Okay, I found it, you actually need to watch the video to find what legislation is that they are promoting. Funny how the original article text goes into depth on the Palm stock price and doesn't even mention what the proposed legislation is.
BTW, incase you were wondering, they are proposing that anyone applying for a driving licence must either:
* say whether they want to be an organ donor
* or consent to being asked the question at a later date
There was also talk about a database of willing live kidney donors (not sure if that requires legislation)
Personally, I reckon the would get a greater increase in donors if they made it mandatory before getting a motorcycle licence.
BTW, how long before the iPhone mandatory registration asks if you want to be an organ donor?
If all they wanted was the number of successful installs, surely all they need is for the browser to phone home once when it has been installed. A unique identifier gives them the number of installs for each download - why do they want that?
... do they manage to confuse 2010 for a leap year? All they need to do is check whether it is a multiple of four or not (assuming that the PS3 won't be around in 2100).
I am amazed that some can get a job programming the OS of the most advanced games console known to man (cue XBox fanbois) - yet be incapable of a simple 'if (year % 4 == 0){...}'
I think the comparisons with the Y2K bug are offensive to COBOL programmers.
I haven't looked at the original article, but none of direct quotes in El Reg's article seem to mention scanners either. It seems like it is a case of reading between the lines between the lines.
BTW, I don't see the issue with scanners - I mean, they can perform strip searches and cavity searches on whim, so how are scanners any worse. Personally, I'm just waiting for the first unarmed martial artist to hijack a plane - then we will see all the extra security measures for what they are (after all if a solitary nail file is such a threat, just think what Chuck Norris could do).
>> If the castrol signs could get a reult realtime then it is simply an automated database lookup.
>> How on earth can that cost £2.50
The bit about Castrol was just the author being misleading, it is a completely separate issue. Castrol bought the details of the vehicles, not the registered keepers. The details of the vehicle are entirely free from data protection control. Data protection only protects personal details and cars are not people. The data Castrol used only contains a list of reg. numbers and the corresponding make, model, manufacture and colour.
The thing that amazes me is that they can do all the checks required to ensure that the enquiry is legitimate for a mere £2.50, yet a simple re-issue of a lost licence costs £20, Perhaps if they upped the price a little they could afford to do a more thorough check on the request(or), and it might put off some of the more bogus requests.
>> It will take a decade or two for punters to get the hang of IPTV It's always surprising how many TiVo owners still watch broadcast TV - the habit is hard to break
I find it impossible to watch live broadcast TV. I only watch the programs I have series linked, if I want to watch anything else, I use V+ on demand - that way I can watch shows from the beginning without any adverts*.
*btw, I don't mind the principle of adverts - but the thing that really kills it for me is the whole volume boosting thing. If they are going to make me reach for my remote every time an advert comes on, then I am going to fast forward or change channel, not turn the volume down.
>> For the amount of money that it cost to build the one train station, you could probably get most of an airport constructed. And then you could fly wherever you wished.
You might be able to fly wherever you want, but you can only land where there is a suitable runway - which isn't that many places for the new super jumbos.
Shameless isn't produced or broadcast by BBC, it is a Channel 4 show. The UK does have more than one broadcaster.
There is a good reason for Top Gear being number one on the downloads - it is quite a popular show with a loyal following, however, it is a widely hated program. How many wives will sit down and watch it with their "blokes" without complaint - hence it is popular on iPlayer. Similarly it isn't popular on Virgin or PS3 iPlayer, because these devices are usually connected to the main telly.
>> If the cop was right handed, why wasn't he wearing it over his right ear? At least then you'd be able to discern whatever he was shooting at.
You use your ears to see? The cam not being able to see round the corner has nothing to do with the 'handedness' of the cop - it is to do with the fact that the suspect was to the left of the doorway and the cop, quite reasonably, didn't want to stick his whole head out of the door.
>> Nope. Current score IIRC is - accidental* death to a member of the Public: 30
>> Officers held responsible: 0 (Andus McOatover)
Andus, whilst I agree with sentiment, ISTR there has been one conviction though it was for death by dangerous driving - a cop travelling a 70 in a 30, with no lights or siren, over the brow of a bridge.
>> While DPI can identify file sharing client activity, if user have enabled encryption (as anyone sharing data in this was should), then it cannot tell the ISP what is actually being shared and therefore does not provide any information as the the lagitimacy or otherwise of the data being shared.
Steve, the answer is simple, the packets aren't inspected by a piece of software, rather they have a bunch of Law Lords sat in the offices at VM who can decide what is and isn't illiegal at a glance. No doubt if they user choose to encrypt their bittorrent they can just demand the keys and if they don't receive them within a reasonable time frame they can lock the user up for being a suspected terrorist.
I with Anton on this, this is almost certainly the same worm(s) which any *nix admins will see filling up their logs (if they haven't take then necessary precautions). Strikes me as a little odd that anyone who doesn't know about basic SSH security precautions would bother installing SSH on their iPhone (I don't think it is installed as part of the breakout). For those that don't know, here are some sensible precautions for running SSH (on any system):
1. Don't use default, obvious or easily cracked passwords - in fact, wherever practical, use keys and disable password authentication.
2. Disable root access - even better, disable access for all users except those you specifically need to allow.
3. Don't allow SSH access for default or obvious usernames (e.g. root, apache, john).
4. Don't run SSH on the default port.
5. I can't think of any reason why you would need to run SSH on the default port, but if you do then looking into Fail2Ban or DenyHosts (I can't think of anything like this that would work on an iPhone).
6. Don't run SSH when you aren't using it. There is little point running SSH all the time on an iPhone as you need to have the screen unlocked for it to work - so unless you have it set to be permanently unlocked, you will generally have it to hand when you need to use SSH and can started and stopped as necessary.
