Supposedly, the exploit works on the 5c, but wouldn't work on the 6. It should not be that hard for Apple to check the design history to see what holes they plugged between those designs.
Apple pretty much has to cooperate with the governments of places where it wants to do business. That is why they keep trying to make a phone that even they can't hack. A government can demand anything it likes, but they can't make Apple do the impossible.
If you are worried about your data getting out, it pays to find out which features to turn off and which to turn on to protect yourself. Apple is just an electronics company.
Good point. And if the aliens use digital communication (maybe with a bit of encryption and DRM on top of it:p), it will only show up as noise after analog conversion.
Even digital data uses a carrier wave.
The problem with this idea is that the human brain does not react well to large amounts of negative data. Eventually, the mental "squelch" of the viewer will drop to the point where they will see a pattern whether one exists or not.
I could see sending flagged data to humans, but this project is in "real-time". I think this is just a publicity gimmick.
I once had a game on my Mac called "Victory at Sea" (pre-OSX days). The game was buggy as hell, but the game was researched by Jim Dunnigan and Albert Nofi. They created a book of the same name from the research they had assembled.
Great research, crappy game (because it was unplayable).
I remember when someone spammed ads in the groups. There was a huge uproar over the notion that someone would attempt to use the Internet for commercial purposes.
Hold the phone! If he can't program, he shouldn't be designing the entire system! I can't imagine anyone would ever hire an architect with no development experience.
I would suggest the Business Analyst role. You can use what you have learned to help develop clear and complete requirements. This is probably the most important aspect of a project, but it doesn't get much attention.
I have recently realized that I may be at the limit of my potential career growth because I don't want to get into management. I am currently changing jobs to get back into actual development as my current position has become more about holding meetings and determining schedules than development.
I just can't get used to the idea that I can't just fix things myself.
By working in IT, a computer scientist devalues the entire discipline. These now all too common help wanted ads are as absurd and anathema as a "Wanted: nurses assistant. M.D. REQUIRED." How about you stop dicking around and get SOMETHING done!
Mostly because I don't want to live in India. But, if it makes you feel better, I have managed to get back into the architect role. It is just getting a little hairy staying technical when all the jobs are going overseas.
BTW, you are right. Working in IT is like turning tricks on the corner. You may get the bills paid, but you are not going to feel good about it.
Probably the best impact that a certification has on the industry is that it indicates a certain base level of core competence. Unfortunately software development is one area where someone can make something "mostly" work. In any given language you can probably make something that takes the required input and generates the desired output. The key is to make an application that is stable, efficient, and flexible. It is very difficult for non-programmers to know when an application has met those standards, so someone could have been in the industry for 15 years and still be a complete idiot. Their employers may not have realized that the guy needed to be fired.
For example: I had to rework part of an application that purged files from a Windows directory when an account had been closed for a certain period of time. The application was set to run at night because it could take between three to six hours to run. When I looked at the code, the developer was comparing every account to be purged against every directory in the repository. When he found a match he would delete the directory and continue comparing against the rest of the directories (thousands of directories). So, he had two problems; he wasn't exiting the loop after finding the match and more importantly he didn't realize that he could just attempt to delete the directory without searching since he knew the path. When I reworked the app it would finish in three minutes. The guy who wrote it was the technical lead who had hired me.
BTW, I have no certifications (other than a BSCS).
Of, if you want something more applicable to the real world, solve the clients REAL problem on time and on budget with a system that is secure, flexible, and maintainable.
Unfortunately, Software Engineering has become as much about management as technology. Coding is often the realm of the off-shore help. This sucks for me, I like coding.
Required skills for a Software Engineer: 1. Ability to see past the given requirements to the real requirements. 2. Ability to convince management to incorporate quality and design standards from the beginning (possibly costing time and money in the short term). 3. Ability to achieve some semblance of quality when above fails. 4. Ability to manage people who are half a world away, are on a completely different time schedule, and who communicate differently.
Holly: Look, we're travelling faster than the speed of light. That means, by the time we see something, we've already passed through it. Even with an IQ of 6000, it's still brown trousers time.
I've read that the CIA used a similar approach to predict the location of a soviet Gulf II sub which was lost in the Pacific. I guess the resulting predictions were pretty darn close.
