The Spec Sheet

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That is the pure beauty of this Orwellian police state. People, quite literally, buy into it! We are going to raise a generation who not only don't mind having no privacy but actually want to "share" every aspect of their lives with anyone and everyone. And whose "friends" exist only on the internet. Smartphones, Google, and Facebook go further than the wildest dreams of some East German Staatssicherheit functionary. (No wonder certain security agencies were, apparently, involved in some of the seed money and has contracts with some of these companies.)

[Camazotz Automat]

That is the pure beauty of this Orwellian police state. People, quite literally, buy into it! We are going to raise a generation who not only don't mind having no privacy but actually want to "share" every aspect of their lives with anyone and everyone. And whose "friends" exist only on the internet. Smartphones, Google, and Facebook go further than the wildest dreams of some East German Staatssicherheit functionary. (No wonder certain security agencies were, apparently, involved in some of the seed money and has contracts with some of these companies.)

Tom Sawyer has others painting his white fence for him.

And liking it as they do so.

[wr250]

spec sheet tonight?

[heater]

There will be a show tonight, but on about a 45min delay.  until then:


http://youtu.be/iPKXTwQPJHQ

[MV/Liberace!]

The Spec Sheet is live tonight at 7:45 Central.  Click here to listen.

[Catsmile]

The Spec Sheet streaming LIVE! Tuesday, September 16, @ 8:45PM Eastern - 5:45PM Pacific

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[wr250]

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[MV/Liberace!]

The latest Spec Sheet episode is available at TheSpecSheet.info.

[wr250]

Researchers' new app outs iPhone and Android phone energy hogs
Researchers from the United States and Sweden have launched free iOS and Android smartphone/tablet software that singles out which apps take the biggest toll on your device batteries and also visualizes fragmentation of Apple and Android mobile OSes.

The NODES research group at the University of Helsinki's Department of Computer Science has joined forced with the University of California at Berkeley to deliver the Carat app (download here for iOS and Android) and has published live stats based on some 2 terabytes of data extracted from Carat, which has been downloaded by about 750,000 users who employ more than 300,000 apps.

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2684098/mobile-apps/researchers-new-app-outs-iphone-and-android-phone-energy-hogs.html

app links:
android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.berkeley.cs.amplab.carat.android
IOS:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/carat/id504771500

[Camazotz Automat]

Random observation: it appears some of the servers at hostgator aren't even using SSH tunnel protection. Morons.* No wonder Noory is getting in and causing difficulties!



*j/k

[wr250]

Random observation: it appears some of the servers at hostgator aren't even using SSH tunnel protection. Morons.* No wonder Noory is getting in and causing difficulties!



*j/k

no ssh for lower tier plans. so if you are on a lower tier plan, pay up for the ssh condom.

[Camazotz Automat]

no ssh for lower tier plans. so if you are on a lower tier plan, pay up for the ssh condom.

as it says in the hostgator sales brochure, it takes a Trojan to stop a Trojan.... please consider this additional service.

[wr250]

iOS 8, thoroughly reviewed
"Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else."

That was Apple's tagline for iOS 8 when the software was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference back in June. Overuse of hyperbole is a pet peeve of mine, but after using iOS 8 for a couple of months, I have to say that they're warranted in this case. iOS 7 was a comprehensive makeover for an operating system that needed to reclaim visual focus and consistency. iOS 7.1 improved stability and speed while addressing the new design's worst shortcomings and most egregious excesses. And iOS 8 is the update that turns its attention from the way everything looks to the way it works.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/ios-8-thoroughly-reviewed/

[wr250]

no its not in english, but it previews win9 .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--wgAsHWNRE#t=94

[b_dubb]

https://twitter.com/tuskthemovie/status/512618027599552513

I think the premise for this movie was inspired by the SpecSheet.

[wr250]

TrueCrypt Getting a New Life

When the developers of TrueCrypt delivered the bombshell that they were abandoning their popular open source encryption program, it left many organizations in a hugely difficult position. Should they continue to use it, or heed the developers' advice that it was no longer secure and switch to another encryption product?

On the face of it, the decision should be an easy one: If the developers of something as security sensitive as an encryption program say that their program is no longer secure, surely it would be rash not to heed the warning.

But with TrueCrypt, nothing is quite as simple as it seems.
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/open-source-security/truecrypt-getting-a-new-life.html

[zeebo]

TrueCrypt Getting a New Life ...

Thanks for the link ... I'm still confused though.  This bums me out since I like TC alot.  I still don't know if it's secure or not.  And I don't know if the new iteration, CipherShed, will be something we can really trust or not.

Maybe this can be a future Spec Sheet topic?  I need to know the status, as I simply cannot afford to let my encrypted Super-Fidget blueprints to be comprimised. 

[eddie dean]

TrueCrypt Getting a New Life

When the developers of TrueCrypt delivered the bombshell that they were abandoning their popular open source encryption program, it left many organizations in a hugely difficult position. Should they continue to use it, or heed the developers' advice that it was no longer secure and switch to another encryption product?

On the face of it, the decision should be an easy one: If the developers of something as security sensitive as an encryption program say that their program is no longer secure, surely it would be rash not to heed the warning.

