I've been using a variation of the same password for years. It was secure when I first started using it, its not so secure anymore. Although, if it were any more secure, not even I would know what my password was. Password security is getting nearly impossible considering many sites and resources expect you to update your password every few months.
True, so implement it as a "layered" system.
Have 1 password for your email account(s?), and share that with NOTHING else. Have 1 password for your "financial" accounts (Banks, CreditCards) Have 1 password for "secure" sites (things you care about) Have 1 password for "disposable" sites
Then compromising any site, will not compromise your email and will still allow you to reclaim a site (usually most sites will unlock back to email). Compromising of a "disposable" or "secure" site does not compromise your finances. "Disposable" sites you theoretically expect/don't care about being compromised, and "secure" sites are a chore, but if one is compromised, it doesn't directly expose you, and you can reset them. Each chain limits exposure to the "inner" rings, all with only a relative few password (add new groups to things that make sense, maybe 1 for "social network sites"?)
I'd imagine that the target of this is more a teenager without a computer/tv in their bedroom, so they watch videos on-line when their parents don't want them using the TV in the living room, or for them to be able to share "the latest funny viral movie" (or their own video/slide show) with their friends (in a "live" environment instead of simply texting them a link).
Personally, until they include pico-projectors in the phones, I'm not sure why they need too much of a speaker, but hey, to each his own.
Yes, but how does he know that it is actually theirs?
Perhaps they are just trying to get their hands on other people's property.
Are they prepared to provide a receipt for returning the item, or some proof of ownership that he can retain a copy of to protect himself from liability.
My wife had a friend whose laptop slipped off the table where it was being used. It survived the fall, but the hard drive was toast. She hadn't received any restore CDs from the company, she was expected to make them himself from hard drive images. It was also just out of warranty, so the company told her she was out of luck (or quoted her some absurd price to get it working again).
I picked up a new hard drive on NewEgg for $60 (same size as the old one). I offered to put Windows on, but told her she'd need to buy a copy. I also gave her the option of installing Ubuntu so she'd have SOMETHING to use until she could give it to a friend at corporate to reload Windows (didn't want to give her a machine without an OS, that's just cruel to a non-techie).
She ended up liking Ubuntu and the saved money (Loaded Firefox, OpenOffice, Flash). It did what she needed, and she never bothered putting Windows back onto it. Whenever I run into her I always check how its doing and so far she's been happy and hasn't mentioned ANY problem.
Yeah, 99% of what she uses it for is probably Web related, but it speaks wonders that a lay person can be given a copy of Linux and just use it (I was expecting more support calls, or for her to get frustrated and get a friend to put windows on it for her).
Maybe the year of Linux on the Desktop isn't so far away after all.
Personally I think Sony certainly seems committed to "doing it all".
Between "Kung Fu Live!", which seems comparable to Kinect does, requiring only the PS Eye. http://www.kungfulivegame.com/, the PS Move system, which seems to replicate what the Wii Motion+ can do, and the traditional PS controllers, there are loads of choices for interactive controls, and, there is the ability for supporting Multiple methods of control, so a developer doesn't need to fully commit to one method (which is a good thing to encourage developers to experiment in multiple control schemes).
And my new DVR feels no different to me than my old VCR.
Yes, its exactly like my VCR except:
- the tape is longer than 8 hours without swapping in a new tape - the recording quality doesn't degrade with after a few recordings or watchings - I can randomly skip around in the recording (which still keeping a crystal clear picture to make sure I don't miss something interesting)
(leaving out TiVo/"high end" type functions like - Dual Tuner - Season Pass - get all episodes of a given program - Suggestions - get content you MIGHT like in the unused portion of your "tape" - Download Netflix/Blockbuster/Amazon Video On Demand - Left home and forgot to set a recording? Program it from any internet enabled device (assuming your DVR is wired to the internet) )... Yeah... just like my old VCR
Just because YOUR DVR is just like your old VCR, doesn't mean they all are.
Pity the Smithsonian air and space doesn't pick it up to showcase next to their orbiter. Yeah, its not "american", but it does symbolize the Space Race/Arms Race between the US and USSR.
