What has been broken here is not the code-signing apparatus per se but another part of the Apple security regimen; it appears this doesn't affect the need to have a valid initial certification to begin with. If the signing mechanism were defeated, that would conceivably allow anyone and his dog to upload and sell apps on the store without registering as a developer. But it isn't. So, in fact, the only people who could leverage this issue for nefarious purposes are people who are already working in the marketplace trying to earn a legitimate dime.
The issue as presented is still as serious (or as not-serious) as outlined, as it allows me as a developer do some pretty wanky things at the expense of the user's trust in my app -- but how many legit developers will risk burning their karma with users (let alone Apple) in order to exercise this? And Apple will have it fixed before any new bad actors get themselves hoisted into place with dev credentials.Am I too optimistic about iOS developers being other than evil miscreants-in-waiting?
I use the Apple 'SmartCover' with my iPad, sitting in front of me on the hospital-style cantilevered table that adjusts perfectly for height as I recline in the bed. The iPad touch sensitivity is very light and quick; in fact, I have more problems tapping the screen too hard and knocking over the pad when I am using an app in portrait mode needing lots of touch input, and have sometimes turned to my 12South 'Compass' stand for a solid easel-style display (very stabile, I recommend it).
...I don't think you should undersell Internet connectivity. Although fortunately I am not confined to bed 24/7, I spend more than half the day there, and Netflix streaming (which would be a wonderful gift you could frurnish her) is a savior; given the paucity of her programming now it would undoubtedly improve her day, and she would have some control over her entertainment choices. That and a twitter client (and set up the family on Twitter -- those that aren't already) and the family can stay engaged with her; an iPad or Android device with WiFi and a camera a can give her even more interactivity over Facetime or Skype.
You have an opportunity here to improve her daily life to an incredible degree, and obviously want to. Were it myself I'd even obtain here a Mi-Fi device and account if there was little or no Wi-Fi were she is living. Were it my own Grandmother I would not by skimping here.
All the developer-call you cite might mean, is that existing iPhone apps have to run on it with resolution independence. It doesn't mean that other apps developed specifically for the device could not implement Flash, or that Flash for iPhone OS isn't in the works, or that (regardless of Flash for iPhone) there is not a "Flash for i[Slate | Pad | Whatever] in the pipeline, or that a new class of hybrid apps for both iPhone and this new device might not be possible in the near future.
My only hope for the device, myself, is that whatever the screen size or aspect ratio, it supports 720p resolution, if not higher.
Here in Des Moines, I lost EDGE data service all morning but could still call out and receive calls. I tried every customer number for AT&T but got the "all offices are closed, call next business day" and there was no message (automated or otherwise) about outages. I was left to wonder if it was an account problem, etc. (WiFi worked fine).
Even after service was restored in the early afternoon (locally) there was no message or information regarding the outage, nor any info to be found on their website.
Less than impressive customer care.
"Stein does not reject Darwinism for the evolution of individual species." Well, if you've seen the film (as you obviously haven't) and also read his other commentaries on the subject made in conjunction with the promotion of the film, you'd know that he does reject evolution of species.
He does this in two ways, in fact, both explicitly in his commentaries, and by support of Intelligent Design, which itself rejects natural evolution. The mission statement of the ID weblog, Dembeski & O'Leary's weblog, Common Descent, has the opening statement: "Materialistic ideology has subverted the study of biological and cosmological origins so that the actual content of these sciences has become corrupted. The problem, therefore, is not merely that science is being used illegitimately to promote a materialistic worldview, but that this worldview is actively undermining scientific inquiry, leading to incorrect and unsupported conclusions about biological and cosmological origins. At the same time, intelligent design (ID) offers a promising scientific alternative to materialistic theories of biological and cosmological evolution -- an alternative that is finding increasing theoretical and empirical support."
In other words, a project to redefine science itself as an endeavor that, rather than proceeding purely by examination of physical phenomenon and analysis of physical causes to arrive at physical (real-world) explanations, posits the possibility of a "spiritual" (non-materialist) science that proceeds from the presupposition there exists an supernatural intelligence behind the workings of the physical world, which must be accommodated in any explanation of physical phenomenon, and deferred to in any theory.
Such conjectures are fit for Philosophy and metaphysics, but as for being Science, this way lies madness....
And as for rejection of "Darwinism" because it offers no explanation of "the answer for why life exists and why the universe works that way that it does", neither the current science of evolution (the science of biology), the Neo-Darwinian theory on which it is based, nor the original theory offered by Darwin himself ever concerned themselves with the issues of the origin of life per se (the science of abiogenesis) nor the or the origins and workings of the physical Universe (the science of physics). That would be like rejecting Quantum Mechanics because it didn't explain genetic drift within a population.
