the failover support described in gregmac's post.
(oh, gregmac, if you're reading this, any chance you could PM me a censored version of your dialplans? pretty please?:-) )
Its border line slander of both Yahoo and Flash to post a glaring headline that implies Yahoo's toolbar is Spyware and Flash is installing spyware.
That's not the way I read the headline. It's not saying that Flash/Yahoo *are* spyware, just that developers fear that by bundling the toolbar with flash, it *might* be perceived as such by end users. And that's a valid concern.
I wonder how difficult it would be to replace the 2.5" drive inside the Mini itself? I mean, there are no shortage of good 7200rpm 2.5" drives on the market these days which'd fit the bill quite well I'd have thought.
Why can't people just say "economically conservative and socially liberal"?
Because there's no reason why you can't be *both* economically conservative and socially liberal. In fact, I'd say that's not too far from where I am politically. I'm generally supportive of careful fiscal planning by gov't (i.e. I don't want them to go on a tax-and-spend spree), but I'm very much in favour of things like a national health service free at the point of consumption.
You can teach them that alcohol is tasty and fun, but can't give 'em the six-pack to prove it.
Please correct me if I'm wrong about the law in your part of the world, but from what I understand, it's only the purchase of alcohol which is illegal, not the consumption thereof. I'd argue that gradually introducing one's kids to alcohol is a good thing - much better than them discovering it secretly with friends (probably to excess).
There definitely *is* a boxset of Lain. It's on the shelf in the living room - bought it a couple of years ago.
Import your anime from Canada - there are a few good DVD companies up there, competitive prices, and pretty good (and cheap) delivery arrangements to the UK.
Bloody hell, there's some serious conservative politics slanting that article. I guess it's kinda like the folks who claim there's no proven link between HIV and AIDS, or the cigarette companies claiming there's no proven link to common cancers.
As with everything - the truth probably lies somewhere between the Independent's article and the one above, though in my experience (and I have read the Independent on and off for the last 15 years) they generally are pretty centrist politically.
The thing is, centuries ago people used to get married as young as 13, and it is clear that many high-school students are full of sexual harmones. Thus, the cut-off age of 18 is somewhat arbitrary from a biological and historical perspective.
From what I remember when I was at school 13-14 was the average age people started having sex. I don't recall there being anything particularly problematic about it. In all likelihood, the age is probably a few years younger these days...
Not much point setting the age of consent at 18 if everyone's going to ignore it (including the authorities, FWIW).
I believe many states in the US require vehicles to be sold with the speed limitation.
Wow, that I didn't know. Any idea if the same is true in other countries? (I've certainly not heard anything like that reported over here, and there are plenty of high performance cars sold here)
Continuing the car analogy a little further, isn't what the entertainment industry is trying to force the P2P companies to implement (filtering, content control, etc.) a bit like trying to force car manufacturers to put speed limiters on all cars? (Which hasn't happened to the best of my knowledge, with the exception of heavy goods vehicles)
If Peoplesoft's "atmosphere" was so conducive, why aren't they taking over Oracle?
The bottom line isn't the only (or even the best) way to judge the contribution of a company to society. Many of the places I've worked at have had a relaxed atmosphere, even if the actual rate of "work" or "productivity" was lower than in a competitor's more agressive business. I'd still rather work for the relaxed business.;)
I'm surprised more people haven't looked at this from the reverse angle: i.e. replacing Exchange with OSS, but keeping Outlook as the client. Why you ask? To the best of my experience neither Nokia nor Sony Ericsson have released any software to enable their phones to sync *fully* with anything apart from Outlook. That's not to mention the difficulty of recruiting secretarial staff with Linux experience, or quite frankly, software experience of anything apart from MS Windows and Office.
Exchange is incredibly cost-prohibitive to the small businesses I've worked with, which means they'll never bother with it, yet most of them use Outlook as their calendar/MUA/task manager. It'd be great to find an Exchange-a-like alternative that'd work with Thunderbird, Evolution, and Outlook reliably. Any suggestions?
Vendor says "tough luck", no refunds, you're screwed.
Are they actually allowed to say that? I mean, don't you have consumer protection legislation or anything? "Goods not fit for the purpose sold" and all that? If it says it works with WinXP, then it should bloody well work with WinXP.
Had a look at WavPack? It won't "self-downconvert", but it does have a lossy version which when combined with another data file will give you a lossless version. Seems to be a sensible compromise between lossy and lossless. Take the lossy files around with you, archive the hybrid mode "changes" files to a DVD and you've got good lossy format for everyday listening whilst maintaining the flexibility of true lossless for archival purposes.
Now all it needs is for some hardware devices to support it.
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What he said. These filters are entirely optional - noone is being subjected to them against their will.
The impression I get from the tech folks I know at Claranet is that they take things like privacy and freedom on the 'net pretty seriously.
Not RFID, but I remember something about 5 years ago at a few UK Universities that was very similar - think it was called Mondex. Essentially there were terminals around campuses where you could charge these cards up either with cash or with a debit card. They were accepted in all campus outlets, a few local bus companies, etc.
Certainly in Exeter (where I was at the time) they canned the project due to "lack of use". Which was surprising since everyone used the things all the time.
Shut off the computer, and pretend he never saw the child pornography?
