Most of the commentators here are speaking out of their asses. Let me tell you somethings, being greek and all.
First of all,Limnos is one of the Greek islands that is very close to Turkey. There have been a lot of incidents in the past there. Maybe the whole point of the clashes were moot, maybe not, but i can't blame the officials for being extra carefull.
Secondly, personally i believe that the guys did not mean harm. But, they were photographing and videotaping active military camps. Sure there's satellite photos of everything on the island on google maps, but gathering intelligence on military installations is one of the most basic espionage actions. If that's not spying, i don't know what is.
Finally, for all those talking about tourists and tourist activities, that's a whole lot of hors*shit. Next time you decide to come for vacations, try to stay at the beach. The military bases are off limits.
being greek, i've read some of the original articles. The problem is, they were taking photographs and videotaping active military bases. I'm pretty sure, the guys are not spies but gathering intelligence on foreign military installations constitutes spying in most of the countries i know
It would help to see the recent sales figures of other notable android manufacturers like HTC and LG to decide if the exposure from the trial had a noticeable effect
I'm pretty sure, if you'd live 500 years you would hear you mother nagging you for not getting married and settling down by the time you're 300 years old...
But try to imagine what a person who has lived 500 years would have witnessed:
The colonism of the americas. The birth of modern medicine. Discovering the importance of DNA. The French Revolution. The American Revolution. The Industrial Age. The evolution of art movements like Neoclassism, Romanticism and all Modern or Contemporary art movements. Splitting the atom. Walking on the moon. The radical change of the way we view the world through quantum mechanics and the theories of relativity. The technological advancements of the 20th century. The internet.
Now factor the singularity effect and extrapolate for the next 500 years. I'd sure like to be around to witness all that.
I completely agree: This turns CC into an'all or nothing' deal. And for me, if i had to choose between the two, it would easily be 'nothing'.
I'm a photographer with a moderate fan-base. In the past i've published most of my works as NC-ND because it enables me to retain my artistic vision, while also making sure that if a website/corporation uses one of my images, i 'll get a fair share. Take that away, and all i'll ever post online are 200x200 thumbs. Who wins from that? Certainly not the people who enjoy my photos, since they'll have extremely limited access to them. Definitely not I, since i'll have more difficulties getting my photos to a new audience.
No NC-ND would probably mean "All rights reserved" for me.
first things first: For how long would i have to stay off the grid? For argument's sake, i'll assume i'll have to be out of sight for 6 months.
So the first thing to do is off course ditch any cell, or anything i have that can be traced. That includes cameras with gps sensors, gps devices and other similar gadgets that are location aware. I'd try to withdraw as much money as i can using ATMs in the first 3 hours, after that burn all debit/credit cards. I'd probably try to set up an "insurance" against my dissapearance. Something like the encrypted torrent wikileaks published. Whatever i witnessed is probably importand enough, and interesting enough that members of the press, or wikileaks would be interested for. So i'd send them an encrypted copy of the story of what i witnessed. Then i'd set up a deathswitch account http://www.deathswitch.com/ were in case i was unable to enter the password the password would be sent to all those interested. Final thing would be to let those that are after me know that they should make sure i don't die or get caught if they want the event to stay private.
After that? Leave a note for your family letting them know that you're ok, but that you have to leave, and that they have to trust you. You'll communicate in a couple of days. Then get the hell out. Get on a bus, and try to get as far as possible from where you could be found. Stay out of major cities and try to stay low. If the search for you goes public, then change appeareances as much as you can. Different dress styles, shave your beard, color your hair etc etc. And keep running.
Or in english: "The last argument of kings". It was cast on the cannons of Louis XIV. The armed forces who storm the embassy could have it painted on their chests.
But, surely, if "A" claims that "B" stole item "C" from him, and B manages to prove that "C" wasn't "A" 's to begin with, then the concept of guilt/innocence doesn't apply, right? Samsung doesn't need to plead innocent because they're disputing the ownership of the ideas.
From what i understand, they are not trying to prove that Apple ripped the idea from someone in particular. They're trying to prove that the design ideas in question were around long before the ios devices, and as such a) Apple shouldn't have been allowed to pattent them in the first place and b) another designer could arrive to similar designed items without necessarily ripping off the iphones/ipads.
You fail to link to a source confirming that samsung prefers not showing the home screen. My experience is different, since everytime i've seen a demo they always started from a minimalist lockscreen and then went to a widget-full homescreen. But that's subjective experience so no point in arguing. What is not subjective is that the licence fees samsung was offered was substantially higher than similar deals, in an effort to secure a two-way licensing deal for the samsung pattents that Apple infringed. I think that, and the fact that Samsung's legal team thought they had a solid case was the reason they went to court.