I reckon that there is about as much chance of this being a dedicated iPhone worm as there of a current SSH work not including the default usernames and password for the iPhone (i.e. none). IMHO Jailbreaking an iPhone is about as much of a security risk as installing Linux on a computer - the biggest difference being that malware on an iPhone has access to your phone and could run up a massive bill - but that is an ever present risk with a mobile phone and could easily prevented if O2 and other providers provided means to limit your account (e.g. maximum spend of £20 a day/£50 a week/£100 a month would suffice for most - it would also have helped those early 3G Internet users who got bills of for £1000 or more for the first month before they realised how outrageously expensive it is).
I'm with Dale on this, if it had really been sent from Steve Jobs iPhone (see what I did there ;->), the sig. wouldn't have been "Sent from my iPhone". More likely it would have been a 100,000 word copyright notice and disclaimer.
I hope they manage to sort out some instructions for installing the UNR from a flash drive - now that they have done away with .img files in favour of .iso (seems a little retarded for UNR - seeing as how they don't have CD drives).
>> Not moral enough to be associated with Microsoft.
>> I can't think of a worse indictment for anybody.
I don't think Seth will be that upset. He tries to make his show edgy, it's just that till now he never realised just how edgy. If you are so edgy that even Satan himself doesn't want to be associated with you, that's saying something.
I don't understand, if the licence can't be transferred, how can he be in violation of a licence which was never transferred to him? If the original owner has a contract with Autodesk, what effect does that have on Verner? He may not have a licence to use the software or sell the software, but does that mean he isn't allowed to sell the physical installation media? What if someone has a licence to use AutoCAD but is lacking the installation media for whatever reason? Did Verner even receive a copy of the licence in a printed format or just the disc? Autodesk may retain ownership of the copyright, surely they don't retain ownership of the physical disc.
I don't see the problem. Cars makes and models aren't people, vehicle registration numbers aren't people - ergo this is not personal data. Anybody looking at your car can see what it's number plate, make and model are. Whether or not the DVLA and private companies should be allowed to profit from what is essentially a public database, that they are required to run is a different matter.
Reminds me of the PAF (Postoffice postcode/address database) and OS maps. We pay for these organisations to collect and store the data, then we have to pay them again if we want to access it. In the case of PAF it is (or certainly was until recently) cost prohibitive for individuals and small companies to access it, whilst large companies get it (effictively) very cheaply - granted the cost may be great, but their usage is very, very great. Likewise we have a national network of roads that we pay for, and we pay Ordanence Survey to keep upto date maps of where those roads are and when they will change, but when we buy a sat. nav. we end up with rubbish, inaccurate Tele-Atlas maps which if they aren't out of date when we buy them, they soon will be - purely because it is cost prohibitive for Sat-Nav suppliers to use OS data. I remember the days when you bought any atlas of Britain and it showed the roads accurately as they were, complete with any currently planned changes to major roads.
This wouldn't be such a problem if so many legitimate companies didn't ring you up and expect you to trust that they are who they say they are. I have been contacted by numerous companies that do this including banks, and they most surprised when you ask them to prove who they are. They can't prove that they have access to your details, and they don't generally have a means for you to easily contact the person calling you via a published number.
>> This is the same Apple that forces custom USB cables for the iPod and introduces proprietary standards for video connection and so forth?
The iPod dock connector is (depending on the device) capable of not just USB, but Firewire, audio input, audio output, composite video output and remote control (and possibly others that I am not aware of). So whilst it isn't 'one cable to rule them all', it is one connector to rule them all. That said, I would have much preferred a standard mini usb cable.
BTW, it looks like this may be 'one cable for all self powered devices'. However it looks as though you will still need another cable for powering the device. No doubt Apple will be able to provide proprietary connectors and cables that combine data and power. Powered USB may be troublesome at times, but at least it is one less power supply to plugin and one less cable to trip you up. I have owned a few firewire devices, and none of them were bus powered.
>> That leads to one simple conclusion - ban lorries overtaking, and you'll get better road links.
Where I live there are a number of motorways with long 2 lane stretches (M2, M26, etc), so I am well acquainted with this problem. The worst thing about lorries overtaking is that it barely qualifies as overtaking. Both vehicles will often have speed limiters fitted, and they difference in the speed is virtually non-existant. I'm not sure what the exact difference is, but it will often take one lorry about 3 minutes to over take the other, estimating (generously) the distance needed to overtake as being 20m - the difference in speed is approximately (20m/180s = 0.11111 m/s) 0.25 mph. Over a 1000 mile (almost 17 hour) journey, they are gaining less than 5 minutes - assuming that every time they come across a slower vehicle, they over take it.
I have been stuck in a queue of traffic behind two lorries on a two lane motorway, where the moment one had completed overtaking the other, the other then proceeded to overtake first - for the entire length of the motorway.
I have no problem with lorries, or anybody else, overtaking when it is sensible to do so - but no one should over take unless they can manage to travel at (say) 2 mph faster than the vehicle they are overtaking. This is probably my biggest pet peave after tailgating and poor lane discipline.
BTW, does any one else regularly travel between junction 7 and 8 (or maybe as far as 9) of the M25 clockwise. It is a four lane section,with a large separation between the two carriages for a lot of the length. Almost without fail, every time I pass through there (weekly), for fourth lane will be nose to tail traffic travelling at 65 mph, whilst (generally) the other three lanes will be virtually empty. Or how about between 14 and 15 - lanes 2, 3, 4 and 6 will be full of cars travelling at 55 - 60 whilst cars in lanes 1 and 2 are full of cars joining from Heathrow travelling at 70-80 (or more) making it very difficult to to move across into lane one to take the M4 west bound. This has to be the most poorly designed 'slip road' on the UK motorway network.
Whilst I am ranting, something they could do that would massively increase throughput on the M25 would be to make the Dartford Crossing free. Yes they would lose money on tolls, but if people didn't have to queue to pay, it would increase the traffic throughput buy a much greater amount than they could by spending that money.
>> or through red lights, even those who get off at red lights, wheel around the corner, and get back on again and cycle away.
