Mil for millimetre? Really? All engineers in US would've understood it as 1/1000 of an inch, or 25.4 um (ever had a PCB made around here?;) ), in Canada I hear more of 'thou' for the same unit.
"since all of them have become so dependent on the government..."
The point of (almost!) no return actually requires only more than half of them, nominally! BUT I still hope that the minority of liberty-loving people (both on antiwar Left and true conservative Right) can organize themselves better (without needing any "Community Organizers":) ), and that there is still a chance to turn things around.
But then, I have my signature, and you have yours, and neither changed the world just yet...;-/
Agreed! Last time I really needed to talk over RS232 to some "really expensive box", none of readily available USB-RS232 adaptors were even recognized by a (reasonably modern) Linux box...:(
So, I ordered a bunch of these: http://www.lavalink.com/dev/index.php?id=42 , and they have been quietly sitting there, passing control commands to 3 "really expensive boxes" for the last 4 years, or so...;)
And yes, when I fire up minicom to debug something, I do have to tell myself *not* to press ATDT right away...:)
There is a PIN to use it, of course, but there is supposed to be a "decoy" PIN, so if you are forced to enter your PIN by the bad guys, it, apparently, looks like it was successful ("buys you some time") but (in theory) alerts someone and triggers police response.
Intel would not have (presumably!) to re-invent *Intel* Paragon!:)
We can throw a Connection Machine in there, and really date ourselves -- but it's still nice to know that finally CMOS tech has caught up with late 80s comp. arch. advances!
And then, do not get me started on the original Tera, with its multithreading it seemed to be much better bang for the buck of chip real estate than currently accepted multicore solutions. But what would I know...
I was just poking around and found your series of t-shirts designs. Not that I am a rabid atheist;) (as a matter of fact, I was habitually putting Taoist on US Gov. forms), but this one (http://www.zazzle.com/party_time_tshirt-235764204376717545) struck me as being a bit too much familiar -- after all, I am currently very close to WA state, and this is where we *do* have establishments just like that!:)
Yes, he did literally say "end of life cycle". Most probably because in modern Russian corporate-speak expressions and terms like this are direct translations from English (in the same way 300 to 100 years ago they were borrowed from French:) ).
I would think that upper classes would just import an already magically trained Owl from a breeder "somewhere else", where breeding has been outsourced (Indonesia?:) ), and lower and/or rural middle classes would just catch their own in the wild...
Which leaves only "urban middle class" to try to aquire one on an open market, so, no surprise there!
(and yes, I do like owls, no harm wished towards them, as opposed to the summary editors!:) )
Wanted to post the same myself, but you put it so much better. (and all my mod points are gone, so providing just moral support;) ).
People who insist on voting for the lesser of two evils (or, worse, voting just to say that he voted for the guy who won) really surprise me if there is a real, even if long-shot, option available.
But then, we already know it (even judging from our signature lines:) ), but how do we really make others understand it?
As a side note, an alternative semi-scientific approach to get "political leanings of geeks" result would be to analyse signature lines of/.ers for bias.:)
Hmm, is there an API to download sig lines of all/. users? Anyone up for this project?
And it still feels strange that I managed to actually RTFA (MOS is a litigious recording label over there, apparently), and *still* get the first post -- which probably means that Anonymous works are by now of no interest to an average/.er *at all*!;)
And that is the question that needs to be asked in this context, together with "how much do I want to bet my life (for dissidents) or, in addition, well-being of my country (for spies) on the fact that none can be extracted".
I am sure that latter user might have much better tools made by people who actually answered questions like this, and, for communications with his handlers having a single camera and steganography program tuned to specifically to *that* sensor; while the former one might want to do some research.
And I would not be surprised that in heavily processed JPEGs noise is even more coloured.
One should probably trust a random steganoraphy program even less than a random encryption program, and I am not sure if there ever was a commonly accepted *good" steno program (on par with, say, PGP).
One possible difficulty in, say, hiding messages in low-weight bits ("noise") of digital pictures that I recently thought of (combination of my work and reading that particular thread you referenced) is that they are produced by a physical object (digital camera sensor), with noise likely to Boltzmann-distributed at, say, 300K. If a program sees just white noise there, or some much higher or much lower effective T, well, immediate red flag!
