The majority of laptops we recover have been reformatted - The thief steals a laptop, then reinstalls a pirated version of XP on it, in order to get past the password prompt. While we don't have a 'focus group of thieves' this suggests anything password protected in the cloud would be safe, as the thief wouldn't be able to get at it. More than likely, a stolen "cloudbook" would just be thrown away...
I know this thread is mostly about movies, but I'm going to chime in on television. For me, this is where some of the biggest improvements have happened. The visuals we've been enjoying in BSG, Caprica, V, Enterprise - None of them hold a candle to the FX in the originals. Heck even animated dinosaurs on the Discovery Channel are very impressive to look at. Of course I realize that if we got an episode of DS9 full of space dogfighting we knew that that next week's episode was going to occur entirely in Quark's or on a baseball field - But nevertheless it was impressive.
4chan's "Slacktivism" efforts don't really cost the participants any money. A boycott might, as some dude in Iowa is forced to set up an account at Barnes and Noble to buy his comic books.
I work for a company that, amongst other things, recovers thousands of stolen laptops each year. Many many of our consumer customers have no backups whatsoever and frequently call is repeatedly and desperately, hoping we've recovered their laptop so they can get back their baby pictures or term papers or music collection... The consumer market alone is ripe for a pure-cloud solution if for no other reason than the fact that Joe Average can not or will not back up their data.
It's used to be the case that some companies would squirt epoxy into the USB ports on devices - Doesn't really work any more as many devices no longer have PS2 mouse and keyboard ports.
There's still some truth to this though - Why do some of your congressmen speak out against the 'theory' of evolution or press for prayers in schools? Why is whether or not your president believes in god deemed to be important ? Because in some jurisdictions, evangelical Christians get out and VOTE, and vote in strong numbers. As a result, the politicians pander to that electorate. If voters didn't matter, you wouldn't hear and see this sort of thing.
Anybody know why it seems like we've responded with a much greater response this time round?
The reasons are many, and varied, but largely it comes down to "cable news" and the 24-hour news cycle. Cable news now has to both increase ratings and run many more stories. One way they can deal with this pressure is to discuss an issue over and over again up to a fever pitch, leaving Ma and Pa Kettle terrified. This didn't used to happen, back when the message was 'keep calm and carry on.'
The 24-hour news cycle further complicates matters by frightening politicians into thinking they'll be out of a job if they come down on the side of common sense, as opposed to fear mongering and security theatre. For example, imagine if a politician were to come down against junk fondling and then some brown guy were to smuggle some firecrackers on board a plane. The cable news networks would flay that politician alive in endless segments aired over and over again...
What this says to me is that if you need to carry something fragile and important, you should fly to the destination yourself and hand carry the parcel.
...and there are also companies that do just this:
It's the dirty little secret that the TSA doesn't want you to know: Bombs carried into the passenger cabin would likely be ineffective in bringing down a modern airliner.
Is it a good idea to keep bombs off planes? Absolutely - But planes are remarkably resilient. There's a reason a 737 costs $75M. They're incredibly well engineered.
Actually, no. I was caused by Aloha Airlines failing to follow Boeing's instructions regarding metal fatigue - The aircraft had tens-of-thousands of duty cycles in a corrosive environment until the fuselage failed.
How come everyone who replies to a post with unintelligent angry profanity does so as an anonymous COWARD? And yes, it does link to the to video in question - It's something like the third hit.
Then why is the best movie (From Russia with Love) close to the book of the same name? But meh anyway - You're not a Bond fan and you post as an anonymous coward. Your opinion is irrelevant.
Go back and read the Fleming books again and tell me Moore is the best Bond... He doesn't resemble the literary Bond at all, with (as I said) the possible exception of some parts of "For Your Eyes Only."
Craig's character is a great spy, but he is absolutely no bond
Have you read Fleming's "Casino Royale?" Craig's Bond is very much a Fleming Bond - Rough around the edges, still learning his way, largely a paid killer...
