As far as I can tell, one of those patents (http://www.google.com/patents/about/5946647_System_and_method_for_performing.html?id=aFEWAAAAEBAJ) is about 'detecting structures in data and presenting the user with the ability to perform actions on a structure'.
This can be anything from a hyperlink that you can click (a grammar detects a pattern, a link tag, and presents the user with an interface (right mouse button) to perform actions (opening the link, or bookmarking it) on the structure) to a phone number you can dial from the screen or even all those online ads highlighting words in the text of a webpage.
The only specific feature is that this implementation uses a 'analyzer server' to process the data. But since it is not specified what that is, it can be anything running on the device.
I am sure there must be some prior art to that patent;)
Why is Pluto in for another demotion? It still fits the proposed Dwarf Planet description, right?
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Why mention "Ruby" so explicitly? It appears that you just had bad luck hiring a overzealous developer not capable of writing good enough software precisely fit for the problem, with the best tools for the job.
You'll find these guys in every type of language or programming paradigm...
That's true, although I think (no hard data though) a large portion of account theft happens through social engineering.
Malware on consoles is a lot less common, so this could at least rule out a significant portion of abuse without bothering users too much. To abuse a gamers account, malware would need to be installed on the console, and be able to login to the game and abuse your account data there, all from the console that the (activated) controller is paired with, while it is turned on, possibly without the player noticing. I never heard of such sophisticated malware for consoles, but it could happen, obviously.
Not as secure as the Blizzard Authenticator (which I use and works great!), but perhaps good enough to prevent password theft.
I assume if consoles start using this technology, they would integrate the keyfob into your controller. Most consoles have a way of placing an extension into a controller, so if you register your controller or keyfob serial when you buy the game, the system can figure our it's you, unless someone physically steals or uses your controller.
Its actually easier for consoles, since there the security system can be provided my Nintendo / Microsoft / Sony, instead of each publisher individually.
Wouldn't it be easier then to just email john.doe@gmail.com, john.doe@hotmail.com, and john.doe@aol.com, instead of passing the email addresses through a cloud based online avatar brute force MD5 email validating script?
That's why you probably want to manage your tags in a hierarchy, and apply them to your files as you please.
This would put birthdays under celebrations, and ex under people I know. This would probably fix most of the problems you refer to, but leaves you with a daunting task of defining your tag hierarchy.
You'd also want auto completion of your tags in your application, so you don't have to cope with spelling errors and plurals and stuff.
I am not advocating tagging or fixed hierarchies, but I think this would fix (or at least centralizes) most of your examples.
Apple seems to really like being in direct control of as many pieces of their products as they can. I bet if they thought they could realistically design and manufacture their own CPUs, they'd do that to. I don't think Apple ever had the ambition to manufacture stuff themselves. As far as I know they sure design it themselves, but cheap labor in China actually builds the stuff (think FoxConn)...
Given the fact that recently the dutch hospitals found out that all patient files (of the two hospitals checked, over 1.2 million patients) were easily hackable, and also the hackers were able to modify the data (!) of those patients...
The dutch government is really into security now, because this incident really opened their eyes. The minister of health didn't even know if a risk analysis was done!
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As far as I can tell, one of those patents (http://www.google.com/patents/about/5946647_System_and_method_for_performing.html?id=aFEWAAAAEBAJ) is about 'detecting structures in data and presenting the user with the ability to perform actions on a structure'.
This can be anything from a hyperlink that you can click (a grammar detects a pattern, a link tag, and presents the user with an interface (right mouse button) to perform actions (opening the link, or bookmarking it) on the structure) to a phone number you can dial from the screen or even all those online ads highlighting words in the text of a webpage.
The only specific feature is that this implementation uses a 'analyzer server' to process the data. But since it is not specified what that is, it can be anything running on the device.
I am sure there must be some prior art to that patent ;)
Why is Pluto in for another demotion? It still fits the proposed Dwarf Planet description, right?
Why mention "Ruby" so explicitly? It appears that you just had bad luck hiring a overzealous developer not capable of writing good enough software precisely fit for the problem, with the best tools for the job.
You'll find these guys in every type of language or programming paradigm...
That's true, although I think (no hard data though) a large portion of account theft happens through social engineering.
Malware on consoles is a lot less common, so this could at least rule out a significant portion of abuse without bothering users too much. To abuse a gamers account, malware would need to be installed on the console, and be able to login to the game and abuse your account data there, all from the console that the (activated) controller is paired with, while it is turned on, possibly without the player noticing. I never heard of such sophisticated malware for consoles, but it could happen, obviously.
Not as secure as the Blizzard Authenticator (which I use and works great!), but perhaps good enough to prevent password theft.
I assume if consoles start using this technology, they would integrate the keyfob into your controller. Most consoles have a way of placing an extension into a controller, so if you register your controller or keyfob serial when you buy the game, the system can figure our it's you, unless someone physically steals or uses your controller. Its actually easier for consoles, since there the security system can be provided my Nintendo / Microsoft / Sony, instead of each publisher individually.
Wouldn't it be easier then to just email john.doe@gmail.com, john.doe@hotmail.com, and john.doe@aol.com, instead of passing the email addresses through a cloud based online avatar brute force MD5 email validating script?
That's why you probably want to manage your tags in a hierarchy, and apply them to your files as you please. This would put birthdays under celebrations, and ex under people I know. This would probably fix most of the problems you refer to, but leaves you with a daunting task of defining your tag hierarchy. You'd also want auto completion of your tags in your application, so you don't have to cope with spelling errors and plurals and stuff. I am not advocating tagging or fixed hierarchies, but I think this would fix (or at least centralizes) most of your examples.
any web accelerators then... Or just use Tor.
It's still open source, just not 'free' software.
But they do:
Lift cartel: http://www.eubusiness.com/Competition/lifts-cartel-eu.33
Zippers: http://www.eubusiness.com/Competition/1190197926.91/
Dutch brewers: http://www.eubusiness.com/Competition/beer-cartel.09/
All hundred million dollar fines or more...
patients who get out of surgery with high tech barcode scanners still in their body...
Wow, it really works! I took a picture of my girlfriend, did a -999 degrees twirl, and she now looks perfectly normal! Amazing technology...
From the video:
"I can't remember ever once leaving the base thinking 'I'm one hundred percent safe'."
That's why they call it a warzone, not 'staying in bed all day, contemplating wether to do someting usefull with your life.'
And even then, you could die of sudden heart failure or one of Osama's pal going for his '747 exam.
You should try the Qtek 9100.
Well, even in Antarctica they have wireless, or in the middle of the Amazone Rainforest they also have wireless!!
:-)
The problem is.. most people don't really want to have something that isn't there, but something that is. Cellular coverage for example
Given the fact that recently the dutch hospitals found out that all patient files (of the two hospitals checked, over 1.2 million patients) were easily hackable, and also the hackers were able to modify the data (!) of those patients... The dutch government is really into security now, because this incident really opened their eyes. The minister of health didn't even know if a risk analysis was done!
I'm also quite fascinated by this place called Nanibia...