Can we mod this whole article (-1) Flamebait and move on? I see enough troll food here to keep them fed for weeks.
Seriously, if you don't know how to label your stuff as yours and/or keep track of it,/. might just be a little too advanced for you. Even so, this is a community that openly discusses stealing copies of Windows and other legally questionable acts. The advice may be good, but we also know how to work around most of the preventions you put in place (and if we don't Google probably does).
But really, the only reason this article should exist on/. is to keep the trolls fed here so they don't interfere with actual insightful comments elsewhere.
I don't use a cable box, running the coax straight to my TV and using its tuner, but if I tune to Ch 999-5, I occasionally see a login prompt. Forget what version of *nix it is (Red-hat?), but I'm hoping to someday catch someone working on it live...
So at a sports event, a photographer might have one down behind the goal with a wide-angle lens, another pointing at the other goal, etc. etc. etc. - all uploading to the photo agency for up-to-the-moment imagery. Newspapers needed things soon, the internet needs it now.
Still decidedly embarrassing if they are so easily compromised, of course.
And now all I have to do is put myself somewhere in range of the remote controlled cameras, find an exploit, publish their photograph first and take credit for it. Much faster and easier than actually doing all the work.
I see where this technology is potentially very useful, but just like compromised "smart meters" and other "smart" appliances, cameras don't need to be a part of the "internet of things" unless you're cool with someone potentially watching everything you do with it.
Seriously, this is one of them. I love the idea of sharing and all, but we can wait to see your vacation or...other... pics more than 15 minutes after you take it. A camera does not need to be directly connected to the internet, and all it does is open up potential security flaws. Find a good way to remotely exploit this and next thing you know, you can just take a vacation vicariously, through someone's (unsuspecting) lens. With the way tablets, smartphones etc are going, they can be great and (more) secure gateways to posting things, plus it gives you the chance to *filter* your photos...
It's this exact attitude that has caused the USoA to become the political cesspool we are right now. Political debates are nothing but ad hominem attacks disguised as political talking points.
Take the Fordham case for example. If they host Ann Coulter it opens them up to ad hominem attacks from people who would rather dismiss them by saying "they're the same as that racist, sexist *-ist" than actually take the time to come up with a rational response to debate her points. The result: the institution capitulates to the threat and she is, in effect, censored from campus.
Murdoch may be a shady character whose only ambition in life is to see how big of a bank account he can rack up, but that doesn't discount the issue his company (WSJ) is presenting. We need to learn to separate the person (Murdoch, Coulter, etc.) from the issue.
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Hmm... I think we need an app dedicated to nerd fighting...
Can we mod this whole article (-1) Flamebait and move on? I see enough troll food here to keep them fed for weeks.
/. might just be a little too advanced for you. Even so, this is a community that openly discusses stealing copies of Windows and other legally questionable acts. The advice may be good, but we also know how to work around most of the preventions you put in place (and if we don't Google probably does).
/. is to keep the trolls fed here so they don't interfere with actual insightful comments elsewhere.
Seriously, if you don't know how to label your stuff as yours and/or keep track of it,
But really, the only reason this article should exist on
I don't use a cable box, running the coax straight to my TV and using its tuner, but if I tune to Ch 999-5, I occasionally see a login prompt. Forget what version of *nix it is (Red-hat?), but I'm hoping to someday catch someone working on it live...
So at a sports event, a photographer might have one down behind the goal with a wide-angle lens, another pointing at the other goal, etc. etc. etc. - all uploading to the photo agency for up-to-the-moment imagery. Newspapers needed things soon, the internet needs it now.
Still decidedly embarrassing if they are so easily compromised, of course.
And now all I have to do is put myself somewhere in range of the remote controlled cameras, find an exploit, publish their photograph first and take credit for it. Much faster and easier than actually doing all the work.
I see where this technology is potentially very useful, but just like compromised "smart meters" and other "smart" appliances, cameras don't need to be a part of the "internet of things" unless you're cool with someone potentially watching everything you do with it.
Seriously, this is one of them. I love the idea of sharing and all, but we can wait to see your vacation or ...other... pics more than 15 minutes after you take it. A camera does not need to be directly connected to the internet, and all it does is open up potential security flaws. Find a good way to remotely exploit this and next thing you know, you can just take a vacation vicariously, through someone's (unsuspecting) lens. With the way tablets, smartphones etc are going, they can be great and (more) secure gateways to posting things, plus it gives you the chance to *filter* your photos...
Guess what the #2 result is from that link... I'll give you a hint, you don't need to go through google to find it.
It's this exact attitude that has caused the USoA to become the political cesspool we are right now. Political debates are nothing but ad hominem attacks disguised as political talking points.
Take the Fordham case for example. If they host Ann Coulter it opens them up to ad hominem attacks from people who would rather dismiss them by saying "they're the same as that racist, sexist *-ist" than actually take the time to come up with a rational response to debate her points. The result: the institution capitulates to the threat and she is, in effect, censored from campus.
Murdoch may be a shady character whose only ambition in life is to see how big of a bank account he can rack up, but that doesn't discount the issue his company (WSJ) is presenting. We need to learn to separate the person (Murdoch, Coulter, etc.) from the issue.
No wonder we have bullying issues in school....
"Blacks called names almost as much as Mormons" makes a bad headline, after all.
Just remember: everyone's a little bit racist.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbud8rLejLM