The difference is that if one vendor of an Android device cheats, the Press and Apple fanboys can jump up and scream "OMFG ANDROID IZ CHEETZ THA SKORZ" even if every other Android vendor is "playing fair".
OMFG, are we now so far that even the headlines are too long to read?
"With the exception of Apple and Motorola, literally every single OEM we’ve worked with ships (or has shipped) at least one device that runs this silly CPU optimization. It's possible that older Motorola devices might've done the same thing, but none of the newer devices we have on hand exhibited the behavior."
I think when you're talking about half the country, you can no longer use the term "terrorists." Granted, a lot of those were slaves, but still. There are enough terrorists and pedophiles around without us constantly diluting the definition of the terms.
The Union had a population of about 22.3 million, the Confederation only 9.1 million, 3.6 mio. of them slaves.
I've had Google Navigate fuck up more than a few times too. I was on a military base one time and it took me out on what I can only guess was some sort of tank trail (not having a 4-wheel drive, I almost got stuck a few times). All this to get to a main road that it turned out actually *intersected* with the main road that I was on when Navigate decided to take me out on a long country drive through the swamp.
Erm... Why would you take a dirt track?
So you could ask that question to distract from Google's mistake.
yes, but only the cat can unlock it! actually i don't know, if one cat is registered can others unlock it as well?
Second paragraph: ". Note that no other paw pads would unlock the device, and that cats essentially have unique “fingerprints” just like people, so this doesn’t make the Touch ID sensor any less secure."
I would not be surprised if someone would have broken it within mere hours after they have become available.
How long does it take to etch a PCB (mould) and how long does it take for gelatine to cool down (finger cast)? (The method that Mythbusters used)
The iPhone 5s went on sale in Australia about 21 hours ago in Australia, shortly after that in China and Japan, More than 13 hours in Europe - still not hacked yet.
Not only does that article never discuss disembodied or severed fingers, but it also misses the huge issue with biometric ID: you're "broadcasting" it daily, and it can never be changed. Once someone gets your fingerprint associated with your name, do you have any idea how large the black-market value will be if biometric IDs like this become common? If your fingerprint can be used with your credit card, for instance? That is a much larger incentive for criminals than stealing your iphone passcode.
It's also largely undetectable: sit at a coffee shop, pose like a hipster with your DSLR, wait until you can pick up someone's name, then take their glass and photograph it after they leave. If you think this is just paranoia, there were several people who were succesful in copying Angela Merkel's fingerprint a few years back. If they can do it to the prime minister of Germany, they can do it to you.
Lift fingerprint.
Print by a laser printer to make a mold.
Pour jello onto the printout.
Lift jello to have "finger" that works on "a capacitive (not optical) sensor."
Now all you have to do is do that - and buy an iPhone 5s to test it. Then you will be $13,000 richer. Unless it doesn't work. Then you will have an iPhone 5s.
Reports are wrong.
1. for several minutes it would be basically still alive
2. The threat of finger removal will get the phone unlocked in 99.99% of cases.
3. you can always skin the finger and wear it like a glove.
And then you'd have to enter the passphrase sooner or later anyway (as in no later than 48 hours).
He only bought from Apple. He has no right to sue others as he had no business with them.
That never stopped people from suing Apple when they bought their iPhone from (e.g.) AT&T. So what's stopping him from suing the people who actually made the decision that "Season 5" of Breaking Bad actually has two seasons - sorry, "parts".
Apple has found a way that an iPhone can tell whether somebody will intercept communications and will not send anything incriminating like a fingerprint
And since the NSA will intercept any communications, the fingerprint will never be sent. Crisis averted.
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How is it morally wrong to know what someone else paid for the same 'product'?
To the contrary: it is morally wrong to hide that data. This is known as "price discrimination".
So why didn't Samsung publish any of their own licensing deals? If only to actually compare the data?
Shouldn't everybody opposing the change have left the last time? http://slashdot.org/story/06/06/04/0753232/hp-to-cut-back-on-telecommuting
And they don't pay much taxes here.
Yes, you are right: Samsung doesn't pay much taxes. Here nor there.
Apple will be quick to inform you that all profits are made by their Irish subsidiary and are not subject to US corporate taxes.
So why do they pay so much in US taxes?
It doesn't matter what Google does with the Play Store. On Android, you can allow apps from anywhere else. You don't even need a rooted device.
One time an app I used got pulled from the play store, so what did I do? I went to the developer's website and downloaded it from there.
Yeah, that's totally an option for the Chinese, just download the App that bypasses the Great Chinese Firewall from beyond the GCF - oh, wait...
What difference does that make?
The difference is that if one vendor of an Android device cheats, the Press and Apple fanboys can jump up and scream "OMFG ANDROID IZ CHEETZ THA SKORZ" even if every other Android vendor is "playing fair".
OMFG, are we now so far that even the headlines are too long to read?
