There's no way for a SINGLE bit error to hit both the main routine and the checksum routine. Cosmic rays or other EMF based changes are rare events, so the mind boggles on the chance both can go wrong in the same instance.
Since the biggest Toyota runaway story has turned out to be a problem exists between seat and pedals situation... is this all hype with no science behind it?
Interference from radiation doesn't just come from outer space, it comes from cell phones, TV/radio stations, microwaves.... you see where this is going. I once worked in an office where there was a cell phone relay antenna too close to a PC, and we were constantly reinstalling the OS until I told them to move things around in the area.
Thing is, when Windows gets a corrupted OS... it BSODs and we move on. Single-bit errors shouldn't send the car out of control... there should be some checksum that shouldn't add up. When a fault is detected, it should go to a backup program about safely shutting down the car.
People shouldn't be making servers out of their company desktops... it's the nightmare of the IT department to have other departments starting Access databases on their PCs, and then inviting other users to use the file. Eventually this becomes unworkable and the user installs a smaller version of MS-SQL, and then you've got a patching nightmare which leads to a worm and then...
I'd define custom software as software written for a specific client, not for public release. Most deals I do when I'm on-site define anything I write for them is their copyright.
This is clearly is bad for the individual geek who makes their living selling simple custom programs that do only what the user wants/needs and nothing that they don't, unlike Microsoft omnibus packages. It's a case of government by large corporation over the individual if this passes.
It seems like any computer/tv/tech store gets this kind of complaint from non-tech-minded customers who buy the wrong widget, and too-tech-minded customers who think their technology is inferior to what they could build themselves. Such is the perils of mass marketing.
I don't think this was a deliberate attempt to defraud customers as much as it was a poor choice of verb. People use the term "sync" when it has nothing to do with synchronization. When you "sync" your smartphone you're not doing anything that relates to time, you're just copying data to be the same in both places. When you "sync" your Bluetooth headset, you're actually "pairing" it to tell it which phone it belongs to. When you press the "sync" button on your keyboard, you're actually "pairing" it again.
While you don't need to set a clock on the 3D glasses, you do need to ensure that the glasses can see the IR emitter, with a clear path between the emitter and wherever the user will be sitting. That's the actual service they're offering as part of the larger setup package. I'm sure the advertising people will hear this brushback and correct future mentions of the service, but they're only technically wrong, and using words that better communicate to the people who would buy a Best Buy home install than the technically correct ones... even if technically correct is the best kind of correct.
Watergate wasn't supposed to be made public (thats why he used to name 'Deep throat') and made it public anonymously.
The Washington Post reporters became famous for what they were reporting, and their "Deep Throat" source was known to them. The Post knew who they were dealing with, and chose not to identify their source to protect him.
It's hard to send an anonymous tip to a news organization. They'll want to know who you are and why you know what you're saying is true. They might be willing to protect you by withholding your name... but that's their decision.
The problem with the "I'm so healthy I don't need insurance!" crowd is that there are some unfortunate people who acquire the dreaded "preexisting condition" while they're uninsured, which leads to those people basically having to pay full rate until their bankrupt, then those of us who have insurance have to pay more because the hospital has to get the money for treating these people from somewhere...
I'm an American. And getting those fleecing me for a free ride to pay their share was my idea.
DRM usually falls to a high-value not-enough-security problem where it's worth it to break and unlock the system preventing all DVDs from being ripped, or to unlock the iTunes or PlayForSure universe of music... DirecTV's had their problems with encryption cracks historically too, but digital cable has never had a widespread outbreak because the CableCARD encryption key can vary from place to place and at most you'll get one channel in one area per crack, no worth doing for most hackers.
See, here's the thing... it's a ratio of value of what you get over difficulty of getting it that decides if a hack is "profitable." If it isn't, you don't see it falling.
We're already using driver's licenses for that in some places, and I know it's old local people with good memories staffing the checklists at my polling place. You're allowed to hide what you vote, but you're not allowed to get a ballot without people knowing who you are and them seeing you're still on the list. Anything that prevents double-voters is a good thing.
Within MA, there's about a dozen different varieties of "charity plates" where people pay a surcharge that is donated to the choice charity of the owners of a logo, such as a sports team or other group.
But, since they all use the same raised lettering, they're machine readable just like any other plate.
Yes, but the primary key shouldn't also be the secret key.
