The lack of keyboard and touch screen of the low-end model will only likely affect those people playing games (and other active content) on their Kindle. Most folks won't notice if all they do is read books.
It will also impact people who like to annotate their books to any significant degree. I know several people in book "clubs" who annotate the book they are reading to tag talking points, thoughts, etc. It will be a lot harder with this unit.
Does a proxy server really speed things up much?
Instead of going to, say, the NY Time website you are going to the proxy. You still have to fetch the content to your device.
It can have an impact, particularly on image or video heavy sites. Also realize that is not just a generalized proxy but a specialized one that is serving a very specific client which it knows inside and out.
Consider a hypothetical case where a device can only display 256 colors and it is retrieving a page that includes graphics with millions of colors. The proxy could convert the graphic in real time to match the capabilities of the device. Now instead of downloading a 3MB file you are downloading a 67KB file. In addition the next person to visit the site won't need the graphic converted. The converted image is in the proxy's cache.
What I'm curious about is how gracefully the browser fails if the cloud ever fails. Oh, silly me! The cloud NEVER fails! EC2 has five 9's uptime, doesn't it?
It falls back to just being a normal mobile browser, doing the heavy lifting itself. You might see a slowdown in page rendering, but that should be it. From what I understand you can turn Silk off if you want to.
RIM's stuff is by and large still very, very secure by any comparison and their phones are unique in that regard. So the way I see it, this is both news (being a genuine security hack) and relevant (these phones being the best on the market).
This seems to be misunderstood as either a crack or a break in the security of the BB. It is neither. Elcomsoft is using a crib that they have found to attempt dictionary and/or brute force attacks, nothing more. See this blog post for the specific details about the file they are using. Unless there is something else that they haven't mentioned, this is a garden variety known plaintext attack.
That's either a totally bogus number, or inside information direct from the manufacturer.
Another option would be that it is a number "leaked" to the analyst, along with the cost breakdown, by the Amazon PR department. I'm sure there is a study somewhere that links sales to how close the sale price is to what is perceived to be the unit cost.
Am I the only person here thinking that at least part of the reason behind this is so that the GOP and/or the DNC can legally get away with robocalling voters?
Since political calls are already exempt from the provisions of the TCPA, that's probably not the motivation behind it.
I wonder how we'll be able to tell if they do this, anyway? Will they release the source code? Will they admit to it, if no one important enough asks?
You browse to a site that you own that supports SSL. You look at the access logs and see where your connection came from. If it came from your device then it's cool. If it came from an Amazon IP address then you have MITM and it's not cool. There are other variations with a self signed cert to see if something hollers. It won't take much to tell what is going on.
So essentially, they become the man-in-the-middle so they can better cache your HTTPS content? And their browser is programmed to show this is acceptable/secure... What kind of privacy implications does this introduce? Even if their privacy policy says they won't use the data maliciously, cloud computing isn't a bullet-proof system (i.e., leaks, hacking incidents, etc.). Call me paranoid, but if I read this right, this sounds like a frightening idea.
In the same document they do mention that there will be an "off silk" mode of some sort where the tablet connects directly to sites rather than through amazon. What would be nice is if you could configure the tablet or browser so that non-SSL connections routed through amazon using silk and SSL connections routed directly. You get the speed bump without compromising security.
I think systems like this will reset any time left on the meter as soon as the car pulls out, so nobody can come in and park "for free" by using the left over minutes. That's what increases the revenue.
The article makes this sound like a strictly passive system. They add two sensors to an existing parking meter, one to monitor the space and one to read the display. The system relays analytical data to a central server to generate reporting on usage, etc. It also sounds like it doesn't generate any sort of ticketing by itself. At best there might be an application that meter maids could use to more quickly target delinquent parkers.
one of the interesting points is that the data will be fed into an installation of the Cognos BI software suite, which IBM purchased a year or so ago. Looks like they are trying to find new markets to sell the software to by finding new ways to feed data in for analysis. Whether this will actually result in anyone besides IBM making money I have no idea.
But with just the iPad, you can't back the thing up. Considering last time I checked iTunes didn't let you redownload music you had already paid for, and I presume the same is true for apps, you stand to lose a lot of something happens to your precious tablet.
For some reason apps are different. You can redownload them any number of times. iTunes will tell you that you have already purchased the item and just ask if you want to download it again.
