Indeed, this is hate mongering. JSTOR dropped the charges and is putting out an olive branch (granted it's a tiny one). Now if this were about pushing publicly funded articles and papers to the Library of Congress or otherwise opening that up to the public, then that is a discussion worth having. Trying to paint the prosecutors as part of a privileged "elite" evil is unproductive. The issue is getting the public access to public information, not the perceived hypocrisy of who currently has access.
However it's sad that it took a suicide for them to examine their role here. For a college that pioneered OpenCourseWare, I never understood why they stood idly by.
As a few people have pointed out, there is some risk that your heater may get stuck in the on state or off state if the app or your phone was to lock up. I've added a few safeguards against this already in the code and am going to add a few more, but I'd like to also find an all mechanical solution to this to ensure the thermostat fails safely if it does fail.
The best solution I know of is to use three bimetal switches to:
Break the circuit on the heater to turn it off if the temperature gets above 100F Connect the circuit to turn on the heater if the temperature gets below 45F Connect the circuit to turn on the air conditioner if the temperature gets above 100F
The problem is most of the major manufacturers of these switches do not sell directly to the public. You have to place bulk orders. The few I have found such as these ( 1, 2, 3) are large, heavy, overkill and somewhat expensive. It would be hard to fit three of these in the case, and more may be needed when multi-stage support is added.
There are several cheap thermal fuses, but these only appear to be available for higher temperature ranges. The only reasonable solution I have been able to find so far are these switches from Amico. (104F NC, 104F NO). The only problem with these is they are Chinese made and have not been UL certified. I think an uncertified mechanical fail safe is a whole lot better than no mechanical fail safe at all, so unless someone knows of a better option I plan on including these in the next design. I really hope someone can provide a better option though.
Do any of your APs act as repeaters? I tried this but was having some trouble with devices on the network being able to see each other among other bizarre errors.
I think allegedly is used correctly. Maybe if it read " 'scraping Web content from rivals and sheepishly passing it off as its own, said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.' Then I would be a bit confused:)
That said, the language of the TFS and timothy's editorializing Google as "soft-pedaling" are pretty lame click-trolling. The biggest complaint was the search results (not mentioned in TFS, or even the slashcloud article at all). The FRAND patent stuff was a recent addition to the now-closed investigation.
And actually, all I have found is that MS is complaining that the API is not as feature rich as the native Apps on Android and iOS, not blocking of access to the API.
Seems reasonable to me, almost every company with an API favors their own implementation. I don't see why MS should get special treatment.
Indeed, season passes are as old as the discovery of fire. The Amalgamated Neanderthal Conglomerate "Ungfrthfrulptlf" (GmbH) used to paint on the cave walls about amazing savings:
Club just one woman and kill two mammoths a year and enjoy a VIP spot of dirt by the campfire!*
MUCH cheaper than a saber-tooth per fire.
*Cannot be combined with any other cave painting. Limited time offer. Dirt spots dependent upon availability and size of mammoth, woman.
That's the same price as the Synology 2-disk NAS. Well, the Buffalo is about $190 and Synology $200. I'm not sure that $10 is enough of a difference to be out of reach for some but not others.
Synology is just the most successful of the SOHO NAS boxes. QNAP, Netgear, DLink fall behind (in popularity), but the DIY crowd is the largest, slightly bigger than Synology. This is according to a lifehacker poll (take with grain of salt).
Interesting. Did you get any sense of what they wanted to install? I dont know enough about that specific area but I wonder if there are any legit reasons they might do this. Maybe relating to ESN/MEID/etc, or some type of radio frequency tuning... Still, I would likely have done the same in your shoes.
Yes but this uses an official ICON. Clearly no way to forge that. I've never seen anyone think to use logos or icons for nefarious purposes before. Luckily I am protected here on my Windows 7 machine. I clicked an ad using the Windows 2000 theme that alerted me to major potential threats in my "regisetery"... Had a similar experience on my Macbook Air. Thank goodness for the altruism of all those interwebs ads and sites.
In all seriousness though, this could be a problem for people who root/ROM and install their Google apps from sources other than Google. Granted, when you root/ROM you should be aware of the risks, but it still presents a small danger.
Many Google apps however request permissions that need the app be signed with the same key as the ROM and/or the system key.
"signature" A permission that the system grants only if the requesting application is signed with the same certificate as the application that declared the permission. If the certificates match, the system automatically grants the permission without notifying the user or asking for the user's explicit approval.
"signatureOrSystem" A permission that the system grants only to applications that are in the Android system image or that are signed with the same certificate as the application that declared the permission. Please avoid using this option, as the signature protection level should be sufficient for most needs and works regardless of exactly where applications are installed. The "signatureOrSystem" permission is used for certain special situations where multiple vendors have applications built into a system image and need to share specific features explicitly because they are being built together.
