I seem to recall, and am currently too lazy to dig up, a story on/. awhile back about some company that could make a *very* realistic 3D printed mask of anyone for anyone. I don't know if anyone had tested them with face recognition systems yet.
However, the intent is for it to replace the Touch ID fingerprint scanner, according to the person.
(emphasis mine.)
It does sound like they are going to get rid of the Touch ID. Maybe, maybe not. But "replace" is usually taken to mean they intend to get rid of whatever is already in place.
They could save even more lives by working on preventing violence, not just gun violence, in the first place.
More money/effort in social programs to help those at risk, more officers actually walking around these areas, more MARKED police cars patrolling the streets (unmarked cars are not about preventing crime, they are for catching people after they break the law).
While I think his intent to use the craft for disaster and emergency situations is laudable his plan of a single huge airship is ill conceived at best, idiotic at worst.
A single ship is a single point of failure, anything goes wrong with it, a mechanical failure in an engine, an issue with it's control systems, bad weather at it's launch site and it is grounded. Plus you have the "time to site" to consider, to wit: An Earthquake in central India, how long will it take the airship to get there from California? Airships are not all that fast.
A better plan would be a fleet of smaller airships stationed at bases around the world. Redundancy in numbers. When a disaster happens they all load up and move out. The ships from closer bases get there first and can start helping while the ships from farther out are in transit, and the ships in transit can be redirected to depending on local need. Something you would not be able to do with a single ship.
Unless the idea isn't really to help others, but more about getting into the record books for having the biggest something in the world.
You overlooked something in your "careful technical consideration".
Thorium is abundant on the Moon and Mars, almost as much as it is on Earth, and it is easy to extract and refine as a fuel since you don't need to enrich it. Also the basic technology needed to use it as a fuel for a space based reactor has already been developed, unlike the D-D fusion you advocate.
Another plus is a working multi megawatt output Thorium based reactor can fit inside the volume of a small truck, try that with a D-D based fusion unit.
We can use Thorium NOW, not 20 years from now, maybe.
Unless the attacker pulled out a knife, then the end results could still have ended up being the same.
Look at the statistics, in areas where they completely bans guns, less gun homicides but increased fatal stabbings and beatings. Did you hear about how some Lord or Minister in Brittan had proposed banning large knifes because they were being used to kill people?
Guns are not the problem, its the mindset that resorts to that level of violence as a response to stress that need to be addressed.
I've always found the whole "no mans land" thing amusing in a twisted way since the customs agents claim to have legal authority to ignore the Constitution and yet it is the Constitution that grants them any authority in the first place.
If the Constitution/Bill of Rights does not apply and they have no authority to do anything. But If they claim that they have any authority then the Constitutional/Bill of Rights protections apply. And as another poster pointed out the Constitution doesn't have a clause "These Rights only apply to American Citizens".
Take the human cells and break the genes that make neurons
Easy, if we knew exactly which genes controlled the development of the human brain. We don't, we can make educated and informed guesses but do we know if there is a enzyme or protein that is produced by human cells that triggers the development of higher cognitive functions?
And what if the creature did develop higher brain functions? Pigs are already pretty smart, what if one of these test subjects scratches "No kill I" in the dirt?
That said I agree that we have to keep doing research into this, the benefits would be huge, but we also have to consider the moral and ethical ramifications of this kind of research before we end up with a mess.
Right after they take it apart, photograph its parts, map all its PCB traces, identify all the parts, copy its firmware and reassemble it (that last part is optional).
And in a year at most the US can buy a comparable version at half the cost from China.
Same thing happened when that US spy plane had to make an emergency landing awhile back (after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet). China returned the plane, in crates. I hear the crew threw all the sensitive stuff out while the plane was over the water.
If your going by number of votes cast the when you look at the total votes, the majority of Americans voted that they did NOT want Hillary.
I didn't vote for Trump but I sure as Hell's didn't vote for Hillary.
