Since when does being an expert on digital communications security automatically qualify you as an expert on passenger screening? Unfortunately, unlike data packets, passengers don't behave according to logical rules.
Riiiiight... because massive employee turnover is exactly what you want in a profession whose assigned task it is to protect us from terrorists, and which terrorist agents are trying to infiltrate into.
Passengers... program their flight into RFID tags.
Passengers enter the airport naked... Great -- so where am I supposed to carry my RFID tags? Up my ass?!? I can't -- it's already full of explosives!
All of this stuff has JavaScript behind the scenes making it work and it's difficult to remove without causing problems," Arkin explained. Translation: "We designed the products with a flawed security model to begin with and fixing that now would cause applications built on them that depend on defects in the security model in order to operate to no longer work."
Regex's might work for verifying individual fields in isolation, but I believe verifying that multiple fields have information consistent with each other requires scripting. (How do you write a regex to verify that the input string converts to a floating point number x such that 1.5 x 2.5?) Shouldn't widespread adoption of HTML5 render this whole argument moot anyway?
what these player created realms have in common is that for the most part you are wallowing in a sea of shit looking for the odd gem. That's pretty much a description of the entire internet, isn't it?
The proof is in the images. I will provide examples if asked. Got any images of attractive, well-built women, so that we can (ahem) judge for ourselves whether or not this technology is a violation of their personal privacy?
Michael Chertoff, the former homeland security secretary, told the New York Times, that if these scanners had been in place, they would have caught the would-be bomber. What would you expect him to say? "Yes, this is a method that is guaranteed to make you successful in smuggling explosives onto planes -- keep using it, chaps!" Arguably, one of the few parts of "security theater" that is actually effective at discouraging attacks is not letting the bad guys know what does and does not work.
so they could once again show those big-shot Americans that their dicks were bigger. Us big-shot Americans don't need to be shown that our dicks are bigger; we already know!
First we had the "shoe bomber", then the "crotch bomber"... yes, the "ass bomber" would seem to be the next logical progression. However, one wonders how difficult it would be to spot someone at the gate walking as if they had a stick (of dynamite) up their ass...
So Afghan, Pakistani, Saudi, and Yemeni INTERPOL agents are now allowed to carry weapons and explosives into the US with impunity? Am I the only one who sees a problem with this?
Downloading an MP3 has exactly the same possibility of redistribution as purchasing a CD... so should CDs cost $100,000, as someone might buy one and redistribute the content 10,000 times? For downloading a song, even with treble damages, we're talking $90 maximum penalty for 30 songs. The RIAAs strategy seems to rely on people confusing downloading with uploading; the mere fact that I am downloading a song does not prove any intent by me to redistribute said content. Uploading content, on the other hand, does imply intent to redistribute. Torrents are a gray area; many people may not understand that while they are downloading it, the bittorent software is also making small pieces of the file available for others to download. But traditionally, "small pieces" has been considered fair use. It's analogous to arresting somebody for grand theft because they are the 100,000th person to steal a penny from the penny jar -- they haven't stolen $1000, they've only stolen $0.01!
The contrast just isn't there on the Sony eBook reader either. Haven't seen the Kindle or Nook in person yet, does anybody have personal experience with their readability?
In the porn classic Deep Throat, Harry Reems convinces Linda Lovelace that her clitoris is located in her throat. Of course, the best thing about the movie was the line "Mind if I smoke while you eat?"
You ARE new around here, aren't you? This is the "Apple rumor mill", where we all pull "facts" out of our collective asses based on wild speculation and conjecture... welcome to the club, you'll catch on in due time!
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"I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member" -- Groucho Marx
I have made no attempts to join Mensa or Beautiful People...
Since when does being an expert on digital communications security automatically qualify you as an expert on passenger screening? Unfortunately, unlike data packets, passengers don't behave according to logical rules.
Riiiiight... because massive employee turnover is exactly what you want in a profession whose assigned task it is to protect us from terrorists, and which terrorist agents are trying to infiltrate into.
