I agree with your concerns, but the cats been out of the bag for years. Video cameras are ubiquitous, as are telescopes and binoculars.
I see the difference as up until now you could see when someone was holding a camera in your face, and it was only people with "special needs" that bought and used cameras disguised as pens. With glasses like these (and I'm thinking of a slick public version and not just these prototypes) you will end up with no idea as to who is filming you - so you will have to assume that everyone is filming you. As a result I'd argue that society will develop more taboos, as you will have to conform to actions that are acceptable in public at all times - or be instantly called out .
A guy at Google is not concerned about the privacy issues of ubiquitous video recordings.
Everyone complains about the centralized government having tracking everyone, but surely it's the same thing if that tracking becomes distributed by actions of the citizens themselves.
I have curtains on my windows not because I just want to stop the government seeing what I do in private, but because I want to stop everyone else seeing what I do in private.
Exactly. You're just switching gasoline for coal. Not better for the environment, likely worse.
Even if you do that switch, there are economies of scale that come into play with regards overall efficiencies and pollution controls (and no I am not a coal shill - I'd prefer other options. Plus just because you use coal now to generate you electricty doesn't mean that 20 years down the track that you are still using coal - yet the electric cars won't know the difference.
Way back I worked at a DOT they were buying the sat maps from the Russians very good positional accuracy but no data to go with them.
I worked in Russia in the early 90's (before satnav existed) and was amused by stories I heard about Russian road atlases. The main one was that while all the towns were represented along with the roads that connected them, that the maps were laid out such that the towns weren't where the maps actually indicated. So you could navigate from town to town, but not be sure where you actually were.
And of the town I was working in (Magnitogorsk, in Siberia) the best maps I saw of the place were US military maps.
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This is an eBay sale of a discontinued netbook.
As somebody pointed out, if you wanted a $50 netbook, they can look on Craigslist or eBay themselves.
Nothing new or interesting here,
myke
OK.. your ID is a lot smaller than my ID, so you should have been around/. longer than me, yet you ask that the editors read the submissions? What gives?
Did you time travel from a point in the past where/. editors did read the submissions?
Are you from an alternate universe?
Have you been in a coma for 10 years?
Or perhaps you bought you/. ID on eBay - and it was going for a song because people are bailing on/.?
I just saw that the CISRAC emulator code contains a word.doc file that is the manual I have. That's nice.. but I think the having the original is cooler!
It's only 36 pages long, but is a fascinating read describing the internals of the computer as well as source code for things like division, sin and other fundamental things. I only have it because a company I was working for in the late '80s was about to throw it out in the trash and I walked past at the right time and grabbed it.
I fly around the world on a regular basis. There is one thing that every single foreign airport I have ever flown out of shares in common: a lack of security theater
It's amazing how easy it is to spot Americans in foreign airports. They're the ones who are taking their shoes off at the x-ray machines while everyone else is walking past them.
They benefited from the system all their lives but when it's their turn to pay in, they leave.
The counter point to this is that as long as what they do is legal, then they should be free to do it - implying that they have a moral obligation ("when it's their turn to pay") does't really cut it. I'm sure that they have thought about how this will be perceived as a dick move (albeit probably briefly), yet they are still choosing to do so.
But how do you stop people from following their own self interest without resorting to stringent or totalitarian-like restrictions?
Do simple things like this and you too can be on your way to a much better paying job.
Dear anonymous coward, while I laud your efforts I feel that you are making a false assumption to start with - that the editors want to improve on their lot in life. I am coming to the opinion that that they are raking in so much $$ for so little work that they don't care about the quality.
But the meat of the whole report is contained in this comment from Bernhard Rosenkraenzer which contains some better stats and also links to the toolchains and source code.
After this much manual digging I've realized that I'm getting to jaded for/.
While I am sorry for his loss (and that is only a story because of who was robbed - a zillion other tech people get robbed in foreign countries and they don't make/.) RMS has traveled the world for years, and I would have thought he knew better about he risks of theft. His passport and money should not have been left unsecured, and he should have ascribed to a layered packing regime that I learnt about years ago that includes three general zones:
Checked luggage - Contains stuff you that you don't care if you never see it again
Hand luggage - Contains stuff you can drop and leave behind in an emergency in order to protect your personal well being
On your person - Contains stuff that is critical to your well being and ability to travel
Passport and money belongs squarely in that last category. They are replaceable, but their loss has a much greater impact on a trip than losing stuff from the other two categories.
Leaving his passport and money in an unsecured location was a stupid and idiotic move on *his* part (although I bet that that is probably somewhat offset by him being distracted for a moment). And yes I know that this sounds like blaming the victim, but there is a point where you have to take responsibility for your own actions.
