Probably be easier to screw the LEAF (Law Enforcement Access Field) so the key-recovery doesn't work. Nobody would know unless they tried to decrypt...
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades...
Lots of worry from the yammerhead community over this one. Apparently, a liberal arts education doesn't include either physics or orbital mechanics in the curriculum.
Sorry, folks, but if it's at the right position in the sun's gravity well and moving at the right velocity, it's damn well gonna go along this orbit. Period, end statement.
Shmucks...
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>I doubt anyone would dispute that extreme degrees of media exposure are bad for development. However, it is the height of irresponsibility >to infer that limited exposure to television is a least a little harmful.
Looks like the "linear non-threshold" model of harm is making it's way into everything these days. It always was bullshit, for the most part.
I just love it. Every year, it seems, some boneheaded knuckle-dragger of a "Fundamentalist Christian" demands that their favorite myths be taught right along side of the theory of evolution. Too bad they don't have the guts that the captain of the Beagle had, or thay might cut their throats too, and save us all having to listen to their moronic diatribes again.
Look, Reverend Jim, the bible is a book, written by human beings. No holy-ghostwriter involved. You want to fill your kids head with this crap, go ahead, have a fuckin' nut, but don't expect me to take seriously the myths of a bunch of ignorant goat-herders who didn't understand the mechanics of rainfall, but somehow got the straight poop on the creation of the universe.
"But, it's GOD'S WORD!"
Yeah, right, and I've got some beachfront property in Florida for ya...
I am an admin & tech contact. I have NO choice about who administers the root servers that contain my domain registrations. It is a US Govt. enforced monopoly.
Sure would be a shame if the root servers got taken off-line, though. Hell,I'd probably have to start my own, using stolen copies of the NSI "propriatary" database.
Hack uber alles! Pass the Lord and praise the ammunition.
Don't sweat it. Just tell the headhunter to lose the lame filter software, and he can go where he damn well chooses on the net.
I mean really, this is a problem?...
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Just an aside. I was flipping through my video feeds and happened upon Pat Robertson announcing to his techno-illiterate hordes that "hackers" had released a new "virus" this weekend in Las Vegas (Sin City) called "BO2K". Pat seemed to think this was one more confirmation that the sky is falling, or whatever. To be honest, I was too busy laughing my guts out to pay close attention to his rant.
I did find it interesting that the acronym BO2K was never translated for the breathless masses.
Apparently "Back Orifice" is too naughty a phrase for good christians. Or maybe the just don't admit to their existance.
To be truly different, and even more annoying, why don't the French designate Paris as being astride the "prime latitude" (le latitude prime)...
Sure, this would mean that there are more degrees of latitude from the s. pole to Paris than from Paris to the N. pole, bit what the hell, nobody important gives a shit anyway. And it sure would annoy the Brits, what with their long-standing distaste for all things french ("The wogs begin at Calais").
The NSA supplies crypto products to the US Govt. agencies.
Sometimes the relationship is hard to follow (big surprise!). For instance, the manufaturer of the crypto boxes (3-DES) that the FBI is using in their new CJIS-WAN has a CEO who just happens to be a former NSA Lead Cryptographer.
This clause is probably aimed at some hypothetical mole/traitor inside NSA that might manage to build a backdoor (or, more likely, introduce a small bug) that allows the crypto algorithm to be penetrated by a foreign power or someone else.
A supposedly secure cryptosystem with a non-obvious flaw in the implementation could cause lots and lots of problems. This is very unlikely but possible, even with several layers of checking/testing of the cryptosystem.
Other than that, yes, it could be stretched to cover just about anything the powers that be want it to cover. So what else is new?
The best, most satisfying way involves rope, honey, and fire ants. Unfortunately, the authorities seem to disapprove of this method (can't think why...).
To paraphrase a famous ex-prez:
"Sure we could drag this scum out in the street and beat him to death with a 5-pound tuna, but it would be wrong..."
Re. Van Eck Phreaking, search with term "TEMPEST", which is what the Gov. calls it.
As to why the Gov. is so all-fired against strong crypto, it really has very little to do with not being able to read criminals/terrorists mail. No criminal or terrorist in his/her right mind is going to use the key-escrowed products. The real fear is of untraceable "E-cash", and the impact that hard-crypto protected cash flows would have on the Gov.'s abiity to impose and collect taxes.
Of course, if the Gov. loses the ability to monitor cash flows, it can always go over to a real-property taxation scheme, but the amount of taxation that could be collected by this is probably a full order of magnitude lower than is now collected.
