It takes standard SD cards but sticks out of my DS Lite a lot, though I'm probably going to get myself an M3 Lite soon which will require Micro SD, just like the one in the story does.
The sticking-out is mildly annoying, but as I've found out, in geek/technical circles having a translucent piece of circuitry sticking out the bottom of your DS is a great conversation starter.
You can also order them from Natrium42(a well-known DS homebrewer and codeveloper of the original PassMe device) in Canada, to (I think!) pretty much anyplace the mail service will deliver. That's how I got mine.
Good point. It would have been funny though if the OP had internet access in-store (PDA, phone), online-ordered it right in front of the CSR and then said, "now be a dear and fetch me my ($x-50) home theater"...
Crap, am I the only one who pronounces it 'ettik'?
I think a buddy and I got into a minor argument about this once. me: "Check if the port is listed in ettik services" him: "in where?" me: "slash ettick slash services" him: "in WHERE? What's this ettick crap, it's etsee!" me: "Sez who?" him: "It just is. Etsee!" me: "Since when? I've never heard of that."
Possibly because their server said, "hey, can I have this file", and your server said "here it is!"
(Unlike some similar argument/excuse "hey, the p2p network just GAVE it to me!", it can be safely presumed that your server is acting as an authorized agent of the copyright holder (you), and if you've instructed it to give files to any Joe who asks, downloading files from it (in itself) is not copyright infringement.)
But then you have to start wondering about the value of that degree upon realizing they never taught him the Thou Shalt Not Lie part. Come on, isn't that first-year material?;-)
I haven't seen one, but probably long enough that floor security will have noticed the hogging of the machine and all the 'invalid code' beeping, and sent you packing long before you strike on a winner. But hey, gambling against implausible odds IS the whole point of Vegas, right?;-)
(Based on my research of 10-digit UPC-A codes used by e.g. grocery loyalty cards, you're probably going to be standing at that machine for a long time before finding your first 'in-system' code.)
This may be true, but according to TFA, this guy was in a chat room, not a web site with graphics. A co-worker saw a snippet of text in the chat referring to a sexual act.
Well, they all involve a long list of available programs you could choose to install (plus dependencies, etc.) Granted, some have meta-package choices, e.g. "workstation collection", but past that, it comes down to a dumfounding-to-newbies long list of packages whose developers tried really hard to come up with a clever acronym, name it after their favorite band/old Norse god/tropical fish's Latin name, etc., rather than something that gives some clue as to what the program actually does. Personally, probably the most off-putting thing my first time installing a Linux distro (besides hardware configuration, which has gotten much better since then) was a package selection dialog with thousands of entries like:
GRAPPLE - GNU Remote Authenticated Potato Peeler Library for Emacs
If the chosen package manager cleans that up, or at least moves it from Big Long List to the more fine-grained categories a la download.com, the first-time user isn't going to care whether the package is a tarball,.deb, or what-have-you (provided the installation doesn't barf)
Nope, intentionally unmentioned. Besides ticking off whoever's at the bottom and inviting a lawyerly pissing competition, I think this makes sense since the study (though fairly controlled) is representative of only a very narrow range of usage patterns (essentially constant-on, temperature controlled, no users...)... What has the best reliability in a server farm may well have disadvantages in a home environment (susceptibilities to frequent power cycles, moderate recurring shock such as users swinging their legs into the PC under a desk, or cats jumping up on it, etc.).
Umm, no. I never said anything about complexity theory. Marketing theory, perhaps. Have a look at some of the claims made in the promotional materials (including this gem). I'll believe this system when I see it. Until then, pre-recorded demos of a computer they won't let anyone see running off-the-shelf Win32 apps and things my buddies code up over a beer hasn't got me convinced of those claims. Sorry to have disappointed you.
Maybe they meant weak in the sense of 'weak key vulnerability'. Kind of a stretch, but in each case the 'protection' comes from something constantly changing to unique values, and there's an exploitable weakness produced by this not happening as it should. This is Slashdot, after all...
