...'The complete authorized session on the site is saved in the plist file in full view despite the use of https...
HTTPS only ensures security between the browser and the web server. HTTPS is not designed to ensure security of what the browser decides to store locally.
... Ford says the research vehicle's sensors are sensitive enough to detect the difference between a small animal and a paper bag even at maximum range...
That is not as difficult as it may sound. And it is not a question of "sensitivity". The paper bag does not generate heat, while a small animal does.
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So big deal - the car has an infrared camera on board.
No assumption on my part. I did start with good files.:)
In the submitter's case, he started with some good files, some unknown number of bad files, etc.
That's not how I read the comment. From the OP:
With the quantity of data (~2 TB at present), it's not really practical for us to examine every one of these periodically so we can manually restore them from a different copy.
That sound to me as if he wants to check the files from time to time and locate ones that have gone bad.
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Once a week, I use openssl to calculate a checksum for each file; and I write that checksum, along with the path/filename, to a file. The next week, I do the same thing, and I compare (diff) the prior checksum file with the current checksum file.
With about a terabyte of data, I've not seen any bitrot yet.
Long term, I plan to move to ZFS, as the server's disk capacity will be rising significantly.
... that the/. crowd has lived up to the stereotype of the male-dominated computer industry. Many of the comments on this thread are little more than unprofessional and despicably sexist.
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And people wonder why there are not more women in the computer industry.
With eight qualified candidates for every 10 openings
To me that means that the companies are being far too selective and / or not using screening methods that reflect positive employment outcomes.
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As google's selection process has shown, rejecting qualified candidates just because they do not do well on some obscure testing hurdles is not the way to find qualified candidates.
That's a concern I also have with non-RPN calculators. I've been using RPN since I bought my trusty HP-35 back in the day. RPN is the way I work through problems. That dreaded Enter key just doesn't seem to have the same efficiency as RPN for my thought processes.
YMMV.....
Am I the only person here who remembers buying time on IBM's mainframes back in the day? OK, so the Internet has replaced IBM SNA, and the mainframe is now called The Cloud.
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So, the PC revolution lasted 30 years, and now we're back to where we were in 1983.
When you had to spend a couple hundred dollars to buy a software package, the reviews were useful.
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Now the software package has become the app, and is priced very cheaply.
The resulting high-volume, low-cost business model produces an audience for the app that gives ad hoc reviews via social media and other word of mouth communications.
At what rate would you think it proper to publish anti-Apple stories? An anti-Apple story is published once a year? Once a month? Weekly? Daily? Hourly?
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Given the number of happily-satisfied Apple users (is there any other kind of Apple user), maybe the number of anti-Apple stories published should be zero.
The Apple forums are not the place to criticize Apple or its products.
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I, for one, applaud Apple's efforts to keep the Apple support forums all singing praises for Apple and its products. When I visit those forums, I do not want to see critique of Apple and its products. I want my visit to be positive and cheerful.
I am so happy that Apple is providing such a wholesome environment for me to visit and discuss Apple's products.
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...'The complete authorized session on the site is saved in the plist file in full view despite the use of https...
HTTPS only ensures security between the browser and the web server. HTTPS is not designed to ensure security of what the browser decides to store locally.
Seems like you can pick which vendor gives you the best value based on the use case of your application. Doesn't seem that absurd to me at all.
Exactly. It is a shame that the writer does not seem to be able to understand the process of picking a vendor appropriate for the task at hand.
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What does seem absurd, however, is how magazines seem to create issues to write about.
... Ford says the research vehicle's sensors are sensitive enough to detect the difference between a small animal and a paper bag even at maximum range...
That is not as difficult as it may sound. And it is not a question of "sensitivity". The paper bag does not generate heat, while a small animal does.
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So big deal - the car has an infrared camera on board.
Ahhh... a sample size of one. I understand now.
Bitrot is a myth in modern times.
You state this without any substantiation as if it were a fact.
You are assuming you started with good files.
No assumption on my part. I did start with good files. :)
In the submitter's case, he started with some good files, some unknown number of bad files, etc.
That's not how I read the comment. From the OP:
With the quantity of data (~2 TB at present), it's not really practical for us to examine every one of these periodically so we can manually restore them from a different copy.
That sound to me as if he wants to check the files from time to time and locate ones that have gone bad.
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Once a week, I use openssl to calculate a checksum for each file; and I write that checksum, along with the path/filename, to a file. The next week, I do the same thing, and I compare (diff) the prior checksum file with the current checksum file.
With about a terabyte of data, I've not seen any bitrot yet.
Long term, I plan to move to ZFS, as the server's disk capacity will be rising significantly.
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ya need to move beyond it.
Maybe women don't like to work with ugly nerds, maybe they're not smart enough, or maybe they just don't like it. Stop blaming everything on us,
You are the problem.
So the question remains, what do you want to do to solve the problem. Technical people like to solve problems, why can't they seem to solve this one?
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And people wonder why there are not more women in the computer industry.
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When one admits defeat, one will succumb to defeat.
With eight qualified candidates for every 10 openings
To me that means that the companies are being far too selective and / or not using screening methods that reflect positive employment outcomes.
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As google's selection process has shown, rejecting qualified candidates just because they do not do well on some obscure testing hurdles is not the way to find qualified candidates.
But it is not a public site. You need to know the IPv6 address in order to see the home page.
The official list is here.
Do you know if the TI-36X Pro programming errors have ever been fixed?
That's a concern I also have with non-RPN calculators. I've been using RPN since I bought my trusty HP-35 back in the day. RPN is the way I work through problems. That dreaded Enter key just doesn't seem to have the same efficiency as RPN for my thought processes. YMMV.....
The PC revolution offered low cost individual machines for doing work. No sharing, no scheduling, no fixed location.
Agreed.
to access resources of greater power in numbers.
a.k.a what was once called a mainframe.
Thanks for giving another example of what I said.
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So, the PC revolution lasted 30 years, and now we're back to where we were in 1983.
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The first thing about having a productive conversation is to listen.
You learn more when you're not talking than when you are talking.
...China's biggest e-retailer, totaled more than $3.1 billion, doubling the $1.5 billion spent by U.S. consumers on Cyber Monday in 2012.
How many people live in China? How many people live in the US?
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A more valid comparison would be the amount of money spent per person, that removes the bias of large-populations.
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Now the software package has become the app, and is priced very cheaply.
The resulting high-volume, low-cost business model produces an audience for the app that gives ad hoc reviews via social media and other word of mouth communications.
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Given the number of happily-satisfied Apple users (is there any other kind of Apple user), maybe the number of anti-Apple stories published should be zero.
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I, for one, applaud Apple's efforts to keep the Apple support forums all singing praises for Apple and its products. When I visit those forums, I do not want to see critique of Apple and its products. I want my visit to be positive and cheerful.
I am so happy that Apple is providing such a wholesome environment for me to visit and discuss Apple's products.
The site smells of entrapment to me.
Unreasonable rejection is what turns people off.
Unless and until WikiPedia resolves the problem with moderators, participation will continue to decline.
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No one wants to deal with the Nurse Ratched moderators who seem to hover over certain topics, punishing those who want to contribute.
The full court decision is here. (pdf)