Could the National Security need some day be so great (threat is at Red ! for example) that it might be necessary to peep into millions of cars to identify the thousands of them carrying Almanacs, being stopped by tens of thousands of cops trying to figure out which one is "inappropriately" marked and highlighted.
One article I read while the alert systems was being introduced indicated that a "red" alert would basically enforce a police state - at least in populated areas. Curfews, stop and search of anybody in a public place, the whole works. Don't worry though, they'll only use it if necessary and if you're innocent you've nothing to fear, right?
Don't they realise that this is THE THING to hack if you were a car-jacker! Anything that is supposed to be secure and in the public domain WILL be hacked. It will be the innocent public that have to suffer the newer types of criminality that will undoubtably occur with the introduction of this new technology.
Exactly. George Carlin pointed out years ago that car jackings came about due to car alarms, something like "F***ing yuppies couldn't bear to be without their precious bmw so they stuck an alarm on it, now the crooks just take them at gunpoint." How long til the crooks stop leaving the passengers behind (they could phone the cops and get the car shutdown) and just bring them along for the ride, maybe kill or maim them to keep them quiet.
Don't they realise that this is THE THING to hack if you were a car-jacker! Anything that is supposed to be secure and in the public domain WILL be hacked. It will be the innocent public that have to suffer the newer types of criminality that will undoubtably occur with the introduction of this new technology.
Exactly. George Carlin pointed out years ago that car jackings came about due to car alarms, something like "F***ing yuppies couldn't bear to be without their precious bmw so they stuck an alarm on it, now the crooks just take them at gunpoint." How long til the crooks stop leaving the passengers behind (they could phone the cops and get the car shutdown) and just bring them along for the ride, maybe kill or maim them to keep them quiet.
Am I the only one wondering how long before there's an O'Reilly book on how to hack this?
I'll bet parts without this feature will be available through the dealership as part of a "police intercept" package. You don't think they'll have the same stuff installed in cruisers do you? Kind of like NJ mandating "smart guns" to protect the police but then exempting them from the mandate.
OTOH, there's always the low-tech way, find a non EFI diesel - no computer, no ignition system, no "tractor beam"
But what if they just disable your clutch?:)
Seriously, if they can stop the car remotely, they can probably do it by taking complete control and just forcing the brakes on.
Except that braking systems are either hydraulic (cars and light trucks) or air (heavy trucks) actuated and clutches are either cable or hydraulic. The article talked about electronically controlled governers while the PD's in the states have been using nail strips or EMP devices (I think) to end chases.
Do go to the poll. If not, all our valid opinion will not get expressed. I don't know about the number of slashdotter here, but I say if we all vote, politician will listen to us. Go vote, make US a Slashdot nation.
That could get interesting, as I don't see many centrist slashdotters. We could have the first half socialist, half libertarian government. Nothing would get done, complete chaos. Sign me up!
Like most "sermons" your little rant is based on unproven assumptions and faith.
OK, I'll bite, it's a quiet sunday afternoon and I've little else going on. I asserted:
Where does the government get the money?Okay, 2002 budgeted income for the US government was $1,800 billion and actual tax reciepts were $1,979.518 billion. Of that, 52% comes from individual returns, 10% from corporate and 33% from "employment taxes". The remainder is from the gift tax (.09%), excise(2.6%) and estate taxes(1.3%). I think it's pretty clear where the money comes from - our pockets.
Who contributed, at gunpoint, the funds for the government to pay for things?
And what happens when you decide to stop paying taxes? Up to $100,000 in fines and 5 years in jail Oh yeah, and it's a felony which means you may be barred from voting, you lose the right to own firearms and you may find yourself unemployable.
Libertarian? Guilty as charged. Exagerate? Well, I guess I could have replaced "gunpoint" with "5 years in jail, $100k fine, loss of rights and employment". Unproven assertions and faith? Where?
In the end, I stand behind my statement. We fund the government, some of us unwillingly. The "government's money" comes not from some magical well outside Washington DC but from our pockets, and at the expense of other things we could be doing with it. You want to fund open source software - cool, write them a check, send them a paypal, leave some cash on Linus' doorstep or whatever but do it with your own money, stop spending mine.
