Anonymous escalated the situation. You have a standoff where neither side wants to fight, nor wants to back down so they just flex and hurl words at each other. The last thing you want is somebody to come along and throw rocks setting things off.
What they've done isn't much different than the Cyber-fighters of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, it just pisses people off. Do you think they made the political situation better? The N. Korean government will claim that Anonymous was sponsored by the evil US and this is a precursor to a military strike on their country.
Their heart my be in the right place, but their method is childish. Real change will come about by providing the people of N. Korea alternative means to get information, not by pissing off the leadership.
Intel is in a similar situation. I think it was something like 70% of their sales are to HP and Dell when I looked at their annual 10K a few years ago. If either of those companies folds, intel is in trouble.
The industry isn't vertically integrated like that. If Dell and HP go under, then the companies poisitioned to take their place like, Lenovo or Acer, are still shipping computers with Intel chips. It's like lobbyists who donate to both major US parties so that no matter who gets elected they still win.
Pay $2500 for the express delivery of the cruise. I chose the $1000 standard delivery method, and due to Rodesia law I have to wait 9 months until the prize is delivered. Express delivery gets it to you in 3 months.
Just wait till the wind and solar energy cartels get their way, you won't even be able to breathe hard or read a book in the sunlight without them coming after you for infrininging on their monopoly.
The people making the decisions probably have much more data on industry forecasts, know what resources they have available, and what other projects they have in the pipeline. Supporting a console comes at the opportunity cost of tying up engineers, development lines, and capital that could be used towards projects with a greater long-term prospect like supercomputing, tablet, phone, etc.
I submit to you that were the police to face citizens armed equally as well as them they would have a greater degree of humility and respect for the people whom they claim to protect and serve.
Respect and fear are different things. Dealing with somebody who is armed naturally escalates the situation. Look at the current way the police respond to situations when somebody is suspected to be armed; they don't have conversations, they issue commands. Non-cooperation with those commands, even if it is within your rights, is seen as an increase in potential threat.
It's wise to limit one's dealings with the police in any case because they're here to keep the peace generally, not to protect you as an individual. It's an inherently adversarial relationship and ought to be viewed as such by every citizen who values their freedom.
Exactly, law enforcement exists to prevent "bad stuff" from happening and execute the law as they are told. Individual rights and notions of fairness and reason are outside the scope of their job, that's stuff for lawyers and judges to deal with.
Be respectful and polite when confronted by them, but know your rights and realize that it's not generally in your best interests to cooperate with or volunteer information to them.
Yes, everybody needs to know their rights so they can protect them. Some of the first things the police will ask or command result in people waiving them, like asking people if they can enter the house.
1: some subcontractor decided that given low volumes it was cheaper to just plate the whole thing at the highest specified thickness than to work out how to selectively plate it (possibly in violation of a spec, possiblly following a spec that only specified minimum thickness of gold not maximum).
I'm guessing this is the case. Even in high volume it's cheaper to plate everything at once so you don't have additional plating baths and processes to manage. I actually ran into this issue with a board that had both surface mounted components that get soldered on, and a connector that physically attached to a socket. The plating for the physical connection needs to be much thicker to account for wear, but this meant all the solder pads would also have a thicker gold layer. Rather than resort to different plating thicknesses we were able to make process adjustments to control the IMC growth.
Tin whiskers aren't the only problem. Tin-Lead solder bulk properties can allow it to relieve stress better than lead-free counterparts. This aids reliability when it comes to preventing fatigue related crack propagation. There are a number of process factors that also impact the reliability of a solder joint, including heating and cooling rates, flux chemistry, and the plating of the connected parts. These can effect microstructure, intermetallic formation, and void formation. Like you say, for Tin-Lead this has been studied in depth for decades, the focus on lead-free has only been going on for about 15.
As you add more gold you are changing the properties of the alloy you are forming. A small layer of gold to prevent oxidation doesn't really cause much impact, your solder (in this case eutectic Sn-Pb) still melts and solidifies basically the same way. The more gold you add the more complex the system becomes. Rather than a nice eutectic material that goes from liquid to solid directly, you get different phases that solidify at different temperatures. This results in the formation of brittle intermetallics that fail prematurely.
I worked as a surface mount process engineer on microprocessors, every connection that was soldered has gold as it prevents oxidation of the underlying metal. Not enough gold and you get oxides that are too thick or too difficult for your flux to remove and you wind up with unsoldered connections. On the flip side too much gold and you start forming brittle intermetallics and changes in grain structure which will impact its reliability.
You're describing the fear that many opponents of the Bill of Rights had during ratification. Too many people think it enumerates the rights of people, which is why the catch-all 9th amendment was included. Historically, anonymous speech has been an essential part of polical dialogue. There are already structures in place for law enforcement to investigate, remove, and prosecute criminal speech. What advantage would this registration process provide, other than provide a means to remove speech that does not reach the level of a crime.
Don't do that, you'll just make somebody else's life miserable. Rather than go random, people should just put in: Ira I. Silverstein 2951 West Devon
Chicago, IL 60659
(773) 743-5015
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The US has so much military and economic involvement in the region that an attack on Japan or S. Korea will be treated like an attack on the US.
Yeah, I'm sure China, Russia, and South Korea wouldn't mind dealing with nuclear fallout and mass numbers of refugees.
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Anonymous escalated the situation. You have a standoff where neither side wants to fight, nor wants to back down so they just flex and hurl words at each other. The last thing you want is somebody to come along and throw rocks setting things off.
