This blog post doesn't offer any solid answers, though some of the comments point to this being a transition from VC2013 for the windows build. There's also a reddit post of the build/link taking near an hour for a 24 core machine.
You'll be waiting a long time then. There was a push a few years ago for a "standard office document format". Libre/Open Office pushed the open document format (their default these days), while MS tried to push an MS XML format. The end result of all the conflict seems to be we have an Open office format, and MS did their little pity party with minimal support for ODF, and still pushing their proprietary format.
With Office on Android, there may be slightly less of a wait... but I doubt we will ever see a full-on Office on Ubuntu or any linux distro.
I buy that businesses and schools don't accept ODF... but they often accept PDF and in some cases insist on it. You could also go web-based with Google Docs or Office365.
They've tried other tactics to try to get their old boss to turn in his grave, such as bigger iPad and the iPen (Jobs said no stylus... remember?). He also famously said he was going to sue Android into oblivion.... Now they're giving Google money?
Isn't there some prophecy in the iBible about three strikes against St. Jobs and he shall rise again and smite the nonbelievers?
Social Security is a dedicated tax, but the money goes into a general fund and even the government has no idea exactly how much of it is really SS... Much less how they are going to take care of the baby boomers.
What I don't understand is the shortsightedness in defense spending. Yes, some things don't work. The F-35 is a shining example of that, though it is now showing promise after going over budget and schedule. That is part of R&D, and part of DARPAs mission. Develop new technologies to solve advanced problems. Some are winners. Most are losers. That same defense spending also has yielded some great stuff that we use every day. Here's a few examples (sorry for the multiple page nonsense, they don't have a "print version" link).
Fact of the matter is due to the financial accountability for every dollar spent, there's multiple layers of approvals for the simplest purchases. One hammer can require 4 signatures just to purchase it, to say nothing of all the arrangements made so the government can buy from that supplier in the first place. There's your $300 hammer.
From my sporadic reading it seems to go like this:
1 - The request was made, NSA determined that she didn't need one... so was told to pound sand
2 - Of course, this was what was done. That classic tradeoff between security and convenience.
3 - Is what the law says... but we have someone that is old enough to remember when dirt was young, and is not technologically savvy. It seems that she was just complaining that she got used to a blackberry and couldn't be bothered to A) sit still at a desk and B) learn a new technology (for her).
Sounds like laziness and ignorance to me, but I don't know the job.
Burger king has had their "flame-broiled" assembly line for years. The employees basically don't bother with the actual cooking of the burgers, they go on a metal conveyor like you (used to) see at Quizno's.
Doesn't stop the fact that every time I eat at Burger King my stomach is messed up for 2 days.
(1) DESIGN OF FEATURES AND SYSTEMS CONFIGURATIONS- This title does not authorize any law enforcement agency or officer--
(A) to require any specific design of equipment, facilities, services, features, or system configurations to be adopted by any provider of a wire or electronic communication service, any manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, or any provider of telecommunications support services; or
(B) to prohibit the adoption of any equipment, facility, service, or feature by any provider of a wire or electronic communication service, any manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, or any provider of telecommunications support services.
I'd love to read more about this... but I thought this was somewhat relevant in preventing "we need the key in the future" nonsense. Unless of course the FBI manages to convince Congress that CALEA needs updating again.
Make no mistake, in his mind, "the end justifies the means". In this case it's particularly disingenuous, because he doesn't care one whit about solving this case or stopping further terrorism by the usual suspects. He's using this case to bully a company into giving him unfettered surveillance for *everyone*, terrorist threat or not.
Last I checked, it was the FBI that was on the other end of the Apple lawsuit... not POTUS. He's also not a one-man government, Congress and the Supreme Court enabled and allowed the mass surveillance in the beginning. Do you honestly think it was all Obama's fault?
I'll just note that when the President wants to let civilians and troops go home early for a holiday (e.g. December 24th), that's an Executive Order too.
Sure, there's probably lots of big and important EOs, such as those protecting information or troops... but there's lesser ones that give everyone 4 hours off too.
Pretty sure congress has been ignoring their duties for longer than that... Lets not forget that they have never passed a budget on time. They've shut down the government because they couldn't figure it out. This Congress has passed the fewest laws in decades. All we see in the news is D vs R, no compromise. Any idea by one party is hated by the other. Any implementation by one is hated by the other, regardless of who thought it up (Republicans dreamed up universal health care, yet hate Obamacare).
