Also, there's the age old problem of common password for everything, if one is compromised, they all are. Granted in this case, it's a private key and not password, which is slightly harder to acquire though social engineering, mainly because most people aren't even aware of what private keys are, and those that are usually know enough not to give them up. But still, you shouldn't use one key for everything either... or so I've been told;)
At least that single key pair is fairly easy to replace, if you notice that it has been compromised. But yeah, I agree, the one account for everything approach, which this basically is an instance of, is definitely less secure than having different accounts and login credentials for all the services you use.
No, it's like relying on conventional border protection like any other country, instead of on a technically flawed system that turned out too expensive.
I don't see your point. It's not like WikiLeaks invented anything, they just published government documents, and in the light of repeated calls by US officials to have WikiLeaks and Assange in particular silenced, the sentence
At the same time, we are concerned about the determination of some governments to censor and silence individuals, and to restrict the free flow of information.
If I remember right it was primarily marketed as a:
web surfing device
PMP (video, music playback)
e-book reader
You might find serious applications for all of these features (e.g. reading textbooks), but they are mostly associated with entertainment.
Also, while it does sport all the necessary capabilities, the iphone doesn't exactly shine in any of the above applications, mainly due to the small screen.
A toy, as opposed to what? A serious business appliance?
AFAIK, it was supposed never supposed to be anything other than an entertainment device. And believe you me, there's a big market for entertainment devices...
And the same thing couldn't have been achieved at home with an emulator?
Besides, these are high school students, not some university students taking classes in programming for embedded systems.
You can't visualize bone with MRI (it's invisible in MR images). What you're looking for is probably CT (3D X-ray), the problem with this though is that you cannot expose the general public to the radiation levels that come with a CT scan without their explicit consent.
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What does their market cap have to do with the their desktop near monopoly?
Elon Musk has a new startup that sells an experimental weightless fuel.
Yeah, one of the example applications that was mentioned is EEG, which means it could be used for some really crude BCI (think emotiv epoq).
If you RTFA you'll see that this isn't a micro-controller, it's a tiny general purpose PC with HDMI out and all bells and whistles.
Also, there's the age old problem of common password for everything, if one is compromised, they all are. Granted in this case, it's a private key and not password, which is slightly harder to acquire though social engineering, mainly because most people aren't even aware of what private keys are, and those that are usually know enough not to give them up. But still, you shouldn't use one key for everything either... or so I've been told ;)
At least that single key pair is fairly easy to replace, if you notice that it has been compromised. But yeah, I agree, the one account for everything approach, which this basically is an instance of, is definitely less secure than having different accounts and login credentials for all the services you use.
Probably more down to the fact that they're the biggest "manufacturers" of cripples rather than anything else.
Neither is the iPod, nor Android...
More like the investors take ter chances, investing in this enterprise (no pun intended).
Like leaving the front door open
No, it's like relying on conventional border protection like any other country, instead of on a technically flawed system that turned out too expensive.
Why?
To put it succinctly: Out of convenience
I'm pretty sure most Chinese citizens care neither about CNN, nor BBC, nor NRK.
At the same time, we are concerned about the determination of some governments to censor and silence individuals, and to restrict the free flow of information.
is indeed quite ironic.
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You could always prohibit ships that don't obey your emission rules from using your harbors, like many countries do with single-hull oil tankers.
C'mon, it was a project done by grad students, not by some post-doctoral research fellows.
You might find serious applications for all of these features (e.g. reading textbooks), but they are mostly associated with entertainment.
Also, while it does sport all the necessary capabilities, the iphone doesn't exactly shine in any of the above applications, mainly due to the small screen.
A toy, as opposed to what? A serious business appliance?
AFAIK, it was supposed never supposed to be anything other than an entertainment device. And believe you me, there's a big market for entertainment devices...
Malabu Stacy? Is that a Nigerian Malibu Stacy clone?
Do they mean Japanese rape simulators?
Image results are filtered by default. So no, there probably wouldn't be any unpleasant surprises.
And the same thing couldn't have been achieved at home with an emulator?
Besides, these are high school students, not some university students taking classes in programming for embedded systems.
You can't visualize bone with MRI (it's invisible in MR images). What you're looking for is probably CT (3D X-ray), the problem with this though is that you cannot expose the general public to the radiation levels that come with a CT scan without their explicit consent.
servers owned by governments hostile
Uh, last time I checked facebook wasn't a socialist state enterprise.
Looks like engadget got it backwards.
And here I thought there are no women on the internet...