Posts by James 51 3426 publicly visible posts • joined 23 Jun 2009
AR is something I would like to see in work. I can still see my mouse and keyboard but have a couple of virtual monitors surrounding me. One window would be code, another the console with outlook running somewhere in a corner. Just a pirty the potential isn't going to be realised this time round. VR is too antisocial for me to use a lot at home. Have a gear VR and am lucky if I can get to use that one or twice a month.
Three 3G aboard is a result of the contract they have with their partners in other countries so they can claim it's the best they can get out of them (or at least it was when the contract was signed).
I do wonder if they throttle VPNs though. I have often found my VPN to be extremely slow to the point it was timing out on connections almost every time I used it.
I was thinking more of how they could move from being proof of concepts and a way to get students interested in space to a workhorse platform that can do interesting or helpful stuff faster, cheaper and easier than higher orbit sats but I should have figured out el reg regulars would find a way to view it from another angle.
It will be stuff like, soaking your chicken in bleach allows your industry to offer lower prices because they operate in ways which would be illegal here. Therefore we will add a tarrif to prevent a race to the bottom your industry will win because we aren't will to sink as low as you are. Or if you sell goods to us below the cost it takes to produce them, we'll add a tarrif to prevent you destorying the native industry here and are free to ramp prices up till the pips squeak.
I never thought I would agree with Bob but a broken clock etc etc. Western companies and those they outsource too put their factories in China because the labour was dirt cheap and there were little to no enviromental laws for them to abide by or they could pay to have officals look the other way. It probably would have eventually happened anyway but this shift in manufacturing has vastly accellerated the process.
@veti The German navy did something similar and caught up on the British navy within a generation from pratically nothing. I don't remember that ending well for every one. What you'll find is that they stick really big ones on the illegal artifical islands and tell everyone in reach that the sea is China's now and there they'll kill anyone who says otherwise regardless of how many legal cases they lose.
I'd like a note 8, stuff like the S pen can transform what we can do with a phone but that the price they are it's just insane, particularly as they don't have an easily replaceable battery. I think people are looking at the X in the same way. Nice phone but at that price, I'll wait a year an see.
@cynic Novel isn't the word I would use (unless it's in the fiction section). The various treaties governing this are quite clear. You can't manufacture sovernity by manufacturing islands. Of course there is the option of killing everyone who disagrees which China is gearing up for. Historically that has worked.
One Scottish police woman was hounded for years because a finger print expert made a mistake and said a print at a crime scene was her. Years later it was proven not to be hers. Powers that be closed ranks to protect the system once the mistake was made. Not to mention all you'll need is a picture of the print, some gummy bears and a food 3D printer and you could have you some fun.
These are supposed to ID people the police suspect are lying to them about their identity in the street and therefore probably don't have a passport with their real name on it with them. If the police go for 2nd factor ID it is probably in a station and the whole point of on the spot fingerprinting for ID purposes becomes an expensive practical joke. If they are going to lift everyone regardless of the sensors say to avoid letting bad people slip through the net then it is just entirely stupid to even deploy them.
The usage maps might help some communities with the impression they are unfairly targeted or confirm that they are.
If a penniless smack head is not lying about their identity there is no need to use this system. Black communities in London have been complaining for a long time about how discriminatory stop and search is against them. If black doctors, religious leaders and other upstanding members of the community keep getting targeted over and over again you might need to look at how the system is being used.
We have no clue about how damage is handled by the system. Does it just focus on another part of the print? Does wear and tear affect the error rate? Your answer does nothing to convince me this will be a useable system.
As for saving time and money, if they lift everyone to use 2nd factor as they won’t let anyone go on the apps say so, it will have saved nothing.
government argues wastes time
Due process always does.
I wonder what sort of stats will be available. Personaly I would like to see:
I could go on but you get the picture.
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