Now there's an idea that's viable... require a securely-stored PIN to unlock the card in order to prove you are you, just like debit cards. Wouldn't help with a family member taking your card, but would help if a stranger tried it.
American health insurers make it very clear that the only service they'll provide for you in Canada is medical transport back to the USA. They won't pay the out-of-country rate for Canadian healthcare.
As much as us Americans hate being reduced to a number... something's got to be the primary key in the database records government and business keep about us.
Yeah... hopefully Glenn Beck will get caught in an infinite loop of hating government and love of homeland security which will cause him to crash and need a reboot.
I'm not sure why Slashdot is so afraid of this. You don't have a right to be anonymous to your employer. You don't have a right to avoid taxes. You just got the right to healthcare, but do you really want that going to illegal immigrants? We already drive around with standardized (yet customizable non-materially) license plates on our cars. You already need proof of government permission and proof somebody's going to pay if you hit something to drive a car. You aren't supposed to be able to get on a plane anonymously...
Let's not think of the things we'd be able to get away with with a fake id... and start thinking how we can make sure somebody else can't fake their ID for our mutual protection.
There's a reason why we don't keep address books in openly-readable unencrypted XML files.
Mix an easily-read address book with a small bit of untrusted code, and you've got a worm with the capability of sending victim-specific e-mail. Upload that list to a server, and you've just given your favorite people the gift of spam. Microsoft learned this the hard way when most users were using Outlook Express and Windows Address Book and both of them had wide-open for scripting interfaces, so that lead to a mess. We don't use those things anymore.
Please... let's make sure this requires a stored-password check so that we're sure only apps the user trusts to read the address book. All of the cool web apps are doing it.
The sentence will be sent to his editor May 5. They'll have it proofread and the final edit will be done June 7. Armed truck drivers will deliver the sentence to Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Borders locations on an undisclosed date. The sentence will go on sale August 11.
Doesn't Moot know that it's bad luck for geeks to discuss software they're going to write before it's written? It's the Vaporware curse that has been dogging classics like Duke Nukem Forever.
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There's no way for a SINGLE bit error to hit both the main routine and the checksum routine. Cosmic rays or other EMF based changes are rare events, so the mind boggles on the chance both can go wrong in the same instance.
Since the biggest Toyota runaway story has turned out to be a problem exists between seat and pedals situation... is this all hype with no science behind it?
Interference from radiation doesn't just come from outer space, it comes from cell phones, TV/radio stations, microwaves.... you see where this is going. I once worked in an office where there was a cell phone relay antenna too close to a PC, and we were constantly reinstalling the OS until I told them to move things around in the area.
Thing is, when Windows gets a corrupted OS... it BSODs and we move on. Single-bit errors shouldn't send the car out of control... there should be some checksum that shouldn't add up. When a fault is detected, it should go to a backup program about safely shutting down the car.
People shouldn't be making servers out of their company desktops... it's the nightmare of the IT department to have other departments starting Access databases on their PCs, and then inviting other users to use the file. Eventually this becomes unworkable and the user installs a smaller version of MS-SQL, and then you've got a patching nightmare which leads to a worm and then...
I'd define custom software as software written for a specific client, not for public release. Most deals I do when I'm on-site define anything I write for them is their copyright.
This is clearly is bad for the individual geek who makes their living selling simple custom programs that do only what the user wants/needs and nothing that they don't, unlike Microsoft omnibus packages. It's a case of government by large corporation over the individual if this passes.
140 characters should be enough for anybody!
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You can tell this story is going to lead the 5am ET local news tomorrow... what? Nobody cares? Okay... next story please, Mr. Editor.
It seems like any computer/tv/tech store gets this kind of complaint from non-tech-minded customers who buy the wrong widget, and too-tech-minded customers who think their technology is inferior to what they could build themselves. Such is the perils of mass marketing.
I don't think this was a deliberate attempt to defraud customers as much as it was a poor choice of verb. People use the term "sync" when it has nothing to do with synchronization. When you "sync" your smartphone you're not doing anything that relates to time, you're just copying data to be the same in both places. When you "sync" your Bluetooth headset, you're actually "pairing" it to tell it which phone it belongs to. When you press the "sync" button on your keyboard, you're actually "pairing" it again.
