The reason you don't go out and buy the latest AAA title is because, in recent years, they haven't been living up to the hype. Buggy, unfinished, and not quite the product that is expected. ( You know . . . . playable. )
Wondering if we have to start doing the same thing with hardware now. Let the same folks who pre-order game titles beta-test this stuff for a few months to determine if the marketing claims are legitimate or not, then decide on if you should buy it.
" Just ship the damn thing ! We'll update the drivers later. ":|
but then I suppose if you're serious about it, you simply pre-record the flight path, load it up with some explosives and fly it to your target. No remote signals to jam. Really small target and will not be easy to see ( electronically, think radar ) if flying low enough to the ground.
The article also spoke of active countermeasure systems, but I don't see them shooting down drones with anything that would endanger the public. Far too much PR fallout to deal with should anyone get hurt.
These things are going to get smaller, faster and autonomous very quickly.
One could launch from rooftops in the general area. Calculate time of flight for a pre-programmed flight pattern for each unit to determine time of lift off. Do so for all units and you basically end up with the ability to swarm, with the same time on target, from multiple directions each potentially carrying a lethal payload. For extra fun, throw in a whole bunch of little cheap ones to saturate their targeting systems. ( You can target multiples, but typically only shoot at one or a few at a time )
Same concept we use to take down naval warships. We know their defenses can handle X inbound targets at once. Thus we shoot X + N ( where N is some ridiculous number ) to ensure we overwhelm the defenses and kill the target.
"This applies to Apple phones, too. And Microsoft phones. And hardwired landline phones"
This pretty much applies to ANYTHING that is network connected. It can be audio, video or just meta-data that shows what your daily schedule pattern looks like. ( Eg, A burglar alarm or Electric Meter can show when you're typically at home, other systems like car tech will have GPS, traffic cams, CCTV and license plate readers will tag you, point of sale transactions via Debit or Credit cards )
Stop and think about the tech you keep on or about your person on a daily basis. Then consider in what ways that tech be used to keep tabs on you.
The article didn't state whether the officers announced themselves prior to breaking the door down or not. It also did not state if the responding units were in uniform or not. ( Note: Many rural LE don't wear a standard uniform but rather nice civilian clothing with their badge on their belt )
There is a reason no-knock warrants ( assuming that's what it was ) are a bad idea. This is one of them. If you're going to serve a warrant, do so in the middle of the day with officers in full uniform driving what are obviously marked vehicles.
Put yourself into this situation for a moment.
If you KNOW you or anyone in the home have done nothing illegal, then what are the odds of the folks breaking down your door being real police ?
Now consider that some of the more intelligent bad guys know that dressing up like police makes it much easier to get the home owner into a passive state before they tie everyone up and rob the place. ( assuming they only rob the place )
I'm afraid I would have to side with the homeowner in this case. Shoot first, ask questions later.
The geographical size of the United States is a well worn argument.
Based on this reasoning, everyone living within the high density metro areas of the US should have super-cereal internet speeds. They don't. The only reason they MIGHT in the near future is because Google is lighting a fire under the old guards asses. They freaked right the hell out as soon as they realized Google was being serious. Guess what AT&T did ? They're trying to deploy Giga-Power ( yes gigabit ethernet ) to as many locations across the country as they possibly can as quickly as they can. Minimum numbers are 10,000 sites. I have no idea what the maximum numbers are.
One of the above posts noted they're paying ~$48euro / month for 150/25 service which ALSO includes Phone and TV. ( ~$55 USD )
To put this into perspective, Comcast charges $115 USD / Month for 150/20 service and ONLY THE INTERNET SERVICE. Add $10 / month to this if you don't buy your own cable modem.
You want TV with it, that will be another ~$80 / month ( Digital Preferred, No premium channels. HBO / Showtime / Cinemax, Stars, etc ) Oh you want an HD receiver / DVR with that ? That'll be an extra $15-20 / Month per receiver.
Phone: Tack on another $35 / month for the first six months. ( I can't even find what the price is after the promotional price )
This puts our total to ~$230-260 USD / Month. Or 4X the price.
