Suffice it to say, if you can use a digital computer to read and write data to your body's cells, there are some awesome applications."
Yes. The RIAA can now ask for someone to be disassembled to search for pirated software, and the government in order to check for terrorist cellular data. Reassembly of course, will be your problem, not theirs.
so compulsory use of a central fuel repository is asking a lot of your average nation.
I suspect this is just an excuse to justify developing nations being forced at gunpoint to buy carbon credits and other non-sense intended to cripple their economies. The only civilian use for low grade enriched uranium is energy. Power plants are expensive, and in many countries, if one or two fail, the entire grid for that country fails. Nobody has power. Look at India right now -- they have a massive energy crisis. While having access to uranium to fuel a nuclear reactor looks tempting at first, once they're on the hook, they have to pay whatever price is dictated to them, or agree to sanctions, etc.
Remember the story of the scorpion who wanted to cross the river...
So... if something is limited in the time and space to which it applies, it can't be a scientific fact? Where do you draw the line?
It becomes a scientific fact when it can be reproduced by others reliably and consistently. The experiments we conduct today would have worked 200 years ago, or 2 million years ago, or many years from now. They are not time-sensitive, and they don't depend on the state of the observer (in this case, the cultural values of the observer), to be reproduced.
What you're saying is an analog for those stickers on bottles of oxygen "Warning: May cause cancer in the State of California." It's not a scientific fact if it only exists in one sample -- either it causes cancer everywhere, or something is wrong with California... not the other 49 states where it (apparently) doesn't cause cancer.
But for the love of $(deity) please then hand it off to an actual programmer. You do not understand the underlying technologies to make it work.
First, that's "document.getelementbyid('deity').value". Second, why the hate, man? They may very well understand the underlying technologies, quite possibly even better than you do. But if you've ever done design work then you know that it's constrained by the oft-heard adage, "Done right, done fast, done cheap. Pick any two." That last one is especially relevant: Even when I was going to school for graphic design, there were already a lot of people doubling up with a web design degree as well, which touches on programming. The reason is "cheap". That's what the managers are, not your poor besodden designers. They want sophisticated and elegant design at $16 an hour, and then they expect that same person to impliment the design (at $16 an hour). You and I both know the disciplines of design and programming, while often going together, are not the same thing. And the training alone to master both far exceeds what you can hope to pay back in your lifetime in student loans if that's all they're paying you.
Not to mention that the mindsets required to design (as in, art design), and the mindset to program, are not compatible.
There are very few people that can expertly accomplish both; Steve Jobs (WAIT! I'm not a fan boy. Put down the axe!) was one such person -- he was an asshole, but he also was able to understand both design and engineering requirements to create products that were both elegant and functional. I only bring him up as one example -- if he were easy to replace, Apple would have done it, and they're one of the largest companies on the planet. If they have difficulty finding people who can do both at an expert level, you can bet your sweet ass so will everyone else.
So please, don't hate the player, hate the game. Designers are good people -- they're just often put into roles they aren't suited for by bad managers.
Actually, it's made out of previous failed Java projects where the design team thought it'd be a good idea to code the server portion of the app in it as well. The tears are what the Logo is thrust into after it has been forged in the hell furnaces below the marketing department. But I can understand how you were confused; The Drupa Loompas do not often tell the tale to younger developers. You have to grok the full meaning of the phrase "a simple matter of programming" in a rite of passage known as the Annual Meeting before you're initiated into the Drupa's inner circle.
Women have a much easier time than men getting laid. That's scientific fact.
Whoa there, partner. That's not science: That's social role. If you were in a different culture, it would be a different story. Try being a woman in feudal china: You had no rights. You slept with whomever the eldest male told you to. You married whomever your family told you to. For most of human history as it turns out, women were not given much choice on who they'd have sex with, and rape was a viable and commonly-practiced method of procreation. There's a 5% chance you're directly descended from Ghenghis Khan. And in pre-modern times, the spoils of a battle were often women. Generals had serious morale problems if they didn't produce enemy women on a regular basis -- it was one of the sign-up bonuses.
