True, but you're missing the whole point of the parent's illustration about exponential growth. By the time you get to 256-bit encryption, even given all the resources in the world, exploring 0.0001% of the keyspace is infeasible, let alone 33%. Even for large governments, brute forcing PGP is more unlikely than winning every major lottery simultaneously.
Actually, if you have access to the key, you do have to cough it up. From TFA:
This debate has been one of analogy and metaphor. Prosecutors tend to view PGP passphrases as akin to someone possessing a key to a safe filled with incriminating documents. That person can, in general, be legally compelled to hand over the key. Other examples include the U.S. Supreme Court saying that defendants can be forced to provide fingerprints, blood samples, or voice recordings.
The only thing they can't potentially force you to hand over is information inside your head, which is exactly what a passphrase is. This certainly is the right decision; It infuriates me that anyone would have a problem with the rights granted in the Fifth Amendment. They're essential.
That is assuming a higher court doesn't reverse this decision in some manor.
I think the best court rulings come out of Wayne Manor, because that way the justices can ask Batman's advice. Let's face it, he's got more jurisprudence in one compartment of his utility belt than the average judge can fit into an oversize novelty gavel.
The only commercials I've seen on downloaded shows were obviously just not cut out from the original cap properly. The groups that release these do so under enormous pressure to get them out before the other groups, so corners are inevitably cut. I wouldn't be shocked if what you're saying is true, though. If it's not happening now I'm sure it will be eventually.
Agree. I watched the entire two seasons while infirm a little bit ago, only to have the final two episodes leak a few days later. Like Christmas in December.
This 'language is mutable, so my inappropriate usage is justified' bullshit drives me up a wall. I'm not a prescriptivist, and of course I understand that definitions and usage both change over time. But if you have a recently coined word that describes a unique and single situation, then expand it to cover more broad situations for which words already exist (in this case, broken, hosed, out of order, etc), then you're left with one more synonym for the broad situation and no precise word for the unique one, since its use may now be referring to either. Just because it's true that language tends to change doesn't mean we should surrender useful terms to this kind of vagueness. Language is about description and meaning. If words mean whatever the speaker wants them to, then they're just noise.
No. Bricking doesn't refer to the user's ability to operate a given technology, otherwise my grandma could call her new microwave "bricked," which isn't the case. Just because you are too incompetent to use something doesn't mean it isn't useful. A brick is a device that is irreparably broken.
I have mod points to give you but you're already at +5. Thank you for giving voice to my frustration over this usage. Imprecise language helps no one. A device is called a brick because it is no more useful than one. If you can fix it, it's just 'broken.'
I don't think it's fair to say that BT is "designed" for large files, it's just most commonly used for those because they represent a bandwidth challenge more often. In this case, the document to be served is both unchanging and hobbled by bandwidth issues. Bittorrent has a configurable block size and is very efficient at distributing small files, even in a situation with lots of leechers, since in the time it would take to shut down your client right away, you'll still upload several times the amount you downloaded.
The first Macbooks were released before the Core 2, so 64-bit wasn't even an option at the time. Furthermore, the rush to 64-bit everywhere makes no sense. It's not that beneficial for most desktop applications. If you're not brushing up against the RAM limit, you don't need it, certainly not on a laptop. By the time we actually do need it, it will be ubiquitously supported anyways.
Well, I just bought the DVD, and difference between it and the file I had downloaded, which was a pretty decent rip, was very noticable. Animation does scale well if it's simple. Futurama uses a lot of CGI, and even their hand drawn scenes can be quite detailed. I think that putting 4x the number of pixels into this movie would make a big difference.
If you can't tell the difference between an HD channel and a downloaded divx file, you probably need to get one of those magnifying glasses from Brazil, because on a decent sized tv, those two are night and day.
if the product doesn't start with "i" it's a legacy product
You're right. Come to think of it, when the iBook was renamed MacBook, they *did* downgrade its hardware a full generation and sold those Macbooks without warranty or support. I sure am glad I spent my life savings on a pallet of iBooks right before they started that legacy intel crap.
I pirated the dvd, I'll admit. But that's because I plan to get the high definition version that they've assured us is forthcoming, and I refuse to pay twice for the same content. The original announcement, an interview I read with David X Cohen, and the commentary track have all confirmed the future existence of said HD version, probably on Blu-Ray (20c Fox prefers Blu-Ray, not HD-DVD, right? Although I'd pick up a cheap HD-DVD player for this alone, especially since the next 3 will be on the same format).
bssh. We'll all be living in huge plastic domes by then anyway, so who cares? I'm sure the king of each dome will be merciful enough to provide climate control.