Now, it is probably possible to take effects like this into account when designing your program, but it would take someone well-versed both in math of crypto AND physics of sensors, which is obviously somewhat higher threshold, and it might end up not being "universal" for different image sources.
"seriously polarized political environment"? Really? Which just happens to be split right at the middle, 50/50, with statistical fluctuations deciding which side will be in power for the next 4 years, do you think this is not intentional? With "major" proclaimed policy differences between two sides boiling down to things like abortion, gun rights, gay marriage -- topics very emotional and relevant to tiny percentage of voters, but blown out of proportion.
Why not discuss monetary policy? Imperialism? War overseas? Hey, distinguish yourself by denouncing internal "Wars" (drugs, terror, etc.).
No, it is basically down to abortion vs. gun rights, make your pick, and do not ask any deeper questions.
Did replied to BMO dude here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1702634&cid=32740516 -- as much as I hated it, maybe it still has a chance to change someone's mind, or at least crack it open just a little bit. However minuscule...:(
Good luck!
Paul B.
P.S. Since I like you, here is my e-mail: p-b;u=n*y'kATgmail.cammm:)
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Mil for millimetre? Really? All engineers in US would've understood it as 1/1000 of an inch, or 25.4 um (ever had a PCB made around here? ;) ), in Canada I hear more of 'thou' for the same unit.
Paul B.
Because it's Big Sister, silly you! ;-/
And yes, do it slowly is apparently a sure way to boil a live frog without it noticing, as well as making American public accept DHS and beyond.
Paul B.
"since all of them have become so dependent on the government..."
The point of (almost!) no return actually requires only more than half of them, nominally! BUT I still hope that the minority of liberty-loving people (both on antiwar Left and true conservative Right) can organize themselves better (without needing any "Community Organizers" :) ), and that there is still a chance to turn things around.
But then, I have my signature, and you have yours, and neither changed the world just yet... ;-/
Paul B.
... is to be taken quite literally for the first couple of attempts to launch an entirely new system! ;-/
I was quite impressed that you can actually get launch insurance (but only for rocket launches, of course!).
Paul B.
... kuz it's never the same!
Agreed! Last time I really needed to talk over RS232 to some "really expensive box", none of readily available USB-RS232 adaptors were even recognized by a (reasonably modern) Linux box... :(
So, I ordered a bunch of these: http://www.lavalink.com/dev/index.php?id=42 , and they have been quietly sitting there, passing control commands to 3 "really expensive boxes" for the last 4 years, or so... ;)
And yes, when I fire up minicom to debug something, I do have to tell myself *not* to press ATDT right away... :)
Paul B.
There is a PIN to use it, of course, but there is supposed to be a "decoy" PIN, so if you are forced to enter your PIN by the bad guys, it, apparently, looks like it was successful ("buys you some time") but (in theory) alerts someone and triggers police response.
Paul B.
"Reflections on trusting trust", by Ken Thompson:
http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html
Paul B.
Intel would not have (presumably!) to re-invent *Intel* Paragon! :)
We can throw a Connection Machine in there, and really date ourselves -- but it's still nice to know that finally CMOS tech has caught up with late 80s comp. arch. advances!
And then, do not get me started on the original Tera, with its multithreading it seemed to be much better bang for the buck of chip real estate than currently accepted multicore solutions. But what would I know...
Paul B.
Are they trying to reinvent Transputer? :)
But yes, I am happy to see Intel pushing it forward!
Paul B.
I was just poking around and found your series of t-shirts designs. Not that I am a rabid atheist ;) (as a matter of fact, I was habitually putting Taoist on US Gov. forms), but this one (http://www.zazzle.com/party_time_tshirt-235764204376717545) struck me as being a bit too much familiar -- after all, I am currently very close to WA state, and this is where we *do* have establishments just like that! :)
Paul B.
Since this post is already +5 Informative, not spending my mod points on it, but making you a friend instead! :) Thanks!
Paul B.
