(what cooler way to get a girl than pick her up in your very own aircraft??)
Imagine how that girl would be bitching as soon as she discovers what you missed... there are obviously very few seats in unmanned drones.
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The problem with drones is that they don't have a thinking pilot. Where as two pilots will do everything in their power to avoid a midair collision, a drone is not even aware that a collision is imminent in such a situation. Which basically leaves the pilot in the situation of having to "guess" which way the drone will steer next.
No. They don't have a thinking pilot. That is good. A lot of commercial pilots today are either drinking or worrying how to pay their rent on the low wages they get. Or both.
Recent midair collisions have mostly been caused by pilots ignoring their warning systems or initiating the wrong reactions to the warnings. In almost all commercial airliners the flight paths of nearby air traffic is monitored by an independent system. This systems gives a warning to both pilots should it detect a collision risk. The system "talks" to the other airplane and depending on some factors tells pilot A to sink and pilot B to go up. If the human factor fucks up in such a situation (i.e. both going to sink) you still get a lot of debris on ground. A computer would not ignore this warning, react faster than a human and do the _right_ thing.
Awesome. I was able to get the thumbnail overview on the original site as well. I was salivating for the large ones. And your "mirror" links still point back to the dashpc site. Good job.
unfortunately a computer failure caused the vehicle to tip over and dive into the ground from a hundred feet up, causing severe damage (i.e., it requires a rebuild, not a repair)
Before: People in the bus looked at you and saw a geek fumbling with a hand-held thingy that you can write on, figuring that you were a guy who knew how to program VCRs.
After: People in the bus look at you and see you staring at and fumbling with your watch for _ages_, figuring out you're too stupid to grasp the concept of reading the time.
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Q: How many [insert geek type here] does it take to screw in a light bulb?
MS coders: 0. This is a marketing job. Redefine the industrial standard to "Darkness".
We can do that. Do we have to give them pressurized suits?
No, you can't. The fact that you have been there does not mean you can go there again. I think it was/. who carried the story of "information loss" at the NASA a few months ago.
The gist - most of the parts and expertise involved in the moon landing were thought up and manufactured before there were computers and CAD software. Most of the moon landing expertise is now on Palm Beach golf courses spending their retirement funds there. If they are not dead. I think it would take the NASA at least two years of research and development to get something back up there.
...fact about that entire saga is not a technical but a psychological one.
Remember, it was a "race into space" with the Russians leading some time along the way. They had the first device in orbit (Sputnik) and they certainly can be credited for having a high-tech state of the art space control center back then.
If something was faked along the way to the moon landing (i.e. no rocket leaving earth, the radio waves of transmission not really originating from the moon, etc.) do you think they would have kept their traps shut about this hoax? If someone had the tech and the expertise to really establish if something moved from earth to moon and transmitted a load of radio waves from there, it was them. They have not spoken up, and that in an era where almost every mistake from either side was used as ammunition to discredit the other. They didn't. Proof enough. QED.
I think the ISP reaction is too harsh. For sure, they basically have been stealing from them (bandwidth, or service or whatever). But having the FBI boot down doors for a crime like this exceeds the boundaries of common sense. Don't they have any rape crimes to investigate.
And yes, uncapping is/can usually be done by software. It is however no trivial task (sometimes requiring to mess with MD5 checksums, reconfiguring your machine to look like the ISPs FTP server and stuff like that).
What bugs me is that this could have been solved from the desk of the ISPs staff. Most cable modems allow for remote reboot, which means that the modem would reset and retrieve its config file (where the limits are set) from the ISP FTP server. So, just have them reboot the modems by script as soon as they detect anomalies. No problem, cheap script I guess. In case these uncap's were hardcoded (i.e. by unsoldering firmware or reflashing hardware parts of a *rented* modem) things get a little worse... It'll be a heavier charge than just theft of service/bandwidth then. Don't know the verbatim for that, but fiddling with hardware you've been told to keep your fingers out of which does not even belong to you...uh-oh.
Jerome Phillips, a Toledo attorney who represents Mr. Runner, said he questions whether the accusations lodged against his client constitute a crime.
"They paid for the service. There is a question if the additional software counts as a crime," he said.
