Your 'Linux' font doesn't look anything like mine - in fact it looks exactly like what I get on Vista. The one beneath for 'windows' is identical to what mine looks like in Ubuntu.
I had a very similar outlook to women when I was your age. I took it one step further though, I absolutely *knew* I was smarter than everyone else, arrogant little prick that I was, and I spoke up at every opportunity just to let people know about it. Nicknamed the 'professor', it took me a lot of years to realise it was actually a very appropriate insult for who I was. I regret being that way, no actual friends, terrible loneliness, and a very real fear of the opposite sex. Idiot I was. Then one day I got to thinking - outside watching a thunderstorm - it's spectacular in its own way, even beautiful in fact, so why the need to tell anyone within earshot about step leaders and all the other crud that goes with it, why not just enjoy it for what it is, in silence. So I started listening rather than talking.
I wont bore you with the details, but life is good. I do wish I had led a more *normal* childhood, one where I got dumped by the odd girlfriend or 60, and maybe even sometimes the other way around. I would have grown up with a far better outlook on the world. The difference now, the more I learn, the more I know I don't know anything.
Love and sex are not at all the same thing, sex might well be primal, but you know, naked tribal chicks, what's not to like about them! It's sex, no analysis necessary beyond the 'animalistic' lusty goodness that it is. (theoretically speaking *ahem* - other half passing by computer)
The method you describe can still be defeated quite easily just by adding randomly placed contrasting edges throughout the video. These don't even need to be particularly visible, just enough to throw out the transform method used.
In the RADAR world, electronic warfare weenies spend their lives fingerprinting emitters. Coming up with seemingly different hardware can be as simple as tapping on the klystron with a screwdriver (or a hammer for those fun situations where you can safely say "it just fell apart in my hands chief").
If they use a simple file hash, or checksum, changing one (or a few) bit anywhere in the file will result in a different hash. A hex editor will do this in half a second. I agree, it'll still kill the majority of copy-cat 're-uploads'
The other way I guess would be to break files up in to a series of chunks and hash those, scan every new upload and look for some identical percentage of values and allow or deny based on that - still trivially simple to bypass though.
You do realise that walking also requires energy on the downward movement too? Or do you somehow unconsciously let your legs free fall as soon as they are high and forward enough? a rather strange looking stride if so:-)
Terms like 'Front', 'Mid', and 'Rear' mean exactly that to a non car type geek like myself. Someone says a car has a 'mid' engine layout, I'll most likely take a look behind the two front seats, if it's not there, then WTF? You're just messing with well established words. (Hacker, cracker thing all over)
On my Asian side of the pond, few people have the first clue what an IMEI is, and for the most part they don't need to. People are not generally aware they can have their phones blacklisted in the event of theft, rarely will they go to the police, and even rarer still is the chance they might ever get their phone back. Modern handsets usually require swapping an IC off the board with one from an identical (and unlocked) phone to change the IMEI, it's not quite so easy as taking it to one of the 8 million market stalls any longer.
If you can't change the IMEI, then unlocking is useless.
It's mostly not possible or practical to spoof the identity of a satellite. Each has many different identifying characteristics from telemetry through to precise and very well known orbits. They also have owners that do monitor their multi-million dollar assets as closely and as regularly as the stereotypical basement geek might observe the female form on his (or perhaps her) visual display unit.
The odd 3 letter agency might possess systems that are capable of changing their orbit to a limited degree in order to view certain parts of the world a touch better, though common sense dictates that fuel supplies are not infinite and such beasts would come with a short lifespan, or be used very sparingly at best.
Jamming is one option, though we are talking two opposing systems with different owners - mutually assured jamming would be the ultimate order of the day.
(nice choice of calling it "radio" instead of "wireless")
I don't get your point, 'wireless' by definition is using the electromagnetic spectrum, or some other medium able to propagate a signal. In the case of wireless networks, they are using bog standard transmission techniques that can be found right throughout the satellite world, as well as in many terrestrial microwave links.
What's interesting is that after spending a good 10 or 15 years with a TS security clearance, I can do the odd 'search' and find an astonishing amount of information put on line by both the military and contractors, the kind of information that would generally land a person in the trade in some rather deep hot water. (or jail) 3 letter agencies don't really have an employment stream for people to sit on google all day looking for in house classified documents. It usually takes a bit of digging by a reporter and a few major headlines before anyone much cares.
