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Comment Youre going to get a lot of stupid advice. (Score 3, Informative) 176

Heres the deal :
Youre going to get the following advice :
1. Hire a professional to run/manage/accountant/payroll etc and you can never do anything properly.
2. Youre an idiot - stop dreaming!
Both pieces of advice are flat out wrong.
To start an actual business you dont need professionals, funding or being extra smart. What you do need to do is not listen to idiots and learn. thats it.

Heres what you do :
1. Start your business. That is - go out into the world and find someone willing to pay you CASH MONEY in large chunks for doing something. Thats at least $2000 cash on delivery of x product.
2. Put that $2000 towards your business expenses. Now go find a lawyer who incorporates businesses federally with $2000 AND make sure you have enough of it left over for a mailboxes etc address, domain name, google apps subscription for mail, web address, business cellphone and rental meeting room in a office rental place. This is your "Start up capital" or "Seed round".
3. Now go develop that product yourself. Send it to your client. be prepared to gain $0 from this transaction since your client will likely dump you after seeing that first product.
4. Develop the product some more while looking for other clients.
5. If you find any, congratulations ! You have a business!

This is how I started several years ago. Bottom line is in 2 weeks you must be break even and in the first month you must have enough to meet payroll. If you do youre fine.

Comment Defense in depth, physical security first always (Score 1) 508

You need to adopt a defense in depth approach similar to computer security.
First you need to block all breakins through windows. install aluminum shutters on all your windows from the inside with remote motors. These run about $200 including labor for a window, manufactured in germany and installed locally.
Then replace your doors with steel commercial fire rated doors. these are over an inch thick and put digital locks on the doors, preferably Kaba Mas which are DoD compliant. The doors run around $1000 including labor.
Thirdly put IP cameras with built in recording. DVRs are too easy to steal. Use Trendnet IP522Ps with built in SD cards. You can also use axis. Make sure you cover all approaches and remove any trees shrubs etc.
Make sure you have 6 ft high fences around your property or whatever the highest available fence height is from your local minicipal regs. behind the fence create a 4 ft buffer zone and plant cacti such as ocotillo. This will deter fence jumpers.
Finally put a vista 20P alarm system you can get cheaply off ebay for $250 or so with panel alarm and sensors. The motion detectors are $10 - $20, the glass break sensors are cheap and door sensors are like $5. Install a GSM board and find a cheap local security company to monitor it.

 

Comment brilliant piece of legal work (Score 2) 185

For all the non lawyers at /. this may seem a travesty but this is such a brilliant piece of legal work by the prosecutor. Not only has he become famous -- instantly, he has a shot at changing the way the country functions and has managed to get untouchable people to be touched. Plus he has managed to get attention from the international community and the heads of his state. I expect that he has a good shot at putting the scientists behind bars after which he will move on to a well deserved legal career as a lawmaker. Expect solid career advancement as he might end up in the Italian cabinet one day.
Consider the response of all the international media AND the scientist organizations -- Scientists prosecuted for failed earthquake predictions. OMG !
Consider what is actually in the prosecutors complaint -- Scientists failed to communicate risks clearly as per their legal duties, which were attached to them as a result of their jobs.
A truly brilliant prosecution. With a good shot at changing the planet in a small way. With a tiny lever, great changes can be achieved.

Comment NO.. just NO. STUPID IDEA. (Score 5, Interesting) 430

the toshiba 4S is a sodium metal reactor. take that and shove it 30m underground to produce 10MW of power. awesome.
until you factor in the earthquake and tsunami.
water + sodium = BIG BOOM.
and the fact that regulatory approvals take a shitload of time for EACH reactor.
and you need 1200 of them to even come close to meeting demand.
and 1200 x 100s of days of regulatory paperwork is much more than 2-4 conventional plants with 100s of days of paperwork each.
not to mention environmental impact assessments at EACH SITE for EACH of those 1200 reactors.

the toshiba design needs to use lead and be rebuilt. the legal process needs to change which will take longer than it takes to build conventional plants. in short... NO.

