I once read an amazing article about encryption and random events.
2 People wanting to communicate securely have to pass keys to each other.
However, the keys that they pass are not random in the normal sense, they are a list of URL's.
At the time I want to send a message, I notify my friend of a time, and at that time, our computers visit those links and build up a private key of the contents of the sites.
Governments would be incapable of reconstructing the key without storing every byte of every webpage (kinda like a super wayback machine).
With so many blogs and constantly changing sites around this I feel would make an ideal basis for truly random numbers.
I also read about a satellite cluster which could supply random numbers in a similar way to the GPS service.
Remote Function
The remote function allows you to detach the joystick, and via cable wire connection, drive the empty iBOT(TM) Mobility System into the back of a vehicle for easy transporting.
I sense a few comedy moments exploiting THAT feature.
From a serious side, I saw a documentery a while ago about these, and the only thing about them that would make me nervous is the stair climbing and descent.
A Firewall on an individual machine is one thing, and will actually do as you say, and protect from an onslaught of problems.
However, when a firewall is used in a large organisation on the gateway machine, the entire LAN is left vulnerable to infections from within (kinda like farting in a car with the windows closed!)
Simple, modify your hosts file, or alter your gateways routing table ...
0.0.0.0 www.hotmail.com
0.0.0.0 uk.f807.mail.yahoo.com ...
and any others you wanna remove....
but surely they will have tested it, whenever I build anything, the test project is always a mock up of how I anticipate it will be used.
They could have *at least* provided a better screenshot than the one supplied.
I recently spotted something, a java complient streaming movie player, no codecs, no activex installation, just an applet.
Its currently in use on the Yahoo entertainment news front page. The company who produces this applet and the encoder are here.
I was more than a little shocked to discover this, but it seems a reasonable way to hit more people, though I didnt look deeply enough for compression rates or any of the other stuff it does say that any std webserver will suffice.
All this FUD and bull crap floating around makes me remember a certain Study done saying operating Linux cost more than windows. It looked a bit strange back then, but now with hindsight I see how it happened. I wonder where they got their time machine from? ? ?
Simulating cells using super computers is the equivilent of running a PC Emulator on a spectrum, they arent designed for the job. Better to create native custom functions which perform the tasks required.
With this in mind, I think as soon as we shift away from digital computers and go back to analog processors, the random X Factor will come back into play, and complex patterns will emerge.
I was using the 100mtr range as an example given in the comments, upon digging more into the articles, I noticed this has a range of 10-30ft, my baby monitor works with greater range than that.
Your absolutely right, it wont be bugging anybody.
They drive around in little vans with detectors looking for stray signals.
During my days on CB radio, plenty of people were busted for illegal broadcasting.
If you are going to use this, it will run for at least a couple of hours, or maybe longer with a mains adaptor. It would be a simple matter of triangulation to locate you.
There may be dead spots on *your* dial, but that same frequency will undoubtably be used in another part of the country by a different broadcaster, or may be a repeated signal from one of the nationwide stations.
I can picture the scene where I setup my iTrip at home, on a quiet spot on the dial, and then drive up the road and wipe out somebodies listening pleasure.
Where my parents live is actually quite sheltered radio signal wise, and they all have TV antenna ontop of tall poles, drive 1/4mile down the road, and the poles arent needed.
OMG Shhhhhhhhhhh Dont tell SCO there are hoops to go through by not installing Windows!
Those "Hoops" you have to jump through sound like loops, and since computers execute things in loops faster we are doomed - DOOMED i tell you!!!
Soon every appliance that doesnt install Windows will have to pay an SCO license fee!!!
just to let you know, my new MSI fx5900 is quieter than my old 4200 was
This actually shocked me, since every upgrade so far has produced a louder and louder system (I swapped out the stock fan in the xp2400 within minutes of getting it installed - it was soooooo loud.
The noises inside modern computers are phenominal compared to old systems, but the most unbearable noise EVER was the floppy disk click in my otherwise silent amiga!!
In my home system, im left with the noise of the drives as being annoying - actually its more like a high pitched whine - worse than just fan noise.
I guess its time to upgrade them next:)
lol
we both know theres a world of difference between the daily backup up data drives of a working shop and the antics of a single partition home user system.
Having reread what he wrote a few times, I may have picked up the wrong end of the stick and thanks for muttering and grumbling about it:)
if its a specific project, then lookout for Project entities (forms/controls etc) that have system names - i found out I cant have a usercontrol named "Screen", VB allows you to create it, but it then gets into a tiz when you try to do things with it...
goto your addin manager and remove all unneeded addins, crashes like you are experiencing are usually caused by misbehaving little beasties like that.:)
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I once read an amazing article about encryption and random events.
2 People wanting to communicate securely have to pass keys to each other.
However, the keys that they pass are not random in the normal sense, they are a list of URL's.
At the time I want to send a message, I notify my friend of a time, and at that time, our computers visit those links and build up a private key of the contents of the sites.
Governments would be incapable of reconstructing the key without storing every byte of every webpage (kinda like a super wayback machine).
With so many blogs and constantly changing sites around this I feel would make an ideal basis for truly random numbers.
