When it comes to Debian it is not just a choice of distro, it is a choice of distro built on good principles as well as on good architecture.
The truth is however that each distro exist to offer you even more customizibilty. You have distros like Slack/Gentoo that many like because they don't include many unnecessary packages and the distro offers you much configurability. Many don't like these distros however because they don't have the time to compile(Gentoo)/configure/install everything the good-old-way or that they just want a distro that is a tad more user-friendly. For those you RedHat/Suse and Mandrake that are distros that are based on a binary package system (Gentoo has ports which downloads the source and compiles it). Each of these have their own "touch" as well.
Mandrake offers many patches/programs to make life easier, so Mandrake is a very popular choice for people that are new to Linux. RedHat doesn't offer as much as Mandrake in the newbie area, and are a bit more strict on what goes into their kernel and distro. So imo RedHat isn't quite as user-friendly as Mandrake. SuSe I don't know much about, I know that tthey have a configuration utility that has gotten a lot of positive feedback (YaST isn't it?).
So the choice of distro is just a part of the customization. Part of running Linux is choosing the distro that is right for you.
I have a high resolution, something I cannot do without, the sad thing however is, with this high resolution I don't have enough memory for DRI (Direct Rendering Interface). What I'm curious about is that if/when I start using RandR and decrease my resolution on the fly, will it re-initiate things like DRI that where disbled on start due to low memory or will it just change my resolution?
Both kmail and evolution use gpg, mutt as well invokes gpg when it is needed, so when it comes to integration of gpg in mail clients (for Linux), it has been there for a while and is supported in many good and stable clients, the fact is mozilla/enigmail was late in supporting it. How things are in Windows, I have no idea.
Crypto is not necessary about hiding, but can be (as coined Ayn Rand I believe), the minorities protection against the oppression of the majority. And this is something that is vitally important.
I use gpg all the time, and I know a lot of other people that use it, it is a great program.
However, a problem is that people just aren't good enough at getting their public-keys out. I hope this article enlightens them on the lovely export option. Which I believe to be one of the most important parts. I receive email from a lot of lists everyday, LUGS, development lists and so on. A lot of this email is signed, but a lot of these people obviously don't get the points of signing completely since they haven't got their public key available in anyway (of course some may not believe in the keyservers and so on, and want to be contacted in other ways for key-exchange, but not all are that pre-cautious, some just don't understand), and thus I cannot verify their signature.
Hermes: Get ready for fun Fry, now a days we have a type of game entirely played on video. Leela: We call it a video-game. Fry: A video game you say. Well golly gee, you mighty space men of the future will have to show me how it works.
I just got a 3410, and to my grief, I shortly figured the only way to transfer apps to the 3xxx series is through WAP. Unlike the 7xxx series or even the 6xxx series. That is a real drawback for us midlet java programmers:(.
Note, "the sold out" part doesn't mean this case (I don't think you can buy these can you? (If you can, then this counts as well)), but in general all of LoTR stuff that is in every store I enter, that's the source of my frustration... And now I'm even more off-topic, so I definitely better end this here.
No, seriously, I loved legos when I was small, and I still have a passion for them, but I am however sick of all the hype around LoTR, seems the second generation Tolkien or whomever owns the right sold out about as much as Geroge Lucas did, but this is getting offtopic, so I'll end this here.
Not necessarily, encryption of mail will still require people to actually understand the principles of public-key cryptography and distribute their public-key so people can encrypt mail to them, and as far as I know, neither kmail, evolution or mozilla integrates an option to export your public key to a keyserver (Although gpg/pgp does).
Personally I don't think the golden age of mail cryptography is at hand, although I wish it was, but all in all I would prefere a golden age of digital signatures more than anything.
There is a lot of different ways to snoop around a computer, a lot of the stuff that goes through your hardware can be picked up via things like Van Eck Phreaking. You can protect yourself from attacks like this with software alone.
Timing keyboard interrupts and similar and generating an entropy pool of pseudo-random numbers and using them (like the Linux-kernel does (/dev/random)) generates supposely strong pseudo-random numbers.
