There are service techs who install hardware monitors for criminal gangs to steal customer data. I suppose a VM could make that harder. If you really want to lock them out you must have the entire computer locked in a box with a self destruct, or everything on one chip (Easy, cheap, secure. An ATM is just a dumb terminal).
Best security practice: if the network is down you lock the customer out. Allowing withdrawals with no way to verify would allow criminals to take money from every bank machine in the country (from an empty bank account). And yes, that has happened before. From a security perspective the only safe option when you can't verify account balance is to block all outflow of cash or pay bills.
What about on private property? Yes a cop can follow you in public, but a tracker allows them to follow you in places where you DO have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
No, the goal in Iraq was to destroy the country. The Saudi's pay good money for American influence, they don't want to live in fear of the republic of Iraq invading and holding free and fair elections.
Yes they destroyed Iraq in days, but only because they followed up with ground forces. If you don't follow up it will be like Vietnam. After the bombing the Iranian's will rebuild underground and fight on. Even from ruins you can support terrorism and send out floating mines. Any US attack that doesn't follow up with an invasion will fail (long term).
Floating contact mines are really cheap, and really good at scaring oil tanker captains. The Iranians don't want a shooting war they want a kaboom war.
Precision bombing only works if you can find the target, and USA is running short on accurate intelligence.
You can't conquer a country with only bombing you need ground troops, and the USA just got out of Iraq so they won't invade Iran if there is any other option.
Being nice to the USA gets you nothing, they walk all over you (see England). The trick is to bark loud enough to keep then away without getting stomped.
The USA has given far more support to terrorists than Iran, and most of their support is to weaken countries that have attacked them.
We don't know if Iran is building nukes, but it's the only known protection against the USA (see N Korea).
If China wanted Iran to have nukes they'd have given them some, so likely China will support efforts to contain Iran.
You don't need nuclear missiles to hurt the USA, nuclear shipping containers are much cheaper and more accurate.
Both Iran and the USA want a confrontation, it builds support for the government and justifies military spending (later used to suppress dissent).
In a world where people can (and do) build computers out of TTL logic, transistors, relays, or FPGA's there is no way to accomplish such a complete lockdown.
How can you insert DRM into an FPGA?
It's not the computer they're trying to control, it's the communications. And they are most definitely winning right now.
It amazes me that a tiny minority can run the world so completely.
If it was made using public funds then it's "a work for hire"- meaning we own the copyright. We really need to insist on our (public) rights to the things we pay for.
It doesn't matter how fast it is if the power consumption is over 1W it won't be used in phones.
The only way Intel could beat ARM (on phones/tablets) is by inventing a better battery.
Spectacular public suicide might be all the rage in the third world, but here it's just seen as crazy.
A better idea: All internet companies refuse to do business with companies that are pushing this madness. You could have a standard terms of service with mandatory disconnect for violations.
Maybe net neutrality would gain some traction if suddenly you couldn't find any republican or democrat site.
And nobody is going to build an independent internet JUST for them.
Given that the constitution of the USA blocks this, and you can only override the constitution by amendment not laws, why would the supreme court follow such an illegal law?
The cities bombed by American nuclear bombs are inhabited. Bikini atoll was nuked over and over, yet the life came back. When dealing with radio-isotopes the higher the level of radiation the shorter the half-life. Yes there will be radiation there for a long time, but not high enough to kill.
Why don't nuclear power plants use steam engines to run the cooling pumps? They would run till it cooled, don't need any fuel or electricity, work underwater and can be thermally activated when the reactor gets too hot without any intervention.
Civilian ships are legally prevented from having this level of firepower. That's why kids with AK's can capture oil tankers off Somalia. Also it's still destruction of private property and they could be sued. Also I'm really surprised that Greenpeace/environmentalists don't run fake whales to decoy the whalers and make them waste time. You could have it shoot off fireworks every harpoon hit.
Organic foods are seen as a premium product, worth more money in the grocery store. GM foods are seen as bad, worth less in the grocery store.
The ban on labeling the GM foods is so they can sell it at the higher rate rather than at the lower one.
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There are service techs who install hardware monitors for criminal gangs to steal customer data. I suppose a VM could make that harder. If you really want to lock them out you must have the entire computer locked in a box with a self destruct, or everything on one chip (Easy, cheap, secure. An ATM is just a dumb terminal).
