and what I think you meant to say... the only thing they were blocking was an exploit of their DRM software that could have been abused by others and cause their contracts with the RIAA members to become void. This exploit was brought to their attention by Real, who attempted to use it to inject DRM'd music of their own onto iPods. Real could have sold non-DRM'd music that was iPod compatible, except that the RIAA wouldn't let them.
In essence, it was the RIAA that was abusing its monopoly position to prop up Apple's sales channels. Apple was just being a good software/hardware manufacturer.
Also, illegal aliens can't vote. While corporations can't vote either, they can lobby -- and one lobbying corporation beats an entire electoral district any day of the week.
Simplified: You are stopped for a minor infraction that would normally not get you sent to the station and arrested and added to their database. Now, they can add you to their database without the inconvenience of taking you in. If you happen to already have a record, that's a bonus, and they can haul you back in anyway.
The corollary to this is: if you've already been stopped for a minor infraction using this system, you've got your prints in the database, so you're on the "haul in for questioning" list.
I see no problem with this personally if they have reason for search; however, unless they have a warrant, I do have issues with them storing an correlating this data.
To put it another way: if all this device does is hash the print and compare it to a specific flagged list of hashes, that's fine by me. If this thing adds my hash to the precinct database along with my name and physical description, the date, time, GPS coordinates and the officer's reason for taking the print, then I have an issue. In this case, it's been seized as evidence without cause.
Unless there's a way to prove it only does the prior, I think there are problems with going down this road.
I'd be creeped out by the notion of secret checkpoints, except for the fact that the police are required by law to publicly post the checkpoint's time, location and duration prior to setting it up. The problem with these apps isn't that they make the information available, but that the companies are seen to be promoting speeding and DUI.
So you're saying everyone is either Jewish, a right-wing bigot, or a pornographer?
Personally, I don't see much of an issue here; both the Gay Cure app and the porn apps would probably do just as well as web apps. The people who want them are going to go looking for them (or have a friend recommend them) anyway, so they don't really need to be in the App store.
To answer the "making people pay" question... this is actually quite easy for the most part -- make an induction-powered transmitter part of the loop. Your car will be tracked by ID all the time it is using induction points, and the telemetry will be associated with your insurance number and a public key. As a result, every place that provides this service would issue bills for use similar to traffic tickets, and abuse for faking the transmitter ID would be curtailed by the public key. The coils would have to be triggered by the transponder to avoid freeloaders who have modded their kit. The only remaining issue would be the rate at which the user is charged. This could be handled on a per-coil basis by including an activation handshake where you set your own min/max limits on energy pricing for the day/location, or optionally, such data could be transmitted to all the GPS mapping companies, and you could choose your route based on the fees.
Alternatively, the roads could just be toll roads with a minimum speed limit; in order to get on the road, you're billed the price of an average charge along that stretch. You'd get people being ticketed for camping on coils most likely... but that's neither here nor there.
...and since Natural Gas is just a fancy name for Methane (allbeit with a different smell added), many people in rural areas have a ready-made supply:)
The type of turbine I was envisioning wasn't the "500 mills in the desert" variety -- some companies have started creating lateral turbines that position on buildings such that they take the lateral force and convert it to horizontal force (and electricity) at roof height. The end result is that there is some perpendicular torque to the building, but the turbines actually stabilize against perpendicular force. Also, these turbines are usually quite large, which means the rotational velocity of the blades is quite slow. I've stood under one and heard a slight deep thrum in heavy wind, but other than the noise, there shouldn't be much of an issue from the blades.
Deicing is indeed a point however; they'd have to lose some of the energy in the winter to keeping it deiced. However, I'm sure that some of the latest airfoil tech could handle that purely through design implementation.
Yes, but it's also against the constitution. According to this logic, any Militia action would be illegal -- and yet the militia was one of the cornerstones of the founding of the US and the drafting of the constitution. Any anti-escalation implementations of justice have to take this into consideration, and can't just pretend it doesn't exist. The right to bear arms is there -- I think some states have decided to rephrase that as "the right to own weapons of sufficiently limited force as to not cause escalation of force with the authorities or those who are operating outside the law."
