It's good that you tested to see what was going on. But I imagine you used Google services and contacted Google servers. That means information can be tracked about you without leaving markers on your local computer (see here and here). And I'm sure Google's own browser will be sure to act in ways that are standard and don't hinder this. Google is certainly opposed to the 'Do Not Track' flag.
Google wants to know *everything* about us. They want as much of that data to be as good as possible. And the WiFi data gathering and other events show that if there's a chance to get information, they get it, record it, and correlate it with what else they have. There appears to be no decision to limit what they get unless they violate statues and are found to have done so.
I believe in my controlling my privacy, being public and being anonymous as I decide circumstances dictate. I limit my interactions with Google as much as possible. Despite their good works (and there are a lot of them) they have a core philosophy that is just wrong.
"You can assign on a scale of 1 to 6 points, while the reverse is true for the school grading system. 1 point means very bad (the sheep is black) and 6 points mean very good (the lamb is white). "
As many have mentioned above, Debian is still running mostly Gnome 2. In Debian testing, unstable, and experimental, some components like gnome-keyring have gone to 3, but the core components and look-and-feel are Gnome 2.
Debian also have twm, fvwm, xfce, and kde4 all available. And with multiple window managers installed, the display manager (all of them) allow you to choose your desktop--either your last choice or any currently installed.
"...Slashdotters are early adopters of many new products. "
'Timeshare scam' is new?
It gets 36 million hits in Google.
Very good point. But even an old dog wrapped in a new technology can appear different and cause people to let their guard down. EJ had sublet her place via Craigslist before and when using Airbnb she semi-consciously assumed what due diligence she had done before was done by them.
(Most two-word searches get hits in the millions. "orange wombat" was down at 1.17 million, even though there's www.orangewombats.com.)
...Slashdotters are early adopters of many new products. And everyone needs reminding now and then that just because most people are reasonable doesn't mean this particular stranger will be. (Apologies for the Latin-English mismash.)
.. Germany and France had been invading each other back and forth, with some British support on the Continent thrown in, since the middle of the 19th century with no major bloodshed or escalation.
French-German enmity goes back a lot farther, at least to the Middle Ages soon after the breakup of Charlemagne's empire. And there was a lot of bloodshed, especially in the Thiry Years' War and the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. There's always a lot of bravado--and some realization of the horror to come--at the start of a war of any size. But you are right that most people didn't understand that industrialization and a continent in arms would make the Great War a whole lot different.
(The combined effect of the World Wars and the looming threat of a third with the Soviet Union did motivate the French and Germans to settle their 1100 years of differences and build a friendship in its place.)
I'm a long-term Debian user and administrator who's looked at Ubuntu and used it for business customers.
Ubuntu appears to be thrashing around in ways that Debian isn't. Debian usually has at least one big contentious change each release with a lot of argument within the project, usually with at least one major dev quitting in disgust. But they are about major issues--lastest big one is back-and-forth on how to get multi-architecture right--but they are usually about a fundamental issue that should be improved where there's disagreement about where to go and how to get there. Most of the UI and user issues just evolve with steady improvement. They usually follow the upstream on most major components, like Gnome and KDE. For example, wireless just works now, and that's with a laptop that's been running testing for 3 releases.
Ubuntu draws off of Debian unstable with large inputs on how to customize it. They aim to roll out a stable release of their own every 6 months. They have interesting ideas about doing some things differently. Your problems with Wi-Fi are disturbing (I haven't used Ubuntu with wireless). I think they may be going too far this time with the big changes to Gnome. You've always been able to change themes in Gnome, which can change the buttons available, but to do so in the default theme without justification seems to be courting user confusion. I wonder what Gnome thinks?
I was planning to use Ubuntu more. I'll have to test this version out and see for myself.
They could use Diffie-Hellman key exchange to generate a shared secret such as a symmetric encryption key. But this might be beyond the ability of the chip.
Oops! This just generates a shared secret. It doesn't authenticate either way.
To actually be secure, the card and the terminal would need to generate a shared secret in a way immune to a MitM attack, which can only reasonably be done with a certificate and a certificate authority (or other public key infrastructure), just as is done with HTTPS.
They could use Diffie-Hellman key exchange to generate a shared secret such as a symmetric encryption key. But this might be beyond the ability of the chip.
I have to take my shoes off because of the shoe bomber. I guess I'll count myself lucky not to have to take my pants off when I fly tomorrow, despite the underwear bomber.
You do realise where they're hiding bombs now, don't you?
