As an Illinois resident, I'm sad to see the state have to pay such a fine when we...
And who do you actually think is going to pick up this tab? YOU! That's right, watch out for a "legal defense" tax or something on your new state income tax statement, or at the very least cuts in other programs or increased tax rates. That is the real shame, that these lawmakers have no accountability f or their mistakes and the taxpayers are the ones who pay.. For shame Illinois lawmakers, for shame!
FTA: he bandwidth formerly used by analog has been licensed through 2017 by former telecommunications company Royal KPN NV, which will use it to broadcast digital television.
Under its agreement with the government, KPN bore the cost of building digital broadcasting masts and must continue to broadcast three state-supported channels and several regional public broadcasters free of charge.
I am fairly certain that there are HDTV signals in the air, albeit maybe not true HDTV, i.e. 1080p.
So what about cars and portable TVs?
In the states we have HDTV signals in the air and all you need is a HDTV tuner to pick them up. So, answer is, they are hosed unless they have a digital tuner, assuming of course that the digital signals are transmitted.
I like the idea. Although, it does make it harder to get 100 web sites to monitor static IPs. Plus, the static IPv4 is the holy grail of the i-net, i.e. there are none left, let alone 1000's. Just think private ISP, hell we should start a company to do this, and contract with the government to monitor for whatever they came up with as a no-no....Lets do it!
I actually refused to give my social security number to the school (again this was pre 9/11 and Patriot Act) because when I asked why they needed it they said for administrative purposes only. After my unwillingness to give it up they said, "well sir, we can assign you a generic ID number, but that will be really hard to remember and most students choose their soc. number because they can remember it. Are you sure you want to do this?". So, in my case the soc. sec. column had a generic number (which was 11 digits, instead of 9).
Are you on crack?
yes, but only recreationally, I swear!
We are talking about hundreds of thousands of people.
So what? ISPs manage the same amount of people with internet accounts just fine, whats the difference really. Setup and government controlled ISP or work with existing ISPs to do it. If the intent of the proposed legislature is too monitor/control online activity they are already signing up for a difficult task, logistically speaking. I am just saying what they proposed is stupid, and not just for the logistic aspects. It seems to me that a better way to go about what they want to do would be to monitor activity of a controlled internet connection, much like a company does with its employees. That way you monitor everything and everyone on the network, which makes it much easier then picking and choosing who/what/where to monitor.
Keep in mind these people have already served any sentence they might have gotten
And this sentence might also include "never going near a school, or an online chatroom, etc." so the aspects of "serving" their sentence is on going, even outside the clink.
When I was in a U.S. college, albeit a long time ago i.e. before Patriot Act and 9/11, I had the choide to use a random number as my student ID rather than my social security number. I remember hearing that the soc. security number is(was? pre 9/11) only required for social security and tax purposes. I think more places should start using other numbers. Although this wouldn't solve hacked identity theft, it is one less piece of information that the hackers get...
While the intent of Mr. Robert F. McDonnell's attempt to protect our children is admirable, this method has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Anyone with any computer literacy knows how easy it is to get an online email, or just "pop in" to Yahoo chat or whatever...
A better (remember, I said better, not great) solution would be to make the internet a privalege, and ban sex offenders from the use of public internet (libraries), or private third party (Comcast, ATT) providers. Instead, offer them a government provided internet connection. Work with ISP providers to allow them to gateway the sex offenders through the government controlled servers for monitoring and then let them do what they want.
Obviously, any sex offender could wander off to a library, log in, and start preying on people again, but surely this idea is better than "registering their email and IM name"...
State your source? The F-35 is built upon many proven platforms and the US is the leader in stealth technology.
Check out the typhoon Eurofighter: http://www.eurofighter.com/
and a link to a comparison between the F-35 and Eurofighter: http://www.fighter-planes.com/info/jsf.htm
Great, terabytes of data... I want a disc that won't turn into a coaster 5 years from now, especially if it has a terabyte of data on it. Heck, I'd be more impressed if at this point in time the good ol' CD-R was improved upon to make the data last 50 years so that I don't have to keep copying them every 5 years.
it's difficult enough knowing everything about a single department, much less the entire store. Go ahead and try learning everything there is to know about the 75+ different televisions sold at a given Best Buy location, including remembering the subtle differences between models of the same size and brand.
Especially when there is no incentive. Bad pay, and for the most part some kid who just wanted a job to pay for gas to the movies, slim profit margins... I used to work for a high-end computer store, just before the best-buy computers, etc. came out with razor thin margins. We charged an arm and leg for computers and what not, but we catered to the people who knew nothing and didn't want to know anything. Everyone knew there stuff about the 75+ models of equipment we had. Everyone was a tech and a salesperson (except for the one weird kid who wasn't allowed to talk to people). We got paid pretty well for what we did, and we got the super discounts on products, plus the store was like a family. This store is now out of business because people stopped caring about the knowledgeable staff and quality help. Its kind of ironic to see people go to best-buy and bitch about the sales people not knowing anything, because they did it to themselves by going there in the first place and putting the little-guy stores out of business.
