This is not 100% accurate. My 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid AWD for example does not have a button to disable traction control. There is a startup sequence dance you can do with the ignition, shifter and accelerator to put the truck in diag mode and defeat TC, but you also loose the rear drive as well, and you have to shut the truck off to enter and exit the mode.
I can see ISPs contracting with the state of NY buying into this, grinning. First DDoS they refuse to block or throttle will likely lead to some fun discussions.
In theory (Which doesn't matter in this case, but let's stroll down the path anyways) in Eminent domain instances the government is required to pay fair market value for property they seize. I think this is more like civil asset forfiture, except there is due process before they yank the patent out of your glovebox on the side of the road.
Win 10 Pro x64 Insider edition with one update cycle and no disk cleanup after is only 30gb (Just did this yesterday). If you're sitting at 55gb used you've got something else eating space.
So, I have at work a few first generation Intel Atom systems, a couple laptops with 2GB RAM, and a couple desktops with 4GB or 8GB. An 80GB HD is as small as I'll go as that has enough room for a Win 10 Pro install plus space for a couple insider build upgrade cycles before I have to do a disk cleanup run.
They're not rockets by any stretch of the imagination, and the non Nvidia ION chipset based ones have almost zero graphics accel (but at least they're not showing grey squares any more when not rolling back to the generic SVGA driver...) but they are useable as light duty web browsers, etc. We primarily use them to see what potential gotchas are coming in the latest insider builds.
Or run an Illumos based distro, or any distro that ships ZFS on Linux which is the shared code FreeBSD, Illumos and Linux ZFS consumers are all basing and contributing to.
Actually, the OS can apply microcode updates as well as the BIOS, so it's possible for Linux / Windows / etc to apply the fix even if the mobo mfg says pound sand.
To be accurate, the cost increase is for Special Access Lines. This just covers the transport portion of the cost, and it's only for areas that aren't already served by existing infrastructure.
As an example, if you're in an area that there is no form of existing infrastructure to reach your site at the desired data rate, like some place remote enough that existing copper won't support even T1s, then the telco is allowed to charge it as a special access line. If the service is already in the region, nope, standard rates apply, telco is not allowed to charge Special Access rates. So let's say the special access line itself costs $300 a month. And the actual internet service on top of that is $200 a month for whatever you've contracted for. Now the line cost is estimated to go up by 25%, so from $300 to $375, but the service itself hasn't changed, so the total is now $575. That works out to about a 9% increase overall, not the 25% across the board doomsday scenario described above.
Also note this only applies to the incumbent ILEC, AFAIK there has never been any such restriction on cable cos, etc. They wanna charge three arms and twice as many matching legs to run coax 5' to 'reach' a new site, it's always been allowed.
I remember using it to play Starcraft on a Alpha 21164 using a Win2k beta. First run would be slow, then subsequent runs would get faster and faster...
I'm saying there is a massive difference between backdoor hardware and a backdoor in a software component. OP claimed the first was going on, which is clearly bunk.
So, a little clarification. The issue isn't secret hardware waiting to pop your security. It's a bad piece of debug routines that should never have been left in a kernel that went out in the wild. Don't run that kernel, there are no issues.
As of now, the Pi 3 is running the exact same kernel and binaries as the Pi 2 thanks to the Foundation deciding that 64bit support isn't relevant to their intended uses of the device. Until they or the community figures out a 64bit safe bootloader and ports a kernel, no 64bit love for you. If it'll run on the Pi 3 it'll run on the Pi 2 currently.
(Don't get overly jazzed about the 802.11n support, it's fed by a slightly hotted up serial connection so...)
Nope, full native build and operation. I've used distcc in the past with my faster Seagate GoFlex Net to speed up build tests on it but my Soekris boxes are full standalone setups running code built locally.
The AMD Elan / Geode does have CMOV support. I've got Gentoo running on one with a hacked kernel that id's and treats it as a 686 class CPU instead of 486 and so far no issues. I should collect my changes and see if I can get them mainlined...
They're still using cams. The pneumatic side is for closing the valves rather than using springs. Switching from heavy, inertia laden springs allows to penumatic closure allows for higher RPMs and more aggressive cam profiles.
Specifically note: (g) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter or chapter 121 of this title for any person— (i) to intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public;
Analog cellular broadcasts fall under that rule. Now, there are limitations on what you can DO with information gathered from listening to those calls, in short you can't act on it. But that does not mean it's illegal to receive it.
To be more specific, it's not illegal to listen to the 800mhz cellular freqs. All the FCC could do was stop the commercial sale of new equipment that was able to hit those freqs. Got pre-ban equipment, listen away. Make your own, congrats!
Slashdot Mirror
There are bank/dealers who sell cars with remote immobilizers they control already.
This is not 100% accurate. My 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid AWD for example does not have a button to disable traction control. There is a startup sequence dance you can do with the ignition, shifter and accelerator to put the truck in diag mode and defeat TC, but you also loose the rear drive as well, and you have to shut the truck off to enter and exit the mode.
