With cell carriers doing stuff like this, I wonder if an analog SMS system would be practical. Data are sonically encoded as they are with a modem. Since cellphone noise levels are generally higher than landline noise levels, I suppose a slower (but more reliable) transmission system would be necessary. Chorded tones à la existing touchtone systems could work, or perhaps series of pulses (à la Morse code). Although an analog SMS system would use cellular minutes, it's far cheaper to make a 5-10 second phone call than it is to send a text message.
What do digital cameras, high-spec computers, and audio recording devices have in common? They were created for professionals, but have now permeated the amateur market. Perhaps there are some professional photographers who regularly use dinky point-and-shoot cameras for work and there may exist some animation studios where Celerons with 64mb RAM are still used, but they are becoming less and less common.
Most equipment starts out as expensive, professional-grade products which percolate down to amateur-grade products. The first digital SLR was based on Nikon's then top-of-the-line F3 model and cost in the tens of thousands of dollars. Now, you can buy a point-and-shoot with a plastic lens for under $10. Likewise, ENIAC wasn't a desk toy, whereas the Bondi Blue iMac arguably is.
BTW, most large databases are stored on expensive RAID systems with equally expensive tape backups. No serious business ever used floppies to backup its important data.
But the GIMP isn't supposed to be a professional-level graphics application. I think Paint Shop Pro is a better GIMP equivalent: an application designed for the advanced home user who needs something above MSPAINT but would never use more than 1/128th of Photoshop's feature set.
What, an educated background? Contrary to this poster's claim, using the word "data" correctly is not a non-American idiom. 95% of educated people I know who were born and raised in the U.S. know that "data" is plural.
BTW, there are approximately 1,160,000 occurrences of "data are" on U.S. government websites.
Fallacious logic. The.bank registrar isn't performing a background check on the individual registering the domain. Instead, it's ensuring that the name being registered will actually represent a major financial institution. It's the same case with other "exclusive" domains: I don't think the.gov or.mil registrar performs a background check on the actual person registering the domain, but rather ensures that army.mil truly represents the United States Army.
Granted, there are many more financial institutions than government agencies, but it's possible to ensure that every.bank domain registered actually represents its respectively financial institution. The criminal deterrent isn't the $50,000, but rather the difficulty of proving that the domain represents what it claims to. I don't think the average phisher with $50,000 has any remote chance of convincing a discriminating registrar that he actually represents J.P. Morgan Chase. Returning to your analogy, it's a lot easier for a drug runner with $50,000 to falsify his own personal background than to convince DEA agents that he represents a pharmaceutical that transports painkillers, since the latter presumably requires statements from executives in the pharmaceutical stating that the transportation is legitimate.
Not only expensive, but also exclusive. As with suffixes like.gov, the difficultly of registering.bank would be less about high cost and more about proof of legitimacy (it doesn't hurt that.bank is also expensive). It'd be very hard for a criminal to prove that he represents a major financial institution. After all, you don't see criminals purporting to represent U.S. government agencies by using fake.gov domains. As long as.bank can truly be as exclusive as.gov or.mil, its level of security is by no means "false."
The only problem I see with.bank is its ineffectiveness against one of the most common phishing URL formats, which uses the form of paypal.com.fakedomain.com. Chase.bank.omgphished.com would probably fool quite a few n00bs.
A single telephone line that serves more than one customer. Most often used in rural areas where it's not economical to install multiple lines. Privacy is nonexistent and I'd assume congestion is high.
Hmm... the article mentioned businesses switching exclusively to mobile services.
It would be interesting if a wireless carrier introduced PBX-esque switching and operation. If service is good enough (a factor I'd assume holds most people back from ditching the land line), I'm sure a lot of small businesses would forgo a PBX-based telephone for a more easily set-up wireless based system.
I'd certainly get a cell phone with blinky lights that indicate a call coming through on line three!:-)
As Mathematica seems to be transitioning more and more into the realm of visualization, I wonder when Wolfram Research will add support for 3D-accelerated rendering. A lot of things I've drawn in Mathematica have been somewhat limited by the software's non-accelerated output capability.
