The thing to remember here is that our physical characteristics don't change. We can only perceive 44Khz worth of audio, and no more than 45 frames per second of video, and as long as our rods are happy, resolution beyond that is wasted. So technological revolutions just change the way it's sold, or the usability of the technology (e.g. nobody ever invented a Walkman 12" vinyl disk player). The content doesn't lose quality (yeah, yeah, audiofiles can supposedly tell the difference between copper and gold connectors, just as they can supposedly tell the difference between transistor and tube amps, and between vinyl, cd's and mp3's. I ain't no audiofile, and yes, we're still in a parenthetical comment.) -russ p.s. It's supposed to be a pun, but if you don't think it's punny, don't laugh.
Hey! I can do one of those! I already have the X-10 wireless camera. All I need is a cheap LCD TV from Radio Shack. I can plug the camera into the rear accessory outlet and point it out the back window. And I can plug the receiver into the cigarette lighter along with the LCD TV.
Yes, on the Civic CRX-NP. The joke was that the "NP" stood for "No Performance". Put a small enough engine in any car and you can get fantastic gas mileage. -russ
The windmill is pointed *sideways*, so that it takes advantage of cross-winds. Ordinarily a pain to drive in, now you can use them to charge your car! -russ p.s. I know.
I lied. Search is not your friend. The virus article is dated from last year, yet there's no way to get slashdot's search to sort its results by date. Heck, it doesn't even tell you what *year* it's returning the results from.
That is to say, this is the second time this article has been posted to slashdot./me is too lazy to find a link to the first time it was posted. Search is your friend. -russ
Sure, the problem exists, but sometimes the story can stand for itself. If you want to tell a story with a moral, the surest way to insult your listener is to say ".... and the moral is....", as if they were too stupid to figure it out on their own. -russ p.s. everything is sort of true. Two plus three is sort of six. Hmmm... interesting phrase, "sort of". Folk etymology makes it sound like a sorting. You know, in order of truth. Nahhhhh, it must just mean sort as in kind, not order.
Could it be that he's younger than me and less experienced? Or do you think that ALL slashdot readers are 14 year sold (because so many act like it)? -russ
Has anybody noticed that Katz sees geek alienation everywhere? What, is he wearing geek alienation eyeglasses? Or is he a mutant with the power of geek alienation detection? -russ
Generally speaking, when someone has a bad presentation, what they have to say is not worth reading. Both are true in Scott Bushey's case. What a loudmouthed jerk! -russ
I just described how anti-sniff works. Now, if you were intending to run a covert sniffer, you would be careful to pick an operating system which didn't help anti-sniff, wouldn't you?? -russ
Unless your operating system responds to IP packets sent to the right IP address but the wrong Ethernet address, there is NO WAY to detect promiscuous mode. You don't know what you're talking about. -russ
Everybody offering services to all comers (e.g. portals, free email services, free web page services) have this risk. There is no good solution. Crypto is no help because you want to limit the number of identities someone can have, and yet you don't want to put any hurdles in the way of new customers.
The best solution (which is not a good one) is to keep whacking the abusers until they get frustrated and go away. This might be doable by a robot, but likely requires a person. -russ
And what do you think VALinux/Andover/Slashdot's reaction to a court order would be? If someone knows what and when your IP address was, they can ask your ISP for your meatspace information. -russ
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The thing to remember here is that our physical characteristics don't change. We can only perceive 44Khz worth of audio, and no more than 45 frames per second of video, and as long as our rods are happy, resolution beyond that is wasted. So technological revolutions just change the way it's sold, or the usability of the technology (e.g. nobody ever invented a Walkman 12" vinyl disk player). The content doesn't lose quality (yeah, yeah, audiofiles can supposedly tell the difference between copper and gold connectors, just as they can supposedly tell the difference between transistor and tube amps, and between vinyl, cd's and mp3's. I ain't no audiofile, and yes, we're still in a parenthetical comment.)
-russ
p.s. It's supposed to be a pun, but if you don't think it's punny, don't laugh.
Hey! I can do one of those! I already have the X-10 wireless camera. All I need is a cheap LCD TV from Radio Shack. I can plug the camera into the rear accessory outlet and point it out the back window. And I can plug the receiver into the cigarette lighter along with the LCD TV.
Hack, hack!
-russ
Yes, on the Civic CRX-NP. The joke was that the "NP" stood for "No Performance". Put a small enough engine in any car and you can get fantastic gas mileage.
-russ
The windmill is pointed *sideways*, so that it takes advantage of cross-winds. Ordinarily a pain to drive in, now you can use them to charge your car!
-russ
p.s. I know.
Cool idea. Why doesn't Rob just re-post everything more than a year old, so we can have the same discussion over and over again?
I lied. Search is not your friend. The virus article is dated from last year, yet there's no way to get slashdot's search to sort its results by date. Heck, it doesn't even tell you what *year* it's returning the results from.
That is to say, this is the second time this article has been posted to slashdot. /me is too lazy to find a link to the first time it was posted. Search is your friend.
-russ
Sure, the problem exists, but sometimes the story can stand for itself. If you want to tell a story with a moral, the surest way to insult your listener is to say ".... and the moral is ....", as if they were too stupid to figure it out on their own.
-russ
p.s. everything is sort of true. Two plus three is sort of six. Hmmm... interesting phrase, "sort of". Folk etymology makes it sound like a sorting. You know, in order of truth. Nahhhhh, it must just mean sort as in kind, not order.
Could it be that he's younger than me and less experienced? Or do you think that ALL slashdot readers are 14 year sold (because so many act like it)?
-russ
Has anybody noticed that Katz sees geek alienation everywhere? What, is he wearing geek alienation eyeglasses? Or is he a mutant with the power of geek alienation detection?
-russ
Probably not. Announcing a name isn't sufficient. YOu actually have to use it in commerce to get the trademark.
-russ
Generally speaking, when someone has a bad presentation, what they have to say is not worth reading. Both are true in Scott Bushey's case. What a loudmouthed jerk!
-russ
Surely the restraining order lists the exact entries that MAPS is prohibited from adding. Otherwise, how could they comply?
-russ
How about last post??
-russ
Smaller and cheaper than the iPaq?? With 32MB ram and 16MB flash??
-russ
I just described how anti-sniff works. Now, if you were intending to run a covert sniffer, you would be careful to pick an operating system which didn't help anti-sniff, wouldn't you??
-russ
If you can sniff a connection, you can send TCP RST's to both ends.
-russ
Unless your operating system responds to IP packets sent to the right IP address but the wrong Ethernet address, there is NO WAY to detect promiscuous mode. You don't know what you're talking about.
-russ
What about pie menus?
X is running on a Compaq iPaq.
Everybody offering services to all comers (e.g. portals, free email services, free web page services) have this risk. There is no good solution. Crypto is no help because you want to limit the number of identities someone can have, and yet you don't want to put any hurdles in the way of new customers.
The best solution (which is not a good one) is to keep whacking the abusers until they get frustrated and go away. This might be doable by a robot, but likely requires a person.
-russ
Ingo's informative post.
-russ
Context switches are expensive.
You have no clue. Cryptographers are quite certain that 1024-bit keys generate uncrackable crypto. 512 they're less certain about.
-russ
And what do you think VALinux/Andover/Slashdot's reaction to a court order would be? If someone knows what and when your IP address was, they can ask your ISP for your meatspace information.
-russ