I trust the government more than competing private corporations... And worse case scenario, the government has the law, and the power to physically enforce it, and could even call attacks on the system acts of terrorism. (again, worst case...)
Instead of farming the job out to private corporations, a government agency should be in charge of it. One with a large web presence. They maintain you public key and force you to update keys regularly. (Opt-in of course, if you want the benefits of the secure online identity). There would also be physical locations, maybe just extend the DMV's job (I know, shoot me) or some other agency that is already in the business of authenticating people that would serve as the human fallback that the masses need to fix any security issues.
Private corporations could try to step into the personal key managing business. We just can't trust private industry to keep the people's interest's at heart. That is what the government is (supposed to be) for. And regulation of the private industry that would handle this would just be a slow and wasteful alternative.
Granted, you can jailbreak an iPhone and install whatever you want, but I shouldn't have to hack a phone just so I can use whatever program I want on it. Being held to Apple's decision on what I can or can't use on there is a deal breaker for me.
Apple controls the available software for (among other reasons) their image. If they let people develop security software, people would start to not trust Apple as much, hurting their image and thus sales. They also intentionally keep everything "simple" for their average/target user. Apple's products and philosophy appeal to people that don't understand computers as well as the/. crowd. That being said, if you know how, you can still customize it, but it usually takes getting your hands dirty. I might not have bought an iPhone if I couldn't jailbreak it.
Seriously... I'm sure there are other people here who would knowingly go to the phishing page and deliberately enter garbage just to screw with the dicks who are trying to scam accounts.
I do this.
The biggest annoyance with entering bad data is actually Firefox . It makes me click through the phishing warnings before posting my bogus info.
I also usually leave them a message in the bogus data.
PS. How did you guys guess my password!? "lafaroleratropezoooooooooooooo" was picked because I couldn't even remember it!
Selling to you is just a sideline to Microsoft's real business.
No, that's how they get people hooked so they demand to use it in a business environment where the costs can be very high.
MS makes most of their money from things like support that you pay through the nose for. Businesses want to pay people to take care of such things because they have been conditioned to believe that it isn't cost effective to do it in house.
MS has literally conditioned people (like my boss) to be scared of Linux and open source.
The vast majority of the problems came from replacing files that LxLabs's software would access with elevated privileges with symlinks to target files like/etc/shadow. One combination of these tricks even led to full root shell access. Who needs an SQL injection attack... except to access an account so you don't even need to be a paid user.
Look at Japan. It has a tiny fraction of the natural resources of Africa. Yet, the Japanese people created the 2nd-richest nation on the planet.
My history may be way off but:
Didn't the Japanese move there recently (evolutionary timescale) from the mainland? There wouldn't be enough time for evolution to make an equivalent difference. Modern (same timescale) cultures can offset a lack in resources easily. After overcoming that hurdle, a small land mass can be a blessing for a country's development. One example is how much better their connectivity is because they don't need to span a country the size of the US.
Are both ends of the spectrum the best for a country's development? US = huge = tons of resources, japan = small = needs less resources. (I realize that there might be a lower limit to this, making this not work for tiny countries. There are also other factors that have led to Japan's success)
Just try walking in the mall as all 100,000 posters located in random locations start talking all at once
There are laws to keep this from happening. It is already very easy to add a small speaker to posters to do this kind of thing. (Remember the Big Mouth Billy Bass) People would throw a fit and get such things taken down if they ever got to be so annoying... quit over-reacting people.
They are using the high end market to drive the technology until it's cheap enough to work for everyday cars. This is a much better approach than the EV1 that started cheap.
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I trust the government more than competing private corporations... And worse case scenario, the government has the law, and the power to physically enforce it, and could even call attacks on the system acts of terrorism. (again, worst case...)
Exactly. Except secure.
Instead of farming the job out to private corporations, a government agency should be in charge of it. One with a large web presence. They maintain you public key and force you to update keys regularly. (Opt-in of course, if you want the benefits of the secure online identity). There would also be physical locations, maybe just extend the DMV's job (I know, shoot me) or some other agency that is already in the business of authenticating people that would serve as the human fallback that the masses need to fix any security issues.
Private corporations could try to step into the personal key managing business. We just can't trust private industry to keep the people's interest's at heart. That is what the government is (supposed to be) for. And regulation of the private industry that would handle this would just be a slow and wasteful alternative.
