they need to figure out a way to make it unhackable for it to be truly reliable, but that isn't an impossible task.
You speak in absolutes. I'm not sure if I should smile because of your optimism, or point out your ignorance of all the other historic "unhackable" claims that have fallen.
Seriously. Just give me a Bash shell. I'll alias some useful stuff to short commands. Voice dictation can reduce the safety issues with keyboard use. And when the car is out of warranty, the dealer has to add me to the wheel group for sudo.
TFA claims that Sony's new CSO, Brett Wahlin, "served as a counter-intelligence officer in the US Military for eight years during the Cold War." The final year of the cold war is generally agreed to be 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved. This suggests he started working as a C-I officer no later than 1984. Yet the photo in his recent bio suggests he's in his early 40s now. So either 1) he's a prodigy and worked for the US military during high school, or 2) he can travel in time. Either way, the hacktivists might have met their match! Well played, Sony.
An iPhone auto-joining would not be 'intentional'. No one appearently understands what that word means.
Sorry, but once you've been informed that X is an illegal act, then owning, picking up, and turning on a device that is *designed* to do X sounds like a pretty intentional act on your part.
If you turn on your iPhone, then you better be prepared to accept the consequence of what that phone is *designed* to do.
Looking at it another way... ask yourself if you *want* the iPhone to autoconnect. If you do, then your intentions are clear. If you don't *want* it to autoconnect but you're aware that it *will* and you turn it on anyways, then what's your defense? I bought the wrong phone? I had no choice but to turn it on?
Playing this out to its logical (but not necessarily intended or ethical) conclusion in Canada...
1. The Canadian Copyright Act allows one to make a copy, for personal use, of someone else's music. 2. There is no DMCA equivalent to prevent the breaking of DRM in Canada. 3. For the cost of an iPod plus the $20 Apple buffet fee, a single pioneering Canuck could download infinite iTunes. 4. The other 31,000,000 Canadians could leech his entire music collection for free.
The true North, strong and free. Free as in Apple Hefeweizen.
But having limited success with a tool and then modifying the same tool to suit the problem at hand is an even more impressive display of intelligence, I think...
From TFA...
the tether only unfolded to a length of 8.5 kilometres after being released from the spacecraft orbiting around 300 kilometres above Earth... Mission Control would try to calculate the capsule's orbit and determine when and where it would land... the tether deployed Tuesday is half a millimetre thick and is made of Dyneema, which the ESA described as the world's strongest fibre Heads up! Light, unbreakable, invisible rope flailing around...
It seems to me it's significantly harder to be a music pirate in Canada.
Graham Henderson from the CRIA says "Canada has the highest rate of illegal downloading in the world" . That claim seems a bit dubious. I'm not saying it's not possible. But it seems to me that Canadians can copy and download a *lot* of music for themselves without breaking a single law if they go about it properly, as their Copyright Act permits. I don't think the CRIA wants people to know that. So is it possible they're encouraging a bit of fear, uncertainty, and misinformation to be spread for their interests?
If it hasn't been spelled out by others posting here, I'm assuming people are aware that the Canadian Copyright Act specifically permits individuals to make a personal copy, for personal use, of a music recording owned by someone else. (Not so for movies.)
Without a scale to compare to, the gouge looks HUGE and devastating. But there is a scale on the right of the thermal images. It suggests the depth of the deepest part of the gouge is more than an inch. Then with the oblique angled shots, you can start to estimate the overall size. So it is probably several inches across, like they're saying in other media. They might be deriving an eyeball estimate like I am, though.
So, HUGE damage? No. Devastating? Could be, leave that to the rocket scientists. Astronauts with balls of steel? Yes.
Apple's done the research, and found that you are mistaken. They don't jump into a crowded market unless they know that it's very poorly-served.
Lately, sure, Apple has made some smart moves.
