"The Internet of Crap consumer has purchased an always-on listening device buried deep inside the most personal spaces of their life. What in the FUCK makes you think that kind of consumer gives a shit about emphasizing security when privacy was dismissed long ago?"
Oh, I think they "give a shit." But, the typical consumer doesn't understand either the privacy or the security implications. They can't "dismiss" something they don't understan. They just naively assume that nothing happens other than it listens and reacts to the single sentence beginning with "Alexa" (or Siri, or Hey Google, or...).
That there's more is buried deep in legal terms no one reads.
The recognition of that naivete in your second point should be reflected in the first.
"How long did it take to just allow foreign supplies to be delivered during a major natural disaster?"
I take that as an oblique reference to the Jones Act, which has no effect on foreign supplies. It applies to shipments between US ports, and its effect is economic, so doesn't prevent any shipments.
Furthermore, the current issue is not getting supplies to PR, it's getting them off the docks there and on to where they need to be due to blocked roads and a lack of truckers. Making it cheaper to put a cargo container on the dock isn't currently helping the situation at all.
The whole summary reeks of an opportunistic attempt to drum up support for someone who has been trying to abuse the system for commercial gain.
First, AM booster stations only work when they have power, so there's no weight behind the implication that communications are being affected. Second, other than the "7 words" and some advertising (cigarettes, booze) the government doesn't control content, especially political content, which is protected by this 1st Amendment thing. Third, the author apparently thinks AM radio is "shortwave." It isn't.
Finally, AM Synchronous Boosters are classified as experimental, and are licensed "with a view to the development of science or technique." When WAPA first started using them, licenses had 1 year renewable terms, reflecting their temporary nature.
Eng. Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi, the owner of WAPA, has been using this experimental license for commercial, rather than experimental, purposes for 6 years. Current rules limit the total term of experimental licenses to 5 years. So, the FCC didn't renew them the last time around. As the FCC's decision says,
...he is not presently operating the Stations within the parameters set forth for experimental
authorizations, that is, solely in order to utilize "radio waves in experiments with a view to the
development of science or technique." Rather, he is operating the Stations as regular full-time
programming adjuncts to WAPA and WISO, including advertisements....such operations are not appropriate for stations with
experimental authorizations. In the Petition, Blanco-Pi makes it clear that he seeks to retain the
Stations, not based on any further experimentation, but rather on their value as full-time re-broadcasters
of the programming carried on WAPA and WISO....he
opposes the loss of the Stations because they extend WISO and WAPA's service to other parts of the
island of Puerto Rico. Blanco-Pi argues that he should be allowed to have a greater coverage area for
the programming broadcast over his existing full-power stations, in part because he believes his
programming to be superior to his competitors'. However, no broadcaster can simply transform
experimental stations into full-time program services, much less extend those services to other
communities in order to program against its competitors...."establishment
of a new AM booster station merely to extend the service of an existing AM station impermissibly
circumvents our commercial AM filing window and competitive bidding processes."
Hell, the US news media does the same thing, they're no longer about informing, but about advocacy. What difference does it make if the source is foreign or domestic? They're all working to affect the vote. And, is foreign propaganda illegal? Do you think we don't do the same damn thing (Radio America as a simple example)?
The proper response is an intelligent, informed electorate.
The voter registration movements work against that. If someone can't figure out the how, and won't put the effort into registering on their own, there's no chance the'll expend the effort to make an informed choice. All those voter registration drives are simply attempts to get irrational sycophants to vote.
"one of the problems that any car attempting to integrate technology could face is a poor user intelligence."
FTFY.
Owners at the Model 3 Owners Club compiled a list of over 80 different features of the Model 3 they're curious about, including questions about how the car operates (does the card unlock all the doors, where does the UI show you that your turn signals are active), physical aspects of the car (what does the tow hitch attachment look like, how much stuff can you fit in the front and rear cargo areas), and subjective details (how aggressive is the energy regeneration, does that wood trim cause glare).
Really, owners have these questions, most of which can be answered by simple observation? How hard is it to just, well, put stuff in the front cargo area to see how much stuff fits in the front cargo area?
Non sequitur, since when Microsoft and Facebook do the design and development, you claim it's different.
From a MS press release: "Microsoft and Facebook agreed to partner on the development, Spanish telecommunication infrastructure company Telxius, a subsidiary of telecom provider TelefÃnica, joined as the third partner to manage the construction process and operate the cable." From a Facebook press release: "Microsoft and Facebook designed MAREA..."
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Hopefully, Google will also recognize paywalled sites and refuse to index them, or at least put them at the bottom of the results.
You don't need a driver's license to buy a car, and the lack of a driver's license isn't going to stop someone intent on driving into a crowd.
