My company's version of UNIX allows you to change your MAC through software in a configuration file. I've done it and it actually works. All anyone could do is find out what kind of card you have (by manufacturer). The thing about MACs is that they are more flexible than IPs. If you change your IP to be something completely off the wall, you won't be talking on the network effectively. You can change your MAC to be whatever the heck you want and it won't change how you communicate with other boxes.
I'm hoping you know that Twofish is a small variation on Blowfish. I can't believe that people writing here are touting Mars and Rijndael as the likely winners. Can we be serious? The only real contender is Twofish. IBM is good at a lot of things, but I don't think crypto is one of them (Mars). I suspect that one contributer is right in the sense that NIST will not choose a non-American algorithm, but in this case I can't envision that Rijndael would be even close. The number of cycles in Mars and Rijndael is insignificant compared to Twofish (and a few others). Loki97 would have made it if there was not a publicized theoretical attack (I think the attack required something on the order of 2^64 ciphertexts). I have known Bruce Schneier for years, worked with him, and met some of his team. They are the best outside of NSA hands down.
Are you kidding? There is zero chance that they are having weather-related problems that would cause a server to go down. I can understand a breach of connectivity, but this is Microsoft... they probably have UPSs.
Apparently one of the blocked words was toys, but I tried it anyway and here is a sample of some of the results (what kind of "gross motor skills" are we talking about here?):
Feathered Kids 'N Stuff Playmates Toys Famous Kid Concoctions - The Recipes for Fun Playmates Toys - About Us Toys that enhance Gross Motor Skills! Toys that stimulate the auditory senses Dr. Tongue's Link's Page
The NSA has been monitoring Internet traffic for quite a long time not only on a domestic level, but globally. I suspect the NSA will either turn down the FBI's plan or declare neutrality because A) the NSA would get too much publicity if it was approved and publicity is the last thing they want, and B) they already have such a system. If they downright scrap the FBI plan, that will spurn assumptions that such a system exists and they don't want that either.
"For starters: mass media can manufacture stories and perspectives, but they can't manufacture meaning...but it is not possible for mass media to implant emotions in people's psyches or to fundamentally change their views of themselves and the world, against their will."
Have you ever wondered why all Communist nations have state-controlled media? They have it in order to control the people. It was sickening to see most US media operate in lockstep with this JFK Jr thing--a bit too Communist if you ask me.
I refuse to believe that I am the only one that sees a trend in the history of technology, but why do we have to re-invent the wheel everytime technology takes on a new face? First we get telephones... everyone loves them. Then we get cordless phones that you can use within a few hundred feet of the house. Then we get cellular phones and everybody and their mother has one. We get pagers too--they are one step below a cell phone. People want mobility and flexibility. Why have a regular phone when you can walk and talk anywhere? Not just in the same neighborhood but in the same state/nation/hemisphere/planet.
It should be clear that computing is destined to take the same course. We get PCs on our desks and then we get laptops for travel (equivalent to pagers and cordless phones). As consumers we demanded palm pilots. Shouldn't it be logical now that computing enters the "cell phone" age in the technology evolution scale? We are only a few steps away from a Star Trek vision where one can have a palm pilot and available, massive wireless networks that make PCs and modems look like the stone age.
I just think it's funny that Mickeysoft denies that there might be any security flaws with NT. No system (computer or otherwise) is truly secure and NT isn't all that advanced of an OS. In my days as an NT network admin, I've installed countless hotfixes and security patches. There's no denying that NT is closer to wide open than bulletproof, but that doesn't mean that BO exposes any problems with NT itself.
I wonder how these sellers will fare once other high level domains are created. Mil, com, edu, net, org, and nu will only go so far and as one other reader pointed out most names are registered across high level domains. As more are created (an if, admittedly), the value of the older ones will likely drop because it's not all about legacy addresses it's about novelty (save for the few times when legacy becomes novelty). It's time to be more creative rather than to be ad hoc. How about a Norwegian creating maybe@yes.no ? It's all about the possibilities...
The article claims that they have yet to decide on a GUI for PetrOS. If they are having such a hard time walking the line of copying Mickeysoft then why don't they do something in a completely new paradigm? How about a ZUI (zoomable user interface) perhaps like Pad++? Mickeysoft has nothing like it and I think it has a niche with great potential. This would enable it to be attractive not only to the "fringe," but also for those who need to see something new to remind them that all of computing is not shrink-wrapped in their desk drawer.
