I wasn't debating the marking of key points (such as McDonalds, Barnes & Noble, Starbucks, etc). But geographical features are readily available in commecial databases (Street Atlas USA, any commercial GPS company's database, etc.)
No, I'm talking about roads that are impassable and exist only on old county records. You cannot find these "roads" by driving! I assure you Mapquest uses the same public maps. Yes, these maps have been "digitized" (obviously not just by scanning!) - they are available through many sources. Witness Street Atlas USA, any commercial GPS company's database, etc.
Do you actually believe that Mapquest would pay people to drive around and replicate maps that are readily available????
The maps are NOT generated the way the post implies - by driving around. Perhaps businesses are, but permanent landmarks like lakes, rivers, cemeteries, etc are from digitized tax maps. I know this because my GPS database includes long-forgotten West Virginia roads (now barely passable by 4-wheel drive) and tiny streams with no name and cemeteries that have only four bodies in them!
gauntlet2 also gantlet ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gontlt, gant-) n.
A form of punishment or torture in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the person forced to run between them. The lines of people so arranged. An onslaught or attack from all sides: "The hostages... ran the gauntlet of insult on their way to the airport" (Harper's). A severe trial; an ordeal.
It could be useful to the nurse's office to know how often and for how long someone takes a crap. Hmmm, Johnny seems to be in that stall a long time, perhaps he's doing his sex-education homework.
Apple ][ Plus shipped with a hard "RESET" button not requiring any additional keys in combination. It had to be pushed pretty hard to make it depress, though. Unfortunately, it was somewhat close to "ESC" and occationally did get hit inadvertantly.
There was a switch on the keyboard controller that allowed you to change it to ctrl-reset.
Ctrl-Alt-Del is the only key combination on your computer that has its own hardware interrupt
Funny, it doesn't always work (when the computer is in the total-freeze pull-the-plug mode). I therefore conclude that it generates a software interrupt.
Are you telling me that you're trying to contribute something to a crypto-oriented discussion, and you don't know who PETER fucking GUTMANN is?
No reason to use nasty language. Actually, I was contributing to the discussion based on the Open Source and slamming instead of fixing aspects, regardless of the fact that it is about crypto.
Um, quite a bit of difference, theoretically. How about searching for parks, lakes, fire hydrants, mailboxes, phone booths, one-way streets, registered sex offenders, gullible people, etc.
I would hardly consider "Scrap this, go learn basic crypto, and try again," to be useful advice on how to fix problems. That is just plain ivory tower I'm-smarter-than-you attitude.
If you read the article, his advice is almost every case is "Scrap this, go learn basic crypto, and try again." I think it's great that he's getting the word out that it's insecure.
Perhaps, but my point still stands - if he has the knowledge to determine it is insecure, and knows basic crypto (which by the quote he must claim he does), then instead of criticizing, he should offer a solution instead of putting down open source efforts.
Instead of making yourself look so great by "demolishing the security," why not offer the fixes? Yes, open source can be insecure, but at least it will be public knowledge what those insecurities are, and concerned individuals can make the mods themselves.
If you believe its not because of the high wage costs in California you're sadly mitaken.
Of course it's because of high California wages! In case you've forgotten, the comment that started this subthread alleged that the lawsuit settlement was sending businesses out of California. That is what I ridiculed and you supported.
Manufacturing and Services are not the only two businesses. Retail will not move. Agriculture will not move. Government will not move (ha, ha, okay not quite a business, but they do mean jobs). Intellectual is moving mostly only on the customer service side (to India, which is due to labor market, not any rules CA government may come up with). Other areas of intellectual are just plain dying on the vine due to the flailing US and world economy. There are still lots of jobs in engineering in California.
Boeing has so many job openings that they are hiring almost anybody who can breathe (in Anaheim). It has been my experience that people who cry about loss of jobs are too lazy to get one or not as good as they think - ie they overprice themselves.
Californian's wonder why businesses are leaving in droves
You sound like a Schwartzenegger supporter with that rhetoric. Businesses will not just leave CA; there are just way too many customers here. We are the 7th largest economy in the world. Businesses that leave are just plain foolish. Hyping that job loss is due to a Microsoft settlement is ridiculous. Even if they pay the full $1.1B, they're getting a mere spanking as they continue to prey on other businesses.
Did Altria, or RJ Reynolds leave the United States after the tobacco settlements???
I think it's disgusting to see they've shipped so many. How many of those are currently sitting in landfills? Doesn't anybody bother to clean one instead of buying a new one? At least the optical ones don't have that problem. Maybe they're just disposable junk like everything else in our overcivilized society. [/rant]
I have a new hero - Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill):
"Are you headed to junior high schools to round up the usual suspects?" Durbin asked RIAA President Cary Sherman during a Senate Judiciary hearing.
Even worse, nee (accented or not - it is a legitimate Scrabble word) means "born". Unless the site was born again (nee is listed twice), it should only have one nee. Note that "born again Christians" probably have two (k)nees.
Actually, Macrovision is a completely different story. At least if you buy a new DVD player, all your existing DVDs will play on the new machine. With DRM linking content to a specific machine, upgrades mean your software automatically quits working.
The truly big problem will be the need to repurchase your huge software investment each time you upgrade to a new machine. This will put momentum AWAY from buying new hardware. It seems the hardware OEMs will be shooting themselves in both feet if they use this.
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Could you please point me to some of these competing products. I think using the TV for the display is the right way to go.
I suppose. However, the serial number is a LOT of bits, thereby having a LOT of unique values. You will probably just have a LOT of identifications.
All that is transmitted is a unique serial number. So what if you transmit a ton of serial numbers? You'll just more uniquely identify yourself.
