You trust ALL OF THESE?! Well, enjoy your security theater suckers.
Just checked this out... Damn, I have a gazillion cert authorities from all over the world, in languages I can even recognize.
So What THE F**K should we do? any reliable tool to keep working with cert authorities and trusting the green icon on FF. Please some one tell me (is there a FF extension that can help weed out the unsavory CA).
This is a shame, since ordinary people were finally getting the message that "Look at the green icon/key/lock before you trust a website", and now that security has proven a mirage... no surprise that the average person if frustated by security and would rather deal with post-phishing problem than have some day-to-day diligence regarding security..
You can do something similar with Amazon Web Services and/or Eucalyptus.
Yeah, that was what I was thinking. How is what VMWare now offering different from just deploying an Eucalyptus enterprise cloud? In other words, why is this a "game-changer" as the OP said?
During the time I've used it, I found myself occasionally thinking, "gee, you know, the interface is top notch, the tablet form factor is perfect for casual surfing, but I just wish the screen was bigger".
The geek in me hates the closed nature, the fixed memory, the non-replaceable battery, the Reality Distortion Field telling me what apps are OK for me to run and what are not.
A netbook is cheaper, probably has better battery life, is less "closed", and by all accounts is a better solution to any problem you care to name. But, sitting in bed or lounging in the easychair wanting to look up some obscure bit of trivia or watch a video from the Olympics (can't do it on the desktop - Linux Users Need Not Apply at nbcolympics dot com), I find myself snagging the iPod more often than I dig out the laptop. The tablet-style form factor is just too convenient.
I get your point about the iPod. I have tried it, and completely love it. I am no apple fan-boy, but I am blown away with how simple it is to do the most basic stuff on it (comparing that with Android 2.1 that I have on my Nexus..... the ease-of-use is not even close to the iPhone/iPod touch OS).
Back on the issue, while I loved the touch, I think the biggest reason i use it for is casual browsing and reference while sitting on my couch and just knowing that I have this little computer in my pocket. While I would have loved it to be a bigger screen, I think what people miss is that the reason it is useful is that at its current form factor it *fits* in my pockets at all time, and I dont have to get up to get my laptop from 5 feet away. The iPad with its larger screen will sacrifice that ease of use, and then I would say why not have a small netbook or even laptop that I can keep where ever I keep the iPad for reference?
Multitasking/camera etc I think are all things that will not prevent the iPad from making it big... it form factor might be the Achilles heel, which is ironic as that is what differentiates it from the iPhone/touch. I will wager a bet that iPad will sell, but not be a game changer like iPhone/iPod, but more like the Apple TV thingy.
Doesnt work with T-Mobile prepaid FYI. Google FAQ mentions that "conditional voicemail forwarding" is not enabled by some carriers. Tmobile is one I guess!
So I am not sure what the difference is between Sony's technology and Witricity (http://www.witricity.com/). To refresh, these were guys at MIT who discovered that magnetic resonance, instead of induction (used in toothbrush etc), can be used for quite efficient short distance power conversion. They quote getting > 90% at 1m through their system. This has also been demo-ed at TED and many other places.
The question is, wasnt their technology (witricity) patented? If so, how did sony get to demo something so similar? if not, it would be interesting to know the difference.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/02/202238/mozilla-accepts-chinese-cnnic-root-ca-certificate
FF: Tools/Edit > Options/Preferences > Advanced > Encryption > View Certificates
You trust ALL OF THESE?! Well, enjoy your security theater suckers.
Just checked this out... Damn, I have a gazillion cert authorities from all over the world, in languages I can even recognize. So What THE F**K should we do? any reliable tool to keep working with cert authorities and trusting the green icon on FF. Please some one tell me (is there a FF extension that can help weed out the unsavory CA). This is a shame, since ordinary people were finally getting the message that "Look at the green icon/key/lock before you trust a website", and now that security has proven a mirage... no surprise that the average person if frustated by security and would rather deal with post-phishing problem than have some day-to-day diligence regarding security..
This is the best page-turner/site scroller article I have ever read... period!
You can do something similar with Amazon Web Services and/or Eucalyptus.
Yeah, that was what I was thinking. How is what VMWare now offering different from just deploying an Eucalyptus enterprise cloud? In other words, why is this a "game-changer" as the OP said?
During the time I've used it, I found myself occasionally thinking, "gee, you know, the interface is top notch, the tablet form factor is perfect for casual surfing, but I just wish the screen was bigger".
The geek in me hates the closed nature, the fixed memory, the non-replaceable battery, the Reality Distortion Field telling me what apps are OK for me to run and what are not.
A netbook is cheaper, probably has better battery life, is less "closed", and by all accounts is a better solution to any problem you care to name. But, sitting in bed or lounging in the easychair wanting to look up some obscure bit of trivia or watch a video from the Olympics (can't do it on the desktop - Linux Users Need Not Apply at nbcolympics dot com), I find myself snagging the iPod more often than I dig out the laptop. The tablet-style form factor is just too convenient.
I get your point about the iPod. I have tried it, and completely love it. I am no apple fan-boy, but I am blown away with how simple it is to do the most basic stuff on it (comparing that with Android 2.1 that I have on my Nexus..... the ease-of-use is not even close to the iPhone/iPod touch OS). Back on the issue, while I loved the touch, I think the biggest reason i use it for is casual browsing and reference while sitting on my couch and just knowing that I have this little computer in my pocket. While I would have loved it to be a bigger screen, I think what people miss is that the reason it is useful is that at its current form factor it *fits* in my pockets at all time, and I dont have to get up to get my laptop from 5 feet away. The iPad with its larger screen will sacrifice that ease of use, and then I would say why not have a small netbook or even laptop that I can keep where ever I keep the iPad for reference? Multitasking/camera etc I think are all things that will not prevent the iPad from making it big... it form factor might be the Achilles heel, which is ironic as that is what differentiates it from the iPhone/touch. I will wager a bet that iPad will sell, but not be a game changer like iPhone/iPod, but more like the Apple TV thingy.
Doesnt work with T-Mobile prepaid FYI. Google FAQ mentions that "conditional voicemail forwarding" is not enabled by some carriers. Tmobile is one I guess!
So I am not sure what the difference is between Sony's technology and Witricity (http://www.witricity.com/). To refresh, these were guys at MIT who discovered that magnetic resonance, instead of induction (used in toothbrush etc), can be used for quite efficient short distance power conversion. They quote getting > 90% at 1m through their system. This has also been demo-ed at TED and many other places. The question is, wasnt their technology (witricity) patented? If so, how did sony get to demo something so similar? if not, it would be interesting to know the difference.