But they do have a history of taking chances, jumping into markets quickly with new products or variants, and occasionally ending up with a commercial failure. I think people respect them for taking these kinds of chances. But they're not immune to bad judgement. * Apple III * Apple Lisa * Apple Newton * Macintosh Portable * Apple Pippin * Apple Interactive Television Box
The State of Michigan has prescribed steps to clean up a small mercury spill, below. This was likely drawn up before these flourescent bulbs became common. Still, here are the last two steps they prescribe when cleaning up spills of less than two tablespoons...
21. REPLACE BROKEN DEVICE WITH A MERCURY-FREE alternative: For a detailed listing of mercury-containing devices and alternatives see: -link-
22. INVENTORY ALL REMAINING MERCURY-CONTAINING DEVICES AND REPLACE THEM WITH MERCURY FREE ALTERNATIVES: The best way to address a mercury spill is to prevent it from ever happening in the first place. For additional pollution prevention ideas and assistance contact the DEQ's Environmental Assistance Center at 800-662-9278.
I'm not paid to share my personal life with people who have no right to know what I do on my own time, and who will take any advantage they can.... The trick is just to shut up, and not bare your soul to would-be attackers.
I read your last two posts on this topic and I see a lot of fear and defensiveness, but absolutely no JOY. What's the point? You say your job is a means to an end, but it's also probably one half of your waking weekday hours!
Add in the time you might spend decompressing, venting, preparing, and discussing your job dissatisfaction at home, with friends, on on forums like this... and there's the proof that you HAVE integrated your job into your personal life. But in a negative way. This adds up. So in the "end", is it worth it?
It is NOT normal to fear your all your fellow workers as "would-be attackers" and be forced to behave as a "vanilla" or "bland" person who is not really you. If you condition yourself to behave like someone else for 7.5 hours per day, you WILL be changed by it in all your off-work time.
Someone have a link to an audio file of this sound? (Sped up to a human-audible rate, of course.)
I do you one better. A tactile reproduction of the sound (sped up to a sensible rate)...
You'll need a fork and access to a power socket... In North America and Japan, this will allow you to feel the hum with a 6,000x speedup. In the UK, I think the speedup factor will be approximately 5,000x.
As most of us know, knowledge is useless in the "real" world without the piece of paper behind it to back it up.
If you need someone's permission or resources to apply knowledge then, sure, you might need paper credentials. The classic example is those looking to be hired for their first job.
But if you need knowledge and you're already in a position to apply it (e.g. self-employed, already employed with seniority, or a hobbyist/independent/artist/mad-scientist)... then this OpenCourse concept is fantastic. Kudos to MIT.
The self-employed and long-employed are, by the way, categories of the "real-world".
The article actually doesn't say anything about reclining
No, the article specifically describes the posture as reclining. FTFA: The patients assumed... a "relaxed" position where the patient reclines backward 135 degrees while the feet remain on the floor.
You could achieve the 135 degree angle with a kneel-chair, but that's not what these researchers studied, so their conclusion can't necessarily be extended to kneel-chairs.
You know if EA really wanted to make some news; they'd start a nude sports series that was adult only that was the same exact games except that the players were all nude.
Shade your eyes. EA Sports Triple Play Baseball (either '98 or '99) for PC & Playstation had a secret team that consisted of the software developers and artists in their underwear. Cheat codes are available somewhere for that.
Easy path to SETUP.EXE and Mac OS X equivalent?
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I've developed some simple WxPython apps on Linux, destined for use on Linux systems that already have WxPython, Python, and other libraries installed. That's easy. So thinking broader now...
If I was to embark on a moderately complex GUI app destined for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux use (on systems with no previous Python or WxPython), am I asking for a headache or can someone speak from the experience of doing this? (Runtimes, dependencies, SETUP.EXE or whatever is necessary for OS X and Win32, etc.)
I dunno what they use for building materials up in Canada, since they mostly have lots of softwoods (which you don't use to build homes with)
Huh? Softwood is the most common lumber used to build houses. I'll find a cite for this if you need it, but are you really aware of significant use of hardwood to build houses? (Okay, I'm sure it's -possible-.)
I'm talking about the structure of the building, by the way, not the furniture or cabinets inside -- many people prefer hardwood for those.
How about a little reality here. Theo does some great stuff, but that doesn't mean he gets to bend how the world works to his will.