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True, but you're missing the whole point of the parent's illustration about exponential growth. By the time you get to 256-bit encryption, even given all the resources in the world, exploring 0.0001% of the keyspace is infeasible, let alone 33%. Even for large governments, brute forcing PGP is more unlikely than winning every major lottery simultaneously.
The punishment for being held in contempt is child's play compared to the one he'd get for all the "child's play" on his laptop.
Equivalently, your language could be called 'old english.' The language currently using that name will be renamed 'German.'
The only commercials I've seen on downloaded shows were obviously just not cut out from the original cap properly. The groups that release these do so under enormous pressure to get them out before the other groups, so corners are inevitably cut. I wouldn't be shocked if what you're saying is true, though. If it's not happening now I'm sure it will be eventually.
Agree. I watched the entire two seasons while infirm a little bit ago, only to have the final two episodes leak a few days later. Like Christmas in December.
Thank you, kind sir.
Right. All this shows is that college students are smart enough not to use Gnutella.
Well argued. I might just agree with you a little bit.
This 'language is mutable, so my inappropriate usage is justified' bullshit drives me up a wall. I'm not a prescriptivist, and of course I understand that definitions and usage both change over time. But if you have a recently coined word that describes a unique and single situation, then expand it to cover more broad situations for which words already exist (in this case, broken, hosed, out of order, etc), then you're left with one more synonym for the broad situation and no precise word for the unique one, since its use may now be referring to either. Just because it's true that language tends to change doesn't mean we should surrender useful terms to this kind of vagueness. Language is about description and meaning. If words mean whatever the speaker wants them to, then they're just noise.
Windows is typically configured to require admin privileges to install any program.
No. Bricking doesn't refer to the user's ability to operate a given technology, otherwise my grandma could call her new microwave "bricked," which isn't the case. Just because you are too incompetent to use something doesn't mean it isn't useful. A brick is a device that is irreparably broken.
I have mod points to give you but you're already at +5. Thank you for giving voice to my frustration over this usage. Imprecise language helps no one. A device is called a brick because it is no more useful than one. If you can fix it, it's just 'broken.'
Hooray for democracy! Truly, representative government always gives the people what they want.
I'm pretty sure you're being sarcastic. *Please* tell me you're being sarcastic.
I don't think it's fair to say that BT is "designed" for large files, it's just most commonly used for those because they represent a bandwidth challenge more often. In this case, the document to be served is both unchanging and hobbled by bandwidth issues. Bittorrent has a configurable block size and is very efficient at distributing small files, even in a situation with lots of leechers, since in the time it would take to shut down your client right away, you'll still upload several times the amount you downloaded.
Preach it, brother! and the N810 firmware is amazing.
The first Macbooks were released before the Core 2, so 64-bit wasn't even an option at the time. Furthermore, the rush to 64-bit everywhere makes no sense. It's not that beneficial for most desktop applications. If you're not brushing up against the RAM limit, you don't need it, certainly not on a laptop. By the time we actually do need it, it will be ubiquitously supported anyways.
Well, I just bought the DVD, and difference between it and the file I had downloaded, which was a pretty decent rip, was very noticable. Animation does scale well if it's simple. Futurama uses a lot of CGI, and even their hand drawn scenes can be quite detailed. I think that putting 4x the number of pixels into this movie would make a big difference.
If you can't tell the difference between an HD channel and a downloaded divx file, you probably need to get one of those magnifying glasses from Brazil, because on a decent sized tv, those two are night and day.
I pirated the dvd, I'll admit. But that's because I plan to get the high definition version that they've assured us is forthcoming, and I refuse to pay twice for the same content. The original announcement, an interview I read with David X Cohen, and the commentary track have all confirmed the future existence of said HD version, probably on Blu-Ray (20c Fox prefers Blu-Ray, not HD-DVD, right? Although I'd pick up a cheap HD-DVD player for this alone, especially since the next 3 will be on the same format).
bssh. We'll all be living in huge plastic domes by then anyway, so who cares? I'm sure the king of each dome will be merciful enough to provide climate control.