Last 2 phones came from swappa.com. I have no complaints. Of course, every Android device I own gets rooted & has a 3rd party build installed before I start using it.
Heh. I'm reading this story on my Rooted & re-imaged 7" Amazon Fire, running lp-fire-nexus-rom-20161124 (Android 5.1). It's a nice little machine, but it took me a full day to get the Exploit that gave me control to work. Not so simple for someone on the wrong side of the Digital Divide.
This theoretically opens a way to Root ANY android phone. That could be Great.
The main dangers to you as a smartphone user are your cellphone network carrier and the manufacturer of your phone. Both both of them have a direct interest in invading your privacy for money or to keep you captive to their machinery.
Fortunately, Android is built on open source foundations, so Google must publish the source and a build chain. Rooting your phone and installing a 3rd party Android build ( such as LineageOS ) goes a long way toward foiling this kind of carrier or OEM fuckery. It won't keep your carrier from examining your packet stream. but at least he won't be able to surveil you directly or install programs on your phone which you cannot remove. Because of this, many smartphone providers take steps to make rooting their devices difficult or impossible -- but this vulnerability might provide a way around all of them.
Hmm. This sounds extremely sketchy. The first thing I do with my android devices phone is root them and install a 3rd party build, usually LineageOS ( http://lineageos.org ) That protects me from at least some kinds of Carrier Fuckery, like Carrier IQ ( http://mashable.com/2011/12/01/carrier-iq/#hc ) and OEM fuckery, ( http://www.techradar.com/news/beware-these-android-phones-sent-texts-other-sensitive-info-to-a-server-in-china ) . Of course, Apple users are not immune either ( http://bgr.com/2011/04/20/apple-recording-storing-gps-position-of-iphone-3g-ipad-users-video/ ).
This does not of course protect me from network analysis or spying on the data streams coming in and out of my phone, and the Radio software is a hot mess of proprietary code and horrid security practices. But at least I can push back a little bit. Rooting the device also means that I have complete control over what is on it -- I am territorial about my bits.
I have trouble imagining that anyone would lease me a phone and allow me to hack it in this way. Buying used or reconditioned gear seems like a much more sensible course of action.
I've had good success with grep(1), using a file filled with various words culled from spam. I also recycle known spam through the search software, so it automagically updates itself. Seems to work well, and the best part is that as your anti-spam technology improves, the people behind the spam robots tend to give up on your site.
Foo. These people are so silly. They should fence: full contact, safe as houses, makes you the Baddest Cat at the Bus Stop, available in every major city and most minor ones. Check for a fencing club in your area, chances are good you'll find one.
PLUS, it won't give you any silly illusions about prevailing in a brawl.
The best standard for computer literacy is the ability to write and debug an original program of about 100 lines length in a functional language (e.g. bash, C, python, perl, et cetera). The specific system, Language, OS, editing tools, and other religious matters are not relevant.
If you can produce a working program, you have most of the basic tools you need to understand and maintain your computer. Everything else is specifics which you can study, learn, and forget as times and technologies change.
Without this basic understanding, most computer discussion -- and, indeed, most computer issues -- will be over your head.
Kubuntu breezy badger installed flawlessly on a Lenovo R51 for me back in March. The only thing that didn't work right out of the box was the LoseModem, and I found drivers that worked for that even though I hadda pay.
Great Stuff.
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Yeh, it is dark. But I have known at least a couple of Ethan Levins in my 20 years of professional programming experience. They're not common, but not uncommon either.
For anyone who actually wrote C back before automated heap checkers, extreme programming, web- and script-based development, and other joys of the modern programming life, this book rings disturbingly true.
I have recommended it to my mom and other folks who don't understand what I do for a living.
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Oh heck, I already built this as well. See http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue62/shapiro.html for the write-up. Not that it hasn't been done multiple times already. Of course, I use cron(8) to control my setup, so it has complete flexibility re times and channels. I tape about 5 hours a week on it and seldom listen to radio any other way.
I actually skimmed the report. The RedHat kernel they're using for the tests is V2.4.9. We have found that kernels in the 2.4 series before about 2.4.18 are unstable. The current version of the 2.4 series kernel is 2.4.20. Red Hat is shipping 2.4.18 on their latest release. Changing to a newer version of the kernel on RH 7.1 does not hinder any functionality.
The latest version of samba is V2.2.8, but its changes over 2.2.7 are purely security fixes.
Very Rich. I signed on to the site when it was run on FreeBSD and downloaded a couple of the papers. They were laugh-a-riffic. At noon on April 3, I got a call from a Unisys salesman, presumably interested in selling me one of those spiffin' ES7000 servers. I politely explained that I was a simple Open Source zealot trying to see how the Other Half Lived, then asked if the site was back up yet. He assured me that it was, but alas he was mistaken -- it didn't come up again until the next day. Tres amusing.
