404 not found. Seriously though I refuse to see this shit. And it has Christian Bale. Why? John Connor isn't even the main character in the fucking movie. They rewrote the script to fit Bale's ego. All the trailers show BALE BALE BALE. He gets top billing, too. What a fucking ass.
Do they do the Batman voice where they crank up the bass as he strains his face like he's crapping out a school bus? (I already know that they do.)
Hey! Transformers the Movie is AWESOME. It had a song by Weird Al, Spike said "Oh shit what are we gonna do now?", it had Leonard Nimoy, and it had Orson fucking Welles as motherfucking UNICRON.
Prime (and every other Autobot worth a damn) fucking DIES. It's EPIC.
All the banks I use (in the US) use a similar deal. For each new pc (browser, really) you want to access their banking sites from you need to give them your user name and password AND a pin, which can be sent to your phone, email, etc.
It's better than a user name and password, sure, but it is NOT secure, and as demonstrated, it's not exactly hard to impersonate a mobile device.
The authentication piece of any security system must be as secret as possible. Ideally, only the authentication system and you know the secret. The main problems with a typical password-only system are:
People choose shitty passwords. People get phished/keylogged. People forget their passwords. People use the same password for everything.
You can mitigate shitty passwords, phishing/keylogging, and using the same password for everything with those USB dongles that display a one-time (essentially) pin. But you still need a traditional password (or other method) to go with it, since the dongles have no authentication scheme - push a button and get a code.
You then have issues of the dongle being lost, never really knowing who has the dongle, the dongle dying, etc.
Of course there's no completely secure way of doing banking. But the online banking that relies on a pin sent to a phone number via SMS is a joke (because of the fail that is the PTN).
Why, I remember back in the day when you had to go to your bank (like, physically) in order to authorize your account for online banking and set up your login stuff. Nowadays you can setup online banking without having to enter a branch. You can even set up actual accounts completely online. With a minimal amount of information from a person (something an employee at a cell phone store could have access to, for example) you can set up accounts as people and easily get by the stupid verification questions from Equifax that all the banks use.
(By the way, if you're trying to set up an online banking account and you get a message saying you failed the questions, it's the one about your phone. You've got a cell phone, but they think it's a land line, or vice versa. Try again and switch your answer for the phone question.)
The bottom line is that using a phone number as part of an authentication scheme is a joke in terms of security, but the banks (and users) don't really care about security, they care about easy.
Does this mean the content on wikipedia (which is shamelessly copied from other sites, textbooks, etc.) will be any more "free" or any less butchered, biased, or factually incorrect?
It's not the phone. A phone is nothing but a transceiver.
It's the system we have for identifying phones, and the practice of letting people bank over it (or sending authentication pins for pc banking to phones).
Using a phone number as a method of authentication is inherently flawed. The practice will continue, however, because the plebes want easy more than they want secure. After all, it'll never happen to them.
You know that link was in the post I replied to, right? You know I was referencing their petition gags and the resulting comments that made people look like morans, right?
Because it's misleading marketing bullshit to slap in headlines.
I know full well what a dimension is, but the average person does not. The average person will see "Five Dimensions" and think of some magic voodoo bullshit and will thus think that this is revolutionary.
It's intentionally deceptive and that's the problem I have with it.
Someone should start a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide. Why do we waste our time banning shit that's nowhere near as bad as this, while we have almost zero regulation on such a hazardous chemical?
The syrup BiB (Beverage in a Bag/Box) is always the same. The CO2 is always the same. The water is always supposed to be filtered at least decently well.
Companies like Coca Cola make HUGE efforts to ensure that their product tastes the same no matter where you get it (lets ignore HFCS/sugar variations for now). To be able to sell Coke - either as a bottler or through a fountain - you have to get contracted with them or a local distributor. They have schemes in place to ensure proper branding, proper maintenance, proper temperature, etc.
You may go to a fountain that's low on syrup, or has the CO2 cranked too high. You notice it.
You might buy mexican/passover coke (sugar, not HFCS). You notice it.
But if you buy a Coke in New York or one in Miami or one in LA, it's going to be the same 99.999% of the time.
In various countries, the taste will be different due to marketing deciding that different markets (countries) have different tastes, due to a difference in available ingredients, and due to various differences in food regulations/definitions.
They keep tight control over who can develop for their systems, sure, just like Sony or MS.
The idea that they won't allow games with certain content is completely false, however.
Look at Manhunt or the Godfather on the Wii. Look at BMX XXX on the GameCube, keep in mind the GC version was the uncensored version, while other consoles got the censored versions.
It's entirely up to the developers. Becoming a licensed developer (and getting a dev kit) is an issue.
But if you're into homebrew, the DS and Wii are WIDE open (as in doors) for that.
Agree with him or not on specific issues, he's one of the best examples of a politician the country has seen in ages. He tries hard, he isn't ridiculously corrupt, he's not afraid to call people out, he doesn't put party lines first, and it's obvious he actually cares about California.
He just gets fucked over by the state legislature in terms of getting anything done, and gets attacked by unions when he tells firefighters and teachers to shape the fuck up.
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What do you think your food is, dipshit?
Also, you are what you eat.
404 not found.
Seriously though I refuse to see this shit.
And it has Christian Bale. Why?
John Connor isn't even the main character in the fucking movie. They rewrote the script to fit Bale's ego. All the trailers show BALE BALE BALE. He gets top billing, too. What a fucking ass.
Do they do the Batman voice where they crank up the bass as he strains his face like he's crapping out a school bus?
(I already know that they do.)
Fuck you hollywood. Fuck you.
Yah, dude. You could have at least linked to Terminator 3-D. That's miles closer to canon than those other 2 non-existent movies.
Hey!
Transformers the Movie is AWESOME.
