Same here...my old Nokia can't do all that new-fangled stuff, so I suppose I'm safe from these exciting new advances in technology. And by "technology", I mean "exploits".
I know I'm shocked that consumer-grade gear is wide open to misuse over the web and that no one bothered to think about security when designing it, how about you?
No, if they can find you they can arrest you. All I'm saying is that having a warrant out for you should not, I believe, affect your rights to free speech. It has nothing to do with whether or not you can be arrested.
It appears that unlocking it just allowed dynamic forces outside the craft to move the feather without being commanded to. The external forces simply overcame the mechanical system that was holding it retracted. A transonic slipstream exerts a hell of a force.
In my view this is a dual failure- a failure by the pilot who (apparently) wasn't trained on when not to unlock the system, and an engineering failure as well- it seems a common-sense thing to lockout potentially (or positively) fatal mis-operations. I'm sure that one or more existing sensors could have been used to prevent unlocking the feather if current conditions could/would cause a catastrophe.
And yes, I'm playing Monday-morning quarterback, and yes, I have the benefit of hindsight, but still- foreseeing the "what could go wrong" possibilities is what good engineering is all about.
...why in the world would you need a full-fledged OS just to run a safe? Is there any reason besides stupidity that you wouldn't put an FPGA or something running a simple hard-coded application in there?
This whole thing makes my head spin- I couldn't be any more surprised if I found out that my toaster or can opener was running Win95, or ANY full-fledged OS. Now I wonder what OS my toothbrush is running on. And the napkin holder on my dining room table- what OS does it use?
People still use eBay? Is this the same eBay that became a scammer's paradise where no matter what you do, you're screwed? As a buyer you can be screwed easily enough, but as a seller I wouldn't waste my time. The risks so far outweigh the benefits that it's more like legalized gambling with the loser being the highest bidder.
(Yes, yes, I know some people do indeed make a decent living on eBay, but it's swimming against the tide to be sure.)
...anytime they say it's going to be "great news for American workers", you know it's going to be the exact opposite. More like, "great news for multinational conglomerates who couldn't care less about individual workers".
As much as I dislike Chief Keef and his musical stylings *cough*, I have to side with him on this one. Should an arrest warrant also restrict a person's free speech, or justify police intervention? I have to think it should not, regardless of how I feel about the person.
If we don't protect the speech we don't like, then it's not "free speech" as I understand it. The fact is that we must protect the kind of speech we personally detest if it's to mean anything at all.
> The problem was that Steam wasn't actually checking the codes sent via email.
Really, Steam? Really? You really, truly didn't even bother to check the code you sent as "confirmation"? The code that is the raison d'être for sending the code in the first place?
This is the kind of mistake I'd expect from a newbie who's still getting the hang of "Hello, World!", not from a multi-million dollar team of professional developers.
....stop complaining about these hidden features and start thanking the developers for making it so easy for $random_hacker to ruin years of work.
It's funny, though, because resetting the password on a STEAM account the way you're supposed to can be a total clusterfuck that will leave you cursing for days, if not weeks. Ask me how I know.
We know one thing for sure, and that is that if they're all recommending we don't do it, then it will be done. The very arguments against it will "prove" the usefulness and "need" for autonomous weapons.
Too late, dumbass. I'm already happily retired and living well.:) But reading comments from fucktards like you makes my day a little better. Now you go to work and try to earn some money, m'kay?
Especially with drone which can hold enough weight to have a gun or a bomb.
If you think about it, a drone loaded with explosives would be damn near impossible to defend against. They're quiet, fast, have a reasonable range, and can be controlled from a well-hidden location. Hell, with a little preparation you could pilot a drone over the web from any location on Earth.
If I was part of the Secret Service protection detail, the idea of a cheap, consumer-grade, weaponized drone would scare the shit out of me as a possible attack vector.
Maybe they could jam the usual control frequencies for a few blocks in every direction, but still, that's a mighty thin layer of protection against an attack.
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Same here...my old Nokia can't do all that new-fangled stuff, so I suppose I'm safe from these exciting new advances in technology. And by "technology", I mean "exploits".
I know I'm shocked that consumer-grade gear is wide open to misuse over the web and that no one bothered to think about security when designing it, how about you?
No, if they can find you they can arrest you. All I'm saying is that having a warrant out for you should not, I believe, affect your rights to free speech. It has nothing to do with whether or not you can be arrested.
It appears that unlocking it just allowed dynamic forces outside the craft to move the feather without being commanded to. The external forces simply overcame the mechanical system that was holding it retracted. A transonic slipstream exerts a hell of a force.