And how do you know this? Because they told you so? There are probably numerous terror cells living here in the US that the G-men are interested in, and monitoring internal US phone traffic is probably a good way to get a lead or two. If the G-men aren't doing it, the declaration that it is OK is one step away, since the international program sets a precedent. And soon after that, the G-men might say well, these criminals types are a "threat" so we need to include them too, and so on and so on.
Does it matter?
Hell yes it matters, to me anyway. The last thing I want here in the US is another tax added in the name of something good, i.e. the environment, and then have that money used to fund our ungodly war machine. I want oversight, I want the tax money used for funding universities and researchers that are studying ways to fix the problems we have created and help figure out ways to produce less waste or ways to transform waste into something beneficial. So, yes I think it does matter.
Where did this come from? Why is OK for a guy with 29 inch TV to not register? Maybe because none of his/her friends would want to watch a movie on his crappy 29 inch TV. My projector has an adjustable throw distance, so when the bad guys come knocking I will adjust the projector such that the image is 29 inches.
how do you know how much CO2 is being dispensed by various companies? Do we seal plants in plastic baggies and measure the CO2 coming out? And what exactly would the tax revenue go towards?
Thanks! I figured I could have jumped through some hoops, but I was lazy and had another copy lying around. I wonder if the Vista tech support will be as forgiving? So what did the tech do, just hit a magic key and your copy could then authenticate?
What happens if Microsoft deactivates your OS that was legally purchased?
Uhh, nothing! You are hosed. I am pretty sure Windows XP Pro already does this, thanks to that Window Genuine Article(?) update. After I installed a LEGAL XP copy windows went to validate and it said, sorry, you are SOL because it was already registered (I had installed it on another machine that died). I had to find another copy to use, which I happened to have because I installed Ubuntu on another machine the OS CD came with...
This is very erie... Anyone read Prey by Michael Crichton? I think the developers of this nanotechnology should read this before proceeding. Interestingly, the bibliography of this book is quite extensive...
Oh sorry.. I am just guessing. Remember when the airlines had music that you could listen to, but the connection was that weird 2-pronged thing that only worked with the special headsets, which they charged $3 for. You got to keep the headset though, but you undoubtedly threw it out...
You have to use a "special" FAA approved cable to connect to the video input of the screen as well as the charging unit. The airline will provide this to you for $5 which includes the rental price of the monitor.
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As an Illinois resident, I'm sad to see the state have to pay such a fine when we...
And who do you actually think is going to pick up this tab? YOU! That's right, watch out for a "legal defense" tax or something on your new state income tax statement, or at the very least cuts in other programs or increased tax rates. That is the real shame, that these lawmakers have no accountability f or their mistakes and the taxpayers are the ones who pay.. For shame Illinois lawmakers, for shame!
FTA:
he bandwidth formerly used by analog has been licensed through 2017 by former telecommunications company Royal KPN NV, which will use it to broadcast digital television. Under its agreement with the government, KPN bore the cost of building digital broadcasting masts and must continue to broadcast three state-supported channels and several regional public broadcasters free of charge.
I am fairly certain that there are HDTV signals in the air, albeit maybe not true HDTV, i.e. 1080p.
So what about cars and portable TVs?
In the states we have HDTV signals in the air and all you need is a HDTV tuner to pick them up. So, answer is, they are hosed unless they have a digital tuner, assuming of course that the digital signals are transmitted.
I like the idea. Although, it does make it harder to get 100 web sites to monitor static IPs. Plus, the static IPv4 is the holy grail of the i-net, i.e. there are none left, let alone 1000's. Just think private ISP, hell we should start a company to do this, and contract with the government to monitor for whatever they came up with as a no-no....Lets do it!
I actually refused to give my social security number to the school (again this was pre 9/11 and Patriot Act) because when I asked why they needed it they said for administrative purposes only. After my unwillingness to give it up they said, "well sir, we can assign you a generic ID number, but that will be really hard to remember and most students choose their soc. number because they can remember it. Are you sure you want to do this?". So, in my case the soc. sec. column had a generic number (which was 11 digits, instead of 9).
Are you on crack?
yes, but only recreationally, I swear!
We are talking about hundreds of thousands of people.
So what? ISPs manage the same amount of people with internet accounts just fine, whats the difference really. Setup and government controlled ISP or work with existing ISPs to do it. If the intent of the proposed legislature is too monitor/control online activity they are already signing up for a difficult task, logistically speaking. I am just saying what they proposed is stupid, and not just for the logistic aspects. It seems to me that a better way to go about what they want to do would be to monitor activity of a controlled internet connection, much like a company does with its employees. That way you monitor everything and everyone on the network, which makes it much easier then picking and choosing who/what/where to monitor.
Keep in mind these people have already served any sentence they might have gotten
And this sentence might also include "never going near a school, or an online chatroom, etc." so the aspects of "serving" their sentence is on going, even outside the clink.
When I was in a U.S. college, albeit a long time ago i.e. before Patriot Act and 9/11, I had the choide to use a random number as my student ID rather than my social security number. I remember hearing that the soc. security number is(was? pre 9/11) only required for social security and tax purposes. I think more places should start using other numbers. Although this wouldn't solve hacked identity theft, it is one less piece of information that the hackers get...
