If the highest judges in the land can't agree better than 5-4, shouldn't that indicate that the case isn't resolved and prevent a decision? They should need at least a 6-3 vote to take action.
For what it's worth: If the walk concerns you, I think the cane is a good solution. Ready reasonable explanation for anyone who might raise an eyebrow but not actually ask.
Nobody would ever ask "Do body modifications help promote IT professionals?", because we all know the answer. Therefore, I conclude that they definitely don't help, might hurt, and thus should be avoided.
I had horrible acne 12 years ago. Tried several things, nothing worked. Finally, Accutane made it completely go away in a matter of weeks.
However, I had _never_ had chapped lips or dry skin before going on accutane, and now they have been a routine part of winter for me for the past 12 years. A few weeks on this drug changed my skin forever.
I'm happy with the trade, in my case - just saying, don't expect the changes to ever go away.
Are you crazy? Using your fingers in a suboptimal manner for 8+ hours a day 5-7 days a week for years causing damage and pain is actually due to "unacceptable emotions"?
I got to where I couldn't pick up my luggage. Solution: Kinesis keyboard, not reading a book about my attitude.
What's with the spin?
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How is this a 'danger', that other people do other things with a project that you have intentionally given the world the right to work on?
Yahoo and AltaVista and MapQuest all had a similar degree of impact at their peak. Point is, Google is eminently replaceable whenever somebody smarter comes along.
It is strongly in their best interest to appear to be doing something about the problem. Issue is, it is also in their best interest to minimize the cost of doing something about it - so, put a guy on it in his spare time, publicize whatever he comes up with, leave it at that.
Power off, End, makes sense. But power on? Holding down the green start-call button doesn't power up. It's end call for both. I had to read the manual to turn my phone on the first time.
Shortcuts? I have only read half of the manual, but news to me. Will continue digging. Still, muting a cell phone shouldn't be a power use feature.
External viewfinder display is on the same side as camera lens. Thus, not useful for taking pictures other than of yourself. I maintain my 'evil' opinion.
Most recent list always lists 10. Caller #10 is the guy who just called you.
I continue to wonder if the designers ever used the thing.
My old Nokia, while lame and ugly by today's standards, at least was a really solid comprehensible phone. I could quickly quietly make it be quiet - basic standard all cell phones should meet, unless they are busy being web browsers and calendars and cameras too and forget that they are phones.
I have a brand-new to-of-the-line "RAZR" v300. You can't turn off the volume without it making noise. You can't turn off the volume without hitting multiple different keys repeatedly - push one button, then hit another 4 or 5 times while watching a display and listening to it beep. You can turn on the volume by pushing buttons on the outside of the phone, so it can get turned on in your pocket while on silent. To turn the phone itself on, you hold down the big red 'end call' key for 5 seconds. Switching from ring level 1 to silent then back to ringer puts it back to default ring level - normally 5 or 6. An external button turns on the camera even when the flip is closed. This is both evil and dangerous. In a list of recent callers, the most recent caller is listed as #10.
etc. etc.
In short, I just have a feeling that whoever made this thing forgot it was supposed to be a phone.
I have Vonage. I had to read about 3 pages of disclaimers and warnings regarding 911, and how their 911 wasn't real 911 and they were sorry they couldn't make it be real 911 but they were doing their best and I had to acknowledge that here, here, and here.
Point is, there was tons of disclosure. Pages and pages of it. More disclosure won't help anything.
PIN is not on the card for Visa/MC check cards in the states, or major brands of pure debit cards in the states.
Thus, PIN based debit does not work without an active connection to the bank.
I believe that you are thinking of smart cards, where PIN is stored on the card encrypted. This is what lets them work stand-alone with just a smart card reader.
My personal primary use of BitTorrent is to download updates to World Of Warcraft (it's how Blizzard does their patching). I imagine there are plenty of folks in the same boat.
Either they change the mag stripe when you change your PIN (they don't), or else some consultation with a server's database is necessary to check the PIN you entered. Storing an offset doesn't get around this.
American Visa and MasterCard check cards manage to do debit cards without having PINs encoded anywhere on the card. There is a key programmed in the card swipe device, another key loaded in the card swipe device that can be changed over time, and those are used to encrypt the PIN you enter and send to the bank, where they decrypt and compare to what they have on file.
YMMV with other technologies (I know nothing about smart cards, for example), but putting the PIN on the card isn't necessary, isn't safe, and isn't done for the major networks.
Easy. Change your PIN. Notice how you can do it with a phone call without needing a new card.
The debit card spec *has* to be open, too many people need to know it to write systems that work with it. Review it and see where the PIN is hiding. It isn't there.
Nope. Card formats are in the original article. No PIN in the stripes. http://stripesnoop.sourceforge.net/devel/layoutstd.pdf (CVV/CVC are not your PIN, they are an additional security check. They are also different from CVV2/CVC2, which is printed on the card but not in the stripe.)
There is indeed encryption used - but it's not on the card. When you perform a transaction, *the pin you manually enter* is encrypted (with a public key tied to the merchant or particular signature capture device transaction, depending on technology used) and sent to the processor. This is decrypted and compared to what the processor has on file for you. Nothing related to the PIN on the card itself, it's solely based on what you keyed in.
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Could have written the same thing about altavista 7 years ago.
As soon as something better comes along, the world will flock to it.
It's even worse than that - Bud LIGHT is the best selling beer in America. So sad.
If the highest judges in the land can't agree better than 5-4, shouldn't that indicate that the case isn't resolved and prevent a decision? They should need at least a 6-3 vote to take action.
For what it's worth: If the walk concerns you, I think the cane is a good solution. Ready reasonable explanation for anyone who might raise an eyebrow but not actually ask.
