I went to a LAN party several months ago. I didn't stay all night. When I unplugged my machine someone else's machine went off in the middle of a game because he plugged his machine into my surge protector.
Damn, that would be almost as bad as Hillary Clinton as president-dictator. and it wouldn't be the continents all bunched up together; it would be something else.
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MS just excersicing their freedom to innovate right? I don't care what planet you're from, that's just plain stupid. They know that people send viruses in e-mail. I just deleted a.bat file that came in the e-mail on my father's computer yesterday.
I imagine that Linux servers that get hacked probably had patches available as well, or they left ports open.
That brings me to another point: Isn't it relatively easy to hack a machine that has insecure services running on any port - such as telnet? In theory, it should be easy to get a cleartext of a password sent in through telnet or FTP.
for crying out loud, they tax the crap out of us. They tax us when we buy stuff. They tax our income. They tax what we own. They tax tax tax tax tax. We don't need another freaking tax, and we especially don't want these fucking surveilance things on our cars - I imagine that's only the first step.
Actually, I know a mathematics professor who has talked about reading on/.
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One really good example of what prime number theory is good for is cryptography.
For example, in mathematics, it is a well-known fact that it is an easy problem to multiply two numbers. It is a very hard problem to take a number and factor it into the numbers that were multiplied to get the number, especially if it is a very large number.
If we multiply two very large prime numbers, the result is a very large number that is very difficult to factor; when it is factored, the result will be that it factors only into the original two very large prime numbers.
Prime numbers also have application in the idea of 'remote coin flipping.' ie. Using prime number theory, it is in theory possible for me to do the equivalent of flipping a coin and you having to guess if it's heads or tails.
If you still don't understand, consider this.
Which is easier to do: Multiply 13*17*19*29*57*91*43
--or--
Factor 27159925611 into it's prime factors.
If you can find an easy way to do the second problem, you just might find yourself considered a threat to national security.
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Are they going to send an e-mail bomb that will scatter my computer across the livingroom while I sleep. I can see a wrongful death suit coming.
But seriously, what can they do to us besides erasing our hard drives and BIOS chips.
That being said, I imagine that the average Joe would think his machine fried if you could remotely destroy his BIOS and reboot his machine.
You're not considered a "felon" unless you've been convicted.
someone wrote a little-known program called "AOHell?"
If Bill Gates had a nickel for every GD time this Windows crashed ....
I think that it is not coincidence that Red Hat and SUSE rush to include literally gigabytes of packages with their distributions as well.
I went to a LAN party several months ago. I didn't stay all night. When I unplugged my machine someone else's machine went off in the middle of a game because he plugged his machine into my surge protector.
However, you fail to address the issue of *who* has access to the information. It sure won't be you and I with TIA.
I support our President, but Ashcroft is a clown, IMHO. First, "TIPS" and now this.
Damn, that would be almost as bad as Hillary Clinton as president-dictator. and it wouldn't be the continents all bunched up together; it would be something else.
It still can't pass the turing test.
Of course! Remember, a security system fails when the benefit of breaking it exceeds the cost of breaking it.
MS just excersicing their freedom to innovate right? I don't care what planet you're from, that's just plain stupid. They know that people send viruses in e-mail. I just deleted a .bat file that came in the e-mail on my father's computer yesterday.
I think that the railgun leaving a trail was a good way to help out with that problem.
I fully expect that MS will be sued for infringing on Amazon's patent on patenting obvious things with tons of prior art.
That brings me to another point: Isn't it relatively easy to hack a machine that has insecure services running on any port - such as telnet? In theory, it should be easy to get a cleartext of a password sent in through telnet or FTP.
I remember, I was once asked to show proof of age at Wal-Mart when I bought Quake 3. That was the only time.
for crying out loud, they tax the crap out of us. They tax us when we buy stuff. They tax our income. They tax what we own. They tax tax tax tax tax. We don't need another freaking tax, and we especially don't want these fucking surveilance things on our cars - I imagine that's only the first step.
agreed - where are mod points when you need them?
S Korea captain: We get signal - main screen turn on!
N Korea : Hello, how are you gentlemen. All your base are belong to us.
-What you say?
-You have no chance to survive, make your time... ha ha ha
Has anyone else heard this statistic or know where I can find a source in print?
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18446743979220271189! =
184467439220271189 *
184467439220271188 *
184467439220271187 *
...
5 * 4 * 3 * 2
That was easy!
Actually, I know a mathematics professor who has talked about reading on /.
For example, in mathematics, it is a well-known fact that it is an easy problem to multiply two numbers. It is a very hard problem to take a number and factor it into the numbers that were multiplied to get the number, especially if it is a very large number.
If we multiply two very large prime numbers, the result is a very large number that is very difficult to factor; when it is factored, the result will be that it factors only into the original two very large prime numbers.
Prime numbers also have application in the idea of 'remote coin flipping.' ie. Using prime number theory, it is in theory possible for me to do the equivalent of flipping a coin and you having to guess if it's heads or tails.
If you still don't understand, consider this. Which is easier to do:
Multiply 13*17*19*29*57*91*43
--or--
Factor 27159925611 into it's prime factors.
If you can find an easy way to do the second problem, you just might find yourself considered a threat to national security.
I have no idea how this proof works because the server melted already.
The first thing that comes to mind reading your post is 'patent lawsuit.' Remember, they already own patents on 'trusted operating systems.'
Did you know that these same words from said movie are also used as a magic spell in "Army of Darkness?"