Make all the wires the same color, mad bomber!
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Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2013 1:44:25 pm PDT #23137 of 25496
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Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2013 1:49:42 pm PDT #23138 of 25496
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ION, What is the best way to make accessing public wifi hotspots as secure as possible? One reason I got my tablet was so I could check my bank balance when I'm away from home, then I realized accessing my bank balance away from home could be transcendently stupid. Is there something I can put on my Android tablet that will help block the evildoers?
omnis_audis - Oct 17, 2013 2:20:49 pm PDT #23139 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Make all the wires the same color, mad bomber!
I've had to clean up wiring projects where that was the case. No labels. All wires the same color. It. Really. Sucks.
§ ita § - Oct 17, 2013 4:57:48 pm PDT #23140 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I realized accessing my bank balance away from home could be transcendently stupid
Your communication with the bank should be encrypted end to end. If you trust HTTPS (and the industry is, for a lot), all they'll know is what bank you use.
Right? Right?
Theodosia - Oct 18, 2013 3:03:53 am PDT #23141 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
FWIW, the trouble with the bomber making all the wires the same color is that it would be VERY easy to make a mistake putting the bomb together, where a crossed wire can and will 'hoist you on your own petard.'
Ginger - Oct 18, 2013 3:29:36 am PDT #23142 of 25496
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Literally.
aurelia - Oct 18, 2013 11:32:11 am PDT #23143 of 25496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
It's been quite a while since I've seen white and black in a plenum rated speaker or bell wire. I believe most manufacturers have standardized on the red and black combination so that the low voltage characteristics of the unshielded plenum rated wire you linked to can't be confused with a high voltage connection which would have black and white, and then hopefully a green wire.
I haven't actually been told what this is for, but my best guess is for low-voltage LED fixtures built into scenery and that we'll leave the wiring in the scenery for future use (but we don't want the sound dept to try attaching speakers to it).
Connie Neil - Oct 18, 2013 1:32:09 pm PDT #23144 of 25496
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Oh, but the speakers would be fun for that microsecond.
Edit: First post from my tablet! This word anticipation thing is very cool.
Gris - Oct 18, 2013 2:20:12 pm PDT #23145 of 25496
Hey. New board.
ita I have not used the one hand feature because I am a two thumb typer. I find I am faster and more accurate that way than with Swype. I am using the Samsung keyboard right now but it doesnt autocorrect by default so I keep making mistakes. I like the button size and the always visible number keys though, and I find Swiftkey's autocorrect to be TOO pervasive, so I will stick with it.
I can take a picture of the one handed feature for you though if I can remember how to take a screen shot.
Hwre: [link] should have shots of the keyboard in full size and in shrunk mode. You switch back and forth in the settings or with a pinch gesture though it's not super consistent.
§ ita § - Oct 18, 2013 2:26:58 pm PDT #23146 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can take a picture of the one handed feature for you though if I can remember how to take a screen shot.
Thanks! I've seen it, though. I was wondering if it was useful, is all. I haven't used the Samsung Keyboard alternate tablet options, like split keyboard. If I'm not handwriting, I haven't found anything I prefer to Swype, so far.
But the guy I showed the one-hand keyboard was very excited by the prospect. It sounds interesting, but if it has the same limitations as the handwriting one, frustrating.