If the FSB / KGB, NSA, etc. come down too hard on Gmail, etc. then people who need or desire security will probably start using Open PGP or some other, stronger form of encryption. The smart spook should work on cracking the lowest-common form of encryption and try to get people to use it and think it's secure.
It's already at work... and that is the stupidest password for a slashdot account I've seen this week.
Clean up your own back yard before you go knocking on your neighbors door.
The NSA has hardware in Google HQ and most likely other US data centers too.
The speed which which they tracked down the Craigslist Killer shows it's really happening, it's really stored, it's all there for them to pull up when they need it. Including this post and you reading it.
If you charge Gulf War I, Iraq, and Afghanistan to the cost of oil, nuclear looks a lot cheaper.
Crude oil is at $112/bbl today. It's not likely to spend much time below $100 ever again.
That's what they said before all the speculators suddenly dumped all their hoarded petroleum when the financial crisis hit and gas in California dropped from $4.35/gal. to $1.65/gal. I was awed when I filled up my car for $14.
Someone doesn't realize who exactly it is they are talking about.
You really think that Woz doesn't understand the importance of being able to reproduce the exact results for a given equation? Do you know who Woz is?
Woz is of course speaking of the ideal school which has unlimited resources. Meanwhile, in California, most elementary schools have had budgets slashed so severely they went from 18 pupils per teacher to 30 pupils teacher, which means Class Size Reduction isn't very important to people, otherwise they'd be rioting over such a trend. Go ahead and run Woz's idea past some other teachers, see what they think.
So basically what you’re saying is you’re not in favor of taking chances and living life to its fullest. Woz is a brilliant, creative man who instead of focusing his life on earning as much money as he could, went off to teach 5-8 graders for 8 years after leaving Apple. I think his comments on education and especially on creating an innovative atmosphere in our schools have a great deal of validity.
Ever work on a project team in school? Not quite like it is in the shop, where layabouts who contribute nothing eventually get reduced out (or promoted to management, if you believe everything you read in Dilbert.) In school we had people on our teams who did zilch nada, but still put on a suit and tie for presentation day. Really gave me a warm feeling, knowing they got the same credit those of us who worked on it got.
The way the US education system works: 16 weeks of ramming information down student's throats, test, another session of throat ramming, and then Summer off to do nothing - or take more condensed versions of subjects. And in those 16 weeks, there are 8 week or less sessions where you got to cram material for a mid-term or what have you. And the retention rate is - 20% at best. In order to innovate is to be able to remember information and concepts - it allows the brain to stew on it.
For your ability to read the previous post and write your reply thank teachers.
'If you have the same answer as everyone else in math or science, you're intelligent.'"
Hmm, someone doesn't understand the importance of being able to reproduce the exact results for a given equation. I was required to show my work when I learned long division and that trend continued through trigonometry and calculus. The measurement of "intelligence" is being able to demonstrate that you understand the concepts behind the math and science you are doing...not just picking a random answer on a multiple choice question.
I wrote 42 on every test in high school. As much as it was the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and everything, but I also did some of the problems and wotnot just to be on the safe side.
I had no idea that he has a degree in education or did postgraduate studies in education or even home schooled his own children. Is this just as iffy as a Musical composer telling an engineer how to build a bridge?
I watched a movie about building a bridge and defeating Japanese troops. That makes me an expert on two things - I can now defeat the North Koreans, bridge the Tacoma Narrows and for an encore I'll fix Fukushima Daiichi with a wad of chewing gum.
Yeah, Woz is a cool guy, but when you quote people outside of their core competency don't expect them to come across as competent.
I know youtube doesn't allow adult content but what's to stop random people from streaming porn or something with one those apps that emulates webcams and streams a video. Are they relying on their report button? How fast will that work I wonder.
Other streaming sites have this problem with copyrighted sports broadcasts. You can find them all over the internet. Usually they stay up for the full match or even a long part of it before being shutdown - week after week, month after month. If those who want to find them are the only ones aware, they will continue to prosper.
Perhaps Google could create a little program where users could sign up as Freelance Police and report them for money. Get 25 cents each or so and you'll find people willing to spend their time surfing through streams for those which violate terms.
Not terribly funny. A little clever. Simple fraud is the most accurate.
Think of it in these terms - the "firmware" of these devices is like a financial statement created by Bernie Madoff. The "storage area" is the actual wealth reported on the paperwork.
Why is "fake storage" fraud any funnier than financial fraud. Hey, how about a "funny" story about some discount pharmaceuticals?
It's funny because it's happening in China and China is about as capitalist as a country can get, despite the title, it is expected. Further, the ingenuity of people in China to fake things like this is quite impressive. Bernie Madoff only intended to do his scam on a small scale, problem was, Wall Street was so impressed and sent so many rich suckers his way he couldn't say 'No!' and it grew beyond his wildest dreams (why he never planned an escape hatch is beyond me, but who says criminals are smart or forward thinking?) Without greed there would be so little crime.
