MIRVs with ablative shields. As the shield ablates, it creates a protective zone around it that the laser can't penetrate. Remember, that's a plasma you're trying to shoot through.
If the blinding is "incidental" - lots of wiggle room there, it doesn't violate the protocol See page 57 of the protocol
Article 3
Blinding as an incidental or collateral effect of the legitimate military
employment of laser systems, including laser systems used
against optical equipment, is not covered by the prohibition of this
Protocol.
3. States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons within their jurisdiction recruited or used in hostilities contrary to the present Protocol are demobilized or otherwise released from service. States Parties shall, when necessary, accord to such persons all appropriate assistance for their physical and psychological recovery and their social reintegration.
Putting a 15-year-old into Gitmo and torturing him is a clear violation of the protocol. Considering he was dragged from his home in Canada to Afghanistan at the age of 10, what outcome did anyone expect when he was captured at 15?
You kill someone, they get a hero's funeral. You blind someone, they need retraining, and they are a continued drain on morale of friends and family. Morale back home is important - all the Vietnam vets who were only injured represented costs in both morale and money that continued long after a funeral would.
Btw Nazi, This is a very old thread that no one else is reading. It is so pathetic that you are self modding yourself up. But then again, Nazi are pretty insecure.
You're not even good enough to hold a candle to those currently trolling me. Loser. Go get some real world experience standing up for civil rights and then get back to us.
Again you lie. You made the claim that I modded up my own posts. Now quit bullshitting that you did so, with zero proof. Or take me up on the challenge, since you're not the first one to make the accusation. Ask the editors to go through all the mods on my posts, and see if any of them are connected to a sockpuppet - I don't use sockpuppets. I have used other accounts in the past, but NEVER modded up my own posts. I guess I could recover my original account with my original name before my name change, but what would be the purpose? I do everything out in the open, under my legal name, unlike you. Why don't you use your real name? Afraid of being held accountable? Coward.
And you encourage others to hide behind anonymity. Again, to avoid accountability. You are what is wrong with the world, where everyone wants to have rights but is unwilling to stand up to get them or keep them, either through protests or in the courts.
Reducing risks is a valid reason to have a high priority data channel
You're making the case for an unneeded high priority data channel right there,
Also, autonomous means self-directed. Able to act on its own. I never said it meant "operate in a data vacuum." Autonomous vehicles collect tons of data through their own sensors, allowing them to be autonomous. Anything less is not autonomous.
This could actually be a positive development. If consumers will start paying for credibly-reported news, that could be a boon to journalists and a benefit to the populace (and democracy, where applicable).
Better yet, give them their very own TLD, and require all advertising to be served from the same TLD. Do the same with Twitter, Google, etc. Make it a requirement to serve all advertising and content (including css and javascript) from the same domain as the site. Not only will it make it easier to stop tracking, but it will also make it easier to track down just who is serving malware.
to change their viewing angle from a remote or phone
My old region-free dvd player allowed me to see alternate camera views for dvds for scenes that provided them. I can't recall anyone ever using it. More hassle than it's worth. Same with 3d tv and VR.
The title makes it sound like Intel is betting the family jewels on VR. However, "Intel CEO has said he wants VR sports to be a billion dollar business for the company" means he doesn't see it growing to even 2% of revenue.
Most cyclists have already paid taxes to support road development, including bike paths. Check your municipal tax bill. Bike racks are installed by businesses to attract customers - do you intend giving businesses money to do what they're already incentivized to do? Because that's what you seem to be saying when you say that you want a tax to support installing new bike racks.
Public spaces already have a ton of places to lock your bike - trees, sign posts, etc. A lot less hassle for the city than having to install and maintain bike racks, which in some places will require purchase or expropriation of private land.
Why does an autonomous vehicle need any sort of real-time connection? It doesn't, any more than one with a driver does. Additional requirements are just additional points of failure / attack. Haven't we learned ANYTHING yet? You can already buy wireless devices that let you unlock someone else's door, steering, and start the car for under $200.00.
Assuming that a data connection that can provide safety information in real time is required to keep a vehicle from crashing is just moronic.
And then you act like a moron by assuming that such a data channel will always be available.
Reducing risks is a valid reason to have a high priority data channel
And then you contradict the need for such a data channel
It doesn't mean that every car will crash when that data isn't available.
Autonomous cars don't need data channels of any sort. They're autonomous. Comcast is just doing the same FUD as always. Anything else, such as reporting an accident, can use the regular cell network, same as is done today.
There is a whole new generation of Slashdot users who don't know what the fuck they are doing.
Same as the whole old generation of politicians - except that the politicians see campaign contributions and future jobs as consultants and it just sucks all the integrity (and all the oxygen) out of the room. Want to fix this - body cams for all politicians. And no bs about removing the register of visitors to your office (I'm talking about YOU, Trump) so we can't track who's exercising their "ownership" of any politician.
