For missiles, I can think of some other defenses too: - Spinning it so the laser can't stay trained on one spot - A skin that would shed-off if damaged, without destroying the missile - Counterattacking the laser aircraft, since it probably can't be easily stealthed - Multiple cheap decoys
The only ones to "stick it out" are the ones who are the most likely to profit.
I disagree. The unprofitable applications will be unprofitable on other phones too. The profitable applications will be profitable on other phones too. The developers who migrate away from the platform are the ones getting rejections from Apple. These are the most unique, edgy, or innovative applications, or ones that compete with the built-in Apple functionality.
Therefore, I conclude that this will not increase the quality of programs on the iPhone. It will decrease the diversity, while increasing the diversity and quality on other phones. But that was going to happen no matter what Apple did: When you are at the top, the only direction to go is down.
The headline is misleading, and it looks like many of the commenters didn't read the article. (surprise, surprise)
1. The editor probably thought they were going after a student abusing school equipment. 2. The employee was not fired, he resigned. 3. The newspaper didn't actually track the IP address to the individual - they just notified the school.
A lot of the comments point-out the compression that makes everything seem equally loud, which is done to make it sound good on consumer-grade audio equipment. Maybe it is time to release two mixes: one for consumer grade, where the volume is maximized for the duration of the song, and another that is meant for high-end audio use that preserves the levels. Or even a new format that combines both.
To order online, you need a credit card number - but not really a credit card in the common sense. There are prepaid cards, virtual account numbers, credit card numbers that draw from checking, savings, IRAs, CDs, etc. The credit card number has become the ubiquitous standard for transferring money.
I cannot think of any case where I want any company to give away my credit card information. I think most people assume this is illegal already. This is why virtual account numbers are such a good idea - it compensates for an inherently flawed system.
Is there a display adapter that actually provides 840x525 resolution? And an LCD that will sync to it? In theory it should be possible, but I have never seen that.
Because crappy software doesn't scale properly. I have a 1080i TV running 1920x1080, and I pumped the DPI setting to 200% so it was readable. About half of apps don't scale at all so they don't work. Of those that do respect the DPI, most of them do something dumb like scale text but not the rest. So text that is baked-into an image is unreadable. And many of them scale the text but not the available space, so the button should say "Cancel" but it says "Canc" showing only the top 1/2 of the letters.
I foresee a future version of Windows that has an option to "emulate" a lower DPI and just pixel-scale the application. One day we will all have 300dpi+ screens. Those old apps that assumed 96 DPI will show the size of a postage stamp unless they are scaled-up by the OS.
No. (I know the question was rhetorical, but I can't resist answering).
The 4004 had 2,300 transistors. A college student can create and debug a processor more powerful than that in a semester. It is possible to memorize the entire thing. A Core i7 has around 300 million transistors. Unless human intelligence changes significantly, one human could not memorize and understand 300 million transistors.
I can't think why they'd even care about the analog hole any more,
Because they can make it prohibitively difficult to make digital copies, but analog copies are always within the reach of the average person. Those "click-and-leech digital copies" may have come from the analog hole. So they are trying to stop things at the source.
In all my usage of *IX systems, I've never had to do an sudo before I ran something. When I run the app downloading tool thingy, or changed something in the control panel, it just prompts me for a root password. Pardon me for being a Linux neophyte, but I just thought that the UAC prompt was Microsoft's version of the same thing (except that it pops-up at stupid times and asks you the same thing 3 times over).
My knowledge is dated - I think it was Mandrake Linux that did that. Although more recently I saw Ubuntu do it too.
You answered your own question with the word "perceived." There is no real problem here, only an artificial one created by the content providers. So no solution is really necessary at all. Those providers are placing artificial rules in place (the DRM) that require technology that is technically impossible, doesn't work anyway, doesn't provide them any profit, and hurts the customer. Those businesses should just fail (or at least, lose the sale in this case). Eventually, other more reasonable providers will fill the gap.
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For missiles, I can think of some other defenses too:
- Spinning it so the laser can't stay trained on one spot
- A skin that would shed-off if damaged, without destroying the missile
- Counterattacking the laser aircraft, since it probably can't be easily stealthed
- Multiple cheap decoys
What wavelengths would you make it reflect? Not all lasers are in the visible spectrum.
There is no money to be made if Apple decides to reject your app.
The only ones to "stick it out" are the ones who are the most likely to profit.