So don't tell me that it's a scientific fact. This isn't like gravity -- it existed 5 billion years ago, it'll still exist 5 billion years from now. That is a scientific fact. What you're talking about is just a re-arrangement of prejudices and commonly held conceptions and perceptions of the world as it exists right now. And if there's anything science teaches us, it's that the only constant... is change. These social values and ideas you think are eternally unchanging are right now in a state of flux; It's just happening too slowly for you to perceive it. So don't assume just because you, or even a thousand people like you, observe something and agree it's true that it becomes a scientific fact. Science has rules; One of which is to ensure your sample isn't biased. Yours... very much... is.
If the internet were based on this very simple notion of resolving our differences in a civilized fashion, and having honest and intelligent debate, 98% of this kind of crap would go away. Now if you'll excuse me, there's a single mother getting uppity about her uterus rights on Facebook, and I have a three o'clock with some mormons on a website to ask how magnets work.
Did you drive a car to the store?
ANPR cameras now have your plate number.
Buy cigarettes, liquor... or ever been sick (cold medication is now a restricted substance)?
A little mag strip on the back contains everything listed on your driver's license.
Ever want to make a purchase over about $500?
You'll need to pay with something other than cash... and all those other somethings have your name on it.
Ever order anything through the mail? Post office now keeps permanent records of the to/from addresses, package size, and description.
Did you ever live anywhere other than a cardboard box or your parent's?
You had to submit to a credit and background check.
Ever owned a cell phone, signed up for internet access, or needed, say, electricity?
Yeah. more information on your credit report. Bonus: Your internet habits, electricity usage, and where you live can tell me loads about you. I can buy a report on all of those for less than $5.
The list goes on. And on. And on. You can't simply unplug and walk away. Sooner or later, someone's gonna have something you want -- and chances are good they'll record that transaction in a computer. Which goes to a database. Which becomes part of other databases. It's like rain -- eventually, all the water runs to the river, and the river to the ocean. The problem is not that the information is being collected... it's how it is being used. And let's be honest: The only way you're going to get your personal data back under your control is over their dead body.
On an unrelated note; Aren't we a bit overdue for storming the castle and killing rich people? You know, for oppressing us? Whelp, better go find a ringtone to match my unique and dynamic personality for only $0.99!
Since the only purpose of this VPN would be to allow people to download media posted to the Pirate Bay, it's not a very good honeypot. It's just a conduit for moving bittorrent packets around. What new right-clicking and double-clicking "vulnerabilities" do they hope to uncover? There's nothing they can monitor on this VPN that they can't already monitor on the trackers or the website.
After being on slashdot for long enough, the hyperbole starts to get old. The whole "corporate citizen" meme is stupid, and just makes you look like you have nothing worthwhile to say.
In the 2010 elections, 94% of candidates who won had more money than their opponent. The overwhelming majority of campaign contributions come from corporations directly or indirectly. That's pretty worthwhile to say.
Hmm. Must have said something politically controversial recently to be picking up all these 'troll' flags. Oh wait, found it: I said something bad about Apple. That tends to get people's panties all up in a knot. Well... here's a little something then to help them burn through those extra -1, disagree points; links backing up my previous post....
The war on piracy uses pretty much the same tactics as the war on drugs.
You can't have downloaded content. Any downloaded content you do have must be in clear digital containers with the administering agency. Even if you have prescr--er, license, for the downloaded content you have in your possession, you can still be charged with a crime if it does not come in a pre-approved container. Taking other people's downloaded content, even if they have the same content as well, is also forbidden. You cannot move your downloaded content from one container to another container, this is also illegal. Admission that you have downloaded content, or a suspicion that you may be in possession of downloaded content, legally or not, is grounds to search your person for it. Possession of a sufficient quantity would normally get you intent to distribute as well, but we have declared a quantity of zero to be intent to distribute: Every downloader is also an uploader, as a matter of law.
If charged, you are guilty until proven innocent. The best lawyers in the geographical area you are being prosecuted in will be used against you, while you will be given a crappy public defender, or none at all, since we've found that we can throw you in jail for civil violations as well, and only criminal court has to provide one. Possession in and of itself, regardless of whether or not you have a valid license to possess it, is sufficient for a conviction. There is no appeals process, or any appeals process present is designed only to look at things that are a "matter of law". You'll note the law has been so narrowly written as to make everyone guilty, merely by possession.
