I am conflicted. The same thing is happening on PC's with secure boot. It is arguable that this raises the bar for security but the down side is the fact that we lose some control over the devices we have.
What's there to be "conflicted" about? In all of these cases, the "security" is "security AGAINST THE OWNER OF THE DEVICE," a.k.a. tyranny. It is unambiguously bad!
Where the fuck did AC mention converting anything into photons?... The only omission AC made was not mentioning that c is an asymptote for objects with mass.
Check your reading comprehension. The AC did not make any "omission;" in the second half of his comment -- the only half I objected to, by the way -- he was explicitly talking about attaining, not merely approaching, light speed. I quote, again: "If you can hit the speed of light..."
In what Bizzarro universe is hitting the speed of light (without being a photon) not "sci-fi?"
If you can hit the speed of light you can get anywhere instantly (time does not pass for light photons because of their speed)
No sci-fi needed, this is all factual.
Sure, and all you need to do to accomplish that is to convert your body into photons by annihilating yourself with antimatter. You should get right on that (before you say something else stupid).
The question was half-rhetorical: I'm fairly sure that if such a decision had happened I would have heard about it (unless it happened within the last month or so, in which case the news might not have made it to/. yet!), but I could be wrong.
Nothing, but that's not a problem because wouldn't match the owner's fingerprint and so the phone would refuse to unlock. At worst, the user could reasonably consider the fingerprint scanner to be "broken" (since sending the wrong bitmap is functionally equivalent to sending a blank bitmap) and demand another replacement that works properly, but that's not a security flaw.
I was referencing the fact that Fox cancels bunches of good shows. In other words, with Fox, "If you like your shows, you can keep your shows" is less true than it is for the BBC.
If a person sells you a product, yet retains the right to forcibly dictate how you use that product, then you haven't bought anything at all, but rather leased it.
You've got the right sentiment, but reached the wrong conclusion: the actual situation is that you genuinely bought it, but then the manufacturer STOLE IT back from you!
It shouldn't even matter! The CPU should be doing the authentication anyway, with the sensor simply sending the bitmap (or whatever) to it. Having the sensor be a "trusted" part of the authentication system is just as stupid as requiring a "trusted" keyboard for putting in passwords would be.*
(* Yeah, yeah, keyloggers -- but don't even try arguing that angle, because anybody who cared about that wouldn't have chosen to have their phone repaired with un-vetted parts in the first place.)
The inventor of Google Glass is a Georgia Tech professor who I assume only showed up at Google because they wanted to make a product out of his research. Why should he keep hanging out there after the project is done when he could be in the Caribbean figuring out how to talk with dolphins instead? (Yes, that is actually what he's researching now.)
... cities with a less educated workforce started losing ground."
Alabama rates 45th in education outcomes (2014) and is 5th in welfare dependence (2011).
California rates 42nd in education outcomes (2015) and is 1st in welfare dependence (2011).
What part of the word "cities" do you not understand? The correct comparison would be Silicon Valley vs. Huntsville (i.e., good city to good city) or Fresno* to Birmingham* (bad city to bad city).
(* I'm guessing; I'm not familiar enough with either California or Alabama to know which parts suck the most.)
The reason why modern cars don't seem to last as long in first world countries is because once they break down to a certain point, the labor cost is so expensive that it's cheaper to just get a new car. However in Cuba, the labor price is typically lower while at the same time it's harder to get a hold of new stuff, which means reusing stuff becomes more practical than just making a new one.
Of course, they'll all eventually be running aftermarket fuel injection (e.g. Megasquirt) and other electronics because the DRM'd OEM stuff will refuse to work unless replaced by a manufacturer-"authorized" mechanic.
We were supposed to be guarded by a militia, not an army. Standing armies were seen as an inherent threat to liberty, since they could always be used against the People. It has happened once or twice, but it's (probably) not the issue it was made out to be. However, we were getting picked on by Barbary pirates and English men of war, so we bought a dozen frigates, and it has been all downhill from there.
FYI, the US Constitution does not authorize a permanent standing army, but it does authorize a navy so those frigates were just fine.
No, the person who decided to use a "cable-brick-cable" instead should be taken out and shot. First of all, nothing stops you from simply adding an extension cord to the wall wart if necessary, but doing the opposite is not possible. Second, there's no reason the transformer can't be the same size as the outlet in the X and Y directions, and as long or short as it needs to be in the Z direction. Third, if plugs are falling out of your wall sockets, then your wall sockets are worn out and need to be replaced.
The Cadillac CTS is a mid-size sedan. The large sedan, the XTS, is only available in automatic.
As far as I know, the only full-size truck with a stick is the Cummins <strike>Dodge</strike> Ram (and I didn't realize that was actually still available until other posters pointed it out). I don't think that manual-transmission F-X50s or Chevy/GMC X500s (where X in the range [1, 3]) exist anymore, let alone a manual Toyota Tundra or Nissan Titan.
