It's the result of bureaucracy. After several incidents where militarily useful technology was improperly transferred to the wrong people, and heads rolled, they decided to require the approval of an export control officer for all transfers of technology. It's more paperwork, but it's supposed to prevent a repetition of earlier mistakes.
They've tried, but it has never been popular with the people who build new satellites. They're not adverse to stealing good designs from existing satellites. The problem with "one size fits all" is that it's often a poor fit. They would rather tailor the satellite to the mission.
Reality called, she wanted to know why you no longer visit her.
Not everything in this world is the result of a conspiracy. There are national security concerns for anything involving space flight. Any release of technology has to be approved by an export control officer.
The telephone company knows where the call came from, even if the caller-id data is bogus. In many areas you can trace a call by entering a code on the keypad. The telephone company records the caller's number and will release it to law enforcement upon request.
It isn't 50, it's many thousands and they all have their own weird rules that are constantly changing. There is state tax, county tax, city tax, and special tax districts.
If you want to talk about greed, let's talk about the state legislatures and localities that have an insatiable appetite for raising taxes. That's their solution to every fiscal shortfall. They seem to be unable to grasp the concept of "living within your means". Not satisfied with what they can extract from their own citizens, they want to force out-of-state businesses to do their dirty work for them. As far as I am concerned, they can all go to hell.
My wild-ass guess is that flooding might refer to the technique that the Soviets developed during the Cold War. The developed a passive bug that was composed of a microwave resonant cavity with a flexible membrane on one end of the cavity. They would excite the cavity with a microwave transmitter located outside the building they were spying on. Sound would cause the membrane to vibrate, changing the resonant frequency of the cavity. This would modulate the signal emitted by the cavity. This signal could be detected and demodulated by someone off-site with a sensitive antenna and receiver. To get really weird, what if you didn't use a custom-made microwave resonant cavity, and just got the same effect from some piece of hardware that was already in the location under surveillance.
Maybe, but acoustical emissions are also a real security problem, especially with electromechanical devices. I've read about buildings that were modified with passive acoustic channels to allow an intelligence service to spy on the occupants from a safe distance.
The NSA is the number one employer of mathematicians in the USA. The Russians are also supposed to be very good. If there is a way to extract intelligence from the noise, they probably know about it. If it's electrical, it radiates. If it radiates, someone else can detect it. If the signal is weak, they can build a better antenna, design a more sensitive receiver, and use more sophisticated signal processing.
Look at your average PC. The keyboard and display are broadcasting tons of information to anyone who has the right equipment.
Many years ago, I used to work with UNIVAC NTDS computers (CP-642B or AN/USQ-20B) that were used by NASA for processing spacecraft telemetry at ground stations. It was one of the first computers designed by Seymour Cray. They were built like tanks.
Both of those examples were preceded by computers with magnetic core memory. When properly designed, they could be loaded with software and turned off, and later turned on, resuming operation almost instantly.
What if most life gets snuffed by cosmic events like gamma ray bursts?
The Earth isn't going to be habitable for much longer. Solar output increases with the age of the Sun, which will eventually tip the Earth into thermal runaway.
Don't underestimate the incompetence that can be found in the corporate world.
You too can be a CIO! Just learn how to play golf, join the right country club, and let one of Microsoft's sales representatives nibble on your sweet, sweet braaiinnnsss!
The problem is that it is illegal to use government email systems for non-official business like running a political party. This makes it mandatory to have a second system available to those people who are active in party operations. Then you have to rely on people to use the right system for their messages. Even with good intentions, people will make mistakes, and there will be gray areas.
Even if your bomb can convert matter to energy with 100% efficiency, it's limited in the amount of energy that it can produce. e=mc**2 and all that, about 20 kilotons per gram.
I wouldn't buy any of their albums, online or not. I like many styles of music, but I find Metallica's music to be incredibly boring. Loudness is not a substitute for talent.
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It's the result of bureaucracy. After several incidents where militarily useful technology was improperly transferred to the wrong people, and heads rolled, they decided to require the approval of an export control officer for all transfers of technology. It's more paperwork, but it's supposed to prevent a repetition of earlier mistakes.
