... is such a dangerous thing though. How long will it be until some secretary or executive type gets a bogus e-mail virus warning and sends out the virus "update" that ruins everyones computers?
Maybe (at least with CD's; obviously this wouldn't work with vinyl or tapes) you could put said CD into your CD-ROM, scan the track list and times, and send it over somehow. Wouldn't stop anyone from sharing the CD's, but it could be a start.
You would think that with all of the press surrounding the Enigma lately, especially in Britain, that people would be more careful about this sort of thing.
I guess that it was released 16 months ago, but any former ranking advisor to Thatcher should know about supposed unbreakable codes.
I got it from an old Fitz of Depression (Olympia, WA band) T-Shirt that I have from 1991. Sort of funny how it came around again. It's a neat shirt with a lot of history too -- one of my favorites.
It seems like such a simple idea. While the idea of little bouncing probes isn't as dignified as a more noble looking rover with treads, anything that actually gets used to explore space and other planets is fine with me.
... but I think that this will help everyone out in the long run. I'd rather see a university convert to Red Hat than yet another school move over to exclusively NT. Besides, this might introduce more students to the idea of *nix and Open Source in general, and may move on to systems like Slackware or FreeBSD.
... is such a dangerous thing though. How long will it be until some secretary or executive type gets a bogus e-mail virus warning and sends out the virus "update" that ruins everyones computers?
Maybe (at least with CD's; obviously this wouldn't work with vinyl or tapes) you could put said CD into your CD-ROM, scan the track list and times, and send it over somehow. Wouldn't stop anyone from sharing the CD's, but it could be a start.
You would think that with all of the press surrounding the Enigma lately, especially in Britain, that people would be more careful about this sort of thing.
I guess that it was released 16 months ago, but any former ranking advisor to Thatcher should know about supposed unbreakable codes.
I got it from an old Fitz of Depression (Olympia, WA band) T-Shirt that I have from 1991. Sort of funny how it came around again. It's a neat shirt with a lot of history too -- one of my favorites.
Will the nanites that take over the world be legally obligated to share their secrets of world dominion back to the developers?
... but I think that this will help everyone out in the long run. I'd rather see a university convert to Red Hat than yet another school move over to exclusively NT. Besides, this might introduce more students to the idea of *nix and Open Source in general, and may move on to systems like Slackware or FreeBSD.