All we need to do is put poles with flexible wire strips on top of the cars and then put a wire mesh over all the roads that can be electrified so the cars can be charged while driving.
Works for bumper cars anyway!
(I used to joke about this but I really foresee the day when we charge our cars using a USB x.0 cable to both charge the car and sync its data (stereo, playlists, etc) nightly like we do our phones and tablets...)
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I know, I've been trying to buy the Pacific Rim soundtrack on CD (I like doing my own ripping) and it's impossible to find at any of my local stores... It's impossible to find practically any CD that isn't in the top 100 or been out longer than 3 months.
Guess I'm going to have to buy it off Amazon...
(Now for my car stereo, I love my front USB port!)
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That's like saying your Camaro is better than your neighbors Mustang because it has an 8-track player...;)
I can understand Eliza like algorithms to make market-droids (CAUTION DROID IS TRADEMARKED BY WALT DISNEY STUDIOS AND LICENSED TO GOOGLE - YOU ARE FINED ONE DEMERIT FOR VIOLATION OF THE TRADE LANGUAGE CODE)
But how does scraping social media to target ads NOT come off as creepy to these guys and ultimately result in lost sales?
"Hi the_skywise, how are you doing since your father died? Did you ever think about trying DigEmDeep mortuary services?" "How does it make you feel that Google should ESAD?"
First off - Any company/individual that receives ANY warrant should be allowed to publish that fact. I think what's being searched might be reasonably kept secret but the government should never have the right to force you into an anal probe and then demand you keep it secret. That's just dictatorial BS and it needs to stop NOW.
That being said - Let's say you implement the canary... Then the government just makes a small request of the site in a regular time period. Now it becomes an effective whipping tool to stop undesired behavior.
The only way to win is to stop the government playing this game, which in the US it never had (and still doesn't have) the right to.
"The attack used built-in Java functionality to get the shell instead of exploiting a vulnerability and required user interaction, but despite these technical limitations, it was very successful, according to Lakhani."
I'm curious what the "required user interaction" was...
I'm pretty tech secure savvy - run noscript, only use the computer with condoms on, etc; But I wonder if I would've fallen for this as well...
If I got a "Christmas Card" from somebody on my company's email I would've allowed the java applet to run. There's an automatic assumption of trust *inside the system* and I would've also assumed that the sandbox mode would be reasonably secure. Was the "user interaction" just allowing the applet to run or did it also ask for something like internet access, which would've thrown up a red flag?
I got mine second hand through my dad's coworker because he offered it to me cheaper than the Atari 400 I was saving for... At the time I thought I had gotten shafted because the graphics sucked but I think I learned more about computers and programming from it then I would have through the 400. (Also learned how to do my first hardware fix because the coworker had misinstalled the ram... leaving me with 6k instead of 8!) (I eventually upgraded to a Commodore 64)
I swear though, for the longest time I thought I was the only owner of one too! (To date in my programming career, and I've been employed in 3 states, in about a dozen companies) I've met a grand total of 3 people who knew what I was talking about!
"if the subject is to be taught to everyone, it needs to have a vital application in everyday life"
Coding isn't for everybody and I think this great race to turn every kid into a programmer because that will magickly make 'em smart is overblown.
Somehow "we" had no idea how to use computers because none of us were programmers first and instead had such things as segas and nintendos and had no idea how to use them... or learn the complexity of computer operating so much to be able to use a joystick with 8 button analog controls, two thumbsticks and an anacrhonistic D-pad...
None of that prepared us for touchscreen usage...
NONE!
To think if only I had been taught programming first.. I could USE all of that stuff!!!
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My password was Edoba123 !
Ha! Capitalization, numbers, and a non dictionary word! STRONG PASSWORD!
I am so smrt!
The doctors are prescribing minders...
I have a bad feeling about this...
DUDE!
Did you NOT see Gravity?!?!?
(Ok, sure - only the spacewalkers actually survived but that's not my point!)
I swear I heard Doc Brown's voice when I read that...
And one of these days, Apple is going to make use of the HumancentiPad clause in the iTunes agreement pop up!
All we need to do is put poles with flexible wire strips on top of the cars and then put a wire mesh over all the roads that can be electrified so the cars can be charged while driving.
Works for bumper cars anyway!
(I used to joke about this but I really foresee the day when we charge our cars using a USB x.0 cable to both charge the car and sync its data (stereo, playlists, etc) nightly like we do our phones and tablets...)
