Gene therapy is just hard in general. The exact effect of a virus is unpredictable, it'll only alter a small number of cells at best and will likely kill a lot more in the attempt, or turn them cancerous. It isn't even out of clinical trial yet. The blood-brain barrier shouldn't pose any difficulty though: Simply inject directly into CSF and bypass it entirely.
A bit of both. The two-party nature of US politics serves to almost completely bar some issues from political debate, because the two parties share the same views. They'll throw up a huge argument over a few issues, mostly social - the big subjects like abortion or gay marriage - but behind those, how many congressmen do you see arguing for relaxing copyright law, or repealing the massive subsidies given to corn or oil production? They don't need to talk about these issues at all, because there is an informal agreement that the other side won't either.
The problem with that is the ease with which it could be manipulated. How do you define 'IT pro?' How about just picking employees from a security software vendor? Who have a commercial interest in keeping the public scared of the Evil Hackers. You must have seen how many scarey studies come out from them.
I imagine if you read the whole thing, you'll find an 'except government employees or contractors in the course of an investigation' clause in there somewhere. There usually is. Private copyright-enforcer companies may not be exempt, but with criminal charges you still need to convince a government prosecutor to bring them - and they have no obligation to charge anyone if they don't see good reason. Nor can the site operators bring a civil action, because that'd mean revealing their identities and appearing in the US if not resident - which in turn means a quick phone call to some politician who owes a favor will get them arrested for infringing copyright, which is a criminal offense since the NET act. Basically, this law will be used against people the Powers That Be consider either a threat, or weak enough to serve as good examples of what happens to those who fight the system. Along with a few actual malicious hackers.
They may just realise that if they tried that, they'd be going up against an army of the highest-paid lawyers in the world. The case could drag on for a decade.
The processor ID doesn't matter that much, because PCs are already swimming in unique identifiers. BIOS/motherboard serial, hard drive serial, MAC address, optical drive serial, memory module serials... if you've got software running on the target already, you can easily enough gain access to all of those. A processor ID doesn't enable any new attacks.
Don't forget power. The frequencies memory runs it, it takes considerable power to drive an inter-chip trace. The big design constraints on portable devices are size and power.
Filtering. People have access to all that information, but they mostly seek out information that agrees with what they already believe. Even if they do find contradictory information, it is still stopped by the confirmation bias: A subconscious process by which people filter out information which conflicts with what they already believe, without even realising it. It's just the nature of the human mind. For all people like to pretend they are part of a rational species, it isn't really true.
They did something like that with hotspots in the UK - the Digital Economy Act means that businesses can be liable for the infringements of people using their connection, which is a serious concern for all those places that used to provide customers with free wifi.
In practice, some businesses have continued to recklessly provide the service, while many more have instead contracted with specialist companies who run the access point and authentication infrastructure on their behalf. Typicially it uses the mobile phone network as a way to validate identity: User connects, gets a captive portal, enters their phone number, the service provider sends them an SMS with the unlock code, user enters the code. It's somewhat cumbersome, and some people are understandably reluctant to give out their phone number, but it's the only way to provide customers with a convenience service (And thus lure them in, usually to buy food) without potentially getting sued for millions after someone goes on a torrenting spree.
The only thing about the arrangement that surprised me is that the MPs were so open about the change in the law being about copyright. I'd have expected them to instead use child porn as an excuse, but they didn't: The Digital Economy Act is an entirely open effort to strengthen copyright law.
Not even that. It varies by country, but generally there is a law requiring network operators to track anyone and everyone, and store the tracking information along with call and SMS records for a period ranging from six months to many years, so that if the government does have a reason to track you they can do it retroactively. Obviously something immensely useful to law enforcement (Pull the murder victim's phone records, discover his secret mistress), but still something that can potentially be very easily abused.
This will vary by country, but in the US it is prohibited to transmit an encrypted message on the HAM or amateur bands. FCC rules, Sec. 97.113: " No amateur station shall transmit:... messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning."
I think it depends on country. Some have regulations that make it very difficult (via liability) or outright illegal to provide a communications service without the ability to determine the identity of the user - predictably, usually introduced as a measure to fight the distribution of child pornography.
The toy doesn't get played with often, probably because it is so tough. It's beanbag-shaped, and contains two squeaker balls. You can throw it, and the dog will run and fetch it. But what it seems to really like are the flimsy rolls, something it seems to take great initial interest in de-limbing. Once only a torso remains, the dog loses any interest. Something about tearing a toy into pieces seems to satisfy it.
I took that into account. The outer layer is a very tough, abrasion-resistant denim. Dog-safe. The kevlar is used underneath that to add tensile strength, and kevlar thread is used in all the stitching. Seams turned inwards, of course. Dog had has that toy for a year and subjected it to a lot of demanding use, and it has yet to tear or puncture.
