most countries in Europe do afaik require id-cards
Ironically, none of the Nordic or Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland), which are often upheld as the classic examples of European Socialism, do.
How about you go read the Federalist Papers (and even the Anti-Federalist Papers) about what the people who actually wrote the Constitution had to say about the power of the Judiciary?
The Founders absolutely intended for Judges to have the power to say whether laws themselves are legal.
You can steal a lot of gas in 30-60s. Especially on the high flow rate dispensers they had at these remote sites (since they were for filling up big rigs).
Also, it would be possible to dip the flow sensor back in after a bit to reset the timer.
This was only 3 years ago or so. Specifically Gilbarco dispensers, I can't speak for other designs.
When you say pump, do you mean dispenser? I'm not trying to be pedantic but generally the dispensers don't have pumps in them. One pump on the main tank feeds all the dispensers.
So is the meter you're talking about on the main pump at the tank, or in each dispenser? If the latter, is it separate from the counter that determines how much you pay?
Forcing the pump to run normally should be far easier than forcing it to run AND to bypass the meter, which is probably impossible.
Check out my other comment. I worked on a project where we would try to detect people breaking into dispensers, and I actually got to break into a few myself to collect data. Disabling the meter is actually trivial. These were Gilbarco Veeder-Root dispensers, which make up a significant percentage of gas dispensers world wide.
As Cramer pointed out, they probably shorted the valve open, which is the 2nd method I mentioned in my other comment. Although I'm not sure I agree it would disable the meter in that case. But since both things are trivial to do once you get inside the dispenser, it's possible they disabled the meter AND shorted the valve.
I bet they don't know how much was stolen, and are only estimating. There is no metering system on the main tank, only on the dispensers. So if the dispenser was tampered with, there is no way to know how much was stolen until you get the main tank refilled and do the accounts.
Funnily enough, I worked on a project a few years ago to prevent people stealing gasoline from dispensers. Some of the tests I did (at the behest of the client) involved using various methods to break into the gas dispenser. The idea was we would use accelerometers and other sensors to detect if someone was trying to tamper with the dispenser. Needless to say they were ridiculously simple to break into; it can be done in under a minute without causing any damage to the dispenser.
Anyway, once the dispenser was open there were two main ways gas was stolen. 1. Start a valid transaction and then tamper with the flow sensor. Once you have the dispenser open you can just pull up on the flow sensor, which removes it from the stream of gas. So you end up paying, for example, $2 for 100L of gas. 2. Short the valve open and then pump all the gas you want. Generally there is a common pump that feeds all the dispensers on a site, so once the valve is open, the gas flows.
The major targets of these kinds of thefts were remote gas stations for semi-trailers that generally don't have attendants 24/7 (or at all). But given how simple it is to break into a dispenser, it's entirely possible they tampered with the valve without the attendant noticing.
The reason companies use wall warts is because of certification. If you are going to sell a device that takes AC from the mains directly into itself, whether it converts it to DC internally or not, it has to pass a far higher bar than one that takes in DC directly.
So instead of trying to pass those regulations, it's much cheaper to simply buy an AC/DC power supply which has already been certified and ship it with the product you design. The alternative is what a lot of laptops have, the power brick style, which is AC to a little box (certified) and then DC to the laptop. The manufacturer designs one supply to certify and sells it with multiple laptop models.
For example, any device which takes in AC from the mains will have to pass a HiPot test, which is where you apply 2x(device rating) + 1000V DC* between the input terminals and the ground for one minute, during which the device cannot pass any current to ground (i.e., short). So a laptop which would be powered by 120V directly would have to withstand 1240V for one minute.
*These are Canadian Standards Association numbers, but I know that CE and NEC requirements are similar.
1) No he's not. 2) So the fuck what? 3) Oh OK so only 10*habeus corpus. Great. I'd like to see how long you'd last you heartless ghoul. 4) So you're saying security is better than freedom? Got it. You're happy with a cage as long as you get 3 meals a day. 5) We don't put the children in fucking jail too. North Korea does that. 6) This is a lie. The burden of proof is on you. 7) Irrelevant.
it's *dynamite*. it's the *only* one of the theories that i cannot dismiss "out of hand". it makes sense, it's consistent, it's self-consistent, there *are* mistakes, there *are* "missing pieces"... but the core makes perfect sense even to me with A-Level maths.
Genuinely not trying to troll you here, but this sounds like classic Dunning-Kruger effect. It's entirely possible that someone with the expertise you don't have (i.e. a particle physicist) could point out glaring inconsistencies that you are overlooking.
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No, it's the other way around. Corporations have infiltrated and corrupted the government to do their bidding.
Remain calm, snowflake. The WAAAAmbulance is on it's way.
Get a load of this guy. He thinks words still have meaning.
most countries in Europe do afaik require id-cards
Ironically, none of the Nordic or Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland), which are often upheld as the classic examples of European Socialism, do.
Wake up idiot. It's the corps that already have you enslaved, not the government.
Also people don't choose slavery, by definition.
I agree. Trump is not the cause, he is a symptom.
He's like a big orange brain tumor that metastasized from rectal cancer.
An alternative headline could be: "ADHD Drugs Are Doing Exactly What They Are Prescribed To Do, Scientists Confirm".
