That's an ironic sort of comment. I'll bet you didn't RTFA:
Reviewing findings from multiple disciplines, Jamey Marth, Ph.D... realized that only 68 molecular building blocks are used to construct these four fundamental components of cells: the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), proteins, glycans and lipids...
Like the periodic table of elements... is to chemistry, Marth's visual metaphor offers a new framework for biologists.
The newsworthy part is that the FCC appears to be doing its job.
Not only are they actually attempting to ascertain facts, but they are doing so even after their boss, Verizon, already gave them the authorized version of the truth.
Looks like you picked an excerpt that, posted out of context as you did, suggests no short term change. But here are the paragraphs that follow (emphasis mine):
Martin Jeffries of the U.S. National Science Foundation and University of Alaska Fairbanks said in a statement Tuesday that the summer's ice shelf loss is equivalent to over three times the area of Manhattan, totaling 82 square miles -- losses that have reduced Arctic Ocean ice cover to its second-biggest retreat since satellite measurements began 30 years ago.
"These changes are irreversible under the present climate and indicate that the environmental conditions that have kept these ice shelves in balance for thousands of years are no longer present," said Muller.
During the last century, when ice shelves would break off, thick sea ice would eventually reform in their place.
"But today, warmer temperatures and a changing climate means there's no hope for regrowth. A scary scenario," said Muller.
> But IMHO, most residents are unrealistic when they crave services but
> are unwilling to deal with the equipment required to run the services
If the people "craving services" were the only ones getting utility boxes in their yard I'd see your point.
But in this case, monopolist carriers are unilaterally selecting random homes to bear the costs of hosting noisy eyesores, regardless of whether the family is their customer, regardless of the will of the neighborhood and local government.
what's the diff except it costs much less and is more discrete.
That "diff" is actually a big deal. As gps costs go down, it's easier to deploy lots of them. And if they aren't obliged to tell anyone who they are "following around" or why, they risk nothing by simply putting them on any car they want. Which scales well to wholesale monitoring of the populace.
> I bet life sucks a lot more for the kids blown to bits Agreed. It's also worse for grown-ups who are blown to bits.
> wankers sitting in air conditioned comfort who don't want
> to face the consequences of their actions.
I think the problem is exactly that these "wankers" do face the consequences of their actions. Whether you choose to "get all misty" for them is your choice, but don't delude yourself that these airmen are beyond feeling, that they have no remorse.
This complex internal conflict is very real, and it rips most normal people apart.
Bad guy can force the name server to go run to the good guy and look something up
It takes time to get the real request (with random number) to the good guy
It takes more time to get the real response back from the good guy
It takes no time for the bad guy to immediately follow up a request with a fake response
Might have the wrong random number, but it'll definitely arrive first
So:
1) Bad guy pretends he's a desktop pc (Stub Resolver)
2) Bad guy as Stub Resolver asks some arbitrary name server for the target's address
2) Bad guy knows the name server will eventually ask the target
3) Bad guy spoofs the target and sends his own replies back to the name server
4) One of the bad guy's spoof replies happens to match the Transaction ID
6) Name server thinks the bad guy's reply cames from target
7) Name server thinks the target lives at the IP address in Bad Guy's spoofed reply
It happens that I'm not far from Fillmore, so I went to see the spot. It was intensely hot, and the smoke emanated from a particular bush. I left a mashed up recording of Jeremy Irons playing on a loop. The recording says "You must lead my people out of captivity and into the promised land."
How is gently pulling the asteroid with a weak gravity string more efficient than just landing the same "tractor" on the asteroid and pushing it gently but directly?
This is not an engineering problem. TCP/IP is pretty robust.
In fact, there is no inherent problem.
But carriers see an opportunity to squeeze more profit out, so they're trying to, and in the process they create a problem for users and content providers.
And governments see stuff they (or those they'd pander to) don't like, so they want to control it, and thus create a problem for users.
This can be solved by limiting carrier meddling to contractual SLA issues, and preventing government from censoring users.
The internet isn't broken; it's carriers and government that need fixing.
But he did it so subtly and well most people think he found, or at least that there really is, footage of marijuana on StreetView. Actually he's provided no evidence at all.
Given that:
1) those who claim fantastic events but provide no physical evidence are often met with skepticism;
2) fantastic alleged events have been announced to the public by a well-positioned insider;
3) no physical evidence of these events has been provided; Therefore:
1) the alleged events actually occured;
2) this information is being withheld from the public;
3) this guy is not a crackpot. QED
better for the environment
far less... of a non-renewable resource [oil]
Neither of those is a decent reason in the face of hydrocarbon alternatives.
What's wrong with parent's reasoning?
Alternative hydrocarbons are generally non-renewable fossil fuels. And they are already used - by the utility to generate the electricity, with greater efficiency than we get burning them in a car.
Electric cars are simpler and more reliable than internal combustion cars
We're talking about cars that are both Electric and Internal Combustion. Which is more complex than either a pure electric or a pure ICE. The "simpler" argument works against hybrids. Your argument is invalid here.
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Reviewing findings from multiple disciplines, Jamey Marth, Ph.D... realized that only 68 molecular building blocks are used to construct these four fundamental components of cells: the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), proteins, glycans and lipids...
... is to chemistry, Marth's visual metaphor offers a new framework for biologists.
Like the periodic table of elements
The newsworthy part is that the FCC appears to be doing its job.
Not only are they actually attempting to ascertain facts, but they are doing so even after their boss, Verizon, already gave them the authorized version of the truth.
Unexpected this is. Hope's candle flickers on.
Martin Jeffries of the U.S. National Science Foundation and University of Alaska Fairbanks said in a statement Tuesday that the summer's ice shelf loss is equivalent to over three times the area of Manhattan, totaling 82 square miles -- losses that have reduced Arctic Ocean ice cover to its second-biggest retreat since satellite measurements began 30 years ago.
