It would make more sense if the terminology was consistent. I was going to say that security updates are labelled "updates" while the new version of the distro is the "upgrade", but then I remembered that "apt-get update" actually just pulls down the package list, while "upgrade" applies the updates and "dist-upgrade" churns everything up to the new repos.
There is the vernacular usage of "upgrade" to refer to getting an entirely new machine i.e. actually a replacement...but yeah.
I tried LMDE for a bit. It was...interesting (a lot of fiddling). And then I hosed my install by aborting an apt-get upgrade. Note to self: never ever ever do that.
there has been very little substantial security advantage in Linux except for two things-- the better updating system (since most vulnerabilities exist in third party programs, this is a better mitigation than anything Windows has), and its relative market obscurity.
If you really think the only major structural difference between Windows and Linux is package managers, I have severe doubts that you know anything whatsoever about OS design.
If we assume that TrueCrypt won't mount the volume without all of it present (would RAID even work?) and you remove one of the physical devices from the equation, shouldn't it not even matter whether they have your key? Or is that being naive.
used properly there is ZERO trace of actual encryption use on your laptop with Truecrypt
Um...other than the volume itself? If you're using full-disk encryption, that's going to be rather suspicious, and if not, they can find the TrueCrypt program files on the disk. And why would you have TC on your machine if you're not using it? This is admittedly circumstantial evidence, but come on: anybody who knows about TC and has it installed on their machine is most likely currently using it.
Forcing someone to give up their password raises 5th Amendment questions.
Yeah, because the courts lately have been *so concerned* with constitutionality or any kind of constructionism other than lax. I think law enforcement has proven that "reasonable cause" now means "I feel like it."
Well, you can set Windows 7 to wipe your RAM on shutdown, at least. It takes a good minute or two for 2 GB of RAM.
Although if you're really serious about running TrueCrypt on Windows, you should have virtual RAM disabled, too. And never hibernate. And have hidden volumes. And and and...
They're both just numbers somebody pulled out of their ass. The only thing that makes metric objectively better in any way would be if their measurements are more precise. How precise are the U.S. baseline object(s)?
I think metric officially lost its "it just makes more sense! Everything's 10s!" excuse when I found out that a meter is now defined as how far light travels in 1/299,792,458th of a second. And they say *we* use weird numbers!
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To be fair, 2.4 had a life of 10 years, just not 11 as in the GP.
It would make more sense if the terminology was consistent. I was going to say that security updates are labelled "updates" while the new version of the distro is the "upgrade", but then I remembered that "apt-get update" actually just pulls down the package list, while "upgrade" applies the updates and "dist-upgrade" churns everything up to the new repos.
There is the vernacular usage of "upgrade" to refer to getting an entirely new machine i.e. actually a replacement...but yeah.
I tried LMDE for a bit. It was...interesting (a lot of fiddling). And then I hosed my install by aborting an apt-get upgrade. Note to self: never ever ever do that.
What are you running in the backround, 3 4GB VMs?!
there has been very little substantial security advantage in Linux except for two things-- the better updating system (since most vulnerabilities exist in third party programs, this is a better mitigation than anything Windows has), and its relative market obscurity.
If you really think the only major structural difference between Windows and Linux is package managers, I have severe doubts that you know anything whatsoever about OS design.
Ah. Okay, good point. Maybe run an xor pass over the whole volume before you go traveling? ;)
If we assume that TrueCrypt won't mount the volume without all of it present (would RAID even work?) and you remove one of the physical devices from the equation, shouldn't it not even matter whether they have your key? Or is that being naive.
And you have more faith in KeepAss's security than TrueCrypt's?
used properly there is ZERO trace of actual encryption use on your laptop with Truecrypt
Um...other than the volume itself? If you're using full-disk encryption, that's going to be rather suspicious, and if not, they can find the TrueCrypt program files on the disk. And why would you have TC on your machine if you're not using it? This is admittedly circumstantial evidence, but come on: anybody who knows about TC and has it installed on their machine is most likely currently using it.
Since parts of your data will still be recoverable from a single RAID-5 volume
Yeah, but it's encrypted. Until they get out the wrench, anyway, which will be a problem with any setup.
Forcing someone to give up their password raises 5th Amendment questions.
Yeah, because the courts lately have been *so concerned* with constitutionality or any kind of constructionism other than lax. I think law enforcement has proven that "reasonable cause" now means "I feel like it."
Nobody else has cracked it and publicly admitted it
FTFY. Obviously if the NSA did so, there is no way in hell they would tell anybody.
Well, you can set Windows 7 to wipe your RAM on shutdown, at least. It takes a good minute or two for 2 GB of RAM.
Although if you're really serious about running TrueCrypt on Windows, you should have virtual RAM disabled, too. And never hibernate. And have hidden volumes. And and and...
Maybe it would be easier for them to get anything done if the Republicans ever stopped yelling "NOOO!" at the top of their lungs.
Does having the same charge ensure they have the same "weight"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_calendar
No, you misspelled the word in your post. This is a common mistake that I keep running across: sight vs. site vs. cite.
They're both just numbers somebody pulled out of their ass. The only thing that makes metric objectively better in any way would be if their measurements are more precise. How precise are the U.S. baseline object(s)?
I think metric officially lost its "it just makes more sense! Everything's 10s!" excuse when I found out that a meter is now defined as how far light travels in 1/299,792,458th of a second. And they say *we* use weird numbers!
Why do you consider VLC a video player? The VLC website calls it a media player. Granted, the company is named VideoLAN, but still.
Or are you claiming that "most people would have no need for a player supporting" any obscure format?
Yes. That's kind of what the word "obscure" means.
Er...who would the musicians pay royalties on their own music *to*? I think you're looking for another word.
As someone who has never seen an established business that does not take credit cards of some sort
Aldi and Woodman's.
I just assume that everyone is trying to skullfuck America to the best of their ability and try not to think too much about it.
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Perhaps depending on the position of the wife, I would say arm vs. chest mean very different things.