A similar system in Florida (not an airport, but probably a vaguely-similar number of people) had 14 false positives in the first 4 days of operation. (Two of the false positives even got the sex of the suspect wrong)
Since they state that it was the first days, perhaps it just needed tuning?
And when they've proved their calmatives work on rioters and crowds of terrorists (a strange concept, but one which the article suggests is possible) what's the betting they'll get all generous and start handing them out to the rest of us
most probably discourage newbies from free software
Especially question 1.
Q: Which of the following does not satisfy Fred's obligation to make source code available:
A: He can put the source code on his web site, and put the URL on the CD.
Huh?
If I share software with you I can't simply tell you where the source is, I have to give it to you or make a written offer? Why can't I just share and get on with my life?
The 2nd one is probably the one most likely to have prior art. You'd need to find software which has a cache and which has a "if it isn't in the cache, don't do it at all" codepath.
Personally, I don't mind software patents too much. True, there are some well publicised stupidities; but I feel they do offer protection to smaller inventors.
Who says they're going to charge a licensing fee. They could be defensive - if RH hold the patent, then an evil person can't come along, patent the idea and demand fees.
The demand for fees might fail because of prior art, but claiming the patent first is probably cheaper and easier than fighting subsequent battles.
The first, "Embedded protocol objects", seems to be saying that if you have a webpage that consists of dynamic and static content then the static content can be cached for faster access. Hardly novel.
The first, "Method and apparatus for atomic file look-up", basically says that it is a good idea if you can see if something is in a cache before requesting the operation that would put it in the cache. Again, not particularly revolutionary.
The latest event in my firewall log is an attempted attack from these guys. Doesn't say much for the quality of their SQL Server training course. Day 1, lesson 1 should be change the admin password after installation.
The only thing that metions brute-force attacks is in the SANs report
According to SANS incident handler Johannes Ullrich, a preliminary analysis shows the code, which has been dubbed "SQLsnake," attempts to log in to the SQL administrator's account on a remote server using a "brute force" password cracker.
All other reports, including other parts of the SANs report say it propogates to SQL servers with blank passwords (or rather servers which still have the default password, which is "sa")
Are any of the "real" characters going to be there virtually? And, if so, how does one know whether one is chatting up the real Beverley or an imposter?
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You were lucky; some of those tags can blow your hands off (or something) if you try to remove them yourself.
You won't be joking when it turns pink
Clerks in bookshops don't have machine guns and don't have the authority to arrest and strip search you.
Given the choice of a false positive in a bookshop and one at the airport I know which I would want to avoid.
A similar system in Florida (not an airport, but probably a vaguely-similar number of people) had 14 false positives in the first 4 days of operation.
(Two of the false positives even got the sex of the suspect wrong)
Since they state that it was the first days, perhaps it just needed tuning?
If it is a small sample then a high false negative rate is even worse.
If it can't identify 1 of 15, then what chance has it got of finding 1 person out of millions?
Does anything used by military against enemy become a weapon?
Probably - they refer to information as a weapon and propaganda doesn't harm anyone or anything.
And when they've proved their calmatives work on rioters and crowds of terrorists (a strange concept, but one which the article suggests is possible) what's the betting they'll get all generous and start handing them out to the rest of us
Not really. A million messages of a kilobyte each is only 1Gb; that's not many movies.
They'll probably get disconnected because of complaints before they hit bandwidth limits.
most probably discourage newbies from free software
Especially question 1.
Q: Which of the following does not satisfy Fred's obligation to make source code available:
A: He can put the source code on his web site, and put the URL on the CD.
Huh?
If I share software with you I can't simply tell you where the source is, I have to give it to you or make a written offer? Why can't I just share and get on with my life?
No, it's not digital rights management.
It's Direct Rendering Module for 3D acceleration.
Someones owns the patent on "Method for describing a plurality a patents on an online discussion forum"; so I had to pretend that there was only one. Sorry.
No, I don't have examples.
The 2nd one is probably the one most likely to have prior art. You'd need to find software which has a cache and which has a "if it isn't in the cache, don't do it at all" codepath.
Personally, I don't mind software patents too much. True, there are some well publicised stupidities; but I feel they do offer protection to smaller inventors.
True, but it is cheaper to get the patent first than to fight the other person in court for it.
Who says they're going to charge a licensing fee. They could be defensive - if RH hold the patent, then an evil person can't come along, patent the idea and demand fees.
The demand for fees might fail because of prior art, but claiming the patent first is probably cheaper and easier than fighting subsequent battles.
The first, "Embedded protocol objects", seems to be saying that if you have a webpage that consists of dynamic and static content then the static content can be cached for faster access. Hardly novel.
The first, "Method and apparatus for atomic file look-up", basically says that it is a good idea if you can see if something is in a cache before requesting the operation that would put it in the cache. Again, not particularly revolutionary.
You need to alter the behaviour as well. If each creature has the same AI, you quickly find the 'right' way to kill them.
How does the logic in laws work?
I see there is an "or" between (B) and (C), but nothing between (A) and (B). Can I assume the absence of an operator implies "and".
If so, which takes precedence?
Is it ( A and B) or C
or A and (B or C) ?
The latest event in my firewall log is an attempted attack from these guys.
Doesn't say much for the quality of their SQL Server training course.
Day 1, lesson 1 should be change the admin password after installation.
McAfee's description. The AV vendors are calling it Spida, instead of snake.
OpenSource the client and you'll soon change those odds.
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Are any of the "real" characters going to be there virtually? And, if so, how does one know whether one is chatting up the real Beverley or an imposter?
Aren't all the schools on holiday on July 4th? Who's going to be around to watch?
Farmed chickens are kept inside all day under artificial light.
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