Well, I'm 16, so our definition of coolness is definitely somewhat different (for the record, I loath MySpace). But I'm sure we both agree that the support of "cool" proprietary CSS filters is an insignificant criterion for evaluating a browser.
In no way did my original post condone webmasters' exclusion of non-MSFT browsers simply so that they can use flashy CSS filters. Too often are flashy visual effects used as a substitute for artistic talent. Perhaps those webmasters who exclude non-IE users are compensating for some shortcoming?
Malware jokes aside, there are a few neat things that are IE exclusive, namely proprietary CSS filters (that allow things like embossing, color inversion, rotation, etc...) These, of course, are accomplished through DirectX. CSS filters can also be animated... it's sort of cool to have an entire page pixelate/warp/dissolve/rotate/... in.
Sure. Here are some NHTSA data. A total number of 300 fatal crashes from 1991-2002 killed 275 occupants of other vehicles. Since we're discounting the "one dude in the ambulance," I won't factor in the 82 ambulance occupants killed in those 300 fatal crashes over a 11 year period into my figure. 275 fatalities over 11 years is certainly less than the tens to hundreds of thousands saved by ambulances each year.
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Please think of the CEOs! They have to put Kobe Beef and Chteau La Mondotte Saint-Emilion 1996 on their plates too :~(
With cell carriers doing stuff like this, I wonder if an analog SMS system would be practical. Data are sonically encoded as they are with a modem. Since cellphone noise levels are generally higher than landline noise levels, I suppose a slower (but more reliable) transmission system would be necessary. Chorded tones à la existing touchtone systems could work, or perhaps series of pulses (à la Morse code). Although an analog SMS system would use cellular minutes, it's far cheaper to make a 5-10 second phone call than it is to send a text message.
Some senators were skeptical, especially Ted Stevens of Alaska
Creating a new pipe would nullify his "clogged tubes" argument against net neutrality!
...our beloved ninth planet just got plutowned!
What do digital cameras, high-spec computers, and audio recording devices have in common? They were created for professionals, but have now permeated the amateur market. Perhaps there are some professional photographers who regularly use dinky point-and-shoot cameras for work and there may exist some animation studios where Celerons with 64mb RAM are still used, but they are becoming less and less common.
Most equipment starts out as expensive, professional-grade products which percolate down to amateur-grade products. The first digital SLR was based on Nikon's then top-of-the-line F3 model and cost in the tens of thousands of dollars. Now, you can buy a point-and-shoot with a plastic lens for under $10. Likewise, ENIAC wasn't a desk toy, whereas the Bondi Blue iMac arguably is.
BTW, most large databases are stored on expensive RAID systems with equally expensive tape backups. No serious business ever used floppies to backup its important data.
ostensibly professional-level graphics
But the GIMP isn't supposed to be a professional-level graphics application. I think Paint Shop Pro is a better GIMP equivalent: an application designed for the advanced home user who needs something above MSPAINT but would never use more than 1/128th of Photoshop's feature set.
...or a minimize button! :-)
What, an educated background? Contrary to this poster's claim, using the word "data" correctly is not a non-American idiom. 95% of educated people I know who were born and raised in the U.S. know that "data" is plural.
BTW, there are approximately 1,160,000 occurrences of "data are" on U.S. government websites.
lol i dunno sumting abot pore liturcy in the us lol!!1
I'd guess Fahrenheit 451.
There are no rogue sites on .gov domain names
I beg to differ.
Fallacious logic. The .bank registrar isn't performing a background check on the individual registering the domain. Instead, it's ensuring that the name being registered will actually represent a major financial institution. It's the same case with other "exclusive" domains: I don't think the .gov or .mil registrar performs a background check on the actual person registering the domain, but rather ensures that army.mil truly represents the United States Army.