I also read about a satellite cluster which could supply random numbers in a similar way to the GPS service.
...and I'm sure a few people would post links to a certain big gaping 0.
Remote Function
The remote function allows you to detach the joystick, and via cable wire connection, drive the empty iBOT(TM) Mobility System into the back of a vehicle for easy transporting.
I sense a few comedy moments exploiting THAT feature.
From a serious side, I saw a documentery a while ago about these, and the only thing about them that would make me nervous is the stair climbing and descent.
He bought it. You can buy it as well...
Look back over the rest of the discussion, there are many links to it.
SCO would like you to think they are the Daddy, but everyone knows they are the illiterate smelly uncle that nobody likes!
A Firewall on an individual machine is one thing, and will actually do as you say, and protect from an onslaught of problems.
However, when a firewall is used in a large organisation on the gateway machine, the entire LAN is left vulnerable to infections from within (kinda like farting in a car with the windows closed!)
Simple, modify your hosts file, or alter your gateways routing table
...
...
0.0.0.0 www.hotmail.com
0.0.0.0 uk.f807.mail.yahoo.com
and any others you wanna remove....
Heres one that doesnt even need installing!
but surely they will have tested it, whenever I build anything, the test project is always a mock up of how I anticipate it will be used.
They could have *at least* provided a better screenshot than the one supplied.
Nothing about the US surprises me anymore.
I recently spotted something, a java complient streaming movie player, no codecs, no activex installation, just an applet.
Its currently in use on the Yahoo entertainment news front page. The company who produces this applet and the encoder are here.
I was more than a little shocked to discover this, but it seems a reasonable way to hit more people, though I didnt look deeply enough for compression rates or any of the other stuff it does say that any std webserver will suffice.
phreak m8, FYI :)
when you cut and paste text, make sure its in "Plain old text" mode, otherwise you have to put in your HTML break codes yourself.
just a heads up.
ps im downloading that ep now
make sure you get a license from SCO before you go messing with networks, there may be illicit binary activity happening inside them.
All this FUD and bull crap floating around makes me remember a certain Study done saying operating Linux cost more than windows.
It looked a bit strange back then, but now with hindsight I see how it happened.
I wonder where they got their time machine from? ? ?
Simulating cells using super computers is the equivilent of running a PC Emulator on a spectrum, they arent designed for the job. Better to create native custom functions which perform the tasks required.
With this in mind, I think as soon as we shift away from digital computers and go back to analog processors, the random X Factor will come back into play, and complex patterns will emerge.
I was using the 100mtr range as an example given in the comments, upon digging more into the articles, I noticed this has a range of 10-30ft, my baby monitor works with greater range than that.
Your absolutely right, it wont be bugging anybody.
They said the same about TV license evasion.
They drive around in little vans with detectors looking for stray signals.
During my days on CB radio, plenty of people were busted for illegal broadcasting.
If you are going to use this, it will run for at least a couple of hours, or maybe longer with a mains adaptor. It would be a simple matter of triangulation to locate you.
There may be dead spots on *your* dial, but that same frequency will undoubtably be used in another part of the country by a different broadcaster, or may be a repeated signal from one of the nationwide stations.
I can picture the scene where I setup my iTrip at home, on a quiet spot on the dial, and then drive up the road and wipe out somebodies listening pleasure.
Where my parents live is actually quite sheltered radio signal wise, and they all have TV antenna ontop of tall poles, drive 1/4mile down the road, and the poles arent needed.
OMG Shhhhhhhhhhh Dont tell SCO there are hoops to go through by not installing Windows!
Those "Hoops" you have to jump through sound like loops, and since computers execute things in loops faster we are doomed - DOOMED i tell you!!!
Soon every appliance that doesnt install Windows will have to pay an SCO license fee!!!
No doubt the coders @ IBM would love to have a game of cricket with the head of SCO (literally) using their indistructable keyboards as the bat!!
just to let you know, my new MSI fx5900 is quieter than my old 4200 was
:)
This actually shocked me, since every upgrade so far has produced a louder and louder system (I swapped out the stock fan in the xp2400 within minutes of getting it installed - it was soooooo loud.
The noises inside modern computers are phenominal compared to old systems, but the most unbearable noise EVER was the floppy disk click in my otherwise silent amiga!!
In my home system, im left with the noise of the drives as being annoying - actually its more like a high pitched whine - worse than just fan noise.
I guess its time to upgrade them next
lol
:)
we both know theres a world of difference between the daily backup up data drives of a working shop and the antics of a single partition home user system.
Having reread what he wrote a few times, I may have picked up the wrong end of the stick and thanks for muttering and grumbling about it
if its a specific project, then lookout for Project entities (forms/controls etc) that have system names - i found out I cant have a usercontrol named "Screen", VB allows you to create it, but it then gets into a tiz when you try to do things with it...
Check for silly things like that.
good luck
Even when they do send them - how the hell can they work out AppCrash percentages - theres no way they can tell.
Or is there something they arent telling us.....
goto your addin manager and remove all unneeded addins, crashes like you are experiencing are usually caused by misbehaving little beasties like that. :)