> So what about simply telling them that your company requires the name and contact information for anyone who accesses your computer
Yeah, good luck with that. In 1994 I travelled to the US from Britain for a short vaction before going back to continue the Army officer training program. I carried with a me a number of restricted documents for study, such as the Tactical Aide Memoir and a letter from my CO authorizing the possession of this material. The CPB officer absolutely freaked out when he saw these in my hand luggage, and there ensued a huge photocopying frenzy, despite the fact that the first page in each manual contained the words "RESTRICTED - DO NOT PHOTOCOPY". The agent flat refused to provide any information about himself and refused to get his supervisor.
If the CBP agent was this uncooperative when national treaties concerning classified information are in play, imagine how much success you'll have when all you have is company policy.
Anyway, when I got back to my unit I had to file a full report, and while I didn't hear anything further on the matter, I'd like to think that somewhere, and ex-CBP agent is flipping burgers.
Have you thought about getting the STC for MOGAS and installing digital fuel flow and temperature monitoring? MOGAS is cheaper than AVGAS, and with more accurate cylinder head temperatures, you should be able to get high burn efficiency without risking detonation.
My old '76 Cherokee would cruise at a nice 8 gallons per hour with MOGAS. Of course, the problem with MOGAS is that it stinks very much bad and is not available everywhere, so your mileage may vary:)
You risk much! Whilst the UK no longer has the death penalty for treason (abolished in 1998), you can still be locked up and forced to watch endless reruns of Coronation Street and East Enders (which, some might say, is a fate worse than death).
As an expat living in the US, I'd never even consider moving back to the UK while they have this paranoid surveillance society. Sadly it seems to be migrating across the big pond though.
That's a coincidence because Peter Gabriel also had his servers stolen:) Since he's not exactly a favourite child of the RIAA, I suspect their hand in it.
"I would say to artists at the beginning of their career in this business: own your name, own your website, own your rights. There's a future with a record business, which I think does a great job sometimes, but as a service industry and not as owners of creative talent. But it's only if artists are smart enough, which traditionally we've never been, to act together and to work together that we're going to see that sort of future." (Peter Gabriel speaking at the BT Digital Music Awards in 2006)
It's pretty harsh to say that a soldier who comes back from a combat theater physically or mentally maimed deserved what they got because they signed up in the last 10 years. The nation will always need a military (at least, history suggests that this will continue to be the case), and the military will continue to need flesh and blood soldiers for the foreseeable future. Soldiers sign up for a variety of reasons, some for economic reasons, some for the adventure/thrill, and some for patriotic reasons, and while I agree that every soldier who enlisted in the last 10 years should have done so with the expectation that there was a high likelyhood of seeing combat and experiencing high cost that comes with it, that's a far cry from saying that he or she deserves the results. I'm also certain that very few potential recruits head down to their local recruiting office to fulfill his or her lifelong ambition to support the Military Industrial Complex.
The reality is that combat is a young man's game; the old men do the thinking, the young men do the fighting. Without a continual influx of new recruits over the last ten years, militarily, we'd be fucked.
I've bought all of my cables from Blue Jeans recently. Their pricing is good, quality is exceptional and the since I live in the Seattle area, I normally get my order delivered next day at normal ground shipping rates. There are only a few companies with whom I have been 100% happy and BJC is one of them.
There are (at least) two types of TPMS in use. One has a sensor/transmitter mounted inside the wheel at the location of the valve stem, the other measures and compares the average rpm of each wheel. I guess the advantage of the first method is that it provides instantaneous measurements, but it requires that you purchase new sensors (about $75 each, at least for my car) if you want to run different wheels for summer and winter. It also works off of absolute pressure, so when pressure drops below x psi, the on-board computer flags an alert. The second method requires more time to identify a low-pressure tire and has to take into account different rotational speeds due to cornering, etc., but has the benefit of being installed on the car rather than the tire and also doesn't need batteries. Oh, and it isn't a privacy concern, or a remote bomb detonation trigger, or a way for the man to give you a ticket, or... Holy crap! I'm just off out to remove my TPMS...
You wouldn't want, and probably couldn't afford, to pay for "guaranteed" bandwidth. Go compare the cost of an IP-provisioned T1 against the $35 or so per month that you're paying Comcast for your 8Mb/s connection and get ready for some serious sticker shock. It simply is not cost effective to design a network that can handle peak traffic from all users simulataneously. Get a clue.