The definition of a 3rd party application that most people are using when they talk about the iPhone is not a web page with a couple of forms, nor are they crappy little sync apps. I think you need to step out of the US some time just to see how far behind the rest of the world your cell market really is. In the mean time, browse a few symbian application lists so you might get a clue.
While I think $50 is a touch low, it's not so far off the mark when leveled against the iPhone - travel to Asia and take a walk around the markets, you'll find all kinds of crap that can do what the original poster said for a little bit closer to $100.
You know a few? That's nice. I live in the Philippines and have a daughter growing up here. English has been compulsory in schools since the late 1990's, it is also the standard used for inter-business transactions, and everything to do with government.
If anything, English has only ever gotten better here. There are people who speak with this hard edge you mention, but they are usually only doing so amongst themselves. Much like American slang, have you listened to any young people lately? They usually clean up those rough edges when talking in a more formal setting.
For the last 8 years if you ever thought you were actually speaking to an American customer service representative, you were very probably talking to a Filipino. They speak with an American accent right from birth, average income is far lower than in the US, they are loyal, hard working, smart, and they have a generally pleasing disposition even when faced with irate customers. I wouldn't be surprised if the number of call centers here is far higher than in India (per capita anyway)
You Americans seem to get ripped in every direction. Here in Asia most original cell phone batteries (including lithium polymer) can be had for anywhere between $5-25 US, the knockoff batteries (often chemically the same as the originals) go for $10 or less.
Much better reliability than the old ni-cad days though:-)
The identities are definitely not an "open" secret, one thing they are not, however, is 'top secret'. Identities are most frequently 'confidential' or 'secret' - they may or may not come with additional handling caveats depending upon the nature of the work undertaken by the individual.
The military and government do not go to 'great lengths' to hide the identity of these individuals. They exist as themselves, what remains very secret is what they do and how they do it. If an individual is exposed, you are right in saying that it can mean the end of that agents career in the human intelligence gathering field, but not always. To say that it would be the worst possible thing to happen? Not so sure, there are other equally rewarding fields of work, some people just like what they do more than others I guess.
If you haven't already done so, try picking up an Sony Ericsson some time. The UI is slick, fast, intuitive, and feels like it's always one step ahead of you. Makes Symbian seem like a series of band-aid solutions sitting on top of an operating system that seemed like a good idea at the time.
I think what you actually meant to say was that everything that is *already* bog standard on most all mid to high end phones made by every other manufacturer in the world, will eventually be given a slick makeover and *might* become standard on the iPhone in 3 to 5 years from now.
Yes, not nearly as many times as the aluminum yachts fail. It depends entirely upon the design. Keep in mind those yachts are being pushed to the absolute limits by their crews in what is generally a yearly event marred by storms. The designers cut as many corners as they possibly can to reduce weight and strength right down to the bare minimum they think will be needed to survive the expected conditions. Not much different to any other top end sport. There are always failures, not because the materials are inferior, simply because they walk the razors edge to shave a few seconds.
I've used carbon fiber in a few radio controlled aircraft as a light and strong covering for the foam core wings - usually when they spear in the carbon parts are about the only bits that haven't turned in to splinters. Also seen its use while I was in the military in all kinds of applications from helicopter blades through to tool boxes. It has very different failure properties than metal, the two can't really be compared side by side. Carbon composites can more frequently be repaired in the event of small cracks and failures long before they become catastrophic, metal fatigue is not so forgiving.
Probably because all 3rd party software will require certification from Apple by way of application signing using Apple issued certificates. Just a guess, though I suspect it would be no different than the current Symbian S60 V3 crud.
Bullshit, Google does not have a monopoly on web searching. There are hundreds of competing systems, each stand entirely on their own merits, some better, some not so.
Google is no 800 pound Microsoft replacement. Last time I checked Google weren't installing operating systems that come bog standard on virtually every desktop computer.
I don't have to install any application written by Google, nor do I have to use their search engine. I have a choice! That is the clear difference.
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Your 'Linux' font doesn't look anything like mine - in fact it looks exactly like what I get on Vista. The one beneath for 'windows' is identical to what mine looks like in Ubuntu.
