I can't remember the last time I wanted to do something in FireFox that I couldn't do - or couldn't easily find a quick little (free) add-on to do.
Run without a crash for a full hour would be one thing I'd like to do in Firefox, but have been unable to lately. If it had adblock, I would've switched to chrome long ago.
Not so much, no. In my IANALly opinion, theirs is a valid contract, while yours is not. There are two key elements of a valid contract that you've not met:
Receipt of money or other consideration in exchange for goods and services
Agreement byall parties
Note that in the case of the burning man tickets, both of those elements (as well as the others required for a contract to be valid are present). You're exchanging money for tickets; and the terms of that contract include the restrictions under discussion. You'll note that even EFF is not arguing that burning man can't do this - only that they really shouldn't be.
What I'd be curious to know is what happens if someone sells their burning man tickets or gifts them - since I don't think those obligations would apply to the recipient/new purchaser..
whereas my smartphone has a tiny keyboard where it is impossible to touch typ
You'd be surprised, assuming you have a full QWERTY with a decent "feel" to it. I get 40-60wpm on my blackberry and have used it for some "serious" documents. I doubt it technically qualifies as touch typing -- you can't really look at the screen without seeing the keyboard directly below it -- but the point becomes moot if you can type at a satisfactory speed.
But sooner or later we will have handheld phones/computers (whatever buzzword they're calling them at that point) which will be able to translate regular handwriting into text as reliably as typing the same text on a keyboard.
I wonder what kind of backlash there will be about this
Answer: Not Enough
Indeed. It's hard enough getting people to care about their privacy to begin with. In a situation like this, where they have no expectation of privacy, it's almost impossible. I'd imagine that for most people - if they even hear about this - the thought process would go somewhat like this: "what? my cell phone reports location and info about my phone back? Oh noes! Oh, wait. I kind of assumed that anyway now that I think about it. Why am I wasting my time reading this?"
I'm still trying to understand how they're going to put Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft out of business. That was the line in the summary that confused me.
That, and the fact that the summary doesn't mention what OnLive or Gaikai actually do.
They generate a lot of hype and great media coverage to impress their investors, at least so far.
If you ask in the second situation, you are simply lazy and unwilling to be a "team player".
Maybe in crazy world. We all have to negotiate a salary, which is worth nothing if you don't know if you have to work five or fifty hours for it per month.
Absolutely true - this is a valid question to ask, after you have entered the salary negotiations phase and not before.
This would fall into the "things not to ask me about in a first/technical interview" category. If someone is more concerned around work schedule than getting work done before they even start, I'll take a pass. Once we're entering salary discussions, that's a different story.
Common wisdom holds that questions around pay, overtime pay policy, 401k, vacation, sick time, etc -- basically "HR stuff" -- should be avoided in first round technical interviews.
If we have it, it must have evolved for a reason. Currently inactive DNA was active in the past. There's just no evolutionary pressure for it to be removed, so it sticks around.
You state that as fact, but it's not yet proven is it?
Start by thinking how nice it would be to wire me some money. Then think about how you don't really need the money. Finally, follow the necessary thought processes that result in action upon these two items.
THey're already tossing unsupported ideas out there, so I'm sure it won't be long. The closing line of the article:
There has been no indication that any of these various attacks are connected. But it's probably not a coincidence that they all coincide with the annual Defcon hacker convention.
(Yes, that would be the convention that's been over for four days now anyway...)
This is how their "journalists" report news on CNet? FTA - the very last line:
There has been no indication that any of these various attacks are connected. But it's probably not a coincidence that they all coincide with the annual Defcon hacker convention.
You mean the one that ended Sunday? Nice. Real nice.
But this is the flaw inherent in such unit tests themselves -- they can only think of such unit tests that the developer is able to conceive of. If I look at a function and think of 10 ways for it to fail, you can be there will be an 11th that I missed. Blaming inadequate unit testing in this case (as OP has done) is indicative of a misguided faith in the capability of programmatic unit tests: they're intended to let you catch the things you can think of, and retroactively add coverage for those scenarios you couldn't think of. They can't capture scenarios that you the programmer can't conceive of.
Now botnets and phishing are really bad, but instead of getting to root of the problem these security researchers are purposely destroying net neutrality
I think that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
I see this as more a case of excising a tumor than anything else. And if it pops up again elsewhere, repeat. If the stakes are high enough, it will become much harder for such places to find a home.
On the one hand: installation of some rootkit like software that bluescreens my PC (ref: NWN2 latest patch with an external DVD); on the other we have having to type in some words that I'm likely to have memorized in short order anyway.
Given a choice,I know which I'd call the lesser of two evils.
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I can't remember the last time I wanted to do something in FireFox that I couldn't do - or couldn't easily find a quick little (free) add-on to do.
Run without a crash for a full hour would be one thing I'd like to do in Firefox, but have been unable to lately. If it had adblock, I would've switched to chrome long ago.
