I believe that in "the olden days" of analogue TV the vans could detect the frequency emitted by the local oscillator of the TV set, essentially the bit that compares a fixed frequency to what is received by the antenna and by making a difference between these obtains a signal. The principle of operation i of radio sets is still the same (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheterodyne_receiver), but modern receivers probably are better engineered and won't leak as much of the local oscillator signal.
Almost. I would place it roughly in the category of the F20 Tigershark, but with modernized avionics and greater weapon load and flexibility. It doesn't have a long range, but that only really becomes a problem when you are concerned with attack missions rather than defending your country.
How can I use Google to access pirated content? Google can stop indexing torrent sites, I guess, but a link to a torrent file is not automatically an index of copyright infringement (the Humble Bundle site would be blocked for example, as well as several Linux distros), and I don't think you can hold Google liable for the content hosted on third party sites. And once you create a blacklist of "torrent sites" then other mechanisms kick in, distributed tracking, magnet links, links exchanged on forums, on mailing lists, via sneakernet. What Google could do is to tell this guy "Give us a list of sites to block, backed by a judge's signature, and well'exclude them from our search results. But you will be held liable for any error in the supplied list, and it will be your duty to keep it up to date".
As far as I know thins is the sequence of the events:
Microsoft asked Motorola for a quote on a licence for the patents in object.
Motorola quoted a 2.25% licensing fee on the product price.
Microsoft sued motorola. Now, generally here someone acting in good faith would at least first complain that the fee is too much, and ask for a renegotiation. Microsoft just sued, as if this was their intention right from the start.
(IIRC at this point Motorola countersued in Germany and won a temporary injunction on sales, that was overruled by an US judge. Apparently the US justice system overrules the european courts, but that's nothing new, I guess.)
Actually, talking about planets the term "ice" is often used to describe the solid form of other substances, most commonly frozen CO2. and even in the case of water, the common everyday ice is only one of two possible solid states for water. I presume the high pressure, tightly packed and heavier than (liquid) water solid form isprobably called "heavy ice"?
But guess what? Cracked content is even less obtrusive. A movie where the DRM has been stripped will play on pretty much any machine, and not only on those that support a DRM scheme. And it will keep being accessible onche the DRM technology is obsolete or support for it has ceased. I can't see DRM ever compete with that. Did copy protection save the CD?
Because (wisely) Microsoft is not going directly after Google, but after Google's users. Google is distributing the software for free, so in a court Microsoft would be hard pressed to show any illicit profit, or an added value for the patents it claims are infringed. Google would definitely fight back, the legal battle would last decades, and the patents would be exposed for all to be seen and worked around. Microsoft is playing the same game that Prenda Law played until recently, taxing the Android OS just enough that a manufacturer might prefer a licensing agreement to a fight in court, but at the same time adding a price tag to the the competing OS to make its own offer more competitive. I wouldn't be surprised if part of the settlement was a clause requiring the victims of this extortion scheme to produce a certain number of Windows phones, to try and convince the market that it is a relevant product. Recently they claimed 100 million copies of windows 8 sold, but how come they have nowhere as many activations? Because those copies are forcefully installed on machines that are then downgraded, or just sitting on shelves. The same goes for their windows phones: retailer bought them, but the consumers prefer other alternatives.
If the F22 has to keep stealthy, it can't irradiate, period. Transmitting any sort of signal would allow a third party to triangulate its position. If the Typhoon is not concerned with hiding its position, it can transmit without worries. The only mitigation against discovery through listening in passively to the Raptor's transmission is to either devise a system to transmit on multiple frequencies in a way that cannot be distinguished with background noise, or hop frequencies in the hope that the eavesdropper won't be able to match the signal for more than a fraction of the time.
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I would be pretty pissed off if I were to find myself on Mars all of a sudden with no explanation.
I believe that in "the olden days" of analogue TV the vans could detect the frequency emitted by the local oscillator of the TV set, essentially the bit that compares a fixed frequency to what is received by the antenna and by making a difference between these obtains a signal. The principle of operation i of radio sets is still the same (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheterodyne_receiver), but modern receivers probably are better engineered and won't leak as much of the local oscillator signal.
