Or, they could include a fairly simple pump and filter system to remove the yeast, hops, etc.

As a homebrewer, I was actually thinking about this, myself. I'd have to believe that they'll filter the beer after fermentation to remove the yeast cells and prevent autolysis. As for the bubbler, my thoughts are that they'd put the fermenting wort into a vacuum bag with two chambers and some way to concentrate the fluids at one end and the gasses at another, then vent the gas periodically.

One of the thoughts I had was wort boiling in a vacuum, without using heat. I'd pay to see that!

Hell, I do this when I'm in Mexico! I'll be there later this month, and I pledge to drink nothing but whisky, vodka, beer, and soda. Seriously, the water and ice will give you Montezuma's Revenge!

I can't say that he's a moron. The guy is a model entrepreneur, and extremely smart, but now seems almost obsessed with stifling innovation and entrepreneurship. It's sad, really.

All valid points, and things I hadn't thought of. That said, I didn't say Airbnb were the good guys, I was more commenting on the state of politics in NYC, well, NY, in general, where government has become the be-all and end-all of every conversation.

Personally, I think rent control is a terrible idea, but I wonder if all people in NY state, including those that have lavish places on Long Island and elsewhere, have proper licenses to rent their houses. I would not be surprised to see the percentage for NY state be FAR lower than it is in NYC, where everything is very heavily regulated.

You do realize that Mayor Bloomberg is worth $31B. That's not thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions. That's billions. Thirty-one billion dollars.

I fail to see how any organization is going to influence Bloomberg.

To be fair, I know a few people that rent rooms via Airbnb, and while one or two actually do have extra space that they can rent, the majority either own dedicated rental properties near a beach, or travel quite a bit for work, and rent their primary residences while they're away.

I know that this is purely anecdotal, but not everyone that rents via Airbnb is a rich, selfish snob who doesn't need any extra money.

Agreed. NYC has become such an insane town, government-wise, I shudder to think about ever going back. I mean, between soda bans, elevator bans, and their constant harassment over any business that innovates and turns a profit, like Airbnb or Uber, it just feels like Bloomberg and the rest of the town council, have done nothing but create a hostile environment for everyone. I love NYC, I really do. There's nothing better than walking through NYC on a cold winter's morning, eating a potato knish, but damn, it's gotten insane up there.

Yes, you do. You can receive the signal, but you can't decrypt the data that it contains without the crypto keys.

There is nothing in the code that's an AND or OR statement that can fix this, it has to do with the signals that the systems can receive and decode. Sure, they can receive the military signal, but they can't decode it, because they don't have the encryption keys. I don't think you have a workaround for that.

Yep, though the accuracy issues aren't what is changed with regards to civilian vs. military grade GPS units. The civilian grade units don't work above a certain altitude or velocity. Military grade units use a different signal with encryption, and can operate outside of these restricted envelopes, with a rough increase in accuracy (about 1m vs. 2m).

You need the crypto-keys to be able to access the military channel. Civilian GPS is good, but as has been stated above, does not work at speeds exceeding mach 1 or at altitudes above 60,000 feet.

Definitely relative to the service you were in. The US military, from what I've seen (almost nine years as a contractor on various systems), uses military grade gear with encryption. I don't understand all the signals, but I do know that they're not just a GPS chip from an iPhone.

It's more likely that there are some sort of cryto-keys required to access the other signal bases. Without those keys, you're SOL, even if you could reverse engineer the software.

You're missing the point...

The systems they're installing on these F-16s are simple systems that allow them to program a predetermined route, or perhaps fly via a data link. It does not allow them to drop ordinance or engage in dog fights with enemy aggressors.

Yes, the airframes are sunk costs, and would be otherwise retired, but the development costs of a weapons system to fly an unmanned fighter into hostile territory, deliver a payload, possibly fight an aggressor with guns and/or missiles, then return to base and land will be very high, much higher than the USAF is going to spend on this. Just the test regime on these aircraft would be several years long, and it would be probably 2017 before they dropped any ordinance, even on a dummy target.