...in Canada (where I'm from), thus it is my belief in this scenario we would only notice but a small drop in temperature and continue going about our merry ways...
I believe you are correct for North America. I'm not so sure about western Europe however. They have some good size cities at lattitudes that have permafrost in Canada. My understanding (I'm not a scientist) is that they have the Gulf stream to thank for this which could be effected by the amount of salt in the oceans.
We evolved to run around on a plain and throw spears at antelopes...
Unless...
We came from space as super intelligent beings and had to adapt to survival with only spears. We then progressed into a super intelligent society only to be wiped out by a giant flood and be required to once again adapt to survival by using spears.
Now we could be progressing into a super intelligent society again. Although judging by who we picked for "leader of the free world", I'd say we still have a ways to go.
I'm all for these restrictions, because they don't apply to Open Source software
So you are ok with your ISP requiring that you allow their installation tech to pop a CD ROM into your machine and install an agent to monitor your system? Each time you add a PC or reinstall the OS, you'll call them up and have them come out and do it again? How about when you find out their policy is to support RedHat, but not your favorite FreeBSD distro?
On a side note, I don't really understand Microsoft's angle on this. It seems to me they would benefit. Heck they could even bundle the agents with Windows and advertise "internet ready".
What kind of database and processing power are you going to need to find "hits", duplicates, fakes, etc.? In addition, you've got to keep info like date, time, and location, for each number, at each capture point.
I don't know, but given the proper budget, it would sure be fun to try. I'm thinking use distributed servers that cover a zone and feed them short lists of suspect plates. When one is flagged, it receives priority processing. Then based on direction, the system can identify which possible cameras the suspect will pass next and give those priority.
As you said finding dupes would take a lot of power. This probably wouldn't happen as quickly as tracking a few dozen suspect vehicles whose plates you already know.
The big question is. If you are a database engineer who loves a challenge but supports civil liberties, would you take on this project?
How does this not support the parent's argument? He's talking about high barrier to entry and you are talking about websites and bean bag chairs which are low barrier to entry.
Try telling your millionaire friend that you need a billion or so to design and manufacture a line of automobiles that competes for business with Ford and Chevy.
As a hiring manager, I like to get questions about our product. The tougher the better. During the interview I give an overview of what we make. I like people to pay attention to my overview then follow it up with questions about how it's done and why we don't do it some other way. In fact the best thing a candidate can do in a interview with me is pretent to be a venture capitalist and really drill me. Figure out my department's weaknesses and show how your strengths will compliment the team.
On the flip side I can't stand questions about parking, benefits, flex time, working from home,etc. Especially if they are the first questions. That's what the HR dept. is for; I'm interested in talking shop.
Now, do you mean they are doing brain-dead work that just happens to involve Visual Basic? Or are you implying that folks who use VB are all brain-dead?
I ask because there are plenty of VB jobs out there that pay well and require ones brain to be most un-dead.
I understand that without encryption a hacker can monitor your network traffic and steal credit card numbers, passwords, etc. What I don't understand is why simply turning off DHCP and using MAC filtering isn't considered sufficient for keeping people from connecting to your network and using the internet?
How does one manage to connect to my network if it only permits a single IP which is choosen at random and in use all the time by me?
It has changed a lot since VB.6. I would not hesitate to build complex, enterprise applications with it. Especially those geared for internal use where your requirements change constantly but you have more control over system requirements.
Of course it still requires proper project management to be successful. I think the problem with many VB apps is they start out being written by one guy with no budget and little experience. And since the bean counters despise the word "rewrite", an otherwise disposable piece of code gets reused and built into a monstrosity over the years.
I had this conversation with someone in my office recently. He likened Google's approach to "throwing a pot of wet noodles at the wall to see which ones stick". I think they have a percentage of their cash set aside for bottom-up creative thinking and R&D. They'll decide later which areas to focus on and which ones to let die out.
It's true that it is entertainment. Just as my beloved history channel. The amount of information I get in 1 hour of eating popcorn and watching WWII re-enactments I could probably get in 20 minutes of reading. I would also retain it better.
However, kids like to watch T.V. My hope is that this show gets some of them interested in the fields of science and engineering. It's got to be a better influence than the other crap that is on T.V.
If you're going to have a patent system, it should be based on who does it first not who sat on the toilet longer.
There is one fundamental problem with this approach. Most inventors don't have enough money to implement/build/execute their idea. So they have to take the idea to a bank, venture capitalist, large company etc. Without protection, the idea would cease to be theirs at that point.
