Slashdot takes any excuse it can get to pimp Apple products. Nothing shows that fact more clearly than this post. I would be surprised to find that there isn't some contract between Apple and/. mandating at least one iPod story per day.
The USA only censors public airwaves. Germany is censoring the Internet. Clearly, Germans have less freedom of speach than Americans because then sensor more than just public airwaves.
Opinions? Chaining together playstations... or any other form of parallel processing, is not going to break hashes like SHA-1. That's not an opinion. That's a fact. And that's the fact you had wrong. Also, you have an annoying habit of breaking apart thoughts in your replies so thoroughly that some of their meanings are lost. That is very annoying. But as for saying someone modded you as insightful--that is why I made my original response to your message. It "seemed" to make sense to at least one moderator. But it was wrong in fact, not in opinion. I did not want it to continue being modded up by moderators who don't understand the material because that lends credibility to an erroneous statement. The fact that my statement was later modded up and yours was modded down after my post was made is interesting. It is my opinion that this because my post was successful in drawing attention to the multiple factual errors in your post.
Those are cute quips but you didn't back them up with anything. Your statement about me contridicting myself further shows you don't understand the subject matter. And it looks like I have to reiterate: growing computing power, in the form of playstations or whatever other crap you come up with, would never have had an effect on SHA-1 as it is used in public key crypto. So don't spread disinformation. And your call for me to be modded down is futile. This story is way off the front page. You are only talking to me now. Not that I would have cared. I've been at the karma cap since before the cap existed. I'm sorry I was so harsh on you, but you were just wrong.
A lot of dumb people have worked for the DoD and NASA. That doesn't mean you know anything about mathematics or crypto.
This article was about consequences of finding a weakness in SHA-1. You started spouting off about how "computing power" is what is needed to break crypto. You said something silly about all crypto being broken with more computing power. Then you went off with some completely false information about playstations that really had nothing to do with anything.
Since you were interested enough to reply, I'll elaborate. I didn't in my previous post because I just wanted you modded down--you really were posting just plain wrong information and saying it confidently.
First of all, increased computing power is a given. But SHA-1 was broken by finding a mathematical way to find colisions with many orders of magnitude less computing power (perhaps I should say "fewer" since computing power is discrete?).
Secondly, your remark about increased computing power breaking all crypto is absurd. Computing power can not keep growing exponentially. There are only so many atoms on planet earth. But we can grow crypto without bound. A good algorithm with large keys is not ever going to be beaten just by increased computing power. Again, your statement was just wrong.
Also, this DRM talk had not much to do with anything. Do you know what a hash is used for in crypto? Do you know the difference between public and private key crypto or the math involved in them? These basics must be understood before you post as if you have a clue on a crypto article.
Also, Quantum crypto is not about random number generation. And Quantum computing is also NOT about 'really fast computers'. It is really about being able to do one kind of operation in a smaller big-o time.
I'm sure you are very good at your job, but don't hide behind the word 'flamebait'. I saw someone posting wrong and misleading information and I called him out. Don't take it personally.
What does it say about America? It says nothing about America, it says that most people are incapable of making wise long-term financial decisions. This is best illustrated by the existance of credit card debt, leasing of cars, and paycheck advancement businesses.
Ten years ago customers only cared about performance. Firewalls and stack protection would have seriously slowed down the average machine 10 years ago. MS made the right move from a business perspective.
that is a dumb way to do it. if IBM wanted to make this work properly (and continue working with newer hardware) they should get hardware vendors to include a public key signature. that way, the bios only needs to know IBM's private key, instead of trying to keep a list of all hardware.
But why are robots even running operating systems? That's way too much added complexity for the majority of robotics projects. It's all about reading input pins, analysing the data, and turning on/off the actuators to the output pins. A PC OS does way way way more than you need for that stuff and necessarily adds to the hardware price in a big way.
Moderators: please realize this guy is talking completely out of his ass. It is clear he has never studied cryptology, even just a little. Please make sure nobody reads this comment, because everyone who does will be made dumber as a result.
Huh? This is a HUGE country. Some dumbass lawsuit like this made the news. Many dumbass lawsuits do. But nobody I know has ever filed a lawsuit. You can't draw a conclusion about "Americans" based upon some nutty acts by a few people. We're not that litigous.
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I challenge the editors of slashdot to deny that certain stories or topics hit the front page due to incentives from advertizers.
Unless they refute that, we will never see voting on story submissions.
Slashdot takes any excuse it can get to pimp Apple products. Nothing shows that fact more clearly than this post. I would be surprised to find that there isn't some contract between Apple and /. mandating at least one iPod story per day.
The USA only censors public airwaves. Germany is censoring the Internet. Clearly, Germans have less freedom of speach than Americans because then sensor more than just public airwaves.
