What is more interesting but not surprising at all is that is you search on msn.com or search.msn.com for "search" or "search engine" google or most any of Microsoft's competitors are not even there.
Would be interesting if you could raid these thing, need more storage just dump a handful in to the pot next to you computer.
Would be hell to try to find one that had gone faulty but I expect you could just turn it off.
My only concern would be the non-technical collage room mate who drunk and looking for food at 2 am try to cook you rice and then eat it. Brings a whole new side to data recovery.
Do you know how much good junk that goes in there.... Just think about what kind of paper most people though away.
- Say it was you average home wastebasket... We are looking at the possibility of bank statements, utility bills, credit card statement, personal letters, and maybe even some interesting notes or other pieces of projects you are working on for outside companies or just person stuff. This could be vary useful for numerous illicit activities and I expect could get the buyer upwards of a few thousand dollars in return. (one must remember that most people are not that careful with there or others private information)
- Now say that was a corporate wastebasket. Un realest financial statements, password, internal document, possible designs, and who know what else in untapped goodies. (On the most part people in corporation are a bit more careful with their waste but in general I account this more to luck.) Possible financial reward for some one, unknown but could be millions.
- And last but not lest a bag of shredded paper Add in a scanner, a computer, a small algorithm and some patients. Lets not even go there....
Call me a noob, but does anyone have any idea how much resolution the human eye can detect (per some unit of area, of course)?
That would depend completely on the person, magazines are printed on average from 72 to 150 dpi (dots per square inch for those who are not familiar with that) high quality photo are generally printed between 300 and 600 dpi (note a quick search showed this as a resolution for a really high quality printer 5760 x 1440 dpi (note that the number of dotes across the page is almost always larger then the number down, (same with you TV) this is just due the problems of mechanically moving the paper down. This is used for better blending even if you photo dose not have that resolution)
As all printer print in individual dotes of CMYK, the problem that though you cannot see the dots at a low resolution but the quality of the blending or gradients that you are able to achieve are not nearly as good (take a magnifier glass to a color photo on a newspaper). This is why in magazines images look grainier when they are being blended (technical term is dithering). Photos do not have this problem since each dote there is an exact representation of the color.
So in its' simplest forum you have the person, how far the person is from the image, the image dpi, and the number of colors used in the printing of the image (if you want to get picky lighting and the room also play a role and other things).
Resolution has no baring on its' own the reason most artist and other professions want it is that you can blow up the image with out pixelilization occurring.
This I must say as amusing, that they would use this in way against another country with they way the act. I mean this only means that the US gets to have free trade with you but dose not guarantee that you get free trade with the US. Hell look at the Canada vs. US on softwood lumber. If that was any indication of how the US treats free trade I do not know why you would want to be part of it.
Just another case of the rule apply to you not us.
1. makes a rule 2. brakes the rule they just made 3. sues when others brake rule 4. Profits
This is why only commercial software like windows Vista will ship on time, on schedule, and on budget. With no bug and all the feature one could dream of.
Ok I am going to stop now. While one could argue this when only looking at a model it certainly dose not hold up better then the commercial model, at lest the one Microsoft uses.
While it is true that you do not have some one to bitch to when something goes wrong with the system is that any better then having a company ignore you complaints, or just listen and say it is ok we will fix it is a service pack? If you think Microsoft is accountable to you please by all means share what ever you are smoking because it has to be some good stuff.
Fist off asking slashdot is a fantasist idea you might get an off the wall idea as it to follow or just some good general advice. Being vague might just be a problem with and NDA. Paying some one or going only with in your own department you are only going to get what is familiar, which is not the best answer.
Now as for the biometric key drives in personally research they do not provide enough protection to secure such data.
What I would suggest is just a portable USB hard drive. With all the data encrypted using a key generated from the unique serial numbers on the computer and an additional random generated number stored on a key such as this one (http://www.marx.com/en/products.php) or just any public key, each branch could also have one key with the privet key to decrypt the data in case they need to recover it locked in a vault preferably requiring at lest 2 different people to access this key since (if you are in a bank as you say this should not be that hard to arrange) they would never need this key unless they were doing a recovery and you could also key one at a central site incase of an unforeseen events or not, but I suspect if they ever loses theirs you would just replace the entire set (though you would have a much bigger problem on your hands I would think).
Seeing as there small key has 4kb of storage using a large key with AES (probably SHA-512 or again what ever tickles you) would keep your data pretty safe or at lest the government would think so.
The only other thing I would recommend in keeping 2 backups in 2 completely different locations, people do walk off with stuff, or more politely they misplace things.
