Yes, if you read my response to another user, yes the burden of proof does shift if its successfully proven However the burden of proof at the moment lies with those who claim it does interfere with flight systems.
Mythbusters, while is a very enjoyable show, is not, and should not be confused with true science and experiments. They're entertainers who introduce the scientific method to people who wouldn't normally have the time for actual science. It shouldn't be confused with actual scientific experiments.
That's not how burden of proof works. I could say that wearing a hat slightly to the left causes the plane to rapidly descend and then qualify it by saying I heard it from a bloke in the pub who knows for definite and that has a much evidence as this article suggests. If I thought it was true then I would have to supply evidence to support it other than the bloke in the pub who knew for sure. The burden of proof rests with the person making the claim.
TFA doesn't say how Boeing came to the conclusion that these signals interfere with other devices, other than that they can be detected. That I have no doubt, but do those signals actually interfere with anything? That isn't specified and until it is and backed up by empirical evidence, then I'm afraid I will not accept it
Hate to burst your bubble, but the Irish and the Greek can't print their own money. They use the Euro which is controlled and printed centrally by the EU. What happened in Greece was rolling over debt constantly until it became so massive that it nearly crippled the economy and what happened in Ireland was mainly based on Irish banks giving loans (backed by the major European banks) for property which was staggeringly over priced and then when those prices came back to normal there was MASSIVE negative equity. The government then took on the debt of the banks which crippled the economy. Sure the Irish government was running a deficit, but only in the last 4 years and no where near as bad as the Greeks. Icelands problem was similar to the Irish situation but they had much more financial control and independence to be able to handle the situation better.
I'm glad someone beat me to that point. Too many people take EVERYTHING that Sony put out as gospel when it should be treated more like gossip. They lied to us enough during the whole saga to know their word is not to be trusted
Depends on the user in fairness about the 250GB cap. The amount of legitimate HD sources on the internet now means that you can easily only consume legal downloads of non mega media structures and still go over your data cap. A few years ago I may have agreed with you. Not to mention the likes of digital distribution of software, I usually buy at least 3 or 4 big games on steam a month alone which push me over the 30 - 40 GB mark
Using FMRI is not fool proof. You don't even need to be trained in it to beat that. At most its 80% effective, which will not be admissable in court. Is it better than the standard polygraph? Yes, but not, as you say, 100% accurate.
Same in Dublin (Ireland), I was shocked to see a poster proclaiming Judgement day is coming. At first I was excited because I'd never seen Terminator 2 in the cinema as I was too young at the time it was out. Then I realised it was religious horseshite and promptly ignored it
First of all, he wasn't armed. They've admitted that now. If you can't arrest an unarmed man, then no police in any country would ever be effective or else they would be butchers.
But since you ask there are several techniques by which you can disorient someone long enough to arrest them. Here are only a handful which are available to any military in the world
Flashbangs, stinger grenades, stun grenades, rubber bullets, bean bag shotguns. Even an ordinary hand gun/rifle can be used in a non lethal capacity by not shooting someone in the face.
While I've not had training on the issue, it doesn't take decades of training to know that you can incapacitate someone without killing them even if they have a weapon, which in this case he did not
You're exactly right, there is a principal involved in this that most people are overlooking. Even before the news broke that Usama was actually unarmed at the time, I found it very suspect that the best trained military team in the world, as the American media is telling us, was unable to capture an individual without killing him. There are any number of non lethal ways to take someone down who is armed with a weapon. But the fact now that they are telling me that he actually wasn't armed and yet they shot him in the head tells me that they were never interested in capturing him alive.
However I am fundamentally opposed to capital punishment. It has shown to not be a detererant, it doesn't bring justice only revenge (the two are not the same thing) and, most importantly in my eyes, the state doesn't have the right to kill anyone where it can be avoided.
I acknowledge that this view isn't the most popular idea right now, but historical trends are showing that capital punishment is becoming less and less acceptable and that is exactly what this was, an untried execution of a person. Whatever way you break it down, the US government acted no differently to a gang in the street
Passwords should not be stored either in an encrypted state or not, a one way hash value should be generated based on the password entered, this should be then salted and then that stored on the server. Then whenever the user logs in, the hash value of what they entered should be compared with the hash value thats stored and see if that matches. If it does then bobs your uncle, you are successfully logged in. I'm furious with Sony that they stored my password in manner which could be retrieved.
