Actually, I prefer the pink bags. They aren't as conductive as the metallic-looking ones, but as a result they tend to dissipate static electricity more slowly, which is safer for the items emplaced inside.
First, put 'em in antistatic plastic bags. They're cheap.
Then, put 'em in ordinary sealable plastic tubs. They're cheap too. You'll want to throw a packet of silica gel in each as well.
Static is only one of the enemies you have to deal with in long-term storage solutions; oxidation is the other. To do that you need to reduce moisture, and those plastic tubs are the best way to handle it.
Company does stupid thing, Slashdot gives them publicity. Company corrects its stupid mistake, Slashdot gives them even more publicity. Don't you think this is simply going to induce more companies to do stupid things just to get more notice?
I'm pretty sure I could design a system where blacklist updates would be distributed everywhere, rapidly, probably updating faster than a system which checks a server periodically. The more I think about it, the more I think the Gnutellanet is a good model for the system. For sharing general files it had some serious scaling problems, for for this it would be inifinitely scalable.
Given someone who can lay out exactly what a blocklist user requires, and a good source for the blocking data, I could probably code such a system in a matter of days.
Digital signatures can be used to sign messages of this sort. You would still want to get your key from a central point; but this would make a lousy target for DoS, since once you had the key you could keep it, or if you needed it you could wait for a break in the attack, or get the key from someone you trusted.
Might need to move these block lists onto a distributed network. If lists were sent out via a Gnutella- or BitTorrent-like system, using digital signatures to verify authenticity, it'd be impossible to DoS.
Just a note: You're crossing your eyes when viewing an image of this sort. This may cause some amount of eyestrain. You may wish to move the display further away from you to help minimize this effect.
Why didn't they configure a time server to send out randomized results? That'd cause future network load to be spread out instead of spiking. It'd also tend to piss off the router owners, who would then upgrade their firmware to fix their "time" problem.
You're *SUPPOSED* to constantly reseed with BT. It's only these pirate sites that have people seeding stuff then running away. For a real, legitimate BT stream you're going to want a dedicated seed for each running torrent.
Frankly, this sort of thing is what BitTorrent was designed for.
I personally wouldn't buy a plasma screen; their price versus their longevity makes them a lousy investment. OLED may be better; though their longevity may be in doubt, the price will be a lot better. But if you want to make a real investment in a home theater, go with digital light.
Digital light, in case you don't know, means a projector with an array of MEMS-controlled mirrors reflecting light at the screen. (When they talk about flipping a pixel, they really mean it!) These projectors can handle a lot more light without needing a noisy cooling fan, and should last longer than any of the current competing technologies, despite the expense of a good projector.
With most backup software you have to specify the files you want to back up, so adding new files means needing to tell your backup software they're important... Well, a trick that also works with most backup software is to keep all your files as subdirectories of one or more directories ('folders' in Windows lingo), and then specify those folders as what you want backed up. Then, when you start a new project, put it inside one of those directories, and you'll be covered.
The field was clear for years for someone else to develop such "advanced" systems. Everyone (except Microsoft, whose system was unwieldy and difficult to work with, despite its being included with Windows) dropped the ball despite having an open field. If AOL can now develop such a system, and people like it, more power to them!
Encryption keys, while they may be mixed with passwords, are generated using random numbers. There are several cryptanalytic attacks that rely on bad random number generation to limit the number of keys they need to test. If a commercial product supposed to be a hardware RNG actually turned out to be a PRNG, then an attacker who knew the target's keys were generated using this system -- and who had information on the sequence the PRNG was producing -- might be able to reduce the number of tests needed to crack the code from the impractical to the feasible.
Since SCO issued their own version of Linux, bound by the GPL, if they were actually able to get the GPL declaired invalid, this means any intellectual property of theirs that was released in that variant is now in the public domain.
This system is interesting, but I would be wary of any commercial solutions. It's too easy to embed a predictable PRNG in the CCD's silicon, resulting in what people *think* is an ultimate source of entropy, but instead helps the spooks unwrap your data.
If you wanted to share the disk only between Mac OSX and Linux, you'd have lots of different choices, since both are easily extensible and lots of people have done that extending. But between Mac and Windows, or Linux and Windows, your choices are limited. Therefore, Windows is the limiting factor.
(1) When the Linux crowd proves they aren't using stolen SCO IP, the stock will fall apart, and these guys will face a shareholder's lawsuit and a serious investigation. Expect these guys to get the hell out of the country, fast.
OR:
(2) Linux actually *does* have SCO IP stuck in it, and these execs just want to bail out while the stock is high and before people realize that Linux will survive whether it has to pull some code out or not.
I'm having trouble accessing the web site... Is this thing capable of being operated via remote control? I'd *love* to hook one of these up to my entertainment center. It'd also be nice to have one in my car with an 802.11g uplink. I'd rather use this unit in both cases instead of something in a home audio component or car stereo form-factor, because this seems to me would be more useful for the future.
SCO sold its source code to the public. It may not have been quite as public as my hypothetical web page, but the copyright notice rules in any case. Whether my IP was plagiarized intentionally or not, I would still have rights to it.
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Actually, I prefer the pink bags. They aren't as conductive as the metallic-looking ones, but as a result they tend to dissipate static electricity more slowly, which is safer for the items emplaced inside.
First, put 'em in antistatic plastic bags. They're cheap.
Then, put 'em in ordinary sealable plastic tubs. They're cheap too. You'll want to throw a packet of silica gel in each as well.