I had a very similar outlook to women when I was your age. I took it one step further though, I absolutely *knew* I was smarter than everyone else, arrogant little prick that I was, and I spoke up at every opportunity just to let people know about it. Nicknamed the 'professor', it took me a lot of years to realise it was actually a very appropriate insult for who I was. I regret being that way, no actual friends, terrible loneliness, and a very real fear of the opposite sex. Idiot I was. Then one day I got to thinking - outside watching a thunderstorm - it's spectacular in its own way, even beautiful in fact, so why the need to tell anyone within earshot about step leaders and all the other crud that goes with it, why not just enjoy it for what it is, in silence. So I started listening rather than talking.
I wont bore you with the details, but life is good. I do wish I had led a more *normal* childhood, one where I got dumped by the odd girlfriend or 60, and maybe even sometimes the other way around. I would have grown up with a far better outlook on the world. The difference now, the more I learn, the more I know I don't know anything.
Love and sex are not at all the same thing, sex might well be primal, but you know, naked tribal chicks, what's not to like about them! It's sex, no analysis necessary beyond the 'animalistic' lusty goodness that it is. (theoretically speaking *ahem* - other half passing by computer)
The method you describe can still be defeated quite easily just by adding randomly placed contrasting edges throughout the video. These don't even need to be particularly visible, just enough to throw out the transform method used.
In the RADAR world, electronic warfare weenies spend their lives fingerprinting emitters. Coming up with seemingly different hardware can be as simple as tapping on the klystron with a screwdriver (or a hammer for those fun situations where you can safely say "it just fell apart in my hands chief").
If they use a simple file hash, or checksum, changing one (or a few) bit anywhere in the file will result in a different hash. A hex editor will do this in half a second. I agree, it'll still kill the majority of copy-cat 're-uploads'
The other way I guess would be to break files up in to a series of chunks and hash those, scan every new upload and look for some identical percentage of values and allow or deny based on that - still trivially simple to bypass though.
You do realise that walking also requires energy on the downward movement too? Or do you somehow unconsciously let your legs free fall as soon as they are high and forward enough? a rather strange looking stride if so :-)
Weird, there are loads of them here in the Philippines! Some pre-built, some not.
You lost me at 'irregardless'
Terms like 'Front', 'Mid', and 'Rear' mean exactly that to a non car type geek like myself. Someone says a car has a 'mid' engine layout, I'll most likely take a look behind the two front seats, if it's not there, then WTF? You're just messing with well established words. (Hacker, cracker thing all over)
On my Asian side of the pond, few people have the first clue what an IMEI is, and for the most part they don't need to. People are not generally aware they can have their phones blacklisted in the event of theft, rarely will they go to the police, and even rarer still is the chance they might ever get their phone back. Modern handsets usually require swapping an IC off the board with one from an identical (and unlocked) phone to change the IMEI, it's not quite so easy as taking it to one of the 8 million market stalls any longer.
If you can't change the IMEI, then unlocking is useless.
You should try a Sony Ericsson (Anything except for the P series), then see how the OS on that Nokia phone compares.
It's mostly not possible or practical to spoof the identity of a satellite. Each has many different identifying characteristics from telemetry through to precise and very well known orbits. They also have owners that do monitor their multi-million dollar assets as closely and as regularly as the stereotypical basement geek might observe the female form on his (or perhaps her) visual display unit.
The odd 3 letter agency might possess systems that are capable of changing their orbit to a limited degree in order to view certain parts of the world a touch better, though common sense dictates that fuel supplies are not infinite and such beasts would come with a short lifespan, or be used very sparingly at best.
Jamming is one option, though we are talking two opposing systems with different owners - mutually assured jamming would be the ultimate order of the day.
(nice choice of calling it "radio" instead of "wireless")
I don't get your point, 'wireless' by definition is using the electromagnetic spectrum, or some other medium able to propagate a signal. In the case of wireless networks, they are using bog standard transmission techniques that can be found right throughout the satellite world, as well as in many terrestrial microwave links.
