Drethon - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Morpheus warks for the NSA ? (Score 4, Funny) 136

by Drethon on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @12:17PM (#49386871) Attached to: It's Time To Open Your Eyes

Sorry, my monitor is clean and my chair doesn't squeak. Did he get the wrong IP?

Comment Re:No. I disagree. (Score 2) 179

by Drethon on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @09:10AM (#49385543) Attached to: Tatooine Youth Suspected In Terrorist Attack

The winner writes the histories. This is new since when?

Comment April Fools (Score 1) 87

by Drethon on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @09:08AM (#49385527) Attached to: UK IP Chief Wants ISPs To Police Piracy Proactively

With the stories today I'm sometimes not sure if I should attribute to April Fools and other stories I just wish I could attribute to April Fools...

Comment Re:software dev vs programmer (Score 2) 139

by Drethon on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:04AM (#49378209) Attached to: IT Jobs With the Best (and Worst) ROI

Though you are typically expected to understand DO-178b, or at your company should have people who do in order to certify the software. Then the FAA DER audits that software based on DO-178b. At least if the software is considered critical to safety of flight.

Comment Re:Remote Override (Score 1) 737

by Drethon on Saturday March 28, 2015 @05:27PM (#49362385) Attached to: Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident

We are getting closer to times where computers can handle everything but it is hard to fully hand off control. A computer never makes mistakes when programmed right and the hardware doesn't fail but the computer can't handle unexpected situations. Programming it for all situations before problems happen, or allowing it to adapt to the unexpected, is the hard part.

Comment Re:Remote Override (Score 1) 737

by Drethon on Friday March 27, 2015 @09:09PM (#49358901) Attached to: Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident

I've worked on a few types of terrain avoidance equipment and it is pretty good. Though when you are landing somewhere like this http://www.chonday.com/Videos/..., the system would go nuts and need to be overridden. Any time a human can override the system... we'll we are talking about one of the examples.

Comment Re:Security is hard... (Score 1) 737

by Drethon on Thursday March 26, 2015 @10:17AM (#49344645) Attached to: Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident

>= 0?

Comment Re:Remote Override (Score 2) 737

by Drethon on Thursday March 26, 2015 @09:34AM (#49344111) Attached to: Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident

Yeah I would agree with this. People on the ground are at least independent enough to consider if the situation warrants unlocking the cockpit or if the possibility of terrorist takeover is too high. Regardless though, no human system will ever be perfect. With modern autopilots I would almost like to see the system just turn over control to the auto pilot to land at the nearest available airport. Of course this has it's own issues.

Comment Re:I can see this working! (Score 1) 287

by Drethon on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @08:38AM (#49334789) Attached to: Ford's New Car Tech Prevents You From Accidentally Speeding

Where I used to live was forced by the state to up the speed limits because they were far lower than the state mandated "75% of the speed all cars are traveling on this road". Then I moved to a smaller country city nearby and they have speed limits slower than where I used to live before they raised the limits. Never seen anyone pulled over on the "strictly enforced" speed limits thought.

Comment Re:Cruise control? (Score 1) 287

by Drethon on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @08:33AM (#49334761) Attached to: Ford's New Car Tech Prevents You From Accidentally Speeding

15 years driving and I usually use the cruise control at any speed when I have more than a minute of going the same speed. One ticket for missing a stop sign when I wasn't using the cruise control. YMMV.

Comment Re:Good points, bad points (Score 1) 287

by Drethon on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @08:30AM (#49334741) Attached to: Ford's New Car Tech Prevents You From Accidentally Speeding

So we need to arm police cars with guided missile launchers? Would cut down on police pursuits...

Comment Re: How many minutes until this is mandatory? (Score 1) 287

by Drethon on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @08:29AM (#49334731) Attached to: Ford's New Car Tech Prevents You From Accidentally Speeding

For the most part you can stop from 45 MPH in under a second and 25 MPH in a quarter of a second. The average human reaction for breaking is 1.5 seconds and I assume this is under fairly ideal circumstances. So I think all this means paying attention makes a lot more difference than speed (assuming you aren't doing 70 on a city street).

Comment Re:Stop using lithium! (Score 0) 185

by Drethon on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @10:27AM (#49327099) Attached to: Elon Musk's SolarCity Offering To Build Cities, Businesses Their Own Grids

Plutonium?

Comment Re:Trash (Score 1) 141

by Drethon on Monday March 23, 2015 @01:46PM (#49322045) Attached to: "Google Glass Isn't Dead!" Says Google's CEO Eric Schmidt

Google Glass and everything Nest are useless fucking trash. Even if they somehow becomes useful in the future, they'll never be worth the invasion of privacy and security risks. Take your "IoT" and show up back up your own fucking asses.

You mean the invasion of privacy and security risks by adding a webcam and network capability to a device, like say a cellphone? Maybe we should outlaw wearing cellphones on the hip as they could be recording us!

Comment Re:Trash (Score 1, Insightful) 141

by Drethon on Monday March 23, 2015 @01:25PM (#49321823) Attached to: "Google Glass Isn't Dead!" Says Google's CEO Eric Schmidt

Google Glass and everything Nest are useless fucking trash. Even if they somehow becomes useful in the future, they'll never be worth the invasion of privacy and security risks. Take your "IoT" and show up back up your own fucking asses.

Are you talking the same features caused by a device with a camera and network capability like a cell phone? We should ban everyone wearing cell phones on their hips because they might be filming us!

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