You know, solid state is going to very soon look more appealing then anything else for storage and even for booting a PC like OS. Read only OS on compact flash? Sure. This would not only be a good idea, but a good thing for security. Less moving parts is always a good thing. And I think that Intel and AMD both know they need to do something about the power of these beasties. 350 W, 450 W and even 550 W Power Supplies are out and mostly because of the processor and the multiple drives alot of us are starting to really gain affinity for. DVD-RW drives will obsolete the need for more then one other 5 1/4 drive (unless you want to copy a disk, but then you could always copy it down to your massive hard disk....). Eventually, soon, you may even be able to boot fully functional Windows, or a special version of it on a cd for trouble shooting. Even booting a full Linux distro off of a CD will be possible too (I know it's mostly there now, but usually the cd bootable ones have stuff missing). The 1/44 MB 3.5 inch drive will go bye bye and be replaced by the DVD-RW and for smaller yet tech, CF cards or SD cards. Apple started getting rid of 3.5 inch floppies. We could get rid of them too but they still hang around our necks like a shackle. How would you flash a bios with out a floppy you say? How about create a small, bootable iso image with Linux and then flash it that way? ASUS has Live Update and it works, mostly. Never had it fry my bios anyway. I still feel uncomfortable doing this especially since there is a risk the OS could crash during the flash procedure. MB Companies need to do something here too. Using AFLASH is becoming harder because it's getting harder to create that dos diskette. If you have Windows XP or Windows ME, with exception of ME's emergency boot diskette, you cannot create a bootable floppy with format a:/s.
In any event, these PC's along with others that finally start to look at what users want (cheap, powerful machines that can do any PC game with out having to buy a 300 dollar vid card) instead of the bottom line are what they will go for. Eventually, PC's that cost 2-3 thousand dollars will come with a screen comparable to a big screen TV. For us normal folks, we can be happy with a nice 15-17 inch screen and only have to pay about 200 bucks for top o da line..It will happen and sooner before later. IN 5 years, Hard disks could be obsoleted with the exception of those who need LARGE storage (storage like 2-4 TB Storage). Thos who need multi TB's of storage will still use harddisks, while us 100-200 GB Folks will be using CF cards.
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I didn't say I was. I am just saying that my pension is a hell of alot safer then most folks 401k's and ESOP plans. I am looking into other investments, just not ones that are real risky. No stocks that's for sure. When things aren't as tight things will go more into savings or investing.
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I hate it when everyone seems to try to classify a generation as being wreck or something. Baby Boomers are gunna be hurting cuz dey is no soc security, GenXer's dey be hurting because of the dot bombs. Well, you know what? Not all of us gut SUCKERED by a dot com and them flaunting money. Some of us actually had the smarts to realize it wasn't going to last. Why do people get suckered by pipe dreams? To me, working at a dot com would have made me feel like I was depending on the Lottery for retirement. That's not to say that anyone was wrong for what they did though.
I blame it on the genxer dropped out of college that decided he'd start a company (without his degree) and make more money then he'd make as a graduate (like that can really happen) and then decided oh let's have a fully stocked gourmet kitchen for our employee's to use for free. Let's have breaks for as long as you want whenever you want. Let's have utopia. Well, in the situation they were in the set themselves up for failure. Spending money on frivilous stuff for the employee (free gourmet kitchen), not making sure that deadlines were hit, unrealistic business model:
1. Idea 2. ??? 3. Profit....stuff like that is why they failed. Not all Xer's did this.
While this was going on I was slaving away working in a Community College. I may not have made what the commers were making, but I have now been here long enough that I am vested and every dollar I put into the pension fund is matched by the college. I plan on retiring from here. I don't have a 401k (maybe look into 403b if we every get them), I don' own stock. I would only buy stock if I could afford to loose the money I would invest (I can't, so I don't). I did not let a mortgage company or home builder pressure me into a house I could not afford. What's happened to me? I still have a job, I still have my house (although there are a lot of empties in my neighborhood). Do I want a bigger house? Sure, but I can't afford it. My mission is to try to climb out of debt and try not to go any further in debt. So far I have done ok, but there have been things happening lately....ever have everything in you house or household decide to die or break all at the same time? We were careful though and we intend to not use credit cards for holiday shopping. I hope to have at least 3-4 presents bought next week. As soon as I am out of debt I plan on staying out as much as possible, with exception of maybe a car payment and a house payment. I do not want a 300,000 dollar house (150,000 to 200,000 would be fine). I don't feel my peak earning years have happened just yet (in fact, I will soon be making enough money that I can take care of most of the bills and my wife will work long enough to get our credit cards and some other things paid off. After that, she's being a mom. SO, quit saying I am or most of the people born the year I was (1971) are wrecked. We have plenty of time before we're history.
You said: How about Christian companies that will only hire Christians?
That's funny. A true Christian would hire anyone. The bible says to 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[1] ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[2] Luke 10:27. Also: On the contrary:
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."[3] 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:20-21
So doesn't it stand to reason that a Christian would not mind hiring a non Christian? Christians want everyone to know that god loves them unconditionally and wants them to come to him. Christians do want everyone they see to be saved. One cannot be forced or coerced into being "saved" but they and they alone have to make that choice. In any case, I have yet to see/hear of any Christian business restriciting their hiring to Chrstians, save for maybe a Christian School (well DUH!). I know of one gentlemen in the area who is a Christian and owned a larged car dealership. He would hire anyone that qualifies, Chrsitian or not. My wifes company has scripture in their mission statement and have created a work at home program specifically for moms (a very Christian thing to do) and they hire non Christians. That's just two examples. A Christian business not wanting to hire a non-believer is so contrary to Christian belief that I would have to ask are they really Christian? The bible states that you should go whee your enemies are many times. This is by far the best way to advance the faith.
Actually I hear the real answer. These machines are made by Dieblod without any idea of where they are being installed. That ATM at your drive thru bank could have been easily installed in a mall. ON the other hand, I have a blind friend and would take him to use the ATM and would use any I find. They all have Braille on them because yes blind people need money too.
