I would wonder:
If a:) the government has a full on stranglehold on the Internet in the former Soviet Union and
b:) there are notorious gangs of "really bad hackers(tm)" operating from there wouldn't it be safe to c:) call out Putin on the bullshit as he's clearly in control, and sanctioning it, etc. ???
I read via another/. story recently that automated voice translation on the fly is a hot issue for darpa these days. I wonder if the algo used by this OCR method would be of any assistance in getting a two-stage unit that uses voice recognition off the ground?
I've been down this road several times... and can't say enough good things about CompuTrace. Most of their staff are former law enforcement, and there is an "insurance policy" for lack of a better word that accompanies situations in which they locate the device but it's in, say, the Soviet Union and the like. (For example, if stolen, properly reported, and unrecoverable within 30 days you get $1K the first year, $500.00 the second, and $250.00 the third towards replacement.)
To me, the most vitally important aspect is going for something that is hardware based. With TPM enabled bios and such these days on a modern laptop, the client is embedded and does not rely on your OS whatsoever. This is great considering most of what we seem to be discussing in this thread is Linux.
CompuTrace worked so well that in our tests (and later, based on four thefts out of 300 systems) that we noted the following: - I can wipe the hard drive (even low-level format) and the system will _still_ phone home immediately once on the Internet. - If you take the hard drive out and place it in a different system, _THAT_ system _also_ phoned home, based on the TPM components there.
(This was mostly HP TC4200 and HP TC4400 tablets.)
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Well... much like beauty, the situation is in the eye of the beholder.
Imagine, if you can, playing this game yourself for fifteen minutes. I expect the reactions are quite binary. Either a.) You're human enough to be absolutely repulsed by it, and join the author at the toilet bowl - or - b.) you turn out to be a sick, twisted, demented fuck and actually have a good time playing.
Whether you are one, or the other, is of no consequence to the author... I'm sure you can see my point. Lemme guess, we're going to decide we need yet another law, right?
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
- Gary Zukav
Well, let's not also forget that the "Media" definition of Liberal and Conservative aren't realistic. If you believe them, Liberal's are nothing short of queer pinko commie hippies, while Conservatives are the very upstanding "church folk" you mention.
In reality (and politics) they are completely different animals. If a piece of legislation is on the table for me to vote on, and let's just say it would put about $2600.00 more tax dollars back in my pocket - it might interest me, and I may even want to vote for it. If, however, I find out that in order for this $2600.00 to come my way, my neighbors (or total strangers for that matter) are gonna take it in the ass financially, then a _Conservative_ will vote against it. The Liberal will merely look at the benefit to themselves and vote without much further thought.
It really annoys me that these terms are diametrically opposed depending on which view you happen to be taking advantage of. I too live in Kansas - and I'm nearly ready for one of those "Kansas, as Biggoted as you think" bumper stickers... Fred Phelps, the Temperance Movement, and all other such loons out in Topeka can suck my big toe.
"Let every Christian ask himself this question: "How can I think to
understand the Old Testament if I be ignorant of the construction put
upon it by that nation whose sacred book it formed; and if I know not
the meaning of the Old Testament, how can I expect to understand the New?"
-- S.L. McGregor Mathers
Total agreement with Dun Malg! I used to have this argument with gun control freaks. "If we can save just one innocent life, it will have been worth it." Oh yeah? Well, just start walking West. There is this great big hole called the Grand Canyon. Every year, at least one fool falls in and dies, which is of course unacceptable. Thus, when you fill the Grand Canyon in I will be happy to ditch my guns.
Never underestimate the stupidity of large groups of people. Kyrka
For every instance in which technology is capable of enhancing an organization, it also introduces the ability to absolutely cripple it.
Diebold is whatever it is... as will be any other attempt as similar technology. What is broken in this context is the _process_ first, and trust second. If they had been willing to address the process, in the open, then perhaps trust could have been achieved.
It doesn't help when the Diebold CEO pretty much stated publicly [to paraphrase], "We _will_ deliver Ohio to the Republicans". I think they should all go read some counterpane blogs...
Wow! After all these years, and my very first "first post" has netted a score of 3-Informative and become a catalyst for much debate. I guess I should point out my history...
I _don't_ wear ear rings to work... but I also don't wear them around the house either. I tend to throw 'em in place as an accessory, when I feel the need to dress the part. [I run in several different circles these days - many I never dreamed I'd be involved with back in the days when I didn't expect to be a) a father or b) live to the ripe age of 35.]
I pierced my ears in high-school... and was not allowed to wear them in the Navy - at least not in uniform. Personally, I always viewed this as a form of sexual discrimination... but history and tradition certainly have their place I suppose. Even the females are required to wear pretty vanilla ear rings - nothing particularly flashy, etc.
I work for the State of Kansas now, in a university environment. It would take something pretty egregious on my part to lose the job... I'm quite certain I could show up with the rings in, and not have much fallout to deal with other than folks wondering why I "recently got pierced" since I don't think anyone has really cared enough to notice the holes. Who knows - since I had like 1/2 and inch of hair in the interview, and nearly have a mullet now (accompanying a partial beard because I'm lazy), I'm sure it wouldn't suprise them.
