The vast majority of missing children in this country non-stranger abductions.
This device will do nothing. Any child who wants to get it off or get away from it will. And any kidnapper with half a brain would get rid of this thing. It's not like it's tacked on.
There is *no* substitute for a parent. Should you give your kids freedom? Yes. But you should still know where they are, where they're going, and how they're getting there.
Don't depend on a 400 dollar piece of equipment to do what you should be doing.
And how many games are you still playing on any regular basis five or ten years after they come out?
I have every CD I've ever purchased, and still listen to them on a fairly regular basis. I don't regularly play Need for Speed 4, and I just got that a couple of years ago.
Security through obscurity is a well-tested, completely acceptable security parameter.
However, what most people miss is that obscured code STILL needs to be audited by a neutral third-party. This is where Microsoft fails - they don't appear to have their code audited. Or, if they do, their auditors should be fired.
Security through obscurity should also not be your ONLY parameter. An obscured system should still be using encryption, should still be testing input, and shouldn't have any buffer overflow exploits.
Obscurity can be used effectively. It's not a do-all, be-all, and end-all.
I read both versions. The first was skewed heavily towards the performance of one witness in the trial. The second was a much more well-reasoned discussion of the case as a whole vs. one tiny piece of it.
So what's the problem? The second story seems to be better-written and easier to read, and contains more information.
It's not like they changed the facts of the story; just the scope and the level of detail.
As an aside, does anyone else find it funny that a site that claims to be "News for Nerds", yet claims they shouldn't be handle to any journalistic standards, thinks that they have the right to call other news services on minor issues like this? At least those folks are trying.
I haven't had much of a chance to look at this technology, but can you do PPP over VOIP? I ask because my company has no VPN access in place, and forces us to use a dialup connection. ONly reason I still have a land line at all.
Pacemakers, defibrilators, hearing aids, etc, are all inspected and classified for use on airplanes. I'd be willing to bet that Dr. Mann's gear hasn't undergone half the scrutiny.
C'mon, Sony, get off your asses and label it already.
Tell 'em it's addictive. Tell 'em it'll make them suicidal, depressed, happy, sad, melancholy, and maybe a touch whimisical.
Label EVERYTHING! Tell the public that anything they buy could possibly have all kinds of negative effects on them.
That way, when the next mental patient who just happened to use your product offs himself, you can point to your warning labels and say "See? You were warned."
Number one: CD changer, enough to hold ALL of my CD's. Sony's 400-disc changer would be enough to hold your current collection with some room for growth.
Number two: Turtle Beach's Audiotron MP3 player. No onboard storage, it pulls directly from your SMB-enabled shares. Very cool piece of tech.
These are linked together with a MySQL database. This database holds the information on all 130 of my CCD's, and all 1200 of my MP3's. A simple web interface allows me to search by title, artist, etc. Thanks to the Audiotron's API, a hit on an MP3 in my database can be immediately played via the AT. With this, I can search for a song, find it on CD or MP3, and get a list of exactly where in my carousel or where on my server I can find it.
If you're really interested, I can let you have the scripts. They're pretty basic.
Turtle Beach is not only still producing the Audiotron, but still supporting it via addition of new features. The last month has seen the addition of a full API to go with the web interface and Shoutcast streaming ability. AT users also can join a mailing list that enables them to help Turtle Beach develop new features. In short, it's probably the BEST supported piece of hardware I've got.
Timex Ironman. Heavy-duty. It's cheap(~40USD). It's tough. It's waterproof. It tells time, has a timer, and the backlite rules.
If you want an MP3 player, buy one. Get the right tool for the right job.
Voyetra/Turtle Beach's Audiotron home MP3 player has an easily flashable firmware. The system ships as just a player, but the firmware adds functionality such as advanced management and web-based control. Point out to your manager that it's not just for problems - it can be used for features as well!
Nope. My Linux box grabs the needed information just fine. No authentication necessary, not even the kludgy host-based @Home used to do.
What she might have(might) is the Pipeline Support Agent - some dumb little program that comes in the install utilities for Pipeline. In my case(YMMV) it's a simple DHCP implementation. Ask and ye shall receive.
Charter @Home made it a little easier for me. Sent me a note to call them to switch to their Pipeline service. 15 minutes on the phone, an hour for the change to propagate, fiteen minutes to reset the modem, and I'm set.
They have this. It's called the Audiotron I have one at home, and it rocks. Stick your files on a SMB share and Audiotron finds them and plays them. And for less than a third of the price of this thing.
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Before you further reveal your ignorance:
I read that, too. Note it said 'cut-resistant', not 'cut-proof'. All that means is that
it's not coming of with the greatest of ease.
Besides, this is market-speak. I still submit that cutting
these things off wrists would be a lot easier than
the site makes it out to be.
Uh, well actually it is. Try reading the link, retardo.
Try reading it yourself. It's a wristwatch. Real easy to remove.
The vast majority of missing children in this country non-stranger abductions.
This device will do nothing. Any child who wants to get it off or get away from it will. And any kidnapper with half a brain would
get rid of this thing. It's not like it's tacked on.
There is *no* substitute for a parent. Should you give your kids freedom? Yes. But you should still know where they are, where they're going, and how they're getting there.