OK, here's where I think alot of folks loose touch. The web SHOULD be as acessible to eveyrone as possible. Death folks can view the web. Blind folks should be able to too. It's extrodinarily easy to make your site parsable by these screen readers and you can still do nice things with your website. Flash ridden websites are OUT! Besides not working well for blind folks, you ever try and download that thing on a dial up? Yeah that's what I thought. I agree some of the ADA things that come up are weird. Heard a story about a blind guy wanting to be a AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER! Sorry, that is one job I want a guy with 20/20 vision. The web is a place that is meant or everyone. Should a blind guy not be able to get the same prices you get on airfares on the airline's web site?? It would be different if it was actually hard to do this but it isn't. You can write code that these browsers can read/get around and sometimes you may even find a way to automate it too. Suing for this? SURE! It would be different of there was a way that these prices were being offered elsewhere, but a lot of tiems, they are not.
The funny, wild thing about this is that as far as OS's go, Windows sucks for being accesible too. UNIX is doing OK. UNIX is nice cuz you get all the benefits of running multiple programs, but you can do it in Virtual Terminals (with X or alt-f ing between them and use text mode programs only and it will work as long as you have a screen reader...right now that is being worked on for some UNICES. Some UNICES already have it. I think Linux does. This is as opposed to Microsoft who just now with XP have added TTS engines in the basic install, albeit BAD ones.
No contrary to popular belief (or misbelief) Conservtives are not for big corporations necessarily.
We could care less what Microsoft does so long as they are acting within the law. So far, they have with exception of a few things. I don't care what liberal court said that they are a monopoly. A REAL Monopoly means you don't have a choice at all and the fact is we DO have choices. Linux is a choice even if it does not have Office. Macintosh is a choice. OpenBSD is a choice. FreeBSD is a choice. These are all choices that can be made in software and I am sure there are more. Just because you hold the market share does not necessarily mean you have a monopoly. Rush Limbaugh is on the Microsoft side mostly but not because it's a big corporation, but because he does not see it as a monopoly. BTW, Rush is a STAUNCH Mac user. Conservatives generally don't care so long as a company has acted in it's best interests and that they have followed the letter of the law. The RIAA is not a company in a way it's more like a union then a company. And the RIAA is, mostly acting in it's best interests, or their members best interests. I never said the RIAA and Microsoft are completely without fault. They have both done some wrong things. That does not immeadiately brand them as bad company. They had to do something very right to be where they are.
Also, Conservatives can be religious but it's not a strict identifier either. I happen to be relatively religious. I read the Bible at least 1-3 times a week. I pray. For real and specifically, not those little prayers everyone does. Religion happens to fit pretty good with the conservative agenda but is by no means a mantra for most conservatives.
Conservatives generally don't want or see a need for any more regulation. In fact, we want less regulation. If you want to "label" me something other then conservative, you can label me a Constitutionalist. I frankly think that, with exception of safety laws that can be managed by the states, that all the feds really need is the Constitution. All of the other laws they have made, while not all conflict with the constitution, some do and can be gotten rid of. Examples of this is some of the Homeland security stuff (one subject I vary greatly with Bush). If the laws that were ALREADY on the books were enforced properly, then 9/11 would have never happened.
For those conspiracists that say they let it happen, well, that's utter BS (AKA Barbra Striesand). Some of these guys should have never been let in and the bad part is is the FBI and CIA new about these guys but they did not communicate this to the INS at all. The thing about the conspiracy folks that just makes me shake my head is that they say they do this and that and it's a conspiracy.....do you think if they were capapble of that that they would have just made the right descisions in the first place? Do you think if they were intelligent enough to hide these things from us that they would have had the smarts to realize years ago when we were helping Saddam that it may backfire on us??? This is why Conspiracy crap is just that....crap. They can't even get together and design/appropriate funds for a true shuttle replacement let alone hide this stuff from us that some folks say they are. The problem I have with alot of people is they treat the elected officials like they are kings. The thing is, ANYONE who is a citizen can be elected to office. If you hate the powers in office, then run yourself or elect new ones. That's what is so great about this country. Campaign Finance reform is nothing but a restriction on free speech. They are saying you can't deliver your message x days before an election and noone should be able to do this. This law was supposedly made to make it easier for the folks with less money for the election to get elected. The fact is is that it does nothing of the sort.
I am slewing offtopic, but I am trying to show examples that most liberals can only think about things that will get them into office instead of actually doing a good job at what they do. Exmples are abound there. Republicans aren't ansolved of this thinking either. I am going to vote write in this year for Ohio's governer cuz I can't vote for Taft cuz od the stupid things he has done in office.
I agree with alot of the ideals the common Slashdotter will but I am by no means Liberal. I am for smaller government. I am for people helping themselves and not taking a few bucks out of my wallet every paycheck which is what a government aid program is. I AM for free speech. I am against using P2P to steal (Napster) and using P2P for what it's meant (sharing files that are not copyrighted), but I am against the RIAA making it hard to exercise my fair use rights. I am against the MPAA telling me if I live in another country that I can't buy a DVD their and have it play in my player. I am against them telling me I can't make a fansite on the web celbrating and promoting my favorite TV show. I am FOR the constitution including the second amendment. I am against cameras in public places unless they are controlled by tourists. I am against using technology to ticket someone automagically because they were speeding because thier kid was hurt. I am against the idiot laws that are making clerks card (and possibly swiping a mag stripe on my license) everyone when they want to buy a beer (even though I am OBVIOUSLY over 21). I am FOR everything this country, as a whole, stands for. I am in AGREEMENT with Bush on the war on terrorism, but in disagreement with the need for these STUPID laws/rules regarding things like laptops being used during takeoff, GPS's not allowed at all, cellphones not allowed unless at gate, ILLEGAL search and seizures and other stupid stuff like that. I am FOR studying things LOGICALLY and using the results of that study to guide actions. Let's study the effects of these devices on a aircrafts Avionics. Have there ever been studies done or is this just so the airlines satisfy some stupid notion like that once you get on that plane THEY are your BOSS (instead of treating you like a human being when your not being an asshole). I am a geek. I use Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris and whatever else I need to do to make a few bucks. Sue me because I don't agree that Microsoft is a monopoly, but I hate them because their os's are unstable and they assume that I don't know what I am doing (not because they are the most popular right now). So kiss my shiny metal ass if I don't fit your damn image for a geek. I am a GEEK and proud of it. Who's next?
