Think of access control. Hashes are sometimes passed over cleartext (which has its own issues, and aren't the point here) because the hash has to be generated from the password before being sent, requiring the password be known. If you can come up with another password that hashes to the same thing, then you don't have to know the original password, but can gain the same access as another user.
Making changes to MD5 is simply bandaging it, and may introduce new vulnerabilities.
Second best system award goes to Cyberpunk 2020, though the books are looking sadly dated.
I have to put Interlock (the system used in Cyberpunk and Mekton) at the top of things due to its speed and flexibility. Ten seconds of action can be taken care of in a few minutes, even with five or six principles involved. Admittedly, though, I've not gotten too much into GURPS, because while it's extensible, it's always looked like it carries baggage with it. The source material has always been some of the finest anywhere, and I've frequently used it in other games. Perhaps I need to have a look at the new edition.
I'm looking forward to Cybperpunk V3. R. Talsorian made mention last week that not only is it due in six weeks or so (a decade late), but that they know this because it's actually at the printer. (Though after looking at the excerpt published on the main page, I'm not sure whether they need a graphic artist or a spellchecker more.)
But using it as some kind of universal rules system is a pure marketing move, it makes about as much sense as the tired Palladium rule system that was dragged from game to game, ruining potentially excellent settings like Rifts.
What makes this worse is that Palladium explicitly forbids conversions to other systems, and actively pursues those that disobey this rule. They say that they have no choice but to do this or risk their trademarks and copyrights, though plenty of other companies have been far more flexible in this regard and managed to stay in business -- intellectual property intact. I find it frustrating that I can't work with others to come up with a much-improved system without having to worry about Palladium breathing down my back for it. It's aggravating that a mere fifteen seconds of action with four or five principles can take that many minutes (or more) to filter through.
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I don't know if it's cynicism or realism, but my normal response to any medical conditionin my family is to ask what the diagnosis was. My grandfather recently collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital. I think they eventually found that he suffered a small stroke, but at the time it looked a little more like possible heart problems. While much of the family was screaming, "HEART ATTACK!" my first questions were about his pumping capacity, whether there were additional blockages in his arteries, and the chances of open heart surgery. When more unusual diagnoses come in, my first response is to look them up from reputable sources. If someone I know said they had HIV, I'd probably ask when they think they got it and whether any symptoms of AIDS had set in. Even when a kid is born, I ask for numbers first for mother and child, to make sure that everything is healthy.
I get kind of detached when it comes to medicine. Probably comes from seeing how my mother handles things after 18 years as a ward secretary in a hospital, learning that the doctors are usually the best ones to handle it and that emotions complicate things more often than not.
I haven't seen a dentist in... 12 years? No cavities that I know of, but I have a wisdom tooth lurking below the surface that I might need to have looked at, and that at age 31.
Romans did brush their teeth using a paste made from urine, wine, and pumice, among other things. It was believed to whiten the teeth and help ensure the teeth were firmly fixed in their sockets, but it also helped prevent cavities.
Did ABC, NBC, CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, AP, or any of the other big ones issue apologies for reporting as such? MSNBC is a fairly constant thing at work, and they seemed to go out of their way to avoid apologizing, instead issuing excuses that it was what they were being told by people on the ground.
TBN is in its own little world, but do you really thing you'd hear something like comments on "how the slave features resembled those of monkeys"? Perhaps you can enlighten me as to specifically which anchor, reporter, or host would make such comments with impunity? And for bonus points, specifically when they have said such things?
Not on television, you wouldn't, at least not on a mainstream program. That was the point. In any country anywhere in the world, you can find someone bigoted who will spew that kind of tripe, but in the US, that is generally not something you catch in mainstream media.
Manga is not a brand name. No one holds some exclusive right to use the word to describe a product. It's a subclass of comics, like sparkling wines are a subclass of wines.
Champagne is French because there's a place in France called Champagne. Champagne is in essence a brand name, not a product type. There are still excellent sparkling wines produced in other parts of the world, possibly including Japan.
If Japan was selling Hollywood films, New Orleans jazz, or Texas BBQ steak mix, then that would be questionable, as you say. But if they sold Japanese variations on film, jazz, and BBQ steak mix, that would be more intriguing. Manga is a type of product, not something that is somehow owned by the Japanese (or as someone else pointed out, Korean artists subcontracting for Japanese companies). I don't understand why it has to be made by someone with a specific skin color in order to be real.
It's not a joke. Chick Comics has been around at least since I was a kid (round about when the TRS-80 was relatively new). I used to pick them up from the school playground. I thought they were crackpots then, and I think they're crackpots now.
It's fair, because you agreed to it. You agreed to the EULA that has a provision saying that they can change the terms of service at their pleasure, not yours. If that makes you uncomfortable, you have your option.
If they change either am I allowed to change my mind? Or do they get to use that catch all that they can change their mind whenever they want?