You're making some unwarranted assumptions I think; for example, that the few minutes' excerpts of Wright's preaching repeatedly shown in a loop lately are representative of his career or his ministry, or that the church and church community is properly described as a "hate whites" church; I didn't get that from his remarks in any case; Wright was in 'preacher' mode [a Jeremiad, if you will] and I've heard similar tone and 'extremism' of one sort or another from many white ministers; I've heard "God Damn America" coming from Jesuits and from Methodist minister both -- if not from my own lips on occasion.
Or, that Obama (or anyone) heard "those words" or such like "week after week" -- just because they've been drilled into our heads by cable news, doesn't mean they were a staple of Wright's sermons. Indications are, in fact, that they are not. Can you quote much other than what you've been spoon-fed so far to indicate these are, in fact, representative remarks?
Those who dug up these clips and those who continually loop them in their broadcasts are, I believe, depending on the tendency many like you have shown to extrapolate from them an entire host of assumptions that are unwarranted. And the question is what Obama himself believes, and what he himself has said; and the record is clear on that. His recent speech on race should have everyone rethinking their assumptions, I think.
Unless you think Obama really is a covert racist radical who has brilliantly disguised himself as politically moderate intellectual with a background in community affairs (among white working-class communities as well) in order to subvert and subjugate the white race -- an attractive narrative to a certain class of mind, to be sure -- the entire episode is of little regard, and can be taken by any reasonable individual in the way Obama has stated it, and at face value.
Having the install checked by default may be wrong of them; but the only people who would be bit by that are people who both do not use Safari and don't think before clicking 'ok' to random upgrades. But Safari is not required to use iTunes, so there is no antitrust issue involved. Underhanded marketing it may be; but it is far from illegal. Now, if they unchecked the install by default, and provided a marketing blurb inviting peple to try it out, that would IMO be an excellent (and fair) example of marketing leverage.
In fact, this book is available on the O'Reilly Safari Books Online (no relation to the web browser) service, and I do read them on my iPhone. Low-end subscriptions are relatively cheep, and well worth it; I keep 10 books on my bookshelf at any one time for about $20 a month. I just added this one to my bookshelf.
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His own take on that (according to his terrific blog post linked from the summary) is that it is more a case of ignorant and arrogant disdain for the blogosphere, and that they are in fact ignorant altogether of the danger the blogs pose for them.
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I'd always thought he'd make a terrific SC Justice, and some years experience as a legislator -- specializing in issues of Copyright, piracy, and technology law -- might be a good career path in that regard, brining him out of the "shadows" -- insofar as he is in the shadows from the perspective of the political establishment. I have a feeling though, that as a venue for his skills, interests, and prodigious abilities, only SCOTUS would be truly satisfying.
The tapes were destroyed subsequent to a court order not to do so, in direct violation of that order. The order came about at that time to preserve possible evidence in the event of a future investigation. It is the violation of that previous order, not 'destruction of evidence', that is the current CIA scandal. I believe if the current investigation reveals that the destroyed tapes are germane to the investigation their destruction can be then deemed 'destruction of evidence'.
The last commercial Concorde flight was on 23 October 2003 (source). Therefore it was flying more than two years AFTER 9/1
Concorde was taken out of service after the crash in France due to a strip of metal on the runway blowing out a tire, the shards of which tire hit the fuselage and punctured the fuel tank, which started a fire, resulting in the horrific crash we've all seen. The components involved (fuel tank lining, tires, etc.) were redesigned and tested, and the initial public flight of the restored service took place on 9/11 (same day as the WTC attack) with a planeload of Concorde executives and employees; the flight went (as planned) halfway across the Atlantic and returned. The following day, as you all know, all comercial flights in the US were grounded. When commercial flights were finally restored weeks, the initial flight to New York was greated by no less an eminence than (Don Juan) Guliani himself, who exhorted the passengers to do one thing while in NYC -- spend a lot of money.
Reasons for its eventual demise were economic, relating mostly to inefficiencies in the aging technology and marketing model itself (small number of passengers, high expense per passenger, etc.). The airlines had already begun to switch to a strategy of marketing luxury charters (as opposed to depending upon regular commuter traffic) but even this model could not defeat the built in inefficiencies.
It is easily arguable that the huge economic downturn in the airline industry post-9/11 was a contributing factor to this, but what hobbled supersonic commercial flight to begin with (what made the Concorde a losing economic model, and the Boeing SST a no-go) was the worldwide Luddite reaction to the supersonic boom controversy, which limited the avenue for commercial SST traffic to the route between NY and London/Paris exclusively.
