It is very easy to detect a receiver. In a superhetrodyne receiver you generate an RF signal to mix with the incoming signal, and that signal can be detected.
The electric company owns a right-of-way to everyone's house (telephone, cable, power, water, sewer). This is immensely valuable, as nobody else can afford to obtain one(natural monopoly). But run fiber to the house along the power lines, not EMI over them.
American industry is systematically exporting their entire STEM industry, along with their manufacturing and science. Once it's gone the USA will not be able to afford to buy it back. Looks like they want the American economy to be built around banking/finance/investment/copyright. This is a bad idea because these are all "Luxury" industries, that always do poorly in a recession. If you build your economy around them then your country goes broke during a recession (even the rich would suffer).
No, completely wrong. The high cost of medical care in the USA has nothing to do with cost, it's because prices are set based on ability to pay and the USA is a very wealthy country.
Unless the government decides to put you on the no-fly list. And they can do that without a judge, or you having any recourse. Of course that only stops you flying, until they come out with a no-drive list and a no-train list. But then you could still walk, until they come out with a no-walk list.
I see no evidence that the right to bear arms has kept Americans safe from rape/armed robbery/assault/battery/murder/genocide/war. It also appears to be ineffective in keeping the government honest, and working to promote your best interests.
I would settle for a world where the police spent most of their time/money on investigating real crimes, instead of chasing stupid people that hurt themselves (drug crimes).
There are very few countries where the Terrorists are a greater threat than the local government. Common traffic accidents kill more people than all the terrorists combined.
And the NSA is working hard to weaken them. Or maybe they will just put spy software on your computer, possibly via a software update to a program you use.
The reason Apple is going with full encryption is because the NSA abused their powers. There are consequences for your actions. The NSA is therefore to blame for the rise of effective security measures, just like the drug companies are to blame for the rise of anti-biotic resistance caused by giving farm animals anti-biotics.
High fructose corn syrop is used extensively as a sugar replacement (in the USA) because of massive subsidies to the corn industry (corporate wealfare, they have good lobyists). Healthy drinks cost more to make, so they give a lower return on investment.
Property taxes. If copying a 30 year old movie is worth inflicing massive financial penalties then it must be very valuable, and hence worth taxing to balance our budget.
When making suggestions on how to fix a problem, remember your enemies will want to use it against you. Holding the board/executives legally liable for all criminal corporate activity should suffice. A corporate death penalty would effectively prevent non-profits from fighting the good fight (ex. EFF).
The reason American elections usually go to the candidate with the most money is you need to win the bidding war for the media. The current trend is for people to replace the media with AI that selects their entertainment and news and filters out everything else. Currently that AI is owned by Google, but that will change.
If you lock down the computer so the user can't install or change anything important then social engineering is much harder. For corporate/government use that is viable.
It's possible to make an unhackable OS, but not very likely if they expect it to be usable. Take OpenBSD, write the libraries to implement the entire Windows API, sandbox every single program and application (one sandbox each), run everything but the memory manager and task swapper in userland ring. With a good budget you could manage it in a year.
Put the parking underground, far from anywhere. You can just signal your car when you want a ride. And put the roads underground in the cities too. The price of the real estate you free up for better use makes this worth the money. And you want a private car? Have the passenger cabin a detachable module. You get your "own" car without the expense of all the frame/suspension/tires/motors/batteries. And for long road trips you can put your cabin onto a gas car. You could probably work out some sort of turbo-lift system, so you step into your pod like it was an elevator, then it goes where you want.
Somali pirates make entire ships dissapear, and they are much larger than an airliner. It's a common class of aircraft, there are a lot of them. The Ukrain government probably worked hard to get that aircraft shot down, in hopes of international aid in their fight against a Russian (mercenary) army that invaded their country (and no help came, because Europe likes cheap russian oil/gas).
Some things are made for blockbuster movies, and some things are just better as low budget tv and web comics. I think D&D fits better as a tv series. You need to do a few seasons of star trek tos before you can have star trek: the motion picture.
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Cable TV is run over wires or fiber, how exactly would using over-the-air TV channels affect it?
It is very easy to detect a receiver. In a superhetrodyne receiver you generate an RF signal to mix with the incoming signal, and that signal can be detected.
