So to you basically everything (tv, MRI, flashlight, microwaves) are EMP devices. When you label everything with such broad definitions they lose all practical meaning. I highly doubt your job requires yo to make such ridiculous distinctions, as this is not a distinction at all but ambiguation.
Sure it is possible but very improbable, along the same lines that the uncertainty principle says it is possible but highly improbable that a Ferrari will spontaneously appear in my driveway.
It's not an EMP as in the same EMP that disrupts electronics from a nuclear blast. The device uses microwaves, which are an electromagnetic wave in the same way that light is an electromagnetic wave.
I can pulse a light beam but no one would refer to this as an EMP.
Random electrical input (in the form of induced currents from an EMP) can cause random effects in electronic devices. Yeah, it's not likely for an ATM to start spitting out cash but it might happen if hit by an EMP.
No, the ATM is designed so a single fault cannot dispense cash. First the cash requested is dispensed into an internal holder, and counted. (This is the whirring you hear before you get your money) If it reads a miscount its dumped internally and re-dispensed. Only when it gets a correct count is the money transferred from the internal holder to the output slot.
It is impossible for a random electrical surge to cause the above sequence of events to happen. So no, an EMP will not cause money to spit of of an ATM.
agreed - this system is completely unlike Onstar, except fopr the fact that both stop the car. You might as well say that this is just like turning off the car ignition.
however this is NOT directed EMP. This is a microwave transmitter.
No, becausde THIS IS NOT AN EMP GUN!!! There is NO SUCH THING!!!!
Read the article. It's a microwave gun, and makes no mention of EMP. The microwave is transmitting energy, which probably induces a current on the cars electronics ground plane (the frame) which fries the electonics. It's NOT an EMP!
I completely agree. Giving away useful code for free is tantamount to communism.
As a professional Engineer, the engineer code of conduct specifically states that we are to get fair pay for work performed. As such I will never give away code.
Seriously, how much kernel development needs to be done? The OS kernel is the foundation for everything else. If it needs major development, then the project is not very stable by definition.
Given that Linux has been around for many years, it should be stable and hence need little if any changes. The majority of development should be on the application side.
And where did you get the 'maximum possible damages of 35 cents'? Why do you think the theft value is only a third of the purchase price? If I steal a $30000 car, could I then pay a $10000 fine and keep the car?
That and spouting of the 'Obama's DOJ' nonsense certainly shows where your biases lie.
Seems the biggest problem there is that you need multiple structures 80Km high. Since the tallest high load bearing structure ever made is just over 800m high, you would have to improve on that by an order of magnitude.
I'm no structures guy, but I would expect the concrete used as the base of a structure that high would undergo explosive compression failure due to the extreme weight.
It's got noithing to do with insuran ce. It's got a lot to do with requirements.
You make something for the medical market, you got a thousand additional requirements and regulations and testing you also have to pass. This takes a LOT of money. Bringing a complex piece of equipment to the hospital takes about $400 million including about 10 years of development and patient trials. The whole point of which is when it is done it is a reliable piece of equipment, reliable enough\ to stake someones life on.
If the sensor in a game craps out, who cares. If the sensor in a device to deliver medication goes bad, or a piece of life monitoring equipment goes flaky and displays to the doctor the wrong information, someone can die. THAT'S the difference.
What you are paying for is the certification that the part is exactly what you ordered. You order a resistor for hobbyist, and it will most likely be what you want, and what it says, but sometimes the resistor will be out of spec, and sometimes it will have a defect and fail. You order a part specifically for nuclear or medical, and you (should) get exactly what you want, with a certificate stating it is guaranteed to be what you want, and test records proving it.
For the Wii board, no one cares if the gauges read 10% off, but for a medical device they would, and there has been a lot of testing to guarantee that it is within spec.
Lets put aside the fact that even a carbon nanotube cable STILL doesn't have the theoretical load capability required (but it is close). So lets pretend this actually exists.
The weight of this will be enormous. We do not have the launch capability to put this into GEO.
So lets say we solve that one. How exactly would you now deploy this cable bundle and drop it down to your tether point? Reeling it out and hoping it will stay straight enough to hit your tether point is not realistic. As you reel it down you also have to reel it up so that your center point of mass stays at GEO.
