The power levels are relatively low, the antenna patterns direct most of the energy towards the horizon, and the field strength is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. The result is that signal levels inside the hospital will be much weaker than those produced by a cell phone that is in the same room.
The remedy is sending people to the graybar hotel. Unfortunately, prosecutors almost never agressively investigate and prosecute election fraud. I've heard people brag about voting twice. Absentee ballot fraud is often organized and widespread.
Acccuse me of left-wing moonbattery all you like, but the fact remains that Diebold has shown themselves to be capable of making reasonably secure ATM machines. There's no defense by incompetence available to them. These ridiculous security holes can only be intentional.
You underestimate the venality of American corporate management. Many of them would bottle toxic waste and sell it as a health tonic if they thought that there was an easy dollar to be made and that they could get away with it.
The problem with pesticides and antibiotics is that they are often abused and misapplied through ignorance, stupidity and greed. Read how China may have fscked the entire world by using a human antiviral drug in an effort to protect the Chinese poultry industry from bird flu.
The 360 seems predicated on networking. Live is the best thing MS has going for that thing.
How many prospective 360 customers have broadband? I've recently noticed a bunch of ads on television for dial-up service from AOL, Earthlink, Netscape and Net Zero. Dial-up isn't dead yet.
Though frankly, this is a classic case of Darwin Award. He/she did it to themselves and they deserve what they got.
What about the person who has a crappy job where they are not allowed to leave their workstation without a manager's permission. There are still plenty of companies that treat their employees like serfs.
Ignoring the other issues, what would the big ISPs do if this caught on? I've read numerous reports of people getting harassed by their ISPs for making use of their "unlimited" Internet access. Plus, this competes with their video-on-demand service.
We will likely see software security improve once languages like Haskell and Erlang are more often used.
How long are you willing to wait? Plenty of people still use FORTRAN and LISP, and C/C++ will probably outlive many of us. Short of government regulation, I'm pessimistic about the chances of any major migration to a fundamentally new language. The economic factors strongly favor more of the same.
It took a long time for color TV to become commonplace. The first RCA color TV sets were sold in 1954. It wasn't until 1972 that color TV reached 50% market penetration in the USA.
Conventional police radios will work in the subway system if the proper equipment is installed. The Washington, D.C. Metro system has a radio system that works in the underground stations. They string "leaky coax" through the stations and tunnels.
It wouldn't have anything to do with the insane amounts of money the country has invested in the infrastructure needed to refine, transport and distribute gasoline, from oil tankers to gas stations? Even if someone invents "miracle fuel" tomorrow, it will take a long time for it to displace gasoline and other oil products.
Two different things. We were funding the Afghan guerillas to kill the Red Army, not to propagate fundamentalist Islam. Saudi Arabia has spent huge amounts of money to promote their very conservative version of Islam. Both actions indirectly helped al-Queda, but that wasn't the goal.
Just for the record, a.50 caliber Desert Dagle will make you backflip if you're shot in the face - plus it'll take your head clean off at the same time.
Right, GE, the corporation that paved the way for modern management methods like gutting research, "encouraging" suppliers to cut costs by moving production out of the USA, obscene pay for corporate executives, treating employees as liabilities, and institutionalizing layoffs.
They are just a cute and fuzzy corporation that wants to be your pal.
Outlawing child porn is one thing, and outside of extremist NAMBLA members I can't think of anybody who would oppose that.
I would oppose it, and I'm not a pedophile.
I'm all for prosecuting anyone who sexually abuses a child, and that would include sexually abusing a child to produce "child porn". The problem is that the possession of child porn has become a thought crime, unrelated to any actual abuse of a child.
The outrage is that the government is now demanding that systems be designed or modified to make it easy for them to tap calls. This is new.
In the old days, the telephone company had to cooperate with an agent with a warrant, but they were under no obligation to make it easy for the agent to tap a call.
This is like the police department demanding that all door lock manufacturers provide them with a master key, so that they don't have to go to the effort of breaking down people's doors when they execute a search warrant.
They are not illegal. The problem is that the market for them is very limited and vendors who sell 95% of their output to the government are wary of ending up on the NSA's shit-list.
