He's in his early teens now but is completely incapable of any kind of social interactions and has never shown any kind of interest in any kind of intellectual activity.
That's clearly a mental impediment/disease. The trouble is when they start saying that functioning people are autistic, because they don't interact with others very well, or they're anxious and don't have the average person's ability to naturally respond in any social situation or ability to participate in a conversation the same way as others.
If they're saying that people who are scientists and engineers that succeed in an intellectual and professional endeavor are actually autistic, due to lower than average ability to engage socially. And yeah, it might negatively affect them, but...
At what point does the latter just become a subjective derogatory judgement of people who are different? Shouldn't it be the rest of society that adjusts to better accommodate the type of people who are scientists and engineers?
I think the problem is the mental health industry needs to further narrow the definition of "Autism";
And you have a message that is XORed with a one time pad, and contains data equal to the length of that salutation, plus 10 bytes.
"One Time Pad" is not a specific software implementation such as GPG or AES256. One time pads require at least as many securely random bits as data bits; sometimes, real-world random number generators are used that don't have securely random output, sometimes "One-Time" pad bits are recycled, when the sender runs out of them, which compromises the unbreakableness.
In practice, the sender/recipient's system will provide the recipient a way of verifying that the entire message is intact and correct; such as by sending a digital signature or message digest, e.g. SHA256 of the plaintext; if an arbitrary plaintext can be checked against the check code, without having to successfully decrypt anything, then possible guesses can be made at the message.
Untrue. Encryption may be "Information-Theoretically secure".
No real-world encryption usage is information-theoretically secure.
You mention one time pads, but these are typically not used, And
they're not really encryption, as in traditional ciphers....
A one time pad is more of a way of dividing information into two equally-sized halves.
For the most part, the Info-Theoretically secure crypto you see would be Quantum cryptography used for low-volume key exchange
Even this cannot be declared unbreakable however --- the possibility exists of exploitability within procedures and software used.
As long as this situation happens once every few days, you're golden.
The concern being a CME associated with a X40 event hitting earth could likely obliterate all the satellites in orbit, so there wouldn't be a single one left.....
Putting together a few more satellites and launching them into orbit afterwards is possible, to replace the downed system, but likely takes years.
"Key, [sic] I'm f*cking tired of the fact that you don't fix problems in the code *you* write, so that the kernel then has to work around the problems you cause," Torvalds fumed .... ....
For his part, Sievers appeared unmoved by Torvalds' outburst. After posting a tongue-in-cheek status update to Google+, he reposted a missive by Lennart Poettering explaining that the systemd developers would address the issue with a software patch.
There's something fundamentally different about antenna lines VS ethernet cables.
Antenna lines are used to carry RF; ultimately the RF component energy is a ground-referenced signal, so ultimately, there is earth-referenced electricity being carried.
Ethernet lines are magnetically coupled, not electrically coupled with the device, and also do not carry a ground-referenced signal, and the standard requires a Kilovolt of isolation between the Ethernet PHY and device power. Even Power over Ethernet is not an earth-referenced voltage.
This does not mean Ethernet devices are immune to lightning, after all, you could still have an induced Alternating Current in response to even a distant lightning strike, if the wire is horizontal and of sufficient length, but if you add a surge arrestor with a shunt to ground, then you have a reasonable level of safety, and you just have to accept that with lightning there is no 100% protection: after all, lightning can still strike and kill people, even while they're sitting down inside or resting on their bed. Why should anyone ever think it would be reasonable to expect their electronics that are 1000x as sensitive to stray voltages with no current as a person, would be perfectly safe?
Your Ethernet cable through the device is no better a path to ground, than the aluminum siding on the building, so it's not the biggest thing to worry about: frankly, the radio on the wireless CPE is more likely to get burned up first.
Right now, our modern civilization as we know it, may break down when the GPS system fails, and therefore the cell phone network collapses.
