involves a wearable computer having computer components movably located in a collar (such as that of a garment) that the user wears around his or her neck. The computer component(s) can be a display, monitor, a microphone or audio headset
A microphone that can be worn around the neck? Like the old pendant microphones in use throughout the 20th century? BTW, as microphones got smaller, the pendants got replaced with lapel mikes.
It depends on the client software. Our company uses client-side software which has you type in your password, PIN and token first, and then it logs in. So the "try all last numbers before the person can enter it" idea wouldn't work. Effectively this implements the "LINE_BUFFERED" protection described in the paper.
Key loggers would only get this minute's token, which is already used, so a key logger would have to then physically steal the token to be able to gain access.
We use SecurID tokens at work. The passcode you have to enter consists of a four-digit PIN, plus the six digits displayed in the token's window. So even if your token is stolen, whoever found it would have to know your PIN. And unless you're dumb enough (whoops, this is AOL) to tape your PIN to your token, the h4x0rz have 10,000 PINs to go through... and the system locks you out if you fail three times.
In any situation, "do nothing" is always worth a look! In this case, I think it would be a good reminder to the people there what sort of business they work in...
[The Mythical Man Month's] main point was that people were way too confident in their estimates, even when they would admit that they had no idea.
I thought that it was odd that the quiz gave out zero points for admitting that you only knew the answer very approximately. Since I'm a USAian, and don't know much about British history, I answered a lot of the "who did what when in British history" questions quite loosely. Even though the answer fell into my range (and I didn't use ranges like, "Oh Harold II? Anywhere from 1 AD to 2000 AD!"), I ended up getting zero points.
It seems the quiz was geared more towards seeing how tightly you could estimate, rather than the *quality* of your estimates.
Well, don't forget that the DMCA's title V has new rules on protections for the design of vessel hulls. Specifically.
In any case, Congress stuffs a good law in with bad law, and generally the President will pass it, trusting in the judiciary to knock down the bad laws. Because it's just too difficult to get Congress to remove pieces of a bill, considering all the compromises and back-scratching that went on to get the bill put together in the first place.
--Rob
Score -1: Post begins with variation on "When will people realize that..."
peter303 writes with a more optimistic story in USA Today " about building and launching a satellite for as little as $65K,", as long as you can squeeze it into a 4 inch-cube.
Of course! Must be Satellite in Cube! Dumbass! Even Time obey Cube! NASA is Stupid for not obey Cube design! Dumbass!
Starting about 1045 GMT, the spacecraft spins itself up to 10 revolutions per minute. The spinning will provide the unguided sample return capsule with additional stability during entry. The spacecraft then rotates to the proper orientation for release and spins up to 15 revolutions per minute.
When I was watching the thing via the long-range camera on NASA TV, it looked to me that, even when the capsule was just a bright dot with changing luminosity, it was spinning at much higher than 15 rpm. More like 60 - 80 rpm. At that point, I figured what I'd see next...
I'm just surprised the crater wasn't bigger, and that the impact was at only 100 mph.
--Rob
Like Bush, once Jack says something, he can't back off from it:
"In the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because a digital copy never wears out. It is timeless." (2002 interview with Harvard Political Review's Derek Slater)
Where's the followup questions? Jack gives us his crackpot analogy of backup being the same as physical replacement and the interviewer doesn't query him on the differences.
Well, the old "I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go to public schools. They make $75,000 to $100,000 a year. That's not much to live on." quote was getting a little worn, so we just needed some new funny quotes.
But come on. Are we so ADHD in this country we can't vote on paper and wait for real people to count them?
I don't think anyone who asks this question gets the whole point behind electronic voting. Yes, we've been doing paper ballots for decades, and yes, it works and it's simple.
Electronic voting certainly isn't any more convenient for voters. They still have to show up at their polling place, prove their identity, and then perform various steps to vote.
However, as news media has become all about 24/7 and up-to-the-second reporting, the theory is that news media can report voting results the second they are finished.
So there you have it, folks. Electronic voting is here purely for the consumption of the newscreatures.
And while I respect your right to decide what your child reads, you do NOT have the right to decide what MY child reads or what OTHER PEOPLE's children read.
