This is the "bad" sort of security through obscurity, because its sole protection is that noone will care enough to try breaking your encryption cipher. its similar to turning off wifi beaconing or using MAC authentication on unencrypted wifi.
Its not x86 today, which kind of makes me think you have no idea what youre talking about.
opting for a horrible stack based approach.
Im not one to argue architectural advantages, but id point out that both of the top two cpu manufacturers chose the same instruction set. Noone else has been able to catch the pair of them in about a decade.
I guess my objection to the comparison isnt that we dont have major problems, its that when someone busts out a comparison like that it makes a mockery of the whole discussion. I would rather the real problems be discussed than that we get hysterical to the point that noone wants to hear about it anymore. I would rather, for example, that instead of hordes of people claiming that we're no more free than china, that people instead pressed their representatives for real action regarding NSA overreach.
The point was wrong. Unlike IOS, android allows you to install packages from whatever repository--online or offline-- that you desire. Im aware of several non-google appstores, including a few enterprise ones.
The linked post is even more laughably wrong, probably because its from 2009. To address his points: Does the Galaxy S have an app for “when the battery strength is less than 30, then send me an email”? NO. End of story. Sorry. Better luck next time. Except it does, its called tasker, and I just wrote something very similar: Battery gets under 20%, shut off bluetooth / LTE / GPS, drop screen brightness, etc. Also, if bash scripts are really your thing, its pretty darn easy to pull up a shell in cyanogenmod. You click the "terminal" app.
Okay, fine then, does the Galaxy S have an app for “turn on the FM transmitter and speak the cellular signal strength on my car hifi using Mandarin Chinese”? NO. End of story. Except it does, its called tasker. Im sure there are a lot of others (llama?). I did something similar a while ago when the phone sensed magnetic field strength above 200 uTesla. I could also do it for any number of the sensors that the n900 surely lacks.
As to the objection that some apps cost money: then write your own apk. Its not like the SDK costs anything.
When you say "closed and locked in", I seem to recall having downloaded a branch of the Android Open Source Project on my google sponsored, easily un-boot-lockable nexus. Not really clear how its closed and locked in.
Scriptability. First and foremost. *I* want to be the one in control of the phone [maemo.org], not some app developer vetted by The Place That Decides What You Can Do With Our --I Mean Your-- Phone (or "AppStore" for short). I want to write a bash script, or a python script, and tell me when my beloved has sent me a SMS containing the word "URGENT".
You may want to check out Tasker, it does this sort of stuff.
Freedom. Yes, I mean openness as in open source. Yes, I do know not everything in the N900 was open-sourced,
Thats how capitalism works. And If / when Google rests on their laurels for too long, another competitor may appear. Granted that doesnt tend to happen terribly quickly with something like internet service (with all the barriers and whatnot), but this would be an odd time to complain about the status quo what with Google shaking things up and what not.
but with 1 extra player.
Dont underestimate that, it can be all the difference in the world.
Honestly Id rather have legislators who understood the law than those who didnt. Certainly id rather have the 43% in congress that are lawyers than the hordes of slashdotters who think they understand the law, but would dismantle crucial doctrines in days if elected.
That doesnt mean the charges being claimed are legitimate. This has all the look and smell of being a phishing scam, designed to get the victim to call the tweeted number all-a-dither about the charges so that they can sucker him into something.
If I had my way, stories like this would not be posted till the blogger had done some degree of diligence, like, I dont know, actually calling the official NetSol number, or checking if there was an invoice.
Its also a bogus story. The number listed isnt Network Solution's number, and the only "official" response was from twitter and email. We know how terribly reliable THOSE are.
Good grief, the blogger didnt even say whether the service appeared on his account, or whether he had received an invoice. This is a phishing scam, nothing more.
"Open ended" contracts often get tossed out by courts.
So does saying "I dont know what I was signing".
Either way, for all that I mislike / mistrust NS, Im far more cynical about Slashdot's capability to spin up a headline that remotely reflects the summary, a summary that remotely reflects reality, and an article that isnt hysterical nonsense.
Im placing 10-1 odds that this turns out to be a non-story involving a scam. Why didnt this dude call the official Network Solutions number on their website to confirm? What on earth makes him think that absurd charges like that can be corroborated via Twitter and a fishy response with a fishy phone number? Did he even log into his Network Solutions account to confirm that such a thing exists and has been added to his account?