...which all started because the Chinese would only export their goods for gold and otherwise restricted trade with foreigners. So when looking for something to sell to the Chinese despite the Chinese government, British traders turned to opium. China didn't like that, and so on, and so on...and then invasion!
Right on! I remember many of the major network broadcast of the space missions of the 1960's and 1970's. And the network commentators talked way too much, overexplaining. When there was a live feed with the astronauts and the CapCom and the ground controllers talking, they should have just left the cameras on and save the comments to after.
I think you're blaming the limitations of the launch vehicle on the Soyuz spacecraft. The Soyuz has been upgraded several times over its life. The Soyuz launcher has been too, but maybe it needs more work. Mine you, the reason the Soyuz launcher can be so small is the efficiency of the Soyuz design, similar to the GE Apollo design. And what should have been done with the CEV--3 of the designs submitted used Soyuz variants.
And what's wrong with the ISS's orbit? As far as I can recall, it shouldn't be higher altitude as that increases the radiation exposure. It's higher inclination than would have been done without the Russians, but that's part of working with them: you find a compromise.
And how is the ISS orbit preventing it from being used for LEO assemble? It isn't stopping the assembly of the ISS itself, so how would it stop the ISS being considered for the location to assemble other spacecraft. And if need to assemble need the ISS and you don't like the effect of the high-inclination orbit, then add on an inclination change--which added 2 burns (elliptical transfer and apogee inclination burn) prior to initial mission burn at low orbit; the impact is minimal. And having the ISS now means expertise is being acquired and maintained now in assembling components and operatiing them in space.
Slashdot Mirror
"I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours."
It's good that you tested to see what was going on. But I imagine you used Google services and contacted Google servers. That means information can be tracked about you without leaving markers on your local computer (see here and here). And I'm sure Google's own browser will be sure to act in ways that are standard and don't hinder this. Google is certainly opposed to the 'Do Not Track' flag.
Google is very open about what they believe in and that's not a lot of privacy or anonymity. In 2009 Eric Schmidt said "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.". And their actions re Google+ effectively shows them agreeing with Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg who recently said "I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away.". And 97% of their revenue is from advertising, selling what they know about all of us.
Google wants to know *everything* about us. They want as much of that data to be as good as possible. And the WiFi data gathering and other events show that if there's a chance to get information, they get it, record it, and correlate it with what else they have. There appears to be no decision to limit what they get unless they violate statues and are found to have done so.
I believe in my controlling my privacy, being public and being anonymous as I decide circumstances dictate. I limit my interactions with Google as much as possible. Despite their good works (and there are a lot of them) they have a core philosophy that is just wrong.
Hmmm, isn't that the same as the Kinsey scale?
Heck, google gives you a free web browser and then lets you opt out of ALL of its info-gathering.
...and you believe them?
As many have mentioned above, Debian is still running mostly Gnome 2. In Debian testing, unstable, and experimental, some components like gnome-keyring have gone to 3, but the core components and look-and-feel are Gnome 2.
Debian also have twm, fvwm, xfce, and kde4 all available. And with multiple window managers installed, the display manager (all of them) allow you to choose your desktop--either your last choice or any currently installed.
"...Slashdotters are early adopters of many new products. "
'Timeshare scam' is new? It gets 36 million hits in Google.
Very good point. But even an old dog wrapped in a new technology can appear different and cause people to let their guard down. EJ had sublet her place via Craigslist before and when using Airbnb she semi-consciously assumed what due diligence she had done before was done by them.
(Most two-word searches get hits in the millions. "orange wombat" was down at 1.17 million, even though there's www.orangewombats.com.)
and this is interesting to Slashdot because?
...Slashdotters are early adopters of many new products. And everyone needs reminding now and then that just because most people are reasonable doesn't mean this particular stranger will be. (Apologies for the Latin-English mismash.)
When Foxconn pushes robots over the edge.... The final straw that pushes Skynet to implement judgement Day.
Yes, make it bigger and coat it in white plastic and you're well on your way to make Rover. Be seeing you.
It's a game that was not designed on the old standard of "if you can't make it good, make it blow up,"
What? Not even if you set the date to Septemer 13th 1999 ?
I think Superman got stuck in a revolving door.
It's the cape. Same thing did in Dollar Bill.
Seek! Locate! TERMINATE!
I used them both.
.. Germany and France had been invading each other back and forth, with some British support on the Continent thrown in, since the middle of the 19th century with no major bloodshed or escalation.