If you are at all technically oriented, you should ask the CEO if you can be given a chance to prove to him that it was not you. If you are given the opportunity to give him a presentation explaining the Klez worm and how it spreads you could maybe persude him that he's incorrecy. Noone should be fired for a virus sneaking in because it's easy for it to happen. Unless it happens again and again, I don't think anyone should be punished for it. That said, where are YOUR superiors? Your superiors should also stand up for you. If you don't have their trust enough for that to happen, well, I don't know what to tell you. If I was the laweyer in this, I would research it if I did not know anything about it. Within ten minutes of doing a google search, this CEO could be proven wrong. It would surprise me very much if a company lawyer would even consider this case. Although, stranger things have happened.
If you have a second line just for the computer, that's an easy one. This what I came up with when looking at my Cable Modem service. That's a no brainer. But if you only have one line and you just check e-mail once or twice a day and do some light web surfing, it's not work the added cost to these folks. Personally, with exception of equipment rental or purchase, I think they could do a month or two free as long as you subscribe to cable TV (if it's a cable modem) at a certain level.....say add HBO or something and you get cable modem for free for a month. Once addicted, it's hard to go back to dialup. I got a laptop and was using dialup on it cuz I didn't have the networking hardware at the time and the excruciatingly SLOW speed of dial up MADE ME go get that stuff.
You should have been able to do this....no idea why you could not. After editing the file, you should have ran tcbck -t. That goes through and checks the tcb. It prompts you what to do when it hits the file. There's also a grpchk one too. Also, you should have had a mksysb handy too..you didn't? Whups.
AIX supports something they call the Trusted Computing Base and it has to be chosen to be installed at install time. I basically has alot of things to make sure things stay as secure as possible. If this is anything like that, then I don't see how or why Palladium needs to be implemented in hardware. AIX does not have anything specific in the hardware to support TCB. It's a modified Kernel. I did not say that they don't have serials out the wazoo. They do. But noone is concerned about TCB on AIX. Even if it isn't the same, I see some of the same features in Palladium as the TCB has on AIX. Basically, I would like to see hardware and software first before I come out against it. It may be we are all just freking out about nothing. If it does come out, well, my computers fast enough now and does everything I need to do except for a vew things, and plenty of non palladium machines are out already. Just use the old stuff until they realize it won't sell. Passport flopped because noone wants it. Palladium could fail just the same. All I would like to see/fight against is the REQUIREMENT that this stuff be run.
You know, I stopped trying to make sense out of state and federeal government rules, I just follow them. We have a federal law that says where I work (at college) has to have a paper copy of everything even though it's all on the college's database. We have HUGE files that hold all of that stuff, yet each record is probably only 2-5 meg max for each student.
I work for a college and I asked why was a union allowed to have my address and was basically told that because I work for a state/public school, that my address is public information and they have to give it to anyone that asks. I was infuriated (plus I am against this union in representing ME!). I don't give a rats ass what kind of institution I work for the better limit acess to my info to only the institution.
That said, for the students, this kind of selling could be against the FERPA law. Family Education Rights and Privacy Act should prevent this kind of selling of student information. If it doesn't, why doesn't it? I remember when I was setting up a printer in the Records and Registration area and things are so tight with FERPA that they have to have to separate 75 page per minute printers (or ones similar to it). One prints schedules and the other is the only one they use for transcripts because the one for schedules anyone can get to including other students. The address could be considered different then say evidence that you took a certain course, but I don't think it should be that way.
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BBSing was fun. The wildest thing was when we'd all get into TC (MajorBBS was the greatest) and then we'd chat about of all things, the weather. Tc was better then IRC cause it had actions. You could drop a nuke on someone or send someone flowers.....it was pretty neat! Then there were my legendary BBS parties where I would get snockered and then get online and try and find folks to get snockered with, or to go to Waffle House or Tee Jayes and have breakfast and get sober. Fun fun! MajorBBS dropped the ball when they went to that weird GUI thing. They did not make it a requirement to get in, but after being text based so long, it just seemed, well, weird.
YES! Also, sometimes a person who reads slashdot might know more then the howto or whatever says. Google is good, but sometimes the answer isn't always in Google, be it the simple how do I hook up my Linksys router to 3 computers and a PDA and configure it properly and securly or the somewhat harder how do I install Linux and boot off of X filesystem(one not in the installer, but one the kernel will run). I mean yeah I know how to do it but some don't and sometimes the answers aren't all there. My point: Stop being so damn LEET by say ASK GOOGLE!:) Help someone for a change and be nice!
On a laptop, a banner would not be too bad. On a PDA...FORGEDDABOUTIT! There's minimal space on a PDA. That screen would then reduced in size to a cell phone wap browser and would be totally unusable as a regular browser. Also, I don't think it would work. On the other hand if it was free and had links for putting in your order like for a coffee or whatever, I would like that. They could give you a slip with the URL on it every time you get a coffee or they could put up a banner or sign telling you what to do.
Building the cable for things isn't the easiest thing in the world thanks to Garmin's proprietarty connector. That said, I was going to suggest the same unit. I believe the unit and cable are both available at Galyan's and REI (two off the top of my head).
Streetfinder is a excellent package for in the car. Only one problem I have using it on my laptop and my Garmin eMap...the speed is UNRELIABLE on the laptop. The GPS readout is perfect, but the computer's speed is 10 MPH off.
Delorme is nice because of the voice queues and I do believe it can do automagic reroutes.
I hate to say it, but the maps on Microsoft's program are beautiful, but the GPS features are anemic. It only shows location, no re-routing, no nice legend display or anything. That and it only updates like every 30 seconds.
That said, for Linux, gpsd is there. It can get the coordinates from the gps. Main problem with this stuff is the cost of the cartography.
Delorme seems to take a while to crank out new features because it already has alot of stuff others don't. There are some basic things that folks want with this stuff and once your there, why change? One thing I would like with ANY of these is the ability to subscribe to the program. Microsoft had/has this, but they priced it so out of line that I could get a better deal if I just went to Sam's, bought the program and sent in the rebate for (anywhere between 12 and 20 bucks after rebate instead of 50). In any case, Linux stuff is almost going to have to be commercial. Not many folks can afford to by the data they need to make a program and that would be the only way to do it unless you want to have crappy software. That said, there's a future in this kind of stuff. Noone gets lost, no one gawks at street signs or building signs until they get with in a few feet of their destination. It could make driving safer for all of us.