I think there are events much smaller than Carrington which the country is by no means prepared for.....
can't worry about the once in 1000 years event at this point (IMO), when we're not yet prepared for the 1 in 100 years events.
Two days later: full credit. I'm guessing they did the right thing and credited everybody who got the mail, even if they sent it out to customers that weren't affected.
This is why the language should have been slightly different.
"We will provide a credit to all customers who were affected by this outage."
Then just apply the credit to who you think was affected,
and if anyone else calls in asking about their server being down and not getting a credit,
just have the support rep. immediately give them the credit.
The article was indicating people lost service for several hours, and it was not due
to a fibre cut or damage to an individual customer's drop, so the SP was responsible,
and it was no mere 40 minute outage.
How much would you pay for a gigabit connection with a business class SLA? A lot more than $70 per month.
Do you see the problem with what you are suggesting? What do you think a SLA is, insurance? No.
Auto Mechanic: The vehicle needs $100 of labor. If you give me $100, then I MIGHT repair your car.
But if you want, then you can instead give me $500, and I WILL repair your car, and if I don't succeed for some reason, then I will give you $250 of your money back, after you pay me for the additional labor to fix my mistakes.
I don't know, since Gigabit isn't available around here under any conditions, heck DSL isn't available at my location.
But I have a T1 with an uptime SLA, and it's less than $100 a month.
I would assume that with Gigabit getting a SLA would not be a significant cost, unless you are ordering a protected service
with a 99.99% uptime assurance, and that even if the 99% assurance wasn't violated, you'd still be entitled to credit for the pro-rata amount of actual downtime at a bare minimum for service not delivered.
I'm betting most providers of business IP charge a LOT more than $70 for a gigabit connection too.
So what? 1 Month SLA credit for your $70/month service would be $70.
1 Month SLA credit for your $7000/month service would be $7000.
That which is being expected to be returned, if the service provider fails to deliver:
is still proportional to the amount paid!
A provider can't honestly expect to be paid for a service they failed to deliver, can they?
Are you suggesting that only people who purchase more expensive products and services should be entitled to a refund
when not delivered what they paid for, and the product failed catastrophically due to defect causing X% extra loss? So you can return your defective $1000 brand new iPad for $1000 cash plus compensation, when it dies during the presentation in a big meeting causing you to lose the deal, but you can't return your $70 pair of pants that turn out to have faulty stitching, causing the crotch to rip apart, when you sit down in front of a customer, for $70 cash?
they're making up for it by proactively giving the entire market 2 days of service off of their next bill.
Two day's worth of service is an insignificant credit compared to the loss, especially during a special event.
Most providers of business IP transit have SLA credits available, starting from the time when the customer calls in to request the ticket be opened,
by the way, in some cases these are refundable, and can require the provider paying cash, not just crediting future service in case of a full on outage.
A couple hours worth of outage would typically generate enough SLA credit to make an entire month and possibly two month's worth of service gratis.
So how come it's so unusual for a residential ISP to waive even 2 days, after a few hours unscheduled downtime?
What IS the difference between a contractor and an "employee"
Workers who have to work at specific times at specific places, perform specific employer-required tasks to accomplish a job, and wear specific clothing are likely to be classed as employees.
More so, if the contract requires the person personally do the work, rather than a project they have been awarded, that they can hire subcontractors or employees to complete.
Moreso, if the company pays for expenses, such as trucks, fuel or tools, or reimburses the employee, and/or provides benefits typical of an employer, such as retirement, or other personal benefits as a portion of pay.
The structure of the arrangement.
But for employment law and tax purposes:
Behavioral: Does company have any control what worker does and how worker does his or her job? Employers control employees work conditions. Contractors have wide latitude in how they get the work done, for example, they can hire one or more employees to complete the work.
Financial: Are the business aspects of the job controlled by the company? For example: Who covers the expense of vehicle, tools, etc, when and how does the worker get paid?
Business Relationship: Are there contracts, or employee-like benefits (e.g. insurance, vacation)? Is the work performed a key aspect of the business, and is this a continuing relationship?