Compared to comets striking the earth and causing global extinction events, I'd say showing up every 75 years IS a pretty comment occurence!
"Fixing security issues isn't always the right answer." Haven't I heard this before... from Microsoft?
Passengers... program their flight into RFID tags. Passengers enter the airport naked... Great -- so where am I supposed to carry my RFID tags? Up my ass?!? I can't -- it's already full of explosives!
All of this stuff has JavaScript behind the scenes making it work and it's difficult to remove without causing problems," Arkin explained. Translation: "We designed the products with a flawed security model to begin with and fixing that now would cause applications built on them that depend on defects in the security model in order to operate to no longer work."
I'm fairly certain the intersection of the set of slashdot members and the set of beautiful people members is a null set!
Regex's might work for verifying individual fields in isolation, but I believe verifying that multiple fields have information consistent with each other requires scripting. (How do you write a regex to verify that the input string converts to a floating point number x such that 1.5 x 2.5?) Shouldn't widespread adoption of HTML5 render this whole argument moot anyway?
what these player created realms have in common is that for the most part you are wallowing in a sea of shit looking for the odd gem. That's pretty much a description of the entire internet, isn't it?
My favorite expression to write on one's behind would be "All hope abandon ye who enter here."
The proof is in the images. I will provide examples if asked. Got any images of attractive, well-built women, so that we can (ahem) judge for ourselves whether or not this technology is a violation of their personal privacy?
Michael Chertoff, the former homeland security secretary, told the New York Times, that if these scanners had been in place, they would have caught the would-be bomber. What would you expect him to say? "Yes, this is a method that is guaranteed to make you successful in smuggling explosives onto planes -- keep using it, chaps!" Arguably, one of the few parts of "security theater" that is actually effective at discouraging attacks is not letting the bad guys know what does and does not work.
so they could once again show those big-shot Americans that their dicks were bigger. Us big-shot Americans don't need to be shown that our dicks are bigger; we already know!
First we had the "shoe bomber", then the "crotch bomber"... yes, the "ass bomber" would seem to be the next logical progression. However, one wonders how difficult it would be to spot someone at the gate walking as if they had a stick (of dynamite) up their ass...
Unless you are wearing camos with bars on the shoulders, I don't think DARPA is funding this for YOUR future!
So Afghan, Pakistani, Saudi, and Yemeni INTERPOL agents are now allowed to carry weapons and explosives into the US with impunity? Am I the only one who sees a problem with this?
Downloading an MP3 has exactly the same possibility of redistribution as purchasing a CD... so should CDs cost $100,000, as someone might buy one and redistribute the content 10,000 times? For downloading a song, even with treble damages, we're talking $90 maximum penalty for 30 songs. The RIAAs strategy seems to rely on people confusing downloading with uploading; the mere fact that I am downloading a song does not prove any intent by me to redistribute said content. Uploading content, on the other hand, does imply intent to redistribute. Torrents are a gray area; many people may not understand that while they are downloading it, the bittorent software is also making small pieces of the file available for others to download. But traditionally, "small pieces" has been considered fair use. It's analogous to arresting somebody for grand theft because they are the 100,000th person to steal a penny from the penny jar -- they haven't stolen $1000, they've only stolen $0.01!
Anybody who buys a computer from Best Buy instead of going to Newegg or TigerDirect probably deserves exactly what they get.
The contrast just isn't there on the Sony eBook reader either. Haven't seen the Kindle or Nook in person yet, does anybody have personal experience with their readability?
They've slashdotted the Darwin Awards! Anybody have a mirror?
In the porn classic Deep Throat, Harry Reems convinces Linda Lovelace that her clitoris is located in her throat. Of course, the best thing about the movie was the line "Mind if I smoke while you eat?"
I've just managed to convince my wife that her "g-spot" is actually located in her throat -- don't ruin this for me!
Is this article on slashdot for the three of us women? I've got news for you... the other two are just pretending to be women!
You ARE new around here, aren't you? This is the "Apple rumor mill", where we all pull "facts" out of our collective asses based on wild speculation and conjecture... welcome to the club, you'll catch on in due time!