You'd think so, but the US Military has bigger guns and bigger idiots, so revolt could never occur.
You are absolutely correct. The US has a completely uniform set of beliefs and personalities. The idea that a career officer and top graduate of the United States Military Academy might choose reluctantly choose a path contrary to the President is absolutely absurd.
Such a revolt could NEVER occur in the United States.
End sarcasm.
Now, regardless of your position on the Civil War in the United States (which historically speaking wasn't that long ago), the idea that IF things were to get bad in the US I highly doubt our military would remain unfragmented. I would actually expect it could have an outcome similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis, while that result was surprisingly bloodless and fast, it could easily have been horrifically violent. The outcome hinged on the responses of the administration which, as we know, are always fluctuating.
Absolutely correct (sorry, no mod points), but I'll add, in case anyone missed it in the Parent's post, that Robert E Lee was a decorated graduate of West Point, and a Career Military officer who was (so far as I recall), originally asked to command the Union Forces (before Grant was asked).
For the best treatment of a "second" Civil War, I'd suggest people try reading A State of Disobediance by Tom Kratman. The link is to the Baen Library that has the first few chapters on-line free (think of like giving a Junkie the first fix:) ).
When I was a boy our Nintendo Was carved from an old Apple tree And we used garden hose to connect it To our steam-powered color tv.
But it still beat that ancient Atari 'Cuz I almost went blind, don'tcha know, Playing Breakout and Pong on a video game Hooked up to the radio.
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse Barefoot, uphill both ways, Through blizzards in summer and winter Back in the good old days. Back when Fortran was not even Three-tran And the PC was only a toy And we did our computing by gaslight When I was a boy.
When I was a boy all our networks Were for hauling in fish from the sea-- Our bawd rate was eight bits an hour (and she was worth it!), And our IP address was just 3.
And you kids who complain that the World Wide Web Is too slow oughtta cut out your bitchin', 'Cuz when I was a boy every packet Was delivered by carrier pigeon
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse Barefoot, uphill both ways, Through blizzards in summer and winter Back in the good old days. Back when Fortran was not even Two-tran And the mainframe was only a toy And we did our computing by torchlight When I was a boy.
When I was a boy our IS shop Built relational tables from wood, And we wrappered our data in oilcloth To preserve it the best that we could.
And we carried our bits in a bucket, And our mainframe weighed 900 tons, And we programmed in ones and in zeros And sometimes we ran out of ones.
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse Barefoot, uphill both ways, Through blizzards in summer and winter Back in the good old days. Back when Fortran was not even One-tran And the abacus? Only a toy! And we did our computing in primordial darkness When I was a boy.
Balanced is fun when you are playing for a challenge or with friends/people. On the other hand, I liked one of the Real-Time strat games (forget which one since I'm not at home in front of my library), where they made the stats file a simple.INI style file.
Great idea, and very useful to give me a "leg up" over the computer. Who needs a cheat code or trainer if you can modify the game's rules to let you create an army of unstoppable tanks for relatively little money?:D
Yeah, it wasn't "fair", but it WAS FUN!
Then when I was done I could change the universe rules again and play as the bad guys and trounce the good guys with unstoppable air ships!;)
Okay, I'm sad to say I've given more of my time then I'd like to Facebook games. I'm also happy to say that I've managed to reform myself. Finally broke myself free (and am in the process of "de-friending" people who I friended just for the player boost).
This shouldn't be a huge surprise to anyone. Lots of games in arcades ripped off competitors. The only difference with Zynga is that its much more visible to people.
Heck, between the limited game mechanics available, they actually only have one or two games, with LOTS of reskinning between different flavors of them. Hopefully this will encourage more innovation but the sad fact is, that it will only discourage innovation, since if you DO come up with something fun and innovative, there is the concern that someone like Zynga will come along and just rip it off lock/stock/barrel, so why bother?
The one that heats the ionosphere, and has an effect on the scale of an immersion heater in the Yukon river. That HAARP. Of course it's to blame.
