I'll have to apologize for not being clear from the get-go. I'd assumed that the argument being made in the first person made it clear that it was my subjective opinion. Virtually any absolute position has to, IMO, be taken as subjective prose.
If they'd given me video recording (available on 3Gs), multi-tasking (again on the 3Gs), or any of the other productivity increasing features I'd upgrade. As is, I think the cydea option will be the way to go (got my video recording and flash at least).
I fully agree that it is a subjective argument, but Apple has a history of ignoring older hardware even when it is still capable of a feature. I'm thankful that there is an active community (and court decision) that lets me take advantage of these features.
Nope, verified on my 3G as an issue (jailbroken and restored), and since there are zero new features (other than poor performance) in iOS 4, they'll have to come up with a more compelling argument for me to patch the thing.
I get the broad strokes - though in the brief readings I've been doin since your original post; wouldn't a treatise or accord be given the full weight of law (in the US)? If not something like the ICC couldn't exist (which does request, on occasion, the extradition of citizens; though not all countries have given up their soverign powers in all respects). I'm still slightly confused as to how the soverign power of a nation to impose laws can affect it's citizens when they are outside of the soverign territory...but I guess that's another issue.
It seems an interesting subject that I will have to educate myself more on. I did find the US Supreme Court Case Yahoo!, Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Les Racisme et L'Antisemitisme 169 F. Supp. 2d 1181 (N.D. Cal. 2001) rather interesting for the discussion on the comity of nations and the rare instances that it would be ignored.
Anyhow, thanks for providing real value to a thread (rare on/. sometimes) and correcting my misinterpretation on border crossing.
Interesting...I'd actually like to read some of the relevant court cases if you have them handy. I travel abroad fairly extensively and always operated under the assumption that before being allowed into a country I was covered by international law (or in the case of the EU, the EU constitution)... but not necessarily offered full protection under the individual country's constitution.
I do remember a while back this coming up on/. regarding border protection confiscating laptops... whatever was the legal fallout from that since that seemed to be a clear-cut violation of the due process clause?
A post reply to myself. This is a simple example - you could require each keypair to have differing character types for example. It just isn't something that I implemented for this purpose.
Feel free. I'm just glad to be putting something back to the community. I have versions in C# and CFScript which I'll get out there at some point. I've been somewhat remiss in rebuilding the site since it was defaced by the "Azerbajian Attacker".
If you'd like to credit the source, I'd certainly appreciate it... but it is unnecessary and I just post this as a concept and idea that I've implemented before. It operates 'almost' like a form of two factor identification as it requires your unique card and passphrase to generate a "strong" password. I find it easier to have employees change passwords when they have a somewhat secure method to cipher a phrase they are comfortable with. We of course ask they don't use weak key-phrases like "work", but as long as the quasi-salt of the keycard is unique it should still be secure.
I've posted this as a potential answer on/. before though the original page on my site is no longer available. It's also been discussed here: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/05/secret_question.html (find cipher.php)
I found my old page on the wayback machine...perhaps I'll move it back where it goes
http://web.archive.org/web/20060715223129/http://levii.com/cipher.php
I'd appreciate input on the method. You have your random card, your own ez phrase and you end up with properly complex passwords. I've implemented this in numerous business environements, and people seem very happy with the result. Every 60 days they choose a new ez passprase and/or get a new dynamically generated card.
IT is awefully broad to be summed up as "Installing windows and reloading printers". Core infrastructure, information security, DBAs, BI specialists, etc. are all fully within the scope of IT and have great career outlook [and are knowledge industrues...so not blue collar].
Note tough that the government avoided sending Hubbell to the US Supreme Court, so the validation of the appellate court isn't done... and it will come up someday --- we'll see for sure then. For now though, there is precedent.
"Nobody memorizes a 256-bit key. "... I use one of my favorite paragraphs in literature (not on boot, but on my financial record volume that I rarely access). It covers the 256bits needed. Also: I don't know the law in Brazil, but if this were in the US he absolutely would not have to provide the key as evidence (5th amendment and all that)... see my earlier post.
For the specifics:
When the act of production is incriminating, it would, in itself, be covered by the 5th amendment. See United States v. Hubbell and United States v. Boucher for precedent. At this point in the US you cannot be compelled to incriminate yourself (5th amendment) and therefore cannot be compelled to give up your key (as it is a "product of the mind" the very production of it would be incriminating).
I realize I said 100%... that applies to the 'foolproof' statement. I need to be able to accurately reproduce the steps to resecure it. (I being the fool)
Not difficult no. But lets just leave it that I've attended enough confidential briefings to know that if I value my privacy and data. I wouldn't do it without having a 100% foolproof (and validated) method of resecuring the device.
I second the conding on triple (or quadruple) monitors. Though now I'm on a dual setup, they are at least 2x 30" Dell monitors @ 2560x1600 --- the screen real estate and application stacking is wonderful.
