There are ready-made systems based on many frequencies as diverse as like 433Mhz, 868Mhz, 915Mhz, 1.2GHz and more besides the 2.4-5.8Ghz range this device attacks. Also, if I am dropping a bomb, I'll just program an autopilot to do that independently from external command, thing that can be easily done with many kinds of cheap controllers so, if you are delivering the payload with a DJI Phantom for instance, yeah, should work but that's it. IMHO they should try to disable/jam the GPS but even that would not be enough if the attacker knows how to implement dead reckoning. Won't have the same precision but in this case it won't matter much I guess.
You don't have to know the application by it's name. If you need the application to, say, scan a document, you can type "scan" and you will see all the aplications that you can use for scanning.
Depends on what you call "stone age society". They indeed have a lot to grow regarding individual freedom and rights (but, hey, so does USA currently) but they have lots of money, a great schools and universities, weath is well distributed and very low crime rate.
AFAIK, what's on that list was (and still is) fully tested. If you check the page for the E6410, you see that the machine was tested with 10.04.4 64bit provided by Dell which means probably was tweaked for this machine and stock Ubuntu 11.10. Below on the page you will see also the details of the hardware (it says the model tested used nvidia graphics). Full disclaimer: I do work for Canonical but not for the testing team. What I can say for what I see and hear is they do test machines according to what is described on this list.
Canonical only certifies hardware that's sent by vendors and they usually send complete systems. There is a tab above called Component Catalog http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/ it does not have complete motherboards tough but discrete components.
Believe or not, Mark Shuttle worth does not have a car. He bikes to work. When in London he usually either bikes, takes the tube or, in case of something urgent, a taxi.
I don't think my two issues just happen to cure themselves as those were the only two times in my life that I've taken homeopathy. It is indeed possible but highly unlikely. At least in Brazil, homeopathy is treated as any other medical pratice and all the solutions have to be prescribed by a doctor. No doctor will prescribe homepathy for a problem that can be more easly cured by regular medicine or requires a quick intervention like an infection for instance.
Let me start saying this: I was cured in two different conditions (a chronic recurrent throat infection at age 9 and allergy at age 32). First time I was just a kid who had to take pills every couple hours and some drops every other day. Second time I was an adult who grew tired of trying several diffent alergy treatments that worked for sometime and them I had to start over again. Let's say it was all placebo effect - I don't disagree, it may be - but when I was 9 I didn't know squat about homeopathy it was just another kind of medicine. Placebo by proxy you may say. Perhaps. But then, why nobody talks about placebo effect releated to conventional medicine? When I developed the alergy problem every new treatment gave me some relief and I did believe I've found the cure so why the placebo effect didn't work? When I started to take homeopathy for my allergy, I couldn't care less, I tried because I've already tried everything and it was covered by my health insurance so why not? I'm not claiming this is the case but why it's so hard for people dissing homeopathy that it may actually work for reasons yet unkonwn to science? All I can say, it worked for me twice, for two different problems and in two different points of my life. It's cheap, and if it's just water, won't hurt so why not try? Even if it works by placebo effect, it works so no harm done.
Remember - Canonical was one of Shuttleworths' venture capital schemes. He thought that he could launch a new linux distro, market the heck out of it, and get his 30x payday.
There's nothing to remember because it's just not true. If Canonical were a VC scheme, he would have fled a long time ago and not continuing to support and expand the company.
It's sad how things are. Here in Brazil we had this kind of thing (detain anyone, indefinitely, without access to a lawyer, without charging them, without judicial review, just because they say that they're a terrorist threat) but it was when we were under military dictatorship.
Thieves like that are opportunists. If they can't see anything worth taking inside your car in less than 5 seconds they will go break into another. Just hide under the seats if you can.
and, as I live in Brazil, paid extra for international shipping. I wouldn't mind (much) the change if they honor my current subscription and send me the magazines I already paid for! I just sent an email demanding a refund and cancelation.
It's not what I call them that I am debating with you, I am complaining about the legality of the whole thing. By any conventions or international laws that the USA signed of those guys could not be considered soldiers. So the law/convention is wrong, fine, let's change it. But that does not give anyone the right to go against it. We can't just ignore them because we don't agree or don't fit our agendas.
I see your point but I am talking about the intention. There was never the intention to capture and try but to kill. You talk about armed soldiers but there was no declaration of war so he couldn't be considered a soldier by the Geneva Conventions. I know it is a gray area but I wish the USA had shown some higher morals by capturing and trying or at least tried to do that instead of going after a manhunt with the declared purpose of killing.
So, if someone comes to a cop in the middle of the street, say in Texas, where capital punishment still exists, and says "I killed those people found in the park yesterday", the cop should shot him dead right there? You can tell me this guy maybe crazy. I could say the same about Bin Laden and who can prove him or me right or wrong without due process? Because he said so? Because people believe in him? Because other people died for him? Due process is about following procedures and the law. Again, good riddance with him but this was murder, no more, no less.
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There are ready-made systems based on many frequencies as diverse as like 433Mhz, 868Mhz, 915Mhz, 1.2GHz and more besides the 2.4-5.8Ghz range this device attacks. Also, if I am dropping a bomb, I'll just program an autopilot to do that independently from external command, thing that can be easily done with many kinds of cheap controllers so, if you are delivering the payload with a DJI Phantom for instance, yeah, should work but that's it. IMHO they should try to disable/jam the GPS but even that would not be enough if the attacker knows how to implement dead reckoning. Won't have the same precision but in this case it won't matter much I guess.
