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Comment Re:Yeah, there is a central control system (Score 1) 45

>You can sell it to individuals, but that's high risk. Valve saw a 50% fraud rate, and I see no reason why the miners couldn't expect similar rates

Source? It's also unlikely the bitcoin itself was fraudulent, but related to some variant of a scam that would have over-wise demanded payment in steam gift cards.

The whole exchange thing breaks most of the crypto-currency advantage anyways

Comment Re:5G isn't the future (Score 1) 98

The real issue with 5G is they have to phase out 3g to do so, and there is a lot of industrial equipment tested and validated with 3G equipment that serve roles in vital infrastructure. You can't just shut off 3G, as the service life of the last 3g equipment is longer than the service life of the standard. Only in the past 2 years have you been unable to register a new line for a 3G device. It's going to be a slow phase out over the next 3-5 years, and then they'll be room in the spectrum and on the towers for 5G.

Comment Re:Well, good luck with that... (Score 1) 58

Any "standard" incorporated into legislation by reference ought be be public domain, both the plain text, and any figures, diagrams, tables, etc. required to interpret the text.. Re-reimburse the authors via eminent domain proceedings either lump sum or per expected user, but the whole "private standard" thing is complete BS.

Comment Re:Well, good luck with that... (Score 1) 58

>disruption in terms of retraining or having to constantly train new people

Ya, tell that to the short windows upgrade cycles, or you pay through the nose for LTS. A sensible open source approach lets you control the upgrade cycle, and support applications in the long term.

The real issue is that it takes a different approach. You need to hire high-skill programmers and managers to work for the state. And it's not just a take this off the shelf and use it approach. You really do need to examine the supply chain risks and work to support and expand critical projects.

As for java-script, use it on the internal pages and in-department web tools that you want. However if the site is providing public facing information or services, there can be huge accessibility issues raised by these client-side scripts. And even there it isn't banned, there just has to be an alternate way of accessing the same data.

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