That's an on-topic and relevant answer to TFQ. Reading comprehension in kids these days is just abysmal.
WTF? TFQ from the article is: For those of you with open source projects for which would you would like to take donations but sometimes cannot, what complications get in the way?
Or alternately: How To Get Open Source Projects To Take Our Money?
In either case if you RTFA, they were trying to get open source projects to invoice them for support. Due to management, the invoice needed to be for something they had received during the year.
Redhat is not necessarily an appropriate answer to the question.
FFS...6 digit ID and you still haven't learned to RTFA.
I feel PJ is making an important statement, more convincing than anything I've seen yet
Sorry, but that's BS.
A convincing statement would be to continue the fight, to continue being an advocate of privacy, to continue to fight these types of action in full knowledge that such actions are being monitored
To just "jump off the internet" is to stop any public discourse or reaction whatsoever.
It reminds me a lot of Martin Niemöller's quote:
-
First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.
PJ is explicitly choosing to stop speaking out in the fear that they "might" come for him.
Based on Table 1 from their paper here, the following items could be accomplished by their app on iOS 6: - posting tweets - using the camera - dialing - using bluetooth - crashing safari - stealing device
It was only sending SMS messages, sending email, and rebooting the system that were limited to iOS 5.
Extraordinary claims, like a complete breaking of the sandbox, require more proof than they have presented.
No, they do not. Their claims require more proof than the reporter presented in the article.
The researchers wrote a fairly in-depth paper on the attack which can be read here
In the case of tweets, they make use of "private API's" to avoid notifying the user:
the public API called by the app will present a tweet view to the user, and let the user decide whether to post it or not, as shown in Figure 9. However, we find that the tweet view in Figure 9 can be bypassed by using private APIs, i.e., ourapp can post tweets without the user’s knowledge. Next,we describe how we discover the private APIs needed for achieving this goal
Their POC app apparently performs the exact malicious tasks they indicate all without user notification.
And I'd much rather just drag a video into the "Videos" directory on my android than: - Attempt to run iTunes. - Find out it's an outdated version (I though I patched it yesterday!) - Wait for the upgrade - Attempt to have it recognize my device. Restart iTunes until it works - Find out the PC is not one of my 5 "authorized PC's" - Attempt to deauthorize a previous PC - Need to enter a password...oh, I'll just ask for password recovery - "In what city was your mothers first cousin's stepfather born?" WTF?!? - Find out I can't get a password reset without knowing the answer to my security questions, and I can't reset my security questions without talking to apple support - Schedule a call from apple support....2 days away - Wait 2 days - Take the call. Admittedly, the support guy was fantastic. He called exactly on time, and was very helpful and specific on what I needed to do. - Get my password reset - Deauthorize other PC - Re-authorize new PC - Drag video - Find out iTunes can convert the source video format to iPod.
Or on android I can also just: - browse to the video on my network - stream it from various free applications (xbmc, plex, etc) - Use a variety of video/audio file management packages that work with android and allow me to drag directly to the desktop app (sound kinda similar to iTunes?)
It's about choice. On Android I have lots. On iOS, not so much.
It's pretty damned simple - make up your own mind on whether there's anything supernatural or not, or whether there's any connection between what's reported and 'life after death', 'heaven' and anything else, but don't let any 'expert' who comes up with a number less than 100,000 per year influence you.
But I'm supposed to let some random person on the internet who comes up with a number between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 per year influence me?
That number seems a little incredible, given that only approximately 2.5 million people die per year in the USA. Are you saying those numbers are global, or that up to 4 times the number of people have NDE vs. those that actually die?
In any case, can you provide evidence for your numbers? Just like I'm not likely to believe some random "expert's" numbers, I'm not likely to believe yours without evidence.
Evidence please? If you have none, then the current correct answer is "we have no idea". If it makes you feel better, you can GUESS that it MIGHT be coincidence, faulty memory, or deception. You haven't explained anything, you have simply made something up in the tradition of Aristotle.
