"...An expansive spiderweb of tubes running through San Francisco’s Mission district as far south as the “Burrito Bordeaux” region of Palo Alto and Mountain View. Electronic displays in each taqueria light up in real time with orders placed on the East Coast, and within minutes a fresh burrito has been assembled, rolled in foil, marked and dropped down one of the small vertical tubes that rise like organ pipes in restaurant kitchens throughout the city."
"Propelled by powerful bursts of compressed air, the burritos speed along the same tunnel as the BART commuter train, whose passengers remain oblivious to the hundreds of delicious cylinders whizzing along overhead. Within twelve minutes, even the remotest burrito has arrived at its final destination, the Alameda Transfer Station, where it will be prepared for its transcontinental journey."
"Every four seconds a ‘slug’ of ten burritos, white with frost, ratchets into the breech. A moment later it flies into the tunnel with a loud hiss of compressed gas, and the lights dim briefly as banks of powerful electromagnets accelerate the burritos to over two hundred miles an hour. By the time they pass Stockton three minutes later the burritos will be traveling faster than the Concorde."
Of course, it won't be long before a researcher uses this technology to create a *miniscule* parallax of a few degrees, each displaying the information your eyes would need to form a three-dimensional image. The monitor could be calibrated for the distance you typically sit away from the monitor, and replicate what your eyes already do: glean 3D information from the difference in each eye's POV.
Think: Fully 3D FPS games. Think: fully-immersive desktop UIs which can take advantage of that "z" dimension.
Google's algorithms will use the word which Pair #1 agreed upon to establish a basal "what is this?", and then look for matches in the alternate words to add more qualitative data to the image. The approach is that Pair #1 agree this is a "person", but whittle through "child", "girl", "hat","snow", "sled", "winter". Then Pair #2 agree upon "girl", but also list "child" and "snow". Pair #2 agree upon "child", but list off "hat" and "winter".
With enough successive approximations, Google's system could have a few very solid descriptors about an image, and probably upwards of 10 "halo" descriptors. Additionally, Google can build a vocabulary of visual synonyms (or even a gestalt-esque: the idea of "house" is composed of "roof", "door" , "porch", "window", and is related to "yard", "neighborhood", etc)
This is a powerful way for Google to train its search algorithm for prediction: Google is providing a search query, and you are responding with the "search results".
"Ha ha ha! Oh gosh that's funny! That's really funny! Do you write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh. The 'Patch to IE: here' joke. You know, I've never heard anyone make that joke before. Hmm. You're the first. I've never heard anyone reference that specific link before. Because that's a link to another browser, isn't it? And, and yet you've taken that and used it out of context to insult IE in this everyday situation. God what a clever, smart person you must be, to come up with a joke like that all by yourself. That's so fresh too. Any Titanic jokes you want to throw out, as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity? God you're so funny!" -- Unoriginally paraphrased from S. Gilligan Griffin
Hacking is just exploiting vulnerabilities in a system. The people who operate the system are also part of the system
(whether it be: customer service agents who only need to hear a trivially-easily acquired indentification number before granting wholesale access to passwords, account settings, password information, billing details, etc; Or, web programmers who don't correctly implement good security policies, and allow common exploits to be performed on an account site in an automated fashion). "Hacking" a person who is part of the system is no different than feeding non-standard or unexpected malicious data to an API and achieving a result. If anything, "human" interfaces are more documented.
Assignment: The next time you call your cellphone company, listen to the key security questions they ask you and know that every organization requires the same pool of information.
Want to own someone? Learn their SS#, father's middle name, mother's maiden-name, name of their high school, and town of birth. Is this good security?
Yes, but police do consult child molesters, jailed convicts, and even "white collar" criminals on the specifics for their crimes, to solve other unsolved crimes.
These criminals happen to have a wealth of information, and although may not be trustworthy in a work environment (hiring a "reformed" hacker for security advising is typically a bad idea. It's not the skills they possess which made them do the crime -- it was their person-specific and probably unchangable morals which encouraged them to do the crime in the first place), it would be a waste to not utilize their valuable information because of a blanket prejudice.
There is a lot that can be learned from criminals.
Audio podcasts consume large amounts of bandwidth for the host; not just from the content itself, but the constant retrieval of the RSS feeds from podcast clients, as well.
Video podcasts using the same distribution methods would be highly inefficient. But, perhaps an combined solution using syndicated bittorrents would be feasable, like this guy proposes.
// J
Hardware for P2P User Identification
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P2P Now and Then
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· Score: 4, Informative
CacheLogic, the company which did this "comprehensive analysis" of P2P also happens to sell network hardware which does "Deep Packet Inspection" (read the specs on the device here).
Innoculously, the technology can efficiently route packets to ensure better QoS, elimination of network congestion, and even provide cached streaming.
