Because I hate it when my rich-boy Machead roommate says "and what about Windows XP? what's it based on?" As though he automatically has better hardware than me just because he can afford a G4 and all I have is this lousy Athlon.
Or maybe I just can't figure out what they mean by "secret investigation". The article isn't too clear on that. For example, cops often pretend to be drug buyers or 12 year old girls, because it's hard to investigate certain kinds of criminals any other way. However, the cop has to later testify in court and answer for the results of his/her investigation. So it's only a secret until someone gets arrested.
It looks like they're just asking to be granted law enforcement powers ("you're under arrest for fraud") instead of just regulatory powers ("stop doing that or we might send you a nasty letter").
I don't see what that has to do with YRO. The article says the FTC wants to go after people who send "deceptive emails", not necessarily spammers in general, even though in practice they're really the same group. I could argue that there exists a right to send bulk emails, but I would never argue that there exists a right to commit fraud.
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Ok this is pushing the limits of offtopic-ness, but... I wansn't too clear on what exactly he (Austin) meant by that. Here are his exact words:
Take a look at the next-generation SPACE-SHIP being built by Scaled Composites. Then take a look at at the picture HERE to see the simulator their pilots use to train.. yup, the visuals are X-Plane
Now does that mean *just* the visuals or is he just being careless with his wording? I know the X-Plane code has been used by other a/c designers but for it to be used in a space plane is something new.
They say that an infinite amount of monkeys typing at an infinite amount of typewriters will produce literature greater than Shakespeare.
One thing's for sure - an infinite number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of typewriters will eventually produce Strunk and White's The Elements of Style
I used to play this when I was a kid on my dad's IBM PC with a Hercules Monochrome display. I became a 6 year old airplane nerd as a result, and I still remember the frustration of trying to explain the function of "flaps" to airplane-illiterate adults who thought I was talking childish nonsense.
Of all the fancy FPSs and action games out there, I still prefer to chill out with a good flight sim. If I feel like blowing stuff up, I can do it in IL2 Sturmovik.
What about all the planes that are taking off from the airport in the middle of a city? Are people required to turn off their cells in the airport terminals? Are telcos not allowed to place towers near airports?
Ever notice how your batteries get eaten up faster when you're talking on your cell phone? That's energy being transmitted all over the place. Ambient cellular signals aren't the problem here, nor are cell phones on the ground.
And as someone who used to work for an airline, I can tell you that a good 60% of our delays were caused by idiot customers with a "gimme what I want and screw everyone else" attitude. That's why airlines have (formerly) ludicrous rules like 2-hour check in times. That's also why it's a federal offense to disobey a flight attendant. No matter how many rules you make, you have to give someone ultimate authority to account for all the crazies who inevitably board a plane when the ticket prices hit the floor.
It's not about that. A few years ago you might have gotten a few "cool" points in some circles for being up on your anime. Nowadays anime is about as "cool" as wearing sunglasses. Sort of coolish where appropriate, but not automatically cool.
Anime has gotten so popular in the USA that it's here to stay. It's already mainstream ("RTFA" as they say). You just haven't realized it yet.
I don't have a TV connection but I'd consider getting one if I could watch anime in Japanese with subtitles. However there's no way that's ever going to happen so I'm sticking to downloading off Kazaa... I mean, uh, purchasing 30-min DVDs from the Viz Video online store @ $55 USD each... yeah that's it.
It would help to know who these LEOs are before guessing on whether they can crack RSA, 3DES and similar. Two possibilities:
1) The list consists solely of FBI, DEA or similar "non-intelligence" agency (wait, that came out wrong...) whose activities were not supported by an intelligence agency (NSA, CIA)
2) The list includes NSA or CIA-supported entities.
If (1), these wiretaps were performed by someone other than an intelligence agency, then the encryption probably became a non-obstacle either because the LEO was unwittingly helped by one of the parties to the communication (through carelessness or coercion) or because the LEO is using a loose definition of encryption (like GSM on a cell phone, for example, which has been demonstrated to be insecure). Non-intelligence-related LEOs are not likely to be a party to any heavy-duty cracking abilities that may be in the possession of NSA or CIA, assuming the pre-9/11 intelligence situation hasn't changed significantly.
If (2), then we can assume the LEOs either had the help of NSA/CIA, or are NSA/CIA. The former is implausible because the NSA has bigger fish to fry than drug traffickers and mobsters, and the NSA doesn't want to tip off the international intelligence community if it can crack strong public key encryption, even if it means letting some mobster escape prosecution. The latter is plausible but one typically doesn't expect to read the NSA's official reports on the internet. You'd think they'd be more secretive about their wiretapping activities.
Yes, but only if there's a hot, bikini-clad chick taking a dump through said product.
