Not that they need something more. I still have my ti-82 on the shelf... hah
ti-82 on the shelf? mine is still on my desk at work. nothings better for doing some simple quick calculations. the big knobby keys are much easier to use than my touchscreen.
I agree. fuck. that. shit. If they wanted to do usage based billing they could still respect the customer and provide a third-party odometer that goes in the car and tracks distance traveled. this could be limited so it's not tracking the routes, just the distances. also it may not be always connected. what's the point of saving a couple bucks on a ins plan if you pay more for a sim? maybe it could use whispernet like kindle if it just has to send out a bit of info every once and a while. or sms.
tangentially, how much does everybody pay for car insurance? I'm in US and me and my SO pay $150/mo. Is that crazy?
i was shopping for a developer company to make a public website DB thing. I was getting all sort of stupid responses. One firm bragged that they use "waterfall", which means they would sign on to do $X worth of work but would not agree to deliverables because it's fluid and agile. is this what the industry's like? lactarded.
it's a shame oracle has never done a state or federal contract before; otherwise, they would know more about how to write a contract and scope of work. I'm sure the next time will go smoother!
My first pet predated social media, and there are no online pics of it. There's probably 2 people who could guess that one, and I'm not worried about either of them cracking my accounts.
Most of the time the attacker is your spouse. Would your wife know?
My answers to security questions are always as many characters of gibberish as it will allow.
Finally, pointing out that they're not responsible for the data being compromised is not the same as blaming the victims. As the article I linked mentions, in many cases these celebrities may not have ever fallen for a phishing attack or given their password to "tech support" over the phone. The only error they may have made was in keeping poor company.
WaPo article "Apple then goes on to offer some security suggestions for iCloud users who might be confused about how to protect themselves. The subtext is clear: If there's anything wrong here, it's in the way that individual users secured their accounts."
Apple press release: "To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password".
read different things into it, but the fact remains: human being suck at passwords. we have sucked at passwords for 30 years, and we will continue to suck at passwords. There has been enormous effort to get people to be better about passwords. As a result, the most popular password is no longer "12345" - it's now "123456".
considering this, all software makers need to recognize that they have a much greater burden to create a security solution that people don't suck at. Apple did that with the touch id thing. brilliant and simple. until software makers (including apple themselves) take more responsibility, they will continue to get owned (yes the user gets hacked, but the reputation of the software suffers too).
a bright spot: in ios8 apple is supposed to open up touch ID so it can be used for things other than the phone unlock. there are a whole host of dangers with touch id, but at least it solves the weak password issue.
You know, I'm really annoyed at Apple about this. They say that iCloud wasn't breached and it was a targeted account attack with weak passwords. But on Monday (the day after the pics were posted) they patched a flaw in Find My Friends where the account would be vulnerable to a dictionary attack:
The vulnerability allegedly discovered in the Find my iPhone service appears to have allowed attackers to use this method to guess passwords repeatedly without any sort of lockout or alert to the target. Once the password has been eventually matched, the attacker can then use it to access other iCloud functions freely.
A tool to exploit the weakness was uploaded to Github, where it remained for two days before being shared on Hacker News
Apple patched the service at 3.20am PT today. While it’s possible that the timing was coincidental, an iCloud exploit being posted online just two days before the photos appeared, and being patched shortly after the story broke, makes this seem unlikely. Apple has not yet responded to a request for comment.
so there was no icloud breach, but there was a bug that enabled a brute force attack. It's not known that this exploit was used on the celebrities, but a tool that exploits this bug was recently posted. Ok...
also, super unclassy for Apple to blame the victim, especially when these types of weaknesses are buried in their code.
you're totally right about the ban on historical video games! Oh yeah, except for Valiant Hearts, about WW1. Coming out this thurs for iphone/ipad, made by ubisoft. http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08....
not sure what you mean by OS as a software for sale. The new OS Yosemite is free for all mac users, and iMovie is like $20. They'll never make iMovie for Windows. it's all about selling more macs.
I don't know the deets about uber in Germany, but in US all drivers have insurance through uber and private insurance. all trips are tracked, uber handles all the metering and charging so there are no games with the meter. All drivers are individually vetted before starting and are reviewed by the passenger after each ride. With too many bad reviews a driver is summarily fired. All in all, it is a very robust and passenger-oriented experience.
most "licensing" schemes are in place to protect the taxi drivers union and get fees for local government. it has nothing to do with passenger safety or comfort.
I fail to see how entering a market is equivalent to trying to corner it. They're not trying to block out other rideshare services. If anything it is others who have the market cornered, and uber is trying to open the door.
Actually you don't own the airspace over your property.
"The United States Government has exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States. The act defines navigable airspace as "airspace above the minimum altitudes of flightincluding airspace needed to ensure the safety in the takeoff and landing of aircraft."
ok then I claim the first 100 feet or so above my property. basically anything within range of my shotgun. I'm sure this won't be a problem, FTA doesn't even want to talk about drones much less regulate them as aircraft. if a UPS van drove across your property while delivering packages to other people's houses, you'd shoot it too.
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notably, the 12c is so iconic that it is the design inspiration behind iphone's default calculator. thank goodness the iphone isn't RPN tho...
no but contractors negotiate and sign contracts. the fault is their own.
Not that they need something more. I still have my ti-82 on the shelf... hah
ti-82 on the shelf? mine is still on my desk at work. nothings better for doing some simple quick calculations. the big knobby keys are much easier to use than my touchscreen.
worst case scenario you will die in a flaming wreck when someone in CN remotely turns your auto-parking feature while you are driving at 75mph.
