I think he meant public education, which can be highly variable, but tends to be lackluster, especially when compared to public education in places like Germany or China. However, College here is a different story, as evidenced by your valid rhetorical remark. At the very least, an American college on your resume looks prestigious almost anywhere in the world.
I'm not an expert on United States law, but unless you could provide some alibi for having it (You're a hobbyist bringing your doodad to an electronics convention or something), they could probably deport you or at least harass you for "disturbing the peace" or something equally ridiculous. That being said, you would be my hero if you did this:D
I think he's talking about how you couldn't transfer music to iOS devices previously(via programs other than itunes), because iTunes did some funky stuff to it before transferring it to the device (I'm not too sharp on the specifics...). I know for a fact that this protection has been cracked for awhile now.
Unfortunately, these people's information is the casualty in "hackers v. Sony". Though, I guess its not the information itself, but its privacy which is the real casualty. Its a shame, but I hope it'll lead to better security practices eventually, either by Sony, or at least by other companies trying to avoid the embarrassment that Sony is being continually put through.
I used Unity for awhile. When it worked, it was sleek and sexy. However, it definitely ate up more RAM, and had issues with minimizing/maximizing windows. For awhile I dealt with it, but ultimately I just switched to the regular Gnome desktop, before getting fed up with that and moving on to Arch + LXDE (Im on a sorta underpowered netbook). However, if I had more RAM, and some bugs were ironed out of Unity, I would probably stick with it. It looked nice, I liked the placement of the "dock/sidebar thing", and it operated at a decent speed (When I wasn't pushing at the poor netbook's limits).
Because if these researchers acting in a more or less intellectual manner found them, it is safe to assume that individuals without such a noble goal in mind will find and possibly exploit them. Releasing the information to Siemens first would hopefully prolong the search for the "bad guys", by getting rid of some potential vulnerabilities.
Which is exactly why I really hope these researchers will present their findings to Siemens engineers so that the problems can be patched, and then give a talk about it. The stakes are pretty high with these systems, so hopefully a real fix will augment security via obscurity in this case.
Nah, thats not it. It was a pretty obscure little game, called Stonemist (Don't ask me how I remembered Shadowland instead of Stonemist). I remember being absolutely fascinated by it despite failing hard whenever playing it, getting killed by all sorts of wimpy creatures. I'll certainly check out Darklands though, Nostalgia-fest for the weekend!
I overheard a Gamestop manager giving a new employee a rundown of how to run a register. Basically, he told him to always offer to sell the customer the same game used, if it was in stock, no matter what. Why? Because "We make pennies off new games, and an easy $10-$20 bucks at least on a used one". Essentially, its a win-win for the customer and store, at the cost of developers. Not sure how I feel about the situation, but one thing I do know, is that new games are ungodly expensive.
Lacking any modern computer hardware until around 2007 or so, I feel I can relate to you, despite being one of the younger folks here. I grew up slaughtering hordes of Nazis in Wolf3D during the PS2 era, along with saving chicks with Duke Nukem, then getting my nerd on with Shadowland (I think thats what it was called:/). Anyway, I have a strong nostalgic love for these old DOS games, and I've yet to run into a problem playing them on DOSbox (Under Linux, just fyi). However, instead of tossing all that retro goodness, I'd put it up on ebay. You'd make a buck or two, and some other nostalgic fanboy will wet himself in joy. Everyone wins!
You're right, my bad. By Open Source, I meant "Source code available to the public". As in "the right to study and modify programs", which would probably be a more accurate description of the FSF's ideals in this regard.
But not surprising. Sometimes, I think the FSF is a bit too idealistic with calling for every program to be open source and have the "essential freedoms", but in this case, they are totally in the right. I for one, am severely disappointed in my childhood's favorite company.
To their credit, they don't listen to what random customers tell them to do over a support line. Even if they did listen to you and it ended up fixing the network, that'd be a dangerous precedent to set. This isn't a personal attack against you btw, sorry if it came across like that.
Two giant media corporations merging, more homogeneity on the airwaves, and the former head of the FCC is now working for them. And no one anywhere sees a potential flaw in this? When did the USA turn into the USSR?
I see nothing wrong with sending out messages to people if something of extreme importance is happeneing. But requiring a government mandated chip in every cellphone is simply crazy. If we lived in a utopia where our government wouldnt ever dream of lying to us, I wouldn't be concerned. But so far, the American government doesnt exactly have a great reputation for that. I forsee eventual misuse. Not to mention, is it really ethical to essentially force people into carrying a chip like this? Especially when everything about it seems so hush-hush? Imported Phones, software hacks, and risky hardware modding here I come.
Recording audio at all times during web-browsing is clearly for your own good and required for Google to continue providing the best service possible for its users.
I can see it now.
Storing credit-card numbers == potential cash for Sony. Ethically, I agree it should be an opt in type of thing, but by making it automatic, I'm assuming (I don't own a PS3) that people can automatically buy content, which they're probably much more likely to do when they dont need to get up off the couch to get their credit card.
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I think he meant public education, which can be highly variable, but tends to be lackluster, especially when compared to public education in places like Germany or China. However, College here is a different story, as evidenced by your valid rhetorical remark. At the very least, an American college on your resume looks prestigious almost anywhere in the world.
