No estimates are going to be accurate. There are many more sources for files than these people will ever find... and the **AA take every source they can make up and then pass it through a magic multiplication filter (the same one they use to calculate the value of their 'losses').
this bug and vulnerabilities are bad, even severe, but dangerous? I can think of no scenario where lives or property would be at stake. I guess the personal data could be used for something untoward....
What if they used the dreaded "KaBoom" SMS exploit to trigger the Palm's self destruct mechanism? Then their personal data would be allllll over the place.
If you'd actually read the article, you'd know why they consider it to be a next gen Apple phone...
I RTFA yesterday and the what the article says doesn't matter. The picture of the back of the device - the only part that displays the Apple logo or any other Apple info - is not the same device as the other photos. They're not claiming the found two separate new iPhones.
Take a good look at the photo of the back of the phone. The bottom of the device looks white (like a white iPhone) and has the normal iPhone contours. That device is different from the other pictures they're showing.
Because we need a reasonable technical excuse for these impositions not being deployed upon our beings. Either way I'm not worried because I have AT&T, so my 3G coverage will make my life look like a bad version of the Nixon Whitehouse Tapes.
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I'll just steal your "Life Recorder" after I beat you up. Thanks for understanding.
College kids are learning something at school? Excellent! Oh, it's how to glom files while outsmarting "the man"? Hmm, well, not so excellent... but it will come in handy when they're in the corporate world having to steal customers from competitors and steal ideas from their colleagues to get promotions.
I get tired of people wanting things done for them without offering anything in return.
I believe the customers did their part by paying for the game.
Also, there are clearly two sides to every dispute, even when one side is wrong.
Sure there is. There's the customer's side: "we bought a game that doesn't work" and there's Ubi's side: "you bought a game that doesn't work but we're trying to fix it... when our support people aren't on vacation and when we aren't blaming you for posting in a forum that isn't an 'official support forum' even though we monitor and moderate it when we aren't on vacation".
And then you all wonder why the world is in such bad shape when you have all the answers to what everyone should do in every situation -- or at least every situation where you personally have something to gain.
Having an opinion or protecting our own self interest is the reason why the world is in such bad shape? Surely a soulless, faceless corporation that only acts in its own self interest is at least as much to blame as a customer who paid for a game that doesn't work. What did the customer actually do wrong besides expecting Ubi to provide the game that they advertised?
Last time I checked, the USA is supposed to be some kind of a democracy. Therefore, instead of hoping for a Wise Person getting appointed, why not use the democracy-ishness and get your stuff fixed?
We kinda-sorta already do. One of many metrics used to measure a potential presidential candidate is the type of Supreme Court Justice(s) he/she might nominate for appointment. Their judicial appointments are reviewed if they were a governor, and their votes on federal and/or Supreme Court appointments are reviewed if they were a senator. Some Independent voters, as well as "undecideds", consider a candidate's positions on abortion rights, gun rights, civil rights, etc, and the type of Justice they will nominate, when choosing who to vote for.
... why OSS is the way things should be. You'll never see this type of documentation, and this type of detail, available to anyone and everyone from closed source software. I love my Mac, and supporting Windows pays my bills, but OSS is unlike any other animal out there.
Well, if this happens, people who never before even considered running Linux will start installing it en masse on their PCs or Macs. People who never before would have made the effort to learn how to install it will become quite proficient at doing so.
Um, would these be the same people who call me for help when their "e-mail is broken" because they accidentally sorted it by something other than 'Date'?
What are they going to do? Ban Linux? They'd have to either shut down or block every single site that offers a Linux ISO.
Well, fat chance. The government is not going to mandate big media sponsored spyware on everyone's computers. It would conflict with the DoJ & NSA software already installed;-)
I hate to be the one to tell you this... but while looking at your code I think I stumbled on the reason you may feel like you're "stuck in the same old same old" these days. Every tasks ends with Goto 10. You should see a flowchart about that.
What really the results show is that we can readily divide tasking
What really the results show is that this researcher is related to Ralphie Wiggum.
How is testing three similar tasks proof that we are limited to only two tasks? Maybe it only proves that we can't handle more than two simultaneous spelling tests. What about some hand-eye coordination thrown in there... or speaking... or even making up a story, telling it aloud and clicking "Next" to get out of doing the spelling test? I call shenanigans!
Also, this whole premise of dividing and/or prioritizing based on reward or perceived value doesn't jive with me either. Sure, if I have to chose between doing a stupid spelling test for a researcher or doing a stupid spelling test I get paid for getting right for that same stupid researcher, I'm going to focus on the one that pays. That's not my brain managing multitasking, it's my cable bill reminding me it's due next week. If their hypothesis were true then later today while I'm cleaning the bathroom, listening to my iPod and wishing I were eating enchiladas, the bathroom would never get cleaned.
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No estimates are going to be accurate. There are many more sources for files than these people will ever find ... and the **AA take every source they can make up and then pass it through a magic multiplication filter (the same one they use to calculate the value of their 'losses').
this bug and vulnerabilities are bad, even severe, but dangerous? I can think of no scenario where lives or property would be at stake. I guess the personal data could be used for something untoward....
What if they used the dreaded "KaBoom" SMS exploit to trigger the Palm's self destruct mechanism? Then their personal data would be allllll over the place.
I think the problem is that they didn't have 12 year olds try to hack their software during the security QA phase.
If you'd actually read the article, you'd know why they consider it to be a next gen Apple phone ...
I RTFA yesterday and the what the article says doesn't matter. The picture of the back of the device - the only part that displays the Apple logo or any other Apple info - is not the same device as the other photos. They're not claiming the found two separate new iPhones.
