There were not really many Japanese on U.S. soil during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
While there were other attacks on U.S. soil I do not think you can really compare the devastation experienced in the countries of Europe and Asia with the damage in the U.S. I also do not want to minimize the bravery of U.S. service men of the tragedy in civilian deaths but I really do not think prolonged armed conflict in a country can help that countries economic prospects.
So, this will be interesting if the media keeps us informed on how things go after the signs are no longer there. I think, in some sense, drivers do not need signs, after all pilots do not have signs (once they are in the air). While most airplanes have radios, many do not and there is established rules about how to deal with air traffic that is not communicating. On the other hand most airspace is relatively empty and pilots are trained to deal with situations without signs.
On the other hand I am not so sure I like the line
"We're getting rid of the division between cars and pedestrians."
As a pedestrian I would like to keep and extend this division.
Bullets ARE about the size of a hornet and already follow and kill people.
If the bullet was following someone cleaver enough to move out of the way, it is very very cheap to send another.
Why do I keep seeing the word terrorist?
Wouldn't "criminal" be more pertinent (terrorist are criminals after all)?
In some ways the bit at the top about using an airline boarding pass to buy an airline ticket in my name worries me more. After all I might actually have to pay for those tickets.
The whole RFID in passports seems to me to be a combination of a bunch of bureaucrats wanting to "do something" about security and a bunch of salesmen with "the answer". I do not mind a little security theater but I would like to get the feeling that there is someone out there who is doing some actual security.
I know that not every one will agree but I think Morse code might be a good choice.
I recently spent a little time learning the letters and it was surprisingly easy.
I think it would make a really good text entry method for a lot of mobile applications.
What does every one think of this?
"don't you think that atmospheric drag would have already deorbitted the ISS itself?"
The ISS is in low Earth orbit and does experience atmospheric drag. There is no reason to think trash thrown out would not de orbit in time. How much time, I do not know.
From Wikipedia
"The space station is located in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of approximately 360 km (220 miles), a type of orbit usually termed low Earth orbit (The actual height varies over time by several kilometres due to atmospheric drag and reboosts)."
Re:Shows how old those damn satellites must be :-)
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I think it will be interesting to see how the usual historic inaccuracies will be dealt with.
I recently spent several months looking over historic maps around Newark Bay in New Jersey. Most of what we looked at came from NOAA and while I have a great deal of confidence in the abilities of the mapmakers, there are still many issues having to do with datums and resolution that I never thought about before I started working with historic maps. When you deal with charts and maps you really have to start thinking about things like accuracy verses precision.
Artist can do this sort of thing also.
I went to an art show this weekend ans saw a xylophone controlled by a camera. It played when people walked in front of it. (picturevideo).
I think that this sort of thing is pretty interesting and I am looking forward to the next things that are thought up. I also tend to believe that the most interesting things are thought up by individuals. Large corporation do ok making things but individuals are, maybe, a little freer to take ideas to an extreme and not worry about appealing to millions to recoup an investment.
You might need the (a better) cover to keep some one from stealing the card. If the election looks like it is going poorly for your favorite you could steal the card at the end of the day and your candidate would have a second chance.
Try to imagine that there might be situation, while you are traveling, when you would not be standing in the middle of an empty room.
Imaging being in a hotel room and putting the passport on a desk.
Imagine having the passport in a pocket and sitting in a seat on a train.
leaning on a railing
standing in line with other people around
In short try to imaging how you might get a RFID antenna close to a RFID tag and you might be able to see how the tag might be detected or read.
I would like to see a survey asking if they would feel the same way if Hillary Clinton was president.
I do not support secret wire tapping but would feel a little better if I could snoop into what all government agencies and officials were doing. If there actions were completely in the open then maybe they would behave a little better.
I think part of the problem is not just that Americans are giving losing privacy but that a certain powerful segment is able to keep things private (secret wire tapping by government officials and agencies).
If we could snoop into what they are doing they might behave a little better.
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We must defended ourselves from these cyber bizs.
Does The Department of Homeland Security have a plan.