One time pads are useful for small amounts of data/one time transmissions, but for huge data it becomes quite useless. Another thing with one time pad is that both sides need to have the key (symmetric cryptography) and the pads have to really be random, or secure pseudo-random. I'll agree that one time pads are the only true secure form of cryptography, but that is still not reason enough not to develop more/better algorithms which are more effective in other areas.
You said:
Does that mean if I get shot by one bullet I wont get hurt?
He said: Hence, a mere six-meter (19.8-foot) fall, which would be routine for an action hero, compares to being simultaneously shot by six.45 cal bullets, from a kinetic energy standpoint.
Note the "kinetic stand-point" line, it is obviously what you miseed, a bullet causes much more damage because of the size of bullet (ie, entry size) which will cause penetration and the shockwave following the bullet.
Hey, how about some info on the database, what algorithm does use for cryptography?
Doesn't really matter though, the whole idea seems quite silly to me, and the task will probably end up on my universities doorstep anyway (University of Bergen).
I think it is quite obvious that sooner or later old fasion cinema projection will be sidelined by more digital products. We see this everywhere, radio, television, satalite. What's suprising is that it has taken so long for digital projection to make its move within the cinemas.
Just so people know the definitions of certain words (although I do presume that most of the slashdot community are familiar with these): script kiddies
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I honestly don't think family has much to do with, it is more a show of "5ki11z". It is simply a kid wanting to show the world/friends that he has the power to "h4xx0r" (crack) into a system or cause a denial of service. Quite honestly, I don't think this kid is much different from he predessors, it is just about time and place.
What about the openft protocol, they've been working on that for a while gift.sourceforge.net. They originally used the fasttrack protocol (KaZaa), but after kaZaa changed there specs, they decided to create their own protocol.
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When it comes to Debian it is not just a choice of distro, it is a choice of distro built on good principles as well as on good architecture.
The truth is however that each distro exist to offer you even more customizibilty. You have distros like Slack/Gentoo that many like because they don't include many unnecessary packages and the distro offers you much configurability. Many don't like these distros however because they don't have the time to compile(Gentoo)/configure/install everything the good-old-way or that they just want a distro that is a tad more user-friendly. For those you RedHat/Suse and Mandrake that are distros that are based on a binary package system (Gentoo has ports which downloads the source and compiles it). Each of these have their own "touch" as well.
Mandrake offers many patches/programs to make life easier, so Mandrake is a very popular choice for people that are new to Linux.
RedHat doesn't offer as much as Mandrake in the newbie area, and are a bit more strict on what goes into their kernel and distro. So imo RedHat isn't quite as user-friendly as Mandrake.
SuSe I don't know much about, I know that tthey have a configuration utility that has gotten a lot of positive feedback (YaST isn't it?).
So the choice of distro is just a part of the customization. Part of running Linux is choosing the distro that is right for you.
I have a high resolution, something I cannot do without, the sad thing however is, with this high resolution I don't have enough memory for DRI (Direct Rendering Interface). What I'm curious about is that if/when I start using RandR and decrease my resolution on the fly, will it re-initiate things like DRI that where disbled on start due to low memory or will it just change my resolution?
Move along, nothing to see here :).
Both kmail and evolution use gpg, mutt as well invokes gpg when it is needed, so when it comes to integration of gpg in mail clients (for Linux), it has been there for a while and is supported in many good and stable clients, the fact is mozilla/enigmail was late in supporting it. How things are in Windows, I have no idea.
Crypto is not necessary about hiding, but can be (as coined Ayn Rand I believe), the minorities protection against the oppression of the majority. And this is something that is vitally important.
I use gpg all the time, and I know a lot of other people that use it, it is a great program.
However, a problem is that people just aren't good enough at getting their public-keys out. I hope this article enlightens them on the lovely export option. Which I believe to be one of the most important parts. I receive email from a lot of lists everyday, LUGS, development lists and so on. A lot of this email is signed, but a lot of these people obviously don't get the points of signing completely since they haven't got their public key available in anyway (of course some may not believe in the keyservers and so on, and want to be contacted in other ways for key-exchange, but not all are that pre-cautious, some just don't understand), and thus I cannot verify their signature.
Episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two" (S02E13)
Hermes: Get ready for fun Fry, now a days we have a type of game entirely played on video.
