It doesn't say 9 out of 10 lost or stolen. It says 9 out of 10 people reported that a piece of equipment has been lost or stolen within their organization. There's a big difference between those two statements.
Of course the issue still remains, people are always going to be the weakest security link. This should come as no surprise to anyone. It has always been that way, and always will be.
As long as the same standards are set for every parent who lets their kid watch Bob the Builder, and then leaves any kind of power tool in their home without it being in a safe.
It always gets me that because a group of people think guns are 'evil', they get treated as a completely different class than every other tool. There is no indication that this child 'thought the gun was a Wii controller'. This story is a case of 'guns are evil', 'video games are evil' so, put together, they become evil squared!
No doubt, leaving the gun loaded on the kitchen table is a poor choice if your 3 year old hasn't been properly raised, but does anyone think that if it were a hand held circular saw that was left plugged in that the child killed themselves with, that there would be nearly the uproar?
This isn't about it being a gun any more than it's about video games. The fact is that the child was left in a position to hurt herself terribly, and that's negligence. Period. If the child had killed herself with a circular saw, there would definitely be the same amount of uproar. The post you responded to made it clear that this should be investigated and used for discussion and education. Nothing more.
All new US passports do have fingerprints in them, as I understand it. At least those issued starting this year, I believe. As you said, though, that's not the same as a national ID.
That's not what that link says. You may be required to provide identification if you've been issued one, but there is no requirement, presently, that you ever make the effort of getting issued identification.
If you're getting paid for your "virtual work", whatever that means, then you have supplied employment information required by the feds, or you are being paid as an "independent contractor" and are expected to provide income information on your taxes in April.
The problem is this won't make any damn difference in the status quo. People will fake or steal these the same way the fake or steal SS cards and the other documents are very easy to get legally. Hell, up until the mid 90s (I'm not sure exactly when this changed) you could get a social security number legally as a tourist for purposes of opening a bank account. Tourist visas last for months so it's an easy justification to say it's unsafe to carry lots of cash while you're a tourist so you want to have it in a bank.
Speaking as yet another hiker/camper/climber the idea that you'd even notice someone else's shit in the wild, especially after proper trenching, is ridiculous. How many people do you know that would actually shit within easy site of a trail? It's not like other animals don't shit in the woods. Digging scat holes is the proper way to do it unless you're planning to pack it out, which I promise you from personal experience is not pleasant, even done properly.
Have you ever seen third world countries? The DO have "massive mountains of HDPE bags filled with human feces" amongst all the other trash that gets dumped wherever is most convenient to keep away from the rich folks.
Now, that said, there is nothing stopping someone from writing a virus specifically targetting the appstore or iPhone/iPods and I suspect very soon someone will have a valid implementation. When it happens, though, it will be the same with Windows users. People will take it as part of the process and will either allow themselves to get viruses or they will buy something to prevent it. It won't make any difference to the sales numbers, I guarantee it.
I daresay the current security models on iPhones/iPods are doing a splendid job stopping someone from writing a virus for them.
Writing a virus isn't as simple as Independence Day and other Hollywood drivel make it out to be. Not for a reasonably designed system, anyway. Malware writers have tried on OSX and iPhones/iPods already, and the furthest they've gotten are either proof of concept viruses that never spread, or trojan horses which no semi-open system can defend against that.
I didn't say it would be trivially easy to do so, just that someone will make something viable in the future. I have no doubt that it's a difficult task, especially on a system that is designed reasonably well, but it's not impossible.
I am like that, when I'm working out regularly that is. My normal sleep cycle is between 4 and 6 hours, usually closer to 4 hours. A lot of my friends are constantly asking me how I get so much done and the simple fact is I sleep half (or less) the amount of time they do.
I've just never been much of a sleeper. I'm more tired after a night of 8 hours sleep than I am after a night of 3. I've been that way all my life.
