Unfortunately there isn't a single thing in all the known universe located outside the earths atmosphere that is worth the cost of shipping. Even if pure weapons grade plutonium was sitting on the moon unguarded, it still wouldn't be worth the expense to get it. (even for terrorists).
The only thing that controls land is boots on the ground. Period. You can drop all the smart bombs you want but it won't stop your enemy from shooting back at you, that's what the german army found out in stalingrad. If you declare war on Iran they will close the straights and block oil going to the USA, and the only ways to stop that are: 1-Occupation, or 2-make a deal. Given that the government is a bunch of right wing nutjob religious fanatics(see Iran/Iraq war) I wouldn't count on a deal happening on favourable terms.
Sometimes the simple solution is best. Just mining the shores of Iran with underwater contact mines would suffice to stop oil tankers. Imported missiles are costly, where mines are easily and cheaply built at home.
The military doesn't advertise its capabilities, politicians do. The only time the military worries about public knowledge/policy is when it affects them directly. If they are publicly calling for cyberwar capabilities (when they already have that) then it's because they want to do something that will directly affect the public. Hardening the internet to block terrorism is done behind the scenes so it's not that. The most probable goal is direct control of the internet for copyright enforcement, and/or control to stop wikileaks type websites.
The only difference between this and wifi is that someone trying to use your network needs line of sight. Just living next door isn't enough. This also means that all the rooms in your house/office don't share bandwidth, each room is essentially a private subnet/connection on your router. In a large apartment building this makes a -huge- difference. Also for plugging into the office lan through the window: just because -you- can see the lights doesn't mean the sensor in the ceiling has line of sight with you. It could have a limited field of vision that doesn't allow a connection from outside.
If the big telco's willingly installed secret intercept rooms in their switches, then it's clearly acceptable to install back doors (but only to catch terrorists! We promise!)
It's actually doable. Just intercept all download attempts at the border and substitute your own version of the executable. Unless they actually download the source and compile it and then compare it to the download executable they won't ever know.
Events such as this encourage business to move their servers to somewhere safe. Just like off-shoring jobs is a reaction to higher costs and lack of government protection of local jobs. If the government keeps doing this then eventually the only thing left in the USA will be law offices, lobbyists, and politicians.
US military spending isn't about defence, it's about getting elected by making jobs. There is nothing crazy about wanting to waste taxpayer money to increase your chances of re-election. Morally bankrupt and criminal, but not crazy.
Or you could run fibre optic cable using the electrical right-of-ways, and let anyone who wanted rent bandwidth. Make it a common carrier, open to all. The electric company could handle the billing and cable install/maintenance, and bill for it (at a profit). And run the meter data over the same wire.
Lack of food/clothes/shelter has -never- been a problem. Never. Although -distribution- has occasionally had problems. Suggesting that a company has a duty to hire hundreds of workers for no good reason: maybe they could just send a cheque? You know, like taxes or something. That way you (your elected rep) would get to ensure those needed jobs are where the people need them.
people use the internet for the same reason they use the phone network, because it connects them to those they wish to talk with. The problem with forking the net is that you lose all of that connectedness. As for control, someone has to pay the bills to keep the net up. Either it's government or it's business. We need to ensure it stays in the hands of government, because we (in theory) control that. We have -no- direct control of business. If you don't like the direction that government is going then fix it, don't walk away and hope for something better. Better things only happen for those who work for them.
So what you are saying is if a company (ie arm) makes the effort to run windows (version 3 looks possible) on their hardware through software emulation then they don't have to pay this tax? Companies are rather good at finding loopholes in laws, where doing so means big money. I would think if someone offered a bounty for this, that you'd get it.
If she doesn't work (for money, outside the home) and he supports her (financially) then he could claim to be her employer. If he set up her email and maintains the network then he could claim it was employer provided, and that would give him legal access to her mail.
Modify all the lights produced by a factory to carry network traffic, but don't advertise it. Modify all cellphones (in software) to listen for that network, and send back a ping when it gets a connection. Make a list of all the replies and wait for a target of interest. You've now got an unmonitored link to that targets cellphone/pda/laptop. This would be very useful for spying on Iran/China/Interpol etc. If the system rarely sends traffic then the odds of accidentally finding it is very low. And yes, even though China makes everything they just build to plan so they wouldn't know about the "extra" bits.
3Mbit/sec is plenty for voice and texting. With every room/hallway fed separately (via fibre) you can run every single cellphone in the building without using RF. If you wanted to eliminate exposure to RF/EM fields that would certainly help. Also you can modulate different colours independently to multiply bandwidth. Your so called white room lights could easily consist of a dozen LED's tuned to a specific frequency. Also given that cheap fibre systems can use LED's as transmitters and your total bandwidth could easily reach 1000 MBit/sec range.
