...several of my classes were very theoretical in nature...
...for some of the software being written nowadays, I would have absolutely NO IDEA how to even begin writing it. I have to wonder about the quality of your degree..., seriously.
... the point being, attract as many eyeballs for advertising as possible. Advertising pays the bills. If HDTV attracts eyeballs, they will broadcast HDTV.
Now, will it be quality programming? Is there quality programming now? People decry the lack of quality on TV, yet quote Homer Simpson at every opportunity. Gimme a break. If you like what you see, expect more of the same.
Why, just yesterday, I submitted my patents on devices for climbing light-weight, ultra-strength tethers, operating on broadcast power, such as laser beams.
I already had a patent pending on "tethers or tethering-style devices or mechanisms which are light in weight, and yet simultaneously and concurrently ultra in strength".
I mean, Visa and MC might be able to convince merchants to switch to contactless readers, OR smart card readers, but the chances of convincing them to do BOTH is effectively zero.
It'll be hard enough getting contactless technology out there. Chicken and egg: some large merchants will want them, like Walmart and the department stores, but the investment for each merchant will be on the order of millions of dollars -- and will be useless unless the cards are widely available.
But in order to make the cards widely available, the issuers will have to spend millions of dollars -- and there's zero return TO THE ISSUER on that investment.
And ma and pop won't upgrade their corner store just to pay Visa fees for selling packs of gum.
It would be interesting to investigate the use of steganography to provide for multiple channels for your encrypted message -- for example, you could divide the bits of your message across more than one image on a website. Harder to detect, and if detected, harder to decrypt.
Just a thought...
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Works fine -- it's not prime.
I have no idea if I'm right or not... but I decided pretty quickly.
Researcher: Thank you for participating in our study. According to our model, you and your spouse are likely to be divorced within fifteen years. Have a nice day!
Isn't that kind of news likely to be self-fulfilling?
Sure, poorly informed users will choose poor passwords. Part of the problem is we need so many passwords in our everyday online activites, and it's really hard to keep them all straight. But there are many mnemonic tricks to increase the variability of passwords, and make them harder to guess -- not perfect, but harder, at least.
use the first letters from a favorite phrase -- and keep the punctuation
use an old childhood phone number -- for added complexity, spell one or more of the digits and/or keep the special characters
if you must use names, use the names of relatives, NOT your spouse or kids, but maybe the name of a cousin or nephew -- include the last name, IF their last name is not your own, and is unusual enough to not appear in a dictionary ("BobSmith" might be bad, but "SerenaMerkel" isn't bad)
whatever your choice, unusual punctuation and/or capitalization are a good idea
These simple rules are easily explained, and generally result in a password that is easily remembered (won't need to be written down), is of reasonable length, and much less suceptible to dictionary attack. That's about as secure as is reasonable to expect, for most systems. Don't force the useres to change passwords arbitrarily. If you are protecting truly sensitive information, fine, but does access to one's own corporate email really require passwords to be changed every month?
If more security is required, you're better off adding something like an RSA token generator to your security scheme, than to depend on extreme passwords.
So, what happens in the morning when, say, a million or so commuters -- each taking a single car, since who says there will be two other people near you in the queue going to the same destination -- start their morning run into the city?...and where will they stack a million or so monorail cars until 5:00pm, when it's time to to go home?
And, why will there never be a car left for me by the time I get to the station?
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...several of my classes were very theoretical in nature...
...for some of the software being written nowadays, I would have absolutely NO IDEA how to even begin writing it. I have to wonder about the quality of your degree..., seriously.Perhaps if you spend more time whining on /. everything will work out for the better.
This is Slashdot. We're ALL smarter than our bosses. You don't catch us whining about it. Much.
I'd really like a 3D view, like they did for Google Earth. I want to see what Mons Olympus looks like from the ground.
I think I used to date this guy...
Symantec has already identified the Trojan and released an upgrade to its popular Norton Anti-Virus software.
"If you are using Norton Anti-Virus, you do not have to worry about having your cancer cured without your knowledge," a spokesperson said.
... the point being, attract as many eyeballs for advertising as possible. Advertising pays the bills. If HDTV attracts eyeballs, they will broadcast HDTV.
Now, will it be quality programming? Is there quality programming now? People decry the lack of quality on TV, yet quote Homer Simpson at every opportunity. Gimme a break. If you like what you see, expect more of the same.
But it is against Canadian law for an American company to discipline Canadian employees for violating American trade sanctions.
... is if you screw up, at least nobody laughs at you
thank you, thank you, I'm here all week...
Why, just yesterday, I submitted my patents on devices for climbing light-weight, ultra-strength tethers, operating on broadcast power, such as laser beams.
I already had a patent pending on "tethers or tethering-style devices or mechanisms which are light in weight, and yet simultaneously and concurrently ultra in strength".
3) Profit!
... at least in North America.
I mean, Visa and MC might be able to convince merchants to switch to contactless readers, OR smart card readers, but the chances of convincing them to do BOTH is effectively zero.
It'll be hard enough getting contactless technology out there. Chicken and egg: some large merchants will want them, like Walmart and the department stores, but the investment for each merchant will be on the order of millions of dollars -- and will be useless unless the cards are widely available.
But in order to make the cards widely available, the issuers will have to spend millions of dollars -- and there's zero return TO THE ISSUER on that investment.
And ma and pop won't upgrade their corner store just to pay Visa fees for selling packs of gum.
*gasp*
THAT WAS YOU???
say it ain't so!
John-boy, wipe that grin off'n yer face!
It would be interesting to investigate the use of steganography to provide for multiple channels for your encrypted message -- for example, you could divide the bits of your message across more than one image on a website. Harder to detect, and if detected, harder to decrypt.
Just a thought...
Works fine -- it's not prime.
I have no idea if I'm right or not... but I decided pretty quickly.
Ummm, what good is an ear- or nose-ring that lights up when wardriving? How would you know?
Belly-button ring, maybe. But only if you're not the one driving...
Researcher: Thank you for participating in our study. According to our model, you and your spouse are likely to be divorced within fifteen years. Have a nice day!
Isn't that kind of news likely to be self-fulfilling?
These simple rules are easily explained, and generally result in a password that is easily remembered (won't need to be written down), is of reasonable length, and much less suceptible to dictionary attack. That's about as secure as is reasonable to expect, for most systems. Don't force the useres to change passwords arbitrarily. If you are protecting truly sensitive information, fine, but does access to one's own corporate email really require passwords to be changed every month?
If more security is required, you're better off adding something like an RSA token generator to your security scheme, than to depend on extreme passwords.
Hmmmm... I wonder how many 8-inch floppies that would be?
Actually, the Spanish government is reporting that the General is in very, very, serious, but stable condition.
So, what happens in the morning when, say, a million or so commuters -- each taking a single car, since who says there will be two other people near you in the queue going to the same destination -- start their morning run into the city? ...and where will they stack a million or so monorail cars until 5:00pm, when it's time to to go home?
And, why will there never be a car left for me by the time I get to the station?
...and the neighbor's cat dropped dead. CURSE YOU IBM!!!
The last one off Titan was supposed to turn off the light!
so... what kind of flash do I need?