Your prediction need only look back on UI technologies like Flash to realize that there will certainly be some of an "artistic" nature that will be enabled by this new technology
CSS has the awesome advantage of View -> Page Style -> No Style, which is invaluable when someone calculated that an absolute-positioned div would work *just right* with their computer's default font-size, or decides to use small green serife text on a black background
So, what we should do is put people in a "mock spacecraft" for a "test" and launch them towards Mars. At the end of the 105 days they open the hatch and... surprise!
Cue UK government announcing multi billion plan to make the internet 'safe' with new content filtering, anti-filesharing and communication logging schemes in 5... 4... 3...
uhh, they already did that.
(well except for the '£billions' part, which they passed-on to the ISPs so it wouldn't appear in the budget defecit)
The paperwork I had to sign required the details of every student working on the project. They didn't have to be security cleared but they sure did have to be Canadian or American.
we have rules like that too. they're not much related to actual security problems, but they are damned useful in circumventing employment discrimation laws...
2. Time for the referral businesses in NC to relocate. Or close up shop. We'd be happy to have them (and their income & property tax revenues) here in NJ.
More importantly, there's usually nobody looking over your shoulder when you log in to a website. It's just you, sitting all alone in your office, suffering reduced usability to protect against a non-issue.
wtf? how many people here can guarantee they're alone when they type a password? maybe a few military folks in their metal-shielded windowless rooms, but the rest of us have * windows * coworkers * unshielded monitors and cables * power cables close to and parallel to VGA or keyboard cables * homes vulnerable to people breaking-in and installing surveillance kit * websites we visit while on the train * passwords we need to type on other peoples' computers * computers with insecure operating systems * keyboards and USB cables/USBdevices that we don't regularly check for keyloggers * tecchie people with VNC access to your PC * browsers with a cache that reveals form-fields if you use the back button * printscreen keys that could cause havoc if used accidentally * logfiles that only mask words they specifically recognise as passwords
I think back to the few times when I've entered my password accidentally into the username box because the tab key I hit didn't register or the site didn't support it and I just felt nervous and dirty and needed to change my password.
Especially with some of the "web 2.0" sites that have AJAX scripts uploading every character as you type it into form fields... (e.g. google/gmail always makes you wonder if they uploaded something you typed and then deleted)
Have you ever known anyone who buys a camera who doesn't immediately turn around and buy a second battery? I've never owned a camera, camcorder, etc. without having at least two batteries for the thing. When your battery runs down on a camera, you want to be able to drop in a new one, not lose the ability to capture memories until you can go back to the hotel and charge up for three hours. I'm pretty sure cameras with built-in batteries would be an absolute nonstarter for a sizable percentage of consumers.
so you'd have to buy two cameras -- not sure how this is a bad thing for the camera manufacturer?
(more realistically, you'd be using USB power-packs to recharge the device without changing the battery)
it's a public place where anyone can see what is going on at any point in time. there is no infringement of privacy if this is a public area, and with cameras being visible, there is no deception in the intent.
tell that to all the police who arrest people photographing them...
Also, if this is anything like "24" there will be about 3 moles inside this 10 person organization. Apparently one prerequisite for working at CTU is that you don't go through any sort of background check.
Just like the real MI5 then (no vetting of their employees for many years, and had turned out to have loads of double-agents inside)
"I've asked this every time this topic comes up. Can anyone name a SINGLE piece of open source software that does anything better than it's closest closed source (or otherwise "proprietary" via patents or whatever) counterpart?"
Inkscape perhaps, although I've only tried a few commercial alternatives. Audacity. Lyx and LaTeX definitely. GNUCash arguably. Firefox of course. Mediawiki, Apache, Python. Bash, aptitude.
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I can easily see this getting abused.
Your prediction need only look back on UI technologies like Flash to realize that there will certainly be some of an "artistic" nature that will be enabled by this new technology
CSS has the awesome advantage of View -> Page Style -> No Style, which is invaluable when someone calculated that an absolute-positioned div would work *just right* with their computer's default font-size, or decides to use small green serife text on a black background
So, what we should do is put people in a "mock spacecraft" for a "test" and launch them towards Mars. At the end of the 105 days they open the hatch and... surprise!
Uhh, we already did that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_cadets
The market share for IE6 is now well down in the single digits.
According to whom? Even on w3schools.com, which is visited almost exclusively by web developers, more than 14% of people are still using IE6.
hexadecimal digits?
Cue UK government announcing multi billion plan to make the internet 'safe' with new content filtering, anti-filesharing and communication logging schemes in 5... 4... 3...
uhh, they already did that.