I suppose they have to get creative when 95% of the animals/arachnids/insects are at least 10x the size of the same creature elsewhere in the world... and they're poisonous enough to kill people.
I don't know how plastic bank notes helps people survive... nor would I go around bragging "we made uggs!";-)
One of the first things taught to locksmiths when opening a safe is "open the lock, don't look inside." Apple is not morally obliged (or legally allowed to) do *any* searching on the phone. They will never "go through your sh*t", that's the FBI's job. Apple was asked to make the lock easier for the FBI to open. This new request is to get the design for said lock so the FBI can make it their own that is easier for them to break.
The scary part here is, if the FBI succeeds, there would be no way to differentiate between an Apple lock and an FBI lock. Using an act that was written well before any of todays technology was even dreamed about, is it legal for the government to ask for the key? or for the blueprints for the lock? What if that key was a master key for millions of locks? What if the lock could be easily replaced without the owner knowing?
The FBI wants to make a public spectacle to set precedent for the *required* capability of the government to search any phone (encrypted or not) when it is needed for law enforcement at any level. Apple wanted the request to be sealed, which would have made this case a one-off. The FBI refused and made it public. This is for the gov to get their way about backdoors into phones, nothing else.
Apple is fighting it due to their public image and potential legal recourse. They have advertised their phones as being so secure, even they can't break in. If they do, then it's game over for their claims. Apple opens themselves up for class action (potentially, bait-and-switch), their public trust is tarnished, and they will have an uphill battle in proving that the next version "is really secure, really guys, we mean it." Apple could lose lots of money.
This is all under the guise of the all writs act, which basically says "judge compels someone to do something outside of establish law". Apple has a leg to stand on because of the request putting undue burden on their business. It's not part of Apples business model, it would be a new creation, customer privacy, etc... The F.B.I. is basically saying "but, terrorism".
There must be some business operation happening. They don't say over what time period this has been happening, but given the number I'd say it's been happening for quite a while.
My guess is it's some computer repair shop doing reinstalls of broken/virus riddled machines using a single (non-OEM) key. I doubt a single guy would reach thousands of machines, even over 5 years... Maybe a mom and pop shop. I think it would be hilarious if it tied back to a Best Buy or Microsoft Store.
If one carrier pigeon can carry a 1 MB floppy across a football field in 10 seconds, the pigeon's bandwidth is approximately 100KB/s. You'd need 100 pigeons carrying floppy drives across the football field to equate to 1 spinning platter drive (10 MB/s).
For a typical SSD, that means 3,000 pigeons carrying floppies (and a lot of interns to manage the disks). (300MB/s)
For this SSD, you'd need 100,000 pigeons carrying floppies. Or you could just be smart and go with 10 pigeons carrying 10GB thumb drives, but that's not how things are done around here.
A few examples (google "fan game remake shut down":
Streets of Rage Remake, Resident Evil 2, Chrono Trigger, Legend of Zelda (Link to the Past, typically). Even the Mario 64 tech demo in Unreal 3 got shut down, it wasn't even released or any levels created.
I'm sure there are others, but the only instances that come to mind where they publisher didn't go ape on the little guy was Duke 3D remake in Unreal Engine, and The Dark Mod (basically Thief remade in the Doom3 engine).
Negative attention is still attention. It's the same reason Britney Spears is popular after her social train wreck. Or Miley Cyrus making headlines over her nudity.
The sad part is people often remember a name/face, but forget why they remember them. There's a joke in the military about being a screwup, but not a big screwup. Enough to get your name in front of the commander, but not enough to get canned. The commander won't remember why they know your name, but they'll certainly sign for your promotion.
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This blog post doesn't offer any solid answers, though some of the comments point to this being a transition from VC2013 for the windows build. There's also a reddit post of the build/link taking near an hour for a 24 core machine.
You'll be waiting a long time then. There was a push a few years ago for a "standard office document format". Libre/Open Office pushed the open document format (their default these days), while MS tried to push an MS XML format. The end result of all the conflict seems to be we have an Open office format, and MS did their little pity party with minimal support for ODF, and still pushing their proprietary format.
