Caller: There's an accident.
Operator: Where are you?
Caller: I don't know
Operator: Ok, I see your phone number here, what is happening right now?
Caller: There's a few cars piled up and there's some bodies on the street.
Operator: Ok, let me see if I can find a camera, hold please............
*1 1/2 minutes later*
Operator: Ok, I found you, I'm dispatching an ambulance and a police officer.
Now I know that's pretty extreme, but when you have an emergency situation, you can't be fiddling with finding the right camera so you don't accidentally over-commit emergency resources. It's on the order of, "better too much than not enough".
How will that let 911 operators do their job better?
How does *almost seeing* the situation help? I mean, granted, they're probably not going to be the crappy webcam quality cameras we think they are, but still it escapes me how this will actually proactively help an 911 operator help a victim. It might help them after the fact, but not before or during.
....is to know the unknown. So unless you wrote every program you use on a daily basis operate in a vacuum with *zero* connection to the outside world, it is impossible to be "hackerproof".
If you ever get an email asking how long it took for you to get a specific movie, *never* under any circumstances tell them you received it early. They will stall shipment of future movies to make sure you're not getting more than they think you should get per month. They've been getting worse and worse about this.
By reading these responses, thats what one would think the article said. haha!
Liberal vs Conservative
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Is IP Property?
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They both want government regulation. They just happen to want regulation for different things. To say that one doesn't and the other does, is just plain ignorant. Now as far as liberal vs conservative on IP regulation, that's a tough nut. There will always be people from both sides of the fence that will want some sort of regulation because it's not just the wealthy who come up with some "great ideas". They just happen to be the people that can make the ideas happen and hire lawyers to enforce the "regulation" of said idea.
From the looks of the 20 key keypad, it looks like it's going to use a form of predictive text that would help the "QWERTY" users more than the traditional T9 SMS user. I hope they hit the T-Mo stores soon so I can take it for a test drive.
Is anyone else surprised at how slow the probe was traveling when it hit the earth. That "tumbling/rotating" did a good job of slowing it. Maybe next time they can try an airbag system or something else that is less problematic than a mortar fired parachute system.
I'm surprised MS can get away with "broadcasting" those radio stations' call letters. That might be an FCC violation as IIRC the call letters are registered with a license that the FCC issues each operating radio station.
They've done a great job at marketing this new product. I guess they held a party and had a few dozen celebs pose for photos with the device. Everyone from Jesse James (Monster Garage) to Tony Hawk swears by their Sidekick. Which says a lot because they can pretty much afford anything.
I had the first version with the drab gray screen and found it was an awesome PDA/Internet device, but really lacked in the cell phone department. I'll be eyeballing one of the SK2's in the coming months.
California will take 30 of them please.
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Put it on Gray Davis' tab.
Thanks,
-Gov. Schwarzenegger
Ballmer singled out XML and Web services as the "big breakthrough" of the next decade that will spur innovation.
Yeah, it will spur innovation as far as they let it.
Step 1: Announce the next "big breakthrough.
Step 2: Make a development platform to spur "innovation".
Step 3: Make it exclusive to Internet Explorer.
Step 4: Profit.
Re:Black powder has its advantages
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Yes it is, they use electronically timed fuses now. They gained a lot of precision with the new technology. Having seen it just 2 nights ago, the synchronization of the explosions with the music was near perfect.
Simon Garfunkel Encryption Protocol.
"Hello aklsdj=2vxcwe (( my old friend."
SYN: Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
ACK: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
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Here's how I see it.
Caller: There's an accident.
Operator: Where are you?
Caller: I don't know
Operator: Ok, I see your phone number here, what is happening right now?
Caller: There's a few cars piled up and there's some bodies on the street.
Operator: Ok, let me see if I can find a camera, hold please............
*1 1/2 minutes later*
Operator: Ok, I found you, I'm dispatching an ambulance and a police officer.