At least I read (and cringed some) at the term as found in Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" published in January 2003. Despite this I tend like his writing and ideas.
This usage may appear earlier but I do not know where.
While there were other attacks on U.S. soil I do not think you can really compare the devastation experienced in the countries of Europe and Asia with the damage in the U.S. I also do not want to minimize the bravery of U.S. service men of the tragedy in civilian deaths but I really do not think prolonged armed conflict in a country can help that countries economic prospects.
On the other hand I am not so sure I like the line
"We're getting rid of the division between cars and pedestrians."
As a pedestrian I would like to keep and extend this division.
Bullets ARE about the size of a hornet and already follow and kill people.
If the bullet was following someone cleaver enough to move out of the way, it is very very cheap to send another.
Wouldn't "criminal" be more pertinent (terrorist are criminals after all)?
In some ways the bit at the top about using an airline boarding pass to buy an airline ticket in my name worries me more. After all I might actually have to pay for those tickets.
The whole RFID in passports seems to me to be a combination of a bunch of bureaucrats wanting to "do something" about security and a bunch of salesmen with "the answer". I do not mind a little security theater but I would like to get the feeling that there is someone out there who is doing some actual security.
I know that not every one will agree but I think Morse code might be a good choice.
I recently spent a little time learning the letters and it was surprisingly easy.
I think it would make a really good text entry method for a lot of mobile applications.
What does every one think of this?
With a little know how you can have one of your own.- gun/
http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/21/robotic-sentry
A tower that long could also fall on us.
The ISS is in low Earth orbit and does experience atmospheric drag. There is no reason to think trash thrown out would not de orbit in time. How much time, I do not know.
From Wikipedia
"The space station is located in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of approximately 360 km (220 miles), a type of orbit usually termed low Earth orbit (The actual height varies over time by several kilometres due to atmospheric drag and reboosts)."
I recently spent several months looking over historic maps around Newark Bay in New Jersey. Most of what we looked at came from NOAA and while I have a great deal of confidence in the abilities of the mapmakers, there are still many issues having to do with datums and resolution that I never thought about before I started working with historic maps. When you deal with charts and maps you really have to start thinking about things like accuracy verses precision.
Here are a couple interesting documents about the accuracy of charts
Behind the Accuracy of Electronic Charts--What Every Mariner Should Know about Electronic and Paper Charts
Chart Accuracy
Artist can do this sort of thing also. I went to an art show this weekend ans saw a xylophone controlled by a camera. It played when people walked in front of it. (picture video). I think that this sort of thing is pretty interesting and I am looking forward to the next things that are thought up. I also tend to believe that the most interesting things are thought up by individuals. Large corporation do ok making things but individuals are, maybe, a little freer to take ideas to an extreme and not worry about appealing to millions to recoup an investment.
Is this like computers making paper or pencils obsolete?
Wikipedia will just be another source of information.
I think it will always be useful to hold and examine physical objects to help understand them.
There are villains and bad guys in the movies
not just good guys who want to save the world.
But they did not give the exact date. Maybe it is all a sad joke.
When we will see massive improvements in applications...
You might need the (a better) cover to keep some one from stealing the card. If the election looks like it is going poorly for your favorite you could steal the card at the end of the day and your candidate would have a second chance.
There could be an uproar from Republicans, Green Party, independents, etc.
No,
I think the idea is to keep the voices from leaking out.
I think it is worth noting that George Tenet is listed as an insider according to Yahho
Think this makes it a phone for supper geeks.
Try to imagine that there might be situation, while you are traveling, when you would not be standing in the middle of an empty room. Imaging being in a hotel room and putting the passport on a desk. Imagine having the passport in a pocket and sitting in a seat on a train. leaning on a railing standing in line with other people around In short try to imaging how you might get a RFID antenna close to a RFID tag and you might be able to see how the tag might be detected or read.
Oh no, I thought the scalpel was moving away from the patient!!!
I do not support secret wire tapping but would feel a little better if I could snoop into what all government agencies and officials were doing. If there actions were completely in the open then maybe they would behave a little better.
If we could snoop into what they are doing they might behave a little better.