Well the summary is kind of badly worded to make it seem like Funambol only has one app. So instead of snarking at him for what seems like an honest (but mistaken) comment, here's a link to Funambol's Android client: http://www.funambol.com/solutions/android.php
The whole thing make very little sense really. Funambol has had an iPhone app since 2008, so I am unsure why Ubuntu is writing their own. Maybe to get some press? Maybe for some unknown technical reason? Hard to say. The Ars link makes it sound like they did it for marketing/branding reasons. Still a very cool platform though.
1. The government should obtain a search warrant based on probable cause before it can compel a service provider to disclose a user’s private communications or documents stored online.
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This principle would update the law to reflect modern technology by establishing judicial review of surveillance requests for this data based on a factual showing of reasonable grounds to believe that the information sought is relevant to a crime being investigated.
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It's sad that mere insults to Flash are modded insightful around here no matter how uninformed they are. CSS is part what is used to skin the buttons. You could have seen this just by clicking on the article. I wont even begin to get into how AS is just a more advanced version of JS.
But you would have that much more code to replicate the functionality, and while in the strictest sense, that may not be an 'attack vector' it's unlikely to be any safer as the video will still be interacting with the underlying OS. The thing that strikes me as strangest though is that those (not saying you) that rail against Flash's security don't ever seem to take aim at JavaScript. Surely JS has been the attack vector of choice for far longer, and far more often, than Flash.
I'd go a step further and say if you can, always bypass HR. They don't really add anything to the equation for the applicant. The only thing you will get from HR is silly questions about how you handle 'difficult situations' and other amorphous concepts. They'll often also just push your towards some 3rd party online application with a ton of questions that exactly match your resume except for the handy (sarcasm) checkbox to waive all your rights to a credit check and indemnify them for killing your dog and whatnot.
For me, I do not want to put all of my personal details in a 3rd party online application form of some company I have no relationship with, have never heard of, know nothing of their security, and will likely forget has my info in a few years when they finally get pwned by some foreign script kid. Luckily, as for the credit check BS, at least 16 states are moving to ban the practice and two already have (HI and WA).
Depends on your idea of 'better'. As a decorative header/ display/ advertising font, some could say it looks much nicer. However, as just a standard reading font it is very wide and hard to read. They will probably end up using more paper and reducing readability.
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It's pretty interesting too. I wonder how they get around the fact that these are not domesticated animals. What I mean is, cats and dogs have lived and evolved with humans for thousands of years and for the most part will obey humans or are sufficiently docile towards humans. Whereas these monkeys definitely still have very deep instincts about living in the wild, and are prone to turn, well wild. I guess that is part of why these are so small. If they were to try this with a chimp it could literally rip a human's arms off.
Replying to myself as I found more details in the economist article about the actual trolling activity this company engages in:
The idea of raising money to invest explicitly in creating patents is not new, Mr Myhrvold notes: that is what Thomas Edison did. But firms such as his will seek to institutionalise the process so it is not dependent only on a single inventor. Intellectual Ventures has 650 employees, not all of them patent attorneys, and as well as buying patents it develops ideas in-house. In 2009 it applied for about 450 patents for its own inventions—more than Boeing, 3M or Toyota—putting it among the world’s top 50 patent-filers.
Yeah I'm more inclined to think the problems are in the system itself. I mean if this company files patents on things it reads about, or obvious things, that is trolling (and despicable), but if they merely invest in patents that others have created there is nothing wrong with that at all. I may not like the patent system, but there is nothing wrong with venture capitalism per-say. Article is light on details though, and I wonder why the article said it's hard to know how many patents a company holds. Aren't patents public knowledge? Is there no way to search for patents by ownership? I'm guessing not, but there should be.
Don't they supply a lot of their own power? This could be something as simple as them trying to export tech they wrote for themselves in their data centers to monitor power usage to the masses. Throw a bit of advertising on there and they have made a piece of software written for their data centers provide additional revenue (in addition to whatever it helps them save by monitoring their own network). Why does it always have to seem nefarious? Seems like a simple re-purposing of a product to me. Seems smart too.
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Well the summary is kind of badly worded to make it seem like Funambol only has one app. So instead of snarking at him for what seems like an honest (but mistaken) comment, here's a link to Funambol's Android client: http://www.funambol.com/solutions/android.php
The whole thing make very little sense really. Funambol has had an iPhone app since 2008, so I am unsure why Ubuntu is writing their own. Maybe to get some press? Maybe for some unknown technical reason? Hard to say. The Ars link makes it sound like they did it for marketing/branding reasons. Still a very cool platform though.
He didn't reject it, he just moved it to another processor.
'Computer professionals' are exempt from FLSA at certain salary levels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act http://www.dol.gov/whd/flsa/index.htm
As a dumb smoker, I'm skeptical of the study, but I'm pretty sure military service is required of all citizens in Israel.
