Nothing changed more the society than personal computers.
By the way, the internet only exists because the personal computer revolution happened before the connectivity revolution. Without the personal computer, internet will be only an academic thing.
Woz did that as a "kid" in a garage, not as the most rich man in the world. Bill Gates is a very intelligent, brilliant business man and important figure, but I'm talking about what a "kid" did, someone with only his mind and no money. Also against the industry of the time, where computers were very, very expensive things, and used by a terminal in a mainframe. The world was a much more difficult place to do this changes, to have access to knowledge and resources than today. People don't realise how difficult was to do that in the 70s. Today any kid can have a computer, can access any book, any information. In the 70s, no one had a computer! No one had easy access to all the information needed to build a personal computer, and he did this almost alone.
Even the IBM personal computer was inspired by Woz, once Apple I showed the existence of a huge market for personal computers. Before that IBM and computers were a mainframe thing, only for companies and business men. Without the IBM PC Microsoft won't be what is today! Even MS history depends of Apple I creation.
Woz did the Apple I almost alone and in his head! From the hardware to the software! Even to write the first code to run in this computer was a hard task, since he needed to build this by hand, in paper! An IDE, or a high level programing language, was just something not possible to use!
In other words, now, you and me, have in our hands much more power, information and resources to build an Apple I than anyone in the 70s! A single person did that in the 70s, powered only by his dreams. This changed everything, created a new industry, made internet a viable thing, changing our society, making information something much more accessible.
Just imagine how much wealth, innovation, and research the personal computer made viable!
NOTE: The classical view of a Hero, is about the power that a single person have. Someone that can do something amazing by himself. Not because is easy, not because he has the power, but because is the right thing to do.
I use iPhone 5, and for me is working very well, no slow down or battery issues. But I disabled many background applications, and have a small amount of applications in notification center. I don't know how 4S is handling that yet. I haven't disabled anything, I just always used almost nothing in notification center. So, yes, I'm using parallax effect (you should use a bigger wallpaper than previously to really see the effect). One thing, what is your device? How can we know if this is a 4/4S issue or is an issue for any device? It is random? It depends of your installed applications? One thing we really know, each device has a strong difference in speed performance and CPU capabilities.
People really want a product that says, "I'm dumb, so I need this limited thing"?
iPad is much more powerful and is easy to use, for a similar price. I can't see why a "limited" computer for common tasks can compete in this market. If you buy a Netbook you still can browse, have skype and share some photos, and is cheaper. You don't need a different hardware if you want to do less things in a computer, you just need to install less softwares. Specially if this limited computer is more expensive!
Some LOL will lose money with that! Buy a Netbook and remove Office, bingo, you have it. Or buy some Android/iPad tablet if you think that touchscreen is better for you, is cheaper.
People that says that computers are complicated, are just people that don't want to learn new things, no matter how easy a OS was made for them.
I never said that Pascal is worst than C++ or Java. I never said what language is better than other. I just said that Mariah is for Pascal lovers that don't want to adapt to a language with a syntax like C++. And please, where I said that Pascal have something wrong? So, Fuck off!
One more language? No problem. But say that Java has a bad syntax, just because is not like pascal! WTF!
Java has a VERY simple syntax, much more simple than C++. The only fun of Mirah is to make, for pascal lovers, a easier way to use the JVM.
And one thing, have you ever hear about Eclipse IDE? If you want a good way to make Java simple to code, use a good IDE.
The days where the syntax of a language is what make it easy to use where gone. Today what defines a language is a good IDE. Without Eclipse, our work with Java will be much more slower and a pain in the ass.
I like the idea to have a new language there, they are always a new way to do things, and can bring new ideas and innovation. But I don't like the purpose, a language "easier than Java" just because make it like Pascal or Perl.
I think that something like that was tried in the past, and a picture of the owner of the PC was a good trick to bypass the security and unlock the PC. How they will avoid this kind of trick?
Do not use Bluetooth with WiFi, since they use the same frequency. In theory this shouldn't happen, or at least the interference should be very low. But in practice the interference exists! I have a PS3 and a WiFi network for my Notebooks, and is impossible to use both at the same time, since the Bluetooth PS3 controller makes the Notebook WiFi goes down.
You create a RSA certificate for you and for the consultant (destiny). Then you create an AES key (session key), and encrypt your data with AES, than you encrypt your AES key with the public RSA key of the destiny. So only the destiny will be able to decrypt your data, using the consultant private RSA key, that will decipher the encrypted AES key, that will be used to decipher the data.
Note that RSA is very, very slow, and this is why you should use AES over your data, and RSA will be only over the AES key. Also creating an AES key for each delivery will be more secure, since you won't use the same symmetric key over you data, and will reduce the possibility to attack your RSA key since the AES key will always change.
All of this are just basic usage of symmetric and asymmetric ciphers. Using this you also can send your data over e-mail, since security is not based in the protocol that you use, but is based in cryptography and math.
You can implement all of this easy with Java 1.6, that will work in many OS and already have support for RSA and AES to do all of the cryptography work. Java 1.5 doesn't have AES, that is the recommended symmetric cipher in this days.
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By the way, the internet only exists because the personal computer revolution happened before the connectivity revolution. Without the personal computer, internet will be only an academic thing.
