I had two breaking attempts last year. After the first attempt, I had my landlord install better locks, and I also made my own security solution. Being in an apartment, I can't get a major brand alarm system (that comes with a three year contract)
So, I bought a Panasonic BL-C230A web camera. I made custom mobile page on a website, which I use to arm and disarm my "alarm". I've also setup the panasonic camera to visit a URL every time it detects motion. If the alarm is armed and it receives a visit on this URL, it will send me a text message and an email letting me know that it has detected motion. I also have it uploaded an image to an offsite FTP server whenever it records motion (which is somewhat bandwidth intensive). However, I can pull up a website and see every recent event that happened in my apartment.
I also contemplated using Tropo as an alerting system for phone and SMS. Doing so would even let me setup a call tree and all that. I never got around to implementing it but it seems like it would have worked well for this.
Also, I tried a D-Link model before the Panasonic webcam. The Panasonic ended up being the best camera for this solution though. The huge feature is the infrared motion sensor. Most webcams seem to detect motion by a determining a change in the image. However, if anything causes the change shift quickly, these give off a false positive. Which is not a great thing for an alarm to do several times a day. A few other nice features are the FTP capability, visiting a webpage when motion is detected, PTZ, and external inputs and outputs (for example, you could use these for a door open/close sensor or a siren).
You hear stories about this all the time. And I'm sure they were true. With the computerization of vital records, this is now nearly impossible. Back in the day, each state used to keep its own birth and death records in sepearte files and did not cross-reference them. However, today, it is easy for the government to verify if a death certificate has been issued for a birth certificate before issuing you new credentials.
I used to be a wikipedia administrator, before resigning due to time constraints. However, we would catch a lot of the copyright issues. I mean, when you're reading an article, and part of its plagerized, it's usually really obvious. The plagarized part usually doesn't fit into the rest of the article.. and you can just tell that the average editor didn't write that copy. (Just as I'm sure a teacher can tell one of his/her students didn't write a plagerized essay) Once you found the possibly infringing content, you could google parts of the suspect text, and see if it appears anywhere else. If it does, you'd either report the problem or remove it yourself.
I used to run into these all the time... but the thing is... a lot of them are caught and removed. Wikipedia has a system to deal with such infrigements, and the users that post them. (See Wikipedia's policy and their copyright problems reporting page) The truth is that you're going to find copyright problems wherever there is user-submitted content (look at YouTub!, for example).
The University of Alberta project has been around for a while now.... and the last time I read about it (and tried their poker school)... it wasn't very good at beating humans. It tends to do a lot better heads up against a person, but if it's playing more than one person... it doesn't do so well.
I think the concept behind MSNBC was originally to be a sort of tech TV channel, as it emerged right around when the internet was coming into the mainsteam But that whole concept flopped.. and eventually they just became a 24 hours news network.
I'm sorry, but when I was a kid the firefighters always used to tell us to leave the house, make sure that everyone is out, and then have a neighbor call 911. Had he done this, he probably would have had time to come back and rescue his computer.
I understand that this may not apply in situations where it is a rural location and your closest neighbor lives a couple of miles away, but looking at his house from google maps... it seems like this is not the case.
This isn't as bad as some profane articles I found some congressional aides/staffers writing about each other... which was confirmed by their senate IP addresses...
Don't store your password at all. It's the most secure option. If you're storing your password, the intruder won't need to read your plaintext password from the accounts file... he can login without it.
Directly from the Sunbird website: "At the moment Sunbird is in an experimental stage. Although it is quite stable, we recommend it for testing purposes only."
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I had two breaking attempts last year. After the first attempt, I had my landlord install better locks, and I also made my own security solution. Being in an apartment, I can't get a major brand alarm system (that comes with a three year contract)
So, I bought a Panasonic BL-C230A web camera. I made custom mobile page on a website, which I use to arm and disarm my "alarm". I've also setup the panasonic camera to visit a URL every time it detects motion. If the alarm is armed and it receives a visit on this URL, it will send me a text message and an email letting me know that it has detected motion. I also have it uploaded an image to an offsite FTP server whenever it records motion (which is somewhat bandwidth intensive). However, I can pull up a website and see every recent event that happened in my apartment.