"The Internet of Crap consumer has purchased an always-on listening device buried deep inside the most personal spaces of their life. What in the FUCK makes you think that kind of consumer gives a shit about emphasizing security when privacy was dismissed long ago?"
...).
Oh, I think they "give a shit." But, the typical consumer doesn't understand either the privacy or the security implications. They can't "dismiss" something they don't understan. They just naively assume that nothing happens other than it listens and reacts to the single sentence beginning with "Alexa" (or Siri, or Hey Google, or
That there's more is buried deep in legal terms no one reads.
The recognition of that naivete in your second point should be reflected in the first.
"If you did with a spoofed signal, you'd need a rather powerful antenna given the range"
So, you'd need something more powerful than the 26 W a GPS satellite transmitter puts out from 21000 km away? Wow, that's a lot. <rolleyes>
"How long did it take to just allow foreign supplies to be delivered during a major natural disaster?"
I take that as an oblique reference to the Jones Act, which has no effect on foreign supplies. It applies to shipments between US ports, and its effect is economic, so doesn't prevent any shipments.
Furthermore, the current issue is not getting supplies to PR, it's getting them off the docks there and on to where they need to be due to blocked roads and a lack of truckers. Making it cheaper to put a cargo container on the dock isn't currently helping the situation at all.
"I wonder as how the story itself in it current form managed to get to the front page of /. in the first place."
/. editors do their job?
C'mon. A 4 digit UID, and you still don't understand how
"All religions are bullshit and no rational person should put up with any of them!"
Pastafarians are at the other end of the alimentary canal from bullshit.
First, AM booster stations only work when they have power, so there's no weight behind the implication that communications are being affected. Second, other than the "7 words" and some advertising (cigarettes, booze) the government doesn't control content, especially political content, which is protected by this 1st Amendment thing. Third, the author apparently thinks AM radio is "shortwave." It isn't.
Finally, AM Synchronous Boosters are classified as experimental, and are licensed "with a view to the development of science or technique." When WAPA first started using them, licenses had 1 year renewable terms, reflecting their temporary nature.
Eng. Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi, the owner of WAPA, has been using this experimental license for commercial, rather than experimental, purposes for 6 years. Current rules limit the total term of experimental licenses to 5 years. So, the FCC didn't renew them the last time around. As the FCC's decision says,
" folded 5,000 ruble notes, worth about $150 each, into paper airplanes and threw them out the window,"
Can't be Russia. In Russia, airplane throw you out the window.
Cyrix wasn't in the market until 5 years after the time being discussed.
You only need a fairly small piece of cardboard under each corner. Maybe you should just hire it done.
Fortunately, most of the stuff comes in cardboard boxes, which are the right mix of padding and firmness.
Even changing instructions from text to pictograms isn't simple enough for some millennials. They want video.
"seems like an acceptable phone"
User replaceable battery: no
SDCard slot: no
Headphone jack: no
Want one: no
and Don Norman, who has something to say on the matter.
I'm happy the slashdot IT team found new jobs so quickly.
Wanna bet? Maybe it will be a modern reincarnation of Jim Hall's Chaparral 2J.
...and nothing of value was added.
You're also Anonymous Coward, the guy who posts goatse links and hurls racial epithets.
"users feed in their brains -- whether this means solving a CAPTCHA to train AI systems"
So, that's how all those self-driving cars learn how to recognize street signs and other vechicles.
Hell, the US news media does the same thing, they're no longer about informing, but about advocacy. What difference does it make if the source is foreign or domestic? They're all working to affect the vote. And, is foreign propaganda illegal? Do you think we don't do the same damn thing (Radio America as a simple example)?
The proper response is an intelligent, informed electorate.
The voter registration movements work against that. If someone can't figure out the how, and won't put the effort into registering on their own, there's no chance the'll expend the effort to make an informed choice. All those voter registration drives are simply attempts to get irrational sycophants to vote.
FTFY.
Really, owners have these questions, most of which can be answered by simple observation? How hard is it to just, well, put stuff in the front cargo area to see how much stuff fits in the front cargo area?
Non sequitur, since when Microsoft and Facebook do the design and development, you claim it's different.
From a MS press release: "Microsoft and Facebook agreed to partner on the development, Spanish telecommunication infrastructure company Telxius, a subsidiary of telecom provider TelefÃnica, joined as the third partner to manage the construction process and operate the cable." From a Facebook press release: "Microsoft and Facebook designed MAREA..."
"Prime Minister Rajoy could almost qualify as a sea sponge if we are talking about intelligence."
Spongebob Squarepants has moments of genius.
So, it's the Foxconn iPhone?