main utility of vi is that I know it's going to be there in any Linux enviroment (and I suspect Unix in general).
vi is part of the Single UNIX Specification, so anything passing itself off as UNIX must include vi. Even without the spec, it's much, much more universal than emacs, and more powerful than pico/nano.
Sony can probably change the PS3's key (and surrounding security features) in software. One update, done over the net (or packed on new BRDs), and the PS3 has a new key, and is 10% harder to break out.
The PS3 can run Linux. Stock PS3s run Sony's XMB OS, not Linux. I wouldn't doubt the Blu-Ray player using a hardware decoder, or at least the RSX (graphics) chip.
GConf in Gnome seems to be the best of both worlds in that regard. It's more or less set up like the Windows Registry, but uses somewhat consistent XML files for each key instead of a huge binary pile of horseshit
Yup, the two GSM providers are AT&T and T-Mobile (formerly three, Cingular/new AT&T, T-Mobile/VoiceStream and the original AT&T Wireless). There's two national CDMA providers (Sprint and Verizon), one national iDEN provider (Sprint Nextel), and a handful of regional CDMA providers (MetroPCS, Cricket, Alltel, USCellular among others) and Cincinnati Bell is the only sizeable regional GSM provider
Android doesn't have any built-in J2ME support, but I'm pretty sure one could port J2ME over to Dalvik with some effort, and I highly doubt Google would try to stop you.
If I produce a PDF on my machine, there's roughly a 99% chance that it will appear identical on the target machine. PDFs are generally backwards compatible quite far back; Adobe Reader is nearly guaranteed to be in the crapware package with every new PC and PDF readers come standard with OSX (Preview) and most desktop Linux distros. Even then, there are very small PDF readers (Sumatra and Foxit come to mind) that could easily be attached if you didn't want to take the risk.
Basically, unless the target needs to edit the document, there's no reason to NOT send docs as PDF.
In the USA, all four major providers charge.20 for SMS, both ways if you don't have a SMS plan. Even then, if it's not unlimited (usually $15 for a single line, $20-30 for family plans), incoming still goes against your allotment.
8/10, this mode will be hackable. And since every program you mentioned is OSS, re-compiling for ARM shouldn't be that difficult (and someone's bound to throw together a distro for it at some point)
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main utility of vi is that I know it's going to be there in any Linux enviroment (and I suspect Unix in general).
vi is part of the Single UNIX Specification, so anything passing itself off as UNIX must include vi. Even without the spec, it's much, much more universal than emacs, and more powerful than pico/nano.
Sony can probably change the PS3's key (and surrounding security features) in software. One update, done over the net (or packed on new BRDs), and the PS3 has a new key, and is 10% harder to break out.
The PS3 can run Linux. Stock PS3s run Sony's XMB OS, not Linux. I wouldn't doubt the Blu-Ray player using a hardware decoder, or at least the RSX (graphics) chip.
Also, most NPR stations (at least WFPL, our local station) have streams, so reception shouldn't be an issue for most /.ers
GConf in Gnome seems to be the best of both worlds in that regard. It's more or less set up like the Windows Registry, but uses somewhat consistent XML files for each key instead of a huge binary pile of horseshit
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For a tube to be a tube, it has to be hollow
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Yup, the two GSM providers are AT&T and T-Mobile (formerly three, Cingular/new AT&T, T-Mobile/VoiceStream and the original AT&T Wireless). There's two national CDMA providers (Sprint and Verizon), one national iDEN provider (Sprint Nextel), and a handful of regional CDMA providers (MetroPCS, Cricket, Alltel, USCellular among others) and Cincinnati Bell is the only sizeable regional GSM provider
The problem isn't specifically GSM, but TDMA (time division multiple access), which is part of the GSM, iDEN, and D-AMPS standards.
You could shoot or EMP them, but you'll be brought up for a DMCA violation, and that calls out the lawyers.
Android doesn't have any built-in J2ME support, but I'm pretty sure one could port J2ME over to Dalvik with some effort, and I highly doubt Google would try to stop you.
And limits you to a max of 100 customers.
And PS3, and Wii...
It's called van Eck phreaking, and it's been applied to monitors for a while now, but no-one's really talked about sniffing from the keyboard.
On the other hand, all the extra blinkenlights would create more interference, reducing the effectiveness of this attack.
Not really. There's berliOS, Google Code, Launchpad, and probably others I can't name off the top of my head.
It's much easier to destroy or modify 10,000 votes on a flash disk without a trace then destroy or modify 10,000 paper ballots without a trace.
You're thinking of "testing".
Stable == current release (etch)
Testing == next release (lenny)
Unstable == bleeding edge (sid)
And kill their single largest source of revenue? Please.
If I produce a PDF on my machine, there's roughly a 99% chance that it will appear identical on the target machine. PDFs are generally backwards compatible quite far back; Adobe Reader is nearly guaranteed to be in the crapware package with every new PC and PDF readers come standard with OSX (Preview) and most desktop Linux distros. Even then, there are very small PDF readers (Sumatra and Foxit come to mind) that could easily be attached if you didn't want to take the risk.
Basically, unless the target needs to edit the document, there's no reason to NOT send docs as PDF.
A day after I started using Chrome, I discovered Privoxy. Haven't touched AdBlock since.
In the USA, all four major providers charge .20 for SMS, both ways if you don't have a SMS plan. Even then, if it's not unlimited (usually $15 for a single line, $20-30 for family plans), incoming still goes against your allotment.
If you don't know the number, hit end, if they really wanted to get a hold of you, they'll leave a VM.
Last I checked, zless handles gzipped text files just fine, and it ships in Ubuntu.
8/10, this mode will be hackable. And since every program you mentioned is OSS, re-compiling for ARM shouldn't be that difficult (and someone's bound to throw together a distro for it at some point)