Sorry, but that isn't the way science works.
Step (1): The default hypothesis is the null hypothesis; that there is no relationship between two phenomenon. i.e. In this case, the null hypothesis is that there no relationship between a person's NDE and their reports of visual knowledge. If there is no relationship, then simple logic tells us it is either (a) a coincidence, (b) a mistake or (c) a deception
Step (2): Hypothesize.
Step (3): Test under controlled settings.
Step (4): Profit!
You are stuck at (2). Until there is measured under controlled settings, the response is not "We don't know", just like the response to my missing underwear is not "I don't know if underpants gnomes sneak in during the night and steal my underwear".
I, uhh, take it you that your internet connection to everything but Slashdot failed right before you posted this? Because otherwise, googling for "xbox leaked memo" might give you the answer.
Ha ha...funny. Yes, I searched. The only memo I could find (on the first 5 pages) regarded the policy change over the required persistent internet connection. Your original claim was:
it's the terrible PR response after that piqued my interest.
Leaked memos detailing how to spin it, several high-level managers saying they weren't turning back, insisting that the features under fire were "integral" to the XBone, and the list goes on...
And I could find none of it. Nothing on "how to spin it", nothing regarding "several high level managers saying they weren't turning back", or "insisting that the features were integral to the platform". Just what looked like a design change based on consumer response.
Heck, the only text I can find reported on is as follows: ""Durango [the codename for the next Xbox] is designed to deliver the future of entertainment while engineered to be tolerant of today's Internet." It continues, "There are a number of scenarios that our users expect to work without an Internet connection, and those should 'just work' regardless of their current connection status. Those include, but are not limited to: playing a Blu-ray disc, watching live TV, and yes playing a single player game."
I fail to see how this is a controversial PR response.
It looks like Balmer and the gang had decided (without any market research), that requiring a persistent internet connection was a Good Thing (TM) that would be welcomed with open arms.
After the backlash, more sensible minds prevailed and the memo needed to be sent out.
Why should dying brains (and the minds they help facilitate) have similar experiences at all during the process of dying?
They don't. This is selection bias on the part of many (less than rigorous) researchers.
Many people who are revived after near-death have no experiences at all. Many report dreams similar to those that occur during normal periods of unconsciousness.
I've always wondered if there are any studies comparing / contrasting NDE's for people of various cultural / religious backgrounds. It seems that researchers are typically only interested in the North American Christian perspective (or the odd atheist / agnostic when it suits their data points).
You say it doesn't work...but results demonstrate that it does.
You are probably right, but I've always wondered....
Studies regarding the efficacy of advertising are typically (not surprisingly) conducted or funded by advertisers. And they are really good at convincing people that they product they are trying to sell does what they say it does. Maybe they've just convinced big companies that advertising pays....
The popularity of Kickstarter, and of many recent indie games seems to indicate that word of mouth does a good job as well, as long as you have a good product.
What if the effectiveness of advertising is nothing more than good advertising.
My internet interests cannot be predicted by knowing what I did in the past.
I agree with everything most of what you said, but not this. For a large number of people, their interests can precisely be predicted by knowing what they did in the past. That's exactly what makes third-party cookies so invasive and anti-privacy
You at the IAB obviously have NO technical knowledge. If the Mozilla browsers don't block "cookies" from being stored on my computers, I can block them other ways. And will! You have an opinion about something you don't understand.
But many users cannot, will not, or won't even know what a third-party cookie is or why they should care. That is why Mozilla's actions are a good thing. Third-party cookies should be something that is only enabled with the user fully understanding what they are agreeing to.
If advertisers started insisting that all TV's had an option that recorded everything the user watched, and insisted that this option be turned on by default, and not have any standard consistent way to turn it off, all so that TV advertising could be more "relevant and diverse", they would get laughed out of the room.
However, the Canadian battery service site here: http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=Canada&product=ipad (Click Battery Replacement on the left, then "How much does iPad Battery Replacement Service cost?") indicates $109 + $10.77 shipping, so it looks like prices are in flux a bit right now.