Tax deductible" effectively means that the government pays for it
I really wish people would get it out of their heads that the government pays for things Where does the government get the money? Who contributed, at gunpoint, the funds for the government to pay for things? Now, who pays for this???
Let's take a minute and clarify the most important unspoken point here::: We are not the ones who are responsible for the brutal and horrible terrorist acts. Harrassing us and our equipment isn't going to reduce anyone's chances from being victimized by these psychos.
I'm with you there. If you haven't already, check out freetotravel.org which points out these kinds of things and more.
If bozos living in caves manage to get together the resources to mount massive terrorist attacks upon the civilized world (and who believes that bozos in caves are the ones actually doing this?)
Deluded millionaire religious fundementalist bozos in caves, but still bozos in caves.
then the AID shipments and relief work will be suspended for a year. Soldiers will actually shoot the doctors who refuse to comply.
I've switched my thinking on this one. Up til a couple weeks ago, I was right there with you. Now, I believe that the goal of these people is the destruction of the west and it's replacement with a theocratic islamic state based on sharia. These people don't want our aid payments, they want us bowing to mecca, veiling our women, censoring our "godless" entertainment, and wiping out all competing religions.
I think this varies by area. When we left Denver for Europe 2 years ago, Goodwill wanted to pick and choose - some clothes were ok, others weren't. 3 15" monitors were unacceptable. They wouldn't take dishes but some cookware was ok, we were combining 2 houses into one and leaving the country, basically everything redundant had to go. In the end, I ended up telling Goodwill to piss off and took everything to ARC (Assoc of retarted citizens) or the battered womens shelters. Same tax right off, less headaches.
Instead, get a half dozen car batteries for the same price. You'll get about a day's worth of power (IE, 24 hours).
Err, carr batteries are designed for short heavy loads - starting your car in the winter. You can run them all the way down and recharge them a couple times but then they're cooked. Substitute "marine" deep cycle batteries - the ones people use to power bass boats - same 12v lead/acid battery but the plates inside are designed for complete discharge.
Through 401K's and other programs, a larger portion of the populace owns stock than ever before, and they want strong growth just as much as the next guy. That can lead to an overemphasis on short-term profits, i.e. companies cooking their books to make sure they meet quarterly targets
I was thinking the same thing but took it a little further - it's the boomer's fault. This is the generation who realized 10 years ago that they'd best start putting aside serious money or they'll be eating cat food in retirement. Companies were pushed to maximize short term profits at the expense of long term growth. The attitude of their fathers: "I'm buying stock in your company as a long term investment that I hope will pay me a nice reward" was replaced with an entitlement mentality of "I'm buying your stock so you owe me an astronomical return and I want it NOW!"
The first company I was at out of grad school followed this line - goals were to increase in size something like 33% / quarter, keep R&D costs below 16% but sales and marketing costs could be higher, somewhere around 30%. This was the model that were supposed to meet. All of a sudden, we were a bloated, sales-force heavy company with no new products. Our stock price looked awesome - for 7 quarters - but without new products to sell, revenues dropped to 0, followed by the stock price and headcount.
Have you considered Medium Format? With more working pros adopting digital, the prices of MF has gone way down - I got into my Hasselblad kit earlier this year for about $500us, vs 1,500 for the same kit a year ago. The 500CM is the k1000 of the MF world, but largely bulletproof and accessories are almost 100% backwards and forwards compatible.
How will other parties ever get a fair shake as long as the Republicrats control the ballot box? They WILL NOT let us succeed
Of course they're not going to give up willingly, it's in their best interests to retain power, survival instincts if you will. We have two options:
Expose the crooks for what they are, among the mainstream. Show the average person, (ie my parents), the hazards of e-voting and the risks involved. Make enough noise that we can't be ignored.
The Republicans and the Democrats control every election in the country. They will never, ever permit a third party to become powerful. As much as they might "disagree", the two parties will block any other parties from being equal partners at the table.
