Yes, taking something apart to figure out how it works is the reverse of figuring out how something works so you can put it together, which is normally called "engineering". Hence "reverse engineering".
An open source implementation would not have locked the user out of his own device with public key crypto in the first place, making this hack entirely moot.
At my University, most sciences were in the College of Liberal Arts. Chemistry was, which would have required a year of language courses, causing me to graduate at least one semester late because I transferred. Biochemistry was in the College of Agriculture, with no bullshit language requirement. So I went with Biochem.
Saving passwords to a file is only a problem if your permissions are fucked up. I can keep my SSH credentials in a file, and no one else can copy it because it's set to mode 700.
Dropboxâ(TM)s primary feature is the ability to sync files across systems and devices that you own, automatically.
I use rsync for this. It can use SSH as the transport, so it should be as secure as SSH. Why would someone need to involve a third party for such a simple feature?
If you're traveling with a laptop, you need to have your laptop at your destination. How does full-disk encryption help when your laptop is seized and sent away for cryptanalysis?
The only thing you can do is to have a virgin OS image, show it to the border thug, and hope he doesn't want to fill out any more paperwork than necessary. Then at your destination, download your working OS image over VPN.
Of course, if your computer leaves your sight at any time, you have to assume that there's a key logger on it, and can't be used for anything secure.
How about they free the tritium via electrolysis, making 3H2 gas. Then use the tritium gas to hydrogenate something that will end up as a solid that you can contain and bury.
What exactly is "radioactive water"? Is it water with radioactive solutes in it? Or is it tritiated water? If it's the former, then they could just evaporate it and deal with the precipitate as solid waste. If it's the latter, it's not a big worry anyway, tritium emissions can't even get through a sheet of paper.
It doesn't matter if a geophysics professor argues for crackpot political theories outside of class, as long as she teaches good geophysics. If she were teaching young Earth theory, she should be thrown right out.
In what ways is kermit superior to minicom? I use minicom a lot, but only for file transfer to my various retro computers. Should I be using kermit, or is it superior in ways that I wouldn't benefit from?
Mark Slashdot.org as "Untrusted" in NoScript. Set your discussion style to "classic" in your user preferences. That will fix everything but the bullet point issue.
Maybe on eBay, but only suckers buy retro computer stuff on eBay. Try Lemon64 or Amibay. And all that stuff isn't hard to come by anyway.
If you get a C64 PSU, you're going to want to replace it anyway. They die, destructively.
Disk drives? People have trouble *giving* 1541s away. If you're willing to suffer with a 1541 drive you can buy one easily for less than it costs to ship.
Joysticks are Atari compatible, there are tons of those around for cheap.
The only cable you really need is a video cable, which is just a DIN cable, can be had for $5 or built for less.
As for the monitor, any TV will do. Though 1702s are really nice. My $2 Goodwill CRT works just as well though.
It wasn't too long ago that I bought a setup similar to the one you described for $60. Except that was for a C128 and 1571, with no monitor. That's not quite an arm and a leg, and those are much more highly desirable than the C64/1541 combo. The C64 was the highest selling model of computer ever, there are millions out there, many more than there are retrocomputing enthusiasts.
This is nothing but a PC in a custom case with a famous trademark. I read a lot of vintage computing sites and no one has expressed an interest in these. It's a dumb idea, not worthy of mention,
What is worthy of mention, yet no one reports on, is all the custom retro modern hardware available these days. Want a C64 or Amiga without the hassle of maintaining old hardware? Try a C-One, an FPGA platform that implements both C64 and Amiga computers. Or, do you have a C64 but tire of floppy swapping? Get a 1541-Ultimate, a cycle accurate 1541 emulator that even emits the sounds of a real disk drive. Or, do you love the sound of the SID audio chip inside the C64? Control it via MIDI with the MSSIAH cartridge. Any of these projects are more worthy of attention in the tech media than the crass money grab we see in TFA.
How many people have AIDS today because the Catholic church lied to them about contraception?
Can I blame the school because you failed health class?
No, but you can blame the school because you failed health class. Condoms prevent AIDS, Fact. The Catholic Church is opposed to condoms. Ergo, the Catholic Church is in favor of AIDS.
How many people live with unnecessary guilt due to psychological abuse heaped on them by nuns?
Actions of one define the whole, check.
One? Sure. One nun is responsible for the horror stories told by every former Catholic student I've ever met.
How many children are going hungry because their parents can't feed 8 kids?
You're saying people don't have a choice in this decision? You know, NFP and all?
Not everybody is capable of that kind of restraint. I'm sure you have no problems avoiding sex, but not everyone can do that. Condoms work when other methods fail. It is irresponsible not to make them available to everyone. In so far as the Catholic Church fights condom use, they are evil.
It's a failure on a personal level when you can't recognize the difference between your own personal bias and the entire truth. It's also a failure when you can't correctly attribute causes.
The only failure here is that I'm wasting my time on a moronic troll. It wasn't even a particularly good one.
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It's The Sun that is the trashy British tabloid owned by Murdoch.
Cher can't sing, which has nothing to do with auto-tune.
Suckle on the teat of the powerful for long enough, and you begin to believe that what is good for them is good for you.
Yes, taking something apart to figure out how it works is the reverse of figuring out how something works so you can put it together, which is normally called "engineering". Hence "reverse engineering".
An open source implementation would not have locked the user out of his own device with public key crypto in the first place, making this hack entirely moot.
