I will defer to a lawyer if one appears. My understanding is RSA patented a process and the mathematical algorithms were a part of that process. The duration of patents here in the USA changed a few years ago too (how it changed I do not remember).
Ah but the point is that you didn't PUT the content on the net did you, you just consumed it. People like you shouldn't have to pay, and THAT'S what the FCC needs to regulate.
"Phone and cable companies insist they need flexibility so high-bandwidth applications don't slow down their systems."
Fine. Let them charge the content producers by bandwidth. The wider bandwidth your content needs, the more you will pay. Low bandwidth content (most web pages actually) would get a free ride, things like Hulu and Youtube would probaby have to open their wallets to help support the inferstructure. Just so long as nobody gets priority over anybody else. First come first serve, but if you take more than average you pay for it.
As an ATT&T wireless user who has exceeded her monthly 5Gb limit once or twice, I can tell you for a fact, we "hogs" do pay more for additional usage. Too bad we don't get "rollover" bits.
You will most likely have reduced performance, especially if the rest of the car has to spin the defective motor, but it should still run...
When Jaguar were still producing V12 engines, it was quite common for people to not change the rear pair spark plugs (they are quite hard to reach because of the size of the v12 and the dimensions of the engine bay) so after a while they would be running on only 10 cylinders.
What if the failure is the braking voltage going to the motor instead of the "going" voltage? Something like a mechanical brake locking up or worse?
I haven't spent much time around high-rises, but the times I have seen UPS and FedEx show up it was like they emptied the whole truck just for one building. Like the rest of you are saying, it doesn't matter if each apartment is getting one item a day or not, that truck full of boxes is coming in every day.
I know people who do too. It never made sense to me either. I do it for the convenience, but not for anything I need to try on before deciding, like shoes.
Similar thought, I was all revved up to try Best Buy order online and pick up at the store service until a friend did it. He was livid, waiting all day and finally having to call to see if the items had been picked, then going there and finding they picked some of the wrong items. His advice: see if they have everything you want in stock then go there yourself and pick it from the shelf.
As much as I dislike religion. I've come to accept that probably for a long time to come, we are going to be stuck with it. Because no matter how much we discover and can explain of the universe, no matter how many other worlds and civilizations we discover. There will always be something that can be explained at the time, and people will fear and respect it and even worship it. Probably every generation has had its share of people that thought that they were going to see the downfall of religion in their time.
People just do religion. Always have and always will.
Also, I like this astronomer! I think I have heard his position before and liked it then too.
If I actually get a vote on this. Do we get a vote? What about the people of North Korea, do they get a vote on this? Even if it passes, do they get internet access since the "world body said so"? Somehow, I don't think so.
I hope I can get down to DC for them, i.e., schedule one of my business trips there for that weekend;) Already know that I will be missing the Progressive Nation rally October 2nd.
I confused myself and misread Wolfenstein – Enemy Territory as "Emmy Territory" and started thinking award. Thank goodness my thinking brain kicked in before anybody found out!
I think you're missing the point. Of course after they know that you have some encrypted data on your disk the strength of the encryption becomes moot because they can just drug / beat you until you tell them the key, but what this question is about is hiding encrypted data in unencrypted data so prying eyes can't tell if anything is even there at all.
For example, there may come a day when airport security could demand you disclose your passwords when they find you are carrying storage with encrypted content using the aforementioned techniques, but they aren't going to drug / beat every single person coming onto an airplane or going across a border. If your jpgs look like everybody elses jpgs both visually and under close analytical scrutiny they aren't going to bother you. Another example is there may come a day when any traffic on the Internet that cannot be positively identified as a common protocol with statistically "normal" contents is simply rejected. Maybe not here, maybe not right now, but this kind of idea is still very useful.
I thought the point was there is one encrypted file and one random file. Properly encrypted data is identical to random data, so let's see how many times the big man can hit you before you tell us which one is which. just like in the XKCD cartoon.
Did I miss the point or do we need the drugs and wrench?;)
Even better, a small woman like me and you are helpless. How long do you think you can hold out? LOL
After a few whacks on the head with the NYC Yellow Pages (old school, print edition) I think someone could find out which file is encrypted and which is garbage.
>>>They're gonna feel like fools when the doom and gloom prophesies don't pan out.
Not really. Even if 2100 arrives and nothing terrible has happened, they'll still benefit from a smaller population and abundant food supply. So it's a win-win solution.
In fact I think population control, like China's 1 baby per family, will eventually become necessary... especially after oil becomes scarce and skyrockets to $1000/barrel (~$30/gallon of gasoline). Simply put either WE will impose population limits, or nature will do it for us (via starvation in the cities).
If your scarceness scare becomes reality the population will thin itself.
What is being reported in this case is that he was billing at $2,000/hr. and had submitted a bill for almost $800,000 but the FBI had only paid him $20,000.
The released court documents also allege he said DOE was his enemy. He was a disgruntled, laid off scientist whose pet project was not given enough money.
Part of what they were proposing, according to the court documents, was an EMP device, which does not even need to be nuclear. They also had a grand plan for the future with a reactor hiding an enrichment facility and research to be done in universities.
The Albuquerque paper has lots more details.
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I will defer to a lawyer if one appears. My understanding is RSA patented a process and the mathematical algorithms were a part of that process. The duration of patents here in the USA changed a few years ago too (how it changed I do not remember).
If you just do a little time travel then you could have verified his claim like I just did.
Does this solve that encryption complaint the UAE, Saudis and others had about Blackberry?
Ah but the point is that you didn't PUT the content on the net did you, you just consumed it. People like you shouldn't have to pay, and THAT'S what the FCC needs to regulate.
The point is, I used the bandwidth.