For minivans, packaging considerations should be surmountable -- the Mazda5 managed it (very nicely, I might add -- Mazda5s are fun to drive), and there's no reason (in theory) that a "5 on the tree" setup couldn't happen. The real reason is that manufacturers think nobody wants it.
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What's there to be "conflicted" about? In all of these cases, the "security" is "security AGAINST THE OWNER OF THE DEVICE," a.k.a. tyranny. It is unambiguously bad!
Check your reading comprehension. The AC did not make any "omission;" in the second half of his comment -- the only half I objected to, by the way -- he was explicitly talking about attaining, not merely approaching, light speed. I quote, again: "If you can hit the speed of light..."
In what Bizzarro universe is hitting the speed of light (without being a photon) not "sci-fi?"
You've got the burden of proof backwards. The post I was replying to claimed "no sci-fi needed" as if such a thing were current technology.
Sure, and all you need to do to accomplish that is to convert your body into photons by annihilating yourself with antimatter. You should get right on that (before you say something else stupid).
The question was half-rhetorical: I'm fairly sure that if such a decision had happened I would have heard about it (unless it happened within the last month or so, in which case the news might not have made it to /. yet!), but I could be wrong.
Nothing, but that's not a problem because wouldn't match the owner's fingerprint and so the phone would refuse to unlock. At worst, the user could reasonably consider the fingerprint scanner to be "broken" (since sending the wrong bitmap is functionally equivalent to sending a blank bitmap) and demand another replacement that works properly, but that's not a security flaw.
Think more along the lines of "if you like your Firefly, you can keep your Firefly."
No, you're just an ignorant dumbass.
I was referencing the fact that Fox cancels bunches of good shows. In other words, with Fox, "If you like your shows, you can keep your shows" is less true than it is for the BBC.
Which decision was that?
As it is in so many other contexts, Fox is even worse!
You've got the right sentiment, but reached the wrong conclusion: the actual situation is that you genuinely bought it, but then the manufacturer STOLE IT back from you!
It shouldn't even matter! The CPU should be doing the authentication anyway, with the sensor simply sending the bitmap (or whatever) to it. Having the sensor be a "trusted" part of the authentication system is just as stupid as requiring a "trusted" keyboard for putting in passwords would be.*
(* Yeah, yeah, keyloggers -- but don't even try arguing that angle, because anybody who cared about that wouldn't have chosen to have their phone repaired with un-vetted parts in the first place.)
The inventor of Google Glass is a Georgia Tech professor who I assume only showed up at Google because they wanted to make a product out of his research. Why should he keep hanging out there after the project is done when he could be in the Caribbean figuring out how to talk with dolphins instead? (Yes, that is actually what he's researching now.)
What part of the word "cities" do you not understand? The correct comparison would be Silicon Valley vs. Huntsville (i.e., good city to good city) or Fresno* to Birmingham* (bad city to bad city).
(* I'm guessing; I'm not familiar enough with either California or Alabama to know which parts suck the most.)
Washington DC.
(New York City would be a candidate too, but it's got too many other things to be famous for.)
Of course, they'll all eventually be running aftermarket fuel injection (e.g. Megasquirt) and other electronics because the DRM'd OEM stuff will refuse to work unless replaced by a manufacturer-"authorized" mechanic.
FYI, the US Constitution does not authorize a permanent standing army, but it does authorize a navy so those frigates were just fine.
Screw the "button press;" I want voice recognition that processes locally instead of sending the audio to "the cloud" at all.
If that's not feasible, I want an OwnCloud voice recognition engine.
And Siri and "OK Google." Every major tech company has jumped on the "send all your private communication to us" bandwagon.
No, the person who decided to use a "cable-brick-cable" instead should be taken out and shot. First of all, nothing stops you from simply adding an extension cord to the wall wart if necessary, but doing the opposite is not possible. Second, there's no reason the transformer can't be the same size as the outlet in the X and Y directions, and as long or short as it needs to be in the Z direction. Third, if plugs are falling out of your wall sockets, then your wall sockets are worn out and need to be replaced.
Holy shit, maybe the new owners are actually accomplishing something!
No, because some liberals are authoritarian.
Way too damn authoritarian (and a sociopath, to boot).
The Cadillac CTS is a mid-size sedan. The large sedan, the XTS, is only available in automatic.
As far as I know, the only full-size truck with a stick is the Cummins <strike>Dodge</strike> Ram (and I didn't realize that was actually still available until other posters pointed it out). I don't think that manual-transmission F-X50s or Chevy/GMC X500s (where X in the range [1, 3]) exist anymore, let alone a manual Toyota Tundra or Nissan Titan.
For minivans, packaging considerations should be surmountable -- the Mazda5 managed it (very nicely, I might add -- Mazda5s are fun to drive), and there's no reason (in theory) that a "5 on the tree" setup couldn't happen. The real reason is that manufacturers think nobody wants it.
I think you're underestimating the scope of libertarian political philosophy. See: left-libertarianism, libertarian socialism