They said his ideas where old. If that is the literal truth, then Goggle probably did the right thing. The article also states that his co-workers thought he was a fuddy-duddy (stupid phrase), so it may be that he just didn't fit the culture.
I am getting to be one of the older employees of the places I work, but I come in with fresh ideas and I challenge the status quo. I don't care how old someone is, if they stop believing that things can be better they become useless.
I am currently in grad school for Software Engineering and it has become painfully apparent that the undergraduate programs in India focus on how many degrees they can issue and not the quality of the graduates. The grad students from India seem to expect to school to accommodate then in a hundred way to ensure that they get a good grade. I have been shocked and embarrassed by having classmates ask to delay an assignment due date because they will be too busy studying for a test to complete the assignment. I am pretty sure I would have lost a letter grade just for asking such a thing as an undergraduate. I also had the displeasure of evaluating a paper from a group students from India. I would never have expected a graduate level paper to be a book report reviewing what we just covered in class. Pathetic!
I am guessing that these drones can handle a lot of the flying on their own, with humans involved in targeting and weapon firing. Otherwise, that latency over satellite is going to get real expensive!
"J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Survey taken last year, the H2 ranked near the bottom. The biggest gripe: While no one bought a Hummer for the sake of its thrifty gas mileage, its 11 to 13 miles per gallon was even worse than expected."
I've known that it had a "non-replaceable" battery for months now. It was mentioned in just about every analysis article on the iPhone since it was announced. This program is pretty similar to replacing an iPod battery. So, how is this Apple pulling one over on the consumers.
This reminds me of the Hummer owners who get all pissy about the low gas mileage.
I read in an illustrated book how this big guy with an S on his shirt turned coal into a diamond by holding the coal and merely pressing his hands together.
I saw someone do that in a documentary. I think this guy ran a vocational rehabilitation program for people with a genetic malformation where they only had one eye. His wife was HOT though!/"And I am THEE god! So shut up!"
Well, if you call a $150 million investment in a company that has $4 billion in cash reserves "bailing out". I would consider it a darn good investment considering what the stock has done since then.
Slashdot Mirror
Unless they are addressing a particular technique used in the calls, they have a lot of prior art to overcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Supposedly, the exploit works on the 5c, but wouldn't work on the 6. It should not be that hard for Apple to check the design history to see what holes they plugged between those designs.
Apple pretty much has to cooperate with the governments of places where it wants to do business. That is why they keep trying to make a phone that even they can't hack. A government can demand anything it likes, but they can't make Apple do the impossible.
If you are worried about your data getting out, it pays to find out which features to turn off and which to turn on to protect yourself. Apple is just an electronics company.
Good point. And if the aliens use digital communication (maybe with a bit of encryption and DRM on top of it :p), it will only show up as noise after analog conversion.
Even digital data uses a carrier wave.
The problem with this idea is that the human brain does not react well to large amounts of negative data. Eventually, the mental "squelch" of the viewer will drop to the point where they will see a pattern whether one exists or not.
I could see sending flagged data to humans, but this project is in "real-time". I think this is just a publicity gimmick.
I once had a game on my Mac called "Victory at Sea" (pre-OSX days). The game was buggy as hell, but the game was researched by Jim Dunnigan and Albert Nofi. They created a book of the same name from the research they had assembled.
Great research, crappy game (because it was unplayable).
Ahhh, Usenet...
I remember when someone spammed ads in the groups. There was a huge uproar over the notion that someone would attempt to use the Internet for commercial purposes.
Hold the phone! If he can't program, he shouldn't be designing the entire system! I can't imagine anyone would ever hire an architect with no development experience.
I would suggest the Business Analyst role. You can use what you have learned to help develop clear and complete requirements. This is probably the most important aspect of a project, but it doesn't get much attention.
Yup!
I have recently realized that I may be at the limit of my potential career growth because I don't want to get into management. I am currently changing jobs to get back into actual development as my current position has become more about holding meetings and determining schedules than development.
I just can't get used to the idea that I can't just fix things myself.
Mostly because I don't want to live in India. But, if it makes you feel better, I have managed to get back into the architect role. It is just getting a little hairy staying technical when all the jobs are going overseas.
BTW, you are right. Working in IT is like turning tricks on the corner. You may get the bills paid, but you are not going to feel good about it.
