On the bright side, people who use MySpace are dense enough to buy a Vista-enabled PC when it comes because "It's got see-through windows!". Vista (From what I've seen in the betas/ctps) has a fairly secure default user. The problem is self-healing, providing MSFT don't slacken the security layer before release.
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I wouldn't mind it being something I could turn on or off (As long as you didn't need to navigate the menus to do it, you just have to tap the menu button twice or something) since then I could navigate around whilst keeping the iPod in my pocket. I can see benefits for people with the remote headsets as well, letting them pick out songs without driving through the menus blind and ending up with their 2-star playlist.
It's not the premium code - they simply found the code used for the test satellite's Open Service. Once the system is up and running, this key will be changed and given out to manufacturers anyway, it's not like it's going to be highly protected.
The Commercial Service, Public Regulated Service and Safety of Life Service all use different (more secure) encryption means.
It's not the reading signals bit that's the illegal one. It's knowingly intercepting signals that you know aren't intended for you. Alternatively, accidentally intercepting signals and then telling somebody else.
I keep trying to explain this with Windows installation discs.
"That's a pirate copy." "No it isn't." "Yes it is, you burnt that CD yourself." "Yes, and here's my MSDN licence key to use the software. Problem?" "... But it's illegal!"
Your $5000 figure is flawed. That is $5000 to listen to one song from the 80s providing you didn't want to use any other music available on your subscription since then. A more likely pattern is you listen to all your favourites from the 80s, 90s and 00s plus that hot new track you just heard on the radio. To some people (Me included) the convenience of knowing that for your £15 (Notice GBP not USD) you can access millions of songs and put them on your player is better value than buying every song individually and trying to manage your collection.
Interestingly, Napster also upped their quality recently. All my 'rented' tracks suddenly became higher quality without needing to re-purchase them.
That said, I own an iPod and love it for its simplicity. If Apple release iTMS Subscriptions then I'm sold.
What about us poor souls who use the preview mode which only shows a couple of lines of text only? We miss out on the free pics because all we see is something like "Algorithm Leotard Temple Quantum Holiday FR3E P-0R.N!" (An actual line from my spam bin).
I keep saying this I know, but if Apple gets a proper PDA out the door (Not a Newton, something i-Pod like with a touchscreen/stylus) then I'm sold. I can't use a system which doesn't sync perfectly with a PDA because I need contacts, calendar, notes, tasklist etc. available *instantly* with a sensible UI (Which rules out my phone for all but quick checks of my calendar).
I sense a PDA with a similar profile and same dock connector as an iPod so it will fit existing holders (Notice the 'universal dock' adaptors have quite a bit of free space, even for the largest of the iPods?). Perfect sync with iLife (As is Apple's trademark), wireless for.mac connectivity (And sync when on the road), and possibly it will carry your music as well. I feel that would drag over many business-types who use PCs because of Outlook (And the fact it is actually a damn good PIM).
However, if these became commonplace perhaps standard pop-ups should use pheromones to change how people react? For example, firewall pop-ups release an odour which makes people feel cautious and hence more likely to read the warning.
It's adaptive though. You probably have a reasonably high number of posts modded up (or at least not modded down) and there were a lot of posts needing moderation.
If you get points and your moderations get m2ed as 'bad' then you no longer get points.
But still, surely 75W can give the battery a bit more life even if the laptop draws more? It's like pumping a gallon a minute into a tank and taking two gallons a minute out, it will last longer.
Yes there will be hacked firmware available, but how many people are going to seek it out and patch their phones? As for the camera, again it's only a deterrent and not a total solution but if you are going to go to the trouble of reflashing your phone just to take pictures somewhere you're not supposed to then you may as well invest in a proper 'spy' camera.
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On the bright side, people who use MySpace are dense enough to buy a Vista-enabled PC when it comes because "It's got see-through windows!". Vista (From what I've seen in the betas/ctps) has a fairly secure default user. The problem is self-healing, providing MSFT don't slacken the security layer before release.
I wouldn't mind it being something I could turn on or off (As long as you didn't need to navigate the menus to do it, you just have to tap the menu button twice or something) since then I could navigate around whilst keeping the iPod in my pocket. I can see benefits for people with the remote headsets as well, letting them pick out songs without driving through the menus blind and ending up with their 2-star playlist.
R3DU.C E YOOR P3N-IS 2D/\Y!!!!!!! SW1M F4ST'ER!!!!!!!