We have the capability of rolling out high speed infrastructure pretty much anywhere. The only reason we don't is because the non-metro areas won't return much on the investment needed to get it there. Google will be the same way unless they're forced to. They're not going to spend $$$$ to bring high speed fiber to the middle of nowhere when they can focus on customers in the high density metro areas.
I wonder if Title II would force all the players to provide equal service to both metro and rural areas. ( Like was mandated with telephone service )
Mandate a short range transmitter into the car that phone tech can pick up within a few feet. While vehicle is moving > x mph, transmission is running and the phones know to block all comms with the exception of emergency ( 911 or the like ) calls. Want to make a call or text your buddy ? Pull over and do it.
The more intelligent will be able to find and disable said transmission, but if you're smart enough to do that, then you're smart enough not to text on the phone while driving in the first place:D
Removing the smartphone from the equation would decrease traffic incidents by quite a bit.
Never, ever be the first person to volunteer to be the guinea pig for new tech. Especially expensive or niche tech. ( cough 3D cough ) You'll regret it when, a year later, you can buy the same gear at a fraction of the cost you spent to be " first ". Assuming they haven't trashed the standard and are moving onto another one.
With a few exceptions, what is even ON TV these days that is worth spending $$$$ on to upgrade all your gear every year or so ? I bought all my favorite movies that I wanted when we switched from VHS to DVD. I didn't even bother when Blu-Ray happened. ( Remember Blu-Ray hardware prices first year or two ? LOL What are they now ? ) Will likely donate the whole collection as I watch the new standards come and go. I don't -think- you'll be streaming UHD or 4K anytime soon as we can barely get decent HD quality across the networks due to compression and bickering over bandwidth consumption. It will only get worse for the newer formats I think. ( US markets only, you folks overseas with enviable high speed symmetric bandwidth, ymmv )
Dunno about you all, but I'm just about done with TV. When the one we have dies, I'll just put the aquarium in its place and be done with it.
We have to ask why everything NEEDS to be internet connected. A local connection to the sensors will allow the station to determine when they need to refill said tanks. Not much point in putting it out there on the big scary internet.:D
If you think Tesla ruffled some feathers by promoting direct to consumer selling, wait until this takes off. ( if ever )
Car manufacturers will have KITTENS once they realize their parts department becomes irrelevant when any third party business can now print compatible parts out for a fraction of what the dealerships charge for them. Things like doors, body panels, and the like.
I wonder how long it would take for them to introduce some sort of DRM model into vehicle parts ... . . lol
If you used a ( insert manufacturer here ) device to input your key data, then you are already running the risk of your keys being compromised. There are just too many attack vectors to get your keys from you. Hardware, software, corporate cooperation, exploits and even human espionage.
If they want your data bad enough, you're really going to have to place the bar really high to make them work for it.
If you are interacting with a large number of people on a daily basis, then yes, the vaccinations should be mandatory as part of the terms of your employment. However, if you're going to mandate your employees get vaccinated, then you damn well better allow them paid time off from work when they need it without harassing or penalizing them about it.
Many employers in the US do not pay their employees " Sick Time ". Those that do, are usually very limited at best. It becomes an issue when Employee X comes into work at the cube farm and gets all of their co-workers sick. They, in turn, take it home and spread it to their families. They'll go into work / school and spread it some more. Thus, it snowballs.
This becomes an exponentially bigger problem if you are working in an industry that interacts with the general public in large numbers. ( Think of folks in the service industry, health professionals, education, etc. etc. ) Especially the lower paying industries where employees make so little they can't afford to miss a days pay. They WILL come to work sick, and infect many who come into contact with them in doing so. The the above scene plays out once again, only this time with far bigger numbers initially.
In addition, there is this stigma in the US about missing work. Folks worry that when it comes time for promotions or new jobs that they'll get passed over by the guy / gal who puts in 80 hours / week and never takes a vacation or sick day. Because they're a " Team Player ".:|
If you complain about your co-worker sitting at their desk coughing up a lung, you get ignored. A week later, once you're showing symptoms, watch what happens when you try to call in sick. Usually they'll throw the guilt trip at you about how you're putting a burden on the rest of your team by being absent, or they'll make some big deal out of putting it into your record that you took a " SICK " day and try to convince you to use your own vacation or personal days instead.
