I truly don't understand how this is "news for nerds, stuff that matters".
Oh wait, it's for the iPhone.
Really? I mean honestly...this is so innovative and new?
I meant to say "successful LARGE-SCALE attack". Was too early in the morning, and was pre-caffeine:( forgive me. But after reading through comments (and now functioning at more than 0.3% brain power), I see some very good points raised. More importantly, how a successful attack may not necessarily just have to do with damage and loss of life, but more how well it rattles our sense of security, as you said.
However, I still argue there has been no significant terrorist "attack" anywhere near the scale of 9/11. Whether that means these agencies have been doing their job or not is really impossible to say. This is/. and causation != correlation, almost ever.
I honestly can't stand these people who go out and attempt to provoke situations. Yes, there are bad cops out there who certainly abuse their position of power and deserve to be outed. But this is just ridiculous. The guy is trying to stir up shit, and I have to commend the cops for putting up with that and not even blinking an eye.
Using any channel other than 1, 6, or 11 could increase your chances of interference. You will notice that in most corporate settings, those three channels are used as there is no overlap between them. For a visual understanding of that, see this link.
Placing your friend on channel 9 may have helped mostly because it stayed away from channel 1, where you said the majority of 'strong' networks were--but you were still susceptible to interference from channels 6 and 11.
...cue the generic nerdrage against Microsoft.
Not that I'm saying they should be allowed to push updates like that, but what's the harm in some ridiculous search extension being added? Not like it's crippling FF or anything (from what I can see right now).
Who says all the sensitive information is connected to the internet? I work for the Army as a civilian, and I can tell you that the majority of sensitive (read: classified) information is transmitted and stored on separate, secure networks. This isn't Hollywood people: you can't go to www.army.mil and hack your way through to a super secret server in an undisclosed location, it doesn't work that way.
No, the real threat of cyberwarfare (at least where I work), is the notion that someone will be compromised (knowingly or otherwise) that has access to sensitive information. Even then, it would be hard to use their credentials to get onto a secure network unless it was done at a terminal physically connected to said network.
This is true, but don't forget that Harrison already reached an altitude far higher than the college kids (they hit about t18 miles, whereas Harrison reached about 22 miles--sure "only" 4 miles but I wonder if the cost is more in the balloon and material difference between the two).
Mr Harrison holds the record for the highest HAB flight at 22 miles (35km)
I think it was just the sheer fact that he reached such a tremendous altitude with the equipment (and how well it all worked all things considered). Honestly it was probably some engineer at NASA that saw this and thought "damn that's pretty cool, I should talk to this guy about it" and nothing more than that really.
When I took a basic digital image processing class in college, we learned some of the basics of image processing (really more segementation than anything).
To think about the complexity and sheer power needed to do this...just blows my mind. Truly impressive.
If the report names China as a currency manipulator that creates vast trade deficits to benefit their economy (which, for all intents and purposes, they are), you can bet the Chinese government will lash out and claim we are protecting and siding with our corporations.
Seems like the Chinese government may be winning here. They clearly are great at enticing (forcing?) a sense of nationalism and pride in their people. Amazing how quickly some are turning on Google as if this is entirely their own fault and doing. Now we wait to see if the US Government tries to step in...oh what a show this is becoming.
This is great for the average joe computer geek like myself... I don't need some high end SSD drive for a laptop I use for basic work. But the idea that I could get an affordable SSD for it and still reap many of the benefits is great to hear.
These kids need to get over it. I'm only 6 years removed from high school now, but back then 1st period started at 7:10am and I'm pretty sure that hasn't changed since I graduated. And TFA is talking about 10am? Wow.
Guess what? If you move the start time back an hour or two, the kids will just start to take up an hour or two later. Nothing will change. I didn't RTFA, but I can almost guarantee that if they left this "start later" system in place long enough, they'd see absenteeism rise back to 'normal' levels anyways.
That WAS the case. There is nothing 'locked down' on my Droid. PDA Net let's you tether (for free) and it's a certified app from the marketplace. The GPS is completely unlocked, and many apps (Google Tracks is great for example) utilize it's full capability. You can even allow 3rd party apps to be installed by unchecking an option in settings.
Your statement would be correct if you went back a few years ago. It seems that Verizon finally realized that locking their users out of their phones in the name of "better user experience" was a terrible, terrible idea.
One of my professors not only wanted to ban laptops from his classes, but also had a portable cell phone jammer that made it impossible to receive texts or phone calls within a 20 foot radius of the classroom.
In hindsight, reporting him to the FCC would have been the funniest damn thing in the world.
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Maybe it'll be included as an afterthought at the end of the Portal 2 disc?
Disc? What is this "disc" you speak of?
I truly don't understand how this is "news for nerds, stuff that matters". Oh wait, it's for the iPhone. Really? I mean honestly...this is so innovative and new?