At my University, most sciences were in the College of Liberal Arts. Chemistry was, which would have required a year of language courses, causing me to graduate at least one semester late because I transferred. Biochemistry was in the College of Agriculture, with no bullshit language requirement. So I went with Biochem.
It's just the OneNote that's the main sticking point with their argument now - I can't find any alternative...
Pen and paper might work. Just saying.
Saving passwords to a file is only a problem if your permissions are fucked up. I can keep my SSH credentials in a file, and no one else can copy it because it's set to mode 700.
Dropboxâ(TM)s primary feature is the ability to sync files across systems and devices that you own, automatically.
I use rsync for this. It can use SSH as the transport, so it should be as secure as SSH. Why would someone need to involve a third party for such a simple feature?
If you have to travel outside the US, make use of FTP, webmail, etc to move your sensitive data.
Yeah, cause that's secure.
If you're traveling with a laptop, you need to have your laptop at your destination. How does full-disk encryption help when your laptop is seized and sent away for cryptanalysis?
The only thing you can do is to have a virgin OS image, show it to the border thug, and hope he doesn't want to fill out any more paperwork than necessary. Then at your destination, download your working OS image over VPN.
Of course, if your computer leaves your sight at any time, you have to assume that there's a key logger on it, and can't be used for anything secure.
Then the Constitution needs to be fixed.
How about they free the tritium via electrolysis, making 3H2 gas. Then use the tritium gas to hydrogenate something that will end up as a solid that you can contain and bury.
What exactly is "radioactive water"? Is it water with radioactive solutes in it? Or is it tritiated water? If it's the former, then they could just evaporate it and deal with the precipitate as solid waste. If it's the latter, it's not a big worry anyway, tritium emissions can't even get through a sheet of paper.
It doesn't matter if a geophysics professor argues for crackpot political theories outside of class, as long as she teaches good geophysics. If she were teaching young Earth theory, she should be thrown right out.
In what ways is kermit superior to minicom? I use minicom a lot, but only for file transfer to my various retro computers. Should I be using kermit, or is it superior in ways that I wouldn't benefit from?
GNU dates from 1983. This is just the Linux kernel's anniversary.
What do you get for the kernel that has everything?
Am I desensitized by hyperbolic damage claims in other cases, or does $200,000 seem pretty low for this kind of attack?
Mark Slashdot.org as "Untrusted" in NoScript. Set your discussion style to "classic" in your user preferences. That will fix everything but the bullet point issue.
Gamestop excels at selling used games? Gamestop excels at swindling ignorant parents, and that's about it.
Maybe on eBay, but only suckers buy retro computer stuff on eBay. Try Lemon64 or Amibay. And all that stuff isn't hard to come by anyway.
If you get a C64 PSU, you're going to want to replace it anyway. They die, destructively.
Disk drives? People have trouble *giving* 1541s away. If you're willing to suffer with a 1541 drive you can buy one easily for less than it costs to ship.
Joysticks are Atari compatible, there are tons of those around for cheap.
The only cable you really need is a video cable, which is just a DIN cable, can be had for $5 or built for less.
As for the monitor, any TV will do. Though 1702s are really nice. My $2 Goodwill CRT works just as well though.
It wasn't too long ago that I bought a setup similar to the one you described for $60. Except that was for a C128 and 1571, with no monitor. That's not quite an arm and a leg, and those are much more highly desirable than the C64/1541 combo. The C64 was the highest selling model of computer ever, there are millions out there, many more than there are retrocomputing enthusiasts.
Come on man. You'll be much happier buying a real C64. They're dirt cheap these days, and still as much fun. This thing is just a boring PC.
This is nothing but a PC in a custom case with a famous trademark. I read a lot of vintage computing sites and no one has expressed an interest in these. It's a dumb idea, not worthy of mention,
What is worthy of mention, yet no one reports on, is all the custom retro modern hardware available these days. Want a C64 or Amiga without the hassle of maintaining old hardware? Try a C-One, an FPGA platform that implements both C64 and Amiga computers. Or, do you have a C64 but tire of floppy swapping? Get a 1541-Ultimate, a cycle accurate 1541 emulator that even emits the sounds of a real disk drive. Or, do you love the sound of the SID audio chip inside the C64? Control it via MIDI with the MSSIAH cartridge. Any of these projects are more worthy of attention in the tech media than the crass money grab we see in TFA.
How many people have AIDS today because the Catholic church lied to them about contraception?
Can I blame the school because you failed health class?
No, but you can blame the school because you failed health class. Condoms prevent AIDS, Fact. The Catholic Church is opposed to condoms. Ergo, the Catholic Church is in favor of AIDS.
How many people live with unnecessary guilt due to psychological abuse heaped on them by nuns?
Actions of one define the whole, check.
One? Sure. One nun is responsible for the horror stories told by every former Catholic student I've ever met.
How many children are going hungry because their parents can't feed 8 kids?
You're saying people don't have a choice in this decision? You know, NFP and all?
Not everybody is capable of that kind of restraint. I'm sure you have no problems avoiding sex, but not everyone can do that. Condoms work when other methods fail. It is irresponsible not to make them available to everyone. In so far as the Catholic Church fights condom use, they are evil.
It's a failure on a personal level when you can't recognize the difference between your own personal bias and the entire truth.
It's also a failure when you can't correctly attribute causes.
The only failure here is that I'm wasting my time on a moronic troll. It wasn't even a particularly good one.