It has nothing to do with sandboxes or security models. Nor does this have anything to do with Google not "screening" applications before they go on Market.
This has to do with the fact that the API allows applications to toggle this setting. The decision to expose that can (and should, in my opinion) be scrutinized, but it has nothing to do with security models, sandboxes, or "Apple being better". (To also comment to some other's responses)
Just because he cracked the fairplay scheme doesn't mean he has seen the code.
You seem to think that "cracking" something of this sort doesn't involve reverse engineering it. In fact, all of the "cracking" that I can recall DVD-Jon doing (CSS, FairPlay) has been the result of him reverse engineering available implementations.
A huge number of these sorts companies either have no specifications to provide or their specifications are merely comments in their code. Sound insane? That is the reality. I'd be willing to bet that the number of closed source projects that have specs are about the same as open source projects that have them: very few.
being as though the most popular local... ahem.. gentlemen's club tends to distribute them as change. I've never had a problem passing one of them off anywhere in town... not that I've had an opportunity, mind you...
There are way more considerations for a company like Dell than just performance and AMD being able to meet the volume demands of Dell is a serious concern.
I look at this as both a way for Dell to give Intel the hint that they are not completely entrenched in their tehcnology, as well as also looking into improving their product line. I'd bet the numbers just didn't hash out.
First off, the car he hit was a minivan. A Hummer was not involved, the submitter just wanted to use this opportunity to bash SUVs even when one wasn't involved.
Chances are, even if he was hit by a Geo Metro he would have been killed. Solar vehicles are built especially light since they don't have alot of power to move them.
This vehicle was built from fibreglass, and not just the shell either. He took a risk piloting that type of vehicle on the roads with normal vehicles and unfortunately paid a price.
I'm not sure about the overall success of the program, but from an anecdotal standpoint it doesn't seem to be working out very well -- there have been quite a number of wrecked Enzos cropping up around the internet, which I'd presume is a good percentage of the total Enzo population given the small production.
Wrecked cars do not necessarily mean inexperienced drivers. Many car enthusiasts push their cars to the limit. Whats the limit? Well, there is no real good way to know that. Know how to find it? Pass it.:)
Every very good driver I've ever known has wrecked their fair share of vehicles. Thats how they learn how to drive the car to it's limit.
From someone piloting cars like these with you guys on the road, here are some helpful safety hints.
If you see someone coming up very quickly from behind, in your lane or an adjacent one:
1. We see you. Don't tap your brakes. 2. Please, please, please GOD, don't change lanes. Wait will we blow by. 3. Flashing your brights as we pass only makes us chuckle.
Except, when you convert from AAC (Lossy) to CD, and then rip and recompress to ANOTHER lossy compression method (OGG, MP3, etc) then you no longer have a version with the same quality as you purchased.
playfair wasn't about stealing music. It was about allowing people to listen to the music they purchased in the way THEY wanted to.
I, for example, would love to listen to my iTunes music on my iRiver player. I can't. Unless of course I burn the tracks to CD and then rip them again, which is a pain and a waste of a CD. I bought the freakin' music, I should be able to listen to it the way I please. THAT is why playfair exists.
First off, more boost does not equal more wear. The only reason NOT to turn up the boost is detonation. Most cars are tuned to the shittiest gas they will come in contact with, and then a safety barrier is added. There is often ALOT of power to tune out of a car.
A Toyota Supra, for example, 320HP, 12psi stock boost. You can safely up that to 18psi, fool the computer into not cutting the fuel at those boost levels, and you can easily get over 400HP out of the car. Some exhaust modifications and you can see over 450HP. All this with no loss of reliability or increased wear, provided you give it plenty of high enough octane fuel to prevent detonation.
Detonation is what hurts turbo cars. If you can increase your dynamic compression ratio without inducing detonation, you can see big gains in most turbo cars without issues.
Take a close look at how Freenet nodes operate, and realize the minimal amount of traffic analysis that would be required on the part of any government agency to identify node operators and direct queries to guarantee that for any value of "contraband" required, some data corresponding to "contraband" exists on the node of the person selected to be the test case.
Leaving your argument aside, you don't actually know how freenet works.
'Direct' requests to a node are not necessarily answered by that node. There is no way for a particular attacker to know whether the node it requested the data from answered it directly from it's data store or routed the request to another node which subsequently answered it.
Just because a fishtank valve can give a Supra another 100hp, does not mean the rest of the equation is up to the task.
Your point is valid, but you picked the wrong car to make it.:)
The Supra, in particular, has a rock solid drivetrain that has no issues handling well over double the stock horsepower without issues and without any noticable loss of longetivity.
Yes, and the brakes are incredible. Emergency stops at well over 100mph are still amazing.
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*sigh* trackPOINTS. I personally hate trackpoints...
I personally hate trackpads, but check out the Sony P-Series.
It has nothing to do with sandboxes or security models. Nor does this have anything to do with Google not "screening" applications before they go on Market.
This has to do with the fact that the API allows applications to toggle this setting. The decision to expose that can (and should, in my opinion) be scrutinized, but it has nothing to do with security models, sandboxes, or "Apple being better". (To also comment to some other's responses)
TOE is only supported by MS Windows. The kernel gods wisely decided to not bother with supporting that hack.
