Bruce Schneier mentioned that magnetic media can be read using magnetic dust and a microscope, given enough time and patience, irrespective of the number of overwrites - these drive cacheing effects probably has something to do with it as well.
The main reason for the ISS, is to have a human being or two up there to visually confirm a nuclear missile launch. If I were the pres of the USA, Russia, UK, France or China, I would be very uncomfortable to give the order to launch a retalliatory strike without getting some confirmation from a human observer and that is what the ISS is for - it is a high altitude observation post. The other things the guys are doing up there is just busy work to keep them from going nuts with boredom.
Well, so how much thrust does a modern processor supply? I don't think it matters whether they were using a calculator or an abacus. I would have preferred a slide rule - its batteries can't go flat and it delivers the same amount of thrust...
Considering that they will orbit the earth about once every 90 minutes, then in those 2 extra days, they will have 32 chances to land in China and as many as they want to land somewhere else...
The first law of military (mis)information is that the numbers are always wrong. If you really believe those 10000 and 120 numbers, then you are very young...
Well, I have a regular CD that my (then) 2 year old chewed and cracked and it still plays perfectly, 15 years later...
The effect of scratches on CDs is much overrated, unless maybe if it has a broken DRM system on it, that already uses up some of the error correction margin.
# These don't work well - rejects local mail from daemons to root/webmaster # reject_non_fqdn_recipient,
# These cause fetchmail to drop the connection # reject_unknown_sender_domain, # check_sender_mx_access hash:/etc/postfix/mx_access,
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No, headers are forged - never send bounces to spam, unless maybe if the spam got a very low score and is in a grey area. Spam Assassin can do that. Otherwise you end up DOSing some little old lady with your bounces...
BTW, the mail admins already get hundreds of thousands of complaints per day, they don't need more.
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No, adding prose to mail, just makes the Bayesian filters work better, since normal mail never sound like that, unless maybe if you are a publisher of drivel and receives submissions in your mail...
As for the rest of us, whatever schtuff the spammers add, just makes the spam easier to remove, since it increases the statistical distance between regular mail and spam. Since spammers started to do that, my systems went from 99.6% accuracy to practically 100% accuracy. I get 2000 messages per day and maybe see one or two spams per month - you do the math...
Yup - agreed - the best solution is a combination attack.
Having users sort their mail and train a statistical filter from scratch is just way too much to ask - you'll get inundated with support calls and executives just don't have time to sort out the crud - they hired YOU to do it - passing the buck back to them ain't gonna fly...
The system should get rid of 99.9% of the crud by default, then let the users wholfeel like doing it, report the remaining 0.1% to a central mailbox where you can sort it and retrain the statistical filter if necessary.
The danger of false positives with modern filters is much overrated.
People are getting used to there being mail filters in the system and know that email is not perfectly reliable. This can be due to mechanical reasons - a mail filter discarding the message, or due to human reasons - the message got lost in a pile 10,000 spams, since the user doesn't have a spam filter, or it may be an executive with email overload who gets 2000 legitimate messages every day.
Therefore, if someone sends an important message and doesn't get a response they pick up the telephone and call - yes, some people still use phones...
In my experience, SpamProbe has yet to create a false positive, in about 1.5 million messages received. OK, I'm not looking very hard for false positives, but so far, I haven't seen a single one and if there were, it doesn't matter.
The funny thing is that a one wheel version as proposed by Bombardier, would actually be more stable than a two wheel device, since it can lean into turns.
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Well, you should patent the use of forged addresses in email and then sue all the spammers...
Bruce Schneier mentioned that magnetic media can be read using magnetic dust and a microscope, given enough time and patience, irrespective of the number of overwrites - these drive cacheing effects probably has something to do with it as well.
Two imperialist war mongers - tough choice indeed...
and his famous projection of the spherical earth on a plane is prior art?
The main reason for the ISS, is to have a human being or two up there to visually confirm a nuclear missile launch. If I were the pres of the USA, Russia, UK, France or China, I would be very uncomfortable to give the order to launch a retalliatory strike without getting some confirmation from a human observer and that is what the ISS is for - it is a high altitude observation post. The other things the guys are doing up there is just busy work to keep them from going nuts with boredom.
Well, so how much thrust does a modern processor supply? I don't think it matters whether they were using a calculator or an abacus. I would have preferred a slide rule - its batteries can't go flat and it delivers the same amount of thrust...
Considering that they will orbit the earth about once every 90 minutes, then in those 2 extra days, they will have 32 chances to land in China and as many as they want to land somewhere else...
The first law of military (mis)information is that the numbers are always wrong. If you really believe those 10000 and 120 numbers, then you are very young...
The effect of scratches on CDs is much overrated, unless maybe if it has a broken DRM system on it, that already uses up some of the error correction margin.
Or even better, a hot tub? At least that may get you a girlfriend...
Well, actually, it is perfect American Public School English - very convincing...
Well, they are consistent. Ten years ago, they said it will take 3 years and they still say so. What is your problem with that?
The problem with making your own hydrogen is that it is very hard to exclude oxygen. Not recommended for the average Joe.
How the hell can you talk on a cellphone powered by a screaming one million rpm turbine, while the exhaust gas burns your hair???
Only deaf, bald, anaerobic alians need apply...
See this extract for Postfix:
BTW, the mail admins already get hundreds of thousands of complaints per day, they don't need more.
As for the rest of us, whatever schtuff the spammers add, just makes the spam easier to remove, since it increases the statistical distance between regular mail and spam. Since spammers started to do that, my systems went from 99.6% accuracy to practically 100% accuracy. I get 2000 messages per day and maybe see one or two spams per month - you do the math...
Having users sort their mail and train a statistical filter from scratch is just way too much to ask - you'll get inundated with support calls and executives just don't have time to sort out the crud - they hired YOU to do it - passing the buck back to them ain't gonna fly...
The system should get rid of 99.9% of the crud by default, then let the users wholfeel like doing it, report the remaining 0.1% to a central mailbox where you can sort it and retrain the statistical filter if necessary.
Hmmm, a self confessed Fly by Night operator?
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People are getting used to there being mail filters in the system and know that email is not perfectly reliable. This can be due to mechanical reasons - a mail filter discarding the message, or due to human reasons - the message got lost in a pile 10,000 spams, since the user doesn't have a spam filter, or it may be an executive with email overload who gets 2000 legitimate messages every day.
Therefore, if someone sends an important message and doesn't get a response they pick up the telephone and call - yes, some people still use phones...
In my experience, SpamProbe has yet to create a false positive, in about 1.5 million messages received. OK, I'm not looking very hard for false positives, but so far, I haven't seen a single one and if there were, it doesn't matter.
Where is my towel?
the original designers of the Hubble Space Telescope optics, must have transferred some technology to Lockheed Martin...
Some security cameras have infrared LEDs aranged around the lens.
The funny thing is that a one wheel version as proposed by Bombardier, would actually be more stable than a two wheel device, since it can lean into turns.