I meant to say "successful LARGE-SCALE attack". Was too early in the morning, and was pre-caffeine :( forgive me. But after reading through comments (and now functioning at more than 0.3% brain power), I see some very good points raised. More importantly, how a successful attack may not necessarily just have to do with damage and loss of life, but more how well it rattles our sense of security, as you said.
However, I still argue there has been no significant terrorist "attack" anywhere near the scale of 9/11. Whether that means these agencies have been doing their job or not is really impossible to say. This is /. and causation != correlation, almost ever.
This times a thousand.
I honestly can't stand these people who go out and attempt to provoke situations. Yes, there are bad cops out there who certainly abuse their position of power and deserve to be outed. But this is just ridiculous. The guy is trying to stir up shit, and I have to commend the cops for putting up with that and not even blinking an eye.
Using any channel other than 1, 6, or 11 could increase your chances of interference. You will notice that in most corporate settings, those three channels are used as there is no overlap between them. For a visual understanding of that, see this link.
Placing your friend on channel 9 may have helped mostly because it stayed away from channel 1, where you said the majority of 'strong' networks were--but you were still susceptible to interference from channels 6 and 11.
...cue the generic nerdrage against Microsoft. Not that I'm saying they should be allowed to push updates like that, but what's the harm in some ridiculous search extension being added? Not like it's crippling FF or anything (from what I can see right now).
So what's the economic or corporate gain to be had by staying in Afghanistan?
Who says all the sensitive information is connected to the internet? I work for the Army as a civilian, and I can tell you that the majority of sensitive (read: classified) information is transmitted and stored on separate, secure networks. This isn't Hollywood people: you can't go to www.army.mil and hack your way through to a super secret server in an undisclosed location, it doesn't work that way.
No, the real threat of cyberwarfare (at least where I work), is the notion that someone will be compromised (knowingly or otherwise) that has access to sensitive information. Even then, it would be hard to use their credentials to get onto a secure network unless it was done at a terminal physically connected to said network.
This is true, but don't forget that Harrison already reached an altitude far higher than the college kids (they hit about t18 miles, whereas Harrison reached about 22 miles--sure "only" 4 miles but I wonder if the cost is more in the balloon and material difference between the two).
I think it was just the sheer fact that he reached such a tremendous altitude with the equipment (and how well it all worked all things considered). Honestly it was probably some engineer at NASA that saw this and thought "damn that's pretty cool, I should talk to this guy about it" and nothing more than that really.
When I took a basic digital image processing class in college, we learned some of the basics of image processing (really more segementation than anything). To think about the complexity and sheer power needed to do this...just blows my mind. Truly impressive.
What I mean stems from this: "On April 15, the US Treasury will be required by law to issue a report naming countries deemed to be “currency manipulators.”".
If the report names China as a currency manipulator that creates vast trade deficits to benefit their economy (which, for all intents and purposes, they are), you can bet the Chinese government will lash out and claim we are protecting and siding with our corporations.
Seems like the Chinese government may be winning here. They clearly are great at enticing (forcing?) a sense of nationalism and pride in their people. Amazing how quickly some are turning on Google as if this is entirely their own fault and doing. Now we wait to see if the US Government tries to step in...oh what a show this is becoming.
This is great for the average joe computer geek like myself... I don't need some high end SSD drive for a laptop I use for basic work. But the idea that I could get an affordable SSD for it and still reap many of the benefits is great to hear.
These kids need to get over it. I'm only 6 years removed from high school now, but back then 1st period started at 7:10am and I'm pretty sure that hasn't changed since I graduated. And TFA is talking about 10am? Wow.
Guess what? If you move the start time back an hour or two, the kids will just start to take up an hour or two later. Nothing will change. I didn't RTFA, but I can almost guarantee that if they left this "start later" system in place long enough, they'd see absenteeism rise back to 'normal' levels anyways.
I love how the summary has to point out that the vulnerability is "unpatched". Well no shit, it wouldn't be a vulnerability if it was patched.
Dunno about you, but my walled garden sure keeps that pesky rabbit out.
That WAS the case. There is nothing 'locked down' on my Droid. PDA Net let's you tether (for free) and it's a certified app from the marketplace. The GPS is completely unlocked, and many apps (Google Tracks is great for example) utilize it's full capability. You can even allow 3rd party apps to be installed by unchecking an option in settings. Your statement would be correct if you went back a few years ago. It seems that Verizon finally realized that locking their users out of their phones in the name of "better user experience" was a terrible, terrible idea.
One of my professors not only wanted to ban laptops from his classes, but also had a portable cell phone jammer that made it impossible to receive texts or phone calls within a 20 foot radius of the classroom. In hindsight, reporting him to the FCC would have been the funniest damn thing in the world.
Next thing you know there will be a Rock Band DJ Guitar Hero mashup super collection.