While the intent of Mr. Robert F. McDonnell's attempt to protect our children is admirable, this method has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Anyone with any computer literacy knows how easy it is to get an online email, or just "pop in" to Yahoo chat or whatever...
A better (remember, I said better, not great) solution would be to make the internet a privalege, and ban sex offenders from the use of public internet (libraries), or private third party (Comcast, ATT) providers. Instead, offer them a government provided internet connection. Work with ISP providers to allow them to gateway the sex offenders through the government controlled servers for monitoring and then let them do what they want.
Obviously, any sex offender could wander off to a library, log in, and start preying on people again, but surely this idea is better than "registering their email and IM name"...
State your source? The F-35 is built upon many proven platforms and the US is the leader in stealth technology. Check out the typhoon Eurofighter:
http://www.eurofighter.com/
and a link to a comparison between the F-35 and Eurofighter:
http://www.fighter-planes.com/info/jsf.htm
Great, terabytes of data... I want a disc that won't turn into a coaster 5 years from now, especially if it has a terabyte of data on it. Heck, I'd be more impressed if at this point in time the good ol' CD-R was improved upon to make the data last 50 years so that I don't have to keep copying them every 5 years.
it's difficult enough knowing everything about a single department, much less the entire store. Go ahead and try learning everything there is to know about the 75+ different televisions sold at a given Best Buy location, including remembering the subtle differences between models of the same size and brand.
Especially when there is no incentive. Bad pay, and for the most part some kid who just wanted a job to pay for gas to the movies, slim profit margins... I used to work for a high-end computer store, just before the best-buy computers, etc. came out with razor thin margins. We charged an arm and leg for computers and what not, but we catered to the people who knew nothing and didn't want to know anything. Everyone knew there stuff about the 75+ models of equipment we had. Everyone was a tech and a salesperson (except for the one weird kid who wasn't allowed to talk to people). We got paid pretty well for what we did, and we got the super discounts on products, plus the store was like a family. This store is now out of business because people stopped caring about the knowledgeable staff and quality help. Its kind of ironic to see people go to best-buy and bitch about the sales people not knowing anything, because they did it to themselves by going there in the first place and putting the little-guy stores out of business.
about sh*t that is... it flows down hill. Next to be sued will be broadband providers because before, when we had dial-up, we never had this problem.
And how do you know this? Because they told you so? There are probably numerous terror cells living here in the US that the G-men are interested in, and monitoring internal US phone traffic is probably a good way to get a lead or two. If the G-men aren't doing it, the declaration that it is OK is one step away, since the international program sets a precedent. And soon after that, the G-men might say well, these criminals types are a "threat" so we need to include them too, and so on and so on.
Does it matter?
Hell yes it matters, to me anyway. The last thing I want here in the US is another tax added in the name of something good, i.e. the environment, and then have that money used to fund our ungodly war machine. I want oversight, I want the tax money used for funding universities and researchers that are studying ways to fix the problems we have created and help figure out ways to produce less waste or ways to transform waste into something beneficial. So, yes I think it does matter.
Where did this come from? Why is OK for a guy with 29 inch TV to not register? Maybe because none of his/her friends would want to watch a movie on his crappy 29 inch TV. My projector has an adjustable throw distance, so when the bad guys come knocking I will adjust the projector such that the image is 29 inches.
um, plants as in company plants, not the green leafy things.. :)
how do you know how much CO2 is being dispensed by various companies? Do we seal plants in plastic baggies and measure the CO2 coming out? And what exactly would the tax revenue go towards?
Just dump the e-waste in the ocean along with the rest of God knows what corporations illegally dump there... What could possibly go wrong with that!
Thanks! I figured I could have jumped through some hoops, but I was lazy and had another copy lying around. I wonder if the Vista tech support will be as forgiving? So what did the tech do, just hit a magic key and your copy could then authenticate?
What happens if Microsoft deactivates your OS that was legally purchased?
Uhh, nothing! You are hosed. I am pretty sure Windows XP Pro already does this, thanks to that Window Genuine Article(?) update. After I installed a LEGAL XP copy windows went to validate and it said, sorry, you are SOL because it was already registered (I had installed it on another machine that died). I had to find another copy to use, which I happened to have because I installed Ubuntu on another machine the OS CD came with...
This is very erie... Anyone read Prey by Michael Crichton? I think the developers of this nanotechnology should read this before proceeding. Interestingly, the bibliography of this book is quite extensive...
.. using open source, word just in, the THAI IT MINISTER has said it is ". . . low-quality software with lots of bugs."
Who TF is this guy?
Who wants a super-max high security prison for a computer? All the fun is going to be sucked out of computers with this DRM crap.
Oh sorry.. I am just guessing. Remember when the airlines had music that you could listen to, but the connection was that weird 2-pronged thing that only worked with the special headsets, which they charged $3 for. You got to keep the headset though, but you undoubtedly threw it out...
You have to use a "special" FAA approved cable to connect to the video input of the screen as well as the charging unit. The airline will provide this to you for $5 which includes the rental price of the monitor.