Now lets say you have a huge catalog of songs you'd like to defend. You're a big mega corporation so what you do is you hire developers to analyze songs for fingerprints and -- funny how pedantic algorithms get to be -- submit anything over the 'safe harbor' limit to Control Gate C (that being the legal arm which churns out thousands of take down notices).
If I am the CEO of a mega corporation, then I know the value of good will to generate goodwill and I will put some kind of human at Control Gate C who will put a stopper on the mindless sharks in my legal department who would sully my business' positive reputation by suing dancing toddlers.
As would I, which is probably why neither of us are (or ever will be) CEO of a mega corp.
I liked the one scene in Avatar where a scientist slides a finger across a 3D display to a mobile device to transfer over the viewable data. Now that's mobile computing. I can see that technology being developed. If any company can develop that technology, it'll probably be Apple.
Microsoft Surface does this. Here's a demo video from 2007. It's kind of long, but there's a section where the user sets a camera and a phone on the table and passes information between the two just by swiping.
I have a feeling that, widely executed, it would be just as bad as insecure passwords. I frequently run across websites with four or five pre-set password reset questions based on easily-obtainable information: "What was your mother's maiden name?", "What year did you graduate high school?", etc. Besides being far too personal (for example, when setting up business-class DSL for your customer, role/company-based, rather than personal-based questions would be far more appropriate - I'm looking at you, SBC.), the information is far too easy to find. Absent some sort of industry-wide standardization, websites (and their users) will still default to the least-intrusive method.
The report makes it painfully obvious that passwords are an ineffective way to secure information because too many people find strong passwords cumbersome. Maybe we need to come up with something better.
Exactly. And it's why I prefer EVE over WoW. I was just pointing out that it seems like these problems are already solved. Too many people are so focused on WoW as being the only MMPORG in town that they forget there are a lot of other ones out there that are easily as good, if not better.
For example: - Add one more number to push into the negatives (typically, armor and shield) and you'll have the posibility of creating a class that manipulates that other number (a shield healer of some sort) a class that damages said number (An EMP mage) and a class that endures more damage to said number (A shield...tank).
- Add positional advantage (complex to do in mmorpgs for lag reasons) and you'll have a class that restricts movement, one that gives positional advantage to teammates and one that uses more effectively positional advantage.
Why would you try not to laugh? Afraid of hurting the octo's feelings?
While he may be a perfectly sensitive, metrosexual kind of guy, the immediate problem is that he was diving with SCUBA gear. Full out ROTFL in a SCUBA set can be a bit problematic. Deep gasps of water can ruin your day.
Feh! He obviously has inferior equipment! He obviously needs a ROFL-capable set of SCUBA gear!
'I mean, I've seen a lot of octopuses hiding in shells, but I've never seen one that grabs it up and jogs across the sea floor. I was trying hard not to laugh.'"
Why would you try not to laugh? Afraid of hurting the octo's feelings?
There was a guy who once had a web site where he posted shots that nobody else would see of things like the mating in the VAB, the hardware itself (I remember seeing things like the charges that lit the explosive bolts that held the SRBs to the pad), etc., etc.)
Unfortunately USA (United Space Alliance) got wind of this and fired him because the photos weren't cleared through NASA PAO (the Public Affairs Office) and the site came down. A shame. I've never seen images of what the pad looks like after the shuttle launches except from here.
Now THAT was shuttle pr0n - but this was a respectable 2nd attempt.
I'm with you. I'm sick of seeing press-release photos of stuff like that. For months, we kept seeing the artsy photos of the LHC (like the one of the CMS detector) and I kept thinking "Boy, I wish they'd take a picture of that at a slight angle instead of straight on so I can get a sense of detail or scale or something." The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal is a great example of what we *should* be seeing. I want to see everything, not just what you want to show me. I want to see the nuts and bolts. Pull back the curtain, so to speak.
Let us make some Laser emitting diodes and put them behind the eyelids so that they cant even avoid it by closing their eye lids. Wow! You are en evil genius Dr Parviz.
I promise you that they will be ad-supported as well.
The copyrights aren't expiring. There's a provision in the Copyright Act of 1978 that allows the original artist (or their heirs) to terminate a copyright they sold and take it back after 35 years. Seriously, it's in TFA.
The U505 is impressive but the tour is far too short. You really don't get a good opportunity to experience the sub and examine all its workings. The tour guides rush you from room to room, tell a little story in each, and then hustle you out. I would have preferred to go at my own pace, but I understand the need to keep the line moving since it's such a confined space.
Isn't that why our government just auctioned off billions of dollars of our publicly-owned spectrum? So that companies could sell it back to us in the form of a three-year contract?
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As a walking mosquito magnet, let me be the first to say "I'm in. Let's do this thing."
So now they're screwing up a totally fine UI and degenerate into the train wreck that's Photoshop. Nice.
I agree! How dare they give you the option to have a single-window mode that's turned off by default! Jerks!
God help you if you want to use your microwave. You'll kill the connection to every device in your house.
Now lets say you have a huge catalog of songs you'd like to defend. You're a big mega corporation so what you do is you hire developers to analyze songs for fingerprints and -- funny how pedantic algorithms get to be -- submit anything over the 'safe harbor' limit to Control Gate C (that being the legal arm which churns out thousands of take down notices).
