"In order to resolve an ongoing issue with a vendor..." Good luck with that. Doing the testing itself is very technically interesting and worth discussion. Trying to resolve an issue with a vendor by "proving" they have a certain level of service is a different matter entirely. That type of approach to resolving business disputes just isn't the right approach. It's a good example of trying to resolve business/legal issues with proving something in technology, and that is very difficult.
Yes, that's correct, the decrease in media prices has not helped the consumer at all. But it's helped the industry's margins, and ultimately they decide which format to distribute in, so I don't see much hope of us going back to cartridges when discs cost a couple of cents, and are universal in shape and size, making them cheap to package and distribute.
I agree completely. During the Apollo missions, the vehicles the astronauts drove on the moon were considered a critical component of the astronaut's life support system, in a way. The carried emergency supplies, communication equipment, and most importantly, the ability to ferry the astronauts back to the lander quickly. The missions were designed to allow the astronauts to walk back to the lander before they exhausted their life support if needed (by progressively having them work back toward the lander as time went on), but there is no way they would ever let their vehicle wander away on it's own and think that was a good idea...
Most cell phone companies distribute a number of new handsets (over 50) to employees for usability testing, a few months before general release. It's not about testing the hardware, which you are correct, can be tested in the lab. It's about testing how humans use the phone, if they like it, if they think the form factor and the UI work well in their everyday lives, etc. For Apple, the usability is more important than the technical performance, much more so than other companies, so it's not strange he had one off campus.
Legality, for the most part, is based on intent, not methods. That seems to be often misunderstood by technical audiences. This is most definitely still very illegal.
That's not the point. The reason for this software is to add one more layer of security to an already extremely secure network, and mostly to detect friendly accidental use by tech-clueless intelligence analysts (yes, most intelligence analysts are experts on geopolitics or military tactics and not Windows).
This is not designed to prevent true espionage attacks by insiders who are technology experts, there are a lot of other layers of security for that.
Actually, most large companies in the united states are going to third-party address validation solutions that use USPS postal data to mitigate this pretty well: http://www.qas.com/ Interesting to note who owns that company-
You can see this in the language of the article: "though he would have to report to Congress within 48 hours after declaring an emergency." It's about timing, not approval.
I don't have a problem with this, there should be a way that the system can be quickly shut down if necessary. Waiting for congressional approval would take months probably, even weeks if there was a really pressing emergency. I don't think this law is about approval (I'm sure there would be a huge investigation by congress if he ever used it), it's about timing - stuff on the internet happens quickly and needs to be responded to quickly.
I second this, it works great. I used one for six months and my reception went from 0-1 bar to full 4 bars on the phone and perfect sound. The secret is to get the most possible vertical separation between the base unit and the antenna, because the system automatically adjusts gain until it gets feedback. So the further the antenna is away from the base unit, the more it can ramp up the gain, and the better it works. As long as you have an attic or something and some good shielded coax you're good to go. And they have great resale value and hold their value, so you can sell it for 80% of the purchase price once you are done with it.
TJX was not in compliance with PCI-DSS, even though they said they were. Thus the fines from Visa. PCI-DSS has issues of course, but if they followed it correctly they would not have suffered this intrusion.
People won't think it is slow and impractical if they have suffered total paralysis for some reason, and this is their first chance to communicate with the outside world and loved ones. Sure, I'm not going to use it for replacing my keyboard any time soon, but this technology in the right setting will seem so incredibly miraculous it will change people's lives.
Yes, I agree. These coins have been available in Magic shops for years and years. And the magic ones are usually higher quality and more difficult to detect, because they are designed to be handed to an audience member and examined in detail.
This summary reads like a bad infomercial. "How likely is it to really take over?" not likely at all, and nobody would ask that question unless they worked for Google Marketing.
Actually, this is very common. It isn't unusual at all for an officer to leave a vehicle running pretty much all day with the doors unlocked. It helps keep the cabin cool in the summer and warm in the winter. More importantly, most police cars are essentially roving data centers with limited backup power and no backup cooling. Boot up time for the CAD/Mobile client, the private radio broadband system, GPS locator, car-handheld radio relay, video evidence system, radar, and ALPR system can run upwards of five minutes. Most modern cars shunt A/C vents into the trunk to help cool all the boards down. That's a dang long time before you are ready to resume patrol, so most officers just keep them running if they step away for a few minutes.
You have to understand the politics. If they started their letter with "We think your idea is stupid and won't work and we won't support it" they would look like trouble causers and they would be dismissed from the discussion immediately. If they start the letter with "We understand why you are concerned, it's good to care about kids, we care about them too, let's work together to figure out the best way to do this correctly without trying to block the internet at the national level" they are going to get a lot more support and understanding. You can tell the letter was written by PR type folks, who spent a lot of time on it. It's a good sign, because it means Yahoo and Google are actually concerned at the corporate level, and are thinking seriously about the best way to address this filtering problem, and they're preparing for a long involved process.
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"In order to resolve an ongoing issue with a vendor..." Good luck with that. Doing the testing itself is very technically interesting and worth discussion. Trying to resolve an issue with a vendor by "proving" they have a certain level of service is a different matter entirely. That type of approach to resolving business disputes just isn't the right approach. It's a good example of trying to resolve business/legal issues with proving something in technology, and that is very difficult.