Google should set up a network of cellphone towers nation wide, and let you use any phone you want. If one carrier did that then the others would be forced to do the same or lose their customers. You know, actual competition.
Canada has more bureaucrats and higher taxes. If our prices are a fraction of yours it's due to profit margins. If your service is unreliable and you keep getting brownouts and blackouts (not caused by storms) then that's incompetence on the part of the people building/maintaining your power grid and generators.
In a centrally run (communist) country everything is run as the government wants, and the people pay for it. In America telco's secretly spy on their customers, give high paying jobs to retiring members of the gov, and other things the gov wants and in return the people (taxpayers) pay for everything. The only difference is that in a real communist/socialist country you get universal healthcare.
This isn't a machine, it's not a chemical process, it's not Einsteins formula. Why should this be patentable? I think the patent clerk who approved this should be legally liable for his negligence. If we could sue the patent clerk (or the patent office, better yet) then this rubber stamping of invalid patents would stop.
Government documents that contain private stuff about people (like medical records) must be kept private to protect the privacy of that person. Since the police report contains private details about Assauge, it's a breach of -His- privacy to publish it.
Most countries have laws against public comment by the defendant during a trial. Posting the police report could get him arrested on a legitimate charge.
Cellphones can be tracked. That means enemies/terrorists can "follow" your patrols around and map their routes, then set up ambushes. This is a show stopper for phones. Secondly civilian phones are insecure, so someone could hack in and listen to mission briefs. That would be bad. Third any soldier could upload classified data to their phone then send it to wikileaks, again that's bad. Forth: classified systems must always be air gapped from unsecured civilian networks. The cellphone network isn't. If you give someone a cellphone you should expect them to use it for their work. And their work is likely classified.
secret documents are not allowed on internet connected computers so no email/irc/im. Gov/military Network admins are supposed to be monitoring all network traffic for stuff so that would/should be caught if sent from unclass machines. Blocking cd/dvdrw as well as usb is basic common sense (force all transfers of data through authorized channels). And while they are at it, might i suggest blocking usb autorun to block viruses and spyware. And that only leaves the printers. Unfortunately the only way to block that is with physical security, like marines at the door checking bags.
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Unfortunately there isn't a single thing in all the known universe located outside the earths atmosphere that is worth the cost of shipping. Even if pure weapons grade plutonium was sitting on the moon unguarded, it still wouldn't be worth the expense to get it. (even for terrorists).
The only thing that controls land is boots on the ground. Period. You can drop all the smart bombs you want but it won't stop your enemy from shooting back at you, that's what the german army found out in stalingrad. If you declare war on Iran they will close the straights and block oil going to the USA, and the only ways to stop that are: 1-Occupation, or 2-make a deal. Given that the government is a bunch of right wing nutjob religious fanatics(see Iran/Iraq war) I wouldn't count on a deal happening on favourable terms.
Sometimes the simple solution is best. Just mining the shores of Iran with underwater contact mines would suffice to stop oil tankers. Imported missiles are costly, where mines are easily and cheaply built at home.
The military doesn't advertise its capabilities, politicians do. The only time the military worries about public knowledge/policy is when it affects them directly. If they are publicly calling for cyberwar capabilities (when they already have that) then it's because they want to do something that will directly affect the public. Hardening the internet to block terrorism is done behind the scenes so it's not that. The most probable goal is direct control of the internet for copyright enforcement, and/or control to stop wikileaks type websites.
The only difference between this and wifi is that someone trying to use your network needs line of sight. Just living next door isn't enough. This also means that all the rooms in your house/office don't share bandwidth, each room is essentially a private subnet/connection on your router. In a large apartment building this makes a -huge- difference. Also for plugging into the office lan through the window: just because -you- can see the lights doesn't mean the sensor in the ceiling has line of sight with you. It could have a limited field of vision that doesn't allow a connection from outside.
If the big telco's willingly installed secret intercept rooms in their switches, then it's clearly acceptable to install back doors (but only to catch terrorists! We promise!)
It's actually doable. Just intercept all download attempts at the border and substitute your own version of the executable. Unless they actually download the source and compile it and then compare it to the download executable they won't ever know.
Mainstream means it does what big business wants. The ability to add addware/spyware/dell/hp junk on top -means- you've gone mainstream.
Events such as this encourage business to move their servers to somewhere safe. Just like off-shoring jobs is a reaction to higher costs and lack of government protection of local jobs. If the government keeps doing this then eventually the only thing left in the USA will be law offices, lobbyists, and politicians.
