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  1. Re: on Apple Pushes Developers To iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    Possibly. In this case I adore that you think it's possible I could pass for a hipster and I really meant that it's faster to do many operations I care about and seems to consume fewer resources while doing so. I cannot however state that it's always faster for everything. It might be, but I can't prove it. Why all the hate?

  2. Re:Requires continuous decryption of known texts on Scientists Extract RSA Key From GnuPG Using Sound of CPU · · Score: 1

    No. The cipher text is encrypted with a public key (which is public) and then sent to the target machine to be decrypted with the private key, which is what is being attacked.

  3. Re: on Apple Pushes Developers To iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    I can appreciate that, and I didn't like Windows 8 quite as well as 7, however I prefer 8.1 to either one. WIN+I eliminates seeking one "hidden corner" for settings and putting the start button back more than fixes everything else, if you right click it you will see what I mean. It's not perfect, and hopefully the 8.1 update will address some other issues but it's damn good really. Win RT is still lame. ;)

  4. Re: on Apple Pushes Developers To iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but with 8.1 I *like* the UI. The right click start menu options are the best thing since sliced bread, and I didn't spend a lot of quality time with the old start menu, and found it sort of cumbersome. Win+R still works, as do the other shortcuts. Win+I brings up the settings pane thinger. And so on.

  5. Re:Requires continuous decryption of known texts on Scientists Extract RSA Key From GnuPG Using Sound of CPU · · Score: 1

    Yes, because no one could come into a conference room and set a cell phone next to the target notebook while sending ciphertext to the notebook at the same time. For an hour long meeting. Ever.

  6. Re:Remember TEMPEST? on Scientists Extract RSA Key From GnuPG Using Sound of CPU · · Score: 1, Informative

    Hi.

    the Nyquist limit of the audio sampling hardware of a cell phone over instruction rate of a modern CPU is a pretty small fraction.

    Also, potatoes are delicious. Both statements have very little to do with the paper in question.

  7. Re:Good thing im exempt on Scientists Extract RSA Key From GnuPG Using Sound of CPU · · Score: 1

    I'll just use my box full of cat next to it instead of a microphone.

  8. Re:Remember TEMPEST? on Scientists Extract RSA Key From GnuPG Using Sound of CPU · · Score: 1

    The article says the second to last revision of the crypto did this, and that the change made it more vulnerable. Apparently it's a difficult problem.

  9. Re: on Apple Pushes Developers To iOS 7 · · Score: 2

    Well Windows 8.1 seems snappier than Windows 7 was. Maybe the work they did in trying to shoehorn it onto a tablet actually was useful for PC users in some way.

  10. Re:not super expensive at all on US Light Bulb Phase-Out's Next Step Begins Next Month · · Score: 1

    But will it prevent my pumphouse from freezing in the winter?

  11. Re:Massively overblown issue? on Safari Stores Previous Browsing Session Data Unencrypted · · Score: 1

    Or they should require the user to re-enter the credentials during the restoration.

  12. Re:You can buy 2 TB flash drives now on Why Cloud Infrastructure Pricing Is Absurd · · Score: 2

    As well as (optionally) presence in multiple regions for better responsiveness and robustness. Netflix uses Amazon for a reason.

  13. Re:When you have a bad driver ... on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    I don't see ANYONE claiming it's unsafe if driven within the envelope of legality on public roads. There are plenty of cars sold today that "lack" stability control.

  14. Re:How? on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry I spent all my mod points. Nice post.

  15. Re:Found and thieves will die on Medical Radioactive Material Truck Stolen In Mexico · · Score: 1

    Grand theft auto can carry a death sentence I guess.

  16. Re:in Mexico? on Medical Radioactive Material Truck Stolen In Mexico · · Score: 1

    It's powered by Cobalt-60 .....

  17. If public schools are not owned by the public, who owns them?

  18. Re:Theft on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you wouldn't have done it at a random stranger's house, why would you do it at your children's school without asking?

    The same reason I'd take a piss in the school restroom without asking, but not in yours.

  19. Re:More than theft on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 2

    A standard 115v nominal household (NEMA 5-15p) plug is rated for 15 amps, maximum, although it's not uncommon to run a 12ga wire and protect a compatible receptacle at 20 amps. More than that is unheard of for a 5-15 serving circuit.

  20. Re:How can they be SURE it won't floor the pedal? on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 1

    Data integrity checks on the CAN bus.

  21. Re:NEVER on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 1

    My VW has keyless ignition and an electronically actuated steering lock (which I always view with a little suspicion anyway when I hear it release and the steering wheel rocks a bit) so I wonder what the failure mode would be for that little gem.

  22. Re:Oh great, what could possibly go wrong? on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 1

    No difference at all when I tried it - maybe your car has an automatic transmission and the engine drops to zero RPM before the car is stopped?

  23. Risk assessment on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 1

    For a motorcycle, the instrument cluster isn't really in your face, one of the nice things about the experience. No competent rider should have even the slightest issue with an engine shutdown in a motorcycle. That's just that. The most that would happen is in some very high performance models the variable steering damper might misbehave, but if you're riding in a way that you need that, you're already well outside the realm of legal operations. For the car, the steering will possibly get stiff and brakes less responsive, and as you say, there will be possibly some distractions. As long as it's less dangerous in sum than a protracted high speed chase, it's still a win.

  24. 20% is OK I guess on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 1

    Well, number 2 shouldn't be an issue; if the engine losing power causes a wreck the driver was unsafe already. As for 3, no, brakes and steering are not, AFAIK, pure drive by wire although I'd be open to a citation otherwise. Given those, 4 is irrelevant; if an engine outage causes a person to wreck they shouldn't have been driving, and 5 is interesting and a little scary.

  25. A 1960s Range Rover on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 1

    A 1960s Range Rover will stop on it's own soon enough.