You are being rather silly, there are a rather significant number of Americans, 600 million or so
Where does that number come from? U.S. populatipn is 314 million. http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Your immune system needs exposure to bacteria in order to stay strong. If you are always using anti-bacterial lotions and wipes, your white bloods cells can 'forget' how to fight off infection. Some of the healthiest guys are sewer workers, they rarely take a sick day, because their immune systemsare so strong, since they are constantly fighting off bacteria.
We are just begiining to realize how all these medications and chemicals that are poured down the sink and flushed into our planet's oceans and waterways affect our ecology. We are starting to see the effects on the wildlife. Frogs are disappearing at alarming rates because of these chemicals, and their habitats being destroyed.
It was done by someone pretty damned incompetent if it left a visible icon on your screen.
That said -- you could have (should have) connected it by USB, rebooted into the recovery image, and uploaded your own firmware to overwrite what was there. This goes beyond the "factory reset", effectively being the same thing that the attacker (purportedly) did to you.
I agree, it seemed that wwhoever was doing the hacking was learning on the fly. While I was ignorant of hacking last year, I knew when my phones/tablet would suddenly begin to respond slowly to button presses, when that never happened before. I didn't have computer access at the time or I wouldn't have destroyed tablet, might have tried to do what you said. Since I had no computer to attempt to 'unhack' it, and it did piss me off a bit that someone felt that they could just do that, Idid destroy the offending device. I could've just disabled the mic, but the web browser was running slow also. No way to pull the battery, so smashing it seemed the best course. In retrospect, should've wrapped it in a towel first, lots of flying glass! I've had an 'interesting' year or two, and still need to learn some things. Like why this "X-Ray" apk tells me my android phone is "vulnerable" for "gingerbreak" and something called "zergrush". Thanks to you guys, I have a better idea of how to go about things. I do appreciate the 'positive' feedback.
had you considered we do know about it, and thats why you are the butt of jokes here??????
For all your "intelligence", why must you act like a jerk? No need for it, unless you have some deep-seated inferiority issues that you should confront someday. Perhaps you're 'getting back' for the times you've been bullied? Two wrongs don't make a right. Food for thought pal.
This is merely a great reason not to buy a tablet unless you can root it.
If you can't have root, you can't have ultimate control (of the software, at least), and then you have to smash it into a thousand pieces if it gets hacked.
And by "root" I mean "bootloader level control". Actually a little more than root.
This is why I've only bought Google Android phones, for example.
Hmm... Interesting, boot loader control. I was not aware/ didn't know of that. This is why I've been putting off buying a replacement tablet. I have used an apk called "X-Ray" on my android phone recently, and it has detected 2 programs that should not be on the phone, programs that cannot be easily removed, at least the battery can be pulled. Also had a Garmin GPS hacked, it cannot be fully reset since (I have to keep that in a specially made bag). I still have more to learn about securing these things down, I thank you for your post, sir.
Why are cell phones freely given away to low income people receiving food stamps / on govt. programs in the U.S.? Of course it's to track their movements. These devices are very capable tracking devices. Lots of crimes are solved using this tech.
I don't feel like responding to the rude fools posting here. I.ll keep it short. I had to learn quickly about security, or rather the lack of security, on android devices. I learned by google searching, not difficult. There are 'soft hacks' that can be done wirelessly, either through wi-fi or bluetoth to any cellphone/tablet. A 'hard hack' can only be done when the hacker has physical possesion of the device and hacks it via a wired (usb) connection. A 'soft hack' can easily be undone via performing a factory reset, a 'hard hack' cannot. I really don't give a shit if some jerks on this site believe this or not, it did happen to my device. My experience has taught me to be very dis-trustful of all electronic devices, especially ones that use microphones/cameras and have wireless capabilities. And using any wifi access point that isn't controlled by you leaves you wide open. It is all quite real. I had to learn the hard way. It was a cheap, one hundred dollar tablet, an inexpensive life lesson for me. I feel it was done by an ex-girlfriend (a loving woman) who has the means to pay the people who know how to do these things. You 'nerds' should know about this stuff more than me, you disappoint me.
No, it was done to my android tablet while I was at work, came back and noticed the "mute" icon was showing. Couldn't do a factory reset. Someone had been in my place and hacked the device. I am not a "troller". It was done. Somebody with law enforcement connections was keeping tabs on me. I did not mean to infer that the tablet came that way from the store. I just have to learn how to root and lock these devices.