Absolutely. Dalton was 100 times more of a Fleming Bond than Moore was. Look at Dalton's expression of rage in "The Living Daylights" in the Vienna amusement park when he learns Saunders has been killed - Or his burning Sanchez alive at the end of "License to Kill" to avenge his friend. Pure Fleming OO7. Contrast that with Moore snowboarding in Russia to the Beach Boys. Ugh. The only saving grace was Moore's Bond in "For Your Eyes" only, and one Bond film does not a OO7 make.
As a OO7 Fanboy, the issue I have with the new GoldenEye game is that they captured Daniel Craig as Bond. They should have captured Brosnan, like they did with Connery for the "From Russia with Love" game of a few years back. I *suppose* I wouldn't have a problem with it, were it not for the fact that they re-booted the series with Craig, so in effect the GoldenEye mission never happened - Craig's Bond isn't the same Bond that Brosnan/Dalton et al's Bond was.
Either way, smuggling data on physical media is kind of retarded.
Yes and no. If the data is 'in the cloud' there's a risk that it could be sniffed by someone else. If you copy your smuggled data onto physical media and keep it on your person then no one can sniff it. It's similar to mailing yourself a packet of confidential papers as opposed to hanging onto the papers yourself.
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The majority of laptops we recover have been reformatted - The thief steals a laptop, then reinstalls a pirated version of XP on it, in order to get past the password prompt. While we don't have a 'focus group of thieves' this suggests anything password protected in the cloud would be safe, as the thief wouldn't be able to get at it. More than likely, a stolen "cloudbook" would just be thrown away...
I know this thread is mostly about movies, but I'm going to chime in on television. For me, this is where some of the biggest improvements have happened. The visuals we've been enjoying in BSG, Caprica, V, Enterprise - None of them hold a candle to the FX in the originals. Heck even animated dinosaurs on the Discovery Channel are very impressive to look at. Of course I realize that if we got an episode of DS9 full of space dogfighting we knew that that next week's episode was going to occur entirely in Quark's or on a baseball field - But nevertheless it was impressive.
4chan's "Slacktivism" efforts don't really cost the participants any money. A boycott might, as some dude in Iowa is forced to set up an account at Barnes and Noble to buy his comic books.
I work for a company that, amongst other things, recovers thousands of stolen laptops each year. Many many of our consumer customers have no backups whatsoever and frequently call is repeatedly and desperately, hoping we've recovered their laptop so they can get back their baby pictures or term papers or music collection... The consumer market alone is ripe for a pure-cloud solution if for no other reason than the fact that Joe Average can not or will not back up their data.
It's used to be the case that some companies would squirt epoxy into the USB ports on devices - Doesn't really work any more as many devices no longer have PS2 mouse and keyboard ports.
Quick! Send in Dirk Pitt before it's too late!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Titanic!
There's still some truth to this though - Why do some of your congressmen speak out against the 'theory' of evolution or press for prayers in schools? Why is whether or not your president believes in god deemed to be important ? Because in some jurisdictions, evangelical Christians get out and VOTE, and vote in strong numbers. As a result, the politicians pander to that electorate. If voters didn't matter, you wouldn't hear and see this sort of thing.
when faced with certain death on one hand and the possibility of survival on the other, most will go with the latter
Which is exactly *why* today people would storm a terrorist.
Do Nothing = Certain Death
Attack Terrorists = Possiblity of Survival
It's why passengers pounced on the shoe and underwear bombers.
Anybody know why it seems like we've responded with a much greater response this time round?
The reasons are many, and varied, but largely it comes down to "cable news" and the 24-hour news cycle. Cable news now has to both increase ratings and run many more stories. One way they can deal with this pressure is to discuss an issue over and over again up to a fever pitch, leaving Ma and Pa Kettle terrified. This didn't used to happen, back when the message was 'keep calm and carry on.'
The 24-hour news cycle further complicates matters by frightening politicians into thinking they'll be out of a job if they come down on the side of common sense, as opposed to fear mongering and security theatre. For example, imagine if a politician were to come down against junk fondling and then some brown guy were to smuggle some firecrackers on board a plane. The cable news networks would flay that politician alive in endless segments aired over and over again...