I signed up for the PSN Plus mainly because of the amount of games I get because of it. Every couple of weeks there is a new PSOne game available for free for PSN Plus members. Not saying I'm not stupid for getting it but I do get something out of it.
As someone who has paid additional money for the service, I don't feel particularly hard done by to be honest. Granted I wouldn't be the most hardcore PS3 gamer, but I have been impacted by this by being unable to play during a 4 day weekend. But I understand shit does happen. I am disappointed by Sony's lack of communication of what exactly has happened or when we might possibly see it restored. I'm more annoyed about that than the outage itself. If they said it will be another week, fine I'll come back in a week. I like to have an evening planned and if I'm putting aside time to game online with my friends, I want to know whether or not the service is going to be there or not. This not knowing if I'll be able to game this weekend is frustrating and I expected more from a company the size of Sony
I was going to mention Steam as the perfect example. This Christmas I bought at least 15 games, 10 of which I still haven't played but I bought because I know I will play it eventually. Very few games are actually worth €60 and so I usually wait for the price to come down before paying out that much money for the game. Steam's model of sales has made me buy games which I also would never have bought had it not been for the steam sale. Especially Indy games. Ive spent at least €60 in total on Indy games which I wouldn't have before mainly because they're usually too expensive for what I'm getting, or because they're fairly unknown and/or awkard to download or install. The Space Shuttle Simulator was a perfect example of a poorly thought digital distribution, I could only install the game on 1 machine. Now that I've installed Windows 7 I can't play the game anymore and I'd never buy from that company again, but if they released it on steam I would
Not a fan of doesn't mean I've never had it or that I don't ever have it. Sometimes a pint of beer is better. But most of the time, when I have the choice, I'll have a cider
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However the burden of proof at the moment lies with those who claim it does interfere with flight systems to the point which compromises safety
Yes, if you read my response to another user, yes the burden of proof does shift if its successfully proven However the burden of proof at the moment lies with those who claim it does interfere with flight systems.
Mythbusters, while is a very enjoyable show, is not, and should not be confused with true science and experiments. They're entertainers who introduce the scientific method to people who wouldn't normally have the time for actual science. It shouldn't be confused with actual scientific experiments.
That's not how burden of proof works. I could say that wearing a hat slightly to the left causes the plane to rapidly descend and then qualify it by saying I heard it from a bloke in the pub who knows for definite and that has a much evidence as this article suggests. If I thought it was true then I would have to supply evidence to support it other than the bloke in the pub who knew for sure. The burden of proof rests with the person making the claim.
TFA doesn't say how Boeing came to the conclusion that these signals interfere with other devices, other than that they can be detected. That I have no doubt, but do those signals actually interfere with anything? That isn't specified and until it is and backed up by empirical evidence, then I'm afraid I will not accept it
There is a growing body of anecdotal evidence
Need I say more?
It would help, because the evidence that electronic devices do not disrupt avionics is also anecdotal.
Burden of proof much?
Hate to burst your bubble, but the Irish and the Greek can't print their own money. They use the Euro which is controlled and printed centrally by the EU. What happened in Greece was rolling over debt constantly until it became so massive that it nearly crippled the economy and what happened in Ireland was mainly based on Irish banks giving loans (backed by the major European banks) for property which was staggeringly over priced and then when those prices came back to normal there was MASSIVE negative equity. The government then took on the debt of the banks which crippled the economy. Sure the Irish government was running a deficit, but only in the last 4 years and no where near as bad as the Greeks. Icelands problem was similar to the Irish situation but they had much more financial control and independence to be able to handle the situation better.
I'm glad someone beat me to that point. Too many people take EVERYTHING that Sony put out as gospel when it should be treated more like gossip. They lied to us enough during the whole saga to know their word is not to be trusted
Sounds like a school which has become self aware and has begun to address some of the flaws in its existance
america, land of the free
What?!? The land of the free. Who ever told you that is your enemy
someone finally listened to the Daleks... EXTERMINATE!
Too bad for the Daleks they exterminated them
Or in my country, €5 for a drink is a bargain!
