I was trying to explain this to someone the other day with an analogy.
Everyone hates having to click 15 times through a website to get the content they want. Ideally the number of clicks would be minimal. This is what NASA has to deal with... waiting, moving the rover, more waiting, getting it to focus on something, waiting, close up, waiting, drill it, more waiting, analyse it, even more waiting... If it could do all this autonomously! well...
As I understand it, RFIDs contain a unique number which is not overwritable. The tags just identify the product. Backend databases hold the configurable information.
At it's core, it replaces a barcode. And to my knowledge barcodes are not hackable.
Why on earth would a retail store want to decentralise their information by storing data on RFIDs?!
For tagging postal package, that's a different matter. I imagine a courier would write to RFIDs. Sure it's hackable, but only couriers have phyiscal access to it.
I was under the impression that all security is obscurity, just different levels of it.
I mean, isn't encryption just hiding the magic 500 digit number?
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Until we can work out the value of an area (in terms of scientific benefits, mining, agriculture, etc...) we shouldn't go marking it off-limits.
Ideally these parks would have no value other than for eye candy.
Whaaaa? Talking about Excel on /. and nobody has mentioned Lotus 1-2-3 yet? With good reason.
It's not the language, it's the data!
Prgramming is easy. Most smart users can pick up the basics in no time. The fundamentals have not changed in decades.
The real challenge is manipulating data structures.
- From forms into data structures
- From data strutures into reports that humans can read.
It makes sense to store data structurally.
Users just dont have the patience for fan traps, many to manys, ERDs etc..
That's where programmers play
I'm waiting will computer can figure out how to do forms -> data structure -> reports all by itself with no help.
I was trying to explain this to someone the other day with an analogy.
Everyone hates having to click 15 times through a website to get the content they want. Ideally the number of clicks would be minimal.
This is what NASA has to deal with... waiting, moving the rover, more waiting, getting it to focus on something, waiting, close up, waiting, drill it, more waiting, analyse it, even more waiting...
If it could do all this autonomously! well...
This is total, fear installing crapiola.
As I understand it, RFIDs contain a unique number which is not overwritable.
The tags just identify the product. Backend databases hold the configurable information.
At it's core, it replaces a barcode. And to my knowledge barcodes are not hackable.
Why on earth would a retail store want to decentralise their information by storing data on RFIDs?!
For tagging postal package, that's a different matter. I imagine a courier would write to RFIDs. Sure it's hackable, but only couriers have phyiscal access to it.
Wasn't the 1907 Siberia impact actually a Tesla experiment gone horribly wrong?
I don't know about you, but the startup times for PCs just don't annoy me.
It's a daily ritual for me:
Turn on Computer
Walk to kitchen
Make Coffee!
Walk to desk
Log on
I never even see the machine boot up.
Once step closer to replacing HDD, CDROM, DVD and all those other "moving parts" storage devices.
In 20 years, we'll all be looking back at DVD and CDROM like we do at Tape Cassette.
Moving parts and things that go whirr make me cringe.
I just want to plug it in and get instant access.
The dino has been there since 11am-12am 5-May
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http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcams/W200405
At 17" I find 1600 x 1200 acceptable.
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I want to be a beta tester
I was under the impression that all security is obscurity, just different levels of it.
I mean, isn't encryption just hiding the magic 500 digit number?
What if each pixel or colour responded to a unique radio frequency?
Problem would be to calibrate/program the pixels to respond, which could be overcome I'm sure.
Just imagine pinning a giant piece of plastic to your wall and watching Matrix for the 15th time.