So Netflix says they'll change the envelopes. So really it's a non-story as there's no fundamental problem shipping them if Blockbuster can do it without having a surcharge forthcoming for them too.
Is there any form of encryption that you believe people like the NSA cannot crack?
Yes. I find it highly unlikely that the NSA can crack AES-128 and beyond. The algorithm has been extensively critiqued and found to be strong. And 128 bits and above is beyond the ability of a brute force attack.
Even in climates where it's only cool part of the year, efficient data centers have cooling towers so that they can save crazy amounts of money on HVAC. I would bet that more and more data centers will spring up in cooler climates, especially as KW/square foot footprints increase more and more. It's getting very difficult to cool cabinets efficiently.
While replacement rates are often expected to be in steady state in year 2-5 of operation (bottom of the ``bathtub curve''), we observed a continuous increase in replacement rates, starting as early as in the second year of operation.
Ah, no. That's like saying consuming mass makes you fat, as if there is no difference in the result of drinking a kilo of of water versus drinking a kilo of Thai ice tea.
Ah, no. What you're saying is a really bad analogy. What the grandparent is saying is an instantiation of the first law of thermodynamics. There's a difference. One is handwaving (and I've seen better). One is science.
HD-DVD and Blu-ray use VC-1 and H.264 which are basically the best codecs currently available. They consume a lot of data because they use high bitrates for the best possible quality.
I'm really getting tired of people who don't know what they're talking about making a big issue of 1080i vs. 1080p when it comes to a source device. Obviously, 1080i and 1080p are very different when it comes to a display. However, Any 1080p display worth its purchase price is going to be able to convert from 1080i to 1080p effectively losslessly. From Wikipedia: "Due to interlacing, 1080i has twice the frame-rate but half the resolution of a 1080p signal using the same bandwidth." In short, a 1080i signal and a 1080p signal contain the same data, just formatted differently. To go from 1080i to 1080p (this is simplified and doesn't account for various framerate differences), you take every two 1080i frames (540 lines each), weave them, and you have a 1080p frame.
"The FTC is seeking more legal authority to go after spyware vendors, and Congress has passed a few bills to support them, but the Senate is ignoring them. [...]"
This bothers me because it's typical of most people not understanding basic facts about the legislature. Congress is comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Saying "Congress has passed a few bills" means both the House and Senate have passed them, not just the House.
and being as it is so cheap, the risk is fairly minimal.
Quick lesson. Risk is measured in basis points, or bps (pronounced "bips"), i.e. 1/100 of a percent. Risk is not measured in dollars, so the price magnitude of a security is no measure of its risk.
Boston's Beth Israel Hospital went down due to a spanning tree protocol loop (caused by a network infrastructure that was improperly patched together).
And let the lesson for this be never to let spanning tree have to be used in the first place;-)
Design layer 2 networks such that ports are always in a forwarding state, i.e. a loop free physical topology.
Crap. Whether you like it or not, Best Buy, Circuit City will usually have a nice big sign,/right at the entrance/: "As a condition of entry to this store, we reserve the right to inspect bags". You agreed when you entered the store. No-one made you shop there. But don't play disingenous - "I never signed an agreement!" - it just looks ass-ish.
No, this doesn't hold any water. In order for a contract to be valid, there has to be consideration. This means that each party needs to give something. From Wikipedia:
In order to meet consideration's requirements, a contract must fulfill three elements. First, there must be a bargain regarding terms of an exchange. Second, there must be a mutual exchange. In other words, both parties must get something out of the contract. Third, the exchange must be something of value.
They could also put "as a condition of entry to this store, you agree to pay us the sum of $1,000,000" and it wouldn't be any more valid.
In fact, by "ethical hacker" is a contraindication itself because nobody with any kind of ethics would use the word "hacker" for any other reason besides "criminal".
