I've solved this recursive camera protecting camera issue. I've rigged all my camera sites with low cost, high efficiency, surplus claymore mines. Most burglars aren't to familiar with tripwires or explosive ordinance disposal. It's very effective!
The Deathstar was actually just a focused microwave power transmiter. Apparetly there was a tuning error, they went from 'unfocused' passed 'power transmission' to 'extra crispy'.
Physical Security: Lock the damn doors to the van when you leave it parked outside the Cheesy Burger.
Multi key, multi volume encryption: Lock each of the tapes in a different cabinet in the van, each with a different key.
Security through obscurity: Remove large sign on van reading "Secure Data Transport, 'Transporting your valuable data since 1991'" replace with "Flowers By Irene"
Introduce comprehensive staff security training: Hold their families hostage, and tell them that if they lose the data...
Not to mention there is also the potential for blackmail. If anyone on the tapes has a serious, publically undisclosed, and socially stigmatic medical condition its ripe.
For Example: Alot of people don't want to publically share that they have STDs etc. Especially not if the files are cross linked with a list of their sexual partners.
While sale for identity fraud would most likely be the most profitable, there are alternative uses for this data. Given the enterprising nature of most criminals, this is a gold mine.
Follow Bilbo Baggins through 60 years of invisible hijinx. Watch as his use of the One Ring goes from innocent to downright evil. See how quickly he tires of robbing the Hobbiton Bank and sneaking into bedrooms of young girls, and moves onto more sinister past times. Oscar potential for awkward Bilbo/Frodo post-coital scenes.
Automobiles and the demise of horse aided travel didn't really put blacksmiths out of business. What it really did was differentiate between farriers and blacksmiths. A blacksmith is someone who works metal with a forge. A farrier is someone skilled in hoof care, which includes shoeing and potentially fabricating shoes.
Now at one point, it was well accepted that your rural blacksmith would be well versed as a farrier (made sense from a bussiness standpoint). However as horses became more rare, fewer blacksmiths picked up the trade. The two trades are more or less completely divergent now.
Now to say that both farriers and blacksmiths are out of bussiness is nonsense as well. There are many artisan blacksmiths out there creating wrought iron decorative pieces, collectable swords etc. Although many shoe thier own horses, there are still many professional farriers out there (servicing some rodeos, polo teams, riding stables etc).
If you insist on using the analogy though, lets talk about the pervasive use of the automobile putting wainwrights and used buggy salesmen out of bussiness.
The RIAA is saying that they have a pedistrian who was potentially infringed upon by a car. They also supposedly know the make, colour, model and the license plate of the car that was at the scene.
The subpeona is to get the name the of the person owning the car. However it doesn't prove who was driving it.
Also to note, that having the make, model, colour and license plate of the car doesn't actually mean the car belonged to someone or was in fact real. In fact, it could have all been faked.
As well, at this point in time they can't in fact prove the pedestrian was actually hit, or if he suffered damages. Although that would be the point of a trial.
Except for the disjointed and non congruent voting block that is American/.ers, there isn't a huge effort into lobbying for NASA funds. Alot of funding for NASA and JPL projects is directed into the defense contracts and the military industrial complex.
There just isn't anyone lobbying for NEO observation because there must isn't any money in it. You congressman or senator isn't gonna bust his ass to spread a little pork barrel spending to a few astronomers.
To compare the American government spends a total of $176 million on abstinence only education (combined federal and state programs) for something with no proven positive results (and many negative ones). Why? Becuase people lobby for it.
But nobody is out there lobbying for the radio telescopes, and for satellites turned outward towards our own solar system. So declines the American empire.
Let's hope nobody is watching MacGyver in syndication. He could bring down an airplane with all sorts of stuff that make it through security.
The next time you go through security it could be like this:
Please remove any liquids, gels, weak acids, weak bases, rubber bands, duct tape, tin foil, paper clips, conductive wire, batteries, magnifying lenses, anything that can burn, mullets... basically get on the plane naked and keep your hands where I can see them.
