We are all humans. We grow within our Mothers and are born and begin our development over time outside our mothers. Independence grows over time.
As a young person near Boston, I used to take myself into the Boston Science Museum on Saturdays each weekend. I was not accompanied by another family member. I used the Mattapan High Speed Trolley and Red Line and then the Green Line to get to Science Park. I did this almost every weekend between the ages of 7 and 13. My Route.
At age 7, I once took my younger siblings with me to see Woody Allenâ(TM)s âTake the Money and Runâ. It was rated âMâ(TM).
I used to ride my bicycle around Milton, MA until the street lights came on during the summer. At Age 13 I rode my bicycle from Milton MA to North Falmouth MA. Later I participated in Centuries.
The likelihood of violence being inflicted upon any child is very low, but increases when the violence is being inflicted by another child. Bad stuff does happen, and the media does a terrific job of giving us the sordid details, but Iâ(TM)ve never seen them provide an analysis of the likelihood of the event happening to any individual. Itâ(TM)s sad certainly, but do we want to be total helicopter parents and restrict the development of the independence of our youth?
My kids are young people and growing older. They have their issues, sometimes not paying attention to their personal grooming. We had to visit DHS once when my youngest was reported for not changing his clothes and cleaning his nails. We have to pick our battles. Just getting him to bed can be a challenge.
Young people make mistakes. Thatâ(TM)s one way that they grow and learn. Kids even do criminal acts. Rather than imprison them or take them away from their parents, how about educating all parties involved. Itâ(TM)s now known that a young personâ(TM)s brain isnâ(TM)t fully developed till about 24 years old. Some consideration should be given to young persons and educating them about good behavior rather then reinforcing bad behavior by placing the in Prison .
Recent news show people calling police about a solitary child at the park or taking the subway by themselves. Donâ(TM)t they remember being children themselves? I do.
Please be Good, not Evil. God Bless America, Please.
Adam Selene
Creative Commons License Nanny State by Adam Selene is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
How many years of food and water do you have canned in your parent's basement ?
There's something to be said for survialism, but even more to be said for natural selection. Those with 10 wives and 8 kids per wife might have an advantage there.
I don't think it's dump. Just inaccurate. The post-PC age is getting closer. When my Droid XXI has a wireless virtually reality interface so I can play Duke Nukem, then I think we'll be there.
There are 4 versions of Bill Number H.R.5252 for the 109th Congress 1 . Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 (Introduced in House)[H.R.5252.IH] 2 . Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 (Reported in House)[H.R.5252.RH] 3 . Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)[H.R.5252.EH] 4 . Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 (Referred to Senate Committee after being Received from House)[H.R.5252.RFS]
If you are a US Citizen, if you want to influence your Congresscritter, it's probably best to write if you can rather then call.
As snail mail takes a long time to get to DC and must be scanned and disinfected, etc, I find that writing a letter and faxing it to the Congresscritter's office is the best way to proceed.
Of course, if you can't get the fax off right away, a call is better then nothing.
Senator Barbara Boxer of California's fax# is 213-894-5042
Can I choose widescreen over 4:3 ? Can I choose Dolby Digitial/DTS/AC3 over mono or stereo ?
I have Direct TV now with Dobly Digital enabled (SDTV) and they only seem to offer Dobly Digital sound enabled for a couple of Pay-Per-View shows that I'm NOT interested in.
I've given them feedback. Why do we have to go to HDTV to get these features ?
As an Ham Radio operator, this project is interesting. While a microsat could be deployed, it takes many many man hours to design, build, test and deploy a microsat.
Information about suitsat, which has a lot fewer features then a typical microsat is avaiable here:
For connecting between multiple 12 volt DC powersources and 12 volt loads - a frequently recommended connector is the Anderson Powerpole.