Both. They can change the EULA at any time as long as they publish it. You have to agree to the EULAs (there are more than one, for those that haven't played it), including the original, after every patch installation. You also have the right to stop playing, to delete your account, and to stop giving them money. I expect that you have no right to a refund of the original game price, because you've been playing for several months now.
I just moved into a new apartment over the weekend. The manager there told someone who came in that she could meet with them in about 20 minutes, after we'd signed the paperwork. I'm fairly certain that she missed the amused look on my face as I looked at her over my glasses.
We finished things up about 90 minutes later, after I spotted a grammatical error and asked three clarifying questions.
This is not remotely new. These things have been around for YEARS, and Slashdot covered them at that time. They were written for the use of other government agencies to secure their systems when using the listed products, but they also have a great deal of value to the public. They follow all the things we've been told over the years -- put up layered defenses, stop using old, broken protocols, use those with better hashes, disable unneeded services, reduce your attack surface... Or do you believe that these are things meant to make it easier for attackers to get in?
The guides are a valuable learning tool, too, and a number of companies have followed the idea. In fact, when Microsoft wrote its own guide for securing Windows 2003, the NSA decided that it was comprehensive enough that they didn't have to write one themselves. NSA even went so far as to mirror it themselves, presumably for government convenience.
Go try reading the original material before criticizing it. You might actually learn something and be able to earn your karma through something other than a cheap shot.
Nothing from Office loads prior to launching any Office application, and that's done manually. The only references to "Office" that I found were from the OpenOffice quickloader files that were autostarted. There was no reference to anything in the Office path, no reference to mso*.dll, nothing that looked like it came from Microsoft Office in any way. If you want, I'll e-mail the result file.
I simply replicated the requested benchmarks. If you'd like to assist in coming up with what you believe to be a fair comparison, then by all means, let me know and I'll assist with it.
As for Windows pre-loading DLLs, I saw no immediate evidence of this, but when I get to work tomorrow, I'll have a look using ListDLLs and PsList after booting and before loading anything from Microsoft. I'll then publish results here.
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It's like Delaware in the United States. I'm partially convinced that Delaware is a fictitious entity created as a tax haven for large companies.
Think of access control. Hashes are sometimes passed over cleartext (which has its own issues, and aren't the point here) because the hash has to be generated from the password before being sent, requiring the password be known. If you can come up with another password that hashes to the same thing, then you don't have to know the original password, but can gain the same access as another user.
Making changes to MD5 is simply bandaging it, and may introduce new vulnerabilities.
I'm usually accurate with word usage, but I do get tripped up on that one since I use it so rarely. I should have looked it up to verify.
I believe the appropriate line is:
[nelson]Ha, ha![/nelson]
Second best system award goes to Cyberpunk 2020, though the books are looking sadly dated.
I have to put Interlock (the system used in Cyberpunk and Mekton) at the top of things due to its speed and flexibility. Ten seconds of action can be taken care of in a few minutes, even with five or six principles involved. Admittedly, though, I've not gotten too much into GURPS, because while it's extensible, it's always looked like it carries baggage with it. The source material has always been some of the finest anywhere, and I've frequently used it in other games. Perhaps I need to have a look at the new edition.
I'm looking forward to Cybperpunk V3. R. Talsorian made mention last week that not only is it due in six weeks or so (a decade late), but that they know this because it's actually at the printer. (Though after looking at the excerpt published on the main page, I'm not sure whether they need a graphic artist or a spellchecker more.)
But using it as some kind of universal rules system is a pure marketing move, it makes about as much sense as the tired Palladium rule system that was dragged from game to game, ruining potentially excellent settings like Rifts.
What makes this worse is that Palladium explicitly forbids conversions to other systems, and actively pursues those that disobey this rule. They say that they have no choice but to do this or risk their trademarks and copyrights, though plenty of other companies have been far more flexible in this regard and managed to stay in business -- intellectual property intact. I find it frustrating that I can't work with others to come up with a much-improved system without having to worry about Palladium breathing down my back for it. It's aggravating that a mere fifteen seconds of action with four or five principles can take that many minutes (or more) to filter through.
I don't know if it's cynicism or realism, but my normal response to any medical conditionin my family is to ask what the diagnosis was. My grandfather recently collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital. I think they eventually found that he suffered a small stroke, but at the time it looked a little more like possible heart problems. While much of the family was screaming, "HEART ATTACK!" my first questions were about his pumping capacity, whether there were additional blockages in his arteries, and the chances of open heart surgery. When more unusual diagnoses come in, my first response is to look them up from reputable sources. If someone I know said they had HIV, I'd probably ask when they think they got it and whether any symptoms of AIDS had set in. Even when a kid is born, I ask for numbers first for mother and child, to make sure that everything is healthy.
I get kind of detached when it comes to medicine. Probably comes from seeing how my mother handles things after 18 years as a ward secretary in a hospital, learning that the doctors are usually the best ones to handle it and that emotions complicate things more often than not.
I haven't seen a dentist in... 12 years? No cavities that I know of, but I have a wisdom tooth lurking below the surface that I might need to have looked at, and that at age 31.
