My point (unintentional pun there) was that if authorities were to try and prohibit the sales of laser pointers there would still be a good source of lasers out there in basements, closets, garages, and dumps from which to fabricate extremely dangerous and powerful laser devices. I was definitely not comparing ease of acquisition.
As for them being relatively weak, hardware hackers can gang as many of them as their rig can support, with each laser aimed at the same spot for cumulative effect. Commonly available laser pointers are in the 5mW range from what I understand, so ganging several CD lasers could surpass that output easily.
Hardware hackers can also pop down to the nearest gun shop, pick up a.30-06 hunting rifle, and start potting away at airplanes, injuring or killing the pilot, hitting a fuel line, or otherwise causing it to fall down go boom.
Not a good analogy. First, it supposes that laser pointing at aircraft is with the intent to kill and destroy, as it certainly would be with a high powered rifle. Unfortunately it seems that stupidity is more likely the cause, rather than malice.
Second, even with the highest powered, factory made rifle the skill level and knowledge of ballistics required to hit a moving, airborne target at night is beyond the level of all but the best or luckiest shot, braggarts and liars notwithstanding. Aiming a laser device requires no such skill or experience to perfectly hit the mark.
Lastly, for hardware hackers there are no commonly available consumer products accumulating in basements, garages, and dumps from which a high powered, accurate hunting rifle can be fabricated as easily as it is to rig up a bunch of laser emitters from discarded CD/DVD/game players.
Authorities may seek to regulate or prohibit the use of laser pointers, but there is a horse that has left the barn long ago: the lasers used in CD/DVD/game players are much, much more powerful than laser pointers. Hardware hackers can collect several dozen old boom boxes, hook up their laser emitters, and thus create very formidable weaponry.
While the transition from analogue to digital OTA television was decades in the making, Julius Genachowski saw the actual cut-over event as an opportunity to supply newfound spectrum to the suddenly burgeoning wireless data and mobile phone industry segments. Genachowski was the driving force in trying to squeeze down the amount of broadcast spectrum that had been given long ago to analogue OTA TV broadcasting. Historically, the reassignment of analogue UHF TV channels 70 through 83 to other industries in the 1980s was accomplished with very little difficulty, but in the digital OTA TV transition the UHF TV channels 52 through 69 were reassigned to wireless data broadcasting as part of the entire project. For consumers and most OTA TV broadcasters, the first transition seems to have worked well, such that 1080i or 720p ATSC High Definition TV with Surround Sound is commonly available in major U.S. markets using MPEG2 data transport streams. Having overseen that massive transition successfully, Genachowski proposed a next wave, in which the "white space" gaps surrounding OTA TV stations in the UHF TV band (channels 14 through 51) would be assigned to wireless devices. Unfortunately this is where technology appeared to be outstripped by reality, as well-known TV signal propagation effects were to be somehow conquered by "white space" devices in their routine operation. Likewise, the new devices were not to harm existing TV signals. Realistically, the potential for interference has been seen to be too great a risk to the TV broadcasters, and debate has raged. Not to be dissuaded by the likely failure of the "white space" plans, Genachowski has spearheaded a move to once-again cut the available OTA TV broadcast spectrum via a "repacking" all TV stations into yet a smaller spectrum slice (fewer number of channels) by such proposed methods as the change of compression from MPEG2 to the superior MPEG4 data transport standard, which allows 1080i or 720p ATSC streams using much less bandwidth than the MPEG2, therefore requiring much less space on the broadcast spectrum. Such a hardware-based transition would be a huge cost burden to consumers as their existing ATSC TV tuners would be rendered as obsolete as the old analogue NTSC ones now are. Broadcasters have fought hard to prevent or resist such a repacking, pointing out with a sense of victimization that at no time has Julius Genachowski seriously proposed similar technical overhauls of the mobile phone and/or WiFi industry with the onus that they use their allotted spectrum in more efficient ways. From the consumer perspective, with the rapid and ongoing churn of technology in the hand held and mobile device marketplace, products are made obsolescent in only a few years, while in regards to TV reception consumers expect and demand many years of expected service from their existing hardware. Transitions occur frequently in the mobile phone and wireless industries, but are extremely disruptive to OTA TV consumers and broadcasters. So, from the perspective of the OTA TV broadcasters, Genachowski's exit is not a sad occasion.
