A LOCALLY run, COMMUNITY based ISP, where those that run it, LIVE in the community, are
ACCOUNTABLE to the community, actually runs it correctly? Shiver-me-timbers!
Wish more cities would do this and kick out the mega-corp-don't-care ISP's.
I've been in the copier, printer, fax business since the early 80's.
Most MFP's, for the sake of price, use a software based fax modem. (remember the problems of the old Win modems?)
IF that is what they are talking about, I could see where there could be a problem.
Most of the higher end machines we sell & service, use a HARDWARE based modem for faxing. The board
contains the CML hardware relay, and they even continue to use the dual neon light bulbs, that were there to
help drain off any excess AC that may come in over the old POTS copper lines. Most faxing is now down over
VoIP, not copper, so they could drop the neon filtering along with the old click bang mechanical relay, but, they
still use it. The ASIC on the modem is not an EEPROM, so I don't know how they would hack into that and change
it.
Like I said, I don't know the entire details, but just from the article, I can see a SOFTWARE based modem getting
hacked, but I think it would be MUCH harder to get through a HARDWARE based modem.
Also, another point of attack could also be the ATA box connected to the fax, which converts the analog modem data
to the digital data required to go out over the VoIP setup. We already in most cases have to turn off the V.34 modems,
and slow the modem down to V.17 14.4k or even 9600 to get them to work, even with the T.38 protocol in the ATA
box, because they will place them some distance from the MFP, and use unshielded telephone wire to connect and by the time it gets to the fax, the loop current is so low, it sometimes has problems triggering the CML relay!
It will be interesting to see if this blows up, like it did about 15 years ago, when that CBS 60 minutes broadcast, showed businesses were trading in old machines and didn't realize they were leaving data on the HDD's they have in them, and most were not encrypted.
Now, ever machine we have has ADI self deleting/wiping drives that marry to the machine with a hash code. Not to mention we turn on 128 bit encryption by default with the option of going to 256 bit encryption.
All for a flipping copy machine....geez!
Some will, probably enough to keep CRapple going. Not that they need the app developers, but
you know CRapple gets a cut, and by moving to subscriptions, they make more, and can plan for
future events by knowing a guaranteed source of revenue will come in each month.
See how the government does things?
TSA, for your "safety" crap. Body searches, now face ID scans, how long until they mandate barcode tattoos or
implanted ID chips? Couple that with the "convenience" of using your phone, chip card to access "money" and they'll
end the use of cash, and couple all of this together and they gotcha.
The smartphone manufacturers have been "out of ideas" for years.
Since the advent of around the 801 snapdragon (and others) every
year we get faster, more cameras/megapixels, flashy colors and overly
expensive phones.
But, as long as consumers are ignorant enough to continue year after
year of dumping good phones for new ones, you think the manufactuers
will change?
I think the idea is to so screw up elections, that they can't be trusted, so the government can just do away with
them anyway. Until the people (sheeple) of this country get pissed off enough, hold an Article 5 convention of
the states, and wrestle power back from government, crap like this will continue!
Look for them to hike the price and hoard them like they do the entire world's supply of
diamonds. A pressurized hunk of carbon...made "expensive" and they have a nice monopoly.
99% of the new music today is garbage.
Between pop/tech, rap, boy band country, most of it is garbage and those that pirate music
already have downloaded everything they want.
We have a 100% blues/jazz low power station privately funded, with ZERO commercials that
I listen to 99% of the time any more. If I can't pick it up, they stream over the web which is
good enough for my ears.
I've had various smartphones since 2010, and, mobile/cellular phones since the mid 90's.
Even today, I use between 1500-2000 minutes per month, on the phone for business or personal.
to the ground. I've had 3, but I think this one (Mate9) will be my last.
Software updates...or better yet, LACK OF software updates. Still
waiting for the June security patch, let alone July.
Can't blame them though, the way they were treated.
Mid size autos? Watch the traffic and you'll see no one really drives "autos" in America.
