I like how when the police get the power to search our phones our first reaction is "encrypt our phones!" not "tell our police force they're not allowed!" After all, they work for us, right?
I know you've been answered a million times already, but here's the crux of the problem: The only time an encrypted file system is secure is when the system is shut down and the memory has been purged. Since phones remain on all the time, there's no way to encrypt an entire file system without keeping the key in memory (to decrypt the program data.) Since the police will have physical access to your device, they can just read your key right off your RAM.
The important point is that password protecting your phone at most will lock out unauthorized users at the OS level. Physical access can sidestep this.
I can't find a source right now, but I remember hearing that "old age" has not been an acceptable cause of death since the 80's. Nowadays the death certificate has to have something specific on it. (Usually cancer.)
I'm glad you brought up the flat Earth theory; I'm sure most people here have heard of the Flat Earth Society. I think they are particularly relative in this thread since they take the unpopular side of an argument that most people don't even bother challenging. At first you'll think "jeez, are these guys really serious?" But really, can you prove them wrong? You quickly find out how hard it is to prove the most widely accepted model of the planet, and (hopefully) come out with a healthier skepticism of those things that everybody assumes to be true.
Except that "whitelist" is constantly changing (every.001 seconds, apparently) and is as predictable as the frequency-hopping devices, which, unless you have the three components the gp mentioned, is rather unpredictable.
When did you switch from Sprint? I've been using them for about a year and a half now, and I must say that I have been impressed with the customer service: They called me up a couple months into my plan saying "You know how we gave you free Sprint to Sprint calls? Now you have free mobile to mobile." At about the one-year mark they told me that even though I signed a two-year contract, I could resign and get a reduced phone rate. They've called me up to see how my weekend was going. (Really) And I can get capless internet, more than enough voice (with free mobile/mobile and 7pm nights I use ~20 anytime minutes/month) and phone insurance for $72 after taxes.
I really feel like they're trying to hold on to me as a customer, but maybe it has to do with the fact I live in largish cities and *knew* I would need the insurance (Palm Pre Classic) and got it, avoiding a lot of the hassle that comes with interfacing with a phone company.
I also heard that they used to be just awful and changed their ways about 2 years ago.
So the whole dog argument is a little confusing to me. I heard somewhere that having a dog is the best deterrent (hardly the cheapest though) against a burglar, and I also heard that most professional burglars will agree. I have two counter points, however:
Point one: Do people really train their guard dogs to attack strangers? Who wants a friend to visit, only to be bitten by the dog? And why should a thief be afraid of a housebroken dog? If it's the middle of the day and everyone's at work, the dogs will definitely bark at a stranger, but all it takes is a couple treats and a toy to win their friendship. It Takes a Thief confirmed this, say what you will about the Discovery Channel.
Point two: My least favorite sound when I knock on a door to a friend's house it the loud barking of dogs. I find it uninviting and normally if they bark at the doorbell, they will jump on the visitor and probably tear his clothes with their claws. Do you want to live your life answering the door with "sorry about the dogs; they're friendly, don't worry!" You might train them *not* to bark at the doorbell and jump on visitors, but then what good is a guard dog that doesn't bark?
The bigger question is: how many people support domestic cyber-spying? I can see support for foreign espionage, since it's widely assumed that every country does that anyways, but in my little circle of acquaintances I have been seeing more and more people actually support and push domestic spying as not only acceptable but something to be praised.
Because if the iso was free but locked, and "buying the software" involved simply getting an unlock code, the average person would start to wonder what he was buying. (If I can get the iso for free and *guess* an unlock code, I must not be doing anything wrong!)
On the same note, if people buy something for $150, they'll want $150 dollars worth of product whether it's a DVD/CD encased in an over sized hard plastic container or a 16GB file that you have to make space for.
It's kind of like being able to get a car for free but having to pay 10K for the sparkplug.
Who says that people who never drink, never screw, and never do anything wrong don't know how to have a good time, you self-righteous, judgmental prick?
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Me too, but not because it "feels better." I don't move my whole hand when I move my mouse - I usually use my fingers to move my mouse around quickly (thus moving large distances on my screen) while keeping my palm stationary, minimizing hand movement.
Why would the developers only reduce the title bar size by half? It's like a landing strip: if you're going to go through the trouble of shaving some off, you might as well shave it all off.
This is true. In high school I went to a summer program and walked away with a full version of Visual Studio.net. It was great having such a full-featured IDE at home instead of the crippled demo version that came with my programming text book! Then I went to college where we used GCC, and I haven't used Windows since.
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I like how when the police get the power to search our phones our first reaction is "encrypt our phones!" not "tell our police force they're not allowed!" After all, they work for us, right?
I know you've been answered a million times already, but here's the crux of the problem: The only time an encrypted file system is secure is when the system is shut down and the memory has been purged. Since phones remain on all the time, there's no way to encrypt an entire file system without keeping the key in memory (to decrypt the program data.) Since the police will have physical access to your device, they can just read your key right off your RAM. The important point is that password protecting your phone at most will lock out unauthorized users at the OS level. Physical access can sidestep this.
