Quite some time ago, to be sure, in the late 40's. Point is that it was a practical technique in a real-world situation then, and remains so today. Just because a gun is a better way to kill people doesn't mean that knives don't work anymore.
As for being blown, you tell me: Abdul's apartment has just been searched, but they didn't find anything. Are YOU willing to meet with him to discuss your plans for Armageddon? I'm not -- I'm going to assume that he's being followed, that his phone is tapped, and that everybody with whom he's been seen is being treated similarly, and I'm going home quietly. I can always come back next year, or I can send my little brother, or I can work in Canada. At least from what I've read, physical searches are the last stage of the investigation for just that reason.
There's a higher risk for the agent in OTP, but less risk for the data, so it just comes down to relative value. Is the secret worth the risk to the agent? Atomic bomb in the Empire State Building? OTP, and maybe I lose a few guys at the border. Stink bomb in the cafeteria? TI-81 and my people are safe.
Excuse me? My mother was a code clerk for DoS. One-time pads were used daily, and quite effectively, thank you very much.
Sure, there are distribution issues, but those are issues, not show-stoppers.
Remember that terrorism and espionage are dangerous activities. Risk is to be balanced, not eliminated, and perfect solutions aren't particularly sought, just effective ones. If a terrorist's belongings are searched in detail, he's already blown, so write him off and move on.
I'm reminded of a comment from the IRA after a foiled attempt to kill a member of the royal family. Roughly (from memory), they said, "You were lucky. You'll have to be lucky every time. We only have to be lucky once."
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No, a nifty animation. See, adjectives are not like hand grenades. They have specific nouns they modify, in this case "flash animation", rather than every noun in the vicinity, like "118 dead seamen".
I understand your concern that their deaths not be trivialized, but I think your energies are misdirected here.
OK, I guess I'm old and stupid, but what the hell is an "oxygen fire"? Back when I was a kid and they invented fire, all fires used oxygen. I was out sick for while during the bronze age -- did I miss something?
Well, it's been a few years, but yeah, first thing in the AM, stone cold (engine and me both), on my back with a feeler gauge, just like Muir said, and like Muir said, it's kind of loose and they rattle some. I always liked the sound, myself.
Since all the penguins are native to the Southern Hemisphere, I can only imagine that those particular birds are following you, perhaps listening in on your phone calls and reading your mail. I'd suggest a fresh foil wrap for your head.
Wow -- after 30 years you finally fixed the Professor's coconut radio, huh? You've got some catching up to do. Here, now that you've digested Armstrong's death in 1971, I'll get you started:
We're not fighting in Vietnam anymore
The USSR is back to being Russia, and they're smaller now. We like them, mostly
Nixon's dead
Ronald Reagan was President for a while. No, really -- I'm not making this up
People have computers in their homes now, and most everybody has color TV
We found out that cigarettes are good for you, but only in suppository form
Scientists suspect that penguins are the true dominant life form on Earth
Oh, and I hate to be the one to break this to you, but the Skipper and both the Howells passed away a few years ago, and both Ginger and Mary Ann will always think of you like a brother. Sorry.
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You're right -- the fact that McVeigh ran away before the explosion makes all the difference.
Well, maybe you could, but I certainly wouldn't because it might weaken my point:)
All I'm saying is that we're comparing the business accumen of two men, one of whom has been, however briefly, the head of a successful company, and one of whom has not. I'm not going to dismiss the former simply on the word of the latter.
The second may sound correct, but since you've written it as a possessive it is in fact wrong regardless of the correct plural of "Lego" (unless the questions was part of a discussion along the lines of, "Where are my pants? Where are my Lego's?", assuming that you dress your building blocks in little trousers).
On the other hand, Peter Tattam is the only one of the three to have operated a successful software company, and he did so by producing a product which coexisted with Windows.
There was a show on TLC/Discovery/The History Channel (damned if I can tell tem apart anymore) the other day that mentioned that when the Brooklyn Bridge was complete, the Army marched a brigade over it in step, as a deliberate statement of faith in the massive design.
I remember the KC collapse, although swaying to the music was news to me. IIRC, the design was fine, but the plans had been modified during construction, replacing one big continuous rod with two smaller rods in series. I particularly recall a friend of mine, then an engineering student close to graduation, proudly noting that the decision had apparently been made by a junior engineer, "just like me!":)
You know, I try to follow what I call the "Ummm Rule". It's based on the idea that if my explanation for a hypothetical accident begins with "Ummm...see, it was like this...", than maybe I need to reconsider my plans.
("You left the keys in the car?"
("Ummm, yeah, see, 'cause I was only going in for a minute...")
As improbable as it seems, this would seem to me to be a classic Ummm situation:
"You destroyed half of San Francisco for a laugh!?"
"Ummm, well, yeah, but we didn't think it would ever really work...!"
My problem is that the judgement of drunks is notoriously bad. "I thought I could drive OK" has to be among the most common dying declarations.
I'd want the breathalyzer set pretty high, of course, but if you're seeing double your buddy might have a better chance waiting with a tourniquet than on the road with a panicked drunk driving the car.
Bottom line is that drunk drivers are killing Americans faster than the Vetnam war, and most of us have run out of patience. We could allow roadside executions, but this machine might be better.
3) While "carefully" weaving your way into town, you drive head-on into my car and kill us all.