Everyone drives those stupid SUV's. So much so that Ford is foolishly DROPPING everything
except the Mustang & Focus from their lineup soon.
A "guaranteed" job, typically means you don't have to prove your worth to your employer
(example: politicians & some government/union employees). Same for the so called basic
income.
Give a man a fish, you feed him for the day, but if that man fishes for himself, he feeds himself
for a lifetime, without dependency.
Hey, you bought stock. Stock isn't a guarantee. If you were smart, the changes should have worried you to
get out, but, because of your greed, you didn't think it would happen.
Unless you cash it in, you haven't "lost" anything.
If you are a day trader or speculator, that's one thing, but Zuck hasn't "lost" anything
unless he sells his shares.
Someone else that actually GETS IT.
About the only "good" such a LARGE amount of pixels, in such a TINY area is for crop/zooming. Most 8-10mp sensor, if you were to print, would print a photo of A3 (11x17) size. Who prints these days? Higher MP count is good for cropping/zooming without losing as much detail when zooming.
As you stated, adding MORE sensors in such a tiny substrate, with the paths so close together, increases the signal to noise ratio, which, after capture, then the software has to attempt to compensate for said noise and knock it down, which would most likely flatten out the photo.
Instead of increasing the MP count, how about making EACH sensor LARGER, and increase the physical size of the sensor, and, increase the physical size of the glass in front of the sensor.
Marsh mellows, butterflies, ice cream, baby animals, and on and on.
so called net neutrality, is just another way for government, to CENSOR
the web, by restricting what content can be put on the web.
There isn't anything "neutral" about it. Let the ISP's control it, it's there network
in the first place. If they get stupid, and probably will at some point, people will
move to a different ISP. If the government controls it, it will be a mess, like 99.9%
of everything government does.
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Putting A CLOUD OF CHEMICALS into your lungs, might damage it? What will they think of next!
A LOCALLY run, COMMUNITY based ISP, where those that run it, LIVE in the community, are ACCOUNTABLE to the community, actually runs it correctly? Shiver-me-timbers! Wish more cities would do this and kick out the mega-corp-don't-care ISP's.
I've been in the copier, printer, fax business since the early 80's. Most MFP's, for the sake of price, use a software based fax modem. (remember the problems of the old Win modems?) IF that is what they are talking about, I could see where there could be a problem. Most of the higher end machines we sell & service, use a HARDWARE based modem for faxing. The board contains the CML hardware relay, and they even continue to use the dual neon light bulbs, that were there to help drain off any excess AC that may come in over the old POTS copper lines. Most faxing is now down over VoIP, not copper, so they could drop the neon filtering along with the old click bang mechanical relay, but, they still use it. The ASIC on the modem is not an EEPROM, so I don't know how they would hack into that and change it. Like I said, I don't know the entire details, but just from the article, I can see a SOFTWARE based modem getting hacked, but I think it would be MUCH harder to get through a HARDWARE based modem. Also, another point of attack could also be the ATA box connected to the fax, which converts the analog modem data to the digital data required to go out over the VoIP setup. We already in most cases have to turn off the V.34 modems, and slow the modem down to V.17 14.4k or even 9600 to get them to work, even with the T.38 protocol in the ATA box, because they will place them some distance from the MFP, and use unshielded telephone wire to connect and by the time it gets to the fax, the loop current is so low, it sometimes has problems triggering the CML relay! It will be interesting to see if this blows up, like it did about 15 years ago, when that CBS 60 minutes broadcast, showed businesses were trading in old machines and didn't realize they were leaving data on the HDD's they have in them, and most were not encrypted. Now, ever machine we have has ADI self deleting/wiping drives that marry to the machine with a hash code. Not to mention we turn on 128 bit encryption by default with the option of going to 256 bit encryption. All for a flipping copy machine....geez!
Some will, probably enough to keep CRapple going. Not that they need the app developers, but you know CRapple gets a cut, and by moving to subscriptions, they make more, and can plan for future events by knowing a guaranteed source of revenue will come in each month.
