This could be a nice platform to experiment with, considering the many ways to get connectivity. I got myself a K750i a few weeks ago, and I was quite impressed by the grade of documentation SE offers; They also seem to like open data formats, since both the theme files as well as remote control definitions (you can use the phone as a bluetooth HID, very handy with media player software) use tar archives with packaged PNG/JPG/GIF and XML files, which is a very nice aspect if you use linux and can't use the windows software. You can also do some nifty stuff with the serial AT command interface, which seems to be designed for extension hardware - I'd like to try some things with a microcontroller if I find the time for it. I documented some aspects here.
Why not introduce a rating system into the BT protocol? If a peers sends garbage to my client several times, my client will complain to the tracker. If enough different peers complain about a certain seeder, it will get some kind of mark, so other clients can decide whether to use this doubtful source. Of course this system could be used by HBO/... to discredit valid seeders, but they would have to create giant bot nets.
...because, you know, nobody has record players, dat tapes, or 5 1/4" drives anymore...right?
Indeed. It's hard to retrieve data from a 5,25" disk, and it won't get easier with the years going by - 3,5" FD is walking the same direction, many new computers don't ship with that old and small drive anymore (Thank you iMac). NASA as well has tapes where no readers exist anymore - IIRC from the viking probes
I've never understood how planes can be hijacked in the first place without explosives - they have a 100+ people in a small, cramped space, making firearms pretty useless, and the passengers know that they will propably be killed anyway if the plane falls or hits something, so why not just storm the hijacker - or just throw him with bags or something ? It just doesn't add up...
Because hijacked planes did not hit anything until 9-11. Mostly, the hijackers wanted to achieve some other goal, either getting somewhere, having someone released from some prison, or just plain money. They wanted to survive as well, and for this, they had to land the plane somewhere (where they were vulnerable to intervention by special forces). Killing everyone in the plane (and others on the ground) has not always been the aim of airplane hijackings.
This reminds me of the vulnerabilities discovered in linux (and other systems) concerning firewire; Since Firewire devices can read and write directly to the computers memory, you can do some nasty stuff. The issues are documented on the website of the german CCC:
http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/fahrplan/event/14. de.html
Linux on your PDA is a great way to take your favorite applications with you. I use gpsdrive on my iPAQ H5450, many other GTK-Applications do run under GPE, and it's pretty cool to use your handheld device in your universities WLAN/VPN (hello vpnc) and browse Wikipedia on your palm. I also use SSH to get home and browse my E-Mail via mutt.
I don't see why I should run another OS than Linux on my PDA, the user interface is quite nice, I can get a wide variety of applications, and I have the possiblity to influence the behaviour of my device in many ways. Cool stuff.
This reminds me of an old sketch of the german tv show "Verstehen Sie Spaß?". It's a hidden camera show, where celebrities are tricked into a strange situations (you certainly know the concept). One of the greatest episodes featured Reinhold Messner, famous mountaineer and conservationist, climbing the Matterhorn. They put up a kiosk right beneath the top via helicopter, selling all kinds of kitsch and junk to visitors...a nightmare to Messner, who got into rage after his (well-informed) companion even wanted to buy some kind of firework "to celebrate the reaching of the top". The TV crew then lowered the shows host from a helicopter, resolving the delicate situation
Even more interesting, it seems to be hooked up to a wire ("Reißleine"), probably connecting plane and bomb with each other. After the bomb travelled enough distance from the plane, the rope would trigger the parachute mechanism.
The part labels from top to bottom:
Reißleine (trigger line)
Fallschirmtrage...? (parachute stuff)
Halte??? für AB/17/?? (some kind of holding mechanism)
"Platz" can also be the imperative to "platzen", which means "to burst". Imagine your dog following your order in that way. Or even worse, consider your computer doing that after clicking the icon,
In the german version of Windows, that icon never has been "Mein Computer", instead it is called "Arbeitsplatz" ("work place"). I don't know how other languages handle that icon.
I hope so, it's a point I where I gladly stand corrected. But AFAIR maemo is only the development platform? Hopefully much of this openness will remain in the end user product.
I'm more hoping to get the ipkg package system working on that thing, being able to install additional software would be extremely cool. Consider how many custom packages there are for iPAQ/Familiar or Linksys WRT54G/OpenWRT (uses ipkg as well) devices, Nokia should be interested in getting a huge boost in application availability through the big OSS community.
I guess this device will be limited in its flexibility to make it easier to use for the average joe. I'm waiting for a project like Familiar and/or GPE (famous for their iPAQ system) to port their stuff to the device...really sweet then:-)
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What about a sliding window system? Each printed (different) code is valid for one hour, after that a new code is needed.
The developer pages of SE offer Mobile Java 3D Tutorials as well: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/tech support/tipstrickscode/mobilejava3d/p_mobilejava3d _tips_new.jsp
This could be a nice platform to experiment with, considering the many ways to get connectivity. I got myself a K750i a few weeks ago, and I was quite impressed by the grade of documentation SE offers; They also seem to like open data formats, since both the theme files as well as remote control definitions (you can use the phone as a bluetooth HID, very handy with media player software) use tar archives with packaged PNG/JPG/GIF and XML files, which is a very nice aspect if you use linux and can't use the windows software. You can also do some nifty stuff with the serial AT command interface, which seems to be designed for extension hardware - I'd like to try some things with a microcontroller if I find the time for it. I documented some aspects here.
