I don't think they really do a great deal of harm most of the time
Like any martingale, they don't have to do any harm most of the time. It's that one time that their theory falls into its singularity that they and the rest of the world get fucked.
Anyone can Google "flash crash" for an example of what I mean.
Ever seen the "special laws" imposed on casinos? Very few of them help the casino at all.
Without them, the casinos would probably still be run by the mob, who would be only too happy to tell you "no payout" regardless of the reliability of the machine.
And if the mob still ran the casinos, these guys would probably be in a hole in Pahrump instead of a federal court.
I once gave the Bally's box office $135 to see George Carlin do a show that, I was disappointed to realize, I'd seen him do on HBO six months before. I'm sure he got a fat slice of that.
He always was a funny guy, and nailed it when he's right, but he's not immune to the double standard, hypocrisy, or half-though-out premise.
The vulnerability is that the system depends on proximity but does nothing to verify proximity, it merely assumes that the presence of a recognizable signal implies proximity of a valid security token.
The exploit is to create a wormhole in proximity space, bringing the transmitted signal closer to the receiver space even though the transmitter space is far, far away, without making the transmitter traverse the Euclidean space in between.
Unless hands-free keyless systems are somehow upgraded to ensure that proximity of the signal is proximity of the security token, this spells their utter doom. We're back to fishing in our pockets for the Unlock button.
BTW, the second link is an apparent screwup. The first article had all the info needed./. summarizers are only a few IQ points above/. editors, who would have a hard time out-parcheeseing a truffle.
I said they fucked up, so they didn't win. Fucking up is how you don't win. Fucking up is failing to use your profit-margin advantage to reinvest to maintain your profit margins. Being first-to-market gives you that advantage over everyone who follows you. By not using that advantage, you are fucking up.
It couldn't have been more clear, but I made it more clear anyway.
All of those companies rested on their first-in status and failed to keep ahead using the first-to-market money.
They assumed the attitude of leader instead of actually leading. They tried to benefit academically instead of productively, and tried to project an image of quality in markets where performance was more important. They fell behind on innovation and left market holes through which their competitors drove entire product lines. They fell behind on unit margin and couldn't continue to operate and couldn't afford to change. Then they fell out.
Who uses a Microsoft operating system on their Intel x86 PC?
The moral: if you're in the game first, eat all the powerups before anyone else can get them.
What? They can activate the button for me when I put the phone up to the pay terminal? Saves me a step, as far as I can see.
Other than that, there's nothing new they can do that they can't already. All they need is a keylogger to snag a credit-card number when I'm buying something online.
Being first means you get a premium on sales without competition, and can reinvest the extra money to continuously improve your product to stay ahead as competition starts to appear, and always have better margins.
I.e., unless you fuck it up by assuming you're done when you first deploy it, you win.
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Or create a short-short term tax rate of 90% for anything held for under 12 hours.
They fucked up the paperwork. You're suddenly debt-free.
less than 20% of firms out there can *BEAT* the S&P,
You do realize that's because the S&P comprises 500 companies that are winning already, don't you?
It's pretty easy to look through the S&P itself and pick a couple of companies that will beat it over your desired interval.
And if you're lucky, they'll beat inflation, too.
Fake liquidity created by machinery that is crocking the prices using irrational algorithms is not good.
Being screwed in 5 nanoseconds is not preferable to getting a fair price after 2 days of waiting.
I don't think they really do a great deal of harm most of the time
Like any martingale, they don't have to do any harm most of the time. It's that one time that their theory falls into its singularity that they and the rest of the world get fucked.
Anyone can Google "flash crash" for an example of what I mean.
Yup. If the machine was borked you're free to sue for your bets back.
You already do. It's called the Gaming Commission. One of their jobs is auditing casino games of all kinds, both in test and live situations.
Ever seen the "special laws" imposed on casinos? Very few of them help the casino at all.
Without them, the casinos would probably still be run by the mob, who would be only too happy to tell you "no payout" regardless of the reliability of the machine.