Fines and punishments will be far worse for this than any other crime. In fact, if you murder the artist who's song you downloaded, you'll face less time in jail and less fines. Actually, you could murder the whole band, and their agent, and still get off comparatively light.
Oh, lastly, trying to hide your content trafficing using encryption, vpns, or any other obfusciation technology will result in additional punishments, as it is obstruction of justice now to do so. Thank you for you cooperation, corporate citizen.
It seems I cannot opt out of installing the search bar during installation. Too bad, I will never get to try it out.
Are you trying to tell me that the level of technical finesse possessed by the average slashdotter is insufficient to defeat a toolbar install? I'm going to download this into a vmware session right now to see what horribly intrusive and nasty malware this i--er... wait a second. Google just updated. Ah. It's just an ordinary toolbar, uninstallable in the traditional fashion provided by the operating system.
The war on piracy uses pretty much the same tactics as the war on drugs.
You can't have downloaded content. Any downloaded content you do have must be in clear digital containers with the administering agency. Even if you have prescr--er, license, for the downloaded content you have in your possession, you can still be charged with a crime if it does not come in a pre-approved container. Taking other people's downloaded content, even if they have the same content as well, is also forbidden. You cannot move your downloaded content from one container to another container, this is also illegal. Admission that you have downloaded content, or a suspicion that you may be in possession of downloaded content, legally or not, is grounds to search your person for it. Possession of a sufficient quantity would normally get you intent to distribute as well, but we have declared a quantity of zero to be intent to distribute: Every downloader is also an uploader, as a matter of law.
If charged, you are guilty until proven innocent. The best lawyers in the geographical area you are being prosecuted in will be used against you, while you will be given a crappy public defender, or none at all, since we've found that we can throw you in jail for civil violations as well, and only criminal court has to provide one. Possession in and of itself, regardless of whether or not you have a valid license to possess it, is sufficient for a conviction. There is no appeals process, or any appeals process present is designed only to look at things that are a "matter of law". You'll note the law has been so narrowly written as to make everyone guilty, merely by possession.
Fines and punishments will be far worse for this than any other crime. In fact, if you murder the artist who's song you downloaded, you'll face less time in jail and less fines. Actually, you could murder the whole band, and their agent, and still get off comparatively light.
Oh, lastly, trying to hide your content trafficing using encryption, vpns, or any other obfusciation technology will result in additional punishments, as it is obstruction of justice now to do so. Thank you for you cooperation, corporate citizen.
Apparently the slashmods missed the memo: "The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that consumers can be bound by an arbitration clause in a cellphone deal or other contract even when state law permits a class-action lawsuit for claims arising from the deal."
Along with a lot of other people, for some reason, despite there being almost a dozen slashdot articles on it. Must be because I'm a troll. You know, one of those fact trolls. Damn you facts! DAAAAAMMMMMNNN YYYOOOOOOUUUU!!!
As someone exterior from the US, there is something I don't understand... What do people wait to file a class action to protest against bad security in banks ?
Ignoring the grammar, it would be because the US Supreme Court deleted citizens' ability to join class action lawsuits because it cost corporations too much.
You can't steal Apple's thunder. They could release the iTurd, a literal green three-coiled turd, with a USB port squished into it, and people would buy it. People aren't interested in the hardware when they buy Apple -- they're interested in the brand, the experience, the ability to tell all your friends you have the latest iThing. Look at the iPod for example; Even when the very first version was released, there were plenty of alternatives that beat it on cost, service, feature set, and form factor. People still bought the iPod en masse.
It's the same reason some people blanche when offered Pepsi instead of Coke, despite blind taste tests indicating most people couldn't tell the difference. Brand identity is a very, very, potent tool. And so there will be no thunder stealing; The Kindle could beat the next iThing in every category, sell at half-price, and come with a working "Give me an Orgasm" button and people would still buy Apple. It takes time, effort, and a lot of marketing dollars, to undermine brand identity. Also, as it turns out, many cubic miles of lawyers -- as Samsung has recently found out. Apple has the largest market capitalization of any company on the planet; It's Goliath... and unlike the biblical parable, a few rocks will not down this beast.
