That's the point. I didn't do anything to them that I haven't done to the ones that I've had for 3 years and are still in good shape. And for the record, it was sitting in a office chair, sitting on a train seat, walking to the train, walking to the office... you get the idea. I wasn't using them as the bearing material for a ship's propeller or something like that.
The Fujitsu palm scanners do just that (look for blood flow that is), or at least claim to. When I worked with those scanners, I always idly wondered just how difficult it would be to take the image, use a 3d printer to make a fake hand with veins and then pump some sort fluid through it to fool the system.
I also wondered about verifying the blood flow thing, but was never able to verify due to lack of access to a supply of corpse hands.
It's to the point that when I was researching internet-only plans when the provider I eventually went (Frontier) with told me the price was $30, I said, no, really, what's the total after taxes and fees and they said "$30" and I said, really, what about after all the "taxes" and "fees" and they said "$30" and I still didn't believe them. I went ahead anyway because they were the best price and service and I figured the other guys (I have a choice of 3-4 providers) would have similar fees so it wouldn't matter. Then the first bill came and it was $30.
That's because while they might be hot shot programmers, they are crappy analysts.
I suspect that any grad student from a, "lessor" school, but had been trained in analyzing requirements correctly, this would not have happened. That's because they would have asked the most obvious question, who are the customers and what are their needs.
Failing to account for the work schedules of parents (the real customer ) is a 100,000 watt light sign proclaiming Inadequate Analysis.
I don't personally know either of the grad students, but I've corresponded via email with Sebastien, and I can say he seems like a decent, thoughtful guy who does in fact understand all the issues. If you had bothered to RTFA, you'd see that they ran their program multiple times with multiple criteria (thousands of times to be exact). The reality is, people just don't like change, even if you can demonstrate that a) the systems (jobs, businesses, etc.) will adjust to accommodate and b) things will be measurably improved after. It really was a political failure -- the program did exactly what it was required to do. The people who ordered the results failed to get the required buy-in from the public to implement those results.
If they wanted to find the optimums, they should have included the whole system and not just the least impactful part. The parents schedules are the most important ones since they are responsible for making it all happen; from breakfast to dinner to bedtime.
Well, the reason the parent's schedule is the way it is is because the school schedule is the way it is. When school systems shift their schedules, the rest of the system tends to adapt to it.
Now... how about the display being a large vertical panel between you and the windshield that turns opaque when it needs to be a touchscreen display (to pick your route or to watch a movie or something during your trip) and turns clear if you want to see the world outside?
We could also make it turn opaque when something outside might alarm you...
I can't speak for the video, but the audio streams are geo-blocked due to so-called "international distribution rights" and the fees the "rights holders" want to allow broadcast of those streams to the US (primarily). What really drives me nuts is that I exclusively listened to the Radio 3 feed, which was 100% Canadian artists, and taking a sampling of some of the more popular artists from that station, none were actually represented by the "rights holder" group that has been scapegoated as causing geo-blocking of Canadian radio internet stream (I don't recall exactly which RH group it was). So what has effectively happened is that a large number of Canadian artists has been blocked from being exposed to an international audience due to an American entity who has no relationship with them because they aren't being paid their tribute.
The fact that CBC R3 has devolved into a programmed Pandora-like stream with no live DJs is a separate issue.
It's not old fashioned. It allows a private corporation to restrict the freedom of their labor, while the government has plausible deniability and can turn a blind eye to the practice.
It's not just the manufacturers. You'd better hope the carrier you got your phone from (at least in the US and Canada) hasn't got bored of it and moved on also.
It sounded like the OP was in the desert and probably most of their electric use is AC. There's a good chance that with 100% of your cooling taken care of, traditional photovoltaic with good storage could take care of > 100% of your other electric needs. YMMV
The item in question wasn't whether or not he pays taxes, but whether or not his statements that the rich in the US should be taxed more are consistent with his actual behavior.
Maybe, but it seems to me like it would be more a case of slander or libel by Comcast. Assuming of course that whatever they provided his employer is not factually correct.
Not just joining a new carrier. I'm an e.g. T-Mobile subscriber, and I'm traveling to e.g. Canada. I'd like to use a local account while I'm in Canada so I'm not paying the international roaming charges (0.59/minute voice, $10/MB data). So I'd like to temporarily swap SIMs. I still plan to honor my contract with T-Mobile.
As an example of charges, it would cost over $10 just to view the page (http://www.t-mobile.com/international/roamingoverview.aspx?tp=Inl_Tab_RoamWorldwide) that tells you how much you'll be charged, and that's just for that single page. It doesn't account for the navigation it took to get there.
There are perfectly legitimate reasons to unlock your cellphone. It is a matter that should be covered under contract law, not criminal law.
I don't disagree with your points, but what filtering software will do is decrease the risk of accidentally seeing something you don't want to have to explain to your children just right now. Not zero-risk, but lower. My 9-year old knows what sites she can visit, knows which ones she has to ask about, but doesn't type very well and sometimes screws up a URL, whether or not I'm sitting right beside her. Even my wife could do with some help with mistyped URLs sometimes...
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It's not an issue.
Then why write an article about it.
Perhaps because this is news to Hollywood? To those us us who long-ago discovered non-US entertainment, yeah, it's not news.
That's the point. I didn't do anything to them that I haven't done to the ones that I've had for 3 years and are still in good shape. And for the record, it was sitting in a office chair, sitting on a train seat, walking to the train, walking to the office... you get the idea. I wasn't using them as the bearing material for a ship's propeller or something like that.
Actual data:
That's what? An order of magnitude difference? Pretty close to the 1/11th you claim is bunkum.