Alastair, those people are called pedestrians, they have every right to wheel their cycle around the corner and return to being cyclists - in the same way that they have the right to get off and push their cycle up the pavement on a steep hill; or push bike through a cycling prohibited pedestrian zone so that they may follow a 'cycle route'. If they choose not to use the pavement when they push their cycle around the corner, that is obviously less than ideal - however it is more a "should not" than a "must not", unlike cycling through the red light.
In what way? A regular style cycle helmet may offer a little protection in a low speed accident, involving no other vehicles. Other than that it isn't really much use, just a false sense of security for you and the idiot driving past you (at 35 MPH and 3 inches from your elbow). Compare it to really safety equipment worn by (sensible) motor cyclists and downhill mountain bikers - i.e. full face hardshell helmets, spinal protection, knee and elbow protection. All that a typical cycle helmet is tested and designed to do is to protect you when you fall off a stationary cycle and hit your head on the kerb. There is about as much reason for pedestrians and car drivers to wear a cycle helmet as there is for a cyclist. If you have faith that a little polystyrene is going to save your life then feel free to carry on wearing it, I'll stick to cycling cautiously - expecting all the pedestrians, other cyclists and motorists around me to make the most stupid decisions in a given situation (as they typically do).
Going through the red light on the other hand is an entirely different matter, but that has nothing to do with not wearing a helmet.
>> I don't understand why the punishment for dismemberment should be any less severe just because they could reattach it. I'd say she was having a good go at ensuring it couldn't be by throwing it on the neighbour's roof, no?
Easy way to think about it to compare it to a (attempted) murder case. If the doctors manage to treat the patient and prevent them from dying, the damage done is lessened - despite the fact that the accused intended to kill the victim. The punishment for dismembering shouldn't be less, however if the damage is permanent the punishment should be greater.
Probably not, Darwin arguably believed in the same "invisible man" (he was probably agnoistic, but there is a big difference between Agnosticism and Atheism). Perhaps we need a Dawkins award.
Growing the moobs isn't the difficult bit - it's getting rid of them that's going to cause him problems. I reckon it's just an excuse to drink more beer and eat more kebabs.
>> "the computing equivalent of the raising of the Mary Rose". OK, without the giant crane, massive diving and engineering effort, not to mention lousy weather and bloody cold water.
Did you miss the bit were they said the computer was being stored in Birmingham?
>> Has no one noticed that she did say PLEASE. She deserves some recognition for at least using some politeness.
'Please' is polite, 'PLEASE' is patronising.
I reckon it is the employer's own fault, they probably made her fill out her application form in 'BLOCK CAPITALS' (that's doubly patronising). If they had made her fill it out in her own choice of case, they would not have hired her.
They've shed a ton of staff so saved some money - held onto most of their service contracts (for the time being) so revenue has barely dropped. Not a big surprise to see that their profits have increased, in the short term.
I wonder what their SLAs and customer satisfaction levels are doing? I wonder what their revenues will be like this time next year.
>> It's not clear when the incident is alleged to have taken place, but the boy told the paper Apple has offered him a replacement handset if he sent his damaged phone back.
It is a bit like a bus driver offering to run you down again, by way of an apology for running you down and *only* almost killing you. After being nearly killed* by his iPhone, I'm sure he's just begging to give them an opportunity to get it right - and actually kill him. At the very least they should be offering him a full refund and payment of any fees necessary to release him from his phone contract, not to mention data recovery and transfer.
* yes I know he was in no way harmed, but it's friday afternoon.
They all look like ink spilt on paper which has then been folded in half. Does that make me:
A. Autistic?
B. Realistic?
C. Pedantic?
D. Argumentive?
E. All of the above?
I think if a psycholigst presented me with these, I'd be inclined to tell them to get a proper job.
@ Adam Salisbury
>> Bind testing eliminates the possibility that a subjective response to a test has not been influenced by outside factors, some test subjects do not know why they're being tested.
All well and good, except that everyone over the age of five, who didn't grow up in deepest darkest Amazonia, knows that inkblot tests are designed to test your responses to them. Likewise every knows that if you say they look like people having sex or some such, it's going to set of alarm bells.
steogede
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>> Q: How can we spin this so that it seems like these birds are attracted to intelligent males?
>> A: find out what the most successful males do better and call that intelligence.
I can't think of a better definition of intelligence for a bird. Being able to consistantly womble for the best bits of tat is can be considered skill or intelligence. Perhapsit is more 'emotional intelligence' than regular intelligence. What would you suggest? Getting them all to write thesis.
Having said that, I remember hearing on Radio 4 that male bower birds will steal from each other and damage each other's bowers. So from that you might conclude that the females go for the mean mails that destroy steal from their neighbours bowers - and the stronger/more vicious males that are better able to protect their bowers. You might also call thieving and destruction intelligence, using the above metric.
>> That's how long you'd be electrocuted for as someone not guilty of any crime
Except you won't be electrocuted. Whereas, if they used actual shotgun shells, there is a reasonable chance that the end result would be the same as electrocution (i.e. you'd be dead). Besides, they don't necessarily need to shoot the suspect, they could aim it at the suspects camera and it would probably work like an EMP.
>> "If the locations of these cameras were published, potential criminals would know where they are, and could bypass/avoid them or destroy them entirely. This would mean that the Force would be less able to detect and reduce crime on the roads."
Indeed we don't want to give partially sighted crims the same advantage that crims with 20:20 have. ANPR cameras are hardly hidden (unless there are ones we don't know about?). When they stuck them up near me they were quite happy to tell everyone that they are on (almost) every route into and out of the nearby towns.
In the old days of SuSE, I could never decide which amazed me more; the amount of effort the put into making the KDE experience nice (latest version, well integrated) or the amount effort they put in to making the GNOME experience painful (old versions with no integration).
I for one hope that OpenSUSE put as much effort into making the KDE experience pleasant, as they did in old SuSE days.
