Thus, I suspect that we will eventually figure out a way to break this encryption. Even if we do, though, these mathematicians still get credit for giving us a new instance of the hidden subgroup problem to try and solve, which may give us additional insight into the extent to which the general problem can be solved by a quantum computer.
From TFA:
However, it's worth pointing out that while the new work guanratees safety against all known quantum attacks, it does nothing of the sort for future quantum attacks. It's perfectly possible that somebody will develop a quantum algorithm that will tear it apart as easily as Shor's can with the RSA algorithm. "Our results do not rule out other quantum (or classical) attacks," says Dinh and co.
Most people on Slashdot are in the US or Europe. Fixing Russia's educational system or culture is not our problem.
Except for the Russians who live in Europe. They would be counted under "most people" by your rubric. The majority of Russia's land area is in Asia, but the majority of its population lives on the European side of the Urals.
People will grow up and learn that stupidity has consequences. Then train their kids to live productive giving lives instead of wasting their youth on idleness....
You mean instead of wasting their days on Slashdot? I know that's what I'll teach my kids...
A paper trail showing knowledge of your competitor's product can be as simple as mentioning the product in your press releases or other advertising.
Yeah, if you're planning to shake down a company while feigning lack of knowledge of their product, yet you mention their product in a press release or advertisement, I'd say you're an idiot.
Which is not to say there aren't plenty of idiots out there, I should add. I'm sure companies get caught this way all the time, but not because the system is robust, just because the world is full of scheming idiots.
Unless you're an idiot and leave a paper trail outlining your plans or foreknowledge
A paper trail showing knowledge of your competitor's product can be as simple as mentioning the product in your press releases or other advertising.
Yeah, if you're planning to shake down a company while feigning lack of knowledge of their product, yet you mention their product in a press release or advertisement, I'd say you're an idiot.
If that's true (like you said, we don't know) then Fox News would be to blame here for opportunistically using her only in a story about war games portraying the other side, rather than in a piece about war games generally.
I would be shocked to learn this was the case. Shocked!
Yeah, me too. I trust those guys! They're Fair and Balanced!
2. If you notice someone is using your invention, DON'T SUE
3. Wait for them to actually succeed, and invest time
If someone convinces a judge that you did this, then you can't collect damages under the "laches" rule.
Yes, but how are they going to prove it?? Unless you're an idiot and leave a paper trail outlining your plans or foreknowledge, you can always claim, "I didn't know about company X until they got big!"
Show me ANY Linux where I can take a mix of totally random hardware thrown together and hand my 67 year old clueless dad the disc and have him install it PERFECTLY, without a SINGLE fuckup or hardware issue, and then we'll talk.
Show me ANY windows where you can do the same, and then we'll talk.
Because dad didn't want to wait until the weekend and installed Windows 7 HP without a SINGLE issue.
Somehow, I suspect the hardware in that box wasn't selected at random. Either way, I recently re-installed Windows XP from the original media (packaged with the computer) after the system got irreparably hosed by a virus that no AV software would remove, and then attempted to reinstall the Wi-fi drivers from the original drivers disc, but the system couldn't find the fscking drivers. On the same media whose SOLE PURPOSE was to contain those drivers. After hours of wrangling with this during finals week, I told my wife (whose computer I was working with) that I would put Ubuntu on after my exams. While I was away she got bored and put it on herself, without a hitch. So I would say our anecdotal evidence cancels out, and YMMV is the true lesson here. And given both our experiences, I would say the problem with Ubuntu isn't lack of drivers, it's that it doesn't come pre-installed on nearly every new PC like Windows does.
I find it unrealistic to compare cops and robbers to the Taliban and US soldiers.
I'm sure there are a few families of cops killed in the line of duty who would beg to differ. Cops, like US soldiers, really do die in real life when they get shot at.
My son died in the 80's because a giant L-shaped girder fell on his head. People are unaware of the amount of construction accidents that happen everyday and affect the lives of so many, these game developers can be so insensitive!
As long as said girder wasn't thrown or otherwise knocked loose by a gorilla, then Donkey Kong is in the clear.
It is entirely possible that the 'Gold Star Mom' (huh?) now objects to all depictions of war as entertainment. The summary doesn't say she thinks it's OK to play the US side, but not the side who killed her boy. It just says she objects to war being portrayed as a game.
If that's true (like you said, we don't know) then Fox News would be to blame here for opportunistically using her only in a story about war games portraying the other side, rather than in a piece about war games generally.
Additionally, it's not even the side that killed her son that's portrayed in the game. As the clip makes clear (but the summary omits) her son was killed in action in Iraq, not Afghanistan. So it would seem her objection is to depiction of fresh conflict, not to any particular side of the conflict.
It's gotta be rough playing Taliban where your only hope of anything is to shoot quickly than run, and hopefully you'll kill someone before you die, if you're lucky...Where your only chance of winning is if your opponent decides to go home....