Problem is, I can't figure out where the hidden screws are in the old holder so I can remove and replace it.
Either find a different brand of paper, or unleash the tools of destruction.
A good pair of vice grips, hammer, crowbar, sawzall, and power drill with some hole saws and strong bits for metal drilling can unmount just about anything..
As in, most likely.... pound a wedge in behind the thing and cut the screws off.
Youtube plays nice with copyright holders, especially the big labels, and takes down on request.
Need some Youtubers to file lawsuit against Google/X for antitrust violations over this shady practice however --- still taking actions against creators after they filed a counterclaim, which have not been found by court to be infringing.
The problem with small guy, is that if he does that, he will black listed by the sony alike. If he does not do his business with sony alike corp, then go for it. But if he does, it would be the quickest way to dry up.
So include a monetary penalty in the contract that will account for that; instead of merely "cancelling the license", spell out a financial amount to be paid for that kind of breach, And "No further usage is licensed, except after the penalty is paid".
The idea being, the mandatory monetary penalty would be large enough to compensate/offset for the expected loss of future business.
Ah but you have many choices! You can get xfinity Economy Plus, xfinity Internet Plus, xfinity Internet Plus w/ Blast(tm), xfinity Performance, xfinity Extreme 105, and xfinity Blast!(tm).
These aren't true choices though. You are presented some "options" from Bad to Best designed to maximize how much you the average person will end up paying.
If there were more choices in ISPs and Cable providers, then this kind of chicanery would not exist.
There would likely be a 'Lite' package and a 'Big' package.
It's like at the movie theatre... do you want the Small Popcorn, Medium, Large, X-Large, or X-Large Plus ?
You're only really meant to pick Medium or X-Large, however; the other options are there to intentionally confuse you.
The population of bacteria over a surface is huge; it's not going to evolve to live on a plastic duck
Sure it could..... the population of bacteria that will come in contact with such surfaces over time will be larger if they're on all the kids toys. If one cell eventually mutates and overcomes the properties of the material, they will thrive there and become plentiful, since there is no competition (They can survive in an additional environment that is almost everywhere and readily available, that other bacteria cannot).
any more than humans have evolved to live in the antarctic without special equipment.
Other animals have evolved to live in harsh conditions.
Humans have pretty much stopped evolving, but it would still be possible..... after millenia.
Human organisms have a much lower turnover rate than bacteria, therefore, there is a very
low velocity of humans' ability to adapt through natural selection.
Humans typically reproduce once in their lifetime around 20 to 30 years.
A single bacterium can reproduce many times in a single day, so you can have billions of iterations within
a single colony in a short time, exceeding the number of people on earth several fold.
..... for use in the creation of knee arthroplasties, and in the manufacture of children's toys and food packaging.
The manufacture of kids toys and packaging is a ridiculous and wasteful usage for an anti-bacterial product.
The more common things you put this in.... the more organisms are likely to adapt so that this method is no longer beneficial, assuming the resources (such as food) exist for organisms to survive.
It's best to allow the use of anti-bio technologies in only limited applications where it is truly beneficial, so you minimize the effects of natural selection.
Otherwise, you will again have things growing on this new type of surface, and so it will most likely be rendered ineffective at some point in the future.
You can store them in a faraday cage (oven) if you want. Doomsday scenarios just don't work.
The device won't be very effective and usable if it's locked away in a faraday cage.
The military are the folks who need to be able to respond to situations like that: EMPs, and
quite possibly multiple successive EMPs.
You might consider it a doomsday scenario, but these entities charged with the defense of the US still need to have a workable plan for responding to them and continuing operations.
The only link this cancer has to Fukushima is that "it can't be ruled out".
Well, at least the Fukushima workers now have ironclad anti-cancer insurance.
Any condition any of them develop will be automatically assumed to have come from Fukushima, and Tepco will be on the hook.....
