Posts by lglethal

Re: Could be worse...

But you have to make it unassuming and hidden, otherwise that bad guys will know what to protect to get the data. Hiding the kill switches amongst the light switches! Thats how you do it, no one will think to protect those!

Re: this will be interesting

While the MRO data provides a good overview and helped to select a site, the resolution doesnt really tell us anything about what the soil is like. From Wikipedia:

"...[MRO's SHARARD Radar Instrument] allows it to resolve layers as thin as 7 m (23 ft) to a maximum depth of 1 km (0.6 mi). It has a horizontal resolution of 0.3 to 3 km (0.2 to 1.9 mi)."

A resolution of 300m is not great for determining sand grain sizes... ;) :P

Re: Get Informed

Dear god! You want to mix Panda and Koala DNA - Are you TRYING to create a new species of Drop Bear????

icon - > The only way to deal with a true Drop Bear infestation...

Re: Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

I dont know... coastguard?

Re: "Britain's FBI"

then bam - breaking the law once you pass that "Welcome to Scotland" sign.

It's just a different type of welcome...

Re: Brilliant

If you're trying to convince the boss that he really should be forking out for a professional to do all this, turning up in full Scuba kit - Tank, regulator, dry suit, face mask - should work a treat. It might also convince him to get the cleaners in more regularly as well, which is rarely a bad thing...

"so that people in Germany continue to benefit fully from all our services".

I'm looking really hard, but I can't quite see how Facebook collecting reams about my surfing habits, and creepily following me around the internet is going to help me "benefit fully" from their services...

I'm not sure they're using the word "benefit" correctly there...

Re: Grade

Bahh, HR are a hive of Drones...

Re: Go Laurie!

Innocent UNLESS proven guilty.

Always remember its "unless proven guilty". "Until proven guilty" implies that you're guilty of something, and its just up to the Prosecutor to decide what...

Re: I'm surprised..

You seem to be assuming that this was atcually run like an actual company, i.e. CEO's, CFO's, a finance department, etc. etc.

Everything i read makes this sound like a garage operation - "Bob over there is IT, Tom is Sales, Jenny creates the flash website to get people in, Randy is customer support. And I'm the boss. I hold the purse strings. Cant trust any of these buggers with the codes, so we keep em offline on my laptop, no way a hacker can get in there! What do you mean, what happens if i die? Im only 30, geez. And what do you mean what if someone breaks in and steals my laptop? It's encrypted. And the Police around here a good at recovering stolen property. It's all fine...."

Re: Tea cosy hat

Nope not a NASA scientist, but definitely a CNES scientist...

(SEIS is a french instrument)

You've heard of the pied piper right? Or The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents?

Capture the pigeons in one place, release in another. Come back a week later, "Well looks like you have a bit of a pigeon problem. I can take them off your hands for a few bob..."

Re: Please read the T&A, don't just check the box.

Actually, it would be interesting to read what exactly the terms and conditions said before they started sharing with the FBI. I wouldnt be surprised if theyve just opened themselves up to one hell of a class action lawsuit...

Re: Oh deary dear...

I was going to make a joke about strippers and keeping it confidential, but well...

FB and Google lost access for 24 hours (was it even a full 24 hours?).

Apple have made a lot of noise, got some headlines, caused a mild inconvenience, thats it.

They havent really taken anyone to task have they? Remove the keys for a fortnight, that would have been taking FB and Google to task. OK make it just one week. Long enough to cause significant pain without convincing them to redesign their products without you. But doing it for 24 hours? It's just a publicity stunt.

If this was any other firm who's breached the rules, they'd have lost their keys forever. But now, Apple have opened themselves up to the lawsuit from the next infringer who gets their keys taken away. Since FB has done pretty much the largest breaking of the rules possible and only lost the keys for 24 hours, than any other firm should only get the same treatment...

Re: My understanding of this bug

"I think this lawyer is very likely of the ambulance chaser persuasion."

Is there another sort?

Whats the Rio Grande Police Department got do with it?

Re: Thank ITAR

Ah no. ITAR only applies to American products, or any product containing any American products. That does mean if you have even one tiny resistor in a small electronic box on the side of your big huge rocket thats American, then you are stuck with ITAR. Thats why there is a massive push to make sure you dont have any ameriacn components whatsoever in your kit, at least if your looking to sell anywhere in the world except America...