Why not introduce a rating system into the BT protocol? If a peers sends garbage to my client several times, my client will complain to the tracker. If enough different peers complain about a certain seeder, it will get some kind of mark, so other clients can decide whether to use this doubtful source. Of course this system could be used by HBO/... to discredit valid seeders, but they would have to create giant bot nets.
Indeed. It's hard to retrieve data from a 5,25" disk, and it won't get easier with the years going by - 3,5" FD is walking the same direction, many new computers don't ship with that old and small drive anymore (Thank you iMac). NASA as well has tapes where no readers exist anymore - IIRC from the viking probes
I've never understood how planes can be hijacked in the first place without explosives - they have a 100+ people in a small, cramped space, making firearms pretty useless, and the passengers know that they will propably be killed anyway if the plane falls or hits something, so why not just storm the hijacker - or just throw him with bags or something ? It just doesn't add up...
Because hijacked planes did not hit anything until 9-11. Mostly, the hijackers wanted to achieve some other goal, either getting somewhere, having someone released from some prison, or just plain money. They wanted to survive as well, and for this, they had to land the plane somewhere (where they were vulnerable to intervention by special forces). Killing everyone in the plane (and others on the ground) has not always been the aim of airplane hijackings.
Funny enough, IIRC Outlook Express is still not able to encrypt messages with ROT13. It just has the ability to decode them.
Just call it Soylent Fuel.
This reminds me of the vulnerabilities discovered in linux (and other systems) concerning firewire; Since Firewire devices can read and write directly to the computers memory, you can do some nasty stuff. The issues are documented on the website of the german CCC: http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/fahrplan/event/14. de.html
Also they found a saddle strapped to the main fuel tank with a note that it was reserved for Lance Bass.
"Where's Major Kong?"
Yes, I've seen this competition at our local Walmart (scroll down)
[...] not "Wein" (which means wine in German, and has nothing to do with Vienna).
It also means "cry" (as an imperative), which is something some austrian microsoft minions might do now
Here's the futurama quote: Matter, Anti matter, Whatsa Matter.
as though the clay can move itself.'."
So we get some kind of digital golem?
Linux on your PDA is a great way to take your favorite applications with you. I use gpsdrive on my iPAQ H5450, many other GTK-Applications do run under GPE, and it's pretty cool to use your handheld device in your universities WLAN/VPN (hello vpnc) and browse Wikipedia on your palm. I also use SSH to get home and browse my E-Mail via mutt.
I don't see why I should run another OS than Linux on my PDA, the user interface is quite nice, I can get a wide variety of applications, and I have the possiblity to influence the behaviour of my device in many ways. Cool stuff.
Why does it take so long to compile Cygwin and Bash for Windows?
This reminds me of an old sketch of the german tv show "Verstehen Sie Spaß?". It's a hidden camera show, where celebrities are tricked into a strange situations (you certainly know the concept). One of the greatest episodes featured Reinhold Messner, famous mountaineer and conservationist, climbing the Matterhorn. They put up a kiosk right beneath the top via helicopter, selling all kinds of kitsch and junk to visitors...a nightmare to Messner, who got into rage after his (well-informed) companion even wanted to buy some kind of firework "to celebrate the reaching of the top". The TV crew then lowered the shows host from a helicopter, resolving the delicate situation
Even more interesting, it seems to be hooked up to a wire ("Reißleine"), probably connecting plane and bomb with each other. After the bomb travelled enough distance from the plane, the rope would trigger the parachute mechanism.
The part labels from top to bottom:
"Platz" can also be the imperative to "platzen", which means "to burst". Imagine your dog following your order in that way. Or even worse, consider your computer doing that after clicking the icon,
In the german version of Windows, that icon never has been "Mein Computer", instead it is called "Arbeitsplatz" ("work place"). I don't know how other languages handle that icon.
It's not C that agrees to stand in the middle, it is A...You know, like in MPAA. The perfect position to prepare the lawsuit.
PS: Yes, I know mixmaster and tor.He's previously said that the film will feature a whole new cast and ship; it's being written by Band of Brothers screenwriter Erik Jendresen."
I can already hear the Redshirts scream: MEDIC!
Maemo is probably more open than you think...
I hope so, it's a point I where I gladly stand corrected. But AFAIR maemo is only the development platform? Hopefully much of this openness will remain in the end user product.
I'm more hoping to get the ipkg package system working on that thing, being able to install additional software would be extremely cool. Consider how many custom packages there are for iPAQ/Familiar or Linksys WRT54G/OpenWRT (uses ipkg as well) devices, Nokia should be interested in getting a huge boost in application availability through the big OSS community.
I guess this device will be limited in its flexibility to make it easier to use for the average joe. I'm waiting for a project like Familiar and/or GPE (famous for their iPAQ system) to port their stuff to the device...really sweet then :-)