If you're opponent goes home? Do you recall the reason [wikipedia.org] we are there in the first place? They brought the fight to us. They even admit that their goal was to involve the west in a war.
Do you know the difference between Al Qaeda and the Taliban? It sure sounds like you don't. I know that they're allies, but your statement is about as accurate as saying Hirohito and Mussolini invaded Poland in 1939.
Yeah, they got it rough. Keep drinking the Muslim kool aid.
Keep drinking the wingnut Kool-aid that's convinced you Islam is one big conspiracy.
Most of us have been doing this since we were seven. If someone's the cop, someone's got to be the robber, someone's got to be the pirate, somebody's got to be the alien
Cops and robbers, sure, but who the fuck ever heard of playing pirates and aliens?
It sounds to me more like all four go together, like he played Cops, Robbers, Pirates and Aliens when he was seven. The cop was the one you really wanted to be, but the other three were necessary to make the game play well.
Not sure of your expression "Islamic/ US relations" - I think these are orthogonal, they are not in the same dimension. Islam is a religion and the USA is a nation state, they are different types of entity....
Not to mention the fact that there are many patriotic US citizens who practice Islam. It's like saying "Jewish/ US relations" as though the millions of American Jews were automatically traitorous, something you might have gotten away with in 1900 but that would get you (rightfully) skewered today.
Mod parent down. I know this family, and it is highly insensitive of you to put it this way.
Because innocent Afghans who've lost family members to US bombing are totally different from Americans who've lost loved ones to Taliban attacks, and it's highly insensitive to make it sound like they have something in common, right?
Perhaps though this is why there isn't a backlash about WWII games, most of those old enough to have fought in WWII, are not technologically aware enough to play games and see how their traumatic struggle has been turned into a game.
What about Axis and Allies? I would venture to say most WWII vets are perfectly aware of this game, as well as how to play board games generally, but I've never heard about particular backlash against this game, which does allow someone to play as the Nazis, after all.
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Thus, I suspect that we will eventually figure out a way to break this encryption. Even if we do, though, these mathematicians still get credit for giving us a new instance of the hidden subgroup problem to try and solve, which may give us additional insight into the extent to which the general problem can be solved by a quantum computer.
From TFA:
However, it's worth pointing out that while the new work guanratees safety against all known quantum attacks, it does nothing of the sort for future quantum attacks. It's perfectly possible that somebody will develop a quantum algorithm that will tear it apart as easily as Shor's can with the RSA algorithm. "Our results do not rule out other quantum (or classical) attacks," says Dinh and co.
Damn, then the Chinese have an even better weapon. "COAL"
But when we export our Clean Coal TM technology that will save us! Right?
Pardon the size of my trademark sign, /. neither allows sup tags nor arbitrary Unicode. Remind me again why this site is for nerds?
Damn, then the Chinese have an even better weapon. "COAL"
But when we export our Clean Coal TM technology that will save us! Right?
Worst. Yakov Smirnoff joke. Ever.
Most people on Slashdot are in the US or Europe. Fixing Russia's educational system or culture is not our problem.
Except for the Russians who live in Europe. They would be counted under "most people" by your rubric. The majority of Russia's land area is in Asia, but the majority of its population lives on the European side of the Urals.
...the rest of the internet will still find you.
People will grow up and learn that stupidity has consequences. Then train their kids to live productive giving lives instead of wasting their youth on idleness....
You mean instead of wasting their days on Slashdot? I know that's what I'll teach my kids...
A paper trail showing knowledge of your competitor's product can be as simple as mentioning the product in your press releases or other advertising.
Yeah, if you're planning to shake down a company while feigning lack of knowledge of their product, yet you mention their product in a press release or advertisement, I'd say you're an idiot.
Which is not to say there aren't plenty of idiots out there, I should add. I'm sure companies get caught this way all the time, but not because the system is robust, just because the world is full of scheming idiots.
Unless you're an idiot and leave a paper trail outlining your plans or foreknowledge
A paper trail showing knowledge of your competitor's product can be as simple as mentioning the product in your press releases or other advertising.
Yeah, if you're planning to shake down a company while feigning lack of knowledge of their product, yet you mention their product in a press release or advertisement, I'd say you're an idiot.
If that's true (like you said, we don't know) then Fox News would be to blame here for opportunistically using her only in a story about war games portraying the other side, rather than in a piece about war games generally.
I would be shocked to learn this was the case. Shocked!
Yeah, me too. I trust those guys! They're Fair and Balanced!
2. If you notice someone is using your invention, DON'T SUE 3. Wait for them to actually succeed, and invest time
If someone convinces a judge that you did this, then you can't collect damages under the "laches" rule.
Yes, but how are they going to prove it?? Unless you're an idiot and leave a paper trail outlining your plans or foreknowledge, you can always claim, "I didn't know about company X until they got big!"
Show me ANY Linux where I can take a mix of totally random hardware thrown together and hand my 67 year old clueless dad the disc and have him install it PERFECTLY, without a SINGLE fuckup or hardware issue, and then we'll talk.