I can't find a source right now, but I remember hearing that "old age" has not been an acceptable cause of death since the 80's. Nowadays the death certificate has to have something specific on it. (Usually cancer.)
Works better on some than others.
Actually, Alanis Morissette was using a much more nuanced definition of irony, something a philistine like yourself can't be expected to understand.
For the religious, there's quite a bit of dramatic irony if you assume God to be the spectator.
I'm glad you brought up the flat Earth theory; I'm sure most people here have heard of the Flat Earth Society. I think they are particularly relative in this thread since they take the unpopular side of an argument that most people don't even bother challenging. At first you'll think "jeez, are these guys really serious?" But really, can you prove them wrong? You quickly find out how hard it is to prove the most widely accepted model of the planet, and (hopefully) come out with a healthier skepticism of those things that everybody assumes to be true.
At least you don't need a license to grow food in your backyard...
Except that "whitelist" is constantly changing (every .001 seconds, apparently) and is as predictable as the frequency-hopping devices, which, unless you have the three components the gp mentioned, is rather unpredictable.
I always love to see an ISP living up to its name.
I believe he's trying to be, as he would put it, a cheeky bastard.
When did you switch from Sprint? I've been using them for about a year and a half now, and I must say that I have been impressed with the customer service:
They called me up a couple months into my plan saying "You know how we gave you free Sprint to Sprint calls? Now you have free mobile to mobile."
At about the one-year mark they told me that even though I signed a two-year contract, I could resign and get a reduced phone rate.
They've called me up to see how my weekend was going. (Really)
And I can get capless internet, more than enough voice (with free mobile/mobile and 7pm nights I use ~20 anytime minutes/month) and phone insurance for $72 after taxes.
I really feel like they're trying to hold on to me as a customer, but maybe it has to do with the fact I live in largish cities and *knew* I would need the insurance (Palm Pre Classic) and got it, avoiding a lot of the hassle that comes with interfacing with a phone company.
I also heard that they used to be just awful and changed their ways about 2 years ago.
Like terrorism, but with 1960s custom suits and Vespas.
So the whole dog argument is a little confusing to me. I heard somewhere that having a dog is the best deterrent (hardly the cheapest though) against a burglar, and I also heard that most professional burglars will agree. I have two counter points, however:
Point one: Do people really train their guard dogs to attack strangers? Who wants a friend to visit, only to be bitten by the dog? And why should a thief be afraid of a housebroken dog? If it's the middle of the day and everyone's at work, the dogs will definitely bark at a stranger, but all it takes is a couple treats and a toy to win their friendship. It Takes a Thief confirmed this, say what you will about the Discovery Channel.
Point two: My least favorite sound when I knock on a door to a friend's house it the loud barking of dogs. I find it uninviting and normally if they bark at the doorbell, they will jump on the visitor and probably tear his clothes with their claws. Do you want to live your life answering the door with "sorry about the dogs; they're friendly, don't worry!" You might train them *not* to bark at the doorbell and jump on visitors, but then what good is a guard dog that doesn't bark?
Well that's between you and a doctor, or a consenting adult.
Yes; but that doesn't mean he knows anything about computers.
That's true. We're talking about HP here, after all...
You put a 410 in the 1st chamber followed by a .45. The first shot is just to locate the guy, and the second shot is to seal the deal.
The bigger question is: how many people support domestic cyber-spying? I can see support for foreign espionage, since it's widely assumed that every country does that anyways, but in my little circle of acquaintances I have been seeing more and more people actually support and push domestic spying as not only acceptable but something to be praised.
Because if the iso was free but locked, and "buying the software" involved simply getting an unlock code, the average person would start to wonder what he was buying. (If I can get the iso for free and *guess* an unlock code, I must not be doing anything wrong!) On the same note, if people buy something for $150, they'll want $150 dollars worth of product whether it's a DVD/CD encased in an over sized hard plastic container or a 16GB file that you have to make space for. It's kind of like being able to get a car for free but having to pay 10K for the sparkplug.
They've already thought about that and devised a clever little way to get out of all that, like, work.
At least this takes their minds off the high-capacitance stocks that have been trying to get rid of them for the longest time.
Who says that people who never drink, never screw, and never do anything wrong don't know how to have a good time, you self-righteous, judgmental prick?
Me too, but not because it "feels better." I don't move my whole hand when I move my mouse - I usually use my fingers to move my mouse around quickly (thus moving large distances on my screen) while keeping my palm stationary, minimizing hand movement.
Why would the developers only reduce the title bar size by half? It's like a landing strip: if you're going to go through the trouble of shaving some off, you might as well shave it all off.
This is true.
In high school I went to a summer program and walked away with a full version of Visual Studio.net. It was great having such a full-featured IDE at home instead of the crippled demo version that came with my programming text book! Then I went to college where we used GCC, and I haven't used Windows since.