You've used two laws of physics as examples, which, at least when I was at school, are generally provable under lab conditions; Moore's Law is not. It's a prediction based on an observation of past behaviour. Physical laws are in turn governed by higher physical laws, otherwise, the universe would be a pretty random place to live. I'd also like to point out that Avagodro's law is more correctly referred to as Avagadro's Theory or Avagadro's Hypothesis.
Somebody please explain to me how a fictional law is driving down flash prices as stated by the article. A 'law' must have some external controlling factor to ensure compliance. Moore's 'Law' is simply an observation of, and in no way contributes to, the on-going increase in processing power and reduction in price. Unless possibly, Moore has hired a bunch of goons to visit Intel if they don't comply.
You do realize that the US Air Force is charge with US cyberspace defence?! Check the latest recruiting commercials... Air, Space & Cyberspace.
This kind of response from the USAF is pretty disturbing given their new charter. Still, I supposed they could have called in an airstrike on the town and fixed the problem that way. We should be grateful for small mercies:)
The PS3 is one of the best blue ray players out there (certainly for the price), the only downside is the it is blue tooth controlled so you can't use an IR universal remote (solution here: http://schmartz.com/product.sc;jsessionid=31D29510044E94B65F23F1BC3BAAA581.qscweb25?categoryId=1&productId=4 ). It's also one of the few that are network upgradeable. For example, the Profile 1.1 spec has already been made available for the PS/3.
This is the way it works. You have to prove your capabilities to start with, but you should expect a fairly rapid increase in pay and responsibility for sustained high performance assuming that you have a good manager who has descretion to dispropotionately reward top contributors.
I have been in this situation, and now have the good fortune to be in the manager's seat. My staff have challenging but not crushing workloads so they work 40 hour weeks for the most part, have an office each, set their own office hours with the option to telecommute, and can expect to be well rewarded for stellar performance at review time. (Sorry, don't have any openings:)
The problem is that many young entrants into the work force don't want to pay their dues and want to start off on six figure salaries because they got a good grade at college. Sadly, good grades don't always translate into the work place, so an employer needs to be sure that you didn't oversell yourself before he starts showering you with gold.
The British Army now has ideal way to deliver the World's Funniest Joke to the battlefield. They are reportedly looking for a large number of English to Persian translators willing to work in isolated conditions.
Term using in the British Army meaning to shoot someone / be shot. In context: "If you don't learn the difference between cover and concealment you'll get slotted".
Sadly, no you didn't. The term was coined in spain, and the tactics can be traced back to at least the 8th century. The populace fighting an occupying or invading army though unconventional means is certainly not an American invention. And I hate to break it to you, but the French and 3000 mile logistical and C&C chain were probably the deciding factors in the war of 1776.
I think that hollow point rounds are prohibited by the Hague convention, rather than the Geneva convention, but even so, both of these agreements govern behaviour during declared war. So, you couldn't use a JHP round on an enemy soldier, but it's totally legal to use on a hijacker.
The reason that they make this law simple is as follows:
If you shine a laser into the eye(s) of a pilot causing momentary blindness in the day or longer blindness at night, you may cause an accident resulting in death, etc.
As a pilot, and realizing how critical it is to control light sources within the cockpit on night flights, I fully support the penalty. The last thing I want is to be on final approach and have some idiot shine a laser at me.
Ok, so I'm confused. Didn't HP get out of medical research and products when it divested Agilent in order to focus on its core computer/printer business?
Reuters would seem to disagree with your second statement; ranking the US as the fifth highest per capita emissions. I'd have no problem believing that the US has the highest total emissions, but I'm too lazy to look it up.
Wake turbulence scares the pants off of me. It's quite possible that a light aircraft entering the wake turbelence of a heavy aircraft (both the propulsion wake and the vortices from the wing tips) would exceed it's g-loading limits and experience in-flight seperation (I've pulled many more Gs than the load rating allows for in a C-150 as the result of a botched spin-entry, so they're pretty tough) , but it's more likely that it will end up in an unusual attitude and (as these situations invariably seem to happen either on approach or take-off) too close to the ground to recover. There are procedures in place like landing beyond the touchdown point of the heavier aircraft and rotating on take-off prior to the rotation point of the other plane that ensure that you don't inadvertantly fly through its wake. It's always worth remembering that "Cleared to take-off" and "Cleared to land" both mean "Proceed with prudence..."
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> So what about simply telling them that your company requires the name and contact information for anyone who accesses your computer
Yeah, good luck with that. In 1994 I travelled to the US from Britain for a short vaction before going back to continue the Army officer training program. I carried with a me a number of restricted documents for study, such as the Tactical Aide Memoir and a letter from my CO authorizing the possession of this material. The CPB officer absolutely freaked out when he saw these in my hand luggage, and there ensued a huge photocopying frenzy, despite the fact that the first page in each manual contained the words "RESTRICTED - DO NOT PHOTOCOPY". The agent flat refused to provide any information about himself and refused to get his supervisor.
