"If AT&T actively ignored NSA letters the government isn't going to do much to them --"
Watch their Spectrum and Coverage area get "nationalized" until they have signal equivalent to Sprint or T-Mobile.
Or, perhaps getting broken apart Ma-Bell 1980's style? No more Cell Phone + Internet + TV + IP Phone for your Universe.... pretty sure they (AT&T) won't rock the boat, especially while they are still swimming in it.
Of course people who navigate...are better at locating than people who are passengers.
This article does not need Slashdoted,
it needs a quick trip to dev null...
(provided someone can give it directions)
Radio based signals can NEVER reach the reliability of copper-to-copper connectivity.
Electromagnetic interference, cable->antenna problems, raw antenna problems - destruction due to drunk drivers, radio wave propagation issues.
While land lines can have issues - the shear number of 'moving parts' and 'variables' can never be overcome to reach the reliability of land-line infrastructure and services.
First, learn the proper use of "exponentially" -
Second, the entire conversation CAN have important and non-important content. If something is completely needless, then inject something of need if it is indeed a conversation.
Third, stop wearing the "Bazinga" shirt. It is not helping your cause.
Can we have a robot that checks for duplicate stories?
Robot Hand Beats You At Rock, Paper, Scissors 100% of the Time
Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @11:28PM
from the we-have-outlived-our-usefulness-as-a-species dept.
1. Choose Tools > AutoCorrect from the menu. The AutoCorrect dialog box will open.
2. Select the AutoFormat as You Type Tab.
3. In the Replace as You Type frame, deselect Internet and Network Paths with Hyperlinks.
4. Click on OK.
RTFM
Please re-read for comprehension....
The wrong people are the ones who will kill you.
In no way am I saying stealing is right.
If you find a way to game the gaming system, you will appear as an anomaly.
And, anomaly detection will highlight you as such.
Winning at a game of chance over a long enough sample period? Cheating is more probable than an improbable string of luck.
The only effective way to steal is to steal from people who are powerless to detect it, powerless to stop it, or weak enough in both areas.
Can you win the day at a casino? YES.
Can you win during your entire life? YES, considering your life will probably be forfeit when you've stolen too much from the wrong people.
You can do this.
Pretty easy...
google yourself a solution.... (hint)
The WTC Tower attacks that happened in 2001 - since those were so well covered by news media - the Presidential Alert System
Everyone was aware of the impending Mt St Helens activity... for about sixty days, including a state of emergency declared over 30 days before the main event...
20th March, 1980
Moderate earthquake under volcano signified rising magma.
25th March
Mountain closed to climbers.
27th March
First eruption in 123 years. Ash emitted to 3 km into the air and a small crater formed on the summit.
30th March
Sightseers flocked to area.
3rd April
State of emergency declared.
17th April
Risk of landslide recognised on the volcano north flank.
22nd April - 7th May
Volcano stopped erupting but bulging continued. By 27th April the bulge measured 2.5 km across and protruded 80 m.
7th May
Large earthquakes under volcano. Ash and steam emissions resumed after two weeks of quiet.
12th May
A larger than normal earthquake caused a one kilometer long avalanche down the north slope.
14th May.
Only small eruptions.
15th May
No eruptions.
17th May.
30 car loads of residents enter the restricted zone to gather possessions.
18th May 1980
The large eruption began at 8:32 am.
An earthquake shook loose the upper northern flank of the volcano. About 3 cubic km of of the mountain slid down in a massive avalanche at 250 km/hr.
The avalanche released pressure on the volcano and unleashed a huge explosion. A 300-500 km/hr blast of hot gases and fractured rock covered 600 sq km in minutes. 30 seconds after the initial blast the volcano released a Plinian eruption column of ash which rose to a height of 25 km in 15 minutes. The ash reaches Spokane 430 km away in 3½ hours. From noon until 5:30 pm nuee ardentes swept 8 km down the northern slopes of the volcano at 300 km/hr. Mudflows raged down the side of the volcan and were caused by melting of the snow on the mountain.
Effects of the eruption.
57 people were killed.
400 m lost from the height of the mountain.
Total damage bill one billion dollars.
Radical Change Product= Radical Change Product
Where can it be used legally? = Where can it be used legally?
How comfortable are people going to be when they see you have one and they don't? = How comfortable are people going to be when they see you have one and they don't?
Kinda Spend y - people who can't afford it will be all sour grapes.
If you are only using one tower - sure...
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The tower can also measure how long it takes to get a response from your phone, and use that to estimate how far away you are. That puts you on the edge of a circle that distance from the tower.
Usually your phone can be heard by multiple cell towers. If two can hear you, then you're on the edge of each of 2 circles, and two circles can only meet at 2 points, so you must be at one of those 2 points.
If a third tower can hear you, its circle can only meet the others at one point, so there you are.
Emergency services (like 911) can get this information from the cell towers. The information exists whenever your phone is on and in range of a tower, whether you're making a call or not. The information is not meant to be publicly accessible.
regarding... "makes it impossible to remain anonymous â" even without the use of tracking software."
Hello World -
You are carrying a PHONE. Your PHONE is a mobile phone, and requires a radio link to the local tower to connect your call.
Yes, this means that a system must be able to locate you to deliver your connection, and maintain your connection while you move from cellular tower to cellular tower.
You must chose:
1) If you want to remain anonymous, then have your radio information delivered to you by one-way-broadcasting. Turning on your car-radio allows you to receive the broadcasts, without actively revealing your location. Drawback: it's not a conversation.
2) If you want to have a two-way conversation, then you're going to have your call routed to you, and your radio phone sending back. You will not now, nor never will be anonymous in this scenario.
The solution: make choices based on your values. Stop waiting for a Deus ex Machina.
If societal norm is carrying a phone, and you chose not to - then you are in sync with your values, and not society.
Similar to a person who chooses a "car-free" lifestyle, biking 20 miles each direction for a work commute. Not typical, but not harmful to society. People might think it's odd, but will either adapt (or, stop inviting that person to breakfast meetings at the office, because they are stinking of sweat
In conclusion: It's your life. Choose. Choose with the understanding that no two way radio phone conversation is anonymous.
Audio version of QR Codes....
Yet another failure brought to you by people targeting people unwilling to type in a URL.
"The needs of the stupid outweigh the needs of the smart, or the sane"
-Doctor Speck, Start Wreck
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
