True, but if we have not heard of any then the infection rate is pretty low - after all you have to get the exploit up on a site and then get the person to visit that with the iPhone browser.
If you get an "innocent" app in the appstore, it's not that difficult. Using the browser engine in an app is not unusual, and that app could visit an innocent url in the background, without the user seeing anything. When the app is accepted in the appstore, the url can be redirected to an attack site, which still could work in the background - et voila! When the device is rooted by that website, it could as well execute some other code and install a rootkit.
After my 3rd cycle was stolen in a year, I spray painted my new bike bright pink, put spokey-dokeys on it, and attached a large rainbow flag to the back. I've now managed to keep the same bike for over a year! (Admittedly, I now get a lot of people shouting words like 'gay' and 'bender' when i cycle past. In hindsight I should have probably thought about that before welding the flagpole on.... )
I have a pink Mercier racing bike (and this is the original color). The bike is about 30 years old, I have it 15 years now. Nobody ever called me any name because of the color. The funny thing is girls really like it. And it doesn't get stolen, and I live in a city where stealing bikes is very common. It simply doesn't have any value with a color like that.
Whereas people using internet explorer as a rule won't probably care that much , I suspect firefox user in percentage (if not majorly) will care about noscript, adblock. I don't know many people without noscript and/or adblock. No granted , that could be a selection bias here, as I work in IT.
The people I know that use FF, are mostly friends in IT, or family members for which I install noscript and adblock. But even then, Google won't mind.
NoScript isn't on/off, has very fine-grained control.
It takes two clicks to permanently (or temporarily) enable scripting on any websites you visit.
That works for most sites, but not all. Some keep having problems after allowing scripts for that site, even after repeated allow-clicks because of javascript includes.
Something like this would certainly warrant an "oh shit, delete it NOW NOW NOW!!"
Would it? And would it help? This would require the device to check in with google all the time, and that would certainly not be appreciated by the public. I cannot believe that a delete-option will work at any moment, and go unnoticed by the users. So you panic-delete (which it is) will never happen.
"Until you realize that the last reader for it will be extinct in 20."
Not necessarily. They still make turntables for LP records. Also, if the specification is well documented, then someone can always build a reader if it really matters. File formats are likely to be more troublesome.
The LP was a medium that lasted almost a century, in a period when nothing really happened with new media. (Yeah tape, cassettes - but those came decades later and lasted for decades as well, and that's about it.)
If it really matters.... If it really matters for a big company or a government - yes. But if it matters for the average Joe Nobody, who will pay for it?
Wrong. It got added to Firefox if any of the toolbars were detected on the system, even if it was for IE. So someone with an OEM install of Windows with an IE toolbar, but who never used IE, would still get the Firefox add-on forced upon him.
Now why Firefox would allow extensions to be installed from the outside without the user's permission is the question I have. That makes Firefox a good target for malware writers.
I suppose Firefox isn't running when this happens. So it can't block anything. Firefox can block addons to be installed if they are activated from a page that Firefox visits. This is a different situation. And if Firefox is running, it's probably possible to install something that is activated after a restart. And if it shouldn't, this is Windows, MS territory, and they may be able to do anything if they want to.
Honestly, do you think the government he worked for, swore an oath to defend and protect, and that trusted him to properly handle secret documents should give him an award for violating that trust/oath?
You can't on one hand call "leakers" brave heroes for risking severe consequences and then act suprised when their actions have those very same consequences.
History may prove him right or not, but right now his offense is punishable, and he knew it when he did it.
Yeah right. About 60 years ago we heard this kind of reasoning a lot in another court. It's one of the core principles of the Geneva Conventions, that you always have a personal responsibility. He acted and now faces the consequences. He has one big problem, that the court which will try him is probably a military court, and I'm afraid that will not guarantee a fair trial.
I don't mind that you're critical. My point of view is not static or absolute, and you have some good points.
If you read my post, you'll see that I wrote this:
"But the reality is that we all profited from the American mentality the past century. "
So I totally agree with you that my life would be very different without oil and the US enterprise mentality. I live in the EU and know that our system isn't perfect as well.
If I say that I'm glad that this happened so close to the US, I mean that for US policy, the main interest is self interest. That is my perception of it. This hits the US badly, and that motivates US politicians to make laws to prevent this, and it motivates US companies to invent or fund solutions for this kind of problem.
For the people in Louisiana and other states across the coast, that's a different matter, and I'm not glad that this happened to them, as a kind of punishment. That would be pointless and wouldn't help at all. Punishment is not the way to go.
I think the brakes model is great. In fact, the Internet already has them. If you don't want to see porn, JUST DON'T LOOK. That's equivalent to hitting the brakes.
I think a better analogy is sitting in the car, realizing that you should brake, then put your hands in front of your eyes. And then peek between the fingers. (Although I'm quite confused as to what this analogy is about.)
Do you really think that Shell, Exxon or Texaco or any other oil company would handle this better, or is prepared for a problem like this? Do you really think that if one of those companies had the solution for this problem, they wouldn't offer to help?