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -George Bernard Shaw.
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TL;DR: "the risk of wearing Glass appears to be low", according to a Eli Peli, who has been "con$ulting with the Glass team for nearly two years."
they need to figure out a way to make it unhackable for it to be truly reliable, but that isn't an impossible task.
You speak in absolutes. I'm not sure if I should smile because of your optimism, or point out your ignorance of all the other historic "unhackable" claims that have fallen.
Seriously. Just give me a Bash shell. I'll alias some useful stuff to short commands. Voice dictation can reduce the safety issues with keyboard use. And when the car is out of warranty, the dealer has to add me to the wheel group for sudo.
TFA claims that Sony's new CSO, Brett Wahlin, "served as a counter-intelligence officer in the US Military for eight years during the Cold War." The final year of the cold war is generally agreed to be 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved. This suggests he started working as a C-I officer no later than 1984. Yet the photo in his recent bio suggests he's in his early 40s now. So either 1) he's a prodigy and worked for the US military during high school, or 2) he can travel in time. Either way, the hacktivists might have met their match! Well played, Sony.
And add another server to the pool at http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/
then only outlaws will have cell phones in prisons.
...please turn off the L.A.M.P.?
Thanks.
An iPhone auto-joining would not be 'intentional'. No one appearently understands what that word means.
Sorry, but once you've been informed that X is an illegal act, then owning, picking up, and turning on a device that is *designed* to do X sounds like a pretty intentional act on your part.
If you turn on your iPhone, then you better be prepared to accept the consequence of what that phone is *designed* to do.
Looking at it another way... ask yourself if you *want* the iPhone to autoconnect. If you do, then your intentions are clear. If you don't *want* it to autoconnect but you're aware that it *will* and you turn it on anyways, then what's your defense? I bought the wrong phone? I had no choice but to turn it on?
Playing this out to its logical (but not necessarily intended or ethical) conclusion in Canada...
1. The Canadian Copyright Act allows one to make a copy, for personal use, of someone else's music.
2. There is no DMCA equivalent to prevent the breaking of DRM in Canada.
3. For the cost of an iPod plus the $20 Apple buffet fee, a single pioneering Canuck could download infinite iTunes.
4. The other 31,000,000 Canadians could leech his entire music collection for free.
The true North, strong and free. Free as in Apple Hefeweizen.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ccLJnICdJGI
She's made of Teflon(R), apparently.
Bashing away with a stick is one thing.
But having limited success with a tool and then modifying the same tool to suit the problem at hand is an even more impressive display of intelligence, I think...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=03ykewnc0oE (Crow fails to grab something with straight wire, so it bends it into a hook.)
It seems to me it's significantly harder to be a music pirate in Canada.
Graham Henderson from the CRIA says "Canada has the highest rate of illegal downloading in the world" . That claim seems a bit dubious. I'm not saying it's not possible. But it seems to me that Canadians can copy and download a *lot* of music for themselves without breaking a single law if they go about it properly, as their Copyright Act permits. I don't think the CRIA wants people to know that. So is it possible they're encouraging a bit of fear, uncertainty, and misinformation to be spread for their interests?
If it hasn't been spelled out by others posting here, I'm assuming people are aware that the Canadian Copyright Act specifically permits individuals to make a personal copy, for personal use, of a music recording owned by someone else. (Not so for movies.)
So, HUGE damage? No.
Devastating? Could be, leave that to the rocket scientists.
Astronauts with balls of steel? Yes.
Apple's done the research, and found that you are mistaken. They don't jump into a crowded market unless they know that it's very poorly-served.
Lately, sure, Apple has made some smart moves.
But they do have a history of taking chances, jumping into markets quickly with new products or variants, and occasionally ending up with a commercial failure. I think people respect them for taking these kinds of chances. But they're not immune to bad judgement.
* Apple III
* Apple Lisa
* Apple Newton
* Macintosh Portable
* Apple Pippin
* Apple Interactive Television Box
The State of Michigan has prescribed steps to clean up a small mercury spill, below. This was likely drawn up before these flourescent bulbs became common. Still, here are the last two steps they prescribe when cleaning up spills of less than two tablespoons...