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1. The government should obtain a search warrant based on probable cause before it can compel a service provider to disclose a user’s private communications or documents stored online.
2. The government should obtain a search warrant based on probable cause before it can track, prospectively or retrospectively, the location of a cell phone or other mobile communications device.
3.Before obtaining transactional data in real time about when and with whom an individual communicates using email, instant messaging, text messaging, the telephone or any other communications technology, the government should demonstrate to a court that such data is relevant to an authorized criminal investigation.
4.Before obtaining transactional data about multiple unidentified users of communications or other online services when trying to track down a suspect, the government should first demonstrate to a court that the data is needed for its criminal investigation.
It's sad that mere insults to Flash are modded insightful around here no matter how uninformed they are. CSS is part what is used to skin the buttons. You could have seen this just by clicking on the article. I wont even begin to get into how AS is just a more advanced version of JS.
fuzzing tools probably wont ever gain wide spread acceptance outside of the furry community though.
You're more right than you know, but it's not HTML 5 that is the target, it's the iphone.
Flash CS5 (in alpha or beta at the moment) has the ability to publish to native iphone compiled code.
But you would have that much more code to replicate the functionality, and while in the strictest sense, that may not be an 'attack vector' it's unlikely to be any safer as the video will still be interacting with the underlying OS. The thing that strikes me as strangest though is that those (not saying you) that rail against Flash's security don't ever seem to take aim at JavaScript. Surely JS has been the attack vector of choice for far longer, and far more often, than Flash.
You're doomed.
Redundancy. You have a second car follow you around in case one of the bit of the first car goes rouge or 'evil'
I'd go a step further and say if you can, always bypass HR. They don't really add anything to the equation for the applicant. The only thing you will get from HR is silly questions about how you handle 'difficult situations' and other amorphous concepts. They'll often also just push your towards some 3rd party online application with a ton of questions that exactly match your resume except for the handy (sarcasm) checkbox to waive all your rights to a credit check and indemnify them for killing your dog and whatnot.
For me, I do not want to put all of my personal details in a 3rd party online application form of some company I have no relationship with, have never heard of, know nothing of their security, and will likely forget has my info in a few years when they finally get pwned by some foreign script kid. Luckily, as for the credit check BS, at least 16 states are moving to ban the practice and two already have (HI and WA).
No no, it's "Content we want to charge you extra for" as sometimes those (ever helpful) game publishers include it on the CD.
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Please consider the environment before reading all this drivel.
Depends on your idea of 'better'. As a decorative header/ display/ advertising font, some could say it looks much nicer. However, as just a standard reading font it is very wide and hard to read. They will probably end up using more paper and reducing readability.
I now know VMs are not secured from the host because h4rr4r is awesome and shared his insight with me. He is also not controlling my machine right now and is definitely not posting this message. Also for the ladies out there, h4rr4r@VMsareNotSafe.org
It's pretty interesting too. I wonder how they get around the fact that these are not domesticated animals. What I mean is, cats and dogs have lived and evolved with humans for thousands of years and for the most part will obey humans or are sufficiently docile towards humans. Whereas these monkeys definitely still have very deep instincts about living in the wild, and are prone to turn, well wild. I guess that is part of why these are so small. If they were to try this with a chimp it could literally rip a human's arms off.
Well this is like the only funny idle article I have ever seen, so I think you and your monkey might want to chill and have banana and a PB&J.
The idea of raising money to invest explicitly in creating patents is not new, Mr Myhrvold notes: that is what Thomas Edison did. But firms such as his will seek to institutionalise the process so it is not dependent only on a single inventor. Intellectual Ventures has 650 employees, not all of them patent attorneys, and as well as buying patents it develops ideas in-house. In 2009 it applied for about 450 patents for its own inventions—more than Boeing, 3M or Toyota—putting it among the world’s top 50 patent-filers.
Read more in the Economist article.
Instead of clicking through to the patent blog, here's the economist article that started the debate.
Yeah I'm more inclined to think the problems are in the system itself. I mean if this company files patents on things it reads about, or obvious things, that is trolling (and despicable), but if they merely invest in patents that others have created there is nothing wrong with that at all. I may not like the patent system, but there is nothing wrong with venture capitalism per-say. Article is light on details though, and I wonder why the article said it's hard to know how many patents a company holds. Aren't patents public knowledge? Is there no way to search for patents by ownership? I'm guessing not, but there should be.
You sir, are shifting the pair of dimes.
I think 80% of people like to answer "yes" to the following:
Are you aware of ______ thing that exists?
Don't they supply a lot of their own power? This could be something as simple as them trying to export tech they wrote for themselves in their data centers to monitor power usage to the masses. Throw a bit of advertising on there and they have made a piece of software written for their data centers provide additional revenue (in addition to whatever it helps them save by monitoring their own network). Why does it always have to seem nefarious? Seems like a simple re-purposing of a product to me. Seems smart too.