Yeah, they are constantly lying on food. For example, on some food you'll find values like "100 g have 1000 kJ", while simply inserting in E=mc^2 teaches you that every food has about 9 EJ per 100 g.
Other smart phone providers treat their customers as beta testers. We give you the feeling of true alpha testing! Windows Phone: Alpha quality software for alpha males.
Four days later a gleeful letter confessing to the hack was printed by The Times. The writer justified his actions on the grounds of the security holes it revealed for the public good.
But, as author Sungook Hong relates in the book Wireless, his ambitions were frustrated by Marconi's broad patents, leaving him embittered towards the Italian.
Hackers disclosing security flaws, people hampered by broad patents... seems the times haven't changed as much as we might believe!
Indeed, I wish my notebook had a physical switch for the WLAN antenna. Not because of being paranoid, but the point is that the Linux driver doesn't switch off the indicator light, and therefore I don't trust it to switch off the actual (physical) radio transmission either (it does switch off something, though, because I cannot see any access point when switched off). The result is that I don't risk using the notebook in an airplane because I'm not sure whether it could cause problems. If there was a physical switch (such as with the notebook of my parents), I wouldn't have to rely on the driver working properly; no driver bug can override a physical switch.
To ensure that a complex electromechanical device does not do something is nearly impossible.
WTF? It's very easy to certify that a TV doesn't have a camera and microphone installed to watch you.
It's also easy to certify that devices inherently capable of spying come with a real privacy policy instead of a "privacy policy".
Also if it has such devices, it is easy to verify that there's a physical cover you have to remove in order to enable the cam, and a physical mechanical switch which physically breaks the wire of the microphone.
Would "Privacy Star" compliance be more trustworthy than Energy Star? Remember when Congressional auditors got, among other things, a Gasoline-powered alarm clock an Energy Star certification?
I'm sure it had the lowest energy consumption of all gasoline-powered alarm clocks they tested!
If you know where the mic is, you might place a noise source so closely to it that at the position of the mic it hides every normal sound in its noise, while being barely noticeable at larger distances.
Combining it with an active anti-sound device substantially reducing any outside sound at the mic would probably be even more effective.
JC Denton went to the HAARP facilities and stole the secret recipie for Chemtrails, forged a birth certificate for Obama, and flew away in a Black Helicopter with the Rothschilds AND the Rockefellers on the way to a secret meeting with the Tri-Lateral Commission in a triangle shaped base under the sea somewhere in the Burmuda area, and tin foil blocks all effects from flouride in the water!
Of course the Burmuda area is where all those ships and airplanes disappearing in the Bermuda triangle go to. It is, of course, linked to Area 51, and the transport mechanism involves alien technology. The reason, of course, is to provide aliens with more opportunities to perform tests on humans (those abductions are quite limited because if they do too many of them, the incredibility protection might fail). The government in return gets thought-control rays from the aliens (of course those rays only work on humans, not on aliens).
But... have you ever noticed that light bulbs emit light? You know what light is needed for? For optical recording! Every camera (with the exception of infrared, but then, light bulbs get hot which means infrared cameras won't work well in them) only gives useful images if there's light. So why do light bulbs emit light? Well, obviously to allow the built-in camera to record!;-)
Riiight, because THAT is what a militant police state would want, free amateur porn.
If one of the persons having sex is married or similarly connected with someone else, such recordings might come in handy to put pressure on that person ("you don't want your significant other to see that recording, do you? So you better comply.")
However there's a natural limit on how small cameras can get before they can't give an useful image any more, due to diffraction. Hiding microphones is easy. Hiding cameras, less so (the camera has to be in plain sight, or it cannot see; you can make it hard to spot, but you cannot hide it from close inspection, at least if it is supposed to record visible light).
Because I know I'm not the only paranoid out there, and if such a thing was possible, someone with more time and more paranoia than me would already have figured it out. Since I don't think EVERYONE is out to get me, I'm fairly sure that there are people out there who dismantle every piece of electronics and look how it ticks. We've seen it many times before. Did I find out about Sony's rootkit? No. Do I know about it? Hell yeah. Because someone out there was smart AND paranoid enough to find it. Why shouldn't I assume that the same is done with TVs that have microphones and cameras? Why shouldn't I assume that it isn't done with other computer programs and operating systems.
You are clearly not paranoid enough!:-)
Here's what a totally paranoid would say: Of course there will be someone who is actively searching it, and actually able to find it. However, unlike Sony, the government will be constantly watching (how they do it? Well, of course with their utterly secret strong AI. You think strong AI wasn't achieved yet? Well, of course the only reason why you haven't yet seen strong AI is that the government actively suppresses any public information on it!). Therefore the government will know if someone discovers the secret surveillance, And of course the government, again unlike Sony, will have the means to effectively silence those people.
Oh, wait, there seem to be some black helicopters approac%&$%@ NO CARRIER
There are some places that cameras just do not belong. Like my bathroom.
Why? Do you intend to murder someone in your bathroom, or what? Remember: If you are doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.
Also remember that most child molestation happens at home. It is not unreasonable that much of it happens in bathrooms, since that is a place where you often are undressed anyways. Therefore it's absolutely mandatory that bath rooms are included in surveillance. Think of the children!
Anyone can find an argument involving terrorism?:-)
You seem to not have followed the thread. The discussion has long went away from RAID to just having two copies of the files on different places on the same hard disk. Only the title still has "RAID" in it because no one bothered to change it.
It is harder because now both wanted and unwanted stzuff will be in JavaScript. While up to now it was easy to enable functionality on trusted sites by enabling JavaScript while keeping most unwanted stuff away by disabling Flash, now both wanted and unwanted stuff will all use JavaScript, making selectively disabling unwanted stuff much harder.
