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40 years ago it was an earth wrecking ice age coming our way - and proven by science.

Except the myth that 40 years ago science was warning the world about a coming ice age is just that; a myth: http://web.archive.org/web/201...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/that-70s-myth-did-climate-science-really-call-for-a-coming-ice-age/
http://science.time.com/2013/06/06/sorry-a-time-magazine-cover-did-not-predict-a-coming-ice-age/

Yep. Same origins here: https://arstechnica.com/scienc...

https://arstechnica.com/featur... Fuck off with that bullshit lie. They were hacked because of Apple's basic security failures, like basic brute force protection. There was at least 8 deficiencies from standard operating security practises and they implemented most of them after the Fappening was public. Several companies reverse engineered iCloud (Elcomsoft and Cellubrite). Tools and exploits available for years. Elcomsoft boasted how they reverse engineered it and criticized them at the same time for allowing it to be possible. https://mashable.com/2014/09/0...

The FBI sets a utility pole surveillance camera. https://arstechnica.com/tech-p... (6/16/2016)
Now another team looks in with wifi to map out the location from the outside in.

...you should also remember they were sued, successfully, by the patent troll that claimed to own the protocol...

Which would make them not patent trolls. They defended their patents against the most well-funded legal team in existence, and showed that the protocol used their invention. They most certainly did not claim to own the protocol.

They were/are Patent Trolls. First it was FaceTime, then it was iMessage. I didn't call them Patent Trolls, the entire Tech-Press did:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/...

https://www.engadget.com/2017/...

https://gizmodo.com/apple-orde...

https://techcrunch.com/2016/02...

http://fortune.com/2016/02/03/...

https://www.cultofmac.com/4302...

https://www.macrumors.com/2018...

Oh, and this Discussion Thread EXACTLY addresses the original question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple...

etc. etc...

VirnetX patented something fairly obvious that they had no intention of ever bringing to market, which, after all, is the entire reason behind the Patent system, and simply lay-in-wait for someone with deep pockets to accidentally trip-into their patent-trap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Significantly helped along by:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

I mean, the obvious corruption got so bad that the Supremes had to put a stop to it!

https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

So, don't paint Apple as the bad guy here.

Yep. Nevertheless, the article cited shows some pretty shocking stuff:

  "We've looked at poor voting security in the state previously. In 2017, a report by a Georgian security researcher revealed a shocking lack of security throughout the state's voting system. Later that year, we discovered that servers that were thought to be key evidence for the same federal lawsuit that has led to this week's news were wiped, then repeatedly degaussed."

I'm a little disturbed that in response to a federal lawsuit over election results, the people running the election destroyed the evidence including the backup servers. This, I would think, should be obstruction of justice, and definitely contempt of court. (Not to mention violation of the Georgia State law on record retention.)

Yep. Nevertheless, the article cited shows some pretty shocking stuff:

  "We've looked at poor voting security in the state previously. In 2017, a report by a Georgian security researcher revealed a shocking lack of security throughout the state's voting system. Later that year, we discovered that servers that were thought to be key evidence for the same federal lawsuit that has led to this week's news were wiped, then repeatedly degaussed."

I'm a little disturbed that in response to a federal lawsuit over election results, the people running the election destroyed the evidence including the backup servers. This, I would think, should be obstruction of justice, and definitely contempt of court. (Not to mention violation of the Georgia State law on record retention.)

Yep. Nevertheless, the article cited shows some pretty shocking stuff:

  "We've looked at poor voting security in the state previously. In 2017, a report by a Georgian security researcher revealed a shocking lack of security throughout the state's voting system. Later that year, we discovered that servers that were thought to be key evidence for the same federal lawsuit that has led to this week's news were wiped, then repeatedly degaussed."

I'm a little disturbed that in response to a federal lawsuit over election results, the people running the election destroyed the evidence including the backup servers. This, I would think, should be obstruction of justice, and definitely contempt of court. (Not to mention violation of the Georgia State law on record retention.)

Maybe something like 243% voter turnout?

If you're talking about scientific computing, C is not the "go-to" language (pardon the expression). Fortran is still king.

Scientific computing’s future: Can any coding language top a 1950s behemoth?

And I suspect that the board knew EVERYTHING about this.

Apparently, you'd be wrong.

The board was made aware of it a week before Musk's announcement. Again, try to keep up.

Apparently you need to keep up, the board was only told that it was an idea and was not given any of the details either.

