Re:Does anyone know if this leads to a soft-hack
on
Hardware TPM Hacked
·
· Score: 1
Given that the first step in the hack is removing the chip and dissolving its outer casing in acid, I'm guessing this isn't likely to admit a purely software exploit.
Because Windows 2000 is 10 years old, XP is 9 years old. 10.4 was still being shipped on new computers less than three years ago. And some of these computers don't even have an upgrade path: Apple no longer sells Leopard, and do not support the older hardware in Snow Leopard. So basically, if you have a G4 Mac... you're fucked. Time to buy a new Mac!
I wouldn't necessarily say it's a different pace. Apple just doesn't care about backwards compatibility in the slightest and likes to push its users into upgrades, whereas Microsoft commits to long (10+ year) support cycles. Each strategy has its advantages and disadvantages... but this is why Windows will never be as consistent an experience as OS X, and why Apple will never find serious traction in the business sector.
I don't think that's quite accurate. XP to Vista was a huge change, much more than any 10.x jump I know of. The difference is Apple doesn't care about breaking backward compatibility, whereas Microsoft goes out of their way to keep old software running (even to the extent of emulating old bugs when it detects older software).
At the end of the day, the choice is Mozilla's... but Apple doesn't go out of their way to make it easy.
You're very right, and that's sad. If you don't think/. is full of luddites, just look at the reaction to any new piece of technology. Half the comments will be moaning about it and complaining that the old way is better.
My understanding is there are certain limitations to the old Live service, specifically the number of friends. By deprecating the old service they can remove those limitations and let people have more than 100 people on their live friends lists.
Are you fucking kidding me? I work in the industry that tftp describes and believe me... John Carmack is smart, but we are smarter. And we've been studying this stuff for a lot longer.
You really don't understand the enormous complexity, and the enormous progress already made, if you think one clever programmer is going to make any difference whatsoever.
Of course real-world testing is necessary. But design is an iterative process. Without modern design tools, you may have to build and test orders of magnitude more prototypes before you get a working part.
Stop being so credulous. Part of Project Constellation was the development of a new heavy-lift rocket: Ares V. That's one of the things Obama's cancelling.
That's because Keynesian stimulus is stupid. Remember the 90s and one of the biggest economic booms in history? Remember how that suspiciously coincided with fiscal responsibility and government repayment of debt? Politicians loves Keynes because it gives them excuses to funnel as much pork as they want, without having to come up with the barest justification.
As for his major fight, don't make me laugh. He's killing the one program that practically everybody agrees with, in a 'major fight' against a party that has barely any political control whatsoever? Give me a fucking break. This is something he said he'd do in his campaign. You don't get to blame this on the Republicans.
The iPhone was successful as a new platform because it was a phone. A lot of people got iPhones initially because it was a phone + iPod. That, and a certain amount of Apple fanboyism was enough. The question is, is the iPad going to be compelling enough to get the same kind of traction as the iPhone did? And from what I'm seeing on the internet, the early adopters are not impressed.
The ISS produces an ENORMOUS amount of knowledge. The ISS teaches us how to survive, mostly autonomously, in space for extended periods of time. Every unexpected problem that has arisen and been solved, is one step forward. It's essential if we ever want to send people on long-duration missions to Mars or beyond.
It's like saying undergraduate degrees are worthless because they produce little valuable science. Of course they don't. But how many scientists don't have one? I wonder why that is.
He's not cancelling 'the return to the moon,' he's cancelling Project Constellation. No return to the moon is just one side effect... Constellation was everything. With the Space Shuttles on the verge of retirement, Constellation was NASA's future manned space flight program. This isn't just the moon. And don't think this will be a small delay either. If this goes ahead, and the knowledge and experience is lost, it will take years to recover from. So unless Congress steps in (which isn't unlikely), Obama will be the President that ended America as a space-faring nation.
Ironic, given how much commentators liked to compare him to JFK back in the campaign. Kennedy had foresight.
Democrats will fight to get that money put back, and we'll see if Obama gets any credit for actually trying to save money. Unfortunately, while talk of deficit reduction is always popular, actual spending cuts are always portrayed as apocalyptic by those affected.
It's hard to take that point seriously less than 12 months after a trillion dollar 'stimulus.'
Yes. Constellation wasn't just the moon. It was the next generation of NASA rockets for human spaceflight. If Constellation is cancelled, this isn't just the end of the moon. It's the end of Mars too. Hell, it's the end of America's manned spaceflight program in general.
So? What's the problem with using motors designed originally under contract for the government? It's great that SpaceX have accomplished what they did, but would the expertise and knowledge that they relied upon exist, had the government not contracted for the development of rockets like Titan and Atlas?
The government is one of the biggest customers, and one of the few organizations able to front the enormous R&D cost of such items. But now that the R&D has been done, let the commercial sector do the boring work and let NASA start looking at grander ventures.
Slashdot Mirror
Given that the first step in the hack is removing the chip and dissolving its outer casing in acid, I'm guessing this isn't likely to admit a purely software exploit.
In other words, RTFA.
Who knows, but if Verizon Wireless is doing it, that might be enough to get out of your contract without paying the ETF.
