I don't think many politicians would bother to use anything this secure...
The military might.
Currently, the Air Force uses iPads, but not for classified, due to the requirement to connect to Apple servers to upgrade the OS (they will not supply a disc, as Microsoft does for our classified Windows boxes).
All of our pilots carry and use them for non-classified publications, but it would be nice to have something that Secret could be loaded onto for missions.
I don't even read Slashdot "stories" about Microsoft anymore, because most are just obvious "troll" or click-bait aimed at the anti-microsofties that prevail at Slashdot.
When I was stationed in Korea, the mysterious Mama-Sons made my dirties disappear from my room weekly, and reappear ironed and starched the next day. I don't know how the machine worked, but I do know it only cost me $20 a week.
At one point these numbers are owned by some company.
Phone numbers are passed around like pocket change. Who has control today is not who has control tommorow.
But beyond that, if I buy a MagickJack today and send out 1,000,000 spams and 100,000 robo dials tomorow, how can the "owner" of that number be held responsible? Of course common sense says they cam't.
Unless, of course, you are willing to accept an invasive personal background check whenever you want to get a phone or chnge your phone number.
Is that what you want? Background checks to get phone numbers?
If a large number of robocall reports were being made in real time, wouldn't that help identify the physical source?
First, phone numbers can and are often "spoffed".
Second, just like with Intertube Spam, I can bust out 100,000's of robo-calls in one day from a disposable phone number (MagicJack and the like), and than move on untraced.
Robo-calls come from ever-changing numbers that eventually make it back into the pool. The result of a system like this will be that, like SPAM IP addresses, large swaths of numbers will forever be blacklisted even long after the robo-caller has moved on, forever useless to any other user.
Blacklisting in this way has been shown not to have any effect at all on SPAM / robo-callers, and only inconveniences everyone else.
Perhaps NASA battery tech from 20 - 25 years ago was more advanced than the cheap laptop batteries of the day? Maybe? Quite often military / space applications are the source of consumer tech down the line...
i remodeled his house in seattle before i went to school and got a phd in physics. i spent a lot of time with him. he's not an asshole at all. in fact, he's pretty much like on his show, just a bit more real. not arrogant. not full of shit.
Yet you have not idea where the shift key is on your keyboard. A "phd"? Really?
I'd like to introduce him to my Uncle - doctorate in chemistry from Cornell, literally hundreds of publications and citations, and thinks global warming is bunk.
Your uncle might be correct. Do you have a doctorate from Cornell? No? Well then...
Bill Nye, one of the foremost science educators in the United States...
I think that's overstating it a bit. I don't know what Nye's bona fides are (some: bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering in 1977), certainly he's a knowledgeable science guy who has done much to interest kids and young adults in science, and of course there is his Great Debate with the "Intelligent Design" idiots. But "one of the foremost science educators"? Hmmm.
states that only the upper crust members of American science and technology (with degrees from top tier schools) understand science, particularly climate change....
Well SNOOT SNOOT, my good mad! Not an MIT grad? Did'nt go to Stanford? Hit the bricks! You opinions, masters, PhD, or whatever? Not worth the paper your diploma was printed on.
Good grief.
Of course Nye is a Cornell University guy, so, you know, everyone not of the Ivy League is suspect. I wonder which secret society he is a member of...
Science in the US get's low grades? University in general in the US gets low grades. Why? It's not about education, it's all about money. And football, don't forget the football.
So let's just solve this by insulting everyone. Washington State University knows nothing about medical science. Oregon State University knows zilch about forestry (or is that not science?). There are many well known public and private universities that while not up to Bill Nye's Ivy Standard, do good and great science.
Hard to be that parent when you're not there & you're working three jobs just to put Cheerios on the dinner table.
What you describe is certainly something that happens, but also certainly not the average or the norm. Get off your soap box.
In any case, there are two points that speak to this:
1. If you can not afford to have kids, spend time with your kids, nurture your kids, and make them do homework, don't have them.
2. You premise is bullshit, and I know it from personal experience. I know, it's "anecdotal evidence"... But, both my parents worked long hours. This did not prevent them from insisting that we do homework instead of fucking off the whole day.
You are letting parents off way too easy. Raising children the right way is not easy. If you have no clue about how to do it, or you have no interest in doing it right, do society a favor and don't have children.
Buy a Pi for every kid. Education is what the Pi is for.
The original initiative was not about learning to code or build electronic devices, it was about putting educational resources in kids hands in the hope that kids would use these resources to become smarter.
In my opinion, this is a misguided, technology is not the most efficient way to impart "The Three R's", classroom interaction with a human, as well as parents that support the idea of the importance of homework over xBox.
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I wonder what HP's policy for manufacturing and sourcing are with regards to human rights?
I prefer to up my security level by using ROT13 exactly 24 times. I mean, you can't make heads nor tails of that mess of letters.
Not buying it. I think if someone wanted to unload a substantial number of bitcoins - perhaps in the $100k range - that exchange would balk.
It seems you could actually get about $259 in return for a bitcoin this morning.
That is a purported value. It's questionable if anyone would actually hand over the cash if you wanted to exchange 20 or 30 bitcoins for US dollars.
That's a shame. Why has the Right Wing been able to take hold their? Do the majority of Australians think that way?
Here in Australia
I've heard that things like privacy and freedom are hard to come by in Australia.
I mean why would a brewery want to launch beer into space...
To brew the ultimate "ice" beer.
Companies might be willing to pay a few hundred extra for a secure tablet - but not almost two grand.