I'm from the era in which 8" floppy diskettes were used and passed around. So here we are almost 4 decades later and Cuba's Sneakernet is saving the day. Glad to see it.
Stop the presses! Kim Jong Un has just announced that Gnome founder Miguel de Icaza is moving to North Korea to head their complete IT move to Apple platforms. Kim's statement read: "We like Apple and their approach. We, of all people, GET IT. The customer must be fully managed, just as we fully manage our freedom-loving citizens."
On reading Miguel's blog post I found myself thinking about a character who showed up on Gilligan's Island who was perpetually lost in his biplane. His nickname was "Wrong Way."
Ever notice how Miguel always seems to get involved in chaotic situations and then flees them by taking the wrong train, ending up in the middle of nowhere? Why does anyone even listen to this guy?
Trusting others to not track our vehicles is idealistic and naive. Active anti-tracking would be required. So, what are the ways in which your vehicle might be tracked? Well, one has to contend with radar, satellite, mobile phone towers, drones, and human vision, amongst others. Assuming you don't mind not receiving any external signals while driving, the geek solution would be to envelop your vehicle in a Faraday Cage, then cover that external structure with some low visibility camouflage, low reflectivity material in the IR, UV, and X-ray ranges, and also a layer of crushed glass glued onto the roof to mess up optical sensors. An acoustic cancellation system would help to reduce the vehicle's audible signature, and vehicle heat dispersal would need to be ducted in a tightly focused jet directed at randomly selected azimuths for short durations.
The immensely salty, sugary, and fatty diet of Americans is going a long way towards your goal. What evolution would do over centuries, Kraft, General Foods, Purina, Pillsbury, Mars, Coca Cola, et al are doing in mere decades. Maybe they'll come up with a mosquito repellent version of Velveeta or Cocoa Puffs.
You know how it is... something becomes trendy or goes viral and then the hipsters are all like "that is so yesterday". Mosquitoes from Thailand started the "Ignore DEET, Just Say Phuket" meme after the press got all up in arms about how popular DEET has become with human partiers:
The "unrepairable" Surface Pro (that Microsoft is aiming at business) is symbolic of an unfortunate trend in Corporate IT budgeting towards thinking of user devices as "burned money" with little or no long term benefit. While conventional laptops retain some value beyond the current quarter and a certain level of repair costs can be budgeted towards them, devices like the Surface Pro turn budgeting of such estimated costs into a total crap shoot.
1. Scientists describe new evolutionary theory to assembled dignitaries from across the universe
2. Leading Anti-Evolutionist looks really pissed.
3. Cut to scene of Anti-Evolutionist ships massing over a lush, green planet
4. Lens flare
5. Anti-Evolutionist soldiers shoot all sorts of ray gun zappers at the scientists below, shouting "Die, wasters of money!"
6. Lens flare
7. After wicked battle, scientists are rescued by Yoda-trained hero.
8. Lens flare
9. Leader of Anti-Evolutionist armies wails in frustration, shouting "That is NOT evidence!!!" 10. Lens flare 11. Anti-Evolutionist armies plot massive attack from Death Stars. 12. Lens fare. 13. Great place to end Part One so that everyone needs to see Part Two in a few years.
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My point (unintentional pun there) was that if authorities were to try and prohibit the sales of laser pointers there would still be a good source of lasers out there in basements, closets, garages, and dumps from which to fabricate extremely dangerous and powerful laser devices. I was definitely not comparing ease of acquisition.
As for them being relatively weak, hardware hackers can gang as many of them as their rig can support, with each laser aimed at the same spot for cumulative effect. Commonly available laser pointers are in the 5mW range from what I understand, so ganging several CD lasers could surpass that output easily.
Hardware hackers can also pop down to the nearest gun shop, pick up a .30-06 hunting rifle, and start potting away at airplanes, injuring or killing the pilot, hitting a fuel line, or otherwise causing it to fall down go boom.
Not a good analogy. First, it supposes that laser pointing at aircraft is with the intent to kill and destroy, as it certainly would be with a high powered rifle. Unfortunately it seems that stupidity is more likely the cause, rather than malice.
Second, even with the highest powered, factory made rifle the skill level and knowledge of ballistics required to hit a moving, airborne target at night is beyond the level of all but the best or luckiest shot, braggarts and liars notwithstanding. Aiming a laser device requires no such skill or experience to perfectly hit the mark.
