I've been thinking about this whilst driving home.
Encrypting the backend file would be fine and I would reccomend that anyway.
Doesn't Kerberos handle timed access tokens?
Just tie up the data lookup functions with the LAN where they are stored, lookup functions are only meaningful then if they are performed onsite (Kerberos server is not publically accessible).
That way, you frankly don't care if they get at the raw files, and only those with genuine tokens can decrypt the data within.
Heck, you could even link up excessive queries with a great big siren and lights, but that might be a bridge too far for most peoples "simple" customer databases.
It is issues and problems like this that allowing Encrypted delayed lookup tables inside the database by default would help.
At the DB level, no changes to an application are required, asking for a query that returns 400,000 detailed customer records will take 4,000,000 seconds to return the data.
I think I have convinced myself to look into the feasibilty of this.
Bosses like to send mailshots and group customers by location and store their bank details and other kinds of crap that would make everyones life a living hell.
Imagine having to call directory enquiries for EVERY person you want to contact.
Think of your phone contacts list, could you do without it?
If every customer database only held absolute minimum fields, then nobody would get any work done. minimal db: [Name,Tel]
today: "Hi, this is so and so from your bank, i am going to send you your bank statement, can i have your address please."
next day: "Hi, this is so and so from your bank again, i am going to send you your overdraft agreement, can i have your address please."
day after: "Hi, this is so and so from your bank yet again, i am going to send you your overdraft acceptance, can i have your address please."....
But by the same token, you are kind of right.
What SHOULD be restricted is table/db level access to sensitive data. Full authenticatation, complete logging and one at a time retrieval (one lookup per 10seconds for banking info etc).
However, its so much simpler to setup and populate a raw database than to impliment the things I have just suggested.
(ponder_to_self: could this time delay be done at the DB table level in mySql or similar? a param to slow down record access?)
This issue of losses is mute really, because as with illicit file sharing, the original data still exists.
This data sharing may result in customers going elsewhere, and so may effect FUTURE revenue stream, but their account certainly hasn't taken a dip just yet. (Contrast with bank robbery)
------------------------ Hey [insertname], Just a short note to say hi! Heres the file you wanted. James. Attached: Redhat_dvd.iso ------------------------
I know your being thoughtful and kind to your friend, but an extra page of text isn't going to break his piggy bank, and it will help with his signal/spam ratio.
The russian version costs around $2000 per person for a run of about 15 parabolas. (Based on ~10 participants). (from a space.com article)
There is also a themepark considering setting up its own version for a few thousand per person.
Initially, I thought the same as you about this, but NASA have had this program up and running, making kids throw up for a few years, it can't cost that much, and from what I've been reading its given the kids fantastic memories.
Companies and webmasters cry DDOS when their website just simply cant handle the flood.
Granted, some attacks are genuine, but all it takes to DDOS someone is a posting on one of the many websites (not just slash) that the original webadmin wasn't expecting.
Its like hearing in the news about an ongoing DDOS attack on xyz's site, whats the first thing you do?
My 1st encounter with flash was the Joe cartoon site.
The animations there are built up from vector components, the "low, medium, high" setting you speak of actually does change the level of detail and not simple anti aliasing.
The reason nowadays it appears to only do anti aliasing is most likely a shift in the style of animations your watching - nowadays being a lot more bitmap based.
Personally, I have flash disabled and have done for years. When reading a webpage I expect the elements to remain static, just like a newspaper.
Lastly, I thought flash has ports on most OS's, and as such, DirectX shouldnt even come into it?
The 384mb is NOT used for storing frame buffers, that is nowadays part of the graphics card (and has been since the dawn of PCs).
The 1.5ghz cpu is used to make things react in real time in a realistic manner, people expect lights to flicker and boxes to move when you shoot them etc - realtime physics engines don't come cheap specification wise.
The Memory is used to buffer up the textures and models, which are then passed to the graphics card for utilisation - there is no need to shove ALL the data through the AGP bus for every frame however, so your 32mb of data per frame throughput seems reasonable.
If you want postage stamp sized 64x64 texture icons you will be fine, but I prefer to have hires detailed textures mapped onto detailed meshes.
You ARE right in that the games doesnt NEED it, but since every generation of computer has increased in spec, the expectations in people minds have also increased.
The demo in this case is requested not because we want to know the story, its plainly obvious that 99% of geeks are salivating at the thought of this game.
The demo is a playtest really, check if your hardware can run it smoothly.
I have 100% faith in id software's capability to make a really good, enthralling game, I just gotta find out how much it will cost for me to actually play it.
Your right of course, but that could be solved by assessing the formatting of the drive, if it is compatible, then make use of it, otherwise dont. Just make sure the OEM install does as you say and creates a fat32 partition.
Mind you, its just flogging a dead horse really, they haven't, it doesn't - we just gotta suck it and see.
The one part I do like is definately dvd, that turns your laptop into an instant movie station, and would get more use out of me than tv.
How about simply allow the Core OS to write to the disk under its control?
It really shouldn't be that complicated to add PVR functionality without booting windows.