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My company's version of UNIX allows you to change
your MAC through software in a configuration file. I've done it and it actually works. All anyone could do is find out what kind of card you have (by manufacturer). The thing about MACs is that they are more flexible than IPs. If you change your IP to be something completely off the wall, you won't be talking on the network effectively. You can change your MAC to be whatever the heck you want and it won't change how you communicate with other boxes.
I'm hoping you know that Twofish is a small variation on Blowfish. I can't believe that people writing here are touting Mars and Rijndael as the likely winners. Can we be serious? The only real contender is Twofish. IBM is good at a lot of things, but I don't think crypto is one of them (Mars). I suspect that one contributer is right in the sense that NIST will not choose a non-American algorithm, but in this case I can't envision that Rijndael would be even close. The number of cycles in Mars and Rijndael is insignificant compared to Twofish (and a few others). Loki97 would have made it if there was not a publicized theoretical attack (I think the attack required something on the order of 2^64 ciphertexts). I have known Bruce Schneier for years, worked with him, and met some of his team. They are the best outside of NSA hands down.
Are you kidding? There is zero chance that they are having weather-related problems that would cause a server to go down. I can understand a breach of connectivity, but this is Microsoft... they probably have UPSs.
Apparently one of the blocked words was toys, but I tried it anyway and here is a sample of some of the results (what kind of "gross motor skills" are we talking about here?):
Feathered Kids 'N Stuff
Playmates Toys
Famous Kid Concoctions - The Recipes for Fun
Playmates Toys - About Us
Toys that enhance Gross Motor Skills!
Toys that stimulate the auditory senses
Dr. Tongue's Link's Page
The NSA has been monitoring Internet traffic for quite a long time not only on a domestic level, but globally. I suspect the NSA will either turn down the FBI's plan or declare neutrality because A) the NSA would get too much publicity if it was approved and publicity is the last thing they want, and B) they already have such a system. If they downright scrap the FBI plan, that will spurn assumptions that such a system exists and they don't want that either.
Your stance is ridiculous.
"For starters: mass media can manufacture stories and perspectives, but they can't manufacture meaning...but it is not possible for mass media to implant emotions in people's psyches or to fundamentally change their views of themselves and the world, against their will."
Have you ever wondered why all Communist nations have state-controlled media? They have it in order to control the people. It was sickening to see most US media operate in lockstep with this JFK Jr thing--a bit too Communist if you ask me.
I refuse to believe that I am the only one that sees a trend in the history of technology, but why do we have to re-invent the wheel everytime technology takes on a new face? First we get telephones... everyone loves them. Then we get cordless phones that you can use within a few hundred feet of the house. Then we get cellular phones and everybody and their mother has one. We get pagers too--they are one step below a cell phone. People want mobility and flexibility. Why have a regular phone when you can walk and talk anywhere? Not just in the same neighborhood but in the same state/nation/hemisphere/planet.
It should be clear that computing is destined to take the same course. We get PCs on our desks and then we get laptops for travel (equivalent to pagers and cordless phones). As consumers we demanded palm pilots. Shouldn't it be logical now that computing enters the "cell phone" age in the technology evolution scale? We are only a few steps away from a Star Trek vision where one can have a palm pilot and available, massive wireless networks that make PCs and modems look like the stone age.
It's all about connectivity--give it to us.
I just think it's funny that Mickeysoft denies that there might be any security flaws with NT. No system (computer or otherwise) is truly secure and NT isn't all that advanced of an OS. In my days as an NT network admin, I've installed countless hotfixes and security patches. There's no denying that NT is closer to wide open than bulletproof, but that doesn't mean that BO exposes any problems with NT itself.
I wonder how these sellers will fare once other high level domains are created. Mil, com, edu, net, org, and nu will only go so far and as one other reader pointed out most names are registered across high level domains. As more are created (an if, admittedly), the value of the older ones will likely drop because it's not all about legacy addresses it's about novelty (save for the few times when legacy becomes novelty). It's time to be more creative rather than to be ad hoc. How about a Norwegian creating maybe@yes.no ? It's all about the possibilities...
The article claims that they have yet to decide
on a GUI for PetrOS. If they are having such a
hard time walking the line of copying Mickeysoft
then why don't they do something in a completely
new paradigm? How about a ZUI (zoomable user
interface) perhaps like Pad++? Mickeysoft has nothing like it and I think it has a niche with great potential. This would enable it to be
attractive not only to the "fringe," but also for those who need to see something new to remind them that all of computing is not shrink-wrapped in their desk drawer.