So when did you come to the realization that WD cryptography is crap? Was it before this report came out? Or are you only jumping on the bandwagon now and post hoc claiming the validity of your decision?
Prior to this report you'd think that it was a reasonable assumption that a company with a $17B market cap could hire as many cryptography experts as they wanted to work on their products rather than pass it off to the current intern. But no, your decision was not based on any facts but rather an emotional response to your beliefs of the relative merits of each product. That you made a decision that coincidentally bears out your emotional bias against WD does not negate the fact that an assumption is an unknown and you can't know an unknown, and you did trade one unknown for another.
And in fact you even agree with me when you keep saying that TrueCrypt has not been proven to suck (yet). If you have such faith in TrueCrypt, why do you feel the need to qualify it? Or are you unconsciously admitting that your knowledge about the quality of TrueCrypt is incomplete and you are making an assumption of its fitness of use?
Does it not make more sense to assume that well known software whose sole purpose is encryption might be better than software added on by a manufacturer who is not necessarily well known to be knowledgeable in encryption practices?
I think you are trying for a definition of irony here - countering my assertions on the unknown state of knowledge when applying assumptions - with an assumption.
Unless you throughly reviewed and and independently tested TrueCyrpt all you seem to have done is to exchange one set of assumptions for another (and you also allude to the fact that you have no idea as to the quality of TrueCrypt.)
A tonne is the SI unit for 1000 kilograms. A ton (US) is a funny unit of measure for 2000 lbs (907kg) A ton (Imperial) is a funny unit of emasure for 2,240 lbs (1,016 kg) Thus a tonne is about 1.1 tons (US), and 0.98 tons (Imperial) A cubic kilometer of water is 1 billion (1E9) tonnes But water expands when it is frozen by about 9% So a cubic kilometer of ice would be about 1E9 tons (US)
Thus the statement in TFS
a billion tons of ice—a cubic kilometer of frozen H2O
while numerically about correct is a hell of a mess of mixed units.
This is just another non-evidence-based appeal for gun control
That may be, and I haven't and won't bother to read the TFA, but this sort of thing does highlight something that pro-gun people seem to ignore - That the bell curve exists and that no matter how much you wish it was otherwise, 100% of a population can't exist on the "good" side of the distribution.
Just google "Contempt of cop" for examples. Or payouts by police departments to settle court cases.
Another place to look is the PINAC site (caveat - ostensibly this is a website to document that "Photography Is Not A Crime", at times it has degenerated to vehemently anti-cop. However on its good days it really documents abuses by cops) .
How about a 2 hour course for high-schoolers in the inner cities called: How to behave around the police? Nearly every high-profile death by police officer would not have occurred if the person had simply complied with the police doing their jobs.
So your solution to bullying is to teach the victims that they should submit to the bullies?
There is a huge body of evidence that shows a hell of a lot of police abuse their powers and violate peoples constitutional and legal rights all the time just for the hell of it. Not addressing this aspect of policing escalates the problem.
Reform of policing so citizens actually trust the police?
Recently I saw a comment that described how in the present environment in the US, the only interactions a person has with the police are typically of a "negative" context. There are now fewer or no "positive" encounters with police anymore. Combined with overt militarization of the police force (why the hell does a police department even need an MRAP - let alone a department in a rural area?), its going to take a lot of reform to fix the police.
If I walk into your house through the unlocked front door while you are not home, does it protect me from trespassing charges if while I am there I made your bed and did your dishes?
Also as an aside, what's wrong with being #2 or #3 in something?
There is nothing wrong with being #2 or #3. But the US isn't even in the same league as #2 or #3.
For example, NYC has a population density higher than Tokyo, yet has data speeds than are a fraction of Tokyo's. Why is that? Its not for want of faster speeds, or technical capability.
You do that. Meanwhile, we don't use the mag strip in Australia, so I'll happily prevent my card from being compatible with the less secure USA methodology.
Its worse than you think here. They are finally rolling out chip based cards in the US, and the system is just "Chip".. no PIN required.
Basically, there are many businesses in the USA who won't ship internationally for many reasons.
There is also the market where these businesses will ship to foreign destinations, but charge a huge premium for the privilege. Thus making dealing with re-shippers attractive.
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So when did you come to the realization that WD cryptography is crap? Was it before this report came out? Or are you only jumping on the bandwagon now and post hoc claiming the validity of your decision?
Prior to this report you'd think that it was a reasonable assumption that a company with a $17B market cap could hire as many cryptography experts as they wanted to work on their products rather than pass it off to the current intern. But no, your decision was not based on any facts but rather an emotional response to your beliefs of the relative merits of each product. That you made a decision that coincidentally bears out your emotional bias against WD does not negate the fact that an assumption is an unknown and you can't know an unknown, and you did trade one unknown for another.
And in fact you even agree with me when you keep saying that TrueCrypt has not been proven to suck (yet). If you have such faith in TrueCrypt, why do you feel the need to qualify it? Or are you unconsciously admitting that your knowledge about the quality of TrueCrypt is incomplete and you are making an assumption of its fitness of use?
Does it not make more sense to assume that well known software whose sole purpose is encryption might be better than software added on by a manufacturer who is not necessarily well known to be knowledgeable in encryption practices?
