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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 11:43 AM EDT |
http://adamsteinbaugh.com/2012/06/26/did-register-com-get-punked-by-charles-carr
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 12:24 PM EDT |
The pi-piloted-picoboat grabbed my attention on El Reg.
With a tiny camera and enough space on the SD card, one of these automatons
could travel the world and bring back snapshots. As long as the craft is solar
powered, you could even program it to visit a series of GSP-defined coordinates
to then return home for the data dump. Looking at the craft, I wondered if it
would be better to have something just below the water surface, just close
enough for a GPS signal and to get light for the solar cells. With a
magnetically-coupled propeller and some good sealant, the craft could be out
there for who knows how long. This is really cool; a GPS-derived guidance
system for $100-ish.
Then, it hit me that this could be used for a lot
more than hobbyist projects, and some are not very nice. Historically, several
barriers have thankfully inhibited globally-directed autonomous vehicles. Air
drones have weaknesses of device cost and fuel/time limitations. Land drones
have obstacles to circumvent on land and oceans to prevent intercontinental
delivery. With this guidance system, a party could send something without
having to worry about maintenance over the course of the months it might take to
reach the destination.
Anyone know how difficult it is to detect the signal
from a GPS device’ local oscillator?
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Authored by: cjk fossman on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 03:01 PM EDT |
Blatantly political.
Offensive language.
Trolling.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 06:57 PM EDT |
of this post on groklaw. Suppose one cannot stop all the abuse but this one is
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Authored by: Tolerance on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 10:38 PM EDT |
The British "Economist" magazine has an excellent commentary, subtitled
The Supreme Court's decision on Arizona's immigration law is a
bonanza for the largely Democratic, easy-on-the-undocumented side of the
debate
It's very cutting to both sides:
To
hear the two sides of the immigration debate react to today’s Supreme Court
ruling, you would think that proponents of much tougher enforcement had won an
only slightly tempered victory ... Meanwhile, Barack Obama, whose administration
had challenged the law in the first place, fretted ...
This being a matter of
disingenuous election-year posturing, the truth is precisely the opposite. The
win was about as sweeping as the administration could have hoped ...
The
states, it turns out, cannot step in to enforce immigration laws in areas where
they consider the federal government lacking...
All in all, this is a
bonanza for the largely Democratic, easy-on-the-undocumented side of the debate.
Not only has the Supreme Court handed them a big victory on the substance of the
dispute; it has also left it something to rail against.
Activists can
continue to denounce racist laws, safe in the knowledge that their practical
implications are negligible. Naturally, they can’t acknowledge this state of
affairs—hence the president’s reticence.
Let the poster have
his fun. Scalia too. Actually, looking at what Scalia and Obama actually said,
it seems to me Obama started it. Not that I have a dog in that
fight.
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Authored by: hardmath on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 10:46 PM EDT |
Link
Using this new-fangled thing called email, Google chief
Larry Page has reassured the staff that his lost voice is not a serious health
matter. Larry will have to miss a few public engagements over the next two
weeks, but the good news is he'll be motivated to beta test the new Android
feature, voice search.
Kidding, Larry! Hope you have a swift
recovery...
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 11:28 PM EDT |
More at Phoronix
a>.
Ed L. (not logged in)
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 28 2012 @ 02:00 AM EDT |
Mr Davison [Dotcom's lawyer] also said there had been an "excess of
authority''.
"Here is an example of what I would submit at the most
moderate was high-
handed and at the worst misleading.''
He said the
process was "off the rails'' and his client's rights had been
"subverted''.
NZ Herald
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 28 2012 @ 02:42 AM EDT |
TVNZ is reporting that the Judge has held that the search warrants for the
search of Kim Dotscom's house were not valid and the seizure of assets unlawful.
Judge has directed that they all be returned including all clones of computer
drives.
Comment attributed to Crown lawyers acting on behalf of FBI "it was
expected"
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/kim-dotcom-pleased-police-search-ruled-illegal-4
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