I'm surprised they were still provide dialup service.
I used to have an original Series 1 TiVO with a lifetime subscription. It didn't offer an Ethernet connection so I used dialup. It worked OK for several years, but then it started to get slow, wasn't reliable, and they started changing the local dialup number every month or so. It became tedious to keep up with. I found some online resources that showed how to configure the TiVO for SLIP using its serial port and connected it to a serial interface on my Linux firewall. The SLIP connection was faster and more reliable than dialup ever was. I continued to use that TiVO until my cable provider stopped delivering analog television.
I suspect some of this is driven by insurance or liability. If something bad were to happen, no matter how small the chance, this would give them yet opportunity to deflect liability in the inevitable lawsuit. - "We did all we could to prevent it"
I suspect many who initiate data collection plan to use it similarly to what you're doing and they probably don't have nefarious intentions either. This becomes a problem though when that data is stored for any significant amount of time. Stored data becomes succeptible to changes in ownership, changes in management, sale, theft, law enforcement requests, etc. and then used or mined for purposes well outside the scope of what was originally intended. Those who can gain access to data from multiple different sources may be able to cross-reference and mine it for all kinds of unexpected information.
I see the possibility someone would take the basic 3D plans for the simple parts and tweak the designs to customize their bike, or to create other add-ons. Having the 3D plans and altering them would be much easier than creating from scratch. Someone might spend $2400 for that capability.
I can see it now. An advanced civilization finds the key disks, spends months learning the technology, builds special equipment and tools to decode the disks only to find.... cat videos.
Well this is directly relevant to the number of degrees of seperation that the NSA uses to assume a connection between two people. I forget what the last hearings said about it -- was it two, or three? In either case, there starts to be evidence that this isn't so narrow a focus.
When you data gets mined by the FBI (and in theory also by the NSA), you have means of bringing that to court.
It's a nice idea but I'm not sure this is working out in reality. Many of the publicised cases where this is attempted seem to end up with the case thrown out after ruling the individual has no standing since the FBI and NSA never admit to having or collecting the data in the first place and don't divulge any information about surveillance because 'national security'.
If you compile information into huge databases, this is what you can expect. Personally, I want all my medical records on paper charts stored in my doctor's office. Unless you agree to have your information published on the internet, don't accept electronic records. I assume that in this specific case the ssd's were lost. Even if they end up on eBay, the new owners will most likely clear the old data.
That policy choice would kill a lot of people because it would prevent data mining to learn how to generate better health outcomes.
Trade offs.
Data mining to generate better health outcomes is good. Unfortunately there are other tradeoffs to consider. The large amount of personal data makes the database a target to be used for other purposes or even theft.
Then your data gets mined for less favorable purposes.
It is a good idea but I suspect the problem will become accurately determine someone's income or net compensation. Without a way to do that you'll have CEOs that accept a token $1 salary only paying the minimum fines.
It's the old 'bread and circuses' concept. But at some point the people being manipulated catch on to the fact, and then revolution is likely. I keep wondering why we haven't had one already - perhaps people are now so brainwashed that they will never wake up?
I think we've perfected the circuses part. Between the hundreds of TV channels, cellphones, and Internet, the circuses are essentially perpetual. When you get bored with one, you'll find a nearly endless supply available at the touch of a button. You have no time for a revolution if you're busy searching for the next cat video on Youtube.
If we had started transitioning seriously a few years ago
Some of us did. All the computers and network equipment at my house has been ready for IPv6 for years. I am just waiting for my ISP to get with the program.
I'm still waiting for my ISP too, but I'm working around that limitation by getting IPv6 from a tunnel broker. I've had dual stack IPv4 and IPV6 access for my home network for about 2 years now and I'm not experiencing any real problems. My IPv6 access is fully routed and suitably firewalled and IPv4 is through NAT.
With applications that support both IPv6 and IPv4 it isn't always apparent which protocol was used for a connection. Everything just seems to work.
It would seem to me that a better idea would be to put pumps inside the tanks, similar to the way it's done in cars. The technology for this is well tested and should not require highly trained personnel to operate it. This would avoid all the potential problems you highlight with pressurizing a tank to pushing fuel up to an elevated pump.
My concern would be the charging efficiency compared to a wired charger.
Now, I don't know about the efficiency of this kind of wireless charger or of wired chargers for that matter, but I'd expect a consumer grade wireless charger to be less efficient than a wired one. If we're going to put a few hundred million of these things in service I'd like to know what the energy penalty will be.
