The security surrounding it may stop pesky neighbourhood kids splicing into your phone line and listening in, but there is NO technology that will prevent a dedicated and skilled cracker from listening into anything you broadcast or keep on your computer.
With a secure telephone, like a STU-III, your hypothetical "dedicated and skilled cracker" is hopelessly outclassed.
With dead-tree mail, you may own the letter but you do not own the copyright, which remains with the author. I would expect email to be treated the same way.
You wouldn't know it by looking at most of NASA, where the budget squeeze has continued to worsen. Think of it like a family where everyone else is skipping meals to help pay for the medical costs of the new baby.
We've had weather satellites for about 40+ years. I doubt that any major storms have gone undetected, unlike the old days, when they depended on weather reports from ships at sea.
What the government failed to do was mandate that all new equipment meet the new standards, so many people are still buying TV sets today that won't work tomorrow. It's insane that they're even proposing these changes without having equipment available to the consumer.
Receivers with screen sizes 36 inches and above -- 50% of a responsible party's
units must include DTV tuners effective July 1, 2004; 100% of such units must
include DTV tuners effective July 1, 2005.
Receivers with screen sizes 25 to 35 inches -- 50% of a responsible party's units
must include DTV tuners effective July 1, 2005; 100% of such units must include
DTV tuners effective July 1, 2006.
Receivers with screen sizes 13 to 24 inches -- 100% of all such units must include
DTV tuners effective July 1, 2007.
TV Interface Devices VCRs and DVD players/recorders, etc. that receive broadcast
television signals -- 100% of all such units must include DTV tuners effective July 1,
2007.
Nope. Redundancy and reliability cost money. Fast, cheap, reliable, pick two. Take a look at a typical network and count the single points of failure. Then there are common mode failures, like bugs in router software, that can take down entire networks.
Wire a 4 kV power supply to the controller via a timer and relay. After ten minutes of continuous play, close the relay. BANG! Zoom! Award a daily prize for greatest distance achieved.
Why does the FCC still want to regulate radio transmissions, when as TFA points out, there is no appreciable limit to transmission based on frequency?
Maybe because, contrary to TFA, wishing really hard will not change the fundamental laws of physics and information theory. While many things could be made more flexible and efficient, there are hard limits that will not go away.
Your home theater audio system is defective, and you blame the nearby ham? It's this kind of shit that makes me wish I had a few neutron bombs so that I could raise the average IQ in this country. You buy some poorly designed and shielded A/V equipment, and expect your neighbor to not operate his transmitter at (legal) high power levels? Buy a book on EMI/RFI and educate yourself.
That's a poor reason to restrict it. Are we going to ban opaque curtains? There are plenty of ways for a SWAT team to enter a building or to remove a window.
What are "April" and "September"? They only have meaning in a limited number of countries. Not only that, you ignore all of the countries that don't use a Latin alphabet.
Fraud and corruption are huge problems in Nigeria. Organized crime is rampant and has been exported to many other countries via Nigerian emigres. Not all Nigerians are crooks, but enough are to ruin the country's reputation. See http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/aace/africancri m.htm.
How do you produce quartz crystals in a vacuum chamber? Everything that I've read about synthetic quartz crystals says that they are grown from seed crystals in a super-saturated solution under high temperature and pressure.
I often wonder how the big stores select which titles to stock. A new game will be released, with excellent reviews, and it never appears on the shelves of the local stores. At the same time, they keep a lot of shelf space occupied with really bad and/or ancient games. I assume that they do want to sell games, not provide a museum for 2nd-rate games.
According to their propaganda, Muzak is designed and tested to be non-offensive, and to increase productivity, sales, etc. Try putting on a CD with the latest hip-hop hits and see how long it lasts. Muzak also takes care of all the ASCAP/BMI licensing issues.
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With a secure telephone, like a STU-III, your hypothetical "dedicated and skilled cracker" is hopelessly outclassed.
With dead-tree mail, you may own the letter but you do not own the copyright, which remains with the author. I would expect email to be treated the same way.
You wouldn't know it by looking at most of NASA, where the budget squeeze has continued to worsen. Think of it like a family where everyone else is skipping meals to help pay for the medical costs of the new baby.
We've had weather satellites for about 40+ years. I doubt that any major storms have gone undetected, unlike the old days, when they depended on weather reports from ships at sea.
Those high-numbered UHF channels are heavily used in many areas for translators.
Wrong. See http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/ DOC-225221A1.pdf.
If you are interested in reality vs. fairy tales, read Joel Brinkley's Defining Vision.
Nope. Redundancy and reliability cost money. Fast, cheap, reliable, pick two. Take a look at a typical network and count the single points of failure. Then there are common mode failures, like bugs in router software, that can take down entire networks.
Wire a 4 kV power supply to the controller via a timer and relay. After ten minutes of continuous play, close the relay. BANG! Zoom! Award a daily prize for greatest distance achieved.
Owning a screwdriver does not make you an engineer or a "technology expert".
The policies are set by the applicable parts of federal law. It doesn't have to be logical, and it can be changed by the Congress.
Maybe because, contrary to TFA, wishing really hard will not change the fundamental laws of physics and information theory. While many things could be made more flexible and efficient, there are hard limits that will not go away.
Your home theater audio system is defective, and you blame the nearby ham? It's this kind of shit that makes me wish I had a few neutron bombs so that I could raise the average IQ in this country. You buy some poorly designed and shielded A/V equipment, and expect your neighbor to not operate his transmitter at (legal) high power levels? Buy a book on EMI/RFI and educate yourself.
That's a poor reason to restrict it. Are we going to ban opaque curtains? There are plenty of ways for a SWAT team to enter a building or to remove a window.
Your comment reminds me of the people who will buy a house next to a rural airport and then complain about the noise and try to shut it down.
Are you volunteering to take his place?
Please remit CHF 93,00 to ISO for each person that will be celebrating World Standards Day.
What are "April" and "September"? They only have meaning in a limited number of countries. Not only that, you ignore all of the countries that don't use a Latin alphabet.
Fraud and corruption are huge problems in Nigeria. Organized crime is rampant and has been exported to many other countries via Nigerian emigres. Not all Nigerians are crooks, but enough are to ruin the country's reputation. See http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/aace/africancri m.htm.
The U.S. Navy made very substantial contributions to the GPS program. They were the pioneers in satellite-based navigation.
How do you produce quartz crystals in a vacuum chamber? Everything that I've read about synthetic quartz crystals says that they are grown from seed crystals in a super-saturated solution under high temperature and pressure.
Don't forget the resolution from the General Assembly condemning spam-filtering as racism.
I often wonder how the big stores select which titles to stock. A new game will be released, with excellent reviews, and it never appears on the shelves of the local stores. At the same time, they keep a lot of shelf space occupied with really bad and/or ancient games. I assume that they do want to sell games, not provide a museum for 2nd-rate games.
According to their propaganda, Muzak is designed and tested to be non-offensive, and to increase productivity, sales, etc. Try putting on a CD with the latest hip-hop hits and see how long it lasts. Muzak also takes care of all the ASCAP/BMI licensing issues.
Yes, it does make a substantial difference in speed with some systems/compilers.