Comment Re:This is very bad for those who buy IC's (Score 1) 32
Probably not. TI is still bigger than the two combined. This would make a stronger #2 competitor to TI
Comment Boarding and Bags (Score 1) 219
CGP Grey showed that significant delays come from people, in the form of boarding order and bags.
http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/wh...
If airplanes were willing to reduce checked-bag fees, and passengers were willing to delay boarding / disembarking, the overall process could be sped up drastically. But try to tell someone in row 20 that they have to wait to get up until someone in row 30 gets off first.
Comment Fulfillment (Score 2) 540
The job was a waste of my talents. I was persistently bored and not doing what I wanted to do. Left, went to grad school, and got a job that I love.
Pay sucked, and boss was a micromanaging egomaniac. That certainly helped the decision.
Comment Re:Open Source - Open Data (Score 1) 79
Health-related information (currently covered under HIPPA) and personal finances are two that immediately come to mind.
Comment Re:Open Source - Open Data (Score 2) 79
"and all data passed through them must also be easily accessed"
May not be possible due to releasing personally-identifiable information that should otherwise be kept confidential.
May not be possible due to releasing personally-identifiable information that should otherwise be kept confidential.
Comment Translation (Score 4, Interesting) 53
"Preventing us from doing the things we do now to make money will cause us to make less money." --- Google
Submission + - The Pentagon Has a Big Plan to Solve Identity Verification in Two Years (nextgov.com) 2
Zorro writes: The Defense Department is funding a project that officials say could revolutionize the way companies, federal agencies and the military itself verify that people are who they say they are and it could be available in most commercial smartphones within two years.
The technology, which will be embedded in smartphones’ hardware, will analyze a variety of identifiers that are unique to an individual, such as the hand pressure and wrist tension when the person holds a smartphone and the person’s peculiar gait while walking, said Steve Wallace, technical director at the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Organizations that use the tool can combine those identifiers to give the phone holder a “risk score,” Wallace said. If the risk score is low enough, the organization can presume the person is who she says she is and grant her access to sensitive files on the phone or on a connected computer or grant her access to a secure facility. If the score’s too high, she’ll be locked out.
The technology, which will be embedded in smartphones’ hardware, will analyze a variety of identifiers that are unique to an individual, such as the hand pressure and wrist tension when the person holds a smartphone and the person’s peculiar gait while walking, said Steve Wallace, technical director at the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Organizations that use the tool can combine those identifiers to give the phone holder a “risk score,” Wallace said. If the risk score is low enough, the organization can presume the person is who she says she is and grant her access to sensitive files on the phone or on a connected computer or grant her access to a secure facility. If the score’s too high, she’ll be locked out.
Comment Cue my surprise (Score 1) 68
..................
Don't hold your breath. You'll be waiting a while.
Don't hold your breath. You'll be waiting a while.
Comment Biggest Risk (Score 1) 75
Nielsen said the government “must think beyond the defense of specific assets — and confront systemic risks that affect everyone from tech giants to homeowners.”
So....people themselves.
So....people themselves.
Submission + - 'Indoor generation': A quarter of Americans spend all day inside, survey finds (washingtontimes.com)
Zorro writes: A quarter of Americans spend almost an entire 24 hours without going outside and downplay the negative health effects of only breathing indoor air, according to a new survey claiming a new “indoor generation.”
Great Britain and Canada had similar results to the U.S., with 23 and 26 percent of its respondents saying they spend between 21 and 24 hours inside.
The countries with the highest percentage of people who spend the lowest amount of time inside were Italy (57 percent), the Czech Republic (57 percent) and the Netherlands (51 percent). This group said they only spend between zero and 14 hours indoors.
Great Britain and Canada had similar results to the U.S., with 23 and 26 percent of its respondents saying they spend between 21 and 24 hours inside.
The countries with the highest percentage of people who spend the lowest amount of time inside were Italy (57 percent), the Czech Republic (57 percent) and the Netherlands (51 percent). This group said they only spend between zero and 14 hours indoors.
Comment Re:Lost Productivity (Score 1) 167
Current one has broken LAN port, but your comment still stands. Current one is also kind of a shitty spectrum analyzer, so now I have multiple reasons for wanting an new one.
Comment Re:Lost Productivity (Score 1) 167
Nope. Still a spectrum analyzer. Rigol DSA1030. USB and ethernet ports. And for some reason this unit's ethernet port is malfunctioning.
Now, I've been wanting a new spectrum analyzer anyways because...well...Rigol DSA1030. But now the USB policy means that I REALLY want a new spectrum analyzer.
Comment Re:Lost Productivity (Score 1) 167
I specifically avoid windows-based scopes when I can. Viva la Tektronix DPO4000!
Comment Re:Lost Productivity (Score 2) 167
Tried it. Got denied. Forced to continue doing things that are textbook examples of security breaches waiting to happen.
Comment Lost Productivity (Score 4, Interesting) 167
But how much productivity is lost because I need to use my personal laptop to transfer screenshots from a spectrum analyzer (USB port only!) via emailing to myself?
My company does basically the same thing, and as an electronics engineer that spends a bunch of time at a test bench, this SUCKS!
