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Anyone got a link to what iOS 5 offers from a mDM perspective? Glanced at the page and didn't find much. Google returns a few blog posts on the beta and talks about S/MIME support in e-mail.
What a decent person would do: a) leave it (aka Japanese approach) and let the owner return and pick it up b) pick it up and give it to the establishments staff so that the owner can come by and pick it up c) pick it up and take it to the police station as found property d) pick it up and provided the phone is not locked: 1) contact the carrier 2) determine the ownership if possible and contact owner 3) if not possible, do a, b, or c
I know we don't live in harmony and a, b, and c wouldn't work in many seedy/corrupt places, but that's no way to rationalize keeping something that obviously has an owner.
It is obvious to everyone that you could harness the synergies that the OSS movement provides by convincing senior management at your new company to make the software open source. I would encourage you to take the initial step and putting the source code on torrents right now, which would show effective leadership and a long-term vision that your new company greatly requires.
By making it open source you will find that there are very mature methodologies for version control and the likelihood that your code will be forked is almost zero (76% to be exact, or in decimal terms 0.76 which is pretty close to zero, more so than 12). Regression testing will be addressed by the multitude of your clients who will willingly give up their slack time to test the product and provide valuable Q&A. You will then need to merely glance at the feedback forum that you will set-up at your $4.99 LAMP web host to get a high-level view of the pertinent concerns.
And use Ruby on Rails; it's the future.
Only when we free ourselves from the dichotomy of corporate greed and lack of client-facing event management, can we attain new heights that will make your company stand out from the rest of software makers out there.
There's rural parts up the 401 from you where some folks have Sat service (with upstream done via phone). I've seen this in Guelph, Cambridge/Galt and New Hamburg. Typically new "exclusive" neighbourhoods where the old loops exist (too crappy for DSL) or where Shaw/Rogers haven't provided cable. A relative of mine had that for 2-3 years, he got Rogers in his area only last year.
In even some newer communities in south-western Ontario, you couldn't get highspeed Internet via DSL/cable/fibre/WiFi. I know of a couple rural spots around Guelph and Cambridge where folks have sat feeds (plus the old phone lines for upstream) for Internet. So even within the 100km (and less than one hour's drive from Toronto) range from the US border, sometimes your options are limited
Simple: economics. It costs money to support and maintain. In a country as large as Canada there's a lot of infrastructure (rail, roads, air traffic, mail, and in some cases telephone) that is paid or subsized by the federal (or provincial) government. For instance, there's a a beautifully maintained ~200km highway stretch between Barrie and Sudbury (Ontario) with very little in between. You have very limited wireless coverage as well (not even talking cell phones here, just old-fashioned radio/CB), important for things like emergency services. Who is paying for that?
In some parts of the world it's not viable to have a small community on the larger "grid". I've been to many locations in Vancouver Island, northern Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta where your communications and even utility options are very limited.
I've also seen that in parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Quintana Roo that are isolated. I'm sure Russia has the same challenges.
If you had a pony, what single trick would you teach it? Do you think said pony could make a living out of it for forty long years and how would you recommend they go about it?
I have a feeling if this option is left out this would break a lot of existing full-disk encryption solutions out there: WinMagic, McAfee, Pointsec, etc. They all kick in before the OS loads, so anything that forces UEFI enabled all the time may significantly impact it. I used all three products and I've had to do a lot of tinkering with the BIOS on various Dell, HP, and Lenovo workstations we purchased over the years. I'm sure the FDE vendors will be up in arms with the OEMs. If a corp cannot deploy their FDE solution, they would reconsider buying a specific HW vendor. At this point in time, our shop would be more likely to drop a specific HW model then having to re-deploy a new FDE solution, at least in the short-term.
Agree of the user-supplied keys for signing any bootloader; that would defeat the purpose.