(well except for the '£billions' part, which they passed-on to the ISPs so it wouldn't appear in the budget defecit)
Where would your government be without childporn?
hopefully not giving taxpayer-funded houses to 15 year-old mothers...
nor do many countries have anti-circumvention-laws like the US has
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
When I was in school it was "Here are the homework assignments, they're only in the new version of the textbook".
Even if all professors in that school followed that policy inflexibly, there exist more than one school.
and you get to choose school before or after you're introduced to the homework assignments on a particular class?
The paperwork I had to sign required the details of every student working on the project. They didn't have to be security cleared but they sure did have to be Canadian or American.
we have rules like that too. they're not much related to actual security problems, but they are damned useful in circumventing employment discrimation laws...
that's just for grunts. Once you get really senior, you can show classified documents to press photographers in public
Do searches and seizures at airport security require warrants?
Is the Pope a Hindu?
The TSA agent probably thought he'd found Isaac Mendez...
2. Time for the referral businesses in NC to relocate. Or close up shop. We'd be happy to have them (and their income & property tax revenues) here in NJ.
Or they could setup a proxy LLC in Delaware through a registered agent.
People go to Delaware for something other than bankrupcy proceedings?!?
I'm no battery scientist, but I wonder if these batteries will be more or less safe compared to the lithium-ion batteries
if the energy density is higher, that normally means "less safe".
interesting, nearly-relevant article
ruled that in order for something to be "child pornography", it had to be depictions of (1) real children, and (2) real pornography.
That being somewhat less weird than australian law...
("The alleged child pornography comprised cartoon character "Lisa Simpson" having sex")
If someone can shouldersurf, 99% of the time they have physical access and all security is null
So when you give a presentation at a conference, everyone watching the projector-screen has r00ted your laptop?
More importantly, there's usually nobody looking over your shoulder when you log in to a website. It's just you, sitting all alone in your office, suffering reduced usability to protect against a non-issue.
wtf? how many people here can guarantee they're alone when they type a password? maybe a few military folks in their metal-shielded windowless rooms, but the rest of us have
* windows
* coworkers
* unshielded monitors and cables
* power cables close to and parallel to VGA or keyboard cables
* homes vulnerable to people breaking-in and installing surveillance kit
* websites we visit while on the train
* passwords we need to type on other peoples' computers
* computers with insecure operating systems
* keyboards and USB cables/USBdevices that we don't regularly check for keyloggers
* tecchie people with VNC access to your PC
* browsers with a cache that reveals form-fields if you use the back button
* printscreen keys that could cause havoc if used accidentally
* logfiles that only mask words they specifically recognise as passwords
I think back to the few times when I've entered my password accidentally into the username box because the tab key I hit didn't register or the site didn't support it and I just felt nervous and dirty and needed to change my password.
Especially with some of the "web 2.0" sites that have AJAX scripts uploading every character as you type it into form fields... (e.g. google/gmail always makes you wonder if they uploaded something you typed and then deleted)
Is the "Panasonic camera battery" market considered a market, in terms of antitrust law? If so, are they setting themselves up for antitrust action?
in the same way that Apple-compatible computers is considered a market... (i.e. not at all)?
Have you ever known anyone who buys a camera who doesn't immediately turn around and buy a second battery? I've never owned a camera, camcorder, etc. without having at least two batteries for the thing. When your battery runs down on a camera, you want to be able to drop in a new one, not lose the ability to capture memories until you can go back to the hotel and charge up for three hours. I'm pretty sure cameras with built-in batteries would be an absolute nonstarter for a sizable percentage of consumers.
so you'd have to buy two cameras -- not sure how this is a bad thing for the camera manufacturer?
(more realistically, you'd be using USB power-packs to recharge the device without changing the battery)
Will there be water boarding?
no, he wasn't arrested in London, England
it's a public place where anyone can see what is going on at any point in time. there is no infringement of privacy if this is a public area, and with cameras being visible, there is no deception in the intent.
tell that to all the police who arrest people photographing them...
So, what's the difference between this and a neighborhood watch? No, seriously, I'm asking.
freakier neighbours.
Also, if this is anything like "24" there will be about 3 moles inside this 10 person organization. Apparently one prerequisite for working at CTU is that you don't go through any sort of background check.
Just like the real MI5 then (no vetting of their employees for many years, and had turned out to have loads of double-agents inside)
Could somebody please explain to me why the license matters?
Because $x per copy costs a lot when you're distributing an infinite number of copies, as most Free Software programs are.
"I've asked this every time this topic comes up. Can anyone name a SINGLE piece of open source software that does anything better than it's closest closed source (or otherwise "proprietary" via patents or whatever) counterpart?"
Inkscape perhaps, although I've only tried a few commercial alternatives. Audacity. Lyx and LaTeX definitely. GNUCash arguably. Firefox of course. Mediawiki, Apache, Python. Bash, aptitude.