Now I know that's pretty extreme, but when you have an emergency situation, you can't be fiddling with finding the right camera so you don't accidentally over-commit emergency resources. It's on the order of, "better too much than not enough".
Do you think there would be an increase in skill level or a decrease in skill level because of "union protection" ?
How will that let 911 operators do their job better?
How does *almost seeing* the situation help? I mean, granted, they're probably not going to be the crappy webcam quality cameras we think they are, but still it escapes me how this will actually proactively help an 911 operator help a victim. It might help them after the fact, but not before or during.
....is to know the unknown. So unless you wrote every program you use on a daily basis operate in a vacuum with *zero* connection to the outside world, it is impossible to be "hackerproof".
...on purpose.
If you ever get an email asking how long it took for you to get a specific movie, *never* under any circumstances tell them you received it early. They will stall shipment of future movies to make sure you're not getting more than they think you should get per month. They've been getting worse and worse about this.
Instead of brain, they crave spam?
The internet is getting too big! The only way to save it is by using IPv6!
I have a feeling this is going to be about as successful as getting the United States to convert to metric.
"She'll do 20 hectares on one tank of kerosene!"
........like his bowtie for instance.
.....that will only disable iPods"
By reading these responses, thats what one would think the article said. haha!
They both want government regulation. They just happen to want regulation for different things. To say that one doesn't and the other does, is just plain ignorant. Now as far as liberal vs conservative on IP regulation, that's a tough nut. There will always be people from both sides of the fence that will want some sort of regulation because it's not just the wealthy who come up with some "great ideas". They just happen to be the people that can make the ideas happen and hire lawyers to enforce the "regulation" of said idea.
LOL!
"Chewy, bring her down right next to yonder windmill."
Damn my typo!
OMG!
:)
That would be awesome if they figured out a way to put the widescreen version on normal DVD's and the "Full Frame" verison on black DVD's.
*starts looking at new TV's*
From the looks of the 20 key keypad, it looks like it's going to use a form of predictive text that would help the "QWERTY" users more than the traditional T9 SMS user. I hope they hit the T-Mo stores soon so I can take it for a test drive.
Next thing you know, a typical GPS will have to be accurate to +/- 60m and the size of a fridge to fend off would be terrorists.
......a 75% decrease in network traffic.
Is anyone else surprised at how slow the probe was traveling when it hit the earth. That "tumbling/rotating" did a good job of slowing it. Maybe next time they can try an airbag system or something else that is less problematic than a mortar fired parachute system.
I'm surprised MS can get away with "broadcasting" those radio stations' call letters. That might be an FCC violation as IIRC the call letters are registered with a license that the FCC issues each operating radio station.
They've done a great job at marketing this new product. I guess they held a party and had a few dozen celebs pose for photos with the device. Everyone from Jesse James (Monster Garage) to Tony Hawk swears by their Sidekick. Which says a lot because they can pretty much afford anything. I had the first version with the drab gray screen and found it was an awesome PDA/Internet device, but really lacked in the cell phone department. I'll be eyeballing one of the SK2's in the coming months.
Put it on Gray Davis' tab.
Thanks,
-Gov. Schwarzenegger
Are they all to be owned and operated by one Montgomery Burns?
Ballmer singled out XML and Web services as the "big breakthrough" of the next decade that will spur innovation.
Yeah, it will spur innovation as far as they let it.
Step 1: Announce the next "big breakthrough.
Step 2: Make a development platform to spur "innovation".
Step 3: Make it exclusive to Internet Explorer.
Step 4: Profit.
Yes it is, they use electronically timed fuses now. They gained a lot of precision with the new technology. Having seen it just 2 nights ago, the synchronization of the explosions with the music was near perfect.
Simon Garfunkel Encryption Protocol. "Hello aklsdj=2vxcwe (( my old friend." SYN: Are you going to Scarborough Fair? ACK: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
The SK2 will have bluetooth?
*throws a bag of weed in your passenger window* "Do you know why I pulled you over son?"