It's highly likely your http traffic is going through some sort of mechanism within your ISP that allows it to do deep packet inspection for the purpose of targeted advertising. They see how much $$$ Google rakes in and they want a piece of that pie too.
A recent experience of my own:
Recently I upgraded my home router to a beefier Cisco flavor. After getting the configuration in place, I threw NMAP at it before I put the router into a live environment. Results were pretty much as expected. Everything closed with the exception of VPN listening ports.
I put the router on the live network and ran another test with NMAP across the net and through my ISP using a laptop connected via a second network.
All of a sudden, NMAP starts telling me that port 80 is open which puzzled me because I knew from the pre-live test, it was filtered. I thought maybe NMAP was buggy, so I put a sniffer on to watch the traffic. Sniffer traffic confirmed NMAP's observation. Port 80 was saying hello to the world. . . .:|
No problem. Recheck my config and when I was confident in my setup, I disabled the Wan interface on the router. Reran the test. NMAP and sniffer still show port 80 open. ( scratches head )
I power off the entire router, the cable modem and remove the physical connections that connects me to Comcast. Reran the test. NMAP and sniffer still show port 80 open. (:| )
So, whatever it is that's answering up to my Wan IP address, isn't me and it's only impacting port 80. Guessing a proxy or something, but thought the whole thing odd.
AT&T and Verizon represent the two top carriers. They're not about to share any of that marketplace with Google, whom they view as a threat / competitor. Sprint and T-Mobile really have nothing to lose here, so they'll take business in whatever form it presents itself.
I'm waiting to see what happens if / when metros are able to roll out their own citywide wifi networks.
Couple that with wifi voip capable phones and, all of a sudden, the need for cellular services within those areas goes right through the floor. Considering cellular / wireless is the current Golden Goose for the two major telecoms, I can probably understand why they lobby so hard to prevent it.
He speaks of how we need folks in technical positions, yet we pay a professional ballplayer ( pick your sport ), a CEO or a celebrity a salary that is so above and beyond what a " programmer " makes, it's ludicrous. The CEO of my own company makes as much in one year as myself and ONE THOUSAND others just like me.
Most kids don't understand the odds of their becoming a pro ball player. All they see is the dump trucks of cash we give them and the lifestyle they get to live because of it. Couple that with the fact that showing any sort of aptitude for intelligence in school ( High School anyway ) will get you four years of misery and guess how many kids are going to be interested in following the path of a professional coder ?
You want folks to do the " important " jobs ? Start by showing how important they are when it comes to financial compensation.
You have to be VERY smart. I watched my other half go through Nursing school and the material / coursework is no joke. Your Science-Fu better be way up there. Especially Biology, Anatomy, Micro-Biology and Chemistry.
True statement, but you're talking about a Nurse Anesthetist. A Masters Degree level nurse and a specialized field as well. You can even go a step further and become a Nurse Practitioner, but now we're talking a PH.D level education.
I would expect anyone who wielded a Masters Degree in any meaningful field of study to have similar wages.
Most places are looking for BSN's these days at a minimum. You can still find jobs for LVN's and RN's, but most are transitioning to the BSN. ( Bachelor Degrees ) So if you want a career in Nursing, ( not that I expect many here on Slashdot will ) figure on doing the BSN program.
They need to fix this a bit further down the chain before the kids reach college.
Our public school system is so out of whack it isn't funny. Only the better funded schools will have the ability to output students at a education level that will be necessary for anyone to follow the path of a Computer Science degree or Programmer. Getting access to even a basic level of equal education is very tough depending on where you live and how well off ( financially ) your parents are.
Don't try to fine tune a system without doing a lot of course adjustments first.
Current generation maybe, but eventually these will aquire the same autonomous capabilities that cruise missiles have, only they'll be a lot more nimble.
Some decent planning and either satellite imagery or on the ground surveillance and you can simply pre-plot the flight path. Want to take it a step further, outfit the units with more cruise missile tech like TERCOM or DSMAC.