Comment so what ? (Score 1) 236

and achieve what exactly ? whats so disconcerting about it ?
yay we dont shuttle your half assed astronauts to low earth orbit so they can sit there and stare out at the earth from the ISS portholes for six months at a shot.
big whoop.
its not like the ISS is doing anything critical or military related. the military stuff will still launch on delta iv heavy boosters off vandy or the cape.
the ISS can also sit there parked in orbit for years with no one on board. its not like its going to fall down cuz joe blow astronaut was not up there to go out and shove it back up the gravity well or something. hell there were plans to shut the whole stupid lame ass project down anyway. its a white elephant. no commercial value, minimal scientific value compared to robotic probes and basically worthless for long term space exploration due to its placement in low earth orbit.
now build a tanking platform with robotic spacecraft construction/assembly/food production/power generation/roid mining gear at lagrange points l1/l2 for staging earth/moon/mars/europa missions and that makes much more sense.

Comment Solution. (Score 5, Interesting) 198

I have the same problem. I am not in a restrictive country, however my phone lines are tapped on a regular basis since i deal with defendants. its not paranoia -- they really do tap phones of attorneys to get around atty/client and ive seen the records more than once. I use an SSH connection to a tomatousb router (ASUS RT-N16) and forward ports to my N810. you can do the same with your N900. this allows me to do VOIP directly and also share the same connection locally by letting my N810 serve as a local hotspot. All traffic is encrypted with SSH until it reaches my home which is on a dynamic ip anyway. This has worked against local and fed agencies but may not work against NSA/big brother type agencies or against foreign government state departments. You need a fast upload connection (my 25/2 Mbps cable connection works fine). For anything more than the usual calls i meet people in person at the office. meeting in person is covered by priv and works well.

Comment Actual information (Score 5, Informative) 244

How this actually works :
The Challenge in Achieving Full-Duplex

The problem that has historically prevented full-duplex is that, when a node transmits, its own signal is millions of times stronger than other signals it might hear: the node is trying to hear a whisper while shouting. The challenge is canceling the node's own transmitted signal (shout) from what it receives (whisper). Existing approaches, such as digital cancellation and noise cancellation circtuis, can cancel some of the transmitted signal, reducing its strength, but not enough to make a node able to receive.

Antenna Cancellation

Our design uses two transmit antennas one receive antenna per node. The transmit antennas send the same data and the receive antenna is placed such that there is destructive interference from the two transmit antennas, thus reducing self-interference. Offsetting the two transmit signals by half of the wavelength causes them to cancel each other, creating a null position where the transmitted signal is much, much weaker.

Combining antenna cancellation with cancellation through a noise cancellation circuit gives ~50dB reduction in self-interference before the RF signal is demodulated and sampled to the digital domain. Digital cancellation removes the residual interference.

For more information :
http://sing.stanford.edu/fullduplex/
The actual paper (PDF) :
http://sing.stanford.edu/pubs/mobicom10-duplex.pdf

Comment tons of cams are available. (Score 5, Informative) 146

heres a long list copied from various parts of the web for searches you can try :

allintitle: "Network Camera NetworkCamera" Network cameras
intitle:Axis 2400 video server Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges, clubs, bars, etc.
intitle:axis intitle:"video server" Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges, bars, ski slopes etc.
intitle:"EvoCam" inurl:"webcam.html" Mostly European security cameras
intitle:"Live NetSnap Cam-Server feed" Network cameras, private and non private web cameras
intitle:"Live View / - AXIS" Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges etc.
intitle:"LiveView / - AXIS" | inurl:view/view.shtml Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges etc.
intitle:liveapplet Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges, clubs, bars etc.
intitle:snc-cs3 inurl:home/ Mostly security cameras, swimming pools and more etc.
intitle:"snc-rz30 home" Mostly security cameras, shops, car parks
intitle:snc-z20 inurl:home/ Mostly security cameras, swimming pools and more etc.
intitle:"WJ-NT104 Main" Mostly security cameras, shops, car parks
inurl:LvAppl intitle:liveapplet Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges etc.
inurl:indexFrame.shtml "Axis Video Server" Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges etc.
inurl:lvappl A huge list of webcams around the world, mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges etc.
inurl:axis-cgi/jpg Mostly security cameras
inurl:indexFrame.shtml Axis Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges etc.
inurl:"MultiCameraFrame?Mode=Motion" Mostly security cameras, pet shops, colleges etc.
inurl:/view.shtml Mostly security cameras, car parks, colleges etc.
inurl:/view/index.shtml Mostly security cameras, airports, car parks, back gardens, traffic cams etc.
inurl:viewerframe?mode= Network cameras, mostly private webcams etc.
inurl:"viewerframe?mode=motion" Network cameras
inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=Refresh Mostly security cameras, parks, bird tables etc.