Nah. What's really disturbing is adults actually believing that children are falling for this, when there is not a single confirmed case of it.
It's a mastapeece.
How about you go read the Federalist Papers (and even the Anti-Federalist Papers) about what the people who actually wrote the Constitution had to say about the power of the Judiciary?
The Founders absolutely intended for Judges to have the power to say whether laws themselves are legal.
You can steal a lot of gas in 30-60s. Especially on the high flow rate dispensers they had at these remote sites (since they were for filling up big rigs).
Also, it would be possible to dip the flow sensor back in after a bit to reset the timer.
This was only 3 years ago or so. Specifically Gilbarco dispensers, I can't speak for other designs.
When you say pump, do you mean dispenser? I'm not trying to be pedantic but generally the dispensers don't have pumps in them. One pump on the main tank feeds all the dispensers.
So is the meter you're talking about on the main pump at the tank, or in each dispenser? If the latter, is it separate from the counter that determines how much you pay?
Forcing the pump to run normally should be far easier than forcing it to run AND to bypass the meter, which is probably impossible.
Check out my other comment. I worked on a project where we would try to detect people breaking into dispensers, and I actually got to break into a few myself to collect data. Disabling the meter is actually trivial. These were Gilbarco Veeder-Root dispensers, which make up a significant percentage of gas dispensers world wide.
As Cramer pointed out, they probably shorted the valve open, which is the 2nd method I mentioned in my other comment. Although I'm not sure I agree it would disable the meter in that case. But since both things are trivial to do once you get inside the dispenser, it's possible they disabled the meter AND shorted the valve.
I bet they don't know how much was stolen, and are only estimating. There is no metering system on the main tank, only on the dispensers. So if the dispenser was tampered with, there is no way to know how much was stolen until you get the main tank refilled and do the accounts.
Funnily enough, I worked on a project a few years ago to prevent people stealing gasoline from dispensers. Some of the tests I did (at the behest of the client) involved using various methods to break into the gas dispenser. The idea was we would use accelerometers and other sensors to detect if someone was trying to tamper with the dispenser. Needless to say they were ridiculously simple to break into; it can be done in under a minute without causing any damage to the dispenser.
Anyway, once the dispenser was open there were two main ways gas was stolen.
1. Start a valid transaction and then tamper with the flow sensor. Once you have the dispenser open you can just pull up on the flow sensor, which removes it from the stream of gas. So you end up paying, for example, $2 for 100L of gas.
2. Short the valve open and then pump all the gas you want. Generally there is a common pump that feeds all the dispensers on a site, so once the valve is open, the gas flows.
The major targets of these kinds of thefts were remote gas stations for semi-trailers that generally don't have attendants 24/7 (or at all). But given how simple it is to break into a dispenser, it's entirely possible they tampered with the valve without the attendant noticing.
The reason companies use wall warts is because of certification. If you are going to sell a device that takes AC from the mains directly into itself, whether it converts it to DC internally or not, it has to pass a far higher bar than one that takes in DC directly.
So instead of trying to pass those regulations, it's much cheaper to simply buy an AC/DC power supply which has already been certified and ship it with the product you design. The alternative is what a lot of laptops have, the power brick style, which is AC to a little box (certified) and then DC to the laptop. The manufacturer designs one supply to certify and sells it with multiple laptop models.
For example, any device which takes in AC from the mains will have to pass a HiPot test, which is where you apply 2x(device rating) + 1000V DC* between the input terminals and the ground for one minute, during which the device cannot pass any current to ground (i.e., short). So a laptop which would be powered by 120V directly would have to withstand 1240V for one minute.
*These are Canadian Standards Association numbers, but I know that CE and NEC requirements are similar.
Do you have any idea the kind of hoops you have to go through so you are able to take electronic payments by credit card?
It takes a bit more work then just knowing some PHP.
Aww, do you want me to call the waaaaaambulance, snowflake?
If we take more babies away from brown people will that make you feel better?
1) No he's not.
2) So the fuck what?
3) Oh OK so only 10*habeus corpus. Great. I'd like to see how long you'd last you heartless ghoul.
4) So you're saying security is better than freedom? Got it. You're happy with a cage as long as you get 3 meals a day.
5) We don't put the children in fucking jail too. North Korea does that.
6) This is a lie. The burden of proof is on you.
7) Irrelevant.
Whatever helps you sleep at night. Actually since you're a ghoul you probably don't need sleep. Never mind.
Right, I forgot that when parents break the law, we throw the kids in jail too. Just like Trump's best friend Kim.
I'm OK with putting children in cages.
various posts about Theranos, Microsoft, Systemd, Yahoo, Google
Is it possible to defame a corporation (or in the case of systemd, a piece of software) at all?
That is not how I read GP's comment at all. As I see it they are making clear, strong claims about particle physics and string theory.
it's *dynamite*. it's the *only* one of the theories that i cannot dismiss "out of hand". it makes sense, it's consistent, it's self-consistent, there *are* mistakes, there *are* "missing pieces"... but the core makes perfect sense even to me with A-Level maths.
Genuinely not trying to troll you here, but this sounds like classic Dunning-Kruger effect. It's entirely possible that someone with the expertise you don't have (i.e. a particle physicist) could point out glaring inconsistencies that you are overlooking.