It would have been quite reasonable to - on plug-in, put up a 'this device is using a counterfeit chip'. Banner. (though if the chips merely reimplement the API -and do not copy the chip, and are not sold as made by the company - it is questionable if it's really counterfeit)
For the purposes of the act, the serial adaptor is a 'computer' -as it's a data storage device that is plugged into a computer. Destroying, or recklessly damaging the devices stored data is in principle worth up to a ten year sentance.
What about: 80/20 - with the remaining 20% monitored more closely - with daily temperature readings - and if temperature spikes - take a blood sample, and give a high dose of vaccine. (or monitor everyones temperature, if blinding is a concern) As I understood it - vacine - post infection is a moderately effective treatment
The maintainer of the USB susbsystem responded 'Funny patch, you should have saved it for April 1, otherwise people might have actually taken this seriously:)'
Ebola has the potential in africa to hit really quite scary numbers, quite fast. 10000 new cases per week in a couple of months are not looking unlikely.
This will spread over the world - admittedly greatly less in 'the west' and risks becoming a long-term health problem for americans - both in Africa and heavily infected regions, and in people travelling from them.
This both affects trade, and causes increase direct costs for stuff like extra screening. Putting in the funds to kill the disease in Africa now - even with some deaths of US personel - could be significantly cheaper than allowing it to grow exponentially uncontained - at which point the 'leakers' from the hot zone vastly go up in number increasing expense and causing much harsher travel restrictions.
This is not statistics done on those doing CS degrees, and their employment outcomes. It's statistics done on linkedin members who have done CS degrees, and their employment outcomes.
Perhaps there is a substantial slice of CS grads who don't do linkedin, and that population is not representative of the sampled one.
It doesn't even need to be very complex or expensive. No need to use vacuum or anything expensive. Take about 10 meters of 22mm copper pipe. Coil it into a suitable coil to go round the device. Paint the inside black. Wrap the thing in insulation. Insulate the pipes, and attach to an insulated 55 gallon drum full of tapwater, with a central heating pump.
It will be very, very obvious in the first couple of hours if it's heating at 900, or 3kW.
You've got to read it in context. Preamble to the constitution: 'We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.'
This has in many judgements been found to mean it's only effective in the states.
Facebook is not trying to accurately place adverts only to the people who would want to buy the advertised good.
Facebook is trying to sell adverts.
If they can say 'targeted ads have a 30% higher click-rate' - then that may be enough to get people to buy them. Even if it's off-topic for 95% of the people it's shown to.
For solar concentrated collectors. These are panels that reflect the magnified image of the sun onto a tiny few centimeter square panel. These produce absolutely no (well, ~.1% or so) power when there is no direct light, just bright, diffuse light. Simply because the reflector is reflecting a comparatively dull slice of cloud onto the panel - rather than the bright sun.
Ordinary non-concentrated panels work just fine on diffuse light. (though of course with rather less output due to the lower light level)
Rather depends where you are. That's about double (on average) the total solar panel output here (UK). (5h/day = 1800kWh/kWp, UK average is around 1K) An important caveat is that this is entirely useless for places that get a lot of diffuse light. Concentrated panels work only when you can see the bright disk of the sun - a cloudy bright day produces no power.
Ebola is young in humans. There is no immunity to it like we have some immunity to Flu and various other diseases. It being young is scary in other ways. Before now, the virus had about 500 hosts in which to evolve a more spreadable version, and did not.
Even if it mutates to a version that 'only' kills 10% of the population, the truly scary thing is not global Ebola. In western countries, Ebola in its current form would be a few cases per 'patient zero' coming from outside.
The scary thing is if it evolves, and becomes arielly transmissable.
... 3g/LTE is very, very far from universally available. An Ipad? On dialup? Certainly, you can as a competent user probably use it that way. Good luck training people in the OPs relatives position to use it.
As others have raised, dialup often costs per-minute. Webmail may be a terribly expensive option.
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It is not complying with the USB associations rules on VID/PID.
This is not quite the same thing as being counterfeit.
If it is represented to the customer as a genuine chip - then sure.
It would have been quite reasonable to - on plug-in, put up a 'this device is using a counterfeit chip'. Banner.
(though if the chips merely reimplement the API -and do not copy the chip, and are not sold as made by the company - it is questionable if it's really counterfeit)
Ten years, if it's decided to be more serious and is handed over to thehigher courts to prosecute.
FTDI is headquartered in Scotland.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/...
For the purposes of the act, the serial adaptor is a 'computer' -as it's a data storage device that is plugged into a computer.
Destroying, or recklessly damaging the devices stored data is in principle worth up to a ten year sentance.
