Re:Can anyone confirm this?
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I can confirm that this works. My day job is as a smart card consultant for a very large computer company. I have a large stack of dual interface (ISO 7816 contact and ISO 14443 type A contactless) cards sitting next to me. If you cover a card in tin foil it no longer can communicate contactlessly. One layer on one side of the card seems to be plenty.
If you are opposed to alien-of-the-week plots then you will love the new Battlestar Galactica when it comes out in January. The first several shows have a 24 feel to them as there is constant tension that moves it along.
Or you could cheat and download the episodes that have already aired in the UK...
Forgive me for posting that the article is a dupe during the same minute that everyone else did. In the future perhaps you could look at timestamps before passing your infantile judgement.
You don't need all citizens to be vigilant for it to work. You only need a small percentage of people to look at their ballots to figure out if something fishy is going on. If you instruct voters to confirm their choices on the receipt then the majority of them will. Even if only 5% do you will be able to verify it.
A paper receipt is a simple low-tech fix to a problem that is otherwise very difficult to solve. As for open source and verification of code, that only goes so far. Read Trusting trust and see how Ken Thompson describes a situation in which having the source code will do you no good.
Having gone to Stanford, I'm well aware of our rival's reputation for liberalism. BTW, Big Game is tomorrow, Beat Cal!
I'll be the first to admit that a paper trail isn't a perfect solution because it needs to be voted verified, but it is certainly better than the current situation in which no recount or verification is possible.
One more thing, this doesn't show that anyone stole the election. Their prediction is that Bush still would have won. However this is a very disturbing result and hopefully people will wake up and take notice and get the paper trails printed. How easy is that?
It seems that you read the article and missed the meaning then.
The models they used, which included race, predicted the outcome accurately in all areas where e-voting was not used. The deviations from the model ONLY occured with e-voting, and then correlated with the number of Democrats in the area.
Remember, this article was written by a journalist and not an engineer or scientist. His opinion is on this subject is about as informed as yours or mine. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he has some connection to the group that is pushing the Skull Valley solution. When you start looking at the people speaking out on this issue you rarely find an impatial observer.
There is nothing to indicate that he wants to establish some sort of rotation in which waste will cool off for 100 years before being dealt with. The only argument that has merit is that in 100 years we will probably be better able to determine a solution. Of course that holds true if the waste is stored at Yucca or elsewhere.
It seems foolish to go through the trouble of gathering up all the waste in the country, running it down I-80 past population centers, only to store it temporarily in an open air facility.
The main fallacy that I see with the article is that it keeps repeating that "in 100 years the waste won't be as hot!"
That assumes that we won't be making any waste during the next 100 years, which strikes me as incredibly unlikely. I would expect better thinking from the MIT Technology Review than, "Of course we'll be able to solve today's problems in 100 years!" And this without considering that in those 100 years the problem will grow.
I also don't understand why if casks are so great, why not store them at Yucca Mountain instead of the Skull Valley site, which is open air and closer to Salt Lake than Yucca Mountain is to Las Vegas.
If you have to haul two of them you should consider getting two X series Thinkpads. If the X doesn't cut it then two T series laptops. I often travel with three laptops, from a selection of various Thinkpads. I can tell you that I much prefer hauling a T40 and two T21s to hauling a T30 and an A31.
If you have a friend that works for IBM ask them about the friends and family program. They just upped the internal discount to 35%.
I would love to see Disney develop more original movies like Lilo and Stich rather than relying characters and premises developed by others. I wish them luck in their creative endeavors. I do not wish them luck in mindless sequels or their copyright extension campaign.
I also hope that Pixar doesn't have to turn over any models, animations, textures, code, etc. I would guess that if their contract doesn't demand that they do so then they won't have to.
and that it quickly becomes a direct to video failure. C'mon Disney, is mining existing properties all that you have left in you? What happened to creativity anyhow?
Many commercials could be considered offensive. What if you don't drink? What if you don't want your kids to demand sugar cereals? What if you don't want to know about the benefits of Viagra?
Release by either EA or LucasArts in the late 80s or early (pre 1992?) 90s that had a replay with several options for the camera angle. User controlled was one of the options. I'm too lazy to look up the name.
Re:Hope the level design is better this time
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But from a monetary perspective, any economist would tell you they did the right thing.
I think you are confused about the difference between an economist and an MBA.
I went through at least 10 C=64 power supplies. Those things needed to be water cooled or something. If I had know what was going on I probably would have put the power supply up on a chair instead of the floor and had a large fan blowing on it constantly.