No, I'm actually a Canadian. I also realise that a requiring a license for something doesn't stop it from being used illegally
What is this all for may I ask? A knee jerk reaction to a vague, potential threat? Because of a "potential to cause mass murder"? How many serial laser pointer killers have there been? In Australia? In the world?
5000$ fines for possesion of non prohibited laser by a unlicensed individual. A possible 14 years in prison for a prohibited laser.
You potentially could spend more time in jail and pay a heavier fine for a laser pointer than heroin, an unlicensed firearm or a hand grenade? That doesn't strike you as... illogical?
That would be a great news story in itself. Man's home searched, found in possession of home made high power laser pointer, gets 14 years in jail. In other news, man convicted of involuntary manslaughter to get 10, parole in 7 and half.
Sure, lets take that approach. Lets make a law prohibiting anything that could blind someone. Better round off anything pointy or get rid of caustic materials. It makes alot of sense to require everyone have a permit for thier laser pointer, or fork, or elastic band.
Wait... I have an idea. We could instead just make it against the law to blind people. Temporary blinding, not causing permanent damage, could be treated like assault. Permanent blinding could be up there with murder. No wait, silly idea. Better just ban everything, much more enforcable and logical.
Now I've never been to Australia. I'm not sure how big of a problem it is. Yes I can understand the consequences of a blinded pilot or driver. But are there roving bands of laser wielding mauraders? Is it hip for kids to get into a school yard fight and blind one another with lasers? Is that what's going on nowadays in Australia?
I feel so old. Damn these teenagers and thier beams of coherent light, get off my lawn!
I think the cancer angle is all wrong for a headline.
The sensationalist news should report "Butterfly goes on rampage, slays notable mathematician. Police seek public's help in finding strange attractor."
Or is it really just too soon for jokes? How do we as a community honour someone who has made such great contributions. Contributions no doubt to be misremembered by pop culture (thanks alot Hollywood).
Perhaps he would be fondly remembered though an internet meme.
If you want to deny the use of your laptop to a would be thief, I think some sort of solution involving a usb dongle and a copious ammount of thermite would do.
Best case scenario: Thief suffers localized 6th degree burns, his house burns down and he can't use the laptop.
Worst case scenario: The same happens to your sister after she borrows it to write a term paper. However that will teach her not to borrow your 'special' laptop again.
If nobody has criticised it yet, that means its every/.ers responsibility to, regardless of thier actually knowledge of the facts or math.
So I'll bite the bullet.
First off... how does a 200,000,000,000 tonne asteroid (200,000,000,000,000 kg) travelling at any substantial inter-planetary speed be deflected by a satellite travelling at 3070 m/s and at most wieghing 10,000kg?
Of course thats presuming an elelastic collision as opposed to the satellite deflecting off the asteroid in a cloud of debris.
Its been a while since I've done any physics, and I'm just grabbing numbers from the article (which are likely to be wrong anyways).
But to bring it all together in a car analogy for the fellow/.ers... How does a.22 bullet deflect an oncoming semitruck forcing into the little old lady on the sidewalk?
The hypocrisy of it all. First they blame an iceberg for sinking a ship and then turn around and say Global Warming is a bad thing. Rest assured if we nip this 'natural occuring ice' thing in the bud our ships will be safe once and for all!
I think the true test of robotic engineering will be a robot that can run, swim and climb a rope ladder. It's only a matter of time till those challenges will be solved. Then... they reboot the human race.
'Splashing the satellite' is having wild and poorly aimed sex with a woman, while her uglier and less popular sister is in an uncomfortably close orbit.
Just imagine those congressional hearings. Scientists being grilled over whether or not thier breakthrough studies were based on performance enhancing drugs.
a) No they won't take it away. However all the records will be denoted with an '*' and they'll never be inducted into the science hall of fame.
