The solution to this is part of the solution to making the device only run 1 app - you put it in a locked metal frame that both secures the device and physically obstructs any switch or button that could be used to exit your app.
No, he allegedly hacked into unsecured military systems, using default passwords. He didn't tamper with secure files, he allegedly tampered with unsecured files.
Nobody is saying he doesn't need to face justice, but when the knee jerk reaction of Americans is exactly what you posted, then it's unlikely he would actually get a fair trial on your side of the Atlantic.
He's a UK citizen, accused of misusing a computer in the UK. There is no justification for not allowing him a UK trial, and no justification for leaving this hanging over him (and his family) for a whole decade.
It's not just the justice system that's deeply flawed if he is extradited, it's the whole political system. In the run up to the last election, all three leaders of the big parties said they would resolve this, and none of them have lifted a finger when in power (Labour were in power for most of the last 10 years, now the other two, Liberal and Conservative, govern in coalition).
In our whole political system, I've yet to hear one single person who says that Gary should be extradited. They all, without exception as far as I know, back his right to a UK trial... and I've yet to hear one single person lift a finger to make it happen.
As the original poster mentioned an interest in music production, Sound on Sound is the definitive music production magazine in the UK, and it offers a digital subscription for overseas readers.
If you want a feel for the content, a lot of their older articles are available online, try this one on the making of Bohemian Rhapsody
I know this is probably going to sound flippant, but I'm sure there is a genuine reason and I'd be interested to hear it... Why not just write it both ways and test?
Better yet, why not get the compiler to try different parallelisations and use a genetic algorithm to optimise automatically?
Quick back of an envelope calculation... speed of sound 340m/s, sampling rate of most D/A converters 44,100 samples/sec... 7mm accuracy (or better if the speed of sound in the solid object is lower)? Not great, but good enough to turn any solid object into a virtual keyboard.
It depends what you want to use it for - as a replacement for a touch screen, it's probably not very useful because location information isn't going to be as easy to capture as timbral information, but as a musical instrument (or as a way of adding more sensitivity to existing electronic instruments, it's amazing.
I wonder if accurate position information could be captured by triangulating with 3 of these contact mics?
It's their New Year's Resolution.
...and for iPhone/iPad, BASIC in a web app: http://virtual-gs.appspot.com/gsbasic/index.html
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