The law is generally constrained by the bounds of human observation, to protect the expected privacy of presumably legal citizens.
If they can't tell you are growing pot by just standing on the sidewalk(plant in the window, odd smell from the garbage can) or from visual observation in a helicopter(giant patch of plants in a corn field), they technically aren't allowed to find out with fancy gadgets either.
This doesn't stop them from running "FLIR training" over town and amazingly receiving "anonymous" tips afterwards.
On the other hand, perhaps this will keep them from harrassing anyone growing heirloom vegetables or owning a saltwater fish tank.
Dumping the rom wasn't a problem, it was making writable cartridges.
Usually you had to trash a game you didn't like that had the same memory mapper as the game you did like and replace the program & artwork ROM chips with something writable, which was not cheap at the time.
On the other hand, I remember other devices that used floppies for storage, but they weren't cartridge sized and cost even more.
Instead of a sketch artist listening to a description and modifying based on feedback, the system will be "prompting" the witness.
Prompting has been shown to cause false memories of details, so I imagine it will be even worse when you consider the "the computer generated this, it must be right" phenomenon.
Presumably the reason he won't have a home system is because he canceled his ISP for the year. He should take that money and rent a box somewhere, you can do it for less that $10/month.
This would be the same cops that frequently claim photography in broad daylight on a city sidewalk is a crime and tell you to delete the photos(aka, destroying evidence of a crime)?
You can buy a Sheevaplug, retail, for $100 right now. It is essentially a netbook, sans screen/keyboard/touchpad/battery.
Wholesale it is approaching $50. Keyboards & touchpads are a couple of dollars wholesale, netbook screens can be had for ~$50, and undersize netbook batteries for the same.
Wait another year or two, when the core will come down to $25 and find a battery/screen combo for under $75, albeit with only a few hours of charge and a 7" screen. It won't run Windows, but it'll be better than the netbook sitting on my desk right now.
I already have a netbook and I'd get it, as I got mine early, so odds are it might be better.
If you're really paranoid: get it, stick it in a closet, wait for the eventual failure/shutdown of the project, google for re-imaging HOWTOs, and then start using it.
We already did that once and I've got relatives that still only get 9600 on dialup, no chance at DSL, and they live in a town with 1200+ people/sq mi, if only 10,000 or so people.
They'll take the money, kick out a fat dividend, and then spin off a paper company with the responsibilities, destined to fold.
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A game cartridge where the ROM is replaced with flash(and possibly other hardware) so you can put whatever code you want on it.
Used for developing and homebrew software, as well as just plain copying games.
Either a paper cutter(replace ink with knife), a plotter(ink with pencil), or just steal the motor/belt system as one half/third of a homemade CNC.
Since when did the kindle not appear as a mass storage device?
I copy all my kindle books to disk to prevent Amazon from "repossessing" them and to crack them to allow speech to text.
I'd miss browsing on the free cell connection if Amazon tossed it, but I've got a browser on my phone, even if the battery life is shorter.
I wonder how they got that nice legacy IP
But I doubt it'll be as memorable as 4.2.2.2 for those emergency DNS outages.
The law is generally constrained by the bounds of human observation, to protect the expected privacy of presumably legal citizens.
If they can't tell you are growing pot by just standing on the sidewalk(plant in the window, odd smell from the garbage can) or from visual observation in a helicopter(giant patch of plants in a corn field), they technically aren't allowed to find out with fancy gadgets either.
This doesn't stop them from running "FLIR training" over town and amazingly receiving "anonymous" tips afterwards.
On the other hand, perhaps this will keep them from harrassing anyone growing heirloom vegetables or owning a saltwater fish tank.
Dumping the rom wasn't a problem, it was making writable cartridges.
Usually you had to trash a game you didn't like that had the same memory mapper as the game you did like and replace the program & artwork ROM chips with something writable, which was not cheap at the time.
On the other hand, I remember other devices that used floppies for storage, but they weren't cartridge sized and cost even more.
I kinda figured, much like penguin tastes like turkey soaked in rotting whale meat unless you remove all the fat and soak the meat.
I'll be starting a coffeeshop on my front porch. Free wifi, $30 coffee; I'm not zoned for parking, so you'll get towed after 30 minutes.
Wait until somebody sneezes on the Chicken Little or gives it a pat after touching the bathroom door and kills a few thousand people.
That said, I want some baby seal nuggets and a side of long pig bacon:)
Instead of a sketch artist listening to a description and modifying based on feedback, the system will be "prompting" the witness.
Prompting has been shown to cause false memories of details, so I imagine it will be even worse when you consider the "the computer generated this, it must be right" phenomenon.
If the return on their college fund isn't otherwise exempt, $900/year.
If it is under ~9,000 you can add it to some subform for your return, but you'll probably pay less if you file separately, though.
Pansies! Why vote for the lesser evil?
Vote for the guy that will ruin the government, then we might have a chance at getting something new...
Reminds me more of an over-sized potato gun. Even looks like pipe, a valve or two, and maybe a discarding sabot.
I'm guessing it is "two cents" in his language.
Presumably the reason he won't have a home system is because he canceled his ISP for the year. He should take that money and rent a box somewhere, you can do it for less that $10/month.
I'm curious how the OpenRD client performs as a router. Its only got 2 gigabit ports, but it runs in the low 10s of watts and is only $250
PS, 350 MJ is around 84 kilos of TNT. Perhaps they are running a bit hot?
.7m x 7m long carbon cylinder sucking up 350 MJ, surrounded by 750 tons of concrete and iron to keep it from going "sproing".
Car batteries are 12 volts, you can run a laptop on one for a long time.
Wouldn't want to carry it, though.
This would be the same cops that frequently claim photography in broad daylight on a city sidewalk is a crime and tell you to delete the photos(aka, destroying evidence of a crime)?
Yah...
You can buy a Sheevaplug, retail, for $100 right now. It is essentially a netbook, sans screen/keyboard/touchpad/battery.
Wholesale it is approaching $50. Keyboards & touchpads are a couple of dollars wholesale, netbook screens can be had for ~$50, and undersize netbook batteries for the same.
Wait another year or two, when the core will come down to $25 and find a battery/screen combo for under $75, albeit with only a few hours of charge and a 7" screen. It won't run Windows, but it'll be better than the netbook sitting on my desk right now.
I already have a netbook and I'd get it, as I got mine early, so odds are it might be better.
If you're really paranoid: get it, stick it in a closet, wait for the eventual failure/shutdown of the project, google for re-imaging HOWTOs, and then start using it.
I've still got some declawed CueCats:)
We already did that once and I've got relatives that still only get 9600 on dialup, no chance at DSL, and they live in a town with 1200+ people/sq mi, if only 10,000 or so people.
They'll take the money, kick out a fat dividend, and then spin off a paper company with the responsibilities, destined to fold.
This review is worth it just for the link to Osmos. That looks like awesome, can't wait to get away from the desk.