But then, would your "Dream System" still be your "Dream System"? That's the bad part. That's why if you have the cash, I say, go for it. You almost always have a price dip anyways even after it's gone down to where you buy it at.
When you want it. You will almost always get screwed on the price. Then there's that rare gem you walk into.
A good example is the iOpener thing. Here was a full PC being sold for 99 bucks. You will never beat it....well, at least not for a while. Not saying it was a great deal, but the form factor is what really made the price and feature set work.
I bought a Toshiba e740 right when it first came out (like with in a day of release) and then like a month later, the e550g came out (no huge deal there...I still had wireless and it didn't) and then CompUSA ran a deal for a few weeks where you got a free WiFi card too (DOH!). Oh well. The e550g is wonderfully done and by far the best of the XScale PocketPC's. Even better then the 3900 iPaqs. They are WAAAY over priced by HP....no matter how good that screen looks....plus no integrated CF or PC Card slot kind of sucks cuz now your on the acessory train. Buy a sleeve, then crap to put in the sleeve, then another sleeve if what you want to work in it doesn't work in a cf sleeve (Toshiba 2 GB PC Card drives). Then a NexiCAM sleeve and then and then..... Since they have no integrated CF slot, they should REDUCE the price if you ask me. The screens Toshiba are using aren't that bad. I am still waiting for someone to bring out a HAST screen in brightness, but with it viewable in sunlight (Casio always had great screens). NO the 3900 series isn't as bright as a CASIO screen. Sorry for the rant, but Pocket devices are going to be the way alot of folks access the internet. Better hope for the best!:) Heck I am still amazed at the amount of folks who think monochrome PDA's are cool.
Anyway, if you can afford it, buy it. Don't wait for the price to come down...you'll be waiting forever and still get bit.
Another news flash.....everyone I have ever run into at a hotel would use it if it was a way to get a fast net connection. One thing they could do is for those with no card, rent one at typical hotel rates and advertise that they can get it for free if they bought one. WiFi also makes it much cheaper to deploy a network rather then rewiring a hotel room. So far as the cost of deploying WiFi in a hotel, well, it ain't expensive. Not compared to the specialized BS they use to run in room PPV. You know on those they still use tape and only one room can watch a movie at a time? Really wild crap. Heck they could even stream movies via a special web page. That way many rooms can watch the same movie and on a better screen besides the POS TV's in the room.
According to Warchalking.org, Schlotzky's Deli in some locations offers free WiFi. Personally, I would like more free sites. Usually when I am away, not even hotels have it in the locations I have gone/need to go. There is a coffee shop here in Columbus that has free WiFi. Stauf's. They not only have GREAT coffee, but you can sit in front of their store OUTSIDE using the WiFi. If you don't have a card, they will even loan you one. Honestly, I realize bandwidth costs money, but some of the hotels and restaurants already have access for themselves and don't even push the envelope with their use. I guess you can say it's sort of like if the hotels only had bathrooms for thier employees, but the guests had to go across the street. That said, if I found a open node, I would not use it unless they had a sign saying it was cool. Kind of like when I went to a training place and the trainer said thay if we needed to hook our laptops to their network it was cool and they had a tone of DHCP addresses and open ports. Nice.
Thank you thank you thank you! Praise the lord someone whose good at the bible found this thread! While I have been doing better at reading my bible, I still aspire to know it better.
So many people are fooled by Satan believing if it feels good or is entertaining, that it's a good thing to watch. Of course Satan wants you to see something evil as good. That's how he tricks you down the slippery path. This PROVES my arguement that Harry Potter should just not be shown to kids. I am sorry. No Harry Potter in my house. I am going to try so hard to make the money so I can afford to send my kid to a Christian school so I can be certain he'd never be asked to read this. Sure, it's fun. That's what Satan wants you to think. If I just let my son watch immoral and imitate immoral things then what will become of him?
As against witchcraft as I am, I still let my son particpate in Trick or Treat. Trick or Treats origins are from the druids (Celebration for Samhain I think....) and are satanic, but I personally let my son dress up in good things. No scary stuff, no monsters. Sorry. He can dress up as his favorte NASCAR driver or something like that. I plan to put tracts in with my treats too this year. Basically we celebrate Halloween (or Harvest Festival or whatever you want to call it) by bringing god into a holiday that there usually isn't. Bible says to go where your enemies are and not to avoid them. Everyone trys to remove god from Christmas (those that do call it Winter Festival or maybe Saturnalia yet they have the same images we do (snowmen, Santa Claus)), so why can't we bring god into a fall celebration?
Just heard on the radio that someone where I work (I am off today) wore a T-shirt with GW Bush's make no mistake quote as their tribute to 9/11. They were asked to take it off. My employer denies it, yet the person who wore the T-shirt is on the radio. First off, this is AMERICA! You CANNOT do that! If you ask your emplyees to dress patriotically, to some, it's easier ot go get a t-shirt. That's what they did. This is a totally PC move on their part and stupid beyond belief. I remember on the 12th I had brought some flags to stick on my monitor and my boss asked me why I brought them in (DUH!). AT the time I worked wiht a co-worker who was Islamic. I told him why and he told me I shouldn't have brought them in. I had a discussion with him an dhe realized that he had made a mistake Basically, I said I could take to HR about it if you want....he decided to be quite...that and the multitudes of stupid employers that were doing this were being riducled on the news and talk radio circuit. Funny thing was the muslim I worked with was not offended at all by it and she appreciated me bringing them in. People people people. We need to KILL politacally correctness. It's tearing the country apart. Noone is wrong because they hold a view different than yours and noone's opinion should be supressed. This is America and we have the right to say anything we damn well want! Be it print, a T-shirt, your car or truck or whatever.
And this is the bullcrap I was talking about in my post. The cavity searches aren't finding anything. Now, the increased awareness this has caused has casue the CIA and FBI to catch things before they happen. Like they guy they caught with in 2 miles of the whitehouse with an arsenal. Like the freaks with the pic of Osama and all kind of chemicals and bomb making equipment. All of this TSA bullcrap has not done anything to "increase" security. The CIA and FBI actually doing their jobs has. Why were there not A-A batteries by the whitehouse already?
