Also, try buying alcohol, or driving a car etc. without ID. A while ago I was in England, and I was asked to prove my age when buying alcohol, (I'm 50, and I look it...hilarious...)
This is modded insightful? There are plenty of reasons why a Gov.employee should be able to access the internet from their work device(s). Would be better to say that 1. Such access should be better protected and, 2. internal systems should be isolated from anything that (inevitably) slipped through
Rubbish - they have no need of nukes or ballistic missiles, with their conventional forces they could still be in Seoul pretty fast; it's about 30 miles from the boarder. That's more than 10 million people within artilliary range...
Multiple editing failures, lazy cut & paste. Error was just copied from original article.
Microwave technologies have been in use for point-to-point connections for decades by the military and by broadcast television stations. Point-to-point wireless microwave transmissions, which operate in the 1.0GHz to 30GHz part of the spectrum, require line of site, though signals can be repeated along the route. A good signal -- such as between two mountaintops -- can travel as much as 300 kilometers, or around 186 miles.
Yup, rather dumb move, saving peanuts compared to most budgets, but the US Coastguard ran it, and they're really strapped for cash.
Shame, since as well as the benefits you note, the infrastructure was successfully used to broadcast data to augment GPS accuracy. This would perhaps been a more convincing arguement for keeping it in place, since it's true that in recent years usage was reported to have dropped considerably.
Totally agree. Plus, why rely on a mapping service that has to download maps in real time, i.e. requires a working data connection? Lemme think, where are you most likely to lose your dat aconnection? Maybe in the middle of a nowhere, i.e. somewhere where you are really going to need it!
"During the operation, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by RPGs and three others were damaged. Some of the wounded survivors were able to evacuate to the compound, but others remained near the crash sites and were isolated."
Remember, this operation was UN-mandated, after civil war had led to an estimated 500 000 deaths. I don't agree with everything the US does, but in this was NOT the same as Iraq.
Now, whether or not this new tech would have made the helicopters more or less vulnerable to unsophisticated weapons in an urban context, that's an interesting discussion point. At least less lives would have been put at risk.
I'm all for using technology to replace people in dangerous, hard, boring and/or repetitive work. Humans should be prepared by their parents, and society, to be able to earn a decent living in fulfilling roles.
BUT
Many of them, sadly, are not. Working in a warehouse is hard, (I've done it), but at least you're inside, and it's better to have a job than not have one. Not just from a financial aspect, but more importantly from a social one.
Keep the robots for the really dangerous stuff, and keep job opportunities open for people who cannot aspire to better in the short term, (you can start in the warehouse, and then move to the front office)
Indeed. Even if the engine/rocket motor works as advertised, they would still need to reuse some kind of space shuttle tech to get back down. Whilst I admire (some) of the space shuttle tech, the jury is long ago in - massive expensive fail.
Its purpose will be to study the four greatest threats to the human species - artificial intelligence, climate change, nuclear war and rogue biotechnology.
IMHO the biggest threat is not the tech, it's the person weilding it. Mankind's biggest threat is himself.
Ah, because that would be genocide? How will you distinguish the "good" from the "bad" Muslims? You cannot, so what you are advocating is a return to the Crusades but with modern weaponry, right?
Absolutely! This is getting beyond a joke - pretty soon we'll have patent lawyers scouring the SciFi back catalogue and patenting everything in there, since most of what we see coming to market now, or "real soon now" has already been imagined and sometimes described in great detail.
*rushes off to patent phasers, transporters, replicants and geosync orbits*
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There is no legal requirement to have any form of ID in the UK.
Not correct if you are a foreigner, or work in a 'sensitive' job.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_document#United_Kingdom
Also, try buying alcohol, or driving a car etc. without ID. A while ago I was in England, and I was asked to prove my age when buying alcohol, (I'm 50, and I look it...hilarious...)
Agree, but how about submitting something interesting, then? For example...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/google-maps-for-ios-may-violate-european-data-protection-law/
This is modded insightful? There are plenty of reasons why a Gov.employee should be able to access the internet from their work device(s). Would be better to say that 1. Such access should be better protected and, 2. internal systems should be isolated from anything that (inevitably) slipped through
OK, so many of us here can whip up a server etc. on get it online fast & cheap.
But how much would we charge for all of the facilities that a typical cloud server provides?