How about one of you stays sober at any given time while you're away from ambulances and phones? Could be a strain, but you could work in shifts. As an added bonus, the sober one might have intervened when your buddy picked up the ax, instead of giggling with the rest of you.
I like a beer in the evening, but I have a simple rule: "I was drunk" is never an excuse for anything.
Remember that NATO was created to defend Europe against a Soviet invasion, an invasion which would need to be fought in people's backyards and farms, since most of Europe is either backyard or farm.
Only when you're the invader can you hope to deal exclusively with established enemy bases (and even then you're probably wrong).
Strictly speaking, the original intent for the.org was pretty much "other" To quote from RFC 1032:
"ORG" exists as a parent to subdomains that do not clearly fall within the other top-level domains. This may include technical-support groups, professional societies, or similar organizations.
Although this implies other than corporate, government, educational institution, military, or network op's, the more specific idea of.org being NPO came a bit later.
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As for being blown, you tell me: Abdul's apartment has just been searched, but they didn't find anything. Are YOU willing to meet with him to discuss your plans for Armageddon? I'm not -- I'm going to assume that he's being followed, that his phone is tapped, and that everybody with whom he's been seen is being treated similarly, and I'm going home quietly. I can always come back next year, or I can send my little brother, or I can work in Canada. At least from what I've read, physical searches are the last stage of the investigation for just that reason.
There's a higher risk for the agent in OTP, but less risk for the data, so it just comes down to relative value. Is the secret worth the risk to the agent? Atomic bomb in the Empire State Building? OTP, and maybe I lose a few guys at the border. Stink bomb in the cafeteria? TI-81 and my people are safe.
Sure, there are distribution issues, but those are issues, not show-stoppers.
Remember that terrorism and espionage are dangerous activities. Risk is to be balanced, not eliminated, and perfect solutions aren't particularly sought, just effective ones. If a terrorist's belongings are searched in detail, he's already blown, so write him off and move on.
I'm reminded of a comment from the IRA after a foiled attempt to kill a member of the royal family. Roughly (from memory), they said, "You were lucky. You'll have to be lucky every time. We only have to be lucky once."
I understand your concern that their deaths not be trivialized, but I think your energies are misdirected here.
OK, I guess I'm old and stupid, but what the hell is an "oxygen fire"? Back when I was a kid and they invented fire, all fires used oxygen. I was out sick for while during the bronze age -- did I miss something?
I miss that car. *sniff*
That rattle in the bug? That's not noise -- that's just the valves singing along with the radio. :)
I've been trolled? Who's yelling, "Shut the fuck up!" at whom?
You've tried this? Do you room with Tarzan, or what?
Since all the penguins are native to the Southern Hemisphere, I can only imagine that those particular birds are following you, perhaps listening in on your phone calls and reading your mail. I'd suggest a fresh foil wrap for your head.
We could settle things on the playground after recess, but most of those settlements only last until the bigger guy is out of sight.
Oh, and I hate to be the one to break this to you, but the Skipper and both the Howells passed away a few years ago, and both Ginger and Mary Ann will always think of you like a brother. Sorry.
You're right -- the fact that McVeigh ran away before the explosion makes all the difference.
And naturally I had to give my post a typo. "Questions was" indeed! "Question was", of course.
All I'm saying is that we're comparing the business accumen of two men, one of whom has been, however briefly, the head of a successful company, and one of whom has not. I'm not going to dismiss the former simply on the word of the latter.
Actually, if you read the bylaws carefully, expertise excludes one from posting on Slashdot
In other words, Tattam may not have gotten any lately, but at least he's not a virgin.
The second may sound correct, but since you've written it as a possessive it is in fact wrong regardless of the correct plural of "Lego" (unless the questions was part of a discussion along the lines of, "Where are my pants? Where are my Lego's?", assuming that you dress your building blocks in little trousers).
On the other hand, Peter Tattam is the only one of the three to have operated a successful software company, and he did so by producing a product which coexisted with Windows.
I remember the KC collapse, although swaying to the music was news to me. IIRC, the design was fine, but the plans had been modified during construction, replacing one big continuous rod with two smaller rods in series. I particularly recall a friend of mine, then an engineering student close to graduation, proudly noting that the decision had apparently been made by a junior engineer, "just like me!" :)
("You left the keys in the car?"
("Ummm, yeah, see, 'cause I was only going in for a minute...")
As improbable as it seems, this would seem to me to be a classic Ummm situation:
"You destroyed half of San Francisco for a laugh!?"
"Ummm, well, yeah, but we didn't think it would ever really work...!"
I'd want the breathalyzer set pretty high, of course, but if you're seeing double your buddy might have a better chance waiting with a tourniquet than on the road with a panicked drunk driving the car.
Bottom line is that drunk drivers are killing Americans faster than the Vetnam war, and most of us have run out of patience. We could allow roadside executions, but this machine might be better.
3) While "carefully" weaving your way into town, you drive head-on into my car and kill us all.
How about one of you stays sober at any given time while you're away from ambulances and phones? Could be a strain, but you could work in shifts. As an added bonus, the sober one might have intervened when your buddy picked up the ax, instead of giggling with the rest of you.
I like a beer in the evening, but I have a simple rule: "I was drunk" is never an excuse for anything.
Last Thursday. Didn't you get the memo?
Only when you're the invader can you hope to deal exclusively with established enemy bases (and even then you're probably wrong).
Although this implies other than corporate, government, educational institution, military, or network op's, the more specific idea of