I honestly feel I'd rather have Trump, better an incompetent idiot who will accomplish nothing because he is hated than a criminal who has already stated on record that she will violate her oath of office as soon as the takes office and will not be effectively opposed because she is popular.
Black holes emitted radiation back in the 19th century. Did you know that?
And did you know that the concept of black holes was first put forth in 1916 with Einstein's GR , in the 20th Century, not the 19th. And the name "Black Hole" wasn't even used to describe them until the 1960's.
This is exactly the point I made when I was talking to my brother about this. As you point out its a one time use attack, and it didn't really accomplish anything other than highlight the vulnerabilities of the IoT and trigger action to correct those vulnerabilities.
I bet the state level actors are more than a bit ticked off about this, now they won't be able to use the IoTs as easily for their own plans.
A "quick access button" doesn't always mean you can turn something off. I would not be surprised if it only let you change things like the timing of the curve but not let you control if it happens or not.
That said you're probably right and it will have the option to be disabled, though that option might only be available for corporate licensed version.
Back in the late '80s there was talk about having the space shuttle hang on to the big external fuel tank until it got into orbit. The idea was the tank could be modified on the ground to have a docking port and basic necessities like basic ventilation ducts and electrical harness already installed. Since the shuttle almost never had anything near its max cargo load the added weight of the tank would not have been an issue for the shuttle to get into orbit.
Sadly the idea never went anywhere.
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I seem to recall, and am currently too lazy to dig up, a story on /. awhile back about some company that could make a *very* realistic 3D printed mask of anyone for anyone. I don't know if anyone had tested them with face recognition systems yet.
However, the intent is for it to replace the Touch ID fingerprint scanner, according to the person.
(emphasis mine.)
It does sound like they are going to get rid of the Touch ID. Maybe, maybe not. But "replace" is usually taken to mean they intend to get rid of whatever is already in place.
"We've saved a lot of people's lives."
They could save even more lives by working on preventing violence, not just gun violence, in the first place.
More money/effort in social programs to help those at risk, more officers actually walking around these areas, more MARKED police cars patrolling the streets (unmarked cars are not about preventing crime, they are for catching people after they break the law).
That is, if they really wanted to save lives.
While I think his intent to use the craft for disaster and emergency situations is laudable his plan of a single huge airship is ill conceived at best, idiotic at worst.
A single ship is a single point of failure, anything goes wrong with it, a mechanical failure in an engine, an issue with it's control systems, bad weather at it's launch site and it is grounded. Plus you have the "time to site" to consider, to wit: An Earthquake in central India, how long will it take the airship to get there from California? Airships are not all that fast.
A better plan would be a fleet of smaller airships stationed at bases around the world. Redundancy in numbers. When a disaster happens they all load up and move out. The ships from closer bases get there first and can start helping while the ships from farther out are in transit, and the ships in transit can be redirected to depending on local need. Something you would not be able to do with a single ship.
Unless the idea isn't really to help others, but more about getting into the record books for having the biggest something in the world.
" If we can't fix it, then we ditch Windows."
"We" can't fix MS Windows, only Microsoft can.
Any one think they will?
"But a Delta spokerspeson insists the images won't be stored yet, that they're complying with privacy laws at the moment, ...
FTFT
You overlooked something in your "careful technical consideration".
Thorium is abundant on the Moon and Mars, almost as much as it is on Earth, and it is easy to extract and refine as a fuel since you don't need to enrich it. Also the basic technology needed to use it as a fuel for a space based reactor has already been developed, unlike the D-D fusion you advocate.
Another plus is a working multi megawatt output Thorium based reactor can fit inside the volume of a small truck, try that with a D-D based fusion unit.
We can use Thorium NOW, not 20 years from now, maybe.
On behalf of all the Anime fans who, like me, love the classics but can't understand more than a small handful of phrases I would like to say:
Thank you!
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -John F. Kennedy
Unlike frogs many humans will eventually decide the water is too hot and do something to get out of it.
Unless the attacker pulled out a knife, then the end results could still have ended up being the same.