Clue: Probably more than they do
Rubbish - they have no need of nukes or ballistic missiles, with their conventional forces they could still be in Seoul pretty fast; it's about 30 miles from the boarder.
That's more than 10 million people within artilliary range...
Um, the queen and royal family gets "separate" revenue from holdings and possession that should have been publicized in any republic.
Eh? I think their posessions are pretty-well publicised, for example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_castle
Think you meant "nationalised"?
Multiple editing failures, lazy cut & paste. Error was just copied from original article.
Microwave technologies have been in use for point-to-point connections for decades by the military and by broadcast television stations. Point-to-point wireless microwave transmissions, which operate in the 1.0GHz to 30GHz part of the spectrum, require line of site, though signals can be repeated along the route. A good signal -- such as between two mountaintops -- can travel as much as 300 kilometers, or around 186 miles.
Wrong - nothing to do with making engines, it's to co-develop avionics...
I'm sure GE will be happy to sell them engines, but not to share key engine development knowledge.
Yup, rather dumb move, saving peanuts compared to most budgets, but the US Coastguard ran it, and they're really strapped for cash.
Shame, since as well as the benefits you note, the infrastructure was successfully used to broadcast data to augment GPS accuracy. This would perhaps been a more convincing arguement for keeping it in place, since it's true that in recent years usage was reported to have dropped considerably.
Totally agree. Plus, why rely on a mapping service that has to download maps in real time, i.e. requires a working data connection?
Lemme think, where are you most likely to lose your dat aconnection? Maybe in the middle of a nowhere, i.e. somewhere where you are really going to need it!
Would be more likely to be China IMHO
Well, there's another point of view to this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)
Extract:
"During the operation, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by RPGs and three others were damaged. Some of the wounded survivors were able to evacuate to the compound, but others remained near the crash sites and were isolated."
Remember, this operation was UN-mandated, after civil war had led to an estimated 500 000 deaths.
I don't agree with everything the US does, but in this was NOT the same as Iraq.
Now, whether or not this new tech would have made the helicopters more or less vulnerable to unsophisticated weapons in an urban context, that's an interesting discussion point. At least less lives would have been put at risk.
you're insane, It's obviously mostly flower.
Well, that's OK then - silly me, thinking for all these years that bread was mostly flour...
I'm all for using technology to replace people in dangerous, hard, boring and/or repetitive work.
Humans should be prepared by their parents, and society, to be able to earn a decent living in fulfilling roles.
BUT
Many of them, sadly, are not. Working in a warehouse is hard, (I've done it), but at least you're inside, and it's better to have a job than not have one.
Not just from a financial aspect, but more importantly from a social one.
Keep the robots for the really dangerous stuff, and keep job opportunities open for people who cannot aspire to better in the short term, (you can start in the warehouse, and then move to the front office)
Have you ever tried to get a teenager to defrag his room?
Well, mine are pretty good at fragging theirs...
Sorry, posting to cancel error in modding...(damn this 'instant' button)
Mod up someone, please
For non-Dr. Who fans, (if such a thing can exist here on /.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_screwdriver
Mod up! So many problems are caused by poor cables...always the first thing I try
Indeed. Even if the engine/rocket motor works as advertised, they would still need to reuse some kind of space shuttle tech to get back down. Whilst I admire (some) of the space shuttle tech, the jury is long ago in - massive expensive fail.
Its purpose will be to study the four greatest threats to the human species - artificial intelligence, climate change, nuclear war and rogue biotechnology.
IMHO the biggest threat is not the tech, it's the person weilding it. Mankind's biggest threat is himself.
Ah, because that would be genocide? How will you distinguish the "good" from the "bad" Muslims?
You cannot, so what you are advocating is a return to the Crusades but with modern weaponry, right?
Reparations have never worked. In this case, what do you propose should be paid, to whom, and with what end?
Well said.
Absolutely! This is getting beyond a joke - pretty soon we'll have patent lawyers scouring the SciFi back catalogue and patenting everything in there, since most of what we see coming to market now, or "real soon now" has already been imagined and sometimes described in great detail.
*rushes off to patent phasers, transporters, replicants and geosync orbits*
The only thing as dysfunctional was the old USSR planned-economy model.
How about the "unplanned" international banking crisis?