Uh, every animal does not behave exactly like every other animal. We behave a lot more like Bonobo chimps then a cow behaves like a dog. Where do you want to draw the line -- mammals are from Mars, but reptiles are from Venus?
Well, if I had to draw a line it would be between those species who question their origin and those who don't.
That's all good and well, but without a Smith and Wesson one of your fellow disaster victims is going to become the proud new owner of:
a backpack packed with a dry pair of pants, fresh socks, two t-shirts, a sweatshirt, a bright orange-and-yellow 'RESCUE ME' vest, emergency self-inflating flotation device (rated to 225 lbs), 4L of drinking water, 6 MREs, a space-warmer blanket, air-activated hand-warmers, a flashlight, batteries, sweedish-firesteel, 600$ cash, a rescue strobe light, a leatherman, a wide-band two-way radio and scanner, a GPS reciever, a universal hand-crank charger, a map, a compass, pencil, paper, an emergency contact card, and the aforementioned USB keychain.
One niche that needs to be addressed however is that of people who play an instrument as a hobby. We rely on sheet music and guitar TAB to play the songs we love. We pay out for the recording, the book, and are usually the first in line to get tickets for the shows.
I think these "underground" artists need to consider selling the sheet music to amateurs after getting them hooked on the recordings.
True, women should be in engineering, but (and this is not sexist) many don't want to be there.
I remember an article on CNN.com a couple years ago. The article stated that the IT field needed to attract more women. It all sounded reasonable until they got down to an interview with an ex-IT worker. She stated she worked in IT for a while and got out as soon as possible. Why? Because she would go out to lunch with the guys and all they would talk about is computer stuff.
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...in Canada (where I'm from), thus it is my belief in this scenario we would only notice but a small drop in temperature and continue going about our merry ways...
I believe you are correct for North America. I'm not so sure about western Europe however. They have some good size cities at lattitudes that have permafrost in Canada. My understanding (I'm not a scientist) is that they have the Gulf stream to thank for this which could be effected by the amount of salt in the oceans.
The only power they are working on is the power to move money from investors accounts to theirs.
If only I could tap in...
We evolved to run around on a plain and throw spears at antelopes...
Unless...
We came from space as super intelligent beings and had to adapt to survival with only spears. We then progressed into a super intelligent society only to be wiped out by a giant flood and be required to once again adapt to survival by using spears.
Now we could be progressing into a super intelligent society again. Although judging by who we picked for "leader of the free world", I'd say we still have a ways to go.
I'm all for these restrictions, because they don't apply to Open Source software
So you are ok with your ISP requiring that you allow their installation tech to pop a CD ROM into your machine and install an agent to monitor your system? Each time you add a PC or reinstall the OS, you'll call them up and have them come out and do it again? How about when you find out their policy is to support RedHat, but not your favorite FreeBSD distro?
On a side note, I don't really understand Microsoft's angle on this. It seems to me they would benefit. Heck they could even bundle the agents with Windows and advertise "internet ready".
WE NEED ARTICLE MODERATION!
Moderation is tedious. Perhaps if the editors had a robot...
What kind of database and processing power are you going to need to find "hits", duplicates, fakes, etc.? In addition, you've got to keep info like date, time, and location, for each number, at each capture point.
I don't know, but given the proper budget, it would sure be fun to try. I'm thinking use distributed servers that cover a zone and feed them short lists of suspect plates. When one is flagged, it receives priority processing. Then based on direction, the system can identify which possible cameras the suspect will pass next and give those priority.
As you said finding dupes would take a lot of power. This probably wouldn't happen as quickly as tracking a few dozen suspect vehicles whose plates you already know.
The big question is. If you are a database engineer who loves a challenge but supports civil liberties, would you take on this project?
How does this not support the parent's argument? He's talking about high barrier to entry and you are talking about websites and bean bag chairs which are low barrier to entry.
Try telling your millionaire friend that you need a billion or so to design and manufacture a line of automobiles that competes for business with Ford and Chevy.
As a hiring manager, I like to get questions about our product. The tougher the better. During the interview I give an overview of what we make. I like people to pay attention to my overview then follow it up with questions about how it's done and why we don't do it some other way. In fact the best thing a candidate can do in a interview with me is pretent to be a venture capitalist and really drill me. Figure out my department's weaknesses and show how your strengths will compliment the team.
On the flip side I can't stand questions about parking, benefits, flex time, working from home,etc. Especially if they are the first questions. That's what the HR dept. is for; I'm interested in talking shop.
writing brain-dead Visual BASIC programs
Now, do you mean they are doing brain-dead work that just happens to involve Visual Basic? Or are you implying that folks who use VB are all brain-dead?
