Has anyone actually RTFA? Every point you brought up except the first one is address in the article. The balloons will be up for 24 hours a piece. They will not be tethered and will float until they leave the state. At that point, they'll float back to earth, be retrieved, maintained, and put bakc into the cycle. The whole package costs a mere $55. I don't think they're too worried about severe weather.
Yeah, if you RTFA, it says that they will float until they leave the state. Once a balloon leaves the state, its toaster-size communications pod would jettison, deploy a parachute and fall to earth, where it would signal its position.
I doubt it's been ignored. My guess is they'll be dealing with some type of air traffic control for each balloon's ascent. It makes me shudder to think, however, that they would need "a lot of liability insurance" because of the thousands of humans cruising the skies every day. I would hope their design was a bit more proactive.
According to the article, they'll be floating up to 20 miles above the earth, well above commercial airliner pathways. And I'm guess they'd be in touch with some type of air traffic control for their ascent.
Once a balloon leaves the state, its toaster-size communications pod would jettison, deploy a parachute and fall to earth, where it would signal its position.
"We'd pay some guy a bounty, put in a new battery pack and send it off again," Knoblach said. Schafer said the repeater could be used indefinitely "unless it lands in a lake or gets run over by a truck."
So what happens if it HITS a truck? Or a small child?
Besides Ad-Aware and Spybot (which are a very good start), you should also use Rootkit Revealer by the guys at Sysinternals. This tool will compare Windows API results with actual disk contents to reveal programs hidden by rootkits.
I have had multiple machines recently that have been almost inoperational but were, according to Ad-aware and Spybot, free of spyware/adware. After running Rootkit Revealer, however, I came to find a hidden directory and process that was running and keeping a log of browsing habits. After removing from Safe Mode, the computer ran fine.
Yeah, but there are localized versions of Google. If they're outside of the United States they should be using their localized version (ie. google.co.uk, google.jp, etc.) which shouldn't show logos that commemorate US events/holidays.
I used to work at the local electronics retailer doing computer upgrades/repairs. Customers would bring in their computers and pay $40 to get rid of a nasty virus that had infected their computer. After checking their system and doing a full virus scan many times the system would come up clean. Customers would get these e-mails and with good reason, think that they had a virus on their system. Of course, when they do their virus scan and it comes up clean they panic because they still receive the messages daily. I remember many occasions where I stood behind the counter or on the phone for a good twenty minutes to a half hour trying to explain why they were getting e-mails telling them they had a virus when they really didn't. Many of the conversations ended with the customer still clueless. I was never surprised either.
This was one of the many dreadful things about working at this place. I'm glad I found a real job.:-P
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It's illegal to steal, right? So whats the point in having a law if you're not going to enforce it?
Anyone who puts a beta product into a production environment should be fired.
What is the point of this post? You should be sending this to Microsoft not whining about it on a Slashdot thread.
Has anyone actually RTFA? Every point you brought up except the first one is address in the article. The balloons will be up for 24 hours a piece. They will not be tethered and will float until they leave the state. At that point, they'll float back to earth, be retrieved, maintained, and put bakc into the cycle. The whole package costs a mere $55. I don't think they're too worried about severe weather.
Yeah, if you RTFA, it says that they will float until they leave the state. Once a balloon leaves the state, its toaster-size communications pod would jettison, deploy a parachute and fall to earth, where it would signal its position.
I doubt it's been ignored. My guess is they'll be dealing with some type of air traffic control for each balloon's ascent. It makes me shudder to think, however, that they would need "a lot of liability insurance" because of the thousands of humans cruising the skies every day. I would hope their design was a bit more proactive.
According to the article, they'll be floating up to 20 miles above the earth, well above commercial airliner pathways. And I'm guess they'd be in touch with some type of air traffic control for their ascent.
Once a balloon leaves the state, its toaster-size communications pod would jettison, deploy a parachute and fall to earth, where it would signal its position.
"We'd pay some guy a bounty, put in a new battery pack and send it off again," Knoblach said. Schafer said the repeater could be used indefinitely "unless it lands in a lake or gets run over by a truck."
So what happens if it HITS a truck? Or a small child?
You are thinking about the BIOS _settings_. The article is talking about modifying the actual BIOS.
Besides Ad-Aware and Spybot (which are a very good start), you should also use Rootkit Revealer by the guys at Sysinternals. This tool will compare Windows API results with actual disk contents to reveal programs hidden by rootkits.
I have had multiple machines recently that have been almost inoperational but were, according to Ad-aware and Spybot, free of spyware/adware. After running Rootkit Revealer, however, I came to find a hidden directory and process that was running and keeping a log of browsing habits. After removing from Safe Mode, the computer ran fine.
Hope this helps, PatrickYeah, but there are localized versions of Google. If they're outside of the United States they should be using their localized version (ie. google.co.uk, google.jp, etc.) which shouldn't show logos that commemorate US events/holidays.
Or you could use AuctionDrop and drop an item off at most UPS Stores®.
zMUD is a mere $25 and it is the best Windows client you will find.
I used to work at the local electronics retailer doing computer upgrades/repairs. Customers would bring in their computers and pay $40 to get rid of a nasty virus that had infected their computer. After checking their system and doing a full virus scan many times the system would come up clean. Customers would get these e-mails and with good reason, think that they had a virus on their system. Of course, when they do their virus scan and it comes up clean they panic because they still receive the messages daily. I remember many occasions where I stood behind the counter or on the phone for a good twenty minutes to a half hour trying to explain why they were getting e-mails telling them they had a virus when they really didn't. Many of the conversations ended with the customer still clueless. I was never surprised either. This was one of the many dreadful things about working at this place. I'm glad I found a real job. :-P
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