There are a lot of posts on here saying things equivalent to "This is worthless! Where's the numbers?"
Step 1: Science - this is where you figure out what is theoretically possible.
Step 2: Engineering - this is where you see how good/fast/cheap you can make it.
This announcement is about Step 1. Step 2 will come later. Numbers at this point, before the engineers have gotten at it, would be pointless; they'd be irrelevant to the numbers for any production version.
The Washington state legislature submitted SB 5087 to the governor to be signed at 9am this morning, saying that we would not implement the Real ID Act unless the feds paid for it in full (which they won't), and unless they can prove that it won't be a burden on the state infrastructure or on the people of the state (which they can't). Also it says that the attorney general of Washington state has the right to challenge the Real ID Act on legal and constitutional grounds.
I assume it was signed, though it hasn't been announced yet.
From the ruling (much more informative than the stub or the article), the man had burned over 50 CDs of child porn, not just one. This makes the charge a little more reasonable than the stub or article makes it sound, since he could be intending to sell or distribute the material.
Also from the ruling, the man was caught red-handed videotaping an exchange student (young male) in the shower. Evidence found at his house indicated he had been habitually inviting exchange students to stay at his house so that he could do this.
As someone interested in informational hygeine, it seems to me that a Yahoo! article about the evils of Google is not exactly an unbiased source (seeing as they're -duh- bitter rivals). Nor is the articles claim of Google hypocrisy entirely without irony, as Yahoo! is known to roll over to any government that looks at them crosseyed, regardless of the request's civil rights implications.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/technology/20goo gle.html?hp&ex=1137819600&en=827292691dc60fc1&ei=5 094&partner=homepage
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There are a lot of posts on here saying things equivalent to "This is worthless! Where's the numbers?" Step 1: Science - this is where you figure out what is theoretically possible. Step 2: Engineering - this is where you see how good/fast/cheap you can make it. This announcement is about Step 1. Step 2 will come later. Numbers at this point, before the engineers have gotten at it, would be pointless; they'd be irrelevant to the numbers for any production version.
The Washington state legislature submitted SB 5087 to the governor to be signed at 9am this morning, saying that we would not implement the Real ID Act unless the feds paid for it in full (which they won't), and unless they can prove that it won't be a burden on the state infrastructure or on the people of the state (which they can't). Also it says that the attorney general of Washington state has the right to challenge the Real ID Act on legal and constitutional grounds.
l ls/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5087-S.PL.pdf
I assume it was signed, though it hasn't been announced yet.
Full text here:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bi
The document linked to in the stub is the appeals document (ie. he did appeal). The appeal was denied.
From the ruling (much more informative than the stub or the article), the man had burned over 50 CDs of child porn, not just one. This makes the charge a little more reasonable than the stub or article makes it sound, since he could be intending to sell or distribute the material.
Also from the ruling, the man was caught red-handed videotaping an exchange student (young male) in the shower. Evidence found at his house indicated he had been habitually inviting exchange students to stay at his house so that he could do this.
As someone interested in informational hygeine, it seems to me that a Yahoo! article about the evils of Google is not exactly an unbiased source (seeing as they're -duh- bitter rivals). Nor is the articles claim of Google hypocrisy entirely without irony, as Yahoo! is known to roll over to any government that looks at them crosseyed, regardless of the request's civil rights implications. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/technology/20goo gle.html?hp&ex=1137819600&en=827292691dc60fc1&ei=5 094&partner=homepage