Because Windows 2000 is 10 years old, XP is 9 years old. 10.4 was still being shipped on new computers less than three years ago. And some of these computers don't even have an upgrade path: Apple no longer sells Leopard, and do not support the older hardware in Snow Leopard. So basically, if you have a G4 Mac... you're fucked. Time to buy a new Mac!
I wouldn't necessarily say it's a different pace. Apple just doesn't care about backwards compatibility in the slightest and likes to push its users into upgrades, whereas Microsoft commits to long (10+ year) support cycles. Each strategy has its advantages and disadvantages... but this is why Windows will never be as consistent an experience as OS X, and why Apple will never find serious traction in the business sector.
I don't think that's quite accurate. XP to Vista was a huge change, much more than any 10.x jump I know of. The difference is Apple doesn't care about breaking backward compatibility, whereas Microsoft goes out of their way to keep old software running (even to the extent of emulating old bugs when it detects older software).
At the end of the day, the choice is Mozilla's... but Apple doesn't go out of their way to make it easy.
You're very right, and that's sad. If you don't think /. is full of luddites, just look at the reaction to any new piece of technology. Half the comments will be moaning about it and complaining that the old way is better.
My understanding is there are certain limitations to the old Live service, specifically the number of friends. By deprecating the old service they can remove those limitations and let people have more than 100 people on their live friends lists.
Mordin Solus is the best character, definitely.
"I am the very model of a scientist salarian."
Are you fucking kidding me? I work in the industry that tftp describes and believe me... John Carmack is smart, but we are smarter. And we've been studying this stuff for a lot longer.
You really don't understand the enormous complexity, and the enormous progress already made, if you think one clever programmer is going to make any difference whatsoever.
Of course real-world testing is necessary. But design is an iterative process. Without modern design tools, you may have to build and test orders of magnitude more prototypes before you get a working part.
-1 Factually Incorrect.
Windows Mobile is vastly more open than the iPhone, and it's been around a lot longer.
More like a mix of DHS and the Justice Department.
The iPad needs to be released, and be wildly successful, before we start talking about 'iPad-killers.'
Stop being so credulous. Part of Project Constellation was the development of a new heavy-lift rocket: Ares V. That's one of the things Obama's cancelling.
That's because Keynesian stimulus is stupid. Remember the 90s and one of the biggest economic booms in history? Remember how that suspiciously coincided with fiscal responsibility and government repayment of debt? Politicians loves Keynes because it gives them excuses to funnel as much pork as they want, without having to come up with the barest justification.
As for his major fight, don't make me laugh. He's killing the one program that practically everybody agrees with, in a 'major fight' against a party that has barely any political control whatsoever? Give me a fucking break. This is something he said he'd do in his campaign. You don't get to blame this on the Republicans.
The iPhone was successful as a new platform because it was a phone. A lot of people got iPhones initially because it was a phone + iPod. That, and a certain amount of Apple fanboyism was enough. The question is, is the iPad going to be compelling enough to get the same kind of traction as the iPhone did? And from what I'm seeing on the internet, the early adopters are not impressed.
Here you go: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1100/1
The ISS produces an ENORMOUS amount of knowledge. The ISS teaches us how to survive, mostly autonomously, in space for extended periods of time. Every unexpected problem that has arisen and been solved, is one step forward. It's essential if we ever want to send people on long-duration missions to Mars or beyond.
It's like saying undergraduate degrees are worthless because they produce little valuable science. Of course they don't. But how many scientists don't have one? I wonder why that is.
No, they will cancel actually developing a heavy-lift rocket, and instead just 'look at' developing a heavy-lift rocket. It's much cheaper.
He's not cancelling 'the return to the moon,' he's cancelling Project Constellation. No return to the moon is just one side effect... Constellation was everything. With the Space Shuttles on the verge of retirement, Constellation was NASA's future manned space flight program. This isn't just the moon. And don't think this will be a small delay either. If this goes ahead, and the knowledge and experience is lost, it will take years to recover from. So unless Congress steps in (which isn't unlikely), Obama will be the President that ended America as a space-faring nation.
Ironic, given how much commentators liked to compare him to JFK back in the campaign. Kennedy had foresight.
Democrats will fight to get that money put back, and we'll see if Obama gets any credit for actually trying to save money. Unfortunately, while talk of deficit reduction is always popular, actual spending cuts are always portrayed as apocalyptic by those affected.
It's hard to take that point seriously less than 12 months after a trillion dollar 'stimulus.'
Yes. Constellation wasn't just the moon. It was the next generation of NASA rockets for human spaceflight. If Constellation is cancelled, this isn't just the end of the moon. It's the end of Mars too. Hell, it's the end of America's manned spaceflight program in general.
Nobody should act surprised. He said he was going to kill Constellation during his original campaign.
Wind is available in Calgary.
So? What's the problem with using motors designed originally under contract for the government? It's great that SpaceX have accomplished what they did, but would the expertise and knowledge that they relied upon exist, had the government not contracted for the development of rockets like Titan and Atlas?
The government is one of the biggest customers, and one of the few organizations able to front the enormous R&D cost of such items. But now that the R&D has been done, let the commercial sector do the boring work and let NASA start looking at grander ventures.