Can you link to it? I find no app by that name in the Google Play store.
I was curious if it had the same issues and Xedeous and Stericson's apps have (namely, apps not expecting to be denied a permission and thus crashing). One of the ways around this I recall them trying was to feed fake data, but im not sure how well that worked -- I haven't tried them.
It looks like Federal prisoners account for 1% of the total incarcerations. So I think while what iggymanz (596061) is saying is correct overall, it doesn't have relevance to the current comment.
Thus showing that "mentally unstable" or "mentally stable" is useless nattering.
Please, please do not say this. Improving mental health in this country is preventative while removing guns is mitigating. Both have an equally important role to play in responding to these tragic events. And while mental health gets tossed around by some in the gun debate, it's a different issue, and it should be addressed with as much importance as any gun control debate. This is not an either-or situation. We can take action on both fronts because they are not mutually exclusive. Please don't let EITHER side of this debate use mental health as a dismissive or derogatory tool of their argument, nor let anyone be dismissive of the role it played.
That could be legacy (or bad) code where an app was making sure the SD was available before it did something. This was/used to be the recommended way of doing things. At least checking for the SD if you stored stuff there. However, some devs hard-coded the string instead of using API calls like getExternalStorageDirectory();
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Indeed, this is hate mongering. JSTOR dropped the charges and is putting out an olive branch (granted it's a tiny one). Now if this were about pushing publicly funded articles and papers to the Library of Congress or otherwise opening that up to the public, then that is a discussion worth having. Trying to paint the prosecutors as part of a privileged "elite" evil is unproductive. The issue is getting the public access to public information, not the perceived hypocrisy of who currently has access.
The actual original article (Xinhua via Google translate)
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Ffortune%2F2013-01%2F11%2Fc_114339598.htm
The "Security researchers": Jinshan networks / Kingsoft (DuBa)
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.ijinshan.com/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DKingsoft%2B(DuBa)%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DtyH%26tbo%3Dd%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Drcs&sa=X&ei=xMn6UMCuGtCM0QGMyIDIDg&ved=0CEAQ7gEwAQ
There's a difference between curated and walled.
However it's sad that it took a suicide for them to examine their role here. For a college that pioneered OpenCourseWare, I never understood why they stood idly by.
I'm pretty sure you could hard-wire safety mechanisms that prevented this.
Similar concept here: http://hackaday.com/2012/10/13/open-source-android-thermostat/#more-87901
A post by the creator in his forums:
As a few people have pointed out, there is some risk that your heater may get stuck in the on state or off state if the app or your phone was to lock up. I've added a few safeguards against this already in the code and am going to add a few more, but I'd like to also find an all mechanical solution to this to ensure the thermostat fails safely if it does fail.
The best solution I know of is to use three bimetal switches to:
Break the circuit on the heater to turn it off if the temperature gets above 100F
Connect the circuit to turn on the heater if the temperature gets below 45F
Connect the circuit to turn on the air conditioner if the temperature gets above 100F
The problem is most of the major manufacturers of these switches do not sell directly to the public. You have to place bulk orders. The few I have found such as these ( 1, 2, 3) are large, heavy, overkill and somewhat expensive. It would be hard to fit three of these in the case, and more may be needed when multi-stage support is added.
There are several cheap thermal fuses, but these only appear to be available for higher temperature ranges. The only reasonable solution I have been able to find so far are these switches from Amico. (104F NC, 104F NO). The only problem with these is they are Chinese made and have not been UL certified. I think an uncertified mechanical fail safe is a whole lot better than no mechanical fail safe at all, so unless someone knows of a better option I plan on including these in the next design. I really hope someone can provide a better option though.
http://androidthermostat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5
Do any of your APs act as repeaters? I tried this but was having some trouble with devices on the network being able to see each other among other bizarre errors.
I think allegedly is used correctly. Maybe if it read " 'scraping Web content from rivals and sheepishly passing it off as its own, said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.' Then I would be a bit confused :)
That said, the language of the TFS and timothy's editorializing Google as "soft-pedaling" are pretty lame click-trolling. The biggest complaint was the search results (not mentioned in TFS, or even the slashcloud article at all). The FRAND patent stuff was a recent addition to the now-closed investigation.
Sorry to reply to self but should add that the Android class for UI testing would be TouchUtils
Robot is part of the awt package and thus is not supported on Android.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html
The (better IMHO) Android class would be TouchUtils
(Though it seems to be missing screenshot capability. )
I don't know about "good" but for Android there is Monkey Runner
I don't think that would have saved December though.