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Yeah, they are constantly lying on food. For example, on some food you'll find values like "100 g have 1000 kJ", while simply inserting in E=mc^2 teaches you that every food has about 9 EJ per 100 g.
Yeah, when I read the headline I thought a glitch in their web software allowed you to order the N900 for free ...
And what happened when the iPhone had trouble with connections? "You are holding it wrong!"
Other smart phone providers treat their customers as beta testers. We give you the feeling of true alpha testing! Windows Phone: Alpha quality software for alpha males.
SCNR :-)
And by using it, all your thoughts will automatically be covered by GPLv3, too. :-)
Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër?
To the moderator who moderated that Troll: Please adjust your sarcasm detector.
Some interesting quotes from that article:
Hackers disclosing security flaws, people hampered by broad patents ... seems the times haven't changed as much as we might believe!
Indeed, I wish my notebook had a physical switch for the WLAN antenna. Not because of being paranoid, but the point is that the Linux driver doesn't switch off the indicator light, and therefore I don't trust it to switch off the actual (physical) radio transmission either (it does switch off something, though, because I cannot see any access point when switched off). The result is that I don't risk using the notebook in an airplane because I'm not sure whether it could cause problems. If there was a physical switch (such as with the notebook of my parents), I wouldn't have to rely on the driver working properly; no driver bug can override a physical switch.
To ensure that a complex electromechanical device does not do something is nearly impossible.
WTF? It's very easy to certify that a TV doesn't have a camera and microphone installed to watch you.
It's also easy to certify that devices inherently capable of spying come with a real privacy policy instead of a "privacy policy".
Also if it has such devices, it is easy to verify that there's a physical cover you have to remove in order to enable the cam, and a physical mechanical switch which physically breaks the wire of the microphone.
Would "Privacy Star" compliance be more trustworthy than Energy Star? Remember when Congressional auditors got, among other things, a Gasoline-powered alarm clock an Energy Star certification?
I'm sure it had the lowest energy consumption of all gasoline-powered alarm clocks they tested!
If you know where the mic is, you might place a noise source so closely to it that at the position of the mic it hides every normal sound in its noise, while being barely noticeable at larger distances.
Combining it with an active anti-sound device substantially reducing any outside sound at the mic would probably be even more effective.
JC Denton went to the HAARP facilities and stole the secret recipie for Chemtrails, forged a birth certificate for Obama, and flew away in a Black Helicopter with the Rothschilds AND the Rockefellers on the way to a secret meeting with the Tri-Lateral Commission in a triangle shaped base under the sea somewhere in the Burmuda area, and tin foil blocks all effects from flouride in the water!
Of course the Burmuda area is where all those ships and airplanes disappearing in the Bermuda triangle go to. It is, of course, linked to Area 51, and the transport mechanism involves alien technology. The reason, of course, is to provide aliens with more opportunities to perform tests on humans (those abductions are quite limited because if they do too many of them, the incredibility protection might fail). The government in return gets thought-control rays from the aliens (of course those rays only work on humans, not on aliens).
But ... have you ever noticed that light bulbs emit light? You know what light is needed for? For optical recording! Every camera (with the exception of infrared, but then, light bulbs get hot which means infrared cameras won't work well in them) only gives useful images if there's light. So why do light bulbs emit light? Well, obviously to allow the built-in camera to record! ;-)
Of course if all you want is to watch movies from your own server, there's no reason to route between the TV and the general Internet.
If one of the persons having sex is married or similarly connected with someone else, such recordings might come in handy to put pressure on that person ("you don't want your significant other to see that recording, do you? So you better comply.")
However there's a natural limit on how small cameras can get before they can't give an useful image any more, due to diffraction. Hiding microphones is easy. Hiding cameras, less so (the camera has to be in plain sight, or it cannot see; you can make it hard to spot, but you cannot hide it from close inspection, at least if it is supposed to record visible light).
I actually do this with my kids toys. Snip the wire or throw in a resistor and suddenly it gets much quieter. Not paranoia, just hate loud noise.
Hopefully you only do that to your kid's toys. I hope you neither use any kids as toys, nor do any modifications on your kids to silence them. :-)
You are clearly not paranoid enough! :-)
Here's what a totally paranoid would say: Of course there will be someone who is actively searching it, and actually able to find it. However, unlike Sony, the government will be constantly watching (how they do it? Well, of course with their utterly secret strong AI. You think strong AI wasn't achieved yet? Well, of course the only reason why you haven't yet seen strong AI is that the government actively suppresses any public information on it!). Therefore the government will know if someone discovers the secret surveillance, And of course the government, again unlike Sony, will have the means to effectively silence those people.
Oh, wait, there seem to be some black helicopters approac%&$%@
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That majority must be a silent one. From the posted opinions, I'd say that libertarian opinions are clearly more widespread here.
Why? Do you intend to murder someone in your bathroom, or what? Remember: If you are doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.
Also remember that most child molestation happens at home. It is not unreasonable that much of it happens in bathrooms, since that is a place where you often are undressed anyways. Therefore it's absolutely mandatory that bath rooms are included in surveillance. Think of the children!
Anyone can find an argument involving terrorism? :-)
You seem to not have followed the thread. The discussion has long went away from RAID to just having two copies of the files on different places on the same hard disk. Only the title still has "RAID" in it because no one bothered to change it.
Sorry, but no mass means just traveling at light speed. Faster-than-light needs imaginary mass.
I've just eaten the pudding. There was no proof in it.
It is harder because now both wanted and unwanted stzuff will be in JavaScript. While up to now it was easy to enable functionality on trusted sites by enabling JavaScript while keeping most unwanted stuff away by disabling Flash, now both wanted and unwanted stuff will all use JavaScript, making selectively disabling unwanted stuff much harder.