Can't fake an eyeball huh? Well, perhaps not. I possibly could, however, intercept the stream of bytes that represent your retinal scan. Now we have a problem, because you cannot revoke that identity. With any other form of authentication system, you can change your password, revoke a public key, etc.
You are operating under the assumption that all eye scanners are in tightly controlled, protected areas. This is an unacceptable form of authentication for obvious reasons.
Today I can log into my bank from home. If biometrics were to ever become widespread and replace password authentication (admittably a very problematic system), it is going to have to be accessable from everywhere (including your home computer). A biometric reader could easily come standard with a PC (or even handheld), but there better be a damn good method of protecting the biometric data in transit.
Land of Confusion, The Diamond mines, Wild Wild West, Triumvirate, etc (Pittsburgh BBSes if you are confused)
These are where I cut my teeth. I downloaded the dos a86 assembler and learned to program. I set up Telix and downloaded with zmodem and h/s link. I entered a world where people had vastly different views than mine and I interacted with them and learned from them. Unlike the cold heartless internet, these were communities. That place, 10 years ago at the age of 14 is where Mark Earnest become finkployd:)
Never since has computing and networking been such fun.
Since you apparently have no idea what the reason is, however, it's not clear what the value of your point is.
HAHA, classic non sequiter:)
I know the rational behind the decision, I've been following the lsb development for quite a while now. But hey, if convincing yourself that I do not know what I am talking about, and that what I say must have no value helps you sleep at night, more power to you...
Or perhaps more likely, you yourself do not know what the reasons for RPM being chosen were. The answer can easily be found at www.linuxbase.org (do your own homework)
No, I was aware of that. My point is that obviously RPM was chosen for a reason over, say DEB. I know there are programs that will convert RPM to whatever.
Obviously you are unaware that the Linux Standard Base (which all major distros have committed to support, including Debian) mandates RPM as the package format.
There is no "best gun" (unless you count a BMG), it makes no difference how big your bullet is or how 1337 your gun is if you don't practice good gun control. Someone who is very skilled at gun control, armed with only an old single action revolver will have no problem against someone with poor gun control who is holding an H&K USP.
Kid Icarus, Bionic Commando, Metal Gear, Kung Fu, Metroid, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, etc.
Damn, to go back to those days. I don't think there will ever again be an era of video gaming that was as fun as the early nintendo days. Grahpics sucked, sound sucked, and quite frankly the control usually sucked. That meant the designers couldn't rely on simply cinematic cut scenes, actor voice overs, realistic 3D rendering, and 5.1 surround sound explosions to sell games. They had to make them interesting and fun. With some exceptions, that sure seems to be a lost art today. Video games are a victim of their own technology. How many single player games exist that are worth going through twice, or ten times?
Contra? Metroid? Zelda? Hell I beat them more times than I care to remember, and had fun doing it each time. As much as I thought it was really cool, I only beat Max Payne once, then sold it. Same with all the recent final fantasy games. There is just no reply value anymore, since the whole point of most games seems to be to get through it to see all the cut scenes, then you are done.
Oh well, maybe at 23 I'm just past my gaming prime and too old to enjoy today's games. I still love playing them though (through an emulator). And today's multi player games mostly rock. But to go back to the days to great single player games...*sigh*
Now I'm all depressed. It's time for some Kid Icarus
I'm not saying I have decided to never use GnuCash, It is just that right now I cannot justify it. All it would probably take is Quicken pissing me off just a little more or GnuCash getting a little better and I'll probably switch. I'm of the belief that OSS is a better development model for most applications and will eventually win out in the end, just that GnuCash isn't quite there yet. It HAS however improved at a much faster rate than I remember Quicken doing.
Actually, this seems true with most OSS software, I remember not too long ago AbiWord and OpenOffice (well, StarOffice) were complete crap. Look how far they have come in such a short time. I don't remember Word moving that fast:)
If the only reason you aren't using GnuCash is because you can't directly link to all those sources (401k, bank, CC), then it would seem that you are just a little lazy. Can't you just manually enter it?
