Is there a reason that Dish Network can't use an open algorithm and some open, established encryption 'scheme'? Wouldn't that actually be more secure? And cheaper to develop?
I've also got a Storm, but google maps usually shows my location "within1800 meters", which isn't very good. I'm not sure if it's the phone or the application, but I haven't had much luck with Google Maps on Storm.
then is the desire to alter your consciousness with drugs a naturally occurring one? Does the drug war make sense anymore?
And why the hell didn't I give marijuana a try when I was in college? What the hell was I so scared of? Of course, now I'm old, and I don't have access to pot, so I can't try it.
Aside from a few articles here and there, the "real world exploits" for this stuff, where someone actually gets harmed... well, where are THOSE reports?
Since Dan Kaminsky is active in this thread, I'd love to see him answer this question. I'm guessing he's probably bound by non-disclosure agreements and can't give us any details, but I'd like to know if he's seen succesful, real-world attacks out "in the wild" that resulted in real damage done.
and I don't think it's the publisher's fault, either, because every topaz book on my Kindle has similar issues. Some have more issues than others, but they all have problems.
there's more than one "Kindle-the-book-format", though. There's the regular Kindle file, azw, and there's one they call the "Topaz" format (azw1), and it sucks. I love Vernor Vinge, and unfortunately, lots of his stuff is in topaz format on the Kindle.
Huge numbers of artifacts - lines printed over other lines, skipped lines, and sometimes the first word of a sentence has huge amounts of whitespace between the first and second letter.
""It could be that H. floresiensis' skull is that of a Homo erectus that has become dwarfed from living on an island, rather than being an abnormal individual or separately-evolved species, as has been suggested," says palaeontologist Dr Eleanor Weston.
Could someone explain why this wouldn't be a new species, even if it is an adapted homo erectus? isn't that how new species are formed? where is the "species" line drawn?
Falun Gong/Falun Dafa have been brutalized by the Chinese government for years for doing nothing more than practicing a mental and physical discipline.
They are experts in software like this because their leadership is almost certainly under constant surveillance.
If we end up with an "open source" medical record, and a central, unified medical history becomes available to every doctor that treats me, then they are going to know things I do not want them to know.
For instance, I have a history of amphetamine abuse. I'm past it, I beat it, I'm feeling much better now, thank you.
I do not want a doctor refusing to give me a drug to help me focus because he's afraid I'll relapse. Or not giving a weight loss drug for the same reason.
If, as the article suggests, Palmer's theory eventually does away the need for multiple universes, then incalculable damage has been done to the world of science fiction. What fun is it if there isn't a world where the Nazi's won WW2? What's there in that for anyone?
The contracts WERE in order to subsidize the cost of the phone... and the whole time I thought it was so they could lock me in and deliver shitty service. But seeing that the phone is $400 more without a contract pretty much proves what the cell phone companies have been saying all along.
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I get it, so it's about how they secure the key, not really about the algorithm used.
Is there a reason that Dish Network can't use an open algorithm and some open, established encryption 'scheme'? Wouldn't that actually be more secure? And cheaper to develop?
Hey - don't forget that he's a boxer and could kick your ass, too.
all my asshole neighbors with their terrestrial granite counter tops would be SO jealous
I've also got a Storm, but google maps usually shows my location "within1800 meters", which isn't very good. I'm not sure if it's the phone or the application, but I haven't had much luck with Google Maps on Storm.
then is the desire to alter your consciousness with drugs a naturally occurring one? Does the drug war make sense anymore?
And why the hell didn't I give marijuana a try when I was in college? What the hell was I so scared of? Of course, now I'm old, and I don't have access to pot, so I can't try it.
Aside from a few articles here and there, the "real world exploits" for this stuff, where someone actually gets harmed... well, where are THOSE reports?
Since Dan Kaminsky is active in this thread, I'd love to see him answer this question. I'm guessing he's probably bound by non-disclosure agreements and can't give us any details, but I'd like to know if he's seen succesful, real-world attacks out "in the wild" that resulted in real damage done.
This isn't news to those of us who investigate NASA cover ups of alien life. Look at this picture of what I call a "space shrimp".
NASA used the rock grinder on the rover to destroy this invaluable fossil!
and I don't think it's the publisher's fault, either, because every topaz book on my Kindle has similar issues. Some have more issues than others, but they all have problems.
there's more than one "Kindle-the-book-format", though. There's the regular Kindle file, azw, and there's one they call the "Topaz" format (azw1), and it sucks. I love Vernor Vinge, and unfortunately, lots of his stuff is in topaz format on the Kindle.
Huge numbers of artifacts - lines printed over other lines, skipped lines, and sometimes the first word of a sentence has huge amounts of whitespace between the first and second letter.
Other than that, love my Kindle.
I'm not going to see any Mars terraforming efforts in my lifetime, am I?
That sucks. Why are we so slow?
Maybe they should hire editors to clean up the summaries, verify links, and check for duplicate stories.
""It could be that H. floresiensis' skull is that of a Homo erectus that has become dwarfed from living on an island, rather than being an abnormal individual or separately-evolved species, as has been suggested," says palaeontologist Dr Eleanor Weston.
Could someone explain why this wouldn't be a new species, even if it is an adapted homo erectus? isn't that how new species are formed? where is the "species" line drawn?
Falun Gong/Falun Dafa have been brutalized by the Chinese government for years for doing nothing more than practicing a mental and physical discipline.
They are experts in software like this because their leadership is almost certainly under constant surveillance.
Could ISPs get away with this in the United States without facing legal issues or retribution from the cops?
I love this idea - I don't trust law enforcement at all and would pay a premium to know that I wasn't leaving logs with my ISP for the cops to read.
America is such a "law and order" country though, the cops wield so much power that I doubt such an ISP would be allowed to exist.
If we end up with an "open source" medical record, and a central, unified medical history becomes available to every doctor that treats me, then they are going to know things I do not want them to know.
For instance, I have a history of amphetamine abuse. I'm past it, I beat it, I'm feeling much better now, thank you.
I do not want a doctor refusing to give me a drug to help me focus because he's afraid I'll relapse. Or not giving a weight loss drug for the same reason.
Now I can finally learn to talk to chicks.
Anathem was fantastic - it's my new favorite Neal Stephenson book. His best work yet.
because all the porn they sell at the airport news stand is so tastefully done...
If, as the article suggests, Palmer's theory eventually does away the need for multiple universes, then incalculable damage has been done to the world of science fiction. What fun is it if there isn't a world where the Nazi's won WW2? What's there in that for anyone?
The contracts WERE in order to subsidize the cost of the phone... and the whole time I thought it was so they could lock me in and deliver shitty service. But seeing that the phone is $400 more without a contract pretty much proves what the cell phone companies have been saying all along.
China also views Falun Gong/Falun Dafa as dangerous radicals, and they are anything but. And there's a fair number of them.
Will this help stop child porn on P2P networks, or help arrest teenagers who make off-handed comments about wanting to kill their classmates?
If it doesn't do either of those things, I fail to see why law enforcement is interested.
I dunno about the GP, but you've nicely summed up the problems I have with law enforcement in this country.
And after last night's Jon Stewart interview of Jim Cramer, I've decided that we've got the wrong people in prison.
If you can't see the causal relationship between video games and stabbing hookers, then you've never played Hello Kitty Island Adventure.