I also contemplated using Tropo as an alerting system for phone and SMS. Doing so would even let me setup a call tree and all that. I never got around to implementing it but it seems like it would have worked well for this.
Also, I tried a D-Link model before the Panasonic webcam. The Panasonic ended up being the best camera for this solution though. The huge feature is the infrared motion sensor. Most webcams seem to detect motion by a determining a change in the image. However, if anything causes the change shift quickly, these give off a false positive. Which is not a great thing for an alarm to do several times a day. A few other nice features are the FTP capability, visiting a webpage when motion is detected, PTZ, and external inputs and outputs (for example, you could use these for a door open/close sensor or a siren).
You hear stories about this all the time. And I'm sure they were true. With the computerization of vital records, this is now nearly impossible. Back in the day, each state used to keep its own birth and death records in sepearte files and did not cross-reference them. However, today, it is easy for the government to verify if a death certificate has been issued for a birth certificate before issuing you new credentials.
As the article has been updated... they have redacted the part about it being the IEMI number.
You don't really need to trump up charges... they most likely don't have an FCC license... which you need to legally operate a radar gun
I used to be a wikipedia administrator, before resigning due to time constraints. However, we would catch a lot of the copyright issues. I mean, when you're reading an article, and part of its plagerized, it's usually really obvious. The plagarized part usually doesn't fit into the rest of the article.. and you can just tell that the average editor didn't write that copy. (Just as I'm sure a teacher can tell one of his/her students didn't write a plagerized essay) Once you found the possibly infringing content, you could google parts of the suspect text, and see if it appears anywhere else. If it does, you'd either report the problem or remove it yourself.
I used to run into these all the time... but the thing is... a lot of them are caught and removed. Wikipedia has a system to deal with such infrigements, and the users that post them. (See Wikipedia's policy and their copyright problems reporting page) The truth is that you're going to find copyright problems wherever there is user-submitted content (look at YouTub!, for example).
The University of Alberta project has been around for a while now.... and the last time I read about it (and tried their poker school)... it wasn't very good at beating humans. It tends to do a lot better heads up against a person, but if it's playing more than one person... it doesn't do so well.
Of this incident
I think the concept behind MSNBC was originally to be a sort of tech TV channel, as it emerged right around when the internet was coming into the mainsteam But that whole concept flopped.. and eventually they just became a 24 hours news network.
Originally, the ownership of MSNBC was 50% microsoft and 50% NBC, but back in late 2005 NBC bought 32% of microsoft's share in the company. So, Microsoft really doesn't have a controlling stake in the company.
Although... NBC has always said that Microsoft doesn't have editorial control.
I'm sorry, but when I was a kid the firefighters always used to tell us to leave the house, make sure that everyone is out, and then have a neighbor call 911. Had he done this, he probably would have had time to come back and rescue his computer.
I understand that this may not apply in situations where it is a rural location and your closest neighbor lives a couple of miles away, but looking at his house from google maps... it seems like this is not the case.
unless they have the razr v3i which has airplane mode and enables you to use most of the features without and radio interference
A bunch of phones have Airplane mode on it. However, it disables one of the most important features of the phone, making phone calls.
Actually, I just looked at the edits again, and it looks like they were senate pages.
Here is one of the edits
This isn't as bad as some profane articles I found some congressional aides/staffers writing about each other... which was confirmed by their senate IP addresses...
You could always report it to CERT (US Computer Emergency Readiness Team) or the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.
No system is infallible....
Don't store your password at all. It's the most secure option. If you're storing your password, the intruder won't need to read your plaintext password from the accounts file... he can login without it.
I wonder if this is what he looks like now...
I wonder if this is what he looks like now...
No, but you could probably add another RFID tag, with a larger antenna and stronger signal....
Rent the ass copier for office party.
He's bound to get good reviews now that the story has been slashdotted........
By the way, who do you think his one positive review (that was allegedly removed by amazon) came from?
Microwave radiation directed at people. Sounds safe to me.
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Directly from the Sunbird website:
"At the moment Sunbird is in an experimental stage. Although it is quite stable, we recommend it for testing purposes only."
It may be a good idea to spend a bit extra for a warranty like this if you're doing this kind of photography.