Lastly, for hardware hackers there are no commonly available consumer products accumulating in basements, garages, and dumps from which a high powered, accurate hunting rifle can be fabricated as easily as it is to rig up a bunch of laser emitters from discarded CD/DVD/game players.
As I say, not a good analogy.
FloMu's predictions are once again uncanny, except that, as always, they are totally wrong.
Authorities may seek to regulate or prohibit the use of laser pointers, but there is a horse that has left the barn long ago: the lasers used in CD/DVD/game players are much, much more powerful than laser pointers. Hardware hackers can collect several dozen old boom boxes, hook up their laser emitters, and thus create very formidable weaponry.
1. Open a web browser
2. go to a search engine (such as https://duckduckgo.com/)
3. copy/paste the following text string to find everything you will ever need to know about best Linux distros for newcomers:
"best linux distro for newcomers"
4. repeat as necessary with other search engines
While the transition from analogue to digital OTA television was decades in the making, Julius Genachowski saw the actual cut-over event as an opportunity to supply newfound spectrum to the suddenly burgeoning wireless data and mobile phone industry segments. Genachowski was the driving force in trying to squeeze down the amount of broadcast spectrum that had been given long ago to analogue OTA TV broadcasting. Historically, the reassignment of analogue UHF TV channels 70 through 83 to other industries in the 1980s was accomplished with very little difficulty, but in the digital OTA TV transition the UHF TV channels 52 through 69 were reassigned to wireless data broadcasting as part of the entire project. For consumers and most OTA TV broadcasters, the first transition seems to have worked well, such that 1080i or 720p ATSC High Definition TV with Surround Sound is commonly available in major U.S. markets using MPEG2 data transport streams. Having overseen that massive transition successfully, Genachowski proposed a next wave, in which the "white space" gaps surrounding OTA TV stations in the UHF TV band (channels 14 through 51) would be assigned to wireless devices. Unfortunately this is where technology appeared to be outstripped by reality, as well-known TV signal propagation effects were to be somehow conquered by "white space" devices in their routine operation. Likewise, the new devices were not to harm existing TV signals. Realistically, the potential for interference has been seen to be too great a risk to the TV broadcasters, and debate has raged. Not to be dissuaded by the likely failure of the "white space" plans, Genachowski has spearheaded a move to once-again cut the available OTA TV broadcast spectrum via a "repacking" all TV stations into yet a smaller spectrum slice (fewer number of channels) by such proposed methods as the change of compression from MPEG2 to the superior MPEG4 data transport standard, which allows 1080i or 720p ATSC streams using much less bandwidth than the MPEG2, therefore requiring much less space on the broadcast spectrum. Such a hardware-based transition would be a huge cost burden to consumers as their existing ATSC TV tuners would be rendered as obsolete as the old analogue NTSC ones now are. Broadcasters have fought hard to prevent or resist such a repacking, pointing out with a sense of victimization that at no time has Julius Genachowski seriously proposed similar technical overhauls of the mobile phone and/or WiFi industry with the onus that they use their allotted spectrum in more efficient ways. From the consumer perspective, with the rapid and ongoing churn of technology in the hand held and mobile device marketplace, products are made obsolescent in only a few years, while in regards to TV reception consumers expect and demand many years of expected service from their existing hardware. Transitions occur frequently in the mobile phone and wireless industries, but are extremely disruptive to OTA TV consumers and broadcasters. So, from the perspective of the OTA TV broadcasters, Genachowski's exit is not a sad occasion.
I'm from the era in which 8" floppy diskettes were used and passed around. So here we are almost 4 decades later and Cuba's Sneakernet is saving the day. Glad to see it.
Don't worry, someone will rationalize that problem into further "proof" ;)
Devotees of Ireland's 12th century Saint Malachy believe that he predicted back then that the new Pope will be the very last one:
http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/St-Malachy-predicted-Pope-Benedicts-successor-will-be-last-pope-190715001.html
Hmmm... I don't see how ncurses can render a 3d image in a console... is that a new build option?