Which is exactly the reason third parties aren't succesful - people are convinced they can't be successful. It can't happen overnight, it's not possible to change the system that quickly. It will also have to come from the bottom up, starting local and building up - there's no way a libertarian could win the presidency and start a top down change. Maybe the freestate project will take off and give a boost, who knows. I don't think we have a choice, we've got to get away from the republicrats. Whining that "they'll never let us succeed" however will leave us where we are.
The fact that we talk about a "third party", like three is some kind of magical number, is indicative. I want TWENTY parties. At least.
Be careful with that - have a look at what 14 parties almost did to France last year.
And, for the record, I would love a multi-party system here in America. I believe that the fake battles between Republicans and Democrats are nothing more than bread and circuses, and do nothing whatsoever to further the State's service of The People.
Than do something about it... Pick a party: libertarians, greens, communists, socialists or whatever, vote for them, send them a few bucks and ffs, evangelize. Don't bitch and moan about "wasted votes" or Reps and Dems and then vote the lesser evil - that's just encoraging them.
thus endeth the sermon
I was more bummed that the careers page came up empty. I figured hey, if I can't get a job coding, maybe I could get a job laying pipe. Nope, nobody wants to pay me for that either.
3 whole meters?? wow! wish i had something that could go that deep
From the website: many hundreds of kilometres of cable successfully buried to 3m, or greater, burial depth. I thought the same thing when I read it but the 3m is in substrate under a billion f***ing meters of water.
btw, love the sig, especially when they're on old dodge omni's, ford festiva's or rabbits...
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My Ultra 1 is ready for 2038 - provided it doesn't exceed my 16M ram and 2gb HD... D'Oh...
From the geocities links, it looks like there's a small one - FFS, they're using geocities. Everyone starts small, I'd say if it makes sense to you, kick them a few quid or help them write a proper website and evangelize...
We're still very much a fringe party in the US but hopefully that's changing.
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Could the National Security need some day be so great (threat is at Red ! for example) that it might be necessary to peep into millions of cars to identify the thousands of them carrying Almanacs, being stopped by tens of thousands of cops trying to figure out which one is "inappropriately" marked and highlighted.
One article I read while the alert systems was being introduced indicated that a "red" alert would basically enforce a police state - at least in populated areas. Curfews, stop and search of anybody in a public place, the whole works. Don't worry though, they'll only use it if necessary and if you're innocent you've nothing to fear, right?
Harden your car against that system...
How long til TEMPEST kits start appearing in your neighborhood shop - right next to the neon lights and gull wings.
Don't they realise that this is THE THING to hack if you were a car-jacker! Anything that is supposed to be secure and in the public domain WILL be hacked. It will be the innocent public that have to suffer the newer types of criminality that will undoubtably occur with the introduction of this new technology.
Exactly. George Carlin pointed out years ago that car jackings came about due to car alarms, something like "F***ing yuppies couldn't bear to be without their precious bmw so they stuck an alarm on it, now the crooks just take them at gunpoint." How long til the crooks stop leaving the passengers behind (they could phone the cops and get the car shutdown) and just bring them along for the ride, maybe kill or maim them to keep them quiet.
Don't they realise that this is THE THING to hack if you were a car-jacker! Anything that is supposed to be secure and in the public domain WILL be hacked. It will be the innocent public that have to suffer the newer types of criminality that will undoubtably occur with the introduction of this new technology. Exactly. George Carlin pointed out years ago that car jackings came about due to car alarms, something like "F***ing yuppies couldn't bear to be without their precious bmw so they stuck an alarm on it, now the crooks just take them at gunpoint." How long til the crooks stop leaving the passengers behind (they could phone the cops and get the car shutdown) and just bring them along for the ride, maybe kill or maim them to keep them quiet.
Am I the only one wondering how long before there's an O'Reilly book on how to hack this?
I'll bet parts without this feature will be available through the dealership as part of a "police intercept" package. You don't think they'll have the same stuff installed in cruisers do you? Kind of like NJ mandating "smart guns" to protect the police but then exempting them from the mandate.
OTOH, there's always the low-tech way, find a non EFI diesel - no computer, no ignition system, no "tractor beam"
But what if they just disable your clutch? :)
Seriously, if they can stop the car remotely, they can probably do it by taking complete control and just forcing the brakes on.