The number of Call of Duty gamers has plummeted
Depends on the user in fairness about the 250GB cap. The amount of legitimate HD sources on the internet now means that you can easily only consume legal downloads of non mega media structures and still go over your data cap. A few years ago I may have agreed with you. Not to mention the likes of digital distribution of software, I usually buy at least 3 or 4 big games on steam a month alone which push me over the 30 - 40 GB mark
Using FMRI is not fool proof. You don't even need to be trained in it to beat that. At most its 80% effective, which will not be admissable in court. Is it better than the standard polygraph? Yes, but not, as you say, 100% accurate.
What the hell is a pants bag?
Same in Dublin (Ireland), I was shocked to see a poster proclaiming Judgement day is coming. At first I was excited because I'd never seen Terminator 2 in the cinema as I was too young at the time it was out. Then I realised it was religious horseshite and promptly ignored it
Brilliant joke! Best joke in these comments!
First of all, he wasn't armed. They've admitted that now. If you can't arrest an unarmed man, then no police in any country would ever be effective or else they would be butchers.
But since you ask there are several techniques by which you can disorient someone long enough to arrest them. Here are only a handful which are available to any military in the world
Flashbangs, stinger grenades, stun grenades, rubber bullets, bean bag shotguns. Even an ordinary hand gun/rifle can be used in a non lethal capacity by not shooting someone in the face.
While I've not had training on the issue, it doesn't take decades of training to know that you can incapacitate someone without killing them even if they have a weapon, which in this case he did not
You're exactly right, there is a principal involved in this that most people are overlooking. Even before the news broke that Usama was actually unarmed at the time, I found it very suspect that the best trained military team in the world, as the American media is telling us, was unable to capture an individual without killing him. There are any number of non lethal ways to take someone down who is armed with a weapon. But the fact now that they are telling me that he actually wasn't armed and yet they shot him in the head tells me that they were never interested in capturing him alive.
However I am fundamentally opposed to capital punishment. It has shown to not be a detererant, it doesn't bring justice only revenge (the two are not the same thing) and, most importantly in my eyes, the state doesn't have the right to kill anyone where it can be avoided.
I acknowledge that this view isn't the most popular idea right now, but historical trends are showing that capital punishment is becoming less and less acceptable and that is exactly what this was, an untried execution of a person. Whatever way you break it down, the US government acted no differently to a gang in the street
Passwords should not be stored either in an encrypted state or not, a one way hash value should be generated based on the password entered, this should be then salted and then that stored on the server. Then whenever the user logs in, the hash value of what they entered should be compared with the hash value thats stored and see if that matches. If it does then bobs your uncle, you are successfully logged in. I'm furious with Sony that they stored my password in manner which could be retrieved.
I signed up for the PSN Plus mainly because of the amount of games I get because of it. Every couple of weeks there is a new PSOne game available for free for PSN Plus members. Not saying I'm not stupid for getting it but I do get something out of it.
As someone who has paid additional money for the service, I don't feel particularly hard done by to be honest. Granted I wouldn't be the most hardcore PS3 gamer, but I have been impacted by this by being unable to play during a 4 day weekend. But I understand shit does happen. I am disappointed by Sony's lack of communication of what exactly has happened or when we might possibly see it restored. I'm more annoyed about that than the outage itself. If they said it will be another week, fine I'll come back in a week. I like to have an evening planned and if I'm putting aside time to game online with my friends, I want to know whether or not the service is going to be there or not. This not knowing if I'll be able to game this weekend is frustrating and I expected more from a company the size of Sony
So if the Higgs boson weighs as much as wood... it's a witch?
Jesus who pissed in your coffee today?
I was going to mention Steam as the perfect example. This Christmas I bought at least 15 games, 10 of which I still haven't played but I bought because I know I will play it eventually. Very few games are actually worth €60 and so I usually wait for the price to come down before paying out that much money for the game. Steam's model of sales has made me buy games which I also would never have bought had it not been for the steam sale. Especially Indy games. Ive spent at least €60 in total on Indy games which I wouldn't have before mainly because they're usually too expensive for what I'm getting, or because they're fairly unknown and/or awkard to download or install. The Space Shuttle Simulator was a perfect example of a poorly thought digital distribution, I could only install the game on 1 machine. Now that I've installed Windows 7 I can't play the game anymore and I'd never buy from that company again, but if they released it on steam I would
Successful troll is successful...
Not a fan of doesn't mean I've never had it or that I don't ever have it. Sometimes a pint of beer is better. But most of the time, when I have the choice, I'll have a cider