I think the assumption is that employees aren't actively trying to thwart the company's efforts to improve security. If you can't follow basic and reasonable security procedures you shouldn't have a job. And I'm sure you won't in the not so distant future.
Nope, that's not how it works. When you make outrageous claims the burden of proof is on you.
In recent cases, they haven't even let them finish. They got charged with 'conspiracy to commit terrorism'
And let's be clear. You are claiming that there are real cases where model rocket hobbyists were what, sent to Guantanamo without a trial, because they put a servo in their rocket for the purpose of stabilizing a directly vertical flight path.
an octa (8) rotor copter can have up to 3 rotors fail and still fly
More rotors is simpler and stable, but less efficient. It's why you see helicopters with 1 or sometimes two rotors, but never more. You could have a toy with 8 props but it'd never scale up to something that could carry a person. Or you'd need some sort of energy source that hasn't been discovered yet.
the amount of damage a 10lb drone with payload can inflict accidentally is different
Were you implying that a 10lb projectile traveling at ~50mph is not significant? FYI that'll kill anyone it comes into contact with, with plenty of leeway to smash through things like car windshields in the process.
Put two servos and some control surfaces in/on an Estes rocket, no warhead, only keeps it pointed straight up...ten years federal time for building a guided missile.
Link to the court cases and subsequent sentencing under this law. I'll wait until then to be outraged.
An electric motor is orders of magnitude more reliable than a gas engine
True (maybe), but there are reasons we have almost zero electric aircraft today: batteries are prohibitively heavy, and contain no where near the energy density of fossil fuel.
Stored energy in fuel is considerable: gasoline is the champion at 47.5 MJ/kg and 34.6 MJ/liter; the gasoline in a fully fueled car has the same energy content as a thousand sticks of dynamite. A lithium-ion battery pack has about 0.3 MJ/kg and about 0.4 MJ/liter (Chevy VOLT). Gasoline thus has about 100 times the energy density of a lithium-ion battery. This difference in energy density is partially mitigated by the very high efficiency of an electric motor in converting energy stored in the battery to making the car move: it is typically 60-80 percent efficient. The efficiency of an internal combustion engine in converting the energy stored in gasoline to making the car move is typically 15 percent (EPA 2012). With the ratio about 5, a battery with an energy storage density 1/5 of that of gasoline would have the same range as a gasoline-powered car. We are not even close to this at present.
It's not like Uber employs some grand visionary that said "hey, electric aircraft, huh?" where no one has ever thought of it before. It's been thought of and tried many, many times.
I'm here to laugh at the idiots who think that privacy is a thing.
I meant "Most people don't change their vote just because they see an ad from a Russian Troll", and since you are obviously a troll, why are you contradicting yourself by posting. Hard to believe that got post one of the internet's great thinkers. If you walk around life thinking everyone else is an idiot, you might do well to turn your reflections inward. Great visionaries and thinkers usually don't go around "laughing at idiots" then bragging about it anonymously.
But anyway, You're right about our ability to "hide" personal information from others. That boat has failed. That however doesn't mean we can't pass laws about how that data can be used.
Being publicly outed because one of their contacts downloaded a dumb app that starts spewing that information everywhere could have serious consequences for many people.
Oooh! Oooh! I know the answer. Don't put that info on your public Facebook profile?
Hello Comrade. That's a big word. Are you sure you know what it means?
a form of radical authoritarian nationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce
We have problems, but the fact that you are posting here, and I'm responding, and neither of us is dead, is a clear indication facism isn't one of our problems. At least we have the tools for change, where your population has been completely neutered of this possibility.
And let's string up Kathleen Sebelius for Hatch Act violations as well [causeofaction.org], and also President Obama for refusing to do his duty and allow Sebelius to be prosecuted for her Hatch violation!
Why not string them all up? I learned that 2 wrongs don't make a right when I was around 4 years old. And you?
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Just use your phone as the USB drive.
I think the assumption is that employees aren't actively trying to thwart the company's efforts to improve security. If you can't follow basic and reasonable security procedures you shouldn't have a job. And I'm sure you won't in the not so distant future.
If that's how they think they can win votes, by holding useless votes, then power to them. Even if it passes, it won't be signed by Trump.
Good, then let Trump go on record as well for going against the senate, the house, and the people of the United States. Let's see how that works out.
You can do your own search.
Nope, that's not how it works. When you make outrageous claims the burden of proof is on you.
In recent cases, they haven't even let them finish. They got charged with 'conspiracy to commit terrorism'
And let's be clear. You are claiming that there are real cases where model rocket hobbyists were what, sent to Guantanamo without a trial, because they put a servo in their rocket for the purpose of stabilizing a directly vertical flight path.
Sure they do. All the weight is in the electrons.