I am not calling your friend a liar, I am saying she is mistaken. She should be able to replace the battery for at most $120, and sell the iPad on Kijiji for a profit....
The overview and management of a tool like iTunes is indispensable when you have a large music library...
And that's why there are loads of different music management software packages for Android. Or you can just build your own folders and put music in them. Or you can write your own software and transfer files to your device using standard protocols.
Whereas for iOS, I've only ever found a handful of software packages for managing music collections. And many of them can't even connect to the iPod to transfer music.
And don't get me started on video management software for iOS....
I'm the opposite... almost every time I have to open "ES Explorer", I die a little inside
And every time I want to open "ES Explorer" on my kids iPod, and realize it has no file explorer, and the only way to move data on or off the device is through that atrocious closed POS iTunes, I die a little inside
I can't think of a time where I've needed the file explorer on Android. iOS devices cannot function fully without iTunes.
Leaked memos detailing how to spin it, several high-level managers saying they weren't turning back, insisting that the features under fire were "integral" to the XBone, and the list goes on...
I've been following the Xbox one train-wreck pretty closely for a while now, but I don't remember any leaked memo's regarding how to spin "features", or indicating they weren't going back.....do you have links?
I've found this whole thing an awesome example of poor market research. It seems that Balmer so desperately wants to be the next Jobs that he's forcing a very specific vision of how the product should be down his team's throat. The problem is that whereas Jobs was consistently able to lay golden eggs, Balmer only has the consistent ability to push out turds.
The economic ecosystem extends far beyond that website on which you run ad-blocker and steal their content by breaking the social contract of using their bandwidth and consuming their content in exchange for seeing their ads.
Those words don't mean what you think they mean.
Have you considered applying to the RIAA or MPAA?
Seriously? Steal their content? So apparently you are saying that if I visit a site with ad-blocker on, that sites content and IP is actually removed from the internet. Wow. I didn't know I had that power. Time to piss off those Reddit twerps.
And sorry, there is no "social contract". Companies pay to advertise on the internet on the assumption that I am going to watch their ads and give a damn. I make no agreement to this whatsoever, social or otherwise.
I'm guessing you also say: - people with a PVR who fast-forward commercials - people who mute the volume during commercials - people who get up and make popcorn during commercials - people who don't answer telemarketing calls are also breaking an "implied social contract"
If you bother to take a deep dive into reality, there are tens-of-thousands of long-tail websites that rely on advertising to remain online and perhaps even pay salaries....
Just because a company employs people doesn't mean I have to agree with or support their business model.
The internet was a perfectly reasonable place before all these ad-spewing sites came along. It'll survive long after they are gone.
That last study finds that "mobility increased from 1950 to 1980 but has declined sharply since 1980". I guess the economy must have entered a sharp decline since 1980.
I'm basing my objections on the title of your post, and the first line....plus my own viewpoint regarding the quality of Slashdot posters (self included).
I rip your post apart for the reason that it is presented as logical thought, when it should be viewed like Reddit, Twitter or Slashdot. It is argumentative, routine, and predictable. That from the first 2 lines, but also what I skimmed over.
Asimov also did a pretty similar idea in his robots trilogy 50 years ago or so. The rich in his novels escaped to other planets rather than a space station, but pretty similar nonetheless.
I can type faster than conversation speed as well.
Really?!? People can easily understand conversation up to 150 - 160 words per minute.
For comparison, the world champion of typing speeds obtained an average rate of 150 wpm in 2005.
So if you are outputting information, speech tends to win hands down.
However if you are receiving information, people can read at 250-300 wpm....
Which is why I also hate video posts. That and: 1) Basically impossible to skim 2) Harder to "re-read" items that may require a second viewing 3) Harder to reference / quote specific points in the video 4) Accents and/or poor audio setups can make video difficult to understand 5) Bandwidth limitations (e.g. mobile devices) 6) Ugly people
So you are ripping apart the premise of the movie based on the trailer? I've heard of judging a book by it's cover (there's apparently some popular aphorism regarding that), but this is ridiculous.