I'd note that it depends on the vehicle involved. Since the front brakes are responsible for the majority of the braking, if the vehicle is capable of breaking the brakes loose (high enough HP/torque) it will drag the rear wheels along for the ride. My neon srt-4 would keep bookin' with both brakes and throttle applied evently. My 'vette on the other hand, will spin the wheels like mad and still stop in a hurry.
I have dual 30" monitors side-by-side running at 2560x1600px each (don't ask about the video card cost) at the office... and would personally have a hard time going back to my old quad 17" setup.
I have to second the use of a regular tablet (or convertible notebook... whatever). I also used one similar to:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category/notebooks/tm2t_series/3/computer_store for notetaking during my courses. With Office 2007 / 2010 beta the inking support is actually pretty good if you're looking for handwriting recognitions as well.
If you're not interested in a purely digital approach, I have also used the electronic pen/tablet combos and have been very impressed (plus they are cheap by comparison)
24 hours in the day
8 hours sleep
8 hours work.5 hour commute.5 hour toilitries
1 hour dinner
1 hour entertainment reading
1 hour visiting friends/family/loved ones
1 hour gym
1 hour study
1 hour chores
1 hour ???
Hmm...still time in there for WoW if that's a hobby you choose to fill your remaining time with. Mind you not all of those in the list need done every day and time for others can be combined (my wife and I work out together, wake together, eat together, read together etc.). Learn to balance your time with necessities first, there is always a remainder for something you enjoy.
Big O notation and analysis of the complexity order of algorithms is something I saw in a few classes in college a long time ago, and not something I ever paid a lot of attn to (not much of my career was actually spent developing). I would, at this point like to delve back into the subject some... do you have any reccomended read that discusses how to do this analysis (preferably using real world examples)?
Smart, Honda and VW all have diesel hybrids in other markets. Toyota has said there will be one for the US market in 2010 (maybe vaporware for sure)... but its not that they don't exist - it is that the US market is a bad place for them.
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I'll have to apologize for not being clear from the get-go. I'd assumed that the argument being made in the first person made it clear that it was my subjective opinion. Virtually any absolute position has to, IMO, be taken as subjective prose.
If they'd given me video recording (available on 3Gs), multi-tasking (again on the 3Gs), or any of the other productivity increasing features I'd upgrade. As is, I think the cydea option will be the way to go (got my video recording and flash at least).
I fully agree that it is a subjective argument, but Apple has a history of ignoring older hardware even when it is still capable of a feature. I'm thankful that there is an active community (and court decision) that lets me take advantage of these features.
What would you classify as useful features offered in iOS4 for the 3G (not the 3Gs)? ... I don't count 'folders' among them.
Nope, verified on my 3G as an issue (jailbroken and restored), and since there are zero new features (other than poor performance) in iOS 4, they'll have to come up with a more compelling argument for me to patch the thing.
I get the broad strokes - though in the brief readings I've been doin since your original post; wouldn't a treatise or accord be given the full weight of law (in the US)? If not something like the ICC couldn't exist (which does request, on occasion, the extradition of citizens; though not all countries have given up their soverign powers in all respects). I'm still slightly confused as to how the soverign power of a nation to impose laws can affect it's citizens when they are outside of the soverign territory...but I guess that's another issue.
/. sometimes) and correcting my misinterpretation on border crossing.
It seems an interesting subject that I will have to educate myself more on. I did find the US Supreme Court Case Yahoo!, Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Les Racisme et L'Antisemitisme 169 F. Supp. 2d 1181 (N.D. Cal. 2001) rather interesting for the discussion on the comity of nations and the rare instances that it would be ignored.
Anyhow, thanks for providing real value to a thread (rare on
Interesting...I'd actually like to read some of the relevant court cases if you have them handy. I travel abroad fairly extensively and always operated under the assumption that before being allowed into a country I was covered by international law (or in the case of the EU, the EU constitution) ... but not necessarily offered full protection under the individual country's constitution.
/. regarding border protection confiscating laptops ... whatever was the legal fallout from that since that seemed to be a clear-cut violation of the due process clause?
I do remember a while back this coming up on
At the border, and before you cross through customs - you are not yet in the US
A post reply to myself. This is a simple example - you could require each keypair to have differing character types for example. It just isn't something that I implemented for this purpose.
Feel free. I'm just glad to be putting something back to the community. I have versions in C# and CFScript which I'll get out there at some point. I've been somewhat remiss in rebuilding the site since it was defaced by the "Azerbajian Attacker".
... but it is unnecessary and I just post this as a concept and idea that I've implemented before. It operates 'almost' like a form of two factor identification as it requires your unique card and passphrase to generate a "strong" password. I find it easier to have employees change passwords when they have a somewhat secure method to cipher a phrase they are comfortable with. We of course ask they don't use weak key-phrases like "work", but as long as the quasi-salt of the keycard is unique it should still be secure.
