Not in this case. The water is still rising. People are still being evacuated. If conditions are such that you can't run the regular towers, you probably can't get in to set up mobile ones. Unless you drop floating ones in by chopper.
If the water had already receded, they could run the regular towers off generators, and not need the mobiles.
An 85 yr old woman was trapped on a rooftop. She somehow managed to get a cellphone call out to someone in Tulsa, OK. From there, the Red Cross took it, and asked for HAM assistance. From there, the message was relayed by ham ops to Idaho, then to Utah, then to [somewhere else], then down to the Coast Guard in Mobile, AL.
Right. Future inventions will be sooo much faster and better. Doing all that hard R&D work up front is simply silly. For instance, Henry Ford should have bypassed the Model T, and gone directly designing and building a Mustang Cobra. Or Ferry Porsche could have blown off all that silly Volkswagon stuff, and instead just built the Carerra GT.
What have you been smoking? Please tell us, so we can avoid it. It obviously burns way too many brain cells.
Uh, yeah. Venik is a whackjob. Ask around in rec.avation.military.
The F-117 that got shot down had less to do with 'tracking our boys with passive radar', and more to do with the fool pilot following the exact same flight path and times a few days in a row, and the SAM site getting lucky.
aeronautics.ru (Venik) is also the mouthpiece for Russian Plasma stealth technology, and conspiracies surrounding the Kusrsk sinking.
Plain and simple truth, the private sector has been developing weapons since the US declared independance over 200 years ago.
This is not specific to the US military. The 'private sector' has been developing weapons since Og showed nGg!g how to hit Blorg over the head with a rock.
It may be effective if all you have is a large group of 'terrorists', isolated from anyone else. Bringing a lightning bolt down on a training camp out in the desert might be just the thing. Or on a missile battery isolated from anyone else. 'Terrorists' are not the only threat out there.
Accuracy = use the right weapon for the particular target. Obviously, not all weapons are viable on all targets. If they were, Bahgdad would be a smooth, glassy, parking lot by now.
Nonsense. 'Secret' information will eventually be known, but not until after it is usable.
Consider a small battle. Two tank companies hiding in the woods on either side of an open field. The secret is 'how many tanks/troops does he have? When the attack happens, both sides know. But until then, it is merely speculation.
Consider a new aircraft. Keeping its design and capabilities a 'secret' is hugely useful. Even though, once the first attack happens, that data will be widely known. By keeping it a secret as to how it works and how to defeat it, I can gain a slight advantage in the opening hours. And frequently, thats all it takes. With my SooperDooper spyplane, I get to take out your command and control facilities, before you have a cue as to what has happened. If it were widely known, you'd know how to defeat it.
Consider an upcoming corporate restructuring. If it were widely known, stock prices might fall, simply because of rampant speculation. The masses don't have (and cannot digest) all the pertinant information.
Consider the Manhattan Project. Should we have shared that info freely with Germany and Japan? Somehow, I think not.
A secret is not expected to remain secret forever. Just long enough to be useful. i.e. gain me an edge.
Is there a reason that they even bother accepting traffic from any where outside of the US?
Sure. Data sharing with allies, aircraft, ships, ground equipment is frequently designed/built elsewhere, and the myriad of US bases in other countries.
In addition, the 'compromised' systems are not actually DoD, but contractors. Boeing, LockMart, etc.
Lastly...if you read the article, no actual classified systems were compromised. OF course...gathering and putting together a lot of unclassified info can be quite bad.
And that's one of the problems(?!) with all this new technology. A zillion cable channels, blogs, and other info regurgitators...people can and do seek out viewpoints, opinions, and TV shows that match their opinion. And only theirs. Validation of their own thoughts, instead of critical analyzation of something else.
Previously (in the US), we had the local newspaper, and the 3 networks. The individual was left to himself to figure things out. Now...we have an entire series of talking heads, spewing your viewpoint exactly, no matter where on the spectrum you lie. And because its "in the media", it must be true and valid.