Source. "The original EFI specification was developed by Intel and was used as the starting point from which the UEFI version(s) were developed."
However, as you'll note; the only OS vendor participating in the UEFI trade group is Microsoft... so that should be a big hint about what UEFI is all about.
Step one: Kill UEFI with fire.
Step two (optional): Everything else.
I'm perfectly serious -- If you have UEFI, it doesn't matter how secure everything else is, you're screwed, and you're screwed because Microsoft asked the companies making the motherboards to screw you for the sake of adding yet another failed DRM attempt to their next operating system: Windows 8, "Explode On Launchpad Edition".
What I'm trying to figure out is why 911 and emergency services didn't have a separate offsite backup. I mean, how much more mission critical can you get than that? Everytime I see one of these articles I think to myself: Why are they mentioning this if there wasn't some risk of failure? And the answer is... because quite obviously, there was some risk.
I don't want my cause of death to be "Your call could not be completed as dialed. Please check the number and try your call again later..."
98% of them might be jobless in Iran, but elsewhere in the world, an education is worth something, regardless of whether you dangle or not. Perhaps what Iran is really saying is "We have too many women in our country, and because we do not wish to reproduce, we would like to offer them to your country."
So, what's your country doing to get these women out of Iran and into a productive job near you?
So all Coke can really do is push their name and history and "secret" formula and it's famous logo.
I think we're going to have to agree to disagree. Software patents, source code versus machine code, etc., all contribute to say that software has just as much right to claim it has a "secret sauce" as a bottled beverage does.
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Suffice it to say, if you can use a digital computer to read and write data to your body's cells, there are some awesome applications."
Yes. The RIAA can now ask for someone to be disassembled to search for pirated software, and the government in order to check for terrorist cellular data. Reassembly of course, will be your problem, not theirs.
so compulsory use of a central fuel repository is asking a lot of your average nation.
I suspect this is just an excuse to justify developing nations being forced at gunpoint to buy carbon credits and other non-sense intended to cripple their economies. The only civilian use for low grade enriched uranium is energy. Power plants are expensive, and in many countries, if one or two fail, the entire grid for that country fails. Nobody has power. Look at India right now -- they have a massive energy crisis. While having access to uranium to fuel a nuclear reactor looks tempting at first, once they're on the hook, they have to pay whatever price is dictated to them, or agree to sanctions, etc.
Remember the story of the scorpion who wanted to cross the river...
So... if something is limited in the time and space to which it applies, it can't be a scientific fact? Where do you draw the line?
It becomes a scientific fact when it can be reproduced by others reliably and consistently. The experiments we conduct today would have worked 200 years ago, or 2 million years ago, or many years from now. They are not time-sensitive, and they don't depend on the state of the observer (in this case, the cultural values of the observer), to be reproduced.
What you're saying is an analog for those stickers on bottles of oxygen "Warning: May cause cancer in the State of California." It's not a scientific fact if it only exists in one sample -- either it causes cancer everywhere, or something is wrong with California... not the other 49 states where it (apparently) doesn't cause cancer.
Do you feel lucky ?
There is no luck, only science. Hawking radiation -- your black holes will eventually starve and then dissipate.
But for the love of $(deity) please then hand it off to an actual programmer. You do not understand the underlying technologies to make it work.
First, that's "document.getelementbyid('deity').value". Second, why the hate, man? They may very well understand the underlying technologies, quite possibly even better than you do. But if you've ever done design work then you know that it's constrained by the oft-heard adage, "Done right, done fast, done cheap. Pick any two." That last one is especially relevant: Even when I was going to school for graphic design, there were already a lot of people doubling up with a web design degree as well, which touches on programming. The reason is "cheap". That's what the managers are, not your poor besodden designers. They want sophisticated and elegant design at $16 an hour, and then they expect that same person to impliment the design (at $16 an hour). You and I both know the disciplines of design and programming, while often going together, are not the same thing. And the training alone to master both far exceeds what you can hope to pay back in your lifetime in student loans if that's all they're paying you.