And years ago we had the Counterfeit Capacitor Caper.. where a 1000uf cap might actually have a 100uf cap sitting inside a larger shell, soldered to the leads inside.
Back when I collected chinese coins I was amazed by the ingenuity and energy put into making fakes, not just recently, but 200 years ago.
Some things never change. Buyer beware especially where labor is cheap and some useful materials may be available (assuming those drive cases where extras and thought disposed of.)/p)
Also reminds me of irradiated dimes just sink a bunch of those nearly worthless aluminium Yen coins in the water and fund the clean-up by selling them on eBay.
Lex Luthor has always been a hero. He is nearly the only person on earth making it his life's duty to fight off the alien from another planet with super powers that imposes his will on our world and is a threat to us all.
He's probably also a super hero to the Republican Party.
Ah, but she's a shadow of her mother Lucretia Mongfish, Barry Heterodyne, Bill Heterodyne or Baron Wolfenbach.. well dang, there's buckets of geniuses in there!
Slashdot Mirror
If the FSB / KGB, NSA, etc. come down too hard on Gmail, etc. then people who need or desire security will probably start using Open PGP or some other, stronger form of encryption. The smart spook should work on cracking the lowest-common form of encryption and try to get people to use it and think it's secure.
It's already at work ... and that is the stupidest password for a slashdot account I've seen this week.
Clean up your own back yard before you go knocking on your neighbors door.
The NSA has hardware in Google HQ and most likely other US data centers too.
The speed which which they tracked down the Craigslist Killer shows it's really happening, it's really stored, it's all there for them to pull up when they need it. Including this post and you reading it.
than competition.
So the argument is made that the interwebs need control, a la Great Firewall of China.
In Post-Soviet Russia Freedom means more control over YOU.
Nuclear power has never been economic.
If you charge Gulf War I, Iraq, and Afghanistan to the cost of oil, nuclear looks a lot cheaper.
Crude oil is at $112/bbl today. It's not likely to spend much time below $100 ever again.
That's what they said before all the speculators suddenly dumped all their hoarded petroleum when the financial crisis hit and gas in California dropped from $4.35/gal. to $1.65/gal. I was awed when I filled up my car for $14.
Someone doesn't realize who exactly it is they are talking about.
You really think that Woz doesn't understand the importance of being able to reproduce the exact results for a given equation? Do you know who Woz is?
Woz is of course speaking of the ideal school which has unlimited resources. Meanwhile, in California, most elementary schools have had budgets slashed so severely they went from 18 pupils per teacher to 30 pupils teacher, which means Class Size Reduction isn't very important to people, otherwise they'd be rioting over such a trend. Go ahead and run Woz's idea past some other teachers, see what they think.
This is fucking stupid.
Are we discussing the education system or are we discussing set top boxes?
These are two completely different topics and should not be merged like this.
You're right, of course, we should discuss the merits of the discussion, thus adding yet another thread to it.
So basically what you’re saying is you’re not in favor of taking chances and living life to its fullest. Woz is a brilliant, creative man who instead of focusing his life on earning as much money as he could, went off to teach 5-8 graders for 8 years after leaving Apple. I think his comments on education and especially on creating an innovative atmosphere in our schools have a great deal of validity.
Ever work on a project team in school? Not quite like it is in the shop, where layabouts who contribute nothing eventually get reduced out (or promoted to management, if you believe everything you read in Dilbert.) In school we had people on our teams who did zilch nada, but still put on a suit and tie for presentation day. Really gave me a warm feeling, knowing they got the same credit those of us who worked on it got.
The way the US education system works: 16 weeks of ramming information down student's throats, test, another session of throat ramming, and then Summer off to do nothing - or take more condensed versions of subjects. And in those 16 weeks, there are 8 week or less sessions where you got to cram material for a mid-term or what have you. And the retention rate is - 20% at best. In order to innovate is to be able to remember information and concepts - it allows the brain to stew on it.
For your ability to read the previous post and write your reply thank teachers.
Lord knows their job wasn't an easy one.
'If you have the same answer as everyone else in math or science, you're intelligent.'"
Hmm, someone doesn't understand the importance of being able to reproduce the exact results for a given equation. I was required to show my work when I learned long division and that trend continued through trigonometry and calculus. The measurement of "intelligence" is being able to demonstrate that you understand the concepts behind the math and science you are doing...not just picking a random answer on a multiple choice question.
I wrote 42 on every test in high school. As much as it was the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and everything, but I also did some of the problems and wotnot just to be on the safe side.
