The next generation may be the one that grows up without very expensively produced music.
FTFY.
Humans will have music for as long as we can find something to bang on rhythmically. But, in the future, most production will probably happen in small and home studios, as opposed to the monolithic labels owned by RIAA members.
You could have a look at the ATLAS-I machine built at Sandia in the 70's, they used it for simulated EMP testing. 200 gigawatts @ 10 megavolts, focused at ~50 m distance.
That's good to know, in case that DeLorean I built runs out of juice in 1976... again.
You fail to explain why covering it HERE is better than the massive coverage it already gets elsewhere
Slashdot is a news aggregate. If you're looking for fresh, hot-off-the-presses breaking stories, you are in the wrong place.
I would say a good reason for covering it here is the opportunity for intelligent discourse about the topic that one would not find on other news sites.
Don't like it? Start your own new aggregation website.
Anyone old enough to have at least a 10th grade education should know why Nelson Mandela was an important person, and why his death is relevant to everyone on the planet.
I think the threat of using a dirty bomb is more effective than actually deploying it; i.e., "Fuck with us again, and we'll irradiate everything you ever cared about, Federales."
Sure, an unlikely circumstance, but not impossible.
Oh, yea, you've got nothing on ol' Captain Cynical here. I make Wally from Dilbert look positively human.
Seriously, though, the problem isn't getting one Congresscritter to work this issue: we already have several very dedicated champions in Congress carrying the banner of email privacy on principle.
The problem is that it takes a LOT of Members to get anything done. In particular, we need the leadership in both chambers -- which means Democrats AND Republicans -- to make it a priority. If we can't get 100,000 signatures, why should they?
Fair enough; I'll sign your petition, and forward a copy to my own 'pet' representatives. Good luck in your endeavors.
I would imagine one necessity of keeping track of who's who (i.e. authentication) is so people can receiving incoming calls and texts.
Since I am not crazy about the tracking aspect of cell phones, I would like if you could put them into a "stealth" mode where they don't exchange any information unless you initiate a call. You could whitelist certain places to sync up all your texts and emails opportunistically, like your home and office.
I realize you could already accomplish this by simply putting the phone in airplane mode all the time (well, I think so), but the whitelisting is the important part.
Question: If I used Redphone for calls, TextSecure for SMS messaging, and GNUPG encryption on my email, would there be a need for the whitelisting?
Hmm, an IS person doesn't know anything about IS conditions, and someone who isn't denies the conditions exist, and won't do the most basic research?
Wow. Just, wow.
Oh, so I guess being black automatically makes a person know everything there is to know about, say, sickle-cell anemia? And autistic kids, they know everything there is to know about autism, right?
Just because you're a minority doesn't give you the right to be a bigot, you know. Well, no more than anyone else.
FTR, I never said you "didn't know anything" about the topic, I disagreed with how you, subjectively, classify XX-male and XY-female syndrome. A sentiment to which you immediately attacked me over, rather than so much as attempting to engage in intelligent discourse. That's on you, not me.
Getting a smart mouth, throwing out ad hominems and out-right lies about what I said don't strengthen your position, they weaken it.
Ransom some hostages, try and sell it to terrorist groups, use it as leverage against other politicians, use it to build a dirty bomb and hold an entire population hostage, sell it to their buddies in the cartel, or one of the roving militias...
Just because you failed to think of any possible circumstances doesn't mean there aren't any.
You're talking about people who, regularly, kidnap whole busloads of people, brutally torture them, then leave the mutilated corpses on public display.
Do you really think monsters like that wouldn't be able to find a use for a dirty bomb?
Good if they had, since now you're likely to see the death toll among the nefarious rise as well. They don't normally become thieves or terrorists because they got bored being rocket scientists.
Sure, and you don't get to be as large and powerful as the drug cartels by being idiots.
You employ idiots, and make them do all the dangerous, stupid work... like stealing radioactive material.
Much worse would've been opening up the container and distributing the cobalt-60 to friends and relatives as a sort of precious mineral. Since they had no idea what they were dealing with, I doubt they'd have any idea of how to actual sell it. You can't just walk over to a terrorist group's front yard and say "I got some cobalt-60 for sale, any takers?"
