The cost competitive nature of the consumer access point market is going to lead to all of the manufacturers doing this eventually. It will be less expensive for integrated radio hardware to support restrictions through the firmware so eventually that is how they will all work.
I certainly hope that the FCC does not begin enforcing this with fines and threatened jail time. Having the ability to install new firmware can improve the security of the device.
Security of the device is not the FCC's concern. Interference to other operators is.
Actually, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz were chosen because they're absorbed more by the atmosphere. 2.4 GHz matches up closely with the resonance of water molecules (which is why microwave ovens operate at 2.45 GHz - they heat up food by pumping energy into the water molecules). And 5.6 GHz is absorbed readily by raindrops for some reason I haven't yet been able to learn (which is why it's handy for weather radar).
The absorption peaks for water and other gases in the atmosphere are significantly higher than the 2.45 and 5.8 GHz bands; they played no role in the selection of the ISM bands. As a practical matter, the original microwave ovens which operated at 915 MHz were more efficient and heated food more evenly but were less convenient mechanically because they had to use easily damaged finger stock instead of a choke ring to shield the door.
In general the ISM bands combined with the Amateur radio bands have a roughly fixed integer relationship so harmonic distortion in the lower frequency bands is contained within higher frequency bands instead of spilling over into the commercial and other bands.
Sure, just like zero rating selected internet traffic instead of rate limiting other internet traffic to produce the same result is network neutral. And taxing everybody and then returning the tax selected individuals who did not sin accomplishes the same thing as a fine but is not a fine.
Plus there is a notorious under-reporting of the use of guns against a stranger in self-defense. I mean, it isn't a crime, so there often isn't a need to report it, especially if you don't actually have to shoot anyone.
It is not a crime depending on local laws but reporting it carries the risk of being persecuted or prosecuted anyway with no upside; what you say and report can and will be used against you in a court of law. Overzealous local law enforcement and prosecutors were a major reason for the push for castle doctrine and stand your ground laws.
I agree Facebook can do whatever they want but the objective here is to *look* unbiased making their media manipulations more effective.
In a similar way, the FBI and various government agencies want it to *look* like the law and courts protect digital communications and storage so there is no reason to put up with the inconvenience of ubiquitous encryption and that was their plan after the Clipper chip fiasco until they got caught.
Or it just means that they also took no steps to find evidence. I would be disappointed if Mark Zuckerberg and his minions did previously arrange for plausible deniability when this was set up.
When a cop signs a ticket [summons] they are swearing they have observed the offense. Without sworn testimony, no default [missed appearance] judgement and punishment can be legally imposed. If a copy writes ticket s/he knows is bad, s/he's just committed perjury.
For my own edification I have sat in court monitoring the proceedings when cops testify to support their ticket. More than half of the time when challenged, they keep changing their answer until the judge finds one that is acceptable.
I lived for a while in a place where car theft was legal - if you happened to own an impound lot. My car was stolen by such a lot owner from my reserved, paid, contract parking spot and the city wouldn't do shit to help me. I tried to report my car as stolen but the police would hear nothing of it. I had to pay a ransom to the thieves to get my car back, and the towing inspector refused to help as well. Being as the thieves had plenty of experience (and assistance) in the court system you can imagine how well that went as well...
I would approve of vigilant justice in this situation against the facilities and personnel.
Why do you assume it's so easy for the city to figure out when they can issue a citation but at the same time it's so hard for a citizen?
It would be a lot easier for the city to figure out its laws if the cost was born by the officers and courts enforcing them and not the individual citizens.
As it is right now, the law is unbounded and there are incentives to make it more complex.
This is a huge problem in North America; so many layers of laws and regulations and by-laws no one knows what the law is, not Joe public, not the cops, not the courts.
Think of it as an employment program for lawyers and law enforcement.
Gas discharge lamps can be used to make memory and many logic elements (and they were for a short time) however I excluded them because they essentially use vacuum tube technology. If you can produce them, then you can produce vacuum tubes.
