Um, I think they would disagree. One of their stated goals is to allow small business accounting, kind of at the same scale as QuickBooks. Whether they've achieved that is open to debate, and you can argue about how large a business they could support, but I don't think you can completely dismiss the product.
At least, not according to this article. The author notes:
Except for the six civilian deaths, the balloon bomb offensive was a failure. There were no major forest fires and no unusual outbreaks of diseases, and no panic.
That seems to be the gist of much of the other available information on the attacks.
However, this guy thinks there may have been a cover-up, although he doesn't provide much evidence. He does provide a link to the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion who were the original "smoke jumpers".
Most of the problems with the B-1 were political in nature or were the result of politics.
Agreed. The politics of the B-1 were thick enough to spawn a book. The B-1 was promised as a plane that could do everything, and that could provide pork-barrel spending for everyone - it has taken twenty years to get past that mess and actually use the plane.
Politics factored heavily in the B-52 work as well, but as this article describes (in incredible, down-to-the-serial-number detail), most of the problems were resolved. Now it's fairly cost-effective. The B-1 is still considered too expensive, and that will probably be what finally kills it.
Also, one of the things that helps is that the 'modern' B-52s (the H models) are essentially version '2.1'.
The A-F versions and the G-H versions are fundamentally two different airplanes - the fuselage changed from a round shape to its current squarish form, the wing design changed, even the landing gear ended up in different spots.
Just like in software, when the engineers were given a chance to learn some lessons and create a partial rewrite, they produced an incredible product. Years later, the rewrite without the history produced junk like the B-1 (which didn't even make it to the Persian Gulf war).
Um, can you say "120VAC to 12VAC power transformer"?
Doubt it's a transformer - they claim you can string these end-to-end, and they are probably only running two conductors through the string. So they can't do too much to the 120VAC (although they don't claim that you can add any old 120 device at the end of the string). It could be something as simple as a diode to subtract out the negative portions of the sine wave, and an LED that can handle higher voltages.
Anyway, some of the linked articles from there 'press' page specifically discount a transformer, they didn't think their market would want the bulk and 'indoor-only' lights.
But when you're trying to describe something in a text-based forum, it can be a lot easier to list some shell commands than to try to describe a gui.
You could try: "right-click the icon that looks like a red splat with an X, select the 'delete config' item, on the dialog box, click on the 'directories' tab, set the 'recursive' checkbox to on, and click on the OK button. Then..."
The latest edition of Momentum discusses the rewards automotive companies can achieve by creating positive strategies to emissions reduction and fuel efficiency.
It's a weird mix of corp-speak and Slashdot grammer.
Um... the late Stephen King ?... anyway, Tom Clancy is widely acknowledged as an incredible researcher - if it's in one of his books, chances are he found an authorative source. This is especially true about the weapons systems in his stories.
There are almost constant changes in the tactical arena that reduce the effectiveness of our rivals - more armor, better radar, faster jets, more realistic training, guided munitions, etc. But the diplomatic wars virtually always center around strategic concerns, like nuclear weapons, and other long reach weapons and 'weapons of mass destruction'.
Um... actually a bomb error, and the laser described in the article is not for guidance (guidance lasers have been around for a while).
But no technology is going to eliminate human error. The bomb that went astray today was a guided munition, it uses GPS. But a human decides where to bomb, and if that human picks the wrong target (like a Chinese embassy), or enters the coordinates wrong, then disaster is going to follow.
It seems unlikely that political tension would causing deployment problems. There's a world of difference between the strategic and the tactical.
An anti-satellite weapon creates strategic worries - it could be used as a prelude to first nuclear strike, for instance, or directed against civilian satellites in some sort of economic warfare.
This, however, is almost purely tactical, and purely defensive. There really isn't someone trying to defend the right of mortar shells to land on someone.
Depends on your time zone (Earth & Sky has a few details).
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Knowing how much we pay for our "floor space" at the colo, the notion of having multiple blade machines is pretty cool.
But a soon as everyone starts using less floor space, the colo will need to increase the price per unit of floor space - floor space is often used as an accounting allocation unit, with the tough-to-measure costs, like power, ac use, security, and some personnel costs split by floor and rack space. Those costs aren't going away - they will need to be split among a smaller number of units. (Not to mention in the non-expansion dot.bomb era, the capital used for the building is pretty much a sunk cost).
And then the thief can get his picture taken when using that replica... even if they manage to stay off camera, the risk is enormous for the few hundred bucks they can get before hitting the daily withdrawal limit. As someone else has pointed out, the more likely way to use this would be transfer money into an account they can abscond with, but simulating those transactions is yet another hurdle to overcome. The risk seems relatively low...
It seems like it would be tough for even an insider to exploit this. Supposing the would-be thief has managed to (a) tap into the (leased) line (b) separate out the transaction data being sent from the ATM and (c) decrypt it, then they have a set of card numbers and pins. Now what ? I don't think you can get any money without the physical ATM card.