>> Care to back that up with some facts? Last I read most reports say Windows are around 65% Linux around 15% (dependant on the report either can be higher or lower). Some reports saying Linux uptake is slowing in this segment as many shops have moved all they wan't to move to it. I still think it will make inroads, but take over? Not for a very long time.
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>> Linux is great, but please back up your "facts".
Nice backing up of your facts there. I'm not familiar with the journals "Most Reports" and "Some Reports" - tell me, how do I go about getting a subscription.
Whilst I your figures are as completely 'plucked out of the air' as the original authors, I think they are probably more correct. I have certainly seen figures from 4 years ago that put percentages of "Enterprise Servers" at 65% and 15% for Window and Linux respectively (http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=8708) - however not all servers are "Enterprise Servers".
Certainly there are areas where I would be surprised to find that Linux wasn't the most prevalant OS - e.g. Internet servers (web/email/ftp/dns/whatever). That said, I am sure there are more file/authentication/print servers facing inward on company networks than there are Internet servers facing outward.
On it's own this could not be used remotely, as Craig said a way of getting in as a standard user is required. However I'm not sure what Craig meant by a 'valid remote way' - certainly an ssh or telnet account would make it easy, but there are other ways that a box could comprised e.g. PHP Inject. Clearly if your box is open to the first step you have a lot to worry about - having an easy second step which gives root access gives you a fucking shit load to worry about. This really isn't one to be downplayed.
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steogede
Where is the news? → #
Posted Sunday 21st March 2010 05:55 GMT
In Steve Jobs and governator tout transplant reform
Okay, I found it, you actually need to watch the video to find what legislation is that they are promoting. Funny how the original article text goes into depth on the Palm stock price and doesn't even mention what the proposed legislation is.
BTW, incase you were wondering, they are proposing that anyone applying for a driving licence must either:
* say whether they want to be an organ donor
* or consent to being asked the question at a later date
There was also talk about a database of willing live kidney donors (not sure if that requires legislation)
Personally, I reckon the would get a greater increase in donors if they made it mandatory before getting a motorcycle licence.
BTW, how long before the iPhone mandatory registration asks if you want to be an organ donor?
steogede
Unique Identifier? → #
Posted Tuesday 16th March 2010 14:20 GMT
In Google vows to delete Chrome's unique client ID
If all they wanted was the number of successful installs, surely all they need is for the browser to phone home once when it has been installed. A unique identifier gives them the number of installs for each download - why do they want that?
steogede
How exactly... → #
Posted Tuesday 2nd March 2010 17:46 GMT
In Sony: PS3 leap year glitch caused network lockout
... do they manage to confuse 2010 for a leap year? All they need to do is check whether it is a multiple of four or not (assuming that the PS3 won't be around in 2100).
I am amazed that some can get a job programming the OS of the most advanced games console known to man (cue XBox fanbois) - yet be incapable of a simple 'if (year % 4 == 0){...}'
I think the comparisons with the Y2K bug are offensive to COBOL programmers.
steogede
Re: RTFA → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 23rd February 2010 16:55 GMT
In Pope pooh-poohs airport perv-scanners
I haven't looked at the original article, but none of direct quotes in El Reg's article seem to mention scanners either. It seems like it is a case of reading between the lines between the lines.
BTW, I don't see the issue with scanners - I mean, they can perform strip searches and cavity searches on whim, so how are scanners any worse. Personally, I'm just waiting for the first unarmed martial artist to hijack a plane - then we will see all the extra security measures for what they are (after all if a solitary nail file is such a threat, just think what Chuck Norris could do).
steogede
Makes you wonder... → #
Posted Tuesday 23rd February 2010 11:40 GMT
In US must redesign killer hot dogs
... do 3 year old american kids have no teeth? Or are their hotdogs so rubbery that the child can't chew them properly?
steogede
and as for redesign... → #
Posted Tuesday 23rd February 2010 11:40 GMT
In US must redesign killer hot dogs
surely, a Frankfurter that is narrow enough to choke a child has already been redesigned, surely all they need to do is revert to the original design.
steogede
Re: £2.50 simply covers the cost... → # ↑
Posted Thursday 21st January 2010 12:30 GMT
In DVLA makes £44m flogging drivers' details
>> airborne bacon?
>>
>> If the castrol signs could get a reult realtime then it is simply an automated database lookup.
>> How on earth can that cost £2.50
The bit about Castrol was just the author being misleading, it is a completely separate issue. Castrol bought the details of the vehicles, not the registered keepers. The details of the vehicle are entirely free from data protection control. Data protection only protects personal details and cars are not people. The data Castrol used only contains a list of reg. numbers and the corresponding make, model, manufacture and colour.
The thing that amazes me is that they can do all the checks required to ensure that the enquiry is legitimate for a mere £2.50, yet a simple re-issue of a lost licence costs £20, Perhaps if they upped the price a little they could afford to do a more thorough check on the request(or), and it might put off some of the more bogus requests.
steogede
Re: Marketing spin... → # ↑
Posted Thursday 21st January 2010 11:49 GMT
In Manchester ID staff suffer isolation as new dawn fades
>> If you're stupid enough to buy into the ID card scheme nothing is going to save you from being made rich by a nice man from Nigeria.
Now they have an ID card to protect them, they'll probably feel much safer when dealing with wealthy Nigerians.
steogede
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Posted Sunday 3rd January 2010 13:08 GMT
In It's the end of TV as we know it
>> It will take a decade or two for punters to get the hang of IPTV It's always surprising how many TiVo owners still watch broadcast TV - the habit is hard to break
I find it impossible to watch live broadcast TV. I only watch the programs I have series linked, if I want to watch anything else, I use V+ on demand - that way I can watch shows from the beginning without any adverts*.
*btw, I don't mind the principle of adverts - but the thing that really kills it for me is the whole volume boosting thing. If they are going to make me reach for my remote every time an advert comes on, then I am going to fast forward or change channel, not turn the volume down.
steogede
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Posted Tuesday 29th December 2009 16:50 GMT
In High-speed Chinese train kicks French, Japanese butt
>> For the amount of money that it cost to build the one train station, you could probably get most of an airport constructed. And then you could fly wherever you wished.
