Please get one standard consumer AP. Now put thirty laptops around it, and set people doing some web browsing on them. Observe what happens: It'll work, barely, in a radio-clean environment.
Each school building needs multiple access points. On a network of such high node density (ie, thirty laptops in one room) you can't just stick bog-standard APs up - you need a managed wireless solution capable of dynamically adjusting freqency allocation according to demand and load-balancing access points. That means high-end APs, an expensive controller, possible upgrades to the wired network to handle it. You'll also need one high-skill administrator per district, and one low-skill technician per school to handle all the regular maintanance and repair, including user tech support and making sure the filters are quickly reconfigured every time a student finds a new term that gets something inappropriate on image search.
I've done that on a small scale, building a can-crusher. It puts out such powerful magnetic field it's like a mini-EMP - at close range it disrupts recording equipment. Camera electronics crash.
But the people calling for low taxes are, by and large, far-right nutjobs. They shouldn't have to be, I agree, but it's the big problem with US politics: The two-party, two-faction system forces everyone to ally with one of the extremes. So you can't be just opposed to high taxation - well, you can, but you'll be ignored and excluded. You need to buy the whole package: Low tax, guns for all, no abortion, no gay marriage, climate change is a liberal hoax, wave the flag and God Bless America.
It doesn't matter: Life+x is required by the Berne convention, which is not quite a requirement for WTO membership, but they'd certainly penalise anyone country that defied it. No no life+x means no free-trade agreements. That could be an economic disaster.
Most countries actually set a term somewhat longer than Berne requires.
Corporate works - works-for-hire - are fixed term in the US, at 95 years. It's a bit more complicated here in the UK, and often takes a fair amount of research to figure out when something expires.
The contract with the author would require royalties anyway. Of course they could publish it without royalties after 14 years, but so could everyone else, which means other publishers would drive price down to the cost of production.
In music, most works are made under contract, so the copyright is with the label. This isn't the case in other industries. Publishing, for example. It would be most awkward for a publisher if their star author were to get hit by a car and die - the publisher would have paid them money in advance for the exclusive license, and suddenly every competitor would be able to start printing and selling the books cheap. That's why the 'life plus x' thing.
Most commercial works make the majority of their money within the first decade. Who still wants to buy the #1 hits of 2004? Only a very small number of works have the cultural staying power to still be in demand after even a decade, and those that do will make such a huge amount when new as to cover production costs easily. Why would 14 years be too short?
The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997. On a 14-year term, it would have gone out of copyright in 2011. Do you think the franchise had made enough money by then?
You could read it, if you can translate from political doublespeak. I couldn't find anything about term extension of penalties, though there is a bit in there about enforcement. As best I can try to follow the semi-english obstruction, it seems to be proposing requiring ISPs and banks to take an active role in blocking infringing websites and cutting off their funding.
These are the most annoying parts, translated as best I can from Politician:
3.2.6: Extend the blank media levy to Europe-wide, rather than country-by-country. 3.3.4: Proposes increasing 'due diligence' burden on 'all actors in the value chain.' I think this means increase ISP liability for internet piracy so they are forced to preemptively block sites providing infringing content. It also specifically talks about the role of financial institutions in ensuring infringing services are unable to do business.
Owning more than four, or offering one for sale. Much as with drugs, owning more than a quantity deemed appropriate for personal use is automatically considered intent to distribute.
A possibility, but a poor cover. If I wished to covertly develop a military supply delivery system - and I wouldn't, because there's nothing really illicit about that to justify such a cover-up - I would think disaster relief a better justification. Think of a truck loaded with a hundred of these things driving as far as it can into an area struck by earthquake, hurricane, or other natural disaster - the drones launch, fly away, seek out survivors, and drop to each one a 'three day survival pack' consisting of water, some high-energy food, antiseptic, bandages, and possibly a thermal blanket if weather requires. Just enough to keep everyone alive and well while the human rescuers clear the roads and get the long-term disaster relief workers in.
Mars has an atmosphere. Barely - atmospheric pressure is 0.006 earth-atmospheres. Maybe 0.01 if the weather is right and at a low enough point. You'd get bugger-all lift from a 'copter, quad or otherwise. Even in the nice one-third G, that thing isn't flying. It's hard enough getting something down by parachute - those rovers have to be built to take a nasty impact, because even with a huge parachute and low gravity they still hit the ground hard.
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Please get one standard consumer AP. Now put thirty laptops around it, and set people doing some web browsing on them. Observe what happens: It'll work, barely, in a radio-clean environment.
Each school building needs multiple access points. On a network of such high node density (ie, thirty laptops in one room) you can't just stick bog-standard APs up - you need a managed wireless solution capable of dynamically adjusting freqency allocation according to demand and load-balancing access points. That means high-end APs, an expensive controller, possible upgrades to the wired network to handle it. You'll also need one high-skill administrator per district, and one low-skill technician per school to handle all the regular maintanance and repair, including user tech support and making sure the filters are quickly reconfigured every time a student finds a new term that gets something inappropriate on image search.
