The problem isn't really with quantum encryption, it's with the technical implementation. And anyway, according to the article, they've already figured out a way to detect the hack and defeat it, so it's still pretty solid.
Makorov informed both companies of the details of the hack before publishing, so that patches could made, avoiding any possible security risk.
It's like arguing that your company is broke because it has too many assets.
First of all, what I said (the US having a much higher population than Norway) is nothing like that, and are you really arguing that you think Norway would hold a $55,000 GDP/capita if they had as much land and as many people as the US? It's not a problem of more resources, it's a problem of scaling. Are you saying you think it's equally challenging for a government to manage 3.7 million sqm of real estate as it is for a government to manage 125,000? Or 300 million people as opposed to 5? You think a government fit for one task is equally fit for the other? Let me give you a nice company analogy... That's like saying a company in charge of running a business with one corner office in Bumsville, Idaho and 12 employees would be equally fit to run a company with 1,000 employees and an office in every US state. It's just not that simple.
Like most other U.S.-bashing slashdot members, you fail to include some important facts in your comparison. For instance, population of either country. Please note...
Approximate population
Norway: 4,478,497
USA: 309,162,581
Whether your underlying point is right or wrong, I don't consider your comparison valid because of this little detail.
I would even venture as far as to say that your statement goes against your point. The fact that the US figures in your original post are so close to those of Norway even though the US has to govern almost 80x the population is actually more of a testament of an effectively scaling government. It's unlikely that the governmental system of someplace as small as Norway would meet the needs of such a large population.
Skype’s client does not offer many of the new iOS4 features that Fring is quick to jump on, namely video calling, background operation, and even push notifications which have been around for a long time. One could argue that Fring’s client allows Skype users to use these features with Skype, which is something that users want. Skype is notoriously slow at adopting new features such as these, and is also slow at their geographical expansion. You still cannot get a Canadian Skype-In number, but there are a host of Canadian VOIP services offering phone numbers for example.
Basically, sounds like the vanilla Skype client is not ready to adopt this technology on their iPhone apps, but Fring already has, using Skype's API. This makes Skype's devs look bad, obviously, if a third party's app is surpassing their native app on their native API. Sounds like a lot of code-dick measuring as far as I'm concerned. Unfortunately, Skype still wins if Fring violated any licensing agreements (which it seems like Skype is implying)
Once I was debugging some code at work and added a javascript alert "The dinosaur says RAWR!" to an error case that I was trying to reproduce. Well, I fixed the error but being the smart guy I am, forgot to take out the debug code. A few months later, some erroneous data in our app started causing an exception in the same exact place where my old error debug message was. It was a real head-slapper when I got the bug report...
For client X, when loading Y, error message is displayed: "The dinosaur says RAWR!" While this is amusing it is not the expected behavior.
Ya, it's not harmful but it was a little embarrassing. It must be really embarrassing for a web developer at a company which is so publicly visible. I feel this particular developer's pain.
Ya, the article is kind of bickering, but how many games have you played that offered so-called "fully interactive environments" that just aren't fully interactive? It's always a let-down.
Also, gotta love the "cheap shots." I mean, I just killed about a hundred soldiers and got shot a thousand times, but one guy walks up behind me and cracks me on the head to knock me out so next I have to start in a jail cell with no weapons. And these "guards" that are holding me? Bitch please, I could melee all of them in about 30 seconds and not feel a thing. But instead you have to play along and "steal" the key because otherwise... GAME OVER!
If you are a guy (not an unreasonable assumption on/.), I think it's really strange that online forums are suggesting you the name "MaryBeth131"
What were your parents thinking?
Just a guess, but I'm pretty sure they didn't go through all the trouble to find this stuff just to hand it over. Obviously there will be perks for the U.S. govt as well.
Ya, I mean, it's kind of sad, but lets not forget we now have people living in outer space on the ISS. I don't think we're losing any scientific benefit we might get from a trip to the moon.
From a different source, the first 3d games will be
* WipEout HD (full game): Experience the adrenalin rush of navigating the twists and turns of futuristic racetracks at breathtaking speeds like never before.
* Super Stardust HD (full game): Experience asteroids fly past you as you navigate the deadly battleground — only a battle on a cosmic level will save the indigenous life below from destruction.