Presumably the reason that there is that big NSA facility in Yakima, WA is the same reason that much of the manhattan project was done up there: lots of electrons from the big reservoir/hydro system in that state and the Columbia river.
No, the NSA's electric bill isn't that large.
They are interested in quiet, as in RF interference, sites with a good view of interesting geosynchronous communications satellites.
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The power levels are relatively low, the antenna patterns direct most of the energy towards the horizon, and the field strength is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. The result is that signal levels inside the hospital will be much weaker than those produced by a cell phone that is in the same room.
The antenna cables aren't going to be a radiation source if properly installed.
The remedy is sending people to the graybar hotel. Unfortunately, prosecutors almost never agressively investigate and prosecute election fraud. I've heard people brag about voting twice. Absentee ballot fraud is often organized and widespread.
You underestimate the venality of American corporate management. Many of them would bottle toxic waste and sell it as a health tonic if they thought that there was an easy dollar to be made and that they could get away with it.
That story isn't true, and you would do everyone a favor if you didn't propagate it. http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
That's why we have the Geneva Conventions, to set some rules for the conduct of wars.
The problem with pesticides and antibiotics is that they are often abused and misapplied through ignorance, stupidity and greed. Read how China may have fscked the entire world by using a human antiviral drug in an effort to protect the Chinese poultry industry from bird flu.
How many prospective 360 customers have broadband? I've recently noticed a bunch of ads on television for dial-up service from AOL, Earthlink, Netscape and Net Zero. Dial-up isn't dead yet.
Popularity does not imply quality or elegance. Debating the merits of Windows vs. Linux vs. BSD is like holding a beauty contest at a leper colony.
What about the person who has a crappy job where they are not allowed to leave their workstation without a manager's permission. There are still plenty of companies that treat their employees like serfs.
Ignoring the other issues, what would the big ISPs do if this caught on? I've read numerous reports of people getting harassed by their ISPs for making use of their "unlimited" Internet access. Plus, this competes with their video-on-demand service.
The problem is that most of that does not apply if you stay off public roads. At what point does a computer present a hazard to the public?
How long are you willing to wait? Plenty of people still use FORTRAN and LISP, and C/C++ will probably outlive many of us. Short of government regulation, I'm pessimistic about the chances of any major migration to a fundamentally new language. The economic factors strongly favor more of the same.
It took a long time for color TV to become commonplace. The first RCA color TV sets were sold in 1954. It wasn't until 1972 that color TV reached 50% market penetration in the USA.
Conventional police radios will work in the subway system if the proper equipment is installed. The Washington, D.C. Metro system has a radio system that works in the underground stations. They string "leaky coax" through the stations and tunnels.
Sixty years in theoretical. Even if convicted on all charges, the judge would use the federal sentencing guidelines to determine the actual sentence.
It wouldn't have anything to do with the insane amounts of money the country has invested in the infrastructure needed to refine, transport and distribute gasoline, from oil tankers to gas stations? Even if someone invents "miracle fuel" tomorrow, it will take a long time for it to displace gasoline and other oil products.
Two different things. We were funding the Afghan guerillas to kill the Red Army, not to propagate fundamentalist Islam. Saudi Arabia has spent huge amounts of money to promote their very conservative version of Islam. Both actions indirectly helped al-Queda, but that wasn't the goal.
Only in Hollywood.
They are just a cute and fuzzy corporation that wants to be your pal.
I think I need to puke.
I would oppose it, and I'm not a pedophile.
I'm all for prosecuting anyone who sexually abuses a child, and that would include sexually abusing a child to produce "child porn". The problem is that the possession of child porn has become a thought crime, unrelated to any actual abuse of a child.
In the old days, the telephone company had to cooperate with an agent with a warrant, but they were under no obligation to make it easy for the agent to tap a call.
This is like the police department demanding that all door lock manufacturers provide them with a master key, so that they don't have to go to the effort of breaking down people's doors when they execute a search warrant.
They are not illegal. The problem is that the market for them is very limited and vendors who sell 95% of their output to the government are wary of ending up on the NSA's shit-list.
DES is still useful for low-grade material. It will keep out the riff-raff.
No, the NSA's electric bill isn't that large.
They are interested in quiet, as in RF interference, sites with a good view of interesting geosynchronous communications satellites.