FWIW It's a very useful alternative to parking meters... You text the premium number (cost is the same as a normal ticket) and the system replies with a code. That means the actual ticket machine doesn't need payment processing, and you don't need to carry change around.
I know it's considered bad form to RTFA, and sometimes RTFSummary, but really... not reading the headline?!
Fujitsu is developing the virus. Sophos is arguing against the idea!
"This is a great remainder [sic] for all users not use the same password for two different services."
Not it's not. Not even slightly.
The amount of mental effort required by users to memorise a different password for every internet site is at best unreasonable, if not a completely insane idea. While using the same password for Hotmail and internet banking is really not a good idea, using the same password for wordpress.com and wordpress.org is just common sense for people who don't have a photographic memory.
âoeThis suggests that the big tech brands have harnessed, or exploit, the brain areas that have evolved to process religionâ
Interesting. Is there a good theory or evidence as to why processing religion is/was a selection pressure?
It's worth noting though that to top-up your Flattr account you need to use PayPal or Moneybookers (a UK similar service which also bowed to government pressure). So while this does make it possible, the sad fact is that your donation will not go as far. Flattr takes ~10% and I imagine PayPal or Moneybookers do similarly.
If you were hoping to take your custom away from these services and give others your money, this isn't the way to do it:(
For Those Asking "What's the Point?"... the detail is in the name.
This network is being used to distribute encryption keys (not the content), while the network speeds may not look impressive at first glance, current high end RSA key is only 2048 bits long. A key every second on prototype tech really isn't too shabby. A single key can be used for an entire conversation.
Someone else also pointed out that the problem with current crypto isn't that it can be broken, rather that there are ways around it. These ways all involve discovering the key somehow, rather than by brute force. Using a quantum network to distribute the key means that you can guarantee that the key you have hasn't been eavesdropped upon.
Public/private key encrption has its own methods to deal with this, but this may not always be appropriate. If this allows guaranteed key security then you can use much simpler symmetric encryption.
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FWIW It's a very useful alternative to parking meters... You text the premium number (cost is the same as a normal ticket) and the system replies with a code. That means the actual ticket machine doesn't need payment processing, and you don't need to carry change around.
It's not even a sensible argument... 0.5% of 200 million is still ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The Austin Powers reference wasn't even intentional!
I know it's considered bad form to RTFA, and sometimes RTFSummary, but really... not reading the headline?! Fujitsu is developing the virus. Sophos is arguing against the idea!
This (second half) is as close as I have found: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/money Permission granted to be amused by the 3rd listed "organization".
"This is a great remainder [sic] for all users not use the same password for two different services."
Not it's not. Not even slightly.
The amount of mental effort required by users to memorise a different password for every internet site is at best unreasonable, if not a completely insane idea. While using the same password for Hotmail and internet banking is really not a good idea, using the same password for wordpress.com and wordpress.org is just common sense for people who don't have a photographic memory.
Blaming the user here is unreasonable.
Here's a paper on the same subject from 18 years ago, and that was just the first result I found on google scholar!
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=256563
Obviously, there have been advances since then but this certainly isn't a new idea by any stretch of the imagination.
âoeThis suggests that the big tech brands have harnessed, or exploit, the brain areas that have evolved to process religionâ Interesting. Is there a good theory or evidence as to why processing religion is/was a selection pressure?
It's worth noting though that to top-up your Flattr account you need to use PayPal or Moneybookers (a UK similar service which also bowed to government pressure). So while this does make it possible, the sad fact is that your donation will not go as far. Flattr takes ~10% and I imagine PayPal or Moneybookers do similarly.
:(
If you were hoping to take your custom away from these services and give others your money, this isn't the way to do it
"Perfect Citizen": Because the phrase "Big Brother" wasn't quite creepy enough.
If you insist on the definitions and choices used in the report then no, I'm afraid this is not really a very exciting statistic at all.
From page 5:
"Security risks" ranked by importance, by IT Managers:
Cyber Attacks - 42%
Traditional Criminal Activity - 17%
Brand related events - 17%
Natural Distasters - 14%
Terrorism - 10%
So IT Managers are mostly concerned with threats to computers? Colour me surprised.
For Those Asking "What's the Point?"... the detail is in the name. This network is being used to distribute encryption keys (not the content), while the network speeds may not look impressive at first glance, current high end RSA key is only 2048 bits long. A key every second on prototype tech really isn't too shabby. A single key can be used for an entire conversation. Someone else also pointed out that the problem with current crypto isn't that it can be broken, rather that there are ways around it. These ways all involve discovering the key somehow, rather than by brute force. Using a quantum network to distribute the key means that you can guarantee that the key you have hasn't been eavesdropped upon. Public/private key encrption has its own methods to deal with this, but this may not always be appropriate. If this allows guaranteed key security then you can use much simpler symmetric encryption.
Heheh. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cringe over the Jonas Brother's being featured on the "tour" slideshow.
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/904features/
Genuine indication of real-world interest or too much South Park? ;)
At 1600 pounds and 36 feet when does a model rocket become just a rocket?