Also, hopefully, they were all given some sort of short-term compensation and much extra hazard pay for all the perceived hazards they endured.
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He's in his early teens now but is completely incapable of any kind of social interactions and has never shown any kind of interest in any kind of intellectual activity.
That's clearly a mental impediment/disease. The trouble is when they start saying that functioning people are autistic, because they don't interact with others very well, or they're anxious and don't have the average person's ability to naturally respond in any social situation or ability to participate in a conversation the same way as others.
If they're saying that people who are scientists and engineers that succeed in an intellectual and professional endeavor are actually autistic, due to lower than average ability to engage socially. And yeah, it might negatively affect them, but...
At what point does the latter just become a subjective derogatory judgement of people who are different? Shouldn't it be the rest of society that adjusts to better accommodate the type of people who are scientists and engineers?
I think the problem is the mental health industry needs to further narrow the definition of "Autism";
And you have a message that is XORed with a one time pad, and contains data equal to the length of that salutation, plus 10 bytes.
"One Time Pad" is not a specific software implementation such as GPG or AES256. One time pads require at least as many securely random bits as data bits; sometimes, real-world random number generators are used that don't have securely random output, sometimes "One-Time" pad bits are recycled, when the sender runs out of them, which compromises the unbreakableness.
In practice, the sender/recipient's system will provide the recipient a way of verifying that the entire message is intact and correct; such as by sending a digital signature or message digest, e.g. SHA256 of the plaintext; if an arbitrary plaintext can be checked against the check code, without having to successfully decrypt anything, then possible guesses can be made at the message.
Untrue. Encryption may be "Information-Theoretically secure".
No real-world encryption usage is information-theoretically secure.
You mention one time pads, but these are typically not used, And they're not really encryption, as in traditional ciphers.... A one time pad is more of a way of dividing information into two equally-sized halves.
For the most part, the Info-Theoretically secure crypto you see would be Quantum cryptography used for low-volume key exchange
Even this cannot be declared unbreakable however --- the possibility exists of exploitability within procedures and software used.
They are breakable if you simply brute-force your way through all possible pad contents
This is equivalent to just brute-forcing all possible plaintexts. If you: have a way to verify that you've found the cleartext message
The method provided for you to verify the message weakened the security of the message.
They changed the required 1% on the polls rule from "in the six weeks prior to the debate" To 3 polls "at least six weeks prior to the debate"
As long as this situation happens once every few days, you're golden.
The concern being a CME associated with a X40 event hitting earth could likely obliterate all the satellites in orbit, so there wouldn't be a single one left.....
Putting together a few more satellites and launching them into orbit afterwards is possible, to replace the downed system, but likely takes years.
He already ranted about SystemD code.
you can lose GPS signal for at least a few days before it becomes an issue.
Do you think the GPS signal is going to be back online within a few days after a X40 event that destroys a plurality of the satellites in orbit?
There's something fundamentally different about antenna lines VS ethernet cables.
Antenna lines are used to carry RF; ultimately the RF component energy is a ground-referenced signal, so ultimately, there is earth-referenced electricity being carried.
Ethernet lines are magnetically coupled, not electrically coupled with the device, and also do not carry a ground-referenced signal, and the standard requires a Kilovolt of isolation between the Ethernet PHY and device power. Even Power over Ethernet is not an earth-referenced voltage.
This does not mean Ethernet devices are immune to lightning, after all, you could still have an induced Alternating Current in response to even a distant lightning strike, if the wire is horizontal and of sufficient length, but if you add a surge arrestor with a shunt to ground, then you have a reasonable level of safety, and you just have to accept that with lightning there is no 100% protection: after all, lightning can still strike and kill people, even while they're sitting down inside or resting on their bed. Why should anyone ever think it would be reasonable to expect their electronics that are 1000x as sensitive to stray voltages with no current as a person, would be perfectly safe?
Your Ethernet cable through the device is no better a path to ground, than the aluminum siding on the building, so it's not the biggest thing to worry about: frankly, the radio on the wireless CPE is more likely to get burned up first.