Or
b) They won't care that thier Nobel was taken away, becuase they're all treated like rock and roll musicians now. Hanging out with super models, doing lines of Modafinil in the washrooms, smashing a bottle into someone's face for saying "Quantum chromodynamics is a pussy field of study!"
To be honest, I'm scared of the day when I walk out of my appartment and step over a scientist in the doorway whose begging for change so he can 'focus'.
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The Deathstar was actually just a focused microwave power transmiter. Apparetly there was a tuning error, they went from 'unfocused' passed 'power transmission' to 'extra crispy'.
Multi key, multi volume encryption: Lock each of the tapes in a different cabinet in the van, each with a different key.
Security through obscurity: Remove large sign on van reading "Secure Data Transport, 'Transporting your valuable data since 1991'" replace with "Flowers By Irene"
Introduce comprehensive staff security training: Hold their families hostage, and tell them that if they lose the data...
For Example: Alot of people don't want to publically share that they have STDs etc. Especially not if the files are cross linked with a list of their sexual partners.
While sale for identity fraud would most likely be the most profitable, there are alternative uses for this data. Given the enterprising nature of most criminals, this is a gold mine.
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What would a hobbit do if he could be invisible?
Where the Hobbit meets Hollowman.
A bad excuse for good hobbit porn.
Plot Summary:
Follow Bilbo Baggins through 60 years of invisible hijinx. Watch as his use of the One Ring goes from innocent to downright evil. See how quickly he tires of robbing the Hobbiton Bank and sneaking into bedrooms of young girls, and moves onto more sinister past times. Oscar potential for awkward Bilbo/Frodo post-coital scenes.
Now at one point, it was well accepted that your rural blacksmith would be well versed as a farrier (made sense from a bussiness standpoint). However as horses became more rare, fewer blacksmiths picked up the trade. The two trades are more or less completely divergent now.
Now to say that both farriers and blacksmiths are out of bussiness is nonsense as well. There are many artisan blacksmiths out there creating wrought iron decorative pieces, collectable swords etc. Although many shoe thier own horses, there are still many professional farriers out there (servicing some rodeos, polo teams, riding stables etc).
If you insist on using the analogy though, lets talk about the pervasive use of the automobile putting wainwrights and used buggy salesmen out of bussiness.
Might I also add the "War on Drugs" to that string of victories?
The subpeona is to get the name the of the person owning the car. However it doesn't prove who was driving it.
Also to note, that having the make, model, colour and license plate of the car doesn't actually mean the car belonged to someone or was in fact real. In fact, it could have all been faked.
As well, at this point in time they can't in fact prove the pedestrian was actually hit, or if he suffered damages. Although that would be the point of a trial.
There just isn't anyone lobbying for NEO observation because there must isn't any money in it. You congressman or senator isn't gonna bust his ass to spread a little pork barrel spending to a few astronomers.
To compare the American government spends a total of $176 million on abstinence only education (combined federal and state programs) for something with no proven positive results (and many negative ones). Why? Becuase people lobby for it.
But nobody is out there lobbying for the radio telescopes, and for satellites turned outward towards our own solar system. So declines the American empire.
The next time you go through security it could be like this:
Please remove any liquids, gels, weak acids, weak bases, rubber bands, duct tape, tin foil, paper clips, conductive wire, batteries, magnifying lenses, anything that can burn, mullets... basically get on the plane naked and keep your hands where I can see them.
What is this all for may I ask? A knee jerk reaction to a vague, potential threat? Because of a "potential to cause mass murder"? How many serial laser pointer killers have there been? In Australia? In the world?
5000$ fines for possesion of non prohibited laser by a unlicensed individual. A possible 14 years in prison for a prohibited laser.
You potentially could spend more time in jail and pay a heavier fine for a laser pointer than heroin, an unlicensed firearm or a hand grenade? That doesn't strike you as... illogical?
