So this is obvious to anyone with knowledge of encryption. I believe Mega's claim is that because the encryption is done on the client side, they don't know the key. This could be true, but you still have to take their word for it.
But even though it's obvious, it's something to consider. Mega claims that they could not decrypt your files. This is demonstrably false. So what's to stop the government from serving them with a National Security Letter that forces them to add code to the login process, logging all keys upon login, without any advance warning to their customers?
There's essentially no way to trust a third party on the internet now without an alternate, reliable channel of communication to exchange keys in the first place.
Read Manna by Marshall Brain. It's an interesting view of two potential post-labor robot-driven economies. I hope we end up in the robot-driven paradise instead of the everyone-on-welfare dystopia, but I'm not convinced we will. I'm crossing my fingers for a Star Trek economy in my lifetime.
(Of course, given that we're looking perhaps a bit beyond 30 years in the future, it'll probably look very similar to today in a lot of ways with some changes that nobody predicted.)
I would check the DS Lite guides at iFixIt, they're pretty good. You'd probably want to follow their upper LCD replacement guide except you'd just reconnect the one you've already got (hopefully it really is a loose connection and not a dead screen).
My DS Lite is unplayable now due to a loose connector somewhere in the clamshell hinge that's caused the top screen to white out.
You should get a tri-wing screwdriver and reconnect it. They're really not that complicated on the inside. I've replaced the entire top screen of my DS original before due to my younger cousin stepping on it.
One company determines if you are friends with someone who was late paying back a loan; if so, that is bad news for you. It is even worse news if the delinquent friend is someone you frequently interact with.
Reasonable but evil. I would not do business with this company.
Another company gathers information from the manner in which a customer fills out the online loan application. The chances of getting a loan improve if you spend time reading information about the loan on their website. Conversely, if you fill out the application typing in all-caps (or with no caps), you are knocked down a couple pegs in that company's eyes.
Reasonable and not evil. Understanding the terms of a loan typically means you're going to make at least a good faith effort to fulfill your obligations. I would probably do something like this myself.
A third lender requires that small business borrowers grant them access to the borrowers' PayPal, eBay and other online payment accounts (what could possibly go wrong with that?), thereby disclosing real-time sales and delivery information.
Unreasonable, evil, AND the potential to steal money from everyone who has applied for a loan! Is that you, Enron?
I was wondering about this, and if they can move their eyes, with eye-tracking software they can do a hell of a lot better than binary Y/N. That said, I'm very sure the people in charge of this know way better than I do.
I know it's a joke, but 3D games CAN benefit from higher resolution than that for which they were designed. The textures get blurred a little, but the edges of geometry remain sharp. Think of it in terms of raster vs. vector images: you can upscale a vector image without losing sharpness. The same goes for 3D geometry.
I did this back when the Wii was initially released to get one for retail when they were going for twice that on eBay. Scraped the major retailers product pages on a cron and told me when there was stock (which usually lasted a couple of minutes). Worked pretty well.
I'm not a lawyer but I would imagine such a clause would be invalid on its face due to the lack of consideration on the part of the patent holder at that point. The licensee would essentially be paying for nothing.
Perhaps they got more creative than I'm thinking with the contract terms.
I guarantee that once these become standard, a police department will get the idea to use time differentials between scans to determine a minimum possible speed for the car, and send out automatic speeding tickets if that speed is over the amount posted. Within a few years, everyone will do this.
As an immigrant who came to the US under a K-1 fiance visa, DOMA has always seemed to me to be one of the very worst pieces of active Federal legislation.
Gay citizens have never been able to sponsor their partners for immigration as my now wife did for me. If she happened to be a guy, we would probably be in a different country right now, even though I came here so she could take her dream job. Make no mistake, DOMA was designed to keep gays out of the country. It should never have been made law, and it should have been repealed long ago. It will be a shameful part in the history of the United States.
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So this is obvious to anyone with knowledge of encryption. I believe Mega's claim is that because the encryption is done on the client side, they don't know the key. This could be true, but you still have to take their word for it.
But even though it's obvious, it's something to consider. Mega claims that they could not decrypt your files. This is demonstrably false. So what's to stop the government from serving them with a National Security Letter that forces them to add code to the login process, logging all keys upon login, without any advance warning to their customers?
There's essentially no way to trust a third party on the internet now without an alternate, reliable channel of communication to exchange keys in the first place.