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You know, solid state is going to very soon look more appealing then anything else for storage and even for booting a PC like OS. Read only OS on compact flash? Sure. This would not only be a good idea, but a good thing for security. Less moving parts is always a good thing. And I think that Intel and AMD both know they need to do something about the power of these beasties. 350 W, 450 W and even 550 W Power Supplies are out and mostly because of the processor and the multiple drives alot of us are starting to really gain affinity for. DVD-RW drives will obsolete the need for more then one other 5 1/4 drive (unless you want to copy a disk, but then you could always copy it down to your massive hard disk....). Eventually, soon, you may even be able to boot fully functional Windows, or a special version of it on a cd for trouble shooting. Even booting a full Linux distro off of a CD will be possible too (I know it's mostly there now, but usually the cd bootable ones have stuff missing). The 1/44 MB 3.5 inch drive will go bye bye and be replaced by the DVD-RW and for smaller yet tech, CF cards or SD cards. Apple started getting rid of 3.5 inch floppies. We could get rid of them too but they still hang around our necks like a shackle. How would you flash a bios with out a floppy you say? How about create a small, bootable iso image with Linux and then flash it that way? ASUS has Live Update and it works, mostly. Never had it fry my bios anyway. I still feel uncomfortable doing this especially since there is a risk the OS could crash during the flash procedure. MB Companies need to do something here too. Using AFLASH is becoming harder because it's getting harder to create that dos diskette. If you have Windows XP or Windows ME, with exception of ME's emergency boot diskette, you cannot create a bootable floppy with format a: /s.
In any event, these PC's along with others that finally start to look at what users want (cheap, powerful machines that can do any PC game with out having to buy a 300 dollar vid card) instead of the bottom line are what they will go for. Eventually, PC's that cost 2-3 thousand dollars will come with a screen comparable to a big screen TV. For us normal folks, we can be happy with a nice 15-17 inch screen and only have to pay about 200 bucks for top o da line..It will happen and sooner before later. IN 5 years, Hard disks could be obsoleted with the exception of those who need LARGE storage (storage like 2-4 TB Storage). Thos who need multi TB's of storage will still use harddisks, while us 100-200 GB Folks will be using CF cards.
I didn't say I was. I am just saying that my pension is a hell of alot safer then most folks 401k's and ESOP plans. I am looking into other investments, just not ones that are real risky. No stocks that's for sure. When things aren't as tight things will go more into savings or investing.
I hate it when everyone seems to try to classify a generation as being wreck or something. Baby Boomers are gunna be hurting cuz dey is no soc security, GenXer's dey be hurting because of the dot bombs. Well, you know what? Not all of us gut SUCKERED by a dot com and them flaunting money. Some of us actually had the smarts to realize it wasn't going to last. Why do people get suckered by pipe dreams? To me, working at a dot com would have made me feel like I was depending on the Lottery for retirement. That's not to say that anyone was wrong for what they did though.
....stuff like that is why they failed. Not all Xer's did this.
I blame it on the genxer dropped out of college that decided he'd start a company (without his degree) and make more money then he'd make as a graduate (like that can really happen) and then decided oh let's have a fully stocked gourmet kitchen for our employee's to use for free. Let's have breaks for as long as you want whenever you want. Let's have utopia. Well, in the situation they were in the set themselves up for failure. Spending money on frivilous stuff for the employee (free gourmet kitchen), not making sure that deadlines were hit, unrealistic business model:
1. Idea
2. ???
3. Profit
While this was going on I was slaving away working in a Community College. I may not have made what the commers were making, but I have now been here long enough that I am vested and every dollar I put into the pension fund is matched by the college. I plan on retiring from here. I don't have a 401k (maybe look into 403b if we every get them), I don' own stock. I would only buy stock if I could afford to loose the money I would invest (I can't, so I don't). I did not let a mortgage company or home builder pressure me into a house I could not afford. What's happened to me? I still have a job, I still have my house (although there are a lot of empties in my neighborhood). Do I want a bigger house? Sure, but I can't afford it. My mission is to try to climb out of debt and try not to go any further in debt. So far I have done ok, but there have been things happening lately....ever have everything in you house or household decide to die or break all at the same time? We were careful though and we intend to not use credit cards for holiday shopping. I hope to have at least 3-4 presents bought next week. As soon as I am out of debt I plan on staying out as much as possible, with exception of maybe a car payment and a house payment. I do not want a 300,000 dollar house (150,000 to 200,000 would be fine). I don't feel my peak earning years have happened just yet (in fact, I will soon be making enough money that I can take care of most of the bills and my wife will work long enough to get our credit cards and some other things paid off. After that, she's being a mom. SO, quit saying I am or most of the people born the year I was (1971) are wrecked. We have plenty of time before we're history.
You said: How about Christian companies that will only hire Christians?
That's funny. A true Christian would hire anyone. The bible says to 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[1] ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[2] Luke 10:27. Also: On the contrary:
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."[3] 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:20-21
So doesn't it stand to reason that a Christian would not mind hiring a non Christian? Christians want everyone to know that god loves them unconditionally and wants them to come to him. Christians do want everyone they see to be saved. One cannot be forced or coerced into being "saved" but they and they alone have to make that choice. In any case, I have yet to see/hear of any Christian business restriciting their hiring to Chrstians, save for maybe a Christian School (well DUH!). I know of one gentlemen in the area who is a Christian and owned a larged car dealership. He would hire anyone that qualifies, Chrsitian or not. My wifes company has scripture in their mission statement and have created a work at home program specifically for moms (a very Christian thing to do) and they hire non Christians. That's just two examples. A Christian business not wanting to hire a non-believer is so contrary to Christian belief that I would have to ask are they really Christian? The bible states that you should go whee your enemies are many times. This is by far the best way to advance the faith.
Actually I hear the real answer. These machines are made by Dieblod without any idea of where they are being installed. That ATM at your drive thru bank could have been easily installed in a mall. ON the other hand, I have a blind friend and would take him to use the ATM and would use any I find. They all have Braille on them because yes blind people need money too.
