A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Now his bank and the payment card industry should be the ones taking the strongest stance against Sony; since it's the banks that most immediately bear the cost of fraud (due to policy of $0 liability for unauthorized account use; once the account owner identifies the transactions as fraudulent).
The banks won't lose a cent. They will turn around and charge all of that fraud back to the merchants who accepted the charges.
The ISP exists solely to move data, un-accosted except for "traffic shaping", across their wires.
While you may wish for this to be the case, it probably isn't what you agreed to in your contract. I'm sure that, buried somewhere on page 245 or so, is a clause that allows them to do exactly what they are doing. They will of course tell you that you are free to go with another provider if you wish.
I had an idea which I thought at the time was novel. I haven't worked out all the kinks in it yet, but if it could be made to work, I think it could be awesome.
It starts with a home server, web-facing and firewalled against casual intrusion. You keep your data on that in some standard configuration which lets outside companies tap into and add value to the data of everyone who registers their servers with that company.
Example: Photo-sharing on a social network. You'd have your pictures on your home computer in a given format that the outside system could read. You'd register your server with flickronlylessskeezy.com, and users on that system could see your pictures, comment on them, etc. The second logical step would be to register your home server to hold the lists of friends and comments.
Apparently someone else had a similar idea. You might want to take a look at diaspora.
No subpoena required. Did you see the article here a few days ago about Michigan sucking all the data off of phones during routine traffic stops?
Sorry I must have missed it. I did see what must have been a related article though about how Michigan police have a forensic tool that can make a copy of a cellphone's memory in a short amount of time. The same article mentioned a lawsuit/FOIA suit seeking usage data for the device. Nowhere in the article did it say that police had been observed doing this or that there was any evidence that any such thing had actually happened.
I'd love to. I really would. However, there's no way of telling an idle post from a worthwhile story in the RSS feed. That's a problem. And it's an unfair one too.
The fairest thing to do would be to have idle as a separate site. That way those who want to read this juvenile, low-brow, digg-style garbage can do so, without it encroaching on those of us who really, really don't.
Unfortunately, the problem is compounded by samzenpus, who only ever posts idle crap -- but does not always post it in "idle". He cross-posts his garbage in all sections of the site, although it is always idle in content. Blocking samzenpus does not solve the problem, again because of the RSS feed.
Please give samzenpus his own site. And keep him off this one.
There is a great article on GigaOM on how to use yahoo pipes to filter your rss feeds. It works very well and you should be able to do what you listed above.
Enjoy!
Around here auto shops sell a small piece of metal that looks like a shark fin with a base. You attach the base to the middle of your license plate so that the fin sticks out towards the read and the fin is running up and down. From the back you can read the plate number fine, but from a side angle like a photo camera would have you get half of the plate reflected where the other half should be.
For those who don't recognize it, sodium hydroxide is more commonly known as lye. Not sure I would want to be in an accident in a full size vehicle powered by lye.
Apparently Judge Hunt isn't the only one who is relatively fed up with them. According to an article written by joemullin on paidcontent.org, Judge John Kane slammed RH's business model, writing:
"[W]hether or not this case settles is not my primary concern. Although Plaintiffâ(TM)s business model relies in large part upon reaching settlement agreements with a minimal investment of time and effort, the purpose of the courts is to provide a forum for the orderly, just, and timely resolution of controversies and disputes. Plaintiff's wishes to the contrary, the courts are not merely tools for encouraging and exacting settlements from Defendants cowed by the potential costs of litigation and liability."
Since Judge Kane is presiding over all of RH's cases in Colorado, that probably does not bode well for them either.
If he does, [microsoft] can sue him again in that court.
And then what? I'm not sure what a judge in King County, Washington has to say about whether or not Mr. Miszewski can work for a company based in California. This is particularly interesting since non-compete clauses are illegal in CA.
Last I checked, all purchases on iPhone require entering the Apple ID password. So you can create an account for them and tie the card to it so that you can buy apps for their phone, but you only need to not tell them the password.
That's all well and good, but as others have pointed out, this doesn't work. iOS will cache your password for 15 minutes after you enter it (whether you know it does this or not) and will not reprompt you. You child finds an interesting free game they want to play. They come to you to enter your password and the app installs. They play their new game and end up feeding 50 cookies to their new whatever at $1.00 each. Not once will they be told that those cookies cost real money, nor will they be prompted for the password.
Once again it often comes down to a poor choice in the default behavior. Apple could have required you to "opt in" to password caching and tell you the risks so that you could make an informed choice. They thought differently.
I think we can safely assume that Blackberry is about as secure as a wet paper bag in countries where the device has become "commercially successful" and the government is less than interested in maintaining privacy.
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Now his bank and the payment card industry should be the ones taking the strongest stance against Sony; since it's the banks that most immediately bear the cost of fraud (due to policy of $0 liability for unauthorized account use; once the account owner identifies the transactions as fraudulent).
The banks won't lose a cent. They will turn around and charge all of that fraud back to the merchants who accepted the charges.
The ISP exists solely to move data, un-accosted except for "traffic shaping", across their wires.
While you may wish for this to be the case, it probably isn't what you agreed to in your contract. I'm sure that, buried somewhere on page 245 or so, is a clause that allows them to do exactly what they are doing. They will of course tell you that you are free to go with another provider if you wish.
Connecting the dots is left as an exercise for the reader.