I think you are trying for a definition of irony here - countering my assertions on the unknown state of knowledge when applying assumptions - with an assumption.
Unless you throughly reviewed and and independently tested TrueCyrpt all you seem to have done is to exchange one set of assumptions for another (and you also allude to the fact that you have no idea as to the quality of TrueCrypt.)
Medical malpractice adds perhaps 5% to total medical costs, there is no way we could cut costs by 75% even if all lawsuits were eliminated.
Its more insidious than that. Eliminating the lawsuits may reduce costs, but how do you eliminate the malpractice in the first place?
That says to me that he has no clue and should stick to what he does best.
Why wouldn't the military just turn their encryption keys back on so that they can use it but others get worse data?
What if there are no satellites to turn the key back on for? The Chinese for one are known to have anti-satellite weapons.
A tonne is the SI unit for 1000 kilograms.
A ton (US) is a funny unit of measure for 2000 lbs (907kg)
A ton (Imperial) is a funny unit of emasure for 2,240 lbs (1,016 kg)
Thus a tonne is about 1.1 tons (US), and 0.98 tons (Imperial)
A cubic kilometer of water is 1 billion (1E9) tonnes
But water expands when it is frozen by about 9%
So a cubic kilometer of ice would be about 1E9 tons (US)
Thus the statement in TFS
a billion tons of ice—a cubic kilometer of frozen H2O
while numerically about correct is a hell of a mess of mixed units.
The girl, her injuries, coma, and subsequent death, are all matters of the public
record.
Citation please
The problem is not the guns so much as it is caretakers that are stunningly negligent!
So in other words you agree with me. That stupid people having guns is a bad idea.
This is just another non-evidence-based appeal for gun control
That may be, and I haven't and won't bother to read the TFA, but this sort of thing does highlight something that pro-gun people seem to ignore - That the bell curve exists and that no matter how much you wish it was otherwise, 100% of a population can't exist on the "good" side of the distribution.
A citation would be really helpful.
Just google "Contempt of cop" for examples. Or payouts by police departments to settle court cases.
Another place to look is the PINAC site (caveat - ostensibly this is a website to document that "Photography Is Not A Crime", at times it has degenerated to vehemently anti-cop. However on its good days it really documents abuses by cops) .
How about a 2 hour course for high-schoolers in the inner cities called: How to behave around the police? Nearly every high-profile death by police officer would not have occurred if the person had simply complied with the police doing their jobs.
So your solution to bullying is to teach the victims that they should submit to the bullies?
There is a huge body of evidence that shows a hell of a lot of police abuse their powers and violate peoples constitutional and legal rights all the time just for the hell of it. Not addressing this aspect of policing escalates the problem.
A dubstep version of "Call me Maybe" ought to do the trick
Do you mean like this one? Call Me Maybe
Reform of policing so citizens actually trust the police?
Recently I saw a comment that described how in the present environment in the US, the only interactions a person has with the police are typically of a "negative" context. There are now fewer or no "positive" encounters with police anymore.
Combined with overt militarization of the police force (why the hell does a police department even need an MRAP - let alone a department in a rural area?), its going to take a lot of reform to fix the police.
Of course it can work, it just takes a whole bunch of people really wanting to be red shirts rather than space ship captains.
Re:@world, just lost my job at twitter #techboomover
What's a Tech Boo Mover? Never heard of that before. Is that something to do with Honey Boo-Boo?
As the early history of industrialization shows, unregulated companies have no problems poisoning people for short-term profits.
And then more recently there was acid rain that all those companies self regulated about .. NOT
These modern remakes always change things for no good reason. I much preferred Robinson Crusoe on Mars. After all, you gotta love the plot:
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
And it even has Adam West in it (and no - he's not the Monkey)
I am not arguing it is lawful. I am just saying it is a better analogy. That's all.
It's the entrance that is the point in question, not what you do once you are inside.
Isn't it more like finding the door of your home open and getting in
And you have permission to be inside?
Viruses that fix things weren't even a new idea when the iPhone was being jailbroken.
Is doing good things, that's not malware.
If I walk into your house through the unlocked front door while you are not home, does it protect me from trespassing charges if while I am there I made your bed and did your dishes?
Also as an aside, what's wrong with being #2 or #3 in something?
There is nothing wrong with being #2 or #3. But the US isn't even in the same league as #2 or #3.
For example, NYC has a population density higher than Tokyo, yet has data speeds than are a fraction of Tokyo's. Why is that? Its not for want of faster speeds, or technical capability.
All the old fossils still wasting space in congress have no idea how to function in the modern age
Do you really think that China, India and the UK don't have their own old fossils still in power?
You do that. Meanwhile, we don't use the mag strip in Australia, so I'll happily prevent my card from being compatible with the less secure USA methodology.
Its worse than you think here. They are finally rolling out chip based cards in the US, and the system is just "Chip" .. no PIN required.
Basically, there are many businesses in the USA who won't ship internationally for many reasons.
There is also the market where these businesses will ship to foreign destinations, but charge a huge premium for the privilege. Thus making dealing with re-shippers attractive.