I understand from the webpage that NASA TV can be received by anyone with a satellite decoder and presumably TV stations to rebroadcast images.
They include "live mission feeds" and live images that we can see from the Cassini prove.
Knowing NASA's lineage, is there any form of delay applied to these 'live' feeds? Or could we one day see something which may otherwise be classified (alien waving at the camera, dead astronaut) on the screen in real-time?
I never said it was a conspiracy, but the consumers have been screwed.
I know when Lexus was introduced, they killed off the top-line Toyotas because the Lexus was twice the price and simply not worth it over the high-end Toyota badged cars.
Before we get too excited about weight reductions, increased technology or bragging rights, let's remember something.
Air-conditioning, power-steering and even ABS still aren't standard despite costing next to nothing at build time and being about as essential as you could get.
Manufacturers need to cripple cheaper cars to somehow justify the extra $100k plus you can spend on higher-end models. Otherwise people start saying why does this car cost twice as much when it isn't twice the car?
I suspect it will be a long time before we see this sort of thing in wide use.
This will make it so much easier to film those Getaway in Stockholm videos and other tidbits for "world's wackiest car chases".
Of course the black-box type implications of potential onboard video recording capability can't be underestimated either. Thermal imaging will make driving through the fog slightly easier as well, though I think we'll have to consider the safety implications of geeks at high-speed tweaking onboard surveillance to watch the road rather than actually watching it...
What they have done is either legal, or it is not.
If they are subject to a lawsuit as a result of something legal, provided they are willing to fight it out (and trust me, they will be) the RIAA will be the loser.
Being the defendant in a lawsuit is not necessarily a problem. Being the loser is.
You'd need a Beowulf Cluster of these babies to try and simulate a solution to the Middle East...
How does this work with terrorists who specifically hide amongst civilian populations? It seems no amount of computer power could deal with that. I note the American way (bombing from on high) is different to the Israeli approach (going door to door at far greater risk with lower collateral damage). It just seems the solutions it comes up with may not adapt that well to the real world.
I'd hate them to go: "Whoops... The computer never predicted THAT"!
I'm not sure why you were modded "informative" unless the moderator happened to be a card-carrying Communist.
99 per cent? Source please?
Has it occurred to you that many businesses, including public companies actually "make money" precisely by being ethical and friendly? I know those traits are my preference in business partners.
No one is forcing you to take part. Before you write off their requirements, perhaps you should consider why they might need them. Commercial reality would be one example.
I was struggling to think of a practical application for this so I came up with an evil one instead.
Step 1: Fit USB Bluetooth Adapter to victim's PC Step 2: Sneak up to one mile away Step 3: Use Bluetooth mouse/keyboard to control them
Of course, from practical jokes comes food for thought of serious security implications.
Have a look at AtStake's Ollie Whitehouse's presentation on Bluetooth insecurities and be extra afraid that you can't look around the room for the attacker any more.
Many credit-card merchants specifically prohibit stores from maintaining credit card details at all, or at least only with explicit consent.
This dated back to stopping people from writing credit card details in a file and forced customer signature/acceptance of all purchases. It became totally different with growth in online human-free purchases.
Excuse me, but when smart-alec Redmond programmers think it's 'cute' to include a multi-megabyte Easter Egg in their code I believe people are being a bit generous with their use of my storage and processing.
Moreover, many of today's security flaws should never have happened in the first place (cough...Buffer overflows...cough...Race condition) and would have seen you fail a CompSci subject if submitted as such.
Merely because the Ostrich has its head in the sand and can't see its enemy, does not mean it isn't under threat.
What I meant, was your security can be breaches without your knowledge. Your information could have been stolen or your systems abused by a discrete attacker who flew in 'under your radar'.
Website defacements, DDoS or Warez trading attract a lot of attention as "the worst attack" but the silent ones can be a lot deadlier. Of course you don't get to hear about all of those....
The proliferation of 'happy-clicky' programming environments has led to sloppy inefficent coders who have limited understanding of how to write clean code.
The result? Word Processors which ship on 5 CDs and do little more than similar products from a decade ago.
More RAM, bigger hard-drives, faster processors, and for what? A new version of software that doesn't do a whole lot more to justify the upgrade?
Meanwhile, a lack of formal coding education also means we still see buffer overflows and other security nasties that should never have happened in the first place.
The good news, is devices like the Palm have forced people to operate in the limited hardware/memory environments of years ago. The result, clean efficient code in just a few kilobytes.
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Two hundred smackers for something you might accidentally leave on the bus
You don't own sunglasses do you?
I understand from the webpage that NASA TV can be received by anyone with a satellite decoder and presumably TV stations to rebroadcast images.
They include "live mission feeds" and live images that we can see from the Cassini prove.
Knowing NASA's lineage, is there any form of delay applied to these 'live' feeds? Or could we one day see something which may otherwise be classified (alien waving at the camera, dead astronaut) on the screen in real-time?
I never said it was a conspiracy, but the consumers have been screwed.