Unless you have your counterweight which is another impossibility. The only feasible way to have that much mass at GEO is a captured asteroid - which cannot be done. Even if an asteroid were somehow captured, slowing it down and placing it in the correct orbit would require more fuel and rockets than can actually be placed in orbit.
Even the lift vehicle is unrealistic. To get the strength and weight of the cable to be even ballpark realistic, it has to be tapered at the ends, and bulge at GEO. So the lifter mechanism will have to compensate for this changing radius - not a huge problem, but difficult to make failsafe (since the lower taper is below you towards the ground). Solve that and you have the ascent velocity issue, and the power to drive the carriage. The faster you go, the more power you need. Travelling even at the fastest vertical motor powered carriage in existence means a travel time of a about two months - way too long.
It's not just a problem of the cable, nearly every aspect of this concept required a colossal leap in engineering and technological capability. Theoretically this can be done but not practically.
Space elevators should stay in the realm of science fiction, just like EMP guns.
Read the actual referenced article for that quote. The quote you give misrepresents the actual results.
The conclusions of that paper show that test subjects are on the verge of blackout at 6-7g on average. Possibility of injury occurs above 15g for any length of time.
No one in their right mind would subject themselves to 20g, unless it was for something like an emergency escape. There is a reason the shuttle is kept at 3g - that is the upper limit for safe g-forces, with some margin.
With a pressure suit, you can survive 10gs for a few seconds. Without a suit, 4-6gs is the limit, and only for a few seconds (you cannot breathe and the blood is pushed out of your head.
3 G is really the upper limit for any sustained force. Even 20g from your example is WAY too much.
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So to you basically everything (tv, MRI, flashlight, microwaves) are EMP devices. When you label everything with such broad definitions they lose all practical meaning. I highly doubt your job requires yo to make such ridiculous distinctions, as this is not a distinction at all but ambiguation.
Sure it is possible but very improbable, along the same lines that the uncertainty principle says it is possible but highly improbable that a Ferrari will spontaneously appear in my driveway.
It's not an EMP as in the same EMP that disrupts electronics from a nuclear blast. The device uses microwaves, which are an electromagnetic wave in the same way that light is an electromagnetic wave.
I can pulse a light beam but no one would refer to this as an EMP.
Read the article - its not an EMP.
Nothing, because those vehicles are off and wouldn't be affected.
Sure, if an EMP gun were real, BUT IT'S NOT REAL! It doesn't exist.
Random electrical input (in the form of induced currents from an EMP) can cause random effects in electronic devices. Yeah, it's not likely for an ATM to start spitting out cash but it might happen if hit by an EMP.
No, the ATM is designed so a single fault cannot dispense cash. First the cash requested is dispensed into an internal holder, and counted. (This is the whirring you hear before you get your money) If it reads a miscount its dumped internally and re-dispensed. Only when it gets a correct count is the money transferred from the internal holder to the output slot.
It is impossible for a random electrical surge to cause the above sequence of events to happen. So no, an EMP will not cause money to spit of of an ATM.
More likely the microprocessor would freeze than restart. You would see the engine stall and 'check engine' light on.
Read the article - thats EXACTLY what they are saying. They are using microwaves, NOT an EMP.
then its high time victims start suing the criminals for the damage caused, instead of suing the police.
agreed - this system is completely unlike Onstar, except fopr the fact that both stop the car. You might as well say that this is just like turning off the car ignition.
however this is NOT directed EMP. This is a microwave transmitter.
No, becausde THIS IS NOT AN EMP GUN!!! There is NO SUCH THING!!!!
Read the article. It's a microwave gun, and makes no mention of EMP. The microwave is transmitting energy, which probably induces a current on the cars electronics ground plane (the frame) which fries the electonics. It's NOT an EMP!
I completely agree. Giving away useful code for free is tantamount to communism.
As a professional Engineer, the engineer code of conduct specifically states that we are to get fair pay for work performed. As such I will never give away code.
Seriously, how much kernel development needs to be done? The OS kernel is the foundation for everything else. If it needs major development, then the project is not very stable by definition.
