I don't want just anybody having access to the information about where I buy everything from my lunch to my porn.
Yeah, I reserve those rights for my credit card providers, my bank, my grocery store, my gas station, and my pharmacy! Keep the government out of my privacy! It's mine to sell!
*/joke*
If you think I believe all that, you haven't read my.sig...
At which point, only the RFID tag is valid currency, and criminals now counterfeit money by cleaning small-value bills and printing them to look like large-value bills, with the hacked chips to match. After all, no one else is really checking the other security measures - that requires effort.
Alternatively, you walk by a high-energy RF field that burns out the chips, and all your money is now worthless.
Yeah, I see this working. None of the benefits of a smartcard (or regular paper currency) with all the downsides.
First off, I almost completely agree with your comment about MS. They're not so much of a problem until you grow big enough for them to notice you. Other than that one caveat, I can't disagree with anything you said about them.
Further, I can't say for certainty that Andy isn't a Microsoft apologist. I don't recall coming across his stuff before.
But did you read the AARD article? Look at the sections "So What?" and "Microsoft's Initial Response". There is only one line that is at all apologetic, and it looks more like academic correctness than anything else. He says that, given the obfuscation placed on the AARD code, it's difficult to say what it's exact intention is. He then goes on to say that the results are clear enough - DR DOS won't run Windows. Then he uses apologetic words like scaring people out of using DR DOS, out-of-hand comments saying that the problem must be Novell's, on and on. He even points out anti-trust rulings that may apply to the AARD routine. The one thing he doesn't do is say that it's anti-trust activity, possibly because of the risk of slander suits. He does, however, list what constitutes predatory innovation, and mentions that the compatibility test is artificial to the point of requiring breaking copyright law for someone else to pass it. Doesn't sound terribly pro-MS to me...which leads back to the question: how is the article at kickassgear.com argue against anything that andy said in his article, or make him an apologist. He may not be as sensationalist as kickassgear, but that's about the only difference I can see...
I disagree. Sure, he says: Whether in spite or because of the books Undocumented DOS and Undocumented Windows, I've often had to publicly defend Microsoft against what I felt were acts of scapegoating from whining competitors (including Novell, Borland, Lotus, and Wordperfect), complaints which remind me of the way some Americans like to blame Japan for what are ultimately our own domestic problems.
But, he also makes that statement in a section of the article named "Maybe It's a Bug?" (good grief! It's the first paragraph in the section!) and then he goes on to say this: In fact, much of Microsoft's practice, far from targeting competitor's applications, points in the opposite direction: Microsoft sometimes goes to extremes to maintain compatibility, even with competitor's mistakes (see, for example, the crazy GetAppCompatFlags() function discussed in Chapter 5 of Undocumented Windows).
*sarcasm*Personally, I find this shocking. Company A has a bug that makes their code incompatible, but they blame Company B.*/sarcasm* That's almost as old as the "It's the hardware." "No, it's the software." game. Besides, are you going on the record as saying that Novell has never had bugs in their products? Good luck.
The way I see it, he has nothing good to say about what MS was doing in that article, but he doesn't condone attacking MS every time something goes wrong. It also has no relevance with your comments, or the article you linked to - it's quite clear that they are in the wrong there...
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Making Change
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It's just sometimes people like to do this to be helpful or just to be annoying/arrogant (really anticipating the look of panic in the cashiers eyes).
I don't do it for any of those reasons. I mostly do it because I'm lazy and don't want to carry around 5 pounds worth of pennies. Oh, yeah, I also want the only jangling sound when I walk to be from my big brass ones.;)
It gets worse than that. I ran across a gov. controlled org. (!) that didn't want to have to give change in pennies, so arranged their prices so that after GST/PST the total would be divisible by 5 cents. Of course, the system doesn't work for every multiple and every combination unless you calculate your prices before GST/PST to 4 or 5 decimals, and who does that. So somewhere someone may be getting screwed by a penny here or there, and they always add up, usually in ways that piss off accountants.