French-German enmity goes back a lot farther, at least to the Middle Ages soon after the breakup of Charlemagne's empire. And there was a lot of bloodshed, especially in the Thiry Years' War and the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. There's always a lot of bravado--and some realization of the horror to come--at the start of a war of any size. But you are right that most people didn't understand that industrialization and a continent in arms would make the Great War a whole lot different.
(The combined effect of the World Wars and the looming threat of a third with the Soviet Union did motivate the French and Germans to settle their 1100 years of differences and build a friendship in its place.)
Let's give DARPA a real challenge!
I'm a long-term Debian user and administrator who's looked at Ubuntu and used it for business customers.
Ubuntu appears to be thrashing around in ways that Debian isn't. Debian usually has at least one big contentious change each release with a lot of argument within the project, usually with at least one major dev quitting in disgust. But they are about major issues--lastest big one is back-and-forth on how to get multi-architecture right--but they are usually about a fundamental issue that should be improved where there's disagreement about where to go and how to get there. Most of the UI and user issues just evolve with steady improvement. They usually follow the upstream on most major components, like Gnome and KDE. For example, wireless just works now, and that's with a laptop that's been running testing for 3 releases.
Ubuntu draws off of Debian unstable with large inputs on how to customize it. They aim to roll out a stable release of their own every 6 months. They have interesting ideas about doing some things differently. Your problems with Wi-Fi are disturbing (I haven't used Ubuntu with wireless). I think they may be going too far this time with the big changes to Gnome. You've always been able to change themes in Gnome, which can change the buttons available, but to do so in the default theme without justification seems to be courting user confusion. I wonder what Gnome thinks?
I was planning to use Ubuntu more. I'll have to test this version out and see for myself.
They could use Diffie-Hellman key exchange to generate a shared secret such as a symmetric encryption key. But this might be beyond the ability of the chip.
Oops! This just generates a shared secret. It doesn't authenticate either way.
To actually be secure, the card and the terminal would need to generate a shared secret in a way immune to a MitM attack, which can only reasonably be done with a certificate and a certificate authority (or other public key infrastructure), just as is done with HTTPS.
They could use Diffie-Hellman key exchange to generate a shared secret such as a symmetric encryption key. But this might be beyond the ability of the chip.
I have to take my shoes off because of the shoe bomber. I guess I'll count myself lucky not to have to take my pants off when I fly tomorrow, despite the underwear bomber.
You do realise where they're hiding bombs now, don't you?
<a href="http://weblog.sinteur.com/index.php/2009/09/28/ass-bomber/">Ass Bomber</a>
"Next up for each traveller: mandatory rectal exams before each flight."
More specifically, he beats the phone on the corner of the metal frame of the aquarium, where the metal comes to a point. Which cracked the display.
...which all started because the Chinese would only export their goods for gold and otherwise restricted trade with foreigners. So when looking for something to sell to the Chinese despite the Chinese government, British traders turned to opium. China didn't like that, and so on, and so on...and then invasion!
Right on! I remember many of the major network broadcast of the space missions of the 1960's and 1970's. And the network commentators talked way too much, overexplaining. When there was a live feed with the astronauts and the CapCom and the ground controllers talking, they should have just left the cameras on and save the comments to after.
Well, at least now with TSA on the job, you can bet they'll never board that plane and someone will make them talk!
Hmm I am not sure you should mention such evil things like 'other realms' on /. This does not seem to be au courant here.</quote>
Perhaps the other realms were forgotten?
I think you're blaming the limitations of the launch vehicle on the Soyuz spacecraft. The Soyuz has been upgraded several times over its life. The Soyuz launcher has been too, but maybe it needs more work. Mine you, the reason the Soyuz launcher can be so small is the efficiency of the Soyuz design, similar to the GE Apollo design. And what should have been done with the CEV--3 of the designs submitted used Soyuz variants.
And what's wrong with the ISS's orbit? As far as I can recall, it shouldn't be higher altitude as that increases the radiation exposure. It's higher inclination than would have been done without the Russians, but that's part of working with them: you find a compromise.
And how is the ISS orbit preventing it from being used for LEO assemble? It isn't stopping the assembly of the ISS itself, so how would it stop the ISS being considered for the location to assemble other spacecraft. And if need to assemble need the ISS and you don't like the effect of the high-inclination orbit, then add on an inclination change--which added 2 burns (elliptical transfer and apogee inclination burn) prior to initial mission burn at low orbit; the impact is minimal. And having the ISS now means expertise is being acquired and maintained now in assembling components and operatiing them in space.