I work for an ATM transaction processing company, and it would be really nice if that were possible.. but credit cards do NOT HAVE A MICRO-PROCESSOR (it cannot process a challenge response) in fact A credit card is only a magnetic number, all of the information is retrieved from your bank/Credit card company. The Grocery stores little card reader however does have a process, and Encryption of your card does start there..
In order to process an ATM transaction, your credit card number is sent off from the ATM/Grocery store/wherever to your bank(with debit cards, your pen number goes with it).. In the case of an ATM, the number is encrypted before being sent over an unsecure line (like a telphone line, internet, or in some cases a wireless connection). When the transaction makes it to the Processor, the transaction is sent directly to the bank via a direct link to them, or routed to another processor who has the cheapest processing surcharge (Usually your transaction switches hands 3 times). The bank then verifies your information and your Pin number if applicable before sending the approval code with pertinent information (name, address, account balance) or denial code to your ATM/Grocery store. There are other situations that get very complicated such as Reversals (an ATM does not have the money to dispense, so your account is credited) partial reversals (the ATM dispenses twenty, but you asked for 200) and processing link failures (the transaction was approved but because of a link failure, the cardholders account does not know if the money was dispensed).
Have you noticed that there are no icons on the right hand corner of each post on the front page? And have you noticed that the last two articles were in the "it's a joke, laugh" section???
Was the spoof of Merry Poppins:)
o/` Wraith-wraithery, wraith-wraithery, wraith-wraith-eree,
A Nazgul's as nasty as nasty can be.
Wraith-wraithery, wraith-wraithery, wraith-wraith-eroo,
your luck will run out when I'm looking for you.
So give me the Ring, or you're Nazgul, too! o/`
o/` Just a spoonful of lembas helps the athelas go down,
the athelas go down,
the athelas go down.
Just a spoonful of lembas
helps the athelas go down
in a most delightful way. o/`
o/` Feed the orcs, tuppence a bag,
tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag. o/`
o/` Oooh...taurelilomeatumbalemornatumbaletaurealomean or,
if you say it too slow then you won't make it to dinner.
Unless you've got some time on hand don't say I didn't warn ya.
taurelilomeatumbalemornatumbaletaurealomeanor. o/`
-excerpts from Merry Poppins, P.L. Travers & Walt Disney.
Why do people spend tons of money on case mods? there is no real use to the freakin thing!!
because it's a hobby!!
come on!! everyone needs a hobby, some peoples hobbies are just a litte more expensive then others!
This is just as childish as anyone else who has a hobby
on a side note, I saw these guys launch at LDRS in Amarillo, these guys rockets kicked some SERIOUS ass!! and if you happen to watch the video's rarely destroy a rocket
The KNOPPIX CD has booted up and detected everything on every computer I have put the CD in(minus around 20% of the sound cards on the market) except for one compaq pentium 133 Laptop. I would SERIOUSLY suggest trying this CD if you are looking for a windows alternative.
There was an article on slashdot about knoppix a few weeks ago, but I do not have the link
I don't know about anyone else, but it has ALWAYS bugged me how distributions handle the installation process. If you are a new Linux user do you REALLY need 3 different e-mail programs, or 5 different text editors? a user friendly install should install the drivers for the hardware installed in a particular system and X-windows. From this point it should be up to the USER to pick the software they want installed on their machine. This would be a huge boost to Linux on the desktop. Instead of getting into Linux the first time and the user saying "now what" even though everything and the dog is installed on the system, The user would be given a choice of what he wants to use and try on his personal machine.
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I work for an ATM transaction processing company, and it would be really nice if that were possible.. but credit cards do NOT HAVE A MICRO-PROCESSOR (it cannot process a challenge response) in fact A credit card is only a magnetic number, all of the information is retrieved from your bank/Credit card company. The Grocery stores little card reader however does have a process, and Encryption of your card does start there..
In order to process an ATM transaction, your credit card number is sent off from the ATM/Grocery store/wherever to your bank(with debit cards, your pen number goes with it).. In the case of an ATM, the number is encrypted before being sent over an unsecure line (like a telphone line, internet, or in some cases a wireless connection). When the transaction makes it to the Processor, the transaction is sent directly to the bank via a direct link to them, or routed to another processor who has the cheapest processing surcharge (Usually your transaction switches hands 3 times). The bank then verifies your information and your Pin number if applicable before sending the approval code with pertinent information (name, address, account balance) or denial code to your ATM/Grocery store. There are other situations that get very complicated such as Reversals (an ATM does not have the money to dispense, so your account is credited) partial reversals (the ATM dispenses twenty, but you asked for 200) and processing link failures (the transaction was approved but because of a link failure, the cardholders account does not know if the money was dispensed).
It is great to see Debian running on everything known to man.. However I have never understood why they are so far behind other distributions?
Have you noticed that there are no icons on the right hand corner of each post on the front page? And have you noticed that the last two articles were in the "it's a joke, laugh" section???
It makes you wonder if it truly is a coincidence
just get a laptop!!
even /. editors have to sleep!
What does this worm rank compared to other DDOS in the past?
Was the spoof of Merry Poppins :)
o/` Wraith-wraithery, wraith-wraithery, wraith-wraith-eree,
A Nazgul's as nasty as nasty can be.
Wraith-wraithery, wraith-wraithery, wraith-wraith-eroo,
your luck will run out when I'm looking for you.
So give me the Ring, or you're Nazgul, too! o/`
o/` Just a spoonful of lembas helps the athelas go down,
the athelas go down,
the athelas go down.
Just a spoonful of lembas
helps the athelas go down
in a most delightful way. o/`
o/` Feed the orcs, tuppence a bag,
tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag. o/`
o/` Oooh...taurelilomeatumbalemornatumbaletaurealomean or,
if you say it too slow then you won't make it to dinner.
Unless you've got some time on hand don't say I didn't warn ya.
taurelilomeatumbalemornatumbaletaurealomeanor. o/`
-excerpts from Merry Poppins, P.L. Travers & Walt Disney.
I would think that the exhaust off of that engine would be pretty damn hot! I don't see how it would even be bearable to ride on such a contraption!
link to photos of GB rockets at LDRS
LDRS in Amarillo , More LDRS Photos and Gates Brothers Rocket at LDRS Other sites VERY MASSIVE ROCKET another link
Why do people spend tons of money on case mods? there is no real use to the freakin thing!!
because it's a hobby!!
come on!! everyone needs a hobby, some peoples hobbies are just a litte more expensive then others!
This is just as childish as anyone else who has a hobby
on a side note, I saw these guys launch at LDRS in Amarillo, these guys rockets kicked some SERIOUS ass!! and if you happen to watch the video's rarely destroy a rocket
The KNOPPIX CD has booted up and detected everything on every computer I have put the CD in(minus around 20% of the sound cards on the market) except for one compaq pentium 133 Laptop. I would SERIOUSLY suggest trying this CD if you are looking for a windows alternative.
There was an article on slashdot about knoppix a few weeks ago, but I do not have the link
I don't know about anyone else, but it has ALWAYS bugged me how distributions handle the installation process. If you are a new Linux user do you REALLY need 3 different e-mail programs, or 5 different text editors? a user friendly install should install the drivers for the hardware installed in a particular system and X-windows. From this point it should be up to the USER to pick the software they want installed on their machine. This would be a huge boost to Linux on the desktop. Instead of getting into Linux the first time and the user saying "now what" even though everything and the dog is installed on the system, The user would be given a choice of what he wants to use and try on his personal machine.
Sure it does
The Quake con held in Texas is the biggest multiplayer LAN event that I know of. The event has nearly doubled in size every year since its inception