Let's be realistic: - this would impact Apple; as southbridge/northbridges would be common with Windows-based intel computers (someone please chime in, I don't have a Macbook, just an iPad/iPhone). They have a rising market share. Apple either wants to play along or have the ability to disable it -> most MB vendors will need to be flexible - ChromeBooks are out there and being used more and more; I doubt Google will let Acer/Samsumg go down a path where their OS cannot be used; Acer/Samsung in turn will ensure that their BIOS can support their precious customer. - This would have an impact on FDE products; either they get on the bandwagon or this would force BIOS vendors to accomodate. Corporations may avoid HW that does not have this disabled, lots of OEMs may want to hedge their bets - 95% of consumers buying a system with Win8 sticker on it, won't care about UEFI - server hardware will most likely keep the flexibility as a lot of places run non-MS - there will always be a niche that will accomodate alternate OSes. May cost more.
Summary: yes, MS is exploiting this, yes, UEFI is probably here to stay; and finally, yes, it is very likely that this feature will be configurable by the user.
Where exactly do you get the implication that I support MS in this? Because I don't take an active anti-MS stance like it seems to be prevalent here in/. land?
I remember when when the processor ID thing was implemented. Lots of uproar. Years later that option to enable/disable exists in the BIOS. If I recall correctly on my MB that setting was disabled by default.
MS wants to present Win8 as a "secure" platform and UEFI in their minds is one piece of the puzzle. That's open to interpretation.
The options are: a) disable UEFI in BIOS b) don't purchase a system that UEFI implemented that cannot be disabled c) urge your Linux-vendor (e.g. RH) to get on the UEFI bandwagon if you're so inclined
They're throwing numbers in the millions around, so they must have a healthy cash flow. What are they planning that needs that massive cash influx? Their expenses are what; data centres, payroll, legal wranglings and some R&D? Their assets are; brand, marketing/demographic data, and some basic IP?
Or is it the VC that want to cash out and get their return of investment?
No man, that's crazy talk. We're obviously talking about cryogenics here so we can reach Saturn and space-catapult asteroids towards our refineries on Hades which we have relocated around Earth's orbit for convenience's sake.
Man, Black & White was such as disappointment (for me at least). I loved Populous and especially Powermonger. I remember reading about that "super-hero" game a couple of decades ago.
The problem may be that browsers may not check for CRLs by default, or the DigiNotar's CRL cannot be relied on. So for either scenarios, MS/Google/Mozilla sent out system/software updates to just deal with this CA at the core. Not a bad approach.\
Yes, ideally each browser should by default check if a certificate has been revoked. Hopefully this will be reviewed for the future.
He mentions GlobalSign. I'm assuming DigiNotar is not in one four remaining? StartCom dodged this mess (good for Eddy!).
So there are possibly 3 more CAs that have been compromised. Which ones?
I do find it interesting that the fellow is going after the Dutch government for the Srebrenica event. I wonder what he has in store for the Serbian government?
Exactly, so the only way to do this is through attrition. People retiring or finding new work.
The interesting stat is that the USPS employed 900,000 (!) people a decade ago. They've trimmed this down by about 250,000 already. I wonder if the USPS is the largest US employer.
All/. posters should commit to mail their comments for one week to make up the difference.
Soulskill will provide the mailing address shortly. To verify your identity, you will have to mail your username/password, and our army of volunteers will use a special login form to verify your identity. This system is so brilliant, I may even patent it.
I'm not an expert but it could be: - the logical design of the circuitry is copyrighted? - an actual dump of a system ROM is used? (I know that was the case for the Intellivision emulator)
Personally, I think they're shooting themselves in the foot. All the folks that have good vibes from the Atari heydays of the 80s are usually the ones using the emulators; they are also the potential customers. A 10-year old kid is not going to stop buying the XBOX360 re-make just because he can play the 8-bit version for free.
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Anyone got a link to what iOS 5 offers from a mDM perspective? Glanced at the page and didn't find much. Google returns a few blog posts on the beta and talks about S/MIME support in e-mail.
Exactly.
What a decent person would do:
a) leave it (aka Japanese approach) and let the owner return and pick it up
b) pick it up and give it to the establishments staff so that the owner can come by and pick it up
c) pick it up and take it to the police station as found property
d) pick it up and provided the phone is not locked:
1) contact the carrier
2) determine the ownership if possible and contact owner
3) if not possible, do a, b, or c
I know we don't live in harmony and a, b, and c wouldn't work in many seedy/corrupt places, but that's no way to rationalize keeping something that obviously has an owner.
