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Comment Re:Big Question (Score 1) 309

On top of the other problems listed so far with everyone having access to the bodycam footage whenever they want, another issue is what individuals reveal to police under questioning. For example you (or someone else) might have a reasonable explanation for your behavior which the cops thought was highly suspicious and they are debating detaining you, but it is highly embarrassing information even if perfectly legal. You/ the other person are unlikely to be happy if your answer ends up being posted on youtube.

To further add to another poster's point you could have highly revealing footage of a rape victim in her underwear if the police intervened in the middle of an assault or someone in their underwear with a no knock raid by police which turned out to be the wrong address or unjustified. There are obvious problems with unedited video like this getting released without any sort of independent or judicial review first. (Especially since there are clearly part of the internet which would proceed to promote these ideas with them edited to emphasize the "good stuff" in their view.)

Comment Re: challenge ... in a new "space race," (Score 1) 59

Uh, in the case of specifically Space X that appears wildly false. (Regardless of what happens to Tesla Space X is financially a completely different company.) Right now Space X appear to have a perfectly profitable launch business based on the Falcon X, which incidentally has basically driven the Russians out of the international commercial launch market for unmanned vehicles. Even if Starlink does not work out, at worse Space X would downscale to just the launch business where they should remain in good shape unless Blue Origin or the like eventually manages to out compete them.

Comment Re:Law of Unintended Consequences (Score 1) 122

Uh, rats are an invasive species on the islands in question, and we in have HAVE studied what happens when you get rid of them on such an ecosystem.
https://www.livescience.com/40...

If you read the article, it has nothing to do with rat droppings, it has to do with the loss of bird dropping when rats are established as an invasive species complicating birds nesting (or at least nesting successfully) on such islands.

Comment Re:Curse them for revealing the DNC's voter fraud! (Score 2) 287

No such testimony in fact exists exists. What Corney said is Clinton was mistaken in her testimony, but he was by no means concluding she intentionally lied.

The reality about the emails is to a great degree they show how often confusing figuring out what is classified is at a government level like Hillary. There were also only a couple of emails with actual classification markings on them out of the huge number in question, with the way they were marked apparently leading to confusion on Hillary's part about what the particular marking meant in that case.

Chrome

Chrome Bug Makes It Easy To Download Movies From Netflix and Amazon Prime 128

A vulnerability found in Chrome by researchers allows people to save copies of movies and TV shows from streaming websites such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. From a Gizmodo report:The vulnerability, first reported by Wired (Editor's note: Wired blocks adblockers), takes advantage of the Widevine EME/CDM technology that Chrome uses to stream encrypted video from content providers. Researchers David Livshits from the Cyber Security Research Center at Ben-Gurion University and Alexandra Mikityuk of Telekom Innovation Laboratories discovered a way to hijack streaming video from the decryption module in the Chrome browser after content has been sent from services like Netflix or Amazon Prime. The researchers created a proof-of-concept (which is currently the only evidence of the exploit) to show how easily they could illegally download streaming video once CDM technology has decrypted it.Google was notified of the bug last month but is yet to patch it.
Education

Interviews: Ask Dr. Temple Grandin About Animals and Autism 131

Being listed in the "Time 100" of the most influential people in the world in the "Heroes" category, is just one of the many awards received by Temple Grandin. Diagnosed with autism at the age of two, Temple overcame many obstacles and earned a doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a professor at Colorado State University. Dr, Grandin is recognized as an expert in animal behavior and one of the leading advocates for the rights of autistic persons. She lectures, and has written numerous books on animals and autism, and was the subject of the award-winning, biographical film, Temple Grandin . Dr. Grandin has agreed to take some time out of her schedule to answer any questions you may have. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one per post.

Comment Re:They got the wrong idea from the Korean War (Score 1) 628

Uh, South Korea doesn't even vaguely resemble its 1950 counterpart.

South Korea has a roughly 640,000 man strong army and 2.9 million in reserves. China in no way has localized military superiority given the actual size of its army at this point, and would have trouble bring up all its reserves very quickly especially given assured prompt US intervention including air power. (With the US bringing in substantial troops in the long run with possible significant international support given plainly unprovoked Chinese aggression in this scenario.)

In a scenario where China is invading a unified Korea, South Korea would also have allot of trained North Korean manpower willing to fight against a plainly non-Korean invader.

Transportation

Texas Opens Fastest US Highway With 85 MPH Limit 992

Hugh Pickens writes "Most highways in the U.S. top out at 75 mph, while some highways in rural West Texas and Utah have 80 mph speed limits. All that is about to change as Texas opens a stretch of highway with the highest speed limit in the country, giving eager drivers a chance to rip through a trip between two of the state's largest metropolitan areas at 85 mph for a 41-mile toll road between Austin and San Antonio. While some drivers will want to test their horsepower and radar detectors, others are asking if safety is taking a backseat. A 2009 report in the American Journal of Public Health found that more than 12,500 deaths were attributable to increases in speed limits on all kinds of roads and that rural highways showed a 9.1 percent increase in fatalities on roads where speed limits were raised. 'If you're looking at an 85 mph speed limit, we could possibly see drivers going 95 up to 100 miles per hour,' says Sandra Helin, president of the Southwestern Insurance Information Service. 'When you get to those speeds, your accidents are going to be a lot worse. You're going to have a lot more fatalities.'"