I have had a 7" sub $100 tablet, no complaints. It worked great until one day I noticed an extra icon on the screen that had never been there before. When it wouldn't let me perform a 'factory reset' I realized it had been 'hard' hacked, and turned into a listening device. That was the end of that tablet, it got smashed into a hundred pieces! I won't have another android tablet until I've learned how to secure it down completely. It's too bad, I really liked having that tablet around, too. Anyways, here's a link to a 11" Samsung tablet that should be out this year, it might have a screen that equals Apple's... http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-is-moments-away-from-a-true-ipad-alternative-11242611/
From what I've heard from NASA's scientists, Curiosity landed in such a perfect place, that many questions about Mars could be learned from just right where she sits, that liquid may have once flowed right where the rover is now. Pretty cool.
" We spent 2.5 billion dollars sending CURIOSITY to MARS, a technological feat that set space exploration ahead 50 years"
Could you please elaborate on that astonishing claim? We sent Viking on Mars almost 40 years ago, all that's changed now is better electronics.
Curiosity is a rolling lab that will be performing meaningful tests for years. It hasn't finished even setting itself up yet, jeez, are you impatient! Eventually it'll be moving up the walls of the crater which have been already dug out, making it easier to view the history of how Mars was formed.
" and will provide us with a wealth of scientific data for years to come"
Another bold claim. Are we going to find new elements? New
fundamental forces? We're getting pictures of rocks along with their composition. How is that a "wealth" of scientific information? You'll find
more complexity and questions inside a cell.
Who knows what will be learned, that is exactly what's so exciting! We don't know right now, but we will soon! It's a fantastic thing thats happening, for the first time in human history, we are doing things on another planet! We are preparing for eventually walking, living and working on Mars, very possibly in our lifetime! If that doesn't get your juices flowing, then you have my sympathy.
I always wonder about these pictures, and I hate to sound like an idiot, but why don't they ever seem to take color photos on these things? Is there not enough light, and they have to use infrared?
Like I know that pictures of structures in space (e.g. nebulae) are colored in because they're being captured with radio telescopes rather than optical ones, but I'm imagining that these pictures are taken with a relatively normal digital camera. I know adding color would increase bandwidth, but I can't imagine that alone is the problem.
A modern smartphone has more powerful processors than the computers on curiosity, more hard drive space too. 1. We spent 804 billion dollars in Iraq and didn't even get a "thank you card"..or a drop of oil 2. We spent 90 billion dollars on reconstruction in Afghanistan to "win hearts and minds"...and they hate us 3. We spent 2.5 billion dollars sending CURIOSITY to MARS, a technological feat that set space exploration ahead 50 years, sent a message to the world that the US is still the leader in technology.... and will provide us with a wealth of scientific data for years to come. PLUS not a single life was lost, no buildings were destroyed, and no refugees had to flee their homes. It's time the US started spending MORE money building a positive image, making new discoveries , and advancing human achievement........and spend LESS money trying to become the policeman of the world.
I have actually come to appreciate Palin's antics since the last election. She horribly scared me back then - now she seems harmless and amusing.
Yeah, well I wonder if Gabrielle Giffords feels that way about Ms. Palin. If memory serves me correctly (and it does), Sarah Palin's website featured a gun's scope superimposed on a photo of Ms. Giffords, which inspired a mentally defective individual to shoot, injure and kill innocent people. I don't forget that, though lots of people seem to. Hell, they even gave her idiotic white-trash daughter a TV show! I've never heard Sarah Palin take responsibility for what her website's inciting the deaths of innocent people. Never heard an apology from her. She jusr takes the money. Nope, nothing amusing about Sarah Palin. Not in my opinion. Thanks for reading.
Thanks for that informative post, I never knew that. I tried to read Rand once, couldn't make much sense of her work. If what you've posted is true (I trust it is, but will verify), than she, like many of 'the greats' you hear the real stories about, was an easily impressed fool. Glad I never fell for her shit back then.
If Romney gets (s)elected like Bush jr. was, than like Bush jr., Romney will disappear from public view for his terms first several months, in order to be taught how to speak in public without sounding like a jackass. And I predict that, like Bush jr., it won't work.