Other searches:
control/userimage.html liveapplet inurl:indexframe.shtml inurl:"view/index.shtml" inurl:"view/indexFrame.shtml" inurl:view/view.shtml
inurl:/view/view.shtml?videos= inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode= inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=Motion inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=Refresh site:.viewnetcam.com -www.viewnetcam.com /view/index.shtml

In Title:
intitle:"live view" intitle:axis
intitle:"EvoCam" inurl:"webcam.html"
intitle:"i-Catcher Console - Web Monitor"
intitle:"Live NetSnap Cam-Server feed"
allintitle:liveapplet
intitle:liveapplet
intitle:"netcam live image"
intitle:"snc-rz30 home"
intitle:"WJ-NT104 Main"

In URL:
inurl:axis-cgi/jpg
inurl:indexFrame.shtml Axis
inurl:indexFrame.shtml "Axis Video Server"
inurl:lvappl live webcams
inurl:LvAppl intitle:liveapplet
inurl:"MultiCameraFrame?Mode=Motion"
inurl:/view:shtml
inurl:/view/index.shtml
inurl:view/indexframe.shtml
inurl:view/view.shtml
viewerframe?mode=
inurl:"viewerframe?mode=motion"
inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=Refresh

Two searches in one order:
intitle:"live view" intitle:axis (two searches in one order)
intitle:axis intitle:"video server"
intitle:liveapplet inurl:LvAppl
intitle:"Live View / - AXIS" | inurl:view/view.shtml
intitle:start inurl:cgistart

Combination:
camera linksys inurl:main.cgi
Display Cameras intitle:"Express6 Live Image"
intitle:"active webcam page"
intitle:"EvoCam" inurl:"webcam.html"
inurl:LvAppl intitle:liveapplet
intitle:"Live View / - AXIS"
intitle:liveapplet inurl:LvAppl
intitle:"my webcamXP server!" inurl:":8080"
intitle:"Network Camera" inurl:ViewerFrame
intitle:snc-z20 inurl:home/
intitle:snc-rz30 inurl:home/
intitle:"toshiba network camera - User Login"
intitle:"Live View / - AXIS" | inurl:view/view.shtml
tilt intitle:"Live View / - AXIS" | inurl:view/view.shtml
intitle:"WJ-NT104 Main Page"

Sometimes your order gives hundreds of URLs. You can restrict your search by adding a country, a specialized URL or another message:
Add: site:nl and your search is restricted to nl (The Netherlands). Like: intitle:"live view" intitle:axis site:nl
Other examples:
site:de (Restricted to de (Germany)
site:be (Restricted to be (Belgium)
site:com (Restricted to com (com)
site:net (Restricted to net (net)

CAMERAS
Axis Cameras
indexFrame.html axis
intitle:"Live View / - AXIS"
intitle:"Live View / - AXIS 206M"
intitle:"Live View / - AXIS 210"
intitle:Axis 2400 video server
intitle:axis intitle:"video server"
"adding live video to one of your own pages a very easy task with an AXIS 2100 Network Camera"
"Live web imaging unleashed"
"Your browser has JavaScript turned off.For the user interface to work effectively"

Canon Cameras
sample/LvAppl/

MOBOTIX Cameras
control/userimage.html

JVC Cameras
"(c)copyright 1999-2003 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED. All rights reserved"
"V.Networks [Motion Picture(Java)"
"Control the Pan/Tilt and move to the Preset Position"

FlexWatch Cameras /app/idxas.html
"Saving & Retrieving Mode"

Panasonic Cameras /ViewerFrame?Mode=Motion

Sony Cameras
intitle:"sony network camera snc-ml?
intitle:"sony network camera snc-pl?
intitle:snc-cs3 inurl:home/
intitle:snc-z20 inurl:home/
intitle:"snc-rz30 home"
intitle:snc-rz30 inurl:home/

Toshiba Cameras
"TOSHIBA Network Camera - User Login" /home/homeJ.html

WebcamXP Software
"my webcamXP server!"

