The graphics firmware blob and driver module are the only non-free pieces of code in there. The rest of the software is all open-source, and even the schematics (Though not the multi-layered PCB layout) have been published. Very useful schematics too - they show you which polyfuse needs briging if you want any hope of powering a USB hard drive.
We did extend the term recently, but only for music - the EU passed a directive in 2011 extending the term from fifty years to seventy. It was passed as a result of intensive lobbying from the music industry spurred by many classic works of rock and pop music nearing expiration, most significantly the early music of the Beatles. The term extension only applies to music though, so the Dr Who situation isn't affected.
I don't know how the situation works with music embedded within a TV broadcast though, like the famous title theme.
By more cynical. They don't need to play fair. There is a very well-established political tradition of circumventing court decisions by passing laws which achieve the desired outcome but via indirect means.
Some examples: - Courts rule that cities cannot pass laws prohibiting registered sex offenders from residence, as this would constitute a cruel and unusual punishment for those who have already served their court ordered sentences. Legislature instead passes laws imposing intentionally impossible reporting requirements, or mandating sex offenders inform all their neighbours so a lynch mob can be assembled, or pass 'exclusion zones' that overlap to cover entire cities. - Just about anything relating to abortion in the US.
In this case, I can see a number of possibilities by which the courts could be dodged: - Government contracts could be made dependant upon 'voluntary' compliance. Sure, a company might not have any real legal reguirement to hand over data... but then they'd have to turn down potentially hundreds of millions of dollars. This wouldn't work on a small company like Lavabit, but it'd make sure the Googles, Microsofts and Apples obey. - Congress could pass a new, blatantly unconstutitional law requiring handing over the information. It may well be struck down, eventually - but someone would have to pay the legal costs first, and then a new law can be passed. Eventually there will be a suitably sympathetic court, too. This happens a lot with abortion: Republicans are always passing laws at state level they know will be struck down, because doing so proves their pro-life credentials and so helps them get elected. Remember, there's no penalty for congress passing something unconstitutional, so they have little reason to worry about it. - They could pass a law requiring handing over information, but impose requirements intended to make it as difficult as possible to oppose it by classifying the orders so highly even lawyers and judges are not authorised to know of their existance. Anyone who then tried to oppose the demand would thus open themselves up personally to the risk of jail time for even telling their lawyer - and a lot of activists are all to happy to talk about their dedication, but fold like an accordian when their freedom is on the line. Judges really frown heavily upon this type of trick, but if done right then no judge will get a chance to hear about it. - Congress could just pass a law ordering courts to apply a different test than that which precident mandates. Constutitional? No. But that didn't stop them passing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. That was eventually partially struck down, but it took four years.
One thing the US government has a lot of practice at is lawyering around their own rules. It comes from being so internally divided by design. Courts, congress, state legislature, local government all trying to achieve different agendas, often opposing each other, and using any trick they can in a great political game of strategy.
YT's model is ruined by people downloading the video, rather than watching it streaming with fresh ads each time. That's why there's a constant battle between the youtube developers and various youtube downloader utilities - youtube tries to find new ways to stop them, and the downloader creators find new workaround.
Because such an MITM device could have been detected. The FBI may have the capability, but they don't want the world to know they have that capability, and use risks detection. So they'll only use such an approach when there is no other means to get the information they want.
Then congress will quickly pass a new law to overrule that precedent. They can call it the... 'PATRIOT' is taken. Maybe the 'SAFE AMERICA' act. Something with an awkward backronym, anyway.
The FBI made some fairly conventional demands. Lavabit refused, even though the law is fairly clear that they were obliged to comply. The FBI responded by making much greater and less reasonable demands. Each time Lavabit refused, the FBI just demanded even more access, probably in an effort to increase potential penalties for refusal to apply more pressure.
"Let's say that the NSA got the Verisign Root Certificate"
I am in no doubt at all that they already have it. They are just smart enough to know that widespread use would be easily noticed, so they save it only for very narrow-targeted MITM attacks.
Or better yet, we could try to get over the collective obsession with naked bodies and who is mating with whome. We're acting like a bunch of over-evolved apes.
Because the cultural double standard means the guys face considerably less shame than the girls would in the same situation. It's a rather embarrassing truth, as it reveals just how shallow the supposed commitment to equality really is, but true even so.
It's cheaper to make hydrogen from fossil fuel directly, though getting it to fuel-cell-worthy efficiency is a very tricky process - even a hint of carbon monoxide destroys fuel cells.
Splitting water has the advantage of changing production rate within seconds, making it ideal for exploiting periods of low electricity demand and thus low electricity price.
