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this shot isn't almost a direct copy of "The Patriot" then I'm a monkey's uncle. The British on the road below, the hero with the high ground, tomahawk at the ready. Please.
So? They cannot legally do anything with it, and there is no way they can be legally compelled to perform espionage without a warrant.
Legally compelled? Hell, they will do it voluntarily and in return the powers that be will grant them retroactive immunity for their criminal actions. I've seen it happen!
So I don't see why you'd want one of these things when HTPCs have frankly never been cheaper.
Don't forget to factor in the cost to power it all the time. A Roku sips power through a coffee stirrer. An HTPC with a gaming graphics card gulps it out of a fire hose.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause...
I was thinking the fourth amendment also originally, but I believe that in most of these cases Law Enforcement has probably cause to search. They just need the key. Similarly LE does not have the right to just walk in and search your house, but if they have sufficient cause to believe that stolen property is stashed there and can get a warrant, then they can search. The main distinction here is that without a front door key, they can just knock it down. In the case of strong encryption, not so much. OTOH if they have a warrant to search your car but can't find it, I don't see where you have any obligation to tell them where it is.
Sure, most of the time the summary is just biased, misleading, or inaccurate. But to boldly claim the exact opposite of the clear headline and content of linked article? Jesus wept.
The really sad thing is that the original submission was decently done and did not contain a link to the contradictory article. I bang my head these days because it would be nice if the editors did some editing, but every time they try it seems like they just fsck it up.
IANAL but it seems like this decision hinges on the fact that the act of decrypting the hard drive requires the encryption key, which is in turn a product of the mind. On that basis the judge has connected it to the fifth amendment and self incrimination rather than the model put forth by the prosecution of a simple lock and key. The implication that I am seeing here is that if you were to encrypt your hard drive, but use a file on a USB drive as the encryption key rather than a passphrase, then this decision would not be applicable and you could be compelled to turn over the USB drive.
Can anybody name a single good thing that came out of all this enormous data collection effort? What is better for the consumer today than it was twenty years ago when there was no internet and no tracking?
The problem here is that you see yourself as the consumer. For a great deal of sites where the money is made on the internet, you are not the consumer, you're the product.
Unlike you, I'm offended by the existence of splash screens. I don't give a rat's ass which splash screen, whether it's my BIOS when I boot, the operating system when it takes control of the hardware, or the applications after I've finally logged in.
I'm just the opposite. I dislike programs that take a while to start up, but don't provide me with any feedback at all. I have no idea if the damn program even launched, and if so, how long it will be before I can do something useful. I would rather see a splash screen of some sort with a progress bar or some other form of visible feedback. To each his own I guess and the solution is simple. Allow a preference setting as to whether a splash screen should be shown at launch or not. Problem solved.
Combat ships, if they exist, would probably be spherical. If there is anything resembling a cannon, there will probably be a single one and aiming will involve rotating the craft (or some sort of gimbal) around the center of the craft, for faster positioning.
To take this even further, I would expect it to be a hollowed out, high metallic content asteroid. Why build when you can just hollow out an existing rock, using the surplus material for manufacturing of the propulsion and weapons systems? The rock itself provides a large amount of ablative shielding for energy weapons. It can also provide screening for EMP and radiation effects. If kinetic weapons are to be used, the huge mass can be used to offset reaction forces from firing the weapons. For laser weaponry I seem to recall a defensive weapon from the RPG Space Opera (or was it Traveller?) called a sandcaster. Think 55 gallon drums of sand/dust with a small bursting charge in the center. Project the drum towards the enemy then detonate the charge with the force directed down the long axis of the drum.. A deep cloud of particles would do a great job of deflecting/dissipating light based energy weapons.
If we are going to have the sky as the limit, so to speak, then I would expect nanobot disassemblers to be a likely offensive weapon. The nanobots simply disassemble the target ship into component molecules. Don't give them reproductive capability and only a limited lifespan.
Project a cloud into the flight path of your opponent and let them fly through.
This is what confuses me. Doesn't AT&T realize how many of its customers in Kentucky are armed?
They also have a fairly low person/backhoe ratio. Wonder how AT&T likes repairing fiber cuts? How about two fiber cuts with 100 feet of fiber missing between them?
