Sorry, the excerpted portions were not displaying in my browser, so it was not clear to me that you had reviewed the specification at all.
It seems clear to me from the claims and the specification that the patent, if issued as written, would cover the use of the method to disable phones that have been jailbroken. "Jailbraking" has a particular meaning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking) which indicates that it is the rightful owner of the phone that has modified the phone in a manner not intended by Apple to allow the device to run unauthorized software.
I agree that the primary motivation described in the specification is to stop theft, but to stop jailbreaking seems like a pretty important motivation as well.
As I posted elsewhere on this forum, the patent specification does expressly mention jailbraking. Do a text search, and you will find it near the bottom of the specification where the patent application discusses potential uses for the claimed method.
You are wrong. The patent specification expressly contemplates remote locking of phones that are jailbroken.
From the patent specification:
To detect an unauthorized user, process 610 of FIG. 6 b can determine whether particular activities are identified at step 612 . As described above, the particular activities can include any activities indicating suspicious behavior such as, for example, entering an incorrect password a predetermined number of times in a row, entering an incorrect password a predetermined number of times within a period of time, hacking the electronic device, ___jailbreaking___ the electronic device, unlocking of the electronic device, removing a SIM card from the electronic device, moving the electronic device a predetermined distance from a synced device, or any combination of the above. If a particular activity is identified, the current user can be detected as an unauthorized user at step 614 . If, however, a particular activity is not identified, process 610 can end at step 616 .
The privacy and security concerns of this technology are troubling. I deal with a lot of privileged and confidential information, and I cannot imagine resuing a piece of paper that previous may have had privileged and/or confidential information printed on it. If that paper fell into the wrong hands, the faded information it contains could likely be recovered, even if it was printed over.
As it is, you hear enough stories involving the release of privileged and/or confidential information using digital documents that are "redacted", or where the metadata has not be cleansed properly. Dead tree has been the only secure way of ensuring that what you see is what you get. With this disappearing ink, even paper is no longer secure.
It's okay precisely because I didn't notice that half an hour had past. That is the difference between getting exercise in a fun way as opposed to getting exercise in a boring way.
I don't have anything against going to the gym; like everyone else I overpay and underuse my gym membership, but at least I have one. I just don't like going to the gym because it is really boring. Classes are more interesting, but they are usually mostly women, which scares me off because it is creepy to be the only guy in a gym class. So if I could find something to keep me working out and interested at the same time, that would be the best solution.
I agree that it is much more desirable to have kids go out and play co-operative sports at recess or something similar, but my brother (who is in high school) tells me that kids these days are just sitting around during their recess breaks anyway. If DDR gets them off their butts, and a few kids lose a few pounds, well, that's a good thing.
As an aside, we've had a similar conversation before regarding controlling a game with an exercise bike. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/ 1217202>
Given a choice between the two, I'd probably pick DDR, if only for slightly better music and the sake of my knees.
Yeah, I should change that. I am referring to practicing lawyers in private practice, as opposed to politicians who undoubted first consult their penis before making a decision. There are some pretty long hours: hence, no time for sex.
My brother bought two pads and DDR Extreme something something over Christmas, and we tried it out over the holidays. It is surprisingly addictive, and gets you sweating in no time.
I hate going to the gym and shoving weights around, or spending a half hour pedalling to nowhere. For me, there is no reward in that. But with DDR, I don't notice at all that I have been jumping around for half an hour, and the game aspect in my particular version pushes me to get to the next level in complexity.
It's a good step forward to try to characterise what girls would find interesting or attractive in a game. Most of the games I currently own are of no interest to my wife, although she has tried many of them.
There is a huge untapped market out there (over half the population) that I hope becomes more involved in video gaming. There is no reason why video games couldn't become a social activity for both genders at gatherings, instead of just guys. Board games have long been successful at including both genders, so hopefully some video games will make this transition as well.
If anyone is interested in the actual flight mechanics of small insects, here is a recent article from IEEE Spectrum that summarises the topic.
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov05/2151>
It also discusses how, from a neurological perspective, a small insect with an incredibly tiny brain can execute flight maneuvers that are still beyond any we can design, and compares the process with approaches taken by military engineers designing micro air vehicles.
An interesting piece with no philosophy, just some innovative engineering and research.
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Sorry, the excerpted portions were not displaying in my browser, so it was not clear to me that you had reviewed the specification at all.