Hope this helps or gives you some ideas, I am just babbling a little from things I have done. Post if you have a question or want to strike up a conversation.
And I whole heartily encourage all patent and IP lawyers to go to those black holes and ether Subpoena them or deliver a notice of possible infringement.
This should solve all lot of problem here on earth as well, if we can get them to all go.
Unless that is the Black hole decides to show up for its court date.
Now don't forget boy's and girls if you learnt something this year to accurately estimate the Intellectual property that you have gained and if you have taught anyone then that you have spent and report it on your tax bill. Also if that knowledge increases with value over time that gain must also be reported as well.
Honestly I just don't know what to say ladies and gentlemen. I do not think I could afford that tax bill.
(Rant about cannel road, near Toronto, Canada left out for your sanity)
I know this is going to sound wired but these things are really a major danger in a lot of cases. They make people feel invincible or something like that.
All these systems do not protect us from out own stupidity. Which is what people seem want or at lest expect and the better the system the stupider people get. When something dose go wrong people want to blame anyone or thing but them selves.
After a certain point these system become a hindrance and not a help. (This is actually true for most system that humans have made or built)
And to finish a Quote which I think fits: "Build a fool proof system and god will build a better fool"
Come on people we all know that he really just got booted off the Windows Vista monstrosity (I would call it a project but... well you can fill that in). He is looking for something to do some reason for him to stay and justify his enormous salary to Bill. We all know nothing works better to tingle Bill's thingy (well what ever he has) then threatening to sue someone and bashing Linux and it's a double bonus that he dose it in the same sentence.
With the way the 2 rovers are going I'd say anything is possible at this point. 3 month terminal life expectancy going on 2 years and no signs of stopping in site (well except for a lame weal)
"Superman" is an identifiable thing that can be tied to a specific object. A base idea if you will. If you are given a set of images you could identify what ones had superman in them.
A "Superhero" is, well an idea. Not anything tangible. (An abstract class if you will on to which all good Things can be inherited from). Given the same set of images as above things suddenly do not become clear.
Also the length of time that ether a "Superhero" or "Superman" have been around that there copy right would have expired by now. (But that would be hoping too much on the US government)
One a side note: Dose this mean that the creators of Unix or who ever created the fist operating system can sue Microsoft and ask them to stop claming that they are Such. (Ah dreams).
All and all this seams as absurd as the problem that people have with using the word marriage to mean "A union between two people" (I will let some one else explain that).
The generic e-book cost the same as a general paper back, I can't say to a friend here go read this kool book with out also lending them my $XXX device as well... That for stories.
But I know a lot of professional who would love these for references if they came in a 8x10 2 page format for a reasonable price i.e. $1000-$1500, nothing to fancy they just need long battery life (12-24h) maybe 1 inch thick, (this is not unrealistic with the technology that is out there I have looked it is just the e-paper will cost you something like $10,000usd and well I think that is a bit much)... but you are looking at $3000 for a 4x6 development kit and I a guessing that translates to well we will go conservative $500 for a final device.
As for me though I prefer audio books http://www.audible.com/, often these are less then the paper back versions and for my reference book, well when the computer is not working or I need something quick nothing bets the reliability of a dead tree with printing on it. (I might change my mind if the above device was available)
"Without cubes, we never would have been given Dilbert, Office Space or User Friendly. Cubes aint all that bad!"
Yes but is that better then the possibility that we would never had a need for these vent in the first place. For we would have been in a better place...
Anyway we sill have our bosses and co-workers to complain about. That alone is enough for those cartoons and then some.
Would this not be an excellent use for a Pebble bed reactor or similar device instead of using heat to make electricity to make heat why not just use the heat?
True but then there would be a security issue. Right now RIM Controls the passage of messages around there network from the ground up. This makes them vary secure or just one big central target. Ether way they have control.
With this new system the messages are going to be waiting on a 3erd part system.
Now say I a some paranoid Government agency would I A) have my messages stored at random server around the world or B) have them stored at on secure location where I can have them halted if need be?
Slashdot Mirror
What is more interesting but not surprising at all is that is you search on msn.com or search.msn.com for "search" or "search engine" google or most any of Microsoft's competitors are not even there.
"roughly the same size as a grain of rice"
Would be interesting if you could raid these thing, need more storage just dump a handful in to the pot next to you computer.
Would be hell to try to find one that had gone faulty but I expect you could just turn it off.
My only concern would be the non-technical collage room mate who drunk and looking for food at 2 am try to cook you rice and then eat it. Brings a whole new side to data recovery.
For those who are willing to actually let there site respon.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfrag/
Frag count
www.Slashdot.org: 1
www.openfrag.org: 0
Slashdot wins this round...OpenFrag is dead.