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I'm surprised they were still provide dialup service.
I used to have an original Series 1 TiVO with a lifetime subscription. It didn't offer an Ethernet connection so I used dialup. It worked OK for several years, but then it started to get slow, wasn't reliable, and they started changing the local dialup number every month or so. It became tedious to keep up with. I found some online resources that showed how to configure the TiVO for SLIP using its serial port and connected it to a serial interface on my Linux firewall. The SLIP connection was faster and more reliable than dialup ever was. I continued to use that TiVO until my cable provider stopped delivering analog television.
I suspect some of this is driven by insurance or liability. If something bad were to happen, no matter how small the chance, this would give them yet opportunity to deflect liability in the inevitable lawsuit. - "We did all we could to prevent it"
I suspect many who initiate data collection plan to use it similarly to what you're doing and they probably don't have nefarious intentions either. This becomes a problem though when that data is stored for any significant amount of time. Stored data becomes succeptible to changes in ownership, changes in management, sale, theft, law enforcement requests, etc. and then used or mined for purposes well outside the scope of what was originally intended. Those who can gain access to data from multiple different sources may be able to cross-reference and mine it for all kinds of unexpected information.
For reference a 386SX-16 would take about 4-1/2 hours to bulid R2.x kernels back in the mid-90's.
DNRTFA, but the title makes me think: Oh, boy. Direct Hardware Support for Clippy.
I see the possibility someone would take the basic 3D plans for the simple parts and tweak the designs to customize their bike, or to create other add-ons. Having the 3D plans and altering them would be much easier than creating from scratch. Someone might spend $2400 for that capability.
I can see it now. An advanced civilization finds the key disks, spends months learning the technology, builds special equipment and tools to decode the disks only to find.... cat videos.
In other news...
Traffic to Wired down 20%
Three degrees: http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/28/nsa-files-decoded-hops
It's a nice idea but I'm not sure this is working out in reality. Many of the publicised cases where this is attempted seem to end up with the case thrown out after ruling the individual has no standing since the FBI and NSA never admit to having or collecting the data in the first place and don't divulge any information about surveillance because 'national security'.
Data mining to generate better health outcomes is good. Unfortunately there are other tradeoffs to consider. The large amount of personal data makes the database a target to be used for other purposes or even theft.
Then your data gets mined for less favorable purposes.
It is a good idea but I suspect the problem will become accurately determine someone's income or net compensation. Without a way to do that you'll have CEOs that accept a token $1 salary only paying the minimum fines.
Assuming a picture is worth 1000 words, showing graphs would mean the the article wasn't necessary. How would the poor writer ever get paid?
I've received telemarketing calls where Caller ID displayed the number being called.
I think we've perfected the circuses part. Between the hundreds of TV channels, cellphones, and Internet, the circuses are essentially perpetual. When you get bored with one, you'll find a nearly endless supply available at the touch of a button. You have no time for a revolution if you're busy searching for the next cat video on Youtube.
NOx is created during combustion in a nitrogen rich environment (air). Simply switching to hydrogen as a fuel won't eliminate NOx production.
Definitely.
If they follow the optional turn arrow painted on the inside lane of the far entrance they'll run head-on into another problem.
Windows 10. Nice and flat, just like twm circa 1990.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twm
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Twm
Sometimes I wonder if they're simply looking for someone who was willing to put in in 5 years of 80hr weeks and expecting the same going forward.
$20M might be enough to get an HD video camera added to an already planned mission.
It's like the original Office 2013 licensing.
I'm still waiting for my ISP too, but I'm working around that limitation by getting IPv6 from a tunnel broker. I've had dual stack IPv4 and IPV6 access for my home network for about 2 years now and I'm not experiencing any real problems. My IPv6 access is fully routed and suitably firewalled and IPv4 is through NAT.
With applications that support both IPv6 and IPv4 it isn't always apparent which protocol was used for a connection. Everything just seems to work.
It would seem to me that a better idea would be to put pumps inside the tanks, similar to the way it's done in cars. The technology for this is well tested and should not require highly trained personnel to operate it. This would avoid all the potential problems you highlight with pressurizing a tank to pushing fuel up to an elevated pump.
My concern would be the charging efficiency compared to a wired charger.
Now, I don't know about the efficiency of this kind of wireless charger or of wired chargers for that matter, but I'd expect a consumer grade wireless charger to be less efficient than a wired one. If we're going to put a few hundred million of these things in service I'd like to know what the energy penalty will be.
So it's just a two bit hack.