You might be able to fly wherever you want, but you can only land where there is a suitable runway - which isn't that many places for the new super jumbos.
steogede
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Posted Tuesday 29th December 2009 00:19 GMT
In Top Gear tops iPlayer hit list
Shameless isn't produced or broadcast by BBC, it is a Channel 4 show. The UK does have more than one broadcaster.
There is a good reason for Top Gear being number one on the downloads - it is quite a popular show with a loyal following, however, it is a widely hated program. How many wives will sit down and watch it with their "blokes" without complaint - hence it is popular on iPlayer. Similarly it isn't popular on Virgin or PS3 iPlayer, because these devices are usually connected to the main telly.
steogede
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Posted Monday 30th November 2009 10:19 GMT
In Head-cam video used to OK Arkansas cop kill
>> If the cop was right handed, why wasn't he wearing it over his right ear? At least then you'd be able to discern whatever he was shooting at.
You use your ears to see? The cam not being able to see round the corner has nothing to do with the 'handedness' of the cop - it is to do with the fact that the suspect was to the left of the doorway and the cop, quite reasonably, didn't want to stick his whole head out of the door.
>> Nope. Current score IIRC is - accidental* death to a member of the Public: 30
>> Officers held responsible: 0 (Andus McOatover)
Andus, whilst I agree with sentiment, ISTR there has been one conviction though it was for death by dangerous driving - a cop travelling a 70 in a 30, with no lights or siren, over the brow of a bridge.
steogede
@Steve 70 → # ↑
Posted Thursday 26th November 2009 16:34 GMT
In Virgin Media to trial filesharing monitoring system
>> While DPI can identify file sharing client activity, if user have enabled encryption (as anyone sharing data in this was should), then it cannot tell the ISP what is actually being shared and therefore does not provide any information as the the lagitimacy or otherwise of the data being shared.
Steve, the answer is simple, the packets aren't inspected by a piece of software, rather they have a bunch of Law Lords sat in the offices at VM who can decide what is and isn't illiegal at a glance. No doubt if they user choose to encrypt their bittorrent they can just demand the keys and if they don't receive them within a reasonable time frame they can lock the user up for being a suspected terrorist.
steogede
@Anton Ivanov → #
Posted Monday 23rd November 2009 16:39 GMT
In First malicious iPhone worm slithers into wild
I with Anton on this, this is almost certainly the same worm(s) which any *nix admins will see filling up their logs (if they haven't take then necessary precautions). Strikes me as a little odd that anyone who doesn't know about basic SSH security precautions would bother installing SSH on their iPhone (I don't think it is installed as part of the breakout). For those that don't know, here are some sensible precautions for running SSH (on any system):
1. Don't use default, obvious or easily cracked passwords - in fact, wherever practical, use keys and disable password authentication.
2. Disable root access - even better, disable access for all users except those you specifically need to allow.
3. Don't allow SSH access for default or obvious usernames (e.g. root, apache, john).
4. Don't run SSH on the default port.
5. I can't think of any reason why you would need to run SSH on the default port, but if you do then looking into Fail2Ban or DenyHosts (I can't think of anything like this that would work on an iPhone).
6. Don't run SSH when you aren't using it. There is little point running SSH all the time on an iPhone as you need to have the screen unlocked for it to work - so unless you have it set to be permanently unlocked, you will generally have it to hand when you need to use SSH and can started and stopped as necessary.
I reckon that there is about as much chance of this being a dedicated iPhone worm as there of a current SSH work not including the default usernames and password for the iPhone (i.e. none). IMHO Jailbreaking an iPhone is about as much of a security risk as installing Linux on a computer - the biggest difference being that malware on an iPhone has access to your phone and could run up a massive bill - but that is an ever present risk with a mobile phone and could easily prevented if O2 and other providers provided means to limit your account (e.g. maximum spend of £20 a day/£50 a week/£100 a month would suffice for most - it would also have helped those early 3G Internet users who got bills of for £1000 or more for the first month before they realised how outrageously expensive it is).
steogede
Re: Perhaps I'm cynical, but... → #
Posted Saturday 21st November 2009 14:17 GMT
In Apple cult leader emails outside world
I'm with Dale on this, if it had really been sent from Steve Jobs iPhone (see what I did there ;->), the sig. wouldn't have been "Sent from my iPhone". More likely it would have been a 100,000 word copyright notice and disclaimer.
steogede
Netbooks → #
Posted Thursday 29th October 2009 10:50 GMT
In Ubuntu's Karmic Koala bares fangs at Windows 7
I hope they manage to sort out some instructions for installing the UNR from a flash drive - now that they have done away with .img files in favour of .iso (seems a little retarded for UNR - seeing as how they don't have CD drives).
steogede
Re: Um... → #
Posted Wednesday 28th October 2009 16:10 GMT
In Mandy declares 'three strikes' war on illegal file sharers
>> by stopping the "Britain Tax" where $1 = £1 when we buy stuff...
Shush!!! At this rate, the 1:1 ratio will be working in our favour before Christmas - i.e. it'll will be better than the actual exchange rate.
steogede
@Tom 95 → #
Posted Tuesday 27th October 2009 22:53 GMT
In Pig plague? There's an app for that!
Damn. You beat me to it. I suppose you could cough into your right elbow and shake left elbows.
steogede
@Fred 1 → #
Posted Tuesday 27th October 2009 16:34 GMT
In Microsoft drops Family Guy like a hot deaf guy joke
>> Not moral enough to be associated with Microsoft.
>> I can't think of a worse indictment for anybody.
