If there was world peace, why would anyone need to monitor your data?
And, if everyone in the world was pacified, wouldn't you fear that we were losing our free will? What makes us great is that we have differences in opinion, and are willing to fight and die for them.
Probably not -- before he got the number, it was likely not used for some time, during which countless SMS messages must've bounced off of the server. Result? Still getting SMS Spam. It's possible they re-assigned the number right away, but my bet is that it was bouncing SMS for at least a week or so.
Lexus owner, disagree. Parts are expensive as f***, but mine's got 180,000 miles on it and the engine runs like it was new. I'm wearing out the driver's seat and the steering wheel, but besides parts that are expected to die after a certain time, it's been bulletproof. If you check out Consumer Reports' reliability ratings by manufacturer, you'll note that it rates Lexus and Toyota separately, and gives Lexus a consistently higher rating. Lexuses(sp?) are built for comfort and reliability. Toyotas are built for economy and reliability. Those two often get in the way of one another. The concessions that Toyota makes for it's cars, Lexus often doesn't, because the Lexus owner would rather pay more than have to worry about it more.
Welcome to the land of the free, now please step this way so we can get your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, social security number, current occupation, annual income, political allegiances, place of origin, ethnicity, financial history, medical history, criminal history, political beliefs, religious beliefs, shopping habits, list of friends and aquantences, sexual preferences, and a list of books you like to read. In addition, we would also ask that you be fingerprinted, submit to a retinal scan and a polygraph, give a blood sample, hair sample, handwriting sample, urine sample, and wear this GPS-enabled chip under the skin of your left arm after we stamp your barcode there.
Bullshit. They'd never ask for your religious beliefs!
I'll give you $19.95 if you do that. Heck, I'll give you $20--I hate change. -- In other news, Slashdot reader ZBuffered is being indicted today for Murder For Hire, an offense carrying a possible punishment of life without parole in a federal fuck-me-in-the-ass prison. ZBuffered was unavailable for comment.
start your own email server under your own domain. I havent recieved ONE piece of SPAM since I started doing that
Just you wait. It takes awhile, sometimes, for them to find you, but they *will* find you. The trick is, since you have your own domain, you can use as many different e-mail addresses as you want, and if one starts getting spam, shut it down (or, better yet, forward it to whomever is spamming you!). I have a two-strikes policy--the first spam, I opt out. The second spam, I re-route the e-mail address to the first valid e-mail I can find (ex: HTML e-mail called jpgs from a server. whois the server, and re-route to the contact address, or go to www.theirdomain.com, and find the Contact Us link). It's much more satisfying and ironic than simply denying it..
Side thought: does anyone know if there are statistics on spam based on the TLD? I have a.cc domain, and I get very little spam(3 in 10 months), but if it were.com, would I get more? Just a thought.
It's called exploration. Advancing the fields of science. We spent billions to get into space, and does that leave us any better off than we already are? Just because you can't think of any practical applications of this, or you don't think it will work, doesn't mean that it shouldn't be tried.
You did hit on a great use for this though -- a handheld smell detector, that could latch onto a criminal's scent, and track him down. The cool thing about it would be that once it gets the chemical composition of the criminal's smell, it doesn't forget, and it doesn't get distracted by dog poo.
Without the extra work I have to do to counteract gravity during sex, and with the aid of a couple of well-placed bungee cords, space-fucking could be *so* much easier than regular fucking! It seems like, 30 or 45 minutes into sex, I get tired!
All kidding aside, I got my first spam to my (protected by anti-spam measures, as you see) slashdot e-mail address, which is separate from all my other e-mail addresses. I've only gotten one though -- wonder what the future holds in store for obfuscation@? I can always just switch to a new address, but I'm kinda curious.
The interesting thing about brute forcing keys and Moore's law, is that if every 18 months processor speed doubles, you can accurately predict when the key will be broken.
If right now we can do 2^38 keys/sec, or about 2^63 keys/year, in 18 months we'll be able to do 2^64 keys a year. 18 months later, 2^65. Still only a tiny fraction of the keyspace, but it gets bigger every 18-month period.
From 2^63, or 1/512th of the keyspace, it takes 8 18-month periods to get to 2^71, meaning that in 12 years, we can cover half the keyspace in the course of a year.
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If there was world peace, why would anyone need to monitor your data?
And, if everyone in the world was pacified, wouldn't you fear that we were losing our free will? What makes us great is that we have differences in opinion, and are willing to fight and die for them.
Ben? MSHS? How's California?
(or do I have the wrong Ben?)
Probably not -- before he got the number, it was likely not used for some time, during which countless SMS messages must've bounced off of the server. Result? Still getting SMS Spam. It's possible they re-assigned the number right away, but my bet is that it was bouncing SMS for at least a week or so.
