You're right; Schneier doesn't stop talking about this (and I mean that in a good way). The same with Ross Anderson. I have only a tangential - and entirely academic - experience of security, but even I can see that the book isn't saying anything as revolutionary as the reviewer makes out.
Maybe idiots should comment on matters they know nothing about. A policeman looks like a policeman when he is wearing a uniform. Thus, plain-clothes policemen don't look like policemen. (That being the point.) So he wasn't running from policemen, he was running from two (apparent) civilians armed with guns - wouldn't you?
But if you're using steganography you can plausibly deny that there are any encrypted files there. (This, of course, ignores the difficulty of achieving good steganography; but the same issue applies to getting cryptography right.)
You'll probably find that computer forensics people know about unix-style systems anyway. Anyone who calls themselves a computer forensics expert but doesn't know anything outside Windows XP is a joke.
Wow, a cogent and reasoned argument! On Slashdot, of all places:)
Anyway, very well said. The only good DRM is no DRM. The only advantage to Fairplay is that it's already broken, so nobody has to put in the effort to break a new DRM format when it arrives.
You didn't read the guy's post at all. You saw the word Java and the knee-jerk reaction just *happened*.
If you take a closer look, the GP uses the introduction of Java programming as being "proper" programming, and antithetical to the Visual Studio way of doing things.
How about when it comes pre-installed, and never asked you about any EULA? Or when you're under-age but the game you're installing assumes full competence under the law to agree to non-trivial contracts?
I don't believe you meant that, did you? Popcorn, eh? Whoo-ee, that is pricey stuff. With a quick search I can find it at £1.27 *per kilo*. And with the amount it expands on cooking, that would probably last about 2 or 3 years of regular popcorn eating.
That reminds me - why does the "UK Date" style for LaTeX come up with "DD^th MMMM, YYYY"? I've never seen that date format used in an official capacity anywhere in the UK. It's just plain ol' "DD MMMM YYYY". No commas and no ordinals to ugly it up.
It's the same OSI model that's still being taught at university with the introduction: "this is the formal way things might be if networks were designed by public planning offices. But they're not; we use TCP/IP instead. However, if we show you this you'll appreciate the TCP/IP model so much more...".
Using (or not using) software for philosophical reaons is stupid. [...] I use UNIX-based solutions because [...] UNIX simply Does Things Right.
Doing Things Right is about as succinct a way of saying "for philosophical reasons" as you could possibly get. The contradiction inherent in your argument is almost painful. Philosophical does not imply moral.
I considered it might have been in the style of the Hawking/Preskill bet. But then I'm sure science is full of friendly (and not so) bets going back to antiquity. 'Twill be interesting to see the outcome, though my money is on it warming.
Yeah, I can't stand the fact that everyone feels the need to use hugely overblown packages to do everything. Your idea seems pretty elegant, and with a bit of regexp-ing could probably be seamlessly integrated with a TeX-based system too for beautiful output. And the coppers wouldn't even have to look outside their browsers.
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You're right; Schneier doesn't stop talking about this (and I mean that in a good way). The same with Ross Anderson. I have only a tangential - and entirely academic - experience of security, but even I can see that the book isn't saying anything as revolutionary as the reviewer makes out.
Maybe idiots should comment on matters they know nothing about. A policeman looks like a policeman when he is wearing a uniform. Thus, plain-clothes policemen don't look like policemen. (That being the point.) So he wasn't running from policemen, he was running from two (apparent) civilians armed with guns - wouldn't you?
But if you're using steganography you can plausibly deny that there are any encrypted files there. (This, of course, ignores the difficulty of achieving good steganography; but the same issue applies to getting cryptography right.)
You'll probably find that computer forensics people know about unix-style systems anyway. Anyone who calls themselves a computer forensics expert but doesn't know anything outside Windows XP is a joke.
Wow, a cogent and reasoned argument! On Slashdot, of all places :)
Anyway, very well said. The only good DRM is no DRM. The only advantage to Fairplay is that it's already broken, so nobody has to put in the effort to break a new DRM format when it arrives.
What, you mean like this weird one? :)
But has it been confirmed? By Netcraft?
People shop for software? With money? How odd.
Is it intentional that your sig implies slashdot is modded by grammar nazis? :)
"it probably ranks below toe fungus."
That's because toe fungus is really rank?
You didn't read the guy's post at all. You saw the word Java and the knee-jerk reaction just *happened*.
If you take a closer look, the GP uses the introduction of Java programming as being "proper" programming, and antithetical to the Visual Studio way of doing things.
In future: read, understand, then post.
How about when it comes pre-installed, and never asked you about any EULA? Or when you're under-age but the game you're installing assumes full competence under the law to agree to non-trivial contracts?
> (Popcorn is real expensive.)
I don't believe you meant that, did you? Popcorn, eh? Whoo-ee, that is pricey stuff. With a quick search I can find it at £1.27 *per kilo*. And with the amount it expands on cooking, that would probably last about 2 or 3 years of regular popcorn eating.
Oh for the gift of mod points at this juncture. Thank you for putting that so explicitly. I take it you are a resident of the UK? :)
Dude, cancer is a growth field!
I'm confused - don't I just hit 'return' whenever I want the special character which '\n' represents?
That reminds me - why does the "UK Date" style for LaTeX come up with "DD^th MMMM, YYYY"? I've never seen that date format used in an official capacity anywhere in the UK. It's just plain ol' "DD MMMM YYYY". No commas and no ordinals to ugly it up.
How about Samba? Nah, that would never work as an open source project...
They make me feel ill. I've long since had the sense to block them on any computer I have regular access to.
It's the same OSI model that's still being taught at university with the introduction: "this is the formal way things might be if networks were designed by public planning offices. But they're not; we use TCP/IP instead. However, if we show you this you'll appreciate the TCP/IP model so much more...".
Doing Things Right is about as succinct a way of saying "for philosophical reasons" as you could possibly get. The contradiction inherent in your argument is almost painful. Philosophical does not imply moral.
I considered it might have been in the style of the Hawking/Preskill bet. But then I'm sure science is full of friendly (and not so) bets going back to antiquity. 'Twill be interesting to see the outcome, though my money is on it warming.
Scottish regiments subset of British regiments.
Now, try that again, and this time make sense...
I don't think any businesses in London have been contributing tax dollars.
Yeah, I can't stand the fact that everyone feels the need to use hugely overblown packages to do everything. Your idea seems pretty elegant, and with a bit of regexp-ing could probably be seamlessly integrated with a TeX-based system too for beautiful output. And the coppers wouldn't even have to look outside their browsers.