I am all for freedom of the press... but these two countries are more or less at war right now (whether they should be or not is topic for another discussion).
It seems perfectly reasonable to me for one country at war with another to stop information flowing in from the enemy to the local populace.
Yes, they could. If every company had the time, desire and resources to do background research for every hole in the wall online school (there will only be more of them as time goes on).
Or, it could be made a law so businesses can assume any person graduating from an accredited school (online or otherwise) did not have some guy in India acing all tests for him at a rate of $10 / hour.
Unless Drew is very wealthy, the parents of the girl are not going to get much, if anything. Drew will simply file for bankruptcy and call it a day. After all, there is no such thing as debtor's prison.
Besides that, I don't think someone should be able to just pay some money to make up for driving an impressionable girl to suicide.
Not sure why this has not been mentioned already, but it seems the whole experiment is flawed.
Why would they measure whole-system power draw to test the disk power draw? Why not simply put a power meter in-line with the power connector of the HDD?
Why should we NOT assume we are being watched when we are... (drumroll please) out in PUBLIC???
Besides, people (in public mind you) could do with learning to modulate their (public) behavior a bit... maybe fewer road-rage incidents, child abductions, random acts of violence, robberies, etc.
So the two arguments against the self destruct function are:
they might figure out our code and blow up our satellites
and
if the radio is dead (like on this current spy sat), it wont get the self-destruct signal
The solution to both is pretty obvious...set it to *auto* self-destruct if it looses contact with our ground stations (which send an encrypted "stay-alive" signal).
Then, if the radio fails, it self destructs automatically after say two weeks. There would also not be any kill signal for our enemies to crack and send... they would have to stop us from transmitting our "stay-alive" signal which is obviously much harder since it can be done from anywhere in the world where we have sat transmitters.
Yeah, and there was this little conflict a couple hundred years ago where a few guys with guns and improvised munitions stood against a modern, well-trained, professional army...
I think it was called the revolutionary something or other.
The United States is currently the only country in the world that allows drug companies to advertise prescription drugs directly to the consumer.
Anyone else think we are headed for trouble?
While I agree that eventually putting an asteroid into orbit for mining is a necessary step to building large structures in earth orbit, I think perhaps we should not attempt it as our first challenge.
After all, we do not know how well our efforts will work, and the slightest miscalculation when trying to put a large asteroid into orbit (metric/SI anyone?) could make it come in shallow and eventually impact earth.
Maybe, for the first few asteroids, we should try our best to deflect them as far away as possible until we are proficient at altering their courses.
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I was referring to the reason a country would be justified in blocking information from an "enemy" country during wartime... not the article itself.
I don't see why not (if there was actually a declaration of war, which we will not get into).
But since we invaded them, I would say it is absolutely reasonable for them to block our sites from their citizens.
I am all for freedom of the press... but these two countries are more or less at war right now (whether they should be or not is topic for another discussion).
It seems perfectly reasonable to me for one country at war with another to stop information flowing in from the enemy to the local populace.
I'm curious why "kinda like the Democrats" was modded as Flamebait while "kinda like the Republicans" was modded funny...
Everyone knows x.0 releases are Beta anyway.
/ducks
OpenGL 3.1 will rock
So you are implying the regulars on slashdot would need conjugal visits?
you must be new here.
Pixels should be enough for anyone. /Ducks
Yes, they could. If every company had the time, desire and resources to do background research for every hole in the wall online school (there will only be more of them as time goes on).
Or, it could be made a law so businesses can assume any person graduating from an accredited school (online or otherwise) did not have some guy in India acing all tests for him at a rate of $10 / hour.
Can't get blood from a stone.
Unless Drew is very wealthy, the parents of the girl are not going to get much, if anything. Drew will simply file for bankruptcy and call it a day. After all, there is no such thing as debtor's prison.
Besides that, I don't think someone should be able to just pay some money to make up for driving an impressionable girl to suicide.
Usually the "in the pool" defense is because of low temperature...
I think mercury needs another excuse.
Spelling... you fail at it.
First post from first planet
Not sure why this has not been mentioned already, but it seems the whole experiment is flawed.
Why would they measure whole-system power draw to test the disk power draw? Why not simply put a power meter in-line with the power connector of the HDD?
Next year? I just put a 24 TB Raid6 array online and have two more in the works for this month.
Mod Parent UP.
Why should we NOT assume we are being watched when we are... (drumroll please) out in PUBLIC???
Besides, people (in public mind you) could do with learning to modulate their (public) behavior a bit... maybe fewer road-rage incidents, child abductions, random acts of violence, robberies, etc.
If you want privacy, close your blinds.
and
if the radio is dead (like on this current spy sat), it wont get the self-destruct signal
The solution to both is pretty obvious...set it to *auto* self-destruct if it looses contact with our ground stations (which send an encrypted "stay-alive" signal).
Then, if the radio fails, it self destructs automatically after say two weeks. There would also not be any kill signal for our enemies to crack and send... they would have to stop us from transmitting our "stay-alive" signal which is obviously much harder since it can be done from anywhere in the world where we have sat transmitters.
Just a thought...
You must be new here.
Not to nitpick but the red pill led to "the real world" and awakening... the blue pill led back to the ignorant "dream world".
BARBARIC!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, had to do it...
an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
Might want to narrow that down a bit.
Yeah, and there was this little conflict a couple hundred years ago where a few guys with guns and improvised munitions stood against a modern, well-trained, professional army...
I think it was called the revolutionary something or other.
Let me get this straight... your solution to "acronym overload" is to *add* a character.
It's opposite day again, isn't it?
The United States is currently the only country in the world that allows drug companies to advertise prescription drugs directly to the consumer. Anyone else think we are headed for trouble?
While I agree that eventually putting an asteroid into orbit for mining is a necessary step to building large structures in earth orbit, I think perhaps we should not attempt it as our first challenge.
After all, we do not know how well our efforts will work, and the slightest miscalculation when trying to put a large asteroid into orbit (metric/SI anyone?) could make it come in shallow and eventually impact earth.
Maybe, for the first few asteroids, we should try our best to deflect them as far away as possible until we are proficient at altering their courses.
Just my $.02