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Comment Going overboard while falling short (Score 4, Informative) 235

Oh come on 2560x1440 AMOLED is just insane and pointless. 1080 is ridiculous as-is nobody is ever going to benefit from or notice any difference.

More importantly I won't buy a phone with an AMOLED display. IPS is more reliable, lasts longer, no burn-in issues and easier to see in daylight.

Also no SD card? WTF were they thinking?

No replaceable battery in a device that costs hundreds of dollars... Don't think so - not that rich/stupid.

Comment Re:Nope (Score 2) 235

A replaceable battery costs more upfront

Amazing the el-cheapo feature and smartphones are able to afford replaceable batteries while these things tend to go missing in higher end versions costing >5x more.

and is incompatible with thinness.

Why do you say that?

My phone has a replaceable battery, if it were any thinner I wouldn't want it.. hard enough as it is trying to hold without sides of your fingers touching the edge of the digitizer. I've seen back covers of LG and Samsung models and don't see any wasted space.

Most people get a new phone long before the battery dies.

Funny there seems to be a healthy market for replacement and aftermarket expanded capacity batteries.

Comment Re:stop the pseudo-scientific bullshit (Score 1) 88

In any case the Russians have the explanation. From TFA:

For example, you all remember the magnificent shots of the Yamal crater in winter, made during the latest expedition in Novomber 2014. But do you know that Vladimir Putin, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, was the first man in the world who went down the crater of gas emission riding on a bear? More than this, it was very risky, because no one could guarantee there would not be Ukrainian Kike-Banderites hiding down there.'

Comment Re:Better definition of planet (Score 1, Insightful) 196

Holy balls, how many times have we had this conversation? Will you people ever give it a rest?

And queue yourself not giving it a rest.

First of all, the IAU's definition is for technical and scientific discussions/communications.

Scientific labels tend to be intentionally recognizably distinct from popular ones as lack of distinction is an invitation for ambiguity and confusion.

People would inevitable invent a new set of categories for the eight 'big' planets and the other 'smaller' planets. Some people's new terms would conflict with other people's terms. It would be a mess.

Yes this is what you get for "voting" rather than recognizing more work is needed to build consensus to get everyone save outliers onboard. 1/3 disagreeing isn't a consensus.

On the other hand, if you named the 'big' planets anything other than 'planet', it would lose efficiency. They are the planets that are talked about most often, so it makes sense to give them a short, concise name.

This sounds a bit lame as justifications go... lose efficiency? Since when are scientists in the business of conserving syllables? In astronomy especially they seem to be preoccupied with naming things after _all_ the principals who discovered them.

Comment Re:Be Careful What You Wish For (Score 1) 631

There is no what it "might do" it is what they have been actively doing, and trying to get money out of...Also there is nothing in this that allows the NSA to get taps on it.

While NN provides protection against overt violations such as outright blocking or throttling of competing interests this hasn't been the vehicle used. There isn't some machine at the ISP explicitly designed to slow down or block all traffic to somewhere the ISPs dislike...it is all much more subtle than that. Hey look x victim interconnects with y,w and k so we will pref z,o and p to keep links g,h,i,j saturated. Then we will claim it isn't "our fault" your *** is slow.

I still believe the only solution that at all stands any chance of working are focused efforts to restore a competitive market. Break up monopolies, FRAND access to last mile, erasing anti-competitive legislation, etc.

Also there is nothing in this that allows the NSA to get taps on it.

I will assume you have carefully read all 317 pages which is great. I'm embarrassed to say I can't even find the text.

Comment Known unknowns (Score 1) 99

The failure is business models requiring secrets to be burnt into hardware by manufacturer.

When customer takes delivery they should be responsible for installing keys.

Otherwise events like RSA FOB compromise or the proverbial safe company with stolen customer and combination lists will continue.

The only defense against mass exploit is decentralization. Not only does it make prospect of "0wn1ng th3 w0rld" less likely it keeps you from presenting a massive target to extremely well funded adversaries.

Comment Mr Rogers imaginary neighborhood (Score 1) 406

So âoebackdoorâ is not the context I would use. When I hear the phrase âoebackdoor,â I think, âoewell, this is kind of shady. Why would you want to go in the backdoor?"

In venues I have read or listened to NSA brass speak they come prepared with exotic definitions of plain language and seek to confuse and manipulate perception by invoking nonsense that would give most lawyers a run for their money.

Completely Ignoring underlying topic when you act like a weasel hard to understand how it is you expect to earn any respect or consideration for your cause.

Comment Re:This is the End, Beautiful Friend, the End. (Score 1) 279

Moore's Law had a good run, but she's dead Jim. Two, maybe 3 shrinks at most, and you're at the end of getting benefit from feature size.

Moore's law is really all about "cost" per transistor. While process shrinks are certainly an important enabler they don't have to be the only driver that keeps things going.

Comment Circle of weeds (Score 2) 95

Anyone smart enough to write an HTTPS proxy able to dynamically create and sign certs surely must have known enough about underlying technology to recognize and comprehend importance of validating trust chain. How does someone innocently "overlook" this in either design or test? Simply MUST have occurred to someone.

Comment Re:UL (Underwriters) is a private, for-profit comp (Score 1) 114

There are already programs in place. One example, NIST certifies private security testing laboratories to test according to FIPS standards. It just nobody asking for certified products outside of the government procurement.

FIPS 140 certification, which I assume is what you're referring to, is almost worthless in terms of determining how resistant to real-world attack a product really is. It would have done nothing to prevent the problem discussed here. Its main use is as a measure of how desperate a vendor is to get government contracts, which is also why no-one asks for it outside government procurement.

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