US military spending isn't about defence, it's about getting elected by making jobs. There is nothing crazy about wanting to waste taxpayer money to increase your chances of re-election. Morally bankrupt and criminal, but not crazy.
Or you could run fibre optic cable using the electrical right-of-ways, and let anyone who wanted rent bandwidth. Make it a common carrier, open to all. The electric company could handle the billing and cable install/maintenance, and bill for it (at a profit). And run the meter data over the same wire.
Lack of food/clothes/shelter has -never- been a problem. Never. Although -distribution- has occasionally had problems. Suggesting that a company has a duty to hire hundreds of workers for no good reason: maybe they could just send a cheque? You know, like taxes or something. That way you (your elected rep) would get to ensure those needed jobs are where the people need them.
people use the internet for the same reason they use the phone network, because it connects them to those they wish to talk with. The problem with forking the net is that you lose all of that connectedness. As for control, someone has to pay the bills to keep the net up. Either it's government or it's business. We need to ensure it stays in the hands of government, because we (in theory) control that. We have -no- direct control of business. If you don't like the direction that government is going then fix it, don't walk away and hope for something better. Better things only happen for those who work for them.
So what you are saying is if a company (ie arm) makes the effort to run windows (version 3 looks possible) on their hardware through software emulation then they don't have to pay this tax? Companies are rather good at finding loopholes in laws, where doing so means big money. I would think if someone offered a bounty for this, that you'd get it.
If she doesn't work (for money, outside the home) and he supports her (financially) then he could claim to be her employer. If he set up her email and maintains the network then he could claim it was employer provided, and that would give him legal access to her mail.
Modify all the lights produced by a factory to carry network traffic, but don't advertise it. Modify all cellphones (in software) to listen for that network, and send back a ping when it gets a connection. Make a list of all the replies and wait for a target of interest. You've now got an unmonitored link to that targets cellphone/pda/laptop. This would be very useful for spying on Iran/China/Interpol etc. If the system rarely sends traffic then the odds of accidentally finding it is very low. And yes, even though China makes everything they just build to plan so they wouldn't know about the "extra" bits.
3Mbit/sec is plenty for voice and texting. With every room/hallway fed separately (via fibre) you can run every single cellphone in the building without using RF. If you wanted to eliminate exposure to RF/EM fields that would certainly help. Also you can modulate different colours independently to multiply bandwidth. Your so called white room lights could easily consist of a dozen LED's tuned to a specific frequency. Also given that cheap fibre systems can use LED's as transmitters and your total bandwidth could easily reach 1000 MBit/sec range.
Google should set up a network of cellphone towers nation wide, and let you use any phone you want. If one carrier did that then the others would be forced to do the same or lose their customers. You know, actual competition.
Canada has more bureaucrats and higher taxes. If our prices are a fraction of yours it's due to profit margins. If your service is unreliable and you keep getting brownouts and blackouts (not caused by storms) then that's incompetence on the part of the people building/maintaining your power grid and generators.
In a centrally run (communist) country everything is run as the government wants, and the people pay for it. In America telco's secretly spy on their customers, give high paying jobs to retiring members of the gov, and other things the gov wants and in return the people (taxpayers) pay for everything. The only difference is that in a real communist/socialist country you get universal healthcare.
This isn't a machine, it's not a chemical process, it's not Einsteins formula. Why should this be patentable? I think the patent clerk who approved this should be legally liable for his negligence. If we could sue the patent clerk (or the patent office, better yet) then this rubber stamping of invalid patents would stop.
Government documents that contain private stuff about people (like medical records) must be kept private to protect the privacy of that person. Since the police report contains private details about Assauge, it's a breach of -His- privacy to publish it.
Most countries have laws against public comment by the defendant during a trial. Posting the police report could get him arrested on a legitimate charge.
Cellphones can be tracked. That means enemies/terrorists can "follow" your patrols around and map their routes, then set up ambushes. This is a show stopper for phones. Secondly civilian phones are insecure, so someone could hack in and listen to mission briefs. That would be bad. Third any soldier could upload classified data to their phone then send it to wikileaks, again that's bad. Forth: classified systems must always be air gapped from unsecured civilian networks. The cellphone network isn't. If you give someone a cellphone you should expect them to use it for their work. And their work is likely classified.
secret documents are not allowed on internet connected computers so no email/irc/im. Gov/military Network admins are supposed to be monitoring all network traffic for stuff so that would/should be caught if sent from unclass machines. Blocking cd/dvdrw as well as usb is basic common sense (force all transfers of data through authorized channels). And while they are at it, might i suggest blocking usb autorun to block viruses and spyware. And that only leaves the printers. Unfortunately the only way to block that is with physical security, like marines at the door checking bags.