Woz did that as a "kid" in a garage, not as the most rich man in the world. Bill Gates is a very intelligent, brilliant business man and important figure, but I'm talking about what a "kid" did, someone with only his mind and no money. Also against the industry of the time, where computers were very, very expensive things, and used by a terminal in a mainframe. The world was a much more difficult place to do this changes, to have access to knowledge and resources than today. People don't realise how difficult was to do that in the 70s. Today any kid can have a computer, can access any book, any information. In the 70s, no one had a computer! No one had easy access to all the information needed to build a personal computer, and he did this almost alone.
Even the IBM personal computer was inspired by Woz, once Apple I showed the existence of a huge market for personal computers. Before that IBM and computers were a mainframe thing, only for companies and business men. Without the IBM PC Microsoft won't be what is today! Even MS history depends of Apple I creation.
Woz did the Apple I almost alone and in his head! From the hardware to the software! Even to write the first code to run in this computer was a hard task, since he needed to build this by hand, in paper! An IDE, or a high level programing language, was just something not possible to use!
In other words, now, you and me, have in our hands much more power, information and resources to build an Apple I than anyone in the 70s! A single person did that in the 70s, powered only by his dreams. This changed everything, created a new industry, made internet a viable thing, changing our society, making information something much more accessible.
Just imagine how much wealth, innovation, and research the personal computer made viable!
NOTE: The classical view of a Hero, is about the power that a single person have. Someone that can do something amazing by himself. Not because is easy, not because he has the power, but because is the right thing to do.
Apple I, alone, in a garage? Well, Woz is a Hero. Gates was only about money, Woz was about changing the world, like Snowden.
I use iPhone 5, and for me is working very well, no slow down or battery issues. But I disabled many background applications, and have a small amount of applications in notification center. I don't know how 4S is handling that yet. I haven't disabled anything, I just always used almost nothing in notification center. So, yes, I'm using parallax effect (you should use a bigger wallpaper than previously to really see the effect). One thing, what is your device? How can we know if this is a 4/4S issue or is an issue for any device? It is random? It depends of your installed applications? One thing we really know, each device has a strong difference in speed performance and CPU capabilities.
How about a crowdfunding site only to fight back patent trolls?
This is the best idea! I was waiting for that for years! Now we can have one more OS as options, one that only runs over Windows! Thanks.
People really want a product that says, "I'm dumb, so I need this limited thing"? iPad is much more powerful and is easy to use, for a similar price. I can't see why a "limited" computer for common tasks can compete in this market. If you buy a Netbook you still can browse, have skype and share some photos, and is cheaper. You don't need a different hardware if you want to do less things in a computer, you just need to install less softwares. Specially if this limited computer is more expensive! Some LOL will lose money with that! Buy a Netbook and remove Office, bingo, you have it. Or buy some Android/iPad tablet if you think that touchscreen is better for you, is cheaper. People that says that computers are complicated, are just people that don't want to learn new things, no matter how easy a OS was made for them.
Their next move will be to try to close Hooters Magazine! (or this should be the next parody movie subject)
You talk like if no one is tracking your credit card!
I never said that Pascal is worst than C++ or Java. I never said what language is better than other. I just said that Mariah is for Pascal lovers that don't want to adapt to a language with a syntax like C++. And please, where I said that Pascal have something wrong? So, Fuck off!
One more language? No problem. But say that Java has a bad syntax, just because is not like pascal! WTF! Java has a VERY simple syntax, much more simple than C++. The only fun of Mirah is to make, for pascal lovers, a easier way to use the JVM. And one thing, have you ever hear about Eclipse IDE? If you want a good way to make Java simple to code, use a good IDE. The days where the syntax of a language is what make it easy to use where gone. Today what defines a language is a good IDE. Without Eclipse, our work with Java will be much more slower and a pain in the ass. I like the idea to have a new language there, they are always a new way to do things, and can bring new ideas and innovation. But I don't like the purpose, a language "easier than Java" just because make it like Pascal or Perl.
I think that something like that was tried in the past, and a picture of the owner of the PC was a good trick to bypass the security and unlock the PC. How they will avoid this kind of trick?
Do not use Bluetooth with WiFi, since they use the same frequency. In theory this shouldn't happen, or at least the interference should be very low. But in practice the interference exists! I have a PS3 and a WiFi network for my Notebooks, and is impossible to use both at the same time, since the Bluetooth PS3 controller makes the Notebook WiFi goes down.
Best idea! Will be so secure that no software will be able to open it anymore.
Will be more secure send a doc in a strange language!
The right way to delivery a symmetric keys is using asymmetric key, like RSA. Where no hand delivery is needed and is very secure.
You create a RSA certificate for you and for the consultant (destiny). Then you create an AES key (session key), and encrypt your data with AES, than you encrypt your AES key with the public RSA key of the destiny. So only the destiny will be able to decrypt your data, using the consultant private RSA key, that will decipher the encrypted AES key, that will be used to decipher the data.
Note that RSA is very, very slow, and this is why you should use AES over your data, and RSA will be only over the AES key. Also creating an AES key for each delivery will be more secure, since you won't use the same symmetric key over you data, and will reduce the possibility to attack your RSA key since the AES key will always change.
All of this are just basic usage of symmetric and asymmetric ciphers. Using this you also can send your data over e-mail, since security is not based in the protocol that you use, but is based in cryptography and math.
You can implement all of this easy with Java 1.6, that will work in many OS and already have support for RSA and AES to do all of the cryptography work. Java 1.5 doesn't have AES, that is the recommended symmetric cipher in this days.