The FDA has approved 99% of requests so...
I can see ISPs contracting with the state of NY buying into this, grinning. First DDoS they refuse to block or throttle will likely lead to some fun discussions.
Note I started my post with 'In Theory' and not 'In Practice'. :D
In theory (Which doesn't matter in this case, but let's stroll down the path anyways) in Eminent domain instances the government is required to pay fair market value for property they seize. I think this is more like civil asset forfiture, except there is due process before they yank the patent out of your glovebox on the side of the road.
Win 10 Pro x64 Insider edition with one update cycle and no disk cleanup after is only 30gb (Just did this yesterday). If you're sitting at 55gb used you've got something else eating space.
So, I have at work a few first generation Intel Atom systems, a couple laptops with 2GB RAM, and a couple desktops with 4GB or 8GB. An 80GB HD is as small as I'll go as that has enough room for a Win 10 Pro install plus space for a couple insider build upgrade cycles before I have to do a disk cleanup run.
They're not rockets by any stretch of the imagination, and the non Nvidia ION chipset based ones have almost zero graphics accel (but at least they're not showing grey squares any more when not rolling back to the generic SVGA driver...) but they are useable as light duty web browsers, etc. We primarily use them to see what potential gotchas are coming in the latest insider builds.
Or run an Illumos based distro, or any distro that ships ZFS on Linux which is the shared code FreeBSD, Illumos and Linux ZFS consumers are all basing and contributing to.
Actually, the OS can apply microcode updates as well as the BIOS, so it's possible for Linux / Windows / etc to apply the fix even if the mobo mfg says pound sand.
To be accurate, the cost increase is for Special Access Lines. This just covers the transport portion of the cost, and it's only for areas that aren't already served by existing infrastructure.
As an example, if you're in an area that there is no form of existing infrastructure to reach your site at the desired data rate, like some place remote enough that existing copper won't support even T1s, then the telco is allowed to charge it as a special access line. If the service is already in the region, nope, standard rates apply, telco is not allowed to charge Special Access rates. So let's say the special access line itself costs $300 a month. And the actual internet service on top of that is $200 a month for whatever you've contracted for. Now the line cost is estimated to go up by 25%, so from $300 to $375, but the service itself hasn't changed, so the total is now $575. That works out to about a 9% increase overall, not the 25% across the board doomsday scenario described above.
Also note this only applies to the incumbent ILEC, AFAIK there has never been any such restriction on cable cos, etc. They wanna charge three arms and twice as many matching legs to run coax 5' to 'reach' a new site, it's always been allowed.
The Anniversary 'update' is essentially an upgrade install hence why it mucked with the bootloader, just like an install.
I remember using it to play Starcraft on a Alpha 21164 using a Win2k beta. First run would be slow, then subsequent runs would get faster and faster...
I'm saying there is a massive difference between backdoor hardware and a backdoor in a software component. OP claimed the first was going on, which is clearly bunk.
So, a little clarification. The issue isn't secret hardware waiting to pop your security. It's a bad piece of debug routines that should never have been left in a kernel that went out in the wild. Don't run that kernel, there are no issues.
As of now, the Pi 3 is running the exact same kernel and binaries as the Pi 2 thanks to the Foundation deciding that 64bit support isn't relevant to their intended uses of the device. Until they or the community figures out a 64bit safe bootloader and ports a kernel, no 64bit love for you. If it'll run on the Pi 3 it'll run on the Pi 2 currently.
(Don't get overly jazzed about the 802.11n support, it's fed by a slightly hotted up serial connection so...)
Nope, full native build and operation. I've used distcc in the past with my faster Seagate GoFlex Net to speed up build tests on it but my Soekris boxes are full standalone setups running code built locally.
Happily running Gentoo on Soekris 4501s and 4801s still...
The AMD Elan / Geode does have CMOV support. I've got Gentoo running on one with a hacked kernel that id's and treats it as a 686 class CPU instead of 486 and so far no issues. I should collect my changes and see if I can get them mainlined...
If F1 stopped using them it may be 'cause they may have been outlawed as a cost cutting measure? They're still in use in MotoGP though.
They're still using cams. The pneumatic side is for closing the valves rather than using springs. Switching from heavy, inertia laden springs allows to penumatic closure allows for higher RPMs and more aggressive cam profiles.
The blob still rules the roost. The blob is what fires up the GPU, which then in turn launches the ARM support CPU(s) in the SoC.
Google does offer email archiving at whatever scale you want to throw at it.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...
Specifically note: (g) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter or chapter 121 of this title for any person—
(i) to intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public;
Analog cellular broadcasts fall under that rule. Now, there are limitations on what you can DO with information gathered from listening to those calls, in short you can't act on it. But that does not mean it's illegal to receive it.
To be more specific, it's not illegal to listen to the 800mhz cellular freqs. All the FCC could do was stop the commercial sale of new equipment that was able to hit those freqs. Got pre-ban equipment, listen away. Make your own, congrats!