Not to worry, we spend most of our time here whining about the good ol' US.
But to answer some of your questions... yes, there's all sorts of domestic spying. Yes, some of cloak-and-dagger stuff gets exposed. Some of it happens quite openly.
And I don't think anyone is laughing at India. It's more like, "we feel your pain."
I realize I made it sound as though it'd made up my mind, but I promise I'd never base a professional decision entirely on the opinion of some random comment somewhere.:)
You're right of course, polarization has some serious consequences. I don't think it usually results in what you're suggesting... but it could.
But back on topic, I didn't really mean to say there are only two sides to any issue. My point was that there's real benefit to people writing out their thoughts where others can see them... even if they're arguing.
I absolutely agree. In even the worst case scenarios, hateful arguments get aired where others can respond with opposing viewpoints, and at least casual passers-by see both sides of any issue.
You may not change my mind when we disagree, but you might influence the opinions of some random 3rd party. If even by hammering home the notion that there can be rational parties on both sides of a disagreement and we all deserve a little respect.
That's really interesting, because I'd considered it as a component in an exchange system, and eventual replacement. I'll certainly steer clear now. At least for that role.
Sometimes I wish this kind of basic information was required on a product that claims compatibility.
The iPad is a tablet. I'm not sure what else you could possibly try to call it.
It's somewhat reasonable to consider tablets specs to netbook specs, in that they're often used for similar tasks. Not a lot of heavy lifting going on with either.
And there are lots of reasons why the iPads are hugely dominant. They're good products and all, but not least of which is a great track record with their previous (and somewhat similar) devices. Virtually no one who owned an iphone 4 is afraid to own an ipad too, if they're in the market for a tablet.
I mean, I wouldn't be the first to say the iPads are really just large iPhones, without the phone. It's not a hard sell for most folks.
I don't have any research on this that I can cite, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say, "If Apple cares about this metric, a LOT, it's probably for a good reason."
I don't know that they're "race-hatred motivated". I think they're probably just robbery motivated. We're having this happen in Chicago lately too. The only difference from the norm (Chicago is pretty ugly, as far as crime goes) is that it's now happening in broad daylight, in nice areas.
But you've made one point (not so delicately). Have we gone so far down the path of political correctness that we're actually referring to gang muggings as "flash mobs" of "youths"? How silly will we get, trying to abstract race away from any conversations surrounding crime?
Oh yes, and bad guys know how to text? This is not remarkable news to this nerd.
That's cool, sounds like it solves many of Instructables problems. I've also been looking at Make Projects lately (I have a project to post). I'm sure you're aware of it:
http://makeprojects.com/
To be fair, it'd be hard to hurt Instructables too much. The site is a cesspool of forced, unnecessary account creation and logins, advertising overload and bad conversation management. I'm not sure why it's the go-to place for that kind of thing.
I originally bought their Inventors Kit to get me up and running. The thing was amazingly well put-together, with the color get-to-doing-stuff booklet, some fun sensors and such.
I guess I'm treading dangerously close to promotion here, but I'm not affiliated (I swear!). I just have to second that as a really good option for people that want to get started.
I don't know a whole lot about it, but I know there's considerable speculation that they've got the wrong guy. I guess they've successfully framed individuals that they don't like, and ended up not being who the authorities thought they were.
As far as I'm concerned, the Internet is the metaverse, with a primitive, but workable standard interface (the web). We've implemented lots of other services on top of it, and it isn't run by one, single corporate overlord. We just lack the technology for a genuinely immersive, decentralized, widespread interface like what most of us dream about. Various games are just the closest we've gotten. Which is to say, not very.
I only skimmed it, but it doesn't seem to say if he needed physical access to the battery to do this. Obviously the two must communicate (on-battery and OS), but it doesn't say if access was achieved on an in-use battery from the host machine.
Obviously this is important, because it changes the attack vector significantly. There's a big difference between being vulnerable to the battery manufacturer or if a random infection could push code to the battery (or even brick it).
Slashdot Mirror
If it's trollish then Slashdot syndication, definitely. Dunno about that profit bit though.
Troll natural selection... developing a more potent concentration of villainy among them? That's truly evil, sir.
There's no such thing as a good person in national politics.
;)
Anywhere.
There! I just covered everything in one hit. Let's move on.
Not to worry, we spend most of our time here whining about the good ol' US.
But to answer some of your questions... yes, there's all sorts of domestic spying. Yes, some of cloak-and-dagger stuff gets exposed. Some of it happens quite openly.
And I don't think anyone is laughing at India. It's more like, "we feel your pain."
I'd just be interested in it as a way to store old data at work in a way that doesn't rot/break over a few years.
