Posts by Ian Michael Gumby

@Youngone .. Re: So it begins...

If this were a small thing... she could have possibly skated.

However...

You have over 2000 emails that contained classified information.

You have this guy Guccifer claiming and pleading guilty to hacking charges netting what? 7 years? in a US prison after he's released from his current time in the pen?

You have RT (Russian Times?) claiming to have more emails than what they published...

You have motive, intent, and mens rea (she knew what she was doing was wrong but did it anyway...)

And its not just her.

Her senior staff along with a couple of lifers are now toast too.

This is too big to sweep under the rug and there's what the FBI found that hasn't been released.

The IG's report damns her and taken with the existing evidence ... she will be indicted. So she'll see the courtroom. Jail cell? Depends on if Obama is still in office at the time.

@Sadmin Re: Using your finger...

Yes, using your finger can give you good enough numbers, if you know what you're doing and where you're taking your pulse. And its accurate enough.

But try doing that in the middle of a work out where you have to use your watch to try and get a six second count. Its not easy.

And its Medical grade EKG not EEG since we're looking at your heart and not your brain activity. ;-)

As to 'medical grade vs commercial grade' its a bit of a misnomer since you can purchase medical tech if you want to pay the price.

@ Version 1.0 ... Re: heart rate measurement

Being off by 25 bpm can be a major problem.

When exercising the max heart rate is a formula... 220 minus your age.

So when you're 20... that's 200 bpm.

When you're 50, that's 170 bpm.

If you're trying to get back in to shape, you could be at 170 bpm while your monitor is showing 145.

That's an accident waiting to happen, especially if your doctor tells you to do some exercise but not to exceed X like 145 bpm and you're really doing 170 bpm.

Also there are two types of monitors.

Photoplethysmography which is measuring your HR via an LED scan, and an EKG which is taking an electronic signal over a sensor or between two sensors. Two different methods.

You can get 'medical grade' devices as a consumer if you know where to shop. They do make and sell portable (2 x AAA battery) finger 'Pulse Ox' monitors. (Photoplethysmography) However these are not conducive to use while trying to work out.

But I digress. The point is that having a monitor off by 25bpm can be dangerous and its an accident waiting to happen. This is something to be a major concern because there are watches and monitors (besides Garmin) that have been making heart rate monitors for years that are more accurate.

This is a piss poor article.... Re: Marketroids

Ok,

First, yes, IBM's marketeers aka marketdroids aka shit for brains, just don't get it.

IBM's current decade slide is a testament to that.

But beyond this... here's the thing. You have a scarce resource. A quantum computer to play with if you have the right credentials.

So put yourself in IBM's shoes. How do they market this play toy and yet limit access to those who would actually do something of value with it?

IBM put themselves in to a no win situation.

Were I IBM, I would have done things slightly differently. I would have marketed this by saying that they were putting a quantum computer up on their cloud and are granted a select few access if they can show that they deserve access. Just being honest and up front about it... Sign up, make a case and if we (IBM) think you have merit, we'll grant you access.... I get it and I think most sane normal rational people would get it.

But then again, we're talking about IBM Marketing which haven't a clue about how to have a mature conversation where they aren't trying to sell you something.

THIS IS WHY IBM IS STILL STRUGGLING TO TURN THEIR SHIP AROUND AND ARE FLAILING IN THE BIG DATA ANALYTICS AREANA.

But hey! What do I know... I'm just a commentard who's flaming both IBM's stupid as usual marketeers and of course the lazy El Reg reporting...

@Mr Xavia...Re: This is how the US is preserving its air superiority

You do realize that there is more software involved in a drone than in a fighter jet right?

If the US can't get the software right for a jet, what makes you think that they can fix a drone?

Also food for thought.

Remember the F-4 Phantom?

Maybe it was before your time.

The Air Force decided that air to air combat would use missiles and would occur at ranges before guns would be effective. So the F-4 had no guns, just missile rails and rocket pods....

Then Viet Nam hit. the long story short... a gun pod was created ASAP.

Got the point?

@yank ...Re: This is how the US is preserving its air superiority

Strategic bombing is a joke because the WH doesn't want collateral damage.

Guess what? In war, shit happens. That means collateral damage happens.

The Russians using dumb bombs were more effective than the Americans in their Syrian campaign. Costs a lot less considering that a dumb bomb is cheaper than a smart bomb.

Were the Americans to bring in the BUFFs and carpet bomb the enemy strongholds... you will see hell on earth looks like. And the US could do this if they didn't care about the human shields used by ISIS/ISIL.

