The problem is that ice vending is a monopoly, so ice vendor employs monopoly tactitics.
Since customers can't buy anywhere else, the vendor could not care less about inconveniencing them - they can't buy from another supplier.
Solution is to have more than 3 independent vendors, and BM sets the pice. Vendors will compete on service for sales - fastest server will prevail.
The vendor that just takes customers' money and lets customer pick their own ice up from the truck will be fastest.
Great, one hole in the sieve that is e-voting plugged. Just a few thousand more to go.
When are the hashes ever verified, and what can be done once one or more ballots fail verification?
How might a voter validate (via hash on receipt) that the ballot was tabulated as hashed?
This is just one of a myriad of possible attack vectors. What about the others, particularly the wholesale methods of rigging like simply altering the contents of the Access database that stores the votes between when voting concludes and when votes are tabulated? That appears to have happened in Ohio in 2004, where several people were convicted of the offense.
At best, a good case for compiling PHP code.
I'm not sure the assumptions are sound at all: 10:1 ration? PHP code is dominant code executed?
I'd bet most of execution is in database, and that is surely executing compiled C/C++.
Pick a theme and stick to it. In the past, we've used names of fish and that seemed to work pretty well...swordfish, hammerhead, etc. Obviously, pick something with a sufficiently large set of names for your network. This is effective as non-meaningful id's, but gives the workstations the sort of personality that they deserve.
Avoid using information *about* the workstation in its name. Primary user, location, function may change over time. Renaming is problematic so avoid needing to do it.
I remember using Micro Focus cobol to write DOS apps in the early 90's. That language seemed antiquated in those days, but it's still king for certain types of systems.
I don't get how comcast can get away with offerring "unlimited" internet at speeds "up to 16 Mbps" and then cap @ 250 GB/month. 250 GB/month works out to a rate of 809 kbps, or.79 Mbps, a mere 1/20th of the advertised rate.
Where is the Federal Trade Comission whe you need them. It seems absurd to let Comcast get away with offering speeds of 16 Mbps, sold on a monthly basis, while essentially terminating service for any customer that averages over.79 Mbps during that period. They should be forced to change their advertising to say "speeds up to.79 Mbps". Class action suit anyone?
While 250 GB in a month seems sufficient for most users most of the time, I could easily see a time in the not so distant future where you might want to have a video feed (or several) running all the time (much as some people leave their TV on all the time) -- easily consumming 1 or 2 Mbps.
I can't imagine the storage is worth the time to set up something that can use them all given new 500GB drives
They are probably most useful in cheap USB to IDE enclosures as additional external storage - nice for convenient system backups, offsites, and extra storage.
Looks like a great investment opportunity. The US is a capilalist-democracy, where dollars vote. Cast your vote by shorting their stock. Make money and help rid the world of SCO in one shot...brilliant!
If the geniuses that write operating systems haven't figured out a foolproof way to keep unwanted parties from hacking in, how will the bufoons at the big record companies figure out how to lock there content without creating such a horrible product that they will give up their markets?
If I have to enter a key to play a song, I won't play that song. DRM creates more headaches for consumers than problems it solves for media companies. And now that companies can see what a marketing disaster it can be for them (Sony rootkit anyone?), I predict they will flee from it.
The biggest problem with all DRM is that it is mereley a speedbump for the professional pirates. They have incentive to break it, and someone always finds a way. For the typical media consumer aka The Customer, it is an inconvenience at best. If iPods stunk, then iTunes Music Store would's sell diddly. Why? Because you could only play what you bought on your computer.
We sell unlocked downloads at our site and we don't see a big piracy problem at all. Unlike the big media companies, we value our customers and give them the best service we can. Our customers absolutely love our product.
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The problem is that ice vending is a monopoly, so ice vendor employs monopoly tactitics. Since customers can't buy anywhere else, the vendor could not care less about inconveniencing them - they can't buy from another supplier.
Solution is to have more than 3 independent vendors, and BM sets the pice. Vendors will compete on service for sales - fastest server will prevail. The vendor that just takes customers' money and lets customer pick their own ice up from the truck will be fastest.
First-world problem solved.
Great, one hole in the sieve that is e-voting plugged. Just a few thousand more to go. When are the hashes ever verified, and what can be done once one or more ballots fail verification? How might a voter validate (via hash on receipt) that the ballot was tabulated as hashed? This is just one of a myriad of possible attack vectors. What about the others, particularly the wholesale methods of rigging like simply altering the contents of the Access database that stores the votes between when voting concludes and when votes are tabulated? That appears to have happened in Ohio in 2004, where several people were convicted of the offense.
At best, a good case for compiling PHP code. I'm not sure the assumptions are sound at all: 10:1 ration? PHP code is dominant code executed? I'd bet most of execution is in database, and that is surely executing compiled C/C++.
Pick a theme and stick to it. In the past, we've used names of fish and that seemed to work pretty well...swordfish, hammerhead, etc. Obviously, pick something with a sufficiently large set of names for your network. This is effective as non-meaningful id's, but gives the workstations the sort of personality that they deserve.
Avoid using information *about* the workstation in its name. Primary user, location, function may change over time. Renaming is problematic so avoid needing to do it.
I remember using Micro Focus cobol to write DOS apps in the early 90's. That language seemed antiquated in those days, but it's still king for certain types of systems.
I don't get how comcast can get away with offerring "unlimited" internet at speeds "up to 16 Mbps" and then cap @ 250 GB/month. 250 GB/month works out to a rate of 809 kbps, or .79 Mbps, a mere 1/20th of the advertised rate. .79 Mbps during that period. They should be forced to change their advertising to say "speeds up to .79 Mbps". Class action suit anyone?
Where is the Federal Trade Comission whe you need them. It seems absurd to let Comcast get away with offering speeds of 16 Mbps, sold on a monthly basis, while essentially terminating service for any customer that averages over
While 250 GB in a month seems sufficient for most users most of the time, I could easily see a time in the not so distant future where you might want to have a video feed (or several) running all the time (much as some people leave their TV on all the time) -- easily consumming 1 or 2 Mbps.
I can't imagine the storage is worth the time to set up something that can use them all given new 500GB drives They are probably most useful in cheap USB to IDE enclosures as additional external storage - nice for convenient system backups, offsites, and extra storage.
Looks like a great investment opportunity. The US is a capilalist-democracy, where dollars vote. Cast your vote by shorting their stock. Make money and help rid the world of SCO in one shot...brilliant!
Aren't most cell phones made of plastic these days? My last 3 all have been. Be careful about wearing too much flashy jewelry in the rain too.
If the geniuses that write operating systems haven't figured out a foolproof way to keep unwanted parties from hacking in, how will the bufoons at the big record companies figure out how to lock there content without creating such a horrible product that they will give up their markets?
If I have to enter a key to play a song, I won't play that song. DRM creates more headaches for consumers than problems it solves for media companies. And now that companies can see what a marketing disaster it can be for them (Sony rootkit anyone?), I predict they will flee from it.
The biggest problem with all DRM is that it is mereley a speedbump for the professional pirates. They have incentive to break it, and someone always finds a way. For the typical media consumer aka The Customer, it is an inconvenience at best. If iPods stunk, then iTunes Music Store would's sell diddly. Why? Because you could only play what you bought on your computer.
We sell unlocked downloads at our site and we don't see a big piracy problem at all. Unlike the big media companies, we value our customers and give them the best service we can. Our customers absolutely love our product.