I ask because there are plenty of VB jobs out there that pay well and require ones brain to be most un-dead.
I understand that without encryption a hacker can monitor your network traffic and steal credit card numbers, passwords, etc. What I don't understand is why simply turning off DHCP and using MAC filtering isn't considered sufficient for keeping people from connecting to your network and using the internet?
How does one manage to connect to my network if it only permits a single IP which is choosen at random and in use all the time by me?
I was thinking vouchers for heart bypass surgery. In 15 second increments.
AJAX is now one of the biggest buzzwords in the industry
Thank God. I was getting awfully tired of XML being the biggest buzzword in the industry.
It has changed a lot since VB.6. I would not hesitate to build complex, enterprise applications with it. Especially those geared for internal use where your requirements change constantly but you have more control over system requirements.
Of course it still requires proper project management to be successful. I think the problem with many VB apps is they start out being written by one guy with no budget and little experience. And since the bean counters despise the word "rewrite", an otherwise disposable piece of code gets reused and built into a monstrosity over the years.
the Romans...who were permiscuous as all hell...and were pretty damn successful. The religious aspect is bunk!
And how's the empire doing these days?
Today we have a bazillion translations of the Bible, many even available online
http://www.biblegateway.com/
Click the drop down next to the search box and you'll see all the languages.
I had this conversation with someone in my office recently. He likened Google's approach to "throwing a pot of wet noodles at the wall to see which ones stick". I think they have a percentage of their cash set aside for bottom-up creative thinking and R&D. They'll decide later which areas to focus on and which ones to let die out.
It's true that it is entertainment. Just as my beloved history channel. The amount of information I get in 1 hour of eating popcorn and watching WWII re-enactments I could probably get in 20 minutes of reading. I would also retain it better.
However, kids like to watch T.V. My hope is that this show gets some of them interested in the fields of science and engineering. It's got to be a better influence than the other crap that is on T.V.
If you're going to have a patent system, it should be based on who does it first not who sat on the toilet longer.
There is one fundamental problem with this approach. Most inventors don't have enough money to implement/build/execute their idea. So they have to take the idea to a bank, venture capitalist, large company etc. Without protection, the idea would cease to be theirs at that point.
Uh, every animal does not behave exactly like every other animal. We behave a lot more like Bonobo chimps then a cow behaves like a dog. Where do you want to draw the line -- mammals are from Mars, but reptiles are from Venus?
Well, if I had to draw a line it would be between those species who question their origin and those who don't.
No one seeems to scream bloody when the US built their railway system link the east and the west over 100 years ago
Noone except the natives who had been inhabiting this region for a few thousand years. And we all know what happened to their way of life.
The perfect state job:
"seven hundred thirty two thousand three hundred fifty two"
"seven hundred thirty two thousand three hundred fifty three"
"seven hundred thirty two thousand ummm.... ah shit!"
"one"
"two"
"three"...
Basically, if you download a track from iTunes, it will only play on a computer in iTunes (and on an iPod), not on mp3 or Windows Media
iTunes will burn an audio CD which you can than rip to Mp3 no problem.
Yea, it's an extra step but my wife really likes the iTunes interface.
That's all good and well, but without a Smith and Wesson one of your fellow disaster victims is going to become the proud new owner of:
a backpack packed with a dry pair of pants, fresh socks, two t-shirts, a sweatshirt, a bright orange-and-yellow 'RESCUE ME' vest, emergency self-inflating flotation device (rated to 225 lbs), 4L of drinking water, 6 MREs, a space-warmer blanket, air-activated hand-warmers, a flashlight, batteries, sweedish-firesteel, 600$ cash, a rescue strobe light, a leatherman, a wide-band two-way radio and scanner, a GPS reciever, a universal hand-crank charger, a map, a compass, pencil, paper, an emergency contact card, and the aforementioned USB keychain.
This is a great distribution model.
One niche that needs to be addressed however is that of people who play an instrument as a hobby. We rely on sheet music and guitar TAB to play the songs we love. We pay out for the recording, the book, and are usually the first in line to get tickets for the shows.
I think these "underground" artists need to consider selling the sheet music to amateurs after getting them hooked on the recordings.
True, women should be in engineering, but (and this is not sexist) many don't want to be there.
I remember an article on CNN.com a couple years ago. The article stated that the IT field needed to attract more women. It all sounded reasonable until they got down to an interview with an ex-IT worker. She stated she worked in IT for a while and got out as soon as possible. Why? Because she would go out to lunch with the guys and all they would talk about is computer stuff.