OK, here's where I think alot of folks loose touch. The web SHOULD be as acessible to eveyrone as possible. Death folks can view the web. Blind folks should be able to too. It's extrodinarily easy to make your site parsable by these screen readers and you can still do nice things with your website. Flash ridden websites are OUT! Besides not working well for blind folks, you ever try and download that thing on a dial up? Yeah that's what I thought. I agree some of the ADA things that come up are weird. Heard a story about a blind guy wanting to be a AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER! Sorry, that is one job I want a guy with 20/20 vision. The web is a place that is meant or everyone. Should a blind guy not be able to get the same prices you get on airfares on the airline's web site?? It would be different if it was actually hard to do this but it isn't. You can write code that these browsers can read/get around and sometimes you may even find a way to automate it too. Suing for this? SURE! It would be different of there was a way that these prices were being offered elsewhere, but a lot of tiems, they are not.
The funny, wild thing about this is that as far as OS's go, Windows sucks for being accesible too. UNIX is doing OK. UNIX is nice cuz you get all the benefits of running multiple programs, but you can do it in Virtual Terminals (with X or alt-f ing between them and use text mode programs only and it will work as long as you have a screen reader...right now that is being worked on for some UNICES. Some UNICES already have it. I think Linux does. This is as opposed to Microsoft who just now with XP have added TTS engines in the basic install, albeit BAD ones.
No contrary to popular belief (or misbelief) Conservtives are not for big corporations necessarily.
We could care less what Microsoft does so long as they are acting within the law. So far, they have with exception of a few things. I don't care what liberal court said that they are a monopoly. A REAL Monopoly means you don't have a choice at all and the fact is we DO have choices. Linux is a choice even if it does not have Office. Macintosh is a choice. OpenBSD is a choice. FreeBSD is a choice. These are all choices that can be made in software and I am sure there are more. Just because you hold the market share does not necessarily mean you have a monopoly. Rush Limbaugh is on the Microsoft side mostly but not because it's a big corporation, but because he does not see it as a monopoly. BTW, Rush is a STAUNCH Mac user. Conservatives generally don't care so long as a company has acted in it's best interests and that they have followed the letter of the law. The RIAA is not a company in a way it's more like a union then a company. And the RIAA is, mostly acting in it's best interests, or their members best interests. I never said the RIAA and Microsoft are completely without fault. They have both done some wrong things. That does not immeadiately brand them as bad company. They had to do something very right to be where they are.
Also, Conservatives can be religious but it's not a strict identifier either. I happen to be relatively religious. I read the Bible at least 1-3 times a week. I pray. For real and specifically, not those little prayers everyone does. Religion happens to fit pretty good with the conservative agenda but is by no means a mantra for most conservatives.
Conservatives generally don't want or see a need for any more regulation. In fact, we want less regulation. If you want to "label" me something other then conservative, you can label me a Constitutionalist. I frankly think that, with exception of safety laws that can be managed by the states, that all the feds really need is the Constitution. All of the other laws they have made, while not all conflict with the constitution, some do and can be gotten rid of. Examples of this is some of the Homeland security stuff (one subject I vary greatly with Bush). If the laws that were ALREADY on the books were enforced properly, then 9/11 would have never happened.
For those conspiracists that say they let it happen, well, that's utter BS (AKA Barbra Striesand). Some of these guys should have never been let in and the bad part is is the FBI and CIA new about these guys but they did not communicate this to the INS at all. The thing about the conspiracy folks that just makes me shake my head is that they say they do this and that and it's a conspiracy.....do you think if they were capapble of that that they would have just made the right descisions in the first place? Do you think if they were intelligent enough to hide these things from us that they would have had the smarts to realize years ago when we were helping Saddam that it may backfire on us??? This is why Conspiracy crap is just that....crap. They can't even get together and design/appropriate funds for a true shuttle replacement let alone hide this stuff from us that some folks say they are. The problem I have with alot of people is they treat the elected officials like they are kings. The thing is, ANYONE who is a citizen can be elected to office. If you hate the powers in office, then run yourself or elect new ones. That's what is so great about this country. Campaign Finance reform is nothing but a restriction on free speech. They are saying you can't deliver your message x days before an election and noone should be able to do this. This law was supposedly made to make it easier for the folks with less money for the election to get elected. The fact is is that it does nothing of the sort.
I am slewing offtopic, but I am trying to show examples that most liberals can only think about things that will get them into office instead of actually doing a good job at what they do. Exmples are abound there. Republicans aren't ansolved of this thinking either. I am going to vote write in this year for Ohio's governer cuz I can't vote for Taft cuz od the stupid things he has done in office.
I agree with alot of the ideals the common Slashdotter will but I am by no means Liberal. I am for smaller government. I am for people helping themselves and not taking a few bucks out of my wallet every paycheck which is what a government aid program is. I AM for free speech. I am against using P2P to steal (Napster) and using P2P for what it's meant (sharing files that are not copyrighted), but I am against the RIAA making it hard to exercise my fair use rights. I am against the MPAA telling me if I live in another country that I can't buy a DVD their and have it play in my player. I am against them telling me I can't make a fansite on the web celbrating and promoting my favorite TV show. I am FOR the constitution including the second amendment. I am against cameras in public places unless they are controlled by tourists. I am against using technology to ticket someone automagically because they were speeding because thier kid was hurt. I am against the idiot laws that are making clerks card (and possibly swiping a mag stripe on my license) everyone when they want to buy a beer (even though I am OBVIOUSLY over 21). I am FOR everything this country, as a whole, stands for. I am in AGREEMENT with Bush on the war on terrorism, but in disagreement with the need for these STUPID laws/rules regarding things like laptops being used during takeoff, GPS's not allowed at all, cellphones not allowed unless at gate, ILLEGAL search and seizures and other stupid stuff like that. I am FOR studying things LOGICALLY and using the results of that study to guide actions. Let's study the effects of these devices on a aircrafts Avionics. Have there ever been studies done or is this just so the airlines satisfy some stupid notion like that once you get on that plane THEY are your BOSS (instead of treating you like a human being when your not being an asshole). I am a geek. I use Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris and whatever else I need to do to make a few bucks. Sue me because I don't agree that Microsoft is a monopoly, but I hate them because their os's are unstable and they assume that I don't know what I am doing (not because they are the most popular right now). So kiss my shiny metal ass if I don't fit your damn image for a geek. I am a GEEK and proud of it. Who's next?