* PAIN: The stereoscopic 3D content will include the Downtown area and tutorial along with three modes, including two new modes created specifically with stereoscopic 3D in mind, Alien Toss and Ice Breaker.
* MotorStorm Pacific Rift (demo): MotorStorm Pacific Rift in stereoscopic 3D puts you in the driver’s seat of a buggy for a one track, single player race around the deadly Kanaloa Bay for a dangerously real battle against ruthless opponents.
I haven't been a fan of the whole 3D TV thing, but I could really get into 3D video games. For that, I'd wear the silly glasses.
Knowledge to use an operating system, and knowledge to avoid malware don't go hand in hand. I guess you've answered my original question though, thanks.
Jesus, don't you guys ever get tired of bashing windows? It's like you're a scorned lover or something.
Once it's no longer a blight on humanity we'll stop telling everybody what a blight on humanity it is.
If by, "blight to humanity" you mean easy-to-use operating system that does everything I want it to and allows me to play the newest games...
Anyway, if you had just as many grandmas and idiot porn addicts using Linux as you have using Windows, you'd have the same problems we do. It's just that Linux-using porn addicts usually know not to allow "free-sex-tonight.jpg.exe" to run with admin privileges when running windows. And they usually won't "CLICK HERE TO SEE MY WEB CAM! OMG WTF BBQ!" Many Windows users just don't have the knowledge.
Awesome quote from this guy in the article, on DRM and his work. Makes you think about who is really gaining from this whole DRM and copy protection gambit. Hint: it's not the artist.
Obscurity, not piracy, is the biggest problem writers face. In the 21st century, if you are not making art with the intention of it being copied, you are not making contemporary art.
Apple would roll out an operating system update and disable Autorun.
Oh really? Like how they responded to this security issue? After two years I'm pretty sure it's still possible for a website to download and launch arbitrary local applications that handle registered URIs without the user's permission in Safari on OSX.
And how about if a group of Muslims in Afghanistan started posting cartoons on Facebook of injured American or British soldiers? Are you going to sit back and laugh about it because "It's their right" to do so?
No, I'd certainly be offended, but you can bet I wouldn't start planning assassinations or making death threats. Someone in a previous thread said it best. Moderate muslims need to take back their faith from the radicals who are plastering it all over the media.
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Had a bad night in Vegas, did we?
Makorov informed both companies of the details of the hack before publishing, so that patches could made, avoiding any possible security risk.
It's like arguing that your company is broke because it has too many assets.
First of all, what I said (the US having a much higher population than Norway) is nothing like that, and are you really arguing that you think Norway would hold a $55,000 GDP/capita if they had as much land and as many people as the US? It's not a problem of more resources, it's a problem of scaling. Are you saying you think it's equally challenging for a government to manage 3.7 million sqm of real estate as it is for a government to manage 125,000? Or 300 million people as opposed to 5? You think a government fit for one task is equally fit for the other?
Let me give you a nice company analogy... That's like saying a company in charge of running a business with one corner office in Bumsville, Idaho and 12 employees would be equally fit to run a company with 1,000 employees and an office in every US state. It's just not that simple.
Like most other U.S.-bashing slashdot members, you fail to include some important facts in your comparison. For instance, population of either country. Please note...
Approximate population
Norway: 4,478,497
USA: 309,162,581
Whether your underlying point is right or wrong, I don't consider your comparison valid because of this little detail.
I would even venture as far as to say that your statement goes against your point. The fact that the US figures in your original post are so close to those of Norway even though the US has to govern almost 80x the population is actually more of a testament of an effectively scaling government. It's unlikely that the governmental system of someplace as small as Norway would meet the needs of such a large population.
Skype’s client does not offer many of the new iOS4 features that Fring is quick to jump on, namely video calling, background operation, and even push notifications which have been around for a long time. One could argue that Fring’s client allows Skype users to use these features with Skype, which is something that users want. Skype is notoriously slow at adopting new features such as these, and is also slow at their geographical expansion. You still cannot get a Canadian Skype-In number, but there are a host of Canadian VOIP services offering phone numbers for example.
Basically, sounds like the vanilla Skype client is not ready to adopt this technology on their iPhone apps, but Fring already has, using Skype's API. This makes Skype's devs look bad, obviously, if a third party's app is surpassing their native app on their native API. Sounds like a lot of code-dick measuring as far as I'm concerned. Unfortunately, Skype still wins if Fring violated any licensing agreements (which it seems like Skype is implying)
OH! That's what GM stands for. Good thing the summary mentions that. Oh, wait...
