So we might finally end this, but only repeat history and head back into the chaos.
One Thing was that DST was created to save energy, but was not adopted by all countries in the beginning. It was only back in 1996 whole of EU got DST standardized so all member would change clocks on the same dates.
But now we are heading back into the chaos, where each member can decide which ever time they will implement. So we are back to pre-1996.
What about all those fitness freaks out there, who dies prematurely.
Doctors claimed it was the roids causing heart damage, and now it clearly shows it is chick yolk!
Who is going after AT&T for what looks like faking a great LTE coverage.
As a user of the Samsung S7 Active (which is a Samsung exclusively sold through AT&T) phone has no indicator for 3G/UMTS coverage.
When connected to a 3G/UMTS cell it will show 4G in network indicator, 4G/LTE when connected to a true 4G cell and EDGE when connected on 2G.
What differs on these Samsung Sx Active phones is that since they are only sold through AT&T, AT&T also controls the firmware releases, and they can only be OTA updated on their network.
Catalina Express and helicopter was just a reference, in this real life event it was a discussion whether to take a ferry versus a toll bridge.
There had been no searches before hand, only the verbal discussion, and pricing for this bridge and ferry is common knowledge in my part of the world.
You are completely right if I do not trust Facebook and believe they are evil, why do I keep using them. Personally I do not have a problem with Facebook, nor the amount of data they may collect from me, simply because I do not feel I have anything to hide from Facebook. Others might have it differently and that is completely their choice which I respect.
Facebook was for me once a way to stay connected to friends and stay updated of events my friends' lives. Now Facebook has for me transitioned to become a site/media where I get the latest news in areas that interests me, more or less just like Slashdot does.
What I am only concerned about, is that I feel Mark/Facebook is answering all the questions directly to the spot ("to the teeth"?), but leaves out some information which could have been revealed if the questions where asked differently.
For instance as other already mentioned, is Facebook targeting ads purely on a Facebook user's likes, comments, posts, apps etc.? or is Facebook scraping Google Ad cookies, Smaato cookies, AdServing cookies and so on for many of the other marketing trackers on the internet, to collect a larger profile for knowing which ads to serve?
Based on true events (location and persons have been edited for sake of privacy):
So one evening I said to my partner -
Me: "You know what darling, should we consider taking the Catalina Express instead of taking a chopper?"
Darling: "No, Catalina Express is more expensive and takes longer, let's stick with the chopper"
The partner opens Facebook on tablet and suggested ad is "Great deals on Catalina Express".
Dear Zuckerberg, is Facebook using my mic from my tablet to target ads for my profile?
Or should the question rather be:
Dear Zuckerberg, is Facebook scraping data from other sources using my mic on my tablet to target ads for my profile?
It is just a week ago, that Kuo stated Apple would discontinue the iPhone X, because of the low/slow adoption fra markets and the low sales.
If this would be true, the coming line-up will look like classic iPhone 8s, 8s Plus and the iPhone SE2/SEs.
However all of sudden just a week after the above statement, Kuo now declares the coming line-up will be 3 new iPhone X.
iPhone X2/XS (2nd Generation iPhone X)
iPhone X Plus
iPhone X SE
I am grateful that I live in a country where I pay $20 for a truly unlimited voice, text and data plan. And everything on 4G with HD videos and no other bullshit.
VR is not anything new. It is something that has been "re-invented" or more like re-hyped.
Back in the 90s, VR was the new greatest thing. In London there were arcades where you could try out VR in games. Gloves was invented with keyboards to make the user more mobile. https://youtu.be/rVn3H93Ysag?l...
Of course technology has evolved so VR is easier to use today, than the helmet you had to wear in the 90s.
I have myself been in your shoes, and never seemed to get a proper answer, simply because the US mobile market seems totally screwed compared to the "Scandinavian" offers.
I travel to US often too, and have ended up in using T-Mobile starting with a $30 Walmart Starter pack. It had unlimited talk, text and "unlimited" data with 5GB on 4G (EDGE after 5GB).
I wanted to keep the number, so when home I change the plan to "Pay as you go" (no roaming available) which is a $3 monthly plan, this is just to keep the phone number. If you don't need it you can discard it.
When I return to US I simply change the plan to whatever suits me (usually $80 everything unlimited plan).
I usually travel west coast, but coverage has been fine, though some holes in desert/rural areas. And yeah even on 4G there can be areas where speed is slow as EDGE probably due to overloaded cells.
If you go for this idea, there are some things to remember.
