The predicted peak count is 2-3 times as high as last year's count. The moon will affect your ability to see the dimmer half of the arriving meteoroids. Therefore, you will see about as many streaks this year as you did last year, even though the moon will be interfering.
Also if you're on the east coast, you will be very close to twilight. This is a blessing and a curse. The extra light means a little more interference towards the back end of the second peak (5:30 to 5:45 AM EST on Nov 19). But it also means that the moon (as good as full) will be very close to the horizon in the opposite direction from Leo at this time, so it will be easier to hide from your view with a mountain or even a grove of trees.
I was too lazy to type out the extra zeros. Be happy I put 3 for the minutes. My binary clock (same as ThinkGeek, same as the gnome tool) does it by the decimal digits anyways (i.e. 12:45 is 0001 0010 : 0100 0101).
Sorry, I don't have time to walk a new secured pad to everyone I want to have access to my encrypted data every time I have something to send.
Off course, that also doesn't take into account the non-randomness of the created pad (I misplaced my quantum event counter...).
Maybe it'd be better if I said "until we have a truly impossible to break encryption system that is worth using for realistic situations...".
"As a practical person, I've observed that one-time pads are theoretically unbreakable, but practically very weak. By contrast, conventional ciphers are theoretically breakable, but practically strong." - Steve Bellovin (taken from http://www.ranum.com/pubs/otpfaq/index.htm )
This is the first and only person to break their 109-bit key. They took over 500 days with 10,000 computers worth of power. This is by no means an average time or even the upper limit of the time necessary.
You *could* crack the 109-bit key tomorrow if you started in the morning and your 10th inputs were somehow lucky enough to be the right ones. Or, you could start tomorrow and have it take 10 years instead of 2. The more important thing is: of the 109-bit possibilities (2^109?), how many did the 10,000 computers have to go through in 500+ days to finally reach the correct inputs?
Until we truly do have *impossible*-to-beat encryption, we still have to rely on making higher and higher improbabilities to reduce the chance that someone could stumble onto the correct input to break even 1024-bit encryption in a day.
The Wright Bros didn't try to traverse the Atlantic to test their first plane, fellas.
I work in two different buildings on the same street. Heck, my whole campus (Boston Univ) is a mile long down a single street...but we'll just concentrate on my two buildings.
They're separated by about 2 city blocks. I would be willing to test a vacuum-based system that could send me from rooftop to rooftop at my desire. I would also be willing to test any Star-Trekkian transporters, maglevs, camels, resynthesizers ala The Fly circa 1986, and any glide-wires.
No trebuchets or catapults, please. I'm lazy...but not crazy.
But you didn't warn us off of Futurama....
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Fry: Whoa!! [He sees the tube transport system and gives it a try.]
Man: Radio City Mutant Hall! [The man is sucked up into the tube]
Fry: Um. Cross Town Express? [He is sucked up into the tube] Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! [People look up from the street and stare at him. He is taken across the city, past the Statue of Liberty, underwater and finally out the other end smack into a building.]
Southern New Jersey police dispatchers were wondering why they were receiving requests for New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, and Boston Celtics statistics on their monitors....
The winner of Bjorn3d's contest used the CD drive as a mouth (and tongue)....how passe.
There are sprays available for carved pumpkins which coat the inside to prevent moisture loss. You can also use petroleum jelly.
Man, if I'd only known about this, I could have built a Pumpkin ][e from all the old apples I have in my basement..
Get your own Carving tools
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I use these patterns and carving tools year after year. This company has some great tips and cool books of patterns available. There are a few patterns free on their site each year.
Unfortunately, I don't have any of my pictures on the web at this point, but I have used their tools and patterns for the past 5 years now with no failure.
Wait a sec...which Batman? Which Superman?
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Are we talking Batman from Dark Knight Returns or Batman from The Amazing Adventures of Batman and Robin TV series?
And are we talking Superman from Superman the Movie or Superman from Superman vs. Doomsday?
This is crucial because if we're talking Adam West vs. the Superman that died at the hands of Doomsday....Holy Beasts of Burden, Batman...Mr. West is a dead man. But I think he could kick Christopher Reeve's ass.
In Junkyard Wars, an expert in the area of the challenge is assigned to each team. I can not think of a time when the two experts "came up" with the same approach to the challenge (i.e. if you have to build a sub, both experts decide to use pressurized air). More often, the experts come up with differing approaches (one uses pressurized air, the other uses paddles). Is this by design in the selection of the experts, a pre-taping decision of the director, a flip of the coin, or what? Once it would be fun to see if the two teams build on a similar design and the team itself (not the predeemed methodology) decides the winner.
My name is Kaz-ryn, I'm really nice, and I'm asking for your help!
You see, I have this huge platinum debt and I need 20,000 pp to pay it off!
So if you have an extra "fugi tunic", please send it my way! All I need is 1 pp from 20,000 people, or 2 pp from 10,000 people, or 5 pp from 4,000 people...
-You get the picture!
Together, we can banish EverQuest debt from my life!
Most of these people play for hours and hours, using thousands upon thousands of "lives" in their quest to know every inch of a map and what it's particular nooks and crannies are.
On a battlefield, driving a gui tank, you get one life and you have little to no idea what the terrain around the corner will have in the way of nooks or crannies...and the enemy don't respawn from the same point for you to camp...
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And not the composting variety:
>Critical Error! Unable to make a connection to the database.
>Please be patient while we fix the problem. Thanks!
I think we just helped him add a bit of silicon to his compost pile.
In case you were wondering what NASA knows, tells, and plans to do about it:
http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/
The predicted peak count is 2-3 times as high as last year's count. The moon will affect your ability to see the dimmer half of the arriving meteoroids. Therefore, you will see about as many streaks this year as you did last year, even though the moon will be interfering.