Other countries, notably China, would be in real deep shit if they had no way to control the flow of information to their serfs.
Illogic knows no bounds, especially in law. Someone once said straining at gnats and leading camels through the eyes of needles were child's play for lawyers.
And what about the fact that the "defamatory article" is resident on several thousand usenet servers worldwide. Are they all going to be sued by the good doctor?
Besides, just how do you go about defaming an unknown physicist? Shouldn't someone know who he is before he can be "de-famed"?...
Micros~1: "Linux doesn't do this, and Linux doesn't support that."
Linux Community: Gee, thanks for the ideas, we'll go add that now.
You forgot:
~2 weeks later: Here ya go...
This is the real strength of the linux community, that improvements and bug fixes don't depend on any managing entity's approval. There is no formal "Roadmap" thought up by Techno-wonks 30 years out of date on the engineering/technology. (Hiya, Billy!)
I really can't understand M$'s soi-disant "vision" of some "Internet appliance" so easy to use that dogs and small children understand it thoroughly. If I want my freakin' toaster on the internet, I'll be sure and tell you, guys. Meanwhile, how about concentrating on building an OS that RELIABLY does what you say it will, and doesn't hang up the entire (supposedly) multi-tasking machine because the GUI errors, and your kernel doesn't have the kitchen sink folded into it.
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Cal Tech! Cal Tech! Rah, Rah, Rah!
Pasadena shore is purdy, too...
Precisely, mon frere. Look for RH6.1 to have a real Mandrake look & feel as they "steal" the MandrakeSoft improvements.
It's called "positive feedback", and while a Bad Thing(TM) in control systems, it's a real good idea in this context. More power to 'em.
"Study the past if you would divine the future."
-- Confucius (K'ung Fu-Tze)
Probably be easier to screw the LEAF (Law Enforcement Access Field) so the key-recovery doesn't work. Nobody would know unless they tried to decrypt...
Fuck Carl Sagan. He's dead anyway...
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades...
Lots of worry from the yammerhead community over this one. Apparently, a liberal arts education doesn't include either physics or orbital mechanics in the curriculum.
Sorry, folks, but if it's at the right position in the sun's gravity well and moving at the right velocity, it's damn well gonna go along this orbit. Period, end statement.
Shmucks...
>I doubt anyone would dispute that extreme degrees of media exposure are bad for development. However, it is the height of irresponsibility
>to infer that limited exposure to television is a least a little harmful.
Looks like the "linear non-threshold" model of harm is making it's way into everything these days. It always was bullshit, for the most part.
I just love it. Every year, it seems, some boneheaded knuckle-dragger of a "Fundamentalist Christian" demands that their favorite myths be taught right along side of the theory of evolution. Too bad they don't have the guts that the captain of the Beagle had, or thay might cut their throats too, and save us all having to listen to their moronic diatribes again.
Look, Reverend Jim, the bible is a book, written by human beings. No holy-ghostwriter involved. You want to fill your kids head with this crap, go ahead, have a fuckin' nut, but don't expect me to take seriously the myths of a bunch of ignorant goat-herders who didn't understand the mechanics of rainfall, but somehow got the straight poop on the creation of the universe.
"But, it's GOD'S WORD!"
Yeah, right, and I've got some beachfront property in Florida for ya...
Of course it's PR. This group couldn't agree on what to have for breakfast, let alone anything meaningful.
It'll look real nice for the 2000 elections, and then quietly dissappear.
Those 100 farad caps are tough to come by...
NSI should, as they say, blow me.
I am an admin & tech contact. I have NO choice about who administers the root servers that contain my domain registrations. It is a US Govt. enforced monopoly.
Sure would be a shame if the root servers got taken off-line, though.
Hell,I'd probably have to start my own, using stolen copies of the NSI "propriatary" database.
Hack uber alles!
Pass the Lord and praise the ammunition.
Don't sweat it. Just tell the headhunter to lose the lame filter software, and he can go where he damn well chooses on the net.
I mean really, this is a problem?...
Just an aside. I was flipping through my video feeds and happened upon Pat Robertson announcing to his techno-illiterate hordes that "hackers" had released a new "virus" this weekend in Las Vegas (Sin City) called "BO2K". Pat seemed to think this was one more confirmation that the sky is falling, or whatever. To be honest, I was too busy laughing my guts out to pay close attention to his rant.
I did find it interesting that the acronym BO2K was never translated for the breathless masses.