In my view this is a dual failure- a failure by the pilot who (apparently) wasn't trained on when not to unlock the system, and an engineering failure as well- it seems a common-sense thing to lockout potentially (or positively) fatal mis-operations. I'm sure that one or more existing sensors could have been used to prevent unlocking the feather if current conditions could/would cause a catastrophe.
And yes, I'm playing Monday-morning quarterback, and yes, I have the benefit of hindsight, but still- foreseeing the "what could go wrong" possibilities is what good engineering is all about.
Any more improvements like the last ones*cough beta cough* and we're done for.
So slashdot is moving to the new Tumblr format, where everything you say is wrong and sexist and privileged and mysogynistic and ableist?
...why in the world would you need a full-fledged OS just to run a safe? Is there any reason besides stupidity that you wouldn't put an FPGA or something running a simple hard-coded application in there?
This whole thing makes my head spin- I couldn't be any more surprised if I found out that my toaster or can opener was running Win95, or ANY full-fledged OS. Now I wonder what OS my toothbrush is running on. And the napkin holder on my dining room table- what OS does it use?
People still use eBay? Is this the same eBay that became a scammer's paradise where no matter what you do, you're screwed? As a buyer you can be screwed easily enough, but as a seller I wouldn't waste my time. The risks so far outweigh the benefits that it's more like legalized gambling with the loser being the highest bidder.
(Yes, yes, I know some people do indeed make a decent living on eBay, but it's swimming against the tide to be sure.)
Nobody should be allowed to run a conglomerate unless they personally know and care about all 100,000 individual workers.
I think caring about them collectively would be a good starting point. What, exactly, would be so heinous about that?
How do you know?
I tried it once, and to put it succinctly, I'd rather have back-to-back root canals than go through that shite again.
Yeah, now I can afford to buy 0.0000002% of a communications satellite instead of 0.0000001%. Yippee!
...anytime they say it's going to be "great news for American workers", you know it's going to be the exact opposite. More like, "great news for multinational conglomerates who couldn't care less about individual workers".
As much as I dislike Chief Keef and his musical stylings *cough*, I have to side with him on this one. Should an arrest warrant also restrict a person's free speech, or justify police intervention? I have to think it should not, regardless of how I feel about the person.
If we don't protect the speech we don't like, then it's not "free speech" as I understand it. The fact is that we must protect the kind of speech we personally detest if it's to mean anything at all.
I know, it's like they're teasing us.
500 new solar panels AND a pony. No, TWO ponies. And a yacht. And a lifetime supply of whiskey. And Sofía Vergara as my personal sex slave.
I mean, as long as we're dreaming....
> The problem was that Steam wasn't actually checking the codes sent via email.
Really, Steam? Really? You really, truly didn't even bother to check the code you sent as "confirmation"? The code that is the raison d'être for sending the code in the first place?
This is the kind of mistake I'd expect from a newbie who's still getting the hang of "Hello, World!", not from a multi-million dollar team of professional developers.
....stop complaining about these hidden features and start thanking the developers for making it so easy for $random_hacker to ruin years of work.
It's funny, though, because resetting the password on a STEAM account the way you're supposed to can be a total clusterfuck that will leave you cursing for days, if not weeks. Ask me how I know.
We know one thing for sure, and that is that if they're all recommending we don't do it, then it will be done. The very arguments against it will "prove" the usefulness and "need" for autonomous weapons.
Oh yeah, who wouldn't trust these two slippery guys? Please, take my money!
Lol, let the butthurt flow through you, my friend. :)
It invigorates me and it reaffirms my belief that people like you are too tightly wound to ever enjoy your shallow little life.
Now you get good and rested so you can get up tomorrow and go to that little job in order to earn money to pay for your cell phone addiction. lol
Too late, dumbass. I'm already happily retired and living well. :) But reading comments from fucktards like you makes my day a little better. Now you go to work and try to earn some money, m'kay?
And the moral of the story is to never rely on anything Google offers to the public as it may disappear one day with minimal warning.
> It's not too late to save Slashdot.
:(
I think it is, and I think it's been too late for some time now.
Especially with drone which can hold enough weight to have a gun or a bomb.
If you think about it, a drone loaded with explosives would be damn near impossible to defend against. They're quiet, fast, have a reasonable range, and can be controlled from a well-hidden location. Hell, with a little preparation you could pilot a drone over the web from any location on Earth.
If I was part of the Secret Service protection detail, the idea of a cheap, consumer-grade, weaponized drone would scare the shit out of me as a possible attack vector.
Maybe they could jam the usual control frequencies for a few blocks in every direction, but still, that's a mighty thin layer of protection against an attack.
*some mobile users will trade data for fun and profit. But not me.