I may be curious how a H-bomb works, but i don't have any plans on making one. ( even if i could.. )
Back in the 70's the magazine Electronics Australia did a 'Construction' article on how a terrorist could build a dirty bomb in a suburban house. I can't find any links to it right now, but it was interesting in the detail they went into. They mentioned at the time that the workers used to construct it would die from radiation exposure which came across as being an unusual expectation. However in this day an age of suicide bombers a bit of self sacrifice is the norm.
Can't show a nipple in 'merica: causes rape, I hear.
Depending on where you are.. talking about nipples causes rape.
And given that your post is available to be seen all over the US of the greatest country Anywhere.. you have just raped several libraries of congress worth of people.
. ..and in turn, Cisco will release the iOS Security Guide.
And just to confuse things even more, GE had an IOS product (an automation controller of which I am sure there are still plenty in service) and currently has an iOS product of their own.
...is about the only thing that might turn me into an Apple user.
Given that Apple seems to be headed down the path of turning OSX into iOS.. I'd have a plan B up my sleeve if I was you.
As an example of what Apple is doing to Apps on OSX, Apps sold through the App store now have to be sand boxed and cannot work on files outside of their defined area (and that was a really bad description). I found this out when I downloaded the latest TextWrangler from the App store instead of Bare Bone's website and found out that I couldn't open the/etc config files for Apache on my own computer.. even when attempting to do so with sudo and my account being in the sudo'ers list. Note I believe that if I had downloaded TextWrangler from the website, then that version would not have to conform to the sandboxing requirement - but I need to look into this more.
I'm wondering what Apples next move will be in this area. Mountain Lion is going more down the secured path, but it is what comes after that that is worrying me.
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I agree with your concerns, but the cats been out of the bag for years. Video cameras are ubiquitous, as are telescopes and binoculars.
I see the difference as up until now you could see when someone was holding a camera in your face, and it was only people with "special needs" that bought and used cameras disguised as pens. With glasses like these (and I'm thinking of a slick public version and not just these prototypes) you will end up with no idea as to who is filming you - so you will have to assume that everyone is filming you. As a result I'd argue that society will develop more taboos, as you will have to conform to actions that are acceptable in public at all times - or be instantly called out .
A guy at Google is not concerned about the privacy issues of ubiquitous video recordings.
Everyone complains about the centralized government having tracking everyone, but surely it's the same thing if that tracking becomes distributed by actions of the citizens themselves.
I have curtains on my windows not because I just want to stop the government seeing what I do in private, but because I want to stop everyone else seeing what I do in private.
Exactly. You're just switching gasoline for coal. Not better for the environment, likely worse.
Even if you do that switch, there are economies of scale that come into play with regards overall efficiencies and pollution controls (and no I am not a coal shill - I'd prefer other options. Plus just because you use coal now to generate you electricty doesn't mean that 20 years down the track that you are still using coal - yet the electric cars won't know the difference.
Way back I worked at a DOT they were buying the sat maps from the Russians very good positional accuracy but no data to go with them.
I worked in Russia in the early 90's (before satnav existed) and was amused by stories I heard about Russian road atlases. The main one was that while all the towns were represented along with the roads that connected them, that the maps were laid out such that the towns weren't where the maps actually indicated. So you could navigate from town to town, but not be sure where you actually were.
And of the town I was working in (Magnitogorsk, in Siberia) the best maps I saw of the place were US military maps.
This is an eBay sale of a discontinued netbook.
As somebody pointed out, if you wanted a $50 netbook, they can look on Craigslist or eBay themselves.
Nothing new or interesting here,
myke
OK .. your ID is a lot smaller than my ID, so you should have been around /. longer than me, yet you ask that the editors read the submissions? What gives?
I just saw that the CISRAC emulator code contains a word .doc file that is the manual I have. That's nice .. but I think the having the original is cooler!
I have sitting right in front of me a copy of:
University of Melbourne
Computation Laboratory
Programming Manual
for the Automatic Electronic Computer
CSIRAC
(based upon papers by T.Pearcey and G.W.Hill)
August 1959
It's only 36 pages long, but is a fascinating read describing the internals of the computer as well as source code for things like division, sin and other fundamental things. I only have it because a company I was working for in the late '80s was about to throw it out in the trash and I walked past at the right time and grabbed it.
I fly around the world on a regular basis. There is one thing that every single foreign airport I have ever flown out of shares in common: a lack of security theater
It's amazing how easy it is to spot Americans in foreign airports. They're the ones who are taking their shoes off at the x-ray machines while everyone else is walking past them.
I always thought that Microsoft made bad choices for music. For Windows 95 they used the Rolling Stones' Start Me Up, which contains the lyrics :
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
Which was fine for an adv. campaign, but then the next line always seemed weird for Microsoft to want to associate with:
You make a grown man cry
Yet in hindsight was amazingly prophetic in the context of Win95 .
They benefited from the system all their lives but when it's their turn to pay in, they leave.
