I'll have to try the new eclipse release....again.
I first looked for alternatives to IBM's VisualAge for Java and Metroworks Codewarrior when Eclipse was first released. I was hoping it would be enough, but then I got fed up with it & started using jEdit. I like having a decent functioning editor and then customizing it into a developing environment that suits my needs. Plugins are being released for the two at a comparable rate.
This is very true. But the same can be said for just hardware encryption of any kind. I think DES is as secure as you can get on a chip. Even then, they cost $50 or so. Secure encryption doesn't need tons of processor power or memory, but there isn't demand for it. The phones would inevitably be even more expensive than a general purpose encryption device--they have to do encryption in "real-time." Doesn't sound trivial to me, which is probably why you have GSM phones using vocoder (i.e. speech inversion) "encryption." It is cheap and good enough for most things.
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Actually, the PGP manual says: "Internet calls are also supported. We created PGPfone to allow private conversations between people. The initial release of PGPfone accomplished this by encrypting phone calls between two people via their modems, with a direct connection between the two people's modems, using only the phone system as the intermediary. But popular demand has driven us to add the capability of sending the data stream over the Internet, instead of just the phone system. This feature allows for cheaper long distance conversations, with only the cost of a local phone call to your Internet service provider. I hope this doesn't result in the Internet eventually being glutted by too much voice traffic. Cheaper phone calls is an almost-unintended side effect that will probably not be well received by the long distance phone companies. Our goal was privacy, not cheaper phone calls. Sorry about that, AT&T. But maybe this feature will make PGPfone more popular."
So, I stand corrected! I guess I had used the version before this (I know 56K modems weren't that common when I used it, let alone cable modems!). Wonder why it didn't warrant a major revision number--they're still at 1.0b2 for PCs.
There are encrypted landline hardware phones. PGPfone is just software encryption for a landline call (i.e. no IP involved). Encryption of VoIP is trickier.
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VoIP already stresses the networking and hardware limits in order to provide the "quality" that they do now. Many people think that encryption is a solution, but I don't think it is right now. PGPphone is NOT VoIP, but software encrption for the landline telephone network (i.e. audio encryption). But adding encryption to actual VoIP would lower the quality of service considerably. Ever try using VoIP over VPN? It is really bad. You can use google to find articles about how to turn VPN off for just VoIP so that you can still have good sound quality.
I've inspected myrealbox & it DOES offer pop3,imap,and smtp over ssl. IT also has a nice web interface. Only 10 MB of storeage, but that isn't anything to sneeze at.
I am strongly considering it & thought you might want to save a buck or two if the 10 MB cap isn't too little.
I noticed that some free email services with spam protection will let through spoofed messages. If challenge-response is the "new" form of spam fighting, than I would imagine that dictionary attacks on the from address would become the new form of spam.
Since spambots harvest email addresses from websites and online directories, they will already have good guesses about who you receive messages from.
I have the same problem! Fortunately, I gave them one that gets tons of spam anyway. MORE annoying is the telephone and print spam that gets sent to my permanent address.
So just start with leading 0s. You don't need more than 7 numbers & people remember that ok (at least I can remember phone #s I use). Hell--if they want something easy to remember, they can assign you your phone # as id. That's what stores use to id you. There might be a few dublicates, but a subtlely changed version of your phone # would still be easy to remember.
Now I know you're speaking of not committing piracy. But you can get a legal copy of 98 for less than $50 (probably MUCH less (even free) from someone who has upgraded their system). 98's EULA still allows a single transferrance. You can get zone alarm or a reasonable firewall for free. PC Anywhere does cost a pretty penny, but there are free alternatives. The retail prices DON'T matter, but because windows users CAN be smart shoppers (despite their OS). The only additional cost comes from the OS itself & I would imagine that most in-laws would want windows for ease of use and compatibility. Plus, if you get them windows you can shove tech support onto more people than if you get them linux.
People can be smart shoppers rather than extravagent spenders or software pirates.
Not bitching & not karma-whoring. I've played with sending and receiving slow-scan tv, which is similar. I haven't been doing it for fity years like some posters, but I don't see you griping about them.
It is fine that slashdot posted this & the link they had was good. For older stuff like this, it is even cooler when they post a few links to different articles.
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This is a corollary to Moore's Law.
Moore's Law: Every year, the density of transistors on an IC will double (i.e. smaller, faster, smarter parts).
Corollary: Every year, companies will do more manufacturing in Korea and similar countries (i.e. cheaper parts, but parts that break down quicker)
Lee Iacocca made a fortune when he decided that cars should be disposable. No wonder that consumer electronics do the same.
I'll have to try the new eclipse release....again.
I first looked for alternatives to IBM's VisualAge for Java and Metroworks Codewarrior when Eclipse was first released. I was hoping it would be enough, but then I got fed up with it & started using jEdit. I like having a decent functioning editor and then customizing it into a developing environment that suits my needs. Plugins are being released for the two at a comparable rate.