What about:
80/20 - with the remaining 20% monitored more closely - with daily temperature readings - and if temperature spikes - take a blood sample, and give a high dose of vaccine. (or monitor everyones temperature, if blinding is a concern)
As I understood it - vacine - post infection is a moderately effective treatment
Nope.
Nothing unintentional about it.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&... - a patch submitted to do the same on linux.
The maintainer of the USB susbsystem responded :)'
'Funny patch, you should have saved it for April 1, otherwise people
might have actually taken this seriously
Addressing this as a purely american issue.
Ebola has the potential in africa to hit really quite scary numbers, quite fast.
10000 new cases per week in a couple of months are not looking unlikely.
This will spread over the world - admittedly greatly less in 'the west' and risks becoming a long-term health problem for americans - both in Africa and heavily infected regions, and in people travelling from them.
This both affects trade, and causes increase direct costs for stuff like extra screening.
Putting in the funds to kill the disease in Africa now - even with some deaths of US personel - could be significantly cheaper than allowing it to grow exponentially uncontained - at which point the 'leakers' from the hot zone vastly go up in number increasing expense and causing much harsher travel restrictions.
This is not statistics done on those doing CS degrees, and their employment outcomes.
It's statistics done on linkedin members who have done CS degrees, and their employment outcomes.
Perhaps there is a substantial slice of CS grads who don't do linkedin, and that population is not representative of the sampled one.
Plea bargains are a great idea.
If the false conviction rate is zero.
It doesn't even need to be very complex or expensive. No need to use vacuum or anything expensive.
Take about 10 meters of 22mm copper pipe.
Coil it into a suitable coil to go round the device.
Paint the inside black.
Wrap the thing in insulation.
Insulate the pipes, and attach to an insulated 55 gallon drum full of tapwater, with a central heating pump.
It will be very, very obvious in the first couple of hours if it's heating at 900, or 3kW.
The most glaring of which is there was no proper measurement of heat output - just computed from IR output.
It's not legal just because you saw it on the internet.
'A legal system that isn't based on morality and strive to follow morality as close as possible is a sure way into a police state.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J... I see as a shining example of a system that strives to follow morality as closely as possible.
You've got to read it in context.
Preamble to the constitution:
'We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.'
This has in many judgements been found to mean it's only effective in the states.
Facebook is not trying to accurately place adverts only to the people who would want to buy the advertised good.
Facebook is trying to sell adverts.
If they can say 'targeted ads have a 30% higher click-rate' - then that may be enough to get people to buy them.
Even if it's off-topic for 95% of the people it's shown to.
Ebola is not a very subtle disease, and is quite obvious before you are infections.
'If you get symptom x/y/z, report urgently to this number'.
But only at specific resonant frequencies.
LIGO is in principle sensitive to very different frequencies of gravity waves.
For solar concentrated collectors.
These are panels that reflect the magnified image of the sun onto a tiny few centimeter square panel.
These produce absolutely no (well, ~.1% or so) power when there is no direct light, just bright, diffuse light.
Simply because the reflector is reflecting a comparatively dull slice of cloud onto the panel - rather than the bright sun.
Ordinary non-concentrated panels work just fine on diffuse light. (though of course with rather less output due to the lower light level)
Rather depends where you are.
That's about double (on average) the total solar panel output here (UK). (5h/day = 1800kWh/kWp, UK average is around 1K)
An important caveat is that this is entirely useless for places that get a lot of diffuse light.
Concentrated panels work only when you can see the bright disk of the sun - a cloudy bright day produces no power.
Ebola is young in humans. There is no immunity to it like we have some immunity to Flu and various other diseases.
It being young is scary in other ways.
Before now, the virus had about 500 hosts in which to evolve a more spreadable version, and did not.
Even if it mutates to a version that 'only' kills 10% of the population, the truly scary thing is not global Ebola.
In western countries, Ebola in its current form would be a few cases per 'patient zero' coming from outside.
The scary thing is if it evolves, and becomes arielly transmissable.
That way lie hundreds of millions of deaths.
Exactly the same experience.
I do hope they don't drop the 7.
A 9" screen is not nearly as portable, or as convenient.
I don't think playing games with burros is on-topic on slashdot.
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3g/LTE is very, very far from universally available.
An Ipad?
On dialup?
Certainly, you can as a competent user probably use it that way.
Good luck training people in the OPs relatives position to use it.
As others have raised, dialup often costs per-minute.
Webmail may be a terribly expensive option.
I'd argue that the propulsive landing of dragon 2 makes it considerably more capable than apollo era capsules.
Is it legally possible... Not everywhere certainly.
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/in...
Is he required to lie about this?