I don't get it...at all. The article "bashes" the security, but makes no suggestions or recommendations how to improve it. And frankly, I see no problem. It see it as a "minor issue" that you need to use SSL encryption.
Why is this an issue?
Everything is secure, as long as a malicious piece of code doesn't steal the users' username, password and/or temporary authentication token. So - how would they claim to permit any type of login without this information being on the device - unless you make the user enter a password on every login (which I guess could still be snooped). Pretty much every authentication system I can think of - from "plain", to Kerberos to things with session tokens have a vulnerability where if someone could "steal" a piece of data (like a token) one could get in. The only real way around it would be to perhaps put a two-factor authentication system with a very short timeout - but that just closes the window and makes it more annoying for the user.
What other industry relies on teenagers (who don't know any better) having the power to (borrow) and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Cars don't cost that much. Teenagers don't buy houses. The decision-makers here are people who aren't even old (or mature) enough to drink - are completely impulsive - have no life-experience and less of a tangible "long-term" outlook - and they're actually *pressured* (by society, parents, high-school guidance counselors, etc) to go with the BEST school they can [at any cost].
All those ads with people dancing around snapping covers on and off - opening and closing weren't enough to evangelize the masses as to the virtues of the technology?!?
As much as I hate Microsoft - it's sad to say - that the [very, very] few people who I know who actually had a Surface had nothing but RAVE reviews about them. The summary was: "Size/weight of an iPad - but with a real keyboard. I could take it to meetings, and actually run Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. I could actually take notes with the keyboard - and not some "add-on" iPad type keyboard which made the iPad as big and bulky as a small laptop or netbook".
So in short - it was a real "productivity" device - not like tablet, which I still don't think is really good for anything but *light* web browsing and watching movies on a screen, the size of what we used to watch them on in the 70's.
They're going to launch it from the surface at orbital velocity? It would burn up from the air friction inside the Slingitron itself before hitting orbital velocity. If it didn't (i.e. it was a vacuum inside the Slingitron) - it would as soon as it hit the outside air. Meteorites and returning spacecraft do this (in the opposite direction) when the reenter the Earth's atmosphere. Watch how much the atmosphere slows them down (and burns them up). Why wouldn't this happen from a Slingitron launch? This issue was never even addressed in the video.
While they're at it - I don't think anyone has really discovered what the deal was with the Accura/Honda remote-control doorlock gadget that thieves were reportedly using to effortlessly break into cars. All the article said was "police are stumped" (duh).
Actually, the "flicker" is when they are *not* super bright. It's when they are at their "normal" brightness that they flicker - to make them look dimmer.
When the driver steps on the brake - and the brakelights go to full illumination is when they *stop* flickering. i.e. Make them on all the time to appear brighter.
I kind of resent the statement (I have no affiliation with Tivo except that of a loyal customer). I've tried everything - Myth, Roku, Windows Media, Cable DVRs, including those with the Tivo firmware.
I've always gone back to Tivo - every single time. I won't say that it's "perfect" - but it all comes down to User Experience - and though each of those had nice characteristics about it - Tivo was the one that always worked - was always responsive - and reliable.
You can say what you want about them - but to refer to them as nothing but a Patent Troll is pretty insulting.
One time pads are uncrackable only if the pad is truly random and perfectly secretive. Everyone has known this for years. All they have done here was to create a new way to generate random numbers. Any new way of generating random numbers would/could be equally applied to OTP crypto.
I used it a few days ago from Boston to NYC and back. The Wifi was very good - except the stretch between NYC and New Rochelle. When we couldn't get Wifi - the conductor told us we'd get a signal when we hit New Rochelle. Sure enough, he was correct. It was a very busy train, and connection speeds were decent. I was even doing things like yum installs and all worked very smoothly!:-)
If this even comes to light (which I doubt it will) - the way these things go is as follows, based off recent history and similar products. It will not be a "flying car", but rather a "roadable helicopter". This means it will require a helicopter pilot's license. This won't be something you buy at you local dealership, get your license at a local DMV, and you and all your neighbors will be commuting to work in your flying cars. They will probably take-off and land at places helicopters are now permitted (airports), and serve as an alternative means of transport and storage before/after doing so.
Look at how badly Flash has been hurt just because one particular brand of smartphone doesn't support it.
But that didn't make anything more "open" - it just moved the proprietary stuff to needing to be done special for iOS devices. This is the exact wrong direction to go in. If there was an HTML5 DRM standard, services could have used that to work for iOS. Instead, they need to create their own proprietary iOS application. Can you imagine what the world would be like if every platform did this?
The new CEO - a woman who just gave birth (or is about to?) - and has publicly cracked-down on people putting time in at home comes up with a Maternity/Paternity policy....
We already have these things (closed-source client side apps and plug-ins). Nothing we do will take these away. They're not going to "spread" anymore than they are now - because anyone and everyone who needs/wants it does.
All we can hope to do is to make them run correctly - and across all devices. If you don't like DRM - no one is forcing you to use DRM services/apps.
Do you honestly think that you're going to win this battle - and that high-budget content producers are just going to start forking over all their content, without any kind of protection?! "Ideals" aside - what are you trying to accomplish here?! Do you want to perpetuate the mish-mash of methods by which plug-ins are shoehorned into browsers to make the world run??
Slashdot Mirror
I never knew until I heard about the 3.11 "Linux for Workgroups" thing...
...for a lawsuit like this!
Why is this an issue?
