the DoD is 'limiting and restricting the ability of the market to compete for the provision of new and innovative solutions and capabilities' by 'treating DoD-developed software code as a physical good.'
Not that the DoD is the only government entity with a graft problem, but every federal provisioning contract I've ever seen had more to do with timely payments to connected players (or their campaigns/funds) than technology, terms of the license, or actual amount of money wasted or saved.
I'm not sure what they think they're trademarking here. "IDA" is an abbreviation used by many other things, some of them overlapping computer or storage technology . "Information dispersal algorithms" is a term already in common usage. (Just do a search for either term...)
The Project uses information dispersal algorithms (IDAs(TM)) to separate data into 11 unrecognizable DataSlices(TM) and distribute them, via secure Internet connections, to 11 storage locations throughout the world, creating a storage grid. With dispersed storage, transmission and storage of data is inherently private and secure. No single entire copy of the data is in one location, and only 6 out of the 11 nodes need to be available in order to perfectly retrieve the data.
...like network RAID? The site needs spellchecking - badly - but the encryption seems to be based on a key derived after you do some kind of RSA public/private key sign on.
Why is this news? Ever try carrying a water pistol into an airport? (Hint: it was forbidden fifteen years before 9/11)
what tool are you using for recording the sessions
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Blueberry Software's BB FlashBack - cost me $199.
I've started using Flash inside my dev enviro...
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I've started using Flash inside my development environment, but I use it to capture and annotate onscreen application sessions so I can show the developers what's going wrong. (It avoids a lot of "I can't reproduce it and can't find the time to make it over to a computer where it can be reproduced, so I'm not going to do it" B.S.)
"For years, the holy grail of the Linux desktop has been to get a major computer vendor to commit to preloading a Linux desktop."
What does it tell you when all of the "minor" computer vendors who did commit to preloading a Linux desktop failed to get promoted to "major" computer vendors?
Honestly, no. Opera dropped off my radar a while ago; just don't know anyone who uses it (and my target audience of corporate users is almost all IE and Mozilla/Firefox). However, I promise to check it out again.
I didn't realize Opera was still a player (very understood the "pay for a web browser" bit), but BitTorrent is an interesting addition.
Firefox is still ahead in extensions
I don't run any Firefox extensions, but can someone explain why Firefox gets lauded for "lots of extensions" while IE gets dinged for lots of ActiveX controls?
"Electronic Arts has confirmed they are 100% committed to the Nintendo Wii..."
This is news? I don't think so.
News would be: "The biggest game software vendor declines to write games for the industry's next major platform, thus ceding leadership to bit players X, Y and Z."
Apple didn't want to go after its internal people because it didn't want to piss them off. It wanted to go after the blogger because Apple likes to "leak" tidbits and then turn off the spigot when if feels its "leaked" test message has hit the test market. However, the blogger in this case wouldn't shut the hell up when Apple asked him too so more people got the message from a near-official source than Apple wanted. Rather than lead with a carrot ("STFU or you get no more information") Apple tried to lead with stick.
"Toolbox is geared toward developers, not end-users, and is best used for aiding in data modelling and bootstrapping your application with data."
In other words, if you have any other way to work with data in a database, you don't need "Toolbox".
"A side benefit of the TurboGears framework is that it is a megaproject with a megacommunity. TG has become a powerful, central force, driving interest and involvement into the core components that make up TurboGears. It is the tide that raises all ships."
Sounds like the author has a hard** for TurboGears. Comparison shoppers beware...
You PAY for a subscription? Really...next time, fill out one of those "product registration" cards as a VP for the retail software division of a random big box store and watch what happens...
Re:SSL for the first hop isn't enough. (Try SMIME)
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We need a new RFC thats adopted by everyone who makes mail clients.
LOL. First of all, RFCs aren't magic - just because everyone "adopts" an RFC doesn't mean that everyone will implement it in the same way.
Second, SMIME and PGP (and "Zip with certificates" and even SSL and SSH negotiation) all solve the problem of "how are we going to send sensitive information over the Internet" with public/private key technology. I'm not sure what another RFC would bring to the table here (if you agree that public/private key technology is a good Internet security base) - all of these technologies already work pretty well with email.
Third, what chance do you think that "all email clients" will ever build a key technology in anyway? We still have "email clients" out there that can't do SSL authentication, SMIME (as you pointed out), IMAP, etc. even though there are plenty of mail servers out there that won't talk to you unless your are implementing one or more of these techs...
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"Haven't you been using SSL with your IMAP, or SMTP?"
Of course you realize that this usually only covers the first hop: to and from your local mail server. As such, it really only protects your local username and password; the content of your email is still available in clear text before it arrives and after it departs your local mail server.
If you're serious about encrypted email, check out SMIME. If you're running a modern email client (Eudora, Outlook, etc.), it's probably already built in.
"1up has a feature, in honor of the excellent Superman Returns, discussing the unfortunate history of Superman licensed games across the many consoles."