"I would like to learn more about Artificial Intelligence and Game Theory. I know these are both large areas of study; however, my main interest is in how these affect decisions in the world. This would include politicians, business people, and general society. I'm not looking for a career or anything; this is just a personal interest of mine. Where are good places to start in these areas for somebody new to them? I'm aware of the Stanford on-line classes, but those don't work with my current schedule."
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For AI, I would suggest enrolling into the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Course. It will start on October 10th this year and lasts until December (I think).
Good old slashdot, where reading the question asked before answering is just too damn much trouble.
SPICE is a general-purpose circuit simulation program for nonlinear dc, nonlinear transient, and linear ac analyses. Circuits may contain resistors, capacitors, inductors, mutual inductors, independent voltage and current sources, four types of dependent sources, lossless and lossy transmission lines (two separate implementations), switches, uniform distributed RC lines, and the five most common semiconductor devices: diodes, BJTs, JFETs, MESFETs, and MOSFETs. SPICE originates from the EECS Department of the University of California at Berkeley.
On the other hand maybe they can sell the data to the GPS companies and we can finally get some updated maps. There are roads around my area that had major routing changes three years ago that are still wrong on my Garmin.
The disclosure caught my eye because just a few days ago I saw evidence that administrative access to mysql.com was being sold in the hacker underground for just $3,000.
At what point should Mr. Krebs have felt some sort of obligation to inform the owners of mysql.com that their root login was being actively shopped?
Does anyone have a link to this Pinwheel design house? I'm not as up on my modern architecture as I should be I guess. Wikipedia is surprisingly unhelpful
This is why many places that accept credit cards require minimum transaction amounts to use them.
The credit card companies don't like this of course and in fact the agreement that merchants sign with Visa and MasterCard specifically prohibit them from setting a minimum transaction amount. Theoretically if enough people complained Visa could cut the merchant off.
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At the same time, they have a formula that works, keeping them competing in an industry that tends to eat new know-it-all manufacturers for breakfast.
If it works so well, why did the government have to step in and bail them out?
Then again, filing a lawsuit requires absolutely nothing more than the desire to file a lawsuit.
That is not true. You also have to pay a filing fee.
Maybe he just decided to take the free resource online and publish it as an income-generating book?
Then he probably should have chosen a different copyright license for his works.
Someone seriously needs to go to jail for a long time.
The lack of keyboard and touch screen of the low-end model will only likely affect those people playing games (and other active content) on their Kindle. Most folks won't notice if all they do is read books.
It will also impact people who like to annotate their books to any significant degree. I know several people in book "clubs" who annotate the book they are reading to tag talking points, thoughts, etc. It will be a lot harder with this unit.
Does a proxy server really speed things up much? Instead of going to, say, the NY Time website you are going to the proxy. You still have to fetch the content to your device.
It can have an impact, particularly on image or video heavy sites. Also realize that is not just a generalized proxy but a specialized one that is serving a very specific client which it knows inside and out.
Consider a hypothetical case where a device can only display 256 colors and it is retrieving a page that includes graphics with millions of colors. The proxy could convert the graphic in real time to match the capabilities of the device. Now instead of downloading a 3MB file you are downloading a 67KB file. In addition the next person to visit the site won't need the graphic converted. The converted image is in the proxy's cache.
What I'm curious about is how gracefully the browser fails if the cloud ever fails. Oh, silly me! The cloud NEVER fails! EC2 has five 9's uptime, doesn't it?
It falls back to just being a normal mobile browser, doing the heavy lifting itself. You might see a slowdown in page rendering, but that should be it. From what I understand you can turn Silk off if you want to.
RIM's stuff is by and large still very, very secure by any comparison and their phones are unique in that regard. So the way I see it, this is both news (being a genuine security hack) and relevant (these phones being the best on the market).
This seems to be misunderstood as either a crack or a break in the security of the BB. It is neither. Elcomsoft is using a crib that they have found to attempt dictionary and/or brute force attacks, nothing more. See this blog post for the specific details about the file they are using. Unless there is something else that they haven't mentioned, this is a garden variety known plaintext attack.
That's either a totally bogus number, or inside information direct from the manufacturer.
Another option would be that it is a number "leaked" to the analyst, along with the cost breakdown, by the Amazon PR department. I'm sure there is a study somewhere that links sales to how close the sale price is to what is perceived to be the unit cost.
Just stick the HF acid in your bathtub...what could possibly go wrong?!
Someone's been watching "Breaking Bad" reruns I see.
What's with all these puny hammer suggestions? Take a ten pound sledge to them and pound them flat. It is crudely effective and cathartic, too.
I prefer a splitting maul. It does a wonderful job and it does have a nice cathartic effect.