I know, I've been trying to buy the Pacific Rim soundtrack on CD (I like doing my own ripping) and it's impossible to find at any of my local stores... It's impossible to find practically any CD that isn't in the top 100 or been out longer than 3 months.
Guess I'm going to have to buy it off Amazon...
(Now for my car stereo, I love my front USB port!)
That's like saying your Camaro is better than your neighbors Mustang because it has an 8-track player... ;)
"Hi Jared! I see you like two women and a cup and Firefly. Have you seen the sale at Think Geek for their new Firefly mugs?"
FTFY. :)
(Actually if we're doing slashdot we have to work goatse in there somewhere...)
I can understand Eliza like algorithms to make market-droids (CAUTION DROID IS TRADEMARKED BY WALT DISNEY STUDIOS AND LICENSED TO GOOGLE - YOU ARE FINED ONE DEMERIT FOR VIOLATION OF THE TRADE LANGUAGE CODE)
But how does scraping social media to target ads NOT come off as creepy to these guys and ultimately result in lost sales?
"Hi the_skywise, how are you doing since your father died? Did you ever think about trying DigEmDeep mortuary services?"
"How does it make you feel that Google should ESAD?"
But have ye found the tapestries?!
http://www.khaaan.com/
(Dopey Stupid slashdot filter kept blocking me from just typing it out... "too many caps makes it look like you're yelling" O'RLY?!)
Awww screw it... let's just mix and match memes...
Han Solo: "Oh yeah? Watch this!"
Pulse blue: Atomic Batteries to power
Switch to white: Turbines to spee... BLAM
Leia: "Watch what?"
First off - Any company/individual that receives ANY warrant should be allowed to publish that fact. I think what's being searched might be reasonably kept secret but the government should never have the right to force you into an anal probe and then demand you keep it secret. That's just dictatorial BS and it needs to stop NOW.
That being said - Let's say you implement the canary... Then the government just makes a small request of the site in a regular time period. Now it becomes an effective whipping tool to stop undesired behavior.
The only way to win is to stop the government playing this game, which in the US it never had (and still doesn't have) the right to.
(With apologies to Johnny Five...)
L. Ron Hubbard was the accuser...
It's not on the box... it's in the EULA!
(On the box.. sheesh... Not enough room for the warnings on there...)
Stay FOREVER! "Many of today's adult video gamers grew up with" THAT!
If you'll please pay attention to our safety demonstration and procedures speech...
>pewpewpew
"The attack used built-in Java functionality to get the shell instead of exploiting a vulnerability and required user interaction, but despite these technical limitations, it was very successful, according to Lakhani."
I'm curious what the "required user interaction" was...
I'm pretty tech secure savvy - run noscript, only use the computer with condoms on, etc; But I wonder if I would've fallen for this as well...
If I got a "Christmas Card" from somebody on my company's email I would've allowed the java applet to run. There's an automatic assumption of trust *inside the system* and I would've also assumed that the sandbox mode would be reasonably secure. Was the "user interaction" just allowing the applet to run or did it also ask for something like internet access, which would've thrown up a red flag?
I got mine second hand through my dad's coworker because he offered it to me cheaper than the Atari 400 I was saving for... At the time I thought I had gotten shafted because the graphics sucked but I think I learned more about computers and programming from it then I would have through the 400. (Also learned how to do my first hardware fix because the coworker had misinstalled the ram... leaving me with 6k instead of 8!)
(I eventually upgraded to a Commodore 64)
I swear though, for the longest time I thought I was the only owner of one too! (To date in my programming career, and I've been employed in 3 states, in about a dozen companies) I've met a grand total of 3 people who knew what I was talking about!
Challenger 1P - Babeeeee!!!
"if the subject is to be taught to everyone, it needs to have a vital application in everyday life"
Coding isn't for everybody and I think this great race to turn every kid into a programmer because that will magickly make 'em smart is overblown.
Somehow "we" had no idea how to use computers because none of us were programmers first and instead had such things as segas and nintendos and had no idea how to use them... or learn the complexity of computer operating so much to be able to use a joystick with 8 button analog controls, two thumbsticks and an anacrhonistic D-pad...
None of that prepared us for touchscreen usage...
NONE!
To think if only I had been taught programming first.. I could USE all of that stuff!!!
That's because 99.9% of Bunny Rabbits die of STDs...
DUH!