I have two IBM DeskStars. They have been running fine since the last millenium, with near-constant use.
Clearly, your 100% failure rate figure is wrong. I have had many failures of other drives (seagate, maxtor, samsung, WD) in the time my DeskStars have been running. I have to wonder if the whole "DeathStar" thing was just internet hype. Is there any data showing unusually small MTBF for drives with the DeskStar name?
I used to do the CFL bulb in every socket thing. But I later learned there is real scientific evidence that full-spectrum light will put you in a better mood. Since then, I replaced all bulbs in my house with GE Reveal incandesent bulbs. They are extremely expensive for light bulbs, they use a log of energy, but they feel better than the flicker+spotty wavelength of CFLs. It is like sunlight inside (instead of warehouse light with CFLs or ugly yellow light with the old-style bulbs).
I think it is worth the cost to my pocket and the Earth.
I bought OEM Windows (when I bought a hard drive or something), later upgraded my mobo, and was forced to call Microsoft. I told the nice Indian guy that "I upgraded my computer," and that was all he needed. He gave me a new key.
So I think your "defect" thing isn't necessarily true.
Twenty years from now, I will still be able to play my MP3s. But my iTunes files? I doubt it. Thanks for that, Apple!
Also, my car has an MP3 CD player. I can burn all my mp3s to a data CD, pop it in, and have many hours of music. Try doing that with iTunes songs. Oh wait, you can't! Yay, DRM!
Good luck finding two sets of data that are different yet have the same length, the same SHA-1 hash and the same MD5 hash.
You are a crypto n00b! Good luck? It's called a birthday attack. And calculating 2 hashes on the same data is not fundamentally different from just having a longer hash.
All you are proposing is, instead of using SHA1(data), use NewHash(data) where NewHash(data)=SHA1(data),MD5(data)
That just a longer hash, and just as attackable by the birthday attack.
The only reasonable use for stuff like this is the birthday attack. In the birthday attack, the attacker generates both documents with the hash collisions. They both have a big block of invisible junk in them. That leaves plenty to play with.
Your suggestion does nothing against the birthday attack.
Well, you probably aren't in the dating scene, then. On myspace, you can do a search that is basically "show me girls in my area that are my age and are interested in dating." Try doing that on slashdot.
Of course, finding romance on slashdot would be a hell of a story. You don't happen to be in your twenties in central ohio... ?
Myspace is actually quite popular among the 20-something and 30-something singles crowd. You just hear about the teenagers using it more because kids + sex = news ratings.
How about just wanting to lead a healthy 100% natural life
If you assume "natural" is always better than man-made, you are... an idiot. That is provably false assumption. Yet, many people share your nutty idea that natural==better.
Your name is "Cisco Kid" but you don't understand the basics of network security? Ouch.
Lets prove that your unfounded assertion (that software firewalls are "completely useless") is wrong.
Suppose Jane uses her computer for email, web browsing, document writing, and instant messenger. She knows only the basics of computing: communication software needs to access the internet, other software does not. She uses a personal firewall, and clicked "always allow" when it asked her if her web browser, email, and messenger program tried to access the Internet. She uses her computer for six months and is never bothered by the PFW again. One day, she receives a Microsoft Office document (from email or instant messanger, doesn't matter) and she opens it. Unbeknownst to her, this document is malformed to cause a buffer overflow. Because there is a limit to the size of the code that can be executed in the BOf, all the code does is connect to the internet and download the REAL payload (which does bad things to her computer). As she opens the document, Word crashes and her firewall pops up and says: "Do you want to allow Microsoft Office to access iruiautjkljvklajf.ru?" She knows Office documents don't use the Internet, so she clicks "No."
There you have it. This "completely useless" personal firewall, combined with her very basic understanding of the Internet, saved her computer from being used in a botnet and all her data being destroyed.
If that's what you call "useless," you aren't qualified to discuss information security.
The most important use of the cell phone is to get a girl's number. In a loud club, a phone without buttons would fail at this most important of duties.
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Why would hitting on someone make them hang around less? Don't most people like having their egos stroked?
The lawyers just to this to us so that we leave the girls alone and they can have free reign of the ladies for themselves.
No, your summary is flawed because it is not a parody of a famous Star Trek quote.
You might as well sum up your post with:
/set phasers on "anecdote"
"I've never trusted Maxtors, and I never will. I could never forgive them for the death of my data."
That would work if the server were not slashdotted.
I have two IBM DeskStars. They have been running fine since the last millenium, with near-constant use.
