When this government began raising the ID card idea and held a public consultation, they received a large number of signatures to a petition opposing them. But those thousands of opponents were 'counted' as a single opposing point of view. So the 'for' and 'against' numbers were deliberately distorted to make it look as if there was support for the idea. This allowed it to go forward and develop as an idea.
And you are also identified as one who 'opposed government attempts to prevent terrorism'. When they come looking for suspects, you'll be higher up the list.
I'd agree about the hiding of undesirable behaviours, for example spying to collect personal data or detecting piracy whilst invading privacy. I don't think many suppliers making those decisions are particularly aware of code quality, since so few of them measure it properly, and so that is less likely to be a reason for keeping it closed or even obfuscated. Some of the (other) reasons I can think of are: i) misguided view that the lines of code are intellectual property which have a uniqueness and value which in itself must be protected. Most programs just ain't that smart or unique. Its the overall design and features/functions which differentiate the product, not the detail of how those are implemented. ii) hackers can't see the code, its less vulnerable. true, this will keep out non-l33t haxxors, but not military or organised crime talents. iii) they know this is bog-standard stuff, or possibly could contain routines or code snippets which have been copied from other sources and its cheaper to hide it than re-write or pay royalties. I'm sure there are others, but I need to get on with some work now !
I suspect they don't take this approach because they have limited abilities and legal powers to track and locate the users of the compromised machines, since those connections will be re-routed through various computers, networks, and jurisdictions. Having said that, various botnets have been cracked through analysis and tracing. Its not technical impossible, but its not particularly feasible.
Well we all have escalating targets every year, but guess which division always makes or exceeds their target ? Yes ! Its Corporate HQ ! Now if they just told the rest of us how to do as well as they can, the company would go right up.
A very very long time, because the component parts making up a battery are covered by multiple patents, and its almost impossible to enter the market now based on a new invention alone. Instead you have to sell or licence it to an existing market player for it to be used.
Besides, this is just a lot of 'meh' - polypyrole, doped with something ? been done for the last 10 years. And that estimeed inventress appears to be holding a petri dish with some samples on, not a ready made battery.
Beware any article that comes from a press office and not a peer-reviewed journal.
Are you willing to put all your assets into a trust for the company, as compensation if your plan fails? How much of your own money are you willing to invest into preferred stock in order to acquire the kind of vested interest that comes with a C-level executive position?
No, I'm not willing to do that, but neither are most CEOs. True vested interest only tends to occur in privately owned companies where the CEO/owner geniunely will lose his house if things go badly. And when executives do invest their own money in the company, its typically because they receive the stock at a discount and stand to get better returns than other stocks when they sell at market rate. The idea that they are buccaneering entrepreneurs, risking it all on their performance is just laughable. They just risk doing their job badly and getting fired...before moving onto the next feed trough.
Actually quite a few people use this for personal transfers in the UK. For example if I go for a weekend trip with some old college friends who now live in different parts of the country, I may book all the flights or hotel rooms.
Setting up a transfer direct to their personal accounts is quite useful and quick, compared to cash or cheques.
My online banking used to take a couple of days to set up these arrangements, and now its immediate. I think this is rather dangerous.
Exactly. I don't want to drive around in some kind of living room on wheels, cosseting me with its music and controlled climate. Who invited this intrusion into my functionally defined world ?
And whilst we're on the matter, why does my microwave insist on masquerading as a clock ? If I wish to know the time, I will turn to my trusty Timex. A timer, yes, is required. But a clock ? No. ....(with apologies to that mitchell and webb sound)....
Buggers ? I thought the term was boogers (USA) or bogies (UK). Buggers has a http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/buggerssome what different meaning where I come from. Apologies in advance if I'm just not familiar with your local dialect. Some of your post may still be true.
Buggers ? I thought the term was boogers (USA) or bogies (UK). Buggers has a ahref=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bugge rsrel=url2html-19225http://dictionary.reference.co m/browse/buggers> somewhat different meaning where I come from. Apologies in advance if I'm just not familiar with your local dialect.
Mind you, much of your post may still be true.
The readers of the article are likely to be developers in DB2 shops who haven't touched RoR yet. They may not have bothered downloading the software stack, installing and configuring when they saw 'MySQL', but now there is DB2 support, they would likely appreciate the complete getting started guide. Besides, they'd rather have the version written by someone who works for one of their major suppliers rather than a pimply sophomore in his blog (to borrow a phrase from a sibling poster).
i never tried another layer, i was basically just using some materials prepared by the guys working on the display materials. They were very thin films, so I don't know if the force of the expansion would cause it to shatter.
I would describe more but the materials and techniques for the work (not the toaster !) were commercially funded and owned by the sponsor and obviously covered by non-disclosure agreements.
I made one of these (in a Friday afternoon experiment/PoC kind of way) in about 1995. I wsa working in a lab where research was done into electrochromic windows - these required glass coated with a transparent, conductive material. It was tricky to heat up the layer fast enough and hot enough to make toast without the glass shattering, even with heat resistant glasses. Though my supervisor was enthusiastic and interested in the novelty, the fact was that the toaster research budget was non-existant.
When this arrangement was made, this was exactly the predicted outcome. So its literally no suprise. What is a suprise is that the citizens (and subjects) of EU countries don't say a word about it, or not enough to make their elected representatives worry they'll lose their place a trough if they don't change things.
Most of the UNIX and AS/400 boxes from IBM have the same technology in now, and others are trying to jump aboard (but possibly without the same capability base from mainframes or patent portfolio as IBM).