This is one of the difficulties of In-Band Signaling. Their communication channel is so limited that handling secure signaling is difficult.
Yes, that's correct, the decrease in media prices has not helped the consumer at all. But it's helped the industry's margins, and ultimately they decide which format to distribute in, so I don't see much hope of us going back to cartridges when discs cost a couple of cents, and are universal in shape and size, making them cheap to package and distribute.
I agree completely. During the Apollo missions, the vehicles the astronauts drove on the moon were considered a critical component of the astronaut's life support system, in a way. The carried emergency supplies, communication equipment, and most importantly, the ability to ferry the astronauts back to the lander quickly. The missions were designed to allow the astronauts to walk back to the lander before they exhausted their life support if needed (by progressively having them work back toward the lander as time went on), but there is no way they would ever let their vehicle wander away on it's own and think that was a good idea...
Most cell phone companies distribute a number of new handsets (over 50) to employees for usability testing, a few months before general release. It's not about testing the hardware, which you are correct, can be tested in the lab. It's about testing how humans use the phone, if they like it, if they think the form factor and the UI work well in their everyday lives, etc. For Apple, the usability is more important than the technical performance, much more so than other companies, so it's not strange he had one off campus.
Legality, for the most part, is based on intent, not methods. That seems to be often misunderstood by technical audiences. This is most definitely still very illegal.
That's not the point. The reason for this software is to add one more layer of security to an already extremely secure network, and mostly to detect friendly accidental use by tech-clueless intelligence analysts (yes, most intelligence analysts are experts on geopolitics or military tactics and not Windows). This is not designed to prevent true espionage attacks by insiders who are technology experts, there are a lot of other layers of security for that.
Actually, most large companies in the united states are going to third-party address validation solutions that use USPS postal data to mitigate this pretty well: http://www.qas.com/ Interesting to note who owns that company-
This has been available for a year and a half or so on Dodge vehicles as an option: http://www.dodge.com/en/2009/ram_1500/innovations/uconnect/
Compensation != Salary, folks. Steve's compensation is 650 million: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/lead_07ceos_Steven-P-Jobs_HEDB.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_compensation
You can see this in the language of the article: "though he would have to report to Congress within 48 hours after declaring an emergency." It's about timing, not approval.
I don't have a problem with this, there should be a way that the system can be quickly shut down if necessary. Waiting for congressional approval would take months probably, even weeks if there was a really pressing emergency. I don't think this law is about approval (I'm sure there would be a huge investigation by congress if he ever used it), it's about timing - stuff on the internet happens quickly and needs to be responded to quickly.
I second this, it works great. I used one for six months and my reception went from 0-1 bar to full 4 bars on the phone and perfect sound. The secret is to get the most possible vertical separation between the base unit and the antenna, because the system automatically adjusts gain until it gets feedback. So the further the antenna is away from the base unit, the more it can ramp up the gain, and the better it works. As long as you have an attic or something and some good shielded coax you're good to go. And they have great resale value and hold their value, so you can sell it for 80% of the purchase price once you are done with it.
TJX was not in compliance with PCI-DSS, even though they said they were. Thus the fines from Visa. PCI-DSS has issues of course, but if they followed it correctly they would not have suffered this intrusion.
People won't think it is slow and impractical if they have suffered total paralysis for some reason, and this is their first chance to communicate with the outside world and loved ones. Sure, I'm not going to use it for replacing my keyboard any time soon, but this technology in the right setting will seem so incredibly miraculous it will change people's lives.
How is this different than what the FBI does offline? It's just an online version of an offline undercover sting, right?
Yes, I agree. These coins have been available in Magic shops for years and years. And the magic ones are usually higher quality and more difficult to detect, because they are designed to be handed to an audience member and examined in detail.
Just taking the viewpoint that the majority of comments will probably not take.
This summary reads like a bad infomercial. "How likely is it to really take over?" not likely at all, and nobody would ask that question unless they worked for Google Marketing.
Actually, this is very common. It isn't unusual at all for an officer to leave a vehicle running pretty much all day with the doors unlocked. It helps keep the cabin cool in the summer and warm in the winter. More importantly, most police cars are essentially roving data centers with limited backup power and no backup cooling. Boot up time for the CAD/Mobile client, the private radio broadband system, GPS locator, car-handheld radio relay, video evidence system, radar, and ALPR system can run upwards of five minutes. Most modern cars shunt A/C vents into the trunk to help cool all the boards down. That's a dang long time before you are ready to resume patrol, so most officers just keep them running if they step away for a few minutes.
Not to mention the Bussard Collectors.
You have to understand the politics. If they started their letter with "We think your idea is stupid and won't work and we won't support it" they would look like trouble causers and they would be dismissed from the discussion immediately. If they start the letter with "We understand why you are concerned, it's good to care about kids, we care about them too, let's work together to figure out the best way to do this correctly without trying to block the internet at the national level" they are going to get a lot more support and understanding. You can tell the letter was written by PR type folks, who spent a lot of time on it. It's a good sign, because it means Yahoo and Google are actually concerned at the corporate level, and are thinking seriously about the best way to address this filtering problem, and they're preparing for a long involved process.
Yeah, that doesn't work in the real world, in F100 companies.
Yeah, because we all know how easy it is to use a 1"x1" oval viewing screen strapped to your wrist, to view large PDF attachments, for example.
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