This survey just shows that a new security model is needed - people hate passwords. A place I used to work at used RSA SecurID tokens to authenticate users. It uses a psuedo-random number generated on a (physical) keyring that must match the one in the computer. I think the system is brilliant, and I wish I could find a free/open source version to use at home. The token could be replaced by a handheld computer or a program on a mobile phone for those that don't want to buy a keyring.
Try a capacitor. Plug it into 120 VAC. Nah, it's much more fun on 230V AC. We have switched sockets too, so you can plug it in, then stand away from the front when you flip the switch. It is even possible to aim the capacitor that way. Ah, fond memories of electronics lessons...
please also notice that in europe(at least around here) there is NO free local calls
In my part of Europe (UK) we can now have some free calls, but that doesn't apply to the 0845 numbers used by most ISPs. Instead nearly every ISP offers an unlimited option for between 10 and 20 pounds per month, where the modem dials a freephone (0800) number. The ISP pays BT a fixed fee for each subscriber.
I lived in Holland for a while last year, and was shocked to find that I couldn't get fixed price dialup. I ran up a bill of about 300 euro before I could get ADSL installed.:(
I just read a thread above this one where every post defending Christianity was modded flamebait. It looks like neither set of people can cope with rational debate. If people want to talk about it, both sides of the argument need to be heard.
Honestly, if you *truly* believe in what the bible teaches, would you be working at a full-time job, buying a house and cars, going to movies, etc. knowing that everybody around you who isn't yet a christian is going to burn in hell for all eternity?
If I don't go to work, who will tell the people I work with about God? If I cut myself off from everyday culture and don't go to the cinema, what connection will I have with my non Christian friends?
Being a Christian doesn't mean cutting yourself off from the world, It means doing your best to bring God to other people in the world. Shutting myself in a church every night isn't going to achieve that.
I guess the fools and their (virtual?) money are soon to be parted.:)
Well yes, but it's more that the fools want to keep using their favourite online discussion web site. Ship of Fools is a great place to get an answer to any theology or religion question that you may have, and plenty of other topics too. My wife spends as much time on the ship as I do on Slashdot. (She posts on the ship and lurks on Slashdot, I'm the other way round!)
Just find a church with services at different times. I have M.E. and find it difficult to get to church in the morning - so I go to the chaplaincy at my local university which has services at 12:10. When I lived in Amsterdam I went to Christ Church which had a service at 16:00.
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No, it's two independant monitors, I can have multiple desktops under Windows XP.
Most EULA's say you can run "One instance of the software on ONE machine at a time" - how does this apply to this machine?
Well technically unless you have more than one processor, it can only give cycles to one user at a time, it just switches every few microseconds... I don't think the software publishers will go for that concept though!
This is pretty much equivalent to having 2 X Sessions running on seperate Keyboard, mouse, and monitor in the same machine. I've taken a hard look at the XFree86 code and the only things preventing this right now (under linux) is that XFree86 opens the console directly and lacks an evdev input module for the keyboard.
I have just posted about the same thing in this post. I didn't realise that X couldn't do it yet, I thought my second monitor driver was the only problem. Oh well. How much code needs to be changed to stop X opening the console? Can it just be redirected to another virtual terminal?
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...but I see no need for a special motherboard.
I have a laptop which obviously has it's own keyboard, trackpad and LCD - that's the first user. I also have a second monitor plugged in, and a USB keyboard and mouse. It seems to me that if the software could cope with it, a second person should be able to use the computer at the same time.
Unfortunately I haven't got the second monitor working under Linux, (crappy drivers from VIA) otherwise it would be simple to run another X server linked to the external devices. Windows runs the second monitor OK, but it doesn't have any way to run it independantly of the main user.
I have ended up using an old SGI Indigo to run programs on the laptop over X for the second user, which doesn't always work with modern X programs.
Are there more injuries/deaths in countries with 220/240 service?
I would guess that we are more careful about power in countries with higher voltages. Certainly in the UK we have much more robust sockets and plugs, with shutters operated by the earth pin to prevent things being inserted by kids/idiots. Do people have a more relaxed attitude about 120v power?
Me too. Any ideas for a destination? I quite like Holland (I spent six months there last year) but i'm not so sure now since they supported the iraq war, if only by a token gesture. They used to have a decent government, but being good people, they accepted the blame for a mistake and resigned en-mass.:(
You'll be grateful if it keeps one of the nut jobs with bombs in their backpacks off the bus/train your're riding on when you visit
Do you really think that someone who is prepared to die to kill people will care if the government knows their identity? I'm sure it's really usefull when clearing up the bodies to know who did it.
