This just sounds really fishy to me. What's the encryption, A Ceaser cypher? The whole point of modern encryption is that the same input renders wildly different outputs. Their is no pattern to speak of. I'm sorry, I'm just not buying it... (figuratively or literally)
Not only must I concur with your answer, I have to wonder about the initial question. Is this flame bait? This question comes up ever other month and it's always a dog pile of distros based on what that particular user does with it. In my mind, the only thing this initial question will ever answer is, "Why Microsoft is still around". Because Linux users can't get their heads, efforts or money behind 2 or 3 versions and let the rest go. As a community, we are like lobsters in an open bucket. As soon as one of us appears to have a hand hold on rising above and getting out, the rest of us grab them and pull them back down. (...and M$ wins again)
Because we all have non-technical family and friends with smartphones and laptops using the same lame password for everything. This is a simple and elegant solution to help them be more secure without feeling imposed upon by "software for techies". (Don't bitch, I've used Password Safe and KeePass. They're simple, but....) It's better than nothing.
"Form follows function" is a principle associated with modernist architecture and industrial design. [ref. Google search] This is a concept Steve Jobs executed with razor like efficiency during his time at the helm of Apple. Sadly, since his departure, Team Apple has only focused on form alone, to their own detriment. This is their decline. This is their fall from grace. This is what defines those with vision and understanding from mere imitators and corporate shills.
...as you were saying Phil.
I believe you are absolutely correct. The visionary's vision has been exceeded by time and circumstances. Apple is now off the edge of Steve Job's map. While I never was a huge fan of Apple or Job's, I will admit that he had the pulse and vision for consumer grade gizmo(s) and those who buy them. Now we are seeing the fumblings and minor missteps of a company who's arc has peaked and who's future is a down hill coast to mediocrity at best. They are Microsoft as it was 10-12 years ago. The "good" ideas are gone and all that is left is marketing and whatever committee beaten product that lands highest on the wall to which it has been thrown.
Agreed! And if not extinct, it would have at least guaranteed their value never eclipsed $24 billion. M$ would have forced it to tile and slide laterally, on every OS version and re-branded it 3 time till settling on the name "FriendFace".
Remember back in the day when law enforcement abided by laws and followed evidence using people called "detectives" to prevent or solve crimes. No wonder reruns of The Shield, Law and order and all those CSI shows don't make sense to my kids.
So after the lawyers are done, no movie (scifi or otherwise) will be allowed to have an "automatic" door due to possible lawsuits. Star Wars, Star Trek, Battleship 3.... Nothing.
As has already been said, I've yet to watch a movie with 3D and thought, 2D just wouldn't have cut it. This whole 3D thing is kind of a dead horse and I'm getting really tired of people kicking it. Secondly, you have to know that they will also build this into the next "gotta-have-it" television/monitor. Where does it end? It's high-def 1080p. No it's curved! Better yet, it's back lit. No, 4k! Oh 4K in 3D!! You know, any more I just want to watch a show/movie that the story doesn't suck. I want the story to draw me in so I am mentally engaged with it. NOT, "I'm watching the equivalent of paint drying". They might have used a really fancy paint sprayer, but it's still paint drying.... (Damn! I must be getting old)
Is it just me, or does it sound like the employee who left used the same password at his new job as the one he gave to Correa for the laptop? As someone who works in InfoSec, I think I've heard something before about reusing passwords and/or sharing them with others before. (look away Bruce Schneier, look away...)
Awwww, poor Microsoft. Perhaps if they had abused their customers more, they'd have made it. Perhaps the next CEO will have the complete disdain for customers needed to make them successful!
Corporate documents like board minutes, tax docs or HR policies would be available or obtainable at any corporations registered headquarters. For Microsoft, they would be available in the US. But non-corporate data, your goods and services, can't be held to that same standard. If Google buys a car in Europe and it is driven there, the US can't mandate the car be shipped to America for inspection. The government has no control over an asset outside of it's borders. The problem is data isn't a physical asset like a widget or cog. (which we have established laws for) So certain branches of the government want to make special laws and rules for it so they can increase their reach/power.
/*Is this really the biggest thing on your "Shit Must Change" list, Linus? Wars, famine, The Kardashians... No, poorly noted comments is your soap box!?! Teeing off like a teenager with Tourettes. Their used to be a reason people over 21 were labeled as "adults" It would be nice if we could all live up to that minor title, Linus. Be an example...*/
Okay, so building a system is hard and expensive?!? But what, buying an iMac is cheap?!? If you want a gaming rig and don't want to figure out part specs, buy an Alienware or Xidax box and game on. This isn't 1970, you don't have to build your own box. (Computers and gaming isn't just for hobbyists.) And if this proves too expensive for you, buy and eMachine and play your dad's copy of Star Craft. (Or you could get a real job and move out of the basement... but stop whining and move on)
Blackberry is once again paying for their lack of vision. They have lost their way and are slowly dying a public death. They are the "Old Yeller" of the tech industry. It is said to see them suffer and we all wish someone would just put them out of their misery.