- If you want to keep the number you have to register an account with My-Tmobile while in US due to SMS activation (since international roaming is an extra service/fee)
- When changing plans there is a turn period. Usually I change the plan near my departure and make a chat session with customer service and ask them to make the change of plan immediately, rather than have to wait. Funny enough, downgrading a plan is effective immediately.
Of course this might not be the best or cheapest option, but it was the easiest and has been for me.
The Google Fi project has been looking promising, but the requirement of a Nexus phone does not please me.
This article has a misleading headline and/. simply relays the misleading.
This is not an Apple iDevice problem, all WIFI devices are subjectable for such an attack.
Underlying problem in Apple's case is that some carriers seem to add predefined WIFI networks to an iPhone/iPad when the device get their carrier settings. So this must be the carrier's issue!
But this attack could might as well be used against any laptops or Android devices.
How often have many of you not been to Starbucks and used their free WIFI.
Their WIFI (in most countries) is open with no security and all you have to do is agree to some terms on the webpage.
So in the US, basically I should simply set up af network called attwifi. I really dont need to do a landing page with Starbucks/AT&T terms, many would probably not even wonder if they came directly on the internet. And then devices would begin to connect to my network, I could sniff through the traffic.
It is an old school man in the middle attack and not much Apples problem.
And yes HTTPS protects you, no wait, it only protects your payload. Metadata is still floating through.
I had the same plans when I bought my Pi. But along the way I found out that there was a bit cutier gadget with better hardware for XBMC, but in general for other programmed stuff too.
The MK 802 series (there is I, II and III models), UG802, GK802 etc.
There are the size of a bigger USB stick, contains HDMI, WLAN, flash, more RAM than Pi, higher clocked and dual/quad core CPU than Pi and some even bluetooth.
Costs a bit more, can run Android and XBMC from there, though not all got direct hardware codec support yet.
It would start make you understand the nutritions listed back of every food/beverage product you buy. These are listed in grams, but hence you still think and use, tea-/tablespoons, cups and ounces.
Really sounds more like a linux world, whereas in Linux people would say "I downloaded this media player and it will not install..." Was it for Debian, Ubunutu, Red Hat and so on.
Now it would be "I have downloaded Angry birds for Windows, and it will not run?" "Are you using ARM or..........the other one?"
I have said it for years, and yet ISPs/Blizzard only learn by doing.
Bittorrent != Piracy. It is used by applications for distributing e.g. updates or games in Steam-like services.
So what does Blizzard have to learn? That they kept on using bittorrent for distributing updates, knowingly ISPs would block or throttle the bandwidth for it.
However I still praise Blizzard for using bittorrent, to fight the consensus that bittorrent is equal to piracy.
This law has been in effect in Denmark over several years now. And even when it is the law several ISPs does not log this information, simply because of the costs.
So maybe ISPs or justice department should put some more work into, what if an ISP does not comply with the law, what should then happen, a fine, cease and desist or.....?
Back in 2004/2005, Kevin Rose demonstrated the use of gummy bears to cheat fingerprint scanners on the TV show "The Screensavers" (today called "Attack of the Show"). And my guess that this trick was known even before then.
Try inSSIDer which also can show you some of the non-broadcasting networks.
But nevertheless the true tool would be a spectrum analyzer, Metageek sells some cheap ones.
And think about moving to 5Ghz.
Wireless intereference is not something new, and 2.4Ghz aint just big enough, especially not in apartments complexes, and equipment broadcasting at full power.
I'll be asking for a refund from GameStop as I also were required to remove the portion to be able to buy new games.
I assume you told the GameStop clerk that you were purchasing the PS3 specifically for the particular purpose of installing another OS?
In the US, it's even more explicit:
I'll be asking GameStop the very same thing. GameStop sold me the old console september last year, when the Slim model had just hit the shelves. GameStop advertised in the window "Get the old PS3 while in stock" reffering to the missing features and components from the new slim model.
Now I have a PS3 that is more or less equal to a slim model, which even was cheaper back then.
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So we might finally end this, but only repeat history and head back into the chaos.
One Thing was that DST was created to save energy, but was not adopted by all countries in the beginning. It was only back in 1996 whole of EU got DST standardized so all member would change clocks on the same dates.
But now we are heading back into the chaos, where each member can decide which ever time they will implement. So we are back to pre-1996.
What about all those fitness freaks out there, who dies prematurely.
Doctors claimed it was the roids causing heart damage, and now it clearly shows it is chick yolk!
Who is going after AT&T for what looks like faking a great LTE coverage.
