Iraq has anti-aircraft missiles of the same type Cuba used to shoot down Gary Powers in his U-2. They have been given boosters and turned into ballistic missiles with a 140 mile range. They did this field conversion because they are out of scuds. Their potential warheads consist of Anthrax, Nerve Agent and Radioactive Medical Waste. I'm sure you will note that the apex of a 140 mile ballistic trajectory is much higher than a 26 mile geosync orbit. All they need to do is reverse engineer a GPS receiver to make a GPS transmitter. They are ten smart guys and 60 dollars (Mitac Metro Guide Car GPS Navigation System for Portable PC Car Navigation System for Portable PC, Incl.-GPS system, software, mapping software(10cds of entire US). $ 60 ~pricewatch) away from cleaning our clocks. Try not to ever underestimate your enemies...
In fact, if Iraq really wanted to mess with the west, they could launch a false constellation of GPS birds. Could conceivably crash a bunch of jets after this system is in place and prevent the US from retaliating since all of their smart weapons navigate using GPS also.
Removing the Dither from GPS has certainly increased its accuracy without encryption but has opened the door to subversion of the system. Since the signal is not encrypted anyone could produce a false signal. Either they could make an aircraft think they were somewhere they were not or spam the airport with false aircraft transmissions. Who needs a stinger when you can drop aircraft just by cracking the system?
We all know you can over clock any proc if you cool it and tweak it. Here is what the professionals can do with manufacturer support. Better than Intel's attempt (1.13 recall) but who really cares. This affects the what? 200 people who are going to buy them?
Now, DDRam is another matter entirely. This will be the memory standard for the next few years. We all upgrade at least once a year (It IS in your budget right?) So, this WILL affect you. Why Hemos mixed a story worthy of discussion with one worthless but still dominating the discussion is a mystery to me.
Read Tom's Hardware. It is not that Intel makes mistakes, it's that they cover them up, LIE about them. Every product they have shipped in the last year, since AMD has provided them with competition, has been flawed. Intel's products are pushed to market in while still in beta. Combine flawed product releases, Inferior products (read the benchmarks) Anti-Competitive practices (Lawsuit against VIA and collusion with Rambus) and Flat out lying to us as consumers... The only thing sustaining them in first place now is the huge wad of cash they stole from us when they were a virtual monopoly and reputation with the ignorant masses. That, my friends, is called resting on your laurels. In a world where everything is obsolete tomorrow, resting is the wrong way to do business. Not to say AMD will do any better now that they lead. Trusting corporations... sniffing glue.
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Iraq has anti-aircraft missiles of the same type Cuba used to shoot down Gary Powers in his U-2. They have been given boosters and turned into ballistic missiles with a 140 mile range. They did this field conversion because they are out of scuds. Their potential warheads consist of Anthrax, Nerve Agent and Radioactive Medical Waste. I'm sure you will note that the apex of a 140 mile ballistic trajectory is much higher than a 26 mile geosync orbit. All they need to do is reverse engineer a GPS receiver to make a GPS transmitter. They are ten smart guys and 60 dollars (Mitac Metro Guide Car GPS Navigation System for Portable PC Car Navigation System for Portable PC, Incl.-GPS system, software, mapping software(10cds of entire US). $ 60 ~pricewatch) away from cleaning our clocks. Try not to ever underestimate your enemies...
In fact, if Iraq really wanted to mess with the west, they could launch a false constellation of GPS birds. Could conceivably crash a bunch of jets after this system is in place and prevent the US from retaliating since all of their smart weapons navigate using GPS also.
Removing the Dither from GPS has certainly increased its accuracy without encryption but has opened the door to subversion of the system. Since the signal is not encrypted anyone could produce a false signal. Either they could make an aircraft think they were somewhere they were not or spam the airport with false aircraft transmissions. Who needs a stinger when you can drop aircraft just by cracking the system?
Now, DDRam is another matter entirely. This will be the memory standard for the next few years. We all upgrade at least once a year (It IS in your budget right?) So, this WILL affect you. Why Hemos mixed a story worthy of discussion with one worthless but still dominating the discussion is a mystery to me.
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Read Tom's Hardware. It is not that Intel makes mistakes, it's that they cover them up, LIE about them. Every product they have shipped in the last year, since AMD has provided them with competition, has been flawed. Intel's products are pushed to market in while still in beta. Combine flawed product releases, Inferior products (read the benchmarks) Anti-Competitive practices (Lawsuit against VIA and collusion with Rambus) and Flat out lying to us as consumers... The only thing sustaining them in first place now is the huge wad of cash they stole from us when they were a virtual monopoly and reputation with the ignorant masses. That, my friends, is called resting on your laurels. In a world where everything is obsolete tomorrow, resting is the wrong way to do business. Not to say AMD will do any better now that they lead. Trusting corporations... sniffing glue.
This is a hoax. This shows that they have completed NO work units... A geek loveing seti and his money are soon parted.