.bank domain registered actually represents its respectively financial institution. The criminal deterrent isn't the $50,000, but rather the difficulty of proving that the domain represents what it claims to. I don't think the average phisher with $50,000 has any remote chance of convincing a discriminating registrar that he actually represents J.P. Morgan Chase. Returning to your analogy, it's a lot easier for a drug runner with $50,000 to falsify his own personal background than to convince DEA agents that he represents a pharmaceutical that transports painkillers, since the latter presumably requires statements from executives in the pharmaceutical stating that the transportation is legitimate.
Granted, there are many more financial institutions than government agencies, but it's possible to ensure that every
The plan is to create a very expensive TLD?
.gov, the difficultly of registering .bank would be less about high cost and more about proof of legitimacy (it doesn't hurt that .bank is also expensive). It'd be very hard for a criminal to prove that he represents a major financial institution. After all, you don't see criminals purporting to represent U.S. government agencies by using fake .gov domains. As long as .bank can truly be as exclusive as .gov or .mil, its level of security is by no means "false."
.bank is its ineffectiveness against one of the most common phishing URL formats, which uses the form of paypal.com.fakedomain.com. Chase.bank.omgphished.com would probably fool quite a few n00bs.
Not only expensive, but also exclusive. As with suffixes like
The only problem I see with
I hate the way they've stuffed the options up into the top left hand corner...
:-)
Funny, it's worked for Apple for all these years...
A single telephone line that serves more than one customer. Most often used in rural areas where it's not economical to install multiple lines. Privacy is nonexistent and I'd assume congestion is high.
Hmm... the article mentioned businesses switching exclusively to mobile services.
:-)
It would be interesting if a wireless carrier introduced PBX-esque switching and operation. If service is good enough (a factor I'd assume holds most people back from ditching the land line), I'm sure a lot of small businesses would forgo a PBX-based telephone for a more easily set-up wireless based system.
I'd certainly get a cell phone with blinky lights that indicate a call coming through on line three!
As Mathematica seems to be transitioning more and more into the realm of visualization, I wonder when Wolfram Research will add support for 3D-accelerated rendering. A lot of things I've drawn in Mathematica have been somewhat limited by the software's non-accelerated output capability.
High compression = slow and low compression = fast
You compressed the article into that statement. How long did it take to write the comment?
I wonder when Goatse.cz, the classic site's replacement will be sold, and for how much!
P.S. Don't click the link; it's a complete mirror of the original Goatse.
Well, I'm 16, so our definition of coolness is definitely somewhat different (for the record, I loath MySpace). But I'm sure we both agree that the support of "cool" proprietary CSS filters is an insignificant criterion for evaluating a browser.
In no way did my original post condone webmasters' exclusion of non-MSFT browsers simply so that they can use flashy CSS filters. Too often are flashy visual effects used as a substitute for artistic talent. Perhaps those webmasters who exclude non-IE users are compensating for some shortcoming?
Malware jokes aside, there are a few neat things that are IE exclusive, namely proprietary CSS filters (that allow things like embossing, color inversion, rotation, etc...) These, of course, are accomplished through DirectX. CSS filters can also be animated... it's sort of cool to have an entire page pixelate/warp/dissolve/rotate/... in.
But it doesn't defeat the purpose of coolness.
Is it to much to ask that they follow the laws like everyone else when not in an emergency?
Where did I ever state that they ought to be exempt from the law when not responding to an emergency? If I recall, I posted the exact opposite.
You really think that the ensuing chaos caused by ambulances amounts to tens to hundreds of thousands of fatalities/injuries each year!?
As you wrote yourself, your statement is "proof by lack of news coverage, brilliant!"
Sure. Here are some NHTSA data. A total number of 300 fatal crashes from 1991-2002 killed 275 occupants of other vehicles. Since we're discounting the "one dude in the ambulance," I won't factor in the 82 ambulance occupants killed in those 300 fatal crashes over a 11 year period into my figure. 275 fatalities over 11 years is certainly less than the tens to hundreds of thousands saved by ambulances each year.