Bush Junior inherited a budget surplus from Clinton's term. Obama inherited the mess of a deficit from Bush Junior. 1. We spent 804 billion dollars in Iraq and didn't even get a "thank you card"..or a drop of oil 2. We spent 90 billion dollars on reconstruction in Afghanistan to "win hearts and minds"...and they hate us 3. We spent 2.5 billion dollars sending CURIOSITY to MARS, a technological feat that set space exploration ahead 50 years, sent a message to the world that the US is still the leader in technology.... and will provide us with a wealth of scientific data for years to come. PLUS not a single life was lost, no buildings were destroyed, and no refugees had to flee their homes. It's time the US started spending MORE money building a positive image, making new discoveries , and advancing human achievement........and spend LESS money trying to become the policeman of the world.
My guess is that with Win 8 Metro interface Microsoft might try to move not just into..."
Microsoft: It was never 'Metro,' it was always 'Modern UI' A bit of search and replace should sort this out *** By Neil McAllister, 10th August 2012 19:19 GMT : After another long night at the whiteboard, the deep thinkers at Microsoft's marketing department have come up with a new replacement for the verboten word "Metro." From now on, it seems, the blocky, touch-centric user interface of Windows 8's new Start Menu will be known as the "Modern UI." Apps written to take advantage of the new UI features will be known as "Modern UI-style apps." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/10/metro_is_modern_ui_now/
And it can read lips, huh? While connected to the internet. Why would I want this, much less pay to have it in my home? You couldn't even pay me to have this thing in my house. I've got a bad feeling about this.....
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You are being rather silly, there are a rather significant number of Americans, 600 million or so Where does that number come from? U.S. populatipn is 314 million. http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Your immune system needs exposure to bacteria in order to stay strong. If you are always using anti-bacterial lotions and wipes, your white bloods cells can 'forget' how to fight off infection. Some of the healthiest guys are sewer workers, they rarely take a sick day, because their immune systemsare so strong, since they are constantly fighting off bacteria.
We are just begiining to realize how all these medications and chemicals that are poured down the sink and flushed into our planet's oceans and waterways affect our ecology. We are starting to see the effects on the wildlife. Frogs are disappearing at alarming rates because of these chemicals, and their habitats being destroyed.
It was done by someone pretty damned incompetent if it left a visible icon on your screen.
That said -- you could have (should have) connected it by USB, rebooted into the recovery image, and uploaded your own firmware to overwrite what was there. This goes beyond the "factory reset", effectively being the same thing that the attacker (purportedly) did to you.
I agree, it seemed that wwhoever was doing the hacking was learning on the fly. While I was ignorant of hacking last year, I knew when my phones/tablet would suddenly begin to respond slowly to button presses, when that never happened before. I didn't have computer access at the time or I wouldn't have destroyed tablet, might have tried to do what you said. Since I had no computer to attempt to 'unhack' it, and it did piss me off a bit that someone felt that they could just do that, Idid destroy the offending device. I could've just disabled the mic, but the web browser was running slow also. No way to pull the battery, so smashing it seemed the best course. In retrospect, should've wrapped it in a towel first, lots of flying glass! I've had an 'interesting' year or two, and still need to learn some things. Like why this "X-Ray" apk tells me my android phone is "vulnerable" for "gingerbreak" and something called "zergrush". Thanks to you guys, I have a better idea of how to go about things. I do appreciate the 'positive' feedback.
had you considered we do know about it, and thats why you are the butt of jokes here??????
For all your "intelligence", why must you act like a jerk? No need for it, unless you have some deep-seated inferiority issues that you should confront someday. Perhaps you're 'getting back' for the times you've been bullied? Two wrongs don't make a right. Food for thought pal.
This is merely a great reason not to buy a tablet unless you can root it. If you can't have root, you can't have ultimate control (of the software, at least), and then you have to smash it into a thousand pieces if it gets hacked. And by "root" I mean "bootloader level control". Actually a little more than root. This is why I've only bought Google Android phones, for example.
Hmm... Interesting, boot loader control. I was not aware/ didn't know of that. This is why I've been putting off buying a replacement tablet. I have used an apk called "X-Ray" on my android phone recently, and it has detected 2 programs that should not be on the phone, programs that cannot be easily removed, at least the battery can be pulled. Also had a Garmin GPS hacked, it cannot be fully reset since (I have to keep that in a specially made bag). I still have more to learn about securing these things down, I thank you for your post, sir.