Take a good look at the photo of the back of the phone. The bottom of the device looks white (like a white iPhone) and has the normal iPhone contours. That device is different from the other pictures they're showing.
And not showing the UI? Shenanigans!
Um ... what about it being used against someone as evidence that they committed a crime?
Judge: I'm sorry, Mr Smith, but your "Life Recorder" does not enjoy your 4th or 5th Amendment rights. Take him away boys!
If this is the case then why is storage relevant?
Because we need a reasonable technical excuse for these impositions not being deployed upon our beings. Either way I'm not worried because I have AT&T, so my 3G coverage will make my life look like a bad version of the Nixon Whitehouse Tapes.
I'll just steal your "Life Recorder" after I beat you up. Thanks for understanding.
Well at least they're just engaging in harmless silliness - they could be screwing things up like most politicians seem to be good at.
Like everything else that ends up going horrible awry, this is starting "small" and "innocent". Just give them enough time and encouragement.
And back on topic, the Brit. Navy is actually sending two warships over to the US to pick up people. I think that's pretty impressive.
That's what you say now. Just wait until you hear about the "passengers" having to swab the poop deck and service the engines. Worst.cruise.ever!
"My name is Luka, I work at your restaurant ... "
Will you guys please stop channeling Yoda when giving advice?
College kids are learning something at school? Excellent! Oh, it's how to glom files while outsmarting "the man"? Hmm, well, not so excellent ... but it will come in handy when they're in the corporate world having to steal customers from competitors and steal ideas from their colleagues to get promotions.
I get tired of people wanting things done for them without offering anything in return.
I believe the customers did their part by paying for the game.
Also, there are clearly two sides to every dispute, even when one side is wrong.
Sure there is. There's the customer's side: "we bought a game that doesn't work" and there's Ubi's side: "you bought a game that doesn't work but we're trying to fix it ... when our support people aren't on vacation and when we aren't blaming you for posting in a forum that isn't an 'official support forum' even though we monitor and moderate it when we aren't on vacation".
And then you all wonder why the world is in such bad shape when you have all the answers to what everyone should do in every situation -- or at least every situation where you personally have something to gain.
Having an opinion or protecting our own self interest is the reason why the world is in such bad shape? Surely a soulless, faceless corporation that only acts in its own self interest is at least as much to blame as a customer who paid for a game that doesn't work. What did the customer actually do wrong besides expecting Ubi to provide the game that they advertised?
Are you saying I should have sold my stock in Transatlantic Fly Boys (TFB:NOEXCH) ??
Last time I checked, the USA is supposed to be some kind of a democracy. Therefore, instead of hoping for a Wise Person getting appointed, why not use the democracy-ishness and get your stuff fixed?
We kinda-sorta already do. One of many metrics used to measure a potential presidential candidate is the type of Supreme Court Justice(s) he/she might nominate for appointment. Their judicial appointments are reviewed if they were a governor, and their votes on federal and/or Supreme Court appointments are reviewed if they were a senator. Some Independent voters, as well as "undecideds", consider a candidate's positions on abortion rights, gun rights, civil rights, etc, and the type of Justice they will nominate, when choosing who to vote for.
... to make a "fair use" copy of Justice Stevens (non-betamax, of course) ;-)
I'd love to hear his take on DRM, ACTA and this crap.
... why OSS is the way things should be. You'll never see this type of documentation, and this type of detail, available to anyone and everyone from closed source software. I love my Mac, and supporting Windows pays my bills, but OSS is unlike any other animal out there.
Well, if this happens, people who never before even considered running Linux will start installing it en masse on their PCs or Macs. People who never before would have made the effort to learn how to install it will become quite proficient at doing so.
Um, would these be the same people who call me for help when their "e-mail is broken" because they accidentally sorted it by something other than 'Date'?
What are they going to do? Ban Linux? They'd have to either shut down or block every single site that offers a Linux ISO.
Let's not give them any more bad ideas, m'kay?
Well, fat chance. The government is not going to mandate big media sponsored spyware on everyone's computers. It would conflict with the DoJ & NSA software already installed ;-)
I hate to be the one to tell you this ... but while looking at your code I think I stumbled on the reason you may feel like you're "stuck in the same old same old" these days. Every tasks ends with Goto 10. You should see a flowchart about that.
Not having an accident doesn't make it safe.
I think "not having an accident" could be considered the 5th task ;-)
So if two is the limit, what does that say about men?
Which head are they thinking with?
I think the answer is obvious. Our two tasks are:
1) Thinking about the woman we're are talking to
2) Thinking about the other woman over there.
What really the results show is that we can readily divide tasking
What really the results show is that this researcher is related to Ralphie Wiggum.
... or speaking ... or even making up a story, telling it aloud and clicking "Next" to get out of doing the spelling test? I call shenanigans!
How is testing three similar tasks proof that we are limited to only two tasks? Maybe it only proves that we can't handle more than two simultaneous spelling tests. What about some hand-eye coordination thrown in there
Also, this whole premise of dividing and/or prioritizing based on reward or perceived value doesn't jive with me either. Sure, if I have to chose between doing a stupid spelling test for a researcher or doing a stupid spelling test I get paid for getting right for that same stupid researcher, I'm going to focus on the one that pays. That's not my brain managing multitasking, it's my cable bill reminding me it's due next week. If their hypothesis were true then later today while I'm cleaning the bathroom, listening to my iPod and wishing I were eating enchiladas, the bathroom would never get cleaned.
Can you link me to that other app store where I can buy applications for a non-jailbroken iphone?
Have you tried magicalimaginaryappstore.not?