"These changes are irreversible under the present climate and indicate that the environmental conditions that have kept these ice shelves in balance for thousands of years are no longer present," said Muller.
During the last century, when ice shelves would break off, thick sea ice would eventually reform in their place.
"But today, warmer temperatures and a changing climate means there's no hope for regrowth. A scary scenario," said Muller.
> I've been tasked with finding a way to bury digitally stored photographs
Print them out.
Somebody should have set a much higher reserve price.
Thanks for the informative post.
> But IMHO, most residents are unrealistic when they crave services but
> are unwilling to deal with the equipment required to run the services
If the people "craving services" were the only ones getting utility boxes in their yard I'd see your point.
But in this case, monopolist carriers are unilaterally selecting random homes to bear the costs of hosting noisy eyesores, regardless of whether the family is their customer, regardless of the will of the neighborhood and local government.
Either both you, and your moderators, are a little too quick on the button today, or I don't know what "+5 informative" means anymore.
I was expecting to see a speck of dust, and instead I see flaming green projectiles landing on a red carpet.
Are these simply toxic meteorites, or did the gov't slip up and accidentally post photos of aliens arriving at the Martian Academy Awards?
what's the diff except it costs much less and is more discrete.
That "diff" is actually a big deal. As gps costs go down, it's easier to deploy lots of them. And if they aren't obliged to tell anyone who they are "following around" or why, they risk nothing by simply putting them on any car they want. Which scales well to wholesale monitoring of the populace.
> I bet life sucks a lot more for the kids blown to bits
Agreed. It's also worse for grown-ups who are blown to bits.
> wankers sitting in air conditioned comfort who don't want
> to face the consequences of their actions.
I think the problem is exactly that these "wankers" do face the consequences of their actions. Whether you choose to "get all misty" for them is your choice, but don't delude yourself that these airmen are beyond feeling, that they have no remorse.
This complex internal conflict is very real, and it rips most normal people apart.
Bad guy can force the name server to go run to the good guy and look something up It takes time to get the real request (with random number) to the good guy It takes more time to get the real response back from the good guy It takes no time for the bad guy to immediately follow up a request with a fake response Might have the wrong random number, but it'll definitely arrive first
So:
1) Bad guy pretends he's a desktop pc (Stub Resolver)
2) Bad guy as Stub Resolver asks some arbitrary name server for the target's address
2) Bad guy knows the name server will eventually ask the target
3) Bad guy spoofs the target and sends his own replies back to the name server
4) One of the bad guy's spoof replies happens to match the Transaction ID
6) Name server thinks the bad guy's reply cames from target
7) Name server thinks the target lives at the IP address in Bad Guy's spoofed reply
It happens that I'm not far from Fillmore, so I went to see the spot. It was intensely hot, and the smoke emanated from a particular bush. I left a mashed up recording of Jeremy Irons playing on a loop. The recording says "You must lead my people out of captivity and into the promised land."
How is gently pulling the asteroid with a weak gravity string more efficient than just landing the same "tractor" on the asteroid and pushing it gently but directly?
The government's authority does not come from a document.
Their authority is derived from the governed - from the people.
>trying to redesign the Internet's protocols from scratch isn't necessarily a bad idea
Very true. We'd be foolish to blindly freeze our technology in the 20th century.
But whatever redesign shakes out of this might be worse. The US government is funding this with the intention to improve security.
It may not be the users' security they have in mind.
Apparently they can agree to the blocking of "sensitive sites".
some IOC officials negotiated with the Chinese that some sensitive sites would be blocked
Even if they are powerless to stop it, they do have the power to object. Instead they agreed.
This is not an engineering problem. TCP/IP is pretty robust.
In fact, there is no inherent problem.
But carriers see an opportunity to squeeze more profit out, so they're trying to, and in the process they create a problem for users and content providers.
And governments see stuff they (or those they'd pander to) don't like, so they want to control it, and thus create a problem for users.
This can be solved by limiting carrier meddling to contractual SLA issues, and preventing government from censoring users.
The internet isn't broken; it's carriers and government that need fixing.
He didn't "snitch", he insinuated.
But he did it so subtly and well most people think he found, or at least that there really is, footage of marijuana on StreetView. Actually he's provided no evidence at all.
So the proof goes like this?
Given that:
1) those who claim fantastic events but provide no physical evidence are often met with skepticism;
2) fantastic alleged events have been announced to the public by a well-positioned insider;
3) no physical evidence of these events has been provided;
Therefore:
1) the alleged events actually occured;
2) this information is being withheld from the public;
3) this guy is not a crackpot.
QED
better for the environment ... of a non-renewable resource [oil]
far less
Neither of those is a decent reason in the face of hydrocarbon alternatives.
What's wrong with parent's reasoning?
Alternative hydrocarbons are generally non-renewable fossil fuels. And they are already used - by the utility to generate the electricity, with greater efficiency than we get burning them in a car.
Electric cars are simpler and more reliable than internal combustion cars
We're talking about cars that are both Electric and Internal Combustion. Which is more complex than either a pure electric or a pure ICE. The "simpler" argument works against hybrids. Your argument is invalid here.
> avoid overwhelming the utilities during peak hours
Distributed generation - have charging stations generate their own power (solar, wind).
> the actual text of the agreement does not seem to have been made public
Now we're going to have a bunch of whiners who never even RTFA.
A first for Slashdot.
> connect to more than one wifi network simultaneously
That's easy - just get a NIC/Wifi AP for each network you want to use.
> Nano materials occur in nature, wouldn't we have evolved defences?
Hemlock, uranium, asbestos, bears, magma, and asteroids also occur in nature.
> favorite replacment term for "piracy,"
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