Well, it being a fossil of an ordinary type, there's no biological material remaining whatsoever; from the photograph you'll note that it's merely the chitinous exoskeleton of the claw -- it's entirely mineralized, as with so many such fossils; so, no DNA. Such cases, wherein soft tissue is preserved, are incredibly rare. I share your interest however in being able to recreate such a beast. Looks like tasty eatin'. Certainly not kosher. But tasty, I'll wager.
It's as though you've just awakened, in a dark box. It's still morning; you've just (in the past hour perhaps) discovered that there are other rooms in this box where other people are waking up, and are just learning to get along with them. We've finally got the stove lit, have a little light to read by (we've found some books on the shelves called "science") and we've just learn to make breakfast for ourselves. We've learn at least that this box we are in is called a 'home', and we have learned to call ours "Earth", and we've even discovered that there are a couple of other houses on either side that, from what we can tell by looking in the windows, seem empty. We have pried open the blinds on the windows far enough to see that there are many houses in this neighborhood....
What do we do next that would be reasonable and rational for those in our position?
This is where we come in. It behooves us to support these organizations, with our voices and our purchasing power if they are commercial, and with our time (if possible) and our donations if they are non-profit. We have to foster the voices that speak for us whenever and wherever we can.
And the other point that is being put forward -- that they wouldn't have detonated in case of a crash etc. -- is pretty irrelevant to the severity of the issue. What we have is a situation where a number of live warheads were temporarily misplaced, within the borders of the United States. That's scary.
They will continue to work as this was not a subscription model AFAIK (I have purchased other video but not NBC shows but I believe the model is the same). I would be willing to bet whatever download-venue NBC goes with (if any) the issue will be, rather, will future downloads work as well.
I'll second this; Netflix rocks. After the price on my plan dropped, I decided to upgrade. Then they dropped the price on that plan too. The only two times I had a bad disk it was replaced immediately after clicking the appropriate box online without their waiting for the damaged disk to be returned. Turnaround is literally next-day (and nothing has ever been late) and the Recommendations utility is for once really, really on-the-money. The carry the full, uncut and unrated versions of hundreds of foreign films (and NC-17 or unrated domestic films) that Blockbuster, Wal-Mart, and the others refuse to, and much more goodness.
Now if they can get through the hurdle of building us a Mac OS X client for their genereous allotment of online streaming, I'll be a REAL fan (and even regarding this issue they have been candid about the limitations they have to deal with in terms of imposed DRM in this regard). Whoever these people are, they do deserve support.
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I think Apple got to where they ARE by knowing who their customers are.
What has been broken here is not the code-signing apparatus per se but another part of the Apple security regimen; it appears this doesn't affect the need to have a valid initial certification to begin with. If the signing mechanism were defeated, that would conceivably allow anyone and his dog to upload and sell apps on the store without registering as a developer. But it isn't. So, in fact, the only people who could leverage this issue for nefarious purposes are people who are already working in the marketplace trying to earn a legitimate dime.
The issue as presented is still as serious (or as not-serious) as outlined, as it allows me as a developer do some pretty wanky things at the expense of the user's trust in my app -- but how many legit developers will risk burning their karma with users (let alone Apple) in order to exercise this? And Apple will have it fixed before any new bad actors get themselves hoisted into place with dev credentials.Am I too optimistic about iOS developers being other than evil miscreants-in-waiting?
I use the Apple 'SmartCover' with my iPad, sitting in front of me on the hospital-style cantilevered table that adjusts perfectly for height as I recline in the bed. The iPad touch sensitivity is very light and quick; in fact, I have more problems tapping the screen too hard and knocking over the pad when I am using an app in portrait mode needing lots of touch input, and have sometimes turned to my 12South 'Compass' stand for a solid easel-style display (very stabile, I recommend it).
...I don't think you should undersell Internet connectivity. Although fortunately I am not confined to bed 24/7, I spend more than half the day there, and Netflix streaming (which would be a wonderful gift you could frurnish her) is a savior; given the paucity of her programming now it would undoubtedly improve her day, and she would have some control over her entertainment choices. That and a twitter client (and set up the family on Twitter -- those that aren't already) and the family can stay engaged with her; an iPad or Android device with WiFi and a camera a can give her even more interactivity over Facetime or Skype.
You have an opportunity here to improve her daily life to an incredible degree, and obviously want to. Were it myself I'd even obtain here a Mi-Fi device and account if there was little or no Wi-Fi were she is living. Were it my own Grandmother I would not by skimping here.
