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Comment: Re:only 50Kg? (Score 1) 57




The other challenge will be the power supply....

Comment: Re:Some simple questions (Score 5, Informative) 361













Comment: Re:write it yourself (Score 4, Informative) 243










by shipofgold (#45997801) Attached to: The Spamming Refrigerator




Comment: Re:What is this? (Score 1) 383





My list is of useful commands:
- "netcat" for just about anything over a network
- "sox" for converting audio files


Comment: Re:Officials say? (Score 1) 644

by shipofgold (#45569073) Attached to: Officials Say HealthCare.gov Site Now Performing Well

What you fail to realize is that your $165 plan would NEVER stay at $165...even with the absence of Obamacare. You will be aging. Healthcare costs continue to rise. I would wager that in 15 years your total premium outlay will be less under Obamacare than if you stuck with your $165 plan...especially if you start a family.

This is all about what is best for the American way of life. You will end up winning in the end.

Comment: Re:Complete overhaul please (Score 1) 462

by shipofgold (#45318905) Attached to: Re: Daylight Saving Time, I would most like

Not sure how this would help anybody but perhaps computer programmer who would no longer need to deal with timezones.

Current Situation:

I need to figure out what timezone, and consequently what time it is where my friend lives in Singapore. But once I know what time it is there, I can pretty much guess what he is doing (02:00 he is probably sleeping...12:00 he is probably lunching...). I know when the "day off period" (ie. weekend) starts.

Under your plan,

I know it is 02:00 everywhere...but what the hell is my friend doing? would need WWW site to tell me the customs in Singapore.

Not to mention humans most places enjoy a 5 day work/ 2 day no work schedule...how would I figure out whether they are working or not? What time does Saturday start?.

Only thing of merit in this plan is the 24 hour clock.

Comment: Re:Keep the phone ban (Score 2) 221

by shipofgold (#45293417) Attached to: FAA To Allow Use of Most Electronic Devices Throughout Flights

If the FCC/FAA were to allow cellphone calls, I am guessing that the Airlines would install their own cellular antenna's on the planes and your phone would lock onto that. I haven't thought through the details but I am sure there is some way the airlines could make a buck on Roaming charges. The cell antenna to ground link would be out of the normal phone range.

They do that with WIFI today.

The phones automatically adjust their transmit power levels according to the distance to the tower and the messaging between the phones and the towers attempts to keep the RX power levels in a band. The (W)CDMA technologies spread that power over a wide frequency band (spread spectrum) with many phones transmitting in the same band, and each looking like RF noise to the others.

If the towers are 5 miles straight down (flying over a city), or 8-10 miles at some angle to the ground, then the phone is going to be transmitting on maximum power attempting to connect. If the antenna is in the cabin, then the phone is going to be at minimum power.

Comment: Re:Any more.... (Score 1) 61

by shipofgold (#45286099) Attached to: Insect-Inspired Flying Robot Handles Collisions And Keeps Going




Comment: Re:Typo? (Score 2, Insightful) 233

by shipofgold (#45143083) Attached to: Security Researchers Want To Fully Audit Truecrypt

While it could have been worded better, I did understand the author's intent of the comment.....

A lot of people apparently use Truecrypt 6.0a and earlier. I don't believe sourcecode for those earlier versions has ever been published. That means people could be using a binary that is completely different than the Truecrypt 7...complete with backdoors or other vulnerabilities. No matter how much you analyze Truecrypt 7 software, all Truecrypt 6.0a and earlier versions should be considered vulnerable.

Comment: Re:Moral dilemma for Cowards (Score 1) 411

by shipofgold (#45050923) Attached to: US Intelligence Chief Defends Attempts To Break Tor

A few thousand died at the hands of terrorists, but now hundreds of millions suffer every day at their loss of privacy.

Suffering generally means you are conscious of your predicament and the loss has caused some sort of physical or mental pain that can be quantified. I would argue that very few have suffered....yet. Those that have suffered probably deserve it, at least in my ethical/moral belief system.

The danger in Clapper's mentality, isn't what has already happened, it is the potential for what might happen if a Hitler type figure emerges and decides to make arbitrary lists of "good" and "bad". Then what Clapper is doing today will influence who ends up on the "bad" list and the suffering will begin.
