Wiki helps sometimes. It can be done, just not efficiently. As long as the amount of power received is greater than the cost to keep the devices afloat, it'll be acceptable. Now, whether the net result is better than other options is highly debatable.
It's used to authenticate users into financial institutions. I'd call that a security system. It's true, though, that CAPTCHA is used far more often for anti-spam.
Every traffic stop is backed up by the threat of deadly force being used against you. There is always a threat from the police.
Take off your tin foil hat, this is a load of bullshit. As analogy, every time you get a donut from the bakery, there's a thread of force. After all, the baker could pull out his bread knife and come after you. Hell, he might have a concealed weapons permit and being carrying better hardware than the police. Just because police are issued weapons and the authority to arrest you doesn't make them anymore dangerous than anyone else out there. At least, the police are charged with protecting you and have the training to help make right decisions. Sure, there will be bad examples (certain racial cases come to mind), but that's not the percentage and, I'd argue, a much smaller percentage than the wacko civilians out there.
I'm not saying there's not an ulterior motive by the question, but then again I don't honestly believe that cops are out to get me. Are they trying to trick the unwary into admitting to possession of illegal items? Perhaps, and maybe with stupid people (those with the said illegal items) will actually answer. I have no such guilt and therefore answer honestly, and it has paid off in the two times I got stopped in the last 15 years. I got a warning, a thank-you for my honesty, and sent on my way in less than 10 minutes. Both times were Florida State Troopers, if it matters.
However, coercion is a specific word. It's a way to spin things to make the cops look bad, and it's the wrong term. Cops holding a gun and the power to arrest is an implict threat, yes, but then so is the fact I could have a hidden weapon under my seat and be a psycopathic serial killer. Regardless, don't let the logical fallacy steer you away from the discussion. You have the right not to answer, so don't, if it suits you. It hasn't suited me and I have experience to back up my judgment of being helpful to the police. Rather than being helpful, people in this thread are advocating being a dick and a complete and utter asshole, going so far as to cover up for criminals. See someone get murdered in front of you? Keep it to yourself. I mean, WTF? Seriously? If one of my kids got murdered in the street, I would hope that anyone who saw something with speak up. Wouldn't you?
Right there you admit that the police will act differently toward silent citizens even if those citizens have every right to remain silent. THAT is the problem. That is coercion and it happens as a routine part of current policing.
It's not coercion unless there's usage of force or threats. Otherwise, it's simply rewarding honest behavior. When the cop pulls you over, do they ask "Tell me what you did wrong or I'll give you a ticket?" No, no they don't.
All this story does is give free press to a raving lunatic who should probably be locked up for murder and drug trafficking. At a minimum, the cases against him should be tried.
Sure, they should make a movie about Tesla, but that doesn't change the fact that a movie about Jobs is worthwhile. It just needs to be an accurate representation of Jobs.
If this story is legit, then the dumbfuck Brian should get a misdemeanor for tampering with evidence. His blog is proof that he knows it's evidence, so ignorance (not even normally allowed anyway) is no excuse.
This is no longer true. Aviators can have surgery, but they just need a Flight Surgeon waiver. Nowadays, that'll probably be pretty easy, especially considering the shortage.
But, can it fly with 1km of power cable hanging off it? My guess is about 125g / m, but even 1/5th that you can get 25g / m or 25kg of additional weight. That's as much as my 9yo son and I'm pretty sure the current rig couldn't lift him. Where are my numbers wrong or do you really think this is doable? I realize the flight time of current batteries is low, but there aren't many other options. Perhaps supplemented with solar energy or at worst a gas-power motor with an alternator.
Well, I could see a separate copter unit with a whole lot of batteries. It would tend to become the center piece. A special slot would then allow it to recharge other copters as needed in a distributed power array. This copter unit probably doesn't even need propellers, though I'm unsure if the others could lift it easily. There are a lot of cool extensions to this, and it'll be interesting to see the practical applications.
NEW Mexico. Apparently though this is a common mistake even for Americans. A friend of mine from NM and I went to a restaurant while attending a conference in San Diego. We were talking with the waitress and she asks where we're from. He says New Mexico and she replies, "Wow, you speak really good English!" !@$*
Your example makes no sense as it doesn't relate to the story. If you as an organization do something wrong, the judge wouldn't do anything except authorize a search warrant, at which point the police will take everything they can find. If you try to hide/destory/whatever, you face significant punishments, above and beyond whatever else they can prove. What's happening here, however, is that MIT is trying to block release of documents from the Secret Service, not themselves. MIT doesn't have those files.
So here are the results. As I write this, it's currently +5 Funny. Honestly, this is the intent, regardless of whether you believe me or not. So, we can say from this single sample point (obviously insufficient for true science) that the/. moderation system works! Here, however, are the moderations on this post:
Initial Karma: +2
Informative: +1, +1, -1 (user posted), +1; Total = +2
Funny: +1, +1, +1; Total = +3
Offtopic: -1
Flamebait: -1
Insightful: +1
Oddly, no troll moderations, but I assume that's because the person who chose flamebait didn't understand the difference. I am a little surprised at the Informative moderation. Do people not realize that you cannot set the default maps for apps to launch? to launch Google Maps (or anything else) an app would have to specifically configure it.
Troll or funny? I'm interested to see which. I guess we can call this a binary poll (assuming no one marks it as interesting or anything else). However, I bet it's more informative and interesting than the silly polls we have going now.
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The remaining 77% spend it in their mom's basement.
