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Re: Misleading cybersecurity lessons from pop culture: how Hollywood teaches to hack

Ken Kennedy — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:47:29 -0000

Great post! And you mentioned one of my "favorite" hacking examples in movies...Swordfish. But with an oopsie. Because it's even worse than you mentioned...Hugh Jackman doesn't manage to “assemble crypto algorithm” (which makes no sense) , it's actually (*on screen*) " “assemble crypto *algorhythm*”! So bad it makes me wince to this day!

Re: It's Just a Computer — Near-Earth Object

Ken Kennedy — Mon, 02 May 2016 09:56:49 -0000

Paul: a possible option, depending on their coverage in your area, (and if your phone, or phone of choice supports it) is Ting. They are strictly "pay as you go", so you could activate a phone ($6/month), log into their management screen and turn off cellular data there (ensuring you can't even accidentally use it), and even disable texting (if you wanted to, though that is really cheap).

Charlotte and I used Ting for our phone service for a little over a year, and saved about $70/month over our previous service. We eventually switched to Project Fi, but re-enabled a Ting phone 2 months ago as our house phone. I finally cut the cord on our cable bill (saving us *another* $1100 over the next year!), and I had to port the home number out from TWC first. I ended up sending it to Ting, so our "home phone" is a little Moto E.

We basically just wanted to keep the number that has been the house line for 20+ years (so we didn't have to call dentist, pharmacy, family members, etc. to change it). Basically we get the occasional appt reminder call, plus some family members who only call that number...we're on track for a $12 bill this month. I can handle that!

Have a look, and if you're interested, I think I have a referral thingie...oh, heck, let me find it. Here ya go: https://ze9laj2m7p6.ting.com/ Worth $25 in credit for each of us if you sign up, but no worries...just thought it might be worth taking a look at. For a minimum-use type of phone, it's hard to beat.

Re: Welcome to the Amazon GameDev Blog!

Ken Kennedy — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:55:57 -0000

Congrats...things are looking really good so far! One thing: your RSS feed link is going to the regular Amazon Web Services RSS feed; I can't find one for your blog (tried a couple of obvious cut and paste changes, but no luck). I'll keep checking back for sure, though!

Re: Comics on Tablets: A High Bar Easily Cleared (Addendum to “Tablets Reconsidered”)

Ken Kennedy — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:19:47 -0000

I absolutely agree, Paul. I talked myself into the big Dark Horse Star Wars comics sale purchase the last week of the year, partially because I knew I could use the Nexus 9 that I bought my wife for Christmas as a reader. It works great there, and I liked it enough to track down, drag out, and recharge my...3(?) year old gTablet that runs Cyanogenmod. I couldn't get Google Play to install there, but Dark Horse actually has a sideload-able version of their Android client for download. In addition, I successfully installed the Amazon App Store, so I could d/l Comixology from there as well! Both work fine, and I've now got hundreds of comics to read and enjoy on the gTablet. As you said, tablets and digital comics are really a great way bring back comic reading.

Re: Extending and Using Fuse

Ken Kennedy — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:12:24 -0000

Really excited about and looking forward to getting my Fuse, Phil! Feel free to stick me in any "beta-ish" group...I'll be happy to give feedback.

Re: New Chart Lets You Compare Today’s Streaming Media Boxes & OTT Platforms, All In One Place

Ken Kennedy — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:03:27 -0000

You've got HDMI In listed for the XBox 360, and not for the XBox One. I believe those should be reversed.

Re: AWS river

Ken Kennedy — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:45:42 -0000

Oh, I see...gotcha. Thanks for clarification.

Re: AWS river

Ken Kennedy — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:03:00 -0000

I like the idea of offsite status review, Dave. It doesn't look like it's currently live, though...the last update says 9:30pm on the 23rd. Is that intended, or does some process need to be kicked off?

Re: DNA Lounge: 13-Jun-2012 (Wed) Wherein the Apocalypse has been averted!

Ken Kennedy — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:04:21 -0000

Holy Hell...this is like the rules for Calvinball. But I'm glad you are kicking ass and taking names. I need to make a trip to SF just to see the new construction.

Re: A way to do web-based discussions that hang off a stream of consciousness.

Ken Kennedy — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:15:01 -0000

Ah, gotcha, Dave. Trying this out makes it much clearer where you're going with this. Interesting...I'll definitely keep an eye on it.

Re: Using zombies to teach kids geography

Ken Kennedy — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:19:20 -0000

This is completely awesome. Ooops...make that Awesome, with a capital 'A'.

Re: Immovable Type

Ken Kennedy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:50:53 -0000

Hmm...I hear what you're saying (I came here from G+ rather than Facebook, but that's just substituting one Goliath for another). That being said, I think there's a goodness to you posting here vs. in whatever walled garden (a goodness I haven't done a good job of emulating myself recently...I need to get on it!). You "own" this...if myspace/friendster/facebook/tumbler/friendfeed disappears, your postings there go with it. I think there's something important there. That being said, Anil hits on it when he points out we shouldn't war amongst ourselves re: Wordpress v. Movable Type v. Drupal v. etc...just be happen you're out of the walled garden!! Encourage the wild growth...we need it.