Not saying I condone this; I actually think the anti-escalation theories are solid... but they are incompatible with the foundations of US law and culture. Attempting to pick the best of both camps means you reap the benefits of neither.
I challenge someone on here to modify the contract, initial the modifications, and then sign. Perfectly legal, and most salespeople wouldn't know enough to spot a problem. Then present the modified contract when they approach you. The worst thing they can do is exit the contract leaving you with no phone service (unless you added text saying they couldn't do this without paying you a fee for your inconvenience -- the court probably wouldn't uphold this clause though).
...except that Apple only knows what apps you have installed through the App store that sync back to iTunes; they don't know about cydia apps. I know this because I have a firewall installed, and Apple never appears to ask for anything from me except through iTunes (except when I use the app store on my phone, at which point they get my installed app list right off the phone -- which doesn't include cydia apps like MyWi and PDANet).
It is definitely possible though, that Apple receives telemetry on whether their tethering is enabled or not -- and since MyWi and PDANet just anable this, they'd still be able to notify AT&T. For that matter, it's possible that AT&T has direct access to this telemetry.
It's actually even worse than this... you'll notice that MS and the authorities shut down rustock C&C servers across the USA.
Think about that for a second.
Rustock... do you think it is controlled exclusively from the US? I predict the low volume of spam out of this botnet will last a day or so, after which things will ramp back up to regular volumes after the operators have removed references to the US C&C servers from the rest of the botnet. Within a month, there will be new C&C servers set up across the US that will have entered the fold.
This sounds good, but the vast majority of cases where a botnet is installed on a computer has nothing to do with the interface, and everything to do with the user being gullible. The same person will click OK to install a botnet client as the one who will answer a "telephone survey" by a group casing a neighbourhood to steal valuable items. In both cases, the same group will go ahead and do it again after the first mess has been cleaned up.
It's a social issue, not a technological issue. Sure, there's also the crowd that's still running WIndows 98 and gets infected by drive-by malware and doesn't realize it -- these people are often intelligent and are simply ignorant of the "restrict, patch, protect, avoid" rules of using computers. But once they understand what's happened, the intelligent people will likely attempt to find a way to avoid it happening again, even if this meant disconnecting their computer from the internet.
Indeed. These revolutions are being carried out by those who are educated, fed, and who have access to technology. The driving factor is that even though they are educated, fed and have access to technology, they are being micromanaged by their government and are finding it increasingly difficult to make a peaceful living without being hampered by said government. This is where Mohamed Bouazizi fits in -- he was the tipping point, as he spoke out, acted out, and the governments responded by attempting to repress the information instead of addressing the issue. Wikileaks was just fuel to this fire. The cost of living issue likely accelerated things slightly, but had much less to do with things.
A western equivalent would be if everyone over 60 controlled all executive positions in commerce and government and refused to give them up, even after those under 60 "came of age". The issue is that the younger people who were expecting to be in positions of power by now are being denied access, and are upset about it.
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The reason it's baloney is that your thyroid can handle the amount of fallout you'd get, but your liver won't be able to sustain prolonged exposure to those levels of iodide.
The reason the gp didn't back up his argument is that it's not an argument; it's an assumed (yes, assumed) fact, kind of like the effects of gravity, the effects of stepping in front of a moving train, and other daily occurrences. Sure, there are outliers, but when you realize what the iodide tablets are used for and how they affect you, you realize pretty quickly that it's pure baloney.
IF Japan has a catastrophic meltdown, the Americas will have a few day's warning before the fallout hits. At THAT point, people in specific areas might want to consider having iodide pills on hand (they have an expiry date, so don't get them too soon). Remember that it could be months before one of the reactors suffers a meltdown, if any of them ever do. Also, the only one to really worry about is reactor 3, which contains plutonium. If this one goes, the fallout will definitely raise radiation levels for the foreseeable future (although probably about as much as sleeping beside a box of brasil nuts or carrying your cellphone in your pants pockets while away from a cell tower).