Am I the only person here thinking that at least part of the reason behind this is so that the GOP and/or the DNC can legally get away with robocalling voters?
Since political calls are already exempt from the provisions of the TCPA, that's probably not the motivation behind it.
I wonder how we'll be able to tell if they do this, anyway? Will they release the source code? Will they admit to it, if no one important enough asks?
You browse to a site that you own that supports SSL. You look at the access logs and see where your connection came from. If it came from your device then it's cool. If it came from an Amazon IP address then you have MITM and it's not cool. There are other variations with a self signed cert to see if something hollers. It won't take much to tell what is going on.
So essentially, they become the man-in-the-middle so they can better cache your HTTPS content? And their browser is programmed to show this is acceptable/secure... What kind of privacy implications does this introduce? Even if their privacy policy says they won't use the data maliciously, cloud computing isn't a bullet-proof system (i.e., leaks, hacking incidents, etc.). Call me paranoid, but if I read this right, this sounds like a frightening idea.
In the same document they do mention that there will be an "off silk" mode of some sort where the tablet connects directly to sites rather than through amazon. What would be nice is if you could configure the tablet or browser so that non-SSL connections routed through amazon using silk and SSL connections routed directly. You get the speed bump without compromising security.
I think systems like this will reset any time left on the meter as soon as the car pulls out, so nobody can come in and park "for free" by using the left over minutes. That's what increases the revenue.
The article makes this sound like a strictly passive system. They add two sensors to an existing parking meter, one to monitor the space and one to read the display. The system relays analytical data to a central server to generate reporting on usage, etc. It also sounds like it doesn't generate any sort of ticketing by itself. At best there might be an application that meter maids could use to more quickly target delinquent parkers.
one of the interesting points is that the data will be fed into an installation of the Cognos BI software suite, which IBM purchased a year or so ago. Looks like they are trying to find new markets to sell the software to by finding new ways to feed data in for analysis. Whether this will actually result in anyone besides IBM making money I have no idea.
SF already charges an arm and two legs for parking downtown, and they want to collect more fees?
I guess Steve Austin must have been one of their early customers.
This is true for all nerdy arguments - if something isn't 100% perfect then it's obviously completely useless.
Of course, but then we do tend to think in binary.
But with just the iPad, you can't back the thing up. Considering last time I checked iTunes didn't let you redownload music you had already paid for, and I presume the same is true for apps, you stand to lose a lot of something happens to your precious tablet.
For some reason apps are different. You can redownload them any number of times. iTunes will tell you that you have already purchased the item and just ask if you want to download it again.
So what system are you using for a VM host? VMWare?
"I would like to learn more about Artificial Intelligence and Game Theory. I know these are both large areas of study; however, my main interest is in how these affect decisions in the world. This would include politicians, business people, and general society. I'm not looking for a career or anything; this is just a personal interest of mine. Where are good places to start in these areas for somebody new to them? I'm aware of the Stanford on-line classes, but those don't work with my current schedule."
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For AI, I would suggest enrolling into the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Course. It will start on October 10th this year and lasts until December (I think).
Good old slashdot, where reading the question asked before answering is just too damn much trouble.
SPICE is a general-purpose circuit simulation program for nonlinear dc, nonlinear transient, and linear ac analyses. Circuits may contain resistors, capacitors, inductors, mutual inductors, independent voltage and current sources, four types of dependent sources, lossless and lossy transmission lines (two separate implementations), switches, uniform distributed RC lines, and the five most common semiconductor devices: diodes, BJTs, JFETs, MESFETs, and MOSFETs. SPICE originates from the EECS Department of the University of California at Berkeley.
On the other hand maybe they can sell the data to the GPS companies and we can finally get some updated maps. There are roads around my area that had major routing changes three years ago that are still wrong on my Garmin.
The disclosure caught my eye because just a few days ago I saw evidence that administrative access to mysql.com was being sold in the hacker underground for just $3,000.
At what point should Mr. Krebs have felt some sort of obligation to inform the owners of mysql.com that their root login was being actively shopped?
Does anyone have a link to this Pinwheel design house? I'm not as up on my modern architecture as I should be I guess. Wikipedia is surprisingly unhelpful
Sure, here you go.
This is why many places that accept credit cards require minimum transaction amounts to use them.
The credit card companies don't like this of course and in fact the agreement that merchants sign with Visa and MasterCard specifically prohibit them from setting a minimum transaction amount. Theoretically if enough people complained Visa could cut the merchant off.