The bottom line is that any credible law firm that handles transitions like this would have done it after trading hours, once the board had been fully briefed and all of the funding sources named and proven. Musk could have quite possibly broken the law with his tweet, which will put the short sellers on much firmer footing unless he becomes a hell of a lot more vocal about his plans and can prove that funding was indeed secured before he made his tweet.

Where’s the money, musk? Where's the fucking money, shithead?

McClatchy's data comes from a federal lawsuit filed against the state. In addition to the problem in Habersham County's Mud Creek precinct, where it appeared that 276 registered voters managed to cast 670 ballots, the piece describes numerous other issues with both voter registration and electronic voting machines. (In fact it was later corrected to show 3,704 registered voters in the precinct.)

Mud Creek voting precinct is one of fourteen voting precincts of Habersham County, Georgia. You can check the location and area of Mud Creek precinct here. That page doesn't list the population data but this page shows population of each blocks in Habersham County. According to that data Mud Creek precinct (comprising three bottom left blocks) has a population of 5,864, so 3,704 registered voters sounds about right. I think this statement from Habersham County Election Supervisor is exactly what happened.

We learned today that an error was made in the reporting of the number of registered voters in the Mud Creek precinct during the May 22, 2018 General Primary Election. This typo, showing the incorrect number of registered voters, did not affect the vote count. The vote count was correct, and the percentage of voter turnout was also correct. This typographical error had no impact on the results of the election.

We believe a corporate oligarch hell bent on profit over people (as proven by work force conditions in Foxconn plants) less than we believe an appointed government official / ex-lobbyist when he says his department's public feedback was taken down by an attack .. oops.
https://www.theguardian.com/te...
https://arstechnica.com/inform...

Still want to defend the attempted murder of a whistleblower via swatting?

For expert users and IT pros accustomed to having fine-grained control over the update process, these changes might seem wrenching and even draconian...

How proprietors use their power over the user power varies and perhaps increasingly obtuse, but is completely explainable in terms corporate media mostly doesn't dare to explain even as it documents a proprietors' excesses: the power is firmly rooted in denying users software freedom—the freedom to run, inspect, modify, and share published computer software. Proprietary software users get as much control as the proprietors let them have. Microsoft has shown its users a taste of their power before such as when Windows 10 ignored user's privacy settings (including sending identifiable information to Microsoft, even if a user turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates the privacy-protection settings) or when Microsoft forcibly and immediately imposed "upgrades" to Windows 10.

DRM, jailing, tyrannical control, surveillance, interference with ordinary activities, and sabotage are all there. When and if Microsoft deems it time for Windows users to take their updates without warning or opportunity for delay (including enterprise users), Microsoft will do so. This isn't unique to Microsoft either, this is part of an ongoing pattern of which Microsoft is but one proprietor wielding this control. Proprietors get to make these decisions stick based on your willingness to submit to their authority; you determine the limit of their control over your system by how long you'll let proprietary software (such as most of Microsoft's software) be installed on your computer. You can choose to favor software freedom instead, even if it means giving up some conveniences and learning new things. In doing so you take a step in the direction of controlling your computer and getting back the power you deserve over your computer.

For expert users and IT pros accustomed to having fine-grained control over the update process, these changes might seem wrenching and even draconian...

How proprietors use their power over the user power varies and perhaps increasingly obtuse, but is completely explainable in terms corporate media mostly doesn't dare to explain even as it documents a proprietors' excesses: the power is firmly rooted in denying users software freedom—the freedom to run, inspect, modify, and share published computer software. Proprietary software users get as much control as the proprietors let them have. Microsoft has shown its users a taste of their power before such as when Windows 10 ignored user's privacy settings (including sending identifiable information to Microsoft, even if a user turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates the privacy-protection settings) or when Microsoft forcibly and immediately imposed "upgrades" to Windows 10.

DRM, jailing, tyrannical control, surveillance, interference with ordinary activities, and sabotage are all there. When and if Microsoft deems it time for Windows users to take their updates without warning or opportunity for delay (including enterprise users), Microsoft will do so. This isn't unique to Microsoft either, this is part of an ongoing pattern of which Microsoft is but one proprietor wielding this control. Proprietors get to make these decisions stick based on your willingness to submit to their authority; you determine the limit of their control over your system by how long you'll let proprietary software (such as most of Microsoft's software) be installed on your computer. You can choose to favor software freedom instead, even if it means giving up some conveniences and learning new things. In doing so you take a step in the direction of controlling your computer and getting back the power you deserve over your computer.

