where are all the headlines pointing out how easily tumbler locks can be opened?
This isn't a headline of how easy it is to bypass ATM security, per se (as what you're implying), this is if, for example, Schlage or Master tries to tell a locksmith that he cannot give a presentation on some of the vulnerabilities of a padlock. There are ALREADY dozens of books out there for sale in major bookstores and Amazon.com detailing how to pick locks -- describing techniques and tools (and some books tell you where to obtain these tools). The lock-making companies have responded not by attempting to curtail the freedom to publish this information, but to make the locks stronger and more difficult to bypass.
security isn't about building the biggest wall.
Security through obscurity -- which is what the banks are essentially desiring in this case -- isn't all that effective either.
presenting this information can only decrease the security and value of your savings.
No, the bank itself not spending its "hard earned" profits on increasing already known and presented security issues decreases the security and value of your savings.
But who am I to say anything? I think the "right to bear arms" is one of the most abused statutes in the Constitution. It was put there to address a practical problem - that of the King of England not allowing the citizens to bear arms, making a people's uprising against the military impossible. That was the days when there was a fairly level playing field between citizens and the military. Now, a popular uprising would not likely be done with guns, since type of firearm a citizen can get is significantly less powerful than the military's arsenal.
Then why bother to regulate firearms so stringently now? Seems to me that we're in a perilously close situation to that of our Founders over two hundred years ago; the government jealously hoarding the common military weapons of the day, denying those same weapons to the common citizens to prevent a possible armed overthrow of those currently in power. Which is precisely what the Second Amendment is for -- to keep OUR government in line and not vice versa.
Inga: Werewolf!
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Werewolf?
Igor: There.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: What?
Igor: There, wolf. There, castle.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Why are you talking that way?
Igor: I thought you wanted to.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, I don't want to.
Igor: [shrugs] Suit yourself. I'm easy.
Wasting police time is a matter of principle? Just think, in the time this guy wasted with the police, the police could have been doing what we pay them for.
Excuse me? You're busting this guys balls instead of the police who tried to wait him out, delay him during his daily travels, try to intimidate him because they thought they'd get an easy bust (assuming the story as told is accurate).
The simple fact is, the cops wasted their own time.
Dutch researcher Harold van Heerde discussed his work on the idea of allowing data to becomes less specific over time. Letting the specifics gradually disappear could protect consumer privacy while also meeting the needs of service providers
That's an interesting theory. You'd suggest that since there's no obligation to the citizens of another country, that some other government would spy on you, and then your government would spy on their citizens, and then just trade information back and forth "as required, for national security matters"?
I wonder they'd have a cool acronym for the program.
Didja read that the officers' version of the Medical Briefs can actually read more vital signs than the enlisted version? Yeah, it's not because officers' lives are more important or anything, it's just that it's easier for the Medical Briefs to read pupil dilation when the officer in question has his head up his ass.
I think your idea of putting a visible countdown timer on lights might not be a bad idea.
Already done for pedestrians at some lights around my town (in the US). I can see the countdown timer usually a hundred plus yards away and gives me ample time to judge safety, speed, and stopping distance versus the traffic flow, etc.
Our yellow lights also seem long enough to get through safely if you're already in the intersection, though for the life of me, I can't figure out why some assholes always run red lights around here.
At any rate, this IBM patent just seems like another solution in search of a problem.
Does it really never occur to anyone in the "common sense" departments of these corporations that suing devoted fans leads to having fewer of them? And that further, making it difficult to find fan sites (by suing them just for using the name of your product) also diminishes the fanbase?
According to the Facebook statistics page the average account has 130 friends.
Let me check...
*checks FB account*
Yup. Only got two friends, so I'm pretty safe.
One is my mom, and the other is one of my closest friends. Yeah, me and RUlonely2Nite have gotten really close lately, though now after reading this article, I'm starting to get suspicious. I mean, how do I really know that my mom's FB page is legit?
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By the time you discount all the combinations which sound terrible...
Well, that was easy.
270,000 points for you sir.
Wait, what? Slashdot only allows one vote per post.
I demand a recount or I'll turn you in to teh Internets Police for mod fraud!
where are all the headlines pointing out how easily tumbler locks can be opened?
This isn't a headline of how easy it is to bypass ATM security, per se (as what you're implying), this is if, for example, Schlage or Master tries to tell a locksmith that he cannot give a presentation on some of the vulnerabilities of a padlock. There are ALREADY dozens of books out there for sale in major bookstores and Amazon.com detailing how to pick locks -- describing techniques and tools (and some books tell you where to obtain these tools). The lock-making companies have responded not by attempting to curtail the freedom to publish this information, but to make the locks stronger and more difficult to bypass.
security isn't about building the biggest wall.
Security through obscurity -- which is what the banks are essentially desiring in this case -- isn't all that effective either.
presenting this information can only decrease the security and value of your savings.
No, the bank itself not spending its "hard earned" profits on increasing already known and presented security issues decreases the security and value of your savings.