Opinions? Chaining together playstations... or any other form of parallel processing, is not going to break hashes like SHA-1. That's not an opinion. That's a fact. And that's the fact you had wrong. Also, you have an annoying habit of breaking apart thoughts in your replies so thoroughly that some of their meanings are lost. That is very annoying. But as for saying someone modded you as insightful--that is why I made my original response to your message. It "seemed" to make sense to at least one moderator. But it was wrong in fact, not in opinion. I did not want it to continue being modded up by moderators who don't understand the material because that lends credibility to an erroneous statement. The fact that my statement was later modded up and yours was modded down after my post was made is interesting. It is my opinion that this because my post was successful in drawing attention to the multiple factual errors in your post.
Those are cute quips but you didn't back them up with anything. Your statement about me contridicting myself further shows you don't understand the subject matter. And it looks like I have to reiterate: growing computing power, in the form of playstations or whatever other crap you come up with, would never have had an effect on SHA-1 as it is used in public key crypto. So don't spread disinformation. And your call for me to be modded down is futile. This story is way off the front page. You are only talking to me now. Not that I would have cared. I've been at the karma cap since before the cap existed. I'm sorry I was so harsh on you, but you were just wrong.
A lot of dumb people have worked for the DoD and NASA. That doesn't mean you know anything about mathematics or crypto.
This article was about consequences of finding a weakness in SHA-1. You started spouting off about how "computing power" is what is needed to break crypto. You said something silly about all crypto being broken with more computing power. Then you went off with some completely false information about playstations that really had nothing to do with anything.
Since you were interested enough to reply, I'll elaborate. I didn't in my previous post because I just wanted you modded down--you really were posting just plain wrong information and saying it confidently.
First of all, increased computing power is a given. But SHA-1 was broken by finding a mathematical way to find colisions with many orders of magnitude less computing power (perhaps I should say "fewer" since computing power is discrete?).
Secondly, your remark about increased computing power breaking all crypto is absurd. Computing power can not keep growing exponentially. There are only so many atoms on planet earth. But we can grow crypto without bound. A good algorithm with large keys is not ever going to be beaten just by increased computing power. Again, your statement was just wrong.
Also, this DRM talk had not much to do with anything. Do you know what a hash is used for in crypto? Do you know the difference between public and private key crypto or the math involved in them? These basics must be understood before you post as if you have a clue on a crypto article.
Also, Quantum crypto is not about random number generation. And Quantum computing is also NOT about 'really fast computers'. It is really about being able to do one kind of operation in a smaller big-o time.
I'm sure you are very good at your job, but don't hide behind the word 'flamebait'. I saw someone posting wrong and misleading information and I called him out. Don't take it personally.
What does it say about America? It says nothing about America, it says that most people are incapable of making wise long-term financial decisions. This is best illustrated by the existance of credit card debt, leasing of cars, and paycheck advancement businesses.
"Better than nothing isn't much of a selling point, except for very small values of nothing."
As opposed to very large values of nothing?
Ten years ago customers only cared about performance. Firewalls and stack protection would have seriously slowed down the average machine 10 years ago. MS made the right move from a business perspective.
that is a dumb way to do it. if IBM wanted to make this work properly (and continue working with newer hardware) they should get hardware vendors to include a public key signature. that way, the bios only needs to know IBM's private key, instead of trying to keep a list of all hardware.
But why are robots even running operating systems? That's way too much added complexity for the majority of robotics projects. It's all about reading input pins, analysing the data, and turning on/off the actuators to the output pins. A PC OS does way way way more than you need for that stuff and necessarily adds to the hardware price in a big way.
Ha! You are seriously implying that there is more political bribery and corruption in the USA than in Russia? That's rich!
Moderators: please realize this guy is talking completely out of his ass. It is clear he has never studied cryptology, even just a little. Please make sure nobody reads this comment, because everyone who does will be made dumber as a result.
Hou don't have to tell Americans how tall 100 meters is in feet. We all know that a football field is 100 yards and a meter is about a yard.
"litigous behaviour that has infected Americans"
Huh? This is a HUGE country. Some dumbass lawsuit like this made the news. Many dumbass lawsuits do. But nobody I know has ever filed a lawsuit. You can't draw a conclusion about "Americans" based upon some nutty acts by a few people. We're not that litigous.
Nanotech is not about building machines. It is just another word for materials science engineering.
Yeah but don't you get the feeling that Ford should have been played by Dave Chapelle?
The capitol gains tax was most assuredly lowered. You have just been proven wrong by example. Prepare to be modded down.
You have princes and princesses? Perhaps Microsoft could lobby the government to liberate you. Then you will likely get some more friendly IP law.
Why should having those rights require taxation? I think free speach rights should not depend on whether they pay taxes.
Perhaps the giardia that used sexual reproduction evolved much more quickly and are now different species altogether?
A large percentage of Americans thing that, but not so many smart Americans, actually.
I think we need a new definition of "top scientists." The one we are using now is obviously broken.
That chemical industry... those rascals. Always twisting things. What a well-reasoned argument you have there.