Wow! After all these years, and my very first "first post" has netted a score of 3-Informative and become a catalyst for much debate. I guess I should point out my history...
My tatoos are from my Navy days - got 'em both on the way to that first silly skirmish in Iraq - one on my right shoulder, and the other prominently displayed on my left forearm. (It's a hell of a conversation starter - and the artwork has even MORE signifigance to me as a Freemason all these years later.)
I _don't_ wear ear rings to work... but I also don't wear them around the house either. I tend to throw 'em in place as an accessory, when I feel the need to dress the part. [I run in several different circles these days - many I never dreamed I'd be involved with back in the days when I didn't expect to be a) a father or b) live to the ripe age of 35.]
I pierced my ears in high-school... and was not allowed to wear them in the Navy - at least not in uniform. Personally, I always viewed this as a form of sexual discrimination... but history and tradition certainly have their place I suppose. Even the females are required to wear pretty vanilla ear rings - nothing particularly flashy, etc.
I work for the State of Kansas now, in a university environment. It would take something pretty egregious on my part to lose the job... I'm quite certain I could show up with the rings in, and not have much fallout to deal with other than folks wondering why I "recently got pierced" since I don't think anyone has really cared enough to notice the holes. Who knows - since I had like 1/2 and inch of hair in the interview, and nearly have a mullet now (accompanying a partial beard because I'm lazy), I'm sure it wouldn't suprise them.
R2 doesn't have his memory erased. The "protocol droid" is the one mentioned, which is C3PO... R2 maintains an understanding of what's going on all along - and is likely a master hacker, given his penchant for acquiring plans for the Death Star.
I've not finished it, but I started a book called "Mind at Light Speed" by David Nolte a while back. He describes three stages of machines of light, and I can't do the book justice here.
However, he put forth the concept of replacing the bit as the common unit of data with actual images - best described as holographic images of light manipulated by light. A picture really _would_ be worth a thousand words in such a system!
This is just a side effect. If ALL software companies would put more emphasis on quality (including secure) code from the beginning, the costs of supporting this stuff would go down. When I say quality, I am referring to something you might get from a CS degree, not what DeVRY is hoanding out. Hence, the company perhaps wouldn't have swollen to its current size perhaps... or if they _HAD_ spent more time (and salary) on their staff, the public would likely have paid more for the "better" software. Assuming it is, at all, better is the gamble.
So, we can expect in the short term an increase in the cost of EA products maybe. What's this mean for their stock price? I dare not speculate, but those in the know can figure it out. What will the stock holders think of it? Will _THEY_ embrase the shift? Time will tell, but this could be a turning point for some, and perhaps set a trend for others.
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So 1900 jobs constitutes the second largest employer in Ireland? That would make their population, what, 12,000? Whatever.
Actually, noting that Burlington Coat Factory is on the list of 12.... I think the BSA debacle is why they are hard core Linux now, right?
I would wonder:
If a:) the government has a full on stranglehold on the Internet in the former Soviet Union and
b:) there are notorious gangs of "really bad hackers(tm)" operating from there wouldn't it be safe
to c:) call out Putin on the bullshit as he's clearly in control, and sanctioning it, etc. ???
4-5 big robber barons... like the six or so that own all media _currently_ ?
Indeed. Rule number twenty seven: Never trust your instruments as perfect.
I read via another /. story recently that automated voice translation on the fly is a hot issue for darpa these days. I wonder if the algo used by this OCR method would be of any assistance in getting a two-stage unit that uses voice recognition off the ground?
_mare_ ? Now that's funny!
To me, the most vitally important aspect is going for something that is hardware based. With TPM enabled bios and such these days on a modern laptop, the client is embedded and does not rely on your OS whatsoever. This is great considering most of what we seem to be discussing in this thread is Linux.
CompuTrace worked so well that in our tests (and later, based on four thefts out of 300 systems) that we noted the following: - I can wipe the hard drive (even low-level format) and the system will _still_ phone home immediately once on the Internet. - If you take the hard drive out and place it in a different system, _THAT_ system _also_ phoned home, based on the TPM components there.
(This was mostly HP TC4200 and HP TC4400 tablets.)
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Yeah... it's more of a string "conjecture" if you ask me... they fudge the numbers and do the scientific method in reverse it would seem.
Now THAT is some scary shit man... do the pricks on The Hill know something about invading Iran the rest of us don't?
Imagine, if you can, playing this game yourself for fifteen minutes. I expect the reactions are quite binary. Either a.) You're human enough to be absolutely repulsed by it, and join the author at the toilet bowl - or - b.) you turn out to be a sick, twisted, demented fuck and actually have a good time playing.
Whether you are one, or the other, is of no consequence to the author... I'm sure you can see my point. Lemme guess, we're going to decide we need yet another law, right?