I don't know if you noticed, but most people didn't start popping iodide pills after Chernobyl, and we're still here (and mutation levels, etc. haven't changed from before the disaster over most of the planet). You get more radiation from standing out in the sun than you got from Chernobyl fallout in most of the world -- and that disaster was significantly worse than the Japanese situation is ever likely to get to.
Back to the topic: leaking the RSA data definitely increases risk, but it doesn't even compromise the keyfobs, let alone the full two-factor security process. What it DOES do is make all aspects of the two-factor process compromisable purely by going after a specific target (as they now have all the extra information not held by the target). Kind of like with the reactors: disaster is now possible, but not unavoidable. As long as the target's serial DB and issuing key are not compromised, two-factor is still as strong as it was before the breakin.
It's not that issue at all -- this is discovery for whether Sony can keep the case before the courts of N California. Sony wants to show that Hotz has a "relationship" with people in that district, which would allow them to continue their suit there, despite Hotz's already-filed objection. As you can see from the actions of this judge so far, it is definitely in Sony's best interests to have this venue.
We haven't got anywhere near the actual case yet... this is all about location and Sony hand-picking a favourable judge.
Hotz needs to petition the court to do discovery on Sony to prove that they did this on purpose to force him to settle... I bet he'd be able to turn up all sorts of interesting evidence.
Think of it this way: Wind is nothing more than a bunch of hot air moving into a depression. I always figured it was a short i just based on their logo and print ads.... I'm sure they define Wind as "a breath of fresh air" instead of "a load of hot air" though.
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I know people who just stream Youtube when they want to listen to something....
and what I think you meant to say... the only thing they were blocking was an exploit of their DRM software that could have been abused by others and cause their contracts with the RIAA members to become void. This exploit was brought to their attention by Real, who attempted to use it to inject DRM'd music of their own onto iPods. Real could have sold non-DRM'd music that was iPod compatible, except that the RIAA wouldn't let them.
In essence, it was the RIAA that was abusing its monopoly position to prop up Apple's sales channels. Apple was just being a good software/hardware manufacturer.
Only if the RIAA sues you.
Also, illegal aliens can't vote. While corporations can't vote either, they can lobby -- and one lobbying corporation beats an entire electoral district any day of the week.
Simplified:
You are stopped for a minor infraction that would normally not get you sent to the station and arrested and added to their database. Now, they can add you to their database without the inconvenience of taking you in. If you happen to already have a record, that's a bonus, and they can haul you back in anyway.
The corollary to this is: if you've already been stopped for a minor infraction using this system, you've got your prints in the database, so you're on the "haul in for questioning" list.
I see no problem with this personally if they have reason for search; however, unless they have a warrant, I do have issues with them storing an correlating this data.
To put it another way: if all this device does is hash the print and compare it to a specific flagged list of hashes, that's fine by me. If this thing adds my hash to the precinct database along with my name and physical description, the date, time, GPS coordinates and the officer's reason for taking the print, then I have an issue. In this case, it's been seized as evidence without cause.
Unless there's a way to prove it only does the prior, I think there are problems with going down this road.
I'd be creeped out by the notion of secret checkpoints, except for the fact that the police are required by law to publicly post the checkpoint's time, location and duration prior to setting it up. The problem with these apps isn't that they make the information available, but that the companies are seen to be promoting speeding and DUI.
So you're saying everyone is either Jewish, a right-wing bigot, or a pornographer?
Personally, I don't see much of an issue here; both the Gay Cure app and the porn apps would probably do just as well as web apps. The people who want them are going to go looking for them (or have a friend recommend them) anyway, so they don't really need to be in the App store.
