getting around this system would be simple if "all one has to do is walk into a classroom with a RFID-enabled card in their pocket wrapped in aluminum foil.
FTFY. Even if it wasn't used for tracking I would keep any RFID-enabled cards it in a foil-lined wallet, if I didn't nuke it to begin with.
Cut to outside, where we see the poor woman flying off into space, against a background of phaser banks firing like mad, all in complete silence.
Except that that is the only scene in space that is silent in the entire movie. All of the other space battle scenes and that scene save those five seconds have explosions/phasers/missiles going non-stop.
Another thing that got me was how small they made space seem. All of the federation ships are within a few lengths of each other and missiles from Nero's ship take five or ten seconds to go between ships. But then it takes 12 minutes for the Kelvin to reach Nero's ship.
Why look at my finger when I can buy a $200 gadget that shows me a simulated finger when I touch the back. And sure I might want to look at my but why carry around a piece of glass when aforementioned tech' is available.
Sorry it's just such an easy target. Why have transparency when you can have simulated transparency?
The thing is somewhere along the way, even if there wasn't a copy on his hard disk, there was still a copy of in his RAM/cache/video memory which is covered by copyright law. I'm not quite sure how this works but if only part of the movie was on his computer at one time you might be able to argue that it was Fair Use.
While this is a news site and thus reports news. I find it hard to believe that anyone is naive enough to think that the vast majority of the comments will be anything other than mac users attacking Microsoft, PC users attacking Apple, and Linux users laughing smugly.
I would have to agree. A couple layers of aluminum foil or even a fine metal mesh would stop the signal. You would have to remove the shield to use the thing but no one would be able to track you from it.
from this point on, you will double check the accuracy of every snarky comment you ever make on Slashdot.
You mean some people don't check the accuracy of their snarky comments. I would think any sane person who has seen the mountains of comments that are posted after an inaccuracy would never post again for fear of making a mistake.
There are batteries that would work after 50 years. They keep the reactants separate until some action is preformed, like pulling a tab. The military uses this type of battery in some situations. Also, even if it won't work after 50 years all you need is to say that the bios needs X volts at Y amps.
Yes, a two year old with Torx for fingers. But seriously if you really want to know how to erase your media here are the instructions for the US government http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf. For destroying hard drives they recommend you "disintegrate, shred, pulverize, incinerate" (p19) the hard drive
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getting around this system would be simple if "all one has to do is walk into a classroom with a RFID-enabled card in their pocket wrapped in aluminum foil.
FTFY. Even if it wasn't used for tracking I would keep any RFID-enabled cards it in a foil-lined wallet, if I didn't nuke it to begin with.
It's no different than having a locked container in your luggage and not allowing any agent to see the contents.
Except that a digital file can't explode or be full of cocaine.
Would he be a troll if he didn't compliment them?
Cut to outside, where we see the poor woman flying off into space, against a background of phaser banks firing like mad, all in complete silence.
Except that that is the only scene in space that is silent in the entire movie. All of the other space battle scenes and that scene save those five seconds have explosions/phasers/missiles going non-stop.
Another thing that got me was how small they made space seem. All of the federation ships are within a few lengths of each other and missiles from Nero's ship take five or ten seconds to go between ships. But then it takes 12 minutes for the Kelvin to reach Nero's ship.
some corporate lawyer have found sleazy ways of misusing this.
There fixed that for you.
new Macs/PCs no longer support the power-button on the keyboard to power on when turned off.
This may be a BIOS setting, I know in mine you have to set the "Power On By Keyboard" option to "Keyboard 98" for a keyboard power button to work
Sorry it's just such an easy target. Why have transparency when you can have simulated transparency?
Vista == XP?
XP service pack 3 already exists in the form of XP service pack 3.
The thing is somewhere along the way, even if there wasn't a copy on his hard disk, there was still a copy of in his RAM/cache/video memory which is covered by copyright law. I'm not quite sure how this works but if only part of the movie was on his computer at one time you might be able to argue that it was Fair Use.
Even Windows 7 would have to support this one cute hack (does Windows 7 even support floppy disks?)
Windows 7 does indeed support floppy disks. Of course the point is moot if you don't have a floppy drive.
Nobody wants floppy drives to spin up as soon as a disk is inserted. That just makes them think they've been attacked by a computer virus.
If there is a virus on the disk and there isn't auto-detect how would the drive know to spin up?
While this is a news site and thus reports news. I find it hard to believe that anyone is naive enough to think that the vast majority of the comments will be anything other than mac users attacking Microsoft, PC users attacking Apple, and Linux users laughing smugly.
I would have to agree. A couple layers of aluminum foil or even a fine metal mesh would stop the signal. You would have to remove the shield to use the thing but no one would be able to track you from it.
Being elected president actually requires a majority of the electoral college not a plurality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Can you imagine a Beowolf cluster of those?
I don't think that phrase means what he thinks it means. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_(computing)
p.s It's Beowulf not Beowolf.
from this point on, you will double check the accuracy of every snarky comment you ever make on Slashdot.
You mean some people don't check the accuracy of their snarky comments. I would think any sane person who has seen the mountains of comments that are posted after an inaccuracy would never post again for fear of making a mistake.
There are batteries that would work after 50 years. They keep the reactants separate until some action is preformed, like pulling a tab. The military uses this type of battery in some situations. Also, even if it won't work after 50 years all you need is to say that the bios needs X volts at Y amps.
Yes, a two year old with Torx for fingers. But seriously if you really want to know how to erase your media here are the instructions for the US government http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf. For destroying hard drives they recommend you "disintegrate, shred, pulverize, incinerate" (p19) the hard drive