If you are at all technically oriented, you should ask the CEO if you can be given a chance to prove to him that it was not you. If you are given the opportunity to give him a presentation explaining the Klez worm and how it spreads you could maybe persude him that he's incorrecy. Noone should be fired for a virus sneaking in because it's easy for it to happen. Unless it happens again and again, I don't think anyone should be punished for it. That said, where are YOUR superiors? Your superiors should also stand up for you. If you don't have their trust enough for that to happen, well, I don't know what to tell you. If I was the laweyer in this, I would research it if I did not know anything about it. Within ten minutes of doing a google search, this CEO could be proven wrong. It would surprise me very much if a company lawyer would even consider this case. Although, stranger things have happened.
If you have a second line just for the computer, that's an easy one. This what I came up with when looking at my Cable Modem service. That's a no brainer. But if you only have one line and you just check e-mail once or twice a day and do some light web surfing, it's not work the added cost to these folks. Personally, with exception of equipment rental or purchase, I think they could do a month or two free as long as you subscribe to cable TV (if it's a cable modem) at a certain level.....say add HBO or something and you get cable modem for free for a month. Once addicted, it's hard to go back to dialup. I got a laptop and was using dialup on it cuz I didn't have the networking hardware at the time and the excruciatingly SLOW speed of dial up MADE ME go get that stuff.
You should have been able to do this....no idea why you could not. After editing the file, you should have ran tcbck -t. That goes through and checks the tcb. It prompts you what to do when it hits the file. There's also a grpchk one too. Also, you should have had a mksysb handy too..you didn't? Whups.
AIX supports something they call the Trusted Computing Base and it has to be chosen to be installed at install time. I basically has alot of things to make sure things stay as secure as possible. If this is anything like that, then I don't see how or why Palladium needs to be implemented in hardware. AIX does not have anything specific in the hardware to support TCB. It's a modified Kernel. I did not say that they don't have serials out the wazoo. They do. But noone is concerned about TCB on AIX. Even if it isn't the same, I see some of the same features in Palladium as the TCB has on AIX. Basically, I would like to see hardware and software first before I come out against it. It may be we are all just freking out about nothing. If it does come out, well, my computers fast enough now and does everything I need to do except for a vew things, and plenty of non palladium machines are out already. Just use the old stuff until they realize it won't sell. Passport flopped because noone wants it. Palladium could fail just the same. All I would like to see/fight against is the REQUIREMENT that this stuff be run.
You know, I stopped trying to make sense out of state and federeal government rules, I just follow them. We have a federal law that says where I work (at college) has to have a paper copy of everything even though it's all on the college's database. We have HUGE files that hold all of that stuff, yet each record is probably only 2-5 meg max for each student.
I work for a college and I asked why was a union allowed to have my address and was basically told that because I work for a state/public school, that my address is public information and they have to give it to anyone that asks. I was infuriated (plus I am against this union in representing ME!). I don't give a rats ass what kind of institution I work for the better limit acess to my info to only the institution.
That said, for the students, this kind of selling could be against the FERPA law. Family Education Rights and Privacy Act should prevent this kind of selling of student information. If it doesn't, why doesn't it? I remember when I was setting up a printer in the Records and Registration area and things are so tight with FERPA that they have to have to separate 75 page per minute printers (or ones similar to it). One prints schedules and the other is the only one they use for transcripts because the one for schedules anyone can get to including other students. The address could be considered different then say evidence that you took a certain course, but I don't think it should be that way.
Computrek (used to be able to Telnet to Computrek.org)
Starfleet Academy
Rusty and Edies (the place to go for porn in OH)
BBSing was fun. The wildest thing was when we'd all get into TC (MajorBBS was the greatest) and then we'd chat about of all things, the weather. Tc was better then IRC cause it had actions. You could drop a nuke on someone or send someone flowers.....it was pretty neat! Then there were my legendary BBS parties where I would get snockered and then get online and try and find folks to get snockered with, or to go to Waffle House or Tee Jayes and have breakfast and get sober. Fun fun! MajorBBS dropped the ball when they went to that weird GUI thing. They did not make it a requirement to get in, but after being text based so long, it just seemed, well, weird.
YES! Also, sometimes a person who reads slashdot might know more then the howto or whatever says. Google is good, but sometimes the answer isn't always in Google, be it the simple how do I hook up my Linksys router to 3 computers and a PDA and configure it properly and securly or the somewhat harder how do I install Linux and boot off of X filesystem(one not in the installer, but one the kernel will run). I mean yeah I know how to do it but some don't and sometimes the answers aren't all there. My point: Stop being so damn LEET by say ASK GOOGLE! :) Help someone for a change and be nice!
On a laptop, a banner would not be too bad. On a PDA...FORGEDDABOUTIT! There's minimal space on a PDA. That screen would then reduced in size to a cell phone wap browser and would be totally unusable as a regular browser. Also, I don't think it would work. On the other hand if it was free and had links for putting in your order like for a coffee or whatever, I would like that. They could give you a slip with the URL on it every time you get a coffee or they could put up a banner or sign telling you what to do.
Building the cable for things isn't the easiest thing in the world thanks to Garmin's proprietarty connector. That said, I was going to suggest the same unit. I believe the unit and cable are both available at Galyan's and REI (two off the top of my head).
Streetfinder is a excellent package for in the car. Only one problem I have using it on my laptop and my Garmin eMap...the speed is UNRELIABLE on the laptop. The GPS readout is perfect, but the computer's speed is 10 MPH off.
Delorme is nice because of the voice queues and I do believe it can do automagic reroutes.
I hate to say it, but the maps on Microsoft's program are beautiful, but the GPS features are anemic. It only shows location, no re-routing, no nice legend display or anything. That and it only updates like every 30 seconds.
That said, for Linux, gpsd is there. It can get the coordinates from the gps. Main problem with this stuff is the cost of the cartography.
Delorme seems to take a while to crank out new features because it already has alot of stuff others don't. There are some basic things that folks want with this stuff and once your there, why change? One thing I would like with ANY of these is the ability to subscribe to the program. Microsoft had/has this, but they priced it so out of line that I could get a better deal if I just went to Sam's, bought the program and sent in the rebate for (anywhere between 12 and 20 bucks after rebate instead of 50). In any case, Linux stuff is almost going to have to be commercial. Not many folks can afford to by the data they need to make a program and that would be the only way to do it unless you want to have crappy software. That said, there's a future in this kind of stuff. Noone gets lost, no one gawks at street signs or building signs until they get with in a few feet of their destination. It could make driving safer for all of us.