Best security practice: if the network is down you lock the customer out. Allowing withdrawals with no way to verify would allow criminals to take money from every bank machine in the country (from an empty bank account). And yes, that has happened before. From a security perspective the only safe option when you can't verify account balance is to block all outflow of cash or pay bills.
What about on private property? Yes a cop can follow you in public, but a tracker allows them to follow you in places where you DO have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
True. The USA has huge deposits of tar sands.
China gets to veto those sanctions, and they buy the oil.
Iraq has 2 governments. The elected one and the religious one. Be sure you know which one is calling the shots on this.
That would likely double the cost. I suspect Iran would be satisfied with that.
No, the goal in Iraq was to destroy the country. The Saudi's pay good money for American influence, they don't want to live in fear of the republic of Iraq invading and holding free and fair elections.
Yes they destroyed Iraq in days, but only because they followed up with ground forces. If you don't follow up it will be like Vietnam. After the bombing the Iranian's will rebuild underground and fight on. Even from ruins you can support terrorism and send out floating mines. Any US attack that doesn't follow up with an invasion will fail (long term).
Floating contact mines are really cheap, and really good at scaring oil tanker captains. The Iranians don't want a shooting war they want a kaboom war.
Precision bombing only works if you can find the target, and USA is running short on accurate intelligence. You can't conquer a country with only bombing you need ground troops, and the USA just got out of Iraq so they won't invade Iran if there is any other option. Being nice to the USA gets you nothing, they walk all over you (see England). The trick is to bark loud enough to keep then away without getting stomped. The USA has given far more support to terrorists than Iran, and most of their support is to weaken countries that have attacked them. We don't know if Iran is building nukes, but it's the only known protection against the USA (see N Korea). If China wanted Iran to have nukes they'd have given them some, so likely China will support efforts to contain Iran. You don't need nuclear missiles to hurt the USA, nuclear shipping containers are much cheaper and more accurate. Both Iran and the USA want a confrontation, it builds support for the government and justifies military spending (later used to suppress dissent).
In a world where people can (and do) build computers out of TTL logic, transistors, relays, or FPGA's there is no way to accomplish such a complete lockdown. How can you insert DRM into an FPGA?
It's not the computer they're trying to control, it's the communications. And they are most definitely winning right now. It amazes me that a tiny minority can run the world so completely.
If it was made using public funds then it's "a work for hire"- meaning we own the copyright. We really need to insist on our (public) rights to the things we pay for.
It doesn't matter how fast it is if the power consumption is over 1W it won't be used in phones. The only way Intel could beat ARM (on phones/tablets) is by inventing a better battery.
Spectacular public suicide might be all the rage in the third world, but here it's just seen as crazy. A better idea: All internet companies refuse to do business with companies that are pushing this madness. You could have a standard terms of service with mandatory disconnect for violations. Maybe net neutrality would gain some traction if suddenly you couldn't find any republican or democrat site. And nobody is going to build an independent internet JUST for them.
Given that the constitution of the USA blocks this, and you can only override the constitution by amendment not laws, why would the supreme court follow such an illegal law?
The cities bombed by American nuclear bombs are inhabited. Bikini atoll was nuked over and over, yet the life came back. When dealing with radio-isotopes the higher the level of radiation the shorter the half-life. Yes there will be radiation there for a long time, but not high enough to kill.
Why don't nuclear power plants use steam engines to run the cooling pumps? They would run till it cooled, don't need any fuel or electricity, work underwater and can be thermally activated when the reactor gets too hot without any intervention.
60+ years of "no nukes in my neighbourhood!" means we're using 60 year old tech. Hard to get things right if you can't fix your mistakes.
No, Canada has ownership of the term 51'st state. You'll need to use some other term to denote doing the bidding of the USA.
Civilian ships are legally prevented from having this level of firepower. That's why kids with AK's can capture oil tankers off Somalia. Also it's still destruction of private property and they could be sued. Also I'm really surprised that Greenpeace/environmentalists don't run fake whales to decoy the whalers and make them waste time. You could have it shoot off fireworks every harpoon hit.
The direction the USA is going (economically) trends to third world status and wages. Looks like a big circle to me (back to the beginning).
In Asia it is common practice to do things cheap or below cost until you wipe out the competition, then raise prices.
Organic foods are seen as a premium product, worth more money in the grocery store. GM foods are seen as bad, worth less in the grocery store. The ban on labeling the GM foods is so they can sell it at the higher rate rather than at the lower one.