So much for this collection of various sporting events being about the different countries coming together and competing with each other.
Looks like sportsmanship, commeradery, and everything else the sporting event was about has been degraded by the all mighty dollar and corporate power houses.
You can triangulate a signal with decent accuracy with 2 receiving stations, but they still have to be within range to detect the signal. With the necessity to be that close, you could probably pinpoint the signal with one receiver.
Triangulating such a signal would be a majorly slow process for a 911 call, so I think that a GPS receiver that was activated upon dialing 911 would be the best solution.
How is this going to be any different then current cell phone tracking? It seems very few ask the who has access to the information from the cell phone carriers, how would tracking the location of VoIP phones be any different?
I think it is quite a bit different. For starters, furniture is and has been for a long time an art form, many of the greatest artists have done similar things. I think FedEx is pretty stupid for not seeing this for what it is, a great opportunity for some positive PR, "hey, look how strong and durable our boxes are!!" And have instead turned this into negative PR.
This is far from using Burger King ketchup packets at home after taking a large quantity without ordering anything else from them, for example: FedEx Furniture, being creative and making something from the boxes, essentially art; Burger King Ketchup, ripping off the local burger king because you are too cheap to purchase ketchup at the local market.
I for one have been appaled by FedEx's shipping standards, I have had many a box arrive at the distro center in town, and not be actually delivered for 3 or 4 days after it arrives in town. I use UPS now whenever possible, because at least they have always delivered within a day that it arrives at the distribution center in town.
What, CNET would just take yahoo's word for it and not do any investigating itself and just report what yahoo tells it. I can't think of any news source that would do that, well maybe a few, FOX, CBS, NBC,....
"People think that the number "666" is going to literally show up on tax forms or something. It's not. 6 is a number that signifies something falling short of heavenly perfection (which is symbolized by 7). 3 is used for emphasis. So the number 6 repeated 3 times is something emphatically deficient. The failing governments of the world fit that bill perfectly."
Except nowadays, the number of the beast has been downgraded from 666 to 616(which alternately is the area code of a few towns in michigan, coincidence?).
"...It's alright to whup a woman, it's alright to steal a car, it's alright to mess with a prostitute, it's alright to curse and to use drugs." ~Mr. Ronald Moten
But don't worry, you'll be able to pick one up on E-bay for a few hundred to a few thousand more dollars then launch price for the kiddies at christmas.
I afree that our government only has as much power as we are willing to give it. It is a sad state of affairs we are in when the masses of the population sit idly by as the government gains more power. As much as I would like to say otherwise, unless there is a massive shift in the population as a whole, we are headed down the road he is describing, and there really is nothing a single citizen can do about it as long as the mass of society follows the piper like mice. A person is not stupid enough to follow this road, but society as a whole is.
"Again, there are ubiquitous cameras, perched on every vantage point. Only here we soon find a crucial difference. These devices do not report to the secret police. Rather, each and every citizen of this metropolis can lift his or her wristwatch/TV and call up images from any camera in town.
Here a late-evening stroller checks to make sure no one lurks beyond the corner she is about to turn.
Over there a tardy young man dials to see if his dinner date still waits for him by a city fountain.
A block away, an anxious parent scans the area and finds which way her child wandered off."
Actually the essay paints an interesting use for camera's in public places.
"Assuming the people can actually rein in the government, laws preventing the use of such technology in any public place by any one for any reason would be easy to pass."
how do you figure, we can't even get laws that fairly implement copyright passed in the US, so assuming that the people would be able to rein in government is a horrible assumption. I found the essay quite brilliant, and looking at the direction that things are going, I will move to city number 2, TYVM.
"If I have a brick and mortar store and an unsatisfied customer enters my store and begins passing out fliers and berating my business with a megaphone, INSIDE MY STORE, do you think that's acceptable?
Should I even permit him to do the same thing in at the entrance door or even in the parking lot??
What about on the sidewalk across the street?
Where is the line drawn?"
The line would generally be drawn where the property line is drawn. Organized and peaceful demonstrations and protests on public property are legal, and tere is very little that the brick and mortar store can legally do about them. Just think of labor strikes as an example.
This is not to say that there are no permits needed for such peaceful and organized demonstrations though. Check with your local authorities.
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How did I miss that??
Looks like sportsmanship, commeradery, and everything else the sporting event was about has been degraded by the all mighty dollar and corporate power houses.
It would probably sell here in the U.S. too, So many mindless sheep have to buy the latest and greatest equipment.
Timothy Mcveigh, maybe?
But that's all I got, anyone else?
Triangulating such a signal would be a majorly slow process for a 911 call, so I think that a GPS receiver that was activated upon dialing 911 would be the best solution.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-02-28-voip- usat_x.htm
One of I am sure several stories about it.
This appears to be the FCC's response to those issues.
How is this going to be any different then current cell phone tracking? It seems very few ask the who has access to the information from the cell phone carriers, how would tracking the location of VoIP phones be any different?
You have a torrent link?
Both names seem to be pretty prominent in the Linux community.
May not be exactly the same idea as what you are thinking of, but still, its a horrible concept.
This is far from using Burger King ketchup packets at home after taking a large quantity without ordering anything else from them, for example: FedEx Furniture, being creative and making something from the boxes, essentially art; Burger King Ketchup, ripping off the local burger king because you are too cheap to purchase ketchup at the local market.
I for one have been appaled by FedEx's shipping standards, I have had many a box arrive at the distro center in town, and not be actually delivered for 3 or 4 days after it arrives in town. I use UPS now whenever possible, because at least they have always delivered within a day that it arrives at the distribution center in town.
That would suck if none of the mice or keyboards here would work.
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its a way to test yahoo's mail server, and maybe he likes to get lots of email, a way to make him feel important?
And we'll call it "The Alan Parsons Project".
What, CNET would just take yahoo's word for it and not do any investigating itself and just report what yahoo tells it. I can't think of any news source that would do that, well maybe a few, FOX, CBS, NBC, ....
Except nowadays, the number of the beast has been downgraded from 666 to 616(which alternately is the area code of a few towns in michigan, coincidence?).
"...It's alright to whup a woman, it's alright to steal a car, it's alright to mess with a prostitute, it's alright to curse and to use drugs." ~Mr. Ronald Moten
I am just glad I don't pay for my online porn
But don't worry, you'll be able to pick one up on E-bay for a few hundred to a few thousand more dollars then launch price for the kiddies at christmas.
....so much for me switching my carrier to Nextel
I afree that our government only has as much power as we are willing to give it. It is a sad state of affairs we are in when the masses of the population sit idly by as the government gains more power. As much as I would like to say otherwise, unless there is a massive shift in the population as a whole, we are headed down the road he is describing, and there really is nothing a single citizen can do about it as long as the mass of society follows the piper like mice. A person is not stupid enough to follow this road, but society as a whole is.
Actually the essay paints an interesting use for camera's in public places.
"Assuming the people can actually rein in the government, laws preventing the use of such technology in any public place by any one for any reason would be easy to pass."
how do you figure, we can't even get laws that fairly implement copyright passed in the US, so assuming that the people would be able to rein in government is a horrible assumption. I found the essay quite brilliant, and looking at the direction that things are going, I will move to city number 2, TYVM.
Should I even permit him to do the same thing in at the entrance door or even in the parking lot?? What about on the sidewalk across the street? Where is the line drawn?"
The line would generally be drawn where the property line is drawn. Organized and peaceful demonstrations and protests on public property are legal, and tere is very little that the brick and mortar store can legally do about them. Just think of labor strikes as an example.
This is not to say that there are no permits needed for such peaceful and organized demonstrations though. Check with your local authorities.