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I can put a JPG, MP3, PDF, anything that exploits a zero-day (or known) vulnerability on the drive. As you will not only _copy and store_ but _open_ the files...
Also, what stops me from emulating a keyboard and entering a load of crap? "Windows-c (?) deltree c:\\/y\n" comes to mind.
Why is parent +5 Insightful?
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> I figured it would also need some code to figure out who was getting too close to the hidden antenna and drop transmit power or the connection outright to mask the actual location.
1) If I sniff only, you will not detect me 2) No matter what you do, unless you switch positions, I can find you over time
> I also figured the network would need to occasionally switch off and vanish if devices nearby were lurking and not sharing, even with that, no way to defeat passive wifi sniffing.
How will you find out that I sniff when I only sniff? I will send _nothing_.
> Yes: "should". it's the legal term for what somebody must do when circumstances allow. commonly defined in contract law to mean: > 'should': a mandatory obligation, to which an objection may be raised. ie: "If you do not agree to these legal terms, you should cease use of this [product/service], but you may contact [contact] for further information."
Rereading what you said, that is not how you used the term. Neither did you indicate it (wouldn't have made sense anyway).
> And none of that IANAL business. If you say something's illegal: you better be prepared to back it up
IANAL, and thus I may not give any legal advice. You should know that;)
I can't point to any specific law, sorry. But then, neither did you to support your point so we're even.
There were some pictures of a self-built trebutchet on Geocities. Amongst other things, they shot a dead cow a pretty long way; I seem to remember a cow-shaped crater.
Does anyone have those pics and/or know if they can be found in that torrent?
We have known for ages that the meter, the kilogram etc changed over time. That is why they replaced or are in the process of replacing the reference physical bodies with exact measurements. Google around for it. The lengths those people are going to are simply mind-boggling and truly inspiring. These people take their work _seriously_.
But one thing to keep in mind is that with a car or similar, you get a lot less lights and stuff. A computer can, by its very nature, throw a bazillion of different situations at you. No other thing can.
All that being said, computers are a fact of life so people need to start to think.
Guess what: I stopped fixing their shit. The data is on a seperate partition, so all they need to do is find someone to reinstall Windows. But that's not me.
The rest grew up after I explained the issues at hand.
Sure, it's trivial to sniff data off of unencryted Wi-Fi. It's also trivial to punch you in the face. Both are illegal unless you agree beforehand.
The ease of doing something is disconnected from how legal it is. If you sniff username & password and log into an account, you are breaking the law. Period.
Well, how about easy root, the ability to run emulators on it, free tethering via USB & Wi-Fi?
But really, you are asking the wrong person. _They_ told me that they are envious so if anything, you would need to ask them.
My suggestion would be to just lend an Android device for some time & have a go at it. FWIW, some people hate HTC Sense and their custom stuff, I think it's what makes Android usable (but yes, it's not open). YMMV, try it for yourself.
Interestingly, the main thing for them were the widgets on the home screen.
But my shiny display, slimmer phone, it's style, the better browser were other points, proper multi-tasking without overloading a single button with Morse ten times, etc were other points.
Correct. There used to be a hack to make it work, but I forgot which as I never used them, anyway.
> The Calculator button doesn't seem to work in Linux. It's not that the key doesn't work - xev shows that the key is read and interpreted properly, and when I assign it to the kcalc command, the kde menu editor accepts it
s/Linux/KDE 4/ -- works fine in 3.5.10 and I just wondered why it didn't work on 4.5.1, yesterday. Yay, timing. Do you file the bug or do I do it? I don't care, either is fine.
* Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000 (the one nice thing they ever made) * with the riser that tilts the keyboard _up_ at the front, down at the back * armrests so elbow & wrists are aligned * apt-get install rsibreak * use j/k for scrolling text * put goo onto arms & hands at night; optionally leave it on over the week-end (in Germany, Enelbin works best for me)
DON'T USE A TOUCH-PHONE WITH ONE HAND, ONLY. NEVER EVER. Hold with one hand, touch with the other. Do _not_ use thumb across device.
Hope some of this helps someone who suffers the same fate.
> Every time I think I've decided to stick with iPhone4 for my next phone, I see a reason to buy an n900 instead.