Sorry - not going to get interested in a fellow who wears red underwear outside his pants. Why have Superroo's games sucked as much if not more than his movies/comic books/etc.? Dunno - why have almost all character licensed games sucked? (Hint: after they blow the wad on licensing, there isn't much money for code or design left over)
Um...pretty crappy "database". Anyone can submit a company? Then, when you submit a "title", you don't specify the company?
Also, when you submit these things, there is no indication of what is done with the information or when it might be posted.
Later, when you try to add a version, the drop-downs contain ALL companies and ALL versions. This is a recipe for future disaster - the author should probably have tried larger data sets when planning his interface.
Don't look for many comments on this topic...methinks the average Slashdotter has enough trouble with "romance", let alone the more specific "workplace romance".
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There's an easy way around most keyloggers, especially "keyboard" or "hardware" loggers.
Just display a graphical key pad (or keyboard) on the screen that lets users "click in" usernames or password for sensitive fields.
(This is someone I would hope to see start popping up in web browsers, in the meantime, I'm sticking it my web applications.)
Why is this news? Ever try carrying a water pistol into an airport? (Hint: it was forbidden fifteen years before 9/11)
Blueberry Software's BB FlashBack - cost me $199.
I've started using Flash inside my development environment, but I use it to capture and annotate onscreen application sessions so I can show the developers what's going wrong. (It avoids a lot of "I can't reproduce it and can't find the time to make it over to a computer where it can be reproduced, so I'm not going to do it" B.S.)
Maybe the NSA can figure out who stole the "M" from "Governents"
Honestly, no. Opera dropped off my radar a while ago; just don't know anyone who uses it (and my target audience of corporate users is almost all IE and Mozilla/Firefox). However, I promise to check it out again.
This is news? I don't think so.
News would be: "The biggest game software vendor declines to write games for the industry's next major platform, thus ceding leadership to bit players X, Y and Z."
Apple didn't want to go after its internal people because it didn't want to piss them off. It wanted to go after the blogger because Apple likes to "leak" tidbits and then turn off the spigot when if feels its "leaked" test message has hit the test market. However, the blogger in this case wouldn't shut the hell up when Apple asked him too so more people got the message from a near-official source than Apple wanted. Rather than lead with a carrot ("STFU or you get no more information") Apple tried to lead with stick.
Can we please go a day without an article about "Google vs. Net Neutrality"?
(Wait, I need to say something about "sharks with lasers" so this post will get mod'ed up to "5 - Funny".)
In other words, if you have any other way to work with data in a database, you don't need "Toolbox".
"A side benefit of the TurboGears framework is that it is a megaproject with a megacommunity. TG has become a powerful, central force, driving interest and involvement into the core components that make up TurboGears. It is the tide that raises all ships."
Sounds like the author has a hard** for TurboGears. Comparison shoppers beware...
You PAY for a subscription? Really...next time, fill out one of those "product registration" cards as a VP for the retail software division of a random big box store and watch what happens...
LOL. First of all, RFCs aren't magic - just because everyone "adopts" an RFC doesn't mean that everyone will implement it in the same way.
Second, SMIME and PGP (and "Zip with certificates" and even SSL and SSH negotiation) all solve the problem of "how are we going to send sensitive information over the Internet" with public/private key technology. I'm not sure what another RFC would bring to the table here (if you agree that public/private key technology is a good Internet security base) - all of these technologies already work pretty well with email.
Third, what chance do you think that "all email clients" will ever build a key technology in anyway? We still have "email clients" out there that can't do SSL authentication, SMIME (as you pointed out), IMAP, etc. even though there are plenty of mail servers out there that won't talk to you unless your are implementing one or more of these techs...
Of course you realize that this usually only covers the first hop: to and from your local mail server. As such, it really only protects your local username and password; the content of your email is still available in clear text before it arrives and after it departs your local mail server.
If you're serious about encrypted email, check out SMIME. If you're running a modern email client (Eudora, Outlook, etc.), it's probably already built in.
What do barcodes have to do with "spimes"?
Sorry - not going to get interested in a fellow who wears red underwear outside his pants. Why have Superroo's games sucked as much if not more than his movies/comic books/etc.? Dunno - why have almost all character licensed games sucked? (Hint: after they blow the wad on licensing, there isn't much money for code or design left over)
Um...pretty crappy "database". Anyone can submit a company? Then, when you submit a "title", you don't specify the company?
Also, when you submit these things, there is no indication of what is done with the information or when it might be posted.
Later, when you try to add a version, the drop-downs contain ALL companies and ALL versions. This is a recipe for future disaster - the author should probably have tried larger data sets when planning his interface.
MDN - "Message Disposition Notification" presents? In my experience, an "MDN" is the RESPONSE to a post, not the original message... ;)
Don't look for many comments on this topic...methinks the average Slashdotter has enough trouble with "romance", let alone the more specific "workplace romance".