Leela: We call it a video-game.
Fry: A video game you say. Well golly gee, you mighty space men of the future will have to show me how it works.
That is say, about 1 cent for each spam I've received :).
I just got a 3410, and to my grief, I shortly figured the only way to transfer apps to the 3xxx series is through WAP. Unlike the 7xxx series or even the 6xxx series. That is a real drawback for us midlet java programmers :(.
I agree totally, I read the books seven years ago.
What has really gotten to me, more than all the hype is what I heard after seeing the movie:
1. I pity all of those who read the books, wasted their time on that, instead of just waiting for the movie.
2 [about the movie, from the row behind]. Typical Hollywood ending, always leaving it open for a sequal.
The last was actually more funny than annoying, they're the kind of people I'd like to throw a book at though.
Note, "the sold out" part doesn't mean this case (I don't think you can buy these can you? (If you can, then this counts as well)), but in general all of LoTR stuff that is in every store I enter, that's the source of my frustration... And now I'm even more off-topic, so I definitely better end this here.
Age groups 4-10... I'm going down for this one :)
:)
No, seriously, I loved legos when I was small, and I still have a passion for them, but I am however sick of all the hype around LoTR, seems the second generation Tolkien or whomever owns the right sold out about as much as Geroge Lucas did, but this is getting offtopic, so I'll end this here.
Btw, Mindworks rule!
Not necessarily, encryption of mail will still require people to actually understand the principles of public-key cryptography and distribute their public-key so people can encrypt mail to them, and as far as I know, neither kmail, evolution or mozilla integrates an option to export your public key to a keyserver (Although gpg/pgp does).
Personally I don't think the golden age of mail cryptography is at hand, although I wish it was, but all in all I would prefere a golden age of digital signatures more than anything.
There is a lot of different ways to snoop around a computer, a lot of the stuff that goes through your hardware can be picked up via things like Van Eck Phreaking. You can protect yourself from attacks like this with software alone.
If we are going to be specific, hackers don't even have to own a computer or what they do, doesn't even have to relate to a computer.
Timing keyboard interrupts and similar and generating an entropy pool of pseudo-random numbers and using them (like the Linux-kernel does (/dev/random)) generates supposely strong pseudo-random numbers.
One time pads are useful for small amounts of data/one time transmissions, but for huge data it becomes quite useless. Another thing with one time pad is that both sides need to have the key (symmetric cryptography) and the pads have to really be random, or secure pseudo-random.
I'll agree that one time pads are the only true secure form of cryptography, but that is still not reason enough not to develop more/better algorithms which are more effective in other areas.
You said:
.45 cal bullets, from a kinetic energy standpoint.
Does that mean if I get shot by one bullet I wont get hurt?
He said:
Hence, a mere six-meter (19.8-foot) fall, which would be routine for an action hero, compares to being simultaneously shot by six
Note the "kinetic stand-point" line, it is obviously what you miseed, a bullet causes much more damage because of the size of bullet (ie, entry size) which will cause penetration and the shockwave following the bullet.
Hey, how about some info on the database, what algorithm does use for cryptography?
Doesn't really matter though, the whole idea seems quite silly to me, and the task will probably end up on my universities doorstep anyway (University of Bergen).
I think it is quite obvious that sooner or later old fasion cinema projection will be sidelined by more digital products. We see this everywhere, radio, television, satalite. What's suprising is that it has taken so long for digital projection to make its move within the cinemas.
Just so people know the definitions of certain words (although I do presume that most of the slashdot community are familiar with these):
script kiddies
hacker
cracker
I honestly don't think family has much to do with, it is more a show of "5ki11z". It is simply a kid wanting to show the world/friends that he has the power to "h4xx0r" (crack) into a system or cause a denial of service. Quite honestly, I don't think this kid is much different from he predessors, it is just about time and place.
What about the openft protocol, they've been working on that for a while gift.sourceforge.net. They originally used the fasttrack protocol (KaZaa), but after kaZaa changed there specs, they decided to create their own protocol.
I know the only one up here is in Bergen, Norway. And I got premiere tickets, good seats too.
;).
This is going to be good
Enough said.