Today, if someone crosses the border from north to south into Mexico they will be met by the Mexican Army, arrested and likely confined, possibly for a long time. I've rafted down the Rio Grande and repeatedly crossed over into Mexico without going through customs. Never was there a militia there to greet me. Literally millions of Americans cross the border into Mexico legally each year - seems like it would be a little difficult to separate the legals from illegals. Likewise, if you ever drive around El Paso, literally half the license plates are Mexican. That's right, there are thousands people living in Juarez that commute into the US to do business every day. A fence on the border is only an impediment to those with very little imagination.
Sure, the robot hand is great, but I suggest you try it out on a hotdog first, before you go straight to the main reason every slashdotter needs a robot hand...
Why bother spoofing the caller ID when you can just block caller ID altogether? I'd just ignore "Unknown Caller" calls, except for the fact that my daughter's school makes emergency phone calls to parents with caller ID blocked... sigh. I point out to them every year that this is a problem, but they are too cheap to fix it. (Obviously they are using trunk lines from each school through the district headquarters, so if they displayed the number for the outgoing line, calling it back wouldn't put you in touch with the same person that called you. Also, they are too cheap to just use the main number for the district as a caller ID like every business in the country, 'cause then they would have to hire a receptionist to figure out who you actually wanted to contact.)
Agreed. I believe that's why the phone company makes it so hard to get an ISDN line, because ISDN relies on the caller's equipment to accurately send the CID. A CID is so easy to spoof that they are worthless. An ANI is much harder to spoof.
Right... so if we can just equip all of our friends south of the boarder with a collar that shocks them whenever they get too far from Mexico City, then all our illegal immigration problems are solved! For something that large scale, we need to use GPS, and just hope they don't go through a tunnel.
The speed of most downloads is bandwidth limited by the computer it is being downloaded from, not by the network. This new router isn't going to make peer-to-peer networks noticeably faster. It's not going to make downloads from servers with thousands of concurrent connections noticeably faster either.
I've always wondered about the fatal flaw in the "invisible fence" for dogs... sure, it punishes them for trying to leave the yard, but once they leave the yard (e.g. by following their instincts to chase a squirrel) it also punishes them for coming back... not exactly the message I want to send to my dog! Does a fence on the border also make it harder for illegals to return home?
It's worse than that... half the people out there are of below average intelligence! (For the pedantic, yes, they are actually of below mean intelligence, but that doesn't have the same ring to it.)
Scientists have proven that placebos work just as well as the leading anti-depressants for patients with mild or moderate depression! Placebos are cheap, versatile, and have soooooooo many uses! They are the new wonder drug!
E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-BOTNET!!
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It tastes a lot like frozen chicken.
Today, if someone crosses the border from north to south into Mexico they will be met by the Mexican Army, arrested and likely confined, possibly for a long time. I've rafted down the Rio Grande and repeatedly crossed over into Mexico without going through customs. Never was there a militia there to greet me. Literally millions of Americans cross the border into Mexico legally each year - seems like it would be a little difficult to separate the legals from illegals. Likewise, if you ever drive around El Paso, literally half the license plates are Mexican. That's right, there are thousands people living in Juarez that commute into the US to do business every day. A fence on the border is only an impediment to those with very little imagination.
Sure, it can scan 200 pages per minute... but I could swear I saw it's lips moving as it was reading!
You do realize fictional cartoon characters don't really count as "prior art", don't you?
Sure, the robot hand is great, but I suggest you try it out on a hotdog first, before you go straight to the main reason every slashdotter needs a robot hand...
Why bother spoofing the caller ID when you can just block caller ID altogether? I'd just ignore "Unknown Caller" calls, except for the fact that my daughter's school makes emergency phone calls to parents with caller ID blocked... sigh. I point out to them every year that this is a problem, but they are too cheap to fix it. (Obviously they are using trunk lines from each school through the district headquarters, so if they displayed the number for the outgoing line, calling it back wouldn't put you in touch with the same person that called you. Also, they are too cheap to just use the main number for the district as a caller ID like every business in the country, 'cause then they would have to hire a receptionist to figure out who you actually wanted to contact.)
Agreed. I believe that's why the phone company makes it so hard to get an ISDN line, because ISDN relies on the caller's equipment to accurately send the CID. A CID is so easy to spoof that they are worthless. An ANI is much harder to spoof.
Those are on the sheets, not under the bed!
Shouldn't they focus on producing porn in 3D first? Here's the money shot -- comin' right at ya!
Right... so if we can just equip all of our friends south of the boarder with a collar that shocks them whenever they get too far from Mexico City, then all our illegal immigration problems are solved! For something that large scale, we need to use GPS, and just hope they don't go through a tunnel.
That's duct tape, you fool! Red Green would be proud!
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Let's stop pussy-footing around here!
Planck
The speed of most downloads is bandwidth limited by the computer it is being downloaded from, not by the network. This new router isn't going to make peer-to-peer networks noticeably faster. It's not going to make downloads from servers with thousands of concurrent connections noticeably faster either.
I've always wondered about the fatal flaw in the "invisible fence" for dogs... sure, it punishes them for trying to leave the yard, but once they leave the yard (e.g. by following their instincts to chase a squirrel) it also punishes them for coming back... not exactly the message I want to send to my dog! Does a fence on the border also make it harder for illegals to return home?
If they wanted pictures of dust, they could have just photographed under my bed!
How can they even contemplate just pouring this stuff on the ground while thousands of Transylvanians are starving?
IE is one of the few Microsoft products that is actually worth exactly what the customers pay for it!
Shouldn't the first letter of a sentence be capitalized?
They were just copying Equinox's business plan. You'd think people would know better by now.
Just do what I do... write all the passwords down on a post-it note, and stick it on your monitor! ;-)
It's worse than that... half the people out there are of below average intelligence! (For the pedantic, yes, they are actually of below mean intelligence, but that doesn't have the same ring to it.)
Scientists have proven that placebos work just as well as the leading anti-depressants for patients with mild or moderate depression! Placebos are cheap, versatile, and have soooooooo many uses! They are the new wonder drug!
What?!? Are you saying "Freebird" ISN'T therapeutic?!?
E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-BOTNET!!