Also if you're on the east coast, you will be very close to twilight. This is a blessing and a curse. The extra light means a little more interference towards the back end of the second peak (5:30 to 5:45 AM EST on Nov 19). But it also means that the moon (as good as full) will be very close to the horizon in the opposite direction from Leo at this time, so it will be easier to hide from your view with a mountain or even a grove of trees.
I was too lazy to type out the extra zeros. Be happy I put 3 for the minutes. My binary clock (same as ThinkGeek, same as the gnome tool) does it by the decimal digits anyways (i.e. 12:45 is 0001 0010 : 0100 0101).
-Gallagher
Sorry, I don't have time to walk a new secured pad to everyone I want to have access to my encrypted data every time I have something to send.
Off course, that also doesn't take into account the non-randomness of the created pad (I misplaced my quantum event counter...).
Maybe it'd be better if I said "until we have a truly impossible to break encryption system that is worth using for realistic situations...".
"As a practical person, I've observed that one-time pads are theoretically unbreakable, but practically very weak. By contrast, conventional ciphers are theoretically breakable, but practically strong." - Steve Bellovin (taken from http://www.ranum.com/pubs/otpfaq/index.htm )
I don't even know why I'm dignifying this with a response....but after 01 in binary is 10.
I even use a binary clock, smartass. At the tone, the time will be 111 : 000 PM EST....ding.
This is the first and only person to break their 109-bit key. They took over 500 days with 10,000 computers worth of power. This is by no means an average time or even the upper limit of the time necessary.
You *could* crack the 109-bit key tomorrow if you started in the morning and your 10th inputs were somehow lucky enough to be the right ones. Or, you could start tomorrow and have it take 10 years instead of 2. The more important thing is: of the 109-bit possibilities (2^109?), how many did the 10,000 computers have to go through in 500+ days to finally reach the correct inputs?
Until we truly do have *impossible*-to-beat encryption, we still have to rely on making higher and higher improbabilities to reduce the chance that someone could stumble onto the correct input to break even 1024-bit encryption in a day.
it appears to me that using an LCD monitor would be completely outside the scope of the patent
That reminds me...I have to go file a patent...I'll be right back.
I'd call somebody up with my computer and complain!
Oh....wait...
The Wright Bros didn't try to traverse the Atlantic to test their first plane, fellas.
I work in two different buildings on the same street. Heck, my whole campus (Boston Univ) is a mile long down a single street...but we'll just concentrate on my two buildings.
They're separated by about 2 city blocks. I would be willing to test a vacuum-based system that could send me from rooftop to rooftop at my desire. I would also be willing to test any Star-Trekkian transporters, maglevs, camels, resynthesizers ala The Fly circa 1986, and any glide-wires.
No trebuchets or catapults, please. I'm lazy...but not crazy.
Fry: Whoa!! [He sees the tube transport system and gives it a try.]
Man: Radio City Mutant Hall! [The man is sucked up into the tube]
Fry: Um. Cross Town Express? [He is sucked up into the tube] Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! [People look up from the street and stare at him. He is taken across the city, past the Statue of Liberty, underwater and finally out the other end smack into a building.]
Man: Pfft! Tourist!
Southern New Jersey police dispatchers were wondering why they were receiving requests for New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, and Boston Celtics statistics on their monitors....
Reporter: How does this make you feel, knowing that cops may not be able to receive necessary 911 information? Area Man: Heh, heh. Fuggiddaboudit.
There are sprays available for carved pumpkins which coat the inside to prevent moisture loss. You can also use petroleum jelly.
Man, if I'd only known about this, I could have built a Pumpkin ][e from all the old apples I have in my basement..
The company is Pumpkin Masters.
Unfortunately, I don't have any of my pictures on the web at this point, but I have used their tools and patterns for the past 5 years now with no failure.
Are we talking Batman from Dark Knight Returns or Batman from The Amazing Adventures of Batman and Robin TV series? And are we talking Superman from Superman the Movie or Superman from Superman vs. Doomsday? This is crucial because if we're talking Adam West vs. the Superman that died at the hands of Doomsday....Holy Beasts of Burden, Batman...Mr. West is a dead man. But I think he could kick Christopher Reeve's ass.
In Junkyard Wars, an expert in the area of the challenge is assigned to each team. I can not think of a time when the two experts "came up" with the same approach to the challenge (i.e. if you have to build a sub, both experts decide to use pressurized air). More often, the experts come up with differing approaches (one uses pressurized air, the other uses paddles). Is this by design in the selection of the experts, a pre-taping decision of the director, a flip of the coin, or what? Once it would be fun to see if the two teams build on a similar design and the team itself (not the predeemed methodology) decides the winner.
So, this is easy to solve...what's the new symbol going to be for a WAP that's triangulating?
Hello!
My name is Kaz-ryn, I'm really nice, and I'm asking for your help!
You see, I have this huge platinum debt and I need 20,000 pp to pay it off!
So if you have an extra "fugi tunic", please send it my way!
All I need is 1 pp from 20,000 people, or
2 pp from 10,000 people, or
5 pp from 4,000 people...
-You get the picture!
Together, we can banish EverQuest debt from my life!
...they're on to me! *ffffwwwooooooommm*
On a battlefield, driving a gui tank, you get one life and you have little to no idea what the terrain around the corner will have in the way of nooks or crannies...and the enemy don't respawn from the same point for you to camp...
Pennington and Taylor, I mean...
Smell that? Mmmmmmmm..burning karma....(gurgle)
You should know, this is God's way of saying:
U R 0WN3D, D00D!!1!