So you logically conclude (assume) that every single GG user is doing this and the concept should be abandoned? It's never just going to be a dude wearing a computer/phone/whatever this thing is?
Definition of. You know... maybe it's just a dude with a wearable phone on his face. Or at least rail against every single piece of technology, so you can be consistent in your paranoia.
Now you must also have YOUR computer in order to access anything, rather than just any Internet connected computer. It just really depends on how you work. A dropbox folder was the perfect solution for me when I was in school.
You've got a 3 x 4 grid to work with. The old keypad on phones naturally fits that. What layout of keys would you propose?
If they can do this, though, why don't they just overlay a QWERTY keyboard in the air and just do one or two finger hunt-and-peck recognition? Or maybe even a Swype style in the air. Add in some error correction / auto-correct and I think it'd be a whole lot better than a keypad on my fingers.
Assuming you're the #13 AC there, what you wrote doesn't even come close to what's been described.
"They should come up with a hand held controller that lets you control it. The exact interface needs to be worked out but perhaps you can control it with your phone connected to it via bluetooth. You have a pointer/arrow that you see on the glass and you can hold the phone in your pocket and control it with your thumb."
There's no controller. Your hand just becomes a keypad to enter data.
While an air-to-air component could extend that with multiple drones, the whole system is still likely to link to a ground station within a small geographical area. That's why I don't think you'd get out of the "state owned" area, if these were ever employed in such a place.
A major point of these would be to eliminate the satellite link, so a further uplink to a satellite just seems ridiculous.
These would still have to downlink somewhere, probably into the same "state owned" network as everyone else. FB or whomever would, I'm sure, play along with whatever rules, so long as it meant people got airtime and they got money.
Depends on the presenter, really. It's hard to tell exactly what was being represented by some of the graphics/images without knowing what the presenter was saying.
They have to go underground because you fuckers freak out any time something with a camera and database is mentioned. As if anyone gives a fuck where you drive.
Instead of evaluating any usefulness this may provide and imposing a transparent solution, it's beat into the ground at the first mention.
First comment was 8 minutes after the summary was posted.
Why are you still here? You know what's more annoying than beta? The kid that has to come around every day to tell you that he's leaving. This time for good. I mean it. I really do. I'm being serious here, guys. I'm out. I'm leaving.
Likely your corporate system is doing SSL proxy, too. I know ours is. Proxy acts as a man-in-the-middle and you get a generated cert from the proxy, not Slashdot.
I bank with ING in Belgium and that's exactly how they do it. Here's your card. Here's your token. Logging into and authorizing transactions on the bank site use a challenge/response system. When I bought time with my cell phone carrier, it used a challenge response system. That's the only thing I've bought online with this card, so I don't know if that's how it works all the time, though.
Actually, USAA has told me that the PIN can not be changed for the chip & PIN card they'll issue to me. I don't know why that is, though. Maybe because they don't have their own ATMs & branches across the country (plus, I'm outside the US).
For the one thing I've bought online with my european card, the website had a challenge/response setup. So no, you don't give up your PIN, just a response code. You need the card, the PIN and the challenge specific to the transaction in order to generate the response.
Same way I log into my banking site and authorize transactions there.
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So you logically conclude (assume) that every single GG user is doing this and the concept should be abandoned? It's never just going to be a dude wearing a computer/phone/whatever this thing is?
Definition of. You know... maybe it's just a dude with a wearable phone on his face. Or at least rail against every single piece of technology, so you can be consistent in your paranoia.
Yes.
Now you must also have YOUR computer in order to access anything, rather than just any Internet connected computer. It just really depends on how you work. A dropbox folder was the perfect solution for me when I was in school.
So you want more government involvement, by creating yet another solution that'll have no applicability after school?
How is Google violating my kid's privacy by providing Google Doc/Drive so he can write his Rosa Parks essay?
There's a conspiracy to generate conspiracies around every action so that in the end, no one knows what to believe.
Not triangulate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
Or some people just like it and learn how to use it. No script necessary.
I'll agree that there always room for improvement, though.
I know it's surprising to you, but some people like the new UI. Or don't hate it enough to bitch about it all the time.
Sqeaky wheels...
You've got a 3 x 4 grid to work with. The old keypad on phones naturally fits that. What layout of keys would you propose?
If they can do this, though, why don't they just overlay a QWERTY keyboard in the air and just do one or two finger hunt-and-peck recognition? Or maybe even a Swype style in the air. Add in some error correction / auto-correct and I think it'd be a whole lot better than a keypad on my fingers.
Assuming you're the #13 AC there, what you wrote doesn't even come close to what's been described.
"They should come up with a hand held controller that lets you control it. The exact interface needs to be worked out but perhaps you can control it with your phone connected to it via bluetooth. You have a pointer/arrow that you see on the glass and you can hold the phone in your pocket and control it with your thumb."
There's no controller. Your hand just becomes a keypad to enter data.
According to this article, the coverage for these will be an 18-mile radius.
http://arstechnica.com/informa...
While an air-to-air component could extend that with multiple drones, the whole system is still likely to link to a ground station within a small geographical area. That's why I don't think you'd get out of the "state owned" area, if these were ever employed in such a place.
A major point of these would be to eliminate the satellite link, so a further uplink to a satellite just seems ridiculous.
These would still have to downlink somewhere, probably into the same "state owned" network as everyone else. FB or whomever would, I'm sure, play along with whatever rules, so long as it meant people got airtime and they got money.
"drone" implies a level of autonomous or remote control, not necessarily the method it uses for flight.
These don't look to be blimps, btw. http://titanaerospace.com/plat...
Depends on the presenter, really. It's hard to tell exactly what was being represented by some of the graphics/images without knowing what the presenter was saying.
They have to go underground because you fuckers freak out any time something with a camera and database is mentioned. As if anyone gives a fuck where you drive.
Instead of evaluating any usefulness this may provide and imposing a transparent solution, it's beat into the ground at the first mention.
First comment was 8 minutes after the summary was posted.
Why are you still here? You know what's more annoying than beta? The kid that has to come around every day to tell you that he's leaving. This time for good. I mean it. I really do. I'm being serious here, guys. I'm out. I'm leaving.
It's included in a question, as an example.
Likely your corporate system is doing SSL proxy, too. I know ours is. Proxy acts as a man-in-the-middle and you get a generated cert from the proxy, not Slashdot.
That's not how budgets work.
European cars all show fuel economy in liters/100km. I don't know why. Seemed odd to me at first, too.
Since everything does it that way, it's an easy lower-is-better comparison.
I'd be curious if anyone knows why it caught on to measure it that way. Maybe it's easier at the pump? If I put in 5L, then I can go 100km... ?
Sadly, this is the first thing I thought, too. I hope that it is working again, though.
I bank with ING in Belgium and that's exactly how they do it. Here's your card. Here's your token. Logging into and authorizing transactions on the bank site use a challenge/response system. When I bought time with my cell phone carrier, it used a challenge response system. That's the only thing I've bought online with this card, so I don't know if that's how it works all the time, though.
Actually, USAA has told me that the PIN can not be changed for the chip & PIN card they'll issue to me. I don't know why that is, though. Maybe because they don't have their own ATMs & branches across the country (plus, I'm outside the US).
For the one thing I've bought online with my european card, the website had a challenge/response setup. So no, you don't give up your PIN, just a response code. You need the card, the PIN and the challenge specific to the transaction in order to generate the response.
Same way I log into my banking site and authorize transactions there.