Comcast will just cut their competitors' cables anyway.

The correct Ars Technica link - https://arstechnica.com/gadget...

Tesla try swatting the author, like they did to the whistle blower that axposed tesla’s fraud?

Show me a single $35000 model 3. You claimed they would be sold back in January.

Show me where I said that.

Also, your false assertion doesn't change the fact that not only has the base model not been cancelled, but it still features prominently on Tesla's website. The notion that it had been "scrubbed from their website" is simply wrong; it's still all over their website. What they changed was the order page, when they transitioned from a reservation-based system to a direct order system. Because - news flash - you can't direct order something that's not currently in production.

Ars Technica approved: m-scape

So then, based upon your "claim" and the data I posted, that would make the Windows/Android world around 6 billion. Again, tell me why you would focus on a single-digit segment of the market?

So NOW you want to conflate Windows (who pushes DirectX) and ANDROID (which is just a Clusterfuck, to the point where even its Mommy (Google) wants to do a retroactive Abortion on it). By and large, Windows Devs. that are performance-conscious don't use Vulkan; so it really IS only down to Android and Linux (and we all know what kind of miniscule marketshare Linux has...) that are keeping Vulkan alive.

Sorry, not impressed.

Oh, and it is MY "Claim", it is Credit Suisse's. And that is 588 Million unique Apple USERS, spread over MORE THAN A BILLION Apple Devices:

https://www.businessinsider.co...

Besides, it seems like MoltenVK is a pretty viable alternative to having to (re)code against multiple graphics APIs:

https://arstechnica.com/gadget...

But Metal (not even considering Metal 2) is over twice as efficient as Vulkan; so why would Apple Devs. want to give up all that extra performance, just to use a VASTLY inferior API?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Andro...

I think it's pretty obvious what really happened here: The original patent holders were openly suckered by the tribes. Let's look briefly at the events preceding this point in the story:

Allergan had some patents which they were using in Eastern Texas to assert some potentially highly lucrative claims. The winds turned, patent protections were weakened nationwide, and it became clear that their patents were about to be invalidated. They paid millions to a tribe to "shelter" those patents behind their sovereign immunity privileges. Also note that this wasn't an isolated incident: other patent holders followed a similar pattern, with other tribes.

So, what were the tribes responsibilities, in these business deals? Well... for all practical purposes, their responsibilities were little more than paying a lawyer, which was easily affordable after their new windfall. Other than that, they could simply sit back, buy a few expensive bottles of wine to celebrate, and start dreaming up cool ways to spend the rest of their cash. Sounds like it was an amazing deal from their point of view, even if the patents had been invalidated immediately.

Personally, I think the tribes knew exactly what they were doing; they had no expectations of their windfall remaining in play, long-term. In theory, perhaps they could "lose" a privilege supposedly associated with their sovereign immunity -- which is apparently what we're reading about now -- but they clearly weren't taking advantage of that privilege, anyway. And the risk of entirely losing sovereign immunity was practically nonexistent, since that would involve an act of Congress. So basically, they had everything to gain and nothing to lose.

In short: Allergan (and others) got suckered out of millions... because, in attempting to protect their own snake oil, they ended up falling for someone elses snake oil. (Somehow, I just can't find it in me to feel sorry for them.)

Well I guess there is a reason OpenBSD folks did this:

https://arstechnica.com/civis/...

The change that you cite doesn't prevent SpectreRSB. But just today the OpenBSD developers introduced new mitigations that specifcally address SpectreRSB:

http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20180724072257

I apologize for my misunderstanding. But we're still talking...satellites right?

It's still got to go to "orbit" (even if orbit is "near earth") and pass a round trip (possibly through multiple satellites too). You can't go around physics. Even the speed of light has a latency.

This article says, per the company itself, "could be" as low as 30 milliseconds. Which means it won't be anywhere near that--just like your internet speeds are nothing compared to what your ISP says it "could be".

https://arstechnica.com/inform...

And what kind of latency will we be hitting at peak hours? I don't know. My only point is that it's certainly an issue that should be investigated and discussed.

Because the RSB is shared among hardware threads that execute on the same virtual processor, this pollution enables inter-process, and even inter-VM, pollution of the RSB.

Well I guess there is a reason OpenBSD folks did this:

https://arstechnica.com/civis/...

If it requires hyperthreading, how are ARM chips affected, and I assume in this case then only the Ryzen chips from AMD would be affected, since older AMD chips had no hyperthreading?

