drinian

If it's so robust, then why were these hacked passwords being stored unsalted?

I've noticed that the Roku box just doesn't have a power button (and doesn't deal all that transparently with being shut off; there's usually a few WiFi configuration screens where you have to hit "OK"). It doesn't draw very much power, thankfully, having no DVR functions.

Given the additional cost to the service provider, it's not that appealing to them. However, this has been done. There was a lawsuit about it, in fact:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327137,00.asp

Malaysia is pretty liberal, but there's still a lot of content, like pornography, that's illegal there. It's probably not just about protecting American content providers.

Having observed "white flight" in the US, I agree; it's just that there's other side effects that are desirable for the ruling party.

Yeah, I really wish someone would point out to the content providers that they provided DRM-free analog streams for decades (via HBO, Cinemax, etc.) and they didn't suffer because people were taping those for later.

So long as Netflix is putting limits on its accounts -- one stream at a time, maybe X hours of streaming per day -- what's the problem again?

I'm just hoping that this article is accurate and Netflix is rolling out a true HTML5 platform.

Fair enough, it is a very different situation from the US where most students are taught in the language they speak at home (English).

Singapore's position on race is difficult to characterize. This is what I've heard:

Most Singaporeans live in government-owned housing blocks. The distribution of the races within each housing block is roughly the same as in Singapore as a whole. Within these blocks, you are only allowed to sell your apartment to another person of the same race as yourself.

Officially this is to promote "racial harmony." That's probably true. Unofficially, it seems clear that it's also a form of gerrymandering: the government assumes that the Chinese majority will always support the ruling party, and this system stops any district from gaining a Malay majority.

I've also been told that your second language in school (which is taught in English, a neutral language) is determined by your race: Mandarin for Chinese, Malay for Malaysians, and Tamil (!) for Indians.

I really love Singapore -- been there several times as a visitor, studied its governance, society (and its food stalls...) but I would be seriously pissed off if I were told that I had to do certain things because of my race.

Right. I should clarify that in my own case, that meant getting the computer science degree, working for three years to pay off my debt, and then feeling quite comfortable taking a few years off to go backpacking around the world. I knew I could come back to my trade.

I also have a degree in history, so I did pursue liberal arts at the same time. But I knew that wasn't enough for a complete life, in my case.

It's a lot easier to go look for meaning once you have a solid financial base.

Some bridge nodes are blocked in China as well.

Upscale food trucks are starting to fill in this gap for many US cities.

Interesting that they say most of those lost jobs will be outside Japan.

Still, a death sentence?

Now that we've got the resolution up to where it should be, can we start shooting at higher framerates, like 60 or 120 fps? I'm sick of flicker.

Doesn't really seem responsible to post the vulnerability details to the public list like that, all necessary shaming on weak passwords aside.

I wonder if the timing on this has anything to do with Oracle's continued dismantling of the useful parts of the MySQL website.

In the nineteenth century, there were still many people who argued that certain organizations had a "right" to profit. An excellent read on this topic is Stanley Kutler's _Privilege and Creative Destruction: The Charles River Bridge Case_[0].

[0] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801839831/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...

As mentioned in the article, all of these services use the OStatus protocol for interoperability.

It's pretty great stuff -- I have a StatusNet instance on my website, and people can follow me from other StatusNet instances, I can follow them; it really is decentralized Twitter.

Considering how quickly the US military was able to deploy and utilize their flying intelligence drones in the area this week, I expect that extraordinary circumstances cut the amount of required paperwork extraordinarily.

Also, these AR Drones aren't up to the task.

Yeah, no mention of encryption, even. This doesn't smell right.

You're right, RMS could carry a Free Software phone right now, the OpenMoko. I think that your comment is basically condensing his argument. This problem is bigger than a Free Software issue, but any solution would require a Free Software base to resolve issues of trust.

That being said, it's going to be really tough to find a technical solution that allows people to be found in an emergency, but not tracked by a Big Brother government. The solution might end up being legislative.

It's worth noting that the Chinese government is in fact debuting a system to track the movements of every cell phone in Beijing right now:

http://beta.sg.news.yahoo.com/beijing-trial-mobile-tracking-...

This isn't a prediction, it's reality today.

Energy efficiency only goes so far when we're pushing to power more transportation off of the electrical grid as well.

The real problem seems to be people who can't separate themselves from the mistakes they make and take everything as an affront to their person. Receiving criticism means that your idea or work is at least worth considering.

I carry just about all that stuff (no chainsaw) in my round-the-world backpack, with space to spare for everyday items. Definitely not overkill.

Considering Oracle's MO, I wouldn't be surprised if they try to wipe out the Internet Archive's backup of Sun webpages for copyright reasons. Sigh.

It's a long-running Internet meme. I believe it began with IANAL (I am not a Lawyer).

What's interesting is that, fifty years ago, Japan started in largely the same economic place as SE Asia and China, but somehow managed to do things like enforce strict building codes before becoming the world's most developed nation.

Seems like a good illustration of just how insidious systemic corruption can be to the development of a nation.

It's worth noting that most of the country is wired for electric lighting; the issue since the fall of the Soviet Union has been fuel shortages. The Soviets used to sell them fuel and energy for practically nothing.

Absolutely, the concept is nothing new. The difference would be decentralization and generalization.