The way you make it I can't believe it I ain't never seen a plan...like...that The way you show it It makes geek's peepee go....DADOINGDOINGDOOOIIIIING!
Nobody said they had to move entirely to flying servers, the current hosting seems to be working fine. Imagine the lulz when the MAFIAA goons learn of these things! It'd be worth it.
He it's not just one Raspberry Pi, it's a cluster of them, and with their minimalist site design and recent massive reduction in storage costs, their biggest problem is probably database performance.
Yep a lot of hyper-rich guys own "civilianized" fighter jets as toys. That said if they tried to even outfit them as originally intended, they'd find themselves buried under an avalanche of legal problems before they even get off the ground.
The US government already threatened to shoot down any satellites of one of the GPS-clones (Galileo?) if they used a band that wouldn't be affected by current GPS jamming technologies.
1) solar powered glider (doesn't have to get anywhere fast, just has to stay up)
I was thinking about this just the other day. With advancements in battery, materials and solar tech, I wonder if it would now be possible for a solar-charged motor-sailplane to stay up for Pathfinder-like lengths of time? Charge and soar, use the motor to climb back up, repeat...
Perhaps governments could grant certain privately-owned ships the ability to conduct counter-pirate operations with legal approval. They could be called something like "privateers"...
Did you check to see if the EULA says that "Denying this updated agreement but continuing to use the service will be accepted as consent of the new terms" or something like that?
Can anyone think of any cyberpunk dystopia where corporations had this much power? In every one I can think of they largely skirted the law, but when they were caught they either went to court or waged physical war. This level of government support of corporate power was unforeseen. I guess real life turned out less libertarian and more fascist.
If that were true you'd just have to get someone else who isn't on drugs to record you altering the physical world with your mind while tripping balls.
My mother and grandmother both believe in psychic ability. Me, I'm skeptical. But here are my anecdotes:
One morning when I was a kid, staying with my grandmother while my parents were on vacation, she woke up in a panic saying that a young couple was going to die, and was worried that it could be my parents. Nope, it was Princess Di and whatshisname Al Fayed.
My mother and grandmother used to live in a small apartment, my grandmother would get drunk and say she could see a young woman crying in the hallway. Then one day when my mom was there alone she got a call from a strange woman saying she was "compelled to call this number" and "had a vision of a young girl crying." The woman who called swore it wasn't a prank, but, Occam's razor...
Another time when I was a teenager I was waiting for a pick-up after a party in a familiar area. I was in a big parking lot, and there was a bus stop a few hundred feet up the road. Eventually I heard a crash and a bang coming from that area, on the way back I saw that a car had smashed through the bus stop. When I got home my mom asked if I got her message, I didn't, I must not have felt the phone ringing. I checked the voicemail and she was telling me to stay away from that exact bus stop. I *was* thinking about walking over there...
On the negative side, one morning my grandmother called in a panic telling my family not to get into any blue cars. Never had the opportunity.
Oddly enough I never heard of the original story or any of the fabricated details, yet news that it was a fake is all over the web. Apple fans too eager to believe that it may all be a hoax?
Yeah but I'm still using the Gmail address I signed up to in the early days, so the NSA's code-breaking capability is the least of my problems right now.
This is more like the sci-fi/fantasy series CSI where they have almost everyone's DNA profile stored, and enough excess processing power, energy and bandwidth to display live data on each person as the search is running. Also they have the magical ability to infinitely zoom up and "enhance" even the graniest images, that's the fantasy part.
However they're quite inept with computers in this world. In one episode they took a laptop from a defense contractor, and instead of storing it in a faraday bag and then imaging the hard drive with a data diode adapter in a shielded room, they just booted it up with free network access, and then acted surprised - REALLY surprised, they were freaking out - when it remote wiped itself. It was quite funny.
Don't forget there are commercially available quantum computers already, it's safe to say the NSA is already somewhat ahead of that, and they're on the bleeding edge of cryptography research. I've already phased out AES-128 and RSA-2048 from my systems just because I can.
It's also easier to censor and spin IRL protests as journalists become increasingly pussified, and the few who aren't are easily ignored by the mainstream news.
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The way you make it
I can't believe it
I ain't never seen a plan...like...that
The way you show it
It makes geek's peepee go....DADOINGDOINGDOOOIIIIING!
Nobody said they had to move entirely to flying servers, the current hosting seems to be working fine. Imagine the lulz when the MAFIAA goons learn of these things! It'd be worth it.