Sure current gen cruise missiles can use GPS and / or satellite guidance via the tail fin cameras they carry, but they work pretty well without it and you won't be launching drones from a thousand miles out.
Short distance route planning is a whole lot easier to do.
"Wait till your corporations trade secrets are leaked because the FBI's collector was insecure."
Wait till your infrastructure dies because the FBI or some other three letter agency is poking around in your systems trying to install a backdoor or exploit. High end routers are expensive, but loss of data or business because of some G-man trying to hack your hardware is on another level entirely.
The medium-formats excel in a studio environment or where lighting is predictable. Not so much in low light levels nor for high speed photography. Two different systems really designed for different shooting environments. I wouldn't dream of trying to outperform a medium-format setup in a studio with a DSLR. I'd get laughed out of the room. lol
Like you said, they have higher resolution and better dynamic range. That comes at a cost though . . . . . speed.
Let's go outside and start shooting birds in flight, or any sports venue and my DSLR will run circles around the medium-format system.
I would love a medium-format camera for studio work, but they suffer from what I consider elitist pricing. When you consider a Phase One will cost about the same as a mid-range luxury car ( $~50,000 ) for the BODY ONLY, you tend to limit your client base a bit. ( Ask Silicon Graphics how that ultimately ends when only a few can afford your hardware )
As a result, I don't even consider the medium-formats a realistic option for me:D
I'll agree with you though, for the environment in which they were designed, medium-format trounces DSLR's.
It takes a good sensor, a good lens, some skill and even some luck to create a decent photo.
I'll withhold judgement on the Samsung claims until the sensors have been properly tested in the field. That said, there is a reason pro lenses cost so damn much. Five years from now, my top end lenses will still be worth every penny I paid for them, while I probably wouldn't even be able to GIVE away the DSLR body. A whole lot of optical engineering goes into lens design. Especially the high end glass. If there is a cheaper way to do it without sacrificing quality, Canon and Nikon would really like to talk to you about it.
Someone asked why the 300mm/2.8 lens was significant. The reason for it is the 300mm/2.8 and the 70-200mm/2.8 lenses are pretty much lenses that set the bar or standard for optical clarity, so to speak, for both the Nikon and Canon camps.
Yes, tiny sensors can achieve better magnification with less glass than their full sized counterparts, however, this normally comes at the price of noise since you're packing all those mega-pixels into a much smaller footprint. Don't get me wrong, in perfect lighting ( say ISO 100 ) it'll probably make a really nice image. In the real world, however, perfect lighting rarely exists outside the studio. This is where low light capability and low noise sensors pull away from the camera wannabe's. It's more or less a balancing act between low light and noise.
If they want to impress me, show me what the camera can do when the light goes crappy on you and you need to push the ISO above 3200. This is where the full frames really start to flex their muscle. Show me what the image looks like edge to edge when this sensor is paired with decent glass. How's the bokeh ? Chromatic Aberration ? If you can impress me with the first few, now you need to build an inventory of lenses I can choose from depending on what I'm shooting. Portrait, landscape, macro, sports, wildlife, etc. One size doth not fit all here. Don't forget all the other goodies that go into this very, very expensive hobby. Flashes, tele-converters, filters, etc. etc.
Someone mentioned how silly it is to " get it right in the camera when we can do it all post ".
The idea is sound, IF you shoot one or two photos. OTOH, the reason you get it right in the camera is so you don't have to spend so much damn time fixing things in post. So, if you just shot up 1000 images for a wedding or your vacation or whatever, trust me when I tell you that reviewing them all in Lightroom is bad enough. Having to apply various fixes to compensate for silly oversights you SHOULD have done in camera is just annoying as hell.
In the end, it still takes a lot of skill and a bit of luck to pull of a shot to be proud of. The tech will only get you so far.
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The reason you don't go out and buy the latest AAA title is because, in recent years, they haven't been living up to the hype. Buggy, unfinished, and not quite the product that is expected. ( You know . . . . playable. )
:|
Wondering if we have to start doing the same thing with hardware now. Let the same folks who pre-order game titles beta-test this stuff for a few months to determine if the marketing claims are legitimate or not, then decide on if you should buy it.
