If a $250 botnet is profitable then the sky's the limit. All you do is reinvest the profit in more botnets and you bank balance will go up exponentially. You'll be buying up islands in the Pacific in no time.
Gee, if only the car engineers could think of problems like that.
Maybe you could call them and get involved in the design process. Without your input they might make a car whose engines switch off two microseconds after losing the GPS signal.
If you read the summary, you'll notice one of the big problems is when that automation fails. It's great when it removes human error, but if automation fails, you still want human error as minimal as possible...
When automation fails the humans are supposed to get in radio contact with the ground and reach for the book of checklists. The "Top Gun" style of piloting where they switch off the autopilot and start heaving at the controls really, really doesn't apply outside of the cinema.
Even in the Hudson River incident the passengers might have been better off if the pilot had made it a bit further down the checklist and hit the "ditch switch" to close valves and air vents underneath the aircraft. They're designed to keep it floating a bit longer. The "water landing" checklist was designed for descent from higher altitudes with more time available, he never completed it.
If you want to tax, you do not need them, and they are actually easily tampered with / jammed and more costly than just deploying an ANPR or toll system anyway.
ANPR has several problems - you need cameras on every street corner, it lets the government know everywhere you go, people can put false plates on their cars, etc.
(No, the government probably won't see any of those as a problem, but their opposition will...)
A GPS system could just measure distance traveled, not locations or any other data. The car could refuse to work if it doesn't receive a GPS signal that makes sense. If it's in a tamper-proof box then hacking it could be difficult enough that most people wouldn't bother.
Politicians will have to never, ever, ever, say what they think.
Other possibility: Stop hiring politicians who think things like that.
PS: How about a link to an article that actually tells us the dimensions of the "smallest transmitter" and some of the the science behind it, not some news aggregator whose other headlines are things like, "3 Signs Your Relationship is in Trouble".
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They still have a market?
Apple took most of it, but it's the same people...
+1000 informative
Yes, although at that rate $10 invested back then would be over $200,000 today. I sure wish I'd put $10 into it.
That can also be said about stocks/shares in thousands of companies.
The fact is, it's a lottery. Always has been, always will be.
The jury is still out on long term viability.
This university could just as easily accept used iPads as tuition fees.
Used iPads have a monetary value, too, but I wouldn't start stockpiling them.
Try managing 150000+ files on Winamp and tell me how it goes. Now try that again with Foobar.
Did you know that modern file systems have things called 'folders' to organize files?
I always downloaded the "Lite" version - no AOL crap there, just the original Winamp goodness.
Also useful if you need a pickup truck for an hour to move something big/heavy.
Schedule test drives online......
I mean no weekend trips (they probably limit the time/mileage/etc), but need to go shopping or head to the car dealership? perfect!
How will you drive to the car pick-up place? It's probably outside town.
If a $250 botnet is profitable then the sky's the limit. All you do is reinvest the profit in more botnets and you bank balance will go up exponentially. You'll be buying up islands in the Pacific in no time.
Gee, if only the car engineers could think of problems like that.
Maybe you could call them and get involved in the design process. Without your input they might make a car whose engines switch off two microseconds after losing the GPS signal.
This is a stupidly expensive way to do road tax.
It would be ... if it was being built by a government just for road taxing, but it's not, and it isn't.
Considering it's been illegal as hell for decades to mess with the odometer, yeah.
If miles were taxed there'd be a lot more incentive for ordinary people to fiddle, not just dodgy used-car salesmen.
Indeed. If you do not need a scope, then you do not do any real electronics. For some debugging, there is no replacement.
The point being made was that these days a logic analyzer is far more useful.
I own an old analog 'scope and a DSO Quad pocket oscilloscope. The thing I use most is the Quad's digital inputs.
What about all those times when a 'veteran pilot' farked up badly and crashed the 'plane?
If you read the summary, you'll notice one of the big problems is when that automation fails. It's great when it removes human error, but if automation fails, you still want human error as minimal as possible...
When automation fails the humans are supposed to get in radio contact with the ground and reach for the book of checklists. The "Top Gun" style of piloting where they switch off the autopilot and start heaving at the controls really, really doesn't apply outside of the cinema.
Even in the Hudson River incident the passengers might have been better off if the pilot had made it a bit further down the checklist and hit the "ditch switch" to close valves and air vents underneath the aircraft. They're designed to keep it floating a bit longer. The "water landing" checklist was designed for descent from higher altitudes with more time available, he never completed it.
Remember: U.S. citizens are also at the mercy of the U.S. decision making machine.
We don't trust our own governments either, that's why this is being built by civilians .
You missed the key point, which is:
under civilian control
US civilians might be able to use it as well when the revolution comes ... just sayin'.
If you want to tax, you do not need them, and they are actually easily tampered with / jammed and more costly than just deploying an ANPR or toll system anyway.
ANPR has several problems - you need cameras on every street corner, it lets the government know everywhere you go, people can put false plates on their cars, etc.
(No, the government probably won't see any of those as a problem, but their opposition will...)
A GPS system could just measure distance traveled, not locations or any other data. The car could refuse to work if it doesn't receive a GPS signal that makes sense. If it's in a tamper-proof box then hacking it could be difficult enough that most people wouldn't bother.
Yeah, there's no possible way to fiddle that system.
How many bitcoins could you mine with a $250 botnet?
They should plant weed and dandelions. It will grow anywhere.
Sure, but what would that prove about the ability to grow normal plants on the moon?
I think they should plant triffids. Relieve the boredom of future dwellers who'll be living in tiny glass bubbles.
Strange to claim it's the "World's Smallest" and not give it's size.
You must be new here.
Don't ever expect Slashdot to link to a proper article instead of a crappy news aggregator site.
Right!
Whoosh!
Politicians will have to never, ever, ever, say what they think.
Other possibility: Stop hiring politicians who think things like that.
PS: How about a link to an article that actually tells us the dimensions of the "smallest transmitter" and some of the the science behind it, not some news aggregator whose other headlines are things like, "3 Signs Your Relationship is in Trouble".