No, this is electrostatic field communication. Radio or even microwave isn't going to have any effect on it. Even the shorter wavelengths, down to the visible range, can be ignored for all but a few materials that demonstrate light-dependant resistance (Handy in photocopiers).
Ultracap set and voltage sensor. No issues with component aging, works in sub-freezing temperatures, and lighter. It'll power the computer for a minute or so, which is enough time for a clean shutdown.
"If the police are searching the car, then everything they remove will go into an evidence bag for later examination, including the camera and the SD card. Before examination, the SD card will certainly be duplicated so that any changes that accessing the card while studying it can be accounted for, and an exact duplicate can be provided to the defense if necessary."
Unless the card contains evidence of cops abusing their power. In which case... what card? They never found any card. Or, as you point out, the card will be 'broken' somehow. The only reason to encrypt the card would be to prevent them using the recording against the owner... and if they want to get you, they don't need a convenient dash camera to do so.
But if you're dealing with the 'asshole cop' scenario, someone just out to tick another entry on their arrests tally chart, then they'll know all the technicalities and loopholes they can exploit. For example, the cop may know that he cannot demand you turn over material... but he also knows he doesn't have to tell you that, and he can easily enough imply that you hand over that card right now, or he's going to select you for a 'random' drugs check that'll trash your car or arrest you on suspicion - sure, he's no evidence, so you'll be released without charge once your paperwork has been very slowly processed.
Also, in some states it is a crime to record an on-duty police officer without their permission.
This assumes merely 'asshole cop' level. If you're dealing with a true 'corrupt cop' then he'll just slight-of-hand the packet of pot into your door compartment, and make it clear that you'd better not try to fight this in court or else his friend the prosecutor will be making sure you get some jail time, instead of just the confiscation of your car for the police auction.
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Gene therapy is just hard in general. The exact effect of a virus is unpredictable, it'll only alter a small number of cells at best and will likely kill a lot more in the attempt, or turn them cancerous. It isn't even out of clinical trial yet. The blood-brain barrier shouldn't pose any difficulty though: Simply inject directly into CSF and bypass it entirely.
A bit of both. The two-party nature of US politics serves to almost completely bar some issues from political debate, because the two parties share the same views. They'll throw up a huge argument over a few issues, mostly social - the big subjects like abortion or gay marriage - but behind those, how many congressmen do you see arguing for relaxing copyright law, or repealing the massive subsidies given to corn or oil production? They don't need to talk about these issues at all, because there is an informal agreement that the other side won't either.
The problem with that is the ease with which it could be manipulated. How do you define 'IT pro?' How about just picking employees from a security software vendor? Who have a commercial interest in keeping the public scared of the Evil Hackers. You must have seen how many scarey studies come out from them.
I imagine if you read the whole thing, you'll find an 'except government employees or contractors in the course of an investigation' clause in there somewhere. There usually is. Private copyright-enforcer companies may not be exempt, but with criminal charges you still need to convince a government prosecutor to bring them - and they have no obligation to charge anyone if they don't see good reason. Nor can the site operators bring a civil action, because that'd mean revealing their identities and appearing in the US if not resident - which in turn means a quick phone call to some politician who owes a favor will get them arrested for infringing copyright, which is a criminal offense since the NET act. Basically, this law will be used against people the Powers That Be consider either a threat, or weak enough to serve as good examples of what happens to those who fight the system. Along with a few actual malicious hackers.
Argos is a general household good retailer, not a tech specialist. They sell just about everything - furniture, toys, kitchenware, appliances.
Don't forget the part about not getting murdered for your wallet by the local thugs.
They may just realise that if they tried that, they'd be going up against an army of the highest-paid lawyers in the world. The case could drag on for a decade.
The processor ID doesn't matter that much, because PCs are already swimming in unique identifiers. BIOS/motherboard serial, hard drive serial, MAC address, optical drive serial, memory module serials... if you've got software running on the target already, you can easily enough gain access to all of those. A processor ID doesn't enable any new attacks.
Ultracaps are readily available now. I've got a bank of 2600 farad jobbies. I use to power my Mad Science setup.
Don't forget power. The frequencies memory runs it, it takes considerable power to drive an inter-chip trace. The big design constraints on portable devices are size and power.
Filtering. People have access to all that information, but they mostly seek out information that agrees with what they already believe. Even if they do find contradictory information, it is still stopped by the confirmation bias: A subconscious process by which people filter out information which conflicts with what they already believe, without even realising it. It's just the nature of the human mind. For all people like to pretend they are part of a rational species, it isn't really true.
