Archive for July 24th, 2012
I have no joke here, I just like saying…
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012-1 day DEFCON 20 notes
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012Lawrence observed yesterday:
So this is interesting:
N.B.: This is at Black Hat, not DEFCON. For those who might be confused, I like Borepatch’s description of Black Hat as “more corporate and buttoned down”: basically, they are different conferences, but with considerable overlap. Looking further into the Black Hat schedule, though, it looks like De Atley’s presentation isn’t the only one on IOS security issues.
My understanding is that the organizers try to keep a certain level of separation between Black Hat and DEFCON: why pay $1,500 for Black Hat if all the panels are duplicated at DEFCON for less? Not that there aren’t panels common to both, but it seems that your presentation has to be pretty high quality, sensational, or both in order to get accepted to Black Hat and DEFCON.
Which in turn makes me wonder: given the popularity of IOS devices, did the organizers segregate all the Apple panels at Black Hat, in an attempt to give folks more of an incentive to attend?
I don’t know: this is all purely speculative, and there’s nothing wrong with it anyway. I’m just wondering…
Random notes: July 24, 2012.
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012Obit watch: Sally Ride.
Previously noted, but bears repeating: The Lustgarten Foundation for pancreatic cancer research.
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More:
I’m fascinated by the events in Anaheim, but I don’t know what to make of them right now. (More here.)
Art, damn it, art! watch (#31 in a series)
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012This story has gotten a fair amount of attention elsewhere, but I want to highlight one aspect of it.
Ileana Sonnabend was a noted NYC art dealer who passed away in 2007. Her children inherited her art collection, which was valued at $1 billion. So far, her heirs have paid $471 million in estate taxes on the collection, selling off a large part of it to do so.
One of the pieces in the collection is a Robert Rauschenberg piece called “Canyon”.
The IRS values “Canyon” at $65 million, and wants the family to pay $29.2 million in tax.
But doesn’t the fact that the work can’t be sold make it of zero value anyway? Sort of by definition? And is Ms. Barron confusing aesthetic value with market value?