21. REPLACE BROKEN DEVICE WITH A MERCURY-FREE alternative: For a detailed listing of mercury-containing devices and alternatives see: -link-
22. INVENTORY ALL REMAINING MERCURY-CONTAINING DEVICES AND REPLACE THEM WITH MERCURY FREE ALTERNATIVES: The best way to address a mercury spill is to prevent it from ever happening in the first place. For additional pollution prevention ideas and assistance contact the DEQ's Environmental Assistance Center at 800-662-9278.
I'm not paid to share my personal life with people who have no right to know what I do on my own time, and who will take any advantage they can. ... The trick is just to shut up, and not bare your soul to would-be attackers.
I read your last two posts on this topic and I see a lot of fear and defensiveness, but absolutely no JOY. What's the point? You say your job is a means to an end, but it's also probably one half of your waking weekday hours!
Add in the time you might spend decompressing, venting, preparing, and discussing your job dissatisfaction at home, with friends, on on forums like this... and there's the proof that you HAVE integrated your job into your personal life. But in a negative way. This adds up. So in the "end", is it worth it?
It is NOT normal to fear your all your fellow workers as "would-be attackers" and be forced to behave as a "vanilla" or "bland" person who is not really you. If you condition yourself to behave like someone else for 7.5 hours per day, you WILL be changed by it in all your off-work time.
Someone have a link to an audio file of this sound? (Sped up to a human-audible rate, of course.)
I do you one better. A tactile reproduction of the sound (sped up to a sensible rate)...
You'll need a fork and access to a power socket... In North America and Japan, this will allow you to feel the hum with a 6,000x speedup. In the UK, I think the speedup factor will be approximately 5,000x.
Enjoy!
As most of us know, knowledge is useless in the "real" world without the piece of paper behind it to back it up.
If you need someone's permission or resources to apply knowledge then, sure, you might need paper credentials. The classic example is those looking to be hired for their first job.
But if you need knowledge and you're already in a position to apply it (e.g. self-employed, already employed with seniority, or a hobbyist/independent/artist/mad-scientist)... then this OpenCourse concept is fantastic. Kudos to MIT.
The self-employed and long-employed are, by the way, categories of the "real-world".
The article actually doesn't say anything about reclining
... a "relaxed" position where the patient reclines backward 135 degrees while the feet remain on the floor.
No, the article specifically describes the posture as reclining. FTFA:
The patients assumed
You could achieve the 135 degree angle with a kneel-chair, but that's not what these researchers studied, so their conclusion can't necessarily be extended to kneel-chairs.
You know if EA really wanted to make some news; they'd start a nude sports series that was adult only that was the same exact games except that the players were all nude.
Shade your eyes. EA Sports Triple Play Baseball (either '98 or '99) for PC & Playstation had a secret team that consisted of the software developers and artists in their underwear. Cheat codes are available somewhere for that.
I've developed some simple WxPython apps on Linux, destined for use on Linux systems that already have WxPython, Python, and other libraries installed. That's easy. So thinking broader now...
If I was to embark on a moderately complex GUI app destined for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux use (on systems with no previous Python or WxPython), am I asking for a headache or can someone speak from the experience of doing this? (Runtimes, dependencies, SETUP.EXE or whatever is necessary for OS X and Win32, etc.)
Thanks!
I dunno what they use for building materials up in Canada, since they mostly have lots of softwoods (which you don't use to build homes with)
Huh? Softwood is the most common lumber used to build houses. I'll find a cite for this if you need it, but are you really aware of significant use of hardwood to build houses? (Okay, I'm sure it's -possible-.)
I'm talking about the structure of the building, by the way, not the furniture or cabinets inside -- many people prefer hardwood for those.
While inside the colon, "the transmitter's broadcast range is 300 feet".
Receivers in promiscuous mode. Sniff away.
How about a little reality here. Theo does some great stuff, but that doesn't mean he gets to bend how the world works to his will.
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -George Bernard Shaw.