It's not the premium code - they simply found the code used for the test satellite's Open Service. Once the system is up and running, this key will be changed and given out to manufacturers anyway, it's not like it's going to be highly protected.
The Commercial Service, Public Regulated Service and Safety of Life Service all use different (more secure) encryption means.
It's not the reading signals bit that's the illegal one. It's knowingly intercepting signals that you know aren't intended for you. Alternatively, accidentally intercepting signals and then telling somebody else.
I keep trying to explain this with Windows installation discs.
"That's a pirate copy."
"No it isn't."
"Yes it is, you burnt that CD yourself."
"Yes, and here's my MSDN licence key to use the software. Problem?"
"... But it's illegal!"
Or with some of VMware's offerings, turn those half-dozen old web/mail/file servers into nodes and let VMware use the resources as necessary.
You can be paying thousands of pounds, miss a month and your music goes away, then re-subscribe next month and guess what? It's all back.
Your $5000 figure is flawed. That is $5000 to listen to one song from the 80s providing you didn't want to use any other music available on your subscription since then. A more likely pattern is you listen to all your favourites from the 80s, 90s and 00s plus that hot new track you just heard on the radio. To some people (Me included) the convenience of knowing that for your £15 (Notice GBP not USD) you can access millions of songs and put them on your player is better value than buying every song individually and trying to manage your collection.
Interestingly, Napster also upped their quality recently. All my 'rented' tracks suddenly became higher quality without needing to re-purchase them.
That said, I own an iPod and love it for its simplicity. If Apple release iTMS Subscriptions then I'm sold.
I didn't say the device was useless, I said it wouldn't replace dogs entirely. The dog can't read, this device can't stop you walking into the road.
If your system stores data about each user's logins, then creating a secure hash is fairly easy.
MD5($last_login_date . $user_password . "OMGRANDOMSALT");
That way your login server can still check validity fairly easily, but each hash becomes completely useless after every login.
What about us poor souls who use the preview mode which only shows a couple of lines of text only? We miss out on the free pics because all we see is something like "Algorithm Leotard Temple Quantum Holiday FR3E P-0R.N!" (An actual line from my spam bin).
I keep saying this I know, but if Apple gets a proper PDA out the door (Not a Newton, something i-Pod like with a touchscreen/stylus) then I'm sold. I can't use a system which doesn't sync perfectly with a PDA because I need contacts, calendar, notes, tasklist etc. available *instantly* with a sensible UI (Which rules out my phone for all but quick checks of my calendar).
.mac connectivity (And sync when on the road), and possibly it will carry your music as well. I feel that would drag over many business-types who use PCs because of Outlook (And the fact it is actually a damn good PIM).
I sense a PDA with a similar profile and same dock connector as an iPod so it will fit existing holders (Notice the 'universal dock' adaptors have quite a bit of free space, even for the largest of the iPods?). Perfect sync with iLife (As is Apple's trademark), wireless for
Something tells me Guide Dogs won't be going away any time soon. A trained Guide Dog can get the user out of trouble, what's this going to do?
"You are stood on a road."
"There is a car."
"There is a mangled body."
A dog will stop you wandering onto the road unless it's safe.
What does SI say about this? Anyone?
However, if these became commonplace perhaps standard pop-ups should use pheromones to change how people react? For example, firewall pop-ups release an odour which makes people feel cautious and hence more likely to read the warning.
No, they're a data mining company which has happened to find that searches are the best place to put carefully targeted ads.
I believe (Though I could be wrong) that Quechua was the original.
I call prior art on the orientation sensor. My watch backlight turns on when I flick my wrist up to read the time...
You join the rest of the civilised world?
Go go gadget reserve price!
I think that it's made more difficult because sharing your public key to start with is hardly efficient given the length and complexity.
It's adaptive though. You probably have a reasonably high number of posts modded up (or at least not modded down) and there were a lot of posts needing moderation.
If you get points and your moderations get m2ed as 'bad' then you no longer get points.
But still, surely 75W can give the battery a bit more life even if the laptop draws more? It's like pumping a gallon a minute into a tank and taking two gallons a minute out, it will last longer.
Yes there will be hacked firmware available, but how many people are going to seek it out and patch their phones? As for the camera, again it's only a deterrent and not a total solution but if you are going to go to the trouble of reflashing your phone just to take pictures somewhere you're not supposed to then you may as well invest in a proper 'spy' camera.