I have a few sealed lead acid batteries for emergencies -
portable - 12v 2.5Ah SLA with blade connectors for the battery and a choice between Anderson Powerpole and a connector for my VX5 handheld tri-band transceiver - can get WX, FM, AM, and transmit on 2m 70cm, and 6m.
for base station - a 12V 75Ah SLA with Anderson Powerpole connectors and a connector that can bridge the Anderson powerpoles and the power connection for my base or mobile transceivers - a Yaesu FT-1500M, a FT-857D, and a FT-7800.
"Equipped with these new abilities, the Homo sapiens people who entered Europe in the middle of the last ice age would have been able to compete much more effectively with the local Neanderthals for food, hunting territories and the scarce fuel supplies that were essential to survival in the harsh, treeless landscapes of Europe."
RF isn't a great answer for EVERYONE to chat up with their friends and family.
However, RF - as implimented by Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) and the National Traffic System (NTS) can provide health and welfare traffic ie. I'm alive in 'selter location' with..... That traffic is secondary to priority and emergency traffic for the served agencies (FEMA, Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc), until the land line and other services are restored.
His equipment may not be 'shoddy', but long wires of the proper length can rectify RF and carry the energy into the speakers. Ferrite cores can help with this problem.
The product referenced by the article will cause problems for many in the US, user included. Please don't purchase it.
Where can one get a fun Chemistry set now? I remember the alcohol burner. I had fun later with metallic sodium, organic synthesis, and Quantitative Analysis.
Liability sure is a bummer. But then again, I don't want my eight year old son burning the house down.
What are the coolest Chemistry/Physics/Electronics sets for the 8-9 year old crowd ?
One disadvatage of Direct TV which I forgot to mention was that on Direct TV, we don't get the Community Cable stations, e.g. Cable Access channels. Thus, I can't watch reruns of Alderman meetings or get the no school and winter parking ban notices. I have to go to the web for the winter parking ban notice or wait for and watch the damn news.
That's key as here in Somerville Mass, they recently ticketed 2000 autos and towed 300 cars in anticipation of a storm that didn't arrive. Credit to the city and tow company is that they decided to refund the tickets/fees. A snow emergency is declared if there is a warning of more then 4 inches snow accumulation.
For digital cable, another cable box would be required, not just a cable splitter.
I still use Cable modem as it's the closest thing to getting a fixed ip address, routable, without paying for Business class DSL. I'm not running a business.
We just got Direct TV with Tivo. Can record two programs while watching a 3rd simulataneously. The Hughs HDVR2 we have also has a 120GB hard drive. A good website on Tivo is http://www.tivocommunity.com
While once employed by a large financial company, I've received and also allocated bonuses that were: 1) a percentage of my salary 2) a percentage of a pool allocated to my department 3) an extra paycheck for percentages, a 5-10% of the monthly salary is was not unusual.
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Nanny State
http://petergraceonline.com/20...
We are all humans. We grow within our Mothers and are born and begin our development over time outside our mothers. Independence grows over time.
As a young person near Boston, I used to take myself into the Boston Science Museum on Saturdays each weekend. I was not accompanied by another family member. I used the Mattapan High Speed Trolley and Red Line and then the Green Line to get to Science Park. I did this almost every weekend between the ages of 7 and 13.
My Route.
At age 7, I once took my younger siblings with me to see Woody Allenâ(TM)s âTake the Money and Runâ. It was rated âMâ(TM).
I used to ride my bicycle around Milton, MA until the street lights came on during the summer. At Age 13 I rode my bicycle from Milton MA to North Falmouth MA. Later I participated in Centuries.
The likelihood of violence being inflicted upon any child is very low, but increases when the violence is being inflicted by another child. Bad stuff does happen, and the media does a terrific job of giving us the sordid details, but Iâ(TM)ve never seen them provide an analysis of the likelihood of the event happening to any individual. Itâ(TM)s sad certainly, but do we want to be total helicopter parents and restrict the development of the independence of our youth?
My kids are young people and growing older. They have their issues, sometimes not paying attention to their personal grooming. We had to visit DHS once when my youngest was reported for not changing his clothes and cleaning his nails. We have to pick our battles. Just getting him to bed can be a challenge.