"Phone and cable companies insist they need flexibility so high-bandwidth applications don't slow down their systems." Fine. Let them charge the content producers by bandwidth. The wider bandwidth your content needs, the more you will pay. Low bandwidth content (most web pages actually) would get a free ride, things like Hulu and Youtube would probaby have to open their wallets to help support the inferstructure. Just so long as nobody gets priority over anybody else. First come first serve, but if you take more than average you pay for it.
As an ATT&T wireless user who has exceeded her monthly 5Gb limit once or twice, I can tell you for a fact, we "hogs" do pay more for additional usage. Too bad we don't get "rollover" bits.
You will most likely have reduced performance, especially if the rest of the car has to spin the defective motor, but it should still run...
When Jaguar were still producing V12 engines, it was quite common for people to not change the rear pair spark plugs (they are quite hard to reach because of the size of the v12 and the dimensions of the engine bay) so after a while they would be running on only 10 cylinders.
What if the failure is the braking voltage going to the motor instead of the "going" voltage? Something like a mechanical brake locking up or worse?
Unlike an American V8, which continues to put out awesome amounts of power even after it breaks.
Or a European V12 that generates massive repair bills, running or not.
This is not news to anyone who's ever owned an Easy Bake Oven.
As an expert chef with the Easy-Bake oven handed down to me by my mother, I can attest to Sonny's comment as fact.
I have been hearing of Fry's for years through geekworld. Still need to make a point of visiting one if I am ever near one again.
Excellent point.
I haven't spent much time around high-rises, but the times I have seen UPS and FedEx show up it was like they emptied the whole truck just for one building. Like the rest of you are saying, it doesn't matter if each apartment is getting one item a day or not, that truck full of boxes is coming in every day.
Who shops online for environmental reasons?
I know people who do too. It never made sense to me either. I do it for the convenience, but not for anything I need to try on before deciding, like shoes.
Similar thought, I was all revved up to try Best Buy order online and pick up at the store service until a friend did it. He was livid, waiting all day and finally having to call to see if the items had been picked, then going there and finding they picked some of the wrong items. His advice: see if they have everything you want in stock then go there yourself and pick it from the shelf.
As much as I dislike religion. I've come to accept that probably for a long time to come, we are going to be stuck with it. Because no matter how much we discover and can explain of the universe, no matter how many other worlds and civilizations we discover. There will always be something that can be explained at the time, and people will fear and respect it and even worship it. Probably every generation has had its share of people that thought that they were going to see the downfall of religion in their time.
People just do religion. Always have and always will.
Also, I like this astronomer! I think I have heard his position before and liked it then too.
If I actually get a vote on this. Do we get a vote? What about the people of North Korea, do they get a vote on this? Even if it passes, do they get internet access since the "world body said so"? Somehow, I don't think so.
Same on Chrome for my laptop, but it has given choices there for a while or I just didn't notice the switch.
I am actually someone who does pick from the drop down choices if it finds what I am looking for before I finish typing on Google.Com.
Also, Rally to Restore Sanity
Also, Keep Fear Alive
Also, I love you, Jon (with one H).
I hope I can get down to DC for them, i.e., schedule one of my business trips there for that weekend ;) Already know that I will be missing the Progressive Nation rally October 2nd.
Too bad they don't have creative points :) That was excellent.
I confused myself and misread Wolfenstein – Enemy Territory as "Emmy Territory" and started thinking award. Thank goodness my thinking brain kicked in before anybody found out!
I see a market in in automated phone book whacking gadgets! Look for them soon on ThinkGeek.
I think you're missing the point. Of course after they know that you have some encrypted data on your disk the strength of the encryption becomes moot because they can just drug / beat you until you tell them the key, but what this question is about is hiding encrypted data in unencrypted data so prying eyes can't tell if anything is even there at all. For example, there may come a day when airport security could demand you disclose your passwords when they find you are carrying storage with encrypted content using the aforementioned techniques, but they aren't going to drug / beat every single person coming onto an airplane or going across a border. If your jpgs look like everybody elses jpgs both visually and under close analytical scrutiny they aren't going to bother you. Another example is there may come a day when any traffic on the Internet that cannot be positively identified as a common protocol with statistically "normal" contents is simply rejected. Maybe not here, maybe not right now, but this kind of idea is still very useful.
I thought the point was there is one encrypted file and one random file. Properly encrypted data is identical to random data, so let's see how many times the big man can hit you before you tell us which one is which. just like in the XKCD cartoon. Did I miss the point or do we need the drugs and wrench? ;)
Even better, a small woman like me and you are helpless. How long do you think you can hold out? LOL
After a few whacks on the head with the NYC Yellow Pages (old school, print edition) I think someone could find out which file is encrypted and which is garbage.
Yea, I just typed my response too fast. Too bad we don't have preview here eh?
>>>They're gonna feel like fools when the doom and gloom prophesies don't pan out.
Not really. Even if 2100 arrives and nothing terrible has happened, they'll still benefit from a smaller population and abundant food supply. So it's a win-win solution.
In fact I think population control, like China's 1 baby per family, will eventually become necessary... especially after oil becomes scarce and skyrockets to $1000/barrel (~$30/gallon of gasoline). Simply put either WE will impose population limits, or nature will do it for us (via starvation in the cities).
If your scarceness scare becomes reality the population will thin itself.
It helps irrational people feel better.
What is being reported in this case is that he was billing at $2,000/hr. and had submitted a bill for almost $800,000 but the FBI had only paid him $20,000. The released court documents also allege he said DOE was his enemy. He was a disgruntled, laid off scientist whose pet project was not given enough money.
Part of what they were proposing, according to the court documents, was an EMP device, which does not even need to be nuclear. They also had a grand plan for the future with a reactor hiding an enrichment facility and research to be done in universities. The Albuquerque paper has lots more details.