There's no voltage divider. Look at the cap. 0.47F. Not uF. F. It's an ultracap. Stores enough energy to run the GPS for a short time if main power is disconnected. The diode's function is to make sure that if main power is lost, the capacitor doesn't just put energy back into VCC. Given it's function, a low forward drop would be essential for that diode - the BAV is 0.7V, not hugely impressive. A schottky diode would do a better job.
The most effective remedy is to get people to stop pigging down pizza and fries, but every time the government tries to do something about that someone starts screaming 'nanny state!' and 'The Gubmint wants to stop parents raising their children!' That, and the corn industry has a very, very good lobby.
I managed to get through the first verse of 'still alive' on one breath, but by the end of it the edges of my vision were turning green. I recognise this as the first sign that my brain really, really would like some more oxygen, so hurried the last few words and hastily commenced breathing.
What is the 'thingie' that looks like two diodes connected to the 0.47F cap? I can see the cap itsself is a backup power supply. I can see the resistor connected to it is to limit charging current so the inrush doesn't crash other things with the voltage dip. But what is the thingie before the resistor? The symbol looks like two diodes, one of which is shorted out to effectively remove it from circuit and the other simply positioned to keep the backup power from feeding back into the main rail - but then why use this three-pin thingie rather than a simple diode to do the job? Are SMD bipolar transistors just cheaper? Because it looks like one on the board. And if that's all it is, why not use the more recognizable bipolar transistor symbol?
As the main advantage cited is compatibility with existing training software, we can probably rule out Windows RT. The Pros I can understand, they are basically just conventional PCs in tablet form factor.
No-one wants a windows RT machien though. If you gave me one, I'd ebay it - and when it didn't sell, strip it down for parts.
Would it be that hard to introduce a watertight USB connector? It's basically just a conventional USB connector with a big blob of silicone applied inside. It's also make getting the phone apart without destroying it even harder, something I'm sure manufacturers will be very happy about.
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The graphics firmware blob and driver module are the only non-free pieces of code in there. The rest of the software is all open-source, and even the schematics (Though not the multi-layered PCB layout) have been published. Very useful schematics too - they show you which polyfuse needs briging if you want any hope of powering a USB hard drive.
We did extend the term recently, but only for music - the EU passed a directive in 2011 extending the term from fifty years to seventy. It was passed as a result of intensive lobbying from the music industry spurred by many classic works of rock and pop music nearing expiration, most significantly the early music of the Beatles. The term extension only applies to music though, so the Dr Who situation isn't affected.
I don't know how the situation works with music embedded within a TV broadcast though, like the famous title theme.
By more cynical. They don't need to play fair. There is a very well-established political tradition of circumventing court decisions by passing laws which achieve the desired outcome but via indirect means.
Some examples:
- Courts rule that cities cannot pass laws prohibiting registered sex offenders from residence, as this would constitute a cruel and unusual punishment for those who have already served their court ordered sentences. Legislature instead passes laws imposing intentionally impossible reporting requirements, or mandating sex offenders inform all their neighbours so a lynch mob can be assembled, or pass 'exclusion zones' that overlap to cover entire cities.
- Just about anything relating to abortion in the US.
In this case, I can see a number of possibilities by which the courts could be dodged:
- Government contracts could be made dependant upon 'voluntary' compliance. Sure, a company might not have any real legal reguirement to hand over data... but then they'd have to turn down potentially hundreds of millions of dollars. This wouldn't work on a small company like Lavabit, but it'd make sure the Googles, Microsofts and Apples obey.
- Congress could pass a new, blatantly unconstutitional law requiring handing over the information. It may well be struck down, eventually - but someone would have to pay the legal costs first, and then a new law can be passed. Eventually there will be a suitably sympathetic court, too. This happens a lot with abortion: Republicans are always passing laws at state level they know will be struck down, because doing so proves their pro-life credentials and so helps them get elected. Remember, there's no penalty for congress passing something unconstitutional, so they have little reason to worry about it.
- They could pass a law requiring handing over information, but impose requirements intended to make it as difficult as possible to oppose it by classifying the orders so highly even lawyers and judges are not authorised to know of their existance. Anyone who then tried to oppose the demand would thus open themselves up personally to the risk of jail time for even telling their lawyer - and a lot of activists are all to happy to talk about their dedication, but fold like an accordian when their freedom is on the line. Judges really frown heavily upon this type of trick, but if done right then no judge will get a chance to hear about it.
- Congress could just pass a law ordering courts to apply a different test than that which precident mandates. Constutitional? No. But that didn't stop them passing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. That was eventually partially struck down, but it took four years.
One thing the US government has a lot of practice at is lawyering around their own rules. It comes from being so internally divided by design. Courts, congress, state legislature, local government all trying to achieve different agendas, often opposing each other, and using any trick they can in a great political game of strategy.
