There are many factors that should be taken into account in sentencing. The risk of reoffending, difficulty of rehabilitation, the extent to which the sentence acts to dissuade others from carrying out the same crime. Satisfying the victim's desire for vengence is not one of these. Punishment for punishment's sake is not justice, however much it makes people feel better.
You've clearly never had to talk someone through configuring a port forward on their router so that a file transfer over IM could work, or so they could host a game server. NAT mostly works, but it turns a lot of things that should 'just work' into a need to fiddle around with the router config.
They are already having some difficulties. Cars are a lot more complicated than they used to be, and getting more so. That means even simple repairs on anything other than the body involve a fair amount of computer work. Want to replace the air filter? Ok. Want to replace it with a slightly different one for performance tuning purposes? The ECU is configured for the stock part, and you can't reprogram it to utilise one with lower flow resistance unless you purchase the manufacturer's highly-specialised cable and software, and even then they might not allow it to be flashed with details for non-standard parts. You can't swap the gearbox because the old one has a link to the vehicle network in order to report the current gear selection and output angular speed to the ECU, and you'll struggle to find another that speaks the same protocol - assuming there isn't a deliberate anti-tamper in place that disables the vehicle if it detects an unauthorised serial number, and again requires reconfiguring using the expensive specialised tool.
Everyone on Slashdot has seen the situation with computer technology in recent years: They are not built to be repairable. Locked-down firmware, more parts being soldered to the mainboard to bring costs and size down, and the rise of devices like tablets that deliberately render low-level access impossible so the user is confined to running only what the manufacturer permits. Same story in automotive, just a few years behind.
It took all the force the Federation could assemble to hold off one borg cube in TNG, and they barely managed. Voyager went through them like a hot knife through butter.
That depends how hard you can throw them. The ISS orbits at 7.8KM/s. A quick google shows the highest-velocity tank guns can fire at 1.7KM/s. Modify for vacuum and aim it retro and you should be able to de-orbit your brick. Aiming might be tricky though, as no active guidance system is withstanding that much acceleration - if you want precision you'd be better off just using a small rocket.
If you blow it into tiny pieces, you up the cross-section-to-mass ratio. The ISS orbits low - there's still a slight atmospheric drag. Things will come down, and small things faster.
It's impossible to introduce any new transport-layer protocols now, because the vast majority of connected devices are behind at least one layer of NAT, and that means transport protocols can only work if the router support them. We're stuck with TCP and UDP, and no chance of deploying any potentially better alternatives.
That doesn't solve the problem. The FBI can simply fire or transfer elsewhere anyone who doesn't lean towards positive matches. It wouldn't take long for the experts to realise that saying yes a lot is good for their careers, but expressing doubt in court is going to lead to no more court appearances and a demotion to lab tech.
You seem to forget just how useless search engines were before Google. I remember using some, and they were utter rubbish. Google shot to success in their early days because they had the better algorithms: If you searched with them you'd probably find what you wanted on page one, not page twenty-five.
Specify search areas: [X] Public internet index. [ ] Torrent sites only. [ ] File database of dubious legality. [ ] Archive of device drivers that actually work. [ ] The Dark Web, whatever that is. [ ] Data sheets and manuals.
They interface directly to the PCI-E. No storage controller in between. For maximum performance - few SATA or SAS controllers could keep up with a high-end SSD. A 'multibay drive chassis' is just to fit as many PCIE-M2 converters as you have PCIE slots.
It still uses the AHCI bodge - think of it as a 'fake' SATA controller that gives the OS something supported to boot from. Some drives on PCI-E use NVMe which is even higher performance, but not this one, because not all common OSs support it.
It's a rocket engine with 'turbopumps!' And 3D printing!
Ok, de-hyped version: Rocket engines consume huge amounts of fuel. Getting fuel from tanks to engines needs pumps, which usually need their own mini-engines. This design uses electric pumps, saving weight and complexity. They are using 3D printed parts, including titanium, because it lets them iterate through design refinements quickly. The engines themselves still burn fuel as normal, they just weigh less.
Indeed. Look through the submittor's history though: Similar stories about upcoming product releases of PCIe SSDs from HGST, Intel and Samsung. More interesting is that every story he submits is from hothardware.com - MojoKid is either a very loyal reader, or he works for them.
The spectacle is half-successful: There is much coverage of him landing, but few articles actually mention why he was there or the petitions he was carrying. I think a lot of editors are reluctant to be seen 'endorsing' the stunt by giving him the type of publicity he wants.
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There are many factors that should be taken into account in sentencing. The risk of reoffending, difficulty of rehabilitation, the extent to which the sentence acts to dissuade others from carrying out the same crime. Satisfying the victim's desire for vengence is not one of these. Punishment for punishment's sake is not justice, however much it makes people feel better.
Perhaps true, but he threatened a much longer term to get the plea. Legal intimidation.
One government department is often working in direct opposition to another. This is especially true in the US.