Why use GnuCash at all? Why not just manually write down your finances in in your checkbook and do the math in your head? This is exactly the type of thing that Quicken is good for, eliminating worthless "grunt work" like manually entering numbers. Yeah, I know, computers make things easier, and once you get used to them (lazy) then it is harder to do things for yourself.
I have no fear that I will someday forget how to manually enter numbers into a computer. You use GnuCash, I use Quicken. Both of us use a computer to do our math and bookeeping for us, the only difference is I don't have to type it in. I completly fail to see the point of your arguement unless you are against both GnuCash and Quicken...
If the only reason you aren't using GnuCash is because you can't directly link to all those sources (401k, bank, CC), then it would seem that you are just a little lazy. Can't you just manually enter it?
Why use GnuCash at all? Why not just manually write down your finances in in your checkbook and do the math in your head? This is exactly the type of thing that Quicken is good for, eliminating worthless "grunt work" like manually entering numbers.
Yeah, I know, computers make things easier, and once you get used to them (lazy) then it is harder to do things for yourself.
I have no fear that I will someday forget how to manually enter numbers into a computer. You use GnuCash, I use Quicken. Both of us use a computer to do our math and bookeeping for us, the only difference is I don't have to type it in. I completly fail to see the point of your arguement unless you are against both GnuCash and Quicken...
I want the ability to link up to my bank, credit card companies, morgage companies, retirement fund, etc. and download the latest data like I can with Quicken. This is the only reason I keep windows (and quicken) around, and it is hard to live without once you get used to it. Gnucash is quite nice, but until it can do that, it is ultimatly not much more than a spreadsheet all set up for financial data.
Unfortunatly, there isn't a simple programming solution for this, it requires partnerships with all of these financial institutions. That is something I imagine would be difficult for an open source project.
Finkployd
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Actually this childish little rant about a dumb movie makes Katz look good.
This was solved with Kerberos. It's called DCE. It's 10 years or so old. Problem it, it is way to difficult for the "everything needs to be XML and HTTP based" crowd that runs the industry now.
Ahh yes, "easier to use" The hallmark of today's computing. Screw security, scalability, standards, etc. Just make sure the idiots our university's comp sci programs are pumping out today can do it. Make sure it has wizards, guis, and above all make sure it doesn't require any reading to learn. Since DCE was developed (arguably the best distributed computing concept ever) there have been constant attempts at re-designing it for the sole purpose of making it easier for increasingly lazy and incompetant application designers to use (CORBA, DCOM, XML-RPC, SOAP). I suppose the web is the obvious answer here, since we are dealing with people who think the internet IS the web. I hope nobody is deluded into thinking this will scale...
(sorry, a little bitter over a technology as crappy as this actually being taken seriously)
Nope, linux apps run fine on it (obviously, since quite a number of large companies are doing it).
Interestingly, the reason for this 31 bit addressing is rather funny. When IBM mainframes went from 24 bit to 32, programs that were designed to run in the 24 bit mode ("under the line", as we say in the biz) needed to use 24 bit addresses and could not deal with larger addressing. The missing bit is used to denote whether the address is 24 bit or 31 bit.
Furthermore, VMWare runs on x86 which is absolutly horrible at running virtual machines (arguably, it is horrible at the concept of multitasking in general). s/390 hardware on the other hand was designed for this, and has been optimized over a span of decades.
You got most of the terms right so I assume you know what you are talking about. I just wanted to point out that Multiprize 3000 (a really low end s/390) has USB ports...and a sound card. Strange really:)
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Last meeting I went to at NIST they had wireless set up for us but had no security at all on it :)
Finkployd
It's HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), just so you know.
Finkployd
Can't fake an eyeball huh? Well, perhaps not. I possibly could, however, intercept the stream of bytes that represent your retinal scan. Now we have a problem, because you cannot revoke that identity. With any other form of authentication system, you can change your password, revoke a public key, etc.
You are operating under the assumption that all eye scanners are in tightly controlled, protected areas. This is an unacceptable form of authentication for obvious reasons.