That stuff is happening in Britain; the government passed a law specifically to suspend parts of the Human Rights Act so that foreign terrorist suspects could be kept in prison without trial. British citizens still have to have a trial eventually, but even they can be held for weeks without trial.
No, it was definately $3 for the first cup, when Fry pulled the note out of the machine it went from $300 to $297. He didn't actually pay for all of the coffee though, some of it was at the party where presumably it was free. And it was definately 100 cups when he got to the superhuman state.
Do you build houses entirely of wood in the USA? In Britain our houses are mainly brick with wood floors and ceilings. That seems to be the case in most countries in the west.
I'm sure that with a few billion dollars in research, we could develope inexpensive ways of building custom houses from concrete and steel.
In the 60's it was fashionable to build with concrete in Britain and we are putting up with the consequences now. Having lived at the University of Essex, a monstrosity built mainly of concrete, I can tell you that it is very expensive (It could have been marble for the price!) and extremely ugly.
There is always a trade off between security and convenience. If you secure your data, it will probably get in your way somewhere along the line.
The most drastic solution is to take the computer off the internet. The fact is that if it is on the internet, it could potentially be cracked.
The next possible solution is to change away from windows. Since you don't want Linux you may want to consider a Mac with OSX or a second hand SGI with IRIX. But to be honest, if you don't know what you are doing then any operating system will probably be insecure for you.
That leaves the option of making Windows more secure. If you don't know how to do this yourself, you will have to hire someone to do it or put up with the consequences. You don't have to get a permanent employee, you just need someone to look over your computers and recommend the appropriate changes. A firewall shouldn't get in your way once it is properly configured, and it is essential to have one.
If you are getting digital output then the player is not accessing the high-resolution DVD audio. (In MLP format.) It is probably playing back the lower resolution Dolby Digital or PCM track on the same disk, which is there for compatability with DVD-Video players.
I've had plenty of my customers do exactly that, examine two or three phones from stock and then choose the one they like. All too often though, the customer will then turn around and say "but I don't want that one, it's been handled!"
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This survey just shows that a new security model is needed - people hate passwords. A place I used to work at used RSA SecurID tokens to authenticate users. It uses a psuedo-random number generated on a (physical) keyring that must match the one in the computer. I think the system is brilliant, and I wish I could find a free/open source version to use at home. The token could be replaced by a handheld computer or a program on a mobile phone for those that don't want to buy a keyring.
Try a capacitor. Plug it into 120 VAC.
Nah, it's much more fun on 230V AC. We have switched sockets too, so you can plug it in, then stand away from the front when you flip the switch. It is even possible to aim the capacitor that way.
Ah, fond memories of electronics lessons...
In my part of Europe (UK) we can now have some free calls, but that doesn't apply to the 0845 numbers used by most ISPs. Instead nearly every ISP offers an unlimited option for between 10 and 20 pounds per month, where the modem dials a freephone (0800) number. The ISP pays BT a fixed fee for each subscriber.
I lived in Holland for a while last year, and was shocked to find that I couldn't get fixed price dialup. I ran up a bill of about 300 euro before I could get ADSL installed.
I just read a thread above this one where every post defending Christianity was modded flamebait. It looks like neither set of people can cope with rational debate. If people want to talk about it, both sides of the argument need to be heard.
If I don't go to work, who will tell the people I work with about God? If I cut myself off from everyday culture and don't go to the cinema, what connection will I have with my non Christian friends?
Being a Christian doesn't mean cutting yourself off from the world, It means doing your best to bring God to other people in the world. Shutting myself in a church every night isn't going to achieve that.
Well yes, but it's more that the fools want to keep using their favourite online discussion web site. Ship of Fools is a great place to get an answer to any theology or religion question that you may have, and plenty of other topics too. My wife spends as much time on the ship as I do on Slashdot. (She posts on the ship and lurks on Slashdot, I'm the other way round!)
Just find a church with services at different times. I have M.E. and find it difficult to get to church in the morning - so I go to the chaplaincy at my local university which has services at 12:10. When I lived in Amsterdam I went to Christ Church which had a service at 16:00.
No, it's two independant monitors, I can have multiple desktops under Windows XP.
Well technically unless you have more than one processor, it can only give cycles to one user at a time, it just switches every few microseconds...