As a user of the Samsung S7 Active (which is a Samsung exclusively sold through AT&T) phone has no indicator for 3G/UMTS coverage. When connected to a 3G/UMTS cell it will show 4G in network indicator, 4G/LTE when connected to a true 4G cell and EDGE when connected on 2G.
What differs on these Samsung Sx Active phones is that since they are only sold through AT&T, AT&T also controls the firmware releases, and they can only be OTA updated on their network.
Catalina Express and helicopter was just a reference, in this real life event it was a discussion whether to take a ferry versus a toll bridge.
There had been no searches before hand, only the verbal discussion, and pricing for this bridge and ferry is common knowledge in my part of the world.
You are completely right if I do not trust Facebook and believe they are evil, why do I keep using them. Personally I do not have a problem with Facebook, nor the amount of data they may collect from me, simply because I do not feel I have anything to hide from Facebook. Others might have it differently and that is completely their choice which I respect.
Facebook was for me once a way to stay connected to friends and stay updated of events my friends' lives. Now Facebook has for me transitioned to become a site/media where I get the latest news in areas that interests me, more or less just like Slashdot does.
What I am only concerned about, is that I feel Mark/Facebook is answering all the questions directly to the spot ("to the teeth"?), but leaves out some information which could have been revealed if the questions where asked differently.
For instance as other already mentioned, is Facebook targeting ads purely on a Facebook user's likes, comments, posts, apps etc.? or is Facebook scraping Google Ad cookies, Smaato cookies, AdServing cookies and so on for many of the other marketing trackers on the internet, to collect a larger profile for knowing which ads to serve?
And to allow my tinfoil hat again or call it conspiracy, let us remember the event of 2016, where Mark posted a picture to celebrate Instragram's 500Million active users.
In this picture he had masked webcam and mic of his laptop. Was this to prevent "simple" industrial spionage or was it to protect himself from his own system?
Based on true events (location and persons have been edited for sake of privacy):
So one evening I said to my partner -
Me: "You know what darling, should we consider taking the Catalina Express instead of taking a chopper?"
Darling: "No, Catalina Express is more expensive and takes longer, let's stick with the chopper"
The partner opens Facebook on tablet and suggested ad is "Great deals on Catalina Express".
Dear Zuckerberg, is Facebook using my mic from my tablet to target ads for my profile?
Or should the question rather be:
Dear Zuckerberg, is Facebook scraping data from other sources using my mic on my tablet to target ads for my profile?
Can Kuo make up his mind.
It is just a week ago, that Kuo stated Apple would discontinue the iPhone X, because of the low/slow adoption fra markets and the low sales.
If this would be true, the coming line-up will look like classic iPhone 8s, 8s Plus and the iPhone SE2/SEs.
However all of sudden just a week after the above statement, Kuo now declares the coming line-up will be 3 new iPhone X.
iPhone X2/XS (2nd Generation iPhone X)
iPhone X Plus
iPhone X SE
Tablets has replaced netbooks.
From the description, you are looking for a Surface or similar Dell, HP tablet.
I am grateful that I live in a country where I pay $20 for a truly unlimited voice, text and data plan. And everything on 4G with HD videos and no other bullshit.
VR is not anything new. It is something that has been "re-invented" or more like re-hyped.
Back in the 90s, VR was the new greatest thing. In London there were arcades where you could try out VR in games. Gloves was invented with keyboards to make the user more mobile.
https://youtu.be/rVn3H93Ysag?l...
Of course technology has evolved so VR is easier to use today, than the helmet you had to wear in the 90s.
Ok so most old computers are outted.
Right, so basically if it can run Windows 8, it most likely can also run Windows 10
On flights, the male cabin crew always give me special attention. I have a feeling I am on the list
Hey anonymous Scandinavian neighbor.
I have myself been in your shoes, and never seemed to get a proper answer, simply because the US mobile market seems totally screwed compared to the "Scandinavian" offers.
I travel to US often too, and have ended up in using T-Mobile starting with a $30 Walmart Starter pack. It had unlimited talk, text and "unlimited" data with 5GB on 4G (EDGE after 5GB).
I wanted to keep the number, so when home I change the plan to "Pay as you go" (no roaming available) which is a $3 monthly plan, this is just to keep the phone number. If you don't need it you can discard it.
When I return to US I simply change the plan to whatever suits me (usually $80 everything unlimited plan).
I usually travel west coast, but coverage has been fine, though some holes in desert/rural areas. And yeah even on 4G there can be areas where speed is slow as EDGE probably due to overloaded cells.
If you go for this idea, there are some things to remember.
