I can't speak to whether QR codes can stop forgery of the currency, but a QR code, by itself, can't infect anyone with a virus. What kind of bank system would blindly go to whatever website is suggested by an illegitimate QR code?
Sounds like the "stiction" problem that used to plague our old Mac SE drives on campus. We weren't quite so gentle with trying to un-stick them, however.;-)
But don't forget about the dangers of the backhoe, which has severed all too many buried fiber connections. I'd like to think that a high voltage line would be marked better than some fiber thrown down in the 90's, but won't hold my breath.
I don't think it's so much about the individual person that's holding the office. But that it would be an affront to the *office* that people would be shocked by the attack. And it would be a ginormous PITA to replace them.
Couldn't agree more. I loved reading Clancy's books in H.S. & college, but then I hit a wall and realized his later ones were blatant glorification of everything military, with at least one rant per page about how the military was underfunded (oh noes!). That was in the mid-90's, so I guess the funding issue was timely. Sad to see that the storytelling went downhill (while ramping up the propaganda) from there. I'm sure that part my dissatisfaction was my own maturing and greater awareness of politics.
After racing my son in Mario Kart, I had a strong urge to throw the *^%@# controller across the room. Fortunately I'm mature enough to control my temper, and instead handed the wheel to my wife and told her "YOU can race him on Rainbow Road".
True, but Sears ditched Chicago years ago for the northern 'burbs. I thought they should have re-named it the "Chi-Tower" (but now that I typed that out I suppose too many idiots would pronounce that with a short "i", which is less cool).
Don't forget coal. Unless the citizens of Wyoming, Illinois, West Va, etc. rise up against their regimes, there's no shortage of that pollutant in the US for many years.
I would guess that *most* mathematical research is done without any expectation of a "useful" outcome. On the other hand, how much of our modern world would be possible without that exact type of "I wonder..." research?
Well, speaking as a guy who got married (I won't say how long ago!), the few days leading up to one's wedding are generally a heckuva lot less pleasant than the few days after the wedding.
If your ISP changes, does your email address remain the same just because you use webmail? Didn't think so.
If your ISP changes, and you use *their* webmail, how do you access your old emails?
I have emails going back 10+ years, stored in my local Thunderbird archives, and I've changed email addresses & ISP's more times than I care to remember.
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I can't speak to whether QR codes can stop forgery of the currency, but a QR code, by itself, can't infect anyone with a virus. What kind of bank system would blindly go to whatever website is suggested by an illegitimate QR code?
Perhaps, but a robot wouldn't have had a toothbrush in space, would it?
Just wait 'till he gets his hands on the Silmarillion. It would open the door to a decade+ soap opera television for geeks!
Sounds like the "stiction" problem that used to plague our old Mac SE drives on campus. We weren't quite so gentle with trying to un-stick them, however. ;-)
Maybe he can find an open-source companion?
A 4-finger swipe on an ipad will switch between running apps. (just discovered this, myself, and it's really handy)
But don't forget about the dangers of the backhoe, which has severed all too many buried fiber connections. I'd like to think that a high voltage line would be marked better than some fiber thrown down in the 90's, but won't hold my breath.
I don't think it's so much about the individual person that's holding the office. But that it would be an affront to the *office* that people would be shocked by the attack. And it would be a ginormous PITA to replace them.
Well, that's my wishful thinking, anyway. ;-)
Couldn't agree more. I loved reading Clancy's books in H.S. & college, but then I hit a wall and realized his later ones were blatant glorification of everything military, with at least one rant per page about how the military was underfunded (oh noes!). That was in the mid-90's, so I guess the funding issue was timely. Sad to see that the storytelling went downhill (while ramping up the propaganda) from there. I'm sure that part my dissatisfaction was my own maturing and greater awareness of politics.
After racing my son in Mario Kart, I had a strong urge to throw the *^%@# controller across the room. Fortunately I'm mature enough to control my temper, and instead handed the wheel to my wife and told her "YOU can race him on Rainbow Road".
Because as someone who writes SQL queries all day long and thinks this is silly, I now have a reason to feel superior. :-)
It's an average, not a sum.
(or was that a big "whoosh" I just heard?)
Of course we are panicking! If the uranium melts through the planet, where do you think it's gonna come out? (kidding)
True, but Sears ditched Chicago years ago for the northern 'burbs. I thought they should have re-named it the "Chi-Tower" (but now that I typed that out I suppose too many idiots would pronounce that with a short "i", which is less cool).
"my cat would make a fine hat for warmth"
your cat can knit?
Except they didn't just make a broad statement that such a thing should/could be possible. Any dummy could do that. They're actually *doing* it.
Or use the passive voice: Yahoo been done overtooken by da Bing.
Don't forget coal. Unless the citizens of Wyoming, Illinois, West Va, etc. rise up against their regimes, there's no shortage of that pollutant in the US for many years.
What if they someday develop a vaccine (I'm using the term loosely, I know) that prevents Autism? Will the parents' heads explode with the dilemma?
I would guess that *most* mathematical research is done without any expectation of a "useful" outcome. On the other hand, how much of our modern world would be possible without that exact type of "I wonder..." research?
If you're ever in Chicago, the Skydeck 'Ledge' in the Sears Tower is worth the 2-hour wait in line...
http://www.theskydeck.com/
Well, speaking as a guy who got married (I won't say how long ago!), the few days leading up to one's wedding are generally a heckuva lot less pleasant than the few days after the wedding.
I've noticed your sig before, but it's especially pertinent with this post!
If your ISP changes, does your email address remain the same just because you use webmail? Didn't think so.
If your ISP changes, and you use *their* webmail, how do you access your old emails?
I have emails going back 10+ years, stored in my local Thunderbird archives, and I've changed email addresses & ISP's more times than I care to remember.
You missed the point. I believe the argument was: WHAT incoming airborne objects?
The *enemy's* unemployed, ill, and benefit-needing veterans, of course!