I see your point, but the assumption that a merchant that was liable for transactions would NOT make sure that there was some kind of challenge/response system built in is equally arrogant. Without it, they would not be able to prove a single transaction, the same as if they never collected signatures on their credit card receipts.
Sorry about the tone of my post - a wee bit stressed with finals. But I get the sense that most of the people posting are thinking "a club! run by an entertainment company! they couldn't possibly know anything about the technology! and i do!"
Obviously there's the chance that they hired someone incompetent to implement the system, but there's no reason to assume that. To actually get the system working would require some knowledge of what rfids are and do, and one of those most well known and obvious drawbacks of simple rfids is that they're vulnerable to replay attacks.
but i will admit that getting a crypto system and an rfid in a capsule small enough to be comfortable when subdermal might not be that likely.
How could this be modded insightful? What kind of sheep are populating slashdot these days? You could learn enough about encryption to know that this is nonsense just by reading slashdot comments on past RFID articles, let alone actually having any common sense.
Biologists answer only to Chemists. Chemists answer only to Physicists. Physicists answer only to Mathemeticians. Mathemeticians answer only to Philosophers. Philosophers answer only to Psychologists. Psychologists answer only to Biologists....
To read the ink they use, you need to shift the frequency of the light reflected off the ink. The ink normally used to mark decks reflects at a visible frequency, it just doesn't contrast against the back of the card enough to be spotted with the naked eye. Hence it is used with filtered lenses to make it contrast.
This ink doesn't work in the visible frequencies, so unless you can sneak in IR goggles, or pass off a filter cube as some kind of retro-cool glasses, it's going to be hard to get in on it.
...how many people would actually go to the red light district wearing a GPS? I wonder how accurate these paths really are at showing 'real' day to day life;-)
Programs crash every so often, but not enough to be a major problem.
I've seen friends install linux, and dealing with the learning curve.
the hassle they had dealing with peripherals even with people who knew what they were doing helping them. (eg why doesn't my cdrom work? what's the command to eject it now? why do I have to keep remounting it?)
I know enough commands to get around a unix machine, but not enough that it wouldn't be a pain to reach a point where I can use it as my primary OS.
Running MacOS would require a new computer.
Inertia - even if the pros outweigh the cons, it's a hassle to reformat, reinstall, and then learn a new operating system.
*nix systems have a great degree of customability, but at the expense of automation and the "I don't have to worry about it" factor.
Already mentioned in another thread on this article; When these Batteries run out, it is because the radioactivity has ceased or at least dropped to unusable levels. I assume that a level that is unusable as a battery is safe for disposal.
The battery gets its energy from the radiation itself, not like in a power plant where the power comes from the atomic fission.
Hmmm... I was checking the away message of a guy who lives in my house and it said "1 floor, 5 guys, 6 linux boxes." It took all of my will power not to go over and smack 5 people in the head. Why do linux users always have to trumpet that they use linux? Do they think anyone cares? People on this site either:
use *nix that isn't linux and keep their mouth shut
use windows, don't click on executable attachments, enjoy the thousands of games and other programs that they can run, and keep their mouth shut or
use linux, tell everyone they use linux, find threads that have nothing to do with linux and tell everyone they use linux, create threads just for the purpose of telling people they use linux, think up truly amusing character substitutions like Micro$oft Windoze, and go to bed every night to dream about penguins.
To everyone who reads your post, you're just another faceless name boosting the amazingly high noise/signal ratio around here. I think I'm going to post trolls to every thread about briefs being superior to boxers. Cause, you know, people care. (-1 Flamebait, Troll, Too much Realism)
this isn't directed specifically towards you frodo... just seemed like a good place to hook a rant;-) Although, pretending that you're afraid of legal action for posting on an online forum with an account that is more or less anonymous is fodder for my next rant about over-dramatic slashdotters
As I understand it, ctrl-alt-del is a key-combo that no program can 'steal' from the OS. That way you can make sure that one you are logging into really IS a login screen, and not something a kid wrote in VB that's going to email your username and password to him - Ctrl-Alt-Del would make it obvious right away that it was an application, not the login. Granted, I don't know for sure that this is true, but it makes sense to me.
my favorite "trademarked" words from the list: "Book One" "Cause" "Celebrity" "Flag" "Freedom" "Method One" "Ned" "OT" "Purification" "Super Power" "The Bridge"
What about those of us who believe in the idea that a person is innocent before being guilty, and that the requirement to show ID reverses that maxim such that a person is now guilty of being no one (or alterntively, guilty of claiming to be someone they are not) until they themselves prove that they are someone (or the right person?)
I agree. And I think it is ridiculous that we have metal detectors in airports, and x-ray screening of our luggage. Are we not innocent until we are proven guilty? Why should the burden be on me to prove that I don't have a bomb?