YT's model is ruined by people downloading the video, rather than watching it streaming with fresh ads each time. That's why there's a constant battle between the youtube developers and various youtube downloader utilities - youtube tries to find new ways to stop them, and the downloader creators find new workaround.
Because such an MITM device could have been detected. The FBI may have the capability, but they don't want the world to know they have that capability, and use risks detection. So they'll only use such an approach when there is no other means to get the information they want.
Then congress will quickly pass a new law to overrule that precedent. They can call it the... 'PATRIOT' is taken. Maybe the 'SAFE AMERICA' act. Something with an awkward backronym, anyway.
In short:
demand=fbi.get_demand()
while(lavabit.respond(demand) == DEMAND_REFUSED){
demand=fbi.increase_demand(demand);
}
The FBI made some fairly conventional demands. Lavabit refused, even though the law is fairly clear that they were obliged to comply. The FBI responded by making much greater and less reasonable demands. Each time Lavabit refused, the FBI just demanded even more access, probably in an effort to increase potential penalties for refusal to apply more pressure.
"Let's say that the NSA got the Verisign Root Certificate"
I am in no doubt at all that they already have it. They are just smart enough to know that widespread use would be easily noticed, so they save it only for very narrow-targeted MITM attacks.
That was the joke.
Or better yet, we could try to get over the collective obsession with naked bodies and who is mating with whome. We're acting like a bunch of over-evolved apes.
Because the cultural double standard means the guys face considerably less shame than the girls would in the same situation. It's a rather embarrassing truth, as it reveals just how shallow the supposed commitment to equality really is, but true even so.
Call one generation 20 years (Historical ages of reproduction being younger than today), 20 generations gives us 20*20=400years.
Your numbers seem a little off. Even if you double the time between generations and err in the other way, it's still not even close to long enough.
It's cheaper to make hydrogen from fossil fuel directly, though getting it to fuel-cell-worthy efficiency is a very tricky process - even a hint of carbon monoxide destroys fuel cells.
Splitting water has the advantage of changing production rate within seconds, making it ideal for exploiting periods of low electricity demand and thus low electricity price.
Disposable, but refillable.
Maybe we shouldn't have laws that treat people differently depending upon where their great-to-the-tenth-power grandfathers lived.
They also passed an emergency funding bill yesterday to keep garbage collection in DC operating.
There's no voltage divider. Look at the cap. 0.47F. Not uF. F. It's an ultracap. Stores enough energy to run the GPS for a short time if main power is disconnected. The diode's function is to make sure that if main power is lost, the capacitor doesn't just put energy back into VCC. Given it's function, a low forward drop would be essential for that diode - the BAV is 0.7V, not hugely impressive. A schottky diode would do a better job.
No, but we can deplete all the helium that is economical to extract. Then prices will go up. A lot.
The most effective remedy is to get people to stop pigging down pizza and fries, but every time the government tries to do something about that someone starts screaming 'nanny state!' and 'The Gubmint wants to stop parents raising their children!' That, and the corn industry has a very, very good lobby.
There was an incident a while ago (This year, I think? Maybe last) with a girl who died after breathing helium. Burst lungs.
Idiot tried to breathe it direct from the high-pressure canister.
I managed to get through the first verse of 'still alive' on one breath, but by the end of it the edges of my vision were turning green. I recognise this as the first sign that my brain really, really would like some more oxygen, so hurried the last few words and hastily commenced breathing.
They also dilute it with air to make it even cheaper - just barely enough helium to lift the balloon and a little string.
What is the 'thingie' that looks like two diodes connected to the 0.47F cap? I can see the cap itsself is a backup power supply. I can see the resistor connected to it is to limit charging current so the inrush doesn't crash other things with the voltage dip. But what is the thingie before the resistor? The symbol looks like two diodes, one of which is shorted out to effectively remove it from circuit and the other simply positioned to keep the backup power from feeding back into the main rail - but then why use this three-pin thingie rather than a simple diode to do the job? Are SMD bipolar transistors just cheaper? Because it looks like one on the board. And if that's all it is, why not use the more recognizable bipolar transistor symbol?
As the main advantage cited is compatibility with existing training software, we can probably rule out Windows RT. The Pros I can understand, they are basically just conventional PCs in tablet form factor.
No-one wants a windows RT machien though. If you gave me one, I'd ebay it - and when it didn't sell, strip it down for parts.
Would it be that hard to introduce a watertight USB connector? It's basically just a conventional USB connector with a big blob of silicone applied inside. It's also make getting the phone apart without destroying it even harder, something I'm sure manufacturers will be very happy about.