Not to mention that the mindsets required to design (as in, art design), and the mindset to program, are not compatible. There are very few people that can expertly accomplish both; Steve Jobs (WAIT! I'm not a fan boy. Put down the axe!) was one such person -- he was an asshole, but he also was able to understand both design and engineering requirements to create products that were both elegant and functional. I only bring him up as one example -- if he were easy to replace, Apple would have done it, and they're one of the largest companies on the planet. If they have difficulty finding people who can do both at an expert level, you can bet your sweet ass so will everyone else.
So please, don't hate the player, hate the game. Designers are good people -- they're just often put into roles they aren't suited for by bad managers.
So what they're saying is... they've found teenagers.
Actually, it's made out of previous failed Java projects where the design team thought it'd be a good idea to code the server portion of the app in it as well. The tears are what the Logo is thrust into after it has been forged in the hell furnaces below the marketing department. But I can understand how you were confused; The Drupa Loompas do not often tell the tale to younger developers. You have to grok the full meaning of the phrase "a simple matter of programming" in a rite of passage known as the Annual Meeting before you're initiated into the Drupa's inner circle.
Women have a much easier time than men getting laid. That's scientific fact.
Whoa there, partner. That's not science: That's social role. If you were in a different culture, it would be a different story. Try being a woman in feudal china: You had no rights. You slept with whomever the eldest male told you to. You married whomever your family told you to. For most of human history as it turns out, women were not given much choice on who they'd have sex with, and rape was a viable and commonly-practiced method of procreation. There's a 5% chance you're directly descended from Ghenghis Khan. And in pre-modern times, the spoils of a battle were often women. Generals had serious morale problems if they didn't produce enemy women on a regular basis -- it was one of the sign-up bonuses.
So don't tell me that it's a scientific fact. This isn't like gravity -- it existed 5 billion years ago, it'll still exist 5 billion years from now. That is a scientific fact. What you're talking about is just a re-arrangement of prejudices and commonly held conceptions and perceptions of the world as it exists right now. And if there's anything science teaches us, it's that the only constant... is change. These social values and ideas you think are eternally unchanging are right now in a state of flux; It's just happening too slowly for you to perceive it. So don't assume just because you, or even a thousand people like you, observe something and agree it's true that it becomes a scientific fact. Science has rules; One of which is to ensure your sample isn't biased. Yours... very much... is.
"Don't be a douchebag."
If the internet were based on this very simple notion of resolving our differences in a civilized fashion, and having honest and intelligent debate, 98% of this kind of crap would go away. Now if you'll excuse me, there's a single mother getting uppity about her uterus rights on Facebook, and I have a three o'clock with some mormons on a website to ask how magnets work.
*puffs up chest* *whoosh* *flies away*
Did you drive a car to the store?
ANPR cameras now have your plate number.
Buy cigarettes, liquor... or ever been sick (cold medication is now a restricted substance)?
A little mag strip on the back contains everything listed on your driver's license.
Ever want to make a purchase over about $500?
You'll need to pay with something other than cash... and all those other somethings have your name on it.
Ever order anything through the mail?
Post office now keeps permanent records of the to/from addresses, package size, and description.
Did you ever live anywhere other than a cardboard box or your parent's?
You had to submit to a credit and background check.
Ever owned a cell phone, signed up for internet access, or needed, say, electricity?
Yeah. more information on your credit report. Bonus: Your internet habits, electricity usage, and where you live can tell me loads about you. I can buy a report on all of those for less than $5.
The list goes on. And on. And on. You can't simply unplug and walk away. Sooner or later, someone's gonna have something you want -- and chances are good they'll record that transaction in a computer. Which goes to a database. Which becomes part of other databases. It's like rain -- eventually, all the water runs to the river, and the river to the ocean. The problem is not that the information is being collected... it's how it is being used. And let's be honest: The only way you're going to get your personal data back under your control is over their dead body.
