Hopefully he was smart and had a big bag of seeds sitting on top of the fertilizer, if that is what he did, so he could be like "mind the sunflowers, thanks" when the cops busted his door.
Testing security is well and good, but if you don't have an innocuous reason for tripping the system, you tend to be indistinguishable from a criminal and are likely to be convicted as such, despite protestations of "just testing".
And really? Amphetamine is better than caffeine? I mean, I'm all for legalization of marijuana, but if you're going to try and defend crystal meth as a safe alternative to coffee, please take your support some place else.
Not all amphetamines are the same as Meth. Clearly, the stimulants we give pilots or children must be okie-dokie.
I can't decide if I'm being single or double sarcastic... {taps sarcasm-meter}
If the artists get to set the price and the Getty's margin isn't too outrageous, then it would be nice. But I think they were taking a 400% markup last time, which seems rather excessive.
Alas, it is illegal to set traps for thieves that are deliberately harmful. You could set it up to short the battery through the stereo as it is pulled out to render it permanently non-functional, but explosives would probably out of bounds unless you used just enough to pop an IC off. Even razorblades in the wiring harness is a no-no.
On the other hand, if you can show that you've always been crappy with wiring, "accidentally" mis-wiring so that the thief also gets directly connected to the battery, that might be okay.
Just be ready to explain why your floor mats are grounded:)
I think even an artsy type can plug a camera shield, motor shield, and SD card shield into an Arduino and download an image comparison library.
Somebody probably has a walkthrough on Instructables or arduino.cc so they can do it C&P voodoo style.
An arduino won't be doing video recognition, but it can compare a still picture to an outline of a cat's head once a second, if it has somewhere to store the data.
In most of the demos I saw yesterday, the demonstrators weren't using them either. That or Kinect is so awesome it can read your movements in the future.
Starwars was really fake, Forza was fake, that tiger-petting demo was fake.
Only if you sell them as a "laser pointer", a device presumed to be eye-safe.
I've got a 40-watt CO2 laser handy that would not only set your skin on fire, it'd tattoo your bones. No licensing needed, but I'm not likely to hurt anyone with it because I'd have to lug it and a generator around on a cart.
This "vastly superior" system is the one that only tracks coarse motions of your limbs? Not even your hands, let alone fingers, just your arms and legs.
I can plug in more sensors and buttons, can you get more limbs?
The difference is if I want to put objectionable stuff on a Kindle/Nook that I can't buy it through Amazon/B&N, I can get it elsewhere and read it without rooting the device.
True, I may have to decrypt the content beforehand, but Amazon/B&N isn't the one preventing me from doing so.
On the other hand, people really should stop making an app out of their content unless it needs it. They probably could have sold this through Amazon's kindle for iWhatever.
There is room for legitimate disagreement over the definition of 'arms'. To wit: does it include machine guns? Flamethrowers? SAMs? Nukes? Why or why not?
Considering that private ownership of a warship with crew-served cannons wasn't illegal at the time, I'd say there should be more latitude than currently exists.
Flamethrowers, at least in my area, are perfectly legal until you attack somebody. Much like rifles, screwdrivers, and anvils.
Heck with cargo planes, I want drones taking packages directly from the nearest depot to my doorstep.
Can't be any worse than the beating they give my packages already and they might abort due to rain instead of leaving them to soak 6" away from my porch.
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Hopefully he was smart and had a big bag of seeds sitting on top of the fertilizer, if that is what he did, so he could be like "mind the sunflowers, thanks" when the cops busted his door.
Testing security is well and good, but if you don't have an innocuous reason for tripping the system, you tend to be indistinguishable from a criminal and are likely to be convicted as such, despite protestations of "just testing".
Fortunately, there aren't a lot of Gulf fisherman, compared to the other coasts. Shrimpers and clammers, though, are screwed.
Not all amphetamines are the same as Meth. Clearly, the stimulants we give pilots or children must be okie-dokie.