NANODEGREE PROGRAM
Flying Cars and Autonomous Flight
Nanodegree: 10^-9x as useful as a regular degree.
an octa (8) rotor copter can have up to 3 rotors fail and still fly
More rotors is simpler and stable, but less efficient. It's why you see helicopters with 1 or sometimes two rotors, but never more. You could have a toy with 8 props but it'd never scale up to something that could carry a person. Or you'd need some sort of energy source that hasn't been discovered yet.
the amount of damage a 10lb drone with payload can inflict accidentally is different
Were you implying that a 10lb projectile traveling at ~50mph is not significant? FYI that'll kill anyone it comes into contact with, with plenty of leeway to smash through things like car windshields in the process.
You sure can. What's stopping you?
Put two servos and some control surfaces in/on an Estes rocket, no warhead, only keeps it pointed straight up...ten years federal time for building a guided missile.
Link to the court cases and subsequent sentencing under this law. I'll wait until then to be outraged.
An electric motor is orders of magnitude more reliable than a gas engine
True (maybe), but there are reasons we have almost zero electric aircraft today: batteries are prohibitively heavy, and contain no where near the energy density of fossil fuel.
Stored energy in fuel is considerable: gasoline is the champion at 47.5 MJ/kg and 34.6 MJ/liter; the gasoline in a fully fueled car has the same energy content as a thousand sticks of dynamite. A lithium-ion battery pack has about 0.3 MJ/kg and about 0.4 MJ/liter (Chevy VOLT). Gasoline thus has about 100 times the energy density of a lithium-ion battery. This difference in energy density is partially mitigated by the very high efficiency of an electric motor in converting energy stored in the battery to making the car move: it is typically 60-80 percent efficient. The efficiency of an internal combustion engine in converting the energy stored in gasoline to making the car move is typically 15 percent (EPA 2012). With the ratio about 5, a battery with an energy storage density 1/5 of that of gasoline would have the same range as a gasoline-powered car. We are not even close to this at present.
It's not like Uber employs some grand visionary that said "hey, electric aircraft, huh?" where no one has ever thought of it before. It's been thought of and tried many, many times.
Flying when all the hardware is working correctly, is very safe.
Safe, until there's any sort of failure or accident. Then you are dead.
I'm here to laugh at the idiots who think that privacy is a thing.
I meant "Most people don't change their vote just because they see an ad from a Russian Troll", and since you are obviously a troll, why are you contradicting yourself by posting. Hard to believe that got post one of the internet's great thinkers. If you walk around life thinking everyone else is an idiot, you might do well to turn your reflections inward. Great visionaries and thinkers usually don't go around "laughing at idiots" then bragging about it anonymously.
But anyway, You're right about our ability to "hide" personal information from others. That boat has failed. That however doesn't mean we can't pass laws about how that data can be used.
Happy trolling, comrade.
Rule #1: People are stupid.
Actually, dismissing things you don't like or don't understand as "stupid" is both stupid and lazy.
Look technorati of Slashdot, 99.9999999999% of the human population gives zero fucks about online privacy
Wrong. According to wikipedia, Europe comprises about 12% of the world's population.
2) Most people don't change their vote just because they see an ad from a Russian Troll
Then why are you here?
Being publicly outed because one of their contacts downloaded a dumb app that starts spewing that information everywhere could have serious consequences for many people.
Oooh! Oooh! I know the answer. Don't put that info on your public Facebook profile?
Also stupidity.
Definition of stupid (and lazy): going about your life dismissing everyone else as "stupid".
How would you fix that? Limit what people are allowed to say or share?
Pass laws limiting the use of harvested data, and / or require express consent from the owner to do so.
Captcha: fascism
Hello Comrade. That's a big word. Are you sure you know what it means?
a form of radical authoritarian nationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce
Does that remind you of anywhere else?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
We have problems, but the fact that you are posting here, and I'm responding, and neither of us is dead, is a clear indication facism isn't one of our problems. At least we have the tools for change, where your population has been completely neutered of this possibility.
No doubt the key problems will remain: the failure to flag pay-walled content and the total inability to blacklist particular news sources.
Except you can blacklist news sources. Click the vertical "..." and you have the option of hide completely or recommend less often.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
There you go.
An actual drone flies autonomously.
You keep saying that but it's not true. From wikipedia:
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone...
and,
The term drone, more widely used by the public, was coined in reference to the early remotely-flown target aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Because of some fundamental physics, quadcopters get dramatically less efficient as they get larger.
Humor me. Why.
They were selling mid-range-ish phones for $150. You have to assume they are making money somehow.
And let's string up Kathleen Sebelius for Hatch Act violations as well [causeofaction.org], and also President Obama for refusing to do his duty and allow Sebelius to be prosecuted for her Hatch violation!
Why not string them all up? I learned that 2 wrongs don't make a right when I was around 4 years old. And you?