That's the real question. It's great that can't make any more of the stuff, but I'll bet they have enough to kill just about everyone in the country left hidden.
The early '90s, when Amiga and Atari went out of business? I bet Apple regrets not copying their business models. I loved my Amiga but Commodore were utterly delusional if they thought they were competitive at that time.
Hardware != business model. Amiga's were superior in many ways. It was the way they were marketed and the way the company was managed that did them in.
I have friends in India, Bangladesh, Africa, Thailand, Indonesia who sell phones, and they tell me that, for every one Nokia smartphone that they sell, they sell 8 Nokia non-Smartphones.
Nokia's offerings in many 3rd world countries are largely comprise of very cheap cellphones, selling as cheap as 15 euro (or about 20 USD) a pop.
None of those phones has Windows installed on them.
The stat specifically says smartphones, not all phones.
I'm not a millennial, but I am familiar with computer system security, and while I don't have a security clearance, I do have a clean record which makes it possible to get one. Perhaps raytheon et al are simply expecting too much for too little pay. They're not going to find BS degree'd, clean cut 20 somethings with no criminal record if they insist on offering $12/hr wages. That mythical 22 year old working 22 hours a day for 22k a year doesn't exist.
The employees are out there but they cannot work for chinese slave labor wages, nor do they want that lifestyle.
Did you bother to even glance at TFA?
The pay is actually pretty good. A Semper Secure survey found that workers in cybersecurity were pulling down an average of $116,000 a year. Given that job prospects are otherwise exceedingly grim for young folks, why aren’t they all packing lecture halls on Cisco Systems?
I work in IT security. It pays very very well and,pun intended, is a very secure job if you're good at it.
That's a common misconception. I am in the IT security field, a senior network security engineer and consultant. I'm well steeped in the business, and I will tell you that you're wrong. I'm not drawing from mainstream media. I live it daily. I'm one of the guys who helps try to protect organizations from the black hats. Social engineering is every bit as much a part of what is known as 'hacking' (I hate the term btw, but it is what is is) as are active attacks, malware, and botnets.
I take it you aren't in the security field then, because social engineering is widely regarded as form of hacking. Saying that it isn't so doesn't change that one bit.
It most certainly is. In fact, social engineering is quite often used by hackers. Sometimes they use it in conjunction with malicious code, sometimes they don't have to.
Could it be that Slashdot is rasist as fuck against a black president? No, it couldn't be that.
Grow up.
That isn't even a good troll. Crying 'racism' at any criticism of Obama is actually in and of itself racist. He gets plenty of criticism for his actions, not so much the color of his skin. You're the one who really should consider growing up.
Yeah, the thing seems horribly overhyped, and it still doesn't seem to be showing the kind of results already achieved with tokamaks, e.g. JET producing 5MW to 16MW fusion output power from 24MW input power for 5s. Why is the US so interested in the laser-pumped fusion approach used at NIF? UK gave up on it ages ago. There's got to be some motivation other than power generation technology. Is NIF more suitable for weapons research or something?
My guess is you're being very perceptive and this approach is about weaponization, not power production per se.
What exactly is relevant about Hurd now? The OS landscape has changed and people have moved on. This is really a non-story, aside from the humor value.
They are massless, but they are still affected by the curvature of space, which according to relativity is the actual 'cause' of gravity. The space at the event horizon is curved such that not even photons can escape.
You really don't get it do you? It is the NSA. They are in the business of stealing information. It is quite possible that they have stolen keys. You also need to stop claiming you are the only person who understands SSL. You are not, and the points people have made about how it could be compromised, including the ones I've made, are perfectly valid. You're either stubborn beyond belief, a troll, or an NSA shill. You pick which.
Yes, and of course there is no way the NSA has gotten a hold of root certs. Please. I know how SSL works and how it can be compromised. I've been doing security for a long time and have been very successful. All it would take would be for them to have access to the certs, and we've already found out that they have leaned on companies to help them with various backdoors. I'm not saying it is certain. I'm saying it is quite possible that they can compromise it.
I understand how it works, and there are plenty of devices that do exactly that with SSL traffic. If they can intercept the traffic and have compromised the certificates, which is certainly possible if not definite, they can decrypt it without the user ever knowing. There are even commercial devices that do exactly that.
Not to mention that the NSA probably has backdoors at most major ISP's and can man-in-the-middle decrypt anything they want. As another poster said, it's more or less over.
He's not necessarily a moron. He's just a fanboi. To so many deluded people Apple is akin to religion, and like the Church is to a fanatic can do no wrong.
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That's the real question. It's great that can't make any more of the stuff, but I'll bet they have enough to kill just about everyone in the country left hidden.
The early '90s, when Amiga and Atari went out of business? I bet Apple regrets not copying their business models. I loved my Amiga but Commodore were utterly delusional if they thought they were competitive at that time.
Hardware != business model. Amiga's were superior in many ways. It was the way they were marketed and the way the company was managed that did them in.
I believe that the stat is skewed.