I'm not sure i agree with you. First of all, in the last few days we've learned than apple has licenced some of those pattents to MSFT and other companies. That steady stream of cash would dry if the pattents were meaningless.
But most importantly the patterns are ammo for courtroom wars (remember, Google bought motorola just for their patent portfolio). Invalidating those patterns could open a pandora's box: Every apple competitor who was afraid to challenge Apple's UI pattents would take courage from the Apple V. Samsung, and reexamine it's aproach. It could spark a domino effect for the whole industry
...seems to me to be one of the worst outcomes of this trial for Apple. In that case, android will incorporate even more design futures of the ios and the iphone will lose it's distinct advantage. Apple's legal team must have felt pretty confident to risk the pattents in court, but it seems to me this will turn back and bite them on their shinny lawyer asses.
That's not the theme at all. The theme is "Apple's patents about the iphone's design are invalid, because others had created products based on the same principles and ideas in the past".Apple was just the first company to apply for a pattent for the ideas. As such, they have just as much right as Apple to use an green icon for our dialer application.
A good analogy is McDonalds suing Wendy's because they had patented the "burger" design". They were not the first ones to think about it, it's just that McDonalds was the first to pattend the idea.Lord Sandwitch's heir should sue both their asses
Killing him would only make him a martyr. They need to discredit him first. Then they can organise an operation to snatch him, and bring him in front of a US judge
Actually the question is valid and from his whereabouts I’m pretty sure not based on a glance. He (and I for that matter) probably sees and feels the full effect of the economic crisis all around him.
And he didn’t imply that he wanted to move to an emerging finance power. Rather he is looking for a stable economic environment (as is the vast majority of south Europeans right now). Stable is the key here. And unfortunately there are very few western countries that seem to be shielded from the coming economic crash.
We're on the same boat here. I'm a Greek mixed-signal designer, and for the past 3 years i've been contemplating this question. Here's what i've come up with:
1st choice: Canada. Quality of life, wages and workplaces seems to be among the best worldwide. The climate can be a bit harsh, especially for south Europeans but you get used to it. From what i understand Canada was the first 1stWorld country to get pass the financial crisis. So it seems as shielded as can be from future problems. Also, having only one neighbor, with whom you have excellent relationships, can only help. Last but not least, the Canadian dollar seems strong enough, and other countries in the region [like Iceland] consider adopting it. Biggest problem: It's very difficult to migrate to Canada. They have very strict conditions to be met. I have working experience, a m.sc in microelectronic design and a large sum of money in the bank, and the "migration wizard" at the Canadian embassy’s site keeps rejecting me. I'd live there for 20 years easily. 2nd choice: Finland. Basically all the goods of the E.E. without the bad. Bad climate here too, but excellent social policies, and workplaces. If you can handle the climate and the language you can’t lose. Seems well shielded to any economic crisis that are coming. 3rd choice: Australia. Having a thriving economy, and being close to the Asian market can only help. The language and weather is a big plus. I’m not sure about the IT market there, but it’s probably not bad. You should check it out.
Basically, for a long term solution you can’t bet on the US, or the centre/south EE countries. If you speak the language, Brazil seems to be a good choice, since for the next 5 years it will ride the wave of the Olympics and there will be lots of work possibilities.
The problem when not applying full disk encryption, and when you have a strong app ecosystem with lots of apps reading phone states, contacts and other personal information, is that you cannot guarantee that all temporary files created by the apps will be stored in ciphertext.There lies the problem. The OS itself might me carefull enough with the information, but can you trust every developer too?
I agree that the back door theory seems more like a conspiracy theory, but heres the thing: without access to the code, you cannot assume anything. It makes total sense to design a back door in a post 9/11 world, especially when all these security agencies can make your life really difficult. I have no evidence or proof of a back door designed, but i also have no reason to believe that it's not there, when all i have is a black box to look at.
First of all TFA is about how difficult it is to grab plaintext from a whole-disk encrypted drive. From what i know, the iphone is NOT whole-disk encrypted.
Secondly, the same could be said about any android phone which employs whole-disk encryption.
But more importantly than all of the above, i think it's naive to assume Apple doesn't have the master key for every iDevice. When the govermernt comes knocking, if you base your security to just the basics apple gives you, you're pretty much screwed.
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Most of the commentators here are speaking out of their asses. Let me tell you somethings, being greek and all.
First of all ,Limnos is one of the Greek islands that is very close to Turkey. There have been a lot of incidents in the past there. Maybe the whole point of the clashes were moot, maybe not, but i can't blame the officials for being extra carefull.
Secondly, personally i believe that the guys did not mean harm. But, they were photographing and videotaping active military camps. Sure there's satellite photos of everything on the island on google maps, but gathering intelligence on military installations is one of the most basic espionage actions. If that's not spying, i don't know what is.