In some sections we have these stiff rubber marker columns about 3' tall bolted to the road in the summer months - works pretty well, And after a few years, they can be moved elsewhere because drivers are now (mostly) trained to respect the bike lanes in that area. If it gets bad again, there's always the option to bring them back. The idea of scraping your car finish or losing your plastic bumper cover or mirror kind of incentivizes drivers to be more careful. So would a brick on a spring-mounted stick sticking out a few feet from the bike, with a red flag and a reflector and flashing lights attached... maybe I should patent it. The previous incarnation of bicycle safety flags just didn't pack enough of a wallop to be a real deterrent.
You're the one who brought the whole claim of self-modding using a different account to the table. So much for your "logic" about it being off topic. Do you always shoot yourself in the foot in public?
Since your attention span doesn't even include even a single post in it's entirety, here you go:
either you are self modding on a different account
See how nice I am? I even bolded the relevant part so you don't even have to read all of what you quoted.
It's something I do not do, if only because I'm against the idea of internet anonymity. You should stand behind your words or STFU. All the excuses given so far are lame. Especially the one about "people need to post anonymously to protect themselves from persecution." Better to draw attention to any problem by being persecuted and standing up to the persecutor than by slacktivist anonymous posts.
Same as it's much more effective to do any other real-world protest than to sign any amount of online petitions. You won't make any difference with online petitions, and not much more with protests but challenging a bad law through the courts... that's standing up and being counted.
I remember one time they arrested 59 of us. Everyone else pled out - every single one. I refused because we were within our rights, and I won. So, I had the courage of my convictions, and they had the convictions for lack of courage. I felt sorry for them - but not sorry enough to forgive all the big talkers for suddenly turning yellow. I've since found this is almost always the case. People will not stand up for their rights. Not even when the law clearly states that they are right.
But then again, you don't have any real world experience in such matters.
So you're just recirculating the stale polluted air already in your car. I guess it's the same as they say about farts - people prefer their own stink:-) Also, your car is NOT airtight. This past winter we had several deaths because people parked on the side of the road with their windows rolled up as the snow built up around them, forcing exhaust into the vehicle.
Slashdot Mirror
20mm shells aren't stopped by fog or mirrors.
So why not sell a new defense system, and call it "smoke and mirrors"? Ought to be worth a billion just for the name.
MIRVs with ablative shields. As the shield ablates, it creates a protective zone around it that the laser can't penetrate. Remember, that's a plasma you're trying to shoot through.
Article 3
Blinding as an incidental or collateral effect of the legitimate military employment of laser systems, including laser systems used against optical equipment, is not covered by the prohibition of this Protocol.
But since when does the US obey protocols? They signed the Protocol on Child Soldiers, and then violated it with Omar Khadr.
Article 6
3. States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons within their jurisdiction recruited or used in hostilities contrary to the present Protocol are demobilized or otherwise released from service. States Parties shall, when necessary, accord to such persons all appropriate assistance for their physical and psychological recovery and their social reintegration.
Putting a 15-year-old into Gitmo and torturing him is a clear violation of the protocol. Considering he was dragged from his home in Canada to Afghanistan at the age of 10, what outcome did anyone expect when he was captured at 15?
You kill someone, they get a hero's funeral. You blind someone, they need retraining, and they are a continued drain on morale of friends and family. Morale back home is important - all the Vietnam vets who were only injured represented costs in both morale and money that continued long after a funeral would.
A quick check shows that accusing people you disagree with of self-modding is your "go-to". Also from today to another poster:
Btw Nazi, This is a very old thread that no one else is reading. It is so pathetic that you are self modding yourself up. But then again, Nazi are pretty insecure.
What a lamer crybaby.
You're not even good enough to hold a candle to those currently trolling me. Loser. Go get some real world experience standing up for civil rights and then get back to us.
Again you lie. You made the claim that I modded up my own posts. Now quit bullshitting that you did so, with zero proof. Or take me up on the challenge, since you're not the first one to make the accusation. Ask the editors to go through all the mods on my posts, and see if any of them are connected to a sockpuppet - I don't use sockpuppets. I have used other accounts in the past, but NEVER modded up my own posts. I guess I could recover my original account with my original name before my name change, but what would be the purpose? I do everything out in the open, under my legal name, unlike you. Why don't you use your real name? Afraid of being held accountable? Coward.
And you encourage others to hide behind anonymity. Again, to avoid accountability. You are what is wrong with the world, where everyone wants to have rights but is unwilling to stand up to get them or keep them, either through protests or in the courts.
You're just another special snowflake.
Reducing risks is a valid reason to have a high priority data channel
You're making the case for an unneeded high priority data channel right there,
Also, autonomous means self-directed. Able to act on its own. I never said it meant "operate in a data vacuum." Autonomous vehicles collect tons of data through their own sensors, allowing them to be autonomous. Anything less is not autonomous.
Wrong - contrary to the title you gave it, as I pointed out, it is not because of posts on the internet. Try to keep up.
This could actually be a positive development. If consumers will start paying for credibly-reported news, that could be a boon to journalists and a benefit to the populace (and democracy, where applicable).
Except the money won't be going to journalists.