Regardless of the application, you need to have the keys. If you buy cards with the Visa test keys (usually only used for development and demos) then it would be pretty easy. I am not aware of any vendors that will arrange for secure unique key generation in small volumes, but I am sure that if you offered them enough money you could get some. If it is just for hobby applications then the keys might not matter and you could use the test keys. Still you need the tools to write, test, and load applets. You can get them from IBM here.
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Some web pads use wacom tech for the pen.
I can confirm that this works. My day job is as a smart card consultant for a very large computer company. I have a large stack of dual interface (ISO 7816 contact and ISO 14443 type A contactless) cards sitting next to me. If you cover a card in tin foil it no longer can communicate contactlessly. One layer on one side of the card seems to be plenty.
Not to mention the unexpected Incredible Hulk reference in the most recent episode.
Or you could cheat and download the episodes that have already aired in the UK...
Forgive me for posting that the article is a dupe during the same minute that everyone else did. In the future perhaps you could look at timestamps before passing your infantile judgement.
Here is the original
oddly enough, there is an IBM research project involving putting two trackpoints on a single keyboard as evidenced below:
IBM pdf
Slashdot commentary on dual trackpoint keyboard
A paper receipt is a simple low-tech fix to a problem that is otherwise very difficult to solve. As for open source and verification of code, that only goes so far. Read Trusting trust and see how Ken Thompson describes a situation in which having the source code will do you no good.
I'll be the first to admit that a paper trail isn't a perfect solution because it needs to be voted verified, but it is certainly better than the current situation in which no recount or verification is possible.
One more thing, this doesn't show that anyone stole the election. Their prediction is that Bush still would have won. However this is a very disturbing result and hopefully people will wake up and take notice and get the paper trails printed. How easy is that?
The models they used, which included race, predicted the outcome accurately in all areas where e-voting was not used. The deviations from the model ONLY occured with e-voting, and then correlated with the number of Democrats in the area.
There is nothing to indicate that he wants to establish some sort of rotation in which waste will cool off for 100 years before being dealt with. The only argument that has merit is that in 100 years we will probably be better able to determine a solution. Of course that holds true if the waste is stored at Yucca or elsewhere.
It seems foolish to go through the trouble of gathering up all the waste in the country, running it down I-80 past population centers, only to store it temporarily in an open air facility.
That assumes that we won't be making any waste during the next 100 years, which strikes me as incredibly unlikely. I would expect better thinking from the MIT Technology Review than, "Of course we'll be able to solve today's problems in 100 years!" And this without considering that in those 100 years the problem will grow.
I also don't understand why if casks are so great, why not store them at Yucca Mountain instead of the Skull Valley site, which is open air and closer to Salt Lake than Yucca Mountain is to Las Vegas.
If you have a friend that works for IBM ask them about the friends and family program. They just upped the internal discount to 35%.
I would love to see Disney develop more original movies like Lilo and Stich rather than relying characters and premises developed by others. I wish them luck in their creative endeavors. I do not wish them luck in mindless sequels or their copyright extension campaign.
I also hope that Pixar doesn't have to turn over any models, animations, textures, code, etc. I would guess that if their contract doesn't demand that they do so then they won't have to.
and that it quickly becomes a direct to video failure. C'mon Disney, is mining existing properties all that you have left in you? What happened to creativity anyhow?
If there is one that will lead the box elder bugs from my house and yard and take them somewhere else then please, please tell me about it!
Many commercials could be considered offensive. What if you don't drink? What if you don't want your kids to demand sugar cereals? What if you don't want to know about the benefits of Viagra?
Release by either EA or LucasArts in the late 80s or early (pre 1992?) 90s that had a replay with several options for the camera angle. User controlled was one of the options. I'm too lazy to look up the name.
I think you are confused about the difference between an economist and an MBA.
"Most humans" neither know nor care about this.
The /. summary also doesn't mention coming down. So landing isn't required either.
I went through at least 10 C=64 power supplies. Those things needed to be water cooled or something. If I had know what was going on I probably would have put the power supply up on a chair instead of the floor and had a large fan blowing on it constantly.
Regardless of the application, you need to have the keys. If you buy cards with the Visa test keys (usually only used for development and demos) then it would be pretty easy. I am not aware of any vendors that will arrange for secure unique key generation in small volumes, but I am sure that if you offered them enough money you could get some. If it is just for hobby applications then the keys might not matter and you could use the test keys. Still you need the tools to write, test, and load applets. You can get them from IBM here.