Right now, our modern civilization as we know it, may break down when the GPS system fails, and therefore the cell phone network collapses.
I think there are events much smaller than Carrington which the country is by no means prepared for..... can't worry about the once in 1000 years event at this point (IMO), when we're not yet prepared for the 1 in 100 years events.
Two days later: full credit. I'm guessing they did the right thing and credited everybody who got the mail, even if they sent it out to customers that weren't affected.
This is why the language should have been slightly different. "We will provide a credit to all customers who were affected by this outage."
Then just apply the credit to who you think was affected, and if anyone else calls in asking about their server being down and not getting a credit, just have the support rep. immediately give them the credit.
For a 40-minute outage?
The article was indicating people lost service for several hours, and it was not due to a fibre cut or damage to an individual customer's drop, so the SP was responsible, and it was no mere 40 minute outage.
How much would you pay for a gigabit connection with a business class SLA? A lot more than $70 per month.
Do you see the problem with what you are suggesting? What do you think a SLA is, insurance? No.
Auto Mechanic: The vehicle needs $100 of labor. If you give me $100, then I MIGHT repair your car. But if you want, then you can instead give me $500, and I WILL repair your car, and if I don't succeed for some reason, then I will give you $250 of your money back, after you pay me for the additional labor to fix my mistakes.
I don't know, since Gigabit isn't available around here under any conditions, heck DSL isn't available at my location. But I have a T1 with an uptime SLA, and it's less than $100 a month.
I would assume that with Gigabit getting a SLA would not be a significant cost, unless you are ordering a protected service with a 99.99% uptime assurance, and that even if the 99% assurance wasn't violated, you'd still be entitled to credit for the pro-rata amount of actual downtime at a bare minimum for service not delivered.
I'm betting most providers of business IP charge a LOT more than $70 for a gigabit connection too.
So what? 1 Month SLA credit for your $70/month service would be $70.
1 Month SLA credit for your $7000/month service would be $7000.
That which is being expected to be returned, if the service provider fails to deliver: is still proportional to the amount paid! A provider can't honestly expect to be paid for a service they failed to deliver, can they?
Are you suggesting that only people who purchase more expensive products and services should be entitled to a refund when not delivered what they paid for, and the product failed catastrophically due to defect causing X% extra loss? So you can return your defective $1000 brand new iPad for $1000 cash plus compensation, when it dies during the presentation in a big meeting causing you to lose the deal, but you can't return your $70 pair of pants that turn out to have faulty stitching, causing the crotch to rip apart, when you sit down in front of a customer, for $70 cash?
they're making up for it by proactively giving the entire market 2 days of service off of their next bill.
Two day's worth of service is an insignificant credit compared to the loss, especially during a special event.
Most providers of business IP transit have SLA credits available, starting from the time when the customer calls in to request the ticket be opened, by the way, in some cases these are refundable, and can require the provider paying cash, not just crediting future service in case of a full on outage.
A couple hours worth of outage would typically generate enough SLA credit to make an entire month and possibly two month's worth of service gratis.
So how come it's so unusual for a residential ISP to waive even 2 days, after a few hours unscheduled downtime?
What IS the difference between a contractor and an "employee"
Workers who have to work at specific times at specific places, perform specific employer-required tasks to accomplish a job, and wear specific clothing are likely to be classed as employees. More so, if the contract requires the person personally do the work, rather than a project they have been awarded, that they can hire subcontractors or employees to complete.
Moreso, if the company pays for expenses, such as trucks, fuel or tools, or reimburses the employee, and/or provides benefits typical of an employer, such as retirement, or other personal benefits as a portion of pay.
The structure of the arrangement.
But for employment law and tax purposes:
Problem is, I can't figure out where the hidden screws are in the old holder so I can remove and replace it.
Either find a different brand of paper, or unleash the tools of destruction.