This sounds like a troll, but going by your UID, I don't think it's meant to be. I think you're actually serious. That's frightening. The word his been misused and abused by the media in an effort to sensationalize. It's true definition in relation to computers has nothing to do with unethical behavior. So you, sir, please do not bastardize the word by using it to further your own agenda.
I'd buy the phone at $50 and then cancel my contract and pay the $300 bucks. Unlock it, and sell it for the 40k that one kid did. It's still worth it to buy it, don't get a contract, and then sell it on eBay.
You know if you think you can make money selling unlocked iPhones, why don't you just walk into the Apple Store and buy one, where you don't need to sign any contract at all to walk out of the store with the phone.
Yeah, you just have to go to a community without a HOA. Whoops! They don't exist unless you want to drive 2 hours to work every day.
I think that's a bit of a stretch. I live in New Jersey and I work in New York City (my commute is nowhere near 2 hours), and HOAs are not very common. Oh, they're here, but mostly only in brand new developments where all the houses look identical. Who wants to live in a cookie cutter house anyway?
America has some problems, but I don' think we're to the point yet where they can arrest you on "suspicion of drunk driving" then use that to "forcibly take a blood sample".
Yes, that is close to the reality.
In the case of drunk driving, most states have adopted the law that if you are driving a vehicle, you have then given consent to submit to the approved test to find out if you're driving under the influence of alcohol. When you are stopped and you're not sure of what your alcohol level is, you cannot refuse to take a breathalyzer test. As soon as you got your drivers license, you gave consent in advance to do this. If you refuse, you will find yourself in bigger trouble than you would have by submitting to the test. This implied consent is automatic in the case of anyone who drives a vehicle. From: http://www.lawcore.com/dui-dwi/what-is-implied-con sent.html.
So, you've agreed to it in advance by having a driver's license. You get to pick your poison in terms of what kind of test it is.
Federal district courts in California and Texas have issued decisions applying the doctrine of first sale for bundled computer software in Softman v. Adobe (2001) and Novell, Inc. v. CPU Distrib., Inc. (2000) even if the software contains an EULA prohibiting resale. In the Softman case, after purchasing bundled software (A box containing many programs that are also available individually) from Adobe Systems, Softman unbundled it and then resold the component programs. The court ruled that Softman could resell the bundled software, no matter what the EULA stipulates, because Softman had never assented to the EULA. Specifically, the ruling decreed that software purchases be treated as sales transactions, rather than explicit license agreements. In other words, the court ruling argued that California consumers should have the same rights they would enjoy under existing copyright legislation when buying a CD or a book. In a more recent case involving software EULA's and first-sale rights Davidson & Associates v. Internet Gateway Inc (2004)[1], the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a ruling which appears to contradict the position of the district courts in California and Texas. The first sale reasoning of the Softman court was challenged, with the court ruling "The first sale doctrine is only triggered by an actual sale. Accordingly, a copyright owner does not forfeit his right of distribution by entering into a licensing agreement." In addition, the court found the plaintiff's EULA, which prohibited resale, was binding on the defendants because "The defendants.. expressly consented to the terms of the EULA and Terms of Use by clicking 'I Agree' and 'Agree.'" This runs counter to Softman v. Adobe. The difference in these rulings has yet to be resolved by a higher court. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine#C omputer_software
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At that point I was EXTREMELY tempted to lure them to a remote area and beat them senseless with a Colecovision.
Why, because at that point it became apparent to you that they understand economics better than you do?
The only problem I can see with PayPal is that it sucks for small payments since there is a flat fee even for amounts close to $0.
And that is the problem! Why would I want to pay for something if half of it's going to go to PayPal?
So Netflix says they'll change the envelopes. So really it's a non-story as there's no fundamental problem shipping them if Blockbuster can do it without having a surcharge forthcoming for them too.
Is there any form of encryption that you believe people like the NSA cannot crack?
Yes. I find it highly unlikely that the NSA can crack AES-128 and beyond. The algorithm has been extensively critiqued and found to be strong. And 128 bits and above is beyond the ability of a brute force attack.
