Since this seems to be as good a place and time as any to ask, are there any really good 'normal' watches out there these days? I'm looking for a thing I can wear on my wrist and (almost) never have to recharge or change batteries for, that will do exactly two things: tell me the time accurately, and not be awkward to wear.
With most Casios you'll only have to change the battery a few times in your lifetime. Hardly a drag.
If you want to splash out you can get them with built-in solar panels and radio sync for atomic-clock accuracy.
I don't get it. Why would the government want a kill switch? Your phone company can already block your phone from the network at any time. The government could just tell them to do it.
You should be worried about the government listening in, not killing your phone.
First he manipulates them into preparing a series of suspicious denials and preoccupy them coming up with it.
a) Why would they do that if it isn't true?
Plus if he accidentally hits or something real he can scare the crap out of them into dropping it.
b) This isn't the sort of thing you can prove by accident. Either there's proof or there isn't.
(Of course, if there *is* proof they'll just claim he photoshopped it...it would have to be absolutely amazing proof for denial not to work - like the head of the FBI and three of the PM's best friends all siding with Kim Dotcom)
a) You seriously think people are really going to set up fake cellphone towers and try to brute force people's pins just for the lulz?
b) With about 0.000001% of my brain power I can think of a way around your "unsolvable" problem. Can you think of a basic flaw in my plan or just mindless nitpicks based on key sizes and whatnot?
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Since this seems to be as good a place and time as any to ask, are there any really good 'normal' watches out there these days? I'm looking for a thing I can wear on my wrist and (almost) never have to recharge or change batteries for, that will do exactly two things: tell me the time accurately, and not be awkward to wear.
With most Casios you'll only have to change the battery a few times in your lifetime. Hardly a drag.
If you want to splash out you can get them with built-in solar panels and radio sync for atomic-clock accuracy.
Why bother the appropriate response is:
No.
I would have used two words, but, hey, that's just me.
Is it related to clapping along to music at concerts? This needs further study...
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/clapalong
Why bother guarding the embassy?
To stop him getting out.
These days you can probably replace them with Arduinos.
Why do you think they call it a "half life"...?
Large group of temporarily angry gits who are just here for a street protest = low intel reward, high cost to listen, so you just nuke comms.
So, er, how do you know the exact cellphone details of every member of a random mob of angry gits?
Making it "not searchable" doesn't stop that. Arresting the people who are making it does.
Nope, it makes it more valuable to the people who distribute it - no more pesky freeloaders!
(just like drugs, etc.)
the market value for that type of stolen phone will be much lower.
It should be ZERO. Nada. Zilch.
Nope.
If the government knows who they are then I'm sure they'd rather listen in than kill the phone.
I don't get it. Why would the government want a kill switch? Your phone company can already block your phone from the network at any time. The government could just tell them to do it.
You should be worried about the government listening in, not killing your phone.
If the 'kill' needs a PIN, and that PIN is on a scratch card in the box then who can abuse it...?
Apple's scheme doesn't go far enough. Software will be hacked, it needs to blow a fuse in the CPU and destroy it.
Why "kill" a device when you stand a good chance of getting it back?
No you haven't. Even if you know where it is, what are you going to do? Really...?
Besides, you're in charge of whether or not it's killed. You have to report it stolen.
Killing it does nobody any good, and has lots of quite horrible abuse potential
Yes it does. Read the summary - people are being mugged and murdered for their phones. A kill switch makes them worthless to thieves.
First he manipulates them into preparing a series of suspicious denials and preoccupy them coming up with it.
a) Why would they do that if it isn't true?
Plus if he accidentally hits or something real he can scare the crap out of them into dropping it.
b) This isn't the sort of thing you can prove by accident. Either there's proof or there isn't.
(Of course, if there *is* proof they'll just claim he photoshopped it...it would have to be absolutely amazing proof for denial not to work - like the head of the FBI and three of the PM's best friends all siding with Kim Dotcom)
The whole process isn't even that expensive, so long as you don't mind improvising a bit for an enlarger.
...assuming you want them on paper. Why not scan the negatives?
What fairytale are you living in? Humanity has become much less violent, much more intelligent, and much more productive over the last few centuries.
Yeah? I've got a few neighborhoods you might like to walk through.
(And they're "first world", I promise...!)
Their products only last a year, by then you would be two versions behind and obsolete.
That's a good thing. If they have to replace yours under warranty you might get a newer model.
It's great that Slashdot is giving coverage to the above story...
Hasn't Adolph Hitler beaten them to it by about 80 years?
The nutters are out in force today...
I'd better stop posting, my plan is obviously completely unworkable if the PINs aren't generated using grated unicorn poop.
a) You seriously think people are really going to set up fake cellphone towers and try to brute force people's pins just for the lulz?
b) With about 0.000001% of my brain power I can think of a way around your "unsolvable" problem. Can you think of a basic flaw in my plan or just mindless nitpicks based on key sizes and whatnot?
Bottom line: If you're buying shrink-wrapped iPhone boxes from strangers based on the weight of the box then you deserve to be scammed.
Like this?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/jalonta-freeman-fake-ipad_n_2100587.html
a) Who's "they"?
b) If the pin is 10 digits then "they" are wasting their time.
Hah, you got me there. I only did it once though...got it right the second time. :-)
Yeah because no thief has ever put it into another iPhone box and shrink wrapped it and sold it as new before...
If you're buying "new" iPhones from unknown people in gas stations then you deserve what you get IMHO.