A good pair of vice grips, hammer, crowbar, sawzall, and power drill with some hole saws and strong bits for metal drilling can unmount just about anything..
As in, most likely.... pound a wedge in behind the thing and cut the screws off.
That why (1) the divorce rate is so high and (2) people are in debt.
Your notetaking application is just a tool, not a lifelong commitment, or something super-expensive to replace.
Youtube plays nice with copyright holders, especially the big labels, and takes down on request.
Need some Youtubers to file lawsuit against Google/X for antitrust violations over this shady practice however --- still taking actions against creators after they filed a counterclaim, which have not been found by court to be infringing.
The problem with small guy, is that if he does that, he will black listed by the sony alike. If he does not do his business with sony alike corp, then go for it. But if he does, it would be the quickest way to dry up.
So include a monetary penalty in the contract that will account for that; instead of merely "cancelling the license", spell out a financial amount to be paid for that kind of breach, And "No further usage is licensed, except after the penalty is paid".
The idea being, the mandatory monetary penalty would be large enough to compensate/offset for the expected loss of future business.
Ah but you have many choices! You can get xfinity Economy Plus, xfinity Internet Plus, xfinity Internet Plus w/ Blast(tm), xfinity Performance, xfinity Extreme 105, and xfinity Blast!(tm).
These aren't true choices though. You are presented some "options" from Bad to Best designed to maximize how much you the average person will end up paying.
If there were more choices in ISPs and Cable providers, then this kind of chicanery would not exist. There would likely be a 'Lite' package and a 'Big' package.
It's like at the movie theatre... do you want the Small Popcorn, Medium, Large, X-Large, or X-Large Plus ?
You're only really meant to pick Medium or X-Large, however; the other options are there to intentionally confuse you.
Whenever we don't have many choice, for example: High Speed Internet and Cable TV, is a virtual monopoly or duopoly.
We get gouged on pricing, and shoddy service.
The population of bacteria over a surface is huge; it's not going to evolve to live on a plastic duck
Sure it could..... the population of bacteria that will come in contact with such surfaces over time will be larger if they're on all the kids toys. If one cell eventually mutates and overcomes the properties of the material, they will thrive there and become plentiful, since there is no competition (They can survive in an additional environment that is almost everywhere and readily available, that other bacteria cannot).
any more than humans have evolved to live in the antarctic without special equipment.
Other animals have evolved to live in harsh conditions. Humans have pretty much stopped evolving, but it would still be possible..... after millenia.
Human organisms have a much lower turnover rate than bacteria, therefore, there is a very low velocity of humans' ability to adapt through natural selection. Humans typically reproduce once in their lifetime around 20 to 30 years.
A single bacterium can reproduce many times in a single day, so you can have billions of iterations within a single colony in a short time, exceeding the number of people on earth several fold.
The manufacture of kids toys and packaging is a ridiculous and wasteful usage for an anti-bacterial product.
The more common things you put this in.... the more organisms are likely to adapt so that this method is no longer beneficial, assuming the resources (such as food) exist for organisms to survive.
It's best to allow the use of anti-bio technologies in only limited applications where it is truly beneficial, so you minimize the effects of natural selection.
Otherwise, you will again have things growing on this new type of surface, and so it will most likely be rendered ineffective at some point in the future.
You can store them in a faraday cage (oven) if you want. Doomsday scenarios just don't work.
The device won't be very effective and usable if it's locked away in a faraday cage.
The military are the folks who need to be able to respond to situations like that: EMPs, and quite possibly multiple successive EMPs.
You might consider it a doomsday scenario, but these entities charged with the defense of the US still need to have a workable plan for responding to them and continuing operations.
The only link this cancer has to Fukushima is that "it can't be ruled out".
Well, at least the Fukushima workers now have ironclad anti-cancer insurance. Any condition any of them develop will be automatically assumed to have come from Fukushima, and Tepco will be on the hook.....
Also, hopefully, they were all given some sort of short-term compensation and much extra hazard pay for all the perceived hazards they endured.