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  1. Police training is far below security forces or military police we keep training them like light infantry in an urban environment. If we trained and controlled them as well as military police we would have far better outcomes.

  2. Re:option for surrender on Using a Bomb Robot to Kill a Suspect Is an Unprecedented Shift in Policing (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it was a throwaway it's just secondary by nature a police officer may need to put their life in danger/due to protect others thats the job.

    This guy was no longer an imminent threat,no officers lives were in direct danger he popped his head out of hiding with anything looking dangerous it would have been reasonable to shoot/kill him.

    Want to be reasonable put it up to a grand jury without letting them know it was cops that did it and with a motivated special prosecutor, that the only way to be fair or impartial.

  3. The russian have and have used knockout gas think is was a big standoff in a theater. They claimed it was an aerosolized fentanyl that can need only skin contact a gas mask won't help you need a full NBC rated suit.

  4. Re:No. This is an unprecedented shit in nothing. on Using a Bomb Robot to Kill a Suspect Is an Unprecedented Shift in Policing (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lethal force was no longer called for once he was contained. Police have no business having never mind using explosive as an intentionally deadly weapon, realy nothing past a breaching charge or flashbang.

  5. Re:option for surrender on Using a Bomb Robot to Kill a Suspect Is an Unprecedented Shift in Policing (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Idea world is to capture them without further danger to the general populace. Police safety is a secondary concern. In this specific case they had plenty of time to remove people from danger and plenty of less lethal methods that could have been brought in.

  6. Re:option for surrender on Using a Bomb Robot to Kill a Suspect Is an Unprecedented Shift in Policing (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The mear fact that some idiot gave the police a bomb in the first place. They have no need ever for that sort of ordinance. Anything past a breaching charge or a flashbang.

  7. Re:Really? on Using a Bomb Robot to Kill a Suspect Is an Unprecedented Shift in Policing (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The gunman was no longer an imminent threat it was murder plain and simple, they were not protecting citizens or even themselves. Step A in all police shootings needs to be would it be ok for a citizen to do this.

    This is what paramilitary training does and what you expect in war but we need to not accept from our police.

  8. Re:Pay for music? on That Digital Music Service You Love Is a Terrible Business (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    50-60 of them perform regularly about half of that is their primary means of income. All of them have recorded their work and sold it (helped with the technical end more than a few times). Have not bought any of it in a couple decades. I am far more likely to buy an overpriced tshirt or other swag, pay to get into the venue tip etc. Recordings have nearly no value, hells most artists have their bests works available for free anyways via various platforms.

  9. Re:Pay for music? on That Digital Music Service You Love Is a Terrible Business (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    A fair amount more than a hundred. Record sales have not been where they make there money it's performances tshirts and the like.

  10. Re:Pay for music? on That Digital Music Service You Love Is a Terrible Business (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I never said they were rational and yes many of them will spend all their spare cash etc into the hobby.

  11. Re:Labels FIND artists, PRODUCE quality sound, PRO on That Digital Music Service You Love Is a Terrible Business (fortune.com) · · Score: 0

    Myspace realy somebody still goes to myspace? The costs of distributing music is close to nothing.

    Multimillion dollar studios, not sure what decade you're living in. Do you still think a modern audio engineer is doing the final mix via a big board in real time? You do relize DJing is absolutely nothing like a real recording studio?

    Mass market music exists, it's neither good nor something we need to insure is protected. If they can make money at it they will and frankly thats more an example of how you can use marketing to sell crap than promoting good music.

  12. Re:Pay for music? on That Digital Music Service You Love Is a Terrible Business (fortune.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So you realy dont know many musicians do ya? They are going to do their thing regardless.

  13. Resources it's all about resources on Why Did The Stars Wars and Star Trek Worlds Turn Out So Differently? (marginalrevolution.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Star Trek if you notices they are not concerned about power in the ability to do work. Transporters and their replicator brethren make it practical to produce nearly anything at will coupled with abundant energy. If you notice the big driving issue for strife is expansion space for people to spread out.

    Star Wars is a much more populated place with scarce resources.

  14. Re:Why would I ride a death trap? on The Moral Dilemma of Driverless Cars: Save The Driver or Save The Crowd? · · Score: 1

    At least recently the UCJM only applies to people who willingly accepted it, been awhile since we had a draft.

    Frankly if the car has that choice the pedestrians probably realy screwed up.

  15. Re:Preserve the legal status quo on The Moral Dilemma of Driverless Cars: Save The Driver or Save The Crowd? · · Score: 1

    More importantly no law should ever say I must sacrifice my own life to preserve others.

