Looking at the pictures of how they accomplished that, including disassembling the parking meter and removing epoxy by dipping parts in heated fumeric acid... I'm fairly certain what he did was already illegal. It isn't as if the parking meters come with external JTAG points or something.
Lance Davis, the first editor of Centos, who never actually resigned from his job. He simply left one morning for lunch and never returned to his office, making all later holders of the position "Acting Editors." His old office is still preserved by the Centos volunteers in the hope that he will return. His desk sports a sign that reads "Missing, presumed fed."
Mmmmm...not really. 640x480 still amounts to a small amount of real estate. It works on a 5" diagonal display, but I'm not sure how well it'll translate to the 45" display image of an HMD.
Still, there is a lot of potential. It wasn't until recently that we had a decent COMPUTING platform with a screen that size. The iPhone and other smart phones/PDAs have introduced something that could be very interesting. Prior to their arrival nothing was really that size except for video. Now...
It just means *designing* a display for that size as opposed to assuming everyone has a 17"+ huge display with almost infinite real estate.
Because all the resolution and associated benefits go to waste because there is no graceful way for the fonts to be bigger, but not fsck-up the interface. Or, if there is, it takes so much effort most people won't do it.
I've spent a lot of time as an admin for some fairly large companies. One thing I noticed is that a lot of people who aren't into CAD, programming or graphics design, don't like resolutions above 1024x768. I've lost count of the times I've set shiny new LCD monitors to their spec res like 1280x1024 only to have people change the res back down. The fonts are too small. If you change the font sizes, programs start to look weird, so they change the res.
Hell, look at the number of web page templates that are hard set for 1024x768. Lots of white space on the margins.
If you're a web admin, set up a test and check your logs. Record the screen and window res of people hitting your pages and you'll be shocked to see the bulk are usually 1024x768.
I couldn't find it on YouTube or elsewhere. It was funny. This mainframe sitting in the key, getting bumped and trash talked by David. Let me see......nope. Not a trace of it, other than some other people describing the commercial as well. Sorry.
I thought Nike put that to rest, when it had San Antonio Spurs center, David Robinson, whoop Deep Blue's ass on T.V. in a little one-on-one basketball?
To be fair, Microsoft has been practicing *extortion* when dealing with large corporations; threatened to sue and excommunicate companies, slandering, and fired their own employees for using LOTS of non-Microsoft products.
FOSS isn't special. Microsoft does the same with anything it perceives as a threat. There have been stories of employees who use Macs getting fired; iPods and iPhones getting fired; extortion against OEMs who bundle WordPerfect, Lotus or any non-Microsoft competitor.
They haven't changed at all. They want to be on top and are willing to fight everyone and anyone who threatens them.
Actually, I've seen a few people who own WW2-era tanks. The barrels have been spiked, but they still can maneuver. If the person knew what they were doing, they could put a new barrel on and probably re-arm the thing. It would take a lot of money, and specialized knowhow and equipment, but it could be done.
Many VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) halls have tanks sitting out front.
This was after Isaac Hayes quit in a huff over SP's treatment of Scientology. The SP boys made a fairly nice "send-off" episode, but since Hayes had already quit, they used the library of his voice clips to do this episode. It is hilarious!
How about 104 MWe? Like the A4W reactors found in U.S. Nimitz class supercarriers. Or the replacement A1B from Bechtel, rated at 140 MWe? Possible for smaller communities.
A couple of months back Monster.com got hacked and their user database was pilfered. I have (had, actually) and account on Monster.com, so I paid attention to the news. I had a strong password, so wasn't too concerned. I mean, I was posting a resume online with my name, address and phone to begin with, right? And the password was strong enough to resist brute-forcing for some time. I hope, anyway. 12-characters, random mixed alphanumeric and symbols.
Then I found out that Monster.com stored passwords as plain text in their database. So much for my strong password. I sent them a nasty note and closed my account.
Other sites I have accounts on have been hacked and their user databases stolen, but they weren't storing password data in plain text so I wasn't as concerned. And, of course, they don't always have to tell you of a breach if the data taken is "encrypted".
Assuming all the websites that were hacked last year represent a normal level of security, website databases are up for grabs when it comes to brute-forcing offline and strong passwords help.
...except at least they were attemping to make a useful device from day one, while Nokia has totally let that ship sail into Apple's hands.
Is that Kool-Aid good?
Nokia sells 4x more smartphones than Apple does, with over 40% of the worldwide market. Nokia has won more design awards for phones than Apple, by a long shot. They even have smartphones (n97) that handily beat the iPhone. The problem is, Nokia caters to users NOT phone companies and thus the North American carriers don't sell their smartphones. All you can really get in the U.S. is their standard phones.
They're trying to get a bigger presence in the U.S. market, and are examining how to leverage QT, Symbian and Linux in doing that. At least they aren't sitting on their collective asses (like Motorola) and getting crushed.