Don't Under estimate the waste basket!
Do you know how much good junk that goes in there.... Just think about what kind of paper most people though away.
- Say it was you average home wastebasket...
We are looking at the possibility of bank statements, utility bills, credit card statement, personal letters, and maybe even some interesting notes or other pieces of projects you are working on for outside companies or just person stuff.
This could be vary useful for numerous illicit activities and I expect could get the buyer upwards of a few thousand dollars in return.
(one must remember that most people are not that careful with there or others private information)
- Now say that was a corporate wastebasket.
Un realest financial statements, password, internal document, possible designs, and who know what else in untapped goodies.
(On the most part people in corporation are a bit more careful with their waste but in general I account this more to luck.)
Possible financial reward for some one, unknown but could be millions.
- And last but not lest a bag of shredded paper
Add in a scanner, a computer, a small algorithm and some patients.
Lets not even go there....
Call me a noob, but does anyone have any idea how much resolution the human eye can detect (per some unit of area, of course)?
That would depend completely on the person, magazines are printed on average from 72 to 150 dpi (dots per square inch for those who are not familiar with that) high quality photo are generally printed between 300 and 600 dpi (note a quick search showed this as a resolution for a really high quality printer 5760 x 1440 dpi (note that the number of dotes across the page is almost always larger then the number down, (same with you TV) this is just due the problems of mechanically moving the paper down. This is used for better blending even if you photo dose not have that resolution)
As all printer print in individual dotes of CMYK, the problem that though you cannot see the dots at a low resolution but the quality of the blending or gradients that you are able to achieve are not nearly as good (take a magnifier glass to a color photo on a newspaper). This is why in magazines images look grainier when they are being blended (technical term is dithering). Photos do not have this problem since each dote there is an exact representation of the color.
So in its' simplest forum you have the person, how far the person is from the image, the image dpi, and the number of colors used in the printing of the image (if you want to get picky lighting and the room also play a role and other things).
Resolution has no baring on its' own the reason most artist and other professions want it is that you can blow up the image with out pixelilization occurring.
Well no answer just some more random information.
This I must say as amusing, that they would use this in way against another country with they way the act. I mean this only means that the US gets to have free trade with you but dose not guarantee that you get free trade with the US. Hell look at the Canada vs. US on softwood lumber. If that was any indication of how the US treats free trade I do not know why you would want to be part of it.
Just another case of the rule apply to you not us.
1. makes a rule
2. brakes the rule they just made
3. sues when others brake rule
4. Profits
I had a boss like this. Key word being had.
This is why only commercial software like windows Vista will ship on time, on schedule, and on budget. With no bug and all the feature one could dream of.
Ok I am going to stop now. While one could argue this when only looking at a model it certainly dose not hold up better then the commercial model, at lest the one Microsoft uses.
While it is true that you do not have some one to bitch to when something goes wrong with the system is that any better then having a company ignore you complaints, or just listen and say it is ok we will fix it is a service pack? If you think Microsoft is accountable to you please by all means share what ever you are smoking because it has to be some good stuff.
Fist off asking slashdot is a fantasist idea you might get an off the wall idea as it to follow or just some good general advice. Being vague might just be a problem with and NDA. Paying some one or going only with in your own department you are only going to get what is familiar, which is not the best answer.
Now as for the biometric key drives in personally research they do not provide enough protection to secure such data.
What I would suggest is just a portable USB hard drive. With all the data encrypted using a key generated from the unique serial numbers on the computer and an additional random generated number stored on a key such as this one (http://www.marx.com/en/products.php) or just any public key, each branch could also have one key with the privet key to decrypt the data in case they need to recover it locked in a vault preferably requiring at lest 2 different people to access this key since (if you are in a bank as you say this should not be that hard to arrange) they would never need this key unless they were doing a recovery and you could also key one at a central site incase of an unforeseen events or not, but I suspect if they ever loses theirs you would just replace the entire set (though you would have a much bigger problem on your hands I would think).
Seeing as there small key has 4kb of storage using a large key with AES (probably SHA-512 or again what ever tickles you) would keep your data pretty safe or at lest the government would think so.
The only other thing I would recommend in keeping 2 backups in 2 completely different locations, people do walk off with stuff, or more politely they misplace things.
Hope this helps or gives you some ideas, I am just babbling a little from things I have done. Post if you have a question or want to strike up a conversation.
Injoy
And I whole heartily encourage all patent and IP lawyers to go to those black holes and ether Subpoena them or deliver a notice of possible infringement.
This should solve all lot of problem here on earth as well, if we can get them to all go.
Unless that is the Black hole decides to show up for its court date.