It could have been such a useful, practical alternative use for the laptop, but now people will have to decide before switching on whether they want instant gratification or delayed full experience.
As far as I can see, this might be a marketing bullet point, but for actual practicality it ranks pretty low (OK, maybe the dvd part is useful).
I agree with your bootup scenario - like old style games which allowed a mini game to be played whilst loading.
Time to load isn't actually that big a problem though - my Cable set top box takes longer to power up and start showing channels than the xp box I'm on now.
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I was under the impression that locked inside every rock at the date it was created is a magnetic record indicating the direction and strength of the magnetic field in that location.
Hence what you are asking for is already available. Unless you mean localised and temporary being on the bowling green, for 1/2 an hour a week last tuesday whilst we were sitting round eating cakes and drinking tea?
The rocks themselves have the information buried away in them. Therein lies your answer.
It simply appears to be the last dot-com bubble about to burst.
I direct you to the web archive showing their parent company from 2001: archive
Their current site is still up.
http://www.novinit.com/plan_uk.html
There are slight discrepencies in the figures (5mil R&d figures), and whilst I believe THEY think they have a product, whether or not they will actually get off the ground is another matter.
The times when the fans chatter isn't such quite, but disorganised - during lulls in play, when people's minds begin to wander, these dont need recording.
But when the crowd does something in unison - all hush up, the roar after a goal, the collective intake of breath - whatever it actually is doesn't matter, its that it caught the attention of most of the audience, so you sitting at home should also pay attention.
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I've been thinking about this whilst driving home.
Encrypting the backend file would be fine and I would reccomend that anyway.
Doesn't Kerberos handle timed access tokens?
Just tie up the data lookup functions with the LAN where they are stored, lookup functions are only meaningful then if they are performed onsite (Kerberos server is not publically accessible).
That way, you frankly don't care if they get at the raw files, and only those with genuine tokens can decrypt the data within.
Heck, you could even link up excessive queries with a great big siren and lights, but that might be a bridge too far for most peoples "simple" customer databases.
It is issues and problems like this that allowing Encrypted delayed lookup tables inside the database by default would help.
At the DB level, no changes to an application are required, asking for a query that returns 400,000 detailed customer records will take 4,000,000 seconds to return the data.
I think I have convinced myself to look into the feasibilty of this.
Bosses like to send mailshots and group customers by location and store their bank details and other kinds of crap that would make everyones life a living hell.
....
Imagine having to call directory enquiries for EVERY person you want to contact.
Think of your phone contacts list, could you do without it?
If every customer database only held absolute minimum fields, then nobody would get any work done.
minimal db: [Name,Tel]
today:
"Hi, this is so and so from your bank, i am going to send you your bank statement, can i have your address please."
next day:
"Hi, this is so and so from your bank again, i am going to send you your overdraft agreement, can i have your address please."
day after:
"Hi, this is so and so from your bank yet again, i am going to send you your overdraft acceptance, can i have your address please."
But by the same token, you are kind of right.
What SHOULD be restricted is table/db level access to sensitive data.
Full authenticatation, complete logging and one at a time retrieval (one lookup per 10seconds for banking info etc).
However, its so much simpler to setup and populate a raw database than to impliment the things I have just suggested.
(ponder_to_self: could this time delay be done at the DB table level in mySql or similar? a param to slow down record access?)
ONLY 7 million!
Thank god the RIAA isnt involved with the cleanup.
(82000000 * ($250,000 * ([DriveSpeed] * Cos([WindDirection]))
This issue of losses is mute really, because as with illicit file sharing, the original data still exists.
This data sharing may result in customers going elsewhere, and so may effect FUTURE revenue stream, but their account certainly hasn't taken a dip just yet.
(Contrast with bank robbery)
"short" email
------------------------
Hey [insertname],
Just a short note to say hi!
Heres the file you wanted.
James.
Attached: Redhat_dvd.iso
------------------------
I know your being thoughtful and kind to your friend, but an extra page of text isn't going to break his piggy bank, and it will help with his signal/spam ratio.
The russian version costs around $2000 per person for a run of about 15 parabolas.
(Based on ~10 participants). (from a space.com article)
There is also a themepark considering setting up its own version for a few thousand per person.
Initially, I thought the same as you about this, but NASA have had this program up and running, making kids throw up for a few years, it can't cost that much, and from what I've been reading its given the kids fantastic memories.
This is the thing that always gets me.
Companies and webmasters cry DDOS when their website just simply cant handle the flood.
Granted, some attacks are genuine, but all it takes to DDOS someone is a posting on one of the many websites (not just slash) that the original webadmin wasn't expecting.
Its like hearing in the news about an ongoing DDOS attack on xyz's site, whats the first thing you do?
I know I try and load the page.....
I didn't know William Shatner was a judge?
My flying car has been sat in the impound since I was caught flying without a license!
My 1st encounter with flash was the Joe cartoon site.
The animations there are built up from vector components, the "low, medium, high" setting you speak of actually does change the level of detail and not simple anti aliasing.
