I don't know why you need me for this. She records all of her encounters in High Dynamic Range herself.

I've been purchasing Wide Dynamic Range cameras for 3 years now for my company. They make for fantastic surveillance cameras. By the way, WDR is even more dramatic than HDR (though this is only theoretical, as there's no industry standard definition of HDR vs WDR). I think this is only new in that multiple high-resolution full-motion cameras have been used in conjunction with one another to create a very high quality video stream in HDR, whereas the surveillance cameras I've purchased are only 4CIF and I only record about 4-8fps with them, certainly not high resolution or full motion.

HDR/WDR is fantastic technology, and its niche has been in surveillance, but very few people even in the surveillance industry have recognized the benefits. WDR allows you to see vivid facial features in extreme backlit shots or excessively dark environments.

I haven't thought of PDF's as safe in a couple years now.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176117/PDF_exploits_explode_continue_climb_in_2010

Well, in the case of Windows XP and common corporate practices, it's not unusual for an individual that would require administrative rights to log in with an account in the Administrators group on a regular basis, whether administrative tasks will be performed or not. I've worked for companies where 1 in 3 users have administrative rights on their workstation due to a "business need" which may have been a one-time task, but the escalated privileges remain indefinitely. 1 in 3 is an awful lot of people in a company with over 100,000 employees.

So your argument is that Rackspace themselves are not entitled to freedom of speech because they're in a position of authority in that they have the power to pull the plug on this guy's speech? Think about that for a minute. Rackspace shutting down the website is just as much an expression of constitutional freedom of speech as is the government allowing this guy to have a book burning in the first place. Rackspace is free to express their disagreement by removing one of his platforms of expression, a platform which they own anyway. They aren't the be-all end-all of web hosting, so he's free to find another web host or host it himself. Contrary to popular belief, freedom of speech does not entitle every American with the right to run their mouths with impunity, it merely protects every American from laws and government intervention as a result of expression of freedom of speech. Is it an expression of freedom of speech to shout "OMG MUSLIMS WILL KILL US ALL" in the middle of a shopping center? Perhaps it is. But it's just as much freedom of speech for the manager of that shopping center to kick you out if they disagree with you.

I disagree with the free speech argument here, as this douchebag's hosting company pulled the plug on him on their own, not due to a court order or criminal proceedings. They have just as much right to express their freedom of speech by disagreeing through the act of pulling the plug on his website as this guy has to burn books. Freedom of speech doesn't protect you from consequences outside of the legal system, including someone disagreeing and not allowing you to use their platform to spout nonsense. Try again. You'll have an argument if the government orders his website shut down after he decides to host it himself.

+5 informative?! The parent didn't explicitly say Rackspace was an ISP:

That was a pretty general statement, and still addressed hosting companies alongside ISP's. Way to go moderators for throwing away mod points on a douche that chose not to participate in the topical discussion, but rather chose to start an off-topic semantic argument instead.

...or Natalie Portman, naked and petrified.

What TF is 4chan? Is this news?

I didn't read TFA, but this is brilliant. A major cause of accidents on highways is inconsistent speeds among nearby vehicles. Slow moving vehicles such as loaded trucks in the way of fast moving smaller vehicles are a recipe for disaster. A variance in speeds results in increased lane changes, slow downs, speed ups and a cascade of other changes to driving patterns, all of which contribute to accidents. 90mph is only a safe highway speed if all vehicles maintain a comparable average speed, not if only some do. As others have already said, accident rates will rise significantly, and the knee-jerk reaction will be to lower speed limits as many legislators believe speed kills, not variance in speed.

My company invested millions of dollars into a central monitoring facility, with a large video wall driven by Crestron equipment. The idea was the video wall could display news/weather alongside alarms/outages in real time, with geographic mapping capabilities. Workstations were quad displays on adjustable motorized desks which sat atop a raised platform for simple network runs. A large executive "war room" style conference room was built with a glass wall overlooking the platform and video wall believed to be useful in the event of some catastrophic failure. All other staff sat in cubicles surrounding the platform with glass cube walls anywhere that would otherwise obstruct the view of the platform/video wall. A secure mantrap was put in place to restrict access to the facility. Dedicated bathrooms were installed with showers in the monitoring area in case critical staff were quarantined for extended periods of time.

It was impressive when it was built, but within a couple years, the video wall has been dismantled and parts sold off due to its impracticality. The right software was never found to perform the type of "geographic" monitoring conceived, partly due to bureaucracy. Network redundancy was overlooked, which made the monitoring facility itself non-functional during an outage. The facility lacked appropriate backup generators and UPS to keep the facility running during a thunderstorm. The platform desks required too much real estate and allowed no room for growth, so they have been replaced by cubicles. The secure mantrap was an inconvenience for upper management, so the inner door was disabled, defeating the mantrap. The quad displays ironically obstructed the view of the video wall when it was still in place, and did not fit in the cubicles when they were installed, so these were reduced to 2. All critical staff were sent home to telecommute because they took up too much real-estate required for day-to-day operations, and it made more sense to not have critical staff in a single central location anyway.

The point is, don't get too caught up in building 'CTU' from 24. The right monitoring software platform makes all the difference, as does intelligent network redundancy, telephony and backup power.

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Your assumption is that these three groups, alcoholics, fatties and smokers, are mutually exclusive. I would have to see some significant proof showing alcoholics in general eat healthier than the median and do not smoke. I, for one, am an alcoholic, and I've observed first-hand the unhealthy environment bars tend to be - filled with cigarette smoke, booze and greasy deep-fried fatty foods. I myself don't expect to live past 40, but we'll see.

I am not sure why either, but I can attest that it happens. I once had an employee that would stare at the desktop each day until I asked him what he was doing. He would always reply firmly, "I'm checking email!"

So I recommended him for a transfer to another state, and a promotion, so that I wouldn't have to deal with him anymore.