No, of course not. His due diligence before posting to his blog (and from thence to slashdot) was to grab an unverified email, ask about it on twitter, and accept that Twitter was the final authority. And of course everyone here is accepting it because it confirms everything they suspect about Network Solutions, regardless of how bogus this whole thing smells.
Of course the difference THERE is that there are reputable businesses that will allow you to trade those items, and they are at least reasonably stable in value.
The true universally accepted currency is the one sitting behind that piece of plastic you keep swiping everywhere.
Which would be USD.
BTC is like another country's currency, that has to be exchanged before its useable, except that A) noone accepts it, B) the exchange rate varies so wildly that you may as well be doing the exchange in a casino, and C) no bank or even any reputable institution will perform the exchange.
You arguments about Bitcoin's level of acceptance can be equally applied to PayPal in 1999
No, it cant. Paypal used USD, Paypal transfers dont fluctuate in value wildly with ~1000% variance over a 6 month period. Your paypal receipt of $500 isnt going to become worth anything other than $490-$510 depending on what inflation was for the year; your BTC is worth nothing until you redeem it, and in that time could go from being $500 to being worth $2000 or $50.
is still nicely supported unlike Windows and Mac where support for old hardware just disappears.
What you're actually complaining about is the choice of kernel design. Windows does not maintain drivers in their kernel. Linux does.
Both have benefits and drawbacks, but theres a good argument to be made that microkernels are a better option. Thats just my barely-informed opinion, however.
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Why has the whole world gone crazy, with people suggesting SSDs and optical to do what tape was designed to?
I mean if you LIKE paying $0.75/GB instead of $0.01/GB, sure use SSDs.
I wasnt able to find any information on this; my understanding was that optical media such as DVD, CD, BD used inks that over time could deteriorate.
LTO5 tapes hold 1.5TB native and costs $25. Im really not clear why you'd use something ~4 times as expensive.
Except that a single $25 LTO4 tape will beat the crap out of those 10 BDs in terms of price, performance, convenience, and longevity.
Raw performance, performance-per-watt, performance-per-core.
You know of a chip that beats a haswell or even steamroller in those departments?
Once again theyre not doing anything with x86. Theyre using AMD64.
This is the "bad" sort of security through obscurity, because its sole protection is that noone will care enough to try breaking your encryption cipher. its similar to turning off wifi beaconing or using MAC authentication on unencrypted wifi.
Hes talking about mining / industrial waste from manufacturing the things, I would guess.
Its not x86 today, which kind of makes me think you have no idea what youre talking about.
opting for a horrible stack based approach.
Im not one to argue architectural advantages, but id point out that both of the top two cpu manufacturers chose the same instruction set. Noone else has been able to catch the pair of them in about a decade.
I take it youve never been to Russia or China.
I guess my objection to the comparison isnt that we dont have major problems, its that when someone busts out a comparison like that it makes a mockery of the whole discussion. I would rather the real problems be discussed than that we get hysterical to the point that noone wants to hear about it anymore. I would rather, for example, that instead of hordes of people claiming that we're no more free than china, that people instead pressed their representatives for real action regarding NSA overreach.
My phone is running software based on Android Open Source Project, and its not the official software.
You want source? Here.
http://source.android.com/
The point was wrong. Unlike IOS, android allows you to install packages from whatever repository--online or offline-- that you desire. Im aware of several non-google appstores, including a few enterprise ones.
The linked post is even more laughably wrong, probably because its from 2009. To address his points:
Does the Galaxy S have an app for “when the battery strength is less than 30, then send me an email”? NO. End of story. Sorry. Better luck next time.
Except it does, its called tasker, and I just wrote something very similar: Battery gets under 20%, shut off bluetooth / LTE / GPS, drop screen brightness, etc. Also, if bash scripts are really your thing, its pretty darn easy to pull up a shell in cyanogenmod. You click the "terminal" app.
Okay, fine then, does the Galaxy S have an app for “turn on the FM transmitter and speak the cellular signal strength on my car hifi using Mandarin Chinese”? NO. End of story.
Except it does, its called tasker. Im sure there are a lot of others (llama?). I did something similar a while ago when the phone sensed magnetic field strength above 200 uTesla. I could also do it for any number of the sensors that the n900 surely lacks.
