Yep. The ball lightning being caught on video isn't that interesting, it's the spectrograph. That tells us what it's made of due to the emission lines in the spectrum. From this we can conclude that at least one type of ball lightning is caused when soil is heated and becomes a plasma. Getting more spectra of ball lightning will tell us if there are other types formed in nature, since other types have been made in the lab.
Not always. Unicomp's model Ms are rather expensive ($80 or so), but very usable. I also have a Corsair K60. It's a gaming keyboard, so not as good for long typing sessions due to the lack of "click" in the mechanical switches, but the shorter key travel and lighter activation force are good for fast action, as is the true n-key rollover. It has the same layout as a model M, with a cluster of buttons at the top right for extra functions (media controls, mostly useless due to global hotkeys, though the key to disable the "windows" key from registering is handy.)
In general, there seem to be four classes of keyboards: Cheap, usable enough for most work due to sticking with the standard layout. Expensive, useless junk that messes with the standard layout. Cheap-end mechanical keyboards, ($80-$100) that stick to the standard layout and are very usable. Ultra-expensive mechanical keyboards, which add useless gimmicks and often mess up the standard layout.
Also, this is purely about physical layout. The logical layout can be changed in software. Both of my keyboards are qwerty, but I use Colemak as the logical layout.
The slug is the English system unit of mass. It made much more sense to use the pound for weight and the slug for mass, but doing things in the sensible manner has never been the English system's strong suit.
Exactly. I'd put my stuff out as public domain, but not every country recognizes such declarations. A CC license (attribution only, not nc or sa) achieves much the same thing, and works for people in such countries.
As a Sprint reseller their customers are using Sprint's towers and network equipment. Placing the backdoors on Sprint's network is plenty to get localized monitoring.
I'm a musician, and make part of my income from my music. All of my music is CC licensed, and some people still buy it. It's certainly not offensive to me that these kinds of site operate with impunity.
That's only true for Von-Neumann architecture, but not for a (pure) Harvard architecture.
Of course, the Harvard architecture has some issues, like not being able to store code on the same device as data, which make it impractical for normal use. And mitigating those issues recreates the possibility of the security holes that Von-Neumann machines have.
Think about how metal detectors work (inductance detection) and the depth of the tunnel, compared to the amount of metal in the surrounding city at a shallower depth, and combined with the materials the boring machine is made of...
Global Warming is a poor term, "climate change" is worse. Global Average Warming might be better; local variations will continue (and probably intensify with more energy in the system) but the average over the entire planet goes up. If an area around the poles drops 5 degrees and an equal area around the tropics raises 20 degrees, with the rest staying the same, then the average has increased by 12.5 degrees, even though the poles are colder. The claim is still falsifiable, it just hasn't been falsified.
Actually, we don't know that. We suspect that, but there are still some issues to be resolved. The theory of evolution covers speciation, but not abiogenesis. The big bang theory doesn't provide a good explanation for baryon asymmetry. Creationists "answer" both these things, but provide no evidence for their answers. Their explanations are worthless, since no mechanism is postulated.
Actually, humans can tell which way is north/south without tools. We can see Haidinger's Brush, and thereby detect the polarization of the sky. That tells you which way the north/south axis is, even when it's cloudy enough that you can't see the sun directly.
"have been" is used in the past perfect tense. That's important. They have been unaware of the program at one period in time, and have completed that period of being unaware in the past. Since they finished being unaware of the program they have been aware of it, and continue to be aware of it.
An attacker with physical access can defeat any obfuscation scheme that doesn't require input from the user. The point of having a wireless key stored in plaintext (or obfuscated) is so that the computer can connect to that network without input from the user. Encrypting the key requires input from the user, so storing the key is effectively pointless. Obfuscating the key doesn't actually do anything to stop anyone with root access. Whatever choice you make you will break either the security or the usability. Why break the security? Because the security is minor, in this case. An attacker with physical access to a computer on the site of the wireless network can already compromise the wireless key, eg by using a keylogger, installing malware on the machine to sniff the wireless key from memory as the computer initially connects, and possibly reset the access point's settings, assign a new key, and assign a new key on the client computer (s). etc. An attacker with physical access to a computer off the site of the wireless network (coffee shop, etc) just stole your computer, and is probably going to sell it. If they're determined to attack your network the same issues as above arise.
So not storing the key requires the user to type it (or a password to decrypt a keyring) when they connect, and provides very little practical security benefit. Anyone who would derive a practical security benefit from encrypting the key would likely derive a much greater security benefit from using a wired connection. The benefits are outweighed by the costs.
An attacker who has broken into my house shouldn't really have me worried that they might mooch off my WLAN connection. Sure, they might do that, and they might also just steal all my valuables.
The marathon is the terrorist's success, which is what we're discussing. The NSA hasn't stopped any terrorists, and it never will. It's too easy to be a terrorist and there are too many targets.
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Yep. The ball lightning being caught on video isn't that interesting, it's the spectrograph. That tells us what it's made of due to the emission lines in the spectrum. From this we can conclude that at least one type of ball lightning is caused when soil is heated and becomes a plasma. Getting more spectra of ball lightning will tell us if there are other types formed in nature, since other types have been made in the lab.