Well of course you've been everything, Anonymous Coward!
Read Manna by Marshall Brain. It's an interesting view of two potential post-labor robot-driven economies. I hope we end up in the robot-driven paradise instead of the everyone-on-welfare dystopia, but I'm not convinced we will. I'm crossing my fingers for a Star Trek economy in my lifetime.
(Of course, given that we're looking perhaps a bit beyond 30 years in the future, it'll probably look very similar to today in a lot of ways with some changes that nobody predicted.)
Apparently the NSA is taking a page from police departments here. (Warning: autoplaying video.)
I would check the DS Lite guides at iFixIt, they're pretty good. You'd probably want to follow their upper LCD replacement guide except you'd just reconnect the one you've already got (hopefully it really is a loose connection and not a dead screen).
My DS Lite is unplayable now due to a loose connector somewhere in the clamshell hinge that's caused the top screen to white out.
You should get a tri-wing screwdriver and reconnect it. They're really not that complicated on the inside. I've replaced the entire top screen of my DS original before due to my younger cousin stepping on it.
One company determines if you are friends with someone who was late paying back a loan; if so, that is bad news for you. It is even worse news if the delinquent friend is someone you frequently interact with.
Reasonable but evil. I would not do business with this company.
Another company gathers information from the manner in which a customer fills out the online loan application. The chances of getting a loan improve if you spend time reading information about the loan on their website. Conversely, if you fill out the application typing in all-caps (or with no caps), you are knocked down a couple pegs in that company's eyes.
Reasonable and not evil. Understanding the terms of a loan typically means you're going to make at least a good faith effort to fulfill your obligations. I would probably do something like this myself.
A third lender requires that small business borrowers grant them access to the borrowers' PayPal, eBay and other online payment accounts (what could possibly go wrong with that?), thereby disclosing real-time sales and delivery information.
Unreasonable, evil, AND the potential to steal money from everyone who has applied for a loan! Is that you, Enron?
Yes, please.
beyond that for connected players to be able skim money off the top
Let me stop you right there.
Would I play GoldenEye 007 on an N64 emulator in higher resolution? Yes. Yes I would.
I was just trying to point out that it's not quite as ridiculous as CSI's "enhance".
I was wondering about this, and if they can move their eyes, with eye-tracking software they can do a hell of a lot better than binary Y/N. That said, I'm very sure the people in charge of this know way better than I do.
He has standing to sue if he can prove to a FISA court that he was unfairly targeted. Good luck.
I know it's a joke, but 3D games CAN benefit from higher resolution than that for which they were designed. The textures get blurred a little, but the edges of geometry remain sharp. Think of it in terms of raster vs. vector images: you can upscale a vector image without losing sharpness. The same goes for 3D geometry.
Ah, that means that in addition to not being able to tell people about it, the researcher will now be liable, perhaps even criminally so. Just wait.
I did this back when the Wii was initially released to get one for retail when they were going for twice that on eBay. Scraped the major retailers product pages on a cron and told me when there was stock (which usually lasted a couple of minutes). Worked pretty well.
I'm not a lawyer but I would imagine such a clause would be invalid on its face due to the lack of consideration on the part of the patent holder at that point. The licensee would essentially be paying for nothing.
Perhaps they got more creative than I'm thinking with the contract terms.
Paging Joss Whedon...
Paying more for less is an American tradition.
...as if millions of wankers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
Seriously though, Yahoo has a knack for turning acquisitions to shit. Nobody should be surprised here. Expect more "improvements".
I'm exploring the galaxy.
Do they take them from roving cop cars? I'm aware that stationary cameras have used time differentials for this purpose.
The difference is that you have to pay Apple $5 for a license.
I guarantee that once these become standard, a police department will get the idea to use time differentials between scans to determine a minimum possible speed for the car, and send out automatic speeding tickets if that speed is over the amount posted. Within a few years, everyone will do this.
As an immigrant who came to the US under a K-1 fiance visa, DOMA has always seemed to me to be one of the very worst pieces of active Federal legislation.
Gay citizens have never been able to sponsor their partners for immigration as my now wife did for me. If she happened to be a guy, we would probably be in a different country right now, even though I came here so she could take her dream job. Make no mistake, DOMA was designed to keep gays out of the country. It should never have been made law, and it should have been repealed long ago. It will be a shameful part in the history of the United States.