See how the government does things? TSA, for your "safety" crap. Body searches, now face ID scans, how long until they mandate barcode tattoos or implanted ID chips? Couple that with the "convenience" of using your phone, chip card to access "money" and they'll end the use of cash, and couple all of this together and they gotcha.
Gets 3 days now, as it is. They had a Prime sale and picked it up about a month ago for around 200 dollars.
The smartphone manufacturers have been "out of ideas" for years. Since the advent of around the 801 snapdragon (and others) every year we get faster, more cameras/megapixels, flashy colors and overly expensive phones. But, as long as consumers are ignorant enough to continue year after year of dumping good phones for new ones, you think the manufactuers will change?
I think the idea is to so screw up elections, that they can't be trusted, so the government can just do away with them anyway. Until the people (sheeple) of this country get pissed off enough, hold an Article 5 convention of the states, and wrestle power back from government, crap like this will continue!
Look for them to hike the price and hoard them like they do the entire world's supply of diamonds. A pressurized hunk of carbon...made "expensive" and they have a nice monopoly.
When it comes time for the machines to turn off the humans, you think they will not want to turn us off?
99% of the new music today is garbage. Between pop/tech, rap, boy band country, most of it is garbage and those that pirate music already have downloaded everything they want. We have a 100% blues/jazz low power station privately funded, with ZERO commercials that I listen to 99% of the time any more. If I can't pick it up, they stream over the web which is good enough for my ears.
I've had various smartphones since 2010, and, mobile/cellular phones since the mid 90's. Even today, I use between 1500-2000 minutes per month, on the phone for business or personal.
to the ground. I've had 3, but I think this one (Mate9) will be my last. Software updates...or better yet, LACK OF software updates. Still waiting for the June security patch, let alone July. Can't blame them though, the way they were treated.
Mid size autos? Watch the traffic and you'll see no one really drives "autos" in America. Everyone drives those stupid SUV's. So much so that Ford is foolishly DROPPING everything except the Mustang & Focus from their lineup soon.
Would be to give it to a bunch of 6 year olds. If they can't break it, it can't be broken LOL.
A "guaranteed" job, typically means you don't have to prove your worth to your employer (example: politicians & some government/union employees). Same for the so called basic income. Give a man a fish, you feed him for the day, but if that man fishes for himself, he feeds himself for a lifetime, without dependency.
Hey, you bought stock. Stock isn't a guarantee. If you were smart, the changes should have worried you to get out, but, because of your greed, you didn't think it would happen.
Unless you cash it in, you haven't "lost" anything. If you are a day trader or speculator, that's one thing, but Zuck hasn't "lost" anything unless he sells his shares.
Outside of Apple, Google phones and maybe one or two, you are LUCKY to get any updates.
Of bums, tramps, druggies looking for free this or that, and the influx of kids driving the housing costs through the roof?
You're surprised? How do you think Walmart, Amazon, Google etc, make so much money?
Someone else that actually GETS IT. About the only "good" such a LARGE amount of pixels, in such a TINY area is for crop/zooming. Most 8-10mp sensor, if you were to print, would print a photo of A3 (11x17) size. Who prints these days? Higher MP count is good for cropping/zooming without losing as much detail when zooming. As you stated, adding MORE sensors in such a tiny substrate, with the paths so close together, increases the signal to noise ratio, which, after capture, then the software has to attempt to compensate for said noise and knock it down, which would most likely flatten out the photo. Instead of increasing the MP count, how about making EACH sensor LARGER, and increase the physical size of the sensor, and, increase the physical size of the glass in front of the sensor.
morning prayers? Tell the government to f off.
Sounds like he was paid off.
Marsh mellows, butterflies, ice cream, baby animals, and on and on. so called net neutrality, is just another way for government, to CENSOR the web, by restricting what content can be put on the web. There isn't anything "neutral" about it. Let the ISP's control it, it's there network in the first place. If they get stupid, and probably will at some point, people will move to a different ISP. If the government controls it, it will be a mess, like 99.9% of everything government does.