The Samsung Intercept, at least the one distributed by Virgin Mobile, is going to the the Froyo update soon. So any insinuation that Samsung blocks all android updates is false.
For the purposes of cryptography, though, random (obviously) means 'unpredictable.' Or, more specifically, it means it is impossible to write program which generates passwords devised using your scheme without going through, on average, half the keyspace per attempt.
So remember that when you're talking crypt, use the crypto definition of the term. Then you (hopefully) won't make embarrassing comments like that again.
Virgin mobile is a no-contract company. If they locked you into a contract and THEN started to throttle, that would be a bait and switch. But with no contract, you can decide to stop buying more airtime if you don't like the new terms.
You seem to have forgotten that your keyboard has a shift key. There are 96 characters on a US keyboard, not 85. This number is close enough to 100 that my statement is damn accurate.
Wrong. A brute-force attack of crypto cipher created from hashing a password is performed not by going after the hash result, but by going after the password. The computation of the hash from the password is O(1), so it doesn't actually take any longer.
It's actually 20 random characters that are recommended for use as cryptographic keys. The reason for this is that 20 random keys from the US keyboard has the same number of possible combinations as 128 random bits. If you use anything less than 20 random characters, even if you use a 128-bit encryption algorithm, you won't have 128-bit encryption. The same is true if you use 20 non-random characters. A brute-force attack would try passwords with words or phrases before going for the really random stuff, so you again don't have 128bit encryption.
Also fun to realize: for every character less than 20, you lose 100x your security. A 19-character password could be cracked in just 1% of the time of a 20-character password. A 10-character password would take.000000000000000001% of the time.
FireFox was created to be the "lighweight" version of Mozilla, a browser which had a built-in email, IRC and News client.
But in ANY case, if your apps are taking 15 seconds to load, you need to buy an SSD STAT!! Disk IO on mechanical disks is pitiful. I can't imagine having to go back to waiting on apps to start.
Since you have no idea what you're talking about, let me clarify this:
His youtube videos rant about the Constitution and the Gold Standard. These are primarily right-wing issues. He also tried to assassinate a left-wing politician, which speaks for itself. So he probably self-identifies closest to right-wing or "libertarian" politics. There is no evidence to suggest he is left-wing or Communist. None. That was a lie on your part.
His online postings do not seem to indicate that he fits the angry Republican redneck stereotype, though. They contain a bit of right-wing politics, but they are 95% crazyness. The guy was first and foremost a nut. Based on what's publicly available, he wasn't driven to kill by politics. He was driven to kill by insanity. Politics, if anything, just helped him pick the target.
I'm just posting to remove an accidental moderation. Slashdot needs a code overhaul... this sort of thing shouldn't be necessary. And while I'm at it: TONE DOWN THE AJAX, TACO!
People who lack discipline, in general, will be pathetic wage slaves no matter how much they make. But there is absolutely nothing forcing a person with a high income job to blow all his income. In fact, many people with high incomes actually have the brain power to invest a substantial portion of it.
You're lying to yourself. There is no pay in doing things we really want to do. There is only pay in doing things nobody would do without getting paid.
Well, suppose there's a $35k job that's a little more fun that a $90k job. If you opt for the $35k job, you'll be doing it until you're 65 years old. If you opt for the $90k job and invest that extra $35k you earn, you can retire in your forties and then do whatever the fuck you want with the second half of your life.
Well, a high-end gaming system will typically have a 1kW power supply to cover the peak draw of having multiple graphics cards. It will also have multiple large displays and a powered speaker system. So, yeah, you could easily draw 1kW from a computer. Of course, with modern power-saving tech, it would use much less power when idle.
How much electricity is actually required to operate marijuana growing lamps for one household? Unless they are growing enough to sell, should they even worry about this at all? A single PC probably uses more power than a few lamps...
When you can colonize other planets, you actually have more than 2010 technology. You also have industrial infrastructure on your own planet. Surprise!
Overpopulation? Forced? You really can't imagine one group leaving home to colonize somewhere else without being "forced" to do so? Perhaps you should review your history books.
One proposed method of colonizing Mercury is to build a city on rails that circles the slowly-spinning planet, always staying in the shady site where temperatures are cool enough for human habitats.
With this story, such an idea doesn't seem nearly so far-fetched.
I imagine it would be more like: company forms to develop land on mars (make it habitable, for example). IPO on wall street. Ships and machines are purchased, settlers hired, the shareholders will "own" their shares of the developed land once it's done.
Even if it isn't shipping 'dividends' home, those shares in a developed area on Mars would be worth a hell of a lot back here.
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The Samsung Intercept, at least the one distributed by Virgin Mobile, is going to the the Froyo update soon. So any insinuation that Samsung blocks all android updates is false.
http://twitter.com/virginmobileus/status/24854959556136961#
Welcome to the world of cryptography, kiddo! "Random" is a fun word. Here's an example of some random numbers: http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2001-10-25/
Need more? http://www.amazon.com/Million-Random-Digits-Normal-Deviates/dp/0833030477/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
For the purposes of cryptography, though, random (obviously) means 'unpredictable.' Or, more specifically, it means it is impossible to write program which generates passwords devised using your scheme without going through, on average, half the keyspace per attempt.