Because the RSB is shared among hardware threads that execute on the same virtual processor, this pollution enables inter-process, and even inter-VM, pollution of the RSB.

Well I guess there is a reason OpenBSD folks did this:

https://arstechnica.com/civis/...

There is also a reason that every area which has a majority population of níggers is a shit place to live. What is termed "racism" is a political spin on what is actually simple pattern recognition.

Because the RSB is shared among hardware threads that execute on the same virtual processor, this pollution enables inter-process, and even inter-VM, pollution of the RSB.

Well I guess there is a reason OpenBSD folks did this:

https://arstechnica.com/civis/...

> "Let's plays" aren't "free advertising",

*facepalm*

> Once you've watched it, there's no point in buying the game.

You made four mistakes:

One, someone should that to all the Minecraft, Terraria, Fortnite, etc. streamers. Oh wait, maybe because you are _assuming_ that EVERY game can be completed in a few hours with ZERO replayability which is clearly false.

Second, how do you buy a F2P game??? You are assuming "Let's Play" are ONLY for non F2P games, again, which is false.

Third, if a game isn't compelling enough to buy after viewing a "Let's Play" then I have to question what value it provided in the first place.

Forth, you are as assuming that watching someone else play a game is illegal. Gee, if only we had Fair Use. Oh wait, we do! Thank-God it isn't illegal to watch my brother play -- I might buy my own copy of the game. Who knew!

> "Let's plays" actively harm sales and everyone knows it.

[Citation]

Next, you are assuming that everyone who watches a "Let's Play" will never buy it.

Lastly, you are ignoring the fact that pirates buy MORE games so cut the horseshit that free advertising harms sales.

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Hypocrisy, Cognitive dissonance and Censorship on /r/Minecraft
You can show a picture from a server but you can't name what server or what city it is from!

The FBI has done that with cable ISP repair workers as well.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

https://www.google.com/amp/www... NASA is a horrible entity for security given it's past failures.

Uh, the link you post cites the case of Bo Jiang, who worked for NIA (a contractor that worked for NASA), and who was arrested at Dulles airport on his way to China with a laptop full of information. The papers at the time all said he was accused of "espionage".

Turns out the espionage case against him was withdrawn (link) because he wasn't, as it turned out, carrying any NASA technical information on the computer.

What he was exporting to China on his hard disk was: porn. (Ars Technica article). Turns out, yeah, porn is more valuable in China than mere technical secrets, and is harder to get.

There was a study that showed the flavor of tomatoes was mostly based on different genes than those that determined traits that growers bred for (bruising, color, ripening traits). The upshot is that flavor can be bred, or edited, back into tomatoes without reducing the traits growers prefer.

The cancelation is well documented.

1/1000th atmosphere is still hard vacuum retard.

It’s amazing the length you musketeers will go to to defend musks idiotic ideas. Especially considering he committed fraud in Germany and treason in the US.

No, there are large portions of the country, including in big cities like Houston, Dallas, that don't have any choice of provider.

https://arstechnica.com/inform...

in the court room.

Hardly an innovation — the US did just that to Microsoft 20 years ago, EU is decades behind.

Except Microsoft was an actual monopoly in the world of desktop operating systems back then, so deviating from the free market principles may have been justified.

Google is merely a dominant player in the world of smart-phones and has not done anything to unfairly sabotage the second-biggest (Apple) the way Microsoft deliberately sabotaged DR-DOS. Google.com opens just fine in Safari.

If a European user does not like the Android offering, he can by an iPhone instead.

Funny, the most common thing I hear about problems competing when it comes to the 'small guys' is the 'big guys' pushing them out with every dirty trick they can think of.

Following some ground rules for being fair to your customers is probably far easier compared to competing with incumbent big name ISPs. Besides, I bet small ISPs don't do enough business to make screwing over customers a valid business strategy. I fail to see how it'd be overly demanding of a small company to expect them to provide their advertised speed and service quality, to not demand they pay extra to use certain websites, etc.

No, I think the companies that stand to lose the most are big ISPs. Perhaps they should have dealt more honestly with the American people and we wouldn't need to legislate them into behaving.

I can buy a BMW series for under $35000 today. Meanwhile Tesla just canceled their $35000 model 3.

Ironically, that character flaw is also what has allowed him to "succeed" in breaking into markets the world thought he could never enter (upsetting established auto manufacturers with a tech electric startup, reusable rockets stealing market share from the Lockheeds of the world).

