What I was trying to imply was that the US Secret Service now don't mind people knowing about their dictionary-attack system because they have something better.;)
The U.S. Secret Service is having success with breaking keys using dictionary-attacks.
Now, reading between the lines:
The U.S. Secret Service has just perfected a brilliant new method of brute-forcing 256-bit keys in a matter of minutes using the same processing power as a pocket calculator.
Therefore the previous dictionary-attack system can safely become public knowledge.
If it was $230 a year it would be in line with what the UK TV Licence payer is already paying. There is some ill-feeling about the licence fee right now so any cheaper international licence would be forced down by the public / government.
Its as well because you'd have no real right to. True enough, wikimedia servers are US hosted and operated. However, Wikipedia which has no restrictions on who can edit and contribute articles is a globally developed encyclopedia.
Some of the most prolific English-language Wikipedia writers have english as their second language. They often provide the detailed bulk of an article and any spelling or grammar issues are sorted out gradually by other editors.
Indeed there at least 22 non-english language versions of Wikipedia, consisting of articles translated and written most probably by people from the countries where that language is predominant.
The Wikimedia project also recieves funding donations from across the world.
I make the assumtion, of course, that you are American.
Without going to far into the text of your comment, we (in Europe) have generally the same feeling about US litigation which seems to continuously pour beyond your borders.
So my point also would be that "as a European, why should we give a flying flip what the US wants? It's not like they really have any enforcement powers beyond their borders."
(The answer of course, is that if you want to trade overseas, we have to respect the purchasing country/states laws. Either that or everyone trades nationally and our respective economies collapse)
But apart from that, there's more advantages to Athlon64 than the AMD64 instructions (which you're not going to be able to take advantage of right now anyway unless you're running Linux).
And I thought the only people buying AMD64 CPUs *were* Linux users;-)
Unfortunately, at least in the UK, unlimited (3G) data plans seem rather hard to come by with the majority of services having sub 100MB caps or a pay-per-megabyte price structure.
Slightly off-topic but related, Virgin is unusual as a 'major station' in the UK in that it offers its streams in Ogg/Vorbis format. (The BBC did previously but has stopped for an undetermined ammount of time).
Scalable... you keep using that word. I do not think that it means what you think it means.
When referring to Nutch, I mean scalable from single processor systems (as would typically run single website searches) to multiple processor (clustered) systems for running full web-search sites.
What were you thinking I was meaning?
If the reference to Java implies non-scalability, Sun would tell you otherwise but I (personally) am giving no warranties either way.;-)
There is already a fairly scalable complete FOSS search-engine called Nutch which can (in theory) scale from an 'in website' search engine to a full-blown google-style search site.
I wonder if Yahoo are offering as much source access and simmilar licencing terms to this? (It appears from the articles that the APIs are purely for interaction with the Yahoo site).
It probably could be done that way but building 'spaceworthy' pressure vessels is an incredibly expensive business.
Also, any vessel would require a new airlock to be built (very expensive). Whether the 'capsule' was adjoined to the existing airlock or seperate from it, the simple logistics of getting in and out while in space requires it.
And with anything *new* you want to put into space, you'll always have something less 'proven'.
I don't doubt that NASA has probably looked at all manner of new ideas recently but they're probably going to maintain the basic stuff they feel happy with now; at least for the near future.
The Shuttle's return mode is as an Aircraft (glider) and as such it needs to keep its Centre of Gravity within acceptable limits.
Just adding 7 persons to the front-end of the shuttle would undoubtedly shift the C of G of an unladen craft quite a way forward. Whether this would go beyond the C of G limits I cannot say. The only obvious solution to the C of G problem would be pumping liquid stores and / or Hydrazine aft.
However, I do not believe they are intending to tackle this problem. My guess is that the first launches after return to service may only have crews of three or four, thus enabling a 'rescue' flight with a crew of three to come back with a total complement of seven.
The other issue with bringing back more than seven would be adequate seating to prevent the inevitable injuries which could occur during re-entry for an un-restrained person.