Nobody would ever ask "Do body modifications help promote IT professionals?", because we all know the answer.
Therefore, I conclude that they definitely don't help, might hurt, and thus should be avoided.
I had horrible acne 12 years ago. Tried several things, nothing worked. Finally, Accutane made it completely go away in a matter of weeks.
However, I had _never_ had chapped lips or dry skin before going on accutane, and now they have been a routine part of winter for me for the past 12 years. A few weeks on this drug changed my skin forever.
I'm happy with the trade, in my case - just saying, don't expect the changes to ever go away.
Are you crazy? Using your fingers in a suboptimal manner for 8+ hours a day 5-7 days a week for years causing damage and pain is actually due to "unacceptable emotions"?
I got to where I couldn't pick up my luggage. Solution: Kinesis keyboard, not reading a book about my attitude.
How is this a 'danger', that other people do other things with a project that you have intentionally given the world the right to work on?
Yahoo and AltaVista and MapQuest all had a similar degree of impact at their peak.
Point is, Google is eminently replaceable whenever somebody smarter comes along.
It is strongly in their best interest to appear to be doing something about the problem. Issue is, it is also in their best interest to minimize the cost of doing something about it - so, put a guy on it in his spare time, publicize whatever he comes up with, leave it at that.
Read the code.
It is, unfortunately, the only current and correct accurate description of the way things work.
Documents rot because nobody is measured by the document accuracy or quality after version 1.0 of the document.
Easy. Protest such stupidity by playing lots of World of Warcraft. (WoW patches using BitTorrent)
Power off, End, makes sense. But power on? Holding down the green start-call button doesn't power up. It's end call for both. I had to read the manual to turn my phone on the first time.
Shortcuts? I have only read half of the manual, but news to me. Will continue digging. Still, muting a cell phone shouldn't be a power use feature.
External viewfinder display is on the same side as camera lens. Thus, not useful for taking pictures other than of yourself. I maintain my 'evil' opinion.
Most recent list always lists 10. Caller #10 is the guy who just called you.
I continue to wonder if the designers ever used the thing.
My old Nokia, while lame and ugly by today's standards, at least was a really solid comprehensible phone. I could quickly quietly make it be quiet - basic standard all cell phones should meet, unless they are busy being web browsers and calendars and cameras too and forget that they are phones.
Nope.
I have a brand-new to-of-the-line "RAZR" v300.
You can't turn off the volume without it making noise.
You can't turn off the volume without hitting multiple different keys repeatedly - push one button, then hit another 4 or 5 times while watching a display and listening to it beep.
You can turn on the volume by pushing buttons on the outside of the phone, so it can get turned on in your pocket while on silent.
To turn the phone itself on, you hold down the big red 'end call' key for 5 seconds.
Switching from ring level 1 to silent then back to ringer puts it back to default ring level - normally 5 or 6.
An external button turns on the camera even when the flip is closed. This is both evil and dangerous.
In a list of recent callers, the most recent caller is listed as #10.
etc. etc.
In short, I just have a feeling that whoever made this thing forgot it was supposed to be a phone.
I have Vonage. I had to read about 3 pages of disclaimers and warnings regarding 911, and how their 911 wasn't real 911 and they were sorry they couldn't make it be real 911 but they were doing their best and I had to acknowledge that here, here, and here.
Point is, there was tons of disclosure. Pages and pages of it. More disclosure won't help anything.
PIN based debit does not store the PIN on the card.
Smart cards actually *do* store the PIN on the card.
I thus consider smart cards less secure.
PIN is not on the card for Visa/MC check cards in the states, or major brands of pure debit cards in the states.
Thus, PIN based debit does not work without an active connection to the bank.
I believe that you are thinking of smart cards, where PIN is stored on the card encrypted. This is what lets them work stand-alone with just a smart card reader.
Not necessarily. Odds are good that the use of your correct username and password is specifically defined as authorizing the transaction.
Remember, the world doesn't have to be fair or even nice.
My personal primary use of BitTorrent is to download updates to World Of Warcraft (it's how Blizzard does their patching). I imagine there are plenty of folks in the same boat.
Think I've seen this game as 'Rummikub'. Fun family game, bit simpler than what I normally play with geek friends.
Heck no, *I* could beat your inspectors!
See, that's half the fun of the game. We'll have to play.
Either they change the mag stripe when you change your PIN (they don't), or else some consultation with a server's database is necessary to check the PIN you entered. Storing an offset doesn't get around this.
American Visa and MasterCard check cards manage to do debit cards without having PINs encoded anywhere on the card. There is a key programmed in the card swipe device, another key loaded in the card swipe device that can be changed over time, and those are used to encrypt the PIN you enter and send to the bank, where they decrypt and compare to what they have on file.
YMMV with other technologies (I know nothing about smart cards, for example), but putting the PIN on the card isn't necessary, isn't safe, and isn't done for the major networks.
Easy. Change your PIN. Notice how you can do it with a phone call without needing a new card.
The debit card spec *has* to be open, too many people need to know it to write systems that work with it. Review it and see where the PIN is hiding. It isn't there.
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Card formats are in the original article. No PIN in the stripes. http://stripesnoop.sourceforge.net/devel/layoutst
(CVV/CVC are not your PIN, they are an additional security check. They are also different from CVV2/CVC2, which is printed on the card but not in the stripe.)
There is indeed encryption used - but it's not on the card. When you perform a transaction, *the pin you manually enter* is encrypted (with a public key tied to the merchant or particular signature capture device transaction, depending on technology used) and sent to the processor. This is decrypted and compared to what the processor has on file for you. Nothing related to the PIN on the card itself, it's solely based on what you keyed in.