Now, I'm pretty twisted so I like that sort of thing, but don't you think most Slashdotters wouldn't prefer the chick taking a dump without wearing a bikini?
I shouldn't be replying to a reply to a reply to a reply, especially since I don't know enough math to really understand the significance of this paper, but there's a whiff of "knowledge is dangerous" ideology in this thread and I can't keep my mouth shut on this one;)
The same argument for the development of the atom bomb holds true for crypgology. If "super-smart but real-world-naive" researchers don't do the research and publish it, the NSA, DARPA or some similarly real-world-non-naive researcher is going to do the research, and the results will be classified.
Somebody will always be looking for a way to gain power over somebody else. This somebody can be "the good guys", "the bad guys", or whatever term you want to use.
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PGPphone is NOT VoIP, but software encrption for the landline telephone network (i.e. audio encryption).
I'm not so sure this is accurate. I've used PGPFone cablemodem to cablemodem, and it works fine, great in fact. The sound quality is much, much better than, say, TeamSound, for example. For the time being I'm too lazy to look up the exact definition of VOIP (is it a protocol, or is it just a general term for voice communications over the internet), but no, PGPFone isn't restricted to modem-to-modem use.
Unless, of course, I got the NSA Trojaned variety...
The Wired article says that the technology is intended for pilots to fly in low/no visibility conditions. This makes much more sense than infantry goggles. Satellite imagery isn't going to tell you if you've just walked into an ambush, or where to aim your rifle.
It would probably be a great aid for situation awareness for a pilot though; s/he can be freed from the task of digesting half a dozen different instruments and fly using a 3-d image when things don't go as planned. Combat missions are often flown under IFR-only conditions anyway, so you can only gain by adding another navigation device.
I don't know about nullset, but I have never used my "aftermarket accessory" (for Dreamcast) to play downloaded so-called backup games. I installed it because there are games out there that simply aren't sold in the US, and consequently can't be played on a US console.
Since installing the "accessory", I've bought maybe five or six import games from my local import game store. This import game store charges an arm and a leg for those rare games.
If not for my "accessory", I would be patronizing Software Etc. and similar chains.
I don't want to play Quake 2 on my Dreamcast; I want to play Guilty Gear X, or Shenmue II, or Capcom vs. SNK 2. To do that, you need to be a criminal.
All the Linux guides I've seen fall on one extreme end of the spectrum. On one end, you find the books like "The Ultimate Index of Linux Esoterica", which weigh more than a large dog. On the other end are the useless, if well-intentioned newbie guides:
Linux is easier than you think. Here's a chapter on "FTP", which is what the computer people use to "download" Linux. Downloading is where you get things from the internet. Once you have the CD, the auto-installer does the rest. Good luck!
Now, what good is that going to do me? The assumption is always that if the user doesn't know Linux, s/he doesn't know how to use a computer. On the other hand, if s/he does know how to use a computer, s/he must understand all the obscure commands and concepts behind Linux.
As an authority in the "private industry", I'm assuming you earn more money and get more public respect than someone working for the NSA.
My question is, if it weren't for the secrecy and (probable) lower pay in the NSA or a similar agency, would you want to work for them? That is, if the recognition and material rewards were equal on both sides, which would you choose?
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Because I hate it when my rich-boy Machead roommate says "and what about Windows XP? what's it based on?" As though he automatically has better hardware than me just because he can afford a G4 and all I have is this lousy Athlon.
It looks like they're just asking to be granted law enforcement powers ("you're under arrest for fraud") instead of just regulatory powers ("stop doing that or we might send you a nasty letter").
I don't see what that has to do with YRO. The article says the FTC wants to go after people who send "deceptive emails", not necessarily spammers in general, even though in practice they're really the same group. I could argue that there exists a right to send bulk emails, but I would never argue that there exists a right to commit fraud.
Overclockers.com featured this idea last November.
Take a look at the next-generation SPACE-SHIP being built by Scaled Composites. Then take a look at at the picture HERE to see the simulator their pilots use to train.. yup, the visuals are X-Plane
Now does that mean *just* the visuals or is he just being careless with his wording? I know the X-Plane code has been used by other a/c designers but for it to be used in a space plane is something new.
Oh wait, what was your last name again?
One thing's for sure - an infinite number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of typewriters will eventually produce Strunk and White's The Elements of Style
Of all the fancy FPSs and action games out there, I still prefer to chill out with a good flight sim. If I feel like blowing stuff up, I can do it in IL2 Sturmovik.
Ever notice how your batteries get eaten up faster when you're talking on your cell phone? That's energy being transmitted all over the place. Ambient cellular signals aren't the problem here, nor are cell phones on the ground.
