Posts by WhatMeWorry? 6 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Apr 2016
Hydrogen fuel works or will work in many land-based applications where the energy density is less a factor than in flight. On aircraft it could provide electrical power reducing the need for bleed air and generators as aircraft use more electrics (as in the 787).
Kerosene, gasoline, and other hydrocarbons can and should be supplanted by hydrogen power when H2 production is more efficient along with transportation and storage.
Curiously, the Italians believed the Allies were reading Enigma traffic during the North African campaign. They found that a single scout plane spotting supply ships consistently in the Mediterranean Sea was too big a coincidence.
The German Navy was worried about decrypts after suffering from the UK successes in WWI. German naval cryptologists added a 4th wheel to Enigma and tightened up operating standards.
First, the defects were from last year and were quickly resolved.
Second, the main benefit of a password manager is to have unique and random passwords for each site, so that in the event that a site is compromised, the ID/PWD are limited to that site.
Third, the password manager is used to store site specific and nonsense responses to personal questions like "Who was your 3rd grade teacher?" Answer "Chalup97 Multii-purpose." Cuts down on social engineering based upon multiple site compromises.
Fourth, the passphrase to open the the app is so long and random as to be infeasible to crack, save installing a key logger or other double-secret probation device.
Fifth, I'm getting older. My adult kids have an envelope with the passcode to my phone and laptop, and the passphrase to 1Password app. 1Password has all my financial and personal information in case of unexpected journey to Adios City. (Vault backups are on Dropbox and iCloud with the links in the kids' possession in the event the phone and laptop travel with me!)
The cable companies have provided us with high-quality, low-priced services over 40 years.
They have reinvested the small profits into using better coax, and better coax means better programming. It would be difficult for them to build a standard decoding box. For example, standard coax is so difficult to manufacture that they only purchase it.
Can you imagine the confusion it would create if you could use a set top box on either the Comcast or the Time Warner cable networks? It's almost as bad as using non-Western Electric equipment on the AT&T network.
And who would buy a Comcast set top box when leasing is the only option? Pity poor IBM when they were forced to sell their main frame computers instead of just leasing them.
Keep Comcast Comcastic!
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