But, one has to wonder if this technology, when used by the likes of the RIAA/MPAA would allow massive consolidation of data on P2P users. The above device specifically analyzes the content of the packet -- it's not a far cry that a company would create software for a device like this, which could automatically detect "flagged" files/hashes, and report them to "copyright owners" who have subscribed to the service.
Ok, you say play it minimal: "play with X and blackbox, fluxbox, XFCE..." I've used fluxbox and XFCE and they *are* minimal. Of course they're fast, and definitely they work, without all the frills. But as another poster asked,
Where is the middle ground?
If an OS such as Windows98SE can run on less than P-300mhz/comparative hardware, surely it'd be nice to see Linux + a WM of the same *usability* caliber run on the same hardware, and beat it hands down at speed (and of course stability).
Quick question those in the know: Given todays kernel, distros, technology, memory management, etc in Modern Day Linux, could a Windows95 box (with that day's hardware) be outspeeded by a functionally* and asthetically similar box with linux on it?
* (as in "what it can do" and not the typical response "oh you mean it crashes all the time?")
For example, KeyKatcher "listens" for a user specified password, which should be a series of characters never typed inadvertently. When these keys are pressed, then the device "types" out a menu, allowing configuration and logged-text retrieval from the device.
-Jonathan
I recently read a book that discussed agri-genetic engineering, specifically potatoes, and Monsanto's extreme measures to enforce their IP protection on these genetically engineered products. The author bought, grew, and studied some of these specially engineered plants.
The book combines a history of the plant with a prime example of how biotechnology is changing our relationship to nature. As part of his research, Pollan visited the Monsanto company headquarters and planted some of their NewLeaf-brand potatoes in his garden--seeds that had been genetically engineered to produce their own insecticide. Though they worked as advertised, he made some startling discoveries, primarily that the NewLeaf plants themselves are registered as a pesticide by the EPA, and that federal law prohibits anyone from reaping more than one crop per seed packet. And in a interesting aside, he explains how a global desire for consistently perfect French fries contributes to both damaging monoculture and the genetic engineering necessary to support it. There are many parallels with genetic engineering of plants, and the irresponsible proliferation of antibiotics (and the diseases that become increasingly immune to them).
If interested: The book is called Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan. The book discusses four or five influential plants that have 1) shaped our history of humans and 2) that we have significantly altered theirs. I believe the plants are: potatoes, tulips, apples, and [interestingly enough] marijuana.
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"...An expansive spiderweb of tubes running through San Francisco’s Mission district as far south as the “Burrito Bordeaux” region of Palo Alto and Mountain View. Electronic displays in each taqueria light up in real time with orders placed on the East Coast, and within minutes a fresh burrito has been assembled, rolled in foil, marked and dropped down one of the small vertical tubes that rise like organ pipes in restaurant kitchens throughout the city."
"Propelled by powerful bursts of compressed air, the burritos speed along the same tunnel as the BART commuter train, whose passengers remain oblivious to the hundreds of delicious cylinders whizzing along overhead. Within twelve minutes, even the remotest burrito has arrived at its final destination, the Alameda Transfer Station, where it will be prepared for its transcontinental journey."
"Every four seconds a ‘slug’ of ten burritos, white with frost, ratchets into the breech. A moment later it flies into the tunnel with a loud hiss of compressed gas, and the lights dim briefly as banks of powerful electromagnets accelerate the burritos to over two hundred miles an hour. By the time they pass Stockton three minutes later the burritos will be traveling faster than the Concorde."
http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda-weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm
If only it were true.
Also, according to the BBC, germs originated from Germany .
"Get well soon, Professor."
Mr. President, we must not allow a mammoth gap.
Not to be confused with NASSA (Negro-American Space Society of Astronauts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6xJzAYYrX8
Of course, it won't be long before a researcher uses this technology to create a *miniscule* parallax of a few degrees, each displaying the information your eyes would need to form a three-dimensional image.
The monitor could be calibrated for the distance you typically sit away from the monitor, and replicate what your eyes already do: glean 3D information from the difference in each eye's POV.
Think: Fully 3D FPS games.
Think: fully-immersive desktop UIs which can take advantage of that "z" dimension.
Google's algorithms will use the word which Pair #1 agreed upon to establish a basal "what is this?", and then look for matches in the alternate words to add more qualitative data to the image. The approach is that Pair #1 agree this is a "person", but whittle through "child", "girl", "hat" ,"snow", "sled", "winter". Then Pair #2 agree upon "girl", but also list "child" and "snow". Pair #2 agree upon "child", but list off "hat" and "winter".
With enough successive approximations, Google's system could have a few very solid descriptors about an image, and probably upwards of 10 "halo" descriptors. Additionally, Google can build a vocabulary of visual synonyms (or even a gestalt-esque: the idea of "house" is composed of "roof", "door" , "porch", "window", and is related to "yard", "neighborhood", etc)
This is a powerful way for Google to train its search algorithm for prediction: Google is providing a search query, and you are responding with the "search results".