Let's say you find a lost child in a mall? And ask for $5,000 for his/her safe return?
Walking a fine line with extortion or ransom with your analogy ...
Putting a price tag or expecting a reward means that you're going to refuse handing someone his/her property back.
I get your point and I agree on the part where the burden to verify the ownership is on the person contacting you, but you're stretching it a bit ...
It is obvious to everyone that you could harness the synergies that the OSS movement provides by convincing senior management at your new company to make the software open source. I would encourage you to take the initial step and putting the source code on torrents right now, which would show effective leadership and a long-term vision that your new company greatly requires.
By making it open source you will find that there are very mature methodologies for version control and the likelihood that your code will be forked is almost zero (76% to be exact, or in decimal terms 0.76 which is pretty close to zero, more so than 12). Regression testing will be addressed by the multitude of your clients who will willingly give up their slack time to test the product and provide valuable Q&A. You will then need to merely glance at the feedback forum that you will set-up at your $4.99 LAMP web host to get a high-level view of the pertinent concerns.
And use Ruby on Rails; it's the future.
Only when we free ourselves from the dichotomy of corporate greed and lack of client-facing event management, can we attain new heights that will make your company stand out from the rest of software makers out there.
Which is nice.
There's rural parts up the 401 from you where some folks have Sat service (with upstream done via phone). I've seen this in Guelph, Cambridge/Galt and New Hamburg. Typically new "exclusive" neighbourhoods where the old loops exist (too crappy for DSL) or where Shaw/Rogers haven't provided cable. A relative of mine had that for 2-3 years, he got Rogers in his area only last year.
In even some newer communities in south-western Ontario, you couldn't get highspeed Internet via DSL/cable/fibre/WiFi. I know of a couple rural spots around Guelph and Cambridge where folks have sat feeds (plus the old phone lines for upstream) for Internet. So even within the 100km (and less than one hour's drive from Toronto) range from the US border, sometimes your options are limited
Simple: economics. It costs money to support and maintain. In a country as large as Canada there's a lot of infrastructure (rail, roads, air traffic, mail, and in some cases telephone) that is paid or subsized by the federal (or provincial) government. For instance, there's a a beautifully maintained ~200km highway stretch between Barrie and Sudbury (Ontario) with very little in between. You have very limited wireless coverage as well (not even talking cell phones here, just old-fashioned radio/CB), important for things like emergency services. Who is paying for that?
In some parts of the world it's not viable to have a small community on the larger "grid". I've been to many locations in Vancouver Island, northern Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta where your communications and even utility options are very limited.
I've also seen that in parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Quintana Roo that are isolated. I'm sure Russia has the same challenges.
If you had a pony, what single trick would you teach it? Do you think said pony could make a living out of it for forty long years and how would you recommend they go about it?
The options are:
a) disable UEFI in BIOS
Provided that this will be an option.
I have a feeling if this option is left out this would break a lot of existing full-disk encryption solutions out there: WinMagic, McAfee, Pointsec, etc. They all kick in before the OS loads, so anything that forces UEFI enabled all the time may significantly impact it. I used all three products and I've had to do a lot of tinkering with the BIOS on various Dell, HP, and Lenovo workstations we purchased over the years. I'm sure the FDE vendors will be up in arms with the OEMs. If a corp cannot deploy their FDE solution, they would reconsider buying a specific HW vendor. At this point in time, our shop would be more likely to drop a specific HW model then having to re-deploy a new FDE solution, at least in the short-term.
Agree of the user-supplied keys for signing any bootloader; that would defeat the purpose.
Let's be realistic:
- this would impact Apple; as southbridge/northbridges would be common with Windows-based intel computers (someone please chime in, I don't have a Macbook, just an iPad/iPhone). They have a rising market share. Apple either wants to play along or have the ability to disable it -> most MB vendors will need to be flexible
- ChromeBooks are out there and being used more and more; I doubt Google will let Acer/Samsumg go down a path where their OS cannot be used; Acer/Samsung in turn will ensure that their BIOS can support their precious customer.