Just to check I'm interpreting this correctly: a well-defined algorithm in daily use across the globe is 'export controlled' if it happens to be implemented by a US company?
What I do wonder with regards to SSL or TLS is if you can get away with using it as long as your limit the key length? Is it possible to limit key lengths used to encrypt the data traffic on an SSL or TLS connection?
You have a DVD box set called the Art & Science of Sound Recording. Why did you decide to make this box set, and does someone need to be an aspiring sound engineer to learn something from this set?
Hey, does anyone know if this is available on youtube yet?
So will flight gloves work on the iPad screen, or are the operators going to be pulling their gloves off and putting them back on every time they want to see or look up something?
Some lame, lazy ass slashdot editor needs to be fired over this article. Something that would be of interest to a majority of the/. readership and he can't be bothered to check a link or verify the story? It's a wonder anyone subscribes any more.
I do agree with you though as I too think there will be practical applications for sending non-compressible items into orbit (or beyond) until we can address the limitations with our squishiness. I'd be interested to see a comparison of the energy requirements of such a launch compared to the current means, from the basics I understand these things take a crap ton of energy to drive them.
These could however be a good start for deep space exploration. A system like this could be used to orbit payloads of raw materials for construction of large space vessels in orbit. Without the need to enter an atmosphere, a space ship could have a radically different design than what we have done so far. Think more like "Discovery One" for example.
As far as energy requirements go, since you aren't lifting the source of the energy out of the gravity well (at least part way) that should be helpful. You are looking at something that would need to be in an isolated area anyway with a lot of flat miles available. A dedicated nuclear plant could produce the needed energy and would not be near any populated areas if people have concerns.
SuperPoke! was a social media application that was made by independent developers and was later acquired by a company called Slide. It allowed social media users to do such things as hurl virtual sheep at their friends instead of just "poking" them. SuperPoke! Pets evolved from this, taking the same artwork and building a virtual pet environment.
Superpokepets.com was created as a stand alone web application. People could migrate their pets from the social media sites if they wanted. All of this, plus several other social media applications, were owned by Slide when it was acquired by Google. Google allowed Slide to continue to operate semi-autonomously for some time, but has since decided to dissolve/disband it. Employees will be assimilated into the Googleplex and the apps will be shut down. If Google were to continue to support this application, they would have to fund enough servers, databases, support desk, etc. for a 7M+ userbase. Apparently it was not worth it to Google to keep it running.
I don't believe that the social media versions of this application ever had a virtual currency, but I might be wrong. From what I read, currency was added after the web application was created and I suspect that it was only available there.
Interestingly, Google did go so far as to create a standalone version of the environment that users could migrate their pets to if they wished to keep playing with them. Apparently this is a bit buggy, and does not support interacting with other users, but it was a good idea. Might be nice if they were to open source either the standalone application, the web application, or even both. From the sound of things it doesn't seem like they are looking to sell it off. My kids loved to play in these sorts of virtual worlds when they were younger, and if I had the code I would have been willing to stand up a small version for my children and their friends.
On Friday, Pasadena police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said the department was unsure whether it could accommodate the media with digital scanners.
I'm confused. At what point did law enforcement become obligated to provide the media with any form of access whatsoever to their real time communications? In this day and age I am disappointed to learn that the Pasadena PD is just now switching to encrypted digital radios.
Sure, you have to front the $600 for the phone, but your monthly bill is now $20 instead of $80. After 10 months you're breaking even, and after the two years of the contract your're about $700 ahead, enough to pay for a "free" phone upgrade, and then it's gravy from there on out.
Except that in the US, you would pay $600 up front and still end up paying the $80 each month. US carriers do not offer any sort of discount if you bring your own phone with you.
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If this shot isn't almost a direct copy of "The Patriot" then I'm a monkey's uncle. The British on the road below, the hero with the high ground, tomahawk at the ready. Please.
So? They cannot legally do anything with it, and there is no way they can be legally compelled to perform espionage without a warrant.
Legally compelled? Hell, they will do it voluntarily and in return the powers that be will grant them retroactive immunity for their criminal actions. I've seen it happen!
So I don't see why you'd want one of these things when HTPCs have frankly never been cheaper.