Apparently "Back Orifice" is too naughty a phrase for good christians. Or maybe the just don't admit to their existance.
"The French are an annoying race."
-- Some Limey
To be truly different, and even more annoying, why don't the French designate Paris as being astride the "prime latitude" (le latitude prime)...
Sure, this would mean that there are more degrees of latitude from the s. pole to Paris than from Paris to the N. pole, bit what the hell, nobody important gives a shit anyway. And it sure would annoy the Brits, what with their long-standing distaste for all things french ("The wogs begin at Calais").
Awright! Where can I get me a couple of gallons?
-> A disturbing message:
>> Once in a while it'd be nice to see a non-AC spreading FUD...
Hah! You mean you actually READ AC's?
Personally, if they're not willing to put up at least a psudonym when you post, I couldn't care less what they have to say. I don't even see 'em.
The NSA supplies crypto products to the US Govt. agencies.
Sometimes the relationship is hard to follow (big surprise!). For instance, the manufaturer of the crypto boxes (3-DES) that the FBI is using in their new CJIS-WAN has a CEO who just happens to be a former NSA Lead Cryptographer.
What a coincidence!
This clause is probably aimed at some hypothetical mole/traitor inside NSA that might manage to build a backdoor (or, more likely, introduce a small bug) that allows the crypto algorithm to be penetrated by a foreign power or someone else.
A supposedly secure cryptosystem with a non-obvious flaw in the implementation could cause lots and lots of problems. This is very unlikely but possible, even with several layers of checking/testing of the cryptosystem.
Other than that, yes, it could be stretched to cover just about anything the powers that be want it to cover. So what else is new?
The best, most satisfying way involves rope, honey, and fire ants.
Unfortunately, the authorities seem to disapprove of this method (can't think why...).
To paraphrase a famous ex-prez:
"Sure we could drag this scum out in the street and beat him to death with a 5-pound tuna, but it would be wrong..."
Re. Van Eck Phreaking, search with term "TEMPEST", which is what the Gov. calls it.
As to why the Gov. is so all-fired against strong crypto, it really has very little to do with not being able to read criminals/terrorists mail. No criminal or terrorist in his/her right mind is going to use the key-escrowed products. The real fear is of untraceable "E-cash", and the impact that hard-crypto protected cash flows would have on the Gov.'s abiity to impose and collect taxes.
Of course, if the Gov. loses the ability to monitor cash flows, it can always go over to a real-property taxation scheme, but the amount of taxation that could be collected by this is probably a full order of magnitude lower than is now collected.
Other countries, notably China, would be in real deep shit if they had no way to control the flow of information to their serfs.
Yeah, yeah, the bloody British Empire...
Gettin kinda cozy lately, isn't it? Down to Ireland (for now), England, Wales, and about 30 million crazy Scots...
F**k your friends. F**k WB and their soi-disant "sensitivty" to the Columbine HS bullshit.
And F**k "good taste".
Gimme more BLOOD!
But...
Hell, I thought "fucked" *WAS* a valid engineering term! Like, "This unit is totally fucked."
But there's no excuse for using bad language. Mommy Govt will wash you widdle mouf out with soap, kiddies...
Illogic knows no bounds, especially in law. Someone once said straining at gnats and leading camels through the eyes of needles were child's play for lawyers.
And what about the fact that the "defamatory article" is resident on several thousand usenet servers worldwide. Are they all going to be sued by the good doctor?
Besides, just how do you go about defaming an unknown physicist? Shouldn't someone know who he is before he can be "de-famed"?...
The Doctor is OUT!
Micros~1: "Linux doesn't do this, and Linux doesn't support that."
Linux Community: Gee, thanks for the ideas, we'll go add that now.
You forgot:
~2 weeks later: Here ya go...
This is the real strength of the linux community, that improvements and bug fixes don't depend on any managing entity's approval. There is no formal "Roadmap" thought up by Techno-wonks 30 years out of date on the engineering/technology. (Hiya, Billy!)
I really can't understand M$'s soi-disant "vision" of some "Internet appliance" so easy to use that dogs and small children understand it thoroughly. If I want my freakin' toaster on the internet, I'll be sure and tell you, guys. Meanwhile, how about concentrating on building an OS that RELIABLY does what you say it will, and doesn't hang up the entire (supposedly) multi-tasking machine because the GUI errors, and your kernel doesn't have the kitchen sink folded into it.
I'll give you 'till, oh, say 2010...
The Doctor is OUT!...
...or it could be colorfully bloated, like a striped-assed baboon...