Why are cell phones freely given away to low income people receiving food stamps / on govt. programs in the U.S.? Of course it's to track their movements. These devices are very capable tracking devices. Lots of crimes are solved using this tech.
I don't feel like responding to the rude fools posting here. I.ll keep it short. I had to learn quickly about security, or rather the lack of security, on android devices. I learned by google searching, not difficult. There are 'soft hacks' that can be done wirelessly, either through wi-fi or bluetoth to any cellphone/tablet. A 'hard hack' can only be done when the hacker has physical possesion of the device and hacks it via a wired (usb) connection. A 'soft hack' can easily be undone via performing a factory reset, a 'hard hack' cannot. I really don't give a shit if some jerks on this site believe this or not, it did happen to my device. My experience has taught me to be very dis-trustful of all electronic devices, especially ones that use microphones/cameras and have wireless capabilities. And using any wifi access point that isn't controlled by you leaves you wide open. It is all quite real. I had to learn the hard way. It was a cheap, one hundred dollar tablet, an inexpensive life lesson for me. I feel it was done by an ex-girlfriend (a loving woman) who has the means to pay the people who know how to do these things. You 'nerds' should know about this stuff more than me, you disappoint me.
No, it was done to my android tablet while I was at work, came back and noticed the "mute" icon was showing. Couldn't do a factory reset. Someone had been in my place and hacked the device. I am not a "troller". It was done. Somebody with law enforcement connections was keeping tabs on me. I did not mean to infer that the tablet came that way from the store. I just have to learn how to root and lock these devices.
I have had a 7" sub $100 tablet, no complaints. It worked great until one day I noticed an extra icon on the screen that had never been there before. When it wouldn't let me perform a 'factory reset' I realized it had been 'hard' hacked, and turned into a listening device. That was the end of that tablet, it got smashed into a hundred pieces! I won't have another android tablet until I've learned how to secure it down completely. It's too bad, I really liked having that tablet around, too. Anyways, here's a link to a 11" Samsung tablet that should be out this year, it might have a screen that equals Apple's... http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-is-moments-away-from-a-true-ipad-alternative-11242611/
Early next year Samsung will be selling an 11+" 'retina' type display tablet, and that will begin the end of apple's dominance. http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9230159/Samsung_details_next_gen_Exynos_processor_for_smartphones_and_tablets?mm_ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fnews%2Fi%2Fsection%3Fgl%3Dus%26pz%3D1%26cf%3Dall%26topic%3Dtc http://www.tehrantimes.com/science/100502-samsung-is-moments-away-from-a-true-ipad-alternative
Bouyancy sure seems to do the trick for this old dog... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2186763/He-saved-MY-life--I-just-want-help-return-Owner-sick-dog-picture-touched-nations-hearts-reveals-loyal-companion-stopped-suicide.html
From what I've heard from NASA's scientists, Curiosity landed in such a perfect place, that many questions about Mars could be learned from just right where she sits, that liquid may have once flowed right where the rover is now. Pretty cool.
We spent 804 billion dollars in Iraq and didn't even get a "thank you card"
True, but we did receive some nice complimentary footwear.
Aww, if the thrower of that footwear had just adjusted for windage....
" We spent 2.5 billion dollars sending CURIOSITY to MARS, a technological feat that set space exploration ahead 50 years"
Could you please elaborate on that astonishing claim? We sent Viking on Mars almost 40 years ago, all that's changed now is better electronics.
Curiosity is a rolling lab that will be performing meaningful tests for years. It hasn't finished even setting itself up yet, jeez, are you impatient! Eventually it'll be moving up the walls of the crater which have been already dug out, making it easier to view the history of how Mars was formed. " and will provide us with a wealth of scientific data for years to come"
Another bold claim. Are we going to find new elements? New fundamental forces? We're getting pictures of rocks along with their composition. How is that a "wealth" of scientific information? You'll find more complexity and questions inside a cell.
Who knows what will be learned, that is exactly what's so exciting! We don't know right now, but we will soon! It's a fantastic thing thats happening, for the first time in human history, we are doing things on another planet! We are preparing for eventually walking, living and working on Mars, very possibly in our lifetime! If that doesn't get your juices flowing, then you have my sympathy.
