My personal favorite has always been "One Tin Soldier" by Coven. Most recognize it as the theme song to the movie "Billy Jack." Pretty poignant statement for anyone that's been in uniform.
First rule of warfare in the information age: If you can see it, you can kill it. Addendum: If you can see it, lase it, you can kill it faster and with less collateral damage. Current technology, even home-grown, can do both. Now. Not even expensive.
Honestly, my biggest fear with drone strikes in the long run is more about what crazy people will do with the technology when it trickles down enough into the civilian world ( you can already get RC flying vehicles it's just cost prohibitive at the moment). Are you going to see the 'minutemen' or equivalent using drones to shoot people trying to (potentially illegally) cross into the US for example? How about Italians or Spaniards trying to sink immigrant ships off their southern coasts. That sort of thing could go badly real fast. Do you want rich people using drones to 'patrol' the area their estates and, because it's their right to defend their property, shooting anyone who might look like they're illegally trespassing? Sure, this might work for taking down Al Qaeda, but I'd be far more worried about whomever is next on the list (which could be a reborn version of Al Qaeda for all it matters).
I share that fear. It is already happening and that is with components costing the the hundreds of $US. Add in the rapid growth of 3-d printing, not just for plastic, and we have a potential economic niche probably flowering very soon. [On a related front, I am also not comforted by the rapidly declining costs in the biologics arena either. Similar printing techniques are already happening there.]
Used against me by whom? Just asking. The only time I've ever posted AC was when I had mod points and then only after someone else mentioned the possibility very recently.
That was what came to mind immediately after just reading the summary here. Unfortunately the cure, open-mindedness, frequently sets up the 'victim' to the disease. Sad.
Excuse me? You are definitely living in some kind of reality distortion field. While enterprise businesses and governments (mostly) bought their operating systems, that certainly was not the case when it came to smaller enterprises and especially small-to-medium businesses, small-office/home-office, nor the home user. They almost always just installed whatever suited their fancy from work or a 'friend'. I know since I'm the one the come to to fix their machines which, with very rare exception, running stock whatever. They don't buy it, in the words of Microsoft and the rest of the software firms, they steal it. They certainly steal the updgrades! And applications, with exactly one exception (a grandma), are nearly always stolen.
So in terms of costs, Linux is free, (PC/MS/Novell/Free/there's-many-more) DOS, or Windows, they might as well be considered free as well. Now you could almost make a case for apps, but you run into the brick wall of compatibility at work issue, so you are back to enterprise adoption and they'll adopt when they can make a total-cost-of-ownership case and not one second before. Free ain't really free when you have to factor in your IT staff (especially pay levels, since Window flunkies are dirt cheap) nor the training costs of your staff as well.
One last nit. I constantly run into people that can't grasp system administration chores but are complete at ease in using the latest jailbreak, application/operating-system crack, or other means of getting what they want at zero price (not cost mind you which involves other consideration such as time). This used to be true of music until the price came way down. I do notice that MS has the upgrade to Win 8 Pro pegged at a much lower price so it'll be interesting to see how many cracked machines I run into after its release. In any case, come back to me when you turn off the reality distortion field.
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Just like computer languages in that respect. Thinking back I never used the same one twice in a row when creating applications and that's over a forty year stretch. Similarly, I don't use just one operating system and, aside from my videos directory, VM's sure make up the overwhelming component here and I don't do duplicates! I grab the tool to suit the problem, not wildly wield the wrong tool for the problem.
When someone asks what hardware they should buy, I sit them down and find out what they want to do with their computer, especially gaming or multimedia, what their skill levels are, any compatibility issues, with work for instance, and finally their budget. Especially their budget. Then advise to suit the situation. A lot of people end up with Macs if they aren't heavy gamers. [The only Mac here is a VM on a PC-compatible.] Too many people invest their self-image in their tools much like guys and their (dream) cars. And we are definitely seeing that exhibited in this article-discussion.
[Actually/. as a whole but we won't go there. Ya'll can put away the tar and the feathers, please.]
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Actually the same place I've seen it stated repeatedly: In the context of Linux security. Whenever a security hole in any complete Linux system is pointed out, no matter where it exists in the stack, it is always the 'applications' fault. Actually, I should qualify that. It's only in 99% of the cases. Antithetically, whenever such is found in Windows or, God Forbid!, OS/X it's always the operating systems fault.
Before you become all hot and bothered, I've been doing systems security work for over thirty years now, mainframes to embedded and across a rather bewildering array of operating environs now that I actually tally them up. And by systems I mean all systems, physical, network, and computing. I have zero interest in evangelizing any operating system or its tool chains. Oh, I also have gigs of security data and especially ones relevant to operating systems, network systems, and applications.
Sorry, that dog don't hunt.