What they've done isn't much different than the Cyber-fighters of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, it just pisses people off.
Do you think they made the political situation better? The N. Korean government will claim that Anonymous was sponsored by the evil US and this is a precursor to a military strike on their country.
Their heart my be in the right place, but their method is childish. Real change will come about by providing the people of N. Korea alternative means to get information, not by pissing off the leadership.
All people are created equal, but corporations are more equal than humans
Intel is in a similar situation. I think it was something like 70% of their sales are to HP and Dell when I looked at their annual 10K a few years ago. If either of those companies folds, intel is in trouble.
The industry isn't vertically integrated like that. If Dell and HP go under, then the companies poisitioned to take their place like, Lenovo or Acer, are still shipping computers with Intel chips. It's like lobbyists who donate to both major US parties so that no matter who gets elected they still win.
What, are you going to start putting people in prison for the rest of their lives for possession of sugar?
Can't wait to start my own sugar cartel, though as usual the The Simpsons did it first
Pay $2500 for the express delivery of the cruise. I chose the $1000 standard delivery method, and due to Rodesia law I have to wait 9 months until the prize is delivered. Express delivery gets it to you in 3 months.
Just wait till the wind and solar energy cartels get their way, you won't even be able to breathe hard or read a book in the sunlight without them coming after you for infrininging on their monopoly.
Not sure about three+ decades, but 2Pac seems to keep producing new stuff.
Don't you mean 7 Gigapeople us metric?
It's the *why* would everyone stop using it that is the question to be answered.
Loss of faith which can come from somebody gaming the system, government intervention, or a more popular alternative currency.
The people making the decisions probably have much more data on industry forecasts, know what resources they have available, and what other projects they have in the pipeline. Supporting a console comes at the opportunity cost of tying up engineers, development lines, and capital that could be used towards projects with a greater long-term prospect like supercomputing, tablet, phone, etc.
I submit to you that were the police to face citizens armed equally as well as them they would have a greater degree of humility and respect for the people whom they claim to protect and serve.
Respect and fear are different things. Dealing with somebody who is armed naturally escalates the situation. Look at the current way the police respond to situations when somebody is suspected to be armed; they don't have conversations, they issue commands. Non-cooperation with those commands, even if it is within your rights, is seen as an increase in potential threat.
It's wise to limit one's dealings with the police in any case because they're here to keep the peace generally, not to protect you as an individual. It's an inherently adversarial relationship and ought to be viewed as such by every citizen who values their freedom.
Exactly, law enforcement exists to prevent "bad stuff" from happening and execute the law as they are told. Individual rights and notions of fairness and reason are outside the scope of their job, that's stuff for lawyers and judges to deal with.
Be respectful and polite when confronted by them, but know your rights and realize that it's not generally in your best interests to cooperate with or volunteer information to them.
Yes, everybody needs to know their rights so they can protect them. Some of the first things the police will ask or command result in people waiving them, like asking people if they can enter the house.
Don't be silly, Norway and Sweden don't exist
I'm guessing this is the case. Even in high volume it's cheaper to plate everything at once so you don't have additional plating baths and processes to manage.
I actually ran into this issue with a board that had both surface mounted components that get soldered on, and a connector that physically attached to a socket. The plating for the physical connection needs to be much thicker to account for wear, but this meant all the solder pads would also have a thicker gold layer. Rather than resort to different plating thicknesses we were able to make process adjustments to control the IMC growth.
Tin whiskers aren't the only problem. Tin-Lead solder bulk properties can allow it to relieve stress better than lead-free counterparts. This aids reliability when it comes to preventing fatigue related crack propagation.
There are a number of process factors that also impact the reliability of a solder joint, including heating and cooling rates, flux chemistry, and the plating of the connected parts. These can effect microstructure, intermetallic formation, and void formation. Like you say, for Tin-Lead this has been studied in depth for decades, the focus on lead-free has only been going on for about 15.
As you add more gold you are changing the properties of the alloy you are forming. A small layer of gold to prevent oxidation doesn't really cause much impact, your solder (in this case eutectic Sn-Pb) still melts and solidifies basically the same way. The more gold you add the more complex the system becomes. Rather than a nice eutectic material that goes from liquid to solid directly, you get different phases that solidify at different temperatures. This results in the formation of brittle intermetallics that fail prematurely.
Certainly they don't plate the part you solder
I worked as a surface mount process engineer on microprocessors, every connection that was soldered has gold as it prevents oxidation of the underlying metal. Not enough gold and you get oxides that are too thick or too difficult for your flux to remove and you wind up with unsoldered connections.
On the flip side too much gold and you start forming brittle intermetallics and changes in grain structure which will impact its reliability.
Exactly, Kirk was more "beautifully metaphoric" with his commands.
Like in Star Trek 6 "second star to the right, and straight on til morning"
I have been to many other coutries and most have free pat downs, but only for flights heading to the US.
It doesn't actually say anything about anonymity
You're describing the fear that many opponents of the Bill of Rights had during ratification. Too many people think it enumerates the rights of people, which is why the catch-all 9th amendment was included. Historically, anonymous speech has been an essential part of polical dialogue.
There are already structures in place for law enforcement to investigate, remove, and prosecute criminal speech. What advantage would this registration process provide, other than provide a means to remove speech that does not reach the level of a crime.
Next Colorado will ban the 'Fingerbang' episode of Southpark
Don't do that, you'll just make somebody else's life miserable.
Rather than go random, people should just put in:
Ira I. Silverstein
2951 West Devon
Chicago, IL 60659
(773) 743-5015