While Captcha was designed to prevent scripts from working, it really is a form of a Turing Test - except the winner is the Human, not the AI.
Looking at it from that angle, Captcha can only be a short-term solution- and a constantly changing one at that. With time CPU power only increases, as does development in vision & pattern recognition AI. Captcha, to work, must frequently change to focus on that which is hard for computers (for now), and not too difficult for humans.
Even "Kitten Auth" can be defeated with a some clever programing.
Captcha is doomed in the long run. I wouldn't build a business model that relied on failing a Turing Test...
If that laptop server has *any* security information on it, you're asking for trouble. Read up on the Microsoft's recommendations if you have a domain controller stolen. Yep- rebuild the entire domain.
It's even worse if you have Certificate Services installed. Feel like re-issuing certificates on every PC in the company?
Physical security is the lowest level of security, upon which all other security is based. Give a hacker (or the spooks) your server's hard drive, a little time, and anything can be extracted.
A laptop server, for anything but limited development or testing is a Very Very Bad Thing.
I have. The IRS works on the premise of guilty until proven innocent. They may have a party line of being friendly, but the entire basis of an audit is confrontation on the assumption that you're probably hiding something.
That implies that there's anything of value to pass on. When was the last time you had to access something +10 years old that only existed online?
If it's information, hard copy it and put it with the will. If it's the family photo JPG archive, burn a DVD (or get prints) and put it with the will. (or in a box for Christmas!) If it's my bank account, forget on-line access. The trustee's gonna be doing a lot of paperwork anyway...
I just don't see anything online that I'd pass on to my son that can't be stored in a long-term physical format.
If it's made of matter, it will break. Dubbly so for moving parts.
Make backups.
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No, no, no - it has nothing to do with *expense*. It was everything to do with *income*. That normal medium looking glass leaves customers thirsty with a cup of leftover ice. Therefore customers are trained to buy larger (and more expensive) size drinks.
McDonalds doesn't profit by making great hamburgers. They profit by being great at *selling* hamburgers.
Only in old houses have I seen 2 prong outlets, *but* 2 prong cords are very common, even on new stuff. I have seen on more than one occasion someone working for way too long, and giving up trying to plug in a 2-prong polarized plug in any random outlet. They didn't try rotating the plug around.
My point was that adding more standards & types to a power plug adds chaos. Plugging something in should be idiot proof. It makes more sense to me to make all cords 3 prong- which as you say, can't be done wrong.
USB works so well as a 5v power source because it's idiot proof. +5v on this pin, ground on that pin. Takes 10 seconds to wire up an old CPU fan to snipped-off USB cable and vola! Instant USB fan!
A "smart" power plug like that could have implications to bugs & crashes. Imagine a smart 3v DC system that crashes and mistakenly asks for 110v AC (or more!).
My wife loves our digital camera. She takes the best shots, crops them, then prints at the size she wants for the particular scrapbook project she's doing. On film, the same project would cost 10x more.
Think of of your *.jpg collection as a stack of negatives. When's the last time you tried to make a print from a Kodak Disk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_film negative? 110?
I tried the "please take me off your list" routine, but just like the spammers, there's always 10 new companies forming to fend off.
Then came "do-not-call". I'm on it, and it works quite well. There are a few pesky types that still try.
The real solution for me went into effect over 2 years ago. Caller ID. I don't answer the phone unless I feel like talking to the exact person I know is calling.
It took our friends a little while to adjust. I'm coming to value having boundries against work/sales/surveys/long-winded-friends.
A few people, including a few trouble makers known as the framers of the Constitution of the US of A, thought otherwise. If guns have no good value, why was it so important to place the right in the Constitution?
At the very least, no nation can exist without them. (At least not for very long...)
You may feel safer without them - I couldn't feel safe in a country where guns are banned.
I think it's idiotic that I need to pay 13 bucks a month just so it can know when a TV show is on.
Speak for yourself. I pay $5/month for my DirectTivo, and I'd happily pay 5 times that to keep my Tivo. Think of it as a "TV Guide" subscription in electronic format.
Now if this stupid DRM does go into effect on my beloved Tivo, I'm going shopping - and the Tivo's going on eBay.
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While Captcha was designed to prevent scripts from working, it really is a form of a Turing Test - except the winner is the Human, not the AI.
Looking at it from that angle, Captcha can only be a short-term solution- and a constantly changing one at that. With time CPU power only increases, as does development in vision & pattern recognition AI. Captcha, to work, must frequently change to focus on that which is hard for computers (for now), and not too difficult for humans.
Even "Kitten Auth" can be defeated with a some clever programing.
Captcha is doomed in the long run. I wouldn't build a business model that relied on failing a Turing Test...
In the name of all things Secure - NO!
If that laptop server has *any* security information on it, you're asking for trouble. Read up on the Microsoft's recommendations if you have a domain controller stolen. Yep- rebuild the entire domain.
It's even worse if you have Certificate Services installed. Feel like re-issuing certificates on every PC in the company?
Physical security is the lowest level of security, upon which all other security is based. Give a hacker (or the spooks) your server's hard drive, a little time, and anything can be extracted.