It deters them? I'll bet your neighbors just LOVE you. I know that was the general tactic in Florida, when people just ended up deterring mounds of fire ants into their neighbor's yards. Great way to make friends.
The Quantasol device can cope with much brighter light without becoming overloaded, making it possible to use a very small solar cell to absorb light collected by a system of cheap lenses and mirrors.
Not really. These tools are designed to ensure privacy and you'd be hard pressed to find a use for them to "suppress" a people.
There are a lot of tools designed to test -- and break -- security. They have tons of valid uses. The idea that countries like Iran, Burma and China can't get their hands on the same tools the U.S. and Western nations use for "legitimate law enforcement" simply because Congress says "don't sell to the bad guys" is laughable. It assumes no nation in the world is going to resell the tech. It also assumes that the "evil" nations are populated solely by idiots, who will never come up with any tools like this themselves. A quick looks at all the Chinese names on math and science papers lately will put that to rest.
My argument was the definition of "oppressive regime". Britain's surveillance society; the U.S.'s suspension of habeas corpus, no-knock warrants and warrantless wiretapping; and the German data retention and "hacking" laws make it hard to tell where to draw the line. And no matter where it is drawn, governments and their employees find a way to dance back and forth over it at will.
What about selling to non-oppressive regimes? These systems, and similar ones by Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Narus and others are in widespread use throughout the U.S., Europe and the rest of the "free world".
Been there, installed that.
Hell, I know of one system that uses a MySQL database to store the warrant and tap info. The interface is an Apache module. The front end is rather ugly closed source GUI written in Israel which sends the info via an HTTPS POST.
Narus' key products were based on Snort and Wireshark, just on custom super-computer class hardware.
Gotta love FOSS. With all the hacking tools available for Linux/BSD, including source code, who needs custom code?
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Looking at the pictures of how they accomplished that, including disassembling the parking meter and removing epoxy by dipping parts in heated fumeric acid... I'm fairly certain what he did was already illegal. It isn't as if the parking meters come with external JTAG points or something.
This one shouldn't be too hard.
Lance Davis, the first editor of Centos, who never actually resigned from his job. He simply left one morning for lunch and never returned to his office, making all later holders of the position "Acting Editors." His old office is still preserved by the Centos volunteers in the hope that he will return. His desk sports a sign that reads "Missing, presumed fed."
Mmmmm...not really. 640x480 still amounts to a small amount of real estate. It works on a 5" diagonal display, but I'm not sure how well it'll translate to the 45" display image of an HMD.
Still, there is a lot of potential. It wasn't until recently that we had a decent COMPUTING platform with a screen that size. The iPhone and other smart phones/PDAs have introduced something that could be very interesting. Prior to their arrival nothing was really that size except for video. Now...
It just means *designing* a display for that size as opposed to assuming everyone has a 17"+ huge display with almost infinite real estate.
Because all the resolution and associated benefits go to waste because there is no graceful way for the fonts to be bigger, but not fsck-up the interface. Or, if there is, it takes so much effort most people won't do it.
No, reality.
I've spent a lot of time as an admin for some fairly large companies. One thing I noticed is that a lot of people who aren't into CAD, programming or graphics design, don't like resolutions above 1024x768. I've lost count of the times I've set shiny new LCD monitors to their spec res like 1280x1024 only to have people change the res back down. The fonts are too small. If you change the font sizes, programs start to look weird, so they change the res.
Hell, look at the number of web page templates that are hard set for 1024x768. Lots of white space on the margins.
If you're a web admin, set up a test and check your logs. Record the screen and window res of people hitting your pages and you'll be shocked to see the bulk are usually 1024x768.
It is sad, but it is the way it is.
640x480
While this may be fine for watching video without getting neck strain from being hunched over, it makes computing life a pain.
Until one of these things can give me a full 1024x768 or better display, it'll always be a niche toy for computing.
I couldn't find it on YouTube or elsewhere. It was funny. This mainframe sitting in the key, getting bumped and trash talked by David. Let me see... ...nope. Not a trace of it, other than some other people describing the commercial as well. Sorry.
I thought Nike put that to rest, when it had San Antonio Spurs center, David Robinson, whoop Deep Blue's ass on T.V. in a little one-on-one basketball?
To be fair, Microsoft has been practicing *extortion* when dealing with large corporations; threatened to sue and excommunicate companies, slandering, and fired their own employees for using LOTS of non-Microsoft products.
FOSS isn't special. Microsoft does the same with anything it perceives as a threat. There have been stories of employees who use Macs getting fired; iPods and iPhones getting fired; extortion against OEMs who bundle WordPerfect, Lotus or any non-Microsoft competitor.
They haven't changed at all. They want to be on top and are willing to fight everyone and anyone who threatens them.
