Forced updates for home users have been known about a long time and were reported on/. weeks or possibly months ago. I don't see that as a last minute thing.
Somebody in the YouTube comments mentioned that in the United States the gun would considered a fully automatic weapon because of the attached solenoid.
Well, fully automatic guns are not illegal, they are restricted and require a tax stamp, and have some manufacturing restrictions. Also, it's not clear that merely having an electrically actuated trigger makes it a machine gun at all. The Tracking Point rifles seem to have a computer controlled ignition system and they are not classified as automatic weapons. The rule is highly dependent upon interpretation AFAICT but basically it seems the key is whether the ignition system fires more than once with a single actuation of the trigger.
I don't see anything clearly illegal here, but there might be local regulations or laws I'm not aware of.
I think a plug-in hybrid is the only thing close to an electric that would work for me, short of having multiple cars. I'm considering a Diesel plug-in SUV or wagon for my next car, as the vast majority (all but 2-4 drives a year) would fall into a 40 mile round trip, with all but probably fewer than 20 being round trips of less than 5 miles. On the other hand, I have very little incentive to get anything 'more efficient' as I can't remember exactly the last time I refuelled my gasoline auto. I think maybe 6 weeks ago. The plug in would just mean I don't have to refuel almost ever, which would be sort of nice, and that the fuel tank would always be full, also sort of nice.
I don't understand why they had to divert so much for a tiny drone. Seems like a little jog to the left, and another to the right, and an angry finger gesture...
Yeah I built a NAS with 'disks' and all the new machines just get SSD for local stuff. If/when I am faced with having to be in scenarios where I'm disconnected or poorly connected for long periods of time again I'll have to reconsider, unless we're all sporting 4tb SSDs by then.
I have video footage of a mall in Asia where the entrance metal detector is shrieking every time someone walks through it; no one is stopped or even slowed down for several minutes until a grubby looking character is pulled aside, based on suspicion of being a Muslim or something I suppose.
Today, though, dynamic memory allocation is a reasonable thing. Granted you want to make sure it can't fail, and that "out of memory" is handled appropriately.
I don't completely disagree but you might watch the CPPCON 2014 presentation on the Curiosity rover for some insights into how the industry actually does things. One thing I noticed right off; rad hardened hardware is way behind the latest thing from Intel.
It's basic security practice to never count on something like this, what if something is configured in a way that the only access an attacker has is to the place you drop this file and read it back; do you really want to have a system where someone can slip in, remove a recently dropped file, and kill the system? Perhaps they didn't think they had to consider security but this is also, as you point out, just basic robustness.
Also as others state, watchdogs, Our PC software product has a watchdog, and it's sure as heck not controlling a satellite.
Yes, however the last time I was in Costco I looked at the cheap printers, and the $140 multifunction scanner, doc-feeder, photo ink-jet with duplexer (some fly by night outfit named HP made it) had a touch screen interface and WiFi.
So yeah, not seeing this as a really killer feature in a router. I guess that's why my router doesn't have a USB port.
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I thought 2001 did a pretty good job.
Forced updates for home users have been known about a long time and were reported on /. weeks or possibly months ago. I don't see that as a last minute thing.
Somebody in the YouTube comments mentioned that in the United States the gun would considered a fully automatic weapon because of the attached solenoid.
Well, fully automatic guns are not illegal, they are restricted and require a tax stamp, and have some manufacturing restrictions. Also, it's not clear that merely having an electrically actuated trigger makes it a machine gun at all. The Tracking Point rifles seem to have a computer controlled ignition system and they are not classified as automatic weapons. The rule is highly dependent upon interpretation AFAICT but basically it seems the key is whether the ignition system fires more than once with a single actuation of the trigger.
I don't see anything clearly illegal here, but there might be local regulations or laws I'm not aware of.
I think a plug-in hybrid is the only thing close to an electric that would work for me, short of having multiple cars. I'm considering a Diesel plug-in SUV or wagon for my next car, as the vast majority (all but 2-4 drives a year) would fall into a 40 mile round trip, with all but probably fewer than 20 being round trips of less than 5 miles. On the other hand, I have very little incentive to get anything 'more efficient' as I can't remember exactly the last time I refuelled my gasoline auto. I think maybe 6 weeks ago. The plug in would just mean I don't have to refuel almost ever, which would be sort of nice, and that the fuel tank would always be full, also sort of nice.
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There's no need to be racist about it.
Oh, it wasn't a civilian drone - story was wrong.
I don't understand why they had to divert so much for a tiny drone. Seems like a little jog to the left, and another to the right, and an angry finger gesture ...
Buckshot is for bucks. I'd recommend #6 as a first approximation of the optimal solution.
Wish I had mod points
Liability insurance on my motorcycle (1000cc sportbike) is $14 a month, in Los Angeles. Is it really enough to weigh heavily on your decision?
Yeah I built a NAS with 'disks' and all the new machines just get SSD for local stuff. If/when I am faced with having to be in scenarios where I'm disconnected or poorly connected for long periods of time again I'll have to reconsider, unless we're all sporting 4tb SSDs by then.
I think I saw some in a closet somewhere - I wondered what they were for. I assumed they were just ugly coasters.
What's a DVD?
A tiny percentage of murders in America involve guns like this - they are truly not the low hanging fruit on the homicide tree.
I have video footage of a mall in Asia where the entrance metal detector is shrieking every time someone walks through it; no one is stopped or even slowed down for several minutes until a grubby looking character is pulled aside, based on suspicion of being a Muslim or something I suppose.
Maybe a standard implantation of auto complete is needed too.
Today, though, dynamic memory allocation is a reasonable thing. Granted you want to make sure it can't fail, and that "out of memory" is handled appropriately.
I don't completely disagree but you might watch the CPPCON 2014 presentation on the Curiosity rover for some insights into how the industry actually does things. One thing I noticed right off; rad hardened hardware is way behind the latest thing from Intel.
It's basic security practice to never count on something like this, what if something is configured in a way that the only access an attacker has is to the place you drop this file and read it back; do you really want to have a system where someone can slip in, remove a recently dropped file, and kill the system? Perhaps they didn't think they had to consider security but this is also, as you point out, just basic robustness. Also as others state, watchdogs, Our PC software product has a watchdog, and it's sure as heck not controlling a satellite.
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Yes, however the last time I was in Costco I looked at the cheap printers, and the $140 multifunction scanner, doc-feeder, photo ink-jet with duplexer (some fly by night outfit named HP made it) had a touch screen interface and WiFi.
So yeah, not seeing this as a really killer feature in a router. I guess that's why my router doesn't have a USB port.
C4 .... oh wait, that one is taken.
Yeah, imagine what you could do with the ARM port .... oh, wait a tick .....
What is an article?
In that case I hope she gets a huge settlement, and the app needs that 'feature' removed.