" Just ship the damn thing ! We'll update the drivers later. "
but then I suppose if you're serious about it, you simply pre-record the flight path, load it up with some explosives and fly it to your target.
No remote signals to jam. Really small target and will not be easy to see ( electronically, think radar ) if flying low enough to the ground.
The article also spoke of active countermeasure systems, but I don't see them shooting down drones with anything that would endanger the public. Far too much PR fallout to deal with should anyone get hurt.
These things are going to get smaller, faster and autonomous very quickly.
One could launch from rooftops in the general area. Calculate time of flight for a pre-programmed flight pattern for each unit to determine time of lift off. Do so for all units and you basically end up with the ability to swarm, with the same time on target, from multiple directions each potentially carrying a lethal payload. For extra fun, throw in a whole bunch of little cheap ones to saturate their targeting systems. ( You can target multiples, but typically only shoot at one or a few at a time )
Same concept we use to take down naval warships. We know their defenses can handle X inbound targets at once. Thus we shoot X + N ( where N is some ridiculous number ) to ensure we overwhelm the defenses and kill the target.
"This applies to Apple phones, too. And Microsoft phones. And hardwired landline phones"
This pretty much applies to ANYTHING that is network connected. It can be audio, video or just meta-data that shows what your daily schedule pattern looks like. ( Eg, A burglar alarm or Electric Meter can show when you're typically at home, other systems like car tech will have GPS, traffic cams, CCTV and license plate readers will tag you, point of sale transactions via Debit or Credit cards )
Stop and think about the tech you keep on or about your person on a daily basis. Then consider in what ways that tech be used to keep tabs on you.
That changes pretty quickly if you're woken up by a large crash ( glass shattering ) in the middle of the night and your alarm fires.
It's an instant surge of adrenaline.
Out of bed, armed and fully aware in about two seconds. ( BTDT )
LOL
Unless you know that most LE's wear armor ( and occasionally trauma plates within ). Then, a headshot is far more effective.
Nothing.
The article didn't state whether the officers announced themselves prior to breaking the door down or not. It also did not state if the responding units were in uniform or not. ( Note: Many rural LE don't wear a standard uniform but rather nice civilian clothing with their badge on their belt )
There is a reason no-knock warrants ( assuming that's what it was ) are a bad idea. This is one of them. If you're going to serve a warrant, do so in the middle of the day with officers in full uniform driving what are obviously marked vehicles.
Put yourself into this situation for a moment.
If you KNOW you or anyone in the home have done nothing illegal, then what are the odds of the folks breaking down your door being real police ?
Now consider that some of the more intelligent bad guys know that dressing up like police makes it much easier to get the home owner into a passive state before they tie everyone up and rob the place. ( assuming they only rob the place )
I'm afraid I would have to side with the homeowner in this case. Shoot first, ask questions later.
The geographical size of the United States is a well worn argument.
Based on this reasoning, everyone living within the high density metro areas of the US should have super-cereal internet speeds. They don't. The only reason they MIGHT in the near future is because Google is lighting a fire under the old guards asses. They freaked right the hell out as soon as they realized Google was being serious. Guess what AT&T did ? They're trying to deploy Giga-Power ( yes gigabit ethernet ) to as many locations across the country as they possibly can as quickly as they can. Minimum numbers are 10,000 sites. I have no idea what the maximum numbers are.
One of the above posts noted they're paying ~$48euro / month for 150/25 service which ALSO includes Phone and TV. ( ~$55 USD )
To put this into perspective, Comcast charges $115 USD / Month for 150/20 service and ONLY THE INTERNET SERVICE.
Add $10 / month to this if you don't buy your own cable modem.
You want TV with it, that will be another ~$80 / month ( Digital Preferred, No premium channels. HBO / Showtime / Cinemax, Stars, etc )
Oh you want an HD receiver / DVR with that ? That'll be an extra $15-20 / Month per receiver.
Phone: Tack on another $35 / month for the first six months. ( I can't even find what the price is after the promotional price )
This puts our total to ~$230-260 USD / Month. Or 4X the price.
