Hell no, we were given a terrorist label by the British Monarchy for a reason. We routinely ignored those conventions of war, from the 1770s past the civil war.
You're dead wrong. I'm loaded with titanium after being crushed by a truck.
Two words - Biologically Inert. It doesn't set off the immune system. This is also why most piercing studs/jewelery are made of titanium, the chance of rejection by the body's defenses is practically nil.
Frontiersmen and Minutemen (well, minutemen get selected out of unrecognized militias.)
I actually went to a great school. 4th place school district in the nation at that time. I knew exactly what we had to deal with, as my grandfather, a retired USMC Lt. Col., taught me very well (and it was much gorier and more informative than the books at the time.)
Oh, and no, we were getting our asses kicked until we had the EQUIPMENT from the French plus more men. We never built any real sort of professional standing army, most men had their training right in the heat of battle in their home towns.
No, the fool way above was trying to put out marketing bullshit. They are one of those people that think "Don't panic, it's ORGANIC!" and are woefully ignorant of actual chemistry in any degree.
Same way we do it all the time. DDoS, DNS poisoning, and if need-be, we'll fucking re-roll the entire DNS in our own individual routers and HOSTs files to remove and block those fuckers on every computer and network we encounter. We've got the option of sabotaging the network main points with a BAD BGP that we 'are unable to fix as we're unable to come in' as well.
Voltage doesn't mean shit as far as power efficiency without an amp-hours number with it, pal. Re-join the discussion when you can provide full numbers.
"End users shouldn't know what a "codec" is, they should double-click a file and see it play, which is what VLC is all about."
This statement is what's made all the headaches of computers happen.
People using computers, especially online, should be required to pass a competency test and basic knowledge test. It's just that much a part of life, now.
To be able to track your every movement and make you a prisoner in your own possessions, while giving the illusion that you're even more free than before since you don't have to pay attention to the road and things like personal responsibility.
Okay, that's fine. Give up your rights to those landlines and abandon all infrastructure for the people to take over and maintain. You get wireless in exchange for all your wired infrastructure.
You might want to watch youtube for a good example of how many different ways things can go horribly wrong. What's your car going to do when the person ahead of you slams on their brakes, you're boxed in on both sides, and there's another guy about to run up your tailpipe because he's following too closely?
It's certainly not going to pray for your safety to your deity of choice, that's for sure!
"But with today's computing power and the kinds of sensors commercially available, there really aren't any technical limitations thwarting automated driving."
The sheer lack of suitable fuzzy logic and forward-thinking anticipation are two examples I can think of almost immediately. Relying upon instant reaction and these sensors would be foolish.
"If the automated vehicle has fast enough reaction times, it doesn't really matter;"
Except for those times when it incorrectly predicts someone's movements/intentions, and does the wrong thing. Also, it's going to have to contend with other traffic trying to dodge (if it's even noticed.)
It also can't think ahead, going "This is likely a drunk driver judging by their erratic driving, I should stay way back from them."
Slashdot Mirror
"A new company called NuCaptcha provides animated video captchas it says are much harder for OCR-based programs to crack than static captchas,"
So, IOW, someone took my idea of using video captchas (flashing scenes from an anime series, which you must identify as the captcha code.)
Bet someone there reads slashdot (as I've mentioned that here many times before) or visits my anime forum.
"Each side reloaded, shot, repeated and marched,"
Hell no, we were given a terrorist label by the British Monarchy for a reason. We routinely ignored those conventions of war, from the 1770s past the civil war.
You're dead wrong. I'm loaded with titanium after being crushed by a truck.
Two words - Biologically Inert. It doesn't set off the immune system. This is also why most piercing studs/jewelery are made of titanium, the chance of rejection by the body's defenses is practically nil.
Militias are composed of.....?
Frontiersmen and Minutemen (well, minutemen get selected out of unrecognized militias.)
I actually went to a great school. 4th place school district in the nation at that time. I knew exactly what we had to deal with, as my grandfather, a retired USMC Lt. Col., taught me very well (and it was much gorier and more informative than the books at the time.)
