The issue with them is that they don't turn off - it's not just tracking you 'til you get home, but then every time you wear the item of clothing with the RFID. Washing them doesn't kill them, nor (if memory serves) do magnets.
As an example, say you've bought a pair of trousers that have RFID in them. You pay by credit card (thus providing personal info on who owns that particular RFID) and walk home. If you go into another store that also has RFID readers, you can be tracked (I know this is slightly Big Brother for now, but this is what people are worried about) and because of the personal info that's already listed against that RFID, a profile can start to be built up.
Also, if you wear those trousers and go back into the store you bought them in, then you're a repeat customer - the RFID reader in the store will pick it up, and can begin to form a customer profile based on what you look at in-store.
And that's an example with just one item of clothing. The more things with RFID in, the more trackable you are. And that's why people worry about it.
I'm more intrigued about the stress-levels part. They're testing it in the household insurance department, which means they'll be dealing with fun things like people who've just been burgled, or who've come home to find everything destroyed by fire/flood/whatever.
Surely under these circumstances, the voice-stress meters will be pegging all kinds of false positives and so on? I know I'd be all over the place, so any stress analysis is likely to be inherently flawed in such a situation...
I'm sure the towers are registered somewhere - however, it's then got to be mapped against geographic features that nork up coverage etc.
In the UK we used to have these kind of maps, but there were too many cases of people thnking they'd get coverage then not doing so because of geographic features such as hills etc that were creating blackspots. So I think they've actually stopped doing them now - I'd assume they've done the same in the US, although this assumption is speculative rather than based in fact.
It sounds like an advertisement, but isn't - I bought my Libretto through them. But I've found Dynamism to be pretty good on getting Japanese stuff through. Then they even ship to the UK.
I'm not certain, but I think Opera's "Rewind" and "Fast Forward" buttons do much the same thing as you're describing. They'll take you to the root of the site (i.e. slashdot.org) from wherever, rather than going "back" ten steps or whatever.
I don't use it much (yet) but when I do, I keep on thinking "Must use that more often".
As the plane's flown before, I'd reckon it's more likely that it's the part that was the problem.
Considering it's been up to >96,000ft already, I'd say that was a pretty good example of "working model", not "prototype". The fuel cells were prototype, not the UAV itself.
Considering we're talking about a society/civilisation from 600 years ago (minimum) I don't think artificial light (other than fire) was really an issue.
And if you're out of pigment #21, just make some more. (At a guess)
Bigger - maybe. Uglier - is that possible? More gas-guzzling? - um, isn't the objective of the competition supposed to be to make it less gas-guzzling?
That's only the second book. IMHO it should've been renamed "everyone travels. A lot." and you'd have been able to go from book one to book three and not really miss all that much of the story.
I liked Cryptonomicon - but seeing Stephenson read the Cap'n Crunch chapter in a book signing made it even better. *Grin*.
As for the parent(ish) WAY back up there, I'm not sure I'd say the characters weren't written properly at all - there was enough to make them distinct personalities etc. However, as it's supposed to be part of a trilogy, I can see why the complete character curves aren't contained within just one book.
On a minor tangent, Interface by "Stephen Bury" (actually Neal Stephenson and Fredirck George, whoever he is) is another stupendous read.
It is part of the "driving without due care and attention" law, correct. However, I believe it was added as a specific amendment - I know here in Manchester the police regularly have swoops on people using mobiles in the car, and end up making quite a lot in statutory fines etc.
Also, if you're using a phone while involved in an accicent, I believe there's an extra charge in addition to the normal dangerous driving stuff.
Agreed - I know that the headers are faked. However, isn't this just the same as "passing off" one company name that trades on the name of another? At that point, if AOL were to digit extractum then their lawyers would start sueing the spammers for passing off and blah blah blah.
Yeah, maybe Telstra will start policing their users better. I'd rather see AOL do the same though - a good half of my spam still comes from AOL addresses.
I believe there's an expression about "cleaning your own house before complaining about the state of other peoples" - but it can all be shortened to the pithy-but-accurate "fucking hypocrites"
In fairness, sometimes it depends on whether your hosting service bungs in PHP etc. free, or at extra charge. It's all part of the pros and cons when it comes to dealing with hosting services.
Personally, I prefer the ones that do throw in mySQL/PHP/etc. in with the deal - but there's a lot out there that dont, EasySpace being one of them. Yeah, I used them for a while, but now I don't - but they still charge through the nose for mySQL and PHP stuff, as well as most other things.
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The issue with them is that they don't turn off - it's not just tracking you 'til you get home, but then every time you wear the item of clothing with the RFID. Washing them doesn't kill them, nor (if memory serves) do magnets.
As an example, say you've bought a pair of trousers that have RFID in them. You pay by credit card (thus providing personal info on who owns that particular RFID) and walk home. If you go into another store that also has RFID readers, you can be tracked (I know this is slightly Big Brother for now, but this is what people are worried about) and because of the personal info that's already listed against that RFID, a profile can start to be built up.
Also, if you wear those trousers and go back into the store you bought them in, then you're a repeat customer - the RFID reader in the store will pick it up, and can begin to form a customer profile based on what you look at in-store.