What next, are people going to start ripping apart Slashdot articles based on the summary?!?
Slashdot Mirror
I'd say they should make one for Slashdot....
WTF? TFQ from the article is:
For those of you with open source projects for which would you would like to take donations but sometimes cannot, what complications get in the way?
Or alternately:
How To Get Open Source Projects To Take Our Money?
In either case if you RTFA, they were trying to get open source projects to invoice them for support. Due to management, the invoice needed to be for something they had received during the year.
Redhat is not necessarily an appropriate answer to the question.
FFS...6 digit ID and you still haven't learned to RTFA.
Sheesh.
Sorry, but that's BS.
A convincing statement would be to continue the fight, to continue being an advocate of privacy, to continue to fight these types of action in full knowledge that such actions are being monitored
To just "jump off the internet" is to stop any public discourse or reaction whatsoever.
It reminds me a lot of Martin Niemöller's quote:
PJ is explicitly choosing to stop speaking out in the fear that they "might" come for him.
Some items only worked in iOS 5.
Based on Table 1 from their paper here, the following items could be accomplished by their app on iOS 6:
- posting tweets
- using the camera
- dialing
- using bluetooth
- crashing safari
- stealing device
It was only sending SMS messages, sending email, and rebooting the system that were limited to iOS 5.
No, they do not. Their claims require more proof than the reporter presented in the article.
The researchers wrote a fairly in-depth paper on the attack which can be read here
In the case of tweets, they make use of "private API's" to avoid notifying the user:
Their POC app apparently performs the exact malicious tasks they indicate all without user notification.
Yes, but it was only on the app store for a few minutes due to the researchers removing it:
A better headline may have been:
"Researchers demonstrate that havoc-wreaking malware can bypass Apple's app store review process"
And I'd much rather just drag a video into the "Videos" directory on my android than:
- Attempt to run iTunes.
- Find out it's an outdated version (I though I patched it yesterday!)
- Wait for the upgrade
- Attempt to have it recognize my device. Restart iTunes until it works
- Find out the PC is not one of my 5 "authorized PC's"
- Attempt to deauthorize a previous PC
- Need to enter a password...oh, I'll just ask for password recovery
- "In what city was your mothers first cousin's stepfather born?" WTF?!?
- Find out I can't get a password reset without knowing the answer to my security questions, and I can't reset my security questions without talking to apple support
- Schedule a call from apple support....2 days away
- Wait 2 days
- Take the call. Admittedly, the support guy was fantastic. He called exactly on time, and was very helpful and specific on what I needed to do.
- Get my password reset
- Deauthorize other PC
- Re-authorize new PC
- Drag video
- Find out iTunes can convert the source video format to iPod.
Or on android I can also just:
- browse to the video on my network
- stream it from various free applications (xbmc, plex, etc)
- Use a variety of video/audio file management packages that work with android and allow me to drag directly to the desktop app (sound kinda similar to iTunes?)
It's about choice. On Android I have lots. On iOS, not so much.
But I'm supposed to let some random person on the internet who comes up with a number between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 per year influence me?
That number seems a little incredible, given that only approximately 2.5 million people die per year in the USA. Are you saying those numbers are global, or that up to 4 times the number of people have NDE vs. those that actually die?
In any case, can you provide evidence for your numbers? Just like I'm not likely to believe some random "expert's" numbers, I'm not likely to believe yours without evidence.
Sorry, but that isn't the way science works.
Step (1): The default hypothesis is the null hypothesis; that there is no relationship between two phenomenon.
i.e. In this case, the null hypothesis is that there no relationship between a person's NDE and their reports of visual knowledge. If there is no relationship, then simple logic tells us it is either (a) a coincidence, (b) a mistake or (c) a deception
Step (2): Hypothesize.
Step (3): Test under controlled settings.
Step (4): Profit!