Psha. I thought everyone knew that HAARP was just a front for the U.S. recreation of the Weather Dominator based on parts/pieces of the original and defectors following the final battle (similar to the U.S. Missile/Space program being based on German research).
If you truly wanted a free market, then the current monopoly on bandwidths used by these stations would need to be allowed to be used by all (not practically feasible I know)
I don't know.
Maybe some sort of Mandated "Public Access" AirTime/Channel might help.
(Just a wild thought off the top of my head, so feel free to rip it apart:) )
A better choice might be to work with to decide how much he would need to change HIS logo so as not to be infringing on them, and then to pay for it to be done.
'The students have 100 percent control over it, over how they do. Other people's stuff you bet on -- your own stuff you invest in.'
Of course, if you happen to take a class with a teacher that NEVER gives A's, then it doesn't matter HOW good you are (unless you're the second coming of Dykstra?), and yes, I had a few of those in Undergrad (for required classes).
I assume for something to generate interference in this context, it must be generating a signal?
If so, then while I understand it is easier to just say "No electronic" (and easier to enforce), considering most "e-toys" nowadays let you turn off wireless antennas, I'd prefer a "please turn all electronic gadgets to 'Airplane' mode" instead of "Please turn off anything with an off button, even if it is in 'airplane mode'"
The Green Hills of Earth Let the sweet fresh breezes heal me As they rove around the girth Of our lovely mother planet Of the cool, green hills of Earth.
We rot in the moulds of Venus, We retch at her tainted breath. Foul are her flooded jungles, Crawling with unclean death.
[ --- the harsh bright soil of Luna --- --- Saturn's rainbow rings --- --- the frozen night of Titan --- ]
We've tried each spinning space mote And reckoned its true worth: Take us back again to the homes of men On the cool, green hills of Earth.
The arching sky is calling Spacemen back to their trade. ALL HANDS! STAND BY! FREE FALLING! And the lights below us fade.
Out ride the sons of Terra, Far drives the thundering jet, Up leaps a race of Earthmen, Out, far, and onward yet ---
We pray for one last landing On the globe that gave us birth; Let us rest our eyes on the friendly skies And the cool, green hills of Earth.
And from the looks of things today, if SpaceX doesn't do it, no-one will.
If they don't, someone probably will, but it most likely will not be in our lifetime, and future explorers will most likely be speaking Chinese or Hindi.
The most exciting thing about SpaceX is that they seem to have Targets/Goals, they have a Plan to get to them, and they have demonstrated solid Engineering (so far).
If they can do something "wonderful" it might even re-ignite children's imaginations and interest in science and technology, something this country has lost for the past few decades.
I know e-readers would work fine on aircraft, and they are allowed, along with other "approved electronics" once the aircraft reaches its cruising altitude.
Its ridiculous in general that we have this restriction on electronics in use on Aircraft, when 99.9% of them should have Zero impact on the plane, and should just be allowed to be used at all time.
There is no feeling of Smugness or Superiority, there is merely joy in being able to not have my ability to continue reading the story/book I am in the middle of interrupted because someone who knows nothing about technology decides the eBookReader might cause the plane to blow up.
If that causes others to be annoyed, then good. Maybe it will motivate them to write their Congress Critter to change things.
As it stands, the only time people seem to get involved in politics is when they get annoyed.
Get 50 of your friends to put turbans on, pack their suit cases with as many smoke detectors as they can fit and all try to board different flights at O'Hare airport the day before thanksgiving. That should pretty much stick it to them.
I'm assuming in this case "them" means your friends?
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True, so implement it as a "layered" system.
Have 1 password for your email account(s?), and share that with NOTHING else.
Have 1 password for your "financial" accounts (Banks, CreditCards)
Have 1 password for "secure" sites (things you care about)
Have 1 password for "disposable" sites
Then compromising any site, will not compromise your email and will still allow you to reclaim a site (usually most sites will unlock back to email).
Compromising of a "disposable" or "secure" site does not compromise your finances.
"Disposable" sites you theoretically expect/don't care about being compromised, and "secure" sites are a chore, but if one is compromised, it doesn't directly expose you, and you can reset them.