Better yet, give them their very own TLD, and require all advertising to be served from the same TLD. Do the same with Twitter, Google, etc. Make it a requirement to serve all advertising and content (including css and javascript) from the same domain as the site. Not only will it make it easier to stop tracking, but it will also make it easier to track down just who is serving malware.
to change their viewing angle from a remote or phone
My old region-free dvd player allowed me to see alternate camera views for dvds for scenes that provided them. I can't recall anyone ever using it. More hassle than it's worth. Same with 3d tv and VR.
The title makes it sound like Intel is betting the family jewels on VR. However, "Intel CEO has said he wants VR sports to be a billion dollar business for the company" means he doesn't see it growing to even 2% of revenue.
Most cyclists have already paid taxes to support road development, including bike paths. Check your municipal tax bill. Bike racks are installed by businesses to attract customers - do you intend giving businesses money to do what they're already incentivized to do? Because that's what you seem to be saying when you say that you want a tax to support installing new bike racks.
Public spaces already have a ton of places to lock your bike - trees, sign posts, etc. A lot less hassle for the city than having to install and maintain bike racks, which in some places will require purchase or expropriation of private land.
Why does an autonomous vehicle need any sort of real-time connection? It doesn't, any more than one with a driver does. Additional requirements are just additional points of failure / attack. Haven't we learned ANYTHING yet? You can already buy wireless devices that let you unlock someone else's door, steering, and start the car for under $200.00.
Assuming that a data connection that can provide safety information in real time is required to keep a vehicle from crashing is just moronic.
And then you act like a moron by assuming that such a data channel will always be available.
Reducing risks is a valid reason to have a high priority data channel
And then you contradict the need for such a data channel
It doesn't mean that every car will crash when that data isn't available.
Autonomous cars don't need data channels of any sort. They're autonomous. Comcast is just doing the same FUD as always. Anything else, such as reporting an accident, can use the regular cell network, same as is done today.
And how is that (your post) news? It's been true since long before the internet.
"The internet is down agai ..." CRASHBANGBOOM
A self-driving car should be self-driving. One that needs an internet connection to elsewhere by definition isn't a self-driving car.
But Comcast knows how stupid politicians are - they rarely read the laws they pass.
Fr0st P1st, baby!
You must be using Comcast :-) Pay your lobbyist better.
There is a whole new generation of Slashdot users who don't know what the fuck they are doing.
Same as the whole old generation of politicians - except that the politicians see campaign contributions and future jobs as consultants and it just sucks all the integrity (and all the oxygen) out of the room. Want to fix this - body cams for all politicians. And no bs about removing the register of visitors to your office (I'm talking about YOU, Trump) so we can't track who's exercising their "ownership" of any politician.
Sunlight is a wonderful disinfectant.
Except here the problem was the implementation at the municipal level, and it's much easier to bitch at the mayor and town council than at the feds.
In some sections we have these stiff rubber marker columns about 3' tall bolted to the road in the summer months - works pretty well, And after a few years, they can be moved elsewhere because drivers are now (mostly) trained to respect the bike lanes in that area. If it gets bad again, there's always the option to bring them back. The idea of scraping your car finish or losing your plastic bumper cover or mirror kind of incentivizes drivers to be more careful. So would a brick on a spring-mounted stick sticking out a few feet from the bike, with a red flag and a reflector and flashing lights attached ... maybe I should patent it. The previous incarnation of bicycle safety flags just didn't pack enough of a wallop to be a real deterrent.
You're the one who brought the whole claim of self-modding using a different account to the table. So much for your "logic" about it being off topic. Do you always shoot yourself in the foot in public?
Since your attention span doesn't even include even a single post in it's entirety, here you go:
either you are self modding on a different account
See how nice I am? I even bolded the relevant part so you don't even have to read all of what you quoted.
It's something I do not do, if only because I'm against the idea of internet anonymity. You should stand behind your words or STFU. All the excuses given so far are lame. Especially the one about "people need to post anonymously to protect themselves from persecution." Better to draw attention to any problem by being persecuted and standing up to the persecutor than by slacktivist anonymous posts.
Same as it's much more effective to do any other real-world protest than to sign any amount of online petitions. You won't make any difference with online petitions, and not much more with protests but challenging a bad law through the courts ... that's standing up and being counted.
I remember one time they arrested 59 of us. Everyone else pled out - every single one. I refused because we were within our rights, and I won. So, I had the courage of my convictions, and they had the convictions for lack of courage. I felt sorry for them - but not sorry enough to forgive all the big talkers for suddenly turning yellow. I've since found this is almost always the case. People will not stand up for their rights. Not even when the law clearly states that they are right.
But then again, you don't have any real world experience in such matters.
The problem is that the municipality chose to do as little as possible to qualify for the money, swiping the rest for other uses.
So you're just recirculating the stale polluted air already in your car. I guess it's the same as they say about farts - people prefer their own stink :-) Also, your car is NOT airtight. This past winter we had several deaths because people parked on the side of the road with their windows rolled up as the snow built up around them, forcing exhaust into the vehicle.