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Every point dead on and I see from the replies, they actually validate this as well. Nice to know I have company.
I don't understand it either. I been designing, building, and programming my own systems since the early '80's and that doesn't even touch my professional work for the US Navy. I can twiddle bits with the best of 'em. I may be overreaching here but it seems that many expect medium to high-end performance from a bread-board computer (actually much smaller than a breadboard). I would also hazard that they are conflating 'hobbyist' with 'usable by anyone'. Oops!
Not my problem. I just want something to create my own OS from scratch;-).
Excuse me, but unless they have radically changed the SIM specification since the last time I looked at it (just minutes), the password goes with the card. That isn't to say it can't be broken into, just that it is on the SIM.
From a power conflict perspective, the US was the primary capital investor so, unless y'all are willing to pay the US off like any other start-up, I can't understan' yer objection. We financed it. We built it. It's ours!
There are lot of applications for the near-terahertz and terahertz band that have nothing to do with audio but an awful lot of mixing/amplification in receiver front-ends and the intermediate stages. The current components are difficult to build and so far there has been a lot of cut-and-try. It's not my field but I can appreciate the difficulties and expenses involved.
One thing I do wonder about is how/whether the graphene still acts as a extremely good conductor of heat and how to take advantage of it during fabrication if this is still true. I'd probably understand the answer, but again this isn't one of my fields.
Wouldn't it have been traditional for them to make the SDK available before the OS dropped, to make sure there was a base of current apps in place when devices started shipping?
I can only imagine the SDK was available to certain select developers for months, while the Nexus 7 was in testing and such-like.
One would presume so but my, admittedly non-Android, developer impression is that this was a thoroughly 'Black Project', so the only devs with a 'Need-To-Know' would have been at ASUS. Of interest to me is how much tablet manufacturer and developer uptake occurs now that it is out, not that this is a major issue. I would buy it right now, warts and all, without either occurring, which marks a first in the tablet market to date.
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My personal favorite has always been "One Tin Soldier" by Coven. Most recognize it as the theme song to the movie "Billy Jack." Pretty poignant statement for anyone that's been in uniform.
First rule of warfare in the information age: If you can see it, you can kill it. Addendum: If you can see it, lase it, you can kill it faster and with less collateral damage. Current technology, even home-grown, can do both. Now. Not even expensive.
Honestly, my biggest fear with drone strikes in the long run is more about what crazy people will do with the technology when it trickles down enough into the civilian world ( you can already get RC flying vehicles it's just cost prohibitive at the moment). Are you going to see the 'minutemen' or equivalent using drones to shoot people trying to (potentially illegally) cross into the US for example? How about Italians or Spaniards trying to sink immigrant ships off their southern coasts. That sort of thing could go badly real fast. Do you want rich people using drones to 'patrol' the area their estates and, because it's their right to defend their property, shooting anyone who might look like they're illegally trespassing? Sure, this might work for taking down Al Qaeda, but I'd be far more worried about whomever is next on the list (which could be a reborn version of Al Qaeda for all it matters).
I share that fear. It is already happening and that is with components costing the the hundreds of $US. Add in the rapid growth of 3-d printing, not just for plastic, and we have a potential economic niche probably flowering very soon. [On a related front, I am also not comforted by the rapidly declining costs in the biologics arena either. Similar printing techniques are already happening there.]
Used against me by whom? Just asking. The only time I've ever posted AC was when I had mod points and then only after someone else mentioned the possibility very recently.
That was what came to mind immediately after just reading the summary here. Unfortunately the cure, open-mindedness, frequently sets up the 'victim' to the disease. Sad.
Excuse me? You are definitely living in some kind of reality distortion field. While enterprise businesses and governments (mostly) bought their operating systems, that certainly was not the case when it came to smaller enterprises and especially small-to-medium businesses, small-office/home-office, nor the home user. They almost always just installed whatever suited their fancy from work or a 'friend'. I know since I'm the one the come to to fix their machines which, with very rare exception, running stock whatever. They don't buy it, in the words of Microsoft and the rest of the software firms, they steal it. They certainly steal the updgrades! And applications, with exactly one exception (a grandma), are nearly always stolen.
So in terms of costs, Linux is free, (PC/MS/Novell/Free/there's-many-more) DOS, or Windows, they might as well be considered free as well. Now you could almost make a case for apps, but you run into the brick wall of compatibility at work issue, so you are back to enterprise adoption and they'll adopt when they can make a total-cost-of-ownership case and not one second before. Free ain't really free when you have to factor in your IT staff (especially pay levels, since Window flunkies are dirt cheap) nor the training costs of your staff as well.