I can't decide if I'm being single or double sarcastic... {taps sarcasm-meter}
If the artists get to set the price and the Getty's margin isn't too outrageous, then it would be nice. But I think they were taking a 400% markup last time, which seems rather excessive.
Truly? Let me know when they make a version can detect hand motions.
Hell, let me know when they stop faking Kinect demos.
Funny, considering how much /.'s like guns, explosives, and the bill of rights, you'd think /.'s were right wing.
Well, except for actually liking logic, technology, science.
Can we start using a different political axis?
Alas, it is illegal to set traps for thieves that are deliberately harmful. You could set it up to short the battery through the stereo as it is pulled out to render it permanently non-functional, but explosives would probably out of bounds unless you used just enough to pop an IC off. Even razorblades in the wiring harness is a no-no.
On the other hand, if you can show that you've always been crappy with wiring, "accidentally" mis-wiring so that the thief also gets directly connected to the battery, that might be okay.
Just be ready to explain why your floor mats are grounded:)
I think even an artsy type can plug a camera shield, motor shield, and SD card shield into an Arduino and download an image comparison library.
Somebody probably has a walkthrough on Instructables or arduino.cc so they can do it C&P voodoo style.
An arduino won't be doing video recognition, but it can compare a still picture to an outline of a cat's head once a second, if it has somewhere to store the data.
In most of the demos I saw yesterday, the demonstrators weren't using them either. That or Kinect is so awesome it can read your movements in the future.
Starwars was really fake, Forza was fake, that tiger-petting demo was fake.
I strongly doubt any of the demos were real.
Kinect can't reliably detect anything better than coarse limb movement, so no hand actions, sorry.
http://www.destructoid.com/sadly-scrapped-arkedo-s-natal-game-2-finger-heroes-161106.phtml
Or a DIY Scanning Tunneling Microscope http://sxm4.uni-muenster.de/introduction-en.html
Lucky you!
It isn't my fault I've got a nose like a muppet!
Have you considered a paint-ball gun?
Only if you sell them as a "laser pointer", a device presumed to be eye-safe.
I've got a 40-watt CO2 laser handy that would not only set your skin on fire, it'd tattoo your bones. No licensing needed, but I'm not likely to hurt anyone with it because I'd have to lug it and a generator around on a cart.
I can't wait for the "Assault Laser Restriction Act of 2015".
Then the UK will ban flashlights with latching buttons, because they are more dangerous than flashlights with momentary buttons.
This "vastly superior" system is the one that only tracks coarse motions of your limbs? Not even your hands, let alone fingers, just your arms and legs.
I can plug in more sensors and buttons, can you get more limbs?
The difference is if I want to put objectionable stuff on a Kindle/Nook that I can't buy it through Amazon/B&N, I can get it elsewhere and read it without rooting the device.
True, I may have to decrypt the content beforehand, but Amazon/B&N isn't the one preventing me from doing so.
On the other hand, people really should stop making an app out of their content unless it needs it. They probably could have sold this through Amazon's kindle for iWhatever.
Beverly High is in Massachusetts.
Considering that private ownership of a warship with crew-served cannons wasn't illegal at the time, I'd say there should be more latitude than currently exists.
Flamethrowers, at least in my area, are perfectly legal until you attack somebody. Much like rifles, screwdrivers, and anvils.
Not if it is in the frequency range used by cell phones. That's a paddling.
Not that anybody does that in the clear any more.
The criminal overlord can execute somebody directly. The business tycoon has a 50 person minimum.
Perhaps they weren't "ripping off" Microsoft, but gathering data to show that it is a bad idea.
Apparently, they didn't even need to gather a full 24 hours worth of data.
Thank goodness for big cats, drop bears, and elevated floor tiles!
Otherwise we'd be on the chopping block at the top of the food chain.
Heck with cargo planes, I want drones taking packages directly from the nearest depot to my doorstep.
Can't be any worse than the beating they give my packages already and they might abort due to rain instead of leaving them to soak 6" away from my porch.
Arenas is in trouble for storing guns insecurely in a locker. Not the same thing.