I realized there was the possibility of this being a joke, but then since the poster decided to be anon I figured he/she might be serious.
Before people get ideas:)
Oldest trick in the book: "hello, sysadmin here, is your password still 'twinky' ? ", "no, oh, it's 'ratsass', sorry about the messup, have a nice day now"
really, the reason nobody can find old cobol programmers to do the work is because they know the mess they left behind and they won't touch it with a 10' pole.
good point! I've recently started riding a recumbent bicycle and that's a pretty good description of what's happening to my feet. It took me a while to make the link, apparently suspending your limbs for longer periods in a horizontal position is *not* a good idea.
now please. That's one of the best displays that I've ever seen in any sci-fi movie. Even if it was just special effects, it had me drooling. That and the electric citroen DS from gattaca.
yeah, right. You obviously have no clue what's needed to get a framework like python or ruby up and running. 64 K isn't going to cut it I'm afraid. Assembly language, an interpreter in ROM, a TIL if you want something compiled (though there exist C implementation that will fit in to 64 K).
considering that people were writing games for personal micros when the KIM-1 was hot stuff and it only had a bunch of led displays and a calculator keyboard, I don't think the lack of games will be a problem. No matter how simple the machine.
In fact, that sort of limitations leads to enormous creativity.
funny how you still consider it to be not the case ('shuffling in that direction'). The US is a full fledged police state, make no mistake about it.
I've visited other 'police states', most notably Poland and Eastern Germany before the iron curtain fell and the similarities are more than just skin deep.
The funniest thing of all is that the US was one of the 'good guys' during the cold war, but since that is over they can't seem to become like their former enemies fast enough.
if your communications are such that you think they require encryption. It's really that simple. As soon as those packets leave your premises you can simply assume that whatever is in them even if it is encrypted to the hilt is public knowledge.
rely on face to face contact if you want your communications to be secure.
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the really amazing thing here is that those bags seem to know where they are, so they don't decompose when they're not buried in a dump!
> We'll have human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
you mean like Los Angeles ?
no, god forbid the general public would have access to unvetted science, oh dear no.
You sound like someone trying to interpret the dead sea scrolls for the masses.
hehe, I saw that first too, but then the phy at the end of the lines gave away the key, from there you can easily read backwards.
yes, but even a cynical person would have to admit, it *was* funny.
I think there's the D channel to thank for that actually ;)
serves you right :)
Well, that's one less mistake for you to make from now on. Honour the face of your ancestors, make sure you can spell their accomplishments.
I realized there was the possibility of this being a joke, but then since the poster decided to be anon I figured he/she might be serious.
Before people get ideas :)
Oldest trick in the book: "hello, sysadmin here, is your password still 'twinky' ? ", "no, oh, it's 'ratsass', sorry about the messup, have a nice day now"
I highly doubt he wrote in Cobal.
so, they passed the buck to you :)
really, the reason nobody can find old cobol programmers to do the work is because they know the mess they left behind and they won't touch it with a 10' pole.
good point! I've recently started riding a recumbent bicycle and that's a pretty good description of what's happening to my feet. It took me a while to make the link, apparently suspending your limbs for longer periods in a horizontal position is *not* a good idea.
now please. That's one of the best displays that I've ever seen in any sci-fi movie. Even if it was just special effects, it had me drooling. That and the electric citroen DS from gattaca.
yeah, right. You obviously have no clue what's needed to get a framework like python or ruby up and running. 64 K isn't going to cut it I'm afraid. Assembly language, an interpreter in ROM, a TIL if you want something compiled (though there exist C implementation that will fit in to 64 K).
considering that people were writing games for personal micros when the KIM-1 was hot stuff and it only had a bunch of led displays and a calculator keyboard, I don't think the lack of games will be a problem. No matter how simple the machine.
In fact, that sort of limitations leads to enormous creativity.
besides that, the only real charm of the II was the fact that it had slots, I don't see them adding that for 12 bucks.
that was one of the better machines to learn on how to program, probably the only one better was the BBC-micro.
that should not be called 'ICT' but application usage, more specifically Microsoft usage.
a security audit does not require you to give up your logins / passwords, if it does you're likely being social engineered.
and likely you're afraid they'd return the favour ;)
matchstick men: "Make sure that whoever you're conning isn't conning you".
the best taxes are the ones that are labelled 'temporary', those are most certain to never disappear.
the librarian is *not* the owner of these computers.
funny how you still consider it to be not the case ('shuffling in that direction'). The US is a full fledged police state, make no mistake about it.
I've visited other 'police states', most notably Poland and Eastern Germany before the iron curtain fell and the similarities are more than just skin deep.
The funniest thing of all is that the US was one of the 'good guys' during the cold war, but since that is over they can't seem to become like their former enemies fast enough.
I think I understand why you posted that one anonymous...
only on /. would someone compare a gadget with women ;)
if your communications are such that you think they require encryption. It's really that simple. As soon as those packets leave your premises you can simply assume that whatever is in them even if it is encrypted to the hilt is public knowledge.
rely on face to face contact if you want your communications to be secure.