I tend to question this attorneys sanity and/or technical knowledge. Uncapping is not just a "additional software". It is additional software, probably hex-editing the original CM config file (which it downloads from a fixed IP during bootup, usually hosted by the provider), reonfiguring your machine to look like the ISPs download server, rebooting and tricking the modem into thinking your reconfigured box is the config file location and doing lots of unusual shit along the way.
This is certainly not in the definition of just "additional software". If that was the case he might be right, and get them out with some phony storys about "accidentally" installing this or something... But a real uncap is not a trivial task and it won't happen accidentally.
...instantly pop up in my mind, no actually that's three...
Why is the FBI moving in on this thing? I always thought them goons won't get away from their coffee makers unless there is a monetary damage of one million dollars involved in the crime?
Why is the article posting the FULL names including street adresses of the fugitives (and that is what they are at this point, i guess)? This would be highly illegal in most of the rest of the world (it for sure is here in.de)
What makes people think that they can get away with an uncapped modem? I mean, by uncapping you show a certain sense and understanding of network and IT technology principles. Don't they realize that the cable modem MAC address is unique like a fingerprint? Don't they know that those MAC adresses are registered to their names with the provider? Can't they imagine that a simple script running at the providers location will easily identify them and document their crime basically within a minute after uncapping?
Fortunately, the net is global and tech-critic.com is registered to some guys in Australia. With some luck the standard US-law based cease-and-desist letter does not bear any significance down under.
I am sure MS would like to take care of that with a daisy cutter, but thankfully the US military is curently kinda preoccupied with some other guy...
I'd rahter move my trusty 486 router into an Commodore 128D chassis. Can't find a power supply with less than 45mm (that's less than two inch) height though.
I think there already is... The Uranus Project or Experiment or something like that. Can't remember exactly, just remember reading a blurb about some flight captain who is flying a parabel flight-capable Boeing/Airbus for scientific experiments. He mentioned that the aircraft was once rented out to a porn film crew for two weeks straight.
So they'll need some straps and force. It'll be a Bondage porn session then, no worries.
The most interesting part is spared in the parent article... the shot. This gives new possibilities. Not trying who can shoot it over the longest distance but rather trying to shoot in a way that keeps it airborne for the longest time period.
Absolutely. 15 gallons of pure H2O would do the same to you as they would wash out minerals and nutritients stored in your bloodstream without giving replacements.
I am not planning to stomp the credibility of the poster, but to me this sounds like male cow-excrement...
a) With a reaction so volatile, how can it be delayed long enough to row back to the shore before it goes off? b) How can they die from the inhalation of gases (which?) PRIOR to the explosion? Was it in their beer cans?
I do belive that a certain amount of sodium can damage the landscape like this, but I think this case has some flaws... can someone elaborate why I am wrong?
The braille on drive-up ATM machines is there for a reason - efficiency. It does not make sense to produce, stock up and use two kinds of keypads on ATMs when one will do. And if you need braille anyways, then just stick to it even on machines that are usually not a blind person's target. Check your keyboard. Are there nudges or shapes differing from the rest on the F and J keys ? They are there for a reason. Even my cellphone has a nudge on the 5-key.
And for your glove problem... Of course you won't get through with suing glove makers. That would be like the blind person suing Southwestern to pay some guy that reads out the site to him/her. But this is not what it is about. The person has gone through hassle by getting one of those "read-out" machines and now wants to use it. What if you bought nice gloves and found a guy who's doing changes to leather gear, only to find he refuses to cut off that empty glove finger? Would you sue? I would.
In my eyes all it takes is Southwestern to fire their stupid, work-avoiding or incapable webdesigners.
In my eyes, all it takes to follow the ADA is to compile a set of pages without all the fuss - make a script to strip all jpg and gif links, remove FLASH and oher crap and recheck the site with lynx. Two hours of work, instant compability.
If this is too much work for Southwestern they clearly deserve the lawsuit. If this is too much work for the admins they need to get fired as it's trivial to anyone not mistaking webdesign with the usage of Frontpage or Flash.
Face it, the Internet was seen as a saviour of free speech and the possibility to integrate those with disabilites even closer into society by means of technology. Lets make sure we don't lose the 2nd fight as well.