I'm actually surprised (for better or worse) that Apple hasn't invoked the DCMA.
The DMCA has an explicit exception for "interoperability". Check it out under paragraph (f), Reverse Engineering.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/dvd/1201.html
Actually, I've seen a few people who own WW2-era tanks. The barrels have been spiked, but they still can maneuver. If the person knew what they were doing, they could put a new barrel on and probably re-arm the thing. It would take a lot of money, and specialized knowhow and equipment, but it could be done.
Many VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) halls have tanks sitting out front.
I believe it is Season 10, Episode 1 (The Return of Chef). http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1001/
This was after Isaac Hayes quit in a huff over SP's treatment of Scientology. The SP boys made a fairly nice "send-off" episode, but since Hayes had already quit, they used the library of his voice clips to do this episode. It is hilarious!
You aren't a big South Park far, are you?
If you were, you'd instantly think of the episode where Chef becomes a pedophile and is killed.
How about 104 MWe? Like the A4W reactors found in U.S. Nimitz class supercarriers. Or the replacement A1B from Bechtel, rated at 140 MWe? Possible for smaller communities.
What is needed is a good exorcism. IE6 needs to be cast out from the net and its bloated carcass nailed to a tree as a lesson to others.
A couple of months back Monster.com got hacked and their user database was pilfered. I have (had, actually) and account on Monster.com, so I paid attention to the news. I had a strong password, so wasn't too concerned. I mean, I was posting a resume online with my name, address and phone to begin with, right? And the password was strong enough to resist brute-forcing for some time. I hope, anyway. 12-characters, random mixed alphanumeric and symbols.
Then I found out that Monster.com stored passwords as plain text in their database. So much for my strong password. I sent them a nasty note and closed my account.
Other sites I have accounts on have been hacked and their user databases stolen, but they weren't storing password data in plain text so I wasn't as concerned. And, of course, they don't always have to tell you of a breach if the data taken is "encrypted".
Assuming all the websites that were hacked last year represent a normal level of security, website databases are up for grabs when it comes to brute-forcing offline and strong passwords help.
*whoosh*
The millions playing World of Warcrack beg to differ. The software is useless without the monthly access fee.
...except at least they were attemping to make a useful device from day one, while Nokia has totally let that ship sail into Apple's hands.
Is that Kool-Aid good?
Nokia sells 4x more smartphones than Apple does, with over 40% of the worldwide market. Nokia has won more design awards for phones than Apple, by a long shot. They even have smartphones (n97) that handily beat the iPhone. The problem is, Nokia caters to users NOT phone companies and thus the North American carriers don't sell their smartphones. All you can really get in the U.S. is their standard phones.
They're trying to get a bigger presence in the U.S. market, and are examining how to leverage QT, Symbian and Linux in doing that. At least they aren't sitting on their collective asses (like Motorola) and getting crushed.
Don't write them off.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/technology/hempel_nokia.fortune/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10245339-37.html
http://www.nokiausa.com/find-products/phones/nokia-n97/specifications
It deters them? I'll bet your neighbors just LOVE you. I know that was the general tactic in Florida, when people just ended up deterring mounds of fire ants into their neighbor's yards. Great way to make friends.
The Quantasol device can cope with much brighter light without becoming overloaded, making it possible to use a very small solar cell to absorb light collected by a system of cheap lenses and mirrors.
Not really. These tools are designed to ensure privacy and you'd be hard pressed to find a use for them to "suppress" a people.
There are a lot of tools designed to test -- and break -- security. They have tons of valid uses. The idea that countries like Iran, Burma and China can't get their hands on the same tools the U.S. and Western nations use for "legitimate law enforcement" simply because Congress says "don't sell to the bad guys" is laughable. It assumes no nation in the world is going to resell the tech. It also assumes that the "evil" nations are populated solely by idiots, who will never come up with any tools like this themselves. A quick looks at all the Chinese names on math and science papers lately will put that to rest.
My argument was the definition of "oppressive regime". Britain's surveillance society; the U.S.'s suspension of habeas corpus, no-knock warrants and warrantless wiretapping; and the German data retention and "hacking" laws make it hard to tell where to draw the line. And no matter where it is drawn, governments and their employees find a way to dance back and forth over it at will.
What about selling to non-oppressive regimes? These systems, and similar ones by Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Narus and others are in widespread use throughout the U.S., Europe and the rest of the "free world".
Been there, installed that.
Hell, I know of one system that uses a MySQL database to store the warrant and tap info. The interface is an Apache module. The front end is rather ugly closed source GUI written in Israel which sends the info via an HTTPS POST.
Narus' key products were based on Snort and Wireshark, just on custom super-computer class hardware.
Gotta love FOSS. With all the hacking tools available for Linux/BSD, including source code, who needs custom code?
Water, using solar- or wind-powered electrolysis.