Actually, in some other places, it is the norm to allow others on your property as long as they are causing no harm. The concept is called "everyman's right", and is popular in Nordic countries and Scotland, plus a few other places. Basically, you are free to walk/hike and even camp overnight for short periods of time. This is typically in wilderness areas like forest etc. I think the real question here is why is everyone so uptight about it. So someone took a picture of their house and posted it on the internet. Google provides tools to remove those images, but instead, the couple sued. This is an abuse of the legal system and they should pay Google's legal fees - in my opinion...
Not that I'm claiming to be Nostradamus or anything, but this is no surprise to me at all. How many times will we believe the pre-election statements of politicians?
Until we get the lobbyists and bribery/earmarks/legislation for sale out of our political system, and until we vote to have more than just two parties that can be payed off or manipulated,
WE WILL GET THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE DESERVE. I say this with much pain and little pride.
Vote for the best candidate, but please consider 3rd party alternatives. Don't be misled into believing your vote won't count. If you feel forced to vote for the lesser of two evils (dem or rep), then your vote may actually hurt instead of being just "wasted".
a digital signal is one that carries ones and zeros. it has nothing to do with the actual waveform used. cell phones can only transmit analog, yet they send all digital data.
even a square wave is not digital in the GP's sense. a square wave is just a superposition of multiple sine waves.
HDMI is digital, really.
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I unfortunately must agree with the first statement about their being a very small chance of punishment. That is a sad enough statement in and of itself.
I can not understand the callousness shown to others who lives are in danger through no fault of their own. Deriving enjoyment from the situation going badly in Iraq is also not a moral or enlightened position.
Modding this post up must be some kind of mistake I hope.
After they have already sold it to another (sister) company who's name you don't even know of and who conveniently has no privacy policy. It's just too easy to obfuscate and continue with business as usual.
I used to repair copiers and printers for a living. I would come home and have to blow my nose to get all the toner out. Never noticed any ill effects. I'm sure there are some people who might be allergic, but not many. Toner is mixture of polyester, carbon, and wax, none of which is known to be very harmful. Check the MSDS. http://www.lanier.com/page.php/toner%20msds. Perhaps the color toner is worse, they did not have that in my day.
Probably just another alarmist story from the UK...
Ok so I can theoretically get 5-15 Gbs at 5-1 meters. That's not an incredibly useful distance for most people. Also, the broadband connection to the home's speed is currently ~1000 times less. I do not personally see the need for much higher speeds in the home then are available with 802.11n (74Mbs typ)
I'm more concerned that we have dropped from 4th to 13th in broadband penetration. Let's get a faster pipe TO the home first.
As mentioned before, it would be fairly easy to fix with Opt In only privacy law. No one should be able to use my private info for anything without my express permission. Additionally, it should be illegal to require permission to be granted to use a businesses services. More specifically, they should only be able to keep the minimum amount of info, and only use it for the minimum purpose required to provide service to you. In no case should be they be allowed to trade or sell that info to others without your permission and perhaps compensation. If they can make money off of it, then you should have a right to charge them for it if you want to. They have a done some work with health info, but this privacy needs to be expanded to all personal info, and further enhanced across the board.
Ok, I know this is unlikely given our current culture and government, but it's what SHOULD be.
Recruiters are paid by the company hiring and they almost never help the employee get more salary. I've found just the opposite to be the case 99% of the time
You probably also think the company HR people are there to help the employees and are a firm believer in fairies.
I agree with what you are saying, and would never advocate such a society. Unfortunately, there are others who don't care. And it's important for all individuals to understand that this is a possibility if they they do not provide for themselves. In cases where it is impossible for a large enough group to provide, they will eventually revolt, but it's better to be active politically before it comes to that.
Using your logic then... food requires plants or animals, so i have a right to those, and those require space to grow and other resources, so I have a right to that as well... ad infinitum. Right to life means that no one should kill you or unfairly imprison you.
It does not mean that we are required to feed, cloth or shelter you. Doing those things would be a moral, just and nice thing to do, but not doing them is not depriving anyone of the right to live.
From my view you are totally wrong.
When the CEO gets rich, the rest of the board will too. So while the CEO is singled out for discussion, what benefits him, benefits everyone else on the C and board level generally.
I'm sure IBM has as many strict controls as Enron and many other shameless corporations, possibly a few more, but I don't believe for a second that they are immune or prevented from insider stock manipulation, even if they are not outright thieves like those who were at Enron.
If there is any truth to the rumor then it's hard to explain why they would make this decision given the companies recent results. The company made 8.4, 7.9, and 9.5 BILLION dollars in the last 3 years respectively...
But ya, I can totally see why you would want to layoff 100-150k employees and not question the CEO.../sarcasm.
The real story is that Moore's law describes the basic goal of the semiconductor industry. Perhaps there are better goals, but they tend to get swallowed up in the quest for smaller transistors.
The other real story is Gate's law: I will use up those extra transistors faster than you can create them. My hardware OEMs need a bloated OS that will drive new HW replacement cycles.
I also seem to remember Moore's law was often quoted as a doubling every year, now I see some saying 18-24 months, so I think in fact the rule is slowing down. We are pushing into the area where it takes a lot of effort and innovation to get a small increase in density.
Even still, Moore's law has always been a favorite of mine!
Tom
What 4th amendment protection will exist when police state can fly over your house and see inside? Seems like 4th amendment is pretty much gone now anyways with patriot act, and further abuses already committed. This just adds another method to chip away our rights. We will need a new bill of rights that spells out huge personal penalties when rights are violated that includes using technology to do so.