The best comedy is based on uncomfortable truths.
And yes, I'm aware Banana Republic and Gap are the same company.
The Fujitsu palm scanners do just that (look for blood flow that is), or at least claim to. When I worked with those scanners, I always idly wondered just how difficult it would be to take the image, use a 3d printer to make a fake hand with veins and then pump some sort fluid through it to fool the system.
I also wondered about verifying the blood flow thing, but was never able to verify due to lack of access to a supply of corpse hands.
It's to the point that when I was researching internet-only plans when the provider I eventually went (Frontier) with told me the price was $30, I said, no, really, what's the total after taxes and fees and they said "$30" and I said, really, what about after all the "taxes" and "fees" and they said "$30" and I still didn't believe them. I went ahead anyway because they were the best price and service and I figured the other guys (I have a choice of 3-4 providers) would have similar fees so it wouldn't matter. Then the first bill came and it was $30.
That's because while they might be hot shot programmers, they are crappy analysts.
I suspect that any grad student from a, "lessor" school, but had been trained in analyzing requirements correctly, this would not have happened. That's because they would have asked the most obvious question, who are the customers and what are their needs.
Failing to account for the work schedules of parents (the real customer ) is a 100,000 watt light sign proclaiming Inadequate Analysis.
I don't personally know either of the grad students, but I've corresponded via email with Sebastien, and I can say he seems like a decent, thoughtful guy who does in fact understand all the issues. If you had bothered to RTFA, you'd see that they ran their program multiple times with multiple criteria (thousands of times to be exact). The reality is, people just don't like change, even if you can demonstrate that a) the systems (jobs, businesses, etc.) will adjust to accommodate and b) things will be measurably improved after. It really was a political failure -- the program did exactly what it was required to do. The people who ordered the results failed to get the required buy-in from the public to implement those results.
If they wanted to find the optimums, they should have included the whole system and not just the least impactful part. The parents schedules are the most important ones since they are responsible for making it all happen; from breakfast to dinner to bedtime.
Well, the reason the parent's schedule is the way it is is because the school schedule is the way it is. When school systems shift their schedules, the rest of the system tends to adapt to it.
The first bus to stall at a traffic light is going to bring the school system to a halt.
It'll bring Boston traffic to a halt. Not that anyone will notice the difference.
Now... how about the display being a large vertical panel between you and the windshield that turns opaque when it needs to be a touchscreen display (to pick your route or to watch a movie or something during your trip) and turns clear if you want to see the world outside?
We could also make it turn opaque when something outside might alarm you...
Yes, that information does exist.
And sometimes it's even accurate.
I can't speak for the video, but the audio streams are geo-blocked due to so-called "international distribution rights" and the fees the "rights holders" want to allow broadcast of those streams to the US (primarily). What really drives me nuts is that I exclusively listened to the Radio 3 feed, which was 100% Canadian artists, and taking a sampling of some of the more popular artists from that station, none were actually represented by the "rights holder" group that has been scapegoated as causing geo-blocking of Canadian radio internet stream (I don't recall exactly which RH group it was). So what has effectively happened is that a large number of Canadian artists has been blocked from being exposed to an international audience due to an American entity who has no relationship with them because they aren't being paid their tribute.
The fact that CBC R3 has devolved into a programmed Pandora-like stream with no live DJs is a separate issue.
It's not old fashioned. It allows a private corporation to restrict the freedom of their labor, while the government has plausible deniability and can turn a blind eye to the practice.
It's not just the manufacturers. You'd better hope the carrier you got your phone from (at least in the US and Canada) hasn't got bored of it and moved on also.
It sounded like the OP was in the desert and probably most of their electric use is AC. There's a good chance that with 100% of your cooling taken care of, traditional photovoltaic with good storage could take care of > 100% of your other electric needs. YMMV
Really don't worry. "They" are already a step ahead of you: http://www.wtsp.com/story/news...
You should pay attention to this technology: http://www.technologyreview.co... It might be able to eliminate the need for a generator completely.
7.8e72, give or take a few.
The item in question wasn't whether or not he pays taxes, but whether or not his statements that the rich in the US should be taxed more are consistent with his actual behavior.
Not a single dime.
Maybe, but it seems to me like it would be more a case of slander or libel by Comcast. Assuming of course that whatever they provided his employer is not factually correct.
Of course. That's exactly how it played out in the financial industry in the 80s.
Please don't. The increased demand will just push the price up for those of us who are capable of appreciating decent chocolate.
How about the page to subscribe to HBO-Go in addition to the cable I already pay for, but my cable company hasn't "enabled" it yet?
Not just joining a new carrier. I'm an e.g. T-Mobile subscriber, and I'm traveling to e.g. Canada. I'd like to use a local account while I'm in Canada so I'm not paying the international roaming charges (0.59/minute voice, $10/MB data). So I'd like to temporarily swap SIMs. I still plan to honor my contract with T-Mobile.
As an example of charges, it would cost over $10 just to view the page (http://www.t-mobile.com/international/roamingoverview.aspx?tp=Inl_Tab_RoamWorldwide) that tells you how much you'll be charged, and that's just for that single page. It doesn't account for the navigation it took to get there.
There are perfectly legitimate reasons to unlock your cellphone. It is a matter that should be covered under contract law, not criminal law.
I don't disagree with your points, but what filtering software will do is decrease the risk of accidentally seeing something you don't want to have to explain to your children just right now. Not zero-risk, but lower. My 9-year old knows what sites she can visit, knows which ones she has to ask about, but doesn't type very well and sometimes screws up a URL, whether or not I'm sitting right beside her. Even my wife could do with some help with mistyped URLs sometimes...