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Design Flaw in iPhone 4, Testers Say
On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:56:46 -0700, John Smith
wrote: On 8/4/2010 11:00 AM, Registered User wrote: Nope, try an external hardware device which acts as a security key for a specific piece of software. A major CAD (computer assisted drafting) software company made that a popular term for its' copy protection. Anyone coming though an industry heavily dependent on such, and working is such a department, would certainly share your view. After VAX boxes and other minicomputers appeared, many types of commercial productivity applications besides CAD tool relied on dongles as security devices. As computers moved to the desktop this did not change. There was even a C-64 accounting application that required a dongle. It was primitive but effective security. This is much the same as the term "Computer Hacker"--used to denote one who is tops in their field; This term was usurped by the news and now in joe-blow-six-packs minds is associated with computer criminal. Their error. Not quite. Journalism isn't the only field where hack writers can be found. Quick and dirty code is often referred to by the author as a being a quick hack. It's an acknowledgement that the code is not particularly elegant or robust, just a temporary solution to resolve an issue or answer a question. If a computer professional describes them self as a hacker today (without using the word hat), it's an admission their skills and training could be better. Calling any computer professional a hack is a insult. The term was coined back in the early 70's Nope, wrong decade. It was coined before CAD existed. Given CAD software has been around for almost fifty years, it appears you're disagreeing with yourself WRT computer dongles. and used to be applied to differing externals plugged in to differing ports of a computer. I guess you learn something new everyday. Apparently not you as you profess to have all the answers already. I don't profess any such thing, you do. I'm not the one who wrote - quote - It is time to end the stone age of electronics! - end quote - and then offered USB devices as the path to enlightenment. |
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