Young people make mistakes. Thatâ(TM)s one way that they grow and learn. Kids even do criminal acts. Rather than imprison them or take them away from their parents, how about educating all parties involved. Itâ(TM)s now known that a young personâ(TM)s brain isnâ(TM)t fully developed till about 24 years old. Some consideration should be given to young persons and educating them about good behavior rather then reinforcing bad behavior by placing the in Prison .
Recent news show people calling police about a solitary child at the park or taking the subway by themselves. Donâ(TM)t they remember being children themselves? I do.
Please be Good, not Evil.
God Bless America, Please.
Adam Selene
Creative Commons License
Nanny State by Adam Selene is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Physics pays no favorites.
Nature is not a friend.
Perhaps others will learn by their mistake.
Unfortunate, but I've little sympathy for them. I am sorry for their families and hope they don't contaminate them.
This appears to be the Justice department budget request for the project.
http://www.justice.gov/jmd/2012factsheets/docs/fy12-national-security.pdf
Time to spend more time improving Tor
https://www.torproject.org/
How many years of food and water do you have canned in your parent's basement ?
There's something to be said for survialism, but even more to be said for natural selection. Those with 10 wives and 8 kids per wife might have an advantage there.
If we got rid of the Dept of Edu -
would my two high functioning autistic kids get any kind of free and appropriate public education ?
They are a pain to deal with sometime, but what else will society afford ?
I don't think it's dump. Just inaccurate.
The post-PC age is getting closer.
When my Droid XXI has a wireless virtually reality interface so I can play Duke Nukem, then I think we'll be there.
Terra has a magntic field which protects it from radiation.
One could be generated for a spacecraft. Not easy but likely not impossible.
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/36558
The reminder of Byte's good parts - Jerry Pournelle also made me remember Steve Ciarcia.
Steve and Jerry are still around.
Steve's URL is http://www.circuitcellar.com/
Jerry's URL is http://www.jerrypournelle.com/
I took the time to subscribe to circuit cellar and to Jerry's site. They are good writers and deserve our support.
He's probably an introvert like many successful scientists -e.g. Einstein.
See http://www.typelogic.com/
The article specifically mentions that some of the lower end cards come without fans.
I think they understand that fans make noise.
Of course, if you don't like the noise, you
could wear noise blanking headphones.
I think you may be mistaken. The bill is in committee. I expect it's in the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
see http://thomas.loc.gov/
According to thomas.loc.gov
There are 4 versions of Bill Number H.R.5252 for the 109th Congress
1 . Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 (Introduced in House)[H.R.5252.IH]
2 . Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 (Reported in House)[H.R.5252.RH]
3 . Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)[H.R.5252.EH]
4 . Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 (Referred to Senate Committee after being Received from House)[H.R.5252.RFS]
If you are a US Citizen, if you want to influence your Congresscritter,
it's probably best to write if you can rather then call.
As snail mail takes a long time to get to DC and must be scanned and disinfected, etc,
I find that writing a letter and faxing it to the Congresscritter's office is the best
way to proceed.
Of course, if you can't get the fax off right away, a call is better then nothing.
Senator Barbara Boxer of California's fax# is 213-894-5042
Of course, your mileage may vary.
Have a good Field Day
73 de Peter
Can I choose widescreen over 4:3 ?
Can I choose Dolby Digitial/DTS/AC3 over mono or stereo ?
I have Direct TV now with Dobly Digital enabled (SDTV) and they
only seem to offer Dobly Digital sound enabled for a couple of
Pay-Per-View shows that I'm NOT interested in.
I've given them feedback. Why do we have to go to HDTV to get these features ?
As an Ham Radio operator, this project is interesting. While a microsat could be deployed, it takes many many man hours to design, build, test and deploy a microsat.
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Information about suitsat, which has a lot fewer features then a typical microsat is avaiable here:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/BauerSuit
73 de KB1CVH/6
For connecting between multiple 12 volt DC powersources and 12 volt loads - a frequently recommended connector is the Anderson Powerpole.