- This would have an impact on FDE products; either they get on the bandwagon or this would force BIOS vendors to accomodate. Corporations may avoid HW that does not have this disabled, lots of OEMs may want to hedge their bets
- 95% of consumers buying a system with Win8 sticker on it, won't care about UEFI
- server hardware will most likely keep the flexibility as a lot of places run non-MS
- there will always be a niche that will accomodate alternate OSes. May cost more.
Summary: yes, MS is exploiting this, yes, UEFI is probably here to stay; and finally, yes, it is very likely that this feature will be configurable by the user.
Where exactly do you get the implication that I support MS in this? Because I don't take an active anti-MS stance like it seems to be prevalent here in /. land?
I remember when when the processor ID thing was implemented. Lots of uproar. Years later that option to enable/disable exists in the BIOS. If I recall correctly on my MB that setting was disabled by default.
Go into by BIOS and toggle the setting.
Exactly. This is for people who have no clue ... much ado about nothing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface
MS wants to present Win8 as a "secure" platform and UEFI in their minds is one piece of the puzzle. That's open to interpretation.
The options are:
a) disable UEFI in BIOS
b) don't purchase a system that UEFI implemented that cannot be disabled
c) urge your Linux-vendor (e.g. RH) to get on the UEFI bandwagon if you're so inclined
oh ... no $699 from cocksmoking teabaggers.
Microsoft?
UEFA (soccer) and they participate in the Eurovision song contest.
Turkey is in a similiar scenario.
Nothing earth-shattering except I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
You know I was wondering the same.
They're throwing numbers in the millions around, so they must have a healthy cash flow. What are they planning that needs that massive cash influx?
Their expenses are what; data centres, payroll, legal wranglings and some R&D? Their assets are; brand, marketing/demographic data, and some basic IP?
Or is it the VC that want to cash out and get their return of investment?
Using our FTL drives?
No man, that's crazy talk. We're obviously talking about cryogenics here so we can reach Saturn and space-catapult asteroids towards our refineries on Hades which we have relocated around Earth's orbit for convenience's sake.
Man, Black & White was such as disappointment (for me at least). I loved Populous and especially Powermonger. I remember reading about that "super-hero" game a couple of decades ago.
The problem may be that browsers may not check for CRLs by default, or the DigiNotar's CRL cannot be relied on. So for either scenarios, MS/Google/Mozilla sent out system/software updates to just deal with this CA at the core. Not a bad approach.\
Yes, ideally each browser should by default check if a certificate has been revoked. Hopefully this will be reviewed for the future.
And the "cloud", don't forget the "cloud". He'd have to search there. Hopefully without a parachute.
From http://pastebin.com/85WV10EL
He mentions GlobalSign. I'm assuming DigiNotar is not in one four remaining? StartCom dodged this mess (good for Eddy!).
So there are possibly 3 more CAs that have been compromised. Which ones?
I do find it interesting that the fellow is going after the Dutch government for the Srebrenica event. I wonder what he has in store for the Serbian government?
Exactly, so the only way to do this is through attrition. People retiring or finding new work.
The interesting stat is that the USPS employed 900,000 (!) people a decade ago. They've trimmed this down by about 250,000 already.
I wonder if the USPS is the largest US employer.
All /. posters should commit to mail their comments for one week to make up the difference.
Soulskill will provide the mailing address shortly. To verify your identity, you will have to mail your username/password, and our army of volunteers will use a special login form to verify your identity.
This system is so brilliant, I may even patent it.
I'm not an expert but it could be:
- the logical design of the circuitry is copyrighted?
- an actual dump of a system ROM is used? (I know that was the case for the Intellivision emulator)
Personally, I think they're shooting themselves in the foot. All the folks that have good vibes from the Atari heydays of the 80s are usually the ones using the emulators; they are also the potential customers. A 10-year old kid is not going to stop buying the XBOX360 re-make just because he can play the 8-bit version for free.
There's a decent emulator on the XBOX360; has Arcade, Atari 2600 and Intellivision games on it.
Not to burst your bubble, but law enforcement in Canada has been trying to get the same:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/need-a-warrant-to-unmask-internet-users-not-if-canada-gets-its-way.ars
and
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/pushing-the-limits-of-state-surveillance/article2130692/
You're referring to piece about Hate Speech? Yeah, anyone accused of it, loses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada