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How is this "hacker news" material? it was a production camera, not a prototype, stolen probably by thieves who had no idea what it was.
by mtw 16y ago
How is this "hacker news" material? it was a production camera, not a prototype, stolen probably by thieves who had no idea what it was.
- hopeless 16y agoFrom the discussion in the link, it seems that the unfortunate victim had previously discussed his holiday plans. If this was anything other than a random attack, that information "leakage" could have been a contributing factor. Issues of privacy, openness, and information security are all long-standing HN themes.
- mtw 16y agook but how is it different from the millions of people using Facebook or foursquare stating when they leave home or where they leave their precious gear? Lots of cases of people who got their ferrari or jaguar xkrs stolen because they bragged about holidays on facebook. It seems a lot of noise for me for just one camera. The new PMW-F3s from Sony costs as much as one epic and are as formidable/game-chaning as the epic, but apparently everything about RED should be seen like big news...
- Bud 16y agoThe Sony's specs do not seem to measure up to this RED unit, at least from what's been posted in this thread and the spec sheet I just skimmed. The RED also has a substantially higher "whoa" index.
- zoomzoom 16y agoSee the comment about industrial espionage above.
- jonknee 16y agoThe Epic is quite a bit more techy than the PMW-F3. For example, the Sony stops at 1080p, which is picture in picture compared to 5k.