The reason nowadays it appears to only do anti aliasing is most likely a shift in the style of animations your watching - nowadays being a lot more bitmap based.
Personally, I have flash disabled and have done for years. When reading a webpage I expect the elements to remain static, just like a newspaper.
Lastly, I thought flash has ports on most OS's, and as such, DirectX shouldnt even come into it?
The 384mb is NOT used for storing frame buffers, that is nowadays part of the graphics card (and has been since the dawn of PCs).
The 1.5ghz cpu is used to make things react in real time in a realistic manner, people expect lights to flicker and boxes to move when you shoot them etc - realtime physics engines don't come cheap specification wise.
The Memory is used to buffer up the textures and models, which are then passed to the graphics card for utilisation - there is no need to shove ALL the data through the AGP bus for every frame however, so your 32mb of data per frame throughput seems reasonable.
If you want postage stamp sized 64x64 texture icons you will be fine, but I prefer to have hires detailed textures mapped onto detailed meshes.
You ARE right in that the games doesnt NEED it, but since every generation of computer has increased in spec, the expectations in people minds have also increased.
Have you just stepped out of a time warp?
Your right, it does seem odd.
Could this possibly be a revenge ploy on the owner of the account?
"hahaha lets get Johnny into trouble - we'll send out a threat using his name."
Kinda like an extreme version of signing up your enemy to random mailing lists?
Hey!
That agreement mentions removal of Windows media codecs from Linspire.
Looks like it was about more than just the name!
Or is this just microsoft demanding removal of EVERYTHING microsoft.
I feel somewhat dirty reading a confidential agreement, but then again its microsoft so it balances out.
The demo in this case is requested not because we want to know the story, its plainly obvious that 99% of geeks are salivating at the thought of this game.
The demo is a playtest really, check if your hardware can run it smoothly.
I have 100% faith in id software's capability to make a really good, enthralling game, I just gotta find out how much it will cost for me to actually play it.
Your right, the Book chapter analogy fits better for consoles, but for PC games, the demo is like test driving a car.
Yes, the car will do 200mph, yes the car is electric, yes the car will avoid knocking people over, yes the car will make cups of coffee etc etc etc.
But without a test drive, I'll never know if I can reach the pedels or see over the steering wheel.
Your right of course, but that could be solved by assessing the formatting of the drive, if it is compatible, then make use of it, otherwise dont. Just make sure the OEM install does as you say and creates a fat32 partition.
Mind you, its just flogging a dead horse really, they haven't, it doesn't - we just gotta suck it and see.
The one part I do like is definately dvd, that turns your laptop into an instant movie station, and would get more use out of me than tv.
Security by obscurity?
How about simply allow the Core OS to write to the disk under its control?
It really shouldn't be that complicated to add PVR functionality without booting windows.
It could have been such a useful, practical alternative use for the laptop, but now people will have to decide before switching on whether they want instant gratification or delayed full experience.
As far as I can see, this might be a marketing bullet point, but for actual practicality it ranks pretty low (OK, maybe the dvd part is useful).
I agree with your bootup scenario - like old style games which allowed a mini game to be played whilst loading.
Time to load isn't actually that big a problem though - my Cable set top box takes longer to power up and start showing channels than the xp box I'm on now.
Its only got half the functionality.
Consider yourself turning this thing on and watching, you get carried away and want to record something.
You have to reboot, LOAD WINDOWS, start the tv thingy and get recording.
from the article:
If users want to pause live TV or record TV shows onto the 80-gigabyte hard disk, however, they'll need to do so with the Windows software.
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Thats from the OddPost announcement to subscribers page.
I think thats quite a sweetener. gMail certainly has rocked the boat, and competition is good.
I was under the impression that locked inside every rock at the date it was created is a magnetic record indicating the direction and strength of the magnetic field in that location.
Hence what you are asking for is already available. Unless you mean localised and temporary being on the bowling green, for 1/2 an hour a week last tuesday whilst we were sitting round eating cakes and drinking tea?
The rocks themselves have the information buried away in them. Therein lies your answer.
Apparantly, this thing isn't a hoax.
It simply appears to be the last dot-com bubble about to burst.
I direct you to the web archive showing their parent company from 2001:
archive
Their current site is still up.
http://www.novinit.com/plan_uk.html
There are slight discrepencies in the figures (5mil R&d figures), and whilst I believe THEY think they have a product, whether or not they will actually get off the ground is another matter.
Thats right!
Another opening to have whatever shock fest is doing the rounds at that time.
Slash doesn't need all that fancy crap, it just needs decent html..
You could be onto something here.
The times when the fans chatter isn't such quite, but disorganised - during lulls in play, when people's minds begin to wander, these dont need recording.
But when the crowd does something in unison - all hush up, the roar after a goal, the collective intake of breath - whatever it actually is doesn't matter, its that it caught the attention of most of the audience, so you sitting at home should also pay attention.
If we are watching the mirrored version of the star-trek universe, could somebody give me the URL of the original, this one seems corrupt :S
Your right, things are going to change.
:)
Thats the EXACT reason MS put up the page on MSDN to warn/inform developers of the changes they will need to make