You're describing 'TurboCache' (a marketing name if ever there was one).
It wasn't a secret, it was only on very low end cards, and ATI was already doing the same with 'HyperMemory'. Intel, for their part, was exclusively using system RAM at the time (and largely still is).
So what graphics *have* you been buying for the last decade?
The problem with an EMP is you can't focus it.
I know what I'll be doing.
In fairness, it depends on what the passwords were *for*. If it's a bank site... that's bad. If it's some random site that hides content behind a pointless registration wall, '12345' is perfectly fine.
It comes down to 'if this were a door, would I lock it?'
Technically this is the FBI, so you should be pissed off at Comey, not Holder. Comey is officially Holder's subordinate at the DoJ, though I'm not sure how much the FBI chief really answers for.
And you won't have to wait so long for Holder's departure; he announced his resignation months ago and Obama already tapped his replacement.
Don't forget the Islamic State, which also counts oil as its primary source of income. Saudi Arabia has no shortage of reasons to drive down oil prices.
At this rate we'll need a metadata database metadatabase.
Less complexity, less weight (and gets lighter as you use it). No pumps, no power source for pumps, no return lines, just a pressurized tank and a few valves.
Of course, you have to know how much you'll need before the flight, and the longer you'll need it the lesser the savings over a traditional system.
Looks like most of my Kerbal Space Program landings.
edit: the above was supposed to be a reply to another post by gstoddart in this thread. It doesn't make as much sense in this context, sorry
I know a few people like you, who always buy the lowest-end junk because "they'll have to upgrade it soon anyway". It's a self-fulfilling prophecy; they constantly curse their lousy crap and spend more throwing it away and replacing it every 18 months than I spend on decent gear that lasts 6-8 years.
But you should never buy first generation bleeding edge stuff either. The iPad 1G sucked, because mobile phone parts were very poor five years ago. It wasn't 'planned obsolescence', Apple didn't go out of their way to put inferior parts into it, they put in what existed at the time. Now that tablets are a 'thing' and chip designers are seriously targeting them, much better stuff exists-- the current iPad has 8 times the RAM and 10-20x the CPU performance of your model. Software designers would have to cripple their apps/sites to support both the latest hardware and yours, and you're not a big enough market for them to care.
On the other hand, if you'd just waited a bit and got the iPad 2, it would still be supported. Hell, it would still be *sold*, four years after its first release, in the form of the iPad Mini.
Then the attacker types cp -R /
Sorry to reply to myself, but after reading the full details on this vulnerability it's not like the previous Thunderbolt exploits I've seen, and my prior advice may not be sufficient protection.
It uses a string of vulnerabilities to flash itself into the firmware using Diagnostic Mode, which exists outside the protection of FileVault. To fully secure yourself you probably need to set a firmware password... not as easy as turning on FileVault, but it should only take a couple minutes on a modern Mac: instructions
Hopefully Apple will take steps to close the vulnerabilities but it's not likely to affect many people; it requires prolonged physical access to the machine, multiple reboots and connection of hardware, and finally the cooperation of the user (logging in again) for the attacker to steal any useful information. Virtually any machine could be compromised under the same circumstances.
Make headway at work. Continue to let things deteriorate at home.