Almost. I would place it roughly in the category of the F20 Tigershark, but with modernized avionics and greater weapon load and flexibility. It doesn't have a long range, but that only really becomes a problem when you are concerned with attack missions rather than defending your country.
... they might as well just remove a few steps from the water reclamation apparatus and use that.
When has he ever been unbiased? Most important, when has he ever been actually right in his forecasts?
They can't. And don't.
How can I use Google to access pirated content? Google can stop indexing torrent sites, I guess, but a link to a torrent file is not automatically an index of copyright infringement (the Humble Bundle site would be blocked for example, as well as several Linux distros), and I don't think you can hold Google liable for the content hosted on third party sites. And once you create a blacklist of "torrent sites" then other mechanisms kick in, distributed tracking, magnet links, links exchanged on forums, on mailing lists, via sneakernet. What Google could do is to tell this guy "Give us a list of sites to block, backed by a judge's signature, and well'exclude them from our search results. But you will be held liable for any error in the supplied list, and it will be your duty to keep it up to date".
Just bundle some soft-core porn magazine with any title with an adult rating. It would also help a bit the ailing porn industry.
Still, it WOULD make the news
As far as I know thins is the sequence of the events: Microsoft asked Motorola for a quote on a licence for the patents in object. Motorola quoted a 2.25% licensing fee on the product price. Microsoft sued motorola. Now, generally here someone acting in good faith would at least first complain that the fee is too much, and ask for a renegotiation. Microsoft just sued, as if this was their intention right from the start. (IIRC at this point Motorola countersued in Germany and won a temporary injunction on sales, that was overruled by an US judge. Apparently the US justice system overrules the european courts, but that's nothing new, I guess.)
Actually, talking about planets the term "ice" is often used to describe the solid form of other substances, most commonly frozen CO2. and even in the case of water, the common everyday ice is only one of two possible solid states for water. I presume the high pressure, tightly packed and heavier than (liquid) water solid form isprobably called "heavy ice"?
Gas giant, so I guess not. Perhaps we could float on its outer edge and mine for tibanna gas.
So why every time a post like this comes up it's Google used as an example? I smell a "sponsored" post.
TL;DR
that this is the guy we are talking about: http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/03/09/2159245/jeff-jaffe-named-ceo-of-w3c
But guess what? Cracked content is even less obtrusive. A movie where the DRM has been stripped will play on pretty much any machine, and not only on those that support a DRM scheme. And it will keep being accessible onche the DRM technology is obsolete or support for it has ceased. I can't see DRM ever compete with that. Did copy protection save the CD?
Shouldn't that be 8?
There's small battery powered ones already...
Because (wisely) Microsoft is not going directly after Google, but after Google's users. Google is distributing the software for free, so in a court Microsoft would be hard pressed to show any illicit profit, or an added value for the patents it claims are infringed. Google would definitely fight back, the legal battle would last decades, and the patents would be exposed for all to be seen and worked around. Microsoft is playing the same game that Prenda Law played until recently, taxing the Android OS just enough that a manufacturer might prefer a licensing agreement to a fight in court, but at the same time adding a price tag to the the competing OS to make its own offer more competitive. I wouldn't be surprised if part of the settlement was a clause requiring the victims of this extortion scheme to produce a certain number of Windows phones, to try and convince the market that it is a relevant product. Recently they claimed 100 million copies of windows 8 sold, but how come they have nowhere as many activations? Because those copies are forcefully installed on machines that are then downgraded, or just sitting on shelves. The same goes for their windows phones: retailer bought them, but the consumers prefer other alternatives.
If at all possible. It isn't too far fetched, hand and forearm transplants have been made, and have even achieved sensorial feedback.
If the F22 has to keep stealthy, it can't irradiate, period. Transmitting any sort of signal would allow a third party to triangulate its position. If the Typhoon is not concerned with hiding its position, it can transmit without worries. The only mitigation against discovery through listening in passively to the Raptor's transmission is to either devise a system to transmit on multiple frequencies in a way that cannot be distinguished with background noise, or hop frequencies in the hope that the eavesdropper won't be able to match the signal for more than a fraction of the time.
Five Shades of Grey?
Publish hundreds of books 10 pages long
What if what was uncovered is that this whole charade was sponsored by a third party that was not implicated in the various SCO trials?
Why are you hitting yourself?