The issue isn't iPhones, it's iTunes, with 64% of the market (http://www.statista.com/topics/1386/digital-music/). As a market leader, they can't use their position in that or other markets to stifle competition in that area. My point was that it's not yet time to wake the neighbors and preach the evils of Apple. Given time, the law should kick in and take them down a peg and restore balance. If it doesn't, then we should raise the volume of our indignity. Until then it should just be a headline on page 3 that we can skim or pass over. (and yes, that was a retro newspaper reference)
While their are security benefits to Apple's walled garden approach, this is clearly an anti-competitive move by a market giant. Let the system work before we charge off with torches and pitchforks. Spotify will take them to court, where Apple will either settle or a judge should rule against them. If it goes any other way, then it's time to rally up the villagers.
Till then, watch the show. Microsoft had it's turn as the bully and before that IBM and so on and so forth. Companies are going to push as far as they can until someone calls them on it and the laws are allowed to do their job.
Can we not do anything for ourselves anymore. Must every creation or augmentation be about controlling or "protecting" us or protecting someone else from us?!? Within 30 seconds of reading this, I already had a mental list of a dozen ways this could be abused. All of which out-weight any possible value this could add to anyone. Is their nothing left in our lives that we can exert some modicum of control over? What's next? Must my kitchen utensils be internet enabled so they can verify with faties.gov that what I'm attempting to eat is allowed.
Come on people....
No, no they don't. I have spent WAY too many years of my life evangelizing backup solutions. And I can tell you without a moments hesitation, that they do not.
In fact, when computer illiterate people jack their files up with CryptXXX, if you have touched their machine in the last 6 months, it will be your fault. That's how their minds work. It's why they spend hours on Facebook and we have technical job. (and completely misunderstand each other)
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This just sounds really fishy to me. What's the encryption, A Ceaser cypher? The whole point of modern encryption is that the same input renders wildly different outputs. Their is no pattern to speak of. I'm sorry, I'm just not buying it... (figuratively or literally)
Not only must I concur with your answer, I have to wonder about the initial question. Is this flame bait? This question comes up ever other month and it's always a dog pile of distros based on what that particular user does with it. In my mind, the only thing this initial question will ever answer is, "Why Microsoft is still around". Because Linux users can't get their heads, efforts or money behind 2 or 3 versions and let the rest go. As a community, we are like lobsters in an open bucket. As soon as one of us appears to have a hand hold on rising above and getting out, the rest of us grab them and pull them back down. (...and M$ wins again)
Because we all have non-technical family and friends with smartphones and laptops using the same lame password for everything. This is a simple and elegant solution to help them be more secure without feeling imposed upon by "software for techies". (Don't bitch, I've used Password Safe and KeePass. They're simple, but....) It's better than nothing.
"Form follows function" is a principle associated with modernist architecture and industrial design. [ref. Google search] This is a concept Steve Jobs executed with razor like efficiency during his time at the helm of Apple. Sadly, since his departure, Team Apple has only focused on form alone, to their own detriment. This is their decline. This is their fall from grace. This is what defines those with vision and understanding from mere imitators and corporate shills.
...as you were saying Phil.
I believe you are absolutely correct. The visionary's vision has been exceeded by time and circumstances. Apple is now off the edge of Steve Job's map. While I never was a huge fan of Apple or Job's, I will admit that he had the pulse and vision for consumer grade gizmo(s) and those who buy them. Now we are seeing the fumblings and minor missteps of a company who's arc has peaked and who's future is a down hill coast to mediocrity at best. They are Microsoft as it was 10-12 years ago. The "good" ideas are gone and all that is left is marketing and whatever committee beaten product that lands highest on the wall to which it has been thrown.
Agreed! And if not extinct, it would have at least guaranteed their value never eclipsed $24 billion. M$ would have forced it to tile and slide laterally, on every OS version and re-branded it 3 time till settling on the name "FriendFace".
Exactly! This is a prime example of why computers will eventually take all our jobs...
Remember back in the day when law enforcement abided by laws and followed evidence using people called "detectives" to prevent or solve crimes. No wonder reruns of The Shield, Law and order and all those CSI shows don't make sense to my kids.
Looking better with every headline.
So after the lawyers are done, no movie (scifi or otherwise) will be allowed to have an "automatic" door due to possible lawsuits. Star Wars, Star Trek, Battleship 3.... Nothing.