Re: The Personal Cloud: The Future’s Here, But Unevenly Distributed

Ken Kennedy — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:33:45 -0000

Looking forward to the new column, Jon. Welcome back to the "punditocracy"...*wink*.

I was actually just getting ready to email you...have you seen/been following scraperwiki.com? Some interesting tools in this same sort of "personal cloud" space, specializing in getting data out of non-machine readable formats (poor web layouts, PDFs, etc.), into databases, and providing visualization capabilities. Looked like something you'd be interested in.

Re: Introducing The Great Wiki Challenge

Ken Kennedy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:37:56 -0000

Hm, cloned into Cloud9, I'm (kkennedy) getting a big ol' error when I run npm install in the console, starting with Error: No compatible version found: trycatch@'>=0.1.0- <0.2.0-'

Ah...I see. The available versions of trycatch are all below 0.1.0. Cloud9 issue, I guess? UPDATE...nope. Trycatch only goes to 0.0.9 in the npm registry. OK, error in package.json, I guess. You appear to be requiring a version that doesn't exist...perhaps "trycatch": "~0.0.1" rather than "trycatch": "~0.1.0"

I'll admit, I've only used Cloud9 a bit so far, so I could me making a silly mistake...any ideas?

Re: OLPC Tablet launching this year

Ken Kennedy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:14:15 -0000

Actually, there does appear to be a hand crank being demoed at CE as a peripheral for the XO-3:
http://www.h-online.com/ope...

It may or may not make sense, but it's there.

Re: In Defense of E-ink and Plain Old Words

Ken Kennedy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:38:43 -0000

Huh-freakin-zah, my friend. I couldn't agree more. Well said. I like tablets...I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas, and I think it's great. Even for reading (surprisingly). But where do I *lose* myself in a novel. On my e-ink (2nd gen) Kindle. And I *like* losing myself in novels...

Re: Somehow, I Don’t Think Best Buy is Devoted to Our Product

Ken Kennedy — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:58:46 -0000

I'm pretty sure you hit the nail on the head, Paul. Best Buy would be happiest if we stayed out in the car, and tossed our wallet into the store for them to rifle through.

Re: Unsubscribed

Ken Kennedy — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:02:46 -0000

Unsubscribed....NOT! *grin*

Re: Ron Paul’s Incredibly Effective (and Highly Misleading) Ad

Ken Kennedy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:52:08 -0000

Well, Ron Paul has a well-established history of not actually watching/reading work done in his name, so perhaps he'll end up disavowing this too...

Re: My Atheism Will Not Save the World

Ken Kennedy — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:30:41 -0000

Damn, my friend...an even more cogent post than your standard. I think you dig deep into the confusion and consternation that many atheists/humanist/etc. feel. It's necessary, IMO, but not sufficient, to deal with this God thing. There is a lot of other crap that's causing more direct problems on a day to day basis. I do honestly believe that these issues are intimately related, but nevertheless, that's not all there is.

I honestly don't know if you depressed me or inspired me; it's much like Lessig's _Republic, Lost_ in that sense (such a good book!). But you've moved me, regardless. Thanks for sharing. This is a conversation that our cohort needs to have.

Re: How to Diss Two Billion People

Ken Kennedy — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:02:35 -0000

I'll do this both places (here and G+): Favorite line -- "I’ve not read Isaacson’s biography of Jobs. I am less compelled to do so suddenly." -- Well played.

Re: Searching the Kindle Owners Lending Library

Ken Kennedy — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:26:07 -0000

**sigh** Point taken; thanks for sharing. I hope you found the post useful!

Re: The Frightening Implications of the Cain Surge

Ken Kennedy — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:55:59 -0000

**grumble**. Whether I'm sane or not, this doth not bode well...

Re: Christ, Now I Have to Defend Rick Perry (And a Little about the “Dean Scream”)

Ken Kennedy — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:08:29 -0000

**snort** Me. Sane. You're so CUTE.

I hear what you're saying...but _President_ Rick Perry?? This is a potential Presidential candidate speaking. If you had made this speech, I'd have cracked up, shared it all over the Internet, and gone on to rib you. But you, last I checked, we're going for the "Most Powerful Man...er, Person in the World" seat. It was creepy! Plus there were giant factual errors (the first I remember yelling at the monitor about was the "deficit increased more under Obama than the entire previous history" comment...I'll track it down) that I hate; all candidates spin the facts as they will, but Perry (among others, he isn't alone) seems perfectly happy to just make them up (as far as I can tell, anyway). I'm no fan of that.

Regarding the goofiness...I dunno. I am trying to take your point. But dude...it was weird. And heck, maybe he was pounding cold medicine. Even for medical necessity. But in that case...handlers should have stepped in. HE FONDLED THAT SYRUP! *shiver*

Re: Christ, Now I Have to Defend Rick Perry (And a Little about the “Dean Scream”)

Ken Kennedy — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:54:11 -0000

I hear what you're saying, mon ami...but I watched the whole 25 minutes of that thing, so there's no lack of context (which is basically always the case when folks pull Dean's 6 second "scream" out of the middle of even the surrounding minute). Dean's over-excitable; Perry is a LOON.

I'll agree if your point is there's no NEED to pull this out to discredit Perry; noted. But if I gotta, I will. 'cause this as buck-wild crazy. If other candidates are making similar speeches up there in syrup-land, I sure as HECK need to see those too!!