Wiki helps sometimes. It can be done, just not efficiently. As long as the amount of power received is greater than the cost to keep the devices afloat, it'll be acceptable. Now, whether the net result is better than other options is highly debatable.
I bet there isn't as much crapware on the phone as there is on that fucking IT World website.
It's used to authenticate users into financial institutions. I'd call that a security system. It's true, though, that CAPTCHA is used far more often for anti-spam.
Every traffic stop is backed up by the threat of deadly force being used against you. There is always a threat from the police.
Take off your tin foil hat, this is a load of bullshit. As analogy, every time you get a donut from the bakery, there's a thread of force. After all, the baker could pull out his bread knife and come after you. Hell, he might have a concealed weapons permit and being carrying better hardware than the police. Just because police are issued weapons and the authority to arrest you doesn't make them anymore dangerous than anyone else out there. At least, the police are charged with protecting you and have the training to help make right decisions. Sure, there will be bad examples (certain racial cases come to mind), but that's not the percentage and, I'd argue, a much smaller percentage than the wacko civilians out there.
I'm not saying there's not an ulterior motive by the question, but then again I don't honestly believe that cops are out to get me. Are they trying to trick the unwary into admitting to possession of illegal items? Perhaps, and maybe with stupid people (those with the said illegal items) will actually answer. I have no such guilt and therefore answer honestly, and it has paid off in the two times I got stopped in the last 15 years. I got a warning, a thank-you for my honesty, and sent on my way in less than 10 minutes. Both times were Florida State Troopers, if it matters.
However, coercion is a specific word. It's a way to spin things to make the cops look bad, and it's the wrong term. Cops holding a gun and the power to arrest is an implict threat, yes, but then so is the fact I could have a hidden weapon under my seat and be a psycopathic serial killer. Regardless, don't let the logical fallacy steer you away from the discussion. You have the right not to answer, so don't, if it suits you. It hasn't suited me and I have experience to back up my judgment of being helpful to the police. Rather than being helpful, people in this thread are advocating being a dick and a complete and utter asshole, going so far as to cover up for criminals. See someone get murdered in front of you? Keep it to yourself. I mean, WTF? Seriously? If one of my kids got murdered in the street, I would hope that anyone who saw something with speak up. Wouldn't you?
Yeah, because Slashdot verifies sources?
Right there you admit that the police will act differently toward silent citizens even if those citizens have every right to remain silent. THAT is the problem. That is coercion and it happens as a routine part of current policing.
It's not coercion unless there's usage of force or threats. Otherwise, it's simply rewarding honest behavior. When the cop pulls you over, do they ask "Tell me what you did wrong or I'll give you a ticket?" No, no they don't.
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All this story does is give free press to a raving lunatic who should probably be locked up for murder and drug trafficking. At a minimum, the cases against him should be tried.
Last time I felt up a troll I was in traction for a week.
Why AC? Just no /. account or are you expecting retribution?
Sure, they should make a movie about Tesla, but that doesn't change the fact that a movie about Jobs is worthwhile. It just needs to be an accurate representation of Jobs.
Use a deterministic garbage collector.
If this story is legit, then the dumbfuck Brian should get a misdemeanor for tampering with evidence. His blog is proof that he knows it's evidence, so ignorance (not even normally allowed anyway) is no excuse.
I can't see this word and not think to myself, "Renew! Renew!"
3. cant have eye surgery
This is no longer true. Aviators can have surgery, but they just need a Flight Surgeon waiver. Nowadays, that'll probably be pretty easy, especially considering the shortage.
But, can it fly with 1km of power cable hanging off it? My guess is about 125g / m, but even 1/5th that you can get 25g / m or 25kg of additional weight. That's as much as my 9yo son and I'm pretty sure the current rig couldn't lift him. Where are my numbers wrong or do you really think this is doable? I realize the flight time of current batteries is low, but there aren't many other options. Perhaps supplemented with solar energy or at worst a gas-power motor with an alternator.
Well, I could see a separate copter unit with a whole lot of batteries. It would tend to become the center piece. A special slot would then allow it to recharge other copters as needed in a distributed power array. This copter unit probably doesn't even need propellers, though I'm unsure if the others could lift it easily. There are a lot of cool extensions to this, and it'll be interesting to see the practical applications.
NEW Mexico. Apparently though this is a common mistake even for Americans. A friend of mine from NM and I went to a restaurant while attending a conference in San Diego. We were talking with the waitress and she asks where we're from. He says New Mexico and she replies, "Wow, you speak really good English!" !@$*
Your example makes no sense as it doesn't relate to the story. If you as an organization do something wrong, the judge wouldn't do anything except authorize a search warrant, at which point the police will take everything they can find. If you try to hide/destory/whatever, you face significant punishments, above and beyond whatever else they can prove. What's happening here, however, is that MIT is trying to block release of documents from the Secret Service, not themselves. MIT doesn't have those files.
Jesus Christ was president?
I hope this isn't the real-world beginnings of the t-Virus.
So here are the results. As I write this, it's currently +5 Funny. Honestly, this is the intent, regardless of whether you believe me or not. So, we can say from this single sample point (obviously insufficient for true science) that the /. moderation system works! Here, however, are the moderations on this post:
Oddly, no troll moderations, but I assume that's because the person who chose flamebait didn't understand the difference. I am a little surprised at the Informative moderation. Do people not realize that you cannot set the default maps for apps to launch? to launch Google Maps (or anything else) an app would have to specifically configure it.
Troll or funny? I'm interested to see which. I guess we can call this a binary poll (assuming no one marks it as interesting or anything else). However, I bet it's more informative and interesting than the silly polls we have going now.