The counter point to this is that as long as what they do is legal, then they should be free to do it - implying that they have a moral obligation ("when it's their turn to pay") does't really cut it. I'm sure that they have thought about how this will be perceived as a dick move (albeit probably briefly), yet they are still choosing to do so.
But how do you stop people from following their own self interest without resorting to stringent or totalitarian-like restrictions?
Are you making some lame Merchant of Venice reference because he's Jewish? How "edgy"...
No .. I was making a lame fat joke.
To be sure, /. has never been exactly "nice". But, come on guys! This kind of negativity needs to stop.
Hmm .. let me see if I have this right
/. of free speech that you felt you knew and loved, you are saying that we have to stop posting what ever we want?"
"In an attempt to get back the
Is that a good summary of your opinion?
Do simple things like this and you too can be on your way to a much better paying job.
Dear anonymous coward, while I laud your efforts I feel that you are making a false assumption to start with - that the editors want to improve on their lot in life. I am coming to the opinion that that they are raking in so much $$ for so little work that they don't care about the quality.
After digging through the TFA I found Linaro Android Puts Stock Android To Shame on TI Pandaboard (OMAP4430). Which after digging in the comments leads to www.linaro.org/
/.
But the meat of the whole report is contained in this comment from Bernhard Rosenkraenzer which contains some better stats and also links to the toolchains and source code.
After this much manual digging I've realized that I'm getting to jaded for
Leave the stuff, take the person. How much could they get for Stallman?
That depends .. are they asking on a per pound basis?
...as no one checks your student ID at the entrance, anyone can go in including thieves, which often mix up with other students to steal stuff.
You're making the assumption that students are not thieves. I doubt that the entrance requirements for this university include the question:
"Are you a thief? yes/no".
While I am sorry for his loss (and that is only a story because of who was robbed - a zillion other tech people get robbed in foreign countries and they don't make /.) RMS has traveled the world for years, and I would have thought he knew better about he risks of theft. His passport and money should not have been left unsecured, and he should have ascribed to a layered packing regime that I learnt about years ago that includes three general zones:
On your person - Contains stuff that is critical to your well being and ability to travel
Passport and money belongs squarely in that last category. They are replaceable, but their loss has a much greater impact on a trip than losing stuff from the other two categories.
Leaving his passport and money in an unsecured location was a stupid and idiotic move on *his* part (although I bet that that is probably somewhat offset by him being distracted for a moment). And yes I know that this sounds like blaming the victim, but there is a point where you have to take responsibility for your own actions.
Or you are just curious.
I may be curious how a H-bomb works, but i don't have any plans on making one. ( even if i could.. )
Back in the 70's the magazine Electronics Australia did a 'Construction' article on how a terrorist could build a dirty bomb in a suburban house. I can't find any links to it right now, but it was interesting in the detail they went into. They mentioned at the time that the workers used to construct it would die from radiation exposure which came across as being an unusual expectation. However in this day an age of suicide bombers a bit of self sacrifice is the norm.
Can't show a nipple in 'merica: causes rape, I hear.
Depending on where you are .. talking about nipples causes rape.
.. you have just raped several libraries of congress worth of people.
And given that your post is available to be seen all over the US of the greatest country Anywhere
. . .and in turn, Cisco will release the iOS Security Guide.
And just to confuse things even more, GE had an IOS product (an automation controller of which I am sure there are still plenty in service) and currently has an iOS product of their own.
Sievers Super iOS
Some other links I just stole from a comment in TFA from an anonymous poster
NSA recommendations for Apple products (also has recommendations for Linux, Windows and Solaris)
iOS Hardening Configuration Guide from the Australian Department of Defense
The most important link missing from TFS is iOS_Security_May12.pdf
...is about the only thing that might turn me into an Apple user.
Given that Apple seems to be headed down the path of turning OSX into iOS .. I'd have a plan B up my sleeve if I was you.
/etc config files for Apache on my own computer .. even when attempting to do so with sudo and my account being in the sudo'ers list. Note I believe that if I had downloaded TextWrangler from the website, then that version would not have to conform to the sandboxing requirement - but I need to look into this more.
As an example of what Apple is doing to Apps on OSX, Apps sold through the App store now have to be sand boxed and cannot work on files outside of their defined area (and that was a really bad description). I found this out when I downloaded the latest TextWrangler from the App store instead of Bare Bone's website and found out that I couldn't open the
I'm wondering what Apples next move will be in this area. Mountain Lion is going more down the secured path, but it is what comes after that that is worrying me.
Unfortunately I work in an open concept office, so it's either headphones or listen to everything else around me, which is infinitely worse.
Ever notice how the people who decide on an open concept office usually have a door to theirs?
Best cure for an open office plan is a white noise generator. The first time I heard one in an office I was amazed at how quite it was.
Not that Apple, et. al., are innocent by any means, but WTF has Technicolor contributed to humanity in the past twenty years??
Do they still make those amazing coats?
Sure .. but their production methods have improved. Just check out their website Joseph's coats