(For people who don't want to bother with the link, it goes to a page that gives a brief discussion of shortwave numbers stations.)
So far, the only rumor that links Seti@home with numbers stations is your posting here. There hasn't been anything in the recent past on sci.astro. Care to provide any more details? (Other than random paranoia, that is.)
In an era where the theme seems to be "make a buck any way possible, and screw the little guy", it's refreshing to see a prominent government official take a step away from that philosophy.
Amazingly, no equipment has the same MAC address.. but in reality, I believe, manufacturers re-use them, either by accident or plan, so conflicts on the same LAN do happen.
No, they don't reuse MAC addresses. The MAC address consists of 6 bytes broken into two parts of 3 bytes each - a manufacturer ID and an node address. Even if a manufacturer got only one ID, that means they could produce 2^24=16 million unique addresses, and manufacturers can get more than one ID (there's 16 million IDs available too).
What can happen is that you can override the address and provide your own 6 bytes. In many companies that have address-sensitive software (SNA on IBM mainframes, for one example), the burned-in address is overridden so if you have to replace the hardware, you don't have to reprogram the host. It's that over-ride that can cause a conflict.
The Internet is safe. Trademarks are limited in scope. First of all, you can have the same trademark as somebody else, provided you aren't in the same business (example: Delta Airlines vs. Delta Faucets). Second, the trademark must be used in commercial activity. TCP/IP's use of PPP probably doesn't qualify as commercial. And, if all this fellow did was file a trademark on his initials and didn't actually use them in commerce, then his trademark would be invalidated.
It's not impossible that we are alone in the Universe.
It's also not impossible that all the air molecules in the room will jump against one wall, leaving you in a vacuum to suffocate. However, the odds are against it, and most of us firmly believe the odds are against their being only one intelligence in the universe.
If you want to read more about NSA's fun and games with foreign crypto (and the comprimising thereof), try reading this: http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate"
Ever wonder why the F-117 (the "stealth fighter") is composed of flat panels, all at odd angles? For purposes of stealth aircraft, corners are bad ju-ju. Yet the F-117 has tons of them.This is a statement without justification. Can you support it? If you can't support this, why should we believe you? Are you an areonautical or radar engineer? What are your qualifications to make such a statement? And can we translate your level of qualifications on this statement to your other comments in this message?
Right now, without more back-up for your comments, I'm afraid we'll have to file your message under the "Wishfull Thinking" department.
PepsiCo gave LucasFilm (or whoever) $2 billion for marketing rights in the food and drink category. They will figure something out. Hell, the Episode 1 Mountain Dew bottles are "collectible", whatever the hell that means these days.
Please allow me to point out that the first wave of "Star Wars" collectable stuff did not show up until after the first movie had been out for a while. It was only after the studio realized they had a mega-mega hit on their hands that they started with the merchandising.
It's been there for a while. NSI saw the day coming that there would be other registeries and registrars, and tried to claim that the database of domain names and contacts was their "Intellectual Property", and you couldn't use it to start a competing service. Consensus is that it wouldn't hold up.
I am still trying to figure out the locomotion of the Aibo. Does it use wheels, or real walking?
Real walking. Looks a little stiff-legged and hesitant - probably waiting for the CPU to catch up. If it falls over, it can even stand back up on its own.
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If you're running the screen saver with the pretty graphics, turn the graphics off. They chew up a lot of CPU.
...phil
Unfortunately it seems that the SETI@home team should've done a bit more testing before starting the project.
I'm not quite sure how you test a project with 500,000 users (5x the original estimate). Even simulation won't tell you everything.
...phil
(For people who don't want to bother with the link, it goes to a page that gives a brief discussion of shortwave numbers stations.)
So far, the only rumor that links Seti@home with numbers stations is your posting here. There hasn't been anything in the recent past on sci.astro. Care to provide any more details? (Other than random paranoia, that is.)
...phil
In an era where the theme seems to be "make a buck any way possible, and screw the little guy", it's refreshing to see a prominent government official take a step away from that philosophy.
...phil
Evidence please? Not that I don't believe you, but they are not supposed to, and it's easy enough to avoid, so I'd like to see examples.