I don't think the software publishers will go for that concept though!
I have just posted about the same thing in this post. I didn't realise that X couldn't do it yet, I thought my second monitor driver was the only problem. Oh well. How much code needs to be changed to stop X opening the console? Can it just be redirected to another virtual terminal?
...but I see no need for a special motherboard.
I have a laptop which obviously has it's own keyboard, trackpad and LCD - that's the first user. I also have a second monitor plugged in, and a USB keyboard and mouse. It seems to me that if the software could cope with it, a second person should be able to use the computer at the same time.
Unfortunately I haven't got the second monitor working under Linux, (crappy drivers from VIA) otherwise it would be simple to run another X server linked to the external devices. Windows runs the second monitor OK, but it doesn't have any way to run it independantly of the main user.
I have ended up using an old SGI Indigo to run programs on the laptop over X for the second user, which doesn't always work with modern X programs.
Are there more injuries/deaths in countries with 220/240 service?
I would guess that we are more careful about power in countries with higher voltages. Certainly in the UK we have much more robust sockets and plugs, with shutters operated by the earth pin to prevent things being inserted by kids/idiots. Do people have a more relaxed attitude about 120v power?
That means that a dual battery charger would draw over 25 amps at 120 VAC.
Hopefully that will only hold up the launch in the USA, since most of the rest of the world uses over 220 volts. In Britain we have 230V 3KW sockets.
Me too. Any ideas for a destination? :(
I quite like Holland (I spent six months there last year) but i'm not so sure now since they supported the iraq war, if only by a token gesture. They used to have a decent government, but being good people, they accepted the blame for a mistake and resigned en-mass.
Surely it should be "Lego" (singular) or "Lego bricks" (plural.)
You'll be grateful if it keeps one of the nut jobs with bombs in their backpacks off the
bus/train your're riding on when you visit
Do you really think that someone who is prepared to die to kill people will care if the government knows their identity? I'm sure it's really usefull when clearing up the bodies to know who did it.
I'm not saying it *is* happening in Europe
That stuff is happening in Britain; the government passed a law specifically to suspend parts of the Human Rights Act so that foreign terrorist suspects could be kept in prison without trial. British citizens still have to have a trial eventually, but even they can be held for weeks without trial.
I plan to leave the country as soon as possible.
No, it was definately $3 for the first cup, when Fry pulled the note out of the machine it went from $300 to $297. He didn't actually pay for all of the coffee though, some of it was at the party where presumably it was free. And it was definately 100 cups when he got to the superhuman state.
Yes I watch Futurama too much.
Steve.
> I can't believe all the people that don't catch april fools.
OK, if it's an April fools joke, whats funny about it?
Don't mind me, I'm just pissed off that they didn't accept my story about using chickens in nuclear weapons.
This makes the Slashdot front page? In what possible way is this news for nerds? "Man offers reward"
So what?
Do you build houses entirely of wood in the USA? In Britain our houses are mainly brick with wood floors and ceilings. That seems to be the case in most countries in the west.
In the 60's it was fashionable to build with concrete in Britain and we are putting up with the consequences now. Having lived at the University of Essex, a monstrosity built mainly of concrete, I can tell you that it is very expensive (It could have been marble for the price!) and extremely ugly.
There is always a trade off between security and convenience. If you secure your data, it will probably get in your way somewhere along the line.
The most drastic solution is to take the computer off the internet. The fact is that if it is on the internet, it could potentially be cracked.
The next possible solution is to change away from windows. Since you don't want Linux you may want to consider a Mac with OSX or a second hand SGI with IRIX. But to be honest, if you don't know what you are doing then any operating system will probably be insecure for you.
That leaves the option of making Windows more secure. If you don't know how to do this yourself, you will have to hire someone to do it or put up with the consequences. You don't have to get a permanent employee, you just need someone to look over your computers and recommend the appropriate changes. A firewall shouldn't get in your way once it is properly configured, and it is essential to have one.
If you are getting digital output then the player is not accessing the high-resolution DVD audio. (In MLP format.) It is probably playing back the lower resolution Dolby Digital or PCM track on the same disk, which is there for compatability with DVD-Video players.
Believe it or not those shells cost much more than $5. Some of them can be more than half of the cost of the real thing.
I've had plenty of my customers do exactly that, examine two or three phones from stock and then choose the one they like. All too often though, the customer will then turn around and say "but I don't want that one, it's been handled!"