Did it bother you that since you were watching 'live' TV in myth there was a multi-second delay in playback?
Just think, when you yelled HAPPY NEW YEAR and started the celebration, you were actually a few seconds late.
Do we really have to be worried about this? How much margin for error is there when they build these things in terms of content of fissile material? Wouldn't radioactive decay have brought the total content of a 40-year old bomb under critical mass already?
That's true, but I bet if you leave it to drain for a day or so it will drain sufficiently to allow shipping without oil coming out of the box all over the place. Pack it with some paper towels!:D
Seriously, if they have to ship this thing empty, how to you return it for warranty work? I promise you that UPS or FedEx will not be happy if your package begins oozing oil in their truck.
That would still require you to HAVE the OTP on you, and get that through US customs...
Obviously anytime you ever encrypt anything with a OTP you must immediately destroy the pad data afterwards.
So, by the time your laptop got to customs at the end of your trip the only copy of the pad would be on your home box, and (if you decided to leave encrypted data on the laptop) it would be irretrievable by the customs service. To transport the pad on the outgoing flight I would suggest a DVD in your carry-on, which you can melt with a simple lighter when the transmission/encryption is complete and you are ready to leave for home.
Of course, the best way to avoid giving up data is to not have it in the first place. Anyone with any degree of paranoia already does this; SSHing in to a home server to conduct business should be standard practice. You never know when someone may get access to your laptop, and the most foolproof method of encryption is to not have any data at all (encrypted or not).
If you're REALLY paranoid about the US government, you can always encrypt your data with a one-time pad before you send it back to your home box...
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Did it bother you that since you were watching 'live' TV in myth there was a multi-second delay in playback? Just think, when you yelled HAPPY NEW YEAR and started the celebration, you were actually a few seconds late.
We could crash some high-mineral asteroids into the Moon, then extract them "at ease"
Why does this sound like a really, really bad idea...
Do we really have to be worried about this? How much margin for error is there when they build these things in terms of content of fissile material? Wouldn't radioactive decay have brought the total content of a 40-year old bomb under critical mass already?
That was exactly was I was thinking. The automatic termination of the program immediately made me think hoax.
Gee, thanks. I'm going to sleep well tonight.
That's true, but I bet if you leave it to drain for a day or so it will drain sufficiently to allow shipping without oil coming out of the box all over the place. Pack it with some paper towels! :D
Seriously, if they have to ship this thing empty, how to you return it for warranty work? I promise you that UPS or FedEx will not be happy if your package begins oozing oil in their truck.
Um. Empty it first?
And what are these materials anyway, plastic?
Don't forget aluminum!
I tried Emacs once, back in 1998.
It's almost done loading.
That would still require you to HAVE the OTP on you, and get that through US customs...
Obviously anytime you ever encrypt anything with a OTP you must immediately destroy the pad data afterwards.
So, by the time your laptop got to customs at the end of your trip the only copy of the pad would be on your home box, and (if you decided to leave encrypted data on the laptop) it would be irretrievable by the customs service. To transport the pad on the outgoing flight I would suggest a DVD in your carry-on, which you can melt with a simple lighter when the transmission/encryption is complete and you are ready to leave for home.
Of course, the best way to avoid giving up data is to not have it in the first place. Anyone with any degree of paranoia already does this; SSHing in to a home server to conduct business should be standard practice. You never know when someone may get access to your laptop, and the most foolproof method of encryption is to not have any data at all (encrypted or not).
If you're REALLY paranoid about the US government, you can always encrypt your data with a one-time pad before you send it back to your home box...