Disclaimer: I am a private pilot, but know several commercial pilots.
Congress decided that regional airlines (who pay pilots $18-22K/year to fly) needed pilots with more experience instead of the previous 800 hours they were required to have, due to accidents such as Colgan Air 3407. Others have argued that pilot fatigue (regional pilots schedules are pretty grueling, and you're only paid cabin door close to cabin door open), as well as pressure from the airlines themselves to meet business metrics are the issues.
Right now, you're looking at a couple of bucks per month per device on traditional cellular networks for machine to machine interfaces. If you can pay $1K/month and have all of your devices within 30-50 miles reachable, even if its low-speed, that's a big deal.
We're a hosting company, so our gear is distributed across two datacenters. One in Amsterdam, one in Sweden. We started in Chicago (both myself and my partner live in the Chicago suburbs), so our first POP was put together in a datacenter in the financial district downtown.
Then we picked up a couple EU clients, so their data had to be in the EU due to draconian US privacy laws. Then our US clients got wind of what we had, and asked us to move them there. Now, just the staff are in the US and a couple racks in a Chicago datacenter. Shortly those racks will be in Amsterdam/Sweden, and we'll manage everything remotely.
What's that? You want access to the data? Sorry charlie.
We already had the majority of our equipment in Europe. We're moving the last of our data and processes over the next 60 days from Chicago to Amsterdam.
You would think the list would be a simple REST API-backed site.
Carriers submit IMEI, Carrier, Police Report Number, CreatedOn. Upon activating service, their middleware would make a call to the API providing the IMEI. IMEI count > 0? NO SERVICE FOR YOU.
I think parent was referring to portrayls of violence vs. sex. TV shows portray violence ALL the time in the US and it's rarely commented on. The moment someone slips a boobie in, all hell breaks loose.
This. Also, I agree with your sentiments about brazen police who shoot or maim someone and aren't held accountable "because the victim had it coming/cops have a hard job/etc."
You mean like in castle doctrine states (Texas, Florida) where you can shoot someone in the back when they're running from your property and claim it as self-defense?
Which is somewhat humorous, as selling your body for sex and selling an organ are both prohibited to "protect" someone. As with both cases, if its handled in a safe and regulated way, neither scenario is dangerous nor predatory.
Having sex is legal, and so is being in public. Is that a good argument that sex in public should be legal? No, because society has decided that when you put those two things together, you get something that is fundamentally different from either in isolation.
In Europe, sex is ok and violence is looked down upon. In the US, violence is ok and sex is looked down upon. I leave the morality of each general consensus as an exercise for the reader.
Disclaimer: I've had sex in public in Amsterdam, but that was in my early 20s before it was legal.
What is the US going to do if a European country starts jamming the US GPS system? Beg them to attack themselves? They sure as hell can't afford to attack Europe.
Pay Gazprom a higher rate for their gas, depriving Europe of warmth in the dead of winter.
I see the difference; I'm just saying its a very small difference.
The US has gone into sovereign nations to execute individuals we're at odds with; you think jamming a location based service is going to chill our spines?
Selective availability can be turned on by geographic region, in order to degrade the civilian signal. This allows you to only degrade the middle-east, while still maintaining precision position determination for the rest of the world. If the US wants to deny position determination, they would just jam Galileo. I supposed the EU could always send the US a sternly worded letter if that were to occur.
Simple geometry states you need three satellites for an accurate 2D fix, and four satellites for a 3D fix, not whether you have access to the encrypted P(Y) code.
Same experience here. I've had T-Mobile for over 12 years (from when they were Voicestream). I'm currently on a Galaxy Nexus unlocked and purchased straight from Google on a $50/month unlimited voice/data/text plan.
Completely agree. My original post suggests using artificial methods to integrate and slowly replace human tissue with an alternative that can last longer.
I.E. I have no intention of going through the messy process called death.
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This is already done. You earn your 1500 hours (previously 800) needed to become a regional pilot by acting as flight instructor to new pilots.
Disclaimer: I am a private pilot, but know several commercial pilots.
Congress decided that regional airlines (who pay pilots $18-22K/year to fly) needed pilots with more experience instead of the previous 800 hours they were required to have, due to accidents such as Colgan Air 3407. Others have argued that pilot fatigue (regional pilots schedules are pretty grueling, and you're only paid cabin door close to cabin door open), as well as pressure from the airlines themselves to meet business metrics are the issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgan_Air_Flight_3407
Right now, you're looking at a couple of bucks per month per device on traditional cellular networks for machine to machine interfaces. If you can pay $1K/month and have all of your devices within 30-50 miles reachable, even if its low-speed, that's a big deal.