If the CBP agent was this uncooperative when national treaties concerning classified information are in play, imagine how much success you'll have when all you have is company policy.
Anyway, when I got back to my unit I had to file a full report, and while I didn't hear anything further on the matter, I'd like to think that somewhere, and ex-CBP agent is flipping burgers.
Have you thought about getting the STC for MOGAS and installing digital fuel flow and temperature monitoring? MOGAS is cheaper than AVGAS, and with more accurate cylinder head temperatures, you should be able to get high burn efficiency without risking detonation.
:)
My old '76 Cherokee would cruise at a nice 8 gallons per hour with MOGAS. Of course, the problem with MOGAS is that it stinks very much bad and is not available everywhere, so your mileage may vary
You risk much! Whilst the UK no longer has the death penalty for treason (abolished in 1998), you can still be locked up and forced to watch endless reruns of Coronation Street and East Enders (which, some might say, is a fate worse than death).
As an expat living in the US, I'd never even consider moving back to the UK while they have this paranoid surveillance society. Sadly it seems to be migrating across the big pond though.
That's a coincidence because Peter Gabriel also had his servers stolen :) Since he's not exactly a favourite child of the RIAA, I suspect their hand in it.
"I would say to artists at the beginning of their career in this business: own your name, own your website, own your rights. There's a future with a record business, which I think does a great job sometimes, but as a service industry and not as owners of creative talent. But it's only if artists are smart enough, which traditionally we've never been, to act together and to work together that we're going to see that sort of future." (Peter Gabriel speaking at the BT Digital Music Awards in 2006)
It's pretty harsh to say that a soldier who comes back from a combat theater physically or mentally maimed deserved what they got because they signed up in the last 10 years. The nation will always need a military (at least, history suggests that this will continue to be the case), and the military will continue to need flesh and blood soldiers for the foreseeable future.
Soldiers sign up for a variety of reasons, some for economic reasons, some for the adventure/thrill, and some for patriotic reasons, and while I agree that every soldier who enlisted in the last 10 years should have done so with the expectation that there was a high likelyhood of seeing combat and experiencing high cost that comes with it, that's a far cry from saying that he or she deserves the results. I'm also certain that very few potential recruits head down to their local recruiting office to fulfill his or her lifelong ambition to support the Military Industrial Complex.
The reality is that combat is a young man's game; the old men do the thinking, the young men do the fighting. Without a continual influx of new recruits over the last ten years, militarily, we'd be fucked.
I've bought all of my cables from Blue Jeans recently. Their pricing is good, quality is exceptional and the since I live in the Seattle area, I normally get my order delivered next day at normal ground shipping rates. There are only a few companies with whom I have been 100% happy and BJC is one of them.
I'm a big fan of green on dark grey with low level back lighting behind my LCD monitor...
Text: R:0 G:255 B:0
Screen: R:100 G:100 B:100
There are (at least) two types of TPMS in use. One has a sensor/transmitter mounted inside the wheel at the location of the valve stem, the other measures and compares the average rpm of each wheel. I guess the advantage of the first method is that it provides instantaneous measurements, but it requires that you purchase new sensors (about $75 each, at least for my car) if you want to run different wheels for summer and winter. It also works off of absolute pressure, so when pressure drops below x psi, the on-board computer flags an alert. The second method requires more time to identify a low-pressure tire and has to take into account different rotational speeds due to cornering, etc., but has the benefit of being installed on the car rather than the tire and also doesn't need batteries. Oh, and it isn't a privacy concern, or a remote bomb detonation trigger, or a way for the man to give you a ticket, or... Holy crap! I'm just off out to remove my TPMS...
You wouldn't want, and probably couldn't afford, to pay for "guaranteed" bandwidth. Go compare the cost of an IP-provisioned T1 against the $35 or so per month that you're paying Comcast for your 8Mb/s connection and get ready for some serious sticker shock. It simply is not cost effective to design a network that can handle peak traffic from all users simulataneously. Get a clue.
Sad that the moderators missed your most excellent Elite reference...
You've used two laws of physics as examples, which, at least when I was at school, are generally provable under lab conditions; Moore's Law is not. It's a prediction based on an observation of past behaviour. Physical laws are in turn governed by higher physical laws, otherwise, the universe would be a pretty random place to live.
I'd also like to point out that Avagodro's law is more correctly referred to as Avagadro's Theory or Avagadro's Hypothesis.