I'd wish her dead, but I'd hate to burden poor Satan.
Not always. Unicomp's model Ms are rather expensive ($80 or so), but very usable. I also have a Corsair K60. It's a gaming keyboard, so not as good for long typing sessions due to the lack of "click" in the mechanical switches, but the shorter key travel and lighter activation force are good for fast action, as is the true n-key rollover. It has the same layout as a model M, with a cluster of buttons at the top right for extra functions (media controls, mostly useless due to global hotkeys, though the key to disable the "windows" key from registering is handy.)
In general, there seem to be four classes of keyboards:
Cheap, usable enough for most work due to sticking with the standard layout.
Expensive, useless junk that messes with the standard layout.
Cheap-end mechanical keyboards, ($80-$100) that stick to the standard layout and are very usable.
Ultra-expensive mechanical keyboards, which add useless gimmicks and often mess up the standard layout.
Also, this is purely about physical layout. The logical layout can be changed in software. Both of my keyboards are qwerty, but I use Colemak as the logical layout.
Nope, either way works. That's the fun thing about infinite lengths.
The slug is the English system unit of mass. It made much more sense to use the pound for weight and the slug for mass, but doing things in the sensible manner has never been the English system's strong suit.
There once was a man from Peru
Whose Limericks stopped at line two.
and
There once was a man from Verdun...
Exactly. I'd put my stuff out as public domain, but not every country recognizes such declarations. A CC license (attribution only, not nc or sa) achieves much the same thing, and works for people in such countries.
As a Sprint reseller their customers are using Sprint's towers and network equipment. Placing the backdoors on Sprint's network is plenty to get localized monitoring.
I'm a musician, and make part of my income from my music. All of my music is CC licensed, and some people still buy it. It's certainly not offensive to me that these kinds of site operate with impunity.
That's only true for Von-Neumann architecture, but not for a (pure) Harvard architecture.
Of course, the Harvard architecture has some issues, like not being able to store code on the same device as data, which make it impractical for normal use. And mitigating those issues recreates the possibility of the security holes that Von-Neumann machines have.
Some problems shouldn't make it past the design phase, let alone through alpha and into beta.
Think of what the cutting face is made out of....
Think about how metal detectors work (inductance detection) and the depth of the tunnel, compared to the amount of metal in the surrounding city at a shallower depth, and combined with the materials the boring machine is made of...
Then why did the Boston Marathon get bombed?
Step 2 is also false.
Global Warming is a poor term, "climate change" is worse.
Global Average Warming might be better; local variations will continue (and probably intensify with more energy in the system) but the average over the entire planet goes up. If an area around the poles drops 5 degrees and an equal area around the tropics raises 20 degrees, with the rest staying the same, then the average has increased by 12.5 degrees, even though the poles are colder. The claim is still falsifiable, it just hasn't been falsified.
Actually, we don't know that. We suspect that, but there are still some issues to be resolved. The theory of evolution covers speciation, but not abiogenesis. The big bang theory doesn't provide a good explanation for baryon asymmetry.
Creationists "answer" both these things, but provide no evidence for their answers. Their explanations are worthless, since no mechanism is postulated.
Actually, humans can tell which way is north/south without tools. We can see Haidinger's Brush, and thereby detect the polarization of the sky. That tells you which way the north/south axis is, even when it's cloudy enough that you can't see the sun directly.
That, and there's nothing better at getting kids interested in programming and technology than trying to find ways around such restrictions.
I believe the phrase you want is "bright as pitch."
"have been" is used in the past perfect tense. That's important.
They have been unaware of the program at one period in time, and have completed that period of being unaware in the past. Since they finished being unaware of the program they have been aware of it, and continue to be aware of it.
The problem is a disconnect in threat models.
An attacker with physical access can defeat any obfuscation scheme that doesn't require input from the user.
The point of having a wireless key stored in plaintext (or obfuscated) is so that the computer can connect to that network without input from the user.
Encrypting the key requires input from the user, so storing the key is effectively pointless. Obfuscating the key doesn't actually do anything to stop anyone with root access. Whatever choice you make you will break either the security or the usability.
Why break the security? Because the security is minor, in this case. An attacker with physical access to a computer on the site of the wireless network can already compromise the wireless key, eg by using a keylogger, installing malware on the machine to sniff the wireless key from memory as the computer initially connects, and possibly reset the access point's settings, assign a new key, and assign a new key on the client computer (s). etc. An attacker with physical access to a computer off the site of the wireless network (coffee shop, etc) just stole your computer, and is probably going to sell it. If they're determined to attack your network the same issues as above arise.
So not storing the key requires the user to type it (or a password to decrypt a keyring) when they connect, and provides very little practical security benefit. Anyone who would derive a practical security benefit from encrypting the key would likely derive a much greater security benefit from using a wired connection. The benefits are outweighed by the costs.
An attacker who has broken into my house shouldn't really have me worried that they might mooch off my WLAN connection. Sure, they might do that, and they might also just steal all my valuables.
Weasles are amazing hunters, and very cute. Why insult them by comparing them to US politicians?
The marathon is the terrorist's success, which is what we're discussing. The NSA hasn't stopped any terrorists, and it never will. It's too easy to be a terrorist and there are too many targets.