While I agree with the principle, the reality is that they do have the right to decide what your kid reads. The key is that the institutions doing the banning are public institutions, which means that they are funded through government sources. Therefore, technically it's the government which has the right to decide what is and isn't allowed to be on the shelves. And since the government is, theoretically, "by the People and for the People", we must conclude that for government-funded institutions, the government, and by proxy, individual people, are given the right to determine what your kid reads.
My bad... it was Catcher in the Rye that had the witch's teat in it. Had to dredge up memories over two decades old, and I think the hard drive stuttered or something.
. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
I dunno... I think it got banned after too many teachers had to read aloud the sentence that goes "as cold as a witch's teat", and having to endure the laughter of a bunch of immature nose-wipers.
I'm not even sure why literature is taught in elementary school. Most grade schoolers aren't mature enough to understand, let alone enjoy it. Anyone remember Animal Farm? How about the Cliff Notes to Animal Farm? According to Cliff Notes, Animal Farm was an allegory about World War II. Yeah, like children who haven't lived that history will get that. Of course, now, being much better educated and clued in, I would probably pick up on the similarities right away, but when I was 12? Give me a break.
And the opinion of "some Christian organizations" is impacting what's in a public school? (Maybe it's nothing new, but it still shouldn't be happening.)
Remember that this is the U.S., which was settled by fanatical Christian sects. So generally, the people on school boards and the parents of students who are members of fanatical (and not-so-fanatical) Christian sects are the loudest, and generally get their way.
I think it's just that nobody else has the energy to speak up against closed-minded fanatics who are constantly shouting their religious tenets. And heck, in order to have a debate, you have to subscribe to reason. That's why they call religion "faith" and not "reason".
he point is that the people whose jobs are outsourced are not competitive. Whether you like it or not, it IS a global economy
Look, the reason why "it's a global economy, stupid!" arguments don't work is that it isn't a global economy. I don't see fiscal policy coming out of the UN or a One World Government. Argentina has been talking for years about taking up the US Dollar as its official currency. The reason it doesn't take hold is that Argentina has no say in US fiscal policy. As long as there isn't One World Government, there's no global economy. It's just a bunch of squabbling mini-economies.
If it were truly a global economy, then every location would be the same as every other location. But I can't live in the US on an East Asian salary, now, can I?
A problem arises in a few years, where do you find good software architects. Usually you might start out as a programmer and after a few years experience on the job you can understand all the issues to take on the greater challenge. Well how do you get those years of experience if all the low level jobs have been shipped overseas?
We'll see an influx of Harvard Software Architects.
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Scary addendum: Equivalently, development team of 1095+ offshore developers with one day of Java 1.5 experience...
--Rob
A microphone that can be worn around the neck? Like the old pendant microphones in use throughout the 20th century? BTW, as microphones got smaller, the pendants got replaced with lapel mikes.
--Rob
--Rob
It depends on the client software. Our company uses client-side software which has you type in your password, PIN and token first, and then it logs in. So the "try all last numbers before the person can enter it" idea wouldn't work. Effectively this implements the "LINE_BUFFERED" protection described in the paper.
Key loggers would only get this minute's token, which is already used, so a key logger would have to then physically steal the token to be able to gain access.
--Rob
We use SecurID tokens at work. The passcode you have to enter consists of a four-digit PIN, plus the six digits displayed in the token's window. So even if your token is stolen, whoever found it would have to know your PIN. And unless you're dumb enough (whoops, this is AOL) to tape your PIN to your token, the h4x0rz have 10,000 PINs to go through... and the system locks you out if you fail three times.
--Rob
Uh... last time I checked, the planet was about 70% under water.
--Rob
Hate to be a pedant, but this was your original statement:
I'm not sure how anyone could interpret the above statement as anything but "the dot.bomb was caused by the Clinton administration".
--Rob
Craporations?
Copro-ations?
Crop-rotations?
Crap-of-nations?
Score -1, misspelling and (bonus!) grammar error.
Score +1, but the mispelling is so funny.
--Rob
--Rob
I thought that it was odd that the quiz gave out zero points for admitting that you only knew the answer very approximately. Since I'm a USAian, and don't know much about British history, I answered a lot of the "who did what when in British history" questions quite loosely. Even though the answer fell into my range (and I didn't use ranges like, "Oh Harold II? Anywhere from 1 AD to 2000 AD!"), I ended up getting zero points.
