If they are doing all of this, and a main issue begging to be solved is credit card number theft, why not just add one simple layer of security? Have the security 3-4 digit PIN on the card change every 5 minutes or so? Similar to how SecureID works. If the ID given does not match the current, previous, or next one on the credit card computer the transaction fails. I would also make the security pin longer to prevent random guesses from working. Add an exponentially increasing lock-out period for failed attempts (and maybe send an email and/or phone message warning after a couple fails) and that should do the trick.
This info would have been very helpful to me when I lived and worked in the Los Angeles, CA area. There where three different freeways (and about 6 different routes) I could take going to and from work. The best one to take depended on the time of day, what functions where happening in town, and which freeways ones had accidents on them. I would always check the Cal Trans web page before leaving work to pick my route.
Actually it's your analogy that is flawed. You are comparing two completely different crimes. One is copyright infringement and the other is property theft. They are different in both the legal and moral sense.
A good analogy would be getting a book from the library and making a Xerox copy of it -- something I did a lot when I was a kid and had more time than money. People would see me doing this and no one really cared. Hell, no one cared when I copied my friends music tapes either.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that copyright infringement is not wrong, it's just a lot less wrong than stealing.
In 1984 maybe technology dictated that you coose one or the other, but not in 1985... The Amiga 1000 had the best of both worlds (built in) and multitasking to boot!
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If they are doing all of this, and a main issue begging to be solved is credit card number theft, why not just add one simple layer of security? Have the security 3-4 digit PIN on the card change every 5 minutes or so? Similar to how SecureID works. If the ID given does not match the current, previous, or next one on the credit card computer the transaction fails. I would also make the security pin longer to prevent random guesses from working. Add an exponentially increasing lock-out period for failed attempts (and maybe send an email and/or phone message warning after a couple fails) and that should do the trick.
From the article, "...the highest version number I know of belongs to Broderbund's The Print Shop 23..."
Emacs' next version will be 23. Let the race begin!
Interesting that airport security is supposed to "calm the crowds." It seems to have the opposite effect on me.
RAM is my medium, and I record to it all the time.
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True. It would be ironic if he had a video game about safe driving.
So, who's going to go to jail for breaking this encryption scheme? Any takers?
If that's a magnifying glass, it's not a very good one. Their hands look like the size of... their hands!
This info would have been very helpful to me when I lived and worked in the Los Angeles, CA area. There where three different freeways (and about 6 different routes) I could take going to and from work. The best one to take depended on the time of day, what functions where happening in town, and which freeways ones had accidents on them. I would always check the Cal Trans web page before leaving work to pick my route.
You are probably going to need a cable box, and that's one more box than I have now.
Actually it's your analogy that is flawed. You are comparing two completely different crimes. One is copyright infringement and the other is property theft. They are different in both the legal and moral sense.
A good analogy would be getting a book from the library and making a Xerox copy of it -- something I did a lot when I was a kid and had more time than money. People would see me doing this and no one really cared. Hell, no one cared when I copied my friends music tapes either.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that copyright infringement is not wrong, it's just a lot less wrong than stealing.
In 1984 maybe technology dictated that you coose one or the other, but not in 1985... The Amiga 1000 had the best of both worlds (built in) and multitasking to boot!
Ahh, the memories...