Don't depend on a 400 dollar piece of equipment to do what you should be doing.
Why exactly is he trying to get around spam filters?
If someone has a spam filter in place, there is not *way*
they're going to buy your unsolicited crap. There's no point!
I'm a Computer Security Specialist.
Seriously. That's my official title.
Can someone explain this to me. Their people are starving, yet their worried about their loss of exports to Europe?
If that's the only income they've got(or a big chunk of it), it would be bad to lose that.
Why don't they simply publish the API and a
library and be done with it?
Actually, they can only bill people from the province of Ontario. So
if you are from out of province or the US, use the 407 all you want,
its free.
This isn't strictly true...I drove the 407 in Toronto with
Michigan plates, and received a bill.
Everyone else announced the award winners already. Read 'em on CNN a couple days ago.
I have every CD I've ever purchased, and still listen to them on a fairly regular basis. I don't regularly play Need for Speed 4, and I just got that a couple of years ago.
However, what most people miss is that obscured code STILL needs to be audited by a neutral third-party. This is where Microsoft fails - they don't appear to have their code audited. Or, if they do, their auditors should be fired.
Security through obscurity should also not be your ONLY parameter. An obscured system should still be using encryption, should still be testing input, and shouldn't have any buffer overflow exploits.
Obscurity can be used effectively. It's not a do-all, be-all, and end-all.
I read both versions. The first was skewed heavily towards the performance of one witness in the trial.
The second was a much more well-reasoned discussion of the case as a whole vs. one tiny piece of it.
So what's the problem? The second story seems to be better-written and easier to read, and contains more information.
It's not like they changed the facts of the story; just the scope and the level of detail.
As an aside, does anyone else find it funny that a site that claims to be "News for Nerds", yet claims they shouldn't be handle to any journalistic standards, thinks that they have the right to call other news services on minor issues like this? At least those folks are trying.
Cable lines, actually.
And no, I don't particularly 'want' to, but this could conceivably save me money over my current landline, which only gets used for dialing into work.
I haven't had much of a chance to look at this technology, but can you do PPP over VOIP?
I ask because my company has no VPN access in place, and forces us to use a dialup connection. ONly reason I still have a land line at all.
This is very cool, but how long will it last? How will Google make many(and by extension, stay open) when you don't even have to visit their site?
Pacemakers, defibrilators, hearing aids, etc, are all inspected and classified for use on airplanes. I'd be willing to bet that Dr. Mann's gear hasn't undergone half the scrutiny.
C'mon, Sony, get off your asses and label it already.
Tell 'em it's addictive. Tell 'em it'll make them suicidal, depressed, happy, sad, melancholy, and maybe a touch whimisical.
Label EVERYTHING! Tell the public that anything they buy could possibly have all kinds of negative effects on them.
That way, when the next mental patient who just happened to use your product offs himself, you can point to your warning labels and say "See? You were warned."
Well, from a PC standpoint, there's the newly-released Jedi Knight II:Outcast.
I'm no Star Wars fanboy, but this game just plain rules.
...is twofold.
Number one: CD changer, enough to hold ALL of my CD's. Sony's 400-disc changer would be enough to hold your current collection with some room for growth.
Number two: Turtle Beach's Audiotron MP3 player. No onboard storage, it pulls directly from your SMB-enabled shares. Very cool piece of tech.
These are linked together with a MySQL database. This database holds the information on all 130 of my CCD's, and all 1200 of my MP3's. A simple web interface allows me to search by title, artist, etc. Thanks to the Audiotron's API, a hit on an MP3 in my database can be immediately played via the AT. With this, I can search for a song, find it on CD or MP3, and get a list of exactly where in my carousel or where on my server I can find it.
If you're really interested, I can let you have the scripts. They're pretty basic.
Turtle Beach is not only still producing the Audiotron, but still supporting it via addition of new features.
The last month has seen the addition of a full API to go with the web interface and Shoutcast streaming ability. AT users also can join a mailing list that enables them to help Turtle Beach develop new features. In short, it's probably the BEST supported piece of hardware I've got.
Timex Ironman. Heavy-duty. It's cheap(~40USD). It's tough. It's waterproof. It tells time, has a timer, and the backlite rules.
If you want an MP3 player, buy one. Get the right tool for the right job.
Voyetra/Turtle Beach's Audiotron home MP3 player has an easily flashable firmware. The system ships as just a player, but the firmware adds functionality such as advanced management and web-based control. Point out to your manager that it's not just for problems - it can be used for features as well!
Nope. My Linux box grabs the needed information just fine. No authentication necessary, not even the kludgy host-based @Home used to do.
What she might have(might) is the Pipeline Support Agent - some dumb little program that comes in the install utilities for Pipeline. In my case(YMMV) it's a simple DHCP implementation. Ask and ye shall receive.
Charter @Home made it a little easier for me. Sent me a note to call them to switch to their Pipeline service. 15 minutes on the phone, an hour for the change to propagate, fiteen minutes to reset the modem, and I'm set.
Pretty easy.
They have this. It's called the Audiotron
I have one at home, and it rocks. Stick your files on a SMB share and Audiotron finds them and plays them.
And for less than a third of the price of this thing.