Static is only one of the enemies you have to deal with in long-term storage solutions; oxidation is the other. To do that you need to reduce moisture, and those plastic tubs are the best way to handle it.
You ought to be able to tweak your DHCP so you can block machines that are broadcasting this badly by telling them their default gateway is localhost.
Company does stupid thing, Slashdot gives them publicity. Company corrects its stupid mistake, Slashdot gives them even more publicity. Don't you think this is simply going to induce more companies to do stupid things just to get more notice?
Why aren't these people using BitTorrent to distribute their demos?
Here's a list of rules for behaving in a school computer lab; they should work equally well in a cubicle farm.
I'm pretty sure I could design a system where blacklist updates would be distributed everywhere, rapidly, probably updating faster than a system which checks a server periodically. The more I think about it, the more I think the Gnutellanet is a good model for the system. For sharing general files it had some serious scaling problems, for for this it would be inifinitely scalable.
Given someone who can lay out exactly what a blocklist user requires, and a good source for the blocking data, I could probably code such a system in a matter of days.
Anyone up for it?
Digital signatures can be used to sign messages of this sort. You would still want to get your key from a central point; but this would make a lousy target for DoS, since once you had the key you could keep it, or if you needed it you could wait for a break in the attack, or get the key from someone you trusted.
Might need to move these block lists onto a distributed network. If lists were sent out via a Gnutella- or BitTorrent-like system, using digital signatures to verify authenticity, it'd be impossible to DoS.
Just a note: You're crossing your eyes when viewing an image of this sort. This may cause some amount of eyestrain. You may wish to move the display further away from you to help minimize this effect.
Why didn't they configure a time server to send out randomized results? That'd cause future network load to be spread out instead of spiking. It'd also tend to piss off the router owners, who would then upgrade their firmware to fix their "time" problem.
You're *SUPPOSED* to constantly reseed with BT. It's only these pirate sites that have people seeding stuff then running away. For a real, legitimate BT stream you're going to want a dedicated seed for each running torrent.
Frankly, this sort of thing is what BitTorrent was designed for.
I personally wouldn't buy a plasma screen; their price versus their longevity makes them a lousy investment. OLED may be better; though their longevity may be in doubt, the price will be a lot better. But if you want to make a real investment in a home theater, go with digital light.
Digital light, in case you don't know, means a projector with an array of MEMS-controlled mirrors reflecting light at the screen. (When they talk about flipping a pixel, they really mean it!) These projectors can handle a lot more light without needing a noisy cooling fan, and should last longer than any of the current competing technologies, despite the expense of a good projector.
With most backup software you have to specify the files you want to back up, so adding new files means needing to tell your backup software they're important... Well, a trick that also works with most backup software is to keep all your files as subdirectories of one or more directories ('folders' in Windows lingo), and then specify those folders as what you want backed up. Then, when you start a new project, put it inside one of those directories, and you'll be covered.
The field was clear for years for someone else to develop such "advanced" systems. Everyone (except Microsoft, whose system was unwieldy and difficult to work with, despite its being included with Windows) dropped the ball despite having an open field. If AOL can now develop such a system, and people like it, more power to them!
No, you don't understand... SCO has made their *OWN* Linux distro. As far as I know it is STILL available from their FTP server.
Encryption keys, while they may be mixed with passwords, are generated using random numbers. There are several cryptanalytic attacks that rely on bad random number generation to limit the number of keys they need to test. If a commercial product supposed to be a hardware RNG actually turned out to be a PRNG, then an attacker who knew the target's keys were generated using this system -- and who had information on the sequence the PRNG was producing -- might be able to reduce the number of tests needed to crack the code from the impractical to the feasible.
Do you know what this means?
Since SCO issued their own version of Linux, bound by the GPL, if they were actually able to get the GPL declaired invalid, this means any intellectual property of theirs that was released in that variant is now in the public domain.
This system is interesting, but I would be wary of any commercial solutions. It's too easy to embed a predictable PRNG in the CCD's silicon, resulting in what people *think* is an ultimate source of entropy, but instead helps the spooks unwrap your data.
If you wanted to share the disk only between Mac OSX and Linux, you'd have lots of different choices, since both are easily extensible and lots of people have done that extending. But between Mac and Windows, or Linux and Windows, your choices are limited. Therefore, Windows is the limiting factor.
With Windows, your choices are FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS. NTFS isn't amazingly portable, so you're pretty much stuck.
Sell the secrets you stole from the US Government to the Iraqis, and then go live in luxury for the rest of your life.
(1) When the Linux crowd proves they aren't using stolen SCO IP, the stock will fall apart, and these guys will face a shareholder's lawsuit and a serious investigation. Expect these guys to get the hell out of the country, fast.
OR:
(2) Linux actually *does* have SCO IP stuck in it, and these execs just want to bail out while the stock is high and before people realize that Linux will survive whether it has to pull some code out or not.
I'm having trouble accessing the web site... Is this thing capable of being operated via remote control? I'd *love* to hook one of these up to my entertainment center. It'd also be nice to have one in my car with an 802.11g uplink. I'd rather use this unit in both cases instead of something in a home audio component or car stereo form-factor, because this seems to me would be more useful for the future.
SCO sold its source code to the public. It may not have been quite as public as my hypothetical web page, but the copyright notice rules in any case. Whether my IP was plagiarized intentionally or not, I would still have rights to it.