If they implanted it, one of the conditions would be that you check in, where they could verify that it was still implanted, using one mechanism or other.
If you remove it, you either have to run or show up and fail the GPS placement test. So you're caught, with some lead time. So we can't do that.
If you shield it all the time, they are going to throw you back in the clink. So you're caught, maybe with lots of lead time.
If you shield intermittently, they are going to send someone to look for you whenever you fall off their map. If they think you're abusing the system, you end up back in jail. So you're caught maybe with no lead time.
I think the best bet would be to weaken the battery so that it retains less charge, giving you some 'free time' before you have to go back to your induction mat, or a way to burn out the induction charge system in the GPS, causing the whole unit to fail after charge is depleted. It leaves you with total innocence - "What!?! I didn't know walking under those high-voltage lines would kill my unit. They're on my way to work - I have to pass them." And if they start talking about replacing it numerous times, you'll have all sorts of human rights groups up in arms about cruel and unusual punishment (if the constitution is still in place in the US). That could take it to the point where they can't require it as a condition of parole, which puts us back where we are today, which sounds better than that dark world...
For legal defense: a lot of people are worried that the government will be able to track them; this is a good thing if you are falsely accused and can prove that you were somewhere else.
If you're American, then I'm sad for where your country is let alone where it is going. One of the core concepts of your judicial system used to be innocent until proven guilty. The onus is not on you to prove innocence. That's just as bad as saying that encryption is bad because if you were a good citizen, you would have nothing to hide...
Once upon a time, I thought my sig was funny. Now it's starting to look like a worldwide condition.
Unless these males you're talking about are completely isolated from the rest of society (like NEVER leaving the house/basement)
Well done. You've just described a significant proportion of the gamer (and/.) crowd.
they know exactly what real women look like
They do, more or less, or they would spend a lot of time accidentally propositioning men when they leave their houses. Good for the guys, not so good for the women...
What do you mean, the digital equivalent of 9/11? The physical one wasn't enough? People were given extra time, or released from obligation, for their tax returns. Computer systems for many, if not all of the companies housed in WTC were crippled, as well as many things hosted there. Phone traffic in NYC was congested and crippled. Economic shock was incurred in part due to the human loss (which was actually small, just concentrated) and corporate disruption, but also from IS disruption of financial systems. You may not have heard, but redundancy is part of security. So, does it tie in? Yes.
From what I've heard, gravity is one of the great assistors in that particular activity. If you can finish in the few minutes of microgravity most of these flights afford, you'll have a hard time finding partners...especially with the previous issue.
You mean besides this and these? And you thought you were being funny...
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The ironic part is, they may well download material copyrighted by the web host, protected by a digital notice of the unacceptability of doing so...sounds like these guys want to play with the DMCA...
Excellent point. I doubt it would be feasible to make such an attempt on Earth, given our gravity, but it may be possible to do so on Mars. I'd even be okay if it was 2 elements landing, and one going back up again, such as: the fuel and launching apparatus in one trip; and the reusable capsule, ground transport (for the capsule), and crew in the other.
What I'm not sure about is if the Apollo/Soyuz capsules can be used more than once, especially in this manner. If they can, then that's what I hope to see in the near future. We can worry about more advanced requirements once we can actually get people off this rock and onto another again.
You are aware that TCO means "Total Cost of Ownership", right? That includes the initial cost you seem to be referring to, as well as all those other costs afterward...
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Looks typical to me....
Hmmm...looks like I better get ready to add a new color to my flag...
I don't want just anybody having access to the information about where I buy everything from my lunch to my porn.
.sig...
Yeah, I reserve those rights for my credit card providers, my bank, my grocery store, my gas station, and my pharmacy! Keep the government out of my privacy! It's mine to sell!