To answer the "making people pay" question... this is actually quite easy for the most part -- make an induction-powered transmitter part of the loop. Your car will be tracked by ID all the time it is using induction points, and the telemetry will be associated with your insurance number and a public key. As a result, every place that provides this service would issue bills for use similar to traffic tickets, and abuse for faking the transmitter ID would be curtailed by the public key. The coils would have to be triggered by the transponder to avoid freeloaders who have modded their kit. The only remaining issue would be the rate at which the user is charged. This could be handled on a per-coil basis by including an activation handshake where you set your own min/max limits on energy pricing for the day/location, or optionally, such data could be transmitted to all the GPS mapping companies, and you could choose your route based on the fees.
Alternatively, the roads could just be toll roads with a minimum speed limit; in order to get on the road, you're billed the price of an average charge along that stretch. You'd get people being ticketed for camping on coils most likely... but that's neither here nor there.
...and since Natural Gas is just a fancy name for Methane (allbeit with a different smell added), many people in rural areas have a ready-made supply :)
Indeed -- they could do both.
The type of turbine I was envisioning wasn't the "500 mills in the desert" variety -- some companies have started creating lateral turbines that position on buildings such that they take the lateral force and convert it to horizontal force (and electricity) at roof height. The end result is that there is some perpendicular torque to the building, but the turbines actually stabilize against perpendicular force. Also, these turbines are usually quite large, which means the rotational velocity of the blades is quite slow. I've stood under one and heard a slight deep thrum in heavy wind, but other than the noise, there shouldn't be much of an issue from the blades.
Deicing is indeed a point however; they'd have to lose some of the energy in the winter to keeping it deiced. However, I'm sure that some of the latest airfoil tech could handle that purely through design implementation.
Thank you so much for making this prior art just now (assuming someone else hasn't already submitted a patent for this).
I wonder how it compares to sticking a wind turbine on the roof?
This IS the windy city we're talking about, after all.
They should just learn the neutron dance.
I too am looking forward to seeing Smaug. I really hope they base Smaug's design on Tolkien's painting, and not the silly concept that Guillermo del Toro came up with.
Well, we all know that Guillermo's concept was a lot of bull ;)
Yes, but it's also against the constitution. According to this logic, any Militia action would be illegal -- and yet the militia was one of the cornerstones of the founding of the US and the drafting of the constitution. Any anti-escalation implementations of justice have to take this into consideration, and can't just pretend it doesn't exist. The right to bear arms is there -- I think some states have decided to rephrase that as "the right to own weapons of sufficiently limited force as to not cause escalation of force with the authorities or those who are operating outside the law."
Not saying I condone this; I actually think the anti-escalation theories are solid... but they are incompatible with the foundations of US law and culture. Attempting to pick the best of both camps means you reap the benefits of neither.
I challenge someone on here to modify the contract, initial the modifications, and then sign. Perfectly legal, and most salespeople wouldn't know enough to spot a problem. Then present the modified contract when they approach you. The worst thing they can do is exit the contract leaving you with no phone service (unless you added text saying they couldn't do this without paying you a fee for your inconvenience -- the court probably wouldn't uphold this clause though).
...except that Apple only knows what apps you have installed through the App store that sync back to iTunes; they don't know about cydia apps. I know this because I have a firewall installed, and Apple never appears to ask for anything from me except through iTunes (except when I use the app store on my phone, at which point they get my installed app list right off the phone -- which doesn't include cydia apps like MyWi and PDANet).
It is definitely possible though, that Apple receives telemetry on whether their tethering is enabled or not -- and since MyWi and PDANet just anable this, they'd still be able to notify AT&T. For that matter, it's possible that AT&T has direct access to this telemetry.
It's actually even worse than this... you'll notice that MS and the authorities shut down rustock C&C servers across the USA.
Think about that for a second.
Rustock... do you think it is controlled exclusively from the US? I predict the low volume of spam out of this botnet will last a day or so, after which things will ramp back up to regular volumes after the operators have removed references to the US C&C servers from the rest of the botnet. Within a month, there will be new C&C servers set up across the US that will have entered the fold.
