The traditional slashdot whining about this subject is upon us... Daylight savings is just fine. In some countries, including my own, this is not even a subject for an elevator chat.
The average guy takes Linux like a 2 series OS, that is hard and doesn't have their programs of choice... They don't want to learn it. Just the name scares them.
Moreover, some of these consumers don't even realise that a PC can be shipped with something that is not windows.
Yes, that's true. This behaviour is common to almost all Europe.
I never really activated direct debit because I want to have the real perception of all the costs I have.
I take 15 minutes every month to pay all the bills online, that's not much.
Moreover, back in collage I worked in a call center of a major utility when they introduced direct debit, it was a major improvement to consumers. Before that, banks had full access to the accounts and I remember some of them were CLEANED by bill mistakes. No need to highlight that this would take some weeks to correct...
When you use these type of payment, the probability of not even look to the bill is high... All sorts of things can be happening without your knowledge.
Yes I know, this ratings are always bloated, but the point I want to highlight is the global nature of the event. It is one of the few things in the world that are truly universal and common to almost every culture... That has to be important.
Because of the fractal shape of IP traffic, until some time ago, the only solution was to over dimension the trunk capacity, now, a lot of new techniques where developed to properly dimension and forward data packets.
We may have a lot of data, but we have also more efficient ways to deliver it.
This is why Ip bans, shadow bans and any kind of ban are mostly discretionary... They are made because the posters usually go against the opinion of the moderator. If you don't like to listen different opinions, don't create/manage a forum. You will turn into a fascist opressor. Let the crowd speak, even if it trolls (in your opinion).
One thing is not to even run. That is a driver thing, kernel or binary.
The other, in this case, is to run badly. There can be driver issues, but the majority of problems aren't driver related.
I use ubuntu daily in at least 3 different computers since 6.10.
7.10 was very solid, this one... Is not.
Just look at this massive thread at ubuntuforuns: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=768200
I'll not list all the bugs that I've found because I'm tired of it... And yes, there are people that don't have or didn't notice them (yet).
I'm not abandoning this distro because I like its philosophy. I'm willing to continue my little contribution, but with releases like this, it seems more like a UbuVista or BugBuntu and no eye candy will hide it.
If you want to see how common cars will be in 5/10 years, see the Mercedes class S.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_S-Class:
"the S-Class has debuted many of the company's latest innovations, including advanced safety systems, drivetrain technologies, and interior features. Notably, the S-Class introduced the first airbag supplemental restraint systems, seatbelt pretensioners, and electronic stability control"
Last week, near my hometown a neighbour of my father died because one of these text-while-drive-guys. The guy didn't respect a stop and crashed into the men's car. His wife is critical and both kids saw their father die...
Darwin was not so good this time.
Jail these guys for a couple of days and remove their permits!
You are wrong. Signal reception bars change according to signal reception of the assigned base station (BS). The mobile station (MS) constantly monitors up to 6 strong adjacent BS in order to maintain a ranking of the best BS to switch to in case of handover (base station change). I don't remember if this information is ever sent to the network (need to see the handover process).
There's lot of work about cell id identification, triangulation, footprint based positioning and so, but unless they have some software in the phone, they will not have accurate data to track anything.
Triangulation inside buildings is a nightmare. Each building is a different case study. You must make extensive propagation studies because reflection in walls and people moving create extensive interference that makes the location prediction hard. I've made a paper on indoor location, and I have a demo video to demonstrate the footprint location concept in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM2SLbUKF8E
If they are sniffing bursts from the MS, that is borderline illegal and the accuracies are not what they claim, at all. They may be able to check the store they are, but unless they force in some way the MS broadcasting, like lots of pico cells in the mall, in order to force lots of handovers (operators don't like this) to get RF power readings, they only will have a little fraction of the costumer track.
They claim big thing, but show little. And cell phone positioning is not GPS... there's a lot of FUD about this mater.
"This is a well-known phenomenon, so saying that phones do not broadcast when they are not in use is an error."
Man, dis you miss the part where I say "changing base station, etc"?. Cell phones are inactive most of the time.
The type of thing they claim, not even network operators can do, and they assign all the frequencies in use, so, they know who is who.
Cell phones (GSM, at least) don't broadcast unless there's something to do, like make a call, change base station, etc. How they will monitor something that is not broadcasting?
This can only be achieved using monitoring software IN the cell phone, using network monitoring (a big subject).
I don't know what they are monitoring, but for sure, it is not GSM phones.
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Hello,
I think the discovery was made by the team led by Paul Kalas:
http://astro.berkeley.edu/~kalas/index.html
Double yeah... Let me charge you the light that my Father needs to go around in his farm an night... Maybe some little gnome lamps would be fine...
The traditional slashdot whining about this subject is upon us... Daylight savings is just fine. In some countries, including my own, this is not even a subject for an elevator chat.
The average guy takes Linux like a 2 series OS, that is hard and doesn't have their programs of choice... They don't want to learn it. Just the name scares them.
Moreover, some of these consumers don't even realise that a PC can be shipped with something that is not windows.