They've tried, but it has never been popular with the people who build new satellites. They're not adverse to stealing good designs from existing satellites. The problem with "one size fits all" is that it's often a poor fit. They would rather tailor the satellite to the mission.
Not everything in this world is the result of a conspiracy. There are national security concerns for anything involving space flight. Any release of technology has to be approved by an export control officer.
Peasants are expendable.
The telephone company knows where the call came from, even if the caller-id data is bogus. In many areas you can trace a call by entering a code on the keypad. The telephone company records the caller's number and will release it to law enforcement upon request.
Yes, the FCC gets its authority from Congress. See the Communications Act of 1934 and subsequent legislation.
Anyone know what the "US spy incident" is that is mentioned at the end of the article?
You can design the reactor to allow refueling during operation.
It isn't 50, it's many thousands and they all have their own weird rules that are constantly changing. There is state tax, county tax, city tax, and special tax districts.
I used to have a Maryland address and a DC Zip Code. The local post office was located in DC. That confused many computer systems.
If you want to talk about greed, let's talk about the state legislatures and localities that have an insatiable appetite for raising taxes. That's their solution to every fiscal shortfall. They seem to be unable to grasp the concept of "living within your means". Not satisfied with what they can extract from their own citizens, they want to force out-of-state businesses to do their dirty work for them. As far as I am concerned, they can all go to hell.
The court should have awarded each of the plaintiffs a calculator and a boot to the head.
My wild-ass guess is that flooding might refer to the technique that the Soviets developed during the Cold War. The developed a passive bug that was composed of a microwave resonant cavity with a flexible membrane on one end of the cavity. They would excite the cavity with a microwave transmitter located outside the building they were spying on. Sound would cause the membrane to vibrate, changing the resonant frequency of the cavity. This would modulate the signal emitted by the cavity. This signal could be detected and demodulated by someone off-site with a sensitive antenna and receiver. To get really weird, what if you didn't use a custom-made microwave resonant cavity, and just got the same effect from some piece of hardware that was already in the location under surveillance.
Maybe, but acoustical emissions are also a real security problem, especially with electromechanical devices. I've read about buildings that were modified with passive acoustic channels to allow an intelligence service to spy on the occupants from a safe distance.
The law disagrees with you. Simple incompetence is not a crime. Look up the definition of involuntary manslaughter.
The NSA is the number one employer of mathematicians in the USA. The Russians are also supposed to be very good. If there is a way to extract intelligence from the noise, they probably know about it. If it's electrical, it radiates. If it radiates, someone else can detect it. If the signal is weak, they can build a better antenna, design a more sensitive receiver, and use more sophisticated signal processing.
Look at your average PC. The keyboard and display are broadcasting tons of information to anyone who has the right equipment.
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/univac-ntds.html
Both of those examples were preceded by computers with magnetic core memory. When properly designed, they could be loaded with software and turned off, and later turned on, resuming operation almost instantly.
The Earth isn't going to be habitable for much longer. Solar output increases with the age of the Sun, which will eventually tip the Earth into thermal runaway.
That's a civil matter (tort?), not a criminal matter. Involuntary manslaughter is the only case I can think of where it becomes a criminal matter.
You have to prove criminal intent. Incompetence is not a crime.
You too can be a CIO! Just learn how to play golf, join the right country club, and let one of Microsoft's sales representatives nibble on your sweet, sweet braaiinnnsss!
The problem is that it is illegal to use government email systems for non-official business like running a political party. This makes it mandatory to have a second system available to those people who are active in party operations. Then you have to rely on people to use the right system for their messages. Even with good intentions, people will make mistakes, and there will be gray areas.
Even if your bomb can convert matter to energy with 100% efficiency, it's limited in the amount of energy that it can produce. e=mc**2 and all that, about 20 kilotons per gram.
I wouldn't buy any of their albums, online or not. I like many styles of music, but I find Metallica's music to be incredibly boring. Loudness is not a substitute for talent.