If you read my post, I refer to MPEG-4 QVGA as a Format not a codec. IE: MPEG-4 QVGA Format a format consisting of an MPEG-4 stream at QVGA resolution.
I then went on to state that this is probably using a proprietary codec as per:
MPEG4 motion video can be played back with Windows Media Player 6.4 or later. Playback Fast-Forward and Rewind up to a maximum or 128 times. Files created with our Miniket are designed for playback with the included software and our DVD recorders.
Sounds like a right stingy system at that if it restricts you playing-back only 128times:-/
I notice on the site it says it captures clips in an MPEG-4 QVGA format for playback with 'Windows Media Player'.
So it is probably using a proprietary Windows media codec for with there is no 'official' support under Linux.
You will, of course be able to play back / manipulate the video using 3rd party tools such as Mplayer/Mencoder which provide this sort of interoperability.
Now, compare the PS2's graphics to the PC games of the time when the PS2's graphical capabilities were first revealed. PS2 blew the PCs of the time (the time in question being early 1999) away.
The PS2 was 'shown' in April '99 (with no games shown) but didn't reach market till March 2000 (Japan) and Oct 2000 (EU/US)
By this time games like Quake3 and UT (both released 99) were already 'long in the tooth' on the PC and games like NFS: Motor City were out.
Indeed, in early 2000 Halo was being demod to the world on both PC and Mac hardware, its intended platform, before Micro$oft bought Bungee and sent Halo to X-Box almost 12 months late.
Of interest was that Halo *would* have been out for Windows, Mac (and rumoured Linux) in early 2000 if it hadn't been for everyones favourite Monopoly getting in the way;-)
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Individually, these stories might be amusing but when they're covering the entire front page it becomes rather wearing.
There's nothing wrong with having an 'awfully British' doctor.
;-)
Besides, Richard E Grand seems to fit the bill perfectly just by his nature
What I was trying to imply was that the US Secret Service now don't mind people knowing about their dictionary-attack system because they have something better. ;)
The U.S. Secret Service is having success with breaking keys using dictionary-attacks.
Now, reading between the lines:
The U.S. Secret Service has just perfected a brilliant new method of brute-forcing 256-bit keys in a matter of minutes using the same processing power as a pocket calculator.
Therefore the previous dictionary-attack system can safely become public knowledge.
If it was $230 a year it would be in line with what the UK TV Licence payer is already paying. There is some ill-feeling about the licence fee right now so any cheaper international licence would be forced down by the public / government.
Its as well because you'd have no real right to. True enough, wikimedia servers are US hosted and operated. However, Wikipedia which has no restrictions on who can edit and contribute articles is a globally developed encyclopedia.
Some of the most prolific English-language Wikipedia writers have english as their second language. They often provide the detailed bulk of an article and any spelling or grammar issues are sorted out gradually by other editors.
Indeed there at least 22 non-english language versions of Wikipedia, consisting of articles translated and written most probably by people from the countries where that language is predominant.
The Wikimedia project also recieves funding donations from across the world.
I make the assumtion, of course, that you are American.
Without going to far into the text of your comment, we (in Europe) have generally the same feeling about US litigation which seems to continuously pour beyond your borders.
So my point also would be that "as a European, why should we give a flying flip what the US wants? It's not like they really have any enforcement powers beyond their borders."
(The answer of course, is that if you want to trade overseas, we have to respect the purchasing country/states laws. Either that or everyone trades nationally and our respective economies collapse)
And is there some written law that says anyone should need to be a friend of the US?
As far as I can see the US on an international-level is rather un-friendly to most nations. (both by policy and deed).
And I thought the only people buying AMD64 CPUs *were* Linux users
I'd bet this is the sort of advertising they'd rather not have.
Surely this would (rightly) file under "false allegation"?
Clearly the links haven't been followed by the editors.
Unfortunately, at least in the UK, unlimited (3G) data plans seem rather hard to come by with the majority of services having sub 100MB caps or a pay-per-megabyte price structure.