Whoosh. I apparently have dated myself.
https://www.google.com/search?q=double+secret+probation
Looks like someone is going to be on double secret probation.
We're a hosting company, so our gear is distributed across two datacenters. One in Amsterdam, one in Sweden. We started in Chicago (both myself and my partner live in the Chicago suburbs), so our first POP was put together in a datacenter in the financial district downtown.
Then we picked up a couple EU clients, so their data had to be in the EU due to draconian US privacy laws. Then our US clients got wind of what we had, and asked us to move them there. Now, just the staff are in the US and a couple racks in a Chicago datacenter. Shortly those racks will be in Amsterdam/Sweden, and we'll manage everything remotely.
What's that? You want access to the data? Sorry charlie.
Own the hardware and host it outside of the US.
We already had the majority of our equipment in Europe. We're moving the last of our data and processes over the next 60 days from Chicago to Amsterdam.
People put a whole lot of power/trust in third-party non-profits all the time. ARIN, ICANN, etc.
You would think the list would be a simple REST API-backed site.
Carriers submit IMEI, Carrier, Police Report Number, CreatedOn. Upon activating service, their middleware would make a call to the API providing the IMEI. IMEI count > 0? NO SERVICE FOR YOU.
London does it successfully:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/congestioncharging/
I think parent was referring to portrayls of violence vs. sex. TV shows portray violence ALL the time in the US and it's rarely commented on. The moment someone slips a boobie in, all hell breaks loose.
This. Also, I agree with your sentiments about brazen police who shoot or maim someone and aren't held accountable "because the victim had it coming/cops have a hard job/etc."
You mean like in castle doctrine states (Texas, Florida) where you can shoot someone in the back when they're running from your property and claim it as self-defense?
If they have a proven track record (amazing salesperson, etc), yes.
I've worked at places where hiring prostitues was done on a corporate credit card. If you think this is a big deal, you're grossly misinformed.
Which is somewhat humorous, as selling your body for sex and selling an organ are both prohibited to "protect" someone. As with both cases, if its handled in a safe and regulated way, neither scenario is dangerous nor predatory.
Having sex is legal, and so is being in public. Is that a good argument that sex in public should be legal? No, because society has decided that when you put those two things together, you get something that is fundamentally different from either in isolation.
I don't know about the rest of Europe, but Amsterdam at least disagrees:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive//ldn/2008/mar/08031409
In Europe, sex is ok and violence is looked down upon. In the US, violence is ok and sex is looked down upon. I leave the morality of each general consensus as an exercise for the reader.
Disclaimer: I've had sex in public in Amsterdam, but that was in my early 20s before it was legal.
What is the US going to do if a European country starts jamming the US GPS system? Beg them to attack themselves? They sure as hell can't afford to attack Europe.
Pay Gazprom a higher rate for their gas, depriving Europe of warmth in the dead of winter.
I see the difference; I'm just saying its a very small difference.
The US has gone into sovereign nations to execute individuals we're at odds with; you think jamming a location based service is going to chill our spines?
Selective availability can be turned on by geographic region, in order to degrade the civilian signal. This allows you to only degrade the middle-east, while still maintaining precision position determination for the rest of the world. If the US wants to deny position determination, they would just jam Galileo. I supposed the EU could always send the US a sternly worded letter if that were to occur.
Simple geometry states you need three satellites for an accurate 2D fix, and four satellites for a 3D fix, not whether you have access to the encrypted P(Y) code.
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/12866/gps-positioning-why-four-satellites
http://www.cmtinc.com/gpsbook/chap5.html
http://www.gpsnuts.com/mygps/gps/technical/ed.htm
Note that the final reference I list is written by someone who is a GPS analyst and has worked for the DOD on the GPS system since 1975.
Well dressed and professional? Please catch up with the times. How you dress has nothing to do with your job performance.
Note: The Mars Curiosity Flight Director dyes his hair red and sports a mohawk.
http://www.reidwalley.com/wp-content/uploads/bobak-flight-director-mars.jpg
Same experience here. I've had T-Mobile for over 12 years (from when they were Voicestream). I'm currently on a Galaxy Nexus unlocked and purchased straight from Google on a $50/month unlimited voice/data/text plan.
If you can write code to drive a car 300K miles without any human intervention, you can write code to have an armed aircraft engage other aircraft.
Ground stations are for the unprepared.
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" - Ronald Regan
Right. Unless you're on social security. Or Medicare. Or unemployment. Or food stamps. Or are a government or military employee.
Completely agree. My original post suggests using artificial methods to integrate and slowly replace human tissue with an alternative that can last longer.
I.E. I have no intention of going through the messy process called death.