*/joke*
If you think I believe all that, you haven't read my
At which point, only the RFID tag is valid currency, and criminals now counterfeit money by cleaning small-value bills and printing them to look like large-value bills, with the hacked chips to match. After all, no one else is really checking the other security measures - that requires effort.
Alternatively, you walk by a high-energy RF field that burns out the chips, and all your money is now worthless.
Yeah, I see this working. None of the benefits of a smartcard (or regular paper currency) with all the downsides.
They're hoping that one day they can learn how to get laid....
First off, I almost completely agree with your comment about MS. They're not so much of a problem until you grow big enough for them to notice you. Other than that one caveat, I can't disagree with anything you said about them.
Further, I can't say for certainty that Andy isn't a Microsoft apologist. I don't recall coming across his stuff before.
But did you read the AARD article? Look at the sections "So What?" and "Microsoft's Initial Response". There is only one line that is at all apologetic, and it looks more like academic correctness than anything else. He says that, given the obfuscation placed on the AARD code, it's difficult to say what it's exact intention is. He then goes on to say that the results are clear enough - DR DOS won't run Windows. Then he uses apologetic words like scaring people out of using DR DOS, out-of-hand comments saying that the problem must be Novell's, on and on. He even points out anti-trust rulings that may apply to the AARD routine. The one thing he doesn't do is say that it's anti-trust activity, possibly because of the risk of slander suits. He does, however, list what constitutes predatory innovation, and mentions that the compatibility test is artificial to the point of requiring breaking copyright law for someone else to pass it. Doesn't sound terribly pro-MS to me...which leads back to the question: how is the article at kickassgear.com argue against anything that andy said in his article, or make him an apologist. He may not be as sensationalist as kickassgear, but that's about the only difference I can see...
...couldn't we try for maybe just a teensy bit of objectivity?
Sorry, we don't do that here...
I disagree. Sure, he says: Whether in spite or because of the books Undocumented DOS and Undocumented Windows, I've often had to publicly defend Microsoft against what I felt were acts of scapegoating from whining competitors (including Novell, Borland, Lotus, and Wordperfect), complaints which remind me of the way some Americans like to blame Japan for what are ultimately our own domestic problems.
But, he also makes that statement in a section of the article named "Maybe It's a Bug?" (good grief! It's the first paragraph in the section!) and then he goes on to say this: In fact, much of Microsoft's practice, far from targeting competitor's applications, points in the opposite direction: Microsoft sometimes goes to extremes to maintain compatibility, even with competitor's mistakes (see, for example, the crazy GetAppCompatFlags() function discussed in Chapter 5 of Undocumented Windows).
*sarcasm*Personally, I find this shocking. Company A has a bug that makes their code incompatible, but they blame Company B.*/sarcasm* That's almost as old as the "It's the hardware." "No, it's the software." game. Besides, are you going on the record as saying that Novell has never had bugs in their products? Good luck.
The way I see it, he has nothing good to say about what MS was doing in that article, but he doesn't condone attacking MS every time something goes wrong. It also has no relevance with your comments, or the article you linked to - it's quite clear that they are in the wrong there...
It's just sometimes people like to do this to be helpful or just to be annoying/arrogant (really anticipating the look of panic in the cashiers eyes).
;)
I don't do it for any of those reasons. I mostly do it because I'm lazy and don't want to carry around 5 pounds worth of pennies. Oh, yeah, I also want the only jangling sound when I walk to be from my big brass ones.
It gets worse than that. I ran across a gov. controlled org. (!) that didn't want to have to give change in pennies, so arranged their prices so that after GST/PST the total would be divisible by 5 cents. Of course, the system doesn't work for every multiple and every combination unless you calculate your prices before GST/PST to 4 or 5 decimals, and who does that. So somewhere someone may be getting screwed by a penny here or there, and they always add up, usually in ways that piss off accountants.
You're thinking of the hard way.
If they implanted it, one of the conditions would be that you check in, where they could verify that it was still implanted, using one mechanism or other.