...offshore all Torrent sites to Asia, in countries such as China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka ...they can even be hosted in backwards African countries such as Chad, Niger, Congo, etc.
Define that 'offshore' situation. The physical location of the hosting server? The mailing address of the corporation? The legal presence of the corporation? The owners legal place of residence? The owners physical presence?
Unless you're talking about ALL of those...somebody is gonna get screwed.
The X-15 program was primarily research. Investigating what happens in the atmosphere at different speeds/altitudes, as well as "how fast/high can we go".
SS1 was purpose built for one type of flight. 'Go up, come down, repeat'.
I've been tasked with something I'm not quite prepared for:
Quite.
Security level? FOUO, Secret, Top Secret, Other
Physical security? Is the actual room secure, or just the hardware?
What platform? Win/Lin/Mac/Other?
Fingerprint scanner? SmartCard reader?
Some sort of secure LAN, or standalone workstations?
And this is just scratching the surface. You need to find out these answers, and far more. But don't ask in here.
Call your person who set up the contract, the DoD program manager, and your building security manager Then call Dell. Especially if you need a basic plan soon.
A removeable HD and a sticker does not a secure system make.
Texts in paper change *all of the time*. Particularly controversial works are often defaced - patrons rip pages out, black out portions, white out portions, write in portions.
And those changes are instantly detectable. You go seek out a good copy. An electronic text may have been changed, but you'd never, ever know or suspect it. I have a book in my posession. If I give it to someone 30 years from now, I can be certain that it is the same as when I first read it. Electronic, not so sure.
The First Amendment is what protects freedom to receive information, the Second Amendment has to do with militiae and guns.
More or less, yes. And the 2nd is precisely why the govt will not be breaking down any doors soon to confiscate and burn books. Read the 1st and 2nd again to understand why this is.
So in high traffic areas, they are going all the time. Sounds good to me. And high traffic areas aren't necassarily high traffic 24/7.
In low traffic areas, they are going only when motion is detected. Again, sounds good to me.
As far as the giant NYC rats...even a cheapo Logitech cam allows a sensitivity adjustment before it triggers.
I have never met anyone in the Army who had any trouble falling asleep any time, anywhere. My experience is limited to cavalry and infantry, though, so maybe that's just something about combat arms troops.
Same in the air force. "15 mins until the next aircraft? OK...wake me when he taxis in." Snoozing while 120db fighter jets are rolling by 25 feet away is definately doable.
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Yeah. It's called weather.
Right now, cell phone is also usable in the instance of "HELP! We're on the roof, and the water is still rising!"
If conditions are such that you can't run the regular towers, you probably can't get in to set up mobile ones. Unless you drop floating ones in by chopper.
If the water had already receded, they could run the regular towers off generators, and not need the mobiles.
Some sort of non-ground based comm is necessary.
Even when the entire city is under 6' of water? Doubtful.
An 85 yr old woman was trapped on a rooftop. She somehow managed to get a cellphone call out to someone in Tulsa, OK. From there, the Red Cross took it, and asked for HAM assistance. From there, the message was relayed by ham ops to Idaho, then to Utah, then to [somewhere else], then down to the Coast Guard in Mobile, AL.
She was rescued.
What have you been smoking? Please tell us, so we can avoid it. It obviously burns way too many brain cells.
Is that how that F-117 got shot down? Doubtful.
The F-117 that got shot down had less to do with 'tracking our boys with passive radar', and more to do with the fool pilot following the exact same flight path and times a few days in a row, and the SAM site getting lucky.
aeronautics.ru (Venik) is also the mouthpiece for Russian Plasma stealth technology, and conspiracies surrounding the Kusrsk sinking.
Yes.
This is not specific to the US military. The 'private sector' has been developing weapons since Og showed nGg!g how to hit Blorg over the head with a rock.
It may be effective if all you have is a large group of 'terrorists', isolated from anyone else. Bringing a lightning bolt down on a training camp out in the desert might be just the thing. Or on a missile battery isolated from anyone else. 'Terrorists' are not the only threat out there.