All the developer-call you cite might mean, is that existing iPhone apps have to run on it with resolution independence. It doesn't mean that other apps developed specifically for the device could not implement Flash, or that Flash for iPhone OS isn't in the works, or that (regardless of Flash for iPhone) there is not a "Flash for i[Slate | Pad | Whatever] in the pipeline, or that a new class of hybrid apps for both iPhone and this new device might not be possible in the near future. My only hope for the device, myself, is that whatever the screen size or aspect ratio, it supports 720p resolution, if not higher.
Here in Des Moines, I lost EDGE data service all morning but could still call out and receive calls. I tried every customer number for AT&T but got the "all offices are closed, call next business day" and there was no message (automated or otherwise) about outages. I was left to wonder if it was an account problem, etc. (WiFi worked fine). Even after service was restored in the early afternoon (locally) there was no message or information regarding the outage, nor any info to be found on their website. Less than impressive customer care.
"Stein does not reject Darwinism for the evolution of individual species." Well, if you've seen the film (as you obviously haven't) and also read his other commentaries on the subject made in conjunction with the promotion of the film, you'd know that he does reject evolution of species.
He does this in two ways, in fact, both explicitly in his commentaries, and by support of Intelligent Design, which itself rejects natural evolution. The mission statement of the ID weblog, Dembeski & O'Leary's weblog, Common Descent, has the opening statement: "Materialistic ideology has subverted the study of biological and cosmological origins so that the actual content of these sciences has become corrupted. The problem, therefore, is not merely that science is being used illegitimately to promote a materialistic worldview, but that this worldview is actively undermining scientific inquiry, leading to incorrect and unsupported conclusions about biological and cosmological origins. At the same time, intelligent design (ID) offers a promising scientific alternative to materialistic theories of biological and cosmological evolution -- an alternative that is finding increasing theoretical and empirical support."
In other words, a project to redefine science itself as an endeavor that, rather than proceeding purely by examination of physical phenomenon and analysis of physical causes to arrive at physical (real-world) explanations, posits the possibility of a "spiritual" (non-materialist) science that proceeds from the presupposition there exists an supernatural intelligence behind the workings of the physical world, which must be accommodated in any explanation of physical phenomenon, and deferred to in any theory.
Such conjectures are fit for Philosophy and metaphysics, but as for being Science, this way lies madness....
And as for rejection of "Darwinism" because it offers no explanation of "the answer for why life exists and why the universe works that way that it does", neither the current science of evolution (the science of biology), the Neo-Darwinian theory on which it is based, nor the original theory offered by Darwin himself ever concerned themselves with the issues of the origin of life per se (the science of abiogenesis) nor the or the origins and workings of the physical Universe (the science of physics). That would be like rejecting Quantum Mechanics because it didn't explain genetic drift within a population.
You're making some unwarranted assumptions I think; for example, that the few minutes' excerpts of Wright's preaching repeatedly shown in a loop lately are representative of his career or his ministry, or that the church and church community is properly described as a "hate whites" church; I didn't get that from his remarks in any case; Wright was in 'preacher' mode [a Jeremiad, if you will] and I've heard similar tone and 'extremism' of one sort or another from many white ministers; I've heard "God Damn America" coming from Jesuits and from Methodist minister both -- if not from my own lips on occasion.
Or, that Obama (or anyone) heard "those words" or such like "week after week" -- just because they've been drilled into our heads by cable news, doesn't mean they were a staple of Wright's sermons. Indications are, in fact, that they are not. Can you quote much other than what you've been spoon-fed so far to indicate these are, in fact, representative remarks?
Those who dug up these clips and those who continually loop them in their broadcasts are, I believe, depending on the tendency many like you have shown to extrapolate from them an entire host of assumptions that are unwarranted. And the question is what Obama himself believes, and what he himself has said; and the record is clear on that. His recent speech on race should have everyone rethinking their assumptions, I think.
Unless you think Obama really is a covert racist radical who has brilliantly disguised himself as politically moderate intellectual with a background in community affairs (among white working-class communities as well) in order to subvert and subjugate the white race -- an attractive narrative to a certain class of mind, to be sure -- the entire episode is of little regard, and can be taken by any reasonable individual in the way Obama has stated it, and at face value.
Having the install checked by default may be wrong of them; but the only people who would be bit by that are people who both do not use Safari and don't think before clicking 'ok' to random upgrades. But Safari is not required to use iTunes, so there is no antitrust issue involved. Underhanded marketing it may be; but it is far from illegal. Now, if they unchecked the install by default, and provided a marketing blurb inviting peple to try it out, that would IMO be an excellent (and fair) example of marketing leverage.
