Comment Re:Cryptography FAIL (Score 1) 118
What if you just put a smart card reader on the camera, and use insert-smart-card-issued-correctly-here with it?
Submission + - Airline Pilot's Union Says:"No Full-Body Scan" (theregister.co.uk)
Jeremiah Cornelius writes: From the "Are you just happy to see me Dept."
The American Pilots Association, representing 12,000 pilots, is rejecting backscatter X-ray full-body scanning for their members, in an official position. The union is recommending that their pilots submit instead, to the new physical pat-down search procedure, instituted as an alternate by US Transportation Security Administration. Despite the objections to the invasive and possibly humiliating nature of the pat-downs, the APA cites health concerns from the scanners, unique to the job hazards as pilots: “We are already subjected to larger amounts of radiation by flying long distances at high altitudes,” Captain Sam Mayer, who is the APA's communications committee chairman. "we haven't seen any data yet talking about the long term cumulative effects of this over time.” Not addressed in this recommendation by the pilot's union is the misplaced attention on scanning pilots — at all. The pilot has many opportunities to destroy or disrupt an aircraft, without needing to resort to carrying a weapon or concealing explosives.
The American Pilots Association, representing 12,000 pilots, is rejecting backscatter X-ray full-body scanning for their members, in an official position. The union is recommending that their pilots submit instead, to the new physical pat-down search procedure, instituted as an alternate by US Transportation Security Administration. Despite the objections to the invasive and possibly humiliating nature of the pat-downs, the APA cites health concerns from the scanners, unique to the job hazards as pilots: “We are already subjected to larger amounts of radiation by flying long distances at high altitudes,” Captain Sam Mayer, who is the APA's communications committee chairman. "we haven't seen any data yet talking about the long term cumulative effects of this over time.” Not addressed in this recommendation by the pilot's union is the misplaced attention on scanning pilots — at all. The pilot has many opportunities to destroy or disrupt an aircraft, without needing to resort to carrying a weapon or concealing explosives.
Comment Re:Ive been wanting to get into HAM (Score 1) 368
Well, I got my Chinese Wouxun for $80 and bought a $20 antenna for it
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Comment Re:NEW HAM! (Score 1) 368
Thanks! I've already had some fun with my little HT on 2 meters. Saving up for an HF and studying for General.
73 KD0KYW
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Comment Re:Ive been wanting to get into HAM (Score 2, Informative) 368
but i cant really put a big antenna on my apartment building.
KD0KYW here, you don't need a big antenna to break into HAM. I only have a handheld 2 meter radio with a 1/4 wave antenna on it. With that radio I can hit repeaters 20+ miles away and have conversations with people way farther away than that.
Comment Re:Ham Radio (Score 1) 368
KD0KYW here, I'm 19 and my license came yesterday (yeay! I'm one of those teenagers with a license)
You can get a radio and station without a license, however, keep your finger off that transmit button.
Comment Re:Things Change at a Rapid Rate (Score 1) 259
My god that is scary, I'm 19 and I still remember the internet take-off (to an extent)
By then Google will own me and my family though, so I guess I should accept that now.
By then Google will own me and my family though, so I guess I should accept that now.
Comment Re:User action? (Score 1) 145
Power goes out? You think I would rely on the power company for my precious servers? Hell no. I have my own generators - an array of solar, wind, steam, and diesel. It's all within the 18 million dollar budget.
You left out coal, oil, and nuclear. I have 3 of each sitting in my back yard. (solar, wind, steam, and diesel)
Comment Re:Reauthenticate when suspicious (Score 1) 336
So if you can detect that the user is attempting to install a keylogger, shouldn't you log them out and disable their account?
Comment Re:Turbo? (Score 1) 278
dial...up? Doesn't every city have a fiber kiosk every 10 feet on every city street that you can pull a line into your house from or plug into your laptop when you are on-the-go?
Comment Re:Just outlaw the use of copper.. (Score 1) 161
Yeah, can't copper cause heavy metal poisoning? Think of the children!
Comment Re:Robot discovers Humans "unnecessary"... (Score 1) 250
We could always build them with OFF switches as well.
An off switch?! Those are illegal! You'll get twenty years for that.
Comment Re:One additional point: (Score 1) 767
Actually, he'll be in contempt for as long as he wants to because there is no limit on it. You are there until whatever you did to be put in contempt is remedied.
Comment Re:Now how about an ESX Client? (Score 1) 218
What company builds their product on top of Linux and then builds a GUI client that only runs on Winders?
You don't remember the Sharp Zaurus do you? It is built entirely on linux but won't sync with it.
Comment Think you know what you are talking about? (Score 1) 607
I intern for the head computer tech at a school, and every teacher assumes every problem is with "The Server" which seems to be a magical entity that controls all. Firefox being slow? It's the server's fault. Can't print to a TCP/IP printer? It has to be the server.
It would be nice if they didn't think they knew what they were talking about, because then I wouldn't get a headache whenever I talk to them.