You've clearly never had to talk someone through configuring a port forward on their router so that a file transfer over IM could work, or so they could host a game server. NAT mostly works, but it turns a lot of things that should 'just work' into a need to fiddle around with the router config.
That 'simple nmap scan' is 2^48 addresses. You can't scan entire IP ranges on IPv6, you have to harvest addresses by other means.
They are already having some difficulties. Cars are a lot more complicated than they used to be, and getting more so. That means even simple repairs on anything other than the body involve a fair amount of computer work. Want to replace the air filter? Ok. Want to replace it with a slightly different one for performance tuning purposes? The ECU is configured for the stock part, and you can't reprogram it to utilise one with lower flow resistance unless you purchase the manufacturer's highly-specialised cable and software, and even then they might not allow it to be flashed with details for non-standard parts. You can't swap the gearbox because the old one has a link to the vehicle network in order to report the current gear selection and output angular speed to the ECU, and you'll struggle to find another that speaks the same protocol - assuming there isn't a deliberate anti-tamper in place that disables the vehicle if it detects an unauthorised serial number, and again requires reconfiguring using the expensive specialised tool.
Everyone on Slashdot has seen the situation with computer technology in recent years: They are not built to be repairable. Locked-down firmware, more parts being soldered to the mainboard to bring costs and size down, and the rise of devices like tablets that deliberately render low-level access impossible so the user is confined to running only what the manufacturer permits. Same story in automotive, just a few years behind.
But the technology does.
It took all the force the Federation could assemble to hold off one borg cube in TNG, and they barely managed. Voyager went through them like a hot knife through butter.
I thought of the same idea - except my version uses a giant can of expanding foam. Just easier to package.
That depends how hard you can throw them. The ISS orbits at 7.8KM/s. A quick google shows the highest-velocity tank guns can fire at 1.7KM/s. Modify for vacuum and aim it retro and you should be able to de-orbit your brick. Aiming might be tricky though, as no active guidance system is withstanding that much acceleration - if you want precision you'd be better off just using a small rocket.
If you blow it into tiny pieces, you up the cross-section-to-mass ratio. The ISS orbits low - there's still a slight atmospheric drag. Things will come down, and small things faster.
They just want to get rid of fake fake likes, because they devalue their real fake likes.
It's impossible to introduce any new transport-layer protocols now, because the vast majority of connected devices are behind at least one layer of NAT, and that means transport protocols can only work if the router support them. We're stuck with TCP and UDP, and no chance of deploying any potentially better alternatives.
Bring on IPv6! Coming soon since 1998.
No, and no more than usual.
That doesn't solve the problem. The FBI can simply fire or transfer elsewhere anyone who doesn't lean towards positive matches. It wouldn't take long for the experts to realise that saying yes a lot is good for their careers, but expressing doubt in court is going to lead to no more court appearances and a demotion to lab tech.
You seem to forget just how useless search engines were before Google. I remember using some, and they were utter rubbish. Google shot to success in their early days because they had the better algorithms: If you searched with them you'd probably find what you wanted on page one, not page twenty-five.
Specify search areas:
[X] Public internet index.
[ ] Torrent sites only.
[ ] File database of dubious legality.
[ ] Archive of device drivers that actually work.
[ ] The Dark Web, whatever that is.
[ ] Data sheets and manuals.
They interface directly to the PCI-E. No storage controller in between. For maximum performance - few SATA or SAS controllers could keep up with a high-end SSD. A 'multibay drive chassis' is just to fit as many PCIE-M2 converters as you have PCIE slots.
It still uses the AHCI bodge - think of it as a 'fake' SATA controller that gives the OS something supported to boot from. Some drives on PCI-E use NVMe which is even higher performance, but not this one, because not all common OSs support it.
And they need to be at least big enough to obstruct an adjacent expansion slot.
It's a rocket engine with 'turbopumps!' And 3D printing!
Ok, de-hyped version: Rocket engines consume huge amounts of fuel. Getting fuel from tanks to engines needs pumps, which usually need their own mini-engines. This design uses electric pumps, saving weight and complexity. They are using 3D printed parts, including titanium, because it lets them iterate through design refinements quickly. The engines themselves still burn fuel as normal, they just weigh less.
Indeed. Look through the submittor's history though: Similar stories about upcoming product releases of PCIe SSDs from HGST, Intel and Samsung. More interesting is that every story he submits is from hothardware.com - MojoKid is either a very loyal reader, or he works for them.
No matter what they can and can't do, Alabama will just ignore them anyway.
The spectacle is half-successful: There is much coverage of him landing, but few articles actually mention why he was there or the petitions he was carrying. I think a lot of editors are reluctant to be seen 'endorsing' the stunt by giving him the type of publicity he wants.
Sometimes they like to look at other countries so they can feel superior.
He already is Oprah's spawn: He started out by doing a segment on Oprah, but was so popular the studio decided to give him his own show.