I read the title and hoped that the story was about lax cybersecurity alowing pirates (the real, ak-47 wielding kind) to know which ships held the most valuble cargo and acting on the information. Images of third world crackers typing at a beat up terminal and finding their way into teh database of shipping companies, followed by the whitehat on the other end redirecting them to the coordinants of the local navy.
Now, instead of watching someone fiddle with their palm's bluetooth settings for 5 minutes to send me an E-business card, I have to hold their clammy hand until the devices sync up.
I work in the real world, and I see post 17-year-olds all the time. They're still children, they act without considering consequences to them selfs and others. Many still are irresponsible and generally stupid, again with few exceptions.
I did something similar to that. I rigged a timer to my alarm clock so that once you press the button, the alarm stops, but will come back on if you don't hold the button down for 30 seconds. I then placed the alarm clock on the opposite side of the room so I have to get up to deactivate it, and next to a mini coffee maker that automatically brews a cup in the morning so I can caffeinate myself to jumpstart my day. Now the only reason I'm late is I get sucked into slashdot while waiting for the shower to warm up.
That is quite handy for new users, but apple doesn't make it particularly easy for those of us who want to access those folders from applications that use the mac file interface. They hide it in two ways, firstly there's a folder called '/.hidden' that contains a list of files to hide, secondly all of the hidden folders have an 'invisible' bit set. The only way I found to unset that is to use XRay.
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I read the title and hoped that the story was about lax cybersecurity alowing pirates (the real, ak-47 wielding kind) to know which ships held the most valuble cargo and acting on the information. Images of third world crackers typing at a beat up terminal and finding their way into teh database of shipping companies, followed by the whitehat on the other end redirecting them to the coordinants of the local navy.
I watch too many bad movies.
Now, instead of watching someone fiddle with their palm's bluetooth settings for 5 minutes to send me an E-business card, I have to hold their clammy hand until the devices sync up.
I work in the real world, and I see post 17-year-olds all the time. They're still children, they act without considering consequences to them selfs and others. Many still are irresponsible and generally stupid, again with few exceptions.
I did something similar to that. I rigged a timer to my alarm clock so that once you press the button, the alarm stops, but will come back on if you don't hold the button down for 30 seconds. I then placed the alarm clock on the opposite side of the room so I have to get up to deactivate it, and next to a mini coffee maker that automatically brews a cup in the morning so I can caffeinate myself to jumpstart my day. Now the only reason I'm late is I get sucked into slashdot while waiting for the shower to warm up.
That is quite handy for new users, but apple doesn't make it particularly easy for those of us who want to access those folders from applications that use the mac file interface. They hide it in two ways, firstly there's a folder called '/.hidden' that contains a list of files to hide, secondly all of the hidden folders have an 'invisible' bit set. The only way I found to unset that is to use XRay.