I've reposted the code back on my site at http://www.levii.com/Code/php/cipher.php
If you'd like to credit the source, I'd certainly appreciate it
I've posted this as a potential answer on /. before though the original page on my site is no longer available. It's also been discussed here: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/05/secret_question.html (find cipher.php)
I found my old page on the wayback machine...perhaps I'll move it back where it goes
http://web.archive.org/web/20060715223129/http://levii.com/cipher.php
I'd appreciate input on the method. You have your random card, your own ez phrase and you end up with properly complex passwords. I've implemented this in numerous business environements, and people seem very happy with the result. Every 60 days they choose a new ez passprase and/or get a new dynamically generated card.
IT is awefully broad to be summed up as "Installing windows and reloading printers". Core infrastructure, information security, DBAs, BI specialists, etc. are all fully within the scope of IT and have great career outlook [and are knowledge industrues...so not blue collar].
Really? That crap again....
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/06/obama-birth.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories
I could find plenty more confirmations for you.
It is a 5th amendment violation: I've posted it elsewhere in this thread but to keep it with the question
... and it will come up someday --- we'll see for sure then. For now though, there is precedent.
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1699588&cid=32704672
Wiki links for the lazy:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Boucher and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Hubbell
Note tough that the government avoided sending Hubbell to the US Supreme Court, so the validation of the appellate court isn't done
Oh mod this up funny + witty + very true! I wish I hadn't already posted :) .
"Nobody memorizes a 256-bit key. " ... I use one of my favorite paragraphs in literature (not on boot, but on my financial record volume that I rarely access). It covers the 256bits needed. ... see my earlier post.
Also: I don't know the law in Brazil, but if this were in the US he absolutely would not have to provide the key as evidence (5th amendment and all that)
For the specifics: When the act of production is incriminating, it would, in itself, be covered by the 5th amendment. See United States v. Hubbell and United States v. Boucher for precedent. At this point in the US you cannot be compelled to incriminate yourself (5th amendment) and therefore cannot be compelled to give up your key (as it is a "product of the mind" the very production of it would be incriminating).
I realize I said 100% ... that applies to the 'foolproof' statement. I need to be able to accurately reproduce the steps to resecure it. (I being the fool)
Not difficult no. But lets just leave it that I've attended enough confidential briefings to know that if I value my privacy and data. I wouldn't do it without having a 100% foolproof (and validated) method of resecuring the device.
Unfortunately in the US (and many other countries), this would involve jailbreaking the iPhone.
I second the conding on triple (or quadruple) monitors. Though now I'm on a dual setup, they are at least 2x 30" Dell monitors @ 2560x1600 --- the screen real estate and application stacking is wonderful.
I'd note that it depends on the vehicle involved. Since the front brakes are responsible for the majority of the braking, if the vehicle is capable of breaking the brakes loose (high enough HP/torque) it will drag the rear wheels along for the ride. My neon srt-4 would keep bookin' with both brakes and throttle applied evently. My 'vette on the other hand, will spin the wheels like mad and still stop in a hurry.
I have dual 30" monitors side-by-side running at 2560x1600px each (don't ask about the video card cost) at the office ... and would personally have a hard time going back to my old quad 17" setup.
I have to second the use of a regular tablet (or convertible notebook ... whatever). I also used one similar to:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category/notebooks/tm2t_series/3/computer_store for notetaking during my courses. With Office 2007 / 2010 beta the inking support is actually pretty good if you're looking for handwriting recognitions as well.
If you're not interested in a purely digital approach, I have also used the electronic pen/tablet combos and have been very impressed (plus they are cheap by comparison)
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5712837&findingMethod=rr
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Adesso-CYBERPAD-A4-CyberPad-Digital-Notepad/13259130?sourceid=44444444440210055914
24 hours in the day 8 hours sleep 8 hours work .5 hour commute .5 hour toilitries
1 hour dinner
1 hour entertainment reading
1 hour visiting friends/family/loved ones
1 hour gym
1 hour study
1 hour chores
1 hour ???
Hmm...still time in there for WoW if that's a hobby you choose to fill your remaining time with. Mind you not all of those in the list need done every day and time for others can be combined (my wife and I work out together, wake together, eat together, read together etc.). Learn to balance your time with necessities first, there is always a remainder for something you enjoy.
Big O notation and analysis of the complexity order of algorithms is something I saw in a few classes in college a long time ago, and not something I ever paid a lot of attn to (not much of my career was actually spent developing). I would, at this point like to delve back into the subject some ... do you have any reccomended read that discusses how to do this analysis (preferably using real world examples)?
Smart, Honda and VW all have diesel hybrids in other markets. Toyota has said there will be one for the US market in 2010 (maybe vaporware for sure) ... but its not that they don't exist - it is that the US market is a bad place for them.