Comment SDMA (Score 1) 104
Oh look! You've discovered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-division_multiple_access
Comment Re:Potential Snake Oil (Score 2) 242
Remember, the key to a good perpetual motion machine is figuring out where/how to hide the batteries.
Comment Re:So then... (Score 1) 260
Polarized glasses? You're a moron. FILTER glasses!
The polarized glasses would only work if they could guarantee the pilots would not tilt their heads AND if they could guarantee the polarization of the lasers *AND*--this is the most important bit-- if they could somehow guarantee the orientation of the laser.
Back to remedial physics with you!
If you want to protect the pilots, instead give them glasses that filter out INFRARED, Green and Red lasers. And it has to be a relatively sufficient wideband filter because the lasers vary due to MFG tolerances. Infrared also because http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_pointer#Infrared_hazards_of_DPSS_laser_pointers
EXCEPT THEY CAN'T! Modern aircraft use LEDs for indicators and the colors would almost certainly be filtered out by the glasses.
The only hope is LCD shutter glasses triggered by a detector of some form.
Comment Re:Closed Room + Faraday Cage (Score 1) 328
The average faraday cage will not work on GSM signals.... As proof, I posted a message to my facebook from within a faraday cage!
Submission + - Help me and my friends to understand the implicati
dainichi writes: "People are asking me about SOPA. While they and I understand that it's a Really Bad Idea. *I* don't understand it well enough myself to help them understand it to such a degree that *they* could write a letter to their congressperson or share their concerns with their friends. How do I explain this in laymens terms (or muggle terms, if you are of that sort)?"
Comment Re:Upgrades. (Score 1) 212
(You know you've made a bad decision when it results in being sued by the US government! OK, well, *I* would know it--not so sure about the flaming fucktards running Sony right now...)
Nah, they wouldn't know a Bad Idea(TM) If it came up to them, married their only daughter and left a flaming pile of s**t on their desk.
Comment Re:Obvious Missing - GOLD (Score 1) 868
Agreed. I'd much prefer my paycheck be denominated with oz, carets, grams/milligrams of gold.
Comment Re:Define "TV" (Score 1) 385
also, the tv I do watch takes the form of hulu/megavideo.
Comment Define "TV" (Score 1) 385
If you are referring to OTA broadcasts then the last time I watched tv was over a month ago. If you are referring to tv programmes in general, then probably 2+ hours
Comment It depends on your definition of "language" (Score 1) 674
At this point I'm working on a project that is requiring c++ and Java, and being an American, my native tongue is English. So, with that in mind, I am speaking 3 languages on a daily basis. On the other hand, I am fairly fluent in C, C++, Java, 8PIC Assembler, Motorola 68K Assembler, Verilog, PHP, Perl, and probably a few more that I can't remember off the top of my head.
Comment Re:Let the rationalizations begin (Score 1) 1115
I have no issue with copyrights and I agree that 12 to 24 years is probably a good range. I thought the original poster was attacking resale and my response was geared that way. Artists should get paid for each original copy they sell.
There's the kicker. I fully agree that artists, for whatever definition is popular today, should be compensated for their work, but only on the original copies. You or I could make the next "better mousetrap" and start selling them, but do you expect to get paid multiple times for each mousetrap you make? NO! SO why is it that these "artists" think they can?
Submission + - Foxit One-Ups Adobe in Blocking PDF Attack Tactic (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: Foxit Software, the developer of a rival PDF viewer to Adobe's vulnerability-plagued Reader, released an update on Tuesday that blocks some attacks with a 'safe mode' that's switched on by default. Foxit Reader 3.3 for Windows' 'Trust Manager' blocks all external commands that may be tucked into a PDF document. 'The Foxit Reader 3.3 enables users to allow or deny unauthorized actions and data transmission, including URL connection, attachment PDF actions, and JavaScript functions,' the update's accompanying text explains. Last week, several security companies warned of a major malware campaign that tried to dupe users into opening rigged PDFs that exploited an unpatched design flaw in the PDF format, one attackers could use to infect users of Adobe's and Foxit's software. That flaw in the PDF specification's '/Launch' function was disclosed in late March by Belgium security researcher Didier Stevens, who demonstrated how he could abuse the feature to run malware embedded in a PDF document. He also reported he had figured out how to change Adobe Reader's warning to enhance the scam.
Submission + - Facebook claims ToU breakers are criminals (eff.org)
click170 writes: Facebook claims breaking their Terms Of Use is a criminal act under California penal code.
Submission + - Court: RapidShare doesn't need to filter uploads (arstechnica.com)
suraj.sun writes: Yesterday RapidShare announced ( http://rapidshare.com/news.html ) that it triumphed in its appeal over copyright holders who demanded that the service take more steps to control online infringement. Because RapidShare does not make uploaded files publicly available (those who upload them can control access), the court found that it could not be held liable for distribution and that running filename filters on all uploads would produce too many false positives.
In addition, the appeals court took aim at several filtering schemes. Blocking all files of a certain type (such as RAR files) was deemed inappropriate, since a file type has no bearing on the legality of an upload. Scanning by IP address was also tossed, because numerous people can use a single IP address. File name filtering tells you nothing about the contents of a file, so that was tossed. Even content scanning was problematic, as the court noted that this would just lead to encrypted files. Besides, even if you could know that a file was copyrighted, it could still be a legal "private backup" not distributed to anyone else.
ARS Technica: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/court-rapidshare-doesnt-need-to-filter-uploads.ars
In addition, the appeals court took aim at several filtering schemes. Blocking all files of a certain type (such as RAR files) was deemed inappropriate, since a file type has no bearing on the legality of an upload. Scanning by IP address was also tossed, because numerous people can use a single IP address. File name filtering tells you nothing about the contents of a file, so that was tossed. Even content scanning was problematic, as the court noted that this would just lead to encrypted files. Besides, even if you could know that a file was copyrighted, it could still be a legal "private backup" not distributed to anyone else.
ARS Technica: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/court-rapidshare-doesnt-need-to-filter-uploads.ars
Comment What about Radar? (Score 1) 515
So, Why haven't we heard of people with cell phone allergies, or Air traffic control radar allergies? It does operate in the range of interest, and it tends to output massive amounts of energy, so, i see no reason why it would be any different from wifi.