Just because he cracked the fairplay scheme doesn't mean he has seen the code.
You seem to think that "cracking" something of this sort doesn't involve reverse engineering it. In fact, all of the "cracking" that I can recall DVD-Jon doing (CSS, FairPlay) has been the result of him reverse engineering available implementations.
What I cannot figure out is how no one realizes that the irony is that the song is ABOUT irony but yet contains NO irony. THAT IS THE IRONY.
Do you honestly believe that someone could be that stupid? It's obviously on purpose.
A huge number of these sorts companies either have no specifications to provide or their specifications are merely comments in their code. Sound insane? That is the reality. I'd be willing to bet that the number of closed source projects that have specs are about the same as open source projects that have them: very few.
being as though the most popular local ... ahem .. gentlemen's club tends to distribute them as change. I've never had a problem passing one of them off anywhere in town ... not that I've had an opportunity, mind you...
In theory they are unique, but in practice they may not be. Also, MAC addresses are easily spoofed.
You hit the nail on the head.
There are way more considerations for a company like Dell than just performance and AMD being able to meet the volume demands of Dell is a serious concern.
I look at this as both a way for Dell to give Intel the hint that they are not completely entrenched in their tehcnology, as well as also looking into improving their product line. I'd bet the numbers just didn't hash out.
http://halogen.note.amherst.edu.nyud.net:8090/~win g/wingie/tech/hdchime/hdchime.php
I think stealing is wrong. But, if someone steals my enemy's car, I can still point and laugh.
So ... Route all your outbound traffic through Linux routers with this tool installed?
First off, the car he hit was a minivan. A Hummer was not involved, the submitter just wanted to use this opportunity to bash SUVs even when one wasn't involved.
Chances are, even if he was hit by a Geo Metro he would have been killed. Solar vehicles are built especially light since they don't have alot of power to move them.
This vehicle was built from fibreglass, and not just the shell either. He took a risk piloting that type of vehicle on the roads with normal vehicles and unfortunately paid a price.
I wondered if that sign had been built just for the movie or it was actually the name of the complex (possibly a joke by some suburban planner).
Actually, the apartment complex's real name is "Sweetwater at Wells Branch", if I am thinking of the right ones...
Here they are.
Wrecked cars do not necessarily mean inexperienced drivers. Many car enthusiasts push their cars to the limit. Whats the limit? Well, there is no real good way to know that. Know how to find it? Pass it. :)
Every very good driver I've ever known has wrecked their fair share of vehicles. Thats how they learn how to drive the car to it's limit.
From someone piloting cars like these with you guys on the road, here are some helpful safety hints.
:)
If you see someone coming up very quickly from behind, in your lane or an adjacent one:
1. We see you. Don't tap your brakes.
2. Please, please, please GOD, don't change lanes. Wait will we blow by.
3. Flashing your brights as we pass only makes us chuckle.
Hope this helps.
I'm sure they meant 'from the factory'.
There are quite a few cars out there putting out this sort of horsepower. The commons ones would be vipers, corvettes and toyota supras.
Except, when you convert from AAC (Lossy) to CD, and then rip and recompress to ANOTHER lossy compression method (OGG, MP3, etc) then you no longer have a version with the same quality as you purchased.
What a brain dead comment.
playfair wasn't about stealing music. It was about allowing people to listen to the music they purchased in the way THEY wanted to.
I, for example, would love to listen to my iTunes music on my iRiver player. I can't. Unless of course I burn the tracks to CD and then rip them again, which is a pain and a waste of a CD. I bought the freakin' music, I should be able to listen to it the way I please. THAT is why playfair exists.
First off, more boost does not equal more wear. The only reason NOT to turn up the boost is detonation. Most cars are tuned to the shittiest gas they will come in contact with, and then a safety barrier is added. There is often ALOT of power to tune out of a car.
A Toyota Supra, for example, 320HP, 12psi stock boost. You can safely up that to 18psi, fool the computer into not cutting the fuel at those boost levels, and you can easily get over 400HP out of the car. Some exhaust modifications and you can see over 450HP. All this with no loss of reliability or increased wear, provided you give it plenty of high enough octane fuel to prevent detonation.
Detonation is what hurts turbo cars. If you can increase your dynamic compression ratio without inducing detonation, you can see big gains in most turbo cars without issues.
So I take it you are not following in the family business? ;)
What's the problem? Thats par for the course for a GM product.
Take a close look at how Freenet nodes operate, and realize the minimal amount of traffic analysis that would be required on the part of any government agency to identify node operators and direct queries to guarantee that for any value of "contraband" required, some data corresponding to "contraband" exists on the node of the person selected to be the test case.
Leaving your argument aside, you don't actually know how freenet works.
'Direct' requests to a node are not necessarily answered by that node. There is no way for a particular attacker to know whether the node it requested the data from answered it directly from it's data store or routed the request to another node which subsequently answered it.
Just because a fishtank valve can give a Supra another 100hp, does not mean the rest of the equation is up to the task.
:)
Your point is valid, but you picked the wrong car to make it.
The Supra, in particular, has a rock solid drivetrain that has no issues handling well over double the stock horsepower without issues and without any noticable loss of longetivity. Yes, and the brakes are incredible. Emergency stops at well over 100mph are still amazing.