One last nit. I constantly run into people that can't grasp system administration chores but are complete at ease in using the latest jailbreak, application/operating-system crack, or other means of getting what they want at zero price (not cost mind you which involves other consideration such as time). This used to be true of music until the price came way down. I do notice that MS has the upgrade to Win 8 Pro pegged at a much lower price so it'll be interesting to see how many cracked machines I run into after its release. In any case, come back to me when you turn off the reality distortion field.
Just like computer languages in that respect. Thinking back I never used the same one twice in a row when creating applications and that's over a forty year stretch. Similarly, I don't use just one operating system and, aside from my videos directory, VM's sure make up the overwhelming component here and I don't do duplicates! I grab the tool to suit the problem, not wildly wield the wrong tool for the problem.
When someone asks what hardware they should buy, I sit them down and find out what they want to do with their computer, especially gaming or multimedia, what their skill levels are, any compatibility issues, with work for instance, and finally their budget. Especially their budget. Then advise to suit the situation. A lot of people end up with Macs if they aren't heavy gamers. [The only Mac here is a VM on a PC-compatible.] Too many people invest their self-image in their tools much like guys and their (dream) cars. And we are definitely seeing that exhibited in this article-discussion.
[Actually /. as a whole but we won't go there. Ya'll can put away the tar and the feathers, please.]
Actually the same place I've seen it stated repeatedly: In the context of Linux security. Whenever a security hole in any complete Linux system is pointed out, no matter where it exists in the stack, it is always the 'applications' fault. Actually, I should qualify that. It's only in 99% of the cases. Antithetically, whenever such is found in Windows or, God Forbid!, OS/X it's always the operating systems fault.
Before you become all hot and bothered, I've been doing systems security work for over thirty years now, mainframes to embedded and across a rather bewildering array of operating environs now that I actually tally them up. And by systems I mean all systems, physical, network, and computing. I have zero interest in evangelizing any operating system or its tool chains. Oh, I also have gigs of security data and especially ones relevant to operating systems, network systems, and applications.
Sorry, that dog don't hunt.
Every point dead on and I see from the replies, they actually validate this as well. Nice to know I have company.
I don't understand it either. I been designing, building, and programming my own systems since the early '80's and that doesn't even touch my professional work for the US Navy. I can twiddle bits with the best of 'em. I may be overreaching here but it seems that many expect medium to high-end performance from a bread-board computer (actually much smaller than a breadboard). I would also hazard that they are conflating 'hobbyist' with 'usable by anyone'. Oops!
Not my problem. I just want something to create my own OS from scratch ;-).
Compared to gigE, it takes a LONG time to back up dozens of gigs of data via wifi. Even at 5GHz with wide channels and line-of-sight.
And just exactly where are you going to either get or put those dozens of gigs of data? Talk about unreasonable expectations.
I thank you kindly for that link. Lots of toys to fondle and play with!
Excuse me, but unless they have radically changed the SIM specification since the last time I looked at it (just minutes), the password goes with the card. That isn't to say it can't be broken into, just that it is on the SIM.
On the other hand, if someone malicious were to get physical access to the network, it may be a different situation.
Fundamental Rule of Security: Once the attacker has physical access, your IT security policy is dead. Period.
Thanks for the pointer.
That will fall to people like you and me. Do you have what it takes? Remember, service guarantees citizenship.
Ain't that the sad and sorry truth. I do wonder how they are going to get the required removal tools updates in our hands.
BTW, already done the service, thank you.
Your completely unable to copy and paste? Guess the *tards are out in force tonight.
Gee and I thought I was the only person this paranoid. I've been using instrumentation of my systems since mi Amigas.
Actually this is far closer to Microsoft Windows Sidebar Gadgets, especially in the security arena. Watch where you get those plugins from!
And thus they talk past each other and it frequently turns into ad hominem attacks.
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments have been operatively dead since at least Lincoln.
There are lot of applications for the near-terahertz and terahertz band that have nothing to do with audio but an awful lot of mixing/amplification in receiver front-ends and the intermediate stages. The current components are difficult to build and so far there has been a lot of cut-and-try. It's not my field but I can appreciate the difficulties and expenses involved.
One thing I do wonder about is how/whether the graphene still acts as a extremely good conductor of heat and how to take advantage of it during fabrication if this is still true. I'd probably understand the answer, but again this isn't one of my fields.
Probably has to do with this crap on Parity News:
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Wouldn't it have been traditional for them to make the SDK available before the OS dropped, to make sure there was a base of current apps in place when devices started shipping?
I can only imagine the SDK was available to certain select developers for months, while the Nexus 7 was in testing and such-like.
One would presume so but my, admittedly non-Android, developer impression is that this was a thoroughly 'Black Project', so the only devs with a 'Need-To-Know' would have been at ASUS. Of interest to me is how much tablet manufacturer and developer uptake occurs now that it is out, not that this is a major issue. I would buy it right now, warts and all, without either occurring, which marks a first in the tablet market to date.