It had a song by Weird Al, Spike said "Oh shit what are we gonna do now?", it had Leonard Nimoy, and it had Orson fucking Welles as motherfucking UNICRON.
Prime (and every other Autobot worth a damn) fucking DIES. It's EPIC.
HOLY SHIT IT'S AWESOME.
They should totally make a sequel.
All the banks I use (in the US) use a similar deal. For each new pc (browser, really) you want to access their banking sites from you need to give them your user name and password AND a pin, which can be sent to your phone, email, etc.
It's better than a user name and password, sure, but it is NOT secure, and as demonstrated, it's not exactly hard to impersonate a mobile device.
The authentication piece of any security system must be as secret as possible. Ideally, only the authentication system and you know the secret.
The main problems with a typical password-only system are:
People choose shitty passwords.
People get phished/keylogged.
People forget their passwords.
People use the same password for everything.
You can mitigate shitty passwords, phishing/keylogging, and using the same password for everything with those USB dongles that display a one-time (essentially) pin.
But you still need a traditional password (or other method) to go with it, since the dongles have no authentication scheme - push a button and get a code.
You then have issues of the dongle being lost, never really knowing who has the dongle, the dongle dying, etc.
Of course there's no completely secure way of doing banking. But the online banking that relies on a pin sent to a phone number via SMS is a joke (because of the fail that is the PTN).
Why, I remember back in the day when you had to go to your bank (like, physically) in order to authorize your account for online banking and set up your login stuff. Nowadays you can setup online banking without having to enter a branch. You can even set up actual accounts completely online.
With a minimal amount of information from a person (something an employee at a cell phone store could have access to, for example) you can set up accounts as people and easily get by the stupid verification questions from Equifax that all the banks use.
(By the way, if you're trying to set up an online banking account and you get a message saying you failed the questions, it's the one about your phone. You've got a cell phone, but they think it's a land line, or vice versa. Try again and switch your answer for the phone question.)
The bottom line is that using a phone number as part of an authentication scheme is a joke in terms of security, but the banks (and users) don't really care about security, they care about easy.
Does this mean the content on wikipedia (which is shamelessly copied from other sites, textbooks, etc.) will be any more "free" or any less butchered, biased, or factually incorrect?
You've mastered a dead tongue. But can ya handle a live one?
You forgot that movies suck shit now.
Terminator 4? There wasn't even a Terminator 3!
(NO THERE WASN'T)
Yes it's.
You get captchas when logged in?
I hate when I'm forced to use those.
So stupid.
I usually just pq3985y4qp49tgw[4tefih2g them.
Also: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/7/12/a-wider-perspective-on-flavor/
The trick is the wise guy working at the cell phone store.
It's not the phone.
A phone is nothing but a transceiver.
It's the system we have for identifying phones, and the practice of letting people bank over it (or sending authentication pins for pc banking to phones).
Using a phone number as a method of authentication is inherently flawed. The practice will continue, however, because the plebes want easy more than they want secure. After all, it'll never happen to them.
You know that link was in the post I replied to, right?
You know I was referencing their petition gags and the resulting comments that made people look like morans, right?
Because it's misleading marketing bullshit to slap in headlines.
I know full well what a dimension is, but the average person does not. The average person will see "Five Dimensions" and think of some magic voodoo bullshit and will thus think that this is revolutionary.
It's intentionally deceptive and that's the problem I have with it.
No, the show is trash.
Summer Glau is horrible.
Fucking nerds.
But hey, I hear Felicia Day is going to be on Dollhouse!
Fucking nerds.
Smells like SCIENCE.
Someone should start a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide. Why do we waste our time banning shit that's nowhere near as bad as this, while we have almost zero regulation on such a hazardous chemical?
?
Fountain drinks are:
Water
CO2
Syrup
The syrup BiB (Beverage in a Bag/Box) is always the same.
The CO2 is always the same.
The water is always supposed to be filtered at least decently well.
Companies like Coca Cola make HUGE efforts to ensure that their product tastes the same no matter where you get it (lets ignore HFCS/sugar variations for now). To be able to sell Coke - either as a bottler or through a fountain - you have to get contracted with them or a local distributor. They have schemes in place to ensure proper branding, proper maintenance, proper temperature, etc.
You may go to a fountain that's low on syrup, or has the CO2 cranked too high. You notice it.
You might buy mexican/passover coke (sugar, not HFCS). You notice it.
But if you buy a Coke in New York or one in Miami or one in LA, it's going to be the same 99.999% of the time.
In various countries, the taste will be different due to marketing deciding that different markets (countries) have different tastes, due to a difference in available ingredients, and due to various differences in food regulations/definitions.
How many have been sold primarily as game devices?
How many games in the app store are selling 10 million copies at $39.95?
So how many dimensions is my car's radio?
It's marketing bullshit and you know it.
Hey mods, learn to internet:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/nader
Trees are teh awesome.
They keep tight control over who can develop for their systems, sure, just like Sony or MS.
The idea that they won't allow games with certain content is completely false, however.
Look at Manhunt or the Godfather on the Wii.
Look at BMX XXX on the GameCube, keep in mind the GC version was the uncensored version, while other consoles got the censored versions.
It's entirely up to the developers. Becoming a licensed developer (and getting a dev kit) is an issue.
But if you're into homebrew, the DS and Wii are WIDE open (as in doors) for that.
To be fair, Arnold's trying.
Agree with him or not on specific issues, he's one of the best examples of a politician the country has seen in ages. He tries hard, he isn't ridiculously corrupt, he's not afraid to call people out, he doesn't put party lines first, and it's obvious he actually cares about California.
He just gets fucked over by the state legislature in terms of getting anything done, and gets attacked by unions when he tells firefighters and teachers to shape the fuck up.