That will continue to be the case. Until the N9 comes out at which point your focus will change from N900 to N9. Or HTC Desire / Desire HD, if you like Android.
I have a co-worker with a iPhone 3GS and one with an iPad. Both are annoyed at what the HTC Desire does what they can't.
> You've got to be kidding. Because of the ridiculous "half-installed" state, Debian package DB goes boom everytime something goes even a slightest bit wrong during installation. Been using Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora side by side for a long time, last time I've seen a broken RPM database was maybe in RH8 or FC1. Deb systems? Still all the time.
apt-get install -f
> I know how to package RPM's. They're pretty damn simple, DEBs on the other hand require some arcane magic.
git-buildpackage
> Yes, pretty much just like every other company's every decision.
Cool, so how does that affect the fact that the community had a reasonable expectation (Qt...!) for things to be different.
> You should really hope very hard this isn't one of their considerations, if it were, Windows Mobile would be the only logical choice.
While you can obviously up the torque a lot, there are limits in gear size, etc. Also, you lose RPM which means the car will go slower. Also, HP is a maximum value.
Let's agree on: For a truly meaningful comparision, you need car size, seats, loading capacity, weight, comfort & security level. Also, consumption, HP & torque graphs.
At least in Germany, I can only get the C1-01 and C1-02. I haven't looked at the cheapo phones in ages, but I will buy a phone for 27c3 & Fosdem and their home-baked GSM networks.
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I can put a JPG, MP3, PDF, anything that exploits a zero-day (or known) vulnerability on the drive. As you will not only _copy and store_ but _open_ the files...
Also, what stops me from emulating a keyboard and entering a load of crap? "Windows-c (?) deltree c:\\ /y\n" comes to mind.
> I figured it would also need some code to figure out who was getting too close to the hidden antenna and drop transmit power or the connection outright to mask the actual location.
1) If I sniff only, you will not detect me
2) No matter what you do, unless you switch positions, I can find you over time
> I also figured the network would need to occasionally switch off and vanish if devices nearby were lurking and not sharing, even with that, no way to defeat passive wifi sniffing.
How will you find out that I sniff when I only sniff? I will send _nothing_.
> Yes: "should". it's the legal term for what somebody must do when circumstances allow. commonly defined in contract law to mean:
> 'should': a mandatory obligation, to which an objection may be raised. ie: "If you do not agree to these legal terms, you should cease use of this [product/service], but you may contact [contact] for further information."
Rereading what you said, that is not how you used the term. Neither did you indicate it (wouldn't have made sense anyway).
> And none of that IANAL business. If you say something's illegal: you better be prepared to back it up
IANAL, and thus I may not give any legal advice. You should know that ;)
I can't point to any specific law, sorry. But then, neither did you to support your point so we're even.
I thought Wal-Mart was a super-market?
> some walmart bullets
You can buy bullets in a supermarket? I guess there are some things about the USA I will never understand.
Wrong coiling. And the value in a coil is the coiling. So re-coiling means you are better of starting from scratch.
There were some pictures of a self-built trebutchet on Geocities. Amongst other things, they shot a dead cow a pretty long way; I seem to remember a cow-shaped crater.
Does anyone have those pics and/or know if they can be found in that torrent?
We have known for ages that the meter, the kilogram etc changed over time. That is why they replaced or are in the process of replacing the reference physical bodies with exact measurements. Google around for it. The lengths those people are going to are simply mind-boggling and truly inspiring. These people take their work _seriously_.
And after that, go back into your Mom's basement, erm, I mean the Bat Cave, and feel all smug about the ten kinds of awesome that you are.
I tend to agree.
But one thing to keep in mind is that with a car or similar, you get a lot less lights and stuff. A computer can, by its very nature, throw a bazillion of different situations at you. No other thing can.
All that being said, computers are a fact of life so people need to start to think.
I know one person who acted in a similar way.
Guess what: I stopped fixing their shit. The data is on a seperate partition, so all they need to do is find someone to reinstall Windows. But that's not me.
The rest grew up after I explained the issues at hand.
"Should" "should" "should"
Sure, it's trivial to sniff data off of unencryted Wi-Fi. It's also trivial to punch you in the face. Both are illegal unless you agree beforehand.
The ease of doing something is disconnected from how legal it is. If you sniff username & password and log into an account, you are breaking the law. Period.