"So you want to look through my luggage?" "Nah... I'll just believe that you don't have a bomb."
I remember reading that the mayor of Chicago (I think it was chicago, at least) pretty much emptied out the city graveyards to provide JFK with votes when he was elected. Granted, I have no link or reference to show you, but hey, you'll just have to believe that I'm telling the truth... the burden's on YOU to prove my guilt.
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wait.... didn't caldor go belly up a couple years ago?
methinks that maybe they are trying to spur the next generation of kids to seriously look into studying mathematics, which is seen by many as being dry and impracticle compared to engineering. That million dollar reward buys a lot of publicity.
show up at their offices with black ski masks and crowbars and take care of their servers? The Gator Corporation 2000 Bridge Parkway, Suite 100 Redwood City, CA 94065 I'd love to join you, but I'm on the east coast.
Computerworld is reporting on a government study just released that developers spending their time reading slashdot rather than fixing software bugs is costing the U.S. economy an estimated $59.6 billion each year...
I was going to write something deep and insightful about parallels between the "Star Wars" and "Foundation" empires, but I'm way too tired - finals coming up:(. Hopefully someone else will see this and be inspired to write something (+1 interesting) before it gets modded down and disappears into the (-1 offtopic) black hole.
He is if he provides the robber with the addresses of banks, and keeps a list of them on his wall marking whether or not they have been hit yet, and if so how many security guards were taken out.
But of the 100 million users of AIM, how many have heard of w00w00 or would ever hear about this through them rather than through AOL? I would say that 95% would be an extremely conservative number (do 5 million people have now about this stuff?) This is more like posting information about how to break into Volkswagon Jettas in a high-crime neighborhood.
As a sidenote, shouldn't there be a way for the ground control to override the controls of a hijacked plane?
Then when five terrorists break into a control tower they can control any plane in the US? The reason that this attack didn't occur earlier was because of the difficulty in executing a multi-pronged attack. Putting all of our eggs in one basket could spell disaster.
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But if someone's system got screwed around because of the backdoor, they could definitely sue Microsoft, just like people who were in accidents sued Firestone. Granted, with the M$ defense team they probably couldn't win, but it's not like it would be thrown out of court...
The Pentagon was built with tax payers money. So were NASA and Area 51. Not to mention the White House, every armed forces base... Do you really think that you have the right to come and go as you please?
Oh - and I'm wondering how the very first response to someone's comment can be modded as redundant? Go fig.
What he fails to mention is that it's just a bunch of network admins using a self-compiled and maintained list to drop packets from open relays and known spammers from hitting their own networks.
Except the "known spammer" in this case was the entire MIT community!
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I see your point, but the assumption that a merchant that was liable for transactions would NOT make sure that there was some kind of challenge/response system built in is equally arrogant. Without it, they would not be able to prove a single transaction, the same as if they never collected signatures on their credit card receipts.
Sorry about the tone of my post - a wee bit stressed with finals. But I get the sense that most of the people posting are thinking "a club! run by an entertainment company! they couldn't possibly know anything about the technology! and i do!"
Obviously there's the chance that they hired someone incompetent to implement the system, but there's no reason to assume that. To actually get the system working would require some knowledge of what rfids are and do, and one of those most well known and obvious drawbacks of simple rfids is that they're vulnerable to replay attacks.
but i will admit that getting a crypto system and an rfid in a capsule small enough to be comfortable when subdermal might not be that likely.
How could this be modded insightful? What kind of sheep are populating slashdot these days? You could learn enough about encryption to know that this is nonsense just by reading slashdot comments on past RFID articles, let alone actually having any common sense.
Biologists answer only to Chemists. ...
Chemists answer only to Physicists.
Physicists answer only to Mathemeticians.
Mathemeticians answer only to Philosophers.
Philosophers answer only to Psychologists.
Psychologists answer only to Biologists.
Ah... there's my account ;-)
o t/polybot.html
anyway, this is already done with PolyBot:
http://www2.parc.com/spl/projects/modrobots/polyb
each module is autonomous, and it can make legged as well as snake-like configurations. I assume that this worm i similar.
To read the ink they use, you need to shift the frequency of the light reflected off the ink. The ink normally used to mark decks reflects at a visible frequency, it just doesn't contrast against the back of the card enough to be spotted with the naked eye. Hence it is used with filtered lenses to make it contrast.
This ink doesn't work in the visible frequencies, so unless you can sneak in IR goggles, or pass off a filter cube as some kind of retro-cool glasses, it's going to be hard to get in on it.
...how many people would actually go to the red light district wearing a GPS? I wonder how accurate these paths really are at showing 'real' day to day life ;-)
Ease of use.
Lots of actively supported software.
Especially games.
Programs crash every so often, but not enough to be a major problem.
