So what, I can choose n, so my comment is still true. Besides that, this is just an example that polynomial cryptanalysis doesn't imply practical. That would depend on the actual polynomial.
As a scientist that has been studying how to store energy for decades you should know the difference between a method of storing energy that is theoretically 100% efficient, and one that it isn't. Most batteries are not theoretically 100% efficient. Adiabatic compression of an ideal gas is. How close you can get to 100% in reality is an engineering problem. With batteries there is a theoretical limitation that won't allow 100% efficiency.
You really don't know what are you talking about, don't you? Here is a counter example: assume the encryption/decryption is O(n^2), assume the cryptanalysis is O(n^3), that is, polynomial. You can choose n so that the cryptanalysis is arbitrarily more difficult than the encryption, so this result alone (if it's true) doesn't mean a thing for crypto.
Calling BS on this one. I don't belive that there are "magic" x-rays that concentrate on the skin. x-rays are x-rays and they can't be different from the ones used in medicine. The oinly difference possible is that they have less power. And I'm not nuclear radiation physicist but neither are you.
So you think that putting a bullet on the head of someone that is tampering with your car is needed for you not to be killed in an "accident"? I don't think that any judge would buy that. The reasonable option is calling the cops and having your car inspected.
Ok so when somebody says something that isn't a tautology they are likely incorrect. I'm going to use this advice for my daily life it seems very useful./rolleyes
Making up rules after the fact when an exploit is found doesn't make you wise, it makes you look like a smart ass. Please point up to where somebody that matters said that posting encrypted data was not good enough BEFORE this was know. Encrypted data seems pretty meaningless to me.
The Core i7-860 spanks everything AMD has at $280 @ newegg, there's only a few odd benchmarks AMDs $300 top six-core CPU wins.
Except that:
1- The top AMD six core is actually $275, not $300. 2- The AMD motherboards are cheaper, you can easily save at least $100 on that. 3- The AMD motherboards are more likely to work with future CPUs (Intel has already changed sockets between Nehalem and Sandy Bridge... again). 3- A 6 core CPU is probably more future proof than a 4 core one (even if those Intel cores are more powerful individually than the AMD ones, not arguing that).
I agree with you that the AMD advantage is smaller at this price point than at the $100-$200 one, but the advantage is still real.
1-So the difference is 5 usd that doesn't change anything. 2-100 usd, really? i7-860 use 1166 socket, and there are some 1166 mothers that cost less than this so I call this bullshit. 3-Who cares, unless you are a hardware enthusiast you're probably going to use a i7-860 for so many years that this doesn't make any difference. And if you are you want the best not the cheapest. 3(sic)- What? A chip that need 6 cores to archive the same performance than one that has 4 is obviously technically inferior.
I really think AMD should stop astroturfing it's dishonest and doesn't speak well of the company.
I don't think nobody doesn't understand that, they just don't care, as they are too old to have to worry for what happens more than 20 years in the future.
Heroic effort? What is so hard on downloading the kernel sources, applying the distribution patch, configuring the kernel for your hardware, compiling and installing?
This move by Oracle reminds me yahoo in the.com era. Open Solaris was not a revenue source but it was important as the means to get developers interested in Solaris. I don't think there will be much development or support for solaris from the open source community from now on.
"One generation does not have the right to determine availability for ever.", eh? Helium, eh? Let us all form a circle and talk about how we should all help save the helium for our grandchildren and ignore that we already used up more than half the oil, plutonium and other important energy sources. And copper. And we are killing off a whole range of biological diversity. But let us all ignore that and talk about the helium.
Ok lets talk, those resources are going to disappear anyway, so I say, lets use them ourselves instead of leaving for future generations, after all we don't know them and they are not our friends.
So you're doing the same think you're criticizing but with AMD instead of Intel and getting 0 extra dollars instead of lot of dollars. That's both hypocritical and stupid.
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So what, I can choose n, so my comment is still true. Besides that, this is just an example that polynomial cryptanalysis doesn't imply practical. That would depend on the actual polynomial.
As a scientist that has been studying how to store energy for decades you should know the difference between a method of storing energy that is theoretically 100% efficient, and one that it isn't. Most batteries are not theoretically 100% efficient. Adiabatic compression of an ideal gas is. How close you can get to 100% in reality is an engineering problem. With batteries there is a theoretical limitation that won't allow 100% efficiency.