I realize I made it sound as though it'd made up my mind, but I promise I'd never base a professional decision entirely on the opinion of some random comment somewhere. :)
That said, it's useful info.
You're right of course, polarization has some serious consequences. I don't think it usually results in what you're suggesting... but it could.
But back on topic, I didn't really mean to say there are only two sides to any issue. My point was that there's real benefit to people writing out their thoughts where others can see them... even if they're arguing.
I absolutely agree. In even the worst case scenarios, hateful arguments get aired where others can respond with opposing viewpoints, and at least casual passers-by see both sides of any issue.
You may not change my mind when we disagree, but you might influence the opinions of some random 3rd party. If even by hammering home the notion that there can be rational parties on both sides of a disagreement and we all deserve a little respect.
There's a detail you'd expect to have cropped up about 400 posts ago. I mean, it's in the summary.
That's really interesting, because I'd considered it as a component in an exchange system, and eventual replacement. I'll certainly steer clear now. At least for that role.
Sometimes I wish this kind of basic information was required on a product that claims compatibility.
The iPad is a tablet. I'm not sure what else you could possibly try to call it.
It's somewhat reasonable to consider tablets specs to netbook specs, in that they're often used for similar tasks. Not a lot of heavy lifting going on with either.
And there are lots of reasons why the iPads are hugely dominant. They're good products and all, but not least of which is a great track record with their previous (and somewhat similar) devices. Virtually no one who owned an iphone 4 is afraid to own an ipad too, if they're in the market for a tablet.
I mean, I wouldn't be the first to say the iPads are really just large iPhones, without the phone. It's not a hard sell for most folks.
I don't have any research on this that I can cite, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say, "If Apple cares about this metric, a LOT, it's probably for a good reason."
I don't know that they're "race-hatred motivated". I think they're probably just robbery motivated. We're having this happen in Chicago lately too. The only difference from the norm (Chicago is pretty ugly, as far as crime goes) is that it's now happening in broad daylight, in nice areas.
But you've made one point (not so delicately). Have we gone so far down the path of political correctness that we're actually referring to gang muggings as "flash mobs" of "youths"? How silly will we get, trying to abstract race away from any conversations surrounding crime?
Oh yes, and bad guys know how to text? This is not remarkable news to this nerd.
That's cool, sounds like it solves many of Instructables problems. I've also been looking at Make Projects lately (I have a project to post). I'm sure you're aware of it: http://makeprojects.com/
I'm sure you're right. I guess it's time for a Facebook to their MySpace.
To be fair, it'd be hard to hurt Instructables too much. The site is a cesspool of forced, unnecessary account creation and logins, advertising overload and bad conversation management. I'm not sure why it's the go-to place for that kind of thing.
I originally bought their Inventors Kit to get me up and running. The thing was amazingly well put-together, with the color get-to-doing-stuff booklet, some fun sensors and such.
I guess I'm treading dangerously close to promotion here, but I'm not affiliated (I swear!). I just have to second that as a really good option for people that want to get started.
Meh, for $120 this thing is probably in trouble anyways. Though that's a shame, more stuff is always better.
.net koolaid". The Netduino has been around for a long time. And it's $35.
And lets remember, there's already an arduino for "people who've drunk the
http://netduino.com/ http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10107
That long ago, I'm surprised they didn't just pour it down the drain or right in the ocean. ;)
I don't know a whole lot about it, but I know there's considerable speculation that they've got the wrong guy. I guess they've successfully framed individuals that they don't like, and ended up not being who the authorities thought they were.
The article talks about using them for missions into the atmosphere of Titan, sending them to Mars, or for deep space exploration.
Doesn't sound like anyone is planning to put 100,000 of these in earth orbit, aside from the 3 or 4 Endeavour put up to test in space.
Google is a good one. And add Amazon Simple Pay / Flexible Payment Service to the list.
As far as I'm concerned, the Internet is the metaverse, with a primitive, but workable standard interface (the web). We've implemented lots of other services on top of it, and it isn't run by one, single corporate overlord. We just lack the technology for a genuinely immersive, decentralized, widespread interface like what most of us dream about. Various games are just the closest we've gotten. Which is to say, not very.
That's actually a really useful tip. Thanks for that.
I only skimmed it, but it doesn't seem to say if he needed physical access to the battery to do this. Obviously the two must communicate (on-battery and OS), but it doesn't say if access was achieved on an in-use battery from the host machine.
Obviously this is important, because it changes the attack vector significantly. There's a big difference between being vulnerable to the battery manufacturer or if a random infection could push code to the battery (or even brick it).