BP is probably to blame, and yeah you might blame Obama as well, but the real problem is the complete dependency on oil. Just like you say. And that's not BP's fault. That's not this governments fault.
I'm not American, and for me it would be easy to blame the American people or the American system. But the reality is that we all profited from the American mentality the past century. So now we have two or maybe three crises going on, all about oil and money. And the American way is turning out to be working against us.
The real problem is that still the American people don't realise that things should change. It's similar to the Greek going to strike because they are going bankrupt. It will only make things worse.
I'm very glad that this accident happened in the Mexican Gulf, and that the US is the one suffering the most. That's the only way the American people start to realise that something should change, even though they don't want to pay for it. Europe and Asia are simply not powerful enough to make a real change.
Yep, but what is important to keep in mind is that if an oil rig has to shut down for a day due to a power issue the oil will still be in the ground.
Yeah right. Don't know where you've been the last week or so, but right now millions of barrels of oil are spilling in the Gulf of Mexico. You may think that's not a power issue, but it was an uncontrolled system failure, in many senses comparable. And that situation is probably much worse than this incident at Amazon.
Drat. And here I was hoping that MythBusters really would try to debunk that myth, and in typical fashion conclude the episode by blowing the satellite out of the sky.
I think this would significantly advance privately funded space programs. Nothing motivates people (the male kind) more than destructing speed camera's.
I see that you don't have a girlfriend because you don't know squid about ponies. Couldn't you have used a car-example? That would have made much more sense.
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That we know about.
True, but if we have not heard of any then the infection rate is pretty low - after all you have to get the exploit up on a site and then get the person to visit that with the iPhone browser.
If you get an "innocent" app in the appstore, it's not that difficult. Using the browser engine in an app is not unusual, and that app could visit an innocent url in the background, without the user seeing anything. When the app is accepted in the appstore, the url can be redirected to an attack site, which still could work in the background - et voila! When the device is rooted by that website, it could as well execute some other code and install a rootkit.
From the article: "[...] the Russian module of the system could take control for a period of time until repairs could be made."
Take control?... Open the pod bay doors!!!
No need for taking control, only for taking vodka! Russians use vodka in pipes, not ammonia. Much better!
#3 PENCILS!
You got the wrong number. It should be like this:
1. Embrace.
2. Extend.
3. Exclude.
4. Extinguish.
5. PENCILS!
6. Profit!
After my 3rd cycle was stolen in a year, I spray painted my new bike bright pink, put spokey-dokeys on it, and attached a large rainbow flag to the back. I've now managed to keep the same bike for over a year! (Admittedly, I now get a lot of people shouting words like 'gay' and 'bender' when i cycle past. In hindsight I should have probably thought about that before welding the flagpole on.... )
I have a pink Mercier racing bike (and this is the original color). The bike is about 30 years old, I have it 15 years now. Nobody ever called me any name because of the color. The funny thing is girls really like it. And it doesn't get stolen, and I live in a city where stealing bikes is very common. It simply doesn't have any value with a color like that.
Whereas people using internet explorer as a rule won't probably care that much , I suspect firefox user in percentage (if not majorly) will care about noscript, adblock. I don't know many people without noscript and/or adblock. No granted , that could be a selection bias here, as I work in IT.
The people I know that use FF, are mostly friends in IT, or family members for which I install noscript and adblock. But even then, Google won't mind.
NoScript isn't on/off, has very fine-grained control.
It takes two clicks to permanently (or temporarily) enable scripting on any websites you visit.
That works for most sites, but not all. Some keep having problems after allowing scripts for that site, even after repeated allow-clicks because of javascript includes.
Something like this would certainly warrant an "oh shit, delete it NOW NOW NOW!!"
Would it? And would it help? This would require the device to check in with google all the time, and that would certainly not be appreciated by the public. I cannot believe that a delete-option will work at any moment, and go unnoticed by the users. So you panic-delete (which it is) will never happen.
"Until you realize that the last reader for it will be extinct in 20."
Not necessarily. They still make turntables for LP records.
Also, if the specification is well documented, then someone can always build a reader if it really matters. File formats are likely to be more troublesome.
The LP was a medium that lasted almost a century, in a period when nothing really happened with new media. (Yeah tape, cassettes - but those came decades later and lasted for decades as well, and that's about it.)
If it really matters.... If it really matters for a big company or a government - yes. But if it matters for the average Joe Nobody, who will pay for it?
Me too, and moreover, this is one reason why I don't use Windows.
At home OSX, at work Ubuntu, and for testing I use Virtualbox with an XP or 7 VM.
Wrong. It got added to Firefox if any of the toolbars were detected on the system, even if it was for IE. So someone with an OEM install of Windows with an IE toolbar, but who never used IE, would still get the Firefox add-on forced upon him.
Now why Firefox would allow extensions to be installed from the outside without the user's permission is the question I have. That makes Firefox a good target for malware writers.