...phil
But what isn't unlikely is that the orbit will eventually degrade and the satellite will 'land' somewhere on the moon.
Uh, orbits degrade because of atmospheric drag. No atmosphere on the moon.
...phil
The problem is that mankind is the best on this world in doing that so they are known as the most evil race on the planet
How can 'following it's own instinct' be considered 'evil'? Doesn't evil require intent? Is it evil for the lion to kill the gazelle?
...phil
Amazingly, no equipment has the same MAC address.. but in reality, I believe, manufacturers re-use them, either by accident or plan, so conflicts on the same LAN do happen.
No, they don't reuse MAC addresses. The MAC address consists of 6 bytes broken into two parts of 3 bytes each - a manufacturer ID and an node address. Even if a manufacturer got only one ID, that means they could produce 2^24=16 million unique addresses, and manufacturers can get more than one ID (there's 16 million IDs available too).
What can happen is that you can override the address and provide your own 6 bytes. In many companies that have address-sensitive software (SNA on IBM mainframes, for one example), the burned-in address is overridden so if you have to replace the hardware, you don't have to reprogram the host. It's that over-ride that can cause a conflict.
...phil
The point really is that most artists suck, period. Theodore Sturgeon once said "90% of everything is crap."
...phil
The Internet is safe. Trademarks are limited in scope. First of all, you can have the same trademark as somebody else, provided you aren't in the same business (example: Delta Airlines vs. Delta Faucets). Second, the trademark must be used in commercial activity. TCP/IP's use of PPP probably doesn't qualify as commercial. And, if all this fellow did was file a trademark on his initials and didn't actually use them in commerce, then his trademark would be invalidated.
...phil
It's not impossible that we are alone in the Universe.
It's also not impossible that all the air molecules in the room will jump against one wall, leaving you in a vacuum to suffocate. However, the odds are against it, and most of us firmly believe the odds are against their being only one intelligence in the universe.
...phil
Boy, I don't know how that happened.
...phil
If you want to read more about NSA's fun and games with foreign crypto (and the comprimising thereof), try reading this: http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate"
...phil
If you want to read more about NSA's fun and games with foreign crypto (and the comprimising thereof), try reading this.
...phil
The "help fields" are their to 'leak' part of the key, to make the encryption easier to break.
...phil
Ever wonder why the F-117 (the "stealth fighter") is composed of flat panels, all at odd angles? For purposes of stealth aircraft, corners are bad ju-ju. Yet the F-117 has tons of them.This is a statement without justification. Can you support it? If you can't support this, why should we believe you? Are you an areonautical or radar engineer? What are your qualifications to make such a statement? And can we translate your level of qualifications on this statement to your other comments in this message?
Right now, without more back-up for your comments, I'm afraid we'll have to file your message under the "Wishfull Thinking" department.
...phil
PepsiCo gave LucasFilm (or whoever) $2 billion for marketing rights in the food and drink category. They will figure something out. Hell, the Episode 1 Mountain Dew bottles are "collectible", whatever the hell that means these days.
...phil
Please allow me to point out that the first wave of "Star Wars" collectable stuff did not show up until after the first movie had been out for a while. It was only after the studio realized they had a mega-mega hit on their hands that they started with the merchandising.
...phil
If Hogan's Heros was on the air from, say, 1966-1970, then the first episodes are 33 light years out.
You do the math.
...phil
I believe it's keeping all its data in memory.
...phil
It's been there for a while. NSI saw the day coming that there would be other registeries and registrars, and tried to claim that the database of domain names and contacts was their "Intellectual Property", and you couldn't use it to start a competing service. Consensus is that it wouldn't hold up.
...phil
I think my privacy is more important to me than my desire to know if there is intelligence in the universe. Really.
Then I hope you're not running any Microsoft products.
...phil
The battery goes in there too.
...phil
Oh, please, no. Then you wind up with Catz, the screensaver. You play with them, they learn. They chase your mouse while you're working. eewwww.
...phil
I am still trying to figure out the locomotion of the Aibo. Does it use wheels, or real walking?
Real walking. Looks a little stiff-legged and hesitant - probably waiting for the CPU to catch up. If it falls over, it can even stand back up on its own.
...phil