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This sounds good, but the vast majority of cases where a botnet is installed on a computer has nothing to do with the interface, and everything to do with the user being gullible. The same person will click OK to install a botnet client as the one who will answer a "telephone survey" by a group casing a neighbourhood to steal valuable items. In both cases, the same group will go ahead and do it again after the first mess has been cleaned up.
It's a social issue, not a technological issue. Sure, there's also the crowd that's still running WIndows 98 and gets infected by drive-by malware and doesn't realize it -- these people are often intelligent and are simply ignorant of the "restrict, patch, protect, avoid" rules of using computers. But once they understand what's happened, the intelligent people will likely attempt to find a way to avoid it happening again, even if this meant disconnecting their computer from the internet.
Indeed. These revolutions are being carried out by those who are educated, fed, and who have access to technology. The driving factor is that even though they are educated, fed and have access to technology, they are being micromanaged by their government and are finding it increasingly difficult to make a peaceful living without being hampered by said government. This is where Mohamed Bouazizi fits in -- he was the tipping point, as he spoke out, acted out, and the governments responded by attempting to repress the information instead of addressing the issue. Wikileaks was just fuel to this fire. The cost of living issue likely accelerated things slightly, but had much less to do with things.
A western equivalent would be if everyone over 60 controlled all executive positions in commerce and government and refused to give them up, even after those under 60 "came of age". The issue is that the younger people who were expecting to be in positions of power by now are being denied access, and are upset about it.
The reason it's baloney is that your thyroid can handle the amount of fallout you'd get, but your liver won't be able to sustain prolonged exposure to those levels of iodide.
The reason the gp didn't back up his argument is that it's not an argument; it's an assumed (yes, assumed) fact, kind of like the effects of gravity, the effects of stepping in front of a moving train, and other daily occurrences. Sure, there are outliers, but when you realize what the iodide tablets are used for and how they affect you, you realize pretty quickly that it's pure baloney.
IF Japan has a catastrophic meltdown, the Americas will have a few day's warning before the fallout hits. At THAT point, people in specific areas might want to consider having iodide pills on hand (they have an expiry date, so don't get them too soon). Remember that it could be months before one of the reactors suffers a meltdown, if any of them ever do. Also, the only one to really worry about is reactor 3, which contains plutonium. If this one goes, the fallout will definitely raise radiation levels for the foreseeable future (although probably about as much as sleeping beside a box of brasil nuts or carrying your cellphone in your pants pockets while away from a cell tower).
I don't know if you noticed, but most people didn't start popping iodide pills after Chernobyl, and we're still here (and mutation levels, etc. haven't changed from before the disaster over most of the planet). You get more radiation from standing out in the sun than you got from Chernobyl fallout in most of the world -- and that disaster was significantly worse than the Japanese situation is ever likely to get to.
Back to the topic: leaking the RSA data definitely increases risk, but it doesn't even compromise the keyfobs, let alone the full two-factor security process. What it DOES do is make all aspects of the two-factor process compromisable purely by going after a specific target (as they now have all the extra information not held by the target). Kind of like with the reactors: disaster is now possible, but not unavoidable. As long as the target's serial DB and issuing key are not compromised, two-factor is still as strong as it was before the breakin.
It's not that issue at all -- this is discovery for whether Sony can keep the case before the courts of N California. Sony wants to show that Hotz has a "relationship" with people in that district, which would allow them to continue their suit there, despite Hotz's already-filed objection. As you can see from the actions of this judge so far, it is definitely in Sony's best interests to have this venue.
We haven't got anywhere near the actual case yet... this is all about location and Sony hand-picking a favourable judge.
Hotz needs to petition the court to do discovery on Sony to prove that they did this on purpose to force him to settle... I bet he'd be able to turn up all sorts of interesting evidence.
Think of it this way: Wind is nothing more than a bunch of hot air moving into a depression. I always figured it was a short i just based on their logo and print ads.... I'm sure they define Wind as "a breath of fresh air" instead of "a load of hot air" though.