I'm not an expert on United States law, but unless you could provide some alibi for having it (You're a hobbyist bringing your doodad to an electronics convention or something), they could probably deport you or at least harass you for "disturbing the peace" or something equally ridiculous. That being said, you would be my hero if you did this :D
I think he's talking about how you couldn't transfer music to iOS devices previously(via programs other than itunes), because iTunes did some funky stuff to it before transferring it to the device (I'm not too sharp on the specifics...). I know for a fact that this protection has been cracked for awhile now.
Unfortunately, these people's information is the casualty in "hackers v. Sony". Though, I guess its not the information itself, but its privacy which is the real casualty. Its a shame, but I hope it'll lead to better security practices eventually, either by Sony, or at least by other companies trying to avoid the embarrassment that Sony is being continually put through.
I heard that if you pray to Saint Ignucious, you can get it to run in emacs!
Well, if the world did end, I'd much prefer it to so in total bad-assery. RAGNAROK!!
Yes, but the 4GB Xbox isn't really all that overpriced. The Ipod Touch on the other hand, is disgustingly so.
I used Unity for awhile. When it worked, it was sleek and sexy. However, it definitely ate up more RAM, and had issues with minimizing/maximizing windows. For awhile I dealt with it, but ultimately I just switched to the regular Gnome desktop, before getting fed up with that and moving on to Arch + LXDE (Im on a sorta underpowered netbook). However, if I had more RAM, and some bugs were ironed out of Unity, I would probably stick with it. It looked nice, I liked the placement of the "dock/sidebar thing", and it operated at a decent speed (When I wasn't pushing at the poor netbook's limits).
Because if these researchers acting in a more or less intellectual manner found them, it is safe to assume that individuals without such a noble goal in mind will find and possibly exploit them. Releasing the information to Siemens first would hopefully prolong the search for the "bad guys", by getting rid of some potential vulnerabilities.
Which is exactly why I really hope these researchers will present their findings to Siemens engineers so that the problems can be patched, and then give a talk about it. The stakes are pretty high with these systems, so hopefully a real fix will augment security via obscurity in this case.
You could say its become a somewhat zombified!
Nah, thats not it. It was a pretty obscure little game, called Stonemist (Don't ask me how I remembered Shadowland instead of Stonemist). I remember being absolutely fascinated by it despite failing hard whenever playing it, getting killed by all sorts of wimpy creatures. I'll certainly check out Darklands though, Nostalgia-fest for the weekend!
I overheard a Gamestop manager giving a new employee a rundown of how to run a register. Basically, he told him to always offer to sell the customer the same game used, if it was in stock, no matter what. Why? Because "We make pennies off new games, and an easy $10-$20 bucks at least on a used one". Essentially, its a win-win for the customer and store, at the cost of developers. Not sure how I feel about the situation, but one thing I do know, is that new games are ungodly expensive.
Lacking any modern computer hardware until around 2007 or so, I feel I can relate to you, despite being one of the younger folks here. I grew up slaughtering hordes of Nazis in Wolf3D during the PS2 era, along with saving chicks with Duke Nukem, then getting my nerd on with Shadowland (I think thats what it was called :/). Anyway, I have a strong nostalgic love for these old DOS games, and I've yet to run into a problem playing them on DOSbox (Under Linux, just fyi). However, instead of tossing all that retro goodness, I'd put it up on ebay. You'd make a buck or two, and some other nostalgic fanboy will wet himself in joy. Everyone wins!
You're right, my bad. By Open Source, I meant "Source code available to the public". As in "the right to study and modify programs", which would probably be a more accurate description of the FSF's ideals in this regard.
But not surprising. Sometimes, I think the FSF is a bit too idealistic with calling for every program to be open source and have the "essential freedoms", but in this case, they are totally in the right. I for one, am severely disappointed in my childhood's favorite company.
That getting online could be such a pain for the ass.
Who the hell distributes copied music via SD cards?
To their credit, they don't listen to what random customers tell them to do over a support line. Even if they did listen to you and it ended up fixing the network, that'd be a dangerous precedent to set. This isn't a personal attack against you btw, sorry if it came across like that.
Two giant media corporations merging, more homogeneity on the airwaves, and the former head of the FCC is now working for them. And no one anywhere sees a potential flaw in this? When did the USA turn into the USSR?
I see nothing wrong with sending out messages to people if something of extreme importance is happeneing. But requiring a government mandated chip in every cellphone is simply crazy. If we lived in a utopia where our government wouldnt ever dream of lying to us, I wouldn't be concerned. But so far, the American government doesnt exactly have a great reputation for that. I forsee eventual misuse. Not to mention, is it really ethical to essentially force people into carrying a chip like this? Especially when everything about it seems so hush-hush? Imported Phones, software hacks, and risky hardware modding here I come.
Recording audio at all times during web-browsing is clearly for your own good and required for Google to continue providing the best service possible for its users. I can see it now.
You sir, are a genuis.
Storing credit-card numbers == potential cash for Sony. Ethically, I agree it should be an opt in type of thing, but by making it automatic, I'm assuming (I don't own a PS3) that people can automatically buy content, which they're probably much more likely to do when they dont need to get up off the couch to get their credit card.