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Comment LiDAR solves for vegetation (Score 4, Interesting) 31

Which class of laser are they using which can penetrate the canopy of a jungle? There are many sensors more appropriate for the searching: Ground penetrating radar. Multispectral or hyperspectral camera sensors to check the leaf patterns for varied chemicals. Also for the larger areas covered it seems like a fixed wing design might be more appropriate.

Comment Re:Kaspersky Lab (Score 1) 129

Lets hear for the pulling shit out of our collective asses system! The same goes for any software made by any company in the world... Unless you can see the source and it is open you can't but hope. Why not say it is Snowden who did this so he can sell botnets to Putin. If you have a shred of evidence that Putin has backdoored kaspersky then bring it to light.

Comment Re:No Clinton No Bush (Score 1) 315

When people like you don't demand accountability on things like this you get what you deserve. She should be brought to trial, and made accountable for taking affairs of state off the grid, and off the record. This intentional effort to take government activity off record is despicable. So now we know that she is willing to hide all of her efforts from the appropriate scrutiny. It is unforgivable, especially when considering her as a potential candidate.

Comment Re:The Clintons (Score 1) 315

They are in the same agency/branch. Which assumption would be made here, when every person emailing her notices it is in an entirely different domain? The fact that no one acted implies, there is no openness and they are all hosting their own emails to break the law, or that they are afraid to bring to light the fact that she alone was breaking her oath to office and the law.

 

Comment Re:Yeah but..... (Score 1) 172

Which US carrier lets you make all these changes? The phones are locked by the Carrier. The Carrier has way too much power in the current ISP relationship. They are the ones that won't let you be an admin. You can always buy a reference device (Nexus and unlock), or make your own.

Comment Re:Blackberry (Score 1) 445

I switched to a $200 Blackberry Z10 a few months ago after getting tired of Google's attitude w/ regard to my Nexus 4. Without any bloatware installed by the carrier, it still comes with about 10 different Google Apps that cannot be uninstalled.

Furthermore, it seems like Google has gone out of their way to give app developers the necessary permissions to basically know everything about me. Does an app 'really' need to see all of my contacts, SMS, and call history just so it knows when a call is incoming?

Even if I uninstalled every app on my phone, I'd still have Google's keyboard phoning home everything I type. And of course Android Lollipop is as much of a dud as was Windows 8.

My Z10 blows Android out of the water when it comes to actually dealing with emails, texts, messages, calendars, etc. On Android, I had to use three different mail apps to do the same thing. The browser always shows a full screen web page, while Chrome needs a root hack to do the same.

Why did you buy a Nexus 4? It seems like you changed more than the phone did.

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