So remember that when you're talking crypt, use the crypto definition of the term. Then you (hopefully) won't make embarrassing comments like that again.
No, it's not. Constant time is insignificant compared to exponential time.
Virgin mobile is a no-contract company. If they locked you into a contract and THEN started to throttle, that would be a bait and switch. But with no contract, you can decide to stop buying more airtime if you don't like the new terms.
Your comment is based on false information. There are more than 88 characters on a US keyboard.
You seem to have forgotten that your keyboard has a shift key. There are 96 characters on a US keyboard, not 85. This number is close enough to 100 that my statement is damn accurate.
Wrong. A brute-force attack of crypto cipher created from hashing a password is performed not by going after the hash result, but by going after the password. The computation of the hash from the password is O(1), so it doesn't actually take any longer.
It's actually 20 random characters that are recommended for use as cryptographic keys. The reason for this is that 20 random keys from the US keyboard has the same number of possible combinations as 128 random bits. If you use anything less than 20 random characters, even if you use a 128-bit encryption algorithm, you won't have 128-bit encryption. The same is true if you use 20 non-random characters. A brute-force attack would try passwords with words or phrases before going for the really random stuff, so you again don't have 128bit encryption.
Also fun to realize: for every character less than 20, you lose 100x your security. A 19-character password could be cracked in just 1% of the time of a 20-character password. A 10-character password would take .000000000000000001% of the time.
FireFox was created to be the "lighweight" version of Mozilla, a browser which had a built-in email, IRC and News client.
But in ANY case, if your apps are taking 15 seconds to load, you need to buy an SSD STAT!! Disk IO on mechanical disks is pitiful. I can't imagine having to go back to waiting on apps to start.
Since you have no idea what you're talking about, let me clarify this:
His youtube videos rant about the Constitution and the Gold Standard. These are primarily right-wing issues. He also tried to assassinate a left-wing politician, which speaks for itself. So he probably self-identifies closest to right-wing or "libertarian" politics. There is no evidence to suggest he is left-wing or Communist. None. That was a lie on your part.
His online postings do not seem to indicate that he fits the angry Republican redneck stereotype, though. They contain a bit of right-wing politics, but they are 95% crazyness. The guy was first and foremost a nut. Based on what's publicly available, he wasn't driven to kill by politics. He was driven to kill by insanity. Politics, if anything, just helped him pick the target.
I'm just posting to remove an accidental moderation. Slashdot needs a code overhaul... this sort of thing shouldn't be necessary. And while I'm at it: TONE DOWN THE AJAX, TACO!
People who lack discipline, in general, will be pathetic wage slaves no matter how much they make. But there is absolutely nothing forcing a person with a high income job to blow all his income. In fact, many people with high incomes actually have the brain power to invest a substantial portion of it.
You're lying to yourself. There is no pay in doing things we really want to do. There is only pay in doing things nobody would do without getting paid.
Uh... good luck with that. I would rather pay my taxes than take a substantial risk of going to prison, personally.
Well, suppose there's a $35k job that's a little more fun that a $90k job. If you opt for the $35k job, you'll be doing it until you're 65 years old. If you opt for the $90k job and invest that extra $35k you earn, you can retire in your forties and then do whatever the fuck you want with the second half of your life.
Salaries are set by supply and demand. Those salaries are high because companies can't find enough programmers.
It's just title inflation. It used to be:
but now, since it's cheaper to pay in titles than in more money, companies spread that out to
It really is all the same job, but "programmer" is just used for the more junior-grade positions in that same job.
Well, a high-end gaming system will typically have a 1kW power supply to cover the peak draw of having multiple graphics cards. It will also have multiple large displays and a powered speaker system. So, yeah, you could easily draw 1kW from a computer. Of course, with modern power-saving tech, it would use much less power when idle.
How much electricity is actually required to operate marijuana growing lamps for one household? Unless they are growing enough to sell, should they even worry about this at all? A single PC probably uses more power than a few lamps...
When you can colonize other planets, you actually have more than 2010 technology. You also have industrial infrastructure on your own planet. Surprise!
Simpleton.
Those places don't have effectively infinite solar power, a luxury which is valuable in its own right.
Overpopulation? Forced? You really can't imagine one group leaving home to colonize somewhere else without being "forced" to do so? Perhaps you should review your history books.
A Mercury solar day is 176 days long. That's leaves enough time to fix a flat.
By the way: you must be terrified of the Dutch. What happens if their dam breaks?
One proposed method of colonizing Mercury is to build a city on rails that circles the slowly-spinning planet, always staying in the shady site where temperatures are cool enough for human habitats.
With this story, such an idea doesn't seem nearly so far-fetched.
I imagine it would be more like: company forms to develop land on mars (make it habitable, for example). IPO on wall street. Ships and machines are purchased, settlers hired, the shareholders will "own" their shares of the developed land once it's done.
Even if it isn't shipping 'dividends' home, those shares in a developed area on Mars would be worth a hell of a lot back here.