Someone tried to register my car at their address, basically taking ownership. The DVLA wrote to me and requested that I call them. Once I called them they hastily canceled the transfer, and set the owner as me.
"In a typical telephone receiver, the microphone is near the mouth of the speaker, not next to the ear."
The article mentions using a separate high def mic embedded into the speaker of the phone. This means that we will all needs new handsets for this to work.
Your point about VOIP is valid, and was my first thought on the matter. A lot of large call centres these days use VOIP trunks between the building and the actual carrier. The quality is normally always extremely poor, and the filtering will almost certainly cut the useful portion out.
There are too many problems with this, and that is before we ask all manufacturers to add another mic
It seemed quite logical, someone passed away, and they had some pre written letters for family and friends that were to be posted. I just used that concept with 21st century tech.
I do still worry that is isn't enough, so I also keep a digital copy of everything on the email trigger on the usb stick. If worst comes to worst, someone will have to carry out my last wishes manually.
I tried to keep it all pretty simple, yet flexible. Email isn't going anywhere, and email rules are here to stay, so I figured it was the best way to anticipate and migrate to new systems.
I see a business model in this somewhere... www.dostuffwhenidie.com = important data backup + rule based farewell message system (forum posting, email etc)
It is hosted on a virtual server, so I have control over the whole OS.
I test every time I make a change to anything by means of a script. The script firewalls any outgoing mail and leaves it in the queue. It then runs a test of the email trigger and purges the queue of any mail before disabling SMTP firewall blocks. If anything fails, i.e the emails do not match the text, recipient or total expected outgoing count I get an email. There is also a cron job to test the mail trigger once a month. I get the results by email. If I don't get the email message, I know something went wrong.
Also I pay way in advance for my hosting just in case I miss payments before the trigger was set off.
I thought about this a couple of years ago when I had a health scare, this is what I came up with.
USB stick (or whatever it will be in x years) in a safe at home. I have a paper will, with the usual stuff, plus an email address, and what to write in the subject and body. The person that receives my will is instructed to email this address upon my death. I have a rule on my mail account that matches the specified text in the email. This email then triggers a whole load of actions: Unsubscribes from mailing lists. *Emails a personal message to people on my contact list. *Sends an email with the relevant passwords to the relevant people. *Sends an email with my finances, spreadsheets, important information to the sender. *Sends an encrypted key to specified person which can access my harddisk. *sends a list of things to shred!
This pretty much covers everything I need, including getting the relevant passwords to the right people, and auto emailing a personalised message to my contacts.
If my hypothetical company wants to cut an advertising deal with a game publisher, that doesn't mean I want the staff to waste all day playing the game.
The people I know that use Facebook do it to do twitter type updates and leave pointless messages for friends.
I do think that blocking websites for employees is a bad idea, and only generally reinforces the idea that the company doesn't trust them.
If you look superficially at the whole clock, it could be seen as a dubious art piece. If you looks closer at the workings, it is art and technology. The grasshopper escapement is very interesting mechanically and beautifully simple. The vernier slits in the rotating dics, which are used to allow the led light out at the correct time is very clever. As a nerd I found this very very interesting and worthy of publication.
Are we only allowed to appreciate future technology, or can we be awe-stuck with the technological marvels of the past?
Ugh. A terrible article which you could summarise in one sentence.. "Use a VPN or proxy if you want to use the internet without fear or restriction."
I was hoping for more detailed information on the operational hardware involved in filtering a country, not confirmation it happens, which is already widely known.
Really? I have friends who splash out $1000s on their hobbies, whether it is robots or R/C. This is a steal in comparison to some more expensive and consuming hobbies, especially considering the (underpowered but still excellent) FPGA.
If graphics programming was my thing, I so would get one. I am considering getting one regardless, if only to use it for ray tracing.
Flexible hardware + Good open source ideals = excellent product
I agree that the core libs are a port, as there are a serious amount changes under the hood. Do you consider an application a port if no code changes occur and it builds and runs using the native widgets in an OS?
Recent versions of QT use the native widgets for Mac [1] without changes. There are always cases where an application taken from the Windows centric UI style (KDE, Win32) to OSX might need some extra code to make it look more OSXy, but QT at least tries to give you a leg up.
I think there is a middle ground between the high expectations I set, and the rather grim picture painted by yourself.
They are not porting Plasma or the KDE UI to Windows/Mac, just the core libs to allow KDE programs to run in other operating systems. As KDE apps are QT based, they mostly use the native widgets, and full native look and feel is in the works for Mac.
For you this means Windows looks like Windows, and Mac looks like Mac. The running application may be written for KDE, but this doesn't matter anymore.
Yep, once you find one you are going to need to transfer it onto a PC. I never could find a drive, so I gave up, but here are some links that will help with the task.
This link http://www.fvempel.nl/3pc.html has some good details on how to splice it onto a PC floppy cable. There are also loads of good links on his page for extracting the data.
HTC make plenty of excellent Smartphones. A lot of companies are giving their staff these Windows Mobile devices as they are cheap and have push email from an Exchange server.