With Office on Android, there may be slightly less of a wait... but I doubt we will ever see a full-on Office on Ubuntu or any linux distro.
I buy that businesses and schools don't accept ODF... but they often accept PDF and in some cases insist on it. You could also go web-based with Google Docs or Office365.
They've tried other tactics to try to get their old boss to turn in his grave, such as bigger iPad and the iPen (Jobs said no stylus... remember?). He also famously said he was going to sue Android into oblivion.... Now they're giving Google money?
Isn't there some prophecy in the iBible about three strikes against St. Jobs and he shall rise again and smite the nonbelievers?
Social Security is a dedicated tax, but the money goes into a general fund and even the government has no idea exactly how much of it is really SS... Much less how they are going to take care of the baby boomers.
What I don't understand is the shortsightedness in defense spending. Yes, some things don't work. The F-35 is a shining example of that, though it is now showing promise after going over budget and schedule. That is part of R&D, and part of DARPAs mission. Develop new technologies to solve advanced problems. Some are winners. Most are losers. That same defense spending also has yielded some great stuff that we use every day. Here's a few examples (sorry for the multiple page nonsense, they don't have a "print version" link).
Fact of the matter is due to the financial accountability for every dollar spent, there's multiple layers of approvals for the simplest purchases. One hammer can require 4 signatures just to purchase it, to say nothing of all the arrangements made so the government can buy from that supplier in the first place. There's your $300 hammer.
From my sporadic reading it seems to go like this:
1 - The request was made, NSA determined that she didn't need one... so was told to pound sand
2 - Of course, this was what was done. That classic tradeoff between security and convenience.
3 - Is what the law says... but we have someone that is old enough to remember when dirt was young, and is not technologically savvy. It seems that she was just complaining that she got used to a blackberry and couldn't be bothered to A) sit still at a desk and B) learn a new technology (for her).
Sounds like laziness and ignorance to me, but I don't know the job.
Burger king has had their "flame-broiled" assembly line for years. The employees basically don't bother with the actual cooking of the burgers, they go on a metal conveyor like you (used to) see at Quizno's.
Doesn't stop the fact that every time I eat at Burger King my stomach is messed up for 2 days.
Section 103
(b) LIMITATIONS-
(1) DESIGN OF FEATURES AND SYSTEMS CONFIGURATIONS- This title does not authorize any law enforcement agency or officer--
(A) to require any specific design of equipment, facilities, services, features, or system configurations to be adopted by any provider of a wire or electronic communication service, any manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, or any provider of telecommunications support services; or (B) to prohibit the adoption of any equipment, facility, service, or feature by any provider of a wire or electronic communication service, any manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, or any provider of telecommunications support services.
I'd love to read more about this... but I thought this was somewhat relevant in preventing "we need the key in the future" nonsense. Unless of course the FBI manages to convince Congress that CALEA needs updating again.
Make no mistake, in his mind, "the end justifies the means". In this case it's particularly disingenuous, because he doesn't care one whit about solving this case or stopping further terrorism by the usual suspects. He's using this case to bully a company into giving him unfettered surveillance for *everyone*, terrorist threat or not.
Last I checked, it was the FBI that was on the other end of the Apple lawsuit... not POTUS. He's also not a one-man government, Congress and the Supreme Court enabled and allowed the mass surveillance in the beginning. Do you honestly think it was all Obama's fault?
I'll just note that when the President wants to let civilians and troops go home early for a holiday (e.g. December 24th), that's an Executive Order too.
Sure, there's probably lots of big and important EOs, such as those protecting information or troops... but there's lesser ones that give everyone 4 hours off too.
Pretty sure congress has been ignoring their duties for longer than that... Lets not forget that they have never passed a budget on time. They've shut down the government because they couldn't figure it out. This Congress has passed the fewest laws in decades. All we see in the news is D vs R, no compromise. Any idea by one party is hated by the other. Any implementation by one is hated by the other, regardless of who thought it up (Republicans dreamed up universal health care, yet hate Obamacare).
You can't spread democracy by staying out of other peoples business.. That's just crazy talk.
I'm sure the 10 people that have these devices know already... Why do the other thousands care?