Can static create 1500 times the right wave patterns in order to simulate the electrical signals of a vote?... come on!
Man, Intrepid Ibex will be the 8.10 ;)
Did you ever developed anything in j2EE?
Yes, that's true. This behaviour is common to almost all Europe.
I never really activated direct debit because I want to have the real perception of all the costs I have. I take 15 minutes every month to pay all the bills online, that's not much.
Moreover, back in collage I worked in a call center of a major utility when they introduced direct debit, it was a major improvement to consumers. Before that, banks had full access to the accounts and I remember some of them were CLEANED by bill mistakes. No need to highlight that this would take some weeks to correct...
When you use these type of payment, the probability of not even look to the bill is high... All sorts of things can be happening without your knowledge.
Yes I know, this ratings are always bloated, but the point I want to highlight is the global nature of the event. It is one of the few things in the world that are truly universal and common to almost every culture... That has to be important.
Of course note... and the estimated 4 billion who watched the inaugural ceremony think you should play less video games and make more exercise.
reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-watched_television_broadcasts#World
Because of the fractal shape of IP traffic, until some time ago, the only solution was to over dimension the trunk capacity, now, a lot of new techniques where developed to properly dimension and forward data packets.
We may have a lot of data, but we have also more efficient ways to deliver it.
or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AdFA6WWJ7E ...
Thanks!... Out of the Anglophone countries some acronyms can be a little cryptic.
pick one:
http://acronyms.tfd.com/sol
This is why Ip bans, shadow bans and any kind of ban are mostly discretionary... They are made because the posters usually go against the opinion of the moderator. If you don't like to listen different opinions, don't create/manage a forum. You will turn into a fascist opressor. Let the crowd speak, even if it trolls (in your opinion).
One thing is not to even run. That is a driver thing, kernel or binary.
The other, in this case, is to run badly. There can be driver issues, but the majority of problems aren't driver related.
I use ubuntu daily in at least 3 different computers since 6.10.
7.10 was very solid, this one... Is not.
Just look at this massive thread at ubuntuforuns:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=768200
I'll not list all the bugs that I've found because I'm tired of it... And yes, there are people that don't have or didn't notice them (yet).
I'm not abandoning this distro because I like its philosophy. I'm willing to continue my little contribution, but with releases like this, it seems more like a UbuVista or BugBuntu and no eye candy will hide it.
"Besides, it is Mercedes we're talking about. Historically they tend to be late to adopt technology trends."
You must recheck your auto knowledge. Mercedes is the forefront of automobile excellence. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-AMG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_(automobile)
If you want to see how common cars will be in 5/10 years, see the Mercedes class S.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_S-Class:
"the S-Class has debuted many of the company's latest innovations, including advanced safety systems, drivetrain technologies, and interior features. Notably, the S-Class introduced the first airbag supplemental restraint systems, seatbelt pretensioners, and electronic stability control"
No. The speed of sound at sea level is 340.29 m/s.
make several big! files over ext3 (The max file size depends on the architecture of the machine). there's no deed to encrypt the whole partition.
Last week, near my hometown a neighbour of my father died because one of these text-while-drive-guys. The guy didn't respect a stop and crashed into the men's car. His wife is critical and both kids saw their father die...
Darwin was not so good this time.
Jail these guys for a couple of days and remove their permits!
see the cached page:
http://eaves.ca.nyud.net:8090/2008/06/18/firefox-pledge-map-pledges-as-a-of-population/
You are wrong. Signal reception bars change according to signal reception of the assigned base station (BS). The mobile station (MS) constantly monitors up to 6 strong adjacent BS in order to maintain a ranking of the best BS to switch to in case of handover (base station change). I don't remember if this information is ever sent to the network (need to see the handover process).
There's lot of work about cell id identification, triangulation, footprint based positioning and so, but unless they have some software in the phone, they will not have accurate data to track anything.
Triangulation inside buildings is a nightmare. Each building is a different case study. You must make extensive propagation studies because reflection in walls and people moving create extensive interference that makes the location prediction hard. I've made a paper on indoor location, and I have a demo video to demonstrate the footprint location concept in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM2SLbUKF8E
If they are sniffing bursts from the MS, that is borderline illegal and the accuracies are not what they claim, at all. They may be able to check the store they are, but unless they force in some way the MS broadcasting, like lots of pico cells in the mall, in order to force lots of handovers (operators don't like this) to get RF power readings, they only will have a little fraction of the costumer track.
They claim big thing, but show little. And cell phone positioning is not GPS... there's a lot of FUD about this mater.
"This is a well-known phenomenon, so saying that phones do not broadcast when they are not in use is an error." Man, dis you miss the part where I say "changing base station, etc"?. Cell phones are inactive most of the time.
The type of thing they claim, not even network operators can do, and they assign all the frequencies in use, so, they know who is who. Cell phones (GSM, at least) don't broadcast unless there's something to do, like make a call, change base station, etc. How they will monitor something that is not broadcasting?
This can only be achieved using monitoring software IN the cell phone, using network monitoring (a big subject).
I don't know what they are monitoring, but for sure, it is not GSM phones.