If I am the CEO of a mega corporation, then I know the value of good will to generate goodwill and I will put some kind of human at Control Gate C who will put a stopper on the mindless sharks in my legal department who would sully my business' positive reputation by suing dancing toddlers.
As would I, which is probably why neither of us are (or ever will be) CEO of a mega corp.
I liked the one scene in Avatar where a scientist slides a finger across a 3D display to a mobile device to transfer over the viewable data. Now that's mobile computing. I can see that technology being developed. If any company can develop that technology, it'll probably be Apple.
Microsoft Surface does this. Here's a demo video from 2007. It's kind of long, but there's a section where the user sets a camera and a phone on the table and passes information between the two just by swiping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlZxuqjJDgk
Opportunity is chewing up Martian dirt and unearthing the mineral and chemical makeup of the red planet.
Shouldn't that be "unmarsing"?
I have a feeling that, widely executed, it would be just as bad as insecure passwords. I frequently run across websites with four or five pre-set password reset questions based on easily-obtainable information: "What was your mother's maiden name?", "What year did you graduate high school?", etc. Besides being far too personal (for example, when setting up business-class DSL for your customer, role/company-based, rather than personal-based questions would be far more appropriate - I'm looking at you, SBC.), the information is far too easy to find. Absent some sort of industry-wide standardization, websites (and their users) will still default to the least-intrusive method.
The report makes it painfully obvious that passwords are an ineffective way to secure information because too many people find strong passwords cumbersome. Maybe we need to come up with something better.
Exactly. And it's why I prefer EVE over WoW. I was just pointing out that it seems like these problems are already solved. Too many people are so focused on WoW as being the only MMPORG in town that they forget there are a lot of other ones out there that are easily as good, if not better.
For example:
- Add one more number to push into the negatives (typically, armor and shield) and you'll have the posibility of creating a class that manipulates that other number (a shield healer of some sort) a class that damages said number (An EMP mage) and a class that endures more damage to said number (A shield...tank).
- Add positional advantage (complex to do in mmorpgs for lag reasons) and you'll have a class that restricts movement, one that gives positional advantage to teammates and one that uses more effectively positional advantage.
Interesting. You just described EVE Online.
While he may be a perfectly sensitive, metrosexual kind of guy, the immediate problem is that he was diving with SCUBA gear. Full out ROTFL in a SCUBA set can be a bit problematic. Deep gasps of water can ruin your day.
Feh! He obviously has inferior equipment! He obviously needs a ROFL-capable set of SCUBA gear!
'I mean, I've seen a lot of octopuses hiding in shells, but I've never seen one that grabs it up and jogs across the sea floor. I was trying hard not to laugh.'"
Why would you try not to laugh? Afraid of hurting the octo's feelings?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
Makes more sense, easier to learn and convert in your head, and failed completely for the same reasons that hex time would fail.
There was a guy who once had a web site where he posted shots that nobody else would see of things like the mating in the VAB, the hardware itself (I remember seeing things like the charges that lit the explosive bolts that held the SRBs to the pad), etc., etc.)
Unfortunately USA (United Space Alliance) got wind of this and fired him because the photos weren't cleared through NASA PAO (the Public Affairs Office) and the site came down. A shame. I've never seen images of what the pad looks like after the shuttle launches except from here.
Now THAT was shuttle pr0n - but this was a respectable 2nd attempt.
I'm with you. I'm sick of seeing press-release photos of stuff like that. For months, we kept seeing the artsy photos of the LHC (like the one of the CMS detector) and I kept thinking "Boy, I wish they'd take a picture of that at a slight angle instead of straight on so I can get a sense of detail or scale or something." The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal is a great example of what we *should* be seeing. I want to see everything, not just what you want to show me. I want to see the nuts and bolts. Pull back the curtain, so to speak.
Can't believe you got modded Troll instead of insightful.
It's because I had something bad to say about The Anointed One.
See? Got modded down again.
Can't believe you got modded Troll instead of insightful.
It's because I had something bad to say about The Anointed One.
Same as the old boss, indeed. What amazes me is that we're still a two party system and that people continue to think that their vote matters.
Let us make some Laser emitting diodes and put them behind the eyelids so that they cant even avoid it by closing their eye lids. Wow! You are en evil genius Dr Parviz.
I promise you that they will be ad-supported as well.
You don't see anyone wearing contact sunglasses, now do you? Not even the ones that darken in sunlight and lighten indoors.
No, it's because seeing people with solid black eyes would creep people right the hell out. Didn't you see Event Horizon?
WTF? How on gawds green earth did this happen in the first place?
Seriously, it's not like the final release was a surprise. Non of the beta testers noticed it and thought it might be an issue?
The copyrights aren't expiring. There's a provision in the Copyright Act of 1978 that allows the original artist (or their heirs) to terminate a copyright they sold and take it back after 35 years. Seriously, it's in TFA.
The U505 is impressive but the tour is far too short. You really don't get a good opportunity to experience the sub and examine all its workings. The tour guides rush you from room to room, tell a little story in each, and then hustle you out. I would have preferred to go at my own pace, but I understand the need to keep the line moving since it's such a confined space.
No, they'll just etch "This unit not labeled for individual sale" on each one and make you buy them by the bag instead.
How hard would it be to build a cheaper version to teach kids programming?
6? Maybe 7? I don't know, what scale are we using?
Isn't that why our government just auctioned off billions of dollars of our publicly-owned spectrum? So that companies could sell it back to us in the form of a three-year contract?