This is very true. But the same can be said for just hardware encryption of any kind. I think DES is as secure as you can get on a chip. Even then, they cost $50 or so. Secure encryption doesn't need tons of processor power or memory, but there isn't demand for it. The phones would inevitably be even more expensive than a general purpose encryption device--they have to do encryption in "real-time." Doesn't sound trivial to me, which is probably why you have GSM phones using vocoder (i.e. speech inversion) "encryption." It is cheap and good enough for most things.
Actually, the PGP manual says:
"Internet calls are also supported. We created PGPfone to allow private conversations between
people. The initial release of PGPfone accomplished this by encrypting phone calls between two people via their modems, with a direct connection between the two people's modems, using only the phone system as the intermediary. But popular demand has driven us to add the capability of sending the data stream over the Internet, instead of just the phone system. This feature allows for cheaper long distance conversations, with only the cost of a local phone call to your Internet service provider. I hope this doesn't result in the Internet eventually being glutted by too much voice traffic. Cheaper phone calls is an almost-unintended side effect that will probably not be well received by the long distance phone companies. Our goal was privacy, not cheaper phone calls. Sorry about that, AT&T. But maybe this feature will make PGPfone more popular."
So, I stand corrected! I guess I had used the version before this (I know 56K modems weren't that common when I used it, let alone cable modems!). Wonder why it didn't warrant a major revision number--they're still at 1.0b2 for PCs.
There are encrypted landline hardware phones. PGPfone is just software encryption for a landline call (i.e. no IP involved). Encryption of VoIP is trickier.
VoIP already stresses the networking and hardware limits in order to provide the "quality" that they do now. Many people think that encryption is a solution, but I don't think it is right now. PGPphone is NOT VoIP, but software encrption for the landline telephone network (i.e. audio encryption). But adding encryption to actual VoIP would lower the quality of service considerably. Ever try using VoIP over VPN? It is really bad. You can use google to find articles about how to turn VPN off for just VoIP so that you can still have good sound quality.
Article is the same Reuters story I posted, but more US-friendly & with a picture or two.
The prototype pictures you linked to were quite informative and interesting. Looks like CDR-info has a conflicting article as well.
If there haven't been prototypes, how is Sony going to start selling them in a few weeks? What am I missing?
"I kick ass for the Lord!"
I've inspected myrealbox & it DOES offer pop3,imap,and smtp over ssl. IT also has a nice web interface. Only 10 MB of storeage, but that isn't anything to sneeze at.
I am strongly considering it & thought you might want to save a buck or two if the 10 MB cap isn't too little.
I noticed that some free email services with spam protection will let through spoofed messages. If challenge-response is the "new" form of spam fighting, than I would imagine that dictionary attacks on the from address would become the new form of spam.
Since spambots harvest email addresses from websites and online directories, they will already have good guesses about who you receive messages from.
This is great! I have always been annoyed that I've never had a good time when I call one of those numbers that say "For a good time, call...."
A data haven by any other name would still be as....
Ah, who am I kidding?!
If your data does wind up in data heaven, you're pretty much screwed.
Like the Scottish Play, data heavens still seem to be a cursed venture.
LoC guy: ?
RIAA/MPAA lawyer: prophet!
Good to see you guys are handling the traffic well (mostly). Gotten a few 500 Internal Server Errors. Guess you know what being slashdotted is like ;-)
Seriously--great work so far.
D stands for...D
In other words, it starts now.
Then can someone please tell me what all that bombing we did on Weds. was for? Was that like the pregame show?
No reference to CE. Are they embarrassed?
I have the same problem! Fortunately, I gave them one that gets tons of spam anyway. MORE annoying is the telephone and print spam that gets sent to my permanent address.
So just start with leading 0s. You don't need more than 7 numbers & people remember that ok (at least I can remember phone #s I use). Hell--if they want something easy to remember, they can assign you your phone # as id. That's what stores use to id you. There might be a few dublicates, but a subtlely changed version of your phone # would still be easy to remember.
Now I know you're speaking of not committing piracy. But you can get a legal copy of 98 for less than $50 (probably MUCH less (even free) from someone who has upgraded their system). 98's EULA still allows a single transferrance. You can get zone alarm or a reasonable firewall for free. PC Anywhere does cost a pretty penny, but there are free alternatives. The retail prices DON'T matter, but because windows users CAN be smart shoppers (despite their OS). The only additional cost comes from the OS itself & I would imagine that most in-laws would want windows for ease of use and compatibility. Plus, if you get them windows you can shove tech support onto more people than if you get them linux.
People can be smart shoppers rather than extravagent spenders or software pirates.
Not bitching & not karma-whoring. I've played with sending and receiving slow-scan tv, which is similar. I haven't been doing it for fity years like some posters, but I don't see you griping about them.
It is fine that slashdot posted this & the link they had was good. For older stuff like this, it is even cooler when they post a few links to different articles.
When you can check the weather by going outside http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce. exe?preadd=action&key=ws5000
Once again slashdot stumbles upon an already popular hobby. http://www.scnt01426.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Articles /WXSAT/wxsat.htm