But who am I to say anything? I think the "right to bear arms" is one of the most abused statutes in the Constitution. It was put there to address a practical problem - that of the King of England not allowing the citizens to bear arms, making a people's uprising against the military impossible. That was the days when there was a fairly level playing field between citizens and the military. Now, a popular uprising would not likely be done with guns, since type of firearm a citizen can get is significantly less powerful than the military's arsenal.
Then why bother to regulate firearms so stringently now? Seems to me that we're in a perilously close situation to that of our Founders over two hundred years ago; the government jealously hoarding the common military weapons of the day, denying those same weapons to the common citizens to prevent a possible armed overthrow of those currently in power. Which is precisely what the Second Amendment is for -- to keep OUR government in line and not vice versa.
you can't hold up a bank with a porsche or a bottle of bleach
Sure you can, but why bother going even that far? All it really takes is a slip of paper.
"I have a bom. Give me all ur mony or else. KTHXBAI."
hard where
Inga: Werewolf!
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Werewolf?
Igor: There.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: What?
Igor: There, wolf. There, castle.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Why are you talking that way?
Igor: I thought you wanted to.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, I don't want to.
Igor: [shrugs] Suit yourself. I'm easy.
What's a Millenium?
It's like a selenium, only smaller.
Wasting police time is a matter of principle? Just think, in the time this guy wasted with the police, the police could have been doing what we pay them for.
Excuse me? You're busting this guys balls instead of the police who tried to wait him out, delay him during his daily travels, try to intimidate him because they thought they'd get an easy bust (assuming the story as told is accurate).
The simple fact is, the cops wasted their own time.
Regardless, its a metric assload of processing power.
So how many Libraries of Congress is a metric assload? I'm American, so I don't understand metric measurements.
We can remake the epic Ben Hur in 3d with laser swords on a sand planet.... Let's combine Dune and Ben Hur! Dune Hur!
Shouldn't that be: "Ben there, Dune that, got the t-shirt"?
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
"Come on boys. We don't want any trouble in here. Not in any language."
It's perfectly acceptable to draw a picture of the king as long as it does not show disrespect.
I have always paid the highest respect to the King. With velvet.
Not so... back in the day, such a slashdotting was quite regular. Surely you remember that.
He probably does remember, but I think he now prefers to be called 5ir1ey.
Dutch researcher Harold van Heerde discussed his work on the idea of allowing data to becomes less specific over time. Letting the specifics gradually disappear could protect consumer privacy while also meeting the needs of service providers
Sorta like me, for example?
The Wild Norseman -->
A Norseman -->
Some Guy -->
A Person, Place or Thing -->
A Nobody -->
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That's an interesting theory. You'd suggest that since there's no obligation to the citizens of another country, that some other government would spy on you, and then your government would spy on their citizens, and then just trade information back and forth "as required, for national security matters"? I wonder they'd have a cool acronym for the program.
Yes, it's called FUBAR.
Didja read that the officers' version of the Medical Briefs can actually read more vital signs than the enlisted version? Yeah, it's not because officers' lives are more important or anything, it's just that it's easier for the Medical Briefs to read pupil dilation when the officer in question has his head up his ass.
Could also have similarity to the sweet stench of carrion.
"Try out Carrion For Men. It's what all Real Men wear when they're dying... to get laid."
The spacecraft is expected to land in an unpopulated area of Australia
Australia is populated?
Happy ending? you mean you get married and live happily ever after, right?
Getting anxious for your Chinese mail-order bride to arrive, eh?
We need a term to describe things which appear to be science but in fact which are not.
Um... pseudoscience?
Yeah, and when was the last time he published anything? I doubt he'll make tenure at this rate.
Dude, wait. Isn't Einstein, like, dead?
Isn't that one of the major prerequisites for tenure?
I think your idea of putting a visible countdown timer on lights might not be a bad idea.
Already done for pedestrians at some lights around my town (in the US). I can see the countdown timer usually a hundred plus yards away and gives me ample time to judge safety, speed, and stopping distance versus the traffic flow, etc. Our yellow lights also seem long enough to get through safely if you're already in the intersection, though for the life of me, I can't figure out why some assholes always run red lights around here. At any rate, this IBM patent just seems like another solution in search of a problem.
No more sex in marriage either.
Way ahead of ya, pal.
Does it really never occur to anyone in the "common sense" departments of these corporations that suing devoted fans leads to having fewer of them? And that further, making it difficult to find fan sites (by suing them just for using the name of your product) also diminishes the fanbase?
Maybe GW is having a CRISIS OF TREACHERY?(tm)
According to the Facebook statistics page the average account has 130 friends.
Let me check...
*checks FB account*
Yup. Only got two friends, so I'm pretty safe.
One is my mom, and the other is one of my closest friends. Yeah, me and RUlonely2Nite have gotten really close lately, though now after reading this article, I'm starting to get suspicious. I mean, how do I really know that my mom's FB page is legit?