This is a matter of communication. These numbers should serve less as a prediction and more as an allotment. Instead of "what is the estimate for this task?" the question "what is the budget for this task?" is far more accurate and manages everyone properly.

So, if certs cannot be trusted, and this brings to the surface the whole concept of "trust", what are we to do? What should we use?

Simple solution: Use a Truecrypt volume for your private files and loose Dropbox for anything non-private. If you want something better than that, roll your own solution on your own servers. If you don't know how something works, don't trust it outright.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110414/00445913887/jay-walker-sues-nearly-every-successful-internet-company-claiming-theyre-all-built-off-his-patents.shtml

First, let's assume that you have a film SLR... I've seen a few arguments stating the ease of deleting photos on a DSLR... okay... want to delete an image quickly on a normal SLR? Open it and expose the film to light. Second, if you're going to try to split hairs in a legal case in Kuwait, be prepared to lose.

How about just leave the car at home... pending some prior knowledge that you shouldn't be driving in this mess at this point. As in, watch the news and plan.

So this jam is about 100km (62 miles) long. At an average human walking pace of 80m/min, that's about 21 hours. I'd rather walk... even with a load on my back.

yet!

I don't see how an iPod is "game changing" and Google Maps is an "incremental innovation." They BOTH are "incremental innovations". Music players, nay, MP3 players most certainly existed before Apple came into the game.

Is it me, or is the Apple/Google comparison a touch off topic? Sure, they are both popular, but get to the point about the STARTUPS! Hell, I'd even request a comparison to a large company that isn't those two giants.

For those of you that are having download issues (I did with one device, but not with another... strangely), here are the iOS 4.0.2 direct download links:

iPhone 3G: http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/061-8802.20100811.XcfpR/iPhone1,2_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 3GS: http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/061-8805.20100811.Dcr4e/iPhone2,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4: http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/061-8807.20100811.3Edre/iPhone3,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw
iPod Touch 3G: http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/061-8554.20100811.Bgt54/iPod3,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw

SOURCE: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f456/iphone-4-0-2-direct-link-1070402/

well, the jailbreakme.com site doesn't exactly let you know that *it* is showing you a PDF... so one could argue that it wouldn't take much to do the same in a destructive way. I'm thinking even of things like hacked sites with a little browser agent detection could seem innocent to most users... Anyone want a cheap botnet? So (1) when will this be patched, and (2) how many people will not patch.

I'd say both, and wonder, is their code open to scrutiny? I'd love to see someone verify and certify that there's nothing malicious with their code. One can argue, however, that any other site could use this in a harmful manner. This is a *real* concern. So while the jailbreak is nice, what isn't so nice?

Shouldn't they be audited routinely if they conduct business online?

so, slide the scale and call 1-6 a 0... crap is crap... perhaps someone likes that crap, so pull an average, producing a nice 0.001 rating. something useful.

This is why I like the practicality of the 1-5 scale, which has true meaning to its values: (1) Hate, (2) Dislike, (3) Neutral, (4) Like, (5) Love... Mathematically, this works best as base zero, 0-4 (fancy that, similar to the 4.0 grading scale). This scale exists in grading and has a very practical use, too. Scoring of work is even easier than an opinion (in most cases). The school board's job is simply to say at what number a failure occurs (i.e. less than 2.0). To me, letter grades are for morons and kindergarten children.