Parent is informative. It's a pity that /. still doesn't refuse to link to slide-shows.
And are too stupid to not whip them out unless they see a few other people talking on one.
And as they are used to technology changing even faster, they will surely not have a concept of a few decades making any difference.
Well, how about easy root, the ability to run emulators on it, free tethering via USB & Wi-Fi?
But really, you are asking the wrong person. _They_ told me that they are envious so if anything, you would need to ask them.
My suggestion would be to just lend an Android device for some time & have a go at it. FWIW, some people hate HTC Sense and their custom stuff, I think it's what makes Android usable (but yes, it's not open). YMMV, try it for yourself.
Interestingly, the main thing for them were the widgets on the home screen.
But my shiny display, slimmer phone, it's style, the better browser were other points, proper multi-tasking without overloading a single button with Morse ten times, etc were other points.
> The zoom "keys" don't work in Linux (yet?).
Correct. There used to be a hack to make it work, but I forgot which as I never used them, anyway.
> The Calculator button doesn't seem to work in Linux. It's not that the key doesn't work - xev shows that the key is read and interpreted properly, and when I assign it to the kcalc command, the kde menu editor accepts it
s/Linux/KDE 4/ -- works fine in 3.5.10 and I just wondered why it didn't work on 4.5.1, yesterday. Yay, timing. Do you file the bug or do I do it? I don't care, either is fine.
How dare the submitter imply that any of us would ever go as far as to RTFA... Despicable abomination!
PS: The video is really nice. Though they cheat by using a slanted glass.
* Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000 (the one nice thing they ever made)
* with the riser that tilts the keyboard _up_ at the front, down at the back
* armrests so elbow & wrists are aligned
* apt-get install rsibreak
* use j/k for scrolling text
* put goo onto arms & hands at night; optionally leave it on over the week-end (in Germany, Enelbin works best for me)
DON'T USE A TOUCH-PHONE WITH ONE HAND, ONLY. NEVER EVER. Hold with one hand, touch with the other. Do _not_ use thumb across device.
Hope some of this helps someone who suffers the same fate.
> Every time I think I've decided to stick with iPhone4 for my next phone, I see a reason to buy an n900 instead.
That will continue to be the case. Until the N9 comes out at which point your focus will change from N900 to N9. Or HTC Desire / Desire HD, if you like Android.
I have a co-worker with a iPhone 3GS and one with an iPad. Both are annoyed at what the HTC Desire does what they can't.
> You've got to be kidding. Because of the ridiculous "half-installed" state, Debian package DB goes boom everytime something goes even a slightest bit wrong during installation. Been using Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora side by side for a long time, last time I've seen a broken RPM database was maybe in RH8 or FC1. Deb systems? Still all the time.
apt-get install -f
> I know how to package RPM's. They're pretty damn simple, DEBs on the other hand require some arcane magic.
git-buildpackage
> Yes, pretty much just like every other company's every decision.
Cool, so how does that affect the fact that the community had a reasonable expectation (Qt...!) for things to be different.
> You should really hope very hard this isn't one of their considerations, if it were, Windows Mobile would be the only logical choice.
Not sure if troll..?
While you can obviously up the torque a lot, there are limits in gear size, etc. Also, you lose RPM which means the car will go slower. Also, HP is a maximum value.
Let's agree on: For a truly meaningful comparision, you need car size, seats, loading capacity, weight, comfort & security level. Also, consumption, HP & torque graphs.
> 1) Aside from CLI tools, there's nothing in those repos that would work on mobiles. And those are likely to be found in RPM repos too.
apt-get install hex-a-hop # you were saying?
> 2) I assume that's fixed in one of the oldest linux package manager.
I assume that's not the case. Yay, stand-still.
> 4) Politics. Yeah well, there are more unfortunate political decisions to be annoyed by.
Ah, true. That makes in better in this case.
> Not very convincing. If those things buy me package management with acceptable performance, yay, RPM ftw!11!
My limited experience with current CentOS & SuSE is that it's slower to update a load of packages than on Debian.
No, but it's still something that is relevant to me.
At least in Germany, I can only get the C1-01 and C1-02. I haven't looked at the cheapo phones in ages, but I will buy a phone for 27c3 & Fosdem and their home-baked GSM networks.