The electric company owns a right-of-way to everyone's house (telephone, cable, power, water, sewer). This is immensely valuable, as nobody else can afford to obtain one(natural monopoly). But run fiber to the house along the power lines, not EMI over them.
American industry is systematically exporting their entire STEM industry, along with their manufacturing and science. Once it's gone the USA will not be able to afford to buy it back. Looks like they want the American economy to be built around banking/finance/investment/copyright. This is a bad idea because these are all "Luxury" industries, that always do poorly in a recession. If you build your economy around them then your country goes broke during a recession (even the rich would suffer).
No, completely wrong. The high cost of medical care in the USA has nothing to do with cost, it's because prices are set based on ability to pay and the USA is a very wealthy country.
Unless the government decides to put you on the no-fly list. And they can do that without a judge, or you having any recourse. Of course that only stops you flying, until they come out with a no-drive list and a no-train list. But then you could still walk, until they come out with a no-walk list.
I see no evidence that the right to bear arms has kept Americans safe from rape/armed robbery/assault/battery/murder/genocide/war. It also appears to be ineffective in keeping the government honest, and working to promote your best interests.
I would settle for a world where the police spent most of their time/money on investigating real crimes, instead of chasing stupid people that hurt themselves (drug crimes).
There are very few countries where the Terrorists are a greater threat than the local government. Common traffic accidents kill more people than all the terrorists combined.
And the NSA is working hard to weaken them. Or maybe they will just put spy software on your computer, possibly via a software update to a program you use.
The reason Apple is going with full encryption is because the NSA abused their powers. There are consequences for your actions. The NSA is therefore to blame for the rise of effective security measures, just like the drug companies are to blame for the rise of anti-biotic resistance caused by giving farm animals anti-biotics.
High fructose corn syrop is used extensively as a sugar replacement (in the USA) because of massive subsidies to the corn industry (corporate wealfare, they have good lobyists). Healthy drinks cost more to make, so they give a lower return on investment.
Property taxes. If copying a 30 year old movie is worth inflicing massive financial penalties then it must be very valuable, and hence worth taxing to balance our budget.
When making suggestions on how to fix a problem, remember your enemies will want to use it against you. Holding the board/executives legally liable for all criminal corporate activity should suffice. A corporate death penalty would effectively prevent non-profits from fighting the good fight (ex. EFF).
For elderly people who have limited walking range this ensures you get home, while still being transportable.
We need an "off the shelf" vpn/firewall for the internet of things. You plug your stuff into that to keep the bad men away.
Some politicians are more friendly to Google than others, they have a vested interest in "helping" the friendly ones.
The reason American elections usually go to the candidate with the most money is you need to win the bidding war for the media. The current trend is for people to replace the media with AI that selects their entertainment and news and filters out everything else. Currently that AI is owned by Google, but that will change.
You could port Android to the Rasberry, then you'd have apps.
If you lock down the computer so the user can't install or change anything important then social engineering is much harder. For corporate/government use that is viable.
No, you could still modulate the data bus using microwaves. Now if you leave out the power cable, that's unhackable.
It's possible to make an unhackable OS, but not very likely if they expect it to be usable. Take OpenBSD, write the libraries to implement the entire Windows API, sandbox every single program and application (one sandbox each), run everything but the memory manager and task swapper in userland ring. With a good budget you could manage it in a year.
Put the parking underground, far from anywhere. You can just signal your car when you want a ride. And put the roads underground in the cities too. The price of the real estate you free up for better use makes this worth the money. And you want a private car? Have the passenger cabin a detachable module. You get your "own" car without the expense of all the frame/suspension/tires/motors/batteries. And for long road trips you can put your cabin onto a gas car. You could probably work out some sort of turbo-lift system, so you step into your pod like it was an elevator, then it goes where you want.
Somali pirates make entire ships dissapear, and they are much larger than an airliner. It's a common class of aircraft, there are a lot of them. The Ukrain government probably worked hard to get that aircraft shot down, in hopes of international aid in their fight against a Russian (mercenary) army that invaded their country (and no help came, because Europe likes cheap russian oil/gas).
Some things are made for blockbuster movies, and some things are just better as low budget tv and web comics. I think D&D fits better as a tv series. You need to do a few seasons of star trek tos before you can have star trek: the motion picture.