Many submarines are diesel-electric, and there have been diesel-electric ships. There are several advantages to using diesel-electric on a ship. The internal layout is much more flexible since there is no drive-shaft connecting the diesel engine to the propeller. There is a huge amount of electric power available for running on-board equipment.
I've had a lot of fun playing Urban Dead (http://www.urbandead.com/), which is a web-based multi-player zombie game. Your character can be a human or zombie. Humans can be killed and become zombies. Zombies can be revivified by specially trained medics and become human again. Your character is pretty useless at the beginning, but it can level up and gain many new skills. There are about 500K registered characters/players, so there is a good amount of activity.
I've read that some of the numbers stations have been confirmed to originate from transmitters located at federal communications centers in the USA.
One of the advantages of using numbers stations is that your agent only needs an ordinary short-wave radio, a one-time pad, and minimal training. That's safer than giving them some widget that can't pass as a normal piece of electronics.
The Hewlett-Packard HP-33S scientific programmable calculator, a current product, is based on the 6502 architecture. They added ROM, RAM, an LCD controller and other stuff to the chip. Similarly, many TI calculators are based on the Z-80 and 68000.
I used to have a friend whose name was Robert Smith. I felt sorry for him, having such a common name. In today's world, it has its advantages. Anyone trying to dig up dirt on him with Google is going to have a difficult job.
The fine is supposed to be a deterrent. Back home, if you get caught poaching deer, they also seize your vehicle. The poacher may laugh off a fine, but losing his fancy new truck is going to hurt.
What about the food chain? Is commercial fishing by humans affecting the penguin's food supply? Overfishing can have unanticipated effects on other species.
While much of what you say is true, there are many situations where "scrap it, buy a new one" is not an option. There may not be any "new ones", since the originals were a limited production run and custom designed for a specific task.
Besides possible interference issues, the flight crew wants loose objects stowed away and passengers to be attentive to any safety-related announcements.
I've read enough reports of RFI/EMI from passenger electronics devices in NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System database to be convinced that it a real problem. Real-world experience trumps theory in my book.
Many people are stuck with user-hostile Exchange accounts due to fear of litigation. Companies impose rules like deleting all mail older than 30 days and not allowing the users to backup their email.
Engineers and scientists use bits and symbols. Take a look at any text on the mathematical theory of communications. Bytes are ambiguous (see octet) and are at a higher level of abstraction. While we're at it, k = 10**3, M = 10**6, G = 10**9.
As someone once said, "I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it, I'm worried about the bullet addressed to 'to whom it may concern'". A great deal of small arms fire is targeted at areas, not individually identifiable targets.
The FCC makes telecommunications policy via regulations because that limited power was expressly given to them by an act of Congress. Congress has the power to modify the FCC's authority, and has done so on numerous occasions. If you actually read the proceedings of the FCC, they often make reference to the statutory authority that empowers them to deal with an issue, or that limits what they can do.
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Many submarines are diesel-electric, and there have been diesel-electric ships. There are several advantages to using diesel-electric on a ship. The internal layout is much more flexible since there is no drive-shaft connecting the diesel engine to the propeller. There is a huge amount of electric power available for running on-board equipment.
I've had a lot of fun playing Urban Dead (http://www.urbandead.com/), which is a web-based multi-player zombie game. Your character can be a human or zombie. Humans can be killed and become zombies. Zombies can be revivified by specially trained medics and become human again. Your character is pretty useless at the beginning, but it can level up and gain many new skills. There are about 500K registered characters/players, so there is a good amount of activity.
One of the advantages of using numbers stations is that your agent only needs an ordinary short-wave radio, a one-time pad, and minimal training. That's safer than giving them some widget that can't pass as a normal piece of electronics.
A quantum computer is useless against a message encrypted with a properly constructed one-time pad.
The Hewlett-Packard HP-33S scientific programmable calculator, a current product, is based on the 6502 architecture. They added ROM, RAM, an LCD controller and other stuff to the chip. Similarly, many TI calculators are based on the Z-80 and 68000.
I think that's already been done. One of the long distance companies (AT&T?) had a service that made you listen to an ad before it completed the call.
I'd look for an old minicomputer, such as a PDP-8 or PDP-11, with a real front panel that has a full set of lights and switches.
I used to have a friend whose name was Robert Smith. I felt sorry for him, having such a common name. In today's world, it has its advantages. Anyone trying to dig up dirt on him with Google is going to have a difficult job.
The fine is supposed to be a deterrent. Back home, if you get caught poaching deer, they also seize your vehicle. The poacher may laugh off a fine, but losing his fancy new truck is going to hurt.
Show me your robot hunting license. :-)
It certainly is a litmus test for Democratic gullibility.
What about the food chain? Is commercial fishing by humans affecting the penguin's food supply? Overfishing can have unanticipated effects on other species.
While much of what you say is true, there are many situations where "scrap it, buy a new one" is not an option. There may not be any "new ones", since the originals were a limited production run and custom designed for a specific task.
Must be the same people who think lutefisk is a gourmet delicacy.
Not likely, the giant squid's tissues are saturated with ammonium chloride.
Besides possible interference issues, the flight crew wants loose objects stowed away and passengers to be attentive to any safety-related announcements.
I've read enough reports of RFI/EMI from passenger electronics devices in NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System database to be convinced that it a real problem. Real-world experience trumps theory in my book.
Yes, but his heart was in the right place.
Many people are stuck with user-hostile Exchange accounts due to fear of litigation. Companies impose rules like deleting all mail older than 30 days and not allowing the users to backup their email.
It isn't abuse if it gets the job done.
Engineers and scientists use bits and symbols. Take a look at any text on the mathematical theory of communications. Bytes are ambiguous (see octet) and are at a higher level of abstraction. While we're at it, k = 10**3, M = 10**6, G = 10**9.
As someone once said, "I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it, I'm worried about the bullet addressed to 'to whom it may concern'". A great deal of small arms fire is targeted at areas, not individually identifiable targets.
The FCC makes telecommunications policy via regulations because that limited power was expressly given to them by an act of Congress. Congress has the power to modify the FCC's authority, and has done so on numerous occasions. If you actually read the proceedings of the FCC, they often make reference to the statutory authority that empowers them to deal with an issue, or that limits what they can do.
I have several portable devices that use mini-USB connectors. The connector is small enough for cell phones, and it is standardized.