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Imagine how that girl would be bitching as soon as she discovers what you missed... there are obviously very few seats in unmanned drones.
No. They don't have a thinking pilot. That is good. A lot of commercial pilots today are either drinking or worrying how to pay their rent on the low wages they get. Or both.
Recent midair collisions have mostly been caused by pilots ignoring their warning systems or initiating the wrong reactions to the warnings. In almost all commercial airliners the flight paths of nearby air traffic is monitored by an independent system. This systems gives a warning to both pilots should it detect a collision risk. The system "talks" to the other airplane and depending on some factors tells pilot A to sink and pilot B to go up. If the human factor fucks up in such a situation (i.e. both going to sink) you still get a lot of debris on ground. A computer would not ignore this warning, react faster than a human and do the _right_ thing.
Awesome. I was able to get the thumbnail overview on the original site as well. I was salivating for the large ones. And your "mirror" links still point back to the dashpc site. Good job.
I'll volunteer. I am well out of the FBI's reach.
Ceterum censeo microsoft esse delendam. It had to be said.
Before: People in the bus looked at you and saw a geek fumbling with a hand-held thingy that you can write on, figuring that you were a guy who knew how to program VCRs.
After: People in the bus look at you and see you staring at and fumbling with your watch for _ages_, figuring out you're too stupid to grasp the concept of reading the time.
Q: How many [insert geek type here] does it take to screw in a light bulb?
MS coders: 0. This is a marketing job. Redefine the industrial standard to "Darkness".
You mean that one -ß- i guess. You'd pronounce that "esszett" with a german tongue or "as-cet" with american language.
Oh, the english military gobblespeak is just as bad. You just don't have the lingual option of just merging the words to form new ones.
Think of the "highly mobile multipurpose wheeled vehicle". HMMWV. Also called M998. Or just Humvee.
I suppose ... Schadenfreude? Basically the same feeling CmdrTaco would feel if kuro5hin's server facilities burned down.
No, you can't. The fact that you have been there does not mean you can go there again. I think it was
The gist - most of the parts and expertise involved in the moon landing were thought up and manufactured before there were computers and CAD software. Most of the moon landing expertise is now on Palm Beach golf courses spending their retirement funds there. If they are not dead. I think it would take the NASA at least two years of research and development to get something back up there.
...fact about that entire saga is not a technical but a psychological one.
Remember, it was a "race into space" with the Russians leading some time along the way. They had the first device in orbit (Sputnik) and they certainly can be credited for having a high-tech state of the art space control center back then.
If something was faked along the way to the moon landing (i.e. no rocket leaving earth, the radio waves of transmission not really originating from the moon, etc.) do you think they would have kept their traps shut about this hoax? If someone had the tech and the expertise to really establish if something moved from earth to moon and transmitted a load of radio waves from there, it was them. They have not spoken up, and that in an era where almost every mistake from either side was used as ammunition to discredit the other. They didn't. Proof enough. QED.
Hell, I'd pay for Ballmers traffix if I could packetsniff him...
I think the ISP reaction is too harsh. For sure, they basically have been stealing from them (bandwidth, or service or whatever). But having the FBI boot down doors for a crime like this exceeds the boundaries of common sense. Don't they have any rape crimes to investigate.
And yes, uncapping is/can usually be done by software. It is however no trivial task (sometimes requiring to mess with MD5 checksums, reconfiguring your machine to look like the ISPs FTP server and stuff like that).
What bugs me is that this could have been solved from the desk of the ISPs staff. Most cable modems allow for remote reboot, which means that the modem would reset and retrieve its config file (where the limits are set) from the ISP FTP server. So, just have them reboot the modems by script as soon as they detect anomalies. No problem, cheap script I guess. In case these uncap's were hardcoded (i.e. by unsoldering firmware or reflashing hardware parts of a *rented* modem) things get a little worse... It'll be a heavier charge than just theft of service/bandwidth then. Don't know the verbatim for that, but fiddling with hardware you've been told to keep your fingers out of which does not even belong to you...uh-oh.