Even in climates where it's only cool part of the year, efficient data centers have cooling towers so that they can save crazy amounts of money on HVAC. I would bet that more and more data centers will spring up in cooler climates, especially as KW/square foot footprints increase more and more. It's getting very difficult to cool cabinets efficiently.
True, but it's fair to point out that there's a bit of new evidence which counters the bathtub curve model for hard drive failure. From http://www.usenix.org/event/fast07/tech/schroeder/schroeder_html/index.html:
While replacement rates are often expected to be in steady state in year 2-5 of operation (bottom of the ``bathtub curve''), we observed a continuous increase in replacement rates, starting as early as in the second year of operation.
My DSL connection is 640/256 and it took 2 days. Here is a good calculator for bandwidth http://www.dslreports.com/calculator
Here's a better one: http://www.google.com. Google Calculator is unit aware so it'll do these sorts of calculations.
Build / buy a Windows Home Server.
You must be new here...
Ah, no. That's like saying consuming mass makes you fat, as if there is no difference in the result of drinking a kilo of of water versus drinking a kilo of Thai ice tea.
Ah, no. What you're saying is a really bad analogy. What the grandparent is saying is an instantiation of the first law of thermodynamics. There's a difference. One is handwaving (and I've seen better). One is science.
A modern codec
HD-DVD and Blu-ray use VC-1 and H.264 which are basically the best codecs currently available. They consume a lot of data because they use high bitrates for the best possible quality.
This is a 1080i player, not 1080p.
I'm really getting tired of people who don't know what they're talking about making a big issue of 1080i vs. 1080p when it comes to a source device. Obviously, 1080i and 1080p are very different when it comes to a display. However, Any 1080p display worth its purchase price is going to be able to convert from 1080i to 1080p effectively losslessly. From Wikipedia: "Due to interlacing, 1080i has twice the frame-rate but half the resolution of a 1080p signal using the same bandwidth." In short, a 1080i signal and a 1080p signal contain the same data, just formatted differently. To go from 1080i to 1080p (this is simplified and doesn't account for various framerate differences), you take every two 1080i frames (540 lines each), weave them, and you have a 1080p frame.
"The FTC is seeking more legal authority to go after spyware vendors, and Congress has passed a few bills to support them, but the Senate is ignoring them. [...]"
This bothers me because it's typical of most people not understanding basic facts about the legislature. Congress is comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Saying "Congress has passed a few bills" means both the House and Senate have passed them, not just the House.
especially since the email providers made downloading multiple photos such a pain (I think this is done on purpose as Yet Another Lock-In).
Or because, you know, they never intended to be your photo repository.
and being as it is so cheap, the risk is fairly minimal.
Quick lesson. Risk is measured in basis points, or bps (pronounced "bips"), i.e. 1/100 of a percent. Risk is not measured in dollars, so the price magnitude of a security is no measure of its risk.
Averaged between our two Ipods, we've achieved a 1year MTBF. A product with 1 year MTBF, a 1 year warranty, and a $300 price tag. Never again!
You might be unlucky, but please don't claim that your problems represent a statistically relevant sample.
Boston's Beth Israel Hospital went down due to a spanning tree protocol loop (caused by a network infrastructure that was improperly patched together).
;-)
And let the lesson for this be never to let spanning tree have to be used in the first place
Design layer 2 networks such that ports are always in a forwarding state, i.e. a loop free physical topology.
Judging by the zpool there, I think you meant to say ZFS, not XFS. ;-)
Crap. Whether you like it or not, Best Buy, Circuit City will usually have a nice big sign, /right at the entrance/: "As a condition of entry to this store, we reserve the right to inspect bags".
You agreed when you entered the store. No-one made you shop there. But don't play disingenous - "I never signed an agreement!" - it just looks ass-ish.
No, this doesn't hold any water. In order for a contract to be valid, there has to be consideration. This means that each party needs to give something. From Wikipedia:
In order to meet consideration's requirements, a contract must fulfill three elements. First, there must be a bargain regarding terms of an exchange. Second, there must be a mutual exchange. In other words, both parties must get something out of the contract. Third, the exchange must be something of value.