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When this government began raising the ID card idea and held a public consultation, they received a large number of signatures to a petition opposing them. But those thousands of opponents were 'counted' as a single opposing point of view. So the 'for' and 'against' numbers were deliberately distorted to make it look as if there was support for the idea. This allowed it to go forward and develop as an idea.
And you are also identified as one who 'opposed government attempts to prevent terrorism'. When they come looking for suspects, you'll be higher up the list.
I'd agree about the hiding of undesirable behaviours, for example spying to collect personal data or detecting piracy whilst invading privacy.
I don't think many suppliers making those decisions are particularly aware of code quality, since so few of them measure it properly, and so that is less likely to be a reason for keeping it closed or even obfuscated. Some of the (other) reasons I can think of are:
i) misguided view that the lines of code are intellectual property which have a uniqueness and value which in itself must be protected. Most programs just ain't that smart or unique. Its the overall design and features/functions which differentiate the product, not the detail of how those are implemented.
ii) hackers can't see the code, its less vulnerable. true, this will keep out non-l33t haxxors, but not military or organised crime talents.
iii) they know this is bog-standard stuff, or possibly could contain routines or code snippets which have been copied from other sources and its cheaper to hide it than re-write or pay royalties.
I'm sure there are others, but I need to get on with some work now !
I suspect they don't take this approach because they have limited abilities and legal powers to track and locate the users of the compromised machines, since those connections will be re-routed through various computers, networks, and jurisdictions. Having said that, various botnets have been cracked through analysis and tracing. Its not technical impossible, but its not particularly feasible.
Well we all have escalating targets every year, but guess which division always makes or exceeds their target ? Yes ! Its Corporate HQ ! Now if they just told the rest of us how to do as well as they can, the company would go right up.
Copper is a pretty good antiseptic to, though obviously a bit expensive these days.
Took me years of practice.
Ah yes, the many hours I wasted on that. To this day, I'm still scared of the capital letter 'D'.
A very very long time, because the component parts making up a battery are covered by multiple patents, and its almost impossible to enter the market now based on a new invention alone. Instead you have to sell or licence it to an existing market player for it to be used. Besides, this is just a lot of 'meh' - polypyrole, doped with something ? been done for the last 10 years. And that estimeed inventress appears to be holding a petri dish with some samples on, not a ready made battery. Beware any article that comes from a press office and not a peer-reviewed journal.
...pod.
The idea that they are buccaneering entrepreneurs, risking it all on their performance is just laughable. They just risk doing their job badly and getting fired...before moving onto the next feed trough.
Actually quite a few people use this for personal transfers in the UK. For example if I go for a weekend trip with some old college friends who now live in different parts of the country, I may book all the flights or hotel rooms. Setting up a transfer direct to their personal accounts is quite useful and quick, compared to cash or cheques. My online banking used to take a couple of days to set up these arrangements, and now its immediate. I think this is rather dangerous.
Exactly. I don't want to drive around in some kind of living room on wheels, cosseting me with its music and controlled climate. Who invited this intrusion into my functionally defined world ?
....(with apologies to that mitchell and webb sound)....
And whilst we're on the matter, why does my microwave insist on masquerading as a clock ? If I wish to know the time, I will turn to my trusty Timex. A timer, yes, is required. But a clock ? No.
Buggers ? I thought the term was boogers (USA) or bogies (UK). Buggers has a http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/buggerssome what different meaning where I come from. Apologies in advance if I'm just not familiar with your local dialect.
Some of your post may still be true.
Buggers ? I thought the term was boogers (USA) or bogies (UK). Buggers has a ahref=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bugge rsrel=url2html-19225http://dictionary.reference.co m/browse/buggers> somewhat different meaning where I come from. Apologies in advance if I'm just not familiar with your local dialect.
Mind you, much of your post may still be true.
The readers of the article are likely to be developers in DB2 shops who haven't touched RoR yet. They may not have bothered downloading the software stack, installing and configuring when they saw 'MySQL', but now there is DB2 support, they would likely appreciate the complete getting started guide. Besides, they'd rather have the version written by someone who works for one of their major suppliers rather than a pimply sophomore in his blog (to borrow a phrase from a sibling poster).
My vote is for the new "National Service act of 2006", at http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill= h109-4752
This strikes me as worse, much worse.
i never tried another layer, i was basically just using some materials prepared by the guys working on the display materials. They were very thin films, so I don't know if the force of the expansion would cause it to shatter. I would describe more but the materials and techniques for the work (not the toaster !) were commercially funded and owned by the sponsor and obviously covered by non-disclosure agreements.
I made one of these (in a Friday afternoon experiment/PoC kind of way) in about 1995. I wsa working in a lab where research was done into electrochromic windows - these required glass coated with a transparent, conductive material.
It was tricky to heat up the layer fast enough and hot enough to make toast without the glass shattering, even with heat resistant glasses. Though my supervisor was enthusiastic and interested in the novelty, the fact was that the toaster research budget was non-existant.
When this arrangement was made, this was exactly the predicted outcome. So its literally no suprise.
What is a suprise is that the citizens (and subjects) of EU countries don't say a word about it, or not enough to make their elected representatives worry they'll lose their place a trough if they don't change things.
When a single tap in a particular exchange just isn't enough...build your own microwave interception tower. Try searching for capenhurst and GCHQ.
Most of the UNIX and AS/400 boxes from IBM have the same technology in now, and others are trying to jump aboard (but possibly without the same capability base from mainframes or patent portfolio as IBM).
now that's a "joke" worthy of a geek.