Actually, that's exactly what I'd do if I was servicing a client's machine and was confronted with the situation. I'd return it to them having done nothing with it and politely inform them that by doing any work on it I would be putting myself in an unpleasant position.
there is no excuse to speed
I suppose this begs the question "who sets the speed limits?"
I know where I live in Northampton (in the UK, not the other one(s)) there are no shortage of places where 30mph zones have been put in quite some distance away from residential areas, in some cases on dual carriageway roads. Speed cameras have then been introduced and it seems obvious they're there purely as a revenue earner. I'm all for 30mph zones to keep speeds down in residential areas - that's fair enough - but not on dual carriageways in open countryside.
Likewise on motorways - the traffic usually adjusts its speed well above the official speed limit of 70mph (I'd estimate average traffic speed on the motorways - when they're not gridlocked at least - is about 85mph). Bearing in mind that overtaking on the inside isn't permitted over here, you can't sit in the middle lane exactly on the speed limit. If you move left into the slow lane you'll end up driving in the wheel ruts left by heavies (not a pleasant experience if you're on a long drive).
People go to school to learn facts
No, people go to school to learn *how* to think for themselves. Memorising facts and repeating them parrot-fashion benefits no-one.
Does anyone know whether slashdot is paid per click or per impression? If it's the former, then blocking ads that one has no intention of clicking on in the first place is unlikely to do any harm.
If I had mod points I'd mod this up. Most phishing scams out there are so blatently obvious to even non-technically minded people. The apalling spelling is usually a dead giveaway.
Perhaps there's a good lesson here for the banks though - they really do need to improve the quality of information they provide their customers with (e.g. a document detailing exactly what details they will and will not ask for online).
stealing $100,000 from a family's college saving's account
Most of the phishing attempts out there rely on the stupidity of users. Surely there's been enough publicity on the topic by now that people know not to fill in account details and the like on websites they aren't 100% sure they trust?
The scenario described in gregmac's post is almost identical to the setup I need to create here in the UK for a company in about a month's time.
:-) )
Whilst I know documentation for Asterisk is getting better all the time, does anyone know of a site where people could submit copies of their config files (with usernames/passwords chopped out, obviously)? I think that'd be a great way for those of us new to asterisk to get to grips with the conf files, especially with the failover support described in gregmac's post.
(oh, gregmac, if you're reading this, any chance you could PM me a censored version of your dialplans? pretty please?
That's not the way I read the headline. It's not saying that Flash/Yahoo *are* spyware, just that developers fear that by bundling the toolbar with flash, it *might* be perceived as such by end users. And that's a valid concern.
I wonder how difficult it would be to replace the 2.5" drive inside the Mini itself? I mean, there are no shortage of good 7200rpm 2.5" drives on the market these days which'd fit the bill quite well I'd have thought.
Because there's no reason why you can't be *both* economically conservative and socially liberal. In fact, I'd say that's not too far from where I am politically. I'm generally supportive of careful fiscal planning by gov't (i.e. I don't want them to go on a tax-and-spend spree), but I'm very much in favour of things like a national health service free at the point of consumption.
Please correct me if I'm wrong about the law in your part of the world, but from what I understand, it's only the purchase of alcohol which is illegal, not the consumption thereof. I'd argue that gradually introducing one's kids to alcohol is a good thing - much better than them discovering it secretly with friends (probably to excess).
For the benefit of those of us not in the U.S., what age is "6th grade"?
Import your anime from Canada - there are a few good DVD companies up there, competitive prices, and pretty good (and cheap) delivery arrangements to the UK.
Tabbrowser Extensions for FF will do both of those for you.
As with everything - the truth probably lies somewhere between the Independent's article and the one above, though in my experience (and I have read the Independent on and off for the last 15 years) they generally are pretty centrist politically.
From what I remember when I was at school 13-14 was the average age people started having sex. I don't recall there being anything particularly problematic about it. In all likelihood, the age is probably a few years younger these days...
Not much point setting the age of consent at 18 if everyone's going to ignore it (including the authorities, FWIW).
Wow, that I didn't know. Any idea if the same is true in other countries? (I've certainly not heard anything like that reported over here, and there are plenty of high performance cars sold here)
Continuing the car analogy a little further, isn't what the entertainment industry is trying to force the P2P companies to implement (filtering, content control, etc.) a bit like trying to force car manufacturers to put speed limiters on all cars? (Which hasn't happened to the best of my knowledge, with the exception of heavy goods vehicles)
The bottom line isn't the only (or even the best) way to judge the contribution of a company to society. Many of the places I've worked at have had a relaxed atmosphere, even if the actual rate of "work" or "productivity" was lower than in a competitor's more agressive business. I'd still rather work for the relaxed business. ;)
Exchange is incredibly cost-prohibitive to the small businesses I've worked with, which means they'll never bother with it, yet most of them use Outlook as their calendar/MUA/task manager. It'd be great to find an Exchange-a-like alternative that'd work with Thunderbird, Evolution, and Outlook reliably. Any suggestions?
Are they actually allowed to say that? I mean, don't you have consumer protection legislation or anything? "Goods not fit for the purpose sold" and all that? If it says it works with WinXP, then it should bloody well work with WinXP.
Now all it needs is for some hardware devices to support it.
Unfortunately the Council Tax system with which we are now burdened equally fails to take into account people's ability to pay.