Probably the best impact that a certification has on the industry is that it indicates a certain base level of core competence. Unfortunately software development is one area where someone can make something "mostly" work. In any given language you can probably make something that takes the required input and generates the desired output. The key is to make an application that is stable, efficient, and flexible. It is very difficult for non-programmers to know when an application has met those standards, so someone could have been in the industry for 15 years and still be a complete idiot. Their employers may not have realized that the guy needed to be fired.
For example: I had to rework part of an application that purged files from a Windows directory when an account had been closed for a certain period of time. The application was set to run at night because it could take between three to six hours to run. When I looked at the code, the developer was comparing every account to be purged against every directory in the repository. When he found a match he would delete the directory and continue comparing against the rest of the directories (thousands of directories). So, he had two problems; he wasn't exiting the loop after finding the match and more importantly he didn't realize that he could just attempt to delete the directory without searching since he knew the path. When I reworked the app it would finish in three minutes. The guy who wrote it was the technical lead who had hired me.
BTW, I have no certifications (other than a BSCS).
Of, if you want something more applicable to the real world, solve the clients REAL problem on time and on budget with a system that is secure, flexible, and maintainable.
Unfortunately, Software Engineering has become as much about management as technology. Coding is often the realm of the off-shore help. This sucks for me, I like coding.
Required skills for a Software Engineer:
1. Ability to see past the given requirements to the real requirements.
2. Ability to convince management to incorporate quality and design standards from the beginning (possibly costing time and money in the short term).
3. Ability to achieve some semblance of quality when above fails.
4. Ability to manage people who are half a world away, are on a completely different time schedule, and who communicate differently.
These are hard skills to teach.
Navigation may be an issue:
Holly: Look, we're travelling faster than the speed of light. That means, by the time we see something, we've already passed through it. Even with an IQ of 6000, it's still brown trousers time.
I've read that the CIA used a similar approach to predict the location of a soviet Gulf II sub which was lost in the Pacific. I guess the resulting predictions were pretty darn close.
I believe that Venture Bros. is due for a new season after the first of the year. Much better than the new Family Guy.
They said his ideas where old. If that is the literal truth, then Goggle probably did the right thing. The article also states that his co-workers thought he was a fuddy-duddy (stupid phrase), so it may be that he just didn't fit the culture.
I am getting to be one of the older employees of the places I work, but I come in with fresh ideas and I challenge the status quo. I don't care how old someone is, if they stop believing that things can be better they become useless.
I am currently in grad school for Software Engineering and it has become painfully apparent that the undergraduate programs in India focus on how many degrees they can issue and not the quality of the graduates. The grad students from India seem to expect to school to accommodate then in a hundred way to ensure that they get a good grade. I have been shocked and embarrassed by having classmates ask to delay an assignment due date because they will be too busy studying for a test to complete the assignment. I am pretty sure I would have lost a letter grade just for asking such a thing as an undergraduate. I also had the displeasure of evaluating a paper from a group students from India. I would never have expected a graduate level paper to be a book report reviewing what we just covered in class. Pathetic!
Sure, that is what you want us to think. That just proves that he DID found Slashdot!
Screw verbs
But "screw" IS a verb!
We are not amused.
Once they get playing they won't be willing to quit long enough to attack in real life.
"Ahmad, we must go fight the Americans now."
"Maybe later, I am in an instance."
I am guessing that these drones can handle a lot of the flying on their own, with humans involved in targeting and weapon firing. Otherwise, that latency over satellite is going to get real expensive!
Kinda off topic, but in response to your question:
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_0
"J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Survey taken last year, the H2 ranked near the bottom. The biggest gripe: While no one bought a Hummer for the sake of its thrifty gas mileage, its 11 to 13 miles per gallon was even worse than expected."
I've known that it had a "non-replaceable" battery for months now. It was mentioned in just about every analysis article on the iPhone since it was announced. This program is pretty similar to replacing an iPod battery. So, how is this Apple pulling one over on the consumers.
This reminds me of the Hummer owners who get all pissy about the low gas mileage.
I saw someone do that in a documentary. I think this guy ran a vocational rehabilitation program for people with a genetic malformation where they only had one eye. His wife was HOT though!
Well, if you call a $150 million investment in a company that has $4 billion in cash reserves "bailing out". I would consider it a darn good investment considering what the stock has done since then.