Because we sure in hell know the %$&*ing editors won't do it.
I had an idea which I thought at the time was novel. I haven't worked out all the kinks in it yet, but if it could be made to work, I think it could be awesome.
It starts with a home server, web-facing and firewalled against casual intrusion. You keep your data on that in some standard configuration which lets outside companies tap into and add value to the data of everyone who registers their servers with that company.
Example: Photo-sharing on a social network. You'd have your pictures on your home computer in a given format that the outside system could read. You'd register your server with flickronlylessskeezy.com, and users on that system could see your pictures, comment on them, etc. The second logical step would be to register your home server to hold the lists of friends and comments.
Apparently someone else had a similar idea. You might want to take a look at diaspora.
No subpoena required. Did you see the article here a few days ago about Michigan sucking all the data off of phones during routine traffic stops?
Sorry I must have missed it. I did see what must have been a related article though about how Michigan police have a forensic tool that can make a copy of a cellphone's memory in a short amount of time. The same article mentioned a lawsuit/FOIA suit seeking usage data for the device. Nowhere in the article did it say that police had been observed doing this or that there was any evidence that any such thing had actually happened.
I'd love to. I really would. However, there's no way of telling an idle post from a worthwhile story in the RSS feed. That's a problem. And it's an unfair one too.
The fairest thing to do would be to have idle as a separate site. That way those who want to read this juvenile, low-brow, digg-style garbage can do so, without it encroaching on those of us who really, really don't.
Unfortunately, the problem is compounded by samzenpus, who only ever posts idle crap -- but does not always post it in "idle". He cross-posts his garbage in all sections of the site, although it is always idle in content. Blocking samzenpus does not solve the problem, again because of the RSS feed.
Please give samzenpus his own site. And keep him off this one.
There is a great article on GigaOM on how to use yahoo pipes to filter your rss feeds. It works very well and you should be able to do what you listed above.
Enjoy!
Around here auto shops sell a small piece of metal that looks like a shark fin with a base. You attach the base to the middle of your license plate so that the fin sticks out towards the read and the fin is running up and down. From the back you can read the plate number fine, but from a side angle like a photo camera would have you get half of the plate reflected where the other half should be.
How do you sell someone a $60 game that's really worth it?
I have no idea. Let me know when they create one.
For those who don't recognize it, sodium hydroxide is more commonly known as lye. Not sure I would want to be in an accident in a full size vehicle powered by lye.
My one word answer?
Sony
At this point, one has to wonder what Princeton is doing on their network that they keep uncovering such bugs.
Or one could choose not to wonder and instead read TFA, in particular point 5, which describes exactly what they are doing.
I have a Sister in Law with 3 Masters degrees that cant keep a car on it's tires, she has flipped 6 cars in 4 years.
Is that even possible outside of a demolition derby?
"It's probably still up in the air as to whether this was a real threat or a hoax," Cusimano said.
Hopefully he put air quotes around that as well.
"[W]hether or not this case settles is not my primary concern. Although Plaintiffâ(TM)s business model relies in large part upon reaching settlement agreements with a minimal investment of time and effort, the purpose of the courts is to provide a forum for the orderly, just, and timely resolution of controversies and disputes. Plaintiff's wishes to the contrary, the courts are not merely tools for encouraging and exacting settlements from Defendants cowed by the potential costs of litigation and liability."
Since Judge Kane is presiding over all of RH's cases in Colorado, that probably does not bode well for them either.
Well, it's called "iOS Human Interface Guidelines" and it starts right here. Next question.
Here's a quick tip. If the header at the top of the page for TFA says Archives, take a second look before posting the story.
If he does, [microsoft] can sue him again in that court.
And then what? I'm not sure what a judge in King County, Washington has to say about whether or not Mr. Miszewski can work for a company based in California. This is particularly interesting since non-compete clauses are illegal in CA.
Maybe the government just doesn't like the competition. After all, look how many lotteries it runs...
Last I checked, all purchases on iPhone require entering the Apple ID password. So you can create an account for them and tie the card to it so that you can buy apps for their phone, but you only need to not tell them the password.
That's all well and good, but as others have pointed out, this doesn't work. iOS will cache your password for 15 minutes after you enter it (whether you know it does this or not) and will not reprompt you. You child finds an interesting free game they want to play. They come to you to enter your password and the app installs. They play their new game and end up feeding 50 cookies to their new whatever at $1.00 each. Not once will they be told that those cookies cost real money, nor will they be prompted for the password.
Once again it often comes down to a poor choice in the default behavior. Apple could have required you to "opt in" to password caching and tell you the risks so that you could make an informed choice. They thought differently.
I think we can safely assume that Blackberry is about as secure as a wet paper bag in countries where the device has become "commercially successful" and the government is less than interested in maintaining privacy.
You mean places like the US?
I wonder if this process would eliminate the screensaver ads that amazon wants to load?
I could plug an old Mac into my hifi and then stream to it from my laptop. Unfortunately, this wasn't supported.
It is now. wink wink, nudge nudge...
I can put something (like my tax info) on a true crypt disk on my Mac, and then email it to my mom (an accountant) who can open it on her windows PC.
You really don't have to go to the extreme of mailing your Mac. Just have her use logmein for instance.
Thorough science (and the MythBusters episode)
I'm glad you separated these two. Anything they have in common is purely coincidental.