It's aimed at government.
Also initially I read the name as SuckuTablet.
I don't think many politicians would bother to use anything this secure...
The military might.
Currently, the Air Force uses iPads, but not for classified, due to the requirement to connect to Apple servers to upgrade the OS (they will not supply a disc, as Microsoft does for our classified Windows boxes).
All of our pilots carry and use them for non-classified publications, but it would be nice to have something that Secret could be loaded onto for missions.
I don't even read Slashdot "stories" about Microsoft anymore, because most are just obvious "troll" or click-bait aimed at the anti-microsofties that prevail at Slashdot.
Soylentnews.com is a great site.
When I was stationed in Korea, the mysterious Mama-Sons made my dirties disappear from my room weekly, and reappear ironed and starched the next day. I don't know how the machine worked, but I do know it only cost me $20 a week.
At one point these numbers are owned by some company.
Phone numbers are passed around like pocket change. Who has control today is not who has control tommorow.
But beyond that, if I buy a MagickJack today and send out 1,000,000 spams and 100,000 robo dials tomorow, how can the "owner" of that number be held responsible? Of course common sense says they cam't.
Unless, of course, you are willing to accept an invasive personal background check whenever you want to get a phone or chnge your phone number.
Is that what you want? Background checks to get phone numbers?
If a large number of robocall reports were being made in real time, wouldn't that help identify the physical source?
First, phone numbers can and are often "spoffed".
Second, just like with Intertube Spam, I can bust out 100,000's of robo-calls in one day from a disposable phone number (MagicJack and the like), and than move on untraced.
Robo-calls come from ever-changing numbers that eventually make it back into the pool. The result of a system like this will be that, like SPAM IP addresses, large swaths of numbers will forever be blacklisted even long after the robo-caller has moved on, forever useless to any other user.
Blacklisting in this way has been shown not to have any effect at all on SPAM / robo-callers, and only inconveniences everyone else.
Perhaps NASA battery tech from 20 - 25 years ago was more advanced than the cheap laptop batteries of the day? Maybe? Quite often military / space applications are the source of consumer tech down the line...
Which means exactly what? They have fulfilled a bureaucratic check list of meaningless drivel?
Ensuring that drivers have a valid license, fairly clean driving record, and insurance is "meaningless drivel"?
What is this âoeStar Warsâ you speak of? The Six Million Dollar Man perfected this technology in 1973.
i remodeled his house in seattle before i went to school and got a phd in physics. i spent a lot of time with him. he's not an asshole at all. in fact, he's pretty much like on his show, just a bit more real. not arrogant. not full of shit.
Yet you have not idea where the shift key is on your keyboard. A "phd"? Really?
I'd like to introduce him to my Uncle - doctorate in chemistry from Cornell, literally hundreds of publications and citations, and thinks global warming is bunk.
Your uncle might be correct. Do you have a doctorate from Cornell? No? Well then...
He visited my university when I was still in school, and I had the opportunity to meet him. The man is an asshole.
He lived here in Seattle for many years before he became a Super Star, and many people here (including his ex-girlfriend) agree with your assesment.
Hey man, he holds a patent on ballet shoes...are you gonna say that's snooty too? That's what I thought, buddy.
You put me in my place, Guy Five.
Bill Nye, one of the foremost science educators in the United States...
I think that's overstating it a bit. I don't know what Nye's bona fides are (some: bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering in 1977), certainly he's a knowledgeable science guy who has done much to interest kids and young adults in science, and of course there is his Great Debate with the "Intelligent Design" idiots. But "one of the foremost science educators"? Hmmm.
states that only the upper crust members of American science and technology (with degrees from top tier schools) understand science, particularly climate change....
Well SNOOT SNOOT, my good mad! Not an MIT grad? Did'nt go to Stanford? Hit the bricks! You opinions, masters, PhD, or whatever? Not worth the paper your diploma was printed on.
Good grief.
Of course Nye is a Cornell University guy, so, you know, everyone not of the Ivy League is suspect. I wonder which secret society he is a member of...
Science in the US get's low grades? University in general in the US gets low grades. Why? It's not about education, it's all about money. And football, don't forget the football.
So let's just solve this by insulting everyone. Washington State University knows nothing about medical science. Oregon State University knows zilch about forestry (or is that not science?). There are many well known public and private universities that while not up to Bill Nye's Ivy Standard, do good and great science.
Nye is off the beam.
Had the same job for 17 years. Pays close to 90k. I get 5 weeks of vacation a year, and in fact have a pension.
Where do I work?
Hard to be that parent when you're not there & you're working three jobs just to put Cheerios on the dinner table.
What you describe is certainly something that happens, but also certainly not the average or the norm. Get off your soap box.
In any case, there are two points that speak to this:
1. If you can not afford to have kids, spend time with your kids, nurture your kids, and make them do homework, don't have them.
2. You premise is bullshit, and I know it from personal experience. I know, it's "anecdotal evidence"... But, both my parents worked long hours. This did not prevent them from insisting that we do homework instead of fucking off the whole day.
You are letting parents off way too easy. Raising children the right way is not easy. If you have no clue about how to do it, or you have no interest in doing it right, do society a favor and don't have children.
Buy a Pi for every kid. Education is what the Pi is for.
The original initiative was not about learning to code or build electronic devices, it was about putting educational resources in kids hands in the hope that kids would use these resources to become smarter.
In my opinion, this is a misguided, technology is not the most efficient way to impart "The Three R's", classroom interaction with a human, as well as parents that support the idea of the importance of homework over xBox.