I always wonder about these pictures, and I hate to sound like an idiot, but why don't they ever seem to take color photos on these things? Is there not enough light, and they have to use infrared?
Like I know that pictures of structures in space (e.g. nebulae) are colored in because they're being captured with radio telescopes rather than optical ones, but I'm imagining that these pictures are taken with a relatively normal digital camera. I know adding color would increase bandwidth, but I can't imagine that alone is the problem.
Try out this link... http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind_the_pictures/meaning_of_color/index.php
A modern smartphone has more powerful processors than the computers on curiosity, more hard drive space too. 1. We spent 804 billion dollars in Iraq and didn't even get a "thank you card"..or a drop of oil 2. We spent 90 billion dollars on reconstruction in Afghanistan to "win hearts and minds"...and they hate us 3. We spent 2.5 billion dollars sending CURIOSITY to MARS, a technological feat that set space exploration ahead 50 years, sent a message to the world that the US is still the leader in technology.... and will provide us with a wealth of scientific data for years to come. PLUS not a single life was lost, no buildings were destroyed, and no refugees had to flee their homes. It's time the US started spending MORE money building a positive image, making new discoveries , and advancing human achievement ........and spend LESS money trying to become the policeman of the world.
I have actually come to appreciate Palin's antics since the last election. She horribly scared me back then - now she seems harmless and amusing.
Yeah, well I wonder if Gabrielle Giffords feels that way about Ms. Palin. If memory serves me correctly (and it does), Sarah Palin's website featured a gun's scope superimposed on a photo of Ms. Giffords, which inspired a mentally defective individual to shoot, injure and kill innocent people. I don't forget that, though lots of people seem to. Hell, they even gave her idiotic white-trash daughter a TV show! I've never heard Sarah Palin take responsibility for what her website's inciting the deaths of innocent people. Never heard an apology from her. She jusr takes the money. Nope, nothing amusing about Sarah Palin. Not in my opinion. Thanks for reading.
Thanks for that informative post, I never knew that. I tried to read Rand once, couldn't make much sense of her work. If what you've posted is true (I trust it is, but will verify), than she, like many of 'the greats' you hear the real stories about, was an easily impressed fool. Glad I never fell for her shit back then.
If Romney gets (s)elected like Bush jr. was, than like Bush jr., Romney will disappear from public view for his terms first several months, in order to be taught how to speak in public without sounding like a jackass. And I predict that, like Bush jr., it won't work.
Bush Junior inherited a budget surplus from Clinton's term. Obama inherited the mess of a deficit from Bush Junior. 1. We spent 804 billion dollars in Iraq and didn't even get a "thank you card"..or a drop of oil 2. We spent 90 billion dollars on reconstruction in Afghanistan to "win hearts and minds"...and they hate us 3. We spent 2.5 billion dollars sending CURIOSITY to MARS, a technological feat that set space exploration ahead 50 years, sent a message to the world that the US is still the leader in technology.... and will provide us with a wealth of scientific data for years to come. PLUS not a single life was lost, no buildings were destroyed, and no refugees had to flee their homes. It's time the US started spending MORE money building a positive image, making new discoveries , and advancing human achievement ........and spend LESS money trying to become the policeman of the world.
It never was "Metro", it seems. I found this article... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/10/metro_is_modern_ui_now/ Also found this, a bit off topic, but get ready for £the "Surface2"... http://m.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/microsoft-is-already-working-on-surface-2-tablets-1091358
My guess is that with Win 8 Metro interface Microsoft might try to move not just into..." Microsoft: It was never 'Metro,' it was always 'Modern UI' A bit of search and replace should sort this out *** By Neil McAllister, 10th August 2012 19:19 GMT : After another long night at the whiteboard, the deep thinkers at Microsoft's marketing department have come up with a new replacement for the verboten word "Metro." From now on, it seems, the blocky, touch-centric user interface of Windows 8's new Start Menu will be known as the "Modern UI." Apps written to take advantage of the new UI features will be known as "Modern UI-style apps." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/10/metro_is_modern_ui_now/
And it can read lips, huh? While connected to the internet. Why would I want this, much less pay to have it in my home? You couldn't even pay me to have this thing in my house. I've got a bad feeling about this.....
That'll work, thanks!