You don't have to know the application by it's name. If you need the application to, say, scan a document, you can type "scan" and you will see all the aplications that you can use for scanning.
Depends on what you call "stone age society". They indeed have a lot to grow regarding individual freedom and rights (but, hey, so does USA currently) but they have lots of money, a great schools and universities, weath is well distributed and very low crime rate.
Yes, that's correct.
In Brazil the phones cannot be sold locked. If they are, for some reason, the seller is obligated to unlock it for free.
AFAIK, what's on that list was (and still is) fully tested. If you check the page for the E6410, you see that the machine was tested with 10.04.4 64bit provided by Dell which means probably was tweaked for this machine and stock Ubuntu 11.10. Below on the page you will see also the details of the hardware (it says the model tested used nvidia graphics).
Full disclaimer: I do work for Canonical but not for the testing team. What I can say for what I see and hear is they do test machines according to what is described on this list.
Canonical only certifies hardware that's sent by vendors and they usually send complete systems. There is a tab above called Component Catalog http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/ it does not have complete motherboards tough but discrete components.
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/ shows desktops and servers classified by vendor, distro, etc
Maybe a board with more ways to interface with the real world like the Snowball?
Believe or not, Mark Shuttle worth does not have a car. He bikes to work. When in London he usually either bikes, takes the tube or, in case of something urgent, a taxi.
I don't think my two issues just happen to cure themselves as those were the only two times in my life that I've taken homeopathy. It is indeed possible but highly unlikely.
At least in Brazil, homeopathy is treated as any other medical pratice and all the solutions have to be prescribed by a doctor. No doctor will prescribe homepathy for a problem that can be more easly cured by regular medicine or requires a quick intervention like an infection for instance.
Let me start saying this: I was cured in two different conditions (a chronic recurrent throat infection at age 9 and allergy at age 32). First time I was just a kid who had to take pills every couple hours and some drops every other day. Second time I was an adult who grew tired of trying several diffent alergy treatments that worked for sometime and them I had to start over again. Let's say it was all placebo effect - I don't disagree, it may be - but when I was 9 I didn't know squat about homeopathy it was just another kind of medicine. Placebo by proxy you may say. Perhaps. But then, why nobody talks about placebo effect releated to conventional medicine? When I developed the alergy problem every new treatment gave me some relief and I did believe I've found the cure so why the placebo effect didn't work? When I started to take homeopathy for my allergy, I couldn't care less, I tried because I've already tried everything and it was covered by my health insurance so why not?
I'm not claiming this is the case but why it's so hard for people dissing homeopathy that it may actually work for reasons yet unkonwn to science?
All I can say, it worked for me twice, for two different problems and in two different points of my life. It's cheap, and if it's just water, won't hurt so why not try? Even if it works by placebo effect, it works so no harm done.
I suggest this Firefox extension. Works quite well for me.
Remember - Canonical was one of Shuttleworths' venture capital schemes. He thought that he could launch a new linux distro, market the heck out of it, and get his 30x payday.
There's nothing to remember because it's just not true. If Canonical were a VC scheme, he would have fled a long time ago and not continuing to support and expand the company.
... just look at the source oh, wait...
It's sad how things are. Here in Brazil we had this kind of thing (detain anyone, indefinitely, without access to a lawyer, without charging them, without judicial review, just because they say that they're a terrorist threat) but it was when we were under military dictatorship.
Thieves like that are opportunists. If they can't see anything worth taking inside your car in less than 5 seconds they will go break into another. Just hide under the seats if you can.
and, as I live in Brazil, paid extra for international shipping.
I wouldn't mind (much) the change if they honor my current subscription and send me the magazines I already paid for! I just sent an email demanding a refund and cancelation.
It's users have no privacy, no real opt-out, no right to it's own content.
Here comes Jellyzilla!
Anonymous already denied it and, AFAIK, they don't do sneaky attacks and do not steal personal info.
It's not what I call them that I am debating with you, I am complaining about the legality of the whole thing. By any conventions or international laws that the USA signed of those guys could not be considered soldiers. So the law/convention is wrong, fine, let's change it. But that does not give anyone the right to go against it. We can't just ignore them because we don't agree or don't fit our agendas.
I'm not saying this might happened and I'm not saying they were wrong doing it. What I am against is the whole "hunt and kill" from the start.
I see your point but I am talking about the intention. There was never the intention to capture and try but to kill. You talk about armed soldiers but there was no declaration of war so he couldn't be considered a soldier by the Geneva Conventions.
I know it is a gray area but I wish the USA had shown some higher morals by capturing and trying or at least tried to do that instead of going after a manhunt with the declared purpose of killing.
So, if someone comes to a cop in the middle of the street, say in Texas, where capital punishment still exists, and says "I killed those people found in the park yesterday", the cop should shot him dead right there? You can tell me this guy maybe crazy. I could say the same about Bin Laden and who can prove him or me right or wrong without due process? Because he said so? Because people believe in him? Because other people died for him?
Due process is about following procedures and the law.
Again, good riddance with him but this was murder, no more, no less.