I don't know what CN is, but I imagine /b/ will be all over it.
I agree. fuck. that. shit. If they wanted to do usage based billing they could still respect the customer and provide a third-party odometer that goes in the car and tracks distance traveled. this could be limited so it's not tracking the routes, just the distances. also it may not be always connected. what's the point of saving a couple bucks on a ins plan if you pay more for a sim? maybe it could use whispernet like kindle if it just has to send out a bit of info every once and a while. or sms.
tangentially, how much does everybody pay for car insurance? I'm in US and me and my SO pay $150/mo. Is that crazy?
i was shopping for a developer company to make a public website DB thing. I was getting all sort of stupid responses. One firm bragged that they use "waterfall", which means they would sign on to do $X worth of work but would not agree to deliverables because it's fluid and agile. is this what the industry's like? lactarded.
it's a good idea for contractor to write a good contract.
-1 disagree. it's like spanish. source: i learned it.
it's a shame oracle has never done a state or federal contract before; otherwise, they would know more about how to write a contract and scope of work. I'm sure the next time will go smoother!
My first pet predated social media, and there are no online pics of it. There's probably 2 people who could guess that one, and I'm not worried about either of them cracking my accounts.
Most of the time the attacker is your spouse. Would your wife know?
My answers to security questions are always as many characters of gibberish as it will allow.
I agree. My spouse is my greatest enemy.
Finally, pointing out that they're not responsible for the data being compromised is not the same as blaming the victims. As the article I linked mentions, in many cases these celebrities may not have ever fallen for a phishing attack or given their password to "tech support" over the phone. The only error they may have made was in keeping poor company.
WaPo article "Apple then goes on to offer some security suggestions for iCloud users who might be confused about how to protect themselves. The subtext is clear: If there's anything wrong here, it's in the way that individual users secured their accounts."
Apple press release: "To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password".
read different things into it, but the fact remains: human being suck at passwords. we have sucked at passwords for 30 years, and we will continue to suck at passwords. There has been enormous effort to get people to be better about passwords. As a result, the most popular password is no longer "12345" - it's now "123456".
considering this, all software makers need to recognize that they have a much greater burden to create a security solution that people don't suck at. Apple did that with the touch id thing. brilliant and simple. until software makers (including apple themselves) take more responsibility, they will continue to get owned (yes the user gets hacked, but the reputation of the software suffers too).
a bright spot: in ios8 apple is supposed to open up touch ID so it can be used for things other than the phone unlock. there are a whole host of dangers with touch id, but at least it solves the weak password issue.
he's thinking prudish.
The vulnerability allegedly discovered in the Find my iPhone service appears to have allowed attackers to use this method to guess passwords repeatedly without any sort of lockout or alert to the target. Once the password has been eventually matched, the attacker can then use it to access other iCloud functions freely. A tool to exploit the weakness was uploaded to Github, where it remained for two days before being shared on Hacker News Apple patched the service at 3.20am PT today. While it’s possible that the timing was coincidental, an iCloud exploit being posted online just two days before the photos appeared, and being patched shortly after the story broke, makes this seem unlikely. Apple has not yet responded to a request for comment.
http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/01/...
so there was no icloud breach, but there was a bug that enabled a brute force attack. It's not known that this exploit was used on the celebrities, but a tool that exploits this bug was recently posted. Ok...
also, super unclassy for Apple to blame the victim, especially when these types of weaknesses are buried in their code.
Idk. All I know is I played the game on ps4.
you're totally right about the ban on historical video games! Oh yeah, except for Valiant Hearts, about WW1. Coming out this thurs for iphone/ipad, made by ubisoft. http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08....
so I guess you're not right?
not sure what you mean by OS as a software for sale. The new OS Yosemite is free for all mac users, and iMovie is like $20. They'll never make iMovie for Windows. it's all about selling more macs.
if you're open to other platforms, check out iMovie on mac. it's cheap like $20, and runs OK on older hardware. Trolls in three, two, one...
lol good point. I didn't understand what the GP meant.
They don't give a damn about the law, why would they give a damn about a court order. Fucking cowboys.
germans love cowboys. seriously, they're totally nuts over all native American/wild west culture stuff. I don't know why.
I don't know the deets about uber in Germany, but in US all drivers have insurance through uber and private insurance. all trips are tracked, uber handles all the metering and charging so there are no games with the meter. All drivers are individually vetted before starting and are reviewed by the passenger after each ride. With too many bad reviews a driver is summarily fired. All in all, it is a very robust and passenger-oriented experience.
most "licensing" schemes are in place to protect the taxi drivers union and get fees for local government. it has nothing to do with passenger safety or comfort.
down with uber! up with buggy whips!
I fail to see how entering a market is equivalent to trying to corner it. They're not trying to block out other rideshare services. If anything it is others who have the market cornered, and uber is trying to open the door.
there's so much heat content in the pool I doubt that if the surface air went to 500 degrees for a bit it would make much difference.
here you go so you don't have to google it yourself. you're welcome!
Actually you don't own the airspace over your property.
"The United States Government has exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States. The act defines navigable airspace as "airspace above the minimum altitudes of flightincluding airspace needed to ensure the safety in the takeoff and landing of aircraft."
ok then I claim the first 100 feet or so above my property. basically anything within range of my shotgun. I'm sure this won't be a problem, FTA doesn't even want to talk about drones much less regulate them as aircraft. if a UPS van drove across your property while delivering packages to other people's houses, you'd shoot it too.