The moon is a more stable platform for this type of thing. I can't see the ISS as something that anyone has faith in staying up and functional for a long time. On the other hand, the moon is gonna stay in orbit for a long time.
(yes, I know it's moving away from us at the astounding rate of 3.8 cm/yr)
Google for "earth moon orbit unstable" for more on the decay of the moon's orbit.
Up at the top of the page, the second phrase is "Stuff that matters." Granted, Angel may matter to a few people, but I didn't imagine that the average Slashdot reader would care too much. I'm not fishing for angry responses here, but just trying to hint to the editors that 'entertainment buzz' probably isn't up there with all the interesting stories about SCO, the Mars Rovers, etc, etc.
Yes, I suppose I'm also free to ignore any article I feel doesn't interest me. Noted.
Ah, don't react so harshly...I was just commenting on how prevalent Windows as a piece of software is..right down the whatever terminal-server software is needed to run dumb ticket vending machines...
Thanks for the chuckle. I bootleg certain drinks, remember?
A legal, regulated seller also happily sells booze to drunks who go home and beat the crap out of their family, and pisses away their paycheck on the stuff.
I repeat, just b/c something is legalized, it doesn't make the ill side effects go away -- more likely it just transforms them to other ill side-effects.
IMHO, the problem there is that those adults can't control themselves and have the potential to hurt other members of society.
You can see this already with people who abuse prescription drugs and/or alcohol. Legalizing a drug doesn't magically make the horrors of addiction go away and doesn't make the auxilary crimes have a sudden zero impact on society.
Ride of the Second Horseman, by Robert L. O'Connell
A History of Warfare, by John Keegan
Every modern state has had a system of taxation, and WW2 enabled the US Federal government to tax its citizens far beyond what they had experienced up to that point.
Remember the big power outage in the northeast a month ago? (of course you do)
Well, the next day while I waited with a bunch of other folks in the sweltering subterranean heat of Penn Station, I was horrified to see that all the ticket machines had friendly little Windows dialog and error boxes popped up, screaming about not being able to restart properly.
StegFS uses encryption to support deniability; the encryption is a tool, not an end in itself, and is certainly not the option (performance wise) if all you want is data confidentiality.
As to your first point, I'm not sure what the distinction is...I'm saying that the behavior is too complex and not transparent enough if provided at the application level.
An application can use its own code (in userland) to encrypt files. Fine. Or, an application can use kernel code (via whatever syscalls/hooks are provided). Fine.
The problem is that the application is complicated by the need to provided cryptographic services -- file encryption is either too difficult to get done properly at the application layer or not transparent enough at the application level. The filesystem is part of the kernel, and any encryption should be transparent to a process using the file.
In fact, file-at-a-time encryption shouldn't be in the kernel, it is implementable in user code if you have the right hooks.
While it is certainly possible to easily implement file encryption at the user/application layer, I disagree that it should be. Matt Blaze pointed out a number of reasons why in his CFS paper back in 1993.
..if you do want disk-at-a-time encryption, StegFS strikes me as a better choice
StegFS is a neat concept; the only drawback there is the huge performance hit -- besides, the goal of stegFS isn't necessarily to support encryption; it is meant to support plausible deniability of file ownership, and those two goals are very different.
Let's not forget that some contingencies should be drawn up in case stuff like this does happen again -- while safty concerns getting "up" to the top of the chain is important, proper assessment and response is critical.
Do you launch another shuttle mission, have both dock at the space station? Do you set up a moon base? Do you develop a new low-orbit rescue vehicle? Does everyone moonwalk from one shuttle to another? Do we redesign the shuttle to have a safty escape module that can blast loose of the mother ship and safely return to earth?
But wait...
"In August, I ordered my administration to subject the Diebold machine and source code to the strictest of tests to ensure it met my high standards," Gov.
Erhlick said."
Wow, I didn't know Maryland state gov hired qualified security experts that can double as political minions by day.
I think most here would agree that electronic voting systems are a waste of time without a physical audit trail, but as far as the public's concerned, hi-tech is better...as long as I have a nice GUI where I can go File>Vote>Undo I'll be happy to click and then shuffle out of the voting booth with a confident but bewildered smile on my face.
That doesn't make sense in the context of a OTP.
The OTP is as long as your plaintext input, and every bit of the input is XOR'd with the OTP. You can't tell the difference.
How do you propose to brute force that?
Slashdot Mirror
(yes, I know it's moving away from us at the astounding rate of 3.8 cm/yr)
Google for "earth moon orbit unstable" for more on the decay of the moon's orbit.