Now don't forget boy's and girls if you learnt something this year to accurately estimate the Intellectual property that you have gained and if you have taught anyone then that you have spent and report it on your tax bill. Also if that knowledge increases with value over time that gain must also be reported as well.
Honestly I just don't know what to say ladies and gentlemen. I do not think I could afford that tax bill.
(Rant about cannel road, near Toronto, Canada left out for your sanity)
I know this is going to sound wired but these things are really a major danger in a lot of cases. They make people feel invincible or something like that.
All these systems do not protect us from out own stupidity. Which is what people seem want or at lest expect and the better the system the stupider people get. When something dose go wrong people want to blame anyone or thing but them selves.
After a certain point these system become a hindrance and not a help. (This is actually true for most system that humans have made or built)
And to finish a Quote which I think fits:
"Build a fool proof system and god will build a better fool"
Maybe the fool's need fixing and not the system.
Come on people we all know that he really just got booted off the Windows Vista monstrosity (I would call it a project but... well you can fill that in). He is looking for something to do some reason for him to stay and justify his enormous salary to Bill. We all know nothing works better to tingle Bill's thingy (well what ever he has) then threatening to sue someone and bashing Linux and it's a double bonus that he dose it in the same sentence.
With the way the 2 rovers are going I'd say anything is possible at this point. 3 month terminal life expectancy going on 2 years and no signs of stopping in site (well except for a lame weal)
The one linked is a little bland for my taste
h ysics/
r g.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&percentage_se rved=100&tab=wn&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=NVIDIA+SLI+Physics &btnG=Search+News
this one is better:
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/20/nvidia_sli_forp
Or choose you own adventure via Google news:
http://news.google.ca/news?client=firefox-a&rls=o
Yes but...
"Superman" is an identifiable thing that can be tied to a specific object. A base idea if you will. If you are given a set of images you could identify what ones had superman in them.
A "Superhero" is, well an idea. Not anything tangible. (An abstract class if you will on to which all good Things can be inherited from). Given the same set of images as above things suddenly do not become clear.
Also the length of time that ether a "Superhero" or "Superman" have been around that there copy right would have expired by now. (But that would be hoping too much on the US government)
One a side note: Dose this mean that the creators of Unix or who ever created the fist operating system can sue Microsoft and ask them to stop claming that they are Such. (Ah dreams).
All and all this seams as absurd as the problem that people have with using the word marriage to mean "A union between two people" (I will let some one else explain that).
Never mind missed the "predicts" mod me to hell
Just a question is it not 2006 now or did I miss something?
The generic e-book cost the same as a general paper back, I can't say to a friend here go read this kool book with out also lending them my $XXX device as well... That for stories.
But I know a lot of professional who would love these for references if they came in a 8x10 2 page format for a reasonable price i.e. $1000-$1500, nothing to fancy they just need long battery life (12-24h) maybe 1 inch thick, (this is not unrealistic with the technology that is out there I have looked it is just the e-paper will cost you something like $10,000usd and well I think that is a bit much)... but you are looking at $3000 for a 4x6 development kit and I a guessing that translates to well we will go conservative $500 for a final device.
As for me though I prefer audio books http://www.audible.com/, often these are less then the paper back versions and for my reference book, well when the computer is not working or I need something quick nothing bets the reliability of a dead tree with printing on it. (I might change my mind if the above device was available)
Don't scare us like that for a second there I miss read it and thought you wanted to RFID tag him.
"Without cubes, we never would have been given Dilbert, Office Space or User Friendly. Cubes aint all that bad!"
Yes but is that better then the possibility that we would never had a need for these vent in the first place. For we would have been in a better place...
Anyway we sill have our bosses and co-workers to complain about. That alone is enough for those cartoons and then some.
Would this not be an excellent use for a Pebble bed reactor or similar device instead of using heat to make electricity to make heat why not just use the heat?
True but then there would be a security issue. Right now RIM Controls the passage of messages around there network from the ground up. This makes them vary secure or just one big central target. Ether way they have control.
With this new system the messages are going to be waiting on a 3erd part system.
Now say I a some paranoid Government agency would I
A) have my messages stored at random server around the world
or
B) have them stored at on secure location where I can have them halted if need be?
I am afraid that you are infringing on one of my patents.
/. With content that is directly related to the article to which said First Post was posted is contained."
"A First Post on
I would kindly ask that you remove your post and rewrite it at some later point in this discussion.
Intelligent First Posts, next they actually look at patents before the issuing them... What is the world coming to?
Slashdot in CCS
will it be Internet Explorer 7 Complient?
Mahaha......
Sory my bad... had a moment...