Go to any Apple dealer and they will try and sell you "virus protection" software to go with your apple computer. They know there are no known viruses in the wild, but they try and sell this software anyway, at a not so cheap price. I've been asked to leave an Apple store for telling people that it's a waste of money. Same with Best Buy, CompUSA and a couple other places that sell Apple computers.
Now, that said, there is nothing stopping someone from writing a virus specifically targetting the appstore or iPhone/iPods and I suspect very soon someone will have a valid implementation. When it happens, though, it will be the same with Windows users. People will take it as part of the process and will either allow themselves to get viruses or they will buy something to prevent it. It won't make any difference to the sales numbers, I guarantee it.
A high resolution will image will only get one side of the key, most likely. Most decent locks have two sided keys and thus a "high resolution shot... snapped from a few hundred meters away" isn't going to do anything to allow someone access to your house. More importantly, very few people who are trying to get into your house would go to that kind of effort. It's easier and significantly cheaper/faster, to simply knock out a small window. By the time any alarm actually gets a response, the thief has already gotten what they came for and left.
For reference, wild bears have very rarely ever eaten any people stupid or otherwise. The myth of the raging bear is just that, a myth. 165 attacks between 1900 and 1995... Less than 5 people a year die from bear attacks in North America, and it's usually when the person startles a mother bear who is then protecting her young. Bears "roaming the streets and looking for food" simply don't bother with humans because trash is easier to eat. So are rabbits and fish.
Hell, all the new Nissan's come this way so it's not like it's just on expensive cars these days. All of the high end manufacturers have been doing this since 2005 at the latest.
Obviously the ramifications as far as emissions security (TEMPEST though that's a simplification of TEMPEST) are huge, but what is this likely to do for heating and component size. I can see this being a great opportunity for a lot of military applications even if the speed limit is only a few times better than what we have now.
Of the hundreds of Koreans I know, most don't know enough Chinese characters to read a Chinese paper, though they could certainly get the gist of some of the articles.
Korean usage of Chinese characters has always been somewhat limited and is getting moreso over the last 15 years or so. Most Koreans only know a couple hundred Chinese characters at best. Certainly not enough to fully understand the written language, but enough to get along with a generally vague idea of a lot of what is there.
The Korean usage of the Chinese characters definitely carries the same meaning as the Chinese usage of the same characters. As I understand, so does the Japanese usage of the characters, though I've never studied Japanese formally to be certain about that.
Very unlikely that any Korean will be able to read and fully comprehend any Chinese paper based solely on the use of Chinese characters in the Korean language. That said, it's certainly possible to learn to read without ever learning the sounds of the characters.
Each piece replicates pretty well the style and feel of a particular author or genre of music.
To me, this is why grand proclamations of 'Computers Compose Music!' have had a fraudulent tone to them. The first step in supposedly getting a computer to 'compose' music is to feed it a bunch of music in a style originated by a great composer. Well, the human being did the 'black box' work of inventing the genre in the first place; all these programs seem to do is play some kind of souped-up mad-libs with that body of work.
"But Mozart studied other people's work before he wrote his works!" Yeah, that's true, but he *didn't* study *Mozart's* work before he wrote it. These works of genius are sui generis, original, unlike what came before it. Mozart studied other people's stuff, and came up with his own unique, original stuff. This program studies Mozart, and comes up with Mozart-stuff.
What seems to be missing is some creative element, that isn't merely copying or re-hashing what came before it, but somehow is truly 'creative' in the sense that it makes something brand new, unlike its predecessors.
These are baby steps. Children learning to write music don't (generally) immediately write in their own style either. They copy the style(s) of others and then start tweaking it. We call them "influences" once someone has matured enough to have actually developed their own styles but make no mistake, it's straight up copying when they first start. It's the same with any creative endeavor.
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It doesn't say 9 out of 10 lost or stolen. It says 9 out of 10 people reported that a piece of equipment has been lost or stolen within their organization. There's a big difference between those two statements.
Of course the issue still remains, people are always going to be the weakest security link. This should come as no surprise to anyone. It has always been that way, and always will be.