Except that braking systems are either hydraulic (cars and light trucks) or air (heavy trucks) actuated and clutches are either cable or hydraulic. The article talked about electronically controlled governers while the PD's in the states have been using nail strips or EMP devices (I think) to end chases.
Do go to the poll. If not, all our valid opinion will not get expressed. I don't know about the number of slashdotter here, but I say if we all vote, politician will listen to us. Go vote, make US a Slashdot nation.
That could get interesting, as I don't see many centrist slashdotters. We could have the first half socialist, half libertarian government. Nothing would get done, complete chaos. Sign me up!
Like most "sermons" your little rant is based on unproven assumptions and faith.
OK, I'll bite, it's a quiet sunday afternoon and I've little else going on. I asserted:
Where does the government get the money?Okay, 2002 budgeted income for the US government was $1,800 billion and actual tax reciepts were $1,979.518 billion. Of that, 52% comes from individual returns, 10% from corporate and 33% from "employment taxes". The remainder is from the gift tax (.09%), excise(2.6%) and estate taxes(1.3%). I think it's pretty clear where the money comes from - our pockets.
Who contributed, at gunpoint, the funds for the government to pay for things?
And what happens when you decide to stop paying taxes? Up to $100,000 in fines and 5 years in jail Oh yeah, and it's a felony which means you may be barred from voting, you lose the right to own firearms and you may find yourself unemployable.
Libertarian? Guilty as charged. Exagerate? Well, I guess I could have replaced "gunpoint" with "5 years in jail, $100k fine, loss of rights and employment". Unproven assertions and faith? Where?
In the end, I stand behind my statement. We fund the government, some of us unwillingly. The "government's money" comes not from some magical well outside Washington DC but from our pockets, and at the expense of other things we could be doing with it. You want to fund open source software - cool, write them a check, send them a paypal, leave some cash on Linus' doorstep or whatever but do it with your own money, stop spending mine.
Tax deductible" effectively means that the government pays for it
I really wish people would get it out of their heads that the government pays for things Where does the government get the money? Who contributed, at gunpoint, the funds for the government to pay for things? Now, who pays for this???
thus endeth the sermon...
Let's take a minute and clarify the most important unspoken point here::: We are not the ones who are responsible for the brutal and horrible terrorist acts. Harrassing us and our equipment isn't going to reduce anyone's chances from being victimized by these psychos.
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I'm with you there. If you haven't already, check out freetotravel.org which points out these kinds of things and more.
If bozos living in caves manage to get together the resources to mount massive terrorist attacks upon the civilized world (and who believes that bozos in caves are the ones actually doing this?)
Deluded millionaire religious fundementalist bozos in caves, but still bozos in caves.
then the AID shipments and relief work will be suspended for a year. Soldiers will actually shoot the doctors who refuse to comply.
I've switched my thinking on this one. Up til a couple weeks ago, I was right there with you. Now, I believe that the goal of these people is the destruction of the west and it's replacement with a theocratic islamic state based on sharia. These people don't want our aid payments, they want us bowing to mecca, veiling our women, censoring our "godless" entertainment, and wiping out all competing religions.
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There's always Goodwill.
I think this varies by area. When we left Denver for Europe 2 years ago, Goodwill wanted to pick and choose - some clothes were ok, others weren't. 3 15" monitors were unacceptable. They wouldn't take dishes but some cookware was ok, we were combining 2 houses into one and leaving the country, basically everything redundant had to go. In the end, I ended up telling Goodwill to piss off and took everything to ARC (Assoc of retarted citizens) or the battered womens shelters. Same tax right off, less headaches.
Instead, get a half dozen car batteries for the same price. You'll get about a day's worth of power (IE, 24 hours).
Err, carr batteries are designed for short heavy loads - starting your car in the winter. You can run them all the way down and recharge them a couple times but then they're cooked. Substitute "marine" deep cycle batteries - the ones people use to power bass boats - same 12v lead/acid battery but the plates inside are designed for complete discharge.