You are stuck at (2). Until there is measured under controlled settings, the response is not "We don't know", just like the response to my missing underwear is not "I don't know if underpants gnomes sneak in during the night and steal my underwear".
Ha ha...funny. Yes, I searched. The only memo I could find (on the first 5 pages) regarded the policy change over the required persistent internet connection. Your original claim was:
And I could find none of it. Nothing on "how to spin it", nothing regarding "several high level managers saying they weren't turning back", or "insisting that the features were integral to the platform". Just what looked like a design change based on consumer response.
Heck, the only text I can find reported on is as follows:
""Durango [the codename for the next Xbox] is designed to deliver the future of entertainment while engineered to be tolerant of today's Internet." It continues, "There are a number of scenarios that our users expect to work without an Internet connection, and those should 'just work' regardless of their current connection status. Those include, but are not limited to: playing a Blu-ray disc, watching live TV, and yes playing a single player game."
I fail to see how this is a controversial PR response.
It looks like Balmer and the gang had decided (without any market research), that requiring a persistent internet connection was a Good Thing (TM) that would be welcomed with open arms.
After the backlash, more sensible minds prevailed and the memo needed to be sent out.
They don't. This is selection bias on the part of many (less than rigorous) researchers.
Many people who are revived after near-death have no experiences at all. Many report dreams similar to those that occur during normal periods of unconsciousness.
I've always wondered if there are any studies comparing / contrasting NDE's for people of various cultural / religious backgrounds. It seems that researchers are typically only interested in the North American Christian perspective (or the odd atheist / agnostic when it suits their data points).
It doesn't happen enough, under close enough monitored settings for it not to be explained by:
1) Coincidence
2) Faulty memories
3) Deception
In other words....it doesn't happen.
Searching for alternate explanations for things that are easily explained by existing principles is rarely a path to knowledge.
You are probably right, but I've always wondered....
Studies regarding the efficacy of advertising are typically (not surprisingly) conducted or funded by advertisers. And they are really good at convincing people that they product they are trying to sell does what they say it does. Maybe they've just convinced big companies that advertising pays....
The popularity of Kickstarter, and of many recent indie games seems to indicate that word of mouth does a good job as well, as long as you have a good product.
What if the effectiveness of advertising is nothing more than good advertising.
I agree with everything most of what you said, but not this. For a large number of people, their interests can precisely be predicted by knowing what they did in the past. That's exactly what makes third-party cookies so invasive and anti-privacy
But many users cannot, will not, or won't even know what a third-party cookie is or why they should care. That is why Mozilla's actions are a good thing. Third-party cookies should be something that is only enabled with the user fully understanding what they are agreeing to.
If advertisers started insisting that all TV's had an option that recorded everything the user watched, and insisted that this option be turned on by default, and not have any standard consistent way to turn it off, all so that TV advertising could be more "relevant and diverse", they would get laughed out of the room.
This is the same thing.
...first sentence.
So please stop it.
It's annoying, and breaks the conventions of what a subject is for vs. the body.
Wow, overreact much? Not very Canadian of you :-)
I also live in Canada & I just went through this for my son's iPod....
Here is Apple's battery replacement policy from the Canadian portion of their website:
http://www.apple.com/ca/batteries/replacements.html
It indicates $99 + $10.77 shipping
However, the Canadian battery service site here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=Canada&product=ipad
(Click Battery Replacement on the left, then "How much does iPad Battery Replacement Service cost?")
indicates $109 + $10.77 shipping, so it looks like prices are in flux a bit right now.
I am not calling your friend a liar, I am saying she is mistaken. She should be able to replace the battery for at most $120, and sell the iPad on Kijiji for a profit....
Hope the above helps!
And that's why there are loads of different music management software packages for Android. Or you can just build your own folders and put music in them. Or you can write your own software and transfer files to your device using standard protocols.
Whereas for iOS, I've only ever found a handful of software packages for managing music collections. And many of them can't even connect to the iPod to transfer music.
And don't get me started on video management software for iOS....