Today I can log into my bank from home. If biometrics were to ever become widespread and replace password authentication (admittably a very problematic system), it is going to have to be accessable from everywhere (including your home computer). A biometric reader could easily come standard with a PC (or even handheld), but there better be a damn good method of protecting the biometric data in transit.
Finkployd
Land of Confusion, The Diamond mines, Wild Wild West, Triumvirate, etc (Pittsburgh BBSes if you are confused)
:)
These are where I cut my teeth. I downloaded the dos a86 assembler and learned to program. I set up Telix and downloaded with zmodem and h/s link. I entered a world where people had vastly different views than mine and I interacted with them and learned from them. Unlike the cold heartless internet, these were communities. That place, 10 years ago at the age of 14 is where Mark Earnest become finkployd
Never since has computing and networking been such fun.
Finkployd
Since you apparently have no idea what the reason is, however, it's not clear what the value of your point is.
:)
HAHA, classic non sequiter
I know the rational behind the decision, I've been following the lsb development for quite a while now. But hey, if convincing yourself that I do not know what I am talking about, and that what I say must have no value helps you sleep at night, more power to you...
Or perhaps more likely, you yourself do not know what the reasons for RPM being chosen were. The answer can easily be found at www.linuxbase.org (do your own homework)
Finkployd
No, I was aware of that. My point is that obviously RPM was chosen for a reason over, say DEB. I know there are programs that will convert RPM to whatever.
Finkployd
Obviously you are unaware that the Linux Standard Base (which all major distros have committed to support, including Debian) mandates RPM as the package format.
It must be doing something right.
Finkployd
It was called Coral Linux, and it failed.
Finkployd
Let's talk about gun control, I'm all for it :)
There is no "best gun" (unless you count a BMG), it makes no difference how big your bullet is or how 1337 your gun is if you don't practice good gun control. Someone who is very skilled at gun control, armed with only an old single action revolver will have no problem against someone with poor gun control who is holding an H&K USP.
Finkployd
I figure you would get a kick out of this (if you haven't seen it yet)
Payne Freeze
Finkployd
Kid Icarus, Bionic Commando, Metal Gear, Kung Fu, Metroid, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, etc.
Damn, to go back to those days. I don't think there will ever again be an era of video gaming that was as fun as the early nintendo days. Grahpics sucked, sound sucked, and quite frankly the control usually sucked. That meant the designers couldn't rely on simply cinematic cut scenes, actor voice overs, realistic 3D rendering, and 5.1 surround sound explosions to sell games. They had to make them interesting and fun. With some exceptions, that sure seems to be a lost art today. Video games are a victim of their own technology. How many single player games exist that are worth going through twice, or ten times?
Contra? Metroid? Zelda? Hell I beat them more times than I care to remember, and had fun doing it each time. As much as I thought it was really cool, I only beat Max Payne once, then sold it. Same with all the recent final fantasy games. There is just no reply value anymore, since the whole point of most games seems to be to get through it to see all the cut scenes, then you are done.
Oh well, maybe at 23 I'm just past my gaming prime and too old to enjoy today's games. I still love playing them though (through an emulator). And today's multi player games mostly rock. But to go back to the days to great single player games...*sigh*
Now I'm all depressed. It's time for some Kid Icarus
*fucking eggplant wizards*
Finkployd
I'm not saying I have decided to never use GnuCash, It is just that right now I cannot justify it. All it would probably take is Quicken pissing me off just a little more or GnuCash getting a little better and I'll probably switch. I'm of the belief that OSS is a better development model for most applications and will eventually win out in the end, just that GnuCash isn't quite there yet. It HAS however improved at a much faster rate than I remember Quicken doing.
:)
Actually, this seems true with most OSS software, I remember not too long ago AbiWord and OpenOffice (well, StarOffice) were complete crap. Look how far they have come in such a short time. I don't remember Word moving that fast
Finkployd
If the only reason you aren't using GnuCash is because you can't directly link to all those sources (401k, bank, CC), then it would seem that you are just a little lazy. Can't you just manually enter it?