I've done that on a small scale, building a can-crusher. It puts out such powerful magnetic field it's like a mini-EMP - at close range it disrupts recording equipment. Camera electronics crash.
Especially as I was using a spellchecker. Must have overlooked the squiggly red line as I was more focused on making sure I got 'apostrophes' right.
In event of dispute, deliver minerals to other claimant. Without controlled deceleration.
The really surprising part is he actually got all the apostrophes right. Screwed up basic grammer, but did the fiddly bit fine.
But the people calling for low taxes are, by and large, far-right nutjobs. They shouldn't have to be, I agree, but it's the big problem with US politics: The two-party, two-faction system forces everyone to ally with one of the extremes. So you can't be just opposed to high taxation - well, you can, but you'll be ignored and excluded. You need to buy the whole package: Low tax, guns for all, no abortion, no gay marriage, climate change is a liberal hoax, wave the flag and God Bless America.
It doesn't matter: Life+x is required by the Berne convention, which is not quite a requirement for WTO membership, but they'd certainly penalise anyone country that defied it. No no life+x means no free-trade agreements. That could be an economic disaster.
Most countries actually set a term somewhat longer than Berne requires.
Corporate works - works-for-hire - are fixed term in the US, at 95 years. It's a bit more complicated here in the UK, and often takes a fair amount of research to figure out when something expires.
It's awkward to transfer electronically.
The contract with the author would require royalties anyway. Of course they could publish it without royalties after 14 years, but so could everyone else, which means other publishers would drive price down to the cost of production.
Just like the DMCA over in the US: It's often used as a means of harassment.
In music, most works are made under contract, so the copyright is with the label. This isn't the case in other industries. Publishing, for example. It would be most awkward for a publisher if their star author were to get hit by a car and die - the publisher would have paid them money in advance for the exclusive license, and suddenly every competitor would be able to start printing and selling the books cheap. That's why the 'life plus x' thing.
Most commercial works make the majority of their money within the first decade. Who still wants to buy the #1 hits of 2004? Only a very small number of works have the cultural staying power to still be in demand after even a decade, and those that do will make such a huge amount when new as to cover production costs easily. Why would 14 years be too short?
The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997. On a 14-year term, it would have gone out of copyright in 2011. Do you think the franchise had made enough money by then?
It'd also be illegal. The Berne convention specifies life+term protection as a minimum.
Species is something of a meaningless concept in asexual organisms. They only get classified for the sake of convenience.
Obfuscated. Silly spellcheck.
You could read it, if you can translate from political doublespeak. I couldn't find anything about term extension of penalties, though there is a bit in there about enforcement. As best I can try to follow the semi-english obstruction, it seems to be proposing requiring ISPs and banks to take an active role in blocking infringing websites and cutting off their funding.
These are the most annoying parts, translated as best I can from Politician:
3.2.6: Extend the blank media levy to Europe-wide, rather than country-by-country.
3.3.4: Proposes increasing 'due diligence' burden on 'all actors in the value chain.' I think this means increase ISP liability for internet piracy so they are forced to preemptively block sites providing infringing content. It also specifically talks about the role of financial institutions in ensuring infringing services are unable to do business.
Owning more than four, or offering one for sale. Much as with drugs, owning more than a quantity deemed appropriate for personal use is automatically considered intent to distribute.
It's also a state where you can be imprisoned for owning a sex toy.
Texas's economic success masks the widespread archaic views of the population.
Evidence against them only makes them stronger.
I've been using Scientific Linux because it was slightly more up-to-date than CentOS at the time I installed my server.
A possibility, but a poor cover. If I wished to covertly develop a military supply delivery system - and I wouldn't, because there's nothing really illicit about that to justify such a cover-up - I would think disaster relief a better justification. Think of a truck loaded with a hundred of these things driving as far as it can into an area struck by earthquake, hurricane, or other natural disaster - the drones launch, fly away, seek out survivors, and drop to each one a 'three day survival pack' consisting of water, some high-energy food, antiseptic, bandages, and possibly a thermal blanket if weather requires. Just enough to keep everyone alive and well while the human rescuers clear the roads and get the long-term disaster relief workers in.
Mars has an atmosphere. Barely - atmospheric pressure is 0.006 earth-atmospheres. Maybe 0.01 if the weather is right and at a low enough point. You'd get bugger-all lift from a 'copter, quad or otherwise. Even in the nice one-third G, that thing isn't flying. It's hard enough getting something down by parachute - those rovers have to be built to take a nasty impact, because even with a huge parachute and low gravity they still hit the ground hard.