I know when Lexus was introduced, they killed off the top-line Toyotas because the Lexus was twice the price and simply not worth it over the high-end Toyota badged cars.
Before we get too excited about weight reductions, increased technology or bragging rights, let's remember something.
Air-conditioning, power-steering and even ABS still aren't standard despite costing next to nothing at build time and being about as essential as you could get.
Manufacturers need to cripple cheaper cars to somehow justify the extra $100k plus you can spend on higher-end models. Otherwise people start saying why does this car cost twice as much when it isn't twice the car?
I suspect it will be a long time before we see this sort of thing in wide use.
...You will get moderated down instead.
This will make it so much easier to film those Getaway in Stockholm videos and other tidbits for "world's wackiest car chases".
Of course the black-box type implications of potential onboard video recording capability can't be underestimated either. Thermal imaging will make driving through the fog slightly easier as well, though I think we'll have to consider the safety implications of geeks at high-speed tweaking onboard surveillance to watch the road rather than actually watching it...
It means Wired is only one lawsuit away from RIAA
Hang on a second.
What they have done is either legal, or it is not.
If they are subject to a lawsuit as a result of something legal, provided they are willing to fight it out (and trust me, they will be) the RIAA will be the loser.
Being the defendant in a lawsuit is not necessarily a problem. Being the loser is.
You'd need a Beowulf Cluster of these babies to try and simulate a solution to the Middle East...
How does this work with terrorists who specifically hide amongst civilian populations? It seems no amount of computer power could deal with that. I note the American way (bombing from on high) is different to the Israeli approach (going door to door at far greater risk with lower collateral damage). It just seems the solutions it comes up with may not adapt that well to the real world.
I'd hate them to go: "Whoops... The computer never predicted THAT"!
Two Words: Caveat Emptor.
Buyer beware.
If it's too good to be true, it is.
Don't believe the hype.
The less you expect, the nicer the surprise etc.
Of course this shouldn't come as news to people.
I believe they've also licensed their software to some companies who want to build more specialized search tools as well.
http://a9.com/ is a particularly good example.
I'm not sure why you were modded "informative" unless the moderator happened to be a card-carrying Communist.
99 per cent? Source please?
Has it occurred to you that many businesses, including public companies actually "make money" precisely by being ethical and friendly? I know those traits are my preference in business partners.
Then don't be involved.
No one is forcing you to take part. Before you write off their requirements, perhaps you should consider why they might need them. Commercial reality would be one example.
Why are their theories any more or less stupid than yours?
Or do you know something the rest of us don't?
I was struggling to think of a practical application for this so I came up with an evil one instead.
Step 1: Fit USB Bluetooth Adapter to victim's PC
Step 2: Sneak up to one mile away
Step 3: Use Bluetooth mouse/keyboard to control them
Of course, from practical jokes comes food for thought of serious security implications.
Have a look at AtStake's Ollie Whitehouse's presentation on Bluetooth insecurities and be extra afraid that you can't look around the room for the attacker any more.
I'm sorry, were you talking about soldering or masturbating?
Many credit-card merchants specifically prohibit stores from maintaining credit card details at all, or at least only with explicit consent.
This dated back to stopping people from writing credit card details in a file and forced customer signature/acceptance of all purchases. It became totally different with growth in online human-free purchases.
I'm not sure if the condition is still mandated.
Excuse me, but when smart-alec Redmond programmers think it's 'cute' to include a multi-megabyte Easter Egg in their code I believe people are being a bit generous with their use of my storage and processing.
Moreover, many of today's security flaws should never have happened in the first place (cough...Buffer overflows...cough...Race condition) and would have seen you fail a CompSci subject if submitted as such.
I think you miss my point.
Merely because the Ostrich has its head in the sand and can't see its enemy, does not mean it isn't under threat.
What I meant, was your security can be breaches without your knowledge. Your information could have been stolen or your systems abused by a discrete attacker who flew in 'under your radar'.
Website defacements, DDoS or Warez trading attract a lot of attention as "the worst attack" but the silent ones can be a lot deadlier. Of course you don't get to hear about all of those....
Two things have come out of Berkeley, Unix and LSD. It is uncertain which caused the other.
No. It's only the worst intrusion they were made aware of. There could have been more...
Naturally, but if people want to avoid becoming sloppy programmers, it's this sort of thing they need to think about, and think about hard.
The proliferation of 'happy-clicky' programming environments has led to sloppy inefficent coders who have limited understanding of how to write clean code.
The result? Word Processors which ship on 5 CDs and do little more than similar products from a decade ago.
More RAM, bigger hard-drives, faster processors, and for what? A new version of software that doesn't do a whole lot more to justify the upgrade?
Meanwhile, a lack of formal coding education also means we still see buffer overflows and other security nasties that should never have happened in the first place.
The good news, is devices like the Palm have forced people to operate in the limited hardware/memory environments of years ago. The result, clean efficient code in just a few kilobytes.
Time to go back to school people...