As long as the same standards are set for every parent who lets their kid watch Bob the Builder, and then leaves any kind of power tool in their home without it being in a safe.
It always gets me that because a group of people think guns are 'evil', they get treated as a completely different class than every other tool. There is no indication that this child 'thought the gun was a Wii controller'. This story is a case of 'guns are evil', 'video games are evil' so, put together, they become evil squared!
No doubt, leaving the gun loaded on the kitchen table is a poor choice if your 3 year old hasn't been properly raised, but does anyone think that if it were a hand held circular saw that was left plugged in that the child killed themselves with, that there would be nearly the uproar?
This isn't about it being a gun any more than it's about video games. The fact is that the child was left in a position to hurt herself terribly, and that's negligence. Period. If the child had killed herself with a circular saw, there would definitely be the same amount of uproar. The post you responded to made it clear that this should be investigated and used for discussion and education. Nothing more.
Someone please mod this up. This is one of the most sensible posts I've seen in this thread.
Yes, they can. I highly doubt a 3 year old could do it without being noticed, but that leads to the negligence issue again.
Yes a 3 year old can. I've been shooting since I was 4 and it wasn't difficult at all to do, especially with some instruction.
All new US passports do have fingerprints in them, as I understand it. At least those issued starting this year, I believe. As you said, though, that's not the same as a national ID.
That's not what that link says. You may be required to provide identification if you've been issued one, but there is no requirement, presently, that you ever make the effort of getting issued identification.
If you're getting paid for your "virtual work", whatever that means, then you have supplied employment information required by the feds, or you are being paid as an "independent contractor" and are expected to provide income information on your taxes in April.
The problem is this won't make any damn difference in the status quo. People will fake or steal these the same way the fake or steal SS cards and the other documents are very easy to get legally. Hell, up until the mid 90s (I'm not sure exactly when this changed) you could get a social security number legally as a tourist for purposes of opening a bank account. Tourist visas last for months so it's an easy justification to say it's unsafe to carry lots of cash while you're a tourist so you want to have it in a bank.
Easy sight of a trail, damnit!
Speaking as yet another hiker/camper/climber the idea that you'd even notice someone else's shit in the wild, especially after proper trenching, is ridiculous. How many people do you know that would actually shit within easy site of a trail? It's not like other animals don't shit in the woods. Digging scat holes is the proper way to do it unless you're planning to pack it out, which I promise you from personal experience is not pleasant, even done properly.
Have you ever seen third world countries? The DO have "massive mountains of HDPE bags filled with human feces" amongst all the other trash that gets dumped wherever is most convenient to keep away from the rich folks.
Now, that said, there is nothing stopping someone from writing a virus specifically targetting the appstore or iPhone/iPods and I suspect very soon someone will have a valid implementation. When it happens, though, it will be the same with Windows users. People will take it as part of the process and will either allow themselves to get viruses or they will buy something to prevent it. It won't make any difference to the sales numbers, I guarantee it.
I daresay the current security models on iPhones/iPods are doing a splendid job stopping someone from writing a virus for them.
Writing a virus isn't as simple as Independence Day and other Hollywood drivel make it out to be. Not for a reasonably designed system, anyway. Malware writers have tried on OSX and iPhones/iPods already, and the furthest they've gotten are either proof of concept viruses that never spread, or trojan horses which no semi-open system can defend against that.
I didn't say it would be trivially easy to do so, just that someone will make something viable in the future. I have no doubt that it's a difficult task, especially on a system that is designed reasonably well, but it's not impossible.
I am like that, when I'm working out regularly that is. My normal sleep cycle is between 4 and 6 hours, usually closer to 4 hours. A lot of my friends are constantly asking me how I get so much done and the simple fact is I sleep half (or less) the amount of time they do.
I've just never been much of a sleeper. I'm more tired after a night of 8 hours sleep than I am after a night of 3. I've been that way all my life.
I don't think science fiction generally qualifies as prior art.