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I have a few sealed lead acid batteries for emergencies -
portable - 12v 2.5Ah SLA with blade connectors for the battery and a choice between Anderson Powerpole and a connector for my VX5 handheld tri-band transceiver - can get WX, FM, AM, and transmit on 2m 70cm, and 6m.
for base station - a 12V 75Ah SLA with Anderson Powerpole connectors and a connector that can bridge the Anderson powerpoles and the power connection for my base or mobile transceivers - a Yaesu FT-1500M, a FT-857D, and a FT-7800.
Info on the Anderson Powerpole connector is at http://www.scc-ares-races.org/hardware/andersonpp
The Boy Scout Motto - Be Prepared
Will this deployment of Broadband over Powerline cause interference to radio services and be subject to interference from radio services ?
: 2099729486:pc=PC_2845
The American Radio Relay league has information on BPL in the USA at
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/
The Australian Government has information on BPL at
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.2490560:STANDARD
Everyone can make a mistake or even two.
Ever have a bad day and make it worse by advertising it? Forgive and forget.
Jerry Oltion wrote in his short story -
"The Best Laid Plans", Analog SF September 2005
who:
http://www.sff.net/people/J.Oltion/
where:
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook32371.htm
About humanity starting the terraforming of Mars, and......
Why ?
4 03
Natural Selection
from:
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/dpp/2004112
"Equipped with these new abilities, the Homo sapiens people who entered Europe in the middle of the last ice age would have been able to compete much more effectively with the local Neanderthals for food, hunting territories and the scarce fuel supplies that were essential to survival in the harsh, treeless landscapes of Europe."
RF isn't a great answer for EVERYONE to chat up with their friends and family.
..... That traffic is secondary to priority and emergency traffic for the served agencies (FEMA, Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc), until the land line and other services are restored.
However, RF - as implimented by Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) and the National Traffic System (NTS) can provide health and welfare traffic ie. I'm alive in 'selter location' with
73 (best regards).
And don't forget letter K in the US.
His equipment may not be 'shoddy', but long wires of the proper length can rectify RF and carry the energy into the speakers. Ferrite cores can help
with this problem.
The product referenced by the article will cause problems for many in the US, user included. Please don't purchase it.
73 de
Peter KB1CVH
Where can one get a fun Chemistry set now?
I remember the alcohol burner.
I had fun later with metallic sodium, organic synthesis, and Quantitative Analysis.
Liability sure is a bummer. But then again, I don't want my eight year old son burning the house down.
What are the coolest Chemistry/Physics/Electronics sets for the 8-9 year old crowd ?
One disadvatage of Direct TV which I forgot to mention was that on Direct TV, we don't get the Community Cable stations, e.g. Cable Access channels. Thus, I can't watch reruns of Alderman meetings or get the no school and winter parking ban notices. I have to go to the web for the winter parking ban notice or wait for and watch the damn news.
That's key as here in Somerville Mass, they recently ticketed 2000 autos and towed 300 cars in anticipation of a storm that didn't arrive.
Credit to the city and tow company is that they decided to refund the tickets/fees. A snow emergency is declared if there is a warning of more then 4 inches snow accumulation.
Peter
For digital cable, another cable box would be required, not just a cable splitter.
I still use Cable modem as it's the closest thing to getting a fixed ip address, routable, without paying for Business class DSL. I'm not running a business.
We just got Direct TV with Tivo. Can record two programs while watching a 3rd simulataneously.
The Hughs HDVR2 we have also has a 120GB hard drive. A good website on Tivo is http://www.tivocommunity.com
While once employed by a large financial company,
I've received and also allocated bonuses that were:
1) a percentage of my salary
2) a percentage of a pool allocated to my department
3) an extra paycheck
for percentages, a 5-10% of the monthly salary is was not unusual.
Money is much more useful then other gifts.
Thank you for being kind to your employees.