Don't forget to factor in the cost to power it all the time. A Roku sips power through a coffee stirrer. An HTPC with a gaming graphics card gulps it out of a fire hose.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause...
I was thinking the fourth amendment also originally, but I believe that in most of these cases Law Enforcement has probably cause to search. They just need the key. Similarly LE does not have the right to just walk in and search your house, but if they have sufficient cause to believe that stolen property is stashed there and can get a warrant, then they can search. The main distinction here is that without a front door key, they can just knock it down. In the case of strong encryption, not so much. OTOH if they have a warrant to search your car but can't find it, I don't see where you have any obligation to tell them where it is.
Sure, most of the time the summary is just biased, misleading, or inaccurate. But to boldly claim the exact opposite of the clear headline and content of linked article? Jesus wept.
The really sad thing is that the original submission was decently done and did not contain a link to the contradictory article. I bang my head these days because it would be nice if the editors did some editing, but every time they try it seems like they just fsck it up.
IANAL but it seems like this decision hinges on the fact that the act of decrypting the hard drive requires the encryption key, which is in turn a product of the mind. On that basis the judge has connected it to the fifth amendment and self incrimination rather than the model put forth by the prosecution of a simple lock and key. The implication that I am seeing here is that if you were to encrypt your hard drive, but use a file on a USB drive as the encryption key rather than a passphrase, then this decision would not be applicable and you could be compelled to turn over the USB drive.
Can anybody name a single good thing that came out of all this enormous data collection effort? What is better for the consumer today than it was twenty years ago when there was no internet and no tracking?
The problem here is that you see yourself as the consumer. For a great deal of sites where the money is made on the internet, you are not the consumer, you're the product.
We are one step closer to Neal Stephenson's vision of a gargoyle in Snow Crash. Interesting.
If they hadn't brought their drone along, the hunters wouldn't have been shooting in the direction of a highway.
Well trolled sir! You have brought out some amazing responses.
/me bows
Unlike you, I'm offended by the existence of splash screens. I don't give a rat's ass which splash screen, whether it's my BIOS when I boot, the operating system when it takes control of the hardware, or the applications after I've finally logged in.
I'm just the opposite. I dislike programs that take a while to start up, but don't provide me with any feedback at all. I have no idea if the damn program even launched, and if so, how long it will be before I can do something useful. I would rather see a splash screen of some sort with a progress bar or some other form of visible feedback. To each his own I guess and the solution is simple. Allow a preference setting as to whether a splash screen should be shown at launch or not. Problem solved.
Combat ships, if they exist, would probably be spherical. If there is anything resembling a cannon, there will probably be a single one and aiming will involve rotating the craft (or some sort of gimbal) around the center of the craft, for faster positioning.
To take this even further, I would expect it to be a hollowed out, high metallic content asteroid. Why build when you can just hollow out an existing rock, using the surplus material for manufacturing of the propulsion and weapons systems? The rock itself provides a large amount of ablative shielding for energy weapons. It can also provide screening for EMP and radiation effects. If kinetic weapons are to be used, the huge mass can be used to offset reaction forces from firing the weapons. For laser weaponry I seem to recall a defensive weapon from the RPG Space Opera (or was it Traveller?) called a sandcaster. Think 55 gallon drums of sand/dust with a small bursting charge in the center. Project the drum towards the enemy then detonate the charge with the force directed down the long axis of the drum.. A deep cloud of particles would do a great job of deflecting/dissipating light based energy weapons.
If we are going to have the sky as the limit, so to speak, then I would expect nanobot disassemblers to be a likely offensive weapon. The nanobots simply disassemble the target ship into component molecules. Don't give them reproductive capability and only a limited lifespan. Project a cloud into the flight path of your opponent and let them fly through.
This is what confuses me. Doesn't AT&T realize how many of its customers in Kentucky are armed?
They also have a fairly low person/backhoe ratio. Wonder how AT&T likes repairing fiber cuts? How about two fiber cuts with 100 feet of fiber missing between them?
No, you have to make it interesting enough to be patent worthy.
The last time I checked, the bar had been set pretty low (think subterranean) on this.
In particular instead of saying apps are "free" they should say "advertising supported" or "user tracking supported".
When it comes to mobile apps, I think that if you see the former, you should assume at least one of the latter.