Everything is secure, as long as a malicious piece of code doesn't steal the users' username, password and/or temporary authentication token. So - how would they claim to permit any type of login without this information being on the device - unless you make the user enter a password on every login (which I guess could still be snooped). Pretty much every authentication system I can think of - from "plain", to Kerberos to things with session tokens have a vulnerability where if someone could "steal" a piece of data (like a token) one could get in. The only real way around it would be to perhaps put a two-factor authentication system with a very short timeout - but that just closes the window and makes it more annoying for the user.
So - what is this article really getting at???
Cars don't cost that much. Teenagers don't buy houses. The decision-makers here are people who aren't even old (or mature) enough to drink - are completely impulsive - have no life-experience and less of a tangible "long-term" outlook - and they're actually *pressured* (by society, parents, high-school guidance counselors, etc) to go with the BEST school they can [at any cost].
What can possibly go wrong??
...Ken Olsen says that PCs are just for hobbyists, businesses will stick with Minis and Mainframes.
All those ads with people dancing around snapping covers on and off - opening and closing weren't enough to evangelize the masses as to the virtues of the technology?!?
As much as I hate Microsoft - it's sad to say - that the [very, very] few people who I know who actually had a Surface had nothing but RAVE reviews about them. The summary was: "Size/weight of an iPad - but with a real keyboard. I could take it to meetings, and actually run Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. I could actually take notes with the keyboard - and not some "add-on" iPad type keyboard which made the iPad as big and bulky as a small laptop or netbook".
So in short - it was a real "productivity" device - not like tablet, which I still don't think is really good for anything but *light* web browsing and watching movies on a screen, the size of what we used to watch them on in the 70's.
They're going to launch it from the surface at orbital velocity? It would burn up from the air friction inside the Slingitron itself before hitting orbital velocity. If it didn't (i.e. it was a vacuum inside the Slingitron) - it would as soon as it hit the outside air. Meteorites and returning spacecraft do this (in the opposite direction) when the reenter the Earth's atmosphere. Watch how much the atmosphere slows them down (and burns them up). Why wouldn't this happen from a Slingitron launch? This issue was never even addressed in the video.
While they're at it - I don't think anyone has really discovered what the deal was with the Accura/Honda remote-control doorlock gadget that thieves were reportedly using to effortlessly break into cars. All the article said was "police are stumped" (duh).
http://www.123dapp.com/catch
When the driver steps on the brake - and the brakelights go to full illumination is when they *stop* flickering. i.e. Make them on all the time to appear brighter.
1. Old caddy's.
2. They have been getting better
3. Why not increase the pulse rate.
(and I'll throw in:)
Why no just add a capacitor to smooth things out??
I thought I was the only one - but perhaps I still am - but car LED brakelights have been driving me ***CRAZY** for years!!!!
I am recruiting astronauts for my own agency, to fly my own manned spacecraft fleet - which I am proud to say is just as large as NASAs.
I've always gone back to Tivo - every single time. I won't say that it's "perfect" - but it all comes down to User Experience - and though each of those had nice characteristics about it - Tivo was the one that always worked - was always responsive - and reliable.
You can say what you want about them - but to refer to them as nothing but a Patent Troll is pretty insulting.
As an NH resident - the view is that they are typically more extreme right wing. Gun-carrying, anti-government, militia-forming.
IPv6 has gone "live"? First I've heard of it! :-O
They sited Hondas and Acuras. As Acura is made by Honda - it seems like they're exploiting a bug or vulnerability in a specific device.
One time pads are uncrackable only if the pad is truly random and perfectly secretive. Everyone has known this for years. All they have done here was to create a new way to generate random numbers. Any new way of generating random numbers would/could be equally applied to OTP crypto.
(Too soon??)
I used it a few days ago from Boston to NYC and back. The Wifi was very good - except the stretch between NYC and New Rochelle. When we couldn't get Wifi - the conductor told us we'd get a signal when we hit New Rochelle. Sure enough, he was correct. It was a very busy train, and connection speeds were decent. I was even doing things like yum installs and all worked very smoothly! :-)
If this even comes to light (which I doubt it will) - the way these things go is as follows, based off recent history and similar products. It will not be a "flying car", but rather a "roadable helicopter". This means it will require a helicopter pilot's license. This won't be something you buy at you local dealership, get your license at a local DMV, and you and all your neighbors will be commuting to work in your flying cars. They will probably take-off and land at places helicopters are now permitted (airports), and serve as an alternative means of transport and storage before/after doing so.
Look at how badly Flash has been hurt just because one particular brand of smartphone doesn't support it.
But that didn't make anything more "open" - it just moved the proprietary stuff to needing to be done special for iOS devices. This is the exact wrong direction to go in. If there was an HTML5 DRM standard, services could have used that to work for iOS. Instead, they need to create their own proprietary iOS application. Can you imagine what the world would be like if every platform did this?
Let's try to figure this one out...
The new CEO - a woman who just gave birth (or is about to?) - and has publicly cracked-down on people putting time in at home comes up with a Maternity/Paternity policy....
Which one is that?
All we can hope to do is to make them run correctly - and across all devices. If you don't like DRM - no one is forcing you to use DRM services/apps.
Do you honestly think that you're going to win this battle - and that high-budget content producers are just going to start forking over all their content, without any kind of protection?! "Ideals" aside - what are you trying to accomplish here?! Do you want to perpetuate the mish-mash of methods by which plug-ins are shoehorned into browsers to make the world run??