Note that in the case of the burning man tickets, both of those elements (as well as the others required for a contract to be valid are present). You're exchanging money for tickets; and the terms of that contract include the restrictions under discussion. You'll note that even EFF is not arguing that burning man can't do this - only that they really shouldn't be.
What I'd be curious to know is what happens if someone sells their burning man tickets or gifts them - since I don't think those obligations would apply to the recipient/new purchaser..
whereas my smartphone has a tiny keyboard where it is impossible to touch typ
You'd be surprised, assuming you have a full QWERTY with a decent "feel" to it. I get 40-60wpm on my blackberry and have used it for some "serious" documents. I doubt it technically qualifies as touch typing -- you can't really look at the screen without seeing the keyboard directly below it -- but the point becomes moot if you can type at a satisfactory speed.
But sooner or later we will have handheld phones/computers (whatever buzzword they're calling them at that point) which will be able to translate regular handwriting into text as reliably as typing the same text on a keyboard.
But by then, it will be too late.!
I wonder what kind of backlash there will be about this
Answer: Not Enough
Indeed. It's hard enough getting people to care about their privacy to begin with. In a situation like this, where they have no expectation of privacy, it's almost impossible. I'd imagine that for most people - if they even hear about this - the thought process would go somewhat like this: "what? my cell phone reports location and info about my phone back? Oh noes! Oh, wait. I kind of assumed that anyway now that I think about it. Why am I wasting my time reading this?"
Mom, is that you again?
Don't get me wrong, people are mostly dumb, but not THAT dumb.
Given that people will happily buy $2000 laptops from Sony for $4500, I'm not so sure about that.
Dude, "slapcock"? Even for a member of the caste who must better themselves through the belittlement of others, that was particularly lame.
Aw shit, now I've done it too.
I'm still trying to understand how they're going to put Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft out of business. That was the line in the summary that confused me.
That, and the fact that the summary doesn't mention what OnLive or Gaikai actually do.
They generate a lot of hype and great media coverage to impress their investors, at least so far.
If you ask in the second situation, you are simply lazy and unwilling to be a "team player".
Maybe in crazy world. We all have to negotiate a salary, which is worth nothing if you don't know if you have to work five or fifty hours for it per month.
Absolutely true - this is a valid question to ask, after you have entered the salary negotiations phase and not before.
What are your internet usage rules here?... Like bandwidth caps 'n stuff?
Might as well walk in and say, "I plan to surf the web all day and work in my spare time!" ;)
This would fall into the "things not to ask me about in a first/technical interview" category. If someone is more concerned around work schedule than getting work done before they even start, I'll take a pass. Once we're entering salary discussions, that's a different story.
Common wisdom holds that questions around pay, overtime pay policy, 401k, vacation, sick time, etc -- basically "HR stuff" -- should be avoided in first round technical interviews.
If you believe in evolution....
So evolution now requires faith...
That aside - no, not really. Just because something exists doesn't mean it was ever used. At best it means it wasn't harmful to survival.
If we have it, it must have evolved for a reason. Currently inactive DNA was active in the past. There's just no evolutionary pressure for it to be removed, so it sticks around.
You state that as fact, but it's not yet proven is it?
It's even better when you realize that AIDS is a lifestyle disease, like obesity.
It boggles the mind that there are still people ignorant enough to believe this. Even here - or perhaps especially here.
Oh, that's special - I missed that completely.
On the other hand, they don't tamper with all searches....
What am I to think now?
Start by thinking how nice it would be to wire me some money. Then think about how you don't really need the money. Finally, follow the necessary thought processes that result in action upon these two items.
There has been no indication that any of these various attacks are connected. But it's probably not a coincidence that they all coincide with the annual Defcon hacker convention.
(Yes, that would be the convention that's been over for four days now anyway...)
There has been no indication that any of these various attacks are connected. But it's probably not a coincidence that they all coincide with the annual Defcon hacker convention.
You mean the one that ended Sunday? Nice. Real nice.
But this is the flaw inherent in such unit tests themselves -- they can only think of such unit tests that the developer is able to conceive of. If I look at a function and think of 10 ways for it to fail, you can be there will be an 11th that I missed. Blaming inadequate unit testing in this case (as OP has done) is indicative of a misguided faith in the capability of programmatic unit tests: they're intended to let you catch the things you can think of, and retroactively add coverage for those scenarios you couldn't think of. They can't capture scenarios that you the programmer can't conceive of.
If they ban RFID readers, only criminals will read RFID's. Sort of makes the legal use of RFID's a little awkward, ya think?
Yeah, the government would never outlaw any hardware, leaving it only in the hands of criminals. That would be stupid.
Now botnets and phishing are really bad, but instead of getting to root of the problem these security researchers are purposely destroying net neutrality
I think that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
I see this as more a case of excising a tumor than anything else. And if it pops up again elsewhere, repeat. If the stakes are high enough, it will become much harder for such places to find a home.
Given a choice,I know which I'd call the lesser of two evils.