Why do they say 'potential' backdoor when it is so clearly a backdoor? I know it's good to hedge your bets but is there some kind of legal reason they say it like this? I'm curious because it is so common.
This is the premise they are betting against. "Quality" is not a one-dimensional value, and a team full of Ivy League graduates are going to have similar biases and weaknesses that could hard a team. I think that's what the focus is shifting towards.
A better power-supply system would be to use a step-down DC-DC converter on each strip or each group of strips to step down from a higher voltage (say, 24V). These converters can be had for ~$1 apiece on eBay. This would reduce the current requirements down to ~20A, which is within the realm of what you can buy inexpensively (also on eBay).
Sounds like this wasn't caused by power surges reaching the equipment but rather an effect of repeated power loss to drive arrays not fully designed to handle it. The article is pretty unclear. Still sounds like an infrastructure problem though.
I think he meant more along the lines of "having a wedding" or "having a funeral" than "sacrificing a cow" (but pardon my ignorance of Catholic rituals).
Regarding the quote from the article, I'm guessing it's referring to code fuzzing and static analysis tools which have now become relatively widespread.
Something to consider is that during normal blackouts, critical things like hospitals have backup power. If this happened, they would have no option but to turn on the generators and pray. Most will lose their backup power unless unless their systems are designed to survive an EMP blast.
And you are making exactly the same assumption he did. It is not clear whether they meant libraries first released in the past 5 years or libraries that have seen new releases in the past 5 years. He assumed the former, you're assuming the latter. He has a valid concern.
If you look at the non-mobile version at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sIYgqrytPK-CFWfqDntraA_F... you'll see that the images have been resized to the width of the page, probably from much larger images, causing the text to be very small and fuzzy.
It struck me from this article how thoroughly the USPS and investigators practiced due diligence and did their homework during the course of the investigation. They went through the proper procedures for opening the package and made sure their Comcast records checked out. If you must use techniques like data mining to look for suspicious activity this is how it should be done.
I'm really excited about this! These chips are incredibly cheap, and this will really open the door for DIYers and budget projects to start being a lot more ambitious with internet connectivity!
When the extensions are removed from the Chrome Web Store are they removed from everyone's browsers automatically? I didn't see it mentioned here or in the article.
To me it seems like the intuitive resolution to this is that a non-black non-raven does indeed provide some evidence that all ravens are black, but only an incredibly small amount. The net effect on the argument is so small that it can be ignored completely.
I completely agree. And I think that addressing that kind of situation, where competitors have no choice but to do the same dirty deeds or be undercut, is the one true purpose of regulation. If you change the rules for everyone you protect the consumer but keep the playing field level and let the market keep doing its job.
My honest opinion here is that almost everyone is completely missing a crucial point. Nearly all of the reasons given for locking people out of modifying their cars apply equally to cars without computers. Changing the odometer? It's far easier to do that on a car with a mechanical odometer. Making the vehicle non-emissions compliant? Nobody used the DMCA to argue that people shouldn't be allowed to remove their catalytic converters. All of this has been fought for far longer than computers have existed. People have been successfully fooled into thinking that this is a new situation, when technology is only being used to prop up an ancient ideology. Very frustrating indeed!