Hey, the markets move and shake, right? Consumer's do have some control over the market, or at least the/. crowd is finally making a dent? Consumers are -slowly- getting educated, but I think the big drive is that the "online generation" is beginning to have some purchasing power, and most know better when it comes to what they want, how much it is worth, and what it really does. My $0.02.
I wish I had something really constructive to say on this, but the bottom line is this: the majority China is used to living like that. It's a cultural difference you should try to understand. It isn't just the communist regime, the whole thing goes back thousands of years...emperors and dynasties and fireworks...stuff like that.
Perhaps it's time they should change their "Who would ever think to put those bytes there anyways?" mantra
Wait, what? I don't know anyone producing real software that thinks in those terms. How much pain do you feel writing code to trap errors constantly? Hell, most of the time my PHP is at least 50% traps...of course, I'm not a seasoned veteran, I know my stuff isn't the most efficient, and no, my pages don't do everything under the sun. I don't even see MS being guilty of this.
At this rate though physical access to the original, unencrypted data is going to be the easiest route....I can see a real-life "Sneakers" type break in if I close my eyes just a little bit...this along the lines of the "weakest link" theory already presented. Fact is, under the right circumstances, the data is no less than a USB drive away.
Compressed video has been encrypted, transmitted and decrypted at a rate of 30 frames per second, sufficient for smooth streaming images, in Web-quality resolution, 320 by 240 pixels per frame.
Neat, now those cameras around the country can't get watched by anyone with a net connection anymore. What will I do with my saturday nights?
Another example of a bad fad finding VC it shouldn't get...oh, and they have attracted big advertisers, like Jeep and M$...this isn't Google, the ads won't fund the company forever on a site like this...maybe they'll buy-out myspace or something????
So you plant a reader near a cash register in a store or at the counter in the local stop-N-shop and harvest the RFIDs from both the ID *a*n*d* the Mastercard with the "scan and go" (or whatever tagline they are using)...this based upon the (!DANGER!) assumption that the tag in the credit/debit card has the same info as the mag-stripe, which, last I checked included the card-holder's name, among other things
The Patent and Trademark Office should
make increased use of the Internet in seeking
to document "prior art," particularly in
the area of information technology, where
the Internet provides new capabilities to
reach the most knowledgeable commentators.
A "Slashdot for prior art" should be
the goal.
Then I won't mention that I usually drive on Saturday and use the bike trails Sunday when I am out camping for the weekend....google Uwharrie National Forest
Driving is not a recreational activity, it is a method of transportation. The exhiliration you experience while driving is derived from the power of having your life, and others', in your own hands. This is power that should be taken away from people, who are, by definition, capable of human error.
Driving not a recreational activity????...you must be one of those guys that spends $65,000 on a BMW and never breaks the speedlimit or goes above half-throttle. (see sig...) I drive recreationally on a regular basis...drop the top, load up the wife and labradors and go for a relaxing drive...and if you don't think driving is recreational, see this: http://j.pribe.net/photogallery.php?photo=32
In this situation the tires, without ABS, would build up a mound of earth in front of them, stopping you very quickly...you'd be digging into the ground instead of rolling over it.
I am an avid 4WD enthusiast, mostly technical (rock crawling) but to get to the rocks you have to drive through dirt, up and down some quite steep hills...I have seen many ABS equipped vehicles run into large rocks/trees/etc because the vehicle just would not stop, while I have never had this problem (disabled ABS...I am from Ohio and know how to pump the brakes if I need to in a slide. Snow teaches that to you...and my father is an excellent driver, so I learned from one of the best!)
That's news...so I went back and actually read the WHOLE article...that board voltage is a huge difference, no wonder there was a performance hit...with that in mind, what is Tom's actually testing anyway....so much for identical systems
Most things seem crazy when analyzed as a percentage...must be a learned behavior....it just seems that in the "real world" this wouldn't matter a whole lot. I don't think even a gamer would notice unless s/he was running the benchmarks, in which case all that will happen is the numbers get used as a bragging figure in a forum somewhere....(yes I game, but I am relatively unconcerned with DDR2 as this point as I have RAMBUS in my system...maybe in my next purchase?)