Given that Linux has been around for many years, it should be stable and hence need little if any changes. The majority of development should be on the application side.
And where did you get the 'maximum possible damages of 35 cents'? Why do you think the theft value is only a third of the purchase price? If I steal a $30000 car, could I then pay a $10000 fine and keep the car?
That and spouting of the 'Obama's DOJ' nonsense certainly shows where your biases lie.
Yes, and if we ever want the country to completely self-destruct we'll actually vote the NDP into power.
Seems the biggest problem there is that you need multiple structures 80Km high. Since the tallest high load bearing structure ever made is just over 800m high, you would have to improve on that by an order of magnitude.
I'm no structures guy, but I would expect the concrete used as the base of a structure that high would undergo explosive compression failure due to the extreme weight.
Not so much liability, more so requirements for reliability and testing placed on a medical device.
It's got noithing to do with insuran ce. It's got a lot to do with requirements.
You make something for the medical market, you got a thousand additional requirements and regulations and testing you also have to pass. This takes a LOT of money. Bringing a complex piece of equipment to the hospital takes about $400 million including about 10 years of development and patient trials. The whole point of which is when it is done it is a reliable piece of equipment, reliable enough\ to stake someones life on.
If the sensor in a game craps out, who cares. If the sensor in a device to deliver medication goes bad, or a piece of life monitoring equipment goes flaky and displays to the doctor the wrong information, someone can die. THAT'S the difference.
What you are paying for is the certification that the part is exactly what you ordered. You order a resistor for hobbyist, and it will most likely be what you want, and what it says, but sometimes the resistor will be out of spec, and sometimes it will have a defect and fail. You order a part specifically for nuclear or medical, and you (should) get exactly what you want, with a certificate stating it is guaranteed to be what you want, and test records proving it.
For the Wii board, no one cares if the gauges read 10% off, but for a medical device they would, and there has been a lot of testing to guarantee that it is within spec.
Agreed
Lets put aside the fact that even a carbon nanotube cable STILL doesn't have the theoretical load capability required (but it is close). So lets pretend this actually exists.
The weight of this will be enormous. We do not have the launch capability to put this into GEO.
So lets say we solve that one. How exactly would you now deploy this cable bundle and drop it down to your tether point? Reeling it out and hoping it will stay straight enough to hit your tether point is not realistic. As you reel it down you also have to reel it up so that your center point of mass stays at GEO.
Unless you have your counterweight which is another impossibility. The only feasible way to have that much mass at GEO is a captured asteroid - which cannot be done. Even if an asteroid were somehow captured, slowing it down and placing it in the correct orbit would require more fuel and rockets than can actually be placed in orbit.
Even the lift vehicle is unrealistic. To get the strength and weight of the cable to be even ballpark realistic, it has to be tapered at the ends, and bulge at GEO. So the lifter mechanism will have to compensate for this changing radius - not a huge problem, but difficult to make failsafe (since the lower taper is below you towards the ground). Solve that and you have the ascent velocity issue, and the power to drive the carriage. The faster you go, the more power you need. Travelling even at the fastest vertical motor powered carriage in existence means a travel time of a about two months - way too long.
It's not just a problem of the cable, nearly every aspect of this concept required a colossal leap in engineering and technological capability. Theoretically this can be done but not practically.
Space elevators should stay in the realm of science fiction, just like EMP guns.
That speed is horizontal. I doubt the vertical speed for that car is the same.
Read the actual referenced article for that quote. The quote you give misrepresents the actual results.
The conclusions of that paper show that test subjects are on the verge of blackout at 6-7g on average. Possibility of injury occurs above 15g for any length of time.
No one in their right mind would subject themselves to 20g, unless it was for something like an emergency escape. There is a reason the shuttle is kept at 3g - that is the upper limit for safe g-forces, with some margin.
With a pressure suit, you can survive 10gs for a few seconds. Without a suit, 4-6gs is the limit, and only for a few seconds (you cannot breathe and the blood is pushed out of your head.
3 G is really the upper limit for any sustained force. Even 20g from your example is WAY too much.
Sure it can launch humans. But they'll instantly die from the massive G-forces involved.