That would be a great news story in itself. Man's home searched, found in possession of home made high power laser pointer, gets 14 years in jail. In other news, man convicted of involuntary manslaughter to get 10, parole in 7 and half.
Wait... I have an idea. We could instead just make it against the law to blind people. Temporary blinding, not causing permanent damage, could be treated like assault. Permanent blinding could be up there with murder. No wait, silly idea. Better just ban everything, much more enforcable and logical.
Now I've never been to Australia. I'm not sure how big of a problem it is. Yes I can understand the consequences of a blinded pilot or driver. But are there roving bands of laser wielding mauraders? Is it hip for kids to get into a school yard fight and blind one another with lasers? Is that what's going on nowadays in Australia?
I feel so old. Damn these teenagers and thier beams of coherent light, get off my lawn!
The sensationalist news should report "Butterfly goes on rampage, slays notable mathematician. Police seek public's help in finding strange attractor."
Or is it really just too soon for jokes? How do we as a community honour someone who has made such great contributions. Contributions no doubt to be misremembered by pop culture (thanks alot Hollywood).
Perhaps he would be fondly remembered though an internet meme.
Best case scenario: Thief suffers localized 6th degree burns, his house burns down and he can't use the laptop.
Worst case scenario: The same happens to your sister after she borrows it to write a term paper. However that will teach her not to borrow your 'special' laptop again.
I'd call that terrorism. Fully Pope-supported terrorism btw.
Crusades and colonization at it's finest.
Yes... 700mb .avi articles about "Teenage Lesbians" and thier "Raunchy Shenanigans Vol.11." Must be a fantastic read judging from the abstract.
So I'll bite the bullet.
First off... how does a 200,000,000,000 tonne asteroid (200,000,000,000,000 kg) travelling at any substantial inter-planetary speed be deflected by a satellite travelling at 3070 m/s and at most wieghing 10,000kg?
Of course thats presuming an elelastic collision as opposed to the satellite deflecting off the asteroid in a cloud of debris.
Its been a while since I've done any physics, and I'm just grabbing numbers from the article (which are likely to be wrong anyways).
But to bring it all together in a car analogy for the fellow /.ers... How does a .22 bullet deflect an oncoming semitruck forcing into the little old lady on the sidewalk?
The hypocrisy of it all. First they blame an iceberg for sinking a ship and then turn around and say Global Warming is a bad thing. Rest assured if we nip this 'natural occuring ice' thing in the bud our ships will be safe once and for all!
A factory may be under contract to produce say... 20,000 units a month. Well maybe they run another shift and crank out 30,000 units.
Those extra units have to go somewhere. If the original purchaser doesn't need more, the extras find themselves loaded onto a nondescript truck.
Thats really the problem with outsourcing, you lose control.
I think the true test of robotic engineering will be a robot that can run, swim and climb a rope ladder. It's only a matter of time till those challenges will be solved. Then... they reboot the human race.
'Splashing the satellite' is having wild and poorly aimed sex with a woman, while her uglier and less popular sister is in an uncomfortably close orbit.
Just imagine those congressional hearings. Scientists being grilled over whether or not thier breakthrough studies were based on performance enhancing drugs.
Or
b) They won't care that thier Nobel was taken away, becuase they're all treated like rock and roll musicians now. Hanging out with super models, doing lines of Modafinil in the washrooms, smashing a bottle into someone's face for saying "Quantum chromodynamics is a pussy field of study!"
To be honest, I'm scared of the day when I walk out of my appartment and step over a scientist in the doorway whose begging for change so he can 'focus'.
Oh you meant ones where you can sell real goods? Damn...
We also had the first iteration of Carmen Sandiego games for geography, which I have to say is a great way to learn about the world.
Kid Pix was like photoshop for elementary school.
And for some reason they let us play Sim City, I don't really know what it was meant to teach us but I feel I learned something from it.