It's interesting to me that we don't employ something like a keyfob that generates a code or a code texted to your cell phone, then combine that with a reasonable password. That way, it doesn't matter if your password gets guessed or compromised: the guesser/compromiser still needs the code from your text/keyfob.
I realize it isn't infallible but it would seem to be a very easy next step that would add a significant barrier to the vast majority of criminal methods in use today.
While I realize there may be some outrage over the "overconfident" label, it does make sense in terms of learned behavior. More specifically, Windows users have known malware has been rampant for so long that:
A) they're used to having to use antivirus, firewalls and other "security" type apps
B) Windows has steadily improved its built-in firewall and anti-trojan features to combat real and perceived vulnerability
C) Windows-based PC OEMs and system builders install anti-virus by default and have for quite some time now.
I can't say whether Macs get a/v software by default but despite our joking about macs not being susceptible to malware, that view is held by far too many mac users. While it might be true statistically speaking relative to Windows, it is unhelpful in being a rightfully vigilant denizen of this wretched hive of scum and villainy we call the Internet.
1) Accuse high-visibility company of using HUGE amounts of x resource. 2) Observe company admitting exactly how much they DO use. 3) Reveal WAG in original claim and propose new claim that real number is still ludicrously high. 4)... 5) PROFIT!!!
Fry's (and other places, I'm sure) has shoebox PCs running low-power CPUs for about what you pay for a good external USB drive. Pick up a big drive and some RAM for it, install LAMP and BackupPC and then have it backup your other computers on your home LAN. Nice thing is that it has deduplication and uses rsync, so there are clients that work on Win, Mac and Linux.
> Of course...people who can't find jobs are not content to just die. They absolutely will turn to crime instead, where they will either: > > a) take your wealth from you by stealing it, to your detriment, or > b) receive free food and clothing, paid by your tax dollars, in jail.
(B) is redundant in your example, albeit hard to explain to certain sectors of the public.
Software Test Engineer is NOT a subset of Software Engineer.
Just be honest in the interview. If they ASK you to guess, then guess. Otherwise, just tell them what you know. You might be a perfect fit but you might be missing the particular skills they're looking for.
Is a possible rise in sea level of greater concern than a possible die-off[sic] of a huge swath of sea life? Not sure, thus my question.
I'm also not sure how you extrapolated "denier" or "not happening" from "how would we know" i.e. "what evidence is there of similar past events and how would such evidence inform us?"
People will believe something because they want it to be true, or because they're afraid it is true. This holds in spite of evidence to the contrary or the absence of any corroborating data.
Doubly unfortunate is that assertions like this ask the accusee to prove a negative, knowing full well that proving it would necessarily reveal source code and/or trade secrets and/or secret agreements with governments.
How do you think torture sessions go? Do you think it's multiple choice? Or even simple yes/no? "Hi Mr. Terrorist, Sir. We heard Jamiya Islamia was going to bomb Atlanta. Is this true?" No. Most of the guys doing the interrogation have some studies (formal or informal) in psychology. They know better than to ask leading questions. "You are planning to bomb Atlanta, right? ANSWER OR WE CUT ANOTHER FINGER OFF!" Well, duh: "YES YES I AM PLEASE DON"T KILL ME!" Morons.
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Disingenuous at best. There's a big difference between confirming suspected intel and turning a prisoner into propaganda. There is also a tremendous gulf between broadly applied and completely opportunistic use of it and the "graded escalation" the US goes through before utilizing distasteful tools. Of course, such fine distinctions aren't exactly helpful to The Cause, are they?
Any of the available series by David Weber, David Drake, John Ringo, Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey and probably a bunch of others I forgot to mention. Mostly Sci-Fi, adventure/fantasy and military leaning stuff.
As for other stuff...
Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky and A Fire Upon the Deep are good harder sci-fi novels.
Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule series is excellent fantasy adventure.
Brad Thor's Lions of Lucerne starts a good military series.
Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series is also a good one.
If people think their own government security/spy agencies aren't hacking (or coercing their way) into their own (non-US) infrastructure, then that's more a statement about their own gullibility than those mean, nasty Americans and their dastardly Patriot Act.
It's interesting to me how certain people think having the world controlled by a few corporations is bad, but don't think having their political party in control of everything is bad as well.
"But when WE take control, things will change for the better. We will run things in a truly benevolent, populist manner! No, really. Honest. Scout's Honor..."
There are a raft of apps I use daily that aren't available on WebOS (Netflix, several games, my gas mileage app, etc.).
