Looks like nobody read TFA. All new policies will come with the FEATURE, but you can choose to not use it please see this quote "Customers do not have to log their activities to get coverage even though their policies are packaged with the Vitality program."

Charter should refuse to sell the system and simply shut the thing off and pay all the applicable FCC fines and tell New York to suck it. The government has been over regulating wireline communications since the 1980s. BRING BACK THE BELL SYSTEM!

"They should also block software updates without unlocking the phone, to prevent the FBI getting a court warrant to force Apple to make "unlock assistance" software."

You mean like how I have to enter my passcode to update either the iPhone or a Paired Apple Watch?

The last I heard was that Nikon has the F6 on a very limited production almost made to order and I've read stories of how buyers have found thank you notes from the factory workers in the boxes.

Close, there is a mechanism in the clock that stops the motor after it moves backwards (usually by five seconds) and once the motor slips a pole and starts going forward again the mechanism disengages and the clock runs normally.

Clocks use a permanent magnet synchronous motor and these can start in either direction. Another common application of this type of motor is for microwave oven turntables, this is why they run in either direction. Additionally microwave oven turntable motors usually have a specification of 6 RPM at 60 Hz and 5 RPM at 50 Hz.

"The United States followed suit in 2006..."

While in 2006 Western Union stopped handling telegrams, the business was sold not discontinued.

There are two companies providing this service. International Telegram took over the Western Union Service, but American Telegram is another company in the business.

The official time stamp on a telegram is valid in court for purposes of contract law regardless of delivery method, in fact cancelling time share agreements is a common use of telegrams.

Like paging, the telegram business is healthy but smaller than it once was. The service has evolved significantly with classic and contemporary entry and delivery methods.

Telegrams can be delivered in one or more methods:

- Traditional Hand Delivery
- Postal Delivery
- Telephone (an operator calls and reads the telegram to you)
- Fax (the telegram is transmitted to your fax machine).
- Email: Yes, even email delivery of a telegram is available. Telegrams, even if delivered by email are kept on file by the telegraph (Morse isn't used BTW) for legal verification purposes.

NO FUCKING EXCUSES! This is a major hub, the entire airport is a critical goddamn circuit, and don't give me the load of bullshit about the amount of power either when this same country has a CITY with a UPS! That's right, Fairbanks, Alaska has enough battery power to run the city until the emergency plant can come on if the line to Anchorage fails Atlanta airport is nothing.

By default the account "root" is disabled, however, if you use this exploit, you enable the root account with no password. The workaround is literally enabling the account and setting the password. I almost freaked out when I found this exploit.

Now we just need a cluster of the clusters in the name of Science.

If they don't recommend photo ID for voters the whole thing is worthless. There is voter fraud on both sides of the political spectrum and the arguments against voter ID are actually quite racist.

This kind of attack was easy for an advanced electronics experimenter to pull off. All that needed done was to overpower the studio's signal on the studio to transmitter link with the appropriate signal and you were in. Most of the information was provided by the sign off program as the studio to transmitter link station identification occurred during this time and the frequency was provided. This was basically a terrestrial version of the HBO attacks.

What is needed is a 50kW regional channel broadcast with directional antenna (one end of the island point to the other). This should be more than sufficient to cover the island.

In theory it MAY be possible depending on what is causing the limitation. I know a lot of old (and to me iconic) models were able to upgrade one last time due to a software faking the existence of a "required" component. It was a way to allow the old Clamshell iBooks (and likely other models) to upgrade from 10.3 to 10.4. I'm sure Apple is a bit smarter than that now.

This sounds exactly like the kind of equipment you would want overhead in a major combat operation. Both visual and communications intelligence along with the means to detect missiles and possibly defend itself are all capabilities you want during major combat operations.

Why have a drill over a major American City if they aren't trying to spy on Americans? Major cities have a large quantity of communications systems all over the spectrum. Police, Fire, Ambulance, Taxi, and even Amateur radio operate in the ranges of interest. They will be able to receive both local and distant broadcast stations that will change based on position and atmospheric conditions. This is simply an exercise in how to operate the equipment to find and decode various communications. Add a ground component with training signals intentionally generated by the military and this becomes more realistic.

As for privacy concerns, this is very valid and you should remember that no telecommunications network can be completely secure. It is also important to note that any communications intercepts of civilian communications will be concerned with capabilities, not content.

Portable kerosene (lighter #1 fuel) space heaters do put off an odor due to the unvented nature. On the other hand oil fired furnaces, boilers, and water heaters (which can burn kerosene or #2 fuels such as diesel or #2 heating oil) can be surprisingly efficient and vent their exhaust to the outside of the building usually up via a chimney (except for maybe high efficiency units which may vent closer to ground level).