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  1. Orientation on Your Car: Aerial Drone Launcher? (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Currently DJI products use an IMU (a combination of a gyro and magnetometer), GPS and a barometer to control positioning and flight. Before the flight, conscious pilots assure the IMU is calibrated properly and that there's GPS lock. It's not currently possible to calibrate the IMU around ferrous environments, something required when changing flight locale.

      Using today's control systems to launch from a metal moving platform will have more issues than just the air flow.

  2. Re:What in the fuck? on Publisher Is Pretty Sure Google Could End Piracy (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    This dude that's a publisher is pissed over getting spammed by Google and the fact that Google indexes websites that give away IP he's (or his clients) got the rights to.

      So he publishes this diatribe on his website and somehow got it published here also.

    No nerd news here...

  3. Re:Publicly searchable database on Drone Registration Is FAA's Way of Getting You To Read Their "EULA" (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference is the FCC doesn't require the licensee's station address and the FAA seems to think it has the right to require a home address and make it public without need.

      Big difference.

  4. Wouldn't it be more properly referred to as on Why String Theory Is Not Science (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    a theoretical physics model?

  5. Re:Drone indeed on Drone Crashes, Missing Champion Skier By Inches (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    It was a quad not a hexacopter.

  6. Re:"Drone"? on Drone Crashes, Missing Champion Skier By Inches (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Did you look at the picture? What crashed was nothing close to con/prosumer equipment. What crashed was significantly more expensive, had significantly more lift and better optics than the DJI Inspire. I'd have to call BS if there weren't as advanced flight control systems as well as GLONASS/GPS/IR guidance. In the event of no RF control, the copter usually toggles a return to home, dependent upon how it's programmed. It doesn't just stop flying!

      That wasn't a controlled landing, my guess is a power failure or motor issue.

  7. No, it's a tax on people that failed math.

  8. Re:Unnecessary force is a total embarassment on Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Case (stuff.co.nz) · · Score: 1

    It was 100% orchestrated by the FBI.

  9. Unnecessary force is a total embarassment on Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Case (stuff.co.nz) · · Score: 1

    This is what the state of militarization of our police departments has caused. https://youtu.be/pMas0tWc0sg
    This alone is sufficient cause for any sane court of law to deny extradition. Additionally, it provides more than sufficient justification for US citizens to assert their second amendment rights. We are in international embarrassment.

     

  10. Smoke and mirrors. on The Science Behind the Paris Climate Accords (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Considering how none of the new "agreements" are binding, what real difference does it make? Show and no go, feel good BS.

  11. might inconvenience a few people? on JavaScript User Prohibitions Are Like Content DRM, But Even Less Effective (teleread.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would venture to say that it inconveniences more than a few, the majority of whom have no idea there is an alternative. Typically Joe Sixpack is clueless a click bait victim and the bread and butter of 90% of content sellers.

    Besides, Janice in accounting don't give a fuck!

  12. Re:The _massive_ flaw in these regulations... on FAA Drone Rules May Already Be Outlawed By Congress (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh no. Whatever shall I do?

    Just go here: http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-p... Looks like the FCC is trying to protect operator license privacy.

  13. Re:Security? watev dude on Phantom Squad Hacking Group Claims Credit For Three-Hour Xbox Live Outage · · Score: 2

    Actually ....the internet grew from ARPANET who's goal was to exploit new computer technologies to meet the needs of military command and control against nuclear threats, achieve survivable control of US nuclear forces, and improve military tactical and management decision making.

  14. Dealers tend to have full disclosure of transactions. Normally there's a document called a "Due Bill" or a "We Owe" that specifically states that there are no promises or additions made or included that are not written on said document. The same document usually includes language stating no oral additions or deletions will be honored. At the point the seller transferred ownership of the purchase vehicle and the buyer transferred ownership of the trade, the transaction was complete.

    Had the customer wanted to sell his trade without the markings, he should have removed them (before transferring) or had the removal listed on the due bill.

    It is not reasonable to assume that the dealer would have any idea the trade would end up with an organization US traders are precluded trade with.

    Regardless of how reprehensible of a situation the customer now faces, I doubt the dealer will be held liable. It's quite possible that the wholesaler that made the ultimate sale to the current owner is, or the person that transferred it to that seller is, but I would think liability issues would be the least of their concerns.

  15. Sounds like buzzword marketing. on Chipotle Plans To DNA Test Produce After E-Coli Outbreaks In Nine States · · Score: 1

    Can someone please explain how genetic status relates to a bacterial contamination? WTF?

  16. Re:Get an anti bark device on Ask Slashdot: Cost Effective Way To Soundproof My Home? · · Score: 1

    And what ever you do make sure you're not using bakers chocolate as the theobromide content is close to 10x more than Snickers.

  17. I want my insurance company on LionsGate Wants Pirate Sites To Pay For 'Expendables' 3 Leak (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    ..to pay me back for my 1980 Chevette in mint condition that was stolen from downtown. I filed a police report and my claim was denied because I left the keys in the ignition.

    My insurance company said they don't insure for losses caused by the insured's lack of diligence to prevent the loss.

    Possiby Lionsgate needs a few tigers at the gate?

  18. Re: oh wow really on FBI Admits It Uses Stingrays, Zero-Day Exploits (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ' there's a degree of aceptableness. '

    Um, domestic use without a warrant is in no fucking way acceptable. It's a fucking crime and deserves as diligent a prosecution as they make. Licensed, authorized professionals need to be held to a higher standard or suffer stricker punishments. For shit sakes, how hard would it be to have a judge bless it, less they're just fishing.

      Before calling "black-ass" best make sure your's is clean.

  19. We tried this but accounting killed it because.. on Signs You're Doing Devops Wrong (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Janice in accounting don't give a fuck!

  20. Re:a third and forth option exists on Wired Thinks It Knows Who Satoshi Nakamoto Is (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    " wired.com is a fraud out to make money"

      Their mandatory pop-over 25 second video ads are the most intrusive I've ever seen. Many times I just close the tab. I might have accepted this for other websites but Wired? The high S/N ratio these days makes me want to go back to links.

  21. No Fly List Gun Bans? WTF??????? on GunTV Aims To Premier 24-Hour Shopping Channel For Firearms · · Score: 2

    How can any sensible person agree that it is prudent to deny any constitutional right based on a list that:

    #1 Is not public domain.
    #2 Has no real process of removal.
    #3 Has no real specification for entry.

    I can't believe we have a president that believes the public is so stupid as to place trust into an organization that repetitively breaks the laws it was designed to uphold.

  22. Killled by wet roads? on Deep Learning Identifies Wet Road Hazards From Sound Input (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    " Every year 384,032 persons are injured and 4,789 persons killed through wet roads" should read:

      Every year 384,032 persons are injured and 4,789 persons killed through wet roads and their inability to grasp the concepts of friction and velocity.

      Or: ...are killed because of their piss poor driving skills.

  23. And who decides what speach is incorrect? on Hillary Clinton Urges Silicon Valley To 'Disrupt' ISIS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Surely we can't trust someone who directly profited from the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, basically wrecking our economy.

        Just say no to Billary...

  24. Re:Key assessment points on Iran's Military Nuclear Program Lasted Longer Than We Thought (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    I would trust there's an intelligence agency that's highly functional with the "real data", and tends to have very successful executions.

    The same people that did Iraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    There's better eyes and ears than ours (as far as that threat is concerned).

  25. OT: When will Dicedot figure out on Mozilla Ends the Advertisements In Firefox's New Tab Tiles (mozilla.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    what Ads Disabled means?

    or does it mean I need an ad blocker here too?