Finally, for all those talking about tourists and tourist activities, that's a whole lot of hors*shit. Next time you decide to come for vacations, try to stay at the beach. The military bases are off limits.
being greek, i've read some of the original articles. The problem is, they were taking photographs and videotaping active military bases. I'm pretty sure, the guys are not spies but gathering intelligence on foreign military installations constitutes spying in most of the countries i know
i suppose MsDOS 6.22, windows 3.11, system V and AmigaOS 3.1 were much more meaningfull, right? jeez, TFA is a waste of time
Even if the original quote was not from him, he adopted it as if it was.
The trial was only one of the factors to consider here. The overall growth of the android ecosystem should be accounted for. Also keep in mind that smartphone sales are surging overall ( http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/08/more-than-half-of-all-handsets-will-be-smartphones-in-2013/ ) so it makes sense for Samsung's phones to sell more.
It would help to see the recent sales figures of other notable android manufacturers like HTC and LG to decide if the exposure from the trial had a noticeable effect
With Valve finally bringing Steam on Linux, how can someone proclaim the linux desktop dead?
I'm pretty sure, if you'd live 500 years you would hear you mother nagging you for not getting married and settling down by the time you're 300 years old...
But try to imagine what a person who has lived 500 years would have witnessed:
The colonism of the americas.
The birth of modern medicine.
Discovering the importance of DNA.
The French Revolution.
The American Revolution.
The Industrial Age.
The evolution of art movements like Neoclassism, Romanticism and all Modern or Contemporary art movements.
Splitting the atom.
Walking on the moon.
The radical change of the way we view the world through quantum mechanics and the theories of relativity.
The technological advancements of the 20th century.
The internet.
Now factor the singularity effect and extrapolate for the next 500 years. I'd sure like to be around to witness all that.
I completely agree: This turns CC into an'all or nothing' deal. And for me, if i had to choose between the two, it would easily be 'nothing'.
I'm a photographer with a moderate fan-base. In the past i've published most of my works as NC-ND because it enables me to retain my artistic vision, while also making sure that if a website/corporation uses one of my images, i 'll get a fair share. Take that away, and all i'll ever post online are 200x200 thumbs. Who wins from that? Certainly not the people who enjoy my photos, since they'll have extremely limited access to them. Definitely not I, since i'll have more difficulties getting my photos to a new audience.
No NC-ND would probably mean "All rights reserved" for me.
That's an even better idea.... (i was just thinking that i'd like to keep the rest of my funds)
first things first: For how long would i have to stay off the grid? For argument's sake, i'll assume i'll have to be out of sight for 6 months.
So the first thing to do is off course ditch any cell, or anything i have that can be traced. That includes cameras with gps sensors, gps devices and other similar gadgets that are location aware. I'd try to withdraw as much money as i can using ATMs in the first 3 hours, after that burn all debit/credit cards.
I'd probably try to set up an "insurance" against my dissapearance. Something like the encrypted torrent wikileaks published. Whatever i witnessed is probably importand enough, and interesting enough that members of the press, or wikileaks would be interested for. So i'd send them an encrypted copy of the story of what i witnessed. Then i'd set up a deathswitch account http://www.deathswitch.com/ were in case i was unable to enter the password the password would be sent to all those interested. Final thing would be to let those that are after me know that they should make sure i don't die or get caught if they want the event to stay private.
After that? Leave a note for your family letting them know that you're ok, but that you have to leave, and that they have to trust you. You'll communicate in a couple of days. Then get the hell out. Get on a bus, and try to get as far as possible from where you could be found. Stay out of major cities and try to stay low. If the search for you goes public, then change appeareances as much as you can. Different dress styles, shave your beard, color your hair etc etc. And keep running.
Or in english: "The last argument of kings". It was cast on the cannons of Louis XIV. The armed forces who storm the embassy could have it painted on their chests.
...let me know when they make a working room-temperature faser.
Why don't the simply censor those domains? They already censor the hell of the internet anyway.
But, surely, if "A" claims that "B" stole item "C" from him, and B manages to prove that "C" wasn't "A" 's to begin with, then the concept of guilt/innocence doesn't apply, right? Samsung doesn't need to plead innocent because they're disputing the ownership of the ideas.
From what i understand, they are not trying to prove that Apple ripped the idea from someone in particular. They're trying to prove that the design ideas in question were around long before the ios devices, and as such a) Apple shouldn't have been allowed to pattent them in the first place and b) another designer could arrive to similar designed items without necessarily ripping off the iphones/ipads.
You fail to link to a source confirming that samsung prefers not showing the home screen. My experience is different, since everytime i've seen a demo they always started from a minimalist lockscreen and then went to a widget-full homescreen. But that's subjective experience so no point in arguing. What is not subjective is that the licence fees samsung was offered was substantially higher than similar deals, in an effort to secure a two-way licensing deal for the samsung pattents that Apple infringed. I think that, and the fact that Samsung's legal team thought they had a solid case was the reason they went to court.