While you don't need to set a clock on the 3D glasses, you do need to ensure that the glasses can see the IR emitter, with a clear path between the emitter and wherever the user will be sitting. That's the actual service they're offering as part of the larger setup package. I'm sure the advertising people will hear this brushback and correct future mentions of the service, but they're only technically wrong, and using words that better communicate to the people who would buy a Best Buy home install than the technically correct ones... even if technically correct is the best kind of correct.
Watergate wasn't supposed to be made public (thats why he used to name 'Deep throat') and made it public anonymously.
The Washington Post reporters became famous for what they were reporting, and their "Deep Throat" source was known to them. The Post knew who they were dealing with, and chose not to identify their source to protect him.
It's hard to send an anonymous tip to a news organization. They'll want to know who you are and why you know what you're saying is true. They might be willing to protect you by withholding your name... but that's their decision.
The problem with the "I'm so healthy I don't need insurance!" crowd is that there are some unfortunate people who acquire the dreaded "preexisting condition" while they're uninsured, which leads to those people basically having to pay full rate until their bankrupt, then those of us who have insurance have to pay more because the hospital has to get the money for treating these people from somewhere...
I'm an American. And getting those fleecing me for a free ride to pay their share was my idea.
DRM usually falls to a high-value not-enough-security problem where it's worth it to break and unlock the system preventing all DVDs from being ripped, or to unlock the iTunes or PlayForSure universe of music... DirecTV's had their problems with encryption cracks historically too, but digital cable has never had a widespread outbreak because the CableCARD encryption key can vary from place to place and at most you'll get one channel in one area per crack, no worth doing for most hackers.
See, here's the thing... it's a ratio of value of what you get over difficulty of getting it that decides if a hack is "profitable." If it isn't, you don't see it falling.
We're already using driver's licenses for that in some places, and I know it's old local people with good memories staffing the checklists at my polling place. You're allowed to hide what you vote, but you're not allowed to get a ballot without people knowing who you are and them seeing you're still on the list. Anything that prevents double-voters is a good thing.
No, I'm saying we have flawed systems for ID that are too easily faked out... so we need a geekily-secured ID system in its place.
Within MA, there's about a dozen different varieties of "charity plates" where people pay a surcharge that is donated to the choice charity of the owners of a logo, such as a sports team or other group.
But, since they all use the same raised lettering, they're machine readable just like any other plate.
Yes, but the primary key shouldn't also be the secret key.
Now there's an idea that's viable... require a securely-stored PIN to unlock the card in order to prove you are you, just like debit cards. Wouldn't help with a family member taking your card, but would help if a stranger tried it.
American health insurers make it very clear that the only service they'll provide for you in Canada is medical transport back to the USA. They won't pay the out-of-country rate for Canadian healthcare.
As much as us Americans hate being reduced to a number... something's got to be the primary key in the database records government and business keep about us.
Yeah... hopefully Glenn Beck will get caught in an infinite loop of hating government and love of homeland security which will cause him to crash and need a reboot.
I'm not sure why Slashdot is so afraid of this. You don't have a right to be anonymous to your employer. You don't have a right to avoid taxes. You just got the right to healthcare, but do you really want that going to illegal immigrants? We already drive around with standardized (yet customizable non-materially) license plates on our cars. You already need proof of government permission and proof somebody's going to pay if you hit something to drive a car. You aren't supposed to be able to get on a plane anonymously...
Let's not think of the things we'd be able to get away with with a fake id... and start thinking how we can make sure somebody else can't fake their ID for our mutual protection.
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There's a reason why we don't keep address books in openly-readable unencrypted XML files.
Mix an easily-read address book with a small bit of untrusted code, and you've got a worm with the capability of sending victim-specific e-mail. Upload that list to a server, and you've just given your favorite people the gift of spam. Microsoft learned this the hard way when most users were using Outlook Express and Windows Address Book and both of them had wide-open for scripting interfaces, so that lead to a mess. We don't use those things anymore.
Please... let's make sure this requires a stored-password check so that we're sure only apps the user trusts to read the address book. All of the cool web apps are doing it.
He will be sentenced April 26th
The sentence will be sent to his editor May 5.
They'll have it proofread and the final edit will be done June 7.
Armed truck drivers will deliver the sentence to Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Borders locations on an undisclosed date.
The sentence will go on sale August 11.
Please, no spoilers before the release date.
Doesn't Moot know that it's bad luck for geeks to discuss software they're going to write before it's written? It's the Vaporware curse that has been dogging classics like Duke Nukem Forever.