Each chain limits exposure to the "inner" rings, all with only a relative few password (add new groups to things that make sense, maybe 1 for "social network sites"?)
I'd imagine that the target of this is more a teenager without a computer/tv in their bedroom, so they watch videos on-line when their parents don't want them using the TV in the living room, or for them to be able to share "the latest funny viral movie" (or their own video/slide show) with their friends (in a "live" environment instead of simply texting them a link).
Personally, until they include pico-projectors in the phones, I'm not sure why they need too much of a speaker, but hey, to each his own.
Yes, but how does he know that it is actually theirs?
Perhaps they are just trying to get their hands on other people's property.
Are they prepared to provide a receipt for returning the item, or some proof of ownership that he can retain a copy of to protect himself from liability.
-- Menachem
Amen.
My wife had a friend whose laptop slipped off the table where it was being used. It survived the fall, but the hard drive was toast. She hadn't received any restore CDs from the company, she was expected to make them himself from hard drive images. It was also just out of warranty, so the company told her she was out of luck (or quoted her some absurd price to get it working again).
I picked up a new hard drive on NewEgg for $60 (same size as the old one). I offered to put Windows on, but told her she'd need to buy a copy. I also gave her the option of installing Ubuntu so she'd have SOMETHING to use until she could give it to a friend at corporate to reload Windows (didn't want to give her a machine without an OS, that's just cruel to a non-techie).
She ended up liking Ubuntu and the saved money (Loaded Firefox, OpenOffice, Flash). It did what she needed, and she never bothered putting Windows back onto it. Whenever I run into her I always check how its doing and so far she's been happy and hasn't mentioned ANY problem.
Yeah, 99% of what she uses it for is probably Web related, but it speaks wonders that a lay person can be given a copy of Linux and just use it (I was expecting more support calls, or for her to get frustrated and get a friend to put windows on it for her).
Maybe the year of Linux on the Desktop isn't so far away after all.
Paper Books:
Pros:
Cons:
eBooks/Book Readers:
Pros:
Cons:
Most of the Pros of one Medium are the Cons of the other. I miss any biggies?
Personally I think Sony certainly seems committed to "doing it all".
Between "Kung Fu Live!", which seems comparable to Kinect does, requiring only the PS Eye. http://www.kungfulivegame.com/, the PS Move system, which seems to replicate what the Wii Motion+ can do, and the traditional PS controllers, there are loads of choices for interactive controls, and, there is the ability for supporting Multiple methods of control, so a developer doesn't need to fully commit to one method (which is a good thing to encourage developers to experiment in multiple control schemes).
Yes, its exactly like my VCR except:
- the tape is longer than 8 hours without swapping in a new tape
- the recording quality doesn't degrade with after a few recordings or watchings
- I can randomly skip around in the recording (which still keeping a crystal clear picture to make sure I don't miss something interesting)
(leaving out TiVo/"high end" type functions like ... Yeah ... just like my old VCR
- Dual Tuner
- Season Pass - get all episodes of a given program
- Suggestions - get content you MIGHT like in the unused portion of your "tape"
- Download Netflix/Blockbuster/Amazon Video On Demand
- Left home and forgot to set a recording? Program it from any internet enabled device (assuming your DVR is wired to the internet)
)
Just because YOUR DVR is just like your old VCR, doesn't mean they all are.
Pity the Smithsonian air and space doesn't pick it up to showcase next to their orbiter. Yeah, its not "american", but it does symbolize the Space Race/Arms Race between the US and USSR.
Absolutely correct (sorry, no mod points), but I'll add, in case anyone missed it in the Parent's post, that Robert E Lee was a decorated graduate of West Point, and a Career Military officer who was (so far as I recall), originally asked to command the Union Forces (before Grant was asked).
For the best treatment of a "second" Civil War, I'd suggest people try reading A State of Disobediance by Tom Kratman. The link is to the Baen Library that has the first few chapters on-line free (think of like giving a Junkie the first fix :) ).
Nah. Actually it was the second best laugh I had all day.
Your response was the best laugh.