Actually its more like this: based on an allegation that Mr Lei apparently stole a colleagues bank card and withdrew money from it, although neither the police nor the bank have even been asked if a bank card was ever used at the supposed time or was reported stolen, and that the person whose card was used, has left the organisation, fled to china, and disappeared from contact (considering China's surveillance state, i find that one of the more astounding claims), then lei has been suspended and investigated. Whilst Gurry who was found (not suspected, but proven) to have used undue influenced and broke the organisations procurement rules is free to go about his duties.

Lets hope the Swiss, can give the WIPO a good kicking, no-one else seems to be able to.

By the way, what is it with IPO organisation that attracts such scum bags to the top? Gurry and Batastelli must be two peas in a pod...

Re: What's deductible?

Lawyers are a tax deductible expense

If anyone is wondering what is wrong with the American legal system - this is a good place to start...

"Why not grow by re-training existing staff in cloudy stuff."

Because Graduates in India are so much cheaper!

Re: Most inconsiderate

I think, considering the cramped conditions, you were well within your rights to call that person out.

Having once worked in a similar situation (minus the national security implications and blessedly only for a couple of weeks), we laid down some ground rules at the start, and it made the entire experience much more enjoyable for all involved. Saved the smoker a packet as well, since being forced to go outside for his smoke, meant he cut back. At least until the after work trip to the pub..

My thoughts...

I think they are saying Vendor/Contract staff are not made aware of the policies on "safety, discrimination and sexual misconduct". That means if they suffer discrimination or harrassment, they dont know what to do about it, and are expected to suffer in silence. I assume on that account they just want those staff to receive info about the policies (probably in the company handout they give new employees), so that if they suffer these things, they know who to report it to.

Not so difficult to understand, but a bit confusing when they've rolled it in to their complaints about forced arbitration...

The specific problem in this case was that whilst the cops have two suspects, the fuzz wanted the right to look at EVERY device in the building including those not related to the suspect. That is ridiculous overeach and the judge quite rightly shut it down.

As for your comment about not opening your safe, you are under no obligation to open your safe just because police ask. If police want to open a safe, they need a warrnat and then to call in the relevant authority in opening the device (a locksmith, etc). Why should it be any different for a phone?

Re: 21st century employment prospects in space? - human redundancy

Just because the ISS doesnt get any major publicity doesnt mean it's not producing great science:

here's a short highlight of things they're working on now:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/SSSH_17dec18

If you cant be bothered reading that (it's not that long!), there's experiments on the effect of space flight on humans (strength, grip/agility, and immune system testing), experiments to research into asthma and other airway/lung disease, experiments into loss of bone density (as experienced by millions of the elderly world wide), research into compounds that cause parkinsons disease, research into aerogels and their ability effectiveness to be a healing patch. Plus a number of others. Go read the article.

None of those experiments could be done by robots alone. The ISS does a ton of great science, arguably more than sending another probe to have a look at a dead rock we've already visited 30 years ago. But because it's slow and steady research it doesnt get the excitement factor and thus the publicity. Have a look into some of those experiments in detail and you'll see they are very interesting and offer a lot of potential for making people on Earth's lives much better.

The ISS deserves all the funding it can get (and more)!

Re: Just an idea

I think you're over stating the case. If the Democrats rely on Ms Ocasio-Cortez voting in parliament, then they will see to it that she has somewhere to stay in DC. She can crouch surf at one of the richer politicians places, without a doubt.

But my question would be, why shouldnt she (or any other politician) be disadvantaged, when they are disadvantaging 800,000 regular government workers? I dont see the politicians gathering around to offer funding/housing for these people to survive the month without pay. Only the polticians can solve this problem, those 800,000 cant (at least not until the next election, but thats 2 years away).

When someon you know is seen to be struggling because of something you're doing, you are more likely to try and fix it. That 800,000 are a faceless number to the Senators and Congressmen/women. but make them see a fellow Senator/Congressman/woman struggling and suddenly their's a much more human face on the suffering you're causing, and that would lead to a much faster compromise....

(on a side note: 800,000 people being furloughed is an insane number. Think about this, the population of the US is ~325 million (source Wikipedia). So effectively 1 in every 400 people in the US is currently furloughed. not 1 in 400 workers. 1 in every 400 people! According to statista.com there are ~130 million full time employees in the US, and i think its safe to say the vast majority of government workers would count as full time employees, so that works out at 1 in every 160 full time employees in the US is furloughed. That is f%&king insane!)