I see a point...it has gcc, which means someone who wants to do something on a PS2 (w/o having to shell out 20,000 USD for a dev console) actually CAN!
Non-game applications: firewall, router. But if you're not into programming of that nature, then don't buy it...and it's not a BOO M$ kinda thing either.
why? All he's saying is his work adds cheats to the games they code. It's like adding debug code in a non-production SW binary. Happens everywhere, and not just in game dev either.
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Being someone with a bit of formal training myself, I agree with you that this crypto-system bites as well...after seeing the proof.
But I have to say as well, the designer(s) probably took a few shortcuts to generate a working specification...like -
They used a ring that's WAY too small...56-bit keys can be brute-forced within months.
Then again, the proof doesn't attack this...only the modulus size (40-elt vectors), and that it can be cracked with a heuristic that takes at most 1600 operations.
They could add more keys to the modulus, but I suspect that it would have made an implementation unworkable...remember that DVD players don't have THAT much computing horsepower.
Sure it's bad...cause it's been shown to have a polynomial solution...the designer probably knew this already (and if he didn't, you're right...HE IS stupid! ); but he had to produce something...and that is what market-driven SW engineering is all about...it certainly is not comp. sci.;^)
I was about to say the same thing...until they brought up that conjecture that the use of certificates to authenticate each device's public key probably won't hold up. And they're right, provided the certification algorithm isn't decided yet (which makes it vulnerable).
I would have accepted this paper a bit better if they had worked on a proof to support their conjecture.
Otherwise, they had a good proof on this system's vulnerabilities, provided no certs are involved.
Yeah, they're using the old warp scale...before the Scotty adjustments took place. Of course, I could be wrong when they somehow boost their engine output to warp 10+ (old scale).
I particularly liked Bakula's look on his face when he re-materializes, and makes sure all his body parts were in the right place. Yeehaw!
Yeah...I guess they're trying to show they actually know all there is know about Trek, and are not shy in expressing their so-called superior knowledge on the subject...
As a famous Borg Queen has said...they have failed!
This technology seems like the one that the Excalibur ship was using in B5: Crusade. It could dissipate particle beam weapons if it's armor hull was powered...kewlest shielding method I've ever heard of (that's not based on energy fields)
Or, the NX-01 could also use a low sub-space field just above the hull from the warp engine to dissipate particle beam weapons...I got this idea when reading the Independance War user's manual. Sorry, I tend to Trek'ify things;-P
Yeah, I caught the Rod Stewart influence,there too...they coulda selected one of the Titan A.E. tracks (e.g. Fly), but that woulda peeved off some of the./'ers here anyway. Tough crowd to please here.
I coulda done w/o Roddie boy, but it's better than those orchestric themes which put me to sleep;-)
Why did you bother watching at all? You think you could a better job writing Trek? Think of it this way, if you could, I could probably find 8 alternative reasons why your creation reeks just as bad.
And you made such an effort to let us know how much stinky cheese there is in the FIRST show...too bad you can't eat it though.
But I've also heard the (thought) experiment that if all of Earth's population decided to jump on one side of the Earth, that they'd knock it out of its orbit.
Interesting way to perform stellar engineering...global warming? Nah, let's knock back the earth from the Sun a few hundred thousand miles;-P.
Stopped?? NOW the general populace of the US of A is starting to see the DMCA for what it really is, that is has the power to CIRCUMVENT your constitutional rights...too bad not enough voters gave a damn to find out in '98
Yes, it should have been stopped THEN, in the legislative womb of Congress. Bit too late now, I 'd say. I just hope other countries don't follow suit...eh, Canada?
When I heard this title "Gawd, he musta been playing WAY too much Paranoia!". Oh wait! I get it...Star Wars 2, WILL be about Paranoia, with a Dark Jedi Sith Computer, on a nasty space station where everyone has five clones before they die...
OK, Timmy, time to take that 60-lb pill...rectally!
Seriously...I knew the clone wars were gonna show up, but I expected it in Ep. 3! Now, "Clone Wars" woulda been a better by-line!
Ice.
I can pipe the network traffic to my speakers, at a sufficient volume, have a mic pick up God's voice in another rooom, and reconstitute the packets.
Hey, it's wireless...pretty useless, but neat!
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I see a point...it has gcc, which means someone who wants to do something on a PS2 (w/o having to shell out 20,000 USD for a dev console) actually CAN!
Non-game applications: firewall, router. But if you're not into programming of that nature, then don't buy it...and it's not a BOO M$ kinda thing either.
why? All he's saying is his work adds cheats to the games they code. It's like adding debug code in a non-production SW binary. Happens everywhere, and not just in game dev either.
Being someone with a bit of formal training myself, I agree with you that this crypto-system bites as well...after seeing the proof.
