Why is it important that the recording was performed with this particular device? Are these kinds of rulings specific to the equipment used, or is this just the kind of story that needs buzzwords to get attention from certain demographics?
If your kernel is configured with the put-config-in-/proc option, you can do something like zgrep NO_HZ/proc/config.gz That should give you the settings the current running kernel is compiled with.
While it certainly is a thought-provoking scenario you are describing, there are other programs for communication than browsers that comes with certificates, and many of those programs are downloaded from all sorts of obscure sites. To somehow intercept and tamper with ALL downloaded programs containing a certificate is just not possible. Except, of course, in some hypothetical country where internet filtering is based on white-listing.
Since there are zero details in TFA, i'm just going to speculate that one of three things is going on, in order of increasing probability: 1. HTML 5 creates all sorts of fantastic new ways to communicate anonymously through a central server. In that case, please fill me in. In genuinely interested. 2. The researchers have implemented something like the dining cryptographers protocol in js and php. 3. TFA is utter bullshit
This could really have been done better by putting up a small server at the power plant/windmill, from where the fridge regulators could fetch a message like "use more" or "use less", depending on the current power consumption.
The obvious advantage of simplicity aside, it would also mean more useful regulation, in that the fridges wouldn't just try to smooth out the the power draw from other other fridges, but instead try to balance the total draw at the plant.
And as another person who actually works around dangerous chemicals, extremely flammable gases, and carcinogens - on an industrial scale - I too know that there are a great deal of regulations concerning the proper handling of those substances.
I also know, that a lot of those regulations are immensely more relevant, when you're dealing with large quantities and when that is part of your occupation.
Fiddling about with 50ml of HF solution (or whatever) as part of some weird hobby project is something entirely different than working with tonnes of it on, with a boss breathing down your neck.
No, i would not like living next door to some idiot mixing explosives. But then again, i WOULD like being able to have a hobby other than vegging out in front of the TV.
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Why is it important that the recording was performed with this particular device?
Are these kinds of rulings specific to the equipment used, or is this just the kind of story that needs buzzwords to get attention from certain demographics?
You know, in a lot of computers the psu also feeds the harddrive that stores private keys...
If your kernel is configured with the put-config-in-/proc option, you can do something like /proc/config.gz
zgrep NO_HZ
That should give you the settings the current running kernel is compiled with.
While it certainly is a thought-provoking scenario you are describing, there are other programs for communication than browsers that comes with certificates, and many of those programs are downloaded from all sorts of obscure sites. To somehow intercept and tamper with ALL downloaded programs containing a certificate is just not possible.
Except, of course, in some hypothetical country where internet filtering is based on white-listing.
... one unsigned byte holds almost 2 gallons!
So 1 bit is about 32 fluid ounces then?
I know, i know, i grew up with the metric system but still, that seems rather impractical.
Btw, do you measure larger volumes of data in cubic feet?
Since there are zero details in TFA, i'm just going to speculate that one of three things is going on, in order of increasing probability:
1. HTML 5 creates all sorts of fantastic new ways to communicate anonymously through a central server. In that case, please fill me in. In genuinely interested.
2. The researchers have implemented something like the dining cryptographers protocol in js and php.
3. TFA is utter bullshit
How are we going to download a more politically correct browser then?
This could really have been done better by putting up a small server at the power plant/windmill, from where the fridge regulators could fetch a message like "use more" or "use less", depending on the current power consumption.
The obvious advantage of simplicity aside, it would also mean more useful regulation, in that the fridges wouldn't just try to smooth out the the power draw from other other fridges, but instead try to balance the total draw at the plant.
Except, of course, if you're Nigerian.
And as another person who actually works around dangerous chemicals, extremely flammable gases, and carcinogens - on an industrial scale - I too know that there are a great deal of regulations concerning the proper handling of those substances.
I also know, that a lot of those regulations are immensely more relevant, when you're dealing with large quantities and when that is part of your occupation. Fiddling about with 50ml of HF solution (or whatever) as part of some weird hobby project is something entirely different than working with tonnes of it on, with a boss breathing down your neck.
No, i would not like living next door to some idiot mixing explosives. But then again, i WOULD like being able to have a hobby other than vegging out in front of the TV.