My lawn is so Emo,
it cuts itself.
-- Unoriginally paraphrased from S. Gilligan Griffin
Although Opera's userbase will certainly increase following this announcement, it will not be accurately represented in most companies' server logs:
Opera, by default, still identifies itself as IE.
// J
Some of them have heavenly bodies.
Hacking is just exploiting vulnerabilities in a system. The people who operate the system are also part of the system (whether it be: customer service agents who only need to hear a trivially-easily acquired indentification number before granting wholesale access to passwords, account settings, password information, billing details, etc; Or, web programmers who don't correctly implement good security policies, and allow common exploits to be performed on an account site in an automated fashion). "Hacking" a person who is part of the system is no different than feeding non-standard or unexpected malicious data to an API and achieving a result. If anything, "human" interfaces are more documented.
Assignment: The next time you call your cellphone company, listen to the key security questions they ask you and know that every organization requires the same pool of information.
Want to own someone? Learn their SS#, father's middle name, mother's maiden-name, name of their high school, and town of birth. Is this good security?
They're all available by public record.
Hmmm...
//J
Yes, but police do consult child molesters, jailed convicts, and even "white collar" criminals on the specifics for their crimes, to solve other unsolved crimes.
These criminals happen to have a wealth of information, and although may not be trustworthy in a work environment (hiring a "reformed" hacker for security advising is typically a bad idea. It's not the skills they possess which made them do the crime -- it was their person-specific and probably unchangable morals which encouraged them to do the crime in the first place), it would be a waste to not utilize their valuable information because of a blanket prejudice.
There is a lot that can be learned from criminals.
// J
An explanation of how Paris Hilton's Sidekick was hacked can be found here. A pretty interesting read.
//J
Audio podcasts consume large amounts of bandwidth for the host; not just from the content itself, but the constant retrieval of the RSS feeds from podcast clients, as well.
Video podcasts using the same distribution methods would be highly inefficient. But, perhaps an combined solution using syndicated bittorrents would be feasable, like this guy proposes.
// J
CacheLogic, the company which did this "comprehensive analysis" of P2P also happens to sell network hardware which does "Deep Packet Inspection" (read the specs on the device here).
Innoculously, the technology can efficiently route packets to ensure better QoS, elimination of network congestion, and even provide cached streaming.
But, one has to wonder if this technology, when used by the likes of the RIAA/MPAA would allow massive consolidation of data on P2P users. The above device specifically analyzes the content of the packet -- it's not a far cry that a company would create software for a device like this, which could automatically detect "flagged" files/hashes, and report them to "copyright owners" who have subscribed to the service.
Don't worry, Windows can't operate for 1000 consecutive hours.
Ok, you say play it minimal: "play with X and blackbox, fluxbox, XFCE..." I've used fluxbox and XFCE and they *are* minimal. Of course they're fast, and definitely they work, without all the frills. But as another poster asked,
Where is the middle ground?
If an OS such as Windows98SE can run on less than P-300mhz/comparative hardware, surely it'd be nice to see Linux + a WM of the same *usability* caliber run on the same hardware, and beat it hands down at speed (and of course stability).
Quick question those in the know: Given todays kernel, distros, technology, memory management, etc in Modern Day Linux, could a Windows95 box (with that day's hardware) be outspeeded by a functionally* and asthetically similar box with linux on it?
* (as in "what it can do" and not the typical response "oh you mean it crashes all the time?")
For example, KeyKatcher "listens" for a user specified password, which should be a series of characters never typed inadvertently. When these keys are pressed, then the device "types" out a menu, allowing configuration and logged-text retrieval from the device. -Jonathan
I recently read a book that discussed agri-genetic engineering, specifically potatoes, and Monsanto's extreme measures to enforce their IP protection on these genetically engineered products. The author bought, grew, and studied some of these specially engineered plants.
The book combines a history of the plant with a prime example of how biotechnology is changing our relationship to nature. As part of his research, Pollan visited the Monsanto company headquarters and planted some of their NewLeaf-brand potatoes in his garden--seeds that had been genetically engineered to produce their own insecticide. Though they worked as advertised, he made some startling discoveries, primarily that the NewLeaf plants themselves are registered as a pesticide by the EPA, and that federal law prohibits anyone from reaping more than one crop per seed packet. And in a interesting aside, he explains how a global desire for consistently perfect French fries contributes to both damaging monoculture and the genetic engineering necessary to support it. There are many parallels with genetic engineering of plants, and the irresponsible proliferation of antibiotics (and the diseases that become increasingly immune to them).
If interested: The book is called Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan. The book discusses four or five influential plants that have 1) shaped our history of humans and 2) that we have significantly altered theirs. I believe the plants are: potatoes, tulips, apples, and [interestingly enough] marijuana.
-J. R. Rogivue