Oh, and no, we were getting our asses kicked until we had the EQUIPMENT from the French plus more men. We never built any real sort of professional standing army, most men had their training right in the heat of battle in their home towns.
"we fought with soldiers against soldiers"
You need to go back to school. We fought with frontiermen and minutemen against soldiers.
Someone in Japan has guns. They'll use that to speak instead.
Typical Japanese.
AKA it's a steel tip.
No, the fool way above was trying to put out marketing bullshit. They are one of those people that think "Don't panic, it's ORGANIC!" and are woefully ignorant of actual chemistry in any degree.
""Mastered for iTunes""
Mastered for a piece of software?
No, you only master for a physical listening environment, not a virtual playback one. Try again when you actually record music!
"And how do you suppose you're going to do so?"
Same way we do it all the time. DDoS, DNS poisoning, and if need-be, we'll fucking re-roll the entire DNS in our own individual routers and HOSTs files to remove and block those fuckers on every computer and network we encounter. We've got the option of sabotaging the network main points with a BAD BGP that we 'are unable to fix as we're unable to come in' as well.
You must be new to the internet.
Confirmed for never playing a real pinball machine.
TILT is the kill signal you get when someone rocks the machine too hard in order to force the ball elsewhere from it's physics-ordained pathway.
IOW He's dead.
Holy shit, is 29 the new 50 or what?
"Me? I get around be bike."
Yea, I used to do that too, until someone fell asleep at the wheel and robbed me of my life for an hour+, and had to get my skeleton rebuilt.
"could be abused to reduce their privacy?"
Can and will at every goddamned turn. If you think otherwise, you put too much faith in the US Government.
Yea, I seriously doubt Google has anyone that smart.
Otherwise they'd have jumped in to my industry long ago and dominated the world.
Voltage doesn't mean shit as far as power efficiency without an amp-hours number with it, pal. Re-join the discussion when you can provide full numbers.
Considering the shit state of free video conferencing (tinychat and its ilk) Google Hangouts are far superior.
Also, we talk in so much profession-related jargon that Google couldn't possibly eavesdrop and have half a clue about what we're saying.
"End users shouldn't know what a "codec" is, they should double-click a file and see it play, which is what VLC is all about."
This statement is what's made all the headaches of computers happen.
People using computers, especially online, should be required to pass a competency test and basic knowledge test. It's just that much a part of life, now.
If you followed the advice of your sig you'd have your answer.
If you had enough of a mind to know who Megan McArdle is, you'd not be asking your stupid question.
"Let's not forget the end goal, here."
To be able to track your every movement and make you a prisoner in your own possessions, while giving the illusion that you're even more free than before since you don't have to pay attention to the road and things like personal responsibility.
Okay, that's fine. Give up your rights to those landlines and abandon all infrastructure for the people to take over and maintain. You get wireless in exchange for all your wired infrastructure.
You might want to watch youtube for a good example of how many different ways things can go horribly wrong. What's your car going to do when the person ahead of you slams on their brakes, you're boxed in on both sides, and there's another guy about to run up your tailpipe because he's following too closely?
It's certainly not going to pray for your safety to your deity of choice, that's for sure!
"But with today's computing power and the kinds of sensors commercially available, there really aren't any technical limitations thwarting automated driving."
The sheer lack of suitable fuzzy logic and forward-thinking anticipation are two examples I can think of almost immediately. Relying upon instant reaction and these sensors would be foolish.
"If the automated vehicle has fast enough reaction times, it doesn't really matter;"
Except for those times when it incorrectly predicts someone's movements/intentions, and does the wrong thing. Also, it's going to have to contend with other traffic trying to dodge (if it's even noticed.)
It also can't think ahead, going "This is likely a drunk driver judging by their erratic driving, I should stay way back from them."
"My guess would be that the authorities may have included such a Javascript in the 'scare page' that is currently replacing the regular site."
Well, that makes me feel good relying upon noscript!
Vague Allegation? Is your brain so numb that you can't see a poorly-veiled terrorist threat?