As to the objection that some apps cost money: then write your own apk. Its not like the SDK costs anything.
When you say "closed and locked in", I seem to recall having downloaded a branch of the Android Open Source Project on my google sponsored, easily un-boot-lockable nexus. Not really clear how its closed and locked in.
Scriptability. First and foremost. *I* want to be the one in control of the phone [maemo.org], not some app developer vetted by The Place That Decides What You Can Do With Our --I Mean Your-- Phone (or "AppStore" for short). I want to write a bash script, or a python script, and tell me when my beloved has sent me a SMS containing the word "URGENT".
You may want to check out Tasker, it does this sort of stuff.
Freedom. Yes, I mean openness as in open source. Yes, I do know not everything in the N900 was open-sourced,
Then whats the problem with Android?
Im pretty sure they cant change the terms of your arrangement without you agreeing to the updated terms.
Thats how capitalism works. And If / when Google rests on their laurels for too long, another competitor may appear. Granted that doesnt tend to happen terribly quickly with something like internet service (with all the barriers and whatnot), but this would be an odd time to complain about the status quo what with Google shaking things up and what not.
but with 1 extra player.
Dont underestimate that, it can be all the difference in the world.
and they end up in Congress.
Honestly Id rather have legislators who understood the law than those who didnt. Certainly id rather have the 43% in congress that are lawyers than the hordes of slashdotters who think they understand the law, but would dismantle crucial doctrines in days if elected.
No, some random unverified email and some random tweet claim it is real.
Has anyone spoken to an actual account rep @ network solutions? Is everyone so naieve that they believe the first tweet they see?
That doesnt mean the charges being claimed are legitimate. This has all the look and smell of being a phishing scam, designed to get the victim to call the tweeted number all-a-dither about the charges so that they can sucker him into something.
If I had my way, stories like this would not be posted till the blogger had done some degree of diligence, like, I dont know, actually calling the official NetSol number, or checking if there was an invoice.
Its also a bogus story. The number listed isnt Network Solution's number, and the only "official" response was from twitter and email. We know how terribly reliable THOSE are.
Good grief, the blogger didnt even say whether the service appeared on his account, or whether he had received an invoice. This is a phishing scam, nothing more.
"Open ended" contracts often get tossed out by courts.
So does saying "I dont know what I was signing".
Either way, for all that I mislike / mistrust NS, Im far more cynical about Slashdot's capability to spin up a headline that remotely reflects the summary, a summary that remotely reflects reality, and an article that isnt hysterical nonsense.
Im placing 10-1 odds that this turns out to be a non-story involving a scam. Why didnt this dude call the official Network Solutions number on their website to confirm? What on earth makes him think that absurd charges like that can be corroborated via Twitter and a fishy response with a fishy phone number? Did he even log into his Network Solutions account to confirm that such a thing exists and has been added to his account?
No, of course not. His due diligence before posting to his blog (and from thence to slashdot) was to grab an unverified email, ask about it on twitter, and accept that Twitter was the final authority. And of course everyone here is accepting it because it confirms everything they suspect about Network Solutions, regardless of how bogus this whole thing smells.
Gold isnt a currency, nor is stocks.
Of course the difference THERE is that there are reputable businesses that will allow you to trade those items, and they are at least reasonably stable in value.
The true universally accepted currency is the one sitting behind that piece of plastic you keep swiping everywhere.
Which would be USD.
BTC is like another country's currency, that has to be exchanged before its useable, except that A) noone accepts it, B) the exchange rate varies so wildly that you may as well be doing the exchange in a casino, and C) no bank or even any reputable institution will perform the exchange.
You arguments about Bitcoin's level of acceptance can be equally applied to PayPal in 1999
No, it cant. Paypal used USD, Paypal transfers dont fluctuate in value wildly with ~1000% variance over a 6 month period. Your paypal receipt of $500 isnt going to become worth anything other than $490-$510 depending on what inflation was for the year; your BTC is worth nothing until you redeem it, and in that time could go from being $500 to being worth $2000 or $50.
Theyre not even remotely the same.
is still nicely supported unlike Windows and Mac where support for old hardware just disappears.
What you're actually complaining about is the choice of kernel design. Windows does not maintain drivers in their kernel. Linux does.
Both have benefits and drawbacks, but theres a good argument to be made that microkernels are a better option. Thats just my barely-informed opinion, however.