$#!T I'm getting old ...
Lyrics Link:
http://www.stevemacdonald.org/lyrics/wiwab.html
YouTube Link: ... some "botched" words :) )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnUFfy9ZhoE (non-professional)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fBd7UbQPA (live filk version
Dug a little (thank you Google). It was "Dark Reign". Fun game! Going to have to dig it out and see how it runs on my XP VM image. :)
Balanced is fun when you are playing for a challenge or with friends/people. .INI style file.
On the other hand, I liked one of the Real-Time strat games (forget which one since I'm not at home in front of my library), where they made the stats file a simple
Great idea, and very useful to give me a "leg up" over the computer. Who needs a cheat code or trainer if you can modify the game's rules to let you create an army of unstoppable tanks for relatively little money? :D
Yeah, it wasn't "fair", but it WAS FUN!
Then when I was done I could change the universe rules again and play as the bad guys and trounce the good guys with unstoppable air ships! ;)
Okay, I'm sad to say I've given more of my time then I'd like to Facebook games. I'm also happy to say that I've managed to reform myself. Finally broke myself free (and am in the process of "de-friending" people who I friended just for the player boost).
This shouldn't be a huge surprise to anyone. Lots of games in arcades ripped off competitors. The only difference with Zynga is that its much more visible to people.
Heck, between the limited game mechanics available, they actually only have one or two games, with LOTS of reskinning between different flavors of them. Hopefully this will encourage more innovation but the sad fact is, that it will only discourage innovation, since if you DO come up with something fun and innovative, there is the concern that someone like Zynga will come along and just rip it off lock/stock/barrel, so why bother?
ARM is getting closer and closer every day:
http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2010/05/31/arm-vs-intel-atom-comparison/
Psha. I thought everyone knew that HAARP was just a front for the U.S. recreation of the Weather Dominator based on parts/pieces of the original and defectors following the final battle (similar to the U.S. Missile/Space program being based on German research).
I don't know.
Maybe some sort of Mandated "Public Access" AirTime/Channel might help.
(Just a wild thought off the top of my head, so feel free to rip it apart :) )
Right.
A better choice might be to work with to decide how much he would need to change HIS logo so as not to be infringing on them, and then to pay for it to be done.
ARM seems to be trying to be that Architecture (it certainly is gaining traction in the "low battery" market).
But that may be a niche where 10 hour Laptop life is important.
FTFA:
Of course, if you happen to take a class with a teacher that NEVER gives A's, then it doesn't matter HOW good you are (unless you're the second coming of Dykstra?), and yes, I had a few of those in Undergrad (for required classes).
That sounds good.
I assume for something to generate interference in this context, it must be generating a signal?
If so, then while I understand it is easier to just say "No electronic" (and easier to enforce), considering most "e-toys" nowadays let you turn off wireless antennas, I'd prefer a "please turn all electronic gadgets to 'Airplane' mode" instead of "Please turn off anything with an off button, even if it is in 'airplane mode'"
If they don't, someone probably will, but it most likely will not be in our lifetime, and future explorers will most likely be speaking Chinese or Hindi.
The most exciting thing about SpaceX is that they seem to have Targets/Goals, they have a Plan to get to them, and they have demonstrated solid Engineering (so far).
If they can do something "wonderful" it might even re-ignite children's imaginations and interest in science and technology, something this country has lost for the past few decades.
I know e-readers would work fine on aircraft, and they are allowed, along with other "approved electronics" once the aircraft reaches its cruising altitude.
Its ridiculous in general that we have this restriction on electronics in use on Aircraft, when 99.9% of them should have Zero impact on the plane, and should just be allowed to be used at all time.
There is no feeling of Smugness or Superiority, there is merely joy in being able to not have my ability to continue reading the story/book I am in the middle of interrupted because someone who knows nothing about technology decides the eBookReader might cause the plane to blow up.
If that causes others to be annoyed, then good. Maybe it will motivate them to write their Congress Critter to change things.
As it stands, the only time people seem to get involved in politics is when they get annoyed.
From an AC:
I'm assuming in this case "them" means your friends?