For client X, when loading Y, error message is displayed: "The dinosaur says RAWR!"
While this is amusing it is not the expected behavior.
Ya, it's not harmful but it was a little embarrassing. It must be really embarrassing for a web developer at a company which is so publicly visible. I feel this particular developer's pain.
Ya, the article is kind of bickering, but how many games have you played that offered so-called "fully interactive environments" that just aren't fully interactive? It's always a let-down.
Also, gotta love the "cheap shots." I mean, I just killed about a hundred soldiers and got shot a thousand times, but one guy walks up behind me and cracks me on the head to knock me out so next I have to start in a jail cell with no weapons. And these "guards" that are holding me? Bitch please, I could melee all of them in about 30 seconds and not feel a thing. But instead you have to play along and "steal" the key because otherwise... GAME OVER!
If you are a guy (not an unreasonable assumption on /.), I think it's really strange that online forums are suggesting you the name "MaryBeth131"
What were your parents thinking?
Just a guess, but I'm pretty sure they didn't go through all the trouble to find this stuff just to hand it over. Obviously there will be perks for the U.S. govt as well.
Ya, I mean, it's kind of sad, but lets not forget we now have people living in outer space on the ISS. I don't think we're losing any scientific benefit we might get from a trip to the moon.
and then, beat you until you tell them your password.
...though police do use it during their investigations.
They also use it on Maury to find out if your baby daddy is cheating on you.
* WipEout HD (full game): Experience the adrenalin rush of navigating the twists and turns of futuristic racetracks at breathtaking speeds like never before.
* Super Stardust HD (full game): Experience asteroids fly past you as you navigate the deadly battleground — only a battle on a cosmic level will save the indigenous life below from destruction.
* PAIN: The stereoscopic 3D content will include the Downtown area and tutorial along with three modes, including two new modes created specifically with stereoscopic 3D in mind, Alien Toss and Ice Breaker.
* MotorStorm Pacific Rift (demo): MotorStorm Pacific Rift in stereoscopic 3D puts you in the driver’s seat of a buggy for a one track, single player race around the deadly Kanaloa Bay for a dangerously real battle against ruthless opponents.
I haven't been a fan of the whole 3D TV thing, but I could really get into 3D video games. For that, I'd wear the silly glasses.
Nice contradiction...
Knowledge to use an operating system, and knowledge to avoid malware don't go hand in hand.
I guess you've answered my original question though, thanks.
Jesus, don't you guys ever get tired of bashing windows? It's like you're a scorned lover or something.
Hey I dunno why everyone's hating, the original Mortal Kombat movie was awesome.
Once it's no longer a blight on humanity we'll stop telling everybody what a blight on humanity it is.
If by, "blight to humanity" you mean easy-to-use operating system that does everything I want it to and allows me to play the newest games...
Anyway, if you had just as many grandmas and idiot porn addicts using Linux as you have using Windows, you'd have the same problems we do.
It's just that Linux-using porn addicts usually know not to allow "free-sex-tonight.jpg.exe" to run with admin privileges when running windows. And they usually won't "CLICK HERE TO SEE MY WEB CAM! OMG WTF BBQ!" Many Windows users just don't have the knowledge.
Hint: it's not the artist.
Apple would roll out an operating system update and disable Autorun.
Oh really? Like how they responded to this security issue? After two years I'm pretty sure it's still possible for a website to download and launch arbitrary local applications that handle registered URIs without the user's permission in Safari on OSX.
Jesus, don't you guys ever get tired of bashing windows? It's like you're a scorned lover or something.
Oh wow, I didn't see that one coming. Whoop whoop, you're so original.
Comes with the job, I'd say.
Interestingly enough, that's actually the reason they block porn here in Singapore, or so they say.
And how about if a group of Muslims in Afghanistan started posting cartoons on Facebook of injured American or British soldiers? Are you going to sit back and laugh about it because "It's their right" to do so?
No, I'd certainly be offended, but you can bet I wouldn't start planning assassinations or making death threats. Someone in a previous thread said it best. Moderate muslims need to take back their faith from the radicals who are plastering it all over the media.
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