I have friends in India, Bangladesh, Africa, Thailand, Indonesia who sell phones, and they tell me that, for every one Nokia smartphone that they sell, they sell 8 Nokia non-Smartphones.
Nokia's offerings in many 3rd world countries are largely comprise of very cheap cellphones, selling as cheap as 15 euro (or about 20 USD) a pop.
None of those phones has Windows installed on them.
The stat specifically says smartphones, not all phones.
Not to mention the editors don't do any editing.
I'm not a millennial, but I am familiar with computer system security, and while I don't have a security clearance, I do have a clean record which makes it possible to get one. Perhaps raytheon et al are simply expecting too much for too little pay. They're not going to find BS degree'd, clean cut 20 somethings with no criminal record if they insist on offering $12/hr wages. That mythical 22 year old working 22 hours a day for 22k a year doesn't exist.
The employees are out there but they cannot work for chinese slave labor wages, nor do they want that lifestyle.
Did you bother to even glance at TFA?
The pay is actually pretty good. A Semper Secure survey found that workers in cybersecurity were pulling down an average of $116,000 a year. Given that job prospects are otherwise exceedingly grim for young folks, why aren’t they all packing lecture halls on Cisco Systems?
I work in IT security. It pays very very well and ,pun intended, is a very secure job if you're good at it.
That's a common misconception. I am in the IT security field, a senior network security engineer and consultant. I'm well steeped in the business, and I will tell you that you're wrong. I'm not drawing from mainstream media. I live it daily. I'm one of the guys who helps try to protect organizations from the black hats. Social engineering is every bit as much a part of what is known as 'hacking' (I hate the term btw, but it is what is is) as are active attacks, malware, and botnets.
I take it you aren't in the security field then, because social engineering is widely regarded as form of hacking. Saying that it isn't so doesn't change that one bit.
It most certainly is. In fact, social engineering is quite often used by hackers. Sometimes they use it in conjunction with malicious code, sometimes they don't have to.
I think you mean De Beers is launching a space program...
Could it be that Slashdot is rasist as fuck against a black president? No, it couldn't be that.
Grow up.
That isn't even a good troll. Crying 'racism' at any criticism of Obama is actually in and of itself racist. He gets plenty of criticism for his actions, not so much the color of his skin. You're the one who really should consider growing up.
Yeah, the thing seems horribly overhyped, and it still doesn't seem to be showing the kind of results already achieved with tokamaks, e.g. JET producing 5MW to 16MW fusion output power from 24MW input power for 5s. Why is the US so interested in the laser-pumped fusion approach used at NIF? UK gave up on it ages ago. There's got to be some motivation other than power generation technology. Is NIF more suitable for weapons research or something?
My guess is you're being very perceptive and this approach is about weaponization, not power production per se.
Except it's been done already. It's cool that they are still chasing their dream, but it's hardly newsworthy now and not stuff that matters.
It could have been relevant, once. That was a long time ago thought.
What exactly is relevant about Hurd now? The OS landscape has changed and people have moved on. This is really a non-story, aside from the humor value.
They are massless, but they are still affected by the curvature of space, which according to relativity is the actual 'cause' of gravity. The space at the event horizon is curved such that not even photons can escape.
You really don't get it do you? It is the NSA. They are in the business of stealing information. It is quite possible that they have stolen keys. You also need to stop claiming you are the only person who understands SSL. You are not, and the points people have made about how it could be compromised, including the ones I've made, are perfectly valid. You're either stubborn beyond belief, a troll, or an NSA shill. You pick which.
I'm pretty sure it was a speed of light violation. We should announce to the rest of the world this marvelous discovery.
I agree. It's obvious that someone has invented a way to transmit packets faster than light, so they are in transit before they are even transmitted!
Yes, and of course there is no way the NSA has gotten a hold of root certs. Please. I know how SSL works and how it can be compromised. I've been doing security for a long time and have been very successful. All it would take would be for them to have access to the certs, and we've already found out that they have leaned on companies to help them with various backdoors. I'm not saying it is certain. I'm saying it is quite possible that they can compromise it.
I understand how it works, and there are plenty of devices that do exactly that with SSL traffic. If they can intercept the traffic and have compromised the certificates, which is certainly possible if not definite, they can decrypt it without the user ever knowing. There are even commercial devices that do exactly that.
Not to mention that the NSA probably has backdoors at most major ISP's and can man-in-the-middle decrypt anything they want. As another poster said, it's more or less over.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Good thing this doesn't happen with Google devotees (in the name of Brin the Blessed, may he live forever).
It happens with devotees of most things. It's generally always deluded. Like most religious people are.
If you have a multi-core PC with a modern GPU you basically have a super-computing cluster from a decade ago.
The Internet should be slightly expanded HTML1 and CGI as far as I'm concerned.
"No one will need more than 637 kB of memory for a personal computer..."
Apples and oranges. Having more RAM doesn't create a huge security risk like running code in a browser does.
He's not necessarily a moron. He's just a fanboi. To so many deluded people Apple is akin to religion, and like the Church is to a fanatic can do no wrong.