On an unrelated note; Aren't we a bit overdue for storming the castle and killing rich people? You know, for oppressing us? Whelp, better go find a ringtone to match my unique and dynamic personality for only $0.99!
*sigh* What did I tell you about using reason and common sense on the internet again?!
I know, I know -- it only applies to the hardware it runs on, not the people who use it. *slaps back of own head*
honeypot!
Since the only purpose of this VPN would be to allow people to download media posted to the Pirate Bay, it's not a very good honeypot. It's just a conduit for moving bittorrent packets around. What new right-clicking and double-clicking "vulnerabilities" do they hope to uncover? There's nothing they can monitor on this VPN that they can't already monitor on the trackers or the website.
After being on slashdot for long enough, the hyperbole starts to get old. The whole "corporate citizen" meme is stupid, and just makes you look like you have nothing worthwhile to say.
In the 2010 elections, 94% of candidates who won had more money than their opponent. The overwhelming majority of campaign contributions come from corporations directly or indirectly. That's pretty worthwhile to say.
Hmm. Must have said something politically controversial recently to be picking up all these 'troll' flags. Oh wait, found it: I said something bad about Apple. That tends to get people's panties all up in a knot. Well... here's a little something then to help them burn through those extra -1, disagree points; links backing up my previous post....
The war on piracy uses pretty much the same tactics as the war on drugs.
You can't have downloaded content. Any downloaded content you do have must be in clear digital containers with the administering agency. Even if you have prescr--er, license, for the downloaded content you have in your possession, you can still be charged with a crime if it does not come in a pre-approved container. Taking other people's downloaded content, even if they have the same content as well, is also forbidden. You cannot move your downloaded content from one container to another container, this is also illegal. Admission that you have downloaded content, or a suspicion that you may be in possession of downloaded content, legally or not, is grounds to search your person for it. Possession of a sufficient quantity would normally get you intent to distribute as well, but we have declared a quantity of zero to be intent to distribute: Every downloader is also an uploader, as a matter of law.
If charged, you are guilty until proven innocent. The best lawyers in the geographical area you are being prosecuted in will be used against you, while you will be given a crappy public defender, or none at all, since we've found that we can throw you in jail for civil violations as well, and only criminal court has to provide one. Possession in and of itself, regardless of whether or not you have a valid license to possess it, is sufficient for a conviction. There is no appeals process, or any appeals process present is designed only to look at things that are a "matter of law". You'll note the law has been so narrowly written as to make everyone guilty, merely by possession.
Fines and punishments will be far worse for this than any other crime. In fact, if you murder the artist who's song you downloaded, you'll face less time in jail and less fines. Actually, you could murder the whole band, and their agent, and still get off comparatively light.
Oh, lastly, trying to hide your content trafficing using encryption, vpns, or any other obfusciation technology will result in additional punishments, as it is obstruction of justice now to do so. Thank you for you cooperation, corporate citizen.
It seems I cannot opt out of installing the search bar during installation. Too bad, I will never get to try it out.
Are you trying to tell me that the level of technical finesse possessed by the average slashdotter is insufficient to defeat a toolbar install? I'm going to download this into a vmware session right now to see what horribly intrusive and nasty malware this i--er... wait a second. Google just updated. Ah. It's just an ordinary toolbar, uninstallable in the traditional fashion provided by the operating system.
Deeeeeerp.
The war on piracy uses pretty much the same tactics as the war on drugs.
You can't have downloaded content. Any downloaded content you do have must be in clear digital containers with the administering agency. Even if you have prescr--er, license, for the downloaded content you have in your possession, you can still be charged with a crime if it does not come in a pre-approved container. Taking other people's downloaded content, even if they have the same content as well, is also forbidden. You cannot move your downloaded content from one container to another container, this is also illegal. Admission that you have downloaded content, or a suspicion that you may be in possession of downloaded content, legally or not, is grounds to search your person for it. Possession of a sufficient quantity would normally get you intent to distribute as well, but we have declared a quantity of zero to be intent to distribute: Every downloader is also an uploader, as a matter of law.