If you want an example of an industry which has abused its customers as much or more than the computer industry, though, I nominate the airline industry (motto: As long as they keep getting born faster than we can piss 'em off, we have a business). It's near impossible to make any money there as currently structured, which probably contributes to the problems they have w/ customer service.
One thing the Times obit did not mention was Shannon's interest in juggling late in his life. He learned to ride unicycle and juggle balls at 70+. I remember going to an international juggling convention in the '80s and seeing
film of some of his juggling simulator machines -- very clever. Some of my juggler/computer jock friends were astonished that he was still alive and kicking back then, having only seen his seminal work from relatively early in computer history.
I just upgraded to OS/2 Warp 4 (don't ask why). The VR on it is a Really Fun Toy, and surprisingly accurate. Of course, if you type 90+ wpm it's not that handy, but it sure is fun playing with it.
Heh. Just finished building a '486 linux box which tapes stuff from the radio onto a stereo cassette. I used the PC Cadet radio card and X10 to control the cassette deck. Of course, my 'Media PC' cost around $100 plus a day or two of setup.
One thing to note here is that all of the experiments which show longevity increases with diet restrictions have been done in the lab. Conditions for a rat brought up in a plastic bucket with provided food and water are way different from those for a rat in the wild. The real evolutionary disadvantage of the calorie restriction gene may be a reduction in panic-level strength -- sure you'll live longer if you avoid predators and sickness, but you are also far more vulnerable to them if they come your way. This would hold true for humans as well.
Yeah!! I am probly the last guy in Atlanta still running OS/2 Warp at home. From a market point of view, it has the worst of both linux and Lose95: no drivers, and proprietary source. But it is rock-solid, comes with a dynamite scripting language, and it's plenty fast on a P75 w/ 40 megs or so of RAM. The only trouble has been backup -- I hadda spend $600 on a SCSI Iomega jaz disk in order to do it right. I'll stick with it at least until I can persuade my darling wife to go with X.
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Last 2 phones came from swappa.com. I have no complaints. Of course, every Android device I own gets rooted & has a 3rd party build installed before I start using it.
Heh. I'm reading this story on my Rooted & re-imaged 7" Amazon Fire, running lp-fire-nexus-rom-20161124 (Android 5.1). It's a nice little machine, but it took me a full day to get the Exploit that gave me control to work. Not so simple for someone on the wrong side of the Digital Divide.
This theoretically opens a way to Root ANY android phone. That could be Great.
The main dangers to you as a smartphone user are your cellphone network carrier and the manufacturer of your phone. Both both of them have a direct interest in invading your privacy for money or to keep you captive to their machinery.
Fortunately, Android is built on open source foundations, so Google must publish the source and a build chain. Rooting your phone and installing a 3rd party Android build ( such as LineageOS ) goes a long way toward foiling this kind of carrier or OEM fuckery. It won't keep your carrier from examining your packet stream. but at least he won't be able to surveil you directly or install programs on your phone which you cannot remove. Because of this, many smartphone providers take steps to make rooting their devices difficult or impossible -- but this vulnerability might provide a way around all of them.
Hmm. This sounds extremely sketchy. The first thing I do with my android devices phone is root them and install a 3rd party build, usually LineageOS ( http://lineageos.org ) That protects me from at least some kinds of Carrier Fuckery, like Carrier IQ ( http://mashable.com/2011/12/01/carrier-iq/#hc ) and OEM fuckery, ( http://www.techradar.com/news/beware-these-android-phones-sent-texts-other-sensitive-info-to-a-server-in-china ) . Of course, Apple users are not immune either ( http://bgr.com/2011/04/20/apple-recording-storing-gps-position-of-iphone-3g-ipad-users-video/ ).
This does not of course protect me from network analysis or spying on the data streams coming in and out of my phone, and the Radio software is a hot mess of proprietary code and horrid security practices. But at least I can push back a little bit. Rooting the device also means that I have complete control over what is on it -- I am territorial about my bits.
I have trouble imagining that anyone would lease me a phone and allow me to hack it in this way. Buying used or reconditioned gear seems like a much more sensible course of action.
Ouch. Presumably, if you're running an AOSP build this won't affect you.
I've had good success with grep(1), using a file filled with various words culled from spam.
I also recycle known spam through the search software, so it automagically updates itself. Seems to work well, and the
best part is that as your anti-spam technology improves, the people behind the spam robots tend to give up on your site.