I wasn't debating the marking of key points (such as McDonalds, Barnes & Noble, Starbucks, etc). But geographical features are readily available in commecial databases (Street Atlas USA, any commercial GPS company's database, etc.)
No, I'm talking about roads that are impassable and exist only on old county records. You cannot find these "roads" by driving! I assure you Mapquest uses the same public maps. Yes, these maps have been "digitized" (obviously not just by scanning!) - they are available through many sources. Witness Street Atlas USA, any commercial GPS company's database, etc.
Do you actually believe that Mapquest would pay people to drive around and replicate maps that are readily available????
The maps are NOT generated the way the post implies - by driving around. Perhaps businesses are, but permanent landmarks like lakes, rivers, cemeteries, etc are from digitized tax maps. I know this because my GPS database includes long-forgotten West Virginia roads (now barely passable by 4-wheel drive) and tiny streams with no name and cemeteries that have only four bodies in them!
Actually, it's either. From dictionary.com:
gauntlet2 also gantlet ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gontlt, gant-)
n.
A form of punishment or torture in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the person forced to run between them.
The lines of people so arranged.
An onslaught or attack from all sides: "The hostages... ran the gauntlet of insult on their way to the airport" (Harper's).
A severe trial; an ordeal.
It could be useful to the nurse's office to know how often and for how long someone takes a crap. Hmmm, Johnny seems to be in that stall a long time, perhaps he's doing his sex-education homework.
No matter how you look at the cost of power, a 20% increase is a 20% increase. I argue that is not "minimal" no matter how you look at it.
Apple ][ Plus shipped with a hard "RESET" button not requiring any additional keys in combination. It had to be pushed pretty hard to make it depress, though. Unfortunately, it was somewhat close to "ESC" and occationally did get hit inadvertantly.
There was a switch on the keyboard controller that allowed you to change it to ctrl-reset.
Ctrl-Alt-Del is the only key combination on your computer that has its own hardware interrupt
Funny, it doesn't always work (when the computer is in the total-freeze pull-the-plug mode). I therefore conclude that it generates a software interrupt.
Are you telling me that you're trying to contribute something to a crypto-oriented discussion, and you don't know who PETER fucking GUTMANN is?
No reason to use nasty language. Actually, I was contributing to the discussion based on the Open Source and slamming instead of fixing aspects, regardless of the fact that it is about crypto.
How is this different from Yahoo Yellow Pages?
Um, quite a bit of difference, theoretically. How about searching for parks, lakes, fire hydrants, mailboxes, phone booths, one-way streets, registered sex offenders, gullible people, etc.
I would hardly consider "Scrap this, go learn basic crypto, and try again," to be useful advice on how to fix problems. That is just plain ivory tower I'm-smarter-than-you attitude.
If you read the article, his advice is almost every case is "Scrap this, go learn basic crypto, and try again." I think it's great that he's getting the word out that it's insecure.
Perhaps, but my point still stands - if he has the knowledge to determine it is insecure, and knows basic crypto (which by the quote he must claim he does), then instead of criticizing, he should offer a solution instead of putting down open source efforts.
Instead of making yourself look so great by "demolishing the security," why not offer the fixes? Yes, open source can be insecure, but at least it will be public knowledge what those insecurities are, and concerned individuals can make the mods themselves.
If you believe its not because of the high wage costs in California you're sadly mitaken.
Of course it's because of high California wages! In case you've forgotten, the comment that started this subthread alleged that the lawsuit settlement was sending businesses out of California. That is what I ridiculed and you supported.
Manufacturing and Services are not the only two businesses. Retail will not move. Agriculture will not move. Government will not move (ha, ha, okay not quite a business, but they do mean jobs). Intellectual is moving mostly only on the customer service side (to India, which is due to labor market, not any rules CA government may come up with). Other areas of intellectual are just plain dying on the vine due to the flailing US and world economy. There are still lots of jobs in engineering in California.
Boeing has so many job openings that they are hiring almost anybody who can breathe (in Anaheim). It has been my experience that people who cry about loss of jobs are too lazy to get one or not as good as they think - ie they overprice themselves.
Californian's wonder why businesses are leaving in droves
You sound like a Schwartzenegger supporter with that rhetoric. Businesses will not just leave CA; there are just way too many customers here. We are the 7th largest economy in the world. Businesses that leave are just plain foolish. Hyping that job loss is due to a Microsoft settlement is ridiculous. Even if they pay the full $1.1B, they're getting a mere spanking as they continue to prey on other businesses.
Did Altria, or RJ Reynolds leave the United States after the tobacco settlements???
I think it's disgusting to see they've shipped so many. How many of those are currently sitting in landfills? Doesn't anybody bother to clean one instead of buying a new one? At least the optical ones don't have that problem. Maybe they're just disposable junk like everything else in our overcivilized society. [/rant]
I have a new hero - Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill):
"Are you headed to junior high schools to round up the usual suspects?" Durbin asked RIAA President Cary Sherman during a Senate Judiciary hearing.
That is one hell of a sound byte!
Even worse, nee (accented or not - it is a legitimate Scrabble word) means "born". Unless the site was born again (nee is listed twice), it should only have one nee. Note that "born again Christians" probably have two (k)nees.
When I have password rage (can't remember) I throw my monitor at the nearest coworker (it's an LCD - I'm not that strong).
Actually, Macrovision is a completely different story. At least if you buy a new DVD player, all your existing DVDs will play on the new machine. With DRM linking content to a specific machine, upgrades mean your software automatically quits working.
The truly big problem will be the need to repurchase your huge software investment each time you upgrade to a new machine. This will put momentum AWAY from buying new hardware. It seems the hardware OEMs will be shooting themselves in both feet if they use this.