The mathematics behind the US election system (and what's wrong with it) where presented in Discover Magazine, now online at http://www.d isc over.com/nov_00/gthere.html?article=featbestman.ht ml
They also present several other voting schemes' pros and cons, but point out the difficulty in getting all of America to understand and switch to a new system.
OK, so is MS then responsible for the following scenario? I once used Microsoft Media Player on my Microsoft Windows 98 machine to play some Metallica and Dr. Dre MP3s that I downloaded from a server running Microsoft Internet Information Server in my Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. And what about the Cisco routers that didn't stop the illegal traffic as it passed through them? When is the (US) legal system going to put the responsibility back on the individual?
Saw a similar product in an advertising section of Wired (May 2000). It's called the eGo. "It connects to a PC to download emails, MP3 Music, and Internet newscasts." Specs can be found at http://www.i2go.com/asp/c_specs.asp
Personally, I seriously doubt this one. Remember, these are the same people who thought CSS would protect DVDs. I don't think they are technically competent enough to perform a DDoS. (Yes, I don't think they could do it even with the script-kiddie programs)
Does anyone have a private network they could use to test this thing? If everyone is so paranoid, just run this on one box and TCPDump on another box. Then go put TFN on a machine and see if their little program tries to send anything funny.
IIRC those probes were designed to transmit data back to the lander and the lander would "forward" the data back to NASA. They were also supposed to detach from the lander in the air and fall to Mars. If they survived they could have landed far from the lander and their signal isn't strong enough for us to pick up without the lander re-transmitting it.
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The mathematics behind the US election system (and what's wrong with it) where presented in Discover Magazine, now online at http://www.d isc over.com/nov_00/gthere.html?article=featbestman.ht ml
They also present several other voting schemes' pros and cons, but point out the difficulty in getting all of America to understand and switch to a new system.
OK, so is MS then responsible for the following scenario?
I once used Microsoft Media Player on my Microsoft Windows 98 machine to play some Metallica and Dr. Dre MP3s that I downloaded from a server running Microsoft Internet Information Server in my Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.
And what about the Cisco routers that didn't stop the illegal traffic as it passed through them?
When is the (US) legal system going to put the responsibility back on the individual?
Saw a similar product in an advertising section of Wired (May 2000). It's called the eGo.
"It connects to a PC to download emails, MP3 Music, and Internet newscasts."
Specs can be found at http://www.i2go.com/asp/c_specs.asp
Personally, I seriously doubt this one.
Remember, these are the same people who thought CSS would protect DVDs. I don't think they are technically competent enough to perform a DDoS. (Yes, I don't think they could do it even with the script-kiddie programs)
Does anyone have a private network they could use to test this thing?
If everyone is so paranoid, just run this on one box and TCPDump on another box. Then go put TFN on a machine and see if their little program tries to send anything funny.
IIRC those probes were designed to transmit data back to the lander and the lander would "forward" the data back to NASA. They were also supposed to detach from the lander in the air and fall to Mars. If they survived they could have landed far from the lander and their signal isn't strong enough for us to pick up without the lander re-transmitting it.