You're right. I have two friends who have written Sudoku solvers for the hell of it. One in Java, one in (gack!) Matlab. I don't think it's a good demo application of a quantum computer, unless it's a fake quantum computer created by the marketing department. ("It has Transistors, which use QM effects! Take that, FTC!")
Bah. My Wifi hackybit (Nintendo DS lite) with all its own associated hackybits runs for less than $200 off the shelf, runs a variant of uClinux, and can run for a week on a battery charge (assuming most of that time is in Sleep mode waiting for the target network to come in range).
I'm actually somewhat surprised I haven't seen any stories along these lines yet. Load up a DS with wepcrack and some malware, power it on, flip it closed and mail to target. While it sits all morning in shipping/receiving, it's found the least-secure AP and begun forwarding the most interesting sniffed packets to your web server. System "flip-open" interrupt triggers power-off, clearing memory contents.
You get sensitive data, target gets a free DS. Win-win!
It's true that floating a cheap DMM's leads in the air (or even a very good DMM's) will show all sorts of spurious voltages, and that the "AC" voltage is not true RMS unless the meter says true RMS on the package... but users feeling a definite tingle through their skin indicates to me a problem, as does the demonstration (assuming it's true!) of pulling a milliamp over 1k off the "floating" case.
(Yes, IAAEE, and yes, one of my current [no pun intended] projects involves developing a device to zap humans - we EEs are our own most handy test subjects. Somewhat off the topic, the Big Boyz of the human-zapping industry set their 'danger zone' at around 10mA, give or take a little depending on pulsewidth, etc. Once you pierce the skin, human body resistance drops to only a couple Kohms...)
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It takes standard SD cards but sticks out of my DS Lite a lot, though I'm probably going to get myself an M3 Lite soon which will require Micro SD, just like the one in the story does.
The sticking-out is mildly annoying, but as I've found out, in geek/technical circles having a translucent piece of circuitry sticking out the bottom of your DS is a great conversation starter.
You can also order them from Natrium42(a well-known DS homebrewer and codeveloper of the original PassMe device) in Canada, to (I think!) pretty much anyplace the mail service will deliver. That's how I got mine.
Amen. Only a matter of time before everyone has a Personal Shopping Lawyer accompany them to the store.
Good point. It would have been funny though if the OP had internet access in-store (PDA, phone), online-ordered it right in front of the CSR and then said, "now be a dear and fetch me my ($x-50) home theater"...
Crap, am I the only one who pronounces it 'ettik'?
I think a buddy and I got into a minor argument about this once.
me: "Check if the port is listed in ettik services"
him: "in where?"
me: "slash ettick slash services"
him: "in WHERE? What's this ettick crap, it's etsee!"
me: "Sez who?"
him: "It just is. Etsee!"
me: "Since when? I've never heard of that."
Soviet russia.
Possibly because their server said, "hey, can I have this file", and your server said "here it is!"
(Unlike some similar argument/excuse "hey, the p2p network just GAVE it to me!", it can be safely presumed that your server is acting as an authorized agent of the copyright holder (you), and if you've instructed it to give files to any Joe who asks, downloading files from it (in itself) is not copyright infringement.)
But then you have to start wondering about the value of that degree upon realizing they never taught him the Thou Shalt Not Lie part. Come on, isn't that first-year material? ;-)
I haven't seen one, but probably long enough that floor security will have noticed the hogging of the machine and all the 'invalid code' beeping, and sent you packing long before you strike on a winner. But hey, gambling against implausible odds IS the whole point of Vegas, right? ;-)
(Based on my research of 10-digit UPC-A codes used by e.g. grocery loyalty cards, you're probably going to be standing at that machine for a long time before finding your first 'in-system' code.)
This may be true, but according to TFA, this guy was in a chat room, not a web site with graphics. A co-worker saw a snippet of text in the chat referring to a sexual act.