Accuracy = use the right weapon for the particular target. Obviously, not all weapons are viable on all targets. If they were, Bahgdad would be a smooth, glassy, parking lot by now.
Consider a small battle. Two tank companies hiding in the woods on either side of an open field. The secret is 'how many tanks/troops does he have? When the attack happens, both sides know. But until then, it is merely speculation.
Consider a new aircraft. Keeping its design and capabilities a 'secret' is hugely useful. Even though, once the first attack happens, that data will be widely known. By keeping it a secret as to how it works and how to defeat it, I can gain a slight advantage in the opening hours. And frequently, thats all it takes. With my SooperDooper spyplane, I get to take out your command and control facilities, before you have a cue as to what has happened. If it were widely known, you'd know how to defeat it.
Consider an upcoming corporate restructuring. If it were widely known, stock prices might fall, simply because of rampant speculation. The masses don't have (and cannot digest) all the pertinant information.
Consider the Manhattan Project. Should we have shared that info freely with Germany and Japan? Somehow, I think not.
A secret is not expected to remain secret forever. Just long enough to be useful. i.e. gain me an edge.
Sure. Data sharing with allies, aircraft, ships, ground equipment is frequently designed/built elsewhere, and the myriad of US bases in other countries.
In addition, the 'compromised' systems are not actually DoD, but contractors. Boeing, LockMart, etc.
Lastly...if you read the article, no actual classified systems were compromised. OF course...gathering and putting together a lot of unclassified info can be quite bad.
Previously (in the US), we had the local newspaper, and the 3 networks. The individual was left to himself to figure things out. Now...we have an entire series of talking heads, spewing your viewpoint exactly, no matter where on the spectrum you lie. And because its "in the media", it must be true and valid.
[sacrilege]
Similarly, many users here use Windows daily, with a very low TCO, and derive huge satisfaction as well.
[/sacrilege]
You know who you are.
Didn't GEnei die a few years ago?
...they can even be hosted in backwards African countries such as Chad, Niger, Congo, etc.
Define that 'offshore' situation.
The physical location of the hosting server?
The mailing address of the corporation?
The legal presence of the corporation?
The owners legal place of residence?
The owners physical presence?
Unless you're talking about ALL of those...somebody is gonna get screwed.
Are YOU ready to move to the Congo?
SS1 was purpose built for one type of flight. 'Go up, come down, repeat'.
Quite.
Security level?
FOUO, Secret, Top Secret, Other
Physical security?
Is the actual room secure, or just the hardware?
What platform?
Win/Lin/Mac/Other?
Fingerprint scanner? SmartCard reader?
Some sort of secure LAN, or standalone workstations?
And this is just scratching the surface. You need to find out these answers, and far more. But don't ask in here.
Call your person who set up the contract, the DoD program manager, and your building security manager
Then call Dell. Especially if you need a basic plan soon.
A removeable HD and a sticker does not a secure system make.
For the same reason that a 1950 F1 car can kick a 2005 Geo's ass.
The Geo and the Cessna do win on reliability, comfort, and price, though.
And those changes are instantly detectable. You go seek out a good copy. An electronic text may have been changed, but you'd never, ever know or suspect it.
I have a book in my posession. If I give it to someone 30 years from now, I can be certain that it is the same as when I first read it. Electronic, not so sure.
The First Amendment is what protects freedom to receive information, the Second Amendment has to do with militiae and guns.
More or less, yes. And the 2nd is precisely why the govt will not be breaking down any doors soon to confiscate and burn books. Read the 1st and 2nd again to understand why this is.
In low traffic areas, they are going only when motion is detected. Again, sounds good to me.
As far as the giant NYC rats...even a cheapo Logitech cam allows a sensitivity adjustment before it triggers.
We can't live without them, and they can't live without us.
Same in the air force. "15 mins until the next aircraft? OK...wake me when he taxis in."
Snoozing while 120db fighter jets are rolling by 25 feet away is definately doable.