Moreover, I'm confused how on Earth they would manage to test something like this.
If you tell them it's a placebo, doesn't that, in a way, make it no longer a placebo? How can you observe a positive effect from placebos if they aren't even placebos anymore?
There's any number of things that could cause the "Positive thinking". They might be glad their Doctor is honest with them. They might like the sugar they put in them. They might be lessed stress knowing its not 100% necessary to get up at 6 in the morning to make sure you pop your placebo in time.
I'll read the full Article after this cup of coffee. I Can never seem to keep focused before having a cup of Decaf.
No - wait... What am I supposed to be wondering? I can't answer your question specifically unless you designate what it is I'm supposed to be wondering.
Unless you just mean wondering in general, in which case, yes, I'm wondering what it is you were wondering, so it's like meta-wondering.
I think they are trying to make the idea of "X fights Y's Fire with Fire" news.
Honestly, when people advocating Free Speech DDoS a site, they ARE inviting people to DDoS Sites on Free Speech. Regardless if you agree with the moral implications of either scenario - you have to admit it shouldn't be all that surprising.
Considering thats 2 million cards worth of plastic with unique numbers that have to be linked to an individual with a credit score and yadda yadda yadda.
They wouldn't lose Revenue, but it'd decrease profits.
That got me thinking - if I'm allowed to create backup copies of items I've purchased, can I claim that I am merely helping someone create a backup inside the cloud if I seed my downloads, just as others are helping me create backups in cloud?
You honestly believe that when Windows finally gets around to mimicking the iPad that someone will go and provide a "MS Tablet Only Newspaper"? Thats the source of the joke here. It's not that it won't make its way to other tablets, its that its specifically being marketted as iPad only.
It's the worst piece of business logic I've ever heard of, yet someone has decided to try it out on an Apple product, all of which have a bad rap as being overpriced for what you actually get - the Hardware is never Earth Shattering enough to justify the price, it often seems you are paying for Apple's Software which goes for more than even Microsoft's ludicrous amounts and locks you into it even more. I just learned the other day that in some cases you can't even activate your new iPhone without hooking it up to a computer with your iTunes.
I was merely pointing out the OBVIOUS joke that has been circling around Apple and the fact that its actually happening is almost too comical to be true.
It's a pretty stupid idea though, Even if 95% of people who WOULD buy the subscription own an iPad - you're effectively cutting out 5% of your market simply because they don't want to make it available on your other iProduct.
It's not like you lose money for every person who doesn't subscribe...
It's designed specifically for the typical Apple user.
"Oh! A way to spend more money with an Apple Product? An iPad only application where I can have my credit card billed automatically each month? A newspaper that will no doubt have articles that can be found on any decent news aggregating web site? Where do I sign up? That sounds piquant as shit!"
The problem is that I often have trouble remembering my ridiculous answer to security questions. If I ever need to use the password recovery tool and they ask where I grew up, I'll try 50 different ways to spell where I live and forget that I put "Earth" or something silly.
Albeit, Jailbroken iPhones are less Secure than... umm... whats the term for that? Non-jailbroken? Jailfixed? StillJailed? Anyways.
Point is that some people have started writing malicious software for phones, its becoming glaringly obvious.
What we don't have is people focused on finding, removing, and spouting a product yet like Norton/McAffee/AVG/whatever.
Who is to say a lot of phones are infected but no one yet knows. I bet most users, if their email was compromised, would assume they were hacked via a computer, not tracked via their phone, which could easily be the case.
Well for starters your Facebook will have almost all your personal info, possibly where you live, your phone number, and even if you adjusted privacy settings, some embarassing pictures. Next thing you know you know you're on/b/ being asked hot or not.
Actually I've noticed a few people on 4chan who will hack Facebook accounts for you if you get them the victim's Hotmail Address. I wonder if it's just common to use your HM for FB or if they've found a vulnerability in hotmail that leads to compromising the facebook account (Like asking for a new password to be emailed to that email account).
Really? How often do people leave their keys lying around? Or blindly hand them to a stranger?
People can be pretty responsible with secure tokens when they understand the protocol to use them.
Most people leave them lying around for about 8 hours of a day while they sleep. I've also seen keys "loaned to a friend" many a times before for a wide variety of reasons. Not that you should be paranoid of your friends, but essentially whatever happens to your keys while not in your possession is out of your control. Perhaps your friends have a habit of leaving keys lying around.
I think a lot of people "understand the protocol" with passwords... They just don't want to follow it.
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What would be the chances of you believing them and having no doubts about the placebo nature of what you had taken?
I dunno. In this strictly hypothetical situation, do I have a coin or a die in my possession?
Moreover, I'm confused how on Earth they would manage to test something like this.
If you tell them it's a placebo, doesn't that, in a way, make it no longer a placebo? How can you observe a positive effect from placebos if they aren't even placebos anymore?
There's any number of things that could cause the "Positive thinking". They might be glad their Doctor is honest with them. They might like the sugar they put in them. They might be lessed stress knowing its not 100% necessary to get up at 6 in the morning to make sure you pop your placebo in time.