Somebody please explain to me how a fictional law is driving down flash prices as stated by the article. A 'law' must have some external controlling factor to ensure compliance. Moore's 'Law' is simply an observation of, and in no way contributes to, the on-going increase in processing power and reduction in price. Unless possibly, Moore has hired a bunch of goons to visit Intel if they don't comply.
Please, please, stop calling it Moore's Law...
You do realize that the US Air Force is charge with US cyberspace defence?! Check the latest recruiting commercials... Air, Space & Cyberspace.
:)
This kind of response from the USAF is pretty disturbing given their new charter. Still, I supposed they could have called in an airstrike on the town and fixed the problem that way. We should be grateful for small mercies
The PS3 is one of the best blue ray players out there (certainly for the price), the only downside is the it is blue tooth controlled so you can't use an IR universal remote (solution here:
http://schmartz.com/product.sc;jsessionid=31D29510044E94B65F23F1BC3BAAA581.qscweb25?categoryId=1&productId=4
). It's also one of the few that are network upgradeable. For example, the Profile 1.1 spec has already been made available for the PS/3.
This is the way it works. You have to prove your capabilities to start with, but you should expect a fairly rapid increase in pay and responsibility for sustained high performance assuming that you have a good manager who has descretion to dispropotionately reward top contributors.
:)
I have been in this situation, and now have the good fortune to be in the manager's seat. My staff have challenging but not crushing workloads so they work 40 hour weeks for the most part, have an office each, set their own office hours with the option to telecommute, and can expect to be well rewarded for stellar performance at review time. (Sorry, don't have any openings
The problem is that many young entrants into the work force don't want to pay their dues and want to start off on six figure salaries because they got a good grade at college. Sadly, good grades don't always translate into the work place, so an employer needs to be sure that you didn't oversell yourself before he starts showering you with gold.
Just my 2c worth.
The British Army now has ideal way to deliver the World's Funniest Joke to the battlefield. They are reportedly looking for a large number of English to Persian translators willing to work in isolated conditions.
I buy my cables from Blue Jeans Cables in Seattle. They're not quite as cheap as the GP's supplier, but they are excellent quality:
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/
Term using in the British Army meaning to shoot someone / be shot. In context: "If you don't learn the difference between cover and concealment you'll get slotted".
Sadly, no you didn't. The term was coined in spain, and the tactics can be traced back to at least the 8th century. The populace fighting an occupying or invading army though unconventional means is certainly not an American invention. And I hate to break it to you, but the French and 3000 mile logistical and C&C chain were probably the deciding factors in the war of 1776.
I think that hollow point rounds are prohibited by the Hague convention, rather than the Geneva convention, but even so, both of these agreements govern behaviour during declared war. So, you couldn't use a JHP round on an enemy soldier, but it's totally legal to use on a hijacker.
Will that thing really make it to 41000 feet? What's the rate of climb?
The reason that they make this law simple is as follows:
If you shine a laser into the eye(s) of a pilot causing momentary blindness in the day or longer blindness at night, you may cause an accident resulting in death, etc.
As a pilot, and realizing how critical it is to control light sources within the cockpit on night flights, I fully support the penalty. The last thing I want is to be on final approach and have some idiot shine a laser at me.
It's just stupid. Don't do it.
Ok, so I'm confused. Didn't HP get out of medical research and products when it divested Agilent in order to focus on its core computer/printer business?
Reuters would seem to disagree with your second statement; ranking the US as the fifth highest per capita emissions. I'd have no problem believing that the US has the highest total emissions, but I'm too lazy to look it up.
http://www.reutersinteractive.com/CarbonNews/73074
BTW, thanks for raising the quality of this thread.
Qualified pilot here...
Wake turbulence scares the pants off of me. It's quite possible that a light aircraft entering the wake turbelence of a heavy aircraft (both the propulsion wake and the vortices from the wing tips) would exceed it's g-loading limits and experience in-flight seperation (I've pulled many more Gs than the load rating allows for in a C-150 as the result of a botched spin-entry, so they're pretty tough) , but it's more likely that it will end up in an unusual attitude and (as these situations invariably seem to happen either on approach or take-off) too close to the ground to recover.
There are procedures in place like landing beyond the touchdown point of the heavier aircraft and rotating on take-off prior to the rotation point of the other plane that ensure that you don't inadvertantly fly through its wake. It's always worth remembering that "Cleared to take-off" and "Cleared to land" both mean "Proceed with prudence..."
It's thought that this guy was the victim of wake turbulence: http://www.ladder54.com/Photosplane.htm