We have the capability of rolling out high speed infrastructure pretty much anywhere. The only reason we don't is because the non-metro areas won't return much on the investment needed to get it there. Google will be the same way unless they're forced to. They're not going to spend $$$$ to bring high speed fiber to the middle of nowhere when they can focus on customers in the high density metro areas.
I wonder if Title II would force all the players to provide equal service to both metro and rural areas. ( Like was mandated with telephone service )
Mandate a short range transmitter into the car that phone tech can pick up within a few feet. While vehicle is moving > x mph, transmission is running and the phones know to block all comms with the exception of emergency ( 911 or the like ) calls. Want to make a call or text your buddy ? Pull over and do it.
:D
The more intelligent will be able to find and disable said transmission, but if you're smart enough to do that, then you're smart enough not to text on the phone while driving in the first place
Removing the smartphone from the equation would decrease traffic incidents by quite a bit.
Never, ever be the first person to volunteer to be the guinea pig for new tech. Especially expensive or niche tech. ( cough 3D cough ) You'll regret it when, a year later, you can buy the same gear at a fraction of the cost you spent to be " first ". Assuming they haven't trashed the standard and are moving onto another one.
With a few exceptions, what is even ON TV these days that is worth spending $$$$ on to upgrade all your gear every year or so ? I bought all my favorite movies that I wanted when we switched from VHS to DVD. I didn't even bother when Blu-Ray happened. ( Remember Blu-Ray hardware prices first year or two ? LOL What are they now ? ) Will likely donate the whole collection as I watch the new standards come and go. I don't -think- you'll be streaming UHD or 4K anytime soon as we can barely get decent HD quality across the networks due to compression and bickering over bandwidth consumption. It will only get worse for the newer formats I think. ( US markets only, you folks overseas with enviable high speed symmetric bandwidth, ymmv )
Dunno about you all, but I'm just about done with TV. When the one we have dies, I'll just put the aquarium in its place and be done with it.
We have to ask why everything NEEDS to be internet connected. A local connection to the sensors will allow the station to determine when they need to refill said tanks. Not much point in putting it out there on the big scary internet. :D
If you think Tesla ruffled some feathers by promoting direct to consumer selling, wait until this takes off. ( if ever )
.. . . lol
Car manufacturers will have KITTENS once they realize their parts department becomes irrelevant when any third party business can now print compatible parts out for a fraction of what the dealerships charge for them. Things like doors, body panels, and the like.
I wonder how long it would take for them to introduce some sort of DRM model into vehicle parts .
Chuckle.
If you used a ( insert manufacturer here ) device to input your key data, then you are already running the risk of your keys being compromised.
There are just too many attack vectors to get your keys from you. Hardware, software, corporate cooperation, exploits and even human espionage.
If they want your data bad enough, you're really going to have to place the bar really high to make them work for it.
If you are interacting with a large number of people on a daily basis, then yes, the vaccinations should be mandatory as part of the terms of your employment. However, if you're going to mandate your employees get vaccinated, then you damn well better allow them paid time off from work when they need it without harassing or penalizing them about it.
:|
Many employers in the US do not pay their employees " Sick Time ". Those that do, are usually very limited at best. It becomes an issue when Employee X comes into work at the cube farm and gets all of their co-workers sick. They, in turn, take it home and spread it to their families. They'll go into work / school and spread it some more. Thus, it snowballs.
This becomes an exponentially bigger problem if you are working in an industry that interacts with the general public in large numbers. ( Think of folks in the service industry, health professionals, education, etc. etc. ) Especially the lower paying industries where employees make so little they can't afford to miss a days pay. They WILL come to work sick, and infect many who come into contact with them in doing so. The the above scene plays out once again, only this time with far bigger numbers initially.
In addition, there is this stigma in the US about missing work. Folks worry that when it comes time for promotions or new jobs that they'll get passed over by the guy / gal who puts in 80 hours / week and never takes a vacation or sick day. Because they're a " Team Player ".
If you complain about your co-worker sitting at their desk coughing up a lung, you get ignored. A week later, once you're showing symptoms, watch what happens when you try to call in sick. Usually they'll throw the guilt trip at you about how you're putting a burden on the rest of your team by being absent, or they'll make some big deal out of putting it into your record that you took a " SICK " day and try to convince you to use your own vacation or personal days instead.