Not particularly a fan of Windows mobile, but it does the job well enough to make this a 3 horse race.
I am currently on the 50Mbps trial, but most places get 20Mbps. The contention is fairly high so it seems to max out at about 14-6mbps at the quietest times.
In the UK Virgin Media represent the largest cable company, meaning that most people have the option of a BT line and ADSL.
I personally use Virgin cable, and although it is throttled its still 2x faster than any ADSL provider. I really don't like the idea of people messing with my packets, but when the only other option is DSL providers, who don't tell you that they mess with your packets, cable still makes sense. At least they are up front about it.
well, nothing at all. Microsoft have a Windows XP Embedded designed to run on small thin clients devices. These devices typically have very underpower CPUs and hardly no hard disk. It stands to reason they could do a similar thing for Vista.
You could always trim your own XP/Vista down
with
http://www.vlite.net/about.html vLite (okay, got bored of trying to get the link formatted in the new inline editor.)
I know you say that in jest, but the article states that ATI have 9.3% of the problems. It stands to reason that it is representative of their market share.
The part that seems to have been missed is the fact that Microsoft had 17.9% of the crashes related to their own drivers. IMO this is much more significant and interesting than Nvidia beta drivers crashing and should be the real news here.
I think you misunderstood the message I was trying to convey. I know full well what it is about, at least in the broadest sense. What they are trying to achieve is something I am not so sure of. Anonymous made it (fairly) clear to me what they are about, but unless you get that message over to the people that matter, it is all for nothing. The people protesting at the "church" near me were chanting messages that most "normal folk" people could not comprehend. I saw boards that said things such as "doing it for the lulz", "lolcat says no!" the oddness went on. The people I mentioned the protest to knew of Scientology, but not the reason for the protest. If you want to convey a message to people, especially people who count, it needs to say *something*.
I was just saying that a more objective approach to the protest might have a more widescale effect. I know there was absolutely no coverage of the local event in the local press. The intentions were honourable, but the message lost.
There is usually a clear message. "Bring back the troops", "more pay", "no cruelty to animals" etc.
I wrote a massive rant here, but it is late, and quite frankly, meh.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, indeed you are correct.
UK: To place an item on the agenda for discussion.
US: To remove the item from consideration.
In the UK we shelve discussion items when they are removed from consideration.
I can't understand a word you're saying.
yup V5.
Someone tried to register my car at their address, basically taking ownership. The DVLA wrote to me and requested that I call them. Once I called them they hastily canceled the transfer, and set the owner as me.
Not too bad a service.
Police say no new evidence means no enquiry.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8143120.stm
One to keep a critical eye on
So more insanely difficult piano pieces to learn.
"In a typical telephone receiver, the microphone is near the mouth of the speaker, not next to the ear."
The article mentions using a separate high def mic embedded into the speaker of the phone. This means that we will all needs new handsets for this to work.
Your point about VOIP is valid, and was my first thought on the matter. A lot of large call centres these days use VOIP trunks between the building and the actual carrier. The quality is normally always extremely poor, and the filtering will almost certainly cut the useful portion out.
There are too many problems with this, and that is before we ask all manufacturers to add another mic
It seemed quite logical, someone passed away, and they had some pre written letters for family and friends that were to be posted. I just used that concept with 21st century tech.
I do still worry that is isn't enough, so I also keep a digital copy of everything on the email trigger on the usb stick. If worst comes to worst, someone will have to carry out my last wishes manually.
I tried to keep it all pretty simple, yet flexible. Email isn't going anywhere, and email rules are here to stay, so I figured it was the best way to anticipate and migrate to new systems.
I see a business model in this somewhere... www.dostuffwhenidie.com = important data backup + rule based farewell message system (forum posting, email etc)
It is hosted on a virtual server, so I have control over the whole OS.
I test every time I make a change to anything by means of a script. The script firewalls any outgoing mail and leaves it in the queue. It then runs a test of the email trigger and purges the queue of any mail before disabling SMTP firewall blocks.
If anything fails, i.e the emails do not match the text, recipient or total expected outgoing count I get an email.
There is also a cron job to test the mail trigger once a month. I get the results by email. If I don't get the email message, I know something went wrong.
Also I pay way in advance for my hosting just in case I miss payments before the trigger was set off.
Same as luggage 1 2 3 4 ...
I thought about this a couple of years ago when I had a health scare, this is what I came up with.
USB stick (or whatever it will be in x years) in a safe at home.
I have a paper will, with the usual stuff, plus an email address, and what to write in the subject and body.
The person that receives my will is instructed to email this address upon my death.
I have a rule on my mail account that matches the specified text in the email.
This email then triggers a whole load of actions:
Unsubscribes from mailing lists.
*Emails a personal message to people on my contact list.
*Sends an email with the relevant passwords to the relevant people.
*Sends an email with my finances, spreadsheets, important information to the sender.
*Sends an encrypted key to specified person which can access my harddisk.
*sends a list of things to shred!
This pretty much covers everything I need, including getting the relevant passwords to the right people, and auto emailing a personalised message to my contacts.