I'm sure productivity went DOWN, since everyone kept trying to refresh/reload..."Maybe THIS time it will work?!"
That's what I did... :-/
Granted, you can jailbreak an iPhone and install whatever you want, but I shouldn't have to hack a phone just so I can use whatever program I want on it. Being held to Apple's decision on what I can or can't use on there is a deal breaker for me.
Apple controls the available software for (among other reasons) their image. If they let people develop security software, people would start to not trust Apple as much, hurting their image and thus sales. They also intentionally keep everything "simple" for their average/target user. Apple's products and philosophy appeal to people that don't understand computers as well as the /. crowd. That being said, if you know how, you can still customize it, but it usually takes getting your hands dirty. I might not have bought an iPhone if I couldn't jailbreak it.
Dude, it's right there. Of course, now we don't know how fast it's going.
Unless we don't know it's mass. Then we could know how fast it's going. :-D
c) don't panic
d) bring a towel
You obviously know sarcasm when you see it... :-P
Seriously... I'm sure there are other people here who would knowingly go to the phishing page and deliberately enter garbage just to screw with the dicks who are trying to scam accounts.
I do this.
The biggest annoyance with entering bad data is actually Firefox . It makes me click through the phishing warnings before posting my bogus info.
I also usually leave them a message in the bogus data.
PS. How did you guys guess my password!? "lafaroleratropezoooooooooooooo" was picked because I couldn't even remember it!
This is why I always think outside the dodecahedron. :-p
Now that you have seen the trick, you can use it everywhere too!
The final digit reduces the possibilities by roughly 90%.
By definition, each digit reduces the possibilities by exactly 90%.
Ultimately it all comes down to choice. If you really want/have to use Windows, then pay for it and shut up.
Yeah, if I wanted it I'd pay for it but since I only need it, I'll steal it.
Selling to you is just a sideline to Microsoft's real business.
No, that's how they get people hooked so they demand to use it in a business environment where the costs can be very high.
MS makes most of their money from things like support that you pay through the nose for. Businesses want to pay people to take care of such things because they have been conditioned to believe that it isn't cost effective to do it in house.
MS has literally conditioned people (like my boss) to be scared of Linux and open source.
Telling someone you want to take away a group of peoples rights always sounds bad and closes the discussion before it's begun.
Until you pass Prop 8.
The vast majority of the problems came from replacing files that LxLabs's software would access with elevated privileges with symlinks to target files like /etc/shadow. One combination of these tricks even led to full root shell access. Who needs an SQL injection attack... except to access an account so you don't even need to be a paid user.
I love that on the scale it reaches 420
I'm not holding my breath though.
What about the flood?
Or if you're lazy like me, it's just "cmd"
Look at Japan. It has a tiny fraction of the natural resources of Africa. Yet, the Japanese people created the 2nd-richest nation on the planet.
My history may be way off but:
Didn't the Japanese move there recently (evolutionary timescale) from the mainland? There wouldn't be enough time for evolution to make an equivalent difference. Modern (same timescale) cultures can offset a lack in resources easily. After overcoming that hurdle, a small land mass can be a blessing for a country's development. One example is how much better their connectivity is because they don't need to span a country the size of the US.
Are both ends of the spectrum the best for a country's development? US = huge = tons of resources, japan = small = needs less resources. (I realize that there might be a lower limit to this, making this not work for tiny countries. There are also other factors that have led to Japan's success)
Now I need to find a town [...] to move to...
Anywhere in Japan.
Just try walking in the mall as all 100,000 posters located in random locations start talking all at once
There are laws to keep this from happening. It is already very easy to add a small speaker to posters to do this kind of thing. (Remember the Big Mouth Billy Bass) People would throw a fit and get such things taken down if they ever got to be so annoying... quit over-reacting people.
In cyberspace, bodies last forever
Not true, digital media degrades much faster than engraved rocks... You'll just have to make copies of your tombstone continuously to keep it "alive".
The only thing I wouldn't like would be the lack of sunlight.
Make it like The Hive then...
If you still want to use FF with such old OSes then just keep 3.0.
Why should the few people that don't want to upgrade hold everyone else back?
GM killing the EV1 is an entirely different story...
They are using the high end market to drive the technology until it's cheap enough to work for everyday cars. This is a much better approach than the EV1 that started cheap.
Even better is TWILL