Some bad news.
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It's highly likely your http traffic is going through some sort of mechanism within your ISP that allows it to do deep packet inspection for the purpose of targeted advertising. They see how much $$$ Google rakes in and they want a piece of that pie too.
A recent experience of my own:
Recently I upgraded my home router to a beefier Cisco flavor. After getting the configuration in place, I threw NMAP at it before I put the router into a live environment. Results were pretty much as expected. Everything closed with the exception of VPN listening ports.
I put the router on the live network and ran another test with NMAP across the net and through my ISP using a laptop connected via a second network.
All of a sudden, NMAP starts telling me that port 80 is open which puzzled me because I knew from the pre-live test, it was filtered.
I thought maybe NMAP was buggy, so I put a sniffer on to watch the traffic. Sniffer traffic confirmed NMAP's observation. Port 80 was saying hello to the world. . . .
No problem. Recheck my config and when I was confident in my setup, I disabled the Wan interface on the router. Reran the test.
NMAP and sniffer still show port 80 open. ( scratches head )
I power off the entire router, the cable modem and remove the physical connections that connects me to Comcast. Reran the test.
NMAP and sniffer still show port 80 open. (
So, whatever it is that's answering up to my Wan IP address, isn't me and it's only impacting port 80. Guessing a proxy or something, but thought the whole thing odd.
Easy answer.
AT&T and Verizon represent the two top carriers. They're not about to share any of that marketplace with Google, whom they view as a threat / competitor. Sprint and T-Mobile really have nothing to lose here, so they'll take business in whatever form it presents itself.
I'm waiting to see what happens if / when metros are able to roll out their own citywide wifi networks.
Couple that with wifi voip capable phones and, all of a sudden, the need for cellular services within those areas goes right through the floor.
Considering cellular / wireless is the current Golden Goose for the two major telecoms, I can probably understand why they lobby so hard to
prevent it.
He speaks of how we need folks in technical positions, yet we pay a professional ballplayer ( pick your sport ), a CEO or a celebrity a salary that is so above and beyond what a " programmer " makes, it's ludicrous. The CEO of my own company makes as much in one year as myself and ONE THOUSAND others just like me.
Most kids don't understand the odds of their becoming a pro ball player. All they see is the dump trucks of cash we give them and the lifestyle they get to live because of it. Couple that with the fact that showing any sort of aptitude for intelligence in school ( High School anyway ) will get you four years of misery and guess how many kids are going to be interested in following the path of a professional coder ?
You want folks to do the " important " jobs ? Start by showing how important they are when it comes to financial compensation.
Chuckle.
You have to be VERY smart. I watched my other half go through Nursing school and the material / coursework is no joke. Your Science-Fu better be way up there. Especially Biology, Anatomy, Micro-Biology and Chemistry.
True statement, but you're talking about a Nurse Anesthetist. A Masters Degree level nurse and a specialized field as well. You can even go a step further and become a Nurse Practitioner, but now we're talking a PH.D level education.
I would expect anyone who wielded a Masters Degree in any meaningful field of study to have similar wages.
Most places are looking for BSN's these days at a minimum. You can still find jobs for LVN's and RN's, but most are transitioning to the BSN. ( Bachelor Degrees ) So if you want a career in Nursing, ( not that I expect many here on Slashdot will ) figure on doing the BSN program.
They need to fix this a bit further down the chain before the kids reach college.
Our public school system is so out of whack it isn't funny. Only the better funded schools will have the ability to output students at a education level that will be necessary for anyone to follow the path of a Computer Science degree or Programmer. Getting access to even a basic level of equal education is very tough depending on where you live and how well off ( financially ) your parents are.
Don't try to fine tune a system without doing a lot of course adjustments first.
I stand corrected. It looks like US BSN are higher paid than their UK counterparts.
The pay for nurses in the US is pretty much on par with those in the UK.
( BSN average salary is in the ~$70,000 range I believe )
The pay is decent enough, but a fraction of what a MD makes.
