A bunch of the "chat" applications out there now are just jabber. You should be able to use any generic jabber client you want if you know the right settings to login.
You don't want half of these devices on a network. Gross generalization time but... Most of them are very insecure and there are no such things as patches or updates from many vendors. They would be compromised as soon as they were discovered. I cringed every time the antivirus pop-up came up on the screen of the machine running the monitors used during my son's birth. At least they were running an antivirus to tell them the machine was compromised so they could be incompetent instead of ignorant.
Everyone is so worried about kids hurting themselves, physically or emotionally, that they aren't allowed to do actual science anymore. We assume that science is too hard so we dumb it down. Chemistry classes don't even have chemicals anymore.
At this point, I think we need to expect more out of our students and let them prove how intelligent they can be if we don't hold them back or get in their way.
There are a bunch of services like that on the horizon. The issue isn't really providing a "next-gen" service so much as it is doing something useful with that data wherever it gets routed.
Even with text messaging, its pretty simple to receive a message and route it to an answering point. The problem is whether the dispatcher on the receiving end can actually see that message and do something with it using whatever software/hardware is powering their workstation.
911 is an intentionally slow moving service because it has to work. When it doesn't work, lives can be lost. This sometimes means new tech, however useful, is held up while everyone slowly plans upgrades to their systems and then validates them and then validates them some more.
Even without the RFID, I've watched them deny kids onto flights because their passport wasn't signed. It was interesting to watch the mother explain that her kids could barely write their name let alone be expected to have a signature that would ever be useful for identification. They finally made her hold her kids' hands so that each of them could sign their names.
The whole system is flawed and RFID is just another expensive layer on top of it. I would have hoped RFID was implemented more like magnetic strips on credit cards. When they work, it speeds things up. When they don't, every business has an imprint machine or a place to type in your credit card number in their computer so they can still take your money. I guess there is more incentive in the case of credit cards to actually get it right for the consumer though.
If you don't need access to the information, you shouldn't have it.
If you have access to the information and don't have business need to look a it, you look at it until you have business need.
If you can't handle this, you should be fired and perhaps prosecuted depending on how you used the information.
I have a zigbee smart energy gateway. The power companies don't share the information needed to connect it to my meter. I suspect the reason is that they still have a certain amount of security through obscurity.
I seem to be the only person not allowed to collect data from the smart meter on my house.
I have allow Google to collect the data for me or I can't access it at all.
The Roku set top boxes have a pretty easy to use scripting language so you can buy one of those for less than $100 and write a quick channel to access your media. They have a table of the media the different players support on their website.
It's a very basic interface but its hard to beat for the price.
You haven't worked on a late model car before.
You can turn systems on an off to troubleshoot them. Before, you could do this mechanically. Now, you have to use a computer.
Setting the speedometer is pretty common when a tire size is changed.
Setting the odometer can usually only be done once each time you replace the instrument cluster.
All I know, as someone that still likes to turn their own wrenches, is that I don't want more security on the only way I can still work on my own car. If they lock me out of the diagnostics port, I won't buy the car.
Don't forget you can but an ethanol injection system in the aftermarket for 300 bucks.
It may not be as efficient as direct injecting the ethanol but the turbocharging guys have been doing this for years to fight knock. Most kits come with controllers that adjust the ethanol injection depending on intake temp, boost, and sometimes even knock levels.
People are going to hate the ribbon. People are going to complain about lost productivity and they liked the old one more and blah blah blah.
You can't please all users and you can't innovate when all you do is make little tiny changes all the time. Good for Microsoft for putting their neck out on this one. It will probably upset the big corporate users but they won't adopt for a few years anyway.
This is a high tech version of an old effect.
Not to take away from the amazing improvements they have made but if you want to see this in real life, keep an eye out at places like Disneyland. The fortune teller in the crystal ball at the Haunted Mansion and the Buzz Lightyear in Astroblasters both use projections onto contoured surfaces to get a 3D effect.
Thanks to people generally not being able to control themselves with chat programs, I forsee a fairly swift blocking of gmail through most corporate firewalls to protect productivity.
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A bunch of the "chat" applications out there now are just jabber. You should be able to use any generic jabber client you want if you know the right settings to login.