I don't think Seth will be that upset. He tries to make his show edgy, it's just that till now he never realised just how edgy. If you are so edgy that even Satan himself doesn't want to be associated with you, that's saying something.
steogede
no shit → #
Posted Wednesday 7th October 2009 16:03 GMT
In Hotmail phish exposes most common passwords
people who are foolish enough to be duped by a simple phishing scam have weak passwords.
steogede
not for resale → #
Posted Thursday 1st October 2009 23:35 GMT
In Autodesk goes after eBay seller - again
I don't understand, if the licence can't be transferred, how can he be in violation of a licence which was never transferred to him? If the original owner has a contract with Autodesk, what effect does that have on Verner? He may not have a licence to use the software or sell the software, but does that mean he isn't allowed to sell the physical installation media? What if someone has a licence to use AutoCAD but is lacking the installation media for whatever reason? Did Verner even receive a copy of the licence in a printed format or just the disc? Autodesk may retain ownership of the copyright, surely they don't retain ownership of the physical disc.
steogede
Not personal data → #
Posted Thursday 1st October 2009 23:11 GMT
In DVLA pledges investigation over Castrol spy posters
I don't see the problem. Cars makes and models aren't people, vehicle registration numbers aren't people - ergo this is not personal data. Anybody looking at your car can see what it's number plate, make and model are. Whether or not the DVLA and private companies should be allowed to profit from what is essentially a public database, that they are required to run is a different matter.
Reminds me of the PAF (Postoffice postcode/address database) and OS maps. We pay for these organisations to collect and store the data, then we have to pay them again if we want to access it. In the case of PAF it is (or certainly was until recently) cost prohibitive for individuals and small companies to access it, whilst large companies get it (effictively) very cheaply - granted the cost may be great, but their usage is very, very great. Likewise we have a national network of roads that we pay for, and we pay Ordanence Survey to keep upto date maps of where those roads are and when they will change, but when we buy a sat. nav. we end up with rubbish, inaccurate Tele-Atlas maps which if they aren't out of date when we buy them, they soon will be - purely because it is cost prohibitive for Sat-Nav suppliers to use OS data. I remember the days when you bought any atlas of Britain and it showed the roads accurately as they were, complete with any currently planned changes to major roads.
steogede
Wouldn't be a problem if... → #
Posted Thursday 1st October 2009 23:11 GMT
In Disconnection phone scam targets UK consumers
This wouldn't be such a problem if so many legitimate companies didn't ring you up and expect you to trust that they are who they say they are. I have been contacted by numerous companies that do this including banks, and they most surprised when you ask them to prove who they are. They can't prove that they have access to your details, and they don't generally have a means for you to easily contact the person calling you via a published number.
steogede
To be fair → #
Posted Wednesday 30th September 2009 12:47 GMT
In Is Apple behind Intel's speedy optical link?
>> This is the same Apple that forces custom USB cables for the iPod and introduces proprietary standards for video connection and so forth?
The iPod dock connector is (depending on the device) capable of not just USB, but Firewire, audio input, audio output, composite video output and remote control (and possibly others that I am not aware of). So whilst it isn't 'one cable to rule them all', it is one connector to rule them all. That said, I would have much preferred a standard mini usb cable.
BTW, it looks like this may be 'one cable for all self powered devices'. However it looks as though you will still need another cable for powering the device. No doubt Apple will be able to provide proprietary connectors and cables that combine data and power. Powered USB may be troublesome at times, but at least it is one less power supply to plugin and one less cable to trip you up. I have owned a few firewire devices, and none of them were bus powered.
steogede
Re: Dubiety of sexual preference → #
Posted Wednesday 23rd September 2009 15:10 GMT
In Average Brit shags 2.8m people
>> Go to their website and download an application form. Under their discrimination section,
>> you are asked your sexual orientation:
>> 1. Heterosexual
>> 2. Gay
>> 3. Lesbian
>> 4. Bisexual
>> 5. Transgender
>> 6. Other
>>
>> Other ? OTHER? wtf is other ????
Abstinent? Or perhaps someone who 'loves' bicycles or other inamimate objects.
steogede
Re: what problem? → #
Posted Wednesday 23rd September 2009 15:01 GMT
In Linus calls Linux 'bloated and huge'
>> If the kernel is 2% slower per year, but the hardware is 2-10% faster per year... then there is no net problem, is there?
My computer hasn't got any faster in the 3.5 years since I bought it.
steogede
@Graham Bartlett → #
Posted Tuesday 22nd September 2009 14:53 GMT
In Highways Agency plans new speed cameras
>> That leads to one simple conclusion - ban lorries overtaking, and you'll get better road links.
Where I live there are a number of motorways with long 2 lane stretches (M2, M26, etc), so I am well acquainted with this problem. The worst thing about lorries overtaking is that it barely qualifies as overtaking. Both vehicles will often have speed limiters fitted, and they difference in the speed is virtually non-existant. I'm not sure what the exact difference is, but it will often take one lorry about 3 minutes to over take the other, estimating (generously) the distance needed to overtake as being 20m - the difference in speed is approximately (20m/180s = 0.11111 m/s) 0.25 mph. Over a 1000 mile (almost 17 hour) journey, they are gaining less than 5 minutes - assuming that every time they come across a slower vehicle, they over take it.
I have been stuck in a queue of traffic behind two lorries on a two lane motorway, where the moment one had completed overtaking the other, the other then proceeded to overtake first - for the entire length of the motorway.
I have no problem with lorries, or anybody else, overtaking when it is sensible to do so - but no one should over take unless they can manage to travel at (say) 2 mph faster than the vehicle they are overtaking. This is probably my biggest pet peave after tailgating and poor lane discipline.
BTW, does any one else regularly travel between junction 7 and 8 (or maybe as far as 9) of the M25 clockwise. It is a four lane section,with a large separation between the two carriages for a lot of the length. Almost without fail, every time I pass through there (weekly), for fourth lane will be nose to tail traffic travelling at 65 mph, whilst (generally) the other three lanes will be virtually empty. Or how about between 14 and 15 - lanes 2, 3, 4 and 6 will be full of cars travelling at 55 - 60 whilst cars in lanes 1 and 2 are full of cars joining from Heathrow travelling at 70-80 (or more) making it very difficult to to move across into lane one to take the M4 west bound. This has to be the most poorly designed 'slip road' on the UK motorway network.