Comment Re:Another Tesla museum? (Score 4, Interesting) 63

The one you have been to in Colorado Springs was almost certainly what has now been closed. The current one, which is extremely limited in scope by any measure, is actually basically in someone's basement and can be visited by appointment only.

The Belgrade one is the one really notable true museum, but the view of many is there should be one in the U.S. where his most significant scientific accomplishments occurred, especially since most people are not going to happen to go to Belgrade.

Comment Re:Audience (Score 2) 63

It should be mostly 1 & 2, with adults who don't really know that much about science in general but think it might be an interesting museum to see being another category.

There should be plenty designed specifically for kids and school children in general, but the museum should ideally have artifacts and objects associated with tesla so that while the electrical engineer may have known just about everything about the exhibits information wise in advance, but still enjoy seeing the assorted artifacts in person.

Those who you might categorize as "Tesla nutters" still may be happy to see Tesla get recognition and get some praise at a museum for his accomplishments. They are the people most likely to possibly complain Tesla is still not getting enough credit and the "museum sold out to corporate interests to conceal the whole truth about Tesla" though.

It should be noted those you might consider "Tesla nutters" really have nothing to do with the foundation setting up the museum other than donating money. The actual foundation board consists of among others physicists and a retired teacher/librarian.

Comment Re:Very recently? (Score 1) 134

The key difference is there is now a developer willing to pay the price and who wants to flatten the site and turn it into a retail space, so the foundation has basically been given 6 weeks to come up with the money or the site and building is going to get sold and leveled.

The other huge difference is the State of New York has now pledged matching donations up to 850,000 dollars to buy the site and start work on the museum, which makes reaching the goal more viable.

Comment Re:I would but... (Score 1) 134

The actual current asking price is 1.6 million, so if they meet their goal with the matching funds from New York State, they would be clearly above this with 1.7 million dollars. (The Indiegogo fee is only 4% at that point.)

It should be noted that they will need additional money to actually turn the building into a museum, so that where any money beyond the amount needed to buy the property will go.

I would view it as unlikely the other developer will win by raising the bid because the company in question is not required to necessarily sell to the highest bidder, and if they refused to sell at the 1.6 million amount and even a bit higher, the company in question could be looking at boycott threats and a large amount of bad publicity if they don't sell the property to the foundation. Under these circumstances, local politicians might suggest there could be permitting issues and other regulatory problems with tearing down the historic property as the developer desires in order to scare them off.

If its truly not possible to refund the money and the sale does not go through, presumably the non-profit in question would dedicate the money towards creating a Tesla museum and science center somewhere else in the New York City general area.

Comment Re:This won't be in the public domain (Score 1) 327

This claim appears to be wrong.

The link about joint authorship notes joint authorship is assumed when a work is prepared by two or more individuals absent an agreement to the contrary.

If such an agreement is made when the music is recorded so Musopen has clear exclusive rights prior to releasing the work in the public domain, this issue should not exist.

Your second link is about licenses potentially terminating after 35 years, but realistically its hard to see the rights to the Star Wars music for instance reverting to the individual orchestra after 35 years, so there is undoubtedly going to be a legislative change to the laws if this really is an issue.

Just not being sold and not restricting use of the music doesn't actually change these basic legal ownership details regarding music.

Image

Man Sues Neighbor For Not Turning Off His Wi-Fi 428

Scyth3 writes "A man is suing his neighbor for not turning off his cell phone or wireless router. He claims it affects his 'electromagnetic allergies,' and has resorted to being homeless. So, why doesn't he check into a hotel? Because hotels typically have wireless internet for free. I wonder if a tinfoil hat would help his cause?"

Comment Re:An all-time lawsuit low... (Score 1) 326

To be clear here, without this lawsuit there was a real question whether these emails would actually be saved for posterity at all. While they apparently are currently in a state where they could be recovered, if they were just left abandoned or outright thrown out, they would never be viewable at that point. While there may be limited short term payoff, there is the long term issue of eventual public accountability. (With emails becoming public after 7 years for instance potentially having actual consequences for former members of the Bush administration.)

It should be noted that there are genuine emails it probably is in the interests of the US as a whole to restrict from public access for awhile. I.E. where we have spies placed in North Korea and Iran, or simply pretty insulting sentiments about specific leaders of other countries. (If you knew the moment an administration left office such a view on the leader would be made public, you would be reluctant in many cases to give an honest opinion via email period.)

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