I tend to question this attorneys sanity and/or technical knowledge. Uncapping is not just a "additional software". It is additional software, probably hex-editing the original CM config file (which it downloads from a fixed IP during bootup, usually hosted by the provider), reonfiguring your machine to look like the ISPs download server, rebooting and tricking the modem into thinking your reconfigured box is the config file location and doing lots of unusual shit along the way.
This is certainly not in the definition of just "additional software". If that was the case he might be right, and get them out with some phony storys about "accidentally" installing this or something... But a real uncap is not a trivial task and it won't happen accidentally.
Why is the FBI moving in on this thing? I always thought them goons won't get away from their coffee makers unless there is a monetary damage of one million dollars involved in the crime?
Why is the article posting the FULL names including street adresses of the fugitives (and that is what they are at this point, i guess)? This would be highly illegal in most of the rest of the world (it for sure is here in .de)
What makes people think that they can get away with an uncapped modem? I mean, by uncapping you show a certain sense and understanding of network and IT technology principles. Don't they realize that the cable modem MAC address is unique like a fingerprint? Don't they know that those MAC adresses are registered to their names with the provider? Can't they imagine that a simple script running at the providers location will easily identify them and document their crime basically within a minute after uncapping?
Fortunately, the net is global and tech-critic.com is registered to some guys in Australia. With some luck the standard US-law based cease-and-desist letter does not bear any significance down under.
I am sure MS would like to take care of that with a daisy cutter, but thankfully the US military is curently kinda preoccupied with some other guy...
I'd rahter move my trusty 486 router into an Commodore 128D chassis. Can't find a power supply with less than 45mm (that's less than two inch) height though.
I think there already is... The Uranus Project or Experiment or something like that. Can't remember exactly, just remember reading a blurb about some flight captain who is flying a parabel flight-capable Boeing/Airbus for scientific experiments. He mentioned that the aircraft was once rented out to a porn film crew for two weeks straight.
So they'll need some straps and force. It'll be a Bondage porn session then, no worries.
The most interesting part is spared in the parent article... the shot. This gives new possibilities. Not trying who can shoot it over the longest distance but rather trying to shoot in a way that keeps it airborne for the longest time period.
Boy, I AM dirty today...
Absolutely. 15 gallons of pure H2O would do the same to you as they would wash out minerals and nutritients stored in your bloodstream without giving replacements.
I am not planning to stomp the credibility of the poster, but to me this sounds like male cow-excrement...
a) With a reaction so volatile, how can it be delayed long enough to row back to the shore before it goes off?
b) How can they die from the inhalation of gases (which?) PRIOR to the explosion? Was it in their beer cans?
I do belive that a certain amount of sodium can damage the landscape like this, but I think this case has some flaws... can someone elaborate why I am wrong?
The braille on drive-up ATM machines is there for a reason - efficiency. It does not make sense to produce, stock up and use two kinds of keypads on ATMs when one will do. And if you need braille anyways, then just stick to it even on machines that are usually not a blind person's target. Check your keyboard. Are there nudges or shapes differing from the rest on the F and J keys ? They are there for a reason. Even my cellphone has a nudge on the 5-key.
And for your glove problem... Of course you won't get through with suing glove makers. That would be like the blind person suing Southwestern to pay some guy that reads out the site to him/her. But this is not what it is about. The person has gone through hassle by getting one of those "read-out" machines and now wants to use it. What if you bought nice gloves and found a guy who's doing changes to leather gear, only to find he refuses to cut off that empty glove finger? Would you sue? I would.
I don't get it.
In my eyes all it takes is Southwestern to fire their stupid, work-avoiding or incapable webdesigners.
In my eyes, all it takes to follow the ADA is to compile a set of pages without all the fuss - make a script to strip all jpg and gif links, remove FLASH and oher crap and recheck the site with lynx. Two hours of work, instant compability.
If this is too much work for Southwestern they clearly deserve the lawsuit. If this is too much work for the admins they need to get fired as it's trivial to anyone not mistaking webdesign with the usage of Frontpage or Flash.
Face it, the Internet was seen as a saviour of free speech and the possibility to integrate those with disabilites even closer into society by means of technology. Lets make sure we don't lose the 2nd fight as well.
...of Osama saying "Hrblt k jethig Beowulf ad og" (Imagine a Beowulf cluster of thóse...)