They're actually rather decent at listening to complaints, though; I know of at least one despicable company they booted from their BigPipe service for spamming. That company went bankrupt, then the owner started a new company (one that I had the distinct displeasure of working at) that Shaw had blacklisted.
Almost didn't get my resume in because of that. I should have taken it as a sign; it took a year of fighting with the Employment Standards Branch of the Ministry of Labour on my side to get paid.
I agree. You can save it as HTML. *queue laugh track*:)
In all seriousness, I don't understand why people - Americans, even - are griping about this situation. Their country was founded on these principles. Yes, it's somewhat unfair that their principles are being forced on other countries that are more liberal/socialist in this sense. But that's the global economy for you.
Just wait a few years and see what fun happens with the Chinese software industry - or, for that matter, all of their industries. I mean, in a communist/socialist country, it is not beyond the power of the government to legislate a software product into existence - and to mandate its usage throughout the government.
It's not a free market when I'm compelled to use Word because the people I communicate with are using Word, and competing products can't correctly operate with Word because the file formats are closed.
I felt a disturbance in the force, as though a million users cried out at once and then were suddenly silenced... "Whyyyyyyyy does it take so long to share my files!?!?"
The intent of this technology, as I interpret it, is to induce the P2P software itself into willfully corrupting the downloaded files by merging the valid data (with Hash A) and the invalid data (with the identical Hash A). So, for P2P networks that rely on the hash to merge multiple downloads into the same file, this will be a serious issue.
Also, I don't think the hashing algorithms on these networks are tied to the entire file; I think it only hashes parts of the files (for speed), so that means that there's a chance a bogus file of the same size could have the same hash.
By the time this is submitted, it will probably already be redundant (even though it's informative:)) - but the hashes are used for parallel download streams of the same file. So, if you saturate the network with the same hash, you can corrupt the data when the client automatically assumes it's the same file and tries to merge it with the other incoming data.
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heheh ... here in Canada, we call that a 'potluck' ...
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They're actually rather decent at listening to complaints, though; I know of at least one despicable company they booted from their BigPipe service for spamming. That company went bankrupt, then the owner started a new company (one that I had the distinct displeasure of working at) that Shaw had blacklisted.
:)
Almost didn't get my resume in because of that. I should have taken it as a sign; it took a year of fighting with the Employment Standards Branch of the Ministry of Labour on my side to get paid.
Anyway, that company's EOL as well. Yay!
ooooeeeeeeeoooooaaaaaaaaah ... or whatever it was. :)
$10,000 is far less than change. It's like the interest gathered in five seconds on what they consider 'change'. :)
Sounds suspiciously like "Closer", except ... not as sucky.
I think it's this out there ... just a guess, though.
... okay, I give in:
:)
300-195/16.6 = 6.33; statistically, "way the fuck out there".
I can't begin to tell you how tempted I am to spit out the Z-score for $300USD ... ;-)
Okay, do you want to be the guy who streams 400GB to a storage facility?
Or, if it's multiple tapes, how about over a terabyte?
Personally, unless it's on a 10 gigabit connection, I'd rather not.
garbage rather quickly.
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I agree. You can save it as HTML. *queue laugh track* :)
In all seriousness, I don't understand why people - Americans, even - are griping about this situation. Their country was founded on these principles. Yes, it's somewhat unfair that their principles are being forced on other countries that are more liberal/socialist in this sense. But that's the global economy for you.
Just wait a few years and see what fun happens with the Chinese software industry - or, for that matter, all of their industries. I mean, in a communist/socialist country, it is not beyond the power of the government to legislate a software product into existence - and to mandate its usage throughout the government.
In a capitalist society, interoperability is not a concern. Microsoft was born from true capitalism, and there's no reason for them to change.
It's like asking Mazda to fit the engine from the RX-8 into your home-(re)built VW Beetle.
It's not a free market when I'm compelled to use Word because the people I communicate with are using Word, and competing products can't correctly operate with Word because the file formats are closed.
Yes, actually, it is - in the capitalist sense.
(just to be on topic)
Microsoft Word!
I felt a disturbance in the force, as though a million users cried out at once and then were suddenly silenced ... "Whyyyyyyyy does it take so long to share my files!?!?"
The intent of this technology, as I interpret it, is to induce the P2P software itself into willfully corrupting the downloaded files by merging the valid data (with Hash A) and the invalid data (with the identical Hash A). So, for P2P networks that rely on the hash to merge multiple downloads into the same file, this will be a serious issue.
Also, I don't think the hashing algorithms on these networks are tied to the entire file; I think it only hashes parts of the files (for speed), so that means that there's a chance a bogus file of the same size could have the same hash.
By the time this is submitted, it will probably already be redundant (even though it's informative :)) - but the hashes are used for parallel download streams of the same file. So, if you saturate the network with the same hash, you can corrupt the data when the client automatically assumes it's the same file and tries to merge it with the other incoming data.
Bah! Screw you guys. I'll just make my own P2P hash algorithm. With blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the P2p hash algorithm. And the blackjack.
define(FWORD, "flower");
Sometimes they *want* the craft to break up on reentry, as with the satellite tracking probe that just had its little mishap.
How much does that weigh?
Well, the answer is obvious:
HAM!
I think it might stand for "So F'ing Trolled U". ;-)
Young grasshopper, you are not wise in the ways of the google-fu.
... FIGHT!!
"Google Foundation" vs. "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"
2,030 vs. 109,000
Babality!