Another alternative logic technology they could have used involves fluidics. I have never seen fluidic memory but if you can make logic gates, then you can make memory.
The Jacquard loom was what I was thinking of for paper memory.
I wonder if it is possible to implement a core memory sense amplifier using magnetic amplification. Magnetic amplification was still World War 2 and later technology.
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The French own APC? That explains everything.
If that is the least expensive option, then the engineer is doing a fine job.
Going to do what?
The cost competitive nature of the consumer access point market is going to lead to all of the manufacturers doing this eventually. It will be less expensive for integrated radio hardware to support restrictions through the firmware so eventually that is how they will all work.
That is how Ubiquiti handled it until the FCC went after them. Now Ubiquiti radios intended for the US market are locked to prevent this.
Ok, that was funny.
Security of the device is not the FCC's concern. Interference to other operators is.
The absorption peaks for water and other gases in the atmosphere are significantly higher than the 2.45 and 5.8 GHz bands; they played no role in the selection of the ISM bands. As a practical matter, the original microwave ovens which operated at 915 MHz were more efficient and heated food more evenly but were less convenient mechanically because they had to use easily damaged finger stock instead of a choke ring to shield the door.
In general the ISM bands combined with the Amateur radio bands have a roughly fixed integer relationship so harmonic distortion in the lower frequency bands is contained within higher frequency bands instead of spilling over into the commercial and other bands.
Did they pinky swear not to do it again? Or maybe they swore not to get caught next time.
Sure, just like zero rating selected internet traffic instead of rate limiting other internet traffic to produce the same result is network neutral. And taxing everybody and then returning the tax selected individuals who did not sin accomplishes the same thing as a fine but is not a fine.
Not sure if serious.
It is not a crime depending on local laws but reporting it carries the risk of being persecuted or prosecuted anyway with no upside; what you say and report can and will be used against you in a court of law. Overzealous local law enforcement and prosecutors were a major reason for the push for castle doctrine and stand your ground laws.
Exactly, contracts require due consideration from all parties and affirmative assent.
I agree Facebook can do whatever they want but the objective here is to *look* unbiased making their media manipulations more effective.
In a similar way, the FBI and various government agencies want it to *look* like the law and courts protect digital communications and storage so there is no reason to put up with the inconvenience of ubiquitous encryption and that was their plan after the Clipper chip fiasco until they got caught.
Or it just means that they also took no steps to find evidence. I would be disappointed if Mark Zuckerberg and his minions did previously arrange for plausible deniability when this was set up.
And there you are. Mark Zuckerberg personally took steps, well, a step, to address it by making this announcement. Mission accomplished.
For my own edification I have sat in court monitoring the proceedings when cops testify to support their ticket. More than half of the time when challenged, they keep changing their answer until the judge finds one that is acceptable.
I would approve of vigilant justice in this situation against the facilities and personnel.
No worries. They can use civil assets forfeiture to make up for the loss of ticket revenue. Invest in drug dog futures.
It is not an error in paying it when the fines, err, I mean feeds to contest the ticket are greater than the cost of the ticket.
The city can just add processing fines, err, I mean processing fees to recover the cost and return a profit from enforcement.
It would be a lot easier for the city to figure out its laws if the cost was born by the officers and courts enforcing them and not the individual citizens.
As it is right now, the law is unbounded and there are incentives to make it more complex.
Think of it as an employment program for lawyers and law enforcement.
And paid an even larger fine, err, I mean fee for the privilege of contesting the ticket.
The fines, err, I mean fees to contest the ticket in court are greater than the ticket cost.
Gas discharge lamps can be used to make memory and many logic elements (and they were for a short time) however I excluded them because they essentially use vacuum tube technology. If you can produce them, then you can produce vacuum tubes.
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Another alternative logic technology they could have used involves fluidics. I have never seen fluidic memory but if you can make logic gates, then you can make memory.
The Jacquard loom was what I was thinking of for paper memory.
I wonder if it is possible to implement a core memory sense amplifier using magnetic amplification. Magnetic amplification was still World War 2 and later technology.