* Posts by Theodrake

5 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Mar 2013

REVEALED: The gizmo leaker Snowden used to smuggle out NSA files

Theodrake

Re: Root password, sure, but why wasn't the data encrypted?

Because with Windows releases up to Server 2000 don't distinguish between actually reading a file and opening a folder. Open a folder on a Windows 2000 file server and for every file in that folder you get a read hit for the AD account that opened the folder. Also every sub-folder and every file in every sub-folder will generate a read event. So many events are generated that you need to up the hard disk requirement by 50% just to record the events, let alone attempt to generate a decent alert or two, instead of 1,000s.

Hacker who helped find Steubenville rapists threatened with decade in prison

Theodrake
WTF?

Re: One small mistake here..

I'm confused by all the down rating of this posting. All the poster is saying is make sure the crime isn't swept under the rug, but make sure you don't stomp all over the evidence and contaminate it. Sounds like good advice if what we really want is justice.

Don't use Google+? Tough, Google Glass will inject it INTO YOUR EYES

Theodrake
Devil

Will only provide proof...

that a lot of men spend their work day looking down co-workers blouses.

Review: Livin' in the cloud with Google's new Chromebook Pixel

Theodrake
Devil

Re: So many issues I hardly know where to start...

With LTE in Detroit I regularly get 15 Mbps down and 4-6 Mpbs up. I've hit over 30 Mbps down and 18 Mbps up (rare but it happens). Luckily I'm on a legacy plan and have true unlimited data for $40/month. Having an Android phone I've installed a Wifi app and see those same speeds on my tethered Nexus 7. Also free Wifi is ubiquitous in the US. So this does sound like a product targeted to the US market. Yes out in the hinterland LTE is sparse but you'd be surprised how many places offer free Wifi. Just stop at a McDonalds and get a cup of joe for 2 bucks and free Wifi.

Now even MORE 'interns' make iPhones - Chinese labour watchdog

Theodrake
FAIL

Re: The thing is

I really doubt Apple could do it for $25/device. Apple products sell at premium prices and could afford to add $25. Paying an American worker $80/day plus benefits is around $1,600/month salary. Last year one city in China raised minimum rate to about $230/month. Workers in China work 12 hour days, lets just assume 6 days a week. In the US in all states you 1.5x base hourly rate after 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week. That drives the cost of an American worker to $3,360/month. I can't see how increasing workers salary over 10x only translates into $25.

Its estimated that Apple uses 400,000 workers in China (from a company that employees 900,000). Simply put in the most optimisitc estimate this would cost Apple over $2 billion dollars in added costs to employ over 400,000 workers in the US and that is if they only pay them minimum wage and offer no benefits.