Clearly, your 100% failure rate figure is wrong. I have had many failures of other drives (seagate, maxtor, samsung, WD) in the time my DeskStars have been running. I have to wonder if the whole "DeathStar" thing was just internet hype. Is there any data showing unusually small MTBF for drives with the DeskStar name?
1) Is it cool to include this in Project Gutenberg?
2) Does anyone have a link, or simple way, to download this entire book in one file or torrent?
Back then, porn was:
3) Flirt with Violet
If you send someone an email, you want to be able to hold them to what they say in the reply.
If you talk in person instead of email, you don't want anybody to be able to hold you to what you say.
It's all about repudiation.
1. Alturism
2. Advertising
3. Entertainment of the creator (hobby, appreciation of fame, etc.)
I used to do the CFL bulb in every socket thing. But I later learned there is real scientific evidence that full-spectrum light will put you in a better mood. Since then, I replaced all bulbs in my house with GE Reveal incandesent bulbs. They are extremely expensive for light bulbs, they use a log of energy, but they feel better than the flicker+spotty wavelength of CFLs. It is like sunlight inside (instead of warehouse light with CFLs or ugly yellow light with the old-style bulbs).
I think it is worth the cost to my pocket and the Earth.
I bought OEM Windows (when I bought a hard drive or something), later upgraded my mobo, and was forced to call Microsoft. I told the nice Indian guy that "I upgraded my computer," and that was all he needed. He gave me a new key.
So I think your "defect" thing isn't necessarily true.
Twenty years from now, I will still be able to play my MP3s. But my iTunes files? I doubt it. Thanks for that, Apple!
Also, my car has an MP3 CD player. I can burn all my mp3s to a data CD, pop it in, and have many hours of music. Try doing that with iTunes songs. Oh wait, you can't! Yay, DRM!
You are a crypto n00b! Good luck? It's called a birthday attack. And calculating 2 hashes on the same data is not fundamentally different from just having a longer hash.
All you are proposing is, instead of using SHA1(data), use NewHash(data) where
NewHash(data)=SHA1(data),MD5(data)
That just a longer hash, and just as attackable by the birthday attack.
No. You're wrong.
The only reasonable use for stuff like this is the birthday attack. In the birthday attack, the attacker generates both documents with the hash collisions. They both have a big block of invisible junk in them. That leaves plenty to play with.
Your suggestion does nothing against the birthday attack.
Did you go to OSU? CIS or CSE? It is possible...
Well, you probably aren't in the dating scene, then. On myspace, you can do a search that is basically "show me girls in my area that are my age and are interested in dating." Try doing that on slashdot.
Of course, finding romance on slashdot would be a hell of a story. You don't happen to be in your twenties in central ohio... ?
Myspace is actually quite popular among the 20-something and 30-something singles crowd. You just hear about the teenagers using it more because kids + sex = news ratings.
Why the rip on myspace users? They may not have our informed, moderated sci/tech discussion, but they do have girls there.
This is the only trend that really pertains to this article.
If you assume "natural" is always better than man-made, you are... an idiot. That is provably false assumption. Yet, many people share your nutty idea that natural==better.
On slashdot, you don't have to put quotes around the words "Star Trek." Really. We are familiar with the show.
Your name is "Cisco Kid" but you don't understand the basics of network security? Ouch.
Lets prove that your unfounded assertion (that software firewalls are "completely useless") is wrong.
Suppose Jane uses her computer for email, web browsing, document writing, and instant messenger. She knows only the basics of computing: communication software needs to access the internet, other software does not. She uses a personal firewall, and clicked "always allow" when it asked her if her web browser, email, and messenger program tried to access the Internet. She uses her computer for six months and is never bothered by the PFW again. One day, she receives a Microsoft Office document (from email or instant messanger, doesn't matter) and she opens it. Unbeknownst to her, this document is malformed to cause a buffer overflow. Because there is a limit to the size of the code that can be executed in the BOf, all the code does is connect to the internet and download the REAL payload (which does bad things to her computer). As she opens the document, Word crashes and her firewall pops up and says: "Do you want to allow Microsoft Office to access iruiautjkljvklajf.ru?" She knows Office documents don't use the Internet, so she clicks "No."
There you have it. This "completely useless" personal firewall, combined with her very basic understanding of the Internet, saved her computer from being used in a botnet and all her data being destroyed.
If that's what you call "useless," you aren't qualified to discuss information security.
They are floating on free graphic cards.
The most important use of the cell phone is to get a girl's number. In a loud club, a phone without buttons would fail at this most important of duties.