If the situation is indeed "two dumb criminals knock over the wrong armored truck," then yea.
However, it's equally plausible that the situation was "two dumb farmers forced by the Zeta cartel to knock over an armored truck, started getting sick while taking the loot back, then dropped it and ran into the desert."
We don't have enough facts about this story to reach a logical conclusion.
Considering the White House's.... less than amicable responses to previous petitions, what makes you think yours will make a difference? Do you honestly think you'll get a straight answer from the Liar-in-Chief's staff (because we all know he sure as hell isn't writing the responses)? Other than a rote re-iteration of the law as it's written today, that is.
Right, because it's not like there's a plethora of criminal organizations in Mexico already, that they could have walked the material to. No drug cartels, no corrupt local officials, nope, none, nada.
That explains the snarky, bitchy, holier-than-thou attitude from pseudo-intellectuals who think they know what they're talking about, but are, in reality, completely off-base. Lord help y'all actually help someone else and educate yourself in the process; no, no, gotta keep that 3rd grade, false sense of intellectual superiority "Well, I know all about it, but I'm not gonna tell you.:P"
For reference, the vehicles that have been built for riot control using RF radiation (which obviously put out much less power than an EMP, otherwise they wouldn't be usable in cities) have charge-up times of more than a day, and they're probably supplied by 480V three-phase at several hundred amps.
Citation?
Not being an argumentative dick, just want to see what you're talking about... sounds kinda cool.
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The next generation may be the one that grows up without very expensively produced music.
FTFY.
Humans will have music for as long as we can find something to bang on rhythmically. But, in the future, most production will probably happen in small and home studios, as opposed to the monolithic labels owned by RIAA members.
You could have a look at the ATLAS-I machine built at Sandia in the 70's, they used it for simulated EMP testing. 200 gigawatts @ 10 megavolts, focused at ~50 m distance.
That's good to know, in case that DeLorean I built runs out of juice in 1976... again.
You fail to explain why covering it HERE is better than the massive coverage it already gets elsewhere
Slashdot is a news aggregate. If you're looking for fresh, hot-off-the-presses breaking stories, you are in the wrong place.
I would say a good reason for covering it here is the opportunity for intelligent discourse about the topic that one would not find on other news sites.
Don't like it? Start your own new aggregation website.
Preferably with blackjack, and hookers.
How is this relevant on /.? I mean no disrespect
Well, you've shown it, intentionally or not.
Anyone old enough to have at least a 10th grade education should know why Nelson Mandela was an important person, and why his death is relevant to everyone on the planet.
IMO.
Oh, it's a 10(british-pound) indicator LED.
..,. made from less than 5 PetroDollars worth of parts.
Butbutbut... HID firmware on an AtTiny85!
Yea, not impressed. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
Sure, because your cellphone is still associating with the nearest cell (i.e. tracking you) so that information can be pushed to you.
OK, that's what I was wanting to know, thanks.
I think the threat of using a dirty bomb is more effective than actually deploying it; i.e., "Fuck with us again, and we'll irradiate everything you ever cared about, Federales."
Sure, an unlikely circumstance, but not impossible.
Wow, and I thought I was jaded!
Oh, yea, you've got nothing on ol' Captain Cynical here. I make Wally from Dilbert look positively human.
Seriously, though, the problem isn't getting one Congresscritter to work this issue: we already have several very dedicated champions in Congress carrying the banner of email privacy on principle.
The problem is that it takes a LOT of Members to get anything done. In particular, we need the leadership in both chambers -- which means Democrats AND Republicans -- to make it a priority. If we can't get 100,000 signatures, why should they?
Fair enough; I'll sign your petition, and forward a copy to my own 'pet' representatives. Good luck in your endeavors.
I would imagine one necessity of keeping track of who's who (i.e. authentication) is so people can receiving incoming calls and texts.
Since I am not crazy about the tracking aspect of cell phones, I would like if you could put them into a "stealth" mode where they don't exchange any information unless you initiate a call. You could whitelist certain places to sync up all your texts and emails opportunistically, like your home and office.
I realize you could already accomplish this by simply putting the phone in airplane mode all the time (well, I think so), but the whitelisting is the important part.