Lexus owner, disagree. Parts are expensive as f***, but mine's got 180,000 miles on it and the engine runs like it was new. I'm wearing out the driver's seat and the steering wheel, but besides parts that are expected to die after a certain time, it's been bulletproof. If you check out Consumer Reports' reliability ratings by manufacturer, you'll note that it rates Lexus and Toyota separately, and gives Lexus a consistently higher rating.
Lexuses(sp?) are built for comfort and reliability. Toyotas are built for economy and reliability. Those two often get in the way of one another. The concessions that Toyota makes for it's cars, Lexus often doesn't, because the Lexus owner would rather pay more than have to worry about it more.
Welcome to the land of the free, now please step this way so we can get your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, social security number, current occupation, annual income, political allegiances, place of origin, ethnicity, financial history, medical history, criminal history, political beliefs, religious beliefs, shopping habits, list of friends and aquantences, sexual preferences, and a list of books you like to read. In addition, we would also ask that you be fingerprinted, submit to a retinal scan and a polygraph, give a blood sample, hair sample, handwriting sample, urine sample, and wear this GPS-enabled chip under the skin of your left arm after we stamp your barcode there.
Bullshit. They'd never ask for your religious beliefs!
I'll give you $19.95 if you do that. Heck, I'll give you $20--I hate change.
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In other news, Slashdot reader ZBuffered is being indicted today for Murder For Hire, an offense carrying a possible punishment of life without parole in a federal fuck-me-in-the-ass prison. ZBuffered was unavailable for comment.
start your own email server under your own domain. I havent recieved ONE piece of SPAM since I started doing that
.cc domain, and I get very little spam(3 in 10 months), but if it were .com, would I get more? Just a thought.
Just you wait. It takes awhile, sometimes, for them to find you, but they *will* find you. The trick is, since you have your own domain, you can use as many different e-mail addresses as you want, and if one starts getting spam, shut it down (or, better yet, forward it to whomever is spamming you!). I have a two-strikes policy--the first spam, I opt out. The second spam, I re-route the e-mail address to the first valid e-mail I can find (ex: HTML e-mail called jpgs from a server. whois the server, and re-route to the contact address, or go to www.theirdomain.com, and find the Contact Us link). It's much more satisfying and ironic than simply denying it..
Side thought: does anyone know if there are statistics on spam based on the TLD? I have a
there are two or three districts in West Texas that are larger than sovereign European states.
Like this one!
The joke has obviously been lost on you.
It's called exploration. Advancing the fields of science. We spent billions to get into space, and does that leave us any better off than we already are? Just because you can't think of any practical applications of this, or you don't think it will work, doesn't mean that it shouldn't be tried.
You did hit on a great use for this though -- a handheld smell detector, that could latch onto a criminal's scent, and track him down. The cool thing about it would be that once it gets the chemical composition of the criminal's smell, it doesn't forget, and it doesn't get distracted by dog poo.
No, that's one of the even-numbered ones, based upon the fact that it was funny.
And there were some very very good reviews [nbc4.tv]
Yeah... In Tuvalu!
It's because of people like him who copy DVDs that the prices for media are on the rise in practically every country on Earth.
Can't afford DVDs? Pirate them! Do what Tim O'Reilly would do.
Join us! Join us!!!
What about a regular laptop, complete with keyboard, that also featured this touch-screen sensitivity? I'd go for that...
Without the extra work I have to do to counteract gravity during sex, and with the aid of a couple of well-placed bungee cords, space-fucking could be *so* much easier than regular fucking! It seems like, 30 or 45 minutes into sex, I get tired!
Holy shit! Slashdot's boring? I've got to find something else to do!
Is it just me, or did anyone else click on the Nature.Com link first?
this guy rambles on about stuff.
/.! Rambling on about stuff is what it's all about!
This is
I use my AR-15 to keep that damn King of England off my back.
All kidding aside, I got my first spam to my (protected by anti-spam measures, as you see) slashdot e-mail address, which is separate from all my other e-mail addresses.
I've only gotten one though -- wonder what the future holds in store for obfuscation@? I can always just switch to a new address, but I'm kinda curious.
Leaving a single can of Hormel Spam on his doorstep as a calling card.
I thought he was using it as a swear word
In Russia, The drives add on to you!
Uhm...
Hmm...
Hot grits!
Good god, I Certainly hope that's AUD and not USD. (1USD ~= 2AUD)
The interesting thing about brute forcing keys and Moore's law, is that if every 18 months processor speed doubles, you can accurately predict when the key will be broken.
If right now we can do 2^38 keys/sec, or about 2^63 keys/year, in 18 months we'll be able to do 2^64 keys a year. 18 months later, 2^65. Still only a tiny fraction of the keyspace, but it gets bigger every 18-month period.
From 2^63, or 1/512th of the keyspace, it takes 8 18-month periods to get to 2^71, meaning that in 12 years, we can cover half the keyspace in the course of a year.
RC5-72 will be broken within 12 years. In theory.