Whilst I am ranting, something they could do that would massively increase throughput on the M25 would be to make the Dartford Crossing free. Yes they would lose money on tolls, but if people didn't have to queue to pay, it would increase the traffic throughput buy a much greater amount than they could by spending that money.
steogede
@Will Shaw → #
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 13:53 GMT
In Ford says new Taurus 'is fitted with stealth fighter radar'
>> 17 mpg.
To be fair to them, managing to go 17 miles on a piddling little US gallon is quite an achievement.
Mines a scotch, cause if it's in a US pint glass, it only fit a short.
steogede
@Alastair McFarlane → #
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 13:41 GMT
In Cyclists give TV chef a Wikikicking
>> or through red lights, even those who get off at red lights, wheel around the corner, and get back on again and cycle away.
Alastair, those people are called pedestrians, they have every right to wheel their cycle around the corner and return to being cyclists - in the same way that they have the right to get off and push their cycle up the pavement on a steep hill; or push bike through a cycling prohibited pedestrian zone so that they may follow a 'cycle route'. If they choose not to use the pavement when they push their cycle around the corner, that is obviously less than ideal - however it is more a "should not" than a "must not", unlike cycling through the red light.
steogede
Re: @AC 'newsflash' → #
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 13:39 GMT
In Cyclists give TV chef a Wikikicking
>> Not illegal, just stupid.
In what way? A regular style cycle helmet may offer a little protection in a low speed accident, involving no other vehicles. Other than that it isn't really much use, just a false sense of security for you and the idiot driving past you (at 35 MPH and 3 inches from your elbow). Compare it to really safety equipment worn by (sensible) motor cyclists and downhill mountain bikers - i.e. full face hardshell helmets, spinal protection, knee and elbow protection. All that a typical cycle helmet is tested and designed to do is to protect you when you fall off a stationary cycle and hit your head on the kerb. There is about as much reason for pedestrians and car drivers to wear a cycle helmet as there is for a cyclist. If you have faith that a little polystyrene is going to save your life then feel free to carry on wearing it, I'll stick to cycling cautiously - expecting all the pedestrians, other cyclists and motorists around me to make the most stupid decisions in a given situation (as they typically do).
Going through the red light on the other hand is an entirely different matter, but that has nothing to do with not wearing a helmet.
steogede
Re: I just love → #
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 13:13 GMT
In Cyclists give TV chef a Wikikicking
>> Whatever else he may be at least he still has the balls to speak his mind
That is, if you can call a lump of grey matter directly connected to a sphincter, a mind.
steogede
Re: understated ouch → #
Posted Friday 11th September 2009 14:38 GMT
In Todger-chop woman's sentence depends on hard evidence
>> I don't understand why the punishment for dismemberment should be any less severe just because they could reattach it. I'd say she was having a good go at ensuring it couldn't be by throwing it on the neighbour's roof, no?
Easy way to think about it to compare it to a (attempted) murder case. If the doctors manage to treat the patient and prevent them from dying, the damage done is lessened - despite the fact that the accused intended to kill the victim. The punishment for dismembering shouldn't be less, however if the damage is permanent the punishment should be greater.
steogede
Re: Can this be nominated for a Darwin Award? → #
Posted Friday 11th September 2009 10:52 GMT
In Church altar smites devout Catholic
Probably not, Darwin arguably believed in the same "invisible man" (he was probably agnoistic, but there is a big difference between Agnosticism and Atheism). Perhaps we need a Dawkins award.
steogede
He is looking at this the wrong way → #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 12:38 GMT
In Swedish bloke attempts lactation
Growing the moobs isn't the difficult bit - it's getting rid of them that's going to cause him problems. I reckon it's just an excuse to drink more beer and eat more kebabs.
steogede
Re: More Pedantry → #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 11:48 GMT
In Bletchley Park to restore 112-byte* '50s Brit nuke computer
>> The fact that our American cousins call everything a tube does not mean that we call everything a valve.
Next you will be telling me that I am wrong when I say "sise doesn't matter".
steogede
Re: Worst analogy I've seen today... → #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 11:39 GMT
In Bletchley Park to restore 112-byte* '50s Brit nuke computer
>> "the computing equivalent of the raising of the Mary Rose". OK, without the giant crane, massive diving and engineering effort, not to mention lousy weather and bloody cold water.
Did you miss the bit were they said the computer was being stored in Birmingham?
steogede
@Mr Bear → #
Posted Thursday 3rd September 2009 21:15 GMT
In NZ woman sacked for SHOUTY EMAILS
>> Has no one noticed that she did say PLEASE. She deserves some recognition for at least using some politeness.
'Please' is polite, 'PLEASE' is patronising.
I reckon it is the employer's own fault, they probably made her fill out her application form in 'BLOCK CAPITALS' (that's doubly patronising). If they had made her fill it out in her own choice of case, they would not have hired her.
steogede
@Alan Esworthy → #
Posted Thursday 3rd September 2009 21:15 GMT
In NZ woman sacked for SHOUTY EMAILS
>> IMNSHO (is it OK to use all caps in an abbreviation?) (Oh, my! Is it all right to capitalize OK?)
Yes on the first point, no on the second, okay?
steogede
560? → #
Posted Monday 31st August 2009 06:47 GMT
In EA exec predicts PlayStation 3.5, Xbox 560
I reckon MS would have difficulty landing that one.
steogede
Big surprise → #
Posted Friday 28th August 2009 14:45 GMT
In Computacenter eats recession for breakfast
They've shed a ton of staff so saved some money - held onto most of their service contracts (for the time being) so revenue has barely dropped. Not a big surprise to see that their profits have increased, in the short term.