Slightly off-topic but related, Virgin is unusual as a 'major station' in the UK in that it offers its streams in Ogg/Vorbis format. (The BBC did previously but has stopped for an undetermined ammount of time).
My patent-pending Mk-1 eyeball visual product quantity measurement system will solve all the problems that RFID couldn't!
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of........
No, wait, it's just too terrible to comprehend.
When referring to Nutch, I mean scalable from single processor systems (as would typically run single website searches) to multiple processor (clustered) systems for running full web-search sites.
What were you thinking I was meaning?
If the reference to Java implies non-scalability, Sun would tell you otherwise but I (personally) am giving no warranties either way.
There is already a fairly scalable complete FOSS search-engine called Nutch which can (in theory) scale from an 'in website' search engine to a full-blown google-style search site.
I wonder if Yahoo are offering as much source access and simmilar licencing terms to this? (It appears from the articles that the APIs are purely for interaction with the Yahoo site).
I seem to remember they have at least one complete Energia launch set mothballed at Baikonur which was originally destined for a Buran launch.
You are confusing patents with copyright.
The GPL conveys a concept for usage rights and copyright terms.
I think you were meaning Rekall Revealed - the open-source (GPL) version of Rekall.
http://www.openoffice.org
;-)
Now stop being such a pansy
It probably could be done that way but building 'spaceworthy' pressure vessels is an incredibly expensive business.
Also, any vessel would require a new airlock to be built (very expensive). Whether the 'capsule' was adjoined to the existing airlock or seperate from it, the simple logistics of getting in and out while in space requires it.
And with anything *new* you want to put into space, you'll always have something less 'proven'.
I don't doubt that NASA has probably looked at all manner of new ideas recently but they're probably going to maintain the basic stuff they feel happy with now; at least for the near future.
The Shuttle's return mode is as an Aircraft (glider) and as such it needs to keep its Centre of Gravity within acceptable limits.
Just adding 7 persons to the front-end of the shuttle would undoubtedly shift the C of G of an unladen craft quite a way forward. Whether this would go beyond the C of G limits I cannot say. The only obvious solution to the C of G problem would be pumping liquid stores and / or Hydrazine aft.
However, I do not believe they are intending to tackle this problem. My guess is that the first launches after return to service may only have crews of three or four, thus enabling a 'rescue' flight with a crew of three to come back with a total complement of seven.
The other issue with bringing back more than seven would be adequate seating to prevent the inevitable injuries which could occur during re-entry for an un-restrained person.
If you read my post, I refer to MPEG-4 QVGA as a Format not a codec. IE: MPEG-4 QVGA Format a format consisting of an MPEG-4 stream at QVGA resolution.
I then went on to state that this is probably using a proprietary codec as per:
MPEG4 motion video can be played back with Windows Media Player 6.4 or later. Playback Fast-Forward and Rewind up to a maximum or 128 times. Files created with our Miniket are designed for playback with the included software and our DVD recorders.
Sounds like a right stingy system at that if it restricts you playing-back only 128times
I notice on the site it says it captures clips in an MPEG-4 QVGA format for playback with 'Windows Media Player'.
So it is probably using a proprietary Windows media codec for with there is no 'official' support under Linux.
You will, of course be able to play back / manipulate the video using 3rd party tools such as Mplayer/Mencoder which provide this sort of interoperability.
If you happened to have installed RealPlayer 10 recently, they've actually started bundling the OGG/Theora codec pack that was previously a plugin.
The PS2 was 'shown' in April '99 (with no games shown) but didn't reach market till March 2000 (Japan) and Oct 2000 (EU/US)
By this time games like Quake3 and UT (both released 99) were already 'long in the tooth' on the PC and games like NFS: Motor City were out.
Indeed, in early 2000 Halo was being demod to the world on both PC and Mac hardware, its intended platform, before Micro$oft bought Bungee and sent Halo to X-Box almost 12 months late.
Of interest was that Halo *would* have been out for Windows, Mac (and rumoured Linux) in early 2000 if it hadn't been for everyones favourite Monopoly getting in the way