A laptop server, for anything but limited development or testing is a Very Very Bad Thing.
>And that strategy has worked exactly when in history?
Um, WWII ring any bells?
Sounds like somebody needs to buy a real Tivo, not some cable-company knock-off.
That would solve your reliability and channel issues, along with having a better interface.
Some things just aren't worth skimping on...
I have. The IRS works on the premise of guilty until proven innocent. They may have a party line of being friendly, but the entire basis of an audit is confrontation on the assumption that you're probably hiding something.
Lots of fun.
> If you're an honest citizen, you don't have much to worry about.
You've obviously never experienced an IRS audit.
That implies that there's anything of value to pass on. When was the last time you had to access something +10 years old that only existed online?
If it's information, hard copy it and put it with the will.
If it's the family photo JPG archive, burn a DVD (or get prints) and put it with the will. (or in a box for Christmas!)
If it's my bank account, forget on-line access. The trustee's gonna be doing a lot of paperwork anyway...
I just don't see anything online that I'd pass on to my son that can't be stored in a long-term physical format.
I for.... one....
It just isn't worth the effort.
I never buy a car without test driving it. I don't buy a game without playing it first either.
Reviews don't tell me anything, and certianly don't tell me if a well crafted game is something I would personally enjoy.
The last game I bought was Halo, and that's because I enjoyed the demo so well. I'm not about to shell out $30-$70 bucks for a lottery ticket on CD.
-Mitch
Yet another anti-Iraq war person says there wasn't grounds for entering war.
Yet more pro-Iraq war people disagree.
Film at 11.
If it's made of matter, it will break. Dubbly so for moving parts.
Make backups.
No, no, no - it has nothing to do with *expense*. It was everything to do with *income*. That normal medium looking glass leaves customers thirsty with a cup of leftover ice. Therefore customers are trained to buy larger (and more expensive) size drinks.
McDonalds doesn't profit by making great hamburgers. They profit by being great at *selling* hamburgers.
>- Would you wear tights?
You didn't see the "Running vs. Walking in the Rain" show.
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Only in old houses have I seen 2 prong outlets, *but* 2 prong cords are very common, even on new stuff. I have seen on more than one occasion someone working for way too long, and giving up trying to plug in a 2-prong polarized plug in any random outlet. They didn't try rotating the plug around.
My point was that adding more standards & types to a power plug adds chaos. Plugging something in should be idiot proof. It makes more sense to me to make all cords 3 prong- which as you say, can't be done wrong.
If you desire to grovel at the feet of Sony, and beg for permission to uninstall some software from your own PC, we new have a link:
http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/form14.html
Use this information in any mannor you see fit...
If you desire to grovel at the feet of Sony, and beg for permission to uninstall some software from your own PC, we new have a link:
http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/form14.html
Use this information in any mannor you see fit...
USB works so well as a 5v power source because it's idiot proof. +5v on this pin, ground on that pin. Takes 10 seconds to wire up an old CPU fan to snipped-off USB cable and vola! Instant USB fan!
A "smart" power plug like that could have implications to bugs & crashes. Imagine a smart 3v DC system that crashes and mistakenly asks for 110v AC (or more!).
Considering that half the population is below average, I've come to question if even a polarized plug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A_plug.jpg is too complex a change...
My wife loves our digital camera. She takes the best shots, crops them, then prints at the size she wants for the particular scrapbook project she's doing. On film, the same project would cost 10x more.
Think of of your *.jpg collection as a stack of negatives. When's the last time you tried to make a print from a Kodak Disk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_film negative? 110?
The only real long term archive format is paper.
If ever I saw a post that deserved a +10 Insightful, this is it!
OT: The mod systems could use a log scale. Not all +5's are equal.
Then came "do-not-call". I'm on it, and it works quite well. There are a few pesky types that still try.
The real solution for me went into effect over 2 years ago. Caller ID. I don't answer the phone unless I feel like talking to the exact person I know is calling.
It took our friends a little while to adjust. I'm coming to value having boundries against work/sales/surveys/long-winded-friends.
>3) Lunar observatory on the dark side.
There is no dark side of the moon. It's all dark.
[[Cue Pink Floyd]]
A few people, including a few trouble makers known as the framers of the Constitution of the US of A, thought otherwise. If guns have no good value, why was it so important to place the right in the Constitution?
At the very least, no nation can exist without them. (At least not for very long...)
You may feel safer without them - I couldn't feel safe in a country where guns are banned.
Why is it assumed that profit is a bad thing?
If Apple wasn't making money off the iPod, *that* would be a bad thing. For many thousands of employees!
All these articles lately make me think the editors have gone commie/socialist on us....
-MrLogic
I think it's idiotic that I need to pay 13 bucks a month just so it can know when a TV show is on.
Speak for yourself. I pay $5/month for my DirectTivo, and I'd happily pay 5 times that to keep my Tivo. Think of it as a "TV Guide" subscription in electronic format.
Now if this stupid DRM does go into effect on my beloved Tivo, I'm going shopping - and the Tivo's going on eBay.
Cue the Muppet Show sketch "Vend-a-face".
Man, I miss that show...