But with TrueCrypt, nothing is quite as simple as it seems.
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/open-source-security/truecrypt-getting-a-new-life.html

Does it still work on horse porn and/or cok pics?
I'm not concerned about it really, an Australian guy wanted me to ask.

[wr250]

Thanks for the link ... I'm still confused though.  This bums me out since I like TC alot.  I still don't know if it's secure or not.  And I don't know if the new iteration, CipherShed, will be something we can really trust or not.

Maybe this can be a future Spec Sheet topic?  I need to know the status, as I simply cannot afford to let my encrypted Super-Fidget blueprints to be comprimised.

nothing is 100% secure. the NSA will have your horse porn and cok pics, sorry.

[wr250]

5 more killer features Windows 9 should steal from Linux

If the latest Windows 9 leaks are any indication, some of the operating system's coolest new features will look a lot like what Linux users already enjoy: Like the virtual desktops Linux users have had since the 90’s, and a centralized notification center like the one available in GNOME Shell.

Windows 9 also looks like it'll co-opt Ubuntu’s vision of a single operating system interface that can run on all form factors, complete with apps that run in windowed mode when it makes more sense to do so. Who would have imagined? Windowed applications are a big new feature in Windows.

A package manager (a.k.a. desktop app store)
Software repositories (aka an open app store)
Easy always-on-top
Web app integration
Tiling window management

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2683700/5-more-killer-features-windows-9-should-steal-from-linux.html

[zeebo]

5 more killer features Windows 9 should steal from Linux ...

Does Windows 8-9 have native virtual desktops?  Linux has had this for well over a decade and I find it indespensible.  Not only does it give you logically more desktop space, but it allows you to organize their contents by function, e.g. I've got different ones for reference docs, writing code, testing code, music player, horse porn, etc. 

Btw for XP / 7 I found this little freeware app called WindowsPager (available on SourceForge if interested) which works pretty well to create linux-style virtual desktops, and as one reviewer says: "Makes Windows almost usable".

[wr250]

Does Windows 8-9 have native virtual desktops?  Linux has had this for well over a decade and I find it indespensible.  Not only does it give you logically more desktop space, but it allows you to organize their contents by function, e.g. I've got different ones for reference docs, writing code, testing code, music player, horse porn, etc. 

Btw for XP / 7 I found this little freeware app called WindowsPager (available on SourceForge if interested) which works pretty well to create linux-style virtual desktops, and as one reviewer says: "Makes Windows almost usable".

8 does not. 9 apparently does. linux has had them since 1996. nvidia (and ati/amd i think) has had them since at least 2003 (part of the driver suite i think, if you install the official nvidia or ati drivers) for windows.

i would of thought you would be more into squirrel porn, but meh whatever floats your boat.

[area51drone]

Btw for XP / 7 I found this little freeware app called WindowsPager (available on SourceForge if interested) which works pretty well to create linux-style virtual desktops, and as one reviewer says: "Makes Windows almost usable".

I just buy more monitors.

[VtaGeezer]

Just ordered a new laptop.  Last time I shopped computers was 3 yrs ago.  Seems to me that prices are a lot higher. Quality is real crap and there's no installed software now.  Sucks that MS has rigged the game so I can't transfer the Office pkg from my current computer. We need another Teddy R to bust up the tech trusts like MS, Cisco, Apple and get some competition in the OS world, but that ain't never gonna happen.

[Tarbaby]

Thanks for the link ... I'm still confused though.  This bums me out since I like TC alot.  I still don't know if it's secure or not.  And I don't know if the new iteration, CipherShed, will be something we can really trust or not.

Maybe this can be a future Spec Sheet topic?  I need to know the status, as I simply cannot afford to let my encrypted Super-Fidget blueprints to be comprimised.

I have no facts to base this on but I have a strong hunch that Trucrypt is absolutely safe for everyone except from the MSA.

[zeebo]

I just buy more monitors.

Dude I generally have 8-10 virtual desktops .... that many monitors would look like something out of the Matrix movies.     

[area51drone]

Dude I generally have 8-10 virtual desktops .... that many monitors would look like something out of the Matrix movies.     

I've got 6 monitors

Listening to the 2 week old spec sheet right now, just for the record, Falkie DID get the check, the reason it took so long to get to him is that he gave me the wrong address!

Also, Redacted, I don't know if you solved the issue, but some older card readers are limited to 2gb or 4gb, if your card is bigger than the reader can handle, that could also be the issue.

[zeebo]

... i would of thought you would be more into squirrel porn, but meh whatever floats your boat.

My gf doesn't like me looking at other squirrels, but everything else is fair game. 

[zeebo]

I've got 6 monitors

Hmm ok but I think you might just merge them all into one giant pinball machine simulator.   

[eddie dean]

My gf doesn't like me looking at other squirrels, but everything else is fair game.

Hey zeebo, I've always wondered if your Av was taken at the Grand Canyon. Everytime I went there as a kid, there were always lots of squirrels. Some tame enough to eat peanuts and sunflower seeds out of a steady hand.