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  1. Re:I'll wait for a third party review... on Elon Musk: Tesla's Solar Roof Will Cost Less Than a Traditional Roof (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I too am curious how they will do the edges, valleys, ridges. I found this tile installation guide from a ceramic tile manufacturer that gets into a lot of detail on the tricky parts.
    http://www.ludowici.com/wp-con...

  2. Re:"The G part stands for GNU?" on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    you do realize the judge in this article is the SAME Judge William Alsup? So, I'm having a hard problem with this current situation. The Judge learns programing a few years ago. Then has problems with FOSS and GNU now...

  3. my self driving car better have a GOTO or else

  4. Re:I don't have a problem with... on Edward Snowden Calls For Google To Side With Apple On Encryption Debate (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    wish i had mode points to mod this funny

  5. Re:They were not alone on Chemical Evidence Shows the Nazis Weren't At All Close To Having the Bomb · · Score: 1

    russia

  6. Re:"One document reminds NSA officials to be polit on AT&T Helped the NSA Spy On Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    jodido, I'm sure you realize this, so this is more for other people.
    The NSA and its predecessors have long worked with telecommunications companies who willingly hand over data without warrants.

    here is a starting point as an overview...
    http://www.vice.com/read/a-bri...

  7. Re:"I was spying on you from 200 feet, not 60!" on New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes it does. You dont know if the drone owner was spying or not
    take a look at this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    It'll show you what typical drone cameras see at different heights.

  8. Re: Really? on New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged · · Score: 2

    Thirty yards, or 150 feet. And, I used the term "maximum effective range", rather than "extreme range". Yeah - the pellets might break that 200 foot ceiling, but what are they doing? Moving slow, and decelerating, thanks to gravity. They'll bounce off a goose, or a duck.

    In this case, all a pellet has to do is get in the way of a flimsy piece of plastic/carbon fiber rotating extremely fast. That will easily break a propeller. In this case, the only real damage from the shotgun was breaking a prop or two. The rest of the damage is from the crash.

  9. Re:shooter should have talked to owner first on New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged · · Score: 1

    just so I understand you correctly, you are saying you have the right to shoot down a drone that flys over or even hovers over your yard? As opposed to other options, such as trying to talk to the owner. Or call the cops. Or anything else?

    I was trying to make 2 points:
    - hobbyist drones are not spy devices. Look at the videos produced from them and people will see.
    - Firing a weapon in an uncontrolled environment should be reserved for situations of imminent bodily harm. (Controlled environment being a shooting range or similar. Not a residential neighborhood.)

    please look at this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
    and
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  10. Re:Where is the drone video itself? on New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged · · Score: 1

    In this case, the ipad app stored the data. I use APM Copter on pixhawk controllers, and am not intimately familiar with DJIs. In the case of the pixhawk, the telemetry is stored on flash. There is also a separate radio for telemetry and MAVLink commands.

    So a remote computer, ipad, or android device could also log the telemetry as thing happen.

  11. Re:Where is the drone video itself? on New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged · · Score: 1

    The card was gone when they got it.

    If you look, it is a microsd card, with no locking mechanism on the outside. It most likely flung out with much force when it hit the ground. When the quad crashed, it probably turned/tumbled a few time flinging the card out in an unknown direction. Have you ever tried to find a microsd card in your yard? (Good luck)

  12. Re:Why does his telemetry say ground is at -46ft? on New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged · · Score: 1

    When the toy hits the ground, his 'telemetry' says -45.9ft.

    The altitude is relative to the take off position. We don't know the topography of the area around. If the drone took off from an elevated from normal height, that doesn't make his actual altitude lower. It means it is higher

  13. shooter should have talked to owner first on New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged · · Score: 1

    I own and fly quads. I'm usually flying to get images/video of buildings, architecture, and land. Large object that film very well. Not people.
    hobbyist "drones" are loud and are not good at spying on people.

    If the shooter had gone and talked to the drone owner, he would have seen what limited view the owner has.

    In general, the shooter is in trouble for shooting a gun, not damaging the drone. If the drone was down at 10 feet, then you would be within your rights on your own property to toss a net onto the drone. Maybe you could use one of those air cannons that shoot shirts. Again, if the drone is within range of that, then I highly doubt you will be arrested and/or charged for firing it.

  14. Re:call me skeptical on FBI Alleges Security Researcher Tampered With a Plane's Flight Control Systems · · Score: 1

    That is not leet crap. If that was leet crap, sjames would have used a 1 for both of the "i"s
    Most likely this is coming from a joke. Error ID 10t
    Take you high UID and go crap on some other board. dice is doing a fine job of crapping on this one all by themselves.

  15. Re:Not ARM? on SparkFun Works to Build the Edison Ecosystem (Video) · · Score: 1

    since there is no bios, I doubt this will take very long to boot at all. In fact boot time will mostly be determined by how many services you are starting at bootup. Yocto linux. I imagine most applications of this device will start ssh, maybe a web server, or an otherwise custom developed service for the specific application. The bootloader may have a few seconds delay to allow you to interrupt it and change params.

    How long doe it take to load a kernel and initrd from flash, unpack and execute?

  16. Re:Edison missing a lot on SparkFun Works to Build the Edison Ecosystem (Video) · · Score: 1

    Not everything needs video out. Especially in embedded applications. For example, does you router have video out? how about your toaster?

  17. Re:Edison missing a lot on SparkFun Works to Build the Edison Ecosystem (Video) · · Score: 1

    plus routing RF is not for the new at board routing, antenna, and component selection.

  18. Re:Power Consumption on SparkFun Works to Build the Edison Ecosystem (Video) · · Score: 1

    plus a wifi radio and a Bluetooth radio

  19. Re:Why? on New SSL Server Rules Go Into Effect Nov. 1 · · Score: 1

    mod parent up. this is an important point for Microsoft shops.
    changing your internal Active directory structure from company.local to ad.company.com is a major pain and error prone.

  20. Re: Why? on New SSL Server Rules Go Into Effect Nov. 1 · · Score: 1

    Exchange is a big reason for getting a certificate that contains internal domains.
    You get a single UCC Certificate that contains mail.domain.com and mail.company.local
    first result from google for UCC cert
    http://support.godaddy.com/hel...

  21. Re:And... on 70% of U.S. Government Spending Is Writing Checks To Individuals · · Score: 1

    you have 52 senators representing you?

  22. Re:Ugh on PC Makers Plan Rebellion Against Microsoft At CES · · Score: 1

    No! Secureboot is required for Windows RT

  23. Re:Finally got it on Is Ruby Dying? · · Score: 1

    Sorry AC. You might be right, but you've spewed so much crap over the years I just cant believe you. 30

  24. Re:And they ARE compromised. on Ask Slashdot: Can Commercial Hardware Routers Be Trusted? · · Score: 1

    IPMI is primarily used on sever hardware. Power On/Off, Serial over Lan, basic management stuff.

    AMT/VPro is a useful tool in an enterprise environment.
    As another person said, a laptop does not keep its wifi powered up while it is off.

  25. Re:NASA is an ugly place for a grading curve. on Rough Roving: Curiosity's Wheel Damage 'Accelerated' · · Score: 1

    So NASA Should Change it's name to U.S.A.?

    USA Space Agency?