Heck, I just use a private TWiki. Authenticated, simple, lots of cool plug-ins. Works for Me and my Family.
Foo. These people are so silly. They should fence: full contact, safe as houses, makes you the Baddest Cat at the Bus Stop, available in every major city and most minor ones. Check for a fencing club in your area, chances are good you'll find one.
PLUS, it won't give you any silly illusions about prevailing in a brawl.
The best standard for computer literacy is the ability to write and debug an original program of about 100 lines length in a functional language (e.g. bash, C, python, perl, et cetera). The specific system, Language, OS, editing tools, and other religious matters are not relevant.
If you can produce a working program, you have most of the basic tools you need to understand and maintain your computer. Everything else is specifics which you can study, learn, and forget as times and technologies change.
Without this basic understanding, most computer discussion -- and, indeed, most computer issues -- will be over your head.
Kubuntu breezy badger installed flawlessly on a Lenovo R51 for me back in March. The only thing that didn't work right out of the box was the LoseModem, and I found drivers that worked for that even though I hadda pay.
Great Stuff.
Yeh, it is dark. But I have known at least
a couple of Ethan Levins in my 20 years of professional programming experience. They're not common, but not uncommon either.
For anyone who actually wrote C back before automated heap checkers, extreme programming, web- and script-based development, and other joys of the modern programming life, this book rings disturbingly true.
I have recommended it to my mom and other folks who don't understand what I do for a living.
Oh heck, I already built this as well.
See http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue62/shapiro.html for the
write-up. Not that it hasn't been done multiple times already.
Of course, I use cron(8) to control my setup, so it has
complete flexibility re times and channels. I tape about 5 hours a week on it and seldom listen to radio any other way.
I actually skimmed the report. The RedHat kernel they're using for the tests is V2.4.9. We have found that kernels in the 2.4 series before about 2.4.18 are unstable. The current version of the 2.4 series kernel is 2.4.20. Red Hat is shipping 2.4.18 on their latest release. Changing to a newer version of the kernel on RH 7.1 does not hinder any functionality.
The latest version of samba is V2.2.8, but its changes over
2.2.7 are purely security fixes.
Linus Torvald? Who is this guy?
Very Rich. I signed on to the site when it was run on FreeBSD and downloaded a couple of the papers. They were laugh-a-riffic. At noon on April 3, I got a call from a Unisys salesman, presumably interested in selling me one of those spiffin' ES7000 servers. I politely explained that I was a simple Open Source zealot trying to see how the Other Half Lived, then asked if the site was back up yet. He assured me that it was, but alas he was mistaken -- it didn't come up again until the next day. Tres amusing.
Will wonders never cease.
If you want an example of an industry which has abused its customers as much or more than the computer industry, though, I nominate the airline industry (motto: As long as they keep getting born faster than we can piss 'em off, we have a business). It's near impossible to make any money there as currently structured, which probably contributes to the problems they have w/ customer service.
They can have my gun when they pry it from my cold dead fingers, and they can have my network when they dig it from the ashes of my house!!!
One thing the Times obit did not mention was Shannon's interest in juggling late in his life. He learned to ride unicycle and juggle balls at 70+. I remember going to an international juggling convention in the '80s and seeing
film of some of his juggling simulator machines -- very clever. Some of my juggler/computer jock friends were astonished that he was still alive and kicking back then, having only seen his seminal work from relatively early in computer history.
I just upgraded to OS/2 Warp 4 (don't ask why). The VR on it is a Really Fun Toy, and surprisingly accurate. Of course, if you type 90+ wpm it's not that handy, but it sure is fun playing with it.
Heh. Just finished building a '486 linux box which tapes stuff from the radio onto a stereo cassette. I used the PC Cadet radio card and X10 to control the cassette deck. Of course, my 'Media PC' cost around $100 plus a day or two of setup.
One thing to note here is that all of the experiments which show longevity increases with diet restrictions have been done in the lab. Conditions for a rat brought up in a plastic bucket with provided food and water are way different from those for a rat in the wild. The real evolutionary disadvantage of the calorie restriction gene may be a reduction in panic-level strength -- sure you'll live longer if you avoid predators and sickness, but you are also far more vulnerable to them if they come your way. This would hold true for humans as well.
Yeah!! I am probly the last guy in Atlanta still running OS/2 Warp at home. From a market point of view, it has the worst of both linux and Lose95: no drivers, and proprietary source. But it is rock-solid, comes with a dynamite scripting language, and it's plenty fast on a P75 w/ 40 megs or so of RAM. The only trouble has been backup -- I hadda spend $600 on a SCSI Iomega jaz disk in order to do it right. I'll stick with it at least until I can persuade my darling wife to go with X.