And I post from my iPhone too, as you can tell ;)
In fact, this book is available on the O'Reilly Safari Books Online (no relation to the web browser) service, and I do read them on my iPhone. Low-end subscriptions are relatively cheep, and well worth it; I keep 10 books on my bookshelf at any one time for about $20 a month. I just added this one to my bookshelf.
...there goes my haggis.
His own take on that (according to his terrific blog post linked from the summary) is that it is more a case of ignorant and arrogant disdain for the blogosphere, and that they are in fact ignorant altogether of the danger the blogs pose for them.
I'd always thought he'd make a terrific SC Justice, and some years experience as a legislator -- specializing in issues of Copyright, piracy, and technology law -- might be a good career path in that regard, brining him out of the "shadows" -- insofar as he is in the shadows from the perspective of the political establishment. I have a feeling though, that as a venue for his skills, interests, and prodigious abilities, only SCOTUS would be truly satisfying.
I'm waiting to see the one rolling down the street pushed by a homeless person. "Where do you want to go today?"
Higher watt green lasers like this ClassIIIB http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/ can definitely be considered a hazard in the hands of idiots.
The tapes were destroyed subsequent to a court order not to do so, in direct violation of that order. The order came about at that time to preserve possible evidence in the event of a future investigation. It is the violation of that previous order, not 'destruction of evidence', that is the current CIA scandal. I believe if the current investigation reveals that the destroyed tapes are germane to the investigation their destruction can be then deemed 'destruction of evidence'.
The last commercial Concorde flight was on 23 October 2003 (source). Therefore it was flying more than two years AFTER 9/1
Concorde was taken out of service after the crash in France due to a strip of metal on the runway blowing out a tire, the shards of which tire hit the fuselage and punctured the fuel tank, which started a fire, resulting in the horrific crash we've all seen. The components involved (fuel tank lining, tires, etc.) were redesigned and tested, and the initial public flight of the restored service took place on 9/11 (same day as the WTC attack) with a planeload of Concorde executives and employees; the flight went (as planned) halfway across the Atlantic and returned. The following day, as you all know, all comercial flights in the US were grounded. When commercial flights were finally restored weeks, the initial flight to New York was greated by no less an eminence than (Don Juan) Guliani himself, who exhorted the passengers to do one thing while in NYC -- spend a lot of money.
Reasons for its eventual demise were economic, relating mostly to inefficiencies in the aging technology and marketing model itself (small number of passengers, high expense per passenger, etc.). The airlines had already begun to switch to a strategy of marketing luxury charters (as opposed to depending upon regular commuter traffic) but even this model could not defeat the built in inefficiencies.
It is easily arguable that the huge economic downturn in the airline industry post-9/11 was a contributing factor to this, but what hobbled supersonic commercial flight to begin with (what made the Concorde a losing economic model, and the Boeing SST a no-go) was the worldwide Luddite reaction to the supersonic boom controversy, which limited the avenue for commercial SST traffic to the route between NY and London/Paris exclusively.
Well, it being a fossil of an ordinary type, there's no biological material remaining whatsoever; from the photograph you'll note that it's merely the chitinous exoskeleton of the claw -- it's entirely mineralized, as with so many such fossils; so, no DNA. Such cases, wherein soft tissue is preserved, are incredibly rare. I share your interest however in being able to recreate such a beast. Looks like tasty eatin'. Certainly not kosher. But tasty, I'll wager.
What do we do next that would be reasonable and rational for those in our position?
This is where we come in. It behooves us to support these organizations, with our voices and our purchasing power if they are commercial, and with our time (if possible) and our donations if they are non-profit. We have to foster the voices that speak for us whenever and wherever we can.
I was about to post these same thoughts. Why is it that the absolute worst parts of Science Fiction get turned into fact before the fun parts?
And the other point that is being put forward -- that they wouldn't have detonated in case of a crash etc. -- is pretty irrelevant to the severity of the issue. What we have is a situation where a number of live warheads were temporarily misplaced, within the borders of the United States. That's scary.
They will continue to work as this was not a subscription model AFAIK (I have purchased other video but not NBC shows but I believe the model is the same). I would be willing to bet whatever download-venue NBC goes with (if any) the issue will be, rather, will future downloads work as well.
Now if they can get through the hurdle of building us a Mac OS X client for their genereous allotment of online streaming, I'll be a REAL fan (and even regarding this issue they have been candid about the limitations they have to deal with in terms of imposed DRM in this regard). Whoever these people are, they do deserve support.