Begun, the Drone War has.
FTFY.
He it's not just one Raspberry Pi, it's a cluster of them, and with their minimalist site design and recent massive reduction in storage costs, their biggest problem is probably database performance.
Russia seems to be a good choice, considering their reputation in the hosting market...
Yep a lot of hyper-rich guys own "civilianized" fighter jets as toys. That said if they tried to even outfit them as originally intended, they'd find themselves buried under an avalanche of legal problems before they even get off the ground.
The US government already threatened to shoot down any satellites of one of the GPS-clones (Galileo?) if they used a band that wouldn't be affected by current GPS jamming technologies.
1) solar powered glider (doesn't have to get anywhere fast, just has to stay up)
I was thinking about this just the other day. With advancements in battery, materials and solar tech, I wonder if it would now be possible for a solar-charged motor-sailplane to stay up for Pathfinder-like lengths of time? Charge and soar, use the motor to climb back up, repeat...
They can crash without crashing, although a serious crash might cause a crash.
Perhaps governments could grant certain privately-owned ships the ability to conduct counter-pirate operations with legal approval. They could be called something like "privateers"...
Oh please there are long-loitering atmospheric research drones that are well under $10k a piece. Basically high-end RC planes.
And it rocked! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Skies
Did you check to see if the EULA says that "Denying this updated agreement but continuing to use the service will be accepted as consent of the new terms" or something like that?
Can anyone think of any cyberpunk dystopia where corporations had this much power? In every one I can think of they largely skirted the law, but when they were caught they either went to court or waged physical war. This level of government support of corporate power was unforeseen. I guess real life turned out less libertarian and more fascist.
Poe's law strikes again.
Those names actually mean "the dying fields" and "place of war" in the Aborigine language.
Nah I just made that up. But I made you think, right? ;-)
If that were true you'd just have to get someone else who isn't on drugs to record you altering the physical world with your mind while tripping balls.
My mother and grandmother both believe in psychic ability. Me, I'm skeptical. But here are my anecdotes:
One morning when I was a kid, staying with my grandmother while my parents were on vacation, she woke up in a panic saying that a young couple was going to die, and was worried that it could be my parents. Nope, it was Princess Di and whatshisname Al Fayed.
My mother and grandmother used to live in a small apartment, my grandmother would get drunk and say she could see a young woman crying in the hallway. Then one day when my mom was there alone she got a call from a strange woman saying she was "compelled to call this number" and "had a vision of a young girl crying." The woman who called swore it wasn't a prank, but, Occam's razor...
Another time when I was a teenager I was waiting for a pick-up after a party in a familiar area. I was in a big parking lot, and there was a bus stop a few hundred feet up the road. Eventually I heard a crash and a bang coming from that area, on the way back I saw that a car had smashed through the bus stop. When I got home my mom asked if I got her message, I didn't, I must not have felt the phone ringing. I checked the voicemail and she was telling me to stay away from that exact bus stop. I *was* thinking about walking over there...
On the negative side, one morning my grandmother called in a panic telling my family not to get into any blue cars. Never had the opportunity.
Oddly enough I never heard of the original story or any of the fabricated details, yet news that it was a fake is all over the web. Apple fans too eager to believe that it may all be a hoax?
Yeah but I'm still using the Gmail address I signed up to in the early days, so the NSA's code-breaking capability is the least of my problems right now.
This is more like the sci-fi/fantasy series CSI where they have almost everyone's DNA profile stored, and enough excess processing power, energy and bandwidth to display live data on each person as the search is running. Also they have the magical ability to infinitely zoom up and "enhance" even the graniest images, that's the fantasy part.
However they're quite inept with computers in this world. In one episode they took a laptop from a defense contractor, and instead of storing it in a faraday bag and then imaging the hard drive with a data diode adapter in a shielded room, they just booted it up with free network access, and then acted surprised - REALLY surprised, they were freaking out - when it remote wiped itself. It was quite funny.
Relax the dress code so that people can commute on sportbikes :-P
Don't forget there are commercially available quantum computers already, it's safe to say the NSA is already somewhat ahead of that, and they're on the bleeding edge of cryptography research. I've already phased out AES-128 and RSA-2048 from my systems just because I can.
It's also easier to censor and spin IRL protests as journalists become increasingly pussified, and the few who aren't are easily ignored by the mainstream news.
The "release Kevin Mitnick" thing is at least one older online protest I can think of...