What this says to me is that if you need to carry something fragile and important, you should fly to the destination yourself and hand carry the parcel.
http:http://wikitravel.org/en/Air_courier
Is it just me, or does this dude resemble Emperor Palpatine in glasses?
how does the iPad, which can't connect to a printer, run multiple apps at once, connect to most peripherals easily cannibalize your laptop sales?
Because households which might be considering a second laptop to augment a computer they already have are considering iPads instead.
+1
It's the dirty little secret that the TSA doesn't want you to know: Bombs carried into the passenger cabin would likely be ineffective in bringing down a modern airliner.
The "underwear bomber" wouldn't have succeeded (source: http://www.nowpublic.com/world/boeing-747-exlposion-test-video-shows-underwear-bomber-failure-2589249.html ).
In 1994, Ramzi Yousef set off a bomb on Philippine Airlines Flight 434 it failed to bring down the aircraft (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_434 ).
Is it a good idea to keep bombs off planes? Absolutely - But planes are remarkably resilient. There's a reason a 737 costs $75M. They're incredibly well engineered.
Actually, no. I was caused by Aloha Airlines failing to follow Boeing's instructions regarding metal fatigue - The aircraft had tens-of-thousands of duty cycles in a corrosive environment until the fuselage failed.
How come everyone who replies to a post with unintelligent angry profanity does so as an anonymous COWARD? And yes, it does link to the to video in question - It's something like the third hit.
Do you have a link to the youtube video?
Here you go:
http://tinyurl.com/yjuygc3
I had my Thanksgiving dinner in October, you insensitive clod!
- A Proud Canadian
MS infects your Apple phone like a Sony rootkit
Bzzt. Wrong. This is an *Apple* API in iOS that third parties can call.
http://connectedplanetonline.com/business_services/news/apple-mdm-ios4-062210/
Fuck the books. The movies are all that matter.
Then why is the best movie (From Russia with Love) close to the book of the same name? But meh anyway - You're not a Bond fan and you post as an anonymous coward. Your opinion is irrelevant.
Go back and read the Fleming books again and tell me Moore is the best Bond... He doesn't resemble the literary Bond at all, with (as I said) the possible exception of some parts of "For Your Eyes Only."
Craig's character is a great spy, but he is absolutely no bond
Have you read Fleming's "Casino Royale?" Craig's Bond is very much a Fleming Bond - Rough around the edges, still learning his way, largely a paid killer...
Dalton before Moore?
Absolutely. Dalton was 100 times more of a Fleming Bond than Moore was. Look at Dalton's expression of rage in "The Living Daylights" in the Vienna amusement park when he learns Saunders has been killed - Or his burning Sanchez alive at the end of "License to Kill" to avenge his friend. Pure Fleming OO7. Contrast that with Moore snowboarding in Russia to the Beach Boys. Ugh. The only saving grace was Moore's Bond in "For Your Eyes" only, and one Bond film does not a OO7 make.
PS Oh yeah, and Craig's my second-favourite OO7, so it's not meant as Craig-bashing. My ranking?
1) Connery
2) Craig
3) Dalton
4) Brosnan
5) Moore
6) Lazenby
As a OO7 Fanboy, the issue I have with the new GoldenEye game is that they captured Daniel Craig as Bond. They should have captured Brosnan, like they did with Connery for the "From Russia with Love" game of a few years back. I *suppose* I wouldn't have a problem with it, were it not for the fact that they re-booted the series with Craig, so in effect the GoldenEye mission never happened - Craig's Bond isn't the same Bond that Brosnan/Dalton et al's Bond was.
Either way, smuggling data on physical media is kind of retarded.
Yes and no. If the data is 'in the cloud' there's a risk that it could be sniffed by someone else. If you copy your smuggled data onto physical media and keep it on your person then no one can sniff it. It's similar to mailing yourself a packet of confidential papers as opposed to hanging onto the papers yourself.