;^)
But I have to say as well, the designer(s) probably took a few shortcuts to generate a working specification...like -
They used a ring that's WAY too small...56-bit keys can be brute-forced within months.
Then again, the proof doesn't attack this...only the modulus size (40-elt vectors), and that it can be cracked with a heuristic that takes at most 1600 operations.
They could add more keys to the modulus, but I suspect that it would have made an implementation unworkable...remember that DVD players don't have THAT much computing horsepower.
Sure it's bad...cause it's been shown to have a polynomial solution...the designer probably knew this already (and if he didn't, you're right...HE IS stupid! ); but he had to produce something...and that is what market-driven SW engineering is all about...it certainly is not comp. sci.
I was about to say the same thing...until they brought up that conjecture that the use of certificates to authenticate each device's public key probably won't hold up. And they're right, provided the certification algorithm isn't decided yet (which makes it vulnerable).
I would have accepted this paper a bit better if they had worked on a proof to support their conjecture.
Otherwise, they had a good proof on this system's vulnerabilities, provided no certs are involved.
Hmpf, big talk from such an anonymous coward
That show still on?
;-)
Awwww, man! Bit-swizzlin!
I miss home
Yeah, they're using the old warp scale...before the Scotty adjustments took place. Of course, I could be wrong when they somehow boost their engine output to warp 10+ (old scale).
I particularly liked Bakula's look on his face when he re-materializes, and makes sure all his body parts were in the right place. Yeehaw!
Well, I had hopes for Crusade...so I guess Rangers won't own m3 for t00 long ;-)
Yeah...I guess they're trying to show they actually know all there is know about Trek, and are not shy in expressing their so-called superior knowledge on the subject...
As a famous Borg Queen has said...they have failed!
This technology seems like the one that the Excalibur ship was using in B5: Crusade. It could dissipate particle beam weapons if it's armor hull was powered...kewlest shielding method I've ever heard of (that's not based on energy fields)
;-P
Or, the NX-01 could also use a low sub-space field just above the hull from the warp engine to dissipate particle beam weapons...I got this idea when reading the Independance War user's manual. Sorry, I tend to Trek'ify things
/ice.
Yeah, I caught the Rod Stewart influence,there too...they coulda selected one of the Titan A.E. tracks (e.g. Fly), but that woulda peeved off some of the ./'ers here anyway. Tough crowd to please here.
;-)
I coulda done w/o Roddie boy, but it's better than those orchestric themes which put me to sleep
Well, I don't have PiP on my cheezy 20" Sony ;-)
Promise? REALLY promise?
Why did you bother watching at all? You think you could a better job writing Trek? Think of it this way, if you could, I could probably find 8 alternative reasons why your creation reeks just as bad.
And you made such an effort to let us know how much stinky cheese there is in the FIRST show...too bad you can't eat it though.
Peace, Ice.
Funny, people had similar reactions to DS9 and
Voyager too...
DS9: Babylon 5 knock-off!
Voyager: 70,000 ly's from home..it'll never work!
Well, here's a news flash...IIII like this episode! It's a pretty good assessment of how
humans will be when/if we ever figure out to trick Einstein.
You don't like the show? DON'T WATCH IT ~P
I h8 whiny nitpickers...specially ST ones
/ice
But I've also heard the (thought) experiment that if all of Earth's population decided to jump on one side of the Earth, that they'd knock it out of its orbit.
;-P.
Interesting way to perform stellar engineering...global warming? Nah, let's knock back the earth from the Sun a few hundred thousand miles
This DMCA crap has got to be stopped.
Stopped?? NOW the general populace of the US of A is starting to see the DMCA for what it really is, that is has the power to CIRCUMVENT your constitutional rights...too bad not enough voters gave a damn to find out in '98
Yes, it should have been stopped THEN, in the legislative womb of Congress. Bit too late now, I 'd say. I just hope other countries don't follow suit...eh, Canada?
Because you're an anonymous coward, maybe?
God help you if you did.
/ice.
When I heard this title "Gawd, he musta been playing WAY too much Paranoia!". Oh wait! I get it...Star Wars 2, WILL be about Paranoia, with a Dark Jedi Sith Computer, on a nasty space station where everyone has five clones before they die... OK, Timmy, time to take that 60-lb pill...rectally! Seriously...I knew the clone wars were gonna show up, but I expected it in Ep. 3! Now, "Clone Wars" woulda been a better by-line! Ice.
Just dedicate a GHz PC for that. Still cheaper than getting a T1.
I can pipe the network traffic to my speakers, at a sufficient volume, have a mic pick up God's voice in another rooom, and reconstitute the packets. Hey, it's wireless...pretty useless, but neat!
I hate it when people refuse to see the novelty of it....what if I have an old PC, with onboard sound? It'd make a great modem, or print spooler