I've seen friends install linux, and dealing with the learning curve.
the hassle they had dealing with peripherals even with people who knew what they were doing helping them. (eg why doesn't my cdrom work? what's the command to eject it now? why do I have to keep remounting it?)
I know enough commands to get around a unix machine, but not enough that it wouldn't be a pain to reach a point where I can use it as my primary OS.
Running MacOS would require a new computer.
Inertia - even if the pros outweigh the cons, it's a hassle to reformat, reinstall, and then learn a new operating system.
*nix systems have a great degree of customability, but at the expense of automation and the "I don't have to worry about it" factor.
Already mentioned in another thread on this article; When these Batteries run out, it is because the radioactivity has ceased or at least dropped to unusable levels. I assume that a level that is unusable as a battery is safe for disposal.
The battery gets its energy from the radiation itself, not like in a power plant where the power comes from the atomic fission.
To everyone who reads your post, you're just another faceless name boosting the amazingly high noise/signal ratio around here. I think I'm going to post trolls to every thread about briefs being superior to boxers. Cause, you know, people care.
(-1 Flamebait, Troll, Too much Realism)
this isn't directed specifically towards you frodo... just seemed like a good place to hook a rant
As I understand it, ctrl-alt-del is a key-combo that no program can 'steal' from the OS. That way you can make sure that one you are logging into really IS a login screen, and not something a kid wrote in VB that's going to email your username and password to him - Ctrl-Alt-Del would make it obvious right away that it was an application, not the login. Granted, I don't know for sure that this is true, but it makes sense to me.
my favorite "trademarked" words from the list:
"Book One"
"Cause"
"Celebrity"
"Flag"
"Freedom"
"Method One"
"Ned"
"OT"
"Purification"
"Super Power"
"The Bridge"
Ivy league schools are Division I. MIT is Division III.
What about those of us who believe in the idea that a person is innocent before being guilty, and that the requirement to show ID reverses that maxim such that a person is now guilty of being no one (or alterntively, guilty of claiming to be someone they are not) until they themselves prove that they are someone (or the right person?)
I agree. And I think it is ridiculous that we have metal detectors in airports, and x-ray screening of our luggage. Are we not innocent until we are proven guilty? Why should the burden be on me to prove that I don't have a bomb?
"So you want to look through my luggage?"
"Nah... I'll just believe that you don't have a bomb."
I remember reading that the mayor of Chicago (I think it was chicago, at least) pretty much emptied out the city graveyards to provide JFK with votes when he was elected. Granted, I have no link or reference to show you, but hey, you'll just have to believe that I'm telling the truth... the burden's on YOU to prove my guilt.
wait.... didn't caldor go belly up a couple years ago?
methinks that maybe they are trying to spur the next generation of kids to seriously look into studying mathematics, which is seen by many as being dry and impracticle compared to engineering. That million dollar reward buys a lot of publicity.
show up at their offices with black ski masks and crowbars and take care of their servers?
The Gator Corporation
2000 Bridge Parkway, Suite 100
Redwood City, CA 94065
I'd love to join you, but I'm on the east coast.
Computerworld is reporting on a government study just released that developers spending their time reading slashdot rather than fixing software bugs is costing the U.S. economy an estimated $59.6 billion each year...
I was going to write something deep and insightful about parallels between the "Star Wars" and "Foundation" empires, but I'm way too tired - finals coming up :(.
Hopefully someone else will see this and be inspired to write something (+1 interesting) before it gets modded down and disappears into the (-1 offtopic) black hole.
He is if he provides the robber with the addresses of banks, and keeps a list of them on his wall marking whether or not they have been hit yet, and if so how many security guards were taken out.
'blat
But of the 100 million users of AIM, how many have heard of w00w00 or would ever hear about this through them rather than through AOL? I would say that 95% would be an extremely conservative number (do 5 million people have now about this stuff?) This is more like posting information about how to break into Volkswagon Jettas in a high-crime neighborhood.
Then when five terrorists break into a control tower they can control any plane in the US? The reason that this attack didn't occur earlier was because of the difficulty in executing a multi-pronged attack. Putting all of our eggs in one basket could spell disaster.
But if someone's system got screwed around because of the backdoor, they could definitely sue Microsoft, just like people who were in accidents sued Firestone.
Granted, with the M$ defense team they probably couldn't win, but it's not like it would be thrown out of court...
The Pentagon was built with tax payers money. So were NASA and Area 51. Not to mention the White House, every armed forces base... Do you really think that you have the right to come and go as you please?
Oh - and I'm wondering how the very first response to someone's comment can be modded as redundant? Go fig.
What he fails to mention is that it's just a bunch of network admins using a self-compiled and maintained list to drop packets from open relays and known spammers from hitting their own networks.
Except the "known spammer" in this case was the entire MIT community!