Question: If I used Redphone for calls, TextSecure for SMS messaging, and GNUPG encryption on my email, would there be a need for the whitelisting?
Hmm, an IS person doesn't know anything about IS conditions, and someone who isn't denies the conditions exist, and won't do the most basic research?
Wow. Just, wow.
Oh, so I guess being black automatically makes a person know everything there is to know about, say, sickle-cell anemia? And autistic kids, they know everything there is to know about autism, right?
Just because you're a minority doesn't give you the right to be a bigot, you know. Well, no more than anyone else.
FTR, I never said you "didn't know anything" about the topic, I disagreed with how you, subjectively, classify XX-male and XY-female syndrome. A sentiment to which you immediately attacked me over, rather than so much as attempting to engage in intelligent discourse. That's on you, not me.
Getting a smart mouth, throwing out ad hominems and out-right lies about what I said don't strengthen your position, they weaken it.
Ransom some hostages, try and sell it to terrorist groups, use it as leverage against other politicians, use it to build a dirty bomb and hold an entire population hostage, sell it to their buddies in the cartel, or one of the roving militias...
Just because you failed to think of any possible circumstances doesn't mean there aren't any.
You're talking about people who, regularly, kidnap whole busloads of people, brutally torture them, then leave the mutilated corpses on public display.
Do you really think monsters like that wouldn't be able to find a use for a dirty bomb?
Good if they had, since now you're likely to see the death toll among the nefarious rise as well. They don't normally become thieves or terrorists because they got bored being rocket scientists.
Sure, and you don't get to be as large and powerful as the drug cartels by being idiots.
You employ idiots, and make them do all the dangerous, stupid work... like stealing radioactive material.
Well, I appreciate your enthusiasm and am happy to help as much as I can, even though I doubt it'll do a lick of good.
You'd be more effective fundraising and buying your own congresscritter, like the mega-corps do.
Much worse would've been opening up the container and distributing the cobalt-60 to friends and relatives as a sort of precious mineral. Since they had no idea what they were dealing with, I doubt they'd have any idea of how to actual sell it. You can't just walk over to a terrorist group's front yard and say "I got some cobalt-60 for sale, any takers?"
If the situation is indeed "two dumb criminals knock over the wrong armored truck," then yea.
However, it's equally plausible that the situation was "two dumb farmers forced by the Zeta cartel to knock over an armored truck, started getting sick while taking the loot back, then dropped it and ran into the desert."
We don't have enough facts about this story to reach a logical conclusion.
Stay out of the Midwest, too. The last thing we need is more McMillionaires coming here and driving up the cost of living.
See exhibits (a), (b).
That would be a stronger point if not for the fact that they continue the habit of piss-poor grammar throughout the entire summary.
Considering the White House's.... less than amicable responses to previous petitions, what makes you think yours will make a difference? Do you honestly think you'll get a straight answer from the Liar-in-Chief's staff (because we all know he sure as hell isn't writing the responses)? Other than a rote re-iteration of the law as it's written today, that is.
Right, because it's not like there's a plethora of criminal organizations in Mexico already, that they could have walked the material to. No drug cartels, no corrupt local officials, nope, none, nada.
They could have lived long enough to sell the material to someone nefarious.
So you'd better really like your passenger.
but then, this is /.
That explains the snarky, bitchy, holier-than-thou attitude from pseudo-intellectuals who think they know what they're talking about, but are, in reality, completely off-base. Lord help y'all actually help someone else and educate yourself in the process; no, no, gotta keep that 3rd grade, false sense of intellectual superiority "Well, I know all about it, but I'm not gonna tell you. :P"
For reference, the vehicles that have been built for riot control using RF radiation (which obviously put out much less power than an EMP, otherwise they wouldn't be usable in cities) have charge-up times of more than a day, and they're probably supplied by 480V three-phase at several hundred amps.
Citation?
Not being an argumentative dick, just want to see what you're talking about... sounds kinda cool.
For the love of FSM, learn to read the post you're responding to before you click that Submit button.
Because, if you go back and look, it's obvious I'm talking about the Honda S660, not the Porsche.
Google get a clue.
Ooh, a personal attack, right out of the gate.
Well, that pretty much guarantees that the rest of your post isn't worth reading, now doesn't it?