Why use GnuCash at all? Why not just manually write down your finances in in your checkbook and do the math in your head? This is exactly the type of thing that Quicken is good for, eliminating worthless "grunt work" like manually entering numbers.
Yeah, I know, computers make things easier, and once you get used to them (lazy) then it is harder to do things for yourself.
I have no fear that I will someday forget how to manually enter numbers into a computer.
You use GnuCash, I use Quicken. Both of us use a computer to do our math and bookeeping for us, the only difference is I don't have to type it in. I completly fail to see the point of your arguement unless you are against both GnuCash and Quicken...
Finkployd
If the only reason you aren't using GnuCash is because you can't directly link to all those sources (401k, bank, CC), then it would seem that you are just a little lazy. Can't you just manually enter it?
Why use GnuCash at all? Why not just manually write down your finances in in your checkbook and do the math in your head? This is exactly the type of thing that Quicken is good for, eliminating worthless "grunt work" like manually entering numbers.
Yeah, I know, computers make things easier, and once you get used to them (lazy) then it is harder to do things for yourself.
I have no fear that I will someday forget how to manually enter numbers into a computer.
You use GnuCash, I use Quicken. Both of us use a computer to do our math and bookeeping for us, the only difference is I don't have to type it in. I completly fail to see the point of your arguement unless you are against both GnuCash and Quicken...
Finkployd
I want the ability to link up to my bank, credit card companies, morgage companies, retirement fund, etc. and download the latest data like I can with Quicken. This is the only reason I keep windows (and quicken) around, and it is hard to live without once you get used to it. Gnucash is quite nice, but until it can do that, it is ultimatly not much more than a spreadsheet all set up for financial data.
Unfortunatly, there isn't a simple programming solution for this, it requires partnerships with all of these financial institutions. That is something I imagine would be difficult for an open source project.
Finkployd
Actually this childish little rant about a dumb movie makes Katz look good.
Finkployd
It you searched for 100 years, you would be hard pressed to find a crappier database than Software AG's Adabas.
Finkployd
This was solved with Kerberos. It's called DCE. It's 10 years or so old. Problem it, it is way to difficult for the "everything needs to be XML and HTTP based" crowd that runs the industry now.
Finkployd
Ahh yes, "easier to use" The hallmark of today's computing. Screw security, scalability, standards, etc. Just make sure the idiots our university's comp sci programs are pumping out today can do it. Make sure it has wizards, guis, and above all make sure it doesn't require any reading to learn.
Since DCE was developed (arguably the best distributed computing concept ever) there have been constant attempts at re-designing it for the sole purpose of making it easier for increasingly lazy and incompetant application designers to use (CORBA, DCOM, XML-RPC, SOAP). I suppose the web is the obvious answer here, since we are dealing with people who think the internet IS the web. I hope nobody is deluded into thinking this will scale...
(sorry, a little bitter over a technology as crappy as this actually being taken seriously)
Finkployd
That is good news about the Symbol card :)
Finkployd
The Symbol does not yet work with the Zaurus.
The SMC sucks up WAY too much power
The Linksys is a nice compramise (it only blocks the stylus, not the headphone/mic)
Finkployd
Oh, ok thanks.
Nope, linux apps run fine on it (obviously, since quite a number of large companies are doing it).
Interestingly, the reason for this 31 bit addressing is rather funny. When IBM mainframes went from 24 bit to 32, programs that were designed to run in the 24 bit mode ("under the line", as we say in the biz) needed to use 24 bit addresses and could not deal with larger addressing. The missing bit is used to denote whether the address is 24 bit or 31 bit.
Finkployd
Furthermore, VMWare runs on x86 which is absolutly horrible at running virtual machines (arguably, it is horrible at the concept of multitasking in general). s/390 hardware on the other hand was designed for this, and has been optimized over a span of decades.
Finkployd
You got most of the terms right so I assume you know what you are talking about. I just wanted to point out that Multiprize 3000 (a really low end s/390) has USB ports...and a sound card. Strange really :)
Finkployd