Current generation maybe, but eventually these will aquire the same autonomous capabilities that cruise missiles have, only they'll be a lot more nimble.
Some decent planning and either satellite imagery or on the ground surveillance and you can simply pre-plot the flight path. Want to take it a step further, outfit the units with more cruise missile tech like TERCOM or DSMAC.
Sure current gen cruise missiles can use GPS and / or satellite guidance via the tail fin cameras they carry, but they work pretty well without it and you won't be launching drones from a thousand miles out.
Short distance route planning is a whole lot easier to do.
"Wait till your corporations trade secrets are leaked because the FBI's collector was insecure."
Wait till your infrastructure dies because the FBI or some other three letter agency is poking around in your systems trying to install a backdoor or exploit. High end routers are expensive, but loss of data or business because of some G-man trying to hack your hardware is on another level entirely.
The medium-formats excel in a studio environment or where lighting is predictable. Not so much in low light levels nor for high speed photography. Two different systems really designed for different shooting environments. I wouldn't dream of trying to outperform a medium-format setup in a studio with a DSLR. I'd get laughed out of the room. lol
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Like you said, they have higher resolution and better dynamic range. That comes at a cost though . . . . . speed.
Let's go outside and start shooting birds in flight, or any sports venue and my DSLR will run circles around the medium-format system.
I would love a medium-format camera for studio work, but they suffer from what I consider elitist pricing. When you consider a Phase One will cost about the same as a mid-range luxury car ( $~50,000 ) for the BODY ONLY, you tend to limit your client base a bit. ( Ask Silicon Graphics how that ultimately ends when only a few can afford your hardware )
As a result, I don't even consider the medium-formats a realistic option for me
I'll agree with you though, for the environment in which they were designed, medium-format trounces DSLR's.
It takes a good sensor, a good lens, some skill and even some luck to create a decent photo.
I'll withhold judgement on the Samsung claims until the sensors have been properly tested in the field.
That said, there is a reason pro lenses cost so damn much. Five years from now, my top end lenses will still be worth every penny I paid for them, while I probably wouldn't even be able to GIVE away the DSLR body. A whole lot of optical engineering goes into lens design. Especially the high end glass. If there is a cheaper way to do it without sacrificing quality, Canon and Nikon would really like to talk to you about it.
Someone asked why the 300mm/2.8 lens was significant. The reason for it is the 300mm/2.8 and the 70-200mm/2.8 lenses are pretty much lenses that set the bar or standard for optical clarity, so to speak, for both the Nikon and Canon camps.
Yes, tiny sensors can achieve better magnification with less glass than their full sized counterparts, however, this normally comes at the price of noise since you're packing all those mega-pixels into a much smaller footprint. Don't get me wrong, in perfect lighting ( say ISO 100 ) it'll probably make a really nice image. In the real world, however, perfect lighting rarely exists outside the studio. This is where low light capability and low noise sensors pull away from the camera wannabe's. It's more or less a balancing act between low light and noise.
If they want to impress me, show me what the camera can do when the light goes crappy on you and you need to push the ISO above 3200. This is where the full frames really start to flex their muscle. Show me what the image looks like edge to edge when this sensor is paired with decent glass. How's the bokeh ? Chromatic Aberration ? If you can impress me with the first few, now you need to build an inventory of lenses I can choose from depending on what I'm shooting. Portrait, landscape, macro, sports, wildlife, etc. One size doth not fit all here. Don't forget all the other goodies that go into this very, very expensive hobby. Flashes, tele-converters, filters, etc. etc.
Someone mentioned how silly it is to " get it right in the camera when we can do it all post ".
The idea is sound, IF you shoot one or two photos. OTOH, the reason you get it right in the camera is so you don't have to spend so much damn time fixing things in post. So, if you just shot up 1000 images for a wedding or your vacation or whatever, trust me when I tell you that reviewing them all in Lightroom is bad enough. Having to apply various fixes to compensate for silly oversights you SHOULD have done in camera is just annoying as hell.
In the end, it still takes a lot of skill and a bit of luck to pull of a shot to be proud of. The tech will only get you so far.