Comment: Re:uh.... (Score 1) 604
Read TFA? You need one very specific model TomTom. You can be certain is has the latest in gyroscopes, accelerometers and 3G data-connection. And measuring G's with modern accelerometers is a snap.
Read TFA? You need one very specific model TomTom. You can be certain is has the latest in gyroscopes, accelerometers and 3G data-connection. And measuring G's with modern accelerometers is a snap.
'Opt in' assumes you read the condition before you agree to a specific deal. You didn't even bother to RTFA, so it's probably better for you to skip this kind of insurance deal all together. Reading is required.
3-5% U-235 is typical ready-to-burn nuclear fuel. Raw ore contains 0.7% U-235. 'Enriching' uranium is quite hard and energy-wise very expensive.
Many (all?) pacemakers can be read and its settings altered via a datalink.
Ignoring malice, who's to guarantee that a shoplifting detector gate doesn't interfere with your pacemaker?
Even devices that were intented to be secure fail miserabely, so if it's your life, are you gonna trust the manufacturer?
OT: You assume it was the intent of the people who wrote Stuxnet to ransack a nuclear facility without anybody noticing?
You probably remember the Dell L502x, I bought for 525€ in June last year. Well, during my days off at Christmas I finally got around setting the Windows 7 installation (100GB partition, the rest goes to a real OS) to my tastes After the initial horror of actually installing Windows 7 (Topic only tang
It activates the James Bond-styled ejector seat.
(or you use your key to start the car..)
I thought that Amazon would be more reliable than even a system that I was maintaining myself, until that outage.
You've missed one detail. Amazon delivers the 'tools' (calling it hardware seems somehow wrong) to build a resiliant and scalable application. But it's up to you to build that system. And most people/companies get it wrong.
Netflix is using Amazon as well. Much of their normal operations take place in the datacenter which suffered first and most. Netflix was mostly unaffected by the outage. (http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/04/lessons-netflix-learned-from-aws-outage.html)
A better approach would be to ignore or scorn those who would post such personal information about something that is purely a painful family issue.
I'd guess you've never had to deal with the British press. I'd like to use the occasion to offer you earplugs, a ball-gag, a large amount of your favourite lube and copious amounts of a benzodiazepine-derivative. Might give you a fighting chance to survive the ordeal.
The data contains only the last time your iPhone saw a specific BSSID. Insufficient data to map out regular journeys.
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