Maybe the debit cards or other transactions they mention are more vulnerable...
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Um, I think they would disagree. One of their stated goals is to allow small business accounting, kind of at the same scale as QuickBooks. Whether they've achieved that is open to debate, and you can argue about how large a business they could support, but I don't think you can completely dismiss the product.
That seems to be the gist of much of the other available information on the attacks.
However, this guy thinks there may have been a cover-up, although he doesn't provide much evidence. He does provide a link to the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion who were the original "smoke jumpers".
Most of the problems with the B-1 were political in nature or were the result of politics.
Agreed. The politics of the B-1 were thick enough to spawn a book. The B-1 was promised as a plane that could do everything, and that could provide pork-barrel spending for everyone - it has taken twenty years to get past that mess and actually use the plane.
Politics factored heavily in the B-52 work as well, but as this article describes (in incredible, down-to-the-serial-number detail), most of the problems were resolved. Now it's fairly cost-effective. The B-1 is still considered too expensive, and that will probably be what finally kills it.
Also, one of the things that helps is that the 'modern' B-52s (the H models) are essentially version '2.1'.
The A-F versions and the G-H versions are fundamentally two different airplanes - the fuselage changed from a round shape to its current squarish form, the wing design changed, even the landing gear ended up in different spots.
Just like in software, when the engineers were given a chance to learn some lessons and create a partial rewrite, they produced an incredible product. Years later, the rewrite without the history produced junk like the B-1 (which didn't even make it to the Persian Gulf war).
Look on their 'Press' page - the first article there says $10 - $12 for a string of 100, about 3X the cost of regular lights.
Um, can you say "120VAC to 12VAC power transformer"?
Doubt it's a transformer - they claim you can string these end-to-end, and they are probably only running two conductors through the string. So they can't do too much to the 120VAC (although they don't claim that you can add any old 120 device at the end of the string). It could be something as simple as a diode to subtract out the negative portions of the sine wave, and an LED that can handle higher voltages.
Anyway, some of the linked articles from there 'press' page specifically discount a transformer, they didn't think their market would want the bulk and 'indoor-only' lights.
You could try: "right-click the icon that looks like a red splat with an X, select the 'delete config' item, on the dialog box, click on the 'directories' tab, set the 'recursive' checkbox to on, and click on the OK button. Then..."
Or you tell them to:
rm -rf
It's a weird mix of corp-speak and Slashdot grammer.
Um ... the late Stephen King ? ... anyway, Tom Clancy is widely acknowledged as an incredible researcher - if it's in one of his books, chances are he found an authorative source. This is especially true about the weapons systems in his stories.
There are almost constant changes in the tactical arena that reduce the effectiveness of our rivals - more armor, better radar, faster jets, more realistic training, guided munitions, etc. But the diplomatic wars virtually always center around strategic concerns, like nuclear weapons, and other long reach weapons and 'weapons of mass destruction'.
Um ... actually a bomb error, and the laser described in the article is not for guidance (guidance lasers have been around for a while).
But no technology is going to eliminate human error. The bomb that went astray today was a guided munition, it uses GPS. But a human decides where to bomb, and if that human picks the wrong target (like a Chinese embassy), or enters the coordinates wrong, then disaster is going to follow.
It seems unlikely that political tension would causing deployment problems. There's a world of difference between the strategic and the tactical.
An anti-satellite weapon creates strategic worries - it could be used as a prelude to first nuclear strike, for instance, or directed against civilian satellites in some sort of economic warfare.
This, however, is almost purely tactical, and purely defensive. There really isn't someone trying to defend the right of mortar shells to land on someone.
Depends on your time zone (Earth & Sky has a few details).
Knowing how much we pay for our "floor space" at the colo, the notion of having multiple blade machines is pretty cool.
But a soon as everyone starts using less floor space, the colo will need to increase the price per unit of floor space - floor space is often used as an accounting allocation unit, with the tough-to-measure costs, like power, ac use, security, and some personnel costs split by floor and rack space. Those costs aren't going away - they will need to be split among a smaller number of units. (Not to mention in the non-expansion dot.bomb era, the capital used for the building is pretty much a sunk cost).
And then the thief can get his picture taken when using that replica ... even if they manage to stay off camera, the risk is enormous for the few hundred bucks they can get before hitting the daily withdrawal limit. ...
As someone else has pointed out, the more likely way to use this would be transfer money into an account they can abscond with, but simulating those transactions is yet another hurdle to overcome. The risk seems relatively low
Maybe the debit cards or other transactions they mention are more vulnerable
Um ... I think you meant R. Lee Ermey (or maybe F. Lee Bailey ?). Of course, the quote should probably be attributed to Sgt. Hartman.
Well, it was Friday when I submitted the story - that was Friday, Sept. 21st. Remind me not to include a temporal reference next time ...