- If you want to keep the number you have to register an account with My-Tmobile while in US due to SMS activation (since international roaming is an extra service/fee)
- When changing plans there is a turn period. Usually I change the plan near my departure and make a chat session with customer service and ask them to make the change of plan immediately, rather than have to wait. Funny enough, downgrading a plan is effective immediately.
Of course this might not be the best or cheapest option, but it was the easiest and has been for me.
The Google Fi project has been looking promising, but the requirement of a Nexus phone does not please me.
This article has a misleading headline and /. simply relays the misleading.
This is not an Apple iDevice problem, all WIFI devices are subjectable for such an attack.
Underlying problem in Apple's case is that some carriers seem to add predefined WIFI networks to an iPhone/iPad when the device get their carrier settings. So this must be the carrier's issue!
But this attack could might as well be used against any laptops or Android devices.
How often have many of you not been to Starbucks and used their free WIFI. Their WIFI (in most countries) is open with no security and all you have to do is agree to some terms on the webpage. So in the US, basically I should simply set up af network called attwifi. I really dont need to do a landing page with Starbucks/AT&T terms, many would probably not even wonder if they came directly on the internet. And then devices would begin to connect to my network, I could sniff through the traffic.
It is an old school man in the middle attack and not much Apples problem. And yes HTTPS protects you, no wait, it only protects your payload. Metadata is still floating through.
Seriously, we dont all pay the same for electricity as you.
If I had to run a 60" Plasma 24/7, it would be $1095/year
I had the same plans when I bought my Pi. But along the way I found out that there was a bit cutier gadget with better hardware for XBMC, but in general for other programmed stuff too.
The MK 802 series (there is I, II and III models), UG802, GK802 etc. There are the size of a bigger USB stick, contains HDMI, WLAN, flash, more RAM than Pi, higher clocked and dual/quad core CPU than Pi and some even bluetooth.
Costs a bit more, can run Android and XBMC from there, though not all got direct hardware codec support yet.
It would start make you understand the nutritions listed back of every food/beverage product you buy. These are listed in grams, but hence you still think and use, tea-/tablespoons, cups and ounces.
Really sounds more like a linux world, whereas in Linux people would say "I downloaded this media player and it will not install..." Was it for Debian, Ubunutu, Red Hat and so on.
Now it would be "I have downloaded Angry birds for Windows, and it will not run?" "Are you using ARM or..........the other one?"
If you were Bin Laden on a "holy war" against US, would you trust an anonymity network originally sponsored by the US Military?
I have said it for years, and yet ISPs/Blizzard only learn by doing.
Bittorrent != Piracy. It is used by applications for distributing e.g. updates or games in Steam-like services.
So what does Blizzard have to learn? That they kept on using bittorrent for distributing updates, knowingly ISPs would block or throttle the bandwidth for it.
However I still praise Blizzard for using bittorrent, to fight the consensus that bittorrent is equal to piracy.
This law has been in effect in Denmark over several years now. And even when it is the law several ISPs does not log this information, simply because of the costs.
So maybe ISPs or justice department should put some more work into, what if an ISP does not comply with the law, what should then happen, a fine, cease and desist or.....?
Bahhh double post, because someone (myself) ticked anonymous. Move along, nothing to see here.
This news is at least 5 years old.
Back in 2004/2005, Kevin Rose demonstrated the use of gummy bears to cheat fingerprint scanners on the TV show "The Screensavers" (today called "Attack of the Show"). And my guess that this trick was known even before then.
Try inSSIDer which also can show you some of the non-broadcasting networks.
But nevertheless the true tool would be a spectrum analyzer, Metageek sells some cheap ones.
And think about moving to 5Ghz.
Wireless intereference is not something new, and 2.4Ghz aint just big enough, especially not in apartments complexes, and equipment broadcasting at full power.
What I do not get from Thinkgeek's outlay of the situation.
NPB owns the trademark "The Other White Meat". However ThinkGeek refers to "The New White Meat".
"The Other White meat sentence are used by Facebook and TheFrisky.
I'll be asking for a refund from GameStop as I also were required to remove the portion to be able to buy new games.
I assume you told the GameStop clerk that you were purchasing the PS3 specifically for the particular purpose of installing another OS?
In the US, it's even more explicit:
I'll be asking GameStop the very same thing. GameStop sold me the old console september last year, when the Slim model had just hit the shelves. GameStop advertised in the window "Get the old PS3 while in stock" reffering to the missing features and components from the new slim model.
Now I have a PS3 that is more or less equal to a slim model, which even was cheaper back then.