Through 401K's and other programs, a larger portion of the populace owns stock than ever before, and they want strong growth just as much as the next guy. That can lead to an overemphasis on short-term profits, i.e. companies cooking their books to make sure they meet quarterly targets
I was thinking the same thing but took it a little further - it's the boomer's fault. This is the generation who realized 10 years ago that they'd best start putting aside serious money or they'll be eating cat food in retirement. Companies were pushed to maximize short term profits at the expense of long term growth. The attitude of their fathers: "I'm buying stock in your company as a long term investment that I hope will pay me a nice reward" was replaced with an entitlement mentality of "I'm buying your stock so you owe me an astronomical return and I want it NOW!"
The first company I was at out of grad school followed this line - goals were to increase in size something like 33% / quarter, keep R&D costs below 16% but sales and marketing costs could be higher, somewhere around 30%. This was the model that were supposed to meet. All of a sudden, we were a bloated, sales-force heavy company with no new products. Our stock price looked awesome - for 7 quarters - but without new products to sell, revenues dropped to 0, followed by the stock price and headcount.
Have you considered Medium Format? With more working pros adopting digital, the prices of MF has gone way down - I got into my Hasselblad kit earlier this year for about $500us, vs 1,500 for the same kit a year ago. The 500CM is the k1000 of the MF world, but largely bulletproof and accessories are almost 100% backwards and forwards compatible.
All apologies, I had a similar discussion with my brother last week and recycled a little too much.
3. Move to Mars.That's the best, most viable option I can see.
Well, there's always Somalia , kind of like Mars but it includes such valuable attributes as an atmosphere and shipping ports. With no functional government it would be an anarcho-capitalist's dream, except for the " uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves" which invite a bush/Haliburton invasion.
and Alaska is a Halliburton project,
Being off the continent for the last few years, I miss a lot of news - w.t.f. is Halliburton doing in Alaska? Is this the ANWR drilling?
Of course they're not going to give up willingly, it's in their best interests to retain power, survival instincts if you will. We have two options:
The Republicans and the Democrats control every election in the country. They will never, ever permit a third party to become powerful. As much as they might "disagree", the two parties will block any other parties from being equal partners at the table.
Which is exactly the reason third parties aren't succesful - people are convinced they can't be successful. It can't happen overnight, it's not possible to change the system that quickly. It will also have to come from the bottom up, starting local and building up - there's no way a libertarian could win the presidency and start a top down change. Maybe the freestate project will take off and give a boost, who knows. I don't think we have a choice, we've got to get away from the republicrats. Whining that "they'll never let us succeed" however will leave us where we are.
The fact that we talk about a "third party", like three is some kind of magical number, is indicative. I want TWENTY parties. At least.
Be careful with that - have a look at what 14 parties almost did to France last year.
And, for the record, I would love a multi-party system here in America. I believe that the fake battles between Republicans and Democrats are nothing more than bread and circuses, and do nothing whatsoever to further the State's service of The People.
Than do something about it... Pick a party: libertarians, greens, communists, socialists or whatever, vote for them, send them a few bucks and ffs, evangelize. Don't bitch and moan about "wasted votes" or Reps and Dems and then vote the lesser evil - that's just encoraging them. thus endeth the sermon
I was more bummed that the careers page came up empty. I figured hey, if I can't get a job coding, maybe I could get a job laying pipe. Nope, nobody wants to pay me for that either.
3 whole meters?? wow! wish i had something that could go that deep
From the website: many hundreds of kilometres of cable successfully buried to 3m, or greater, burial depth. I thought the same thing when I read it but the 3m is in substrate under a billion f***ing meters of water.
btw, love the sig, especially when they're on old dodge omni's, ford festiva's or rabbits...
You gotta wonder who makes those things and how, exactly, they're maintained.
Check out Global Marine Systems the company that laid it, and some of their cool toys (er, if you're into big assed boats).
Tue Jan 19 03:14:01 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:02 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:03 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:04 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:05 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:06 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 My Ultra 1 is ready for 2038 - provided it doesn't exceed my 16M ram and 2gb HD... D'Oh...
From the geocities links, it looks like there's a small one - FFS, they're using geocities. Everyone starts small, I'd say if it makes sense to you, kick them a few quid or help them write a proper website and evangelize...
We're still very much a fringe party in the US but hopefully that's changing.