Also, the last time I had a crash on my Android phone was me doing something I shouldn't have been a few weeks ago. And I've _never_ had any audio issues. Sounds like you bought shit hardware. That's on you and the OEM, not the OS.
Of course, to be fair, I've never had any crashes or audio issues on WebOS OR Android./shrug
What else could explain the vast disparity in incomes between the super rich and the poor? This situation appears to be in dire need of legislation to resolve these egregious inequities.
A year from now, I wonder how many aspects of this will be abused by the FCC to the detriment of businesses or practices they just happen to disagree with, politically or otherwise.
IF a target is a unique type of vehicle that can be easily identified by target recognition software that _already_ does this for normal pilots AND said target is within a set of coordinates that are known to only contain hostile vehicles of that type, THEN kill it, otherwise seek human double-check and weapons release confirmation.
If a target is in an area known to not contain friendlies and is detected firing a missile or weapon (like an AA gun for example), then kill it.
If there are friendlies or non-combatants anywhere NEAR being "danger close," then require human double-check and weapons release confirmation.
And a zillion other parameters that all must be satisfied before servicing the "target."
You people act like they're going to just send 'em out to kill anything that moves. I'd argue that these things, with the assistance/confirmation/guidance real-time of educated people who know what they're looking at in the sensors and can see the battlefield "data" from a god's-eye view, we will actually REDUCE the number of friendly-fire or collateral damage incidents versus all-human situations. Computers don't get tired. Humans in an air-conditioned bunker drinking a cup of coffee aren't under stress to make a decision before they get shot out of the sky.
Seriously. Think before you post these invalid-or-negatively-slanted-editorials posing as food for thought.
What does this dude have against Google? Does he know something nobody else does? From the bottom of his article:
"I think there's a lot we can do...it's not the operating system, it's the ecosystem...so we think we can find a way to differentiate to add value, but at the same time leverage our partners, Google and Microsoft, since we have such a great relationship with them," Chou told Dow Jones Newsires during an interview.
Anyone who doesn't think we're going to see crashes with a new (semi)autonomous driving system is delusional or being obtuse. If one crash becomes some sensational national news story, one has to wonder why.
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It's interesting to me that we don't employ something like a keyfob that generates a code or a code texted to your cell phone, then combine that with a reasonable password. That way, it doesn't matter if your password gets guessed or compromised: the guesser/compromiser still needs the code from your text/keyfob.
I realize it isn't infallible but it would seem to be a very easy next step that would add a significant barrier to the vast majority of criminal methods in use today.
While I realize there may be some outrage over the "overconfident" label, it does make sense in terms of learned behavior. More specifically, Windows users have known malware has been rampant for so long that:
A) they're used to having to use antivirus, firewalls and other "security" type apps
B) Windows has steadily improved its built-in firewall and anti-trojan features to combat real and perceived vulnerability
C) Windows-based PC OEMs and system builders install anti-virus by default and have for quite some time now.
I can't say whether Macs get a/v software by default but despite our joking about macs not being susceptible to malware, that view is held by far too many mac users. While it might be true statistically speaking relative to Windows, it is unhelpful in being a rightfully vigilant denizen of this wretched hive of scum and villainy we call the Internet.
1) Accuse high-visibility company of using HUGE amounts of x resource. ...
2) Observe company admitting exactly how much they DO use.
3) Reveal WAG in original claim and propose new claim that real number is still ludicrously high.
4)
5) PROFIT!!!
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Fry's (and other places, I'm sure) has shoebox PCs running low-power CPUs for about what you pay for a good external USB drive. Pick up a big drive and some RAM for it, install LAMP and BackupPC and then have it backup your other computers on your home LAN. Nice thing is that it has deduplication and uses rsync, so there are clients that work on Win, Mac and Linux.
Having been in Southeast Texas for about 24 years, I must concur.
> Of course...people who can't find jobs are not content to just die. They absolutely will turn to crime instead, where they will either:
>
> a) take your wealth from you by stealing it, to your detriment, or
> b) receive free food and clothing, paid by your tax dollars, in jail.
(B) is redundant in your example, albeit hard to explain to certain sectors of the public.
Software Test Engineer is NOT a subset of Software Engineer.
Just be honest in the interview. If they ASK you to guess, then guess. Otherwise, just tell them what you know. You might be a perfect fit but you might be missing the particular skills they're looking for.
Is a possible rise in sea level of greater concern than a possible die-off[sic] of a huge swath of sea life? Not sure, thus my question.
I'm also not sure how you extrapolated "denier" or "not happening" from "how would we know" i.e. "what evidence is there of similar past events and how would such evidence inform us?"