Comment Re:Big Deal. What I want to know is, (Score 1) 78

do you have a map of the neuron connections mapping which neuron does what and how ?
I think it would be helpful to have a graphical map which shows the pathways for each function and how the light activates them.
also is there any good mapping of what an individual worm neuron does ? how does it use chemical and electrical functions to execute commands.

Comment retarded EA exec says PC games are finished. (Score 5, Insightful) 439

wasnt EA one of the slave shops who claimed PC gaming was finished too ?
hint to EA execs :
DO NOT WANT stupid asshats and 12 year olds who whine incessantly in your spyware laden voip enabled gaming franchises.
DO WANT games which are engaging, fun and can be picked up with no significant time investment.
DO NOT WANT incessantly annoying DRM which requires online servers AND a CD in the drive to validate the game is "legal". Oh and typing in a 80 digit serial number.
DO WANT games which have a compelling storyline, decent graphics with no advert ware built in and are engrossing enough to keep people occupied for the 60 bux you charge which is more than movies, theatres and any other reasonable form of alternative entertainment costs.
DO NOT WANT monthly fees ON TOP of the 60 bux you charge for the game.
DO WANT to resell games once I have finished plowing through your inevitably buggy DRM infested pile of franchised crapware.

Comment Re:The difference engineering makes (Score 2) 361

and what gave you the impression i dont ? If the SCADA systems interfacing to the PLC werent infected stuxnet would never have been able to reprogram the PLCs. Are you claiming Siemens' WinCC/PCS 7 on Windows platforms was NOT infected by stuxnet ? or that infecting the equivalent of s7otbxbx.dll on a unix would ever have been possible without root privileges ?
Maybe you should reevaluate your own knowledge of SCADAs and PLC systems.

Comment Re:The difference engineering makes (Score 1) 361

the difference is basic stupidity. It was PHB stupidity which made the SCADA systems run windows - an operating system so unreliable the majority of servers are running a homegrown unix (linux) to ensure stability. If you insist on building your industrial infrastructure out of paper and cardboard, you should assume the first hurricane to come along will blow over your origami construction. A decent airgapped SCADA system running on any decent unix (heck just use a bunch of sun enterprise boxes on solaris to run it) would never be vulnerable to this sort of an attack. Build your industrial infrastructure on industrial equipment or face the consequences. since when is windows certified for running anything much less nuclear plants ???

Comment Re: Hopefully (Score 1) 747

Without ideology we wouldn't have the scientific method.

I find it strange that people think the scientific method is based on a philosophy or ideology. What scientists do is no different from what us common folk do when we debug a program or try to fix a mechanical system: you notice something funny (program gives wrong result, car won't start, water rising in basement) so you or the called-in expert speculates on the cause and then proceed on the basis of that speculation. If the facts don't bear it out, you pause, scratch your head and come up with a new speculation. Repeat as needed.

AFAICT even the most uneducated of us operate the same way in whatever we do. I suspect it's instinct, or at least such a basic result of the exercise of intelligence that no intelligent species could avoid operating that way.

thats interesting. where do you suppose the speculation come from ? only prior experience/learning ? or somewhere else ?

Power

Submission + - Video shows why recharging kills batteries (sciencemag.org)

sciencehabit writes: You may not give a lot of thought to what happens inside the battery of your laptop or cell phone, but to judge from this video, it's not a dull place. The battery in question is a miniature rechargeable lithium-ion device, and the clip shows what happens when it is charged. As lithium ions flow from the positively charged cathode into the 200-nanometre diameter wires of tin oxide that make up the negatively charged anode, the nanowires writhe and bulge, causing them to expand up to 2.5 fold. The wires also change structure from a neatly ordered crystal to a disordered glassy material. These distortions may explain why such batteries ultimately wear down. Knowing more about the process may help researchers develop longer lasting, and perhaps much smaller, batteries in the future.

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