They did something like that with hotspots in the UK - the Digital Economy Act means that businesses can be liable for the infringements of people using their connection, which is a serious concern for all those places that used to provide customers with free wifi.
In practice, some businesses have continued to recklessly provide the service, while many more have instead contracted with specialist companies who run the access point and authentication infrastructure on their behalf. Typicially it uses the mobile phone network as a way to validate identity: User connects, gets a captive portal, enters their phone number, the service provider sends them an SMS with the unlock code, user enters the code. It's somewhat cumbersome, and some people are understandably reluctant to give out their phone number, but it's the only way to provide customers with a convenience service (And thus lure them in, usually to buy food) without potentially getting sued for millions after someone goes on a torrenting spree.
The only thing about the arrangement that surprised me is that the MPs were so open about the change in the law being about copyright. I'd have expected them to instead use child porn as an excuse, but they didn't: The Digital Economy Act is an entirely open effort to strengthen copyright law.
Not even that. It varies by country, but generally there is a law requiring network operators to track anyone and everyone, and store the tracking information along with call and SMS records for a period ranging from six months to many years, so that if the government does have a reason to track you they can do it retroactively. Obviously something immensely useful to law enforcement (Pull the murder victim's phone records, discover his secret mistress), but still something that can potentially be very easily abused.
This will vary by country, but in the US it is prohibited to transmit an encrypted message on the HAM or amateur bands. FCC rules, Sec. 97.113: " No amateur station shall transmit: ... messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning."
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I think it depends on country. Some have regulations that make it very difficult (via liability) or outright illegal to provide a communications service without the ability to determine the identity of the user - predictably, usually introduced as a measure to fight the distribution of child pornography.
If you like meshes, you'd better look into CAN and distributed caching too - because without that, your mesh is going to be overwhelmed very easily.
Flimsy dolls, rather. Think http://www.feedem.co.uk/images/products/zoom/1304760047-55473900.jpg - they'll last about a day, and then we'll be finding stuffing and scraps of fabric around the room for a week.
The toy doesn't get played with often, probably because it is so tough. It's beanbag-shaped, and contains two squeaker balls. You can throw it, and the dog will run and fetch it. But what it seems to really like are the flimsy rolls, something it seems to take great initial interest in de-limbing. Once only a torso remains, the dog loses any interest. Something about tearing a toy into pieces seems to satisfy it.
Yet the dog lives.
I took that into account. The outer layer is a very tough, abrasion-resistant denim. Dog-safe. The kevlar is used underneath that to add tensile strength, and kevlar thread is used in all the stitching. Seams turned inwards, of course. Dog had has that toy for a year and subjected it to a lot of demanding use, and it has yet to tear or puncture.
I'm a bird, so I get to use :>
No, this is electrostatic field communication. Radio or even microwave isn't going to have any effect on it. Even the shorter wavelengths, down to the visible range, can be ignored for all but a few materials that demonstrate light-dependant resistance (Handy in photocopiers).
I used some mysef to make an ndestructable dog toy. Worked nicely: Kevlar-denim-silicone composite fabric witht two squeakers inside. Super-tough.
Dog doesn't like it though. He prefrs toys with bits that can be ripped off, so e just have to keep buying new toys every week.
Silly tablet keyboard is dropping letters.
Ultracap set and voltage sensor. No issues with component aging, works in sub-freezing temperatures, and lighter. It'll power the computer for a minute or so, which is enough time for a clean shutdown.
"If the police are searching the car, then everything they remove will go into an evidence bag for later examination, including the camera and the SD card. Before examination, the SD card will certainly be duplicated so that any changes that accessing the card while studying it can be accounted for, and an exact duplicate can be provided to the defense if necessary."
Unless the card contains evidence of cops abusing their power. In which case... what card? They never found any card. Or, as you point out, the card will be 'broken' somehow. The only reason to encrypt the card would be to prevent them using the recording against the owner... and if they want to get you, they don't need a convenient dash camera to do so.
But if you're dealing with the 'asshole cop' scenario, someone just out to tick another entry on their arrests tally chart, then they'll know all the technicalities and loopholes they can exploit. For example, the cop may know that he cannot demand you turn over material... but he also knows he doesn't have to tell you that, and he can easily enough imply that you hand over that card right now, or he's going to select you for a 'random' drugs check that'll trash your car or arrest you on suspicion - sure, he's no evidence, so you'll be released without charge once your paperwork has been very slowly processed.
Also, in some states it is a crime to record an on-duty police officer without their permission.
This assumes merely 'asshole cop' level. If you're dealing with a true 'corrupt cop' then he'll just slight-of-hand the packet of pot into your door compartment, and make it clear that you'd better not try to fight this in court or else his friend the prosecutor will be making sure you get some jail time, instead of just the confiscation of your car for the police auction.