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Actually, in some other places, it is the norm to allow others on your property as long as they are causing no harm. The concept is called "everyman's right", and is popular in Nordic countries and Scotland, plus a few other places. Basically, you are free to walk/hike and even camp overnight for short periods of time. This is typically in wilderness areas like forest etc. I think the real question here is why is everyone so uptight about it. So someone took a picture of their house and posted it on the internet. Google provides tools to remove those images, but instead, the couple sued. This is an abuse of the legal system and they should pay Google's legal fees - in my opinion...
Not that I'm claiming to be Nostradamus or anything, but this is no surprise to me at all. How many times will we believe the pre-election statements of politicians?
Until we get the lobbyists and bribery/earmarks/legislation for sale out of our political system, and until we vote to have more than just two parties that can be payed off or manipulated,
WE WILL GET THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE DESERVE. I say this with much pain and little pride.
Vote for the best candidate, but please consider 3rd party alternatives. Don't be misled into believing your vote won't count. If you feel forced to vote for the lesser of two evils (dem or rep), then your vote may actually hurt instead of being just "wasted".
We can just call you iBoy if that is more clear and familiar sounding to you...
a digital signal is one that carries ones and zeros. it has nothing to do with the actual waveform used. cell phones can only transmit analog, yet they send all digital data. even a square wave is not digital in the GP's sense. a square wave is just a superposition of multiple sine waves. HDMI is digital, really.
I bought 3 last week. look on pricegrabber.
I unfortunately must agree with the first statement about their being a very small chance of punishment. That is a sad enough statement in and of itself.
I can not understand the callousness shown to others who lives are in danger through no fault of their own. Deriving enjoyment from the situation going badly in Iraq is also not a moral or enlightened position.
Modding this post up must be some kind of mistake I hope.
Would this be like some kind of non-malicious root kit?
After they have already sold it to another (sister) company who's name you don't even know of and who conveniently has no privacy policy. It's just too easy to obfuscate and continue with business as usual.
- no sig, really!
I used to repair copiers and printers for a living. I would come home and have to blow my nose to get all the toner out. Never noticed any ill effects. I'm sure there are some people who might be allergic, but not many. Toner is mixture of polyester, carbon, and wax, none of which is known to be very harmful. Check the MSDS. http://www.lanier.com/page.php/toner%20msds. Perhaps the color toner is worse, they did not have that in my day.
Probably just another alarmist story from the UK...
Ok so I can theoretically get 5-15 Gbs at 5-1 meters. That's not an incredibly useful distance for most people. Also, the broadband connection to the home's speed is currently ~1000 times less. I do not personally see the need for much higher speeds in the home then are available with 802.11n (74Mbs typ)
I'm more concerned that we have dropped from 4th to 13th in broadband penetration. Let's get a faster pipe TO the home first.
As mentioned before, it would be fairly easy to fix with Opt In only privacy law. No one should be able to use my private info for anything without my express permission. Additionally, it should be illegal to require permission to be granted to use a businesses services. More specifically, they should only be able to keep the minimum amount of info, and only use it for the minimum purpose required to provide service to you. In no case should be they be allowed to trade or sell that info to others without your permission and perhaps compensation. If they can make money off of it, then you should have a right to charge them for it if you want to. They have a done some work with health info, but this privacy needs to be expanded to all personal info, and further enhanced across the board.
Ok, I know this is unlikely given our current culture and government, but it's what SHOULD be.
Recruiters are paid by the company hiring and they almost never help the employee get more salary. I've found just the opposite to be the case 99% of the time
You probably also think the company HR people are there to help the employees and are a firm believer in fairies.
I agree with what you are saying, and would never advocate such a society. Unfortunately, there are others who don't care. And it's important for all individuals to understand that this is a possibility if they they do not provide for themselves. In cases where it is impossible for a large enough group to provide, they will eventually revolt, but it's better to be active politically before it comes to that.
It does not mean that we are required to feed, cloth or shelter you. Doing those things would be a moral, just and nice thing to do, but not doing them is not depriving anyone of the right to live.
From my view you are totally wrong. When the CEO gets rich, the rest of the board will too. So while the CEO is singled out for discussion, what benefits him, benefits everyone else on the C and board level generally. I'm sure IBM has as many strict controls as Enron and many other shameless corporations, possibly a few more, but I don't believe for a second that they are immune or prevented from insider stock manipulation, even if they are not outright thieves like those who were at Enron. If there is any truth to the rumor then it's hard to explain why they would make this decision given the companies recent results. The company made 8.4, 7.9, and 9.5 BILLION dollars in the last 3 years respectively... But ya, I can totally see why you would want to layoff 100-150k employees and not question the CEO... /sarcasm.
The real story is that Moore's law describes the basic goal of the semiconductor industry. Perhaps there are better goals, but they tend to get swallowed up in the quest for smaller transistors. The other real story is Gate's law: I will use up those extra transistors faster than you can create them. My hardware OEMs need a bloated OS that will drive new HW replacement cycles. I also seem to remember Moore's law was often quoted as a doubling every year, now I see some saying 18-24 months, so I think in fact the rule is slowing down. We are pushing into the area where it takes a lot of effort and innovation to get a small increase in density. Even still, Moore's law has always been a favorite of mine! Tom
What 4th amendment protection will exist when police state can fly over your house and see inside? Seems like 4th amendment is pretty much gone now anyways with patriot act, and further abuses already committed. This just adds another method to chip away our rights. We will need a new bill of rights that spells out huge personal penalties when rights are violated that includes using technology to do so. br, TK