I had no idea that he has a degree in education or did postgraduate studies in education or even home schooled his own children. Is this just as iffy as a Musical composer telling an engineer how to build a bridge?
I watched a movie about building a bridge and defeating Japanese troops. That makes me an expert on two things - I can now defeat the North Koreans, bridge the Tacoma Narrows and for an encore I'll fix Fukushima Daiichi with a wad of chewing gum.
Yeah, Woz is a cool guy, but when you quote people outside of their core competency don't expect them to come across as competent.
I know youtube doesn't allow adult content but what's to stop random people from streaming porn or something with one those apps that emulates webcams and streams a video. Are they relying on their report button? How fast will that work I wonder.
Other streaming sites have this problem with copyrighted sports broadcasts. You can find them all over the internet. Usually they stay up for the full match or even a long part of it before being shutdown - week after week, month after month. If those who want to find them are the only ones aware, they will continue to prosper.
Perhaps Google could create a little program where users could sign up as Freelance Police and report them for money. Get 25 cents each or so and you'll find people willing to spend their time surfing through streams for those which violate terms.
Not terribly funny. A little clever. Simple fraud is the most accurate.
Think of it in these terms - the "firmware" of these devices is like a financial statement created by Bernie Madoff. The "storage area" is the actual wealth reported on the paperwork.
Why is "fake storage" fraud any funnier than financial fraud. Hey, how about a "funny" story about some discount pharmaceuticals?
It's funny because it's happening in China and China is about as capitalist as a country can get, despite the title, it is expected. Further, the ingenuity of people in China to fake things like this is quite impressive. Bernie Madoff only intended to do his scam on a small scale, problem was, Wall Street was so impressed and sent so many rich suckers his way he couldn't say 'No!' and it grew beyond his wildest dreams (why he never planned an escape hatch is beyond me, but who says criminals are smart or forward thinking?) Without greed there would be so little crime.
"Ancient Chinese Secret"
And years ago we had the Counterfeit Capacitor Caper .. where a 1000uf cap might actually have a 100uf cap sitting inside a larger shell, soldered to the leads inside.
Back when I collected chinese coins I was amazed by the ingenuity and energy put into making fakes, not just recently, but 200 years ago.
Some things never change. Buyer beware especially where labor is cheap and some useful materials may be available (assuming those drive cases where extras and thought disposed of.)/p)
"x-rays, cosmic rays, plane flights"
You forgot "bananas".
So put it on a big yellow barge and call it The Banana Boat and everyone will understand?
I bought some radioactive stuff at the Trader Joe's last night - I fully understood the risks, thanks to Slashdot.
Have they considered putting it in cans and selling it at gas stations with a big glowing F on it?
Fukushima - For Radiant Health! It'll make a Monster out of you!
marketing has an answer for everything!
This has been tried before...
Also reminds me of irradiated dimes just sink a bunch of those nearly worthless aluminium Yen coins in the water and fund the clean-up by selling them on eBay.
The solution to pollution is dilution.
That's what the miners tell me, anyway.
A mining engineer once explained the difference between Hazardous Waste and Toxic Waste -
Hazardous means harmful in high concentration, e.g. grain alcohol is fairly harmless below 5% by volume, but fairly hazardous above 90% by volume.
Toxic means harmful in any concentration. Plutonium is the most toxic substance known - even one atom will be harmful, even if not readily apparent.
Have they considered putting it in cans and selling it at gas stations with a big glowing F on it?
Fukushima - For Radiant Health! It'll make a Monster out of you!
marketing has an answer for everything!
Lex Luthor has always been a hero. He is nearly the only person on earth making it his life's duty to fight off the alien from another planet with super powers that imposes his will on our world and is a threat to us all.
He's probably also a super hero to the Republican Party.
There's surely only so much multitasking a smartphone user can do.
Yep true, if everything's locked up.
But provide that amount of power in an open system and there'll be people who'll find beautiful ways of suing it.
Indeed. You could render Toy Story IV on the bus ride.
Pfft. Dilton wasn't a patch on Calvin.
Star Trek has been a comic franchise since the 70's. It is only fair that Scotty should be on that list.
Nah, he kenna change the laws of physics.
Girl Genius.
Ah, but she's a shadow of her mother Lucretia Mongfish, Barry Heterodyne, Bill Heterodyne or Baron Wolfenbach .. well dang, there's buckets of geniuses in there!
Gyro Gearloose and Ludwig Von Drake
and of course Rodney Copperbottom
Somewhere I have a Captain Marvel where he performs nuclear fusion to create an invulnerable material, with his bare hands.
Wiley Coyote... Super Genius.
Though, his reliance on ACME for equipment, should be reconsidered.
You have my sword.
PHP?
Why for?
Indeed. FORTRAN IV was good for my father, it's good enough for me.