It would be fun to execute this against a mobile device, where storage is expensive. 2GB might be all that is required to choke the device.
A neat client-side DDoS :)
Is there a way to get this information off of LinkedIn?
I am guessing it would be possible to pull it out of Google+ profile pages, but I am not sure it has historical data, or been around long enough for that matter.
Facebook would surely have it but I doubt this information is accessible.
I would be curios to see a LinkedIn graph showing (and proactively finding) evidence of this whole saga.
That is, I would expect to see less movement of employees with certain talents, between conspiring companies.
It could be bad if I spent the same amount at the EFF-equivalent of my own country. The problem is that USA might be too powerful and the original EFF would be "taking the fight to their filed."
A better example would be something like this: most PhDs of UIUC in the field of Science use the same vocabulary, despite having PhD in different fields. Hence, a team of PhDs in different, adjacent fields of Science, from UIUC, might be able to both complete each other and hit the ground running faster.
Of course, adding new member(s) to such a team should not require "PhD from UIUC". Rather, the team must also be able to absorb a member and teach him the vocabulary required to collaborate and contribute effectively.
Personally, I work as a technology/security expert in a team that consists of PhD, machine-learning experts. I've been taught enough vocabulary to understand and follow the conversation and be able to contribute and feel purposeful and innovative from my - very different - perspective.
An equally important question is "when?"
I don't understand why this part is overlooked. Getting ICS within a month of release is not the same as getting ICS 12 months after release.
I compare Google's Android ecosystem to a restaurant:
I ate once and received wonderful food and service. I go there again next week and the food is cold and the service is rude.
Android's inconsistency is as big problem for Google as it is to the restaurant - if it's inconsistent, I stop going.
I own several Android devices, with the SGS2 being the latest. If it is going to be inconsistent with the update & timing as the rest of them - next time I'm going to the competition, whoever it might be.
This reminds me of Guy Kawasaki's mission statement from his Apple days:
"In 1983, when I started in the Macintosh Division of Apple
Computer, beating IBM was our reason for existence. We wanted to send IBM back to the typewriter business holding its Selectric type-writer balls.
In 1987, our reason for existence became beating Windows and
Microsoft. We wanted to crush Microsoft and force Bill Gates to get a job flipping fish at the Pike Place Market."
-- www.guykawasaki.com/the-art-of-the-start/artprop.pdf
I find TED's talk - www.ted.com/talks/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_in_empathy.html - to be a 2011 version of Lord of the Flies.
Many people found that TED Talk to be borderline offensive ans sometimes even worse - outright misleading.
I am curious if their opinions would change have they read this link or the book.
Edit: Ooops; didn't see the comment above about sub-domains. Worth a try though!