You don't want half of these devices on a network. Gross generalization time but... Most of them are very insecure and there are no such things as patches or updates from many vendors. They would be compromised as soon as they were discovered. I cringed every time the antivirus pop-up came up on the screen of the machine running the monitors used during my son's birth. At least they were running an antivirus to tell them the machine was compromised so they could be incompetent instead of ignorant.
Everyone is so worried about kids hurting themselves, physically or emotionally, that they aren't allowed to do actual science anymore. We assume that science is too hard so we dumb it down. Chemistry classes don't even have chemicals anymore. At this point, I think we need to expect more out of our students and let them prove how intelligent they can be if we don't hold them back or get in their way.
There are a bunch of services like that on the horizon. The issue isn't really providing a "next-gen" service so much as it is doing something useful with that data wherever it gets routed. Even with text messaging, its pretty simple to receive a message and route it to an answering point. The problem is whether the dispatcher on the receiving end can actually see that message and do something with it using whatever software/hardware is powering their workstation. 911 is an intentionally slow moving service because it has to work. When it doesn't work, lives can be lost. This sometimes means new tech, however useful, is held up while everyone slowly plans upgrades to their systems and then validates them and then validates them some more.
Even without the RFID, I've watched them deny kids onto flights because their passport wasn't signed. It was interesting to watch the mother explain that her kids could barely write their name let alone be expected to have a signature that would ever be useful for identification. They finally made her hold her kids' hands so that each of them could sign their names. The whole system is flawed and RFID is just another expensive layer on top of it. I would have hoped RFID was implemented more like magnetic strips on credit cards. When they work, it speeds things up. When they don't, every business has an imprint machine or a place to type in your credit card number in their computer so they can still take your money. I guess there is more incentive in the case of credit cards to actually get it right for the consumer though.
That should have said "you DON'T look at it until you have business need"
If you don't need access to the information, you shouldn't have it. If you have access to the information and don't have business need to look a it, you look at it until you have business need. If you can't handle this, you should be fired and perhaps prosecuted depending on how you used the information.
I have a zigbee smart energy gateway. The power companies don't share the information needed to connect it to my meter. I suspect the reason is that they still have a certain amount of security through obscurity.
I seem to be the only person not allowed to collect data from the smart meter on my house. I have allow Google to collect the data for me or I can't access it at all.
Sounds like UI needs a better UI on their emergency notification system.
If our kids aren't smart enough to use a ruler without injury, what can we really expect them to learn?
The Roku set top boxes have a pretty easy to use scripting language so you can buy one of those for less than $100 and write a quick channel to access your media. They have a table of the media the different players support on their website. It's a very basic interface but its hard to beat for the price.
You haven't worked on a late model car before. You can turn systems on an off to troubleshoot them. Before, you could do this mechanically. Now, you have to use a computer. Setting the speedometer is pretty common when a tire size is changed. Setting the odometer can usually only be done once each time you replace the instrument cluster. All I know, as someone that still likes to turn their own wrenches, is that I don't want more security on the only way I can still work on my own car. If they lock me out of the diagnostics port, I won't buy the car.
It seems like a few bad apples also spoil urban golf.
Substitute "real programmers" for "Chuck Norris" and you could have a great internet joke.
that they can't use more than one language like the rest of us?
Wait... where did the other 8 programmers come from?
Don't forget you can but an ethanol injection system in the aftermarket for 300 bucks. It may not be as efficient as direct injecting the ethanol but the turbocharging guys have been doing this for years to fight knock. Most kits come with controllers that adjust the ethanol injection depending on intake temp, boost, and sometimes even knock levels.
People are going to hate the ribbon. People are going to complain about lost productivity and they liked the old one more and blah blah blah. You can't please all users and you can't innovate when all you do is make little tiny changes all the time. Good for Microsoft for putting their neck out on this one. It will probably upset the big corporate users but they won't adopt for a few years anyway.
It must be safe! I mean... their life spans were totally almost half of ours.
This is a high tech version of an old effect. Not to take away from the amazing improvements they have made but if you want to see this in real life, keep an eye out at places like Disneyland. The fortune teller in the crystal ball at the Haunted Mansion and the Buzz Lightyear in Astroblasters both use projections onto contoured surfaces to get a 3D effect.
Refolding it is the tricky part
Thanks to people generally not being able to control themselves with chat programs, I forsee a fairly swift blocking of gmail through most corporate firewalls to protect productivity.
when they quote Oasis?
I feel sorry for the poor hip hop stars. Do you have any idea how much it costs to insure a Ferrari?