Posts by Charles 9

BS on the BS. They know it's an indigestible plastic package that would at best pass through undigested and at worst harm the swallower. Why else would the suspect do so except to conceal it? Much like being arrested at the document shredder.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a court order to force feed a laxative.

Re: So...

That still won't help much if the device runs Android 6+ since not just the bootloader but the entire system partition is hashed by Merkle tree to detect any kind of tampering. Plus there are the root- and custom-aware apps (which appeared before Android 6) who will balk on anything but a pristine system.

Re: Anonymous information

Which I would counter with what that bishop (I think) said, "Give me six lines..."

Re: Magnetic heading?

That usually happens if you use it soon after power on as it lacks an orientation history. Flipping the phone on its axes a few times usually gives it enough to get a bearing, plus for checking the compass it only needs a ballpark estimate of its orientation to give the magnetometer enough data to lock onto magnetic north.

Re: So...

There's also the issue of root- and custom-aware apps, especially after Android Marshmallow (6.0) with its system integrity checks.

Re: Magnetic heading?

By the gyroscope. Both it and the magnetometer are tri-axial and can measure in three dimensions. The gyro tells the phone which way is up for auto-rotation and the like (VERY old hat, that). Given that, it's easy to interpret the magnetometer to orient a 3-D compass.

Re: Dumb move

So I take it you prefer Telnet over Secure Shell as well, and you prefer postcards to envelopes?

Re: Yah....

Two words: Chinese Cannon. All it takes is ONE link in the chain to maliciously mess with the page in transit and you'll get the flak for passing malware.

So what price peace of mind?

Re: "In compliance"

Put it this way. There's a reason plaintext Telnet and FTP have been replaced with Secure Shell and Secure FTP. This is no different.

Guess you forgot that nymphs are also the name for a mythological female commonly associated with fauns and...activities not safe for work.

Re: Map of the Internet

As I recall, BOTH were ZD publications at the time (they published the US MacUser until 1997, and PC/C was originally Ziff-Davis Smart Business).

Re: SEO = Sell Everything Online

Your only hope is to do it yourself and probably join a decentralized search engine like YaCy. Thing is, the quality doesn't exude much confidence based on my personal experience.

Re: We used to say that about a lot of places on Earth...

Such as the top of Mount Everest? That's about as close to the conditions on Mars as exists on Earth within our reach, and WE can't stay up there for very long.

Too late. Mars is already past its "Use By" date. Making it warmer won't do much against the already-gone atmosphere and magnetic fields.

As for "What could go wrong?" one miscalculation could have it hurtling towards US.

Re: Sounds a bit like the American car industry of the 80's

Well, unless Chinese quantum encrypted satellite internet service can travel faster than the speed of light, it's not going to hold a candle to terrestrial Internet service where latency is critical.

Re: Opinion & Facts

Plus note the timeframe: the 1930's. This was happening during the Great Depression, so there was a political and moral motive to raise the standard of living in general as lots of the population were living in poverty, plus a lot of this was happening during the FDR (as in New Deal) administration.

"Challenging infrastructure? Try a mountainous island in the Caribbean Sea!"

Switzerland is larger and is nothing BUT mountains (smack in the middle of the Alps). Size matters more than topography, though the latter can figure as an aggravating factor: just not a significant one.

Re: Opinion & Facts

"What this article does not take into account is the huge geographical area and smaller density that ISP have to serve in the U.S."

Unless one of the countries higher up on those lists happens to be Canada, which happens to be BOTH bigger AND sparser.

Re: We don't. We want a win-win solution.

"It's just frustrating as a consumer that the offerings aren't better and cheaper compared to other countries. If they can do it, why can't the US?"

Geography, for one thing. Unless one of the country higher than the US happens to be Canada (which is one of the few countries that has more burden than the US in all categories--more and more complicated land mass, lower population, and sparser distribution), then there's going to be some excuse for every other country out there: in particular, countries like South Korea are much smaller than the US so have less ground to cover and usually have denser populations which make it more worthwhile to string out to the population in general. On the other hand, the US has such sparse areas as Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana, who nonetheless have populations that may be interested in wiring up. Then you have cities like New York that have multiple complications (an underground made of bedrock that's already heavily built-down).

Re: report finds agency actions have restored progress

Yup. Last month, most recently. Trouble it is has too much momentum.

Re: Money talks

The big thing is the height of the trees. Unless we're talking several-hundred-foot old-growth trees, then you can probably get a pole high enough to get the dish to a line of sight, and up to that point if wind is an issue, the pole can be lashed down with tension cables.

Re: report finds agency actions have restored progress

A better human being. What you're seeing is a microcosm of the human condition.

Re: Bunch of whining commies

And basically bow down to the Big Brother Party. Anything you can say about Western Panopticon aspirations pales compared to China, who seems ready, willing, and actually ABLE to realize a Panopticon.

Re: Money talks

How tall are these trees? I can't see how you can just get a pole tall enough to see over them.

Re: @AC ... @Jimmy Page He needs to show that he had reasonable cause to jump bail

No size limit, but the Vienna Convention does state that pouches are ONLY meant for documentation and other official diplomatic business. Meaning anything larger than a briefcase is going to attract attention, and anything large enough to hold a person is going to raise the suspicion of abusing diplomatic immunity, meaning the UK could insist on a search on those grounds (remember, the Diplomatic Privileges Act gives the UK a procedure by which to reject or revoke immunity), and if they turn out to be correct, that's not going to look good for Ecuador since they then risk the UK severing diplomatic relations, and if they're severed justifiably, they won't be able to count on solidarity from the rest of South America.

Re: How tall is he and what does he weigh?

You don't think they'd be suspicious of people who match his physical build and check for makeup? Or perhaps come up with a way to make sure the person going out is the same one coming in? As I've said before, Scotland Yard isn't stupid.

Re: @AC ... @Jimmy Page He needs to show that he had reasonable cause to jump bail

"They can sneak him out into an embassy car, so it can't be searched."

The embassy does not have an attached garage (it's upstairs), and there's no diplomatic immunity between the embassy and the car (it passes public property). They know the ways in and out and will be suspicious of ANY goings from that place. And they can't unilaterally designate him a courier because the UK holds rejection power under the Diplomatic Privileges Act.

Re: Cloud costs for implementing all that security?

"Knee-jerk reactions, or JFDI's (or DIE's) are not justifiable, especially when there is an external regulator with sharp teeth breathing down your neck."

You're lucky, then. It's another thing altogether to have higher-ups breathing down your neck as well and no ships in sight to which to jump.

Re: Sure, why not!?

Any time you mention a fish out of water, bring up paiche, a South American fish WITHOUT GILLS. It has to come out of water to breathe.

Re: Cloud costs for implementing all that security?

"Of course, a lot depends on the value of the data you are protecting, but the higher the data value the more likely it is that you won't be putting it anywhere near a cloud, no matter what the short-term financial advantages are."

Not even under a DIE order from up top?

All fine and dandy. But how do you go about enforcing a proper standard of parenting...or even agreeing on one. Also recall, today's parents were probably last generation's tube freaks, sitting in front of the TV watching cartoons and playing Atari and Nintendo, so they could be thinking "What's the harm compared to my generation?"

Re: Speeding cars don't cause accidents

Depends on your definition of "valid". Consider the concept of civil disobedience for when the law is being turned actively against you. Remember, government is a two-way street. If one side is not playing by the rules, why continue to follow them either?