Btw, your hotlinked images above don't work.
I'm not sure i agree with you. First of all, in the last few days we've learned than apple has licenced some of those pattents to MSFT and other companies. That steady stream of cash would dry if the pattents were meaningless.
But most importantly the patterns are ammo for courtroom wars (remember, Google bought motorola just for their patent portfolio). Invalidating those patterns could open a pandora's box: Every apple competitor who was afraid to challenge Apple's UI pattents would take courage from the Apple V. Samsung, and reexamine it's aproach. It could spark a domino effect for the whole industry
...seems to me to be one of the worst outcomes of this trial for Apple. In that case, android will incorporate even more design futures of the ios and the iphone will lose it's distinct advantage. Apple's legal team must have felt pretty confident to risk the pattents in court, but it seems to me this will turn back and bite them on their shinny lawyer asses.
That's not the theme at all. The theme is "Apple's patents about the iphone's design are invalid, because others had created products based on the same principles and ideas in the past".Apple was just the first company to apply for a pattent for the ideas. As such, they have just as much right as Apple to use an green icon for our dialer application.
A good analogy is McDonalds suing Wendy's because they had patented the "burger" design". They were not the first ones to think about it, it's just that McDonalds was the first to pattend the idea.Lord Sandwitch's heir should sue both their asses
How do you figure? I personally think he was framed too.
If he has been exonerated (or has served his time), why would he need asylum?
Killing him would only make him a martyr. They need to discredit him first. Then they can organise an operation to snatch him, and bring him in front of a US judge
Actually the question is valid and from his whereabouts I’m pretty sure not based on a glance. He (and I for that matter) probably sees and feels the full effect of the economic crisis all around him.
And he didn’t imply that he wanted to move to an emerging finance power. Rather he is looking for a stable economic environment (as is the vast majority of south Europeans right now). Stable is the key here. And unfortunately there are very few western countries that seem to be shielded from the coming economic crash.
We're on the same boat here. I'm a Greek mixed-signal designer, and for the past 3 years i've been contemplating this question. Here's what i've come up with:
1st choice: Canada. Quality of life, wages and workplaces seems to be among the best worldwide. The climate can be a bit harsh, especially for south Europeans but you get used to it. From what i understand Canada was the first 1stWorld country to get pass the financial crisis. So it seems as shielded as can be from future problems. Also, having only one neighbor, with whom you have excellent relationships, can only help. Last but not least, the Canadian dollar seems strong enough, and other countries in the region [like Iceland] consider adopting it. Biggest problem: It's very difficult to migrate to Canada. They have very strict conditions to be met. I have working experience, a m.sc in microelectronic design and a large sum of money in the bank, and the "migration wizard" at the Canadian embassy’s site keeps rejecting me. I'd live there for 20 years easily.
2nd choice: Finland. Basically all the goods of the E.E. without the bad. Bad climate here too, but excellent social policies, and workplaces. If you can handle the climate and the language you can’t lose. Seems well shielded to any economic crisis that are coming.
3rd choice: Australia. Having a thriving economy, and being close to the Asian market can only help. The language and weather is a big plus. I’m not sure about the IT market there, but it’s probably not bad. You should check it out.
Basically, for a long term solution you can’t bet on the US, or the centre/south EE countries. If you speak the language, Brazil seems to be a good choice, since for the next 5 years it will ride the wave of the Olympics and there will be lots of work possibilities.
The problem when not applying full disk encryption, and when you have a strong app ecosystem with lots of apps reading phone states, contacts and other personal information, is that you cannot guarantee that all temporary files created by the apps will be stored in ciphertext.There lies the problem. The OS itself might me carefull enough with the information, but can you trust every developer too?
I agree that the back door theory seems more like a conspiracy theory, but heres the thing: without access to the code, you cannot assume anything. It makes total sense to design a back door in a post 9/11 world, especially when all these security agencies can make your life really difficult. I have no evidence or proof of a back door designed, but i also have no reason to believe that it's not there, when all i have is a black box to look at.
... when the giant killer butterfly goes on a rampage in Tokyo.
First of all TFA is about how difficult it is to grab plaintext from a whole-disk encrypted drive. From what i know, the iphone is NOT whole-disk encrypted.
Secondly, the same could be said about any android phone which employs whole-disk encryption.
Thirdly, this talk from BlackHat2012 seems like an interesting reading to acompany TFA https://viaforensics.com/mobile-security-category/blackhat2012-zdziarski-ios-application-hacking.html
But more importantly than all of the above, i think it's naive to assume Apple doesn't have the master key for every iDevice. When the govermernt comes knocking, if you base your security to just the basics apple gives you, you're pretty much screwed.