I fail to see the humour in this situation.
If my hypothetical company wants to cut an advertising deal with a game publisher, that doesn't mean I want the staff to waste all day playing the game.
The people I know that use Facebook do it to do twitter type updates and leave pointless messages for friends.
I do think that blocking websites for employees is a bad idea, and only generally reinforces the idea that the company doesn't trust them.
If you look superficially at the whole clock, it could be seen as a dubious art piece. If you looks closer at the workings, it is art and technology. The grasshopper escapement is very interesting mechanically and beautifully simple. The vernier slits in the rotating dics, which are used to allow the led light out at the correct time is very clever.
As a nerd I found this very very interesting and worthy of publication.
Are we only allowed to appreciate future technology, or can we be awe-stuck with the technological marvels of the past?
You got me all fired up for a minute there. It only supports Firefox 1 and 2.
Oh well
Ugh. A terrible article which you could summarise in one sentence..
"Use a VPN or proxy if you want to use the internet without fear or restriction."
I was hoping for more detailed information on the operational hardware involved in filtering a country, not confirmation it happens, which is already widely known.
Really? I have friends who splash out $1000s on their hobbies, whether it is robots or R/C. This is a steal in comparison to some more expensive and consuming hobbies, especially considering the (underpowered but still excellent) FPGA.
If graphics programming was my thing, I so would get one. I am considering getting one regardless, if only to use it for ray tracing.
Flexible hardware + Good open source ideals = excellent product
Thanks for adding some clarity to my comment.
I agree that the core libs are a port, as there are a serious amount changes under the hood. Do you consider an application a port if no code changes occur and it builds and runs using the native widgets in an OS?
Recent versions of QT use the native widgets for Mac [1] without changes. There are always cases where an application taken from the Windows centric UI style (KDE, Win32) to OSX might need some extra code to make it look more OSXy, but QT at least tries to give you a leg up.
I think there is a middle ground between the high expectations I set, and the rather grim picture painted by yourself.
[1] http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/qtmac-as-native.html
They are not porting Plasma or the KDE UI to Windows/Mac, just the core libs to allow KDE programs to run in other operating systems. As KDE apps are QT based, they mostly use the native widgets, and full native look and feel is in the works for Mac.
For you this means Windows looks like Windows, and Mac looks like Mac. The running application may be written for KDE, but this doesn't matter anymore.
Yep, once you find one you are going to need to transfer it onto a PC. I never could find a drive, so I gave up, but here are some links that will help with the task.
This link http://www.fvempel.nl/3pc.html has some good details on how to splice it onto a PC floppy cable. There are also loads of good links on his page for extracting the data.
The guys on http://www.cpczone.net/ were really helpful.
Good luck, you will need it!
HTC make plenty of excellent Smartphones. A lot of companies are giving their staff these Windows Mobile devices as they are cheap and have push email from an Exchange server.
Not particularly a fan of Windows mobile, but it does the job well enough to make this a 3 horse race.
I am currently on the 50Mbps trial, but most places get 20Mbps. The contention is fairly high so it seems to max out at about 14-6mbps at the quietest times.
In the UK Virgin Media represent the largest cable company, meaning that most people have the option of a BT line and ADSL.
I personally use Virgin cable, and although it is throttled its still 2x faster than any ADSL provider. I really don't like the idea of people messing with my packets, but when the only other option is DSL providers, who don't tell you that they mess with your packets, cable still makes sense. At least they are up front about it.
well, nothing at all. Microsoft have a Windows XP Embedded designed to run on small thin clients devices. These devices typically have very underpower CPUs and hardly no hard disk. It stands to reason they could do a similar thing for Vista.
You could always trim your own XP/Vista down with http://www.vlite.net/about.html vLite (okay, got bored of trying to get the link formatted in the new inline editor.)
I know you say that in jest, but the article states that ATI have 9.3% of the problems. It stands to reason that it is representative of their market share.
The part that seems to have been missed is the fact that Microsoft had 17.9% of the crashes related to their own drivers. IMO this is much more significant and interesting than Nvidia beta drivers crashing and should be the real news here.
Websight? I hope that is in TFA, which due to tradition I did not read.
I think you misunderstood the message I was trying to convey. I know full well what it is about, at least in the broadest sense. What they are trying to achieve is something I am not so sure of. Anonymous made it (fairly) clear to me what they are about, but unless you get that message over to the people that matter, it is all for nothing.
The people protesting at the "church" near me were chanting messages that most "normal folk" people could not comprehend. I saw boards that said things such as "doing it for the lulz", "lolcat says no!" the oddness went on. The people I mentioned the protest to knew of Scientology, but not the reason for the protest. If you want to convey a message to people, especially people who count, it needs to say *something*.
I was just saying that a more objective approach to the protest might have a more widescale effect. I know there was absolutely no coverage of the local event in the local press. The intentions were honourable, but the message lost.
There is usually a clear message. "Bring back the troops", "more pay", "no cruelty to animals" etc.
I wrote a massive rant here, but it is late, and quite frankly, meh.