Romans did brush their teeth using a paste made from urine, wine, and pumice, among other things. It was believed to whiten the teeth and help ensure the teeth were firmly fixed in their sockets, but it also helped prevent cavities.
Did ABC, NBC, CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, AP, or any of the other big ones issue apologies for reporting as such? MSNBC is a fairly constant thing at work, and they seemed to go out of their way to avoid apologizing, instead issuing excuses that it was what they were being told by people on the ground.
He was likely notified weeks or even months prior to the Congressional request that he would be awarded the medal. No conspiracy here.
It's new to 1.5, and is an attempt to improve office productivity.
TBN is in its own little world, but do you really thing you'd hear something like comments on "how the slave features resembled those of monkeys"? Perhaps you can enlighten me as to specifically which anchor, reporter, or host would make such comments with impunity? And for bonus points, specifically when they have said such things?
How many of the immigrants are citizens? And what are French laws on who is allowed to vote?
Not on television, you wouldn't, at least not on a mainstream program. That was the point. In any country anywhere in the world, you can find someone bigoted who will spew that kind of tripe, but in the US, that is generally not something you catch in mainstream media.
Manga is not a brand name. No one holds some exclusive right to use the word to describe a product. It's a subclass of comics, like sparkling wines are a subclass of wines.
Champagne is French because there's a place in France called Champagne. Champagne is in essence a brand name, not a product type. There are still excellent sparkling wines produced in other parts of the world, possibly including Japan.
If Japan was selling Hollywood films, New Orleans jazz, or Texas BBQ steak mix, then that would be questionable, as you say. But if they sold Japanese variations on film, jazz, and BBQ steak mix, that would be more intriguing. Manga is a type of product, not something that is somehow owned by the Japanese (or as someone else pointed out, Korean artists subcontracting for Japanese companies). I don't understand why it has to be made by someone with a specific skin color in order to be real.
It's not a joke. Chick Comics has been around at least since I was a kid (round about when the TRS-80 was relatively new). I used to pick them up from the school playground. I thought they were crackpots then, and I think they're crackpots now.
Those aren't considered canon, so they wouldn't be included in something like this.
It's fair, because you agreed to it. You agreed to the EULA that has a provision saying that they can change the terms of service at their pleasure, not yours. If that makes you uncomfortable, you have your option.
When installing the game, you see the EULA and must agree to it.
When patching the game, you see the EULA and must agree to it and all of its extensions individually.
Within the game, there is a direct link to the Terms of Use.
If you're playing the game, you have had ample opportunity to see the rules, and you have no excuse whatsoever to complain about what's in them.
If they change either am I allowed to change my mind? Or do they get to use that catch all that they can change their mind whenever they want?
Both. They can change the EULA at any time as long as they publish it. You have to agree to the EULAs (there are more than one, for those that haven't played it), including the original, after every patch installation. You also have the right to stop playing, to delete your account, and to stop giving them money. I expect that you have no right to a refund of the original game price, because you've been playing for several months now.
I just moved into a new apartment over the weekend. The manager there told someone who came in that she could meet with them in about 20 minutes, after we'd signed the paperwork. I'm fairly certain that she missed the amused look on my face as I looked at her over my glasses.
We finished things up about 90 minutes later, after I spotted a grammatical error and asked three clarifying questions.
This is not remotely new. These things have been around for YEARS, and Slashdot covered them at that time. They were written for the use of other government agencies to secure their systems when using the listed products, but they also have a great deal of value to the public. They follow all the things we've been told over the years -- put up layered defenses, stop using old, broken protocols, use those with better hashes, disable unneeded services, reduce your attack surface... Or do you believe that these are things meant to make it easier for attackers to get in?
The guides are a valuable learning tool, too, and a number of companies have followed the idea. In fact, when Microsoft wrote its own guide for securing Windows 2003, the NSA decided that it was comprehensive enough that they didn't have to write one themselves. NSA even went so far as to mirror it themselves, presumably for government convenience.
The pace of the documentation has slowed significantly; for a while, there was a new guide coming out every month or two. But every so often, they cover new topics such as evaluating wireless IDS, as well as some other more esoteric titles like So Your Boss Bought you a New Laptop...How do you identify and disable wireless capabilities. You can see a complete list of titles here.
Go try reading the original material before criticizing it. You might actually learn something and be able to earn your karma through something other than a cheap shot.
Nothing from Office loads prior to launching any Office application, and that's done manually. The only references to "Office" that I found were from the OpenOffice quickloader files that were autostarted. There was no reference to anything in the Office path, no reference to mso*.dll, nothing that looked like it came from Microsoft Office in any way. If you want, I'll e-mail the result file.
I simply replicated the requested benchmarks. If you'd like to assist in coming up with what you believe to be a fair comparison, then by all means, let me know and I'll assist with it.
As for Windows pre-loading DLLs, I saw no immediate evidence of this, but when I get to work tomorrow, I'll have a look using ListDLLs and PsList after booting and before loading anything from Microsoft. I'll then publish results here.