I'll read the full Article after this cup of coffee. I Can never seem to keep focused before having a cup of Decaf.
Your post reminds me of an Obligatory bash Quote.
No - wait... What am I supposed to be wondering? I can't answer your question specifically unless you designate what it is I'm supposed to be wondering.
Unless you just mean wondering in general, in which case, yes, I'm wondering what it is you were wondering, so it's like meta-wondering.
I think they are trying to make the idea of "X fights Y's Fire with Fire" news.
Honestly, when people advocating Free Speech DDoS a site, they ARE inviting people to DDoS Sites on Free Speech. Regardless if you agree with the moral implications of either scenario - you have to admit it shouldn't be all that surprising.
What about your mistress?
Verification.
Unless the Server is down.
No! Not C++!
Ok, fine. You are now liable for any criminal transactions you don't block.
Just like the police are liable for any criminal activities they can't stop.
While I agree with your sentiments, it's not exactly a fair solution.
I bet they would.
Considering thats 2 million cards worth of plastic with unique numbers that have to be linked to an individual with a credit score and yadda yadda yadda.
They wouldn't lose Revenue, but it'd decrease profits.
I know eh?
That got me thinking - if I'm allowed to create backup copies of items I've purchased, can I claim that I am merely helping someone create a backup inside the cloud if I seed my downloads, just as others are helping me create backups in cloud?
You know what they say... In Space, no one can hear you complain about Science Fiction.
This is somewhere between a rumor and a leak.
So you obviously aren't up to date with Apple's marketting techniques.
You honestly believe that when Windows finally gets around to mimicking the iPad that someone will go and provide a "MS Tablet Only Newspaper"?
Thats the source of the joke here. It's not that it won't make its way to other tablets, its that its specifically being marketted as iPad only.
It's the worst piece of business logic I've ever heard of, yet someone has decided to try it out on an Apple product, all of which have a bad rap as being overpriced for what you actually get - the Hardware is never Earth Shattering enough to justify the price, it often seems you are paying for Apple's Software which goes for more than even Microsoft's ludicrous amounts and locks you into it even more. I just learned the other day that in some cases you can't even activate your new iPhone without hooking it up to a computer with your iTunes.
I was merely pointing out the OBVIOUS joke that has been circling around Apple and the fact that its actually happening is almost too comical to be true.
Chill out
It's a pretty stupid idea though, Even if 95% of people who WOULD buy the subscription own an iPad - you're effectively cutting out 5% of your market simply because they don't want to make it available on your other iProduct.
It's not like you lose money for every person who doesn't subscribe...
It's designed specifically for the typical Apple user.
"Oh! A way to spend more money with an Apple Product? An iPad only application where I can have my credit card billed automatically each month? A newspaper that will no doubt have articles that can be found on any decent news aggregating web site? Where do I sign up? That sounds piquant as shit!"
The problem is that I often have trouble remembering my ridiculous answer to security questions. If I ever need to use the password recovery tool and they ask where I grew up, I'll try 50 different ways to spell where I live and forget that I put "Earth" or something silly.
I sit corrected.
2011 will be the Two thousand eleventh Year of the Common Era/Anno Domini.
The first two are irrelevant.
The remaining points can all be made irrelevant by the website that will jailbreak your iPhone using a PDF, all you have to do is swipe.
Clearly there are some exploits you can hide to open up someone's Phone.
ummm. No.
You can get THAT Facebook info you described often by just GOOGLING the name.
I was talking about login credentials. To do some real damage.
Oh I can think of a couple
Albeit, Jailbroken iPhones are less Secure than... umm... whats the term for that? Non-jailbroken? Jailfixed? StillJailed? Anyways.
Point is that some people have started writing malicious software for phones, its becoming glaringly obvious.
What we don't have is people focused on finding, removing, and spouting a product yet like Norton/McAffee/AVG/whatever.
Who is to say a lot of phones are infected but no one yet knows. I bet most users, if their email was compromised, would assume they were hacked via a computer, not tracked via their phone, which could easily be the case.
Well for starters your Facebook will have almost all your personal info, possibly where you live, your phone number, and even if you adjusted privacy settings, some embarassing pictures. Next thing you know you know you're on /b/ being asked hot or not.
Actually I've noticed a few people on 4chan who will hack Facebook accounts for you if you get them the victim's Hotmail Address. I wonder if it's just common to use your HM for FB or if they've found a vulnerability in hotmail that leads to compromising the facebook account (Like asking for a new password to be emailed to that email account).
Really? How often do people leave their keys lying around? Or blindly hand them to a stranger?
People can be pretty responsible with secure tokens when they understand the protocol to use them.
Most people leave them lying around for about 8 hours of a day while they sleep. I've also seen keys "loaned to a friend" many a times before for a wide variety of reasons. Not that you should be paranoid of your friends, but essentially whatever happens to your keys while not in your possession is out of your control. Perhaps your friends have a habit of leaving keys lying around.
I think a lot of people "understand the protocol" with passwords... They just don't want to follow it.