In my (admittedly limited) use of MSN, top non-sponsored results are vaguely comparable to what Google returns.
His word choice leads one to envision doom and death, and I was sufficiently motiviated to search for more info on this beastie.
http://www.harpers.org/Oregon.html
http://www.newhouse.com/archive/story1b080700.html
Google search gets you more.
on another topic: Anyone amazed at how many quotes this guy has stored up in his head?
Kick the darn thing until it works or your wife makes you buy a new one.
I'd mod you up if i hadn't posted. But if i hadn't posted, then I wouldn't have this reason to mod you up.
Oh, what a tangled web. Sorta.
Up at the top of the page, the second phrase is "Stuff that matters." Granted, Angel may matter to a few people, but I didn't imagine that the average Slashdot reader would care too much. I'm not fishing for angry responses here, but just trying to hint to the editors that 'entertainment buzz' probably isn't up there with all the interesting stories about SCO, the Mars Rovers, etc, etc.
Yes, I suppose I'm also free to ignore any article I feel doesn't interest me. Noted.
And entertainment news of this sort is critical to nerds how? Or maybe I'm just someone who hasn't seen the show. Oh well, what can you do?
Thanks for the chuckle. I bootleg certain drinks, remember?
A legal, regulated seller also happily sells booze to drunks who go home and beat the crap out of their family, and pisses away their paycheck on the stuff. I repeat, just b/c something is legalized, it doesn't make the ill side effects go away -- more likely it just transforms them to other ill side-effects.
You can see this already with people who abuse prescription drugs and/or alcohol. Legalizing a drug doesn't magically make the horrors of addiction go away and doesn't make the auxilary crimes have a sudden zero impact on society.
War and the Rise of the State, by Bruce D. Porter
Ride of the Second Horseman, by Robert L. O'Connell
A History of Warfare, by John Keegan
Every modern state has had a system of taxation, and WW2 enabled the US Federal government to tax its citizens far beyond what they had experienced up to that point.
Enlighten me on how the drug industry, addiction, and kids messing up their life is a victimless crime...
Remember the big power outage in the northeast a month ago? (of course you do)
Well, the next day while I waited with a bunch of other folks in the sweltering subterranean heat of Penn Station, I was horrified to see that all the ticket machines had friendly little Windows dialog and error boxes popped up, screaming about not being able to restart properly.
What a ubiquitous piece of software.
I'll check them out, thanks...
As to your first point, I'm not sure what the distinction is...I'm saying that the behavior is too complex and not transparent enough if provided at the application level.
An application can use its own code (in userland) to encrypt files. Fine. Or, an application can use kernel code (via whatever syscalls/hooks are provided). Fine.
The problem is that the application is complicated by the need to provided cryptographic services -- file encryption is either too difficult to get done properly at the application layer or not transparent enough at the application level. The filesystem is part of the kernel, and any encryption should be transparent to a process using the file.
While it is certainly possible to easily implement file encryption at the user/application layer, I disagree that it should be. Matt Blaze pointed out a number of reasons why in his CFS paper back in 1993.
StegFS is a neat concept; the only drawback there is the huge performance hit -- besides, the goal of stegFS isn't necessarily to support encryption; it is meant to support plausible deniability of file ownership, and those two goals are very different.
Do you launch another shuttle mission, have both dock at the space station? Do you set up a moon base? Do you develop a new low-orbit rescue vehicle? Does everyone moonwalk from one shuttle to another? Do we redesign the shuttle to have a safty escape module that can blast loose of the mother ship and safely return to earth?
But wait... "In August, I ordered my administration to subject the Diebold machine and source code to the strictest of tests to ensure it met my high standards," Gov. Erhlick said." Wow, I didn't know Maryland state gov hired qualified security experts that can double as political minions by day.
I think most here would agree that electronic voting systems are a waste of time without a physical audit trail, but as far as the public's concerned, hi-tech is better...as long as I have a nice GUI where I can go File>Vote>Undo I'll be happy to click and then shuffle out of the voting booth with a confident but bewildered smile on my face.
She's done a fair amount of research on electronic voting systems.
from above url:
...and trade kiddie p0rn. And stress the network infrastructure. And melt the polar icecaps.
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But don't P2P programs have legitimate uses?
NO! The only purpose of these is to steal money from record and movie companies....
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good page with creative Q & A..
That doesn't make sense in the context of a OTP. The OTP is as long as your plaintext input, and every bit of the input is XOR'd with the OTP. You can't tell the difference. How do you propose to brute force that?
A one time pad is 'unbreakable'