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science. - Gary Zukav
In reality (and politics) they are completely different animals. If a piece of legislation is on the table for me to vote on, and let's just say it would put about $2600.00 more tax dollars back in my pocket - it might interest me, and I may even want to vote for it. If, however, I find out that in order for this $2600.00 to come my way, my neighbors (or total strangers for that matter) are gonna take it in the ass financially, then a _Conservative_ will vote against it. The Liberal will merely look at the benefit to themselves and vote without much further thought.
It really annoys me that these terms are diametrically opposed depending on which view you happen to be taking advantage of. I too live in Kansas - and I'm nearly ready for one of those "Kansas, as Biggoted as you think" bumper stickers... Fred Phelps, the Temperance Movement, and all other such loons out in Topeka can suck my big toe.
"Let every Christian ask himself this question: "How can I think to understand the Old Testament if I be ignorant of the construction put upon it by that nation whose sacred book it formed; and if I know not the meaning of the Old Testament, how can I expect to understand the New?"
-- S.L. McGregor Mathers
Total agreement with Dun Malg!
I used to have this argument with gun control freaks. "If we can save just one innocent life, it will have been worth it." Oh yeah? Well, just start walking West. There is this great big hole called the Grand Canyon. Every year, at least one fool falls in and dies, which is of course unacceptable. Thus, when you fill the Grand Canyon in I will be happy to ditch my guns.
Never underestimate the stupidity of large groups of people.
Kyrka
For every instance in which technology is capable of enhancing an organization, it also introduces the ability to absolutely cripple it.
Diebold is whatever it is... as will be any other attempt as similar technology. What is broken in this context is the _process_ first, and trust second. If they had been willing to address the process, in the open, then perhaps trust could have been achieved.
It doesn't help when the Diebold CEO pretty much stated publicly [to paraphrase], "We _will_ deliver Ohio to the Republicans". I think they should all go read some counterpane blogs...
Because [insert diety of choice] knows this has been ubber-effective so far.
Needs to be spread if we're to expect cisco to fix it.
I _don't_ wear ear rings to work... but I also don't wear them around the house either. I tend to throw 'em in place as an accessory, when I feel the need to dress the part. [I run in several different circles these days - many I never dreamed I'd be involved with back in the days when I didn't expect to be a) a father or b) live to the ripe age of 35.]
I pierced my ears in high-school... and was not allowed to wear them in the Navy - at least not in uniform. Personally, I always viewed this as a form of sexual discrimination... but history and tradition certainly have their place I suppose. Even the females are required to wear pretty vanilla ear rings - nothing particularly flashy, etc.
I work for the State of Kansas now, in a university environment. It would take something pretty egregious on my part to lose the job... I'm quite certain I could show up with the rings in, and not have much fallout to deal with other than folks wondering why I "recently got pierced" since I don't think anyone has really cared enough to notice the holes. Who knows - since I had like 1/2 and inch of hair in the interview, and nearly have a mullet now (accompanying a partial beard because I'm lazy), I'm sure it wouldn't suprise them.
My tatoos are from my Navy days - got 'em both on the way to that first silly skirmish in Iraq - one on my right shoulder, and the other prominently displayed on my left forearm. (It's a hell of a conversation starter - and the artwork has even MORE signifigance to me as a Freemason all these years later.)
I _don't_ wear ear rings to work... but I also don't wear them around the house either. I tend to throw 'em in place as an accessory, when I feel the need to dress the part. [I run in several different circles these days - many I never dreamed I'd be involved with back in the days when I didn't expect to be a) a father or b) live to the ripe age of 35.]
I pierced my ears in high-school... and was not allowed to wear them in the Navy - at least not in uniform. Personally, I always viewed this as a form of sexual discrimination... but history and tradition certainly have their place I suppose. Even the females are required to wear pretty vanilla ear rings - nothing particularly flashy, etc.
I work for the State of Kansas now, in a university environment. It would take something pretty egregious on my part to lose the job... I'm quite certain I could show up with the rings in, and not have much fallout to deal with other than folks wondering why I "recently got pierced" since I don't think anyone has really cared enough to notice the holes. Who knows - since I had like 1/2 and inch of hair in the interview, and nearly have a mullet now (accompanying a partial beard because I'm lazy), I'm sure it wouldn't suprise them.
It's never hindered me - I have pierced ears and visible tats.
R2 doesn't have his memory erased. The "protocol droid" is the one mentioned, which is C3PO... R2 maintains an understanding of what's going on all along - and is likely a master hacker, given his penchant for acquiring plans for the Death Star.
(OK - Leia gave 'em to him, but hey, it fits.)
However, he put forth the concept of replacing the bit as the common unit of data with actual images - best described as holographic images of light manipulated by light. A picture really _would_ be worth a thousand words in such a system!
...well... he's acting like a God-damned Republican!
You haven't been affected as I see it.
Um... do you know the diff between mute and moot?
So, we can expect in the short term an increase in the cost of EA products maybe. What's this mean for their stock price? I dare not speculate, but those in the know can figure it out. What will the stock holders think of it? Will _THEY_ embrase the shift? Time will tell, but this could be a turning point for some, and perhaps set a trend for others.