I wonder what their SLAs and customer satisfaction levels are doing? I wonder what their revenues will be like this time next year.
steogede
Fool me once → #
Posted Friday 28th August 2009 14:24 GMT
In Belgian boy's iPhone 'explodes'
>> It's not clear when the incident is alleged to have taken place, but the boy told the paper Apple has offered him a replacement handset if he sent his damaged phone back.
It is a bit like a bus driver offering to run you down again, by way of an apology for running you down and *only* almost killing you. After being nearly killed* by his iPhone, I'm sure he's just begging to give them an opportunity to get it right - and actually kill him. At the very least they should be offering him a full refund and payment of any fees necessary to release him from his phone contract, not to mention data recovery and transfer.
* yes I know he was in no way harmed, but it's friday afternoon.
steogede
They all look like... → #
Posted Tuesday 25th August 2009 11:55 GMT
In Doctor investigated for posting inkblots to Wikipedia
They all look like ink spilt on paper which has then been folded in half. Does that make me:
A. Autistic?
B. Realistic?
C. Pedantic?
D. Argumentive?
E. All of the above?
I think if a psycholigst presented me with these, I'd be inclined to tell them to get a proper job.
@ Adam Salisbury
>> Bind testing eliminates the possibility that a subjective response to a test has not been influenced by outside factors, some test subjects do not know why they're being tested.
All well and good, except that everyone over the age of five, who didn't grow up in deepest darkest Amazonia, knows that inkblot tests are designed to test your responses to them. Likewise every knows that if you say they look like people having sex or some such, it's going to set of alarm bells.
steogede
RE: sounds like making the evidence fit the result → #
Posted Tuesday 25th August 2009 10:23 GMT
In Aussie birds 'desperate to copulate with brainy males'
>> Q: How can we spin this so that it seems like these birds are attracted to intelligent males?
>> A: find out what the most successful males do better and call that intelligence.
I can't think of a better definition of intelligence for a bird. Being able to consistantly womble for the best bits of tat is can be considered skill or intelligence. Perhapsit is more 'emotional intelligence' than regular intelligence. What would you suggest? Getting them all to write thesis.
Having said that, I remember hearing on Radio 4 that male bower birds will steal from each other and damage each other's bowers. So from that you might conclude that the females go for the mean mails that destroy steal from their neighbours bowers - and the stronger/more vicious males that are better able to protect their bowers. You might also call thieving and destruction intelligence, using the above metric.
steogede
Re: TWENTY SECONDS?? → #
Posted Monday 24th August 2009 19:08 GMT
In UK cops eye shotgun cartridge Taser
>> That's how long you'd be electrocuted for as someone not guilty of any crime
Except you won't be electrocuted. Whereas, if they used actual shotgun shells, there is a reasonable chance that the end result would be the same as electrocution (i.e. you'd be dead). Besides, they don't necessarily need to shoot the suspect, they could aim it at the suspects camera and it would probably work like an EMP.
steogede
Bloody Freetards → #
Posted Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT
In Dan Brown is most unwanted author says Oxfam
Bloody freetards and their book sharing.
steogede
Covert? → #
Posted Friday 21st August 2009 09:15 GMT
In Devon force divulges ANPR towns online
>> "If the locations of these cameras were published, potential criminals would know where they are, and could bypass/avoid them or destroy them entirely. This would mean that the Force would be less able to detect and reduce crime on the roads."
Indeed we don't want to give partially sighted crims the same advantage that crims with 20:20 have. ANPR cameras are hardly hidden (unless there are ones we don't know about?). When they stuck them up near me they were quite happy to tell everyone that they are on (almost) every route into and out of the nearby towns.
steogede
In the old days of SuSE → #
Posted Friday 21st August 2009 09:07 GMT
In OpenSUSE defaults to KDE
In the old days of SuSE, I could never decide which amazed me more; the amount of effort the put into making the KDE experience nice (latest version, well integrated) or the amount effort they put in to making the GNOME experience painful (old versions with no integration).
I for one hope that OpenSUSE put as much effort into making the KDE experience pleasant, as they did in old SuSE days.
steogede
@AC 8:04 → #
Posted Thursday 20th August 2009 10:11 GMT
In Linux: More contributors, more code
>> Care to back that up with some facts? Last I read most reports say Windows are around 65% Linux around 15% (dependant on the report either can be higher or lower). Some reports saying Linux uptake is slowing in this segment as many shops have moved all they wan't to move to it. I still think it will make inroads, but take over? Not for a very long time.
...
>> Linux is great, but please back up your "facts".
Nice backing up of your facts there. I'm not familiar with the journals "Most Reports" and "Some Reports" - tell me, how do I go about getting a subscription.
Whilst I your figures are as completely 'plucked out of the air' as the original authors, I think they are probably more correct. I have certainly seen figures from 4 years ago that put percentages of "Enterprise Servers" at 65% and 15% for Window and Linux respectively (http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=8708) - however not all servers are "Enterprise Servers".
Certainly there are areas where I would be surprised to find that Linux wasn't the most prevalant OS - e.g. Internet servers (web/email/ftp/dns/whatever). That said, I am sure there are more file/authentication/print servers facing inward on company networks than there are Internet servers facing outward.
steogede
@northern monkey → #
Posted Thursday 20th August 2009 09:45 GMT
In Linux: More contributors, more code
>> I wonder if...
>> ...there are any MS developers secretly doing kernel coding in their spare time. I bloody hope not!
Secretly developing, not sure, however there are some doing it openly.
steogede
@Craig → #
Posted Friday 14th August 2009 10:00 GMT
In Bug exposes eight years of Linux kernel
On it's own this could not be used remotely, as Craig said a way of getting in as a standard user is required. However I'm not sure what Craig meant by a 'valid remote way' - certainly an ssh or telnet account would make it easy, but there are other ways that a box could comprised e.g. PHP Inject. Clearly if your box is open to the first step you have a lot to worry about - having an easy second step which gives root access gives you a fucking shit load to worry about. This really isn't one to be downplayed.
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