And that's an example with just one item of clothing. The more things with RFID in, the more trackable you are. And that's why people worry about it.
I'm more intrigued about the stress-levels part. They're testing it in the household insurance department, which means they'll be dealing with fun things like people who've just been burgled, or who've come home to find everything destroyed by fire/flood/whatever.
Surely under these circumstances, the voice-stress meters will be pegging all kinds of false positives and so on? I know I'd be all over the place, so any stress analysis is likely to be inherently flawed in such a situation...
I'm sure the towers are registered somewhere - however, it's then got to be mapped against geographic features that nork up coverage etc.
In the UK we used to have these kind of maps, but there were too many cases of people thnking they'd get coverage then not doing so because of geographic features such as hills etc that were creating blackspots. So I think they've actually stopped doing them now - I'd assume they've done the same in the US, although this assumption is speculative rather than based in fact.
It sounds like an advertisement, but isn't - I bought my Libretto through them. But I've found Dynamism to be pretty good on getting Japanese stuff through. Then they even ship to the UK.
This was discussed in the article (the radiometer part) - although I'll admit I hadn't realised they were the same thing.
Then again, IANAP, and never claimed to be, which kind of helps.
Although the free version of Opera still has adware. The BBC had a piece about "free" software vs. paid-for software recently, which covered the entire adware thing.
I'm not certain, but I think Opera's "Rewind" and "Fast Forward" buttons do much the same thing as you're describing. They'll take you to the root of the site (i.e. slashdot.org) from wherever, rather than going "back" ten steps or whatever.
I don't use it much (yet) but when I do, I keep on thinking "Must use that more often".
Yup, I read it. It's a thing called Irony. I read slahdot a lot, and it's fine with me.
America-centric? Slashdot? Nah.
As the plane's flown before, I'd reckon it's more likely that it's the part that was the problem.
Considering it's been up to >96,000ft already, I'd say that was a pretty good example of "working model", not "prototype". The fuel cells were prototype, not the UAV itself.
Bizarrely, the comment has seemed apt to both prior posts. So maybe it's just aptness, not karma-whoring.
Ah - one day I'll learn to read. You mentioned artificial light = torches.
I'll shut up now.
Considering we're talking about a society/civilisation from 600 years ago (minimum) I don't think artificial light (other than fire) was really an issue.
And if you're out of pigment #21, just make some more. (At a guess)
Bigger - maybe.
Uglier - is that possible?
More gas-guzzling? - um, isn't the objective of the competition supposed to be to make it less gas-guzzling?
That's only the second book. IMHO it should've been renamed "everyone travels. A lot." and you'd have been able to go from book one to book three and not really miss all that much of the story.
I liked Cryptonomicon - but seeing Stephenson read the Cap'n Crunch chapter in a book signing made it even better. *Grin*.
As for the parent(ish) WAY back up there, I'm not sure I'd say the characters weren't written properly at all - there was enough to make them distinct personalities etc. However, as it's supposed to be part of a trilogy, I can see why the complete character curves aren't contained within just one book.
On a minor tangent, Interface by "Stephen Bury" (actually Neal Stephenson and Fredirck George, whoever he is) is another stupendous read.
It is part of the "driving without due care and attention" law, correct. However, I believe it was added as a specific amendment - I know here in Manchester the police regularly have swoops on people using mobiles in the car, and end up making quite a lot in statutory fines etc.
Also, if you're using a phone while involved in an accicent, I believe there's an extra charge in addition to the normal dangerous driving stuff.
Agreed - I know that the headers are faked. However, isn't this just the same as "passing off" one company name that trades on the name of another? At that point, if AOL were to digit extractum then their lawyers would start sueing the spammers for passing off and blah blah blah.
Yeah, maybe Telstra will start policing their users better. I'd rather see AOL do the same though - a good half of my spam still comes from AOL addresses.
I believe there's an expression about "cleaning your own house before complaining about the state of other peoples" - but it can all be shortened to the pithy-but-accurate "fucking hypocrites"
Now that's hardly a news-flash, is it? After all, people have known that AOL sucks right back to when dinosaurs roamed the land.
All those little cavepaintings of pissed-off men waggling spears about? They weren't hunters, they were users of the first AOL system.
Don't confuse things. It was bad enough getting *cough* the wrong answer *cough*
(For non-UK readers, I'm referring to people trying to cheat on WHo Wants to be a Millionaire)
In fairness, sometimes it depends on whether your hosting service bungs in PHP etc. free, or at extra charge. It's all part of the pros and cons when it comes to dealing with hosting services.
Personally, I prefer the ones that do throw in mySQL/PHP/etc. in with the deal - but there's a lot out there that dont, EasySpace being one of them. Yeah, I used them for a while, but now I don't - but they still charge through the nose for mySQL and PHP stuff, as well as most other things.
That's Red Hat 8.0 not Linux itself.
Nice Troll though.
That would be defamation, genius.
> nobody sells a VCR here that has DRM built in.
Yet
Oh, and it actually says in the article that they're using a Sony set-top box, with IEEE394/Firewire in it.