They could also put "as a condition of entry to this store, you agree to pay us the sum of $1,000,000" and it wouldn't be any more valid.
In fact, by "ethical hacker" is a contraindication itself because nobody with any kind of ethics would use the word "hacker" for any other reason besides "criminal".
This sounds like a troll, but going by your UID, I don't think it's meant to be. I think you're actually serious. That's frightening. The word his been misused and abused by the media in an effort to sensationalize. It's true definition in relation to computers has nothing to do with unethical behavior. So you, sir, please do not bastardize the word by using it to further your own agenda.
I'd buy the phone at $50 and then cancel my contract and pay the $300 bucks. Unlock it, and sell it for the 40k that one kid did. It's still worth it to buy it, don't get a contract, and then sell it on eBay.
You know if you think you can make money selling unlocked iPhones, why don't you just walk into the Apple Store and buy one, where you don't need to sign any contract at all to walk out of the store with the phone.
Yeah, you just have to go to a community without a HOA. Whoops! They don't exist unless you want to drive 2 hours to work every day.
I think that's a bit of a stretch. I live in New Jersey and I work in New York City (my commute is nowhere near 2 hours), and HOAs are not very common. Oh, they're here, but mostly only in brand new developments where all the houses look identical. Who wants to live in a cookie cutter house anyway?
I dunno, the CCNA wasn't easy
Meh. The CCNA exam has a way of testing you on everything you don't need to know while ignoring the important things you should know.
America has some problems, but I don' think we're to the point yet where they can arrest you on "suspicion of drunk driving" then use that to "forcibly take a blood sample".
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Yes, that is close to the reality.
In the case of drunk driving, most states have adopted the law that if you are driving a vehicle, you have then given consent to submit to the approved test to find out if you're driving under the influence of alcohol. When you are stopped and you're not sure of what your alcohol level is, you cannot refuse to take a breathalyzer test. As soon as you got your drivers license, you gave consent in advance to do this. If you refuse, you will find yourself in bigger trouble than you would have by submitting to the test. This implied consent is automatic in the case of anyone who drives a vehicle. From: http://www.lawcore.com/dui-dwi/what-is-implied-co
So, you've agreed to it in advance by having a driver's license. You get to pick your poison in terms of what kind of test it is.
Umm... No. Not unless that is in your contract.
.. expressly consented to the terms of the EULA and Terms of Use by clicking 'I Agree' and 'Agree.'" This runs counter to Softman v. Adobe. The difference in these rulings has yet to be resolved by a higher court. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine#C omputer_software
Maybe. This is a legal grey area.
Federal district courts in California and Texas have issued decisions applying the doctrine of first sale for bundled computer software in Softman v. Adobe (2001) and Novell, Inc. v. CPU Distrib., Inc. (2000) even if the software contains an EULA prohibiting resale. In the Softman case, after purchasing bundled software (A box containing many programs that are also available individually) from Adobe Systems, Softman unbundled it and then resold the component programs. The court ruled that Softman could resell the bundled software, no matter what the EULA stipulates, because Softman had never assented to the EULA. Specifically, the ruling decreed that software purchases be treated as sales transactions, rather than explicit license agreements. In other words, the court ruling argued that California consumers should have the same rights they would enjoy under existing copyright legislation when buying a CD or a book.
In a more recent case involving software EULA's and first-sale rights Davidson & Associates v. Internet Gateway Inc (2004)[1], the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a ruling which appears to contradict the position of the district courts in California and Texas. The first sale reasoning of the Softman court was challenged, with the court ruling "The first sale doctrine is only triggered by an actual sale. Accordingly, a copyright owner does not forfeit his right of distribution by entering into a licensing agreement." In addition, the court found the plaintiff's EULA, which prohibited resale, was binding on the defendants because "The defendants