  16. Re:Researchers Ignore Real World Concerns Yet Agai on Study Finds Password Misuse In Hospitals Is 'Endemic' (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    They actualy work rather well for my pets the cat flap uses them. Would need more security that just a serial number though.

  17. Re:Researchers Ignore Real World Concerns Yet Agai on Study Finds Password Misuse In Hospitals Is 'Endemic' (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    Biometrics in a hospital setting are hard lots of gloves lots of issue with sterilization. Contactless is pretty easy the problem is you have upteen vendors that do not work with it. It's a case where you need something like HIPPA or similar to require it vs a nebulous you should follow good standards to get all the suppliers to get working with a standard.

  18. Re:It's not un-noticed by IT, it's rejected. on Study Finds Password Misuse In Hospitals Is 'Endemic' (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds more like a broken system. Why shouldn't a doctor be able to verbally tell a nurse something and have them enter the data? An RN is required to know a lot about meds they are supposed to be the last line of defence to catch screwups. The system would be better if they use their own credentials and select what doc they are doing it for. Do you realy think a doctor is getting out a prescription pad in the ER no they tell a nurse they do it and chart it.

    Oh yea idiocy around the drug war.

  19. Re: smells like BS on Bigger Isn't Better As Mega-Ships Get Too Big and Too Risky · · Score: 1

    Only slightly and thats a one time thing after that it's the same maintenance dredging to remove the accumulation.

  20. Re:SubSonic on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Music Streaming Service? · · Score: 1

    More of a fork of xbmc on the frontend and actualy putting a real backend. So for music it can automatically transcode for the device (I rip to flac) and pause on one device play on another. It's big downside right now is it can not synchronize between multiple devices as in play on them all at the same time like a party setting.

  21. Re:SubSonic on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Music Streaming Service? · · Score: 1

    How does it compare to Plex?

  22. Re:Close but not their yet on Municipal Fiber Network Will Let Customers Switch ISPs In Seconds (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You're talking about two very difference networks. A CWDM network there is not much a CPE needed for data pretty much a fiber flip box to get copper ethernet to plug into their firewall. Phone and TV would need a CPE to drive legacy pots or cable applications. There is nothing wrong with them having a CPE probably 1ge with built in CWDM to connect other CPE gear if/when needed. The converged L2 makes a lot of sense lowering barriers to entry and ISP startup costs it's problematic in the long term.

    The cost of a CDWM system for people that do not use it is pretty much 0, CDWM optics cost the same as other singlemode optics. Having the CO facilities to allow cross patching and adding CWDM per is pretty cheap many can be special cables with 7 more connectors though thats get messy quick.

    Government tends to never actualy get the investment part right they tend to do other things with funds put assign for upgrades etc. You need a design that accounts for the muni failing to upgrade and still not becoming a bottleneck. CWDM lets you build a converged network today and split off as needed with the up front cost of planning it right. A Truck Roll for the CDWM upgrade is better than being stuck with whatever the muni though would suffice.

  23. Re:Close but not their yet on Municipal Fiber Network Will Let Customers Switch ISPs In Seconds (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If it's a requirement for the muni system you're locked into whatever the muni feels like. Great they support 1gb today but what if you want jumbo frames even QinQ(inQ) tagging? What happens when a provider wants to offer 10ge? Ethernet is currently ubiquitous and looks to stay that way what if something better comes along? An all optical L1 network can deal with any of that it does not care light within this frequency range (well defined ITU standard) with all passive devices in the muni network. You're not limited by what speed your muni's switches are, hell order your own xconnect and get whatever you can get over the channel (100ge or better) between two points.

    Now thats not saying the muni can not put in their own CPE and resell it's use to ISP's that can make a lot of sense to build a muni network. Remember IPv6 is a lot smarter about routing it's trivial to have multiple IP's and use the closest match to reach something. So having a muni network the gets you to schools, government libraries while also giving you lan latencies to your neighbors while also having access to an ISP a TV and phone provider all with separate IPv6 networks is trivial. That can all be via one CPE or multiples, your phone provider might need some batteries to meet 911 requirements and the like.

  24. Close but not their yet on Municipal Fiber Network Will Let Customers Switch ISPs In Seconds (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a thick last mile with the muni building a L2 backbone. That effectively means you're stuck going through their switchgear regardless of ISP. CWDM is a far better option let the ISP's run their own switch and CPE gear and the muni deals with the cross connects and frequency assignments. Bonus points for requiring MACsec by the ISP's.

    Mind you a muni might still run a L2 network it makes a lot of sense to allow ipv6 connections to schools 911 etc as well as offering lifeline internet and the like.

  25. Wait till it's an incumbent ISP who will scream bloody murder and hold it up for a decade in the courts. Sure the 6 news ISP's are happy is new business without a last mile.