It seems clear to me from the claims and the specification that the patent, if issued as written, would cover the use of the method to disable phones that have been jailbroken. "Jailbraking" has a particular meaning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking) which indicates that it is the rightful owner of the phone that has modified the phone in a manner not intended by Apple to allow the device to run unauthorized software.
I agree that the primary motivation described in the specification is to stop theft, but to stop jailbreaking seems like a pretty important motivation as well.
As I posted elsewhere on this forum, the patent specification does expressly mention jailbraking. Do a text search, and you will find it near the bottom of the specification where the patent application discusses potential uses for the claimed method.
If you read the article, it does expressly mention jailbroken phones. Do a text search for "jailbraking".
You are wrong. The patent specification expressly contemplates remote locking of phones that are jailbroken. From the patent specification: To detect an unauthorized user, process 610 of FIG. 6 b can determine whether particular activities are identified at step 612 . As described above, the particular activities can include any activities indicating suspicious behavior such as, for example, entering an incorrect password a predetermined number of times in a row, entering an incorrect password a predetermined number of times within a period of time, hacking the electronic device, ___jailbreaking___ the electronic device, unlocking of the electronic device, removing a SIM card from the electronic device, moving the electronic device a predetermined distance from a synced device, or any combination of the above. If a particular activity is identified, the current user can be detected as an unauthorized user at step 614 . If, however, a particular activity is not identified, process 610 can end at step 616 .
The privacy and security concerns of this technology are troubling. I deal with a lot of privileged and confidential information, and I cannot imagine resuing a piece of paper that previous may have had privileged and/or confidential information printed on it. If that paper fell into the wrong hands, the faded information it contains could likely be recovered, even if it was printed over.
As it is, you hear enough stories involving the release of privileged and/or confidential information using digital documents that are "redacted", or where the metadata has not be cleansed properly. Dead tree has been the only secure way of ensuring that what you see is what you get. With this disappearing ink, even paper is no longer secure.
It's okay precisely because I didn't notice that half an hour had past. That is the difference between getting exercise in a fun way as opposed to getting exercise in a boring way. I don't have anything against going to the gym; like everyone else I overpay and underuse my gym membership, but at least I have one. I just don't like going to the gym because it is really boring. Classes are more interesting, but they are usually mostly women, which scares me off because it is creepy to be the only guy in a gym class. So if I could find something to keep me working out and interested at the same time, that would be the best solution. I agree that it is much more desirable to have kids go out and play co-operative sports at recess or something similar, but my brother (who is in high school) tells me that kids these days are just sitting around during their recess breaks anyway. If DDR gets them off their butts, and a few kids lose a few pounds, well, that's a good thing. As an aside, we've had a similar conversation before regarding controlling a game with an exercise bike. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/ 1217202>
Given a choice between the two, I'd probably pick DDR, if only for slightly better music and the sake of my knees.
Yeah, I should change that. I am referring to practicing lawyers in private practice, as opposed to politicians who undoubted first consult their penis before making a decision. There are some pretty long hours: hence, no time for sex.
I think girls would probably go for the guys that can dance over the guys that are too "cool" to try.
My brother bought two pads and DDR Extreme something something over Christmas, and we tried it out over the holidays. It is surprisingly addictive, and gets you sweating in no time. I hate going to the gym and shoving weights around, or spending a half hour pedalling to nowhere. For me, there is no reward in that. But with DDR, I don't notice at all that I have been jumping around for half an hour, and the game aspect in my particular version pushes me to get to the next level in complexity.
It's a good step forward to try to characterise what girls would find interesting or attractive in a game. Most of the games I currently own are of no interest to my wife, although she has tried many of them. There is a huge untapped market out there (over half the population) that I hope becomes more involved in video gaming. There is no reason why video games couldn't become a social activity for both genders at gatherings, instead of just guys. Board games have long been successful at including both genders, so hopefully some video games will make this transition as well.
If anyone is interested in the actual flight mechanics of small insects, here is a recent article from IEEE Spectrum that summarises the topic. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov05/2151> It also discusses how, from a neurological perspective, a small insect with an incredibly tiny brain can execute flight maneuvers that are still beyond any we can design, and compares the process with approaches taken by military engineers designing micro air vehicles. An interesting piece with no philosophy, just some innovative engineering and research.