And if the mob still ran the casinos, these guys would probably be in a hole in Pahrump instead of a federal court.
And humans are exploiting casinos, to the point where gaming companies' profitability isn't anything like impressive. That makes it fair.
I once gave the Bally's box office $135 to see George Carlin do a show that, I was disappointed to realize, I'd seen him do on HBO six months before. I'm sure he got a fat slice of that.
He always was a funny guy, and nailed it when he's right, but he's not immune to the double standard, hypocrisy, or half-though-out premise.
Or it may be doing something distributed that can be handled by the others since there's overhead designed into the system.
Google is an extreme example of this. They don't replac.e blades. They add capacity so fast that when one blade goes bad they just leave it dead.
Actually, it's a hell of a security hole.
The vulnerability is that the system depends on proximity but does nothing to verify proximity, it merely assumes that the presence of a recognizable signal implies proximity of a valid security token.
The exploit is to create a wormhole in proximity space, bringing the transmitted signal closer to the receiver space even though the transmitter space is far, far away, without making the transmitter traverse the Euclidean space in between.
Unless hands-free keyless systems are somehow upgraded to ensure that proximity of the signal is proximity of the security token, this spells their utter doom. We're back to fishing in our pockets for the Unlock button.
BTW, the second link is an apparent screwup. The first article had all the info needed. /. summarizers are only a few IQ points above /. editors, who would have a hard time out-parcheeseing a truffle.
these types of solutions detract from the convenience that makes passive keyless entry systems worthwhile.
But when the key is not even a key, that detracts from the thing that causes it to exist, so it might as well not.
Or just build them on compass needles and it will take care of itself.
Or install digital readouts where the painted numbers are.
Or paint a giant colored spot instead of a number. "Flight 234 cleared to land on Runway Cerulean Left."
If they can't see the runway, it doesn't matter what is painted on it.
The lateral error is going to be far more significant than the angular error in any case.
If they can be told how to find the end of the runway, they can be told how to line up on it regardless of its name.
Nor does the Wikipedia.
I said they fucked up, so they didn't win. Fucking up is how you don't win. Fucking up is failing to use your profit-margin advantage to reinvest to maintain your profit margins. Being first-to-market gives you that advantage over everyone who follows you. By not using that advantage, you are fucking up.
It couldn't have been more clear, but I made it more clear anyway.
You're right. They're high in fiber and you can't really get enough.
At least 5.
Cash registers are computers.
Look at where those live.
If these things can survive in a bar on the beach in a popular port-of-call for the Navy, they never did need walls.
I highly doubt they're going to let the rain get in.
Otherwise, with an ambient temperature under 100F year-round, their gear should run fine.
Until the birds start nesting in it...
All direct examples of "fucking it up."
All of those companies rested on their first-in status and failed to keep ahead using the first-to-market money.
They assumed the attitude of leader instead of actually leading. They tried to benefit academically instead of productively, and tried to project an image of quality in markets where performance was more important. They fell behind on innovation and left market holes through which their competitors drove entire product lines. They fell behind on unit margin and couldn't continue to operate and couldn't afford to change. Then they fell out.
Who uses a Microsoft operating system on their Intel x86 PC?
The moral: if you're in the game first, eat all the powerups before anyone else can get them.
What? They can activate the button for me when I put the phone up to the pay terminal? Saves me a step, as far as I can see.
Other than that, there's nothing new they can do that they can't already. All they need is a keylogger to snag a credit-card number when I'm buying something online.
Why? Is NFC always-on, like passive RFID is? Or is it enabled when you tap a button while holding it up to the terminal device?
The blackhats can grab at my ass all day, but they won't get my digits unless they try to put their sniffer on top of my hand at the checkout.
Being first means you get a premium on sales without competition, and can reinvest the extra money to continuously improve your product to stay ahead as competition starts to appear, and always have better margins.
I.e., unless you fuck it up by assuming you're done when you first deploy it, you win.