Go to any Apple dealer and they will try and sell you "virus protection" software to go with your apple computer. They know there are no known viruses in the wild, but they try and sell this software anyway, at a not so cheap price. I've been asked to leave an Apple store for telling people that it's a waste of money. Same with Best Buy, CompUSA and a couple other places that sell Apple computers.
Now, that said, there is nothing stopping someone from writing a virus specifically targetting the appstore or iPhone/iPods and I suspect very soon someone will have a valid implementation. When it happens, though, it will be the same with Windows users. People will take it as part of the process and will either allow themselves to get viruses or they will buy something to prevent it. It won't make any difference to the sales numbers, I guarantee it.
The point is you do have to worry about the quality. You can't make a duplicate key off a photograph if you have a shitty photograph.
A high resolution will image will only get one side of the key, most likely. Most decent locks have two sided keys and thus a "high resolution shot... snapped from a few hundred meters away" isn't going to do anything to allow someone access to your house. More importantly, very few people who are trying to get into your house would go to that kind of effort. It's easier and significantly cheaper/faster, to simply knock out a small window. By the time any alarm actually gets a response, the thief has already gotten what they came for and left.
For reference, wild bears have very rarely ever eaten any people stupid or otherwise. The myth of the raging bear is just that, a myth. 165 attacks between 1900 and 1995... Less than 5 people a year die from bear attacks in North America, and it's usually when the person startles a mother bear who is then protecting her young. Bears "roaming the streets and looking for food" simply don't bother with humans because trash is easier to eat. So are rabbits and fish.
Hell, all the new Nissan's come this way so it's not like it's just on expensive cars these days. All of the high end manufacturers have been doing this since 2005 at the latest.
Obviously the ramifications as far as emissions security (TEMPEST though that's a simplification of TEMPEST) are huge, but what is this likely to do for heating and component size. I can see this being a great opportunity for a lot of military applications even if the speed limit is only a few times better than what we have now.
Of the hundreds of Koreans I know, most don't know enough Chinese characters to read a Chinese paper, though they could certainly get the gist of some of the articles.
Korean usage of Chinese characters has always been somewhat limited and is getting moreso over the last 15 years or so. Most Koreans only know a couple hundred Chinese characters at best. Certainly not enough to fully understand the written language, but enough to get along with a generally vague idea of a lot of what is there.
It may not affect principles (though I think that's debatable) but it definitely affects the quality.
The Korean usage of the Chinese characters definitely carries the same meaning as the Chinese usage of the same characters. As I understand, so does the Japanese usage of the characters, though I've never studied Japanese formally to be certain about that.
Very unlikely that any Korean will be able to read and fully comprehend any Chinese paper based solely on the use of Chinese characters in the Korean language. That said, it's certainly possible to learn to read without ever learning the sounds of the characters.
Each piece replicates pretty well the style and feel of a particular author or genre of music.
To me, this is why grand proclamations of 'Computers Compose Music!' have had a fraudulent tone to them. The first step in supposedly getting a computer to 'compose' music is to feed it a bunch of music in a style originated by a great composer. Well, the human being did the 'black box' work of inventing the genre in the first place; all these programs seem to do is play some kind of souped-up mad-libs with that body of work.
"But Mozart studied other people's work before he wrote his works!" Yeah, that's true, but he *didn't* study *Mozart's* work before he wrote it. These works of genius are sui generis, original, unlike what came before it. Mozart studied other people's stuff, and came up with his own unique, original stuff. This program studies Mozart, and comes up with Mozart-stuff.
What seems to be missing is some creative element, that isn't merely copying or re-hashing what came before it, but somehow is truly 'creative' in the sense that it makes something brand new, unlike its predecessors.
These are baby steps. Children learning to write music don't (generally) immediately write in their own style either. They copy the style(s) of others and then start tweaking it. We call them "influences" once someone has matured enough to have actually developed their own styles but make no mistake, it's straight up copying when they first start. It's the same with any creative endeavor.