If charged, you are guilty until proven innocent. The best lawyers in the geographical area you are being prosecuted in will be used against you, while you will be given a crappy public defender, or none at all, since we've found that we can throw you in jail for civil violations as well, and only criminal court has to provide one. Possession in and of itself, regardless of whether or not you have a valid license to possess it, is sufficient for a conviction. There is no appeals process, or any appeals process present is designed only to look at things that are a "matter of law". You'll note the law has been so narrowly written as to make everyone guilty, merely by possession.
Fines and punishments will be far worse for this than any other crime. In fact, if you murder the artist who's song you downloaded, you'll face less time in jail and less fines. Actually, you could murder the whole band, and their agent, and still get off comparatively light.
Oh, lastly, trying to hide your content trafficing using encryption, vpns, or any other obfusciation technology will result in additional punishments, as it is obstruction of justice now to do so. Thank you for you cooperation, corporate citizen.
Apparently the slashmods missed the memo: "The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that consumers can be bound by an arbitration clause in a cellphone deal or other contract even when state law permits a class-action lawsuit for claims arising from the deal."
Along with a lot of other people, for some reason, despite there being almost a dozen slashdot articles on it. Must be because I'm a troll. You know, one of those fact trolls. Damn you facts! DAAAAAMMMMMNNN YYYOOOOOOUUUU!!!
As someone exterior from the US, there is something I don't understand... What do people wait to file a class action to protest against bad security in banks ?
Ignoring the grammar, it would be because the US Supreme Court deleted citizens' ability to join class action lawsuits because it cost corporations too much.
You can't steal Apple's thunder. They could release the iTurd, a literal green three-coiled turd, with a USB port squished into it, and people would buy it. People aren't interested in the hardware when they buy Apple -- they're interested in the brand, the experience, the ability to tell all your friends you have the latest iThing. Look at the iPod for example; Even when the very first version was released, there were plenty of alternatives that beat it on cost, service, feature set, and form factor. People still bought the iPod en masse.
It's the same reason some people blanche when offered Pepsi instead of Coke, despite blind taste tests indicating most people couldn't tell the difference. Brand identity is a very, very, potent tool. And so there will be no thunder stealing; The Kindle could beat the next iThing in every category, sell at half-price, and come with a working "Give me an Orgasm" button and people would still buy Apple. It takes time, effort, and a lot of marketing dollars, to undermine brand identity. Also, as it turns out, many cubic miles of lawyers -- as Samsung has recently found out. Apple has the largest market capitalization of any company on the planet; It's Goliath... and unlike the biblical parable, a few rocks will not down this beast.
Source of some sort?
Source. "The original EFI specification was developed by Intel and was used as the starting point from which the UEFI version(s) were developed."
However, as you'll note; the only OS vendor participating in the UEFI trade group is Microsoft... so that should be a big hint about what UEFI is all about.
Step one: Kill UEFI with fire.
Step two (optional): Everything else.
I'm perfectly serious -- If you have UEFI, it doesn't matter how secure everything else is, you're screwed, and you're screwed because Microsoft asked the companies making the motherboards to screw you for the sake of adding yet another failed DRM attempt to their next operating system: Windows 8, "Explode On Launchpad Edition".
What I'm trying to figure out is why 911 and emergency services didn't have a separate offsite backup. I mean, how much more mission critical can you get than that? Everytime I see one of these articles I think to myself: Why are they mentioning this if there wasn't some risk of failure? And the answer is... because quite obviously, there was some risk.
I don't want my cause of death to be "Your call could not be completed as dialed. Please check the number and try your call again later..."
I see another revolution in their very near future.
Yes, most likely paid with US tax dollars.
98% of them might be jobless in Iran, but elsewhere in the world, an education is worth something, regardless of whether you dangle or not. Perhaps what Iran is really saying is "We have too many women in our country, and because we do not wish to reproduce, we would like to offer them to your country."
So, what's your country doing to get these women out of Iran and into a productive job near you?
So all Coke can really do is push their name and history and "secret" formula and it's famous logo.
I think we're going to have to agree to disagree. Software patents, source code versus machine code, etc., all contribute to say that software has just as much right to claim it has a "secret sauce" as a bottled beverage does.