If you remove it, you either have to run or show up and fail the GPS placement test. So you're caught, with some lead time. So we can't do that.
If you shield it all the time, they are going to throw you back in the clink. So you're caught, maybe with lots of lead time.
If you shield intermittently, they are going to send someone to look for you whenever you fall off their map. If they think you're abusing the system, you end up back in jail. So you're caught maybe with no lead time.
I think the best bet would be to weaken the battery so that it retains less charge, giving you some 'free time' before you have to go back to your induction mat, or a way to burn out the induction charge system in the GPS, causing the whole unit to fail after charge is depleted. It leaves you with total innocence - "What!?! I didn't know walking under those high-voltage lines would kill my unit. They're on my way to work - I have to pass them." And if they start talking about replacing it numerous times, you'll have all sorts of human rights groups up in arms about cruel and unusual punishment (if the constitution is still in place in the US). That could take it to the point where they can't require it as a condition of parole, which puts us back where we are today, which sounds better than that dark world...
For legal defense: a lot of people are worried that the government will be able to track them; this is a good thing if you are falsely accused and can prove that you were somewhere else.
If you're American, then I'm sad for where your country is let alone where it is going. One of the core concepts of your judicial system used to be innocent until proven guilty. The onus is not on you to prove innocence. That's just as bad as saying that encryption is bad because if you were a good citizen, you would have nothing to hide...
Once upon a time, I thought my sig was funny. Now it's starting to look like a worldwide condition.
Unless these males you're talking about are completely isolated from the rest of society (like NEVER leaving the house/basement)
/.) crowd.
Well done. You've just described a significant proportion of the gamer (and
they know exactly what real women look like
They do, more or less, or they would spend a lot of time accidentally propositioning men when they leave their houses. Good for the guys, not so good for the women...
I'm a fat, ugly, pasty guy
/.ers will I have to put in there...ah hell, back to my coding cave...
Okay, that's it! You're going on my foe list! Now, how many other
Never, ever say that about Carrie-Ann Moss! The proper term when the dipping (and that being dipped) is of that quality is 'enrobed'.
And, as usual, it won't work until version 3, but early adopters will still get on board because it's shit from MS...
What do you mean, the digital equivalent of 9/11? The physical one wasn't enough? People were given extra time, or released from obligation, for their tax returns. Computer systems for many, if not all of the companies housed in WTC were crippled, as well as many things hosted there. Phone traffic in NYC was congested and crippled. Economic shock was incurred in part due to the human loss (which was actually small, just concentrated) and corporate disruption, but also from IS disruption of financial systems. You may not have heard, but redundancy is part of security. So, does it tie in? Yes.
From what I've heard, gravity is one of the great assistors in that particular activity. If you can finish in the few minutes of microgravity most of these flights afford, you'll have a hard time finding partners...especially with the previous issue.
Well, I'm Canadian...
You mean besides this and these? And you thought you were being funny...
The ironic part is, they may well download material copyrighted by the web host, protected by a digital notice of the unacceptability of doing so...sounds like these guys want to play with the DMCA...
The nice thing about judges and juries is how many you can buy for >$1 Billion...
That's know-it-all Canadians...
Excellent point. I doubt it would be feasible to make such an attempt on Earth, given our gravity, but it may be possible to do so on Mars. I'd even be okay if it was 2 elements landing, and one going back up again, such as: the fuel and launching apparatus in one trip; and the reusable capsule, ground transport (for the capsule), and crew in the other.
What I'm not sure about is if the Apollo/Soyuz capsules can be used more than once, especially in this manner. If they can, then that's what I hope to see in the near future. We can worry about more advanced requirements once we can actually get people off this rock and onto another again.
Its true that the initial TCO for linux will rise
You are aware that TCO means "Total Cost of Ownership", right? That includes the initial cost you seem to be referring to, as well as all those other costs afterward...