Fixed that for you. Space ex prices are only where they are because they cut corners and are losing a massive amount of money per flight to drive out competition. But their rockets have the worst reliability of in the history of rocketry.

And Tesla has utterly failed. They will be bankrupt by the end of this year. Through a combination of their CEOs over inflated ego and the incompetence of their engineering staff, they were forced to cancel the $35000 model 3 in a futile attempt to stave off their inevitable collapse.

Update: An AC pointed to this article:
https://arstechnica.com/scienc...

This makes it clear that certification comes after the first test crewed launch, and is likely to be in the late 2019/early 2020 time frame.

The report shows when NASA believes Boeing and SpaceX will each have completed a single non-crewed test flight, a test flight with crew, and then undergo a certification process to become ready for operational flights. This is known as the "certification milestone."

So this is about when the second crewed flight of each capsule can happen. Possibly the first (test) crewed flight won't go to the space station.

Also here's an Ars Technica article talking about them trying to make it harder and more expensive/time consuming to complain at all.

He was just trying to pull a Levandowski. All he has to do now is found a new self-driving car company. in China.
Or maybe this act was done on Levandowski's behalf....

I'm not the one pretending Musk has a magic unicorn that can fix everything in the world. I'm the one pointing out the experts are already there,

You pointed out that dive experts are there which I agreed with. I merely argued that TFA is about the Thai gvot asking Musk for advice is prefectly legitimate request for other possible options of which Musk has access to other experts in different fields.
The magic unicorn claim is in your head and says more about you than anyone else.

I can also point out now that there's a reason the experts now have 8 kids out by NOT using your plan.

It's not my plan, TFA reported that the Thai Govt initially looked into multiple options one of which was a dive rescue, others included digging them out. Any responsible planning would investigate all options even if Options B, C and D don't get used. The way you make the decision on Option A is by exploring option B, C and D and ruling them out based on expert advice of ALL options.

You can try and make it personal all you want

Interesting. Apparently it's my plan, and apparently I believe in magic unicorns
There's only one person making this personal my friend. TFA is about exploring alternative options which you seemed reluctant to accept because you appear to have some irrational hate for Elon Musk.

your Elon Musk fantasies have been proven to be exactly that, unworkable ignorant fantasies.

The Magic unicorns is your quote friend. I saw in the news that Musk's team already developed and built a rescue sub specifically for this operation. In response to your question why do people call Musk it's because of this. He has a record of responding quickly with solutions. This might not matter to you, but for people who want stuff done this has value.

Sorry, this was supposed to be the link:

https://arstechnica.com/scienc...

"... Microsoft fired all of their testers a few years ago?"

Op-Ed: Microsoft layoff e-mail typifies inhuman corporate insensitivity (July 17, 2014)

Microsoft job cuts far worse than rumored, could reach 18,000 (July 17, 2014)

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (August 4, 2015)

7 ways Windows 10 pushes ads at you.... (March 3, 2016)

Microsoft again forced upgrades on Win10 machines specifically set to block updates (March 12, 2018)

Those 5 articles are part of a longer history of abuse and other extremely poor management by Microsoft:

Microsoft Is Filled With Abusive Managers And Overworked Employees, Says Tell-All Book (May 23, 2012)

"... Microsoft fired all of their testers a few years ago?"

Op-Ed: Microsoft layoff e-mail typifies inhuman corporate insensitivity (July 17, 2014)

Microsoft job cuts far worse than rumored, could reach 18,000 (July 17, 2014)

Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (August 4, 2015)

7 ways Windows 10 pushes ads at you.... (March 3, 2016)

Microsoft again forced upgrades on Win10 machines specifically set to block updates (March 12, 2018)

Those 5 articles are part of a longer history of abuse and other extremely poor management by Microsoft:

Microsoft Is Filled With Abusive Managers And Overworked Employees, Says Tell-All Book (May 23, 2012)

that too, but it's also wrong link because it's fucking bloomberg, who thinks having javascript disabled or rejecting cookies is a 'terms of service violation'. fuck 'em. search engines exist. they are not the only source for news or 'news'.

here's some noscript friendly alternative sources...

https://arstechnica.com/inform...

https://nypost.com/2018/07/05/...

https://www.engadget.com/2018/...

https://www.usatoday.com/story...

any of these will let you read the article with noscript and adblock active.

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Decent LIDAR currently costs quite a bit of money. There is a huge drive to create cheaper LIDAR: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2...

Besides that, decent LIDAR is probably not even really needed to exceed human driving capabilities. After all, we don't use LIDAR data whilst driving.