As has already been said, I've yet to watch a movie with 3D and thought, 2D just wouldn't have cut it. This whole 3D thing is kind of a dead horse and I'm getting really tired of people kicking it. Secondly, you have to know that they will also build this into the next "gotta-have-it" television/monitor. Where does it end? It's high-def 1080p. No it's curved! Better yet, it's back lit. No, 4k! Oh 4K in 3D!! You know, any more I just want to watch a show/movie that the story doesn't suck. I want the story to draw me in so I am mentally engaged with it. NOT, "I'm watching the equivalent of paint drying". They might have used a really fancy paint sprayer, but it's still paint drying.... (Damn! I must be getting old)
...which means that laws that don't take fair use into account fail to pass constitutional muster."
AMEN!!
Oh, I agree! Wholeheartedly! That's why I think the default behavior for all browsers should be to block-by-default all but base HTML content.
Click to run should be the standard for all browsers and multimedia plugins. It's just safer that way. (Though advertisers will hate it...)
Is it just me, or does it sound like the employee who left used the same password at his new job as the one he gave to Correa for the laptop? As someone who works in InfoSec, I think I've heard something before about reusing passwords and/or sharing them with others before. (look away Bruce Schneier, look away...)
Awwww, poor Microsoft. Perhaps if they had abused their customers more, they'd have made it. Perhaps the next CEO will have the complete disdain for customers needed to make them successful!
Corporate documents like board minutes, tax docs or HR policies would be available or obtainable at any corporations registered headquarters. For Microsoft, they would be available in the US. But non-corporate data, your goods and services, can't be held to that same standard. If Google buys a car in Europe and it is driven there, the US can't mandate the car be shipped to America for inspection. The government has no control over an asset outside of it's borders. The problem is data isn't a physical asset like a widget or cog. (which we have established laws for) So certain branches of the government want to make special laws and rules for it so they can increase their reach/power.
Card played... ...and I think we've got aces and eights.
/*Is this really the biggest thing on your "Shit Must Change" list, Linus? Wars, famine, The Kardashians... No, poorly noted comments is your soap box!?! Teeing off like a teenager with Tourettes. Their used to be a reason people over 21 were labeled as "adults" It would be nice if we could all live up to that minor title, Linus. Be an example...*/
Okay, so building a system is hard and expensive?!? But what, buying an iMac is cheap?!? If you want a gaming rig and don't want to figure out part specs, buy an Alienware or Xidax box and game on. This isn't 1970, you don't have to build your own box. (Computers and gaming isn't just for hobbyists.) And if this proves too expensive for you, buy and eMachine and play your dad's copy of Star Craft. (Or you could get a real job and move out of the basement... but stop whining and move on)
Blackberry is once again paying for their lack of vision. They have lost their way and are slowly dying a public death. They are the "Old Yeller" of the tech industry. It is said to see them suffer and we all wish someone would just put them out of their misery.
The issue isn't iPhones, it's iTunes, with 64% of the market (http://www.statista.com/topics/1386/digital-music/). As a market leader, they can't use their position in that or other markets to stifle competition in that area. My point was that it's not yet time to wake the neighbors and preach the evils of Apple. Given time, the law should kick in and take them down a peg and restore balance. If it doesn't, then we should raise the volume of our indignity. Until then it should just be a headline on page 3 that we can skim or pass over. (and yes, that was a retro newspaper reference)
While their are security benefits to Apple's walled garden approach, this is clearly an anti-competitive move by a market giant. Let the system work before we charge off with torches and pitchforks. Spotify will take them to court, where Apple will either settle or a judge should rule against them. If it goes any other way, then it's time to rally up the villagers. Till then, watch the show. Microsoft had it's turn as the bully and before that IBM and so on and so forth. Companies are going to push as far as they can until someone calls them on it and the laws are allowed to do their job.
Can we not do anything for ourselves anymore. Must every creation or augmentation be about controlling or "protecting" us or protecting someone else from us?!? Within 30 seconds of reading this, I already had a mental list of a dozen ways this could be abused. All of which out-weight any possible value this could add to anyone. Is their nothing left in our lives that we can exert some modicum of control over? What's next? Must my kitchen utensils be internet enabled so they can verify with faties.gov that what I'm attempting to eat is allowed. Come on people....
No, no they don't. I have spent WAY too many years of my life evangelizing backup solutions. And I can tell you without a moments hesitation, that they do not. In fact, when computer illiterate people jack their files up with CryptXXX, if you have touched their machine in the last 6 months, it will be your fault. That's how their minds work. It's why they spend hours on Facebook and we have technical job. (and completely misunderstand each other)