And every time I want to open "ES Explorer" on my kids iPod, and realize it has no file explorer, and the only way to move data on or off the device is through that atrocious closed POS iTunes, I die a little inside
I can't think of a time where I've needed the file explorer on Android. iOS devices cannot function fully without iTunes.
I've been following the Xbox one train-wreck pretty closely for a while now, but I don't remember any leaked memo's regarding how to spin "features", or indicating they weren't going back.....do you have links?
I've found this whole thing an awesome example of poor market research. It seems that Balmer so desperately wants to be the next Jobs that he's forcing a very specific vision of how the product should be down his team's throat. The problem is that whereas Jobs was consistently able to lay golden eggs, Balmer only has the consistent ability to push out turds.
Those words don't mean what you think they mean.
Have you considered applying to the RIAA or MPAA?
Seriously? Steal their content? So apparently you are saying that if I visit a site with ad-blocker on, that sites content and IP is actually removed from the internet. Wow. I didn't know I had that power. Time to piss off those Reddit twerps.
And sorry, there is no "social contract". Companies pay to advertise on the internet on the assumption that I am going to watch their ads and give a damn. I make no agreement to this whatsoever, social or otherwise.
I'm guessing you also say:
- people with a PVR who fast-forward commercials
- people who mute the volume during commercials
- people who get up and make popcorn during commercials
- people who don't answer telemarketing calls
are also breaking an "implied social contract"
Just because a company employs people doesn't mean I have to agree with or support their business model.
The internet was a perfectly reasonable place before all these ad-spewing sites came along. It'll survive long after they are gone.
Actually no....this study shows pretty much the same data, but includes sections on issues specific to natives:
http://canada2020.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Canada-2020-Background-paper-Public-policies-for-equality-and-mobility-in-Canada.pdf
Fine, then feel free to present your evidence. Oh wait, you don't have any.
Just for fun, here are some other reports
from 2012: http://milescorak.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/inequality-from-generation-to-generation-the-united-states-in-comparison-v3.pdf
from 2010: http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/02/moving_on_up_and_hitting_a_wall_social_mobility_in_the_us_and_europe.html
from 2009: http://search.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf/?doclanguage=en&cote=eco/wkp(2009)48
from 2008: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2008/2/economic%20mobility%20sawhill/02_economic_mobility_sawhill_ch3.pdf
Or some historical numbers:
http://www.chicagofed.org/digital_assets/publications/working_papers/2005/wp2005_12.pdf
That last study finds that "mobility increased from 1950 to 1980 but has declined sharply since 1980". I guess the economy must have entered a sharp decline since 1980.
Oh wait....it didn't.
Well, you're completely wrong.
I'm basing my objections on the title of your post, and the first line....plus my own viewpoint regarding the quality of Slashdot posters (self included).
I rip your post apart for the reason that it is presented as logical thought, when it should be viewed like Reddit, Twitter or Slashdot. It is argumentative, routine, and predictable. That from the first 2 lines, but also what I skimmed over.
Asimov also did a pretty similar idea in his robots trilogy 50 years ago or so. The rich in his novels escaped to other planets rather than a space station, but pretty similar nonetheless.
Really?!? People can easily understand conversation up to 150 - 160 words per minute.
For comparison, the world champion of typing speeds obtained an average rate of 150 wpm in 2005.
So if you are outputting information, speech tends to win hands down.
However if you are receiving information, people can read at 250-300 wpm....
Which is why I also hate video posts. That and:
1) Basically impossible to skim
2) Harder to "re-read" items that may require a second viewing
3) Harder to reference / quote specific points in the video
4) Accents and/or poor audio setups can make video difficult to understand
5) Bandwidth limitations (e.g. mobile devices)
6) Ugly people
I get the impression you haven't seen the movie.
So you are ripping apart the premise of the movie based on the trailer? I've heard of judging a book by it's cover (there's apparently some popular aphorism regarding that), but this is ridiculous.
What next, are people going to start ripping apart Slashdot articles based on the summary?!?