Yes, he did literally say "end of life cycle". Most probably because in modern Russian corporate-speak expressions and terms like this are direct translations from English (in the same way 300 to 100 years ago they were borrowed from French :) ).
Paul B.
Mod parent up!
Paul B.
I would think that upper classes would just import an already magically trained Owl from a breeder "somewhere else", where breeding has been outsourced (Indonesia? :) ), and lower and/or rural middle classes would just catch their own in the wild...
Which leaves only "urban middle class" to try to aquire one on an open market, so, no surprise there!
(and yes, I do like owls, no harm wished towards them, as opposed to the summary editors! :) )
Paul B.
Especially of the ones who frigging *know* what genetic algorithms are all about, as I expect a better half of /.?
Paul B.
P.S. Or was it auto-generated by a genetic algorithm? :)
Wanted to post the same myself, but you put it so much better. (and all my mod points are gone, so providing just moral support ;) ).
People who insist on voting for the lesser of two evils (or, worse, voting just to say that he voted for the guy who won) really surprise me if there is a real, even if long-shot, option available.
But then, we already know it (even judging from our signature lines :) ), but how do we really make others understand it?
As a side note, an alternative semi-scientific approach to get "political leanings of geeks" result would be to analyse signature lines of /.ers for bias. :)
Hmm, is there an API to download sig lines of all /. users? Anyone up for this project?
Paul B.
And it still feels strange that I managed to actually RTFA (MOS is a litigious recording label over there, apparently), and *still* get the first post -- which probably means that Anonymous works are by now of no interest to an average /.er *at all*! ;)
Paul B.
That UK actually has an official Ministry of Sound (as in, Govt. agency) ! :)
Paul B.
... who think that QNX is "brand new"???
I was snickering at that "brand new OS" myself, for all of what it took me to read next four words, and I thought "Wow, that's cool! Smart move!"
Anyone else remember those 3.5" QNX demo floppies, with kernel, GUI and functional browser on top?
Paul B.
Why no comments then? :(
And that is the question that needs to be asked in this context, together with "how much do I want to bet my life (for dissidents) or, in addition, well-being of my country (for spies) on the fact that none can be extracted".
I am sure that latter user might have much better tools made by people who actually answered questions like this, and, for communications with his handlers having a single camera and steganography program tuned to specifically to *that* sensor; while the former one might want to do some research.
And I would not be surprised that in heavily processed JPEGs noise is even more coloured.
Paul B.
One should probably trust a random steganoraphy program even less than a random encryption program, and I am not sure if there ever was a commonly accepted *good" steno program (on par with, say, PGP).
One possible difficulty in, say, hiding messages in low-weight bits ("noise") of digital pictures that I recently thought of (combination of my work and reading that particular thread you referenced) is that they are produced by a physical object (digital camera sensor), with noise likely to Boltzmann-distributed at, say, 300K. If a program sees just white noise there, or some much higher or much lower effective T, well, immediate red flag!
Now, it is probably possible to take effects like this into account when designing your program, but it would take someone well-versed both in math of crypto AND physics of sensors, which is obviously somewhat higher threshold, and it might end up not being "universal" for different image sources.
Anyway, just my $0.02
Paul B.
"seriously polarized political environment"? Really? Which just happens to be split right at the middle, 50/50, with statistical fluctuations deciding which side will be in power for the next 4 years, do you think this is not intentional? With "major" proclaimed policy differences between two sides boiling down to things like abortion, gun rights, gay marriage -- topics very emotional and relevant to tiny percentage of voters, but blown out of proportion.
Why not discuss monetary policy? Imperialism? War overseas? Hey, distinguish yourself by denouncing internal "Wars" (drugs, terror, etc.).
No, it is basically down to abortion vs. gun rights, make your pick, and do not ask any deeper questions.
Paul B.
And good luck to your country! ;-) I like Chilean wines anyway, maybe I should look into moving there!
Paul B.
Did replied to BMO dude here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1702634&cid=32740516 -- as much as I hated it, maybe it still has a chance to change someone's mind, or at least crack it open just a little bit. However minuscule... :(
Good luck!
Paul B.
P.S. Since I like you, here is my e-mail: p-b;u=n*y'kATgmail.cammm :)