So there.
What is the point of a 64-bit phone? Do you really need more than 4gb of RAM allocated to a single process on a phone?
http://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2013-09-27-arm64-and-you.html - probably unsuited for the faux-nerds around here.
"With the exception of Apple and Motorola, literally every single OEM we’ve worked with ships (or has shipped) at least one device that runs this silly CPU optimization. It's possible that older Motorola devices might've done the same thing, but none of the newer devices we have on hand exhibited the behavior."
I think when you're talking about half the country, you can no longer use the term "terrorists." Granted, a lot of those were slaves, but still. There are enough terrorists and pedophiles around without us constantly diluting the definition of the terms.
The Union had a population of about 22.3 million, the Confederation only 9.1 million, 3.6 mio. of them slaves.
even if android was sluggish, which it isnt,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVDMOP1pWCQ
http://gigaom.com/2012/01/19/video-android-touch-lag-and-a-possible-solution/
http://appglimpse.com/blog/touchmarks-i-smart-phone-touch-screen-latencies/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/26/mobilebench-benchmarks-samsung/ - "MobileBench group aims to improve mobile benchmarking, recruits Samsung but lacks Qualcomm, NVIDIA "
I've had Google Navigate fuck up more than a few times too. I was on a military base one time and it took me out on what I can only guess was some sort of tank trail (not having a 4-wheel drive, I almost got stuck a few times). All this to get to a main road that it turned out actually *intersected* with the main road that I was on when Navigate decided to take me out on a long country drive through the swamp.
Erm... Why would you take a dirt track?
So you could ask that question to distract from Google's mistake.
So, what is the "correct" hardware that provides this magical superior performance?
Pretty much everything but the one you bought. Always.
I dunno. Can't get faster than instant. Which is why I'm glad I can turn off so much of the useless animations in Android.
Too bad you can't turn off the general lag, e.g. http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/apples-iphone-5-touchscreen-is-2-5-times-faster-than-android-devices/
Did it really take you so long to not come up with a decent explanation?
yes, but only the cat can unlock it! actually i don't know, if one cat is registered can others unlock it as well?
Second paragraph: ". Note that no other paw pads would unlock the device, and that cats essentially have unique “fingerprints” just like people, so this doesn’t make the Touch ID sensor any less secure."
I would not be surprised if someone would have broken it within mere hours after they have become available.
How long does it take to etch a PCB (mould) and how long does it take for gelatine to cool down (finger cast)? (The method that Mythbusters used)
The iPhone 5s went on sale in Australia about 21 hours ago in Australia, shortly after that in China and Japan, More than 13 hours in Europe - still not hacked yet.
Not only does that article never discuss disembodied or severed fingers, but it also misses the huge issue with biometric ID: you're "broadcasting" it daily, and it can never be changed. Once someone gets your fingerprint associated with your name, do you have any idea how large the black-market value will be if biometric IDs like this become common? If your fingerprint can be used with your credit card, for instance? That is a much larger incentive for criminals than stealing your iphone passcode. It's also largely undetectable: sit at a coffee shop, pose like a hipster with your DSLR, wait until you can pick up someone's name, then take their glass and photograph it after they leave. If you think this is just paranoia, there were several people who were succesful in copying Angela Merkel's fingerprint a few years back. If they can do it to the prime minister of Germany, they can do it to you.
1. Steal Angela Merkel's fingerprints
2. ???
3. PROFIT!
It's been done.
Lift fingerprint. Print by a laser printer to make a mold. Pour jello onto the printout. Lift jello to have "finger" that works on "a capacitive (not optical) sensor."
https://www.google.ca/search?q=jello+mold+fingerprint
Now all you have to do is do that - and buy an iPhone 5s to test it. Then you will be $13,000 richer. Unless it doesn't work. Then you will have an iPhone 5s.
Better yet, just go to Wal-mart and hack and shoot everyone showing off their new iphone.
The NRA has successfully lobbied for any mass-killing above 3 persons to be carried out only with firearms.
Reports are wrong. 1. for several minutes it would be basically still alive 2. The threat of finger removal will get the phone unlocked in 99.99% of cases. 3. you can always skin the finger and wear it like a glove.
And then you'd have to enter the passphrase sooner or later anyway (as in no later than 48 hours).
He only bought from Apple. He has no right to sue others as he had no business with them.
That never stopped people from suing Apple when they bought their iPhone from (e.g.) AT&T. So what's stopping him from suing the people who actually made the decision that "Season 5" of Breaking Bad actually has two seasons - sorry, "parts".
And since the NSA will intercept any communications, the fingerprint will never be sent. Crisis averted.
Aside from the fact the government and many institutions (like Banking in the US) already have your fingerprint...
Errr... what? I've never had to give my fingerprint to my bank or the government, aside from the fact that I've handed them papers that I've touched.
So they have your fingerprints.