Pirate: Ha ha Jim Lad - what be in this treasure chest.
Jim Lad: Shiver me timbers there be 1000 pirate copies of Windows 98
Parrot: Pieces of 98, Pieces of 98.
" but the operators encrypting the transmissions were the really weak link in the whole thing." - that was what I meant! They were the one's using these strings to encrypt the thing. The fact that they didn't randomly spin all the wheels before using it each time helped too!
All eyes are on Sony now to see if they'll lower the price of the PS2 now that it's the same price as the X-Box - both more expensive than the Gamecube and Gameboy Advance.
seems Gateway's press department is in full swing - it was only about a week ago they were in the news for "promoting piracy". Turned out all they did was run a TV ad that asked people to download an mp3 from their website!
I went back to my sixth form college six months after I'd left - my login name & password still worked. At my old secondary school all my files were still there two years later! The best security I've seen is where they only let employees access things on the computer they need to - though this tends to only happen with bespoke systems that most companies can't afford.
I remember a science fiction story about an annual race in which eight vessels raced from the earth to the moon using a solar sail - unfortunately the race had to be abandonded because of a solar flare (these were manned spacecraft) - but it was a great story! It's good to see science catching up with the sci-fi writers!
Does anyone else remember Etch-a-Sketch other than me? I always did wonder how it worked. Now there's a sign of your age of you can remember that! Do they still make them with that red plastic or have they gone out of fashion?
Well it tallys with what I've found people asking for support for. Management spends lots of money on new computer systems thinking they'll improve efficiency - but they forget about the training side.
I would say that part of the secret behind Microsoft's success is that there are plenty of people out there running pirate versions of Windows on their desktop. Without these - Microsoft would have far less of a monopoly.
Why then were high-level cryptographic programs prohibited from export from the U.S and still are to certain countries they don't like? It was banned from export because it was classed as a weapon. The USA don't want to go to war with someone they can't eavesdrop on the communications of - that's what this is to prevent. Although it's not a weapon in the conventional sense - it's a defence. Look how effective the Enigma machine was for the Germans until it was broken. If the operators hadn't used easily guessible strings like HIT LER and BER LIN to encode the messages it would've taken far longer to crack it (they were told to randomise them).
Ah we're just lulling Microsoft into a false sense of security - give it all these short term contracts. Then 12 months down the line when everything's not working the way they promised it would - switch to open source and hit Microsoft were it hurts!
No they'll just insist the fundamental laws of physics are changed to make it insecure enough for the FBI to decode everything - but nobody else. Remember the whole key escrow debate - there'll probably be a similar sort of one about quantum crypto too.
Well if he's ringing up lots of people telling them that - at least he's telling people of the problem!
After you've rung about twenty people you forget what you've just been doing.
At least that's better than the techs - who just have their flow-chart script - and woe-betide a user having a problem not covered by it! Generally tech support is considered the lowliest of low IT jobs - just used a springboard to better jobs where users aren't hastling you every five minutes!
That's cute - this person is "stalking" me on/. Really - you'll get tired of it after a while and I'm not really bothered anyway. You get the +1 by having 25 or more karma. I have the maximum of 50. Anyway I'm quite flattered you went to the trouble of registering that nick - but the novelty will soon wear off!
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What on earth is a "Quantum Rose" - or is it the title of a book?
What does STL stand for?
Being 6'4'' the thing I look for in a cinema is enough room for me to sit comfortably and stretch my legs.
Pirate: Ha ha Jim Lad - what be in this treasure chest.
Jim Lad: Shiver me timbers there be 1000 pirate copies of Windows 98
Parrot: Pieces of 98, Pieces of 98.
" but the operators encrypting the transmissions were the really weak link in the whole thing." - that was what I meant! They were the one's using these strings to encrypt the thing. The fact that they didn't randomly spin all the wheels before using it each time helped too!
All eyes are on Sony now to see if they'll lower the price of the PS2 now that it's the same price as the X-Box - both more expensive than the Gamecube and Gameboy Advance.
seems Gateway's press department is in full swing - it was only about a week ago they were in the news for "promoting piracy". Turned out all they did was run a TV ad that asked people to download an mp3 from their website!
I went back to my sixth form college six months after I'd left - my login name & password still worked. At my old secondary school all my files were still there two years later! The best security I've seen is where they only let employees access things on the computer they need to - though this tends to only happen with bespoke systems that most companies can't afford.
I remember a science fiction story about an annual race in which eight vessels raced from the earth to the moon using a solar sail - unfortunately the race had to be abandonded because of a solar flare (these were manned spacecraft) - but it was a great story! It's good to see science catching up with the sci-fi writers!
I don't know why Apple are aiming these just at the educational market. Perhaps they're trying a bit of vertical marketing for a change.
Wouldn't killing off Jar-Jar spoil the continuity when he appears in the later films?
Does anyone else remember Etch-a-Sketch other than me? I always did wonder how it worked. Now there's a sign of your age of you can remember that! Do they still make them with that red plastic or have they gone out of fashion?
Good for people who forget to take their credit card/ debit card with them though!
Bet there isn't a version out for the Amiga OS Workbench either!
Well it tallys with what I've found people asking for support for. Management spends lots of money on new computer systems thinking they'll improve efficiency - but they forget about the training side.
I would say that part of the secret behind Microsoft's success is that there are plenty of people out there running pirate versions of Windows on their desktop. Without these - Microsoft would have far less of a monopoly.
Why then were high-level cryptographic programs prohibited from export from the U.S and still are to certain countries they don't like? It was banned from export because it was classed as a weapon. The USA don't want to go to war with someone they can't eavesdrop on the communications of - that's what this is to prevent. Although it's not a weapon in the conventional sense - it's a defence. Look how effective the Enigma machine was for the Germans until it was broken. If the operators hadn't used easily guessible strings like HIT LER and BER LIN to encode the messages it would've taken far longer to crack it (they were told to randomise them).
Ah we're just lulling Microsoft into a false sense of security - give it all these short term contracts. Then 12 months down the line when everything's not working the way they promised it would - switch to open source and hit Microsoft were it hurts!
If you prefer posting to /. instead - you can't be that addicted yet!
No they'll just insist the fundamental laws of physics are changed to make it insecure enough for the FBI to decode everything - but nobody else. Remember the whole key escrow debate - there'll probably be a similar sort of one about quantum crypto too.
You'll probably just get to the 99% mark using a 56k modem to have the server crash from the /. effect!
As I've never heard of the game before this /. article - would somebody mind filling me in as to what type of game it is - what it's about etc?
Well if he's ringing up lots of people telling them that - at least he's telling people of the problem! After you've rung about twenty people you forget what you've just been doing.
At least that's better than the techs - who just have their flow-chart script - and woe-betide a user having a problem not covered by it! Generally tech support is considered the lowliest of low IT jobs - just used a springboard to better jobs where users aren't hastling you every five minutes!
That's cute - this person is "stalking" me on /. Really - you'll get tired of it after a while and I'm not really bothered anyway. You get the +1 by having 25 or more karma. I have the maximum of 50. Anyway I'm quite flattered you went to the trouble of registering that nick - but the novelty will soon wear off!