I disagree. The unprofitable applications will be unprofitable on other phones too. The profitable applications will be profitable on other phones too. The developers who migrate away from the platform are the ones getting rejections from Apple. These are the most unique, edgy, or innovative applications, or ones that compete with the built-in Apple functionality.
Therefore, I conclude that this will not increase the quality of programs on the iPhone. It will decrease the diversity, while increasing the diversity and quality on other phones. But that was going to happen no matter what Apple did: When you are at the top, the only direction to go is down.
The headline is misleading, and it looks like many of the commenters didn't read the article. (surprise, surprise)
1. The editor probably thought they were going after a student abusing school equipment.
2. The employee was not fired, he resigned.
3. The newspaper didn't actually track the IP address to the individual - they just notified the school.
Of course it is trivial. The point is that it now has more combinations to try.
These guys may have PhD's, but they aren't very smart if they stand in front of giant lasers.
A lot of the comments point-out the compression that makes everything seem equally loud, which is done to make it sound good on consumer-grade audio equipment. Maybe it is time to release two mixes: one for consumer grade, where the volume is maximized for the duration of the song, and another that is meant for high-end audio use that preserves the levels. Or even a new format that combines both.
Unless you put video on a texture.
The real problem with the system you describe is that a baguette can cause the entire system to overheat.
To order online, you need a credit card number - but not really a credit card in the common sense. There are prepaid cards, virtual account numbers, credit card numbers that draw from checking, savings, IRAs, CDs, etc. The credit card number has become the ubiquitous standard for transferring money.
I cannot think of any case where I want any company to give away my credit card information. I think most people assume this is illegal already. This is why virtual account numbers are such a good idea - it compensates for an inherently flawed system.
That is possible, in theory. Do you know of an OS that does this? I known Windows XP and OS X don't.
Is there a display adapter that actually provides 840x525 resolution? And an LCD that will sync to it? In theory it should be possible, but I have never seen that.
Because crappy software doesn't scale properly. I have a 1080i TV running 1920x1080, and I pumped the DPI setting to 200% so it was readable. About half of apps don't scale at all so they don't work. Of those that do respect the DPI, most of them do something dumb like scale text but not the rest. So text that is baked-into an image is unreadable. And many of them scale the text but not the available space, so the button should say "Cancel" but it says "Canc" showing only the top 1/2 of the letters.
I foresee a future version of Windows that has an option to "emulate" a lower DPI and just pixel-scale the application. One day we will all have 300dpi+ screens. Those old apps that assumed 96 DPI will show the size of a postage stamp unless they are scaled-up by the OS.
No. (I know the question was rhetorical, but I can't resist answering).
The 4004 had 2,300 transistors. A college student can create and debug a processor more powerful than that in a semester. It is possible to memorize the entire thing. A Core i7 has around 300 million transistors. Unless human intelligence changes significantly, one human could not memorize and understand 300 million transistors.
The USS Torsk is open for tours in Baltimore. For more, check out the Historic Naval Ships Association's list of submarines.
Are you Buttle or Tuttle?
Agreed. That's probably the real point. Monitoring the APIs to detect the need for privilege escalation, rather than configuring it ahead of time.
The aiide conference web site has been Slashdotted... even though Slashdot didn't link to it. :-)
I can't think why they'd even care about the analog hole any more,
Because they can make it prohibitively difficult to make digital copies, but analog copies are always within the reach of the average person. Those "click-and-leech digital copies" may have come from the analog hole. So they are trying to stop things at the source.
In all my usage of *IX systems, I've never had to do an sudo before I ran something. When I run the app downloading tool thingy, or changed something in the control panel, it just prompts me for a root password. Pardon me for being a Linux neophyte, but I just thought that the UAC prompt was Microsoft's version of the same thing (except that it pops-up at stupid times and asks you the same thing 3 times over).
My knowledge is dated - I think it was Mandrake Linux that did that. Although more recently I saw Ubuntu do it too.
It can't find /etc/passwd, /etc/group or /etc/hosts
Are you installing a programming language or a rootkit? :-)
Simple solution: lose that premium content.
You answered your own question with the word "perceived." There is no real problem here, only an artificial one created by the content providers. So no solution is really necessary at all. Those providers are placing artificial rules in place (the DRM) that require technology that is technically impossible, doesn't work anyway, doesn't provide them any profit, and hurts the customer. Those businesses should just fail (or at least, lose the sale in this case). Eventually, other more reasonable providers will fill the gap.
If you don't want to be tied by the GPL, then don't modify and distribute it.
I think you mean "don't link to it and distribute it."