And as someone who used to work for an airline, I can tell you that a good 60% of our delays were caused by idiot customers with a "gimme what I want and screw everyone else" attitude. That's why airlines have (formerly) ludicrous rules like 2-hour check in times. That's also why it's a federal offense to disobey a flight attendant. No matter how many rules you make, you have to give someone ultimate authority to account for all the crazies who inevitably board a plane when the ticket prices hit the floor.
Hall of Broken Links. Because I got a "404 not found" when I tried to "enter the hall"
Anime has gotten so popular in the USA that it's here to stay. It's already mainstream ("RTFA" as they say). You just haven't realized it yet.
I don't have a TV connection but I'd consider getting one if I could watch anime in Japanese with subtitles. However there's no way that's ever going to happen so I'm sticking to downloading off Kazaa... I mean, uh, purchasing 30-min DVDs from the Viz Video online store @ $55 USD each... yeah that's it.
1) The list consists solely of FBI, DEA or similar "non-intelligence" agency (wait, that came out wrong...) whose activities were not supported by an intelligence agency (NSA, CIA)
2) The list includes NSA or CIA-supported entities.
If (1), these wiretaps were performed by someone other than an intelligence agency, then the encryption probably became a non-obstacle either because the LEO was unwittingly helped by one of the parties to the communication (through carelessness or coercion) or because the LEO is using a loose definition of encryption (like GSM on a cell phone, for example, which has been demonstrated to be insecure). Non-intelligence-related LEOs are not likely to be a party to any heavy-duty cracking abilities that may be in the possession of NSA or CIA, assuming the pre-9/11 intelligence situation hasn't changed significantly.
If (2), then we can assume the LEOs either had the help of NSA/CIA, or are NSA/CIA. The former is implausible because the NSA has bigger fish to fry than drug traffickers and mobsters, and the NSA doesn't want to tip off the international intelligence community if it can crack strong public key encryption, even if it means letting some mobster escape prosecution. The latter is plausible but one typically doesn't expect to read the NSA's official reports on the internet. You'd think they'd be more secretive about their wiretapping activities.
Now, I'm pretty twisted so I like that sort of thing, but don't you think most Slashdotters wouldn't prefer the chick taking a dump without wearing a bikini?
With the article New Toilet to Revolutionize Online Shitting
Because that would be about 3.6 Sears Towers worth of pennies, at 26 billion dollars per Sears Tower.
The same argument for the development of the atom bomb holds true for crypgology. If "super-smart but real-world-naive" researchers don't do the research and publish it, the NSA, DARPA or some similarly real-world-non-naive researcher is going to do the research, and the results will be classified.
Somebody will always be looking for a way to gain power over somebody else. This somebody can be "the good guys", "the bad guys", or whatever term you want to use.
I'm not so sure this is accurate. I've used PGPFone cablemodem to cablemodem, and it works fine, great in fact. The sound quality is much, much better than, say, TeamSound, for example. For the time being I'm too lazy to look up the exact definition of VOIP (is it a protocol, or is it just a general term for voice communications over the internet), but no, PGPFone isn't restricted to modem-to-modem use.
Unless, of course, I got the NSA Trojaned variety...
It would probably be a great aid for situation awareness for a pilot though; s/he can be freed from the task of digesting half a dozen different instruments and fly using a 3-d image when things don't go as planned. Combat missions are often flown under IFR-only conditions anyway, so you can only gain by adding another navigation device.
Since installing the "accessory", I've bought maybe five or six import games from my local import game store. This import game store charges an arm and a leg for those rare games.
If not for my "accessory", I would be patronizing Software Etc. and similar chains.
I don't want to play Quake 2 on my Dreamcast; I want to play Guilty Gear X, or Shenmue II, or Capcom vs. SNK 2. To do that, you need to be a criminal.
Linux is easier than you think. Here's a chapter on "FTP", which is what the computer people use to "download" Linux. Downloading is where you get things from the internet. Once you have the CD, the auto-installer does the rest. Good luck!
Now, what good is that going to do me? The assumption is always that if the user doesn't know Linux, s/he doesn't know how to use a computer. On the other hand, if s/he does know how to use a computer, s/he must understand all the obscure commands and concepts behind Linux.
As an authority in the "private industry", I'm assuming you earn more money and get more public respect than someone working for the NSA. My question is, if it weren't for the secrecy and (probable) lower pay in the NSA or a similar agency, would you want to work for them? That is, if the recognition and material rewards were equal on both sides, which would you choose?
Actually the same flying car from the 1950s is still around: http://www.moller.com/. It just hasn't been FAA certified yet.
Based on this, I have a new prediction to make: I predict that the future will never arrive, and that we will always be trapped in the present.