Maybe a unit test should assert that there are 12 items in the month list though.
can't*
And actually, all I have found is that MS is complaining that the API is not as feature rich as the native Apps on Android and iOS, not blocking of access to the API.
Seems reasonable to me, almost every company with an API favors their own implementation. I don't see why MS should get special treatment.
Google appear to be selectively blocking some users from accessing it (or all of it).
I have been digging around but is there any proof of this other than MS claiming it? I can find it yet.
Wilson, Roosevelt, the wheel, colonization, Air Mail, PB&Js, Fords, and finally Green Eggs & Ham. Confused I am.
Where the "...walked into a bar..." part?
Indeed, season passes are as old as the discovery of fire. The Amalgamated Neanderthal Conglomerate "Ungfrthfrulptlf" (GmbH) used to paint on the cave walls about amazing savings:
Club just one woman and kill two mammoths a year and enjoy a VIP spot of dirt by the campfire!*
MUCH cheaper than a saber-tooth per fire.
*Cannot be combined with any other cave painting. Limited time offer. Dirt spots dependent upon availability and size of mammoth, woman.
Ah yer right, one had drives and the other did not when I checked prices, mea culpa.
That's the same price as the Synology 2-disk NAS. Well, the Buffalo is about $190 and Synology $200. I'm not sure that $10 is enough of a difference to be out of reach for some but not others.
Synology is just the most successful of the SOHO NAS boxes. QNAP, Netgear, DLink fall behind (in popularity), but the DIY crowd is the largest, slightly bigger than Synology. This is according to a lifehacker poll (take with grain of salt).
http://lifehacker.com/5968677/five-best-nas-enclosures
Interesting. Did you get any sense of what they wanted to install? I dont know enough about that specific area but I wonder if there are any legit reasons they might do this. Maybe relating to ESN/MEID/etc, or some type of radio frequency tuning... Still, I would likely have done the same in your shoes.
Yes but this uses an official ICON. Clearly no way to forge that. I've never seen anyone think to use logos or icons for nefarious purposes before. Luckily I am protected here on my Windows 7 machine. I clicked an ad using the Windows 2000 theme that alerted me to major potential threats in my "regisetery"... Had a similar experience on my Macbook Air. Thank goodness for the altruism of all those interwebs ads and sites.
In all seriousness though, this could be a problem for people who root/ROM and install their Google apps from sources other than Google. Granted, when you root/ROM you should be aware of the risks, but it still presents a small danger.
Many Google apps however request permissions that need the app be signed with the same key as the ROM and/or the system key.
See: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/permission-element.html#plevel
"signature"
A permission that the system grants only if the requesting application is signed with the same certificate as the application that declared the permission. If the certificates match, the system automatically grants the permission without notifying the user or asking for the user's explicit approval.
"signatureOrSystem"
A permission that the system grants only to applications that are in the Android system image or that are signed with the same certificate as the application that declared the permission. Please avoid using this option, as the signature protection level should be sufficient for most needs and works regardless of exactly where applications are installed. The "signatureOrSystem" permission is used for certain special situations where multiple vendors have applications built into a system image and need to share specific features explicitly because they are being built together.
Don't forget Khaan. http://khaaan.com/ Khaaaaaaaaan!
Can you link to it? I find no app by that name in the Google Play store.
I was curious if it had the same issues and Xedeous and Stericson's apps have (namely, apps not expecting to be denied a permission and thus crashing). One of the ways around this I recall them trying was to feed fake data, but im not sure how well that worked -- I haven't tried them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adult_incarceration_statistics_for_the_USA._Timeline.gif
It looks like Federal prisoners account for 1% of the total incarcerations. So I think while what iggymanz (596061) is saying is correct overall, it doesn't have relevance to the current comment.
Anyways, a very interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States
Thus showing that "mentally unstable" or "mentally stable" is useless nattering.
Please, please do not say this. Improving mental health in this country is preventative while removing guns is mitigating. Both have an equally important role to play in responding to these tragic events. And while mental health gets tossed around by some in the gun debate, it's a different issue, and it should be addressed with as much importance as any gun control debate. This is not an either-or situation. We can take action on both fronts because they are not mutually exclusive. Please don't let EITHER side of this debate use mental health as a dismissive or derogatory tool of their argument, nor let anyone be dismissive of the role it played.
That could be legacy (or bad) code where an app was making sure the SD was available before it did something. This was/used to be the recommended way of doing things. At least checking for the SD if you stored stuff there. However, some devs hard-coded the string instead of using API calls like getExternalStorageDirectory();
I dont know that much about it, but I suspect it has to do with comoving distance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoving_distance