This is a major difference between Russian and US policy planning.

@Crazy ops guy ... Re: This is how the US is preserving its air superiority

Please don't give up your day job.

Army / Marines both need close air support as well as rapid deployment capabilities and rapid extraction capabilities.

So you have helicopters, Ospreys, and the Marines have jump jets and Naval jets.

Navy requires air support to protect the ships. Maybe you didn't learn your lessons from a certain WW I pilot who bombed some old ships to prove a point and pushed for the creation of the aircraft carrier?

No?

Please learn your military history before making such daft statements.

@asdf ... Re: This is how the US is preserving its air superiority

The Air Force and Pentagon is being run by a bunch of bean counters who look at the logistics and costs of running a fleet of aircraft.

Specialty role fighters cost more to maintain because your maintenance crew has to be trained specifically for each weapon system as well as the parts are not interchangeable. So the idea is to find an aircraft that can do multiple missions.

The other issue is that when you put a specialty role aircraft in theater, you also need another specialty aircraft to maintain control of the airspace. (e.g. the A-10 needs someone to watch the skies above it.)

Seems that they didn't learn their lessons from world war II. P-47 Thunderbolt vs P-51 Mustang in a ground support role. P-51 was an overall air superiority fighter yet the P-47 could take more abuse and provide better air support of ground troops.

The F-22 is the best plane on paper because its a generation ahead of the competition. The Russians aren't going to put their aircraft up against it any time soon and they won't sell their latest tech to a third world nation any time soon.

The F-22 was used for air strikes in Syria. I don't know what they learned from that experience....

@asdf .... Re: This is how the US is preserving its air superiority

One would think that drones would be superior.

However, there is this thing called c.

Its a silly little constant that represents the speed of light and its a nasty little constant that means that when you take the man out of the loop and make him a remote pilot... sitting halfway around the world, you have a delay that while flying a surveillance drone, may not be much of an issue, it would mean life or death in an air to air fight.

Then there's putting a pilot in theater but not in the aircraft. You have other issues like radio jammers...

The point is that it will take a while for the AI to replace a pilot. Not to mention that your drone will end up costing more than putting a man in the machine.

@AC Re: Reality Check

Clearly that would be you.

Look, here's the reality. This new fund to fight trolls is for HRC to pay bloggers and reporters to put a spin on the news in her favor as well as to harass commentards online and to make threads of discussions meaningless.

If you haven't been paying attention, those in the press who support HRC are ignoring facts and are intentionally misinterpreting the law. The level of corruption is insane. Regardless if you're for the right or left, she and her hubby are so criminally insane, all they want to do is put $$$ in their pocket at everyone's expense.

Their 'charity' has done nothing of value except to host fundraisers that put more money in to the foundation. In fact, the one thing that they did... camp stoves for those off the grid in impoverished areas did more harm than good. And within 2 years... most of the stoves were trashed. So... only the manufacturer made $$$ from this... and the foundation of course.

The classified documents are only a tip of the iceberg.

@Adnim, Re: Do

"Do vehicles really *need* to communicate with the manufacturer? "

Yes and no.

For commercial vehicles, the answer is yes. They need to be able to communicate with the fleet management company as well as feedback information to the manufacture / dealer. Of course the feedback is two different types. One needs to know the location to make sure the driver is where he is supposed to be and is doing his job. The other needs to monitor the engine and other elements of the car in order to determine alerts and service calls.

The manufacturer can take the information over a series of vehicles and determine how a specific engine is handling. (This is a good example of IoT and Big Data.)

The downside is that they can also capture data like the routes, times and distances driven. Also along with your driving patterns. That would be a bit invasive. (Just like those who use Uber all the time... never use them for a booty call, or an extra marital affair...)

The third issue is safety and security. OnStar alerts if the airbag is deployed or some other emergency occurs.

Fourth, software updates done automatically. So you don't have to go in to the repair shop to get a software update to your engine.

But the larger problem... Tying the wifi and hotspot features in to the controls of the car. (e.g. remote stop or remote control of the car by a law enforcement agency.) That's a bit scary because of hacking concerns.

There are other advantages ... e.g using your car to monitor traffic. This could be a good idea because the car's navigation could automatically alert you to traffic jams ahead and suggest alternate routes.

Do you need this? No, you need air, water, food and shelter. Is it a nice to have? Sure, if they can stop hackers from taking over the car.

Do you trust Microsoft or IBM? Not so much... I would hate to have to have my car stall out and reboot in the middle of the 101 during rush hour.