Slashdot Mirror
Hey, the markets move and shake, right? Consumer's do have some control over the market, or at least the /. crowd is finally making a dent? Consumers are -slowly- getting educated, but I think the big drive is that the "online generation" is beginning to have some purchasing power, and most know better when it comes to what they want, how much it is worth, and what it really does. My $0.02.
I wish I had something really constructive to say on this, but the bottom line is this: the majority China is used to living like that. It's a cultural difference you should try to understand. It isn't just the communist regime, the whole thing goes back thousands of years...emperors and dynasties and fireworks...stuff like that.
But you have to admin that phone call is a turn on...that prerecorded voice is SEXY, isn't? And it is a whole lot cheaper than a 900 number.
National Cyber Alert System
Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-109A
Oracle Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities
Original release date: April 19, 2006
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
Systems Affected
* Oracle Database 10g
* Oracle9i Database
* Oracle8i Database
* Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
* Oracle Application Server 10g
* Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g
* Oracle9i Collaboration Suite
* Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i
* Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.0
* Oracle Pharmaceutical Applications
* JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, OneWorld Tools
* Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Tools
* Oracle Workflow
* Oracle Developer Suite 6i
Been there, done that, got the bugs to prove it ;)
At this rate though physical access to the original, unencrypted data is going to be the easiest route....I can see a real-life "Sneakers" type break in if I close my eyes just a little bit...this along the lines of the "weakest link" theory already presented. Fact is, under the right circumstances, the data is no less than a USB drive away.
Maybe someone will toss $25 million in venture capital his way....
"You see Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is graduation day, and to them it IS the holocaust!"
Are you serious, or will this get modded +69 Funny???
Another example of a bad fad finding VC it shouldn't get...oh, and they have attracted big advertisers, like Jeep and M$...this isn't Google, the ads won't fund the company forever on a site like this...maybe they'll buy-out myspace or something????
So you plant a reader near a cash register in a store or at the counter in the local stop-N-shop and harvest the RFIDs from both the ID *a*n*d* the Mastercard with the "scan and go" (or whatever tagline they are using)...this based upon the (!DANGER!) assumption that the tag in the credit/debit card has the same info as the mag-stripe, which, last I checked included the card-holder's name, among other things
Consider the cashflow in supporting the OSS clueless users, or training all those .gov drones to use the stuff...$$$$$$$
Good luck getting politicians to buy (get bought?) this....
After the past *stuff* this guy has come up with, why is anyone listening, nevermind how this makes it to /.
Then I won't mention that I usually drive on Saturday and use the bike trails Sunday when I am out camping for the weekend....google Uwharrie National Forest
I scream, you scream, we all scream for OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE!!! ?HAPPY NOW?
In this situation the tires, without ABS, would build up a mound of earth in front of them, stopping you very quickly...you'd be digging into the ground instead of rolling over it. I am an avid 4WD enthusiast, mostly technical (rock crawling) but to get to the rocks you have to drive through dirt, up and down some quite steep hills...I have seen many ABS equipped vehicles run into large rocks/trees/etc because the vehicle just would not stop, while I have never had this problem (disabled ABS...I am from Ohio and know how to pump the brakes if I need to in a slide. Snow teaches that to you...and my father is an excellent driver, so I learned from one of the best!)
That's news...so I went back and actually read the WHOLE article...that board voltage is a huge difference, no wonder there was a performance hit...with that in mind, what is Tom's actually testing anyway....so much for identical systems
Most things seem crazy when analyzed as a percentage...must be a learned behavior....it just seems that in the "real world" this wouldn't matter a whole lot. I don't think even a gamer would notice unless s/he was running the benchmarks, in which case all that will happen is the numbers get used as a bragging figure in a forum somewhere....(yes I game, but I am relatively unconcerned with DDR2 as this point as I have RAMBUS in my system...maybe in my next purchase?)
It can't be too surprising...besides, is 50 MHz really that large a discrepancy?
Whoa! I don't think I have ever seen first post qualify for Godwin's law...great job