It seems the quiz was geared more towards seeing how tightly you could estimate, rather than the *quality* of your estimates.
--Rob
In any case, Congress stuffs a good law in with bad law, and generally the President will pass it, trusting in the judiciary to knock down the bad laws. Because it's just too difficult to get Congress to remove pieces of a bill, considering all the compromises and back-scratching that went on to get the bill put together in the first place.
--Rob
Score -1: Post begins with variation on "When will people realize that..."
Of course! Must be Satellite in Cube! Dumbass! Even Time obey Cube! NASA is Stupid for not obey Cube design! Dumbass!
--Rob
When I was watching the thing via the long-range camera on NASA TV, it looked to me that, even when the capsule was just a bright dot with changing luminosity, it was spinning at much higher than 15 rpm. More like 60 - 80 rpm. At that point, I figured what I'd see next...
I'm just surprised the crater wasn't bigger, and that the impact was at only 100 mph. --Rob
--Rob
Like Bush, once Jack says something, he can't back off from it:
"In the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because a digital copy never wears out. It is timeless." (2002 interview with Harvard Political Review's Derek Slater)
(from Wikiquote)
--Rob
Well, the old "I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go to public schools. They make $75,000 to $100,000 a year. That's not much to live on." quote was getting a little worn, so we just needed some new funny quotes.
--Rob
I don't think anyone who asks this question gets the whole point behind electronic voting. Yes, we've been doing paper ballots for decades, and yes, it works and it's simple.
Electronic voting certainly isn't any more convenient for voters. They still have to show up at their polling place, prove their identity, and then perform various steps to vote.
However, as news media has become all about 24/7 and up-to-the-second reporting, the theory is that news media can report voting results the second they are finished.
So there you have it, folks. Electronic voting is here purely for the consumption of the newscreatures.
--Rob
Maybe because he's the only credible cryptologist who doesn't work for a large corporate or the government?
--Rob
While I agree with the principle, the reality is that they do have the right to decide what your kid reads. The key is that the institutions doing the banning are public institutions, which means that they are funded through government sources. Therefore, technically it's the government which has the right to decide what is and isn't allowed to be on the shelves. And since the government is, theoretically, "by the People and for the People", we must conclude that for government-funded institutions, the government, and by proxy, individual people, are given the right to determine what your kid reads.
Strange but true!
--Rob
--Rob
I dunno... I think it got banned after too many teachers had to read aloud the sentence that goes "as cold as a witch's teat", and having to endure the laughter of a bunch of immature nose-wipers.
I'm not even sure why literature is taught in elementary school. Most grade schoolers aren't mature enough to understand, let alone enjoy it. Anyone remember Animal Farm? How about the Cliff Notes to Animal Farm? According to Cliff Notes, Animal Farm was an allegory about World War II. Yeah, like children who haven't lived that history will get that. Of course, now, being much better educated and clued in, I would probably pick up on the similarities right away, but when I was 12? Give me a break.
--Rob
Remember that this is the U.S., which was settled by fanatical Christian sects. So generally, the people on school boards and the parents of students who are members of fanatical (and not-so-fanatical) Christian sects are the loudest, and generally get their way.
I think it's just that nobody else has the energy to speak up against closed-minded fanatics who are constantly shouting their religious tenets. And heck, in order to have a debate, you have to subscribe to reason. That's why they call religion "faith" and not "reason".
--Rob
I'm not sure why this wasn't given any Insightful votes. Maybe if there were a Prescient vote?
--Rob
Look, the reason why "it's a global economy, stupid!" arguments don't work is that it isn't a global economy. I don't see fiscal policy coming out of the UN or a One World Government. Argentina has been talking for years about taking up the US Dollar as its official currency. The reason it doesn't take hold is that Argentina has no say in US fiscal policy. As long as there isn't One World Government, there's no global economy. It's just a bunch of squabbling mini-economies.
If it were truly a global economy, then every location would be the same as every other location. But I can't live in the US on an East Asian salary, now, can I?
--Rob
We'll see an influx of Harvard Software Architects.
--Rob