Show me ANY windows where you can do the same, and then we'll talk.
Because dad didn't want to wait until the weekend and installed Windows 7 HP without a SINGLE issue.
Somehow, I suspect the hardware in that box wasn't selected at random. Either way, I recently re-installed Windows XP from the original media (packaged with the computer) after the system got irreparably hosed by a virus that no AV software would remove, and then attempted to reinstall the Wi-fi drivers from the original drivers disc, but the system couldn't find the fscking drivers. On the same media whose SOLE PURPOSE was to contain those drivers. After hours of wrangling with this during finals week, I told my wife (whose computer I was working with) that I would put Ubuntu on after my exams. While I was away she got bored and put it on herself, without a hitch. So I would say our anecdotal evidence cancels out, and YMMV is the true lesson here. And given both our experiences, I would say the problem with Ubuntu isn't lack of drivers, it's that it doesn't come pre-installed on nearly every new PC like Windows does.
Totally useless for anything that is not chatting or emailing. Which is fine for most, but not so great when you are using ssh.
I consider ssh a type of chatting. When I use ssh, I'm just chatting with my honey...I mean computer...
I find it unrealistic to compare cops and robbers to the Taliban and US soldiers.
I'm sure there are a few families of cops killed in the line of duty who would beg to differ. Cops, like US soldiers, really do die in real life when they get shot at.
My son died in the 80's because a giant L-shaped girder fell on his head. People are unaware of the amount of construction accidents that happen everyday and affect the lives of so many, these game developers can be so insensitive!
As long as said girder wasn't thrown or otherwise knocked loose by a gorilla, then Donkey Kong is in the clear.
"I can see heaven and my 72 virgins, oh crap they are star trek nerds!!" before respawning.....
As long as they're all members of the appropriate sex, I see that as a bonus.
It is entirely possible that the 'Gold Star Mom' (huh?) now objects to all depictions of war as entertainment. The summary doesn't say she thinks it's OK to play the US side, but not the side who killed her boy. It just says she objects to war being portrayed as a game.
If that's true (like you said, we don't know) then Fox News would be to blame here for opportunistically using her only in a story about war games portraying the other side, rather than in a piece about war games generally.
Additionally, it's not even the side that killed her son that's portrayed in the game. As the clip makes clear (but the summary omits) her son was killed in action in Iraq, not Afghanistan. So it would seem her objection is to depiction of fresh conflict, not to any particular side of the conflict.
It's gotta be rough playing Taliban where your only hope of anything is to shoot quickly than run, and hopefully you'll kill someone before you die, if you're lucky...Where your only chance of winning is if your opponent decides to go home....
If you're opponent goes home? Do you recall the reason [wikipedia.org] we are there in the first place? They brought the fight to us. They even admit that their goal was to involve the west in a war.
Do you know the difference between Al Qaeda and the Taliban? It sure sounds like you don't. I know that they're allies, but your statement is about as accurate as saying Hirohito and Mussolini invaded Poland in 1939.
Yeah, they got it rough. Keep drinking the Muslim kool aid.
Keep drinking the wingnut Kool-aid that's convinced you Islam is one big conspiracy.
They even admit that their goal was to involve the west in a war. Prior to their activity we left them alone when we weren't aiding them.
So...you're saying they're winning then?
Cops and robbers, sure, but who the fuck ever heard of playing pirates and aliens?
It sounds to me more like all four go together, like he played Cops, Robbers, Pirates and Aliens when he was seven. The cop was the one you really wanted to be, but the other three were necessary to make the game play well.
Remember: It's not art unless someone is offended. If it offends no-one it is merely entertainment.
Although the converse is not true: many things are offensive and yet still are merely entertainment.
Not sure of your expression "Islamic/ US relations" - I think these are orthogonal, they are not in the same dimension. Islam is a religion and the USA is a nation state, they are different types of entity....
Not to mention the fact that there are many patriotic US citizens who practice Islam. It's like saying "Jewish/ US relations" as though the millions of American Jews were automatically traitorous, something you might have gotten away with in 1900 but that would get you (rightfully) skewered today.
They should make Bionic Commando 2-player, so you can play the side that resurrects Hitler.
While we're at it, they should make Axis and Allies multiplayer, so you can play as Hitler.
Oh, wait...
Mod parent down. I know this family, and it is highly insensitive of you to put it this way.
Because innocent Afghans who've lost family members to US bombing are totally different from Americans who've lost loved ones to Taliban attacks, and it's highly insensitive to make it sound like they have something in common, right?
Perhaps though this is why there isn't a backlash about WWII games, most of those old enough to have fought in WWII, are not technologically aware enough to play games and see how their traumatic struggle has been turned into a game.
What about Axis and Allies? I would venture to say most WWII vets are perfectly aware of this game, as well as how to play board games generally, but I've never heard about particular backlash against this game, which does allow someone to play as the Nazis, after all.