The discussion so far in this thread has done nothing but reinforce my impression that the inclusion of "Science" in "Computer Science" is about as accurate and meaningful as its inclusion in "Social Science".
3) Run the Operating System Wizard to purchase a little-known operating system and repackage it as your own?
This is what Microsoft SHOULD have done. Cut ties with the legacy codebase, buy something cool, and start from scratch. Just look what Apple did with OS X.
So writing documentation that the average Linux user can understand isn't a priority for you?
That is not the case. It is certainly *a* priority. It simply isn't "the most urgent" priority. Moreover, ensuring that Linux, for example, is easily usable by persons with disabilities is so far down *my* priorities list as to barely rate a mention.
The attacker in this scenario can gain physical access to the computer(s) that are doing the crypto work. For him a more efficient process might look like this: (snip)
You could get a lot more efficient than that.
Group the stored messages by senders/recipients
Select one (or several) PGP user to go after
Visit the subject, inform him that his mother/wife/daughter is in custody, and that The Boys are going to work on her in five minutes
...
Decrypt all of his past, present and future messages.
Once your secrets get to a certain level of desirability, the strength of your crypto is never the weakest link.
Yes, but the point is the government organization receiving these reports is HOMELAND SECURITY. In other words, that which everyone predicted has happened. Homeland Security is now handling day-to-day law enforcement -- but, unlike, say, your local PD or the FBI, Homeland Security doesn't answer to anyone. Homeland Security can literally do ANYTHING and you have no recourse.
I've worked for operators in three different countries, and the only time I've ever heard a phone referred to as a "cell phone" was when talking to someone in or from the USA.
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The discussion so far in this thread has done nothing but reinforce my impression that the inclusion of "Science" in "Computer Science" is about as accurate and meaningful as its inclusion in "Social Science".
Tell that to the Nazis at Nuremberg.
Thank god someone posted this early.
Worst article title, and worst article summary, ever.
I note that there is no mention of getting the cripples DOWN from the mountain top...
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(even AAC).
Huh? What on earth are you on about?
OK then, maybe in the US we should refer to Ubuntu as... PATRIOTFreedomOS© ?
There are other services offering free MX and multigigabyte mailbox hosting with great webmail interfaces?
3) Run the Operating System Wizard to purchase a little-known operating system and repackage it as your own?
This is what Microsoft SHOULD have done. Cut ties with the legacy codebase, buy something cool, and start from scratch. Just look what Apple did with OS X.
The parent post should be required reading for everyone who has chimed in with an uninformed opinion.
Timing these claims the way they did is just dirty.
Yes, because Novell has always played so clean and fair with Microsoft. What goes around...
IIRC, the clock bug affected only Windows 95 and Windows 98 OSR1. Windows 2000 was never affected.
Yeah, I can't wait for an Australia in which all websites and emails containing references to or depictions of graffiti are blocked at the ISP level.
In 2006, we are a long way from M-Windows 98, Linux with Fluxbox, and Mac OS 9
:)
Maybe YOU are -- I'm quite happy with Ubuntu Server running Fluxbox
So writing documentation that the average Linux user can understand isn't a priority for you?
That is not the case. It is certainly *a* priority. It simply isn't "the most urgent" priority. Moreover, ensuring that Linux, for example, is easily usable by persons with disabilities is so far down *my* priorities list as to barely rate a mention.
The most urgent task is to improve documentation.
Not for me it isn't. "Open Source" does not mean "good works for charity".
You could get a lot more efficient than that.
Once your secrets get to a certain level of desirability, the strength of your crypto is never the weakest link.
Offtopic, but that was a very nicely-written post. Nice.
...or other identifying badge...
Of course, once the law is passed requiring you to carry your embedded-RFID "US PATRIOT ID CARD", you pretty much stick out like a sore thumb.
I it's more that the item in question is an input, and your girlfriend provides the "feedback".
They might as well have named it the $20 bill biodetector.
Kathleen Dupre performed Elgar's cello concerto like nobody else
Who?
Well, it's not really a very good comparison because Apple is primarily a hardware company, or complete solutions if you will.
Maybe you missed the last financial statement, but Apple is now an MP3-PLAYER COMPANY. The majority of Apple's revenue comes from Ipod sales.
Yes, but the point is the government organization receiving these reports is HOMELAND SECURITY. In other words, that which everyone predicted has happened. Homeland Security is now handling day-to-day law enforcement -- but, unlike, say, your local PD or the FBI, Homeland Security doesn't answer to anyone. Homeland Security can literally do ANYTHING and you have no recourse.
I've worked for operators in three different countries, and the only time I've ever heard a phone referred to as a "cell phone" was when talking to someone in or from the USA.