What's interesting is that after spending a good 10 or 15 years with a TS security clearance, I can do the odd 'search' and find an astonishing amount of information put on line by both the military and contractors, the kind of information that would generally land a person in the trade in some rather deep hot water. (or jail) 3 letter agencies don't really have an employment stream for people to sit on google all day looking for in house classified documents. It usually takes a bit of digging by a reporter and a few major headlines before anyone much cares.
The definition of a 3rd party application that most people are using when they talk about the iPhone is not a web page with a couple of forms, nor are they crappy little sync apps. I think you need to step out of the US some time just to see how far behind the rest of the world your cell market really is. In the mean time, browse a few symbian application lists so you might get a clue.
While I think $50 is a touch low, it's not so far off the mark when leveled against the iPhone - travel to Asia and take a walk around the markets, you'll find all kinds of crap that can do what the original poster said for a little bit closer to $100.
You know a few? That's nice. I live in the Philippines and have a daughter growing up here. English has been compulsory in schools since the late 1990's, it is also the standard used for inter-business transactions, and everything to do with government.
If anything, English has only ever gotten better here. There are people who speak with this hard edge you mention, but they are usually only doing so amongst themselves. Much like American slang, have you listened to any young people lately? They usually clean up those rough edges when talking in a more formal setting.
For the last 8 years if you ever thought you were actually speaking to an American customer service representative, you were very probably talking to a Filipino. They speak with an American accent right from birth, average income is far lower than in the US, they are loyal, hard working, smart, and they have a generally pleasing disposition even when faced with irate customers. I wouldn't be surprised if the number of call centers here is far higher than in India (per capita anyway)
You Americans seem to get ripped in every direction. Here in Asia most original cell phone batteries (including lithium polymer) can be had for anywhere between $5-25 US, the knockoff batteries (often chemically the same as the originals) go for $10 or less.
:-)
Much better reliability than the old ni-cad days though
The identities are definitely not an "open" secret, one thing they are not, however, is 'top secret'. Identities are most frequently 'confidential' or 'secret' - they may or may not come with additional handling caveats depending upon the nature of the work undertaken by the individual.
The military and government do not go to 'great lengths' to hide the identity of these individuals. They exist as themselves, what remains very secret is what they do and how they do it. If an individual is exposed, you are right in saying that it can mean the end of that agents career in the human intelligence gathering field, but not always. To say that it would be the worst possible thing to happen? Not so sure, there are other equally rewarding fields of work, some people just like what they do more than others I guess.
If you haven't already done so, try picking up an Sony Ericsson some time. The UI is slick, fast, intuitive, and feels like it's always one step ahead of you. Makes Symbian seem like a series of band-aid solutions sitting on top of an operating system that seemed like a good idea at the time.
I think what you actually meant to say was that everything that is *already* bog standard on most all mid to high end phones made by every other manufacturer in the world, will eventually be given a slick makeover and *might* become standard on the iPhone in 3 to 5 years from now.
Yes, not nearly as many times as the aluminum yachts fail. It depends entirely upon the design. Keep in mind those yachts are being pushed to the absolute limits by their crews in what is generally a yearly event marred by storms. The designers cut as many corners as they possibly can to reduce weight and strength right down to the bare minimum they think will be needed to survive the expected conditions. Not much different to any other top end sport. There are always failures, not because the materials are inferior, simply because they walk the razors edge to shave a few seconds.
I've used carbon fiber in a few radio controlled aircraft as a light and strong covering for the foam core wings - usually when they spear in the carbon parts are about the only bits that haven't turned in to splinters. Also seen its use while I was in the military in all kinds of applications from helicopter blades through to tool boxes. It has very different failure properties than metal, the two can't really be compared side by side. Carbon composites can more frequently be repaired in the event of small cracks and failures long before they become catastrophic, metal fatigue is not so forgiving.
Probably because all 3rd party software will require certification from Apple by way of application signing using Apple issued certificates. Just a guess, though I suspect it would be no different than the current Symbian S60 V3 crud.
Bullshit, Google does not have a monopoly on web searching. There are hundreds of competing systems, each stand entirely on their own merits, some better, some not so.
Google is no 800 pound Microsoft replacement. Last time I checked Google weren't installing operating systems that come bog standard on virtually every desktop computer.
I don't have to install any application written by Google, nor do I have to use their search engine. I have a choice! That is the clear difference.