Pornster
Boner
Titty Factory
Hardon
Pussy
Vaiginer
Boneher
Just a few off the top of my head.
But then, would your "Dream System" still be your "Dream System"? That's the bad part. That's why if you have the cash, I say, go for it. You almost always have a price dip anyways even after it's gone down to where you buy it at.
When you want it. You will almost always get screwed on the price. Then there's that rare gem you walk into.
:) Heck I am still amazed at the amount of folks who think monochrome PDA's are cool.
A good example is the iOpener thing. Here was a full PC being sold for 99 bucks. You will never beat it....well, at least not for a while. Not saying it was a great deal, but the form factor is what really made the price and feature set work.
I bought a Toshiba e740 right when it first came out (like with in a day of release) and then like a month later, the e550g came out (no huge deal there...I still had wireless and it didn't) and then CompUSA ran a deal for a few weeks where you got a free WiFi card too (DOH!). Oh well. The e550g is wonderfully done and by far the best of the XScale PocketPC's. Even better then the 3900 iPaqs. They are WAAAY over priced by HP....no matter how good that screen looks....plus no integrated CF or PC Card slot kind of sucks cuz now your on the acessory train. Buy a sleeve, then crap to put in the sleeve, then another sleeve if what you want to work in it doesn't work in a cf sleeve (Toshiba 2 GB PC Card drives). Then a NexiCAM sleeve and then and then..... Since they have no integrated CF slot, they should REDUCE the price if you ask me. The screens Toshiba are using aren't that bad. I am still waiting for someone to bring out a HAST screen in brightness, but with it viewable in sunlight (Casio always had great screens). NO the 3900 series isn't as bright as a CASIO screen. Sorry for the rant, but Pocket devices are going to be the way alot of folks access the internet. Better hope for the best!
Anyway, if you can afford it, buy it. Don't wait for the price to come down...you'll be waiting forever and still get bit.
Another news flash.....everyone I have ever run into at a hotel would use it if it was a way to get a fast net connection. One thing they could do is for those with no card, rent one at typical hotel rates and advertise that they can get it for free if they bought one. WiFi also makes it much cheaper to deploy a network rather then rewiring a hotel room. So far as the cost of deploying WiFi in a hotel, well, it ain't expensive. Not compared to the specialized BS they use to run in room PPV. You know on those they still use tape and only one room can watch a movie at a time? Really wild crap. Heck they could even stream movies via a special web page. That way many rooms can watch the same movie and on a better screen besides the POS TV's in the room.
According to Warchalking.org, Schlotzky's Deli in some locations offers free WiFi. Personally, I would like more free sites. Usually when I am away, not even hotels have it in the locations I have gone/need to go. There is a coffee shop here in Columbus that has free WiFi. Stauf's. They not only have GREAT coffee, but you can sit in front of their store OUTSIDE using the WiFi. If you don't have a card, they will even loan you one. Honestly, I realize bandwidth costs money, but some of the hotels and restaurants already have access for themselves and don't even push the envelope with their use. I guess you can say it's sort of like if the hotels only had bathrooms for thier employees, but the guests had to go across the street. That said, if I found a open node, I would not use it unless they had a sign saying it was cool. Kind of like when I went to a training place and the trainer said thay if we needed to hook our laptops to their network it was cool and they had a tone of DHCP addresses and open ports. Nice.
Thank you thank you thank you! Praise the lord someone whose good at the bible found this thread! While I have been doing better at reading my bible, I still aspire to know it better.
So many people are fooled by Satan believing if it feels good or is entertaining, that it's a good thing to watch. Of course Satan wants you to see something evil as good. That's how he tricks you down the slippery path. This PROVES my arguement that Harry Potter should just not be shown to kids. I am sorry. No Harry Potter in my house. I am going to try so hard to make the money so I can afford to send my kid to a Christian school so I can be certain he'd never be asked to read this. Sure, it's fun. That's what Satan wants you to think. If I just let my son watch immoral and imitate immoral things then what will become of him?
As against witchcraft as I am, I still let my son particpate in Trick or Treat. Trick or Treats origins are from the druids (Celebration for Samhain I think....) and are satanic, but I personally let my son dress up in good things. No scary stuff, no monsters. Sorry. He can dress up as his favorte NASCAR driver or something like that. I plan to put tracts in with my treats too this year. Basically we celebrate Halloween (or Harvest Festival or whatever you want to call it) by bringing god into a holiday that there usually isn't. Bible says to go where your enemies are and not to avoid them. Everyone trys to remove god from Christmas (those that do call it Winter Festival or maybe Saturnalia yet they have the same images we do (snowmen, Santa Claus)), so why can't we bring god into a fall celebration?
Just heard on the radio that someone where I work (I am off today) wore a T-shirt with GW Bush's make no mistake quote as their tribute to 9/11. They were asked to take it off. My employer denies it, yet the person who wore the T-shirt is on the radio. First off, this is AMERICA! You CANNOT do that! If you ask your emplyees to dress patriotically, to some, it's easier ot go get a t-shirt. That's what they did. This is a totally PC move on their part and stupid beyond belief. I remember on the 12th I had brought some flags to stick on my monitor and my boss asked me why I brought them in (DUH!). AT the time I worked wiht a co-worker who was Islamic. I told him why and he told me I shouldn't have brought them in. I had a discussion with him an dhe realized that he had made a mistake Basically, I said I could take to HR about it if you want....he decided to be quite...that and the multitudes of stupid employers that were doing this were being riducled on the news and talk radio circuit. Funny thing was the muslim I worked with was not offended at all by it and she appreciated me bringing them in. People people people. We need to KILL politacally correctness. It's tearing the country apart. Noone is wrong because they hold a view different than yours and noone's opinion should be supressed. This is America and we have the right to say anything we damn well want! Be it print, a T-shirt, your car or truck or whatever.
And this is the bullcrap I was talking about in my post. The cavity searches aren't finding anything. Now, the increased awareness this has caused has casue the CIA and FBI to catch things before they happen. Like they guy they caught with in 2 miles of the whitehouse with an arsenal. Like the freaks with the pic of Osama and all kind of chemicals and bomb making equipment. All of this TSA bullcrap has not done anything to "increase" security. The CIA and FBI actually doing their jobs has. Why were there not A-A batteries by the whitehouse already?