I'm not sure if you are arguing with me, but just in case, remember that the arbitrarily large constants are fixed, so my argument is still valid.
You really don't know what are you talking about, don't you? Here is a counter example: assume the encryption/decryption is O(n^2), assume the cryptanalysis is O(n^3), that is, polynomial. You can choose n so that the cryptanalysis is arbitrarily more difficult than the encryption, so this result alone (if it's true) doesn't mean a thing for crypto.
Calling BS on this one. I don't belive that there are "magic" x-rays that concentrate on the skin. x-rays are x-rays and they can't be different from the ones used in medicine. The oinly difference possible is that they have less power. And I'm not nuclear radiation physicist but neither are you.
That's why Lojack (aka computrace) is installed in the BIOS, genius.
So you think that putting a bullet on the head of someone that is tampering with your car is needed for you not to be killed in an "accident"? I don't think that any judge would buy that. The reasonable option is calling the cops and having your car inspected.
Who cares if it's too much... they are spammers, any sum larger that what they are going to ever earn in their lifetime it's fine.
Don't waste your breathing defending the spammers you're not going to get much sympathy here.
Ok so when somebody says something that isn't a tautology they are likely incorrect. I'm going to use this advice for my daily life it seems very useful. /rolleyes
The odds are that the odds are going to be smaller, but there a small odds that they are going to get bigger.
Eventually the odds are going to be 100% or 0%. That's how the odds work.
Making up rules after the fact when an exploit is found doesn't make you wise, it makes you look like a smart ass. Please point up to where somebody that matters said that posting encrypted data was not good enough BEFORE this was know. Encrypted data seems pretty meaningless to me.
This is a good reason for google to start supporting client identification through SSL certificates.
Except that:
1- The top AMD six core is actually $275, not $300.
2- The AMD motherboards are cheaper, you can easily save at least $100 on that.
3- The AMD motherboards are more likely to work with future CPUs (Intel has already changed sockets between Nehalem and Sandy Bridge... again).
3- A 6 core CPU is probably more future proof than a 4 core one (even if those Intel cores are more powerful individually than the AMD ones, not arguing that).
I agree with you that the AMD advantage is smaller at this price point than at the $100-$200 one, but the advantage is still real.
1-So the difference is 5 usd that doesn't change anything.
2-100 usd, really? i7-860 use 1166 socket, and there are some 1166 mothers that cost less than this so I call this bullshit.
3-Who cares, unless you are a hardware enthusiast you're probably going to use a i7-860 for so many years that this doesn't make any difference. And if you are you want the best not the cheapest.
3(sic)- What? A chip that need 6 cores to archive the same performance than one that has 4 is obviously technically inferior.
I really think AMD should stop astroturfing it's dishonest and doesn't speak well of the company.
I don't think nobody doesn't understand that, they just don't care, as they are too old to have to worry for what happens more than 20 years in the future.
May i introduce you to a new word today: respect.
Retoric question: And what has done Islam to gain our respect?
They can sue anyone that they have a case against. Tip: don't pirate and you won't be sued (or you will gain money if you are).
Heroic effort? What is so hard on downloading the kernel sources, applying the distribution patch, configuring the kernel for your hardware, compiling and installing?
He still has more credibility than a random slashdot poster.
Actually we don't know it. It may very well that there is always a deeper level of truth, more exactly countable infinite levels of truth.
This move by Oracle reminds me yahoo in the .com era. Open Solaris was not a revenue source but it was important as the means to get developers interested in Solaris. I don't think there will be much development or support for solaris from the open source community from now on.
"One generation does not have the right to determine availability for ever.", eh? Helium, eh? Let us all form a circle and talk about how we should all help save the helium for our grandchildren and ignore that we already used up more than half the oil, plutonium and other important energy sources. And copper. And we are killing off a whole range of biological diversity. But let us all ignore that and talk about the helium.
Ok lets talk, those resources are going to disappear anyway, so I say, lets use them ourselves instead of leaving for future generations, after all we don't know them and they are not our friends.
You're right, but helium made this way would be incredibly expensive.
Do you even know what vectors are?
So you're doing the same think you're criticizing but with AMD instead of Intel and getting 0 extra dollars instead of lot of dollars. That's both hypocritical and stupid.