I suppose they have to get creative when 95% of the animals/arachnids/insects are at least 10x the size of the same creature elsewhere in the world... and they're poisonous enough to kill people.
;-)
I don't know how plastic bank notes helps people survive... nor would I go around bragging "we made uggs!"
and get a few million dollar fine. Pocket change. The pendulum of public opinion wouldn't swing.
One of the first things taught to locksmiths when opening a safe is "open the lock, don't look inside." Apple is not morally obliged (or legally allowed to) do *any* searching on the phone. They will never "go through your sh*t", that's the FBI's job. Apple was asked to make the lock easier for the FBI to open. This new request is to get the design for said lock so the FBI can make it their own that is easier for them to break.
The scary part here is, if the FBI succeeds, there would be no way to differentiate between an Apple lock and an FBI lock. Using an act that was written well before any of todays technology was even dreamed about, is it legal for the government to ask for the key? or for the blueprints for the lock? What if that key was a master key for millions of locks? What if the lock could be easily replaced without the owner knowing?
They'll just have to swap the one $200 hooker for 200 $1 hookers. I'm sure they'll manage.
They say never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Imagine the power of a large group of "Florida Man".
The FBI wants to make a public spectacle to set precedent for the *required* capability of the government to search any phone (encrypted or not) when it is needed for law enforcement at any level. Apple wanted the request to be sealed, which would have made this case a one-off. The FBI refused and made it public. This is for the gov to get their way about backdoors into phones, nothing else.
Apple is fighting it due to their public image and potential legal recourse. They have advertised their phones as being so secure, even they can't break in. If they do, then it's game over for their claims. Apple opens themselves up for class action (potentially, bait-and-switch), their public trust is tarnished, and they will have an uphill battle in proving that the next version "is really secure, really guys, we mean it." Apple could lose lots of money.
This is all under the guise of the all writs act, which basically says "judge compels someone to do something outside of establish law". Apple has a leg to stand on because of the request putting undue burden on their business. It's not part of Apples business model, it would be a new creation, customer privacy, etc... The F.B.I. is basically saying "but, terrorism".
The one that smells better, obviously.
There must be some business operation happening. They don't say over what time period this has been happening, but given the number I'd say it's been happening for quite a while.
My guess is it's some computer repair shop doing reinstalls of broken/virus riddled machines using a single (non-OEM) key. I doubt a single guy would reach thousands of machines, even over 5 years... Maybe a mom and pop shop. I think it would be hilarious if it tied back to a Best Buy or Microsoft Store.
SteamOS is downstream from Debian, which has not deprecated fglrx yet and probably won't until 6 months after the new AMD driver comes out.
Fixed that for you.
Just because Ubuntu doesn't support it doesn't mean some group out there won't fill in the gap. Webupd8.org comes to mind.
*throws 500 pound sack of quarters on roulette table*
"Black"
Then the nice security guards can ask me where I got the Brinks bags.
If one carrier pigeon can carry a 1 MB floppy across a football field in 10 seconds, the pigeon's bandwidth is approximately 100KB/s. You'd need 100 pigeons carrying floppy drives across the football field to equate to 1 spinning platter drive (10 MB/s).
For a typical SSD, that means 3,000 pigeons carrying floppies (and a lot of interns to manage the disks). (300MB/s)
For this SSD, you'd need 100,000 pigeons carrying floppies. Or you could just be smart and go with 10 pigeons carrying 10GB thumb drives, but that's not how things are done around here.
A few examples (google "fan game remake shut down":
Streets of Rage Remake, Resident Evil 2, Chrono Trigger, Legend of Zelda (Link to the Past, typically). Even the Mario 64 tech demo in Unreal 3 got shut down, it wasn't even released or any levels created.
I'm sure there are others, but the only instances that come to mind where they publisher didn't go ape on the little guy was Duke 3D remake in Unreal Engine, and The Dark Mod (basically Thief remade in the Doom3 engine).
Negative attention is still attention. It's the same reason Britney Spears is popular after her social train wreck. Or Miley Cyrus making headlines over her nudity.
The sad part is people often remember a name/face, but forget why they remember them. There's a joke in the military about being a screwup, but not a big screwup. Enough to get your name in front of the commander, but not enough to get canned. The commander won't remember why they know your name, but they'll certainly sign for your promotion.