Note the large, friendly letters.
Question seems to be, has this ever happened before? If it has, how would we know?
People will believe something because they want it to be true, or because they're afraid it is true. This holds in spite of evidence to the contrary or the absence of any corroborating data.
Doubly unfortunate is that assertions like this ask the accusee to prove a negative, knowing full well that proving it would necessarily reveal source code and/or trade secrets and/or secret agreements with governments.
How do you think torture sessions go? Do you think it's multiple choice? Or even simple yes/no? "Hi Mr. Terrorist, Sir. We heard Jamiya Islamia was going to bomb Atlanta. Is this true?" No. Most of the guys doing the interrogation have some studies (formal or informal) in psychology. They know better than to ask leading questions. "You are planning to bomb Atlanta, right? ANSWER OR WE CUT ANOTHER FINGER OFF!" Well, duh: "YES YES I AM PLEASE DON"T KILL ME!" Morons.
Disingenuous at best. There's a big difference between confirming suspected intel and turning a prisoner into propaganda. There is also a tremendous gulf between broadly applied and completely opportunistic use of it and the "graded escalation" the US goes through before utilizing distasteful tools. Of course, such fine distinctions aren't exactly helpful to The Cause, are they?
http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/
Any of the available series by David Weber, David Drake, John Ringo, Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey and probably a bunch of others I forgot to mention. Mostly Sci-Fi, adventure/fantasy and military leaning stuff.
As for other stuff...
Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky and A Fire Upon the Deep are good harder sci-fi novels.
Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule series is excellent fantasy adventure.
Brad Thor's Lions of Lucerne starts a good military series.
Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series is also a good one.
If people think their own government security/spy agencies aren't hacking (or coercing their way) into their own (non-US) infrastructure, then that's more a statement about their own gullibility than those mean, nasty Americans and their dastardly Patriot Act.
Dear AC,
The comma goes inside the quotes.
Sincerely hoping you don't breed,
The Rest of the English-Speaking World
It's interesting to me how certain people think having the world controlled by a few corporations is bad, but don't think having their political party in control of everything is bad as well.
"But when WE take control, things will change for the better. We will run things in a truly benevolent, populist manner! No, really. Honest. Scout's Honor..."
There are a raft of apps I use daily that aren't available on WebOS (Netflix, several games, my gas mileage app, etc.).
Also, the last time I had a crash on my Android phone was me doing something I shouldn't have been a few weeks ago. And I've _never_ had any audio issues. Sounds like you bought shit hardware. That's on you and the OEM, not the OS.
Of course, to be fair, I've never had any crashes or audio issues on WebOS OR Android. /shrug
The problem is that there are more in every government that can be (and are) bought by the media conglomerates.
What else could explain the vast disparity in incomes between the super rich and the poor? This situation appears to be in dire need of legislation to resolve these egregious inequities.
*cough*
Sorry, bit of a hairball, there.
A year from now, I wonder how many aspects of this will be abused by the FCC to the detriment of businesses or practices they just happen to disagree with, politically or otherwise.
Examples:
IF a target is a unique type of vehicle that can be easily identified by target recognition software that _already_ does this for normal pilots AND said target is within a set of coordinates that are known to only contain hostile vehicles of that type, THEN kill it, otherwise seek human double-check and weapons release confirmation.
If a target is in an area known to not contain friendlies and is detected firing a missile or weapon (like an AA gun for example), then kill it.
If there are friendlies or non-combatants anywhere NEAR being "danger close," then require human double-check and weapons release confirmation.
And a zillion other parameters that all must be satisfied before servicing the "target."
You people act like they're going to just send 'em out to kill anything that moves. I'd argue that these things, with the assistance/confirmation/guidance real-time of educated people who know what they're looking at in the sensors and can see the battlefield "data" from a god's-eye view, we will actually REDUCE the number of friendly-fire or collateral damage incidents versus all-human situations. Computers don't get tired. Humans in an air-conditioned bunker drinking a cup of coffee aren't under stress to make a decision before they get shot out of the sky.
Seriously. Think before you post these invalid-or-negatively-slanted-editorials posing as food for thought.
What does this dude have against Google? Does he know something nobody else does? From the bottom of his article:
Where's this "needling Google" Kevin alludes to?
If I have to have a connection every time I launch the game, that's just as bad as needing it constantly.
Result: cannot play on laptop while in the car traveling.
End result: no sale.
Anyone who doesn't think we're going to see crashes with a new (semi)autonomous driving system is delusional or being obtuse. If one crash becomes some sensational national news story, one has to wonder why.