humbert
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11 years ago
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on: An independent crew is taking control of a NASA satellite
The team is making space science and technologies accessible and understandable to a wider technical public audience than any previous project. That's the key point that the article tries unsuccessfully to relay. The team calls this "citizen [space] science" in their Education and Public Outreach post.
http://spacecollege.org/isee3/education-and-public-outreach-... "Imagine what feats of exploration might be possible if an empowered and engaged citizenry realized that exploring space is really something anyone can do."
humbert
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11 years ago
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on: An independent crew is taking control of a NASA satellite
There is propellant left, evidenced by the heating rate of the propellant tanks, but the pressurizing nitrogen has leaked, so it's unusable.
Instead of continuing the mission around the preferred Earth-Sun L1 orbit, they'll collect science data from the Earth-like orbit it's predicted to land in instead.
humbert
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11 years ago
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on: An independent crew is taking control of a NASA satellite
The team bought the old McDonalds for use as a hackerspace, and also to prevent it from being torn down.
Their $159,602 crowdfunding on http://www.rockethub.com/42228 paid for necessary equipment and services, the most expensive being access to large radiotelescopes to transmit commands and receive telemetry.
humbert
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11 years ago
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on: What Happens When A Beijing Man Invites Women Into His Lamborghini?
When opportunity knocks, who wouldn't want to have the experience of riding in a Lamborghini? Rich guys are likely exciting too, so there's potential exciting follow-on dinners, mansion visits, etc. That kind of wealth subconsciously changes their dating behaviors, making many into gold diggers who must be wined and dined before believing he's interested in them. A few wealthy people keep modest looking accommodations to more easily find partners.
humbert
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11 years ago
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on: N.S.A. Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images
> what we've consistently not seen is a bunch of people trying to subvert democracy, not even according to the very documents NSA and their managers thought would be safest from ever being publically disclosed.
In August 2013, a report by Reuters revealed that the Special Operations Division (SOD) of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration advises DEA agents to practice parallel construction when creating criminal cases against Americans that are actually based on NSA warrantless surveillance. [1] The use of illegally-obtained evidence is generally inadmissible under the Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine. [2]
[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/us-dea-sod-idUSBRE...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction
humbert
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12 years ago
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on: Rosetta: ESA’s ‘sleeping beauty’ wakes up from deep space hibernation
humbert
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13 years ago
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on: DHS Watchdog OKs ‘Suspicionless’ Seizure of Electronic Devices Along Border
In the US, you are only required to decrypt devices as ordered by court via subpoena.
humbert
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
Break-even is 0.2 cents/hour per core for a 4-core system that uses 100 watts. A full i7-3770K system with integrated graphics uses 102 watts under heavy load [1], and when each of its 4 cores sells for 0.2 cents/hour, that covers the 4*0.2 = 0.8 cents/hour difference from natural gas to electricity. 0.3 cents/hour covers the entire electricity usage, providing free heat.
[1] http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-Core-i73770K-Ivy-Bridge...
humbert
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13 years ago
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on: Live CERN Higgs Announcement in 20 Mins
Try the RTMP stream: rtmp://cern.fc.llnwd.net/cern/cern1_900
If that's choppy, save it to disk with rtmpdump: rtmpdump -v -o cern1_900.flv -r rtmp://cern.fc.llnwd.net/cern/cern1_900
edit: alternate bitrates (thanks to Brajeshwar): cern1_900 cern1_600 cern1_300
humbert
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14 years ago
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on: Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL
In the US, decrypting satellite TV without authorization is illegal under 47 USC 605(a)(6): "No person not being entitled thereto shall receive or assist in receiving any interstate or foreign communication by radio and use such communication (or any information therein contained) for his own benefit or for the benefit of another not entitled thereto."
Additionally, unauthorized decryption of a copyrighted program or movie is a violation of the DMCA, 17 USC 1201(a)(1): "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title."
humbert
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14 years ago
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on: Chinese SSD offers mission impossible style self destruction
