The hack I think would be cool would be to take a "brick" cell phone from say ten years ago, put in modern guts, interface to the original keypad, and then load it up with batteries in the remaining space. Get a cell phone with a month's worth of battery life.
Or a fuel cell and methonal tank that would run it for a year!
give its source code for Office 2003 to more than 30 different world governments.
Like these people are, or even know, good security experts? I don't think so.
It may only be me, but I'd expect this move to result in 30 countries whose spy agencies now will know vulnerabilities that can be used to spy on their citizens.
If MS was serious about improving their code, they'd be passing it on to White Hat Hackers (based on said hackers past track record of reporting flaws) and security firms.
This is obviously nothing more than a sales move to try and keep governments comfortable with MS software. I doubt any of the rest of us will benefit at all.
Which is exactly why Intel is now going to model numbers to distinguish processors, instead of just referring to them by their clock rates, as they used to do. They are as strongly deemphasizing clock rates now as they once promoted them. They too know that the clock rate wars are over.
A dual-core Prescott will not be an easy thing...they have a fundamental bandwidth problem...Forcing the P4 into that same mold, on the other hand, is a move of desperation by Intel
Remember, Intel has a second P4 compatable CPU. The Pentium-M is much closer to AMD in instructions per clock (e.g. a Pentium-M at 1.5GHz performs close to a P4 at 2.5GHz). And it uses less power to accompolish this feat. Perhaps Intel will use their more efficient processor for dual core applications.
This is not true, and hasn't been true for decades. Many hydro systems that have a forebay (pond) above the plant and empty out into another lake, have the ability to reverse their turbines when power is plentiful at night and pump the water back uphill. The same water is then run through the turbines again when power is needed.
And how efficient is this? Efficient enough that it's done a lot of places!
You mean I can't just hold down the Shift Key when I insert my JumpDrive?
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AMD motherboards with cheap, ultra-crappy VIA south/northbridges and the like -- just won't cut it. You will get crackles in the audio,
Professional Audio applications aren't running with onboard AC97. You'll have added a high-end card, or two, to your system. The only way the N/S bridge chips could add crackles would be if they weren't exchanging data properly, in which case nothing would be running correctly on your computer.
Does AMD have any Hyper-Threading-like technologies in their chips or in the works?
AMD is going HT one better by putting two Athlon 64 cores on one die next year. Much better performance bump than HT provides in a single processor core.
all our encrypted data will be hackable in a couple years,
No, that's not what I'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that the abilities of general purpose CPU's continue to quickly overtake what required dedicated hardware only a few years ago. The security of this system rests in its ability to only operate with a dedicated, secret chip. What requires a dedicated, affordable hardware solution today will soon be equally possible with your desktop system.
the smartest approach is to publish and patent the encryption scheme, but make it so time consuming, that you will need hardware to do the decryption properly.
With Moore's Law still in effect and multi-core processors coming, what requires dedicated hardware today may easily become software doable in three years. Which would be about the time it hits mainstream, given that the public buys into it.
The Lucas Problem is that he is considered such a God (or Jedi Master) of science fiction films that no one dares tell him when he's wrong about something. And everybody's wrong some of the time.
I'm certain that is the only reason Jar Jar Binks ever survived being edited out of Episode 1 is that no one would dare say to George, "Uh, George, you may not have realized it, but this character is nothing more than an offensive racial stereotype that will not go down well with anyone."
is solely to protect it's market for the drives otherwise.
If that was the case, why doesn't Hitachi just swap a couple pins for their embedded customers. That way it would not be interchangable with the consumer version.
Your next project is to do something useful with the remaining Rio parts. W.A.S.T.E. not, want not.
After all, if people are cannibalizing OnStar systems after the subscription runs out just to get the GPS components, someone ought to be able to suggest a use for the rest of your Rio.
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Or a fuel cell and methonal tank that would run it for a year!
Like these people are, or even know, good security experts? I don't think so.
It may only be me, but I'd expect this move to result in 30 countries whose spy agencies now will know vulnerabilities that can be used to spy on their citizens.
If MS was serious about improving their code, they'd be passing it on to White Hat Hackers (based on said hackers past track record of reporting flaws) and security firms.
This is obviously nothing more than a sales move to try and keep governments comfortable with MS software. I doubt any of the rest of us will benefit at all.
Microsoft - You're dumb!
You have one too? I keep mine right next to my indoor Rollerball arena.
And did they, per chance, discover this rule on Slashdot the day their ban was reported here?
I just can't wait to see the **AA go up against M$ over this.
Does this mean that they won't use Microsoft DRM anymore?
This remake will become interesting if it includes, at least in the deleted scenes section, the ones with Koo Stark.
Which is exactly why Intel is now going to model numbers to distinguish processors, instead of just referring to them by their clock rates, as they used to do. They are as strongly deemphasizing clock rates now as they once promoted them. They too know that the clock rate wars are over.
That was actually typed using a 1974 IBM Correcting Selectric II typewriter on loan from CBS.
Remember, Intel has a second P4 compatable CPU. The Pentium-M is much closer to AMD in instructions per clock (e.g. a Pentium-M at 1.5GHz performs close to a P4 at 2.5GHz). And it uses less power to accompolish this feat. Perhaps Intel will use their more efficient processor for dual core applications.
More seriously though, none of this stuff is worth getting all that excited about, until you can actually buy it yourself -- and it works!
Simple solution, just put a Pentium 4 Prescott in there. Keep the whole place nice and toasty.
It's not like I expect them to send me a check in the mail. And if they did, it would cost me more in time and effort to collect it than it's value.
The lawyers should have to be paid just like everyone else that sees any part of this settlement.
This is not true, and hasn't been true for decades. Many hydro systems that have a forebay (pond) above the plant and empty out into another lake, have the ability to reverse their turbines when power is plentiful at night and pump the water back uphill. The same water is then run through the turbines again when power is needed.
And how efficient is this? Efficient enough that it's done a lot of places!
Idiot, or genius. I'd certainly like to meet the man (or woman) who successfully decrypts his (or her) MD5 encrypted files.
You mean I can't just hold down the Shift Key when I insert my JumpDrive?
Professional Audio applications aren't running with onboard AC97. You'll have added a high-end card, or two, to your system. The only way the N/S bridge chips could add crackles would be if they weren't exchanging data properly, in which case nothing would be running correctly on your computer.
AMD is going HT one better by putting two Athlon 64 cores on one die next year. Much better performance bump than HT provides in a single processor core.
Are you listening?
No, that's not what I'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that the abilities of general purpose CPU's continue to quickly overtake what required dedicated hardware only a few years ago. The security of this system rests in its ability to only operate with a dedicated, secret chip. What requires a dedicated, affordable hardware solution today will soon be equally possible with your desktop system.
With Moore's Law still in effect and multi-core processors coming, what requires dedicated hardware today may easily become software doable in three years. Which would be about the time it hits mainstream, given that the public buys into it.
Aren't we up to E at least?
I'm certain that is the only reason Jar Jar Binks ever survived being edited out of Episode 1 is that no one would dare say to George, "Uh, George, you may not have realized it, but this character is nothing more than an offensive racial stereotype that will not go down well with anyone."
And just how long before we get Star Wars verses Star Trek: The Search for more Profits?
If that was the case, why doesn't Hitachi just swap a couple pins for their embedded customers. That way it would not be interchangable with the consumer version.
After all, if people are cannibalizing OnStar systems after the subscription runs out just to get the GPS components, someone ought to be able to suggest a use for the rest of your Rio.