Well, they all involve a long list of available programs you could choose to install (plus dependencies, etc.) Granted, some have meta-package choices, e.g. "workstation collection", but past that, it comes down to a dumfounding-to-newbies long list of packages whose developers tried really hard to come up with a clever acronym, name it after their favorite band/old Norse god/tropical fish's Latin name, etc., rather than something that gives some clue as to what the program actually does. Personally, probably the most off-putting thing my first time installing a Linux distro (besides hardware configuration, which has gotten much better since then) was a package selection dialog with thousands of entries like:
.deb, or what-have-you (provided the installation doesn't barf)
GRAPPLE - GNU Remote Authenticated Potato Peeler Library for Emacs
If the chosen package manager cleans that up, or at least moves it from Big Long List to the more fine-grained categories a la download.com, the first-time user isn't going to care whether the package is a tarball,
Nope, intentionally unmentioned. Besides ticking off whoever's at the bottom and inviting a lawyerly pissing competition, I think this makes sense since the study (though fairly controlled) is representative of only a very narrow range of usage patterns (essentially constant-on, temperature controlled, no users...)... What has the best reliability in a server farm may well have disadvantages in a home environment (susceptibilities to frequent power cycles, moderate recurring shock such as users swinging their legs into the PC under a desk, or cats jumping up on it, etc.).
Umm, no. I never said anything about complexity theory. Marketing theory, perhaps. Have a look at some of the claims made in the promotional materials (including this gem). I'll believe this system when I see it. Until then, pre-recorded demos of a computer they won't let anyone see running off-the-shelf Win32 apps and things my buddies code up over a beer hasn't got me convinced of those claims. Sorry to have disappointed you.
When you crash it, it terminates with a SIGHEIL.
And when you crash it, it terminates with a SIGHEIL.
Maybe they meant weak in the sense of 'weak key vulnerability'. Kind of a stretch, but in each case the 'protection' comes from something constantly changing to unique values, and there's an exploitable weakness produced by this not happening as it should. This is Slashdot, after all...
You're right. I have two friends who have written Sudoku solvers for the hell of it. One in Java, one in (gack!) Matlab. I don't think it's a good demo application of a quantum computer, unless it's a fake quantum computer created by the marketing department. ("It has Transistors, which use QM effects! Take that, FTC!")
So it's a hardware accelerator for bogosort? ;-)
How fast can it run an infinite loop?
Or patent law. Wouldn't Monsanto et al just love it if you could no longer legally obtain a corn seed they did not receive royalties for?
Same way you get to them in a post-9/11 world, or a post-Hitler world for that matter. Hope you're a strong swimmer...
In this post-9/11 world...
In a post-Hitler world, should we allow just any idiot with a radical idea to speak freely?
The ruling won't help; she's hosted on GoDaddy.
Bah. My Wifi hackybit (Nintendo DS lite) with all its own associated hackybits runs for less than $200 off the shelf, runs a variant of uClinux, and can run for a week on a battery charge (assuming most of that time is in Sleep mode waiting for the target network to come in range).
I'm actually somewhat surprised I haven't seen any stories along these lines yet. Load up a DS with wepcrack and some malware, power it on, flip it closed and mail to target. While it sits all morning in shipping/receiving, it's found the least-secure AP and begun forwarding the most interesting sniffed packets to your web server. System "flip-open" interrupt triggers power-off, clearing memory contents.
You get sensitive data, target gets a free DS. Win-win!
It's true that floating a cheap DMM's leads in the air (or even a very good DMM's) will show all sorts of spurious voltages, and that the "AC" voltage is not true RMS unless the meter says true RMS on the package... but users feeling a definite tingle through their skin indicates to me a problem, as does the demonstration (assuming it's true!) of pulling a milliamp over 1k off the "floating" case.
(Yes, IAAEE, and yes, one of my current [no pun intended] projects involves developing a device to zap humans - we EEs are our own most handy test subjects. Somewhat off the topic, the Big Boyz of the human-zapping industry set their 'danger zone' at around 10mA, give or take a little depending on pulsewidth, etc. Once you pierce the skin, human body resistance drops to only a couple Kohms...)
Does that mean if he puts an iced coffee in it, he can overclock?