The closest you could get on an iPad is with 10.7 server w/ Profile Manager.
I think this would be a better solution.
Just to check I'm interpreting this correctly: a well-defined algorithm in daily use across the globe is 'export controlled' if it happens to be implemented by a US company?
Yes. See the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), Part 774 (Commerce Control List), Category 5, Part 2 (Information Security).
What I do wonder with regards to SSL or TLS is if you can get away with using it as long as your limit the key length? Is it possible to limit key lengths used to encrypt the data traffic on an SSL or TLS connection?
You have a DVD box set called the Art & Science of Sound Recording. Why did you decide to make this box set, and does someone need to be an aspiring sound engineer to learn something from this set?
Hey, does anyone know if this is available on youtube yet?
So will flight gloves work on the iPad screen, or are the operators going to be pulling their gloves off and putting them back on every time they want to see or look up something?
Some lame, lazy ass slashdot editor needs to be fired over this article. Something that would be of interest to a majority of the /. readership and he can't be bothered to check a link or verify the story? It's a wonder anyone subscribes any more.
I do agree with you though as I too think there will be practical applications for sending non-compressible items into orbit (or beyond) until we can address the limitations with our squishiness. I'd be interested to see a comparison of the energy requirements of such a launch compared to the current means, from the basics I understand these things take a crap ton of energy to drive them.
These could however be a good start for deep space exploration. A system like this could be used to orbit payloads of raw materials for construction of large space vessels in orbit. Without the need to enter an atmosphere, a space ship could have a radically different design than what we have done so far. Think more like "Discovery One" for example.
As far as energy requirements go, since you aren't lifting the source of the energy out of the gravity well (at least part way) that should be helpful. You are looking at something that would need to be in an isolated area anyway with a lot of flat miles available. A dedicated nuclear plant could produce the needed energy and would not be near any populated areas if people have concerns.
SuperPoke! was a social media application that was made by independent developers and was later acquired by a company called Slide. It allowed social media users to do such things as hurl virtual sheep at their friends instead of just "poking" them. SuperPoke! Pets evolved from this, taking the same artwork and building a virtual pet environment.
Superpokepets.com was created as a stand alone web application. People could migrate their pets from the social media sites if they wanted. All of this, plus several other social media applications, were owned by Slide when it was acquired by Google. Google allowed Slide to continue to operate semi-autonomously for some time, but has since decided to dissolve/disband it. Employees will be assimilated into the Googleplex and the apps will be shut down. If Google were to continue to support this application, they would have to fund enough servers, databases, support desk, etc. for a 7M+ userbase. Apparently it was not worth it to Google to keep it running.
I don't believe that the social media versions of this application ever had a virtual currency, but I might be wrong. From what I read, currency was added after the web application was created and I suspect that it was only available there.
Interestingly, Google did go so far as to create a standalone version of the environment that users could migrate their pets to if they wished to keep playing with them. Apparently this is a bit buggy, and does not support interacting with other users, but it was a good idea. Might be nice if they were to open source either the standalone application, the web application, or even both. From the sound of things it doesn't seem like they are looking to sell it off. My kids loved to play in these sorts of virtual worlds when they were younger, and if I had the code I would have been willing to stand up a small version for my children and their friends.
Anyway, I keep wondering whether or not railgun tech will be what brings the battleship back into use.
To heck with battleships, when do I get a man portable sniper version? Imagine 2km shots with the scope parallel to the bore!
There are so many things I can learn with passion, and killing people is not one of them. Is that sad ?
Everyone has to have a hobby of one sort or another.
On Friday, Pasadena police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said the department was unsure whether it could accommodate the media with digital scanners.
I'm confused. At what point did law enforcement become obligated to provide the media with any form of access whatsoever to their real time communications? In this day and age I am disappointed to learn that the Pasadena PD is just now switching to encrypted digital radios.
Sure, you have to front the $600 for the phone, but your monthly bill is now $20 instead of $80. After 10 months you're breaking even, and after the two years of the contract your're about $700 ahead, enough to pay for a "free" phone upgrade, and then it's gravy from there on out.
Except that in the US, you would pay $600 up front and still end up paying the $80 each month. US carriers do not offer any sort of discount if you bring your own phone with you.