I suppose Firefox isn't running when this happens. So it can't block anything. Firefox can block addons to be installed if they are activated from a page that Firefox visits. This is a different situation. And if Firefox is running, it's probably possible to install something that is activated after a restart. And if it shouldn't, this is Windows, MS territory, and they may be able to do anything if they want to.
but shouldn't 14 people in a single cab still be considered somewhat suspicious on it's own?
Not really. People training for the clown car trick typically practice in China.
I think it was a bike, and those 14 kids were probably wearing orange suits.
Honestly, do you think the government he worked for, swore an oath to defend and protect, and that trusted him to properly handle secret documents should give him an award for violating that trust/oath?
You can't on one hand call "leakers" brave heroes for risking severe consequences and then act suprised when their actions have those very same consequences.
History may prove him right or not, but right now his offense is punishable, and he knew it when he did it.
Yeah right. About 60 years ago we heard this kind of reasoning a lot in another court. It's one of the core principles of the Geneva Conventions, that you always have a personal responsibility. He acted and now faces the consequences. He has one big problem, that the court which will try him is probably a military court, and I'm afraid that will not guarantee a fair trial.
Goatse recently moved to Guatemala City.
Guatamala Opened Arse To Sink Everyone?
I don't mind that you're critical. My point of view is not static or absolute, and you have some good points.
If you read my post, you'll see that I wrote this:
"But the reality is that we all profited from the American mentality the past century. "
So I totally agree with you that my life would be very different without oil and the US enterprise mentality. I live in the EU and know that our system isn't perfect as well.
If I say that I'm glad that this happened so close to the US, I mean that for US policy, the main interest is self interest. That is my perception of it. This hits the US badly, and that motivates US politicians to make laws to prevent this, and it motivates US companies to invent or fund solutions for this kind of problem.
For the people in Louisiana and other states across the coast, that's a different matter, and I'm not glad that this happened to them, as a kind of punishment. That would be pointless and wouldn't help at all. Punishment is not the way to go.
I think the brakes model is great. In fact, the Internet already has them. If you don't want to see porn, JUST DON'T LOOK. That's equivalent to hitting the brakes.
I think a better analogy is sitting in the car, realizing that you should brake, then put your hands in front of your eyes. And then peek between the fingers. (Although I'm quite confused as to what this analogy is about.)
Do you really think that Shell, Exxon or Texaco or any other oil company would handle this better, or is prepared for a problem like this? Do you really think that if one of those companies had the solution for this problem, they wouldn't offer to help?
BP is probably to blame, and yeah you might blame Obama as well, but the real problem is the complete dependency on oil. Just like you say. And that's not BP's fault. That's not this governments fault.
I'm not American, and for me it would be easy to blame the American people or the American system. But the reality is that we all profited from the American mentality the past century. So now we have two or maybe three crises going on, all about oil and money. And the American way is turning out to be working against us.
The real problem is that still the American people don't realise that things should change. It's similar to the Greek going to strike because they are going bankrupt. It will only make things worse.
I'm very glad that this accident happened in the Mexican Gulf, and that the US is the one suffering the most. That's the only way the American people start to realise that something should change, even though they don't want to pay for it. Europe and Asia are simply not powerful enough to make a real change.
Yep, but what is important to keep in mind is that if an oil rig has to shut down for a day due to a power issue the oil will still be in the ground.
Yeah right. Don't know where you've been the last week or so, but right now millions of barrels of oil are spilling in the Gulf of Mexico. You may think that's not a power issue, but it was an uncontrolled system failure, in many senses comparable. And that situation is probably much worse than this incident at Amazon.
This is also why Wikipedia should never be considered a good source of information. It's like two birds with one stone, a biavianlith if you will.
I know what two girls can do with a cup, don't know if a stone can make it much worse.
That would make a real hit! No shit.
That's a very hirsute observation.
I pronose to subquit Malamantish as a new lanquish.
I was going to say this is NSFW, but on closer inspection, I just don't know what to say.
A picture is worth a thousand breasts!
I lost my girlfriend at a bar, can you send me to the Bunny Ranch?
It's more probable that your girlfriend lost you, considering your name.
Drat. And here I was hoping that MythBusters really would try to debunk that myth, and in typical fashion conclude the episode by blowing the satellite out of the sky.
I think this would significantly advance privately funded space programs. Nothing motivates people (the male kind) more than destructing speed camera's.
Webcam usb uvc flash support and the ipad can transmit to the world.
Wheels and you can drive it too. Boobs and it can drive you crazy.
No it should be call the fullautomobile.
Better: fool-automobile
The problem with Java today is... it's syntax looks too much like C. And as everybody knows, C is for geezers. Can't we write java code as follows:
<class>
<classname>MyPony</classname>
<method>Run</method>
<code>
<if><condition>IsExcited</conditon>
<if_block>walkFaster </if_block>
</if>
<method>trot</method>
<method>gallop</gallop>
.
I see that you don't have a girlfriend because you don't know squid about ponies. Couldn't you have used a car-example? That would have made much more sense.