Look at the statistics, in areas where they completely bans guns, less gun homicides but increased fatal stabbings and beatings. Did you hear about how some Lord or Minister in Brittan had proposed banning large knifes because they were being used to kill people?
Guns are not the problem, its the mindset that resorts to that level of violence as a response to stress that need to be addressed.
I've always found the whole "no mans land" thing amusing in a twisted way since the customs agents claim to have legal authority to ignore the Constitution and yet it is the Constitution that grants them any authority in the first place.
If the Constitution/Bill of Rights does not apply and they have no authority to do anything. But If they claim that they have any authority then the Constitutional/Bill of Rights protections apply. And as another poster pointed out the Constitution doesn't have a clause "These Rights only apply to American Citizens".
read this, it shows how insane things have gotten.
http://beforeitsnews.com/eu/20...
Take the human cells and break the genes that make neurons
Easy, if we knew exactly which genes controlled the development of the human brain. We don't, we can make educated and informed guesses but do we know if there is a enzyme or protein that is produced by human cells that triggers the development of higher cognitive functions?
And what if the creature did develop higher brain functions? Pigs are already pretty smart, what if one of these test subjects scratches "No kill I" in the dirt?
That said I agree that we have to keep doing research into this, the benefits would be huge, but we also have to consider the moral and ethical ramifications of this kind of research before we end up with a mess.
Of course China will return it.
Right after they take it apart, photograph its parts, map all its PCB traces, identify all the parts, copy its firmware and reassemble it (that last part is optional).
And in a year at most the US can buy a comparable version at half the cost from China.
Same thing happened when that US spy plane had to make an emergency landing awhile back (after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet). China returned the plane, in crates. I hear the crew threw all the sensitive stuff out while the plane was over the water.
Since 2004
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For other browsers and platforms too
'nuf said
spring loaded counterpunch
Center punch FTFY. I always carry one in my jacket, really useful for more than just getting out of a car.
If your going by number of votes cast the when you look at the total votes, the majority of Americans voted that they did NOT want Hillary.
I didn't vote for Trump but I sure as Hell's didn't vote for Hillary.
I honestly feel I'd rather have Trump, better an incompetent idiot who will accomplish nothing because he is hated than a criminal who has already stated on record that she will violate her oath of office as soon as the takes office and will not be effectively opposed because she is popular.
Black holes emitted radiation back in the 19th century. Did you know that?
And did you know that the concept of black holes was first put forth in 1916 with Einstein's GR , in the 20th Century, not the 19th. And the name "Black Hole" wasn't even used to describe them until the 1960's.
http://www.space.com/15421-bla...
How about just putting a baseball card in the wheel spokes?
If I only had mod points!
This is exactly the point I made when I was talking to my brother about this. As you point out its a one time use attack, and it didn't really accomplish anything other than highlight the vulnerabilities of the IoT and trigger action to correct those vulnerabilities.
I bet the state level actors are more than a bit ticked off about this, now they won't be able to use the IoTs as easily for their own plans.
A "quick access button" doesn't always mean you can turn something off. I would not be surprised if it only let you change things like the timing of the curve but not let you control if it happens or not.
That said you're probably right and it will have the option to be disabled, though that option might only be available for corporate licensed version.
Back in the late '80s there was talk about having the space shuttle hang on to the big external fuel tank until it got into orbit. The idea was the tank could be modified on the ground to have a docking port and basic necessities like basic ventilation ducts and electrical harness already installed. Since the shuttle almost never had anything near its max cargo load the added weight of the tank would not have been an issue for the shuttle to get into orbit. Sadly the idea never went anywhere.
Whats worse?
The buggy code that can hack a server
or
the buggy code running on the server that can be hacked?
Fun factoid: the Curiosity Mars rover has 256 Megabytes of RAM and 2 Gigabytes of FLASH.
I'm sure people will be able to come up with a lot of interesting uses for one of these units.
Now we know how Florida intends to deal with it's growing population of senior citizens.