See these posts to a previous story on Canipre for important details about their existence: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/11/27/230215/canada-prepares-for-crackdown-on-bittorrent-movie-pirates
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3278403&cid=42113267
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3278403&cid=42115201
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3278403&cid=42113147
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3278403&cid=42115037
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3278403&cid=42112133
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3278403&cid=42112399
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3278403&cid=42113147
UTC with NTP... that's the way to go. Goodbye local time forever!
s/"Use"/"Deployment"/
There I fixed it.
Stop the presses! Kim Jong Un has just announced that Gnome founder Miguel de Icaza is moving to North Korea to head their complete IT move to Apple platforms. Kim's statement read: "We like Apple and their approach. We, of all people, GET IT. The customer must be fully managed, just as we fully manage our freedom-loving citizens."
Please refrain from attacking de Icaza....
You posted this on ./??????? There's one missing dependency, though: our consent.
On reading Miguel's blog post I found myself thinking about a character who showed up on Gilligan's Island who was perpetually lost in his biplane. His nickname was "Wrong Way."
Ever notice how Miguel always seems to get involved in chaotic situations and then flees them by taking the wrong train, ending up in the middle of nowhere? Why does anyone even listen to this guy?
Wow! Using your income as a tool for protest. You're so fucking cool! As if anyone gives a shit what you buy with your meager salary.
Enjoy some good reading here: Adbusters, and then think about how you can throw off the yoke for yourself.
One less brand to ever appear on my shopping list.
Trusting others to not track our vehicles is idealistic and naive. Active anti-tracking would be required. So, what are the ways in which your vehicle might be tracked? Well, one has to contend with radar, satellite, mobile phone towers, drones, and human vision, amongst others. Assuming you don't mind not receiving any external signals while driving, the geek solution would be to envelop your vehicle in a Faraday Cage, then cover that external structure with some low visibility camouflage, low reflectivity material in the IR, UV, and X-ray ranges, and also a layer of crushed glass glued onto the roof to mess up optical sensors. An acoustic cancellation system would help to reduce the vehicle's audible signature, and vehicle heat dispersal would need to be ducted in a tightly focused jet directed at randomly selected azimuths for short durations.
Sounds like quite a lot of work.
The immensely salty, sugary, and fatty diet of Americans is going a long way towards your goal. What evolution would do over centuries, Kraft, General Foods, Purina, Pillsbury, Mars, Coca Cola, et al are doing in mere decades. Maybe they'll come up with a mosquito repellent version of Velveeta or Cocoa Puffs.
You know how it is... something becomes trendy or goes viral and then the hipsters are all like "that is so yesterday". Mosquitoes from Thailand started the "Ignore DEET, Just Say Phuket" meme after the press got all up in arms about how popular DEET has become with human partiers:
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/09/phi-phi-home-to-deadly-cocktails/
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phi-phis-killer-cocktail-buckets-time-health-officials-explain-death-riddle-16598/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/08/31/montreal-sisters-die-thailand-insecticide.html
http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2012/DEET-in-lethal-party-cocktail-killed-Canadian-sisters-Autopsy-16811.html
I take it this British firm has never heard of the LOIC.
And why isn't it irreparable, as opposed to unrepairable? The both pass the dictionary test, but...
virtually unrepariable
virtually irreparable
literally unrepairable
literally irreparable
I like that last one best.
The "unrepairable" Surface Pro (that Microsoft is aiming at business) is symbolic of an unfortunate trend in Corporate IT budgeting towards thinking of user devices as "burned money" with little or no long term benefit. While conventional laptops retain some value beyond the current quarter and a certain level of repair costs can be budgeted towards them, devices like the Surface Pro turn budgeting of such estimated costs into a total crap shoot.
1. Scientists describe new evolutionary theory to assembled dignitaries from across the universe
2. Leading Anti-Evolutionist looks really pissed.
3. Cut to scene of Anti-Evolutionist ships massing over a lush, green planet
4. Lens flare
5. Anti-Evolutionist soldiers shoot all sorts of ray gun zappers at the scientists below, shouting "Die, wasters of money!"
6. Lens flare
7. After wicked battle, scientists are rescued by Yoda-trained hero.
8. Lens flare
9. Leader of Anti-Evolutionist armies wails in frustration, shouting "That is NOT evidence!!!"
10. Lens flare
11. Anti-Evolutionist armies plot massive attack from Death Stars.
12. Lens fare.
13. Great place to end Part One so that everyone needs to see Part Two in a few years.