There is a problem with this - it forces a hole in the 'plausible deniability' defence. Really, how many people keep bits of/dev/random data lying around on the filesystem? Having this tool 'officially' point out that it is random data means the police can ask you, however impolitely, for the encryption keys (UK encryption key laws...). And you don't really have a defence for that, as what are the chances of it _actually_ being completely random data?
There's a simple solution to this - cat your encrypted file with a certain length of/dev/random data, both front and back, and remember the offsets. Then, when you want to access it, dd the encrypted part into a ramdisk, then dd it back when you're done. Problem solved.
At my university, we started off on ML (the functional programming language). This very quickly introduced the concept of a function as a repeatable series of instructions that could be called several times - for a functional programming language, it is almost essential to call the same function several times. This also introduced recursion and types (as part of the compiler type inference) very quickly, something which is probably quite hard for people to grasp.
The only other courses in the first term was digital electronics and pure mathmatics courses. Only in the second term was Java introduced as the perennial OOP/procedural language. I think we've got one of the lowest dropout rates in the country (but don't quote me on that).
When starting uni, a few weeks into my first term I started getting pains in my wrists & arms. Went to see the nurse, prescribed painkillers, didn't really help. Before uni I spent hours and hours on a computer without any issues at all. Turns out it was the twisty gears on my bike - changed them to the the thumb type and my problems went away overnight. Maybe I just have strange wrists, no one else seems to have a problem with the twisty gears...
y'know, this does make me slightly uneasy. Novell and MS make a deal that is, supposidly, legal under the GPLv2. The FSF ppl didnt like it, so they explicitly set out to make it illegal, and are essentially forcing it down Novell and MS's throats, going 'Ner ner ner!!!' while they do so.
Does this strike anyone as ever so slightly childish?
May I point out that in the UK we have far less gun crime than in the US? We are the most gun-unfriendly country in the western world, and the majority of people like it. They like not having to worry about carrying a gun for self protection when they go to the shops. There is simply no need for guns here. Why is that not the case in the US?
I always go with external enclosures - far more flexible, you can put the hard disk inside a box without destroying it. You can get dual IDE/SATA enclosures as well. Most come with backup software as well. Built-in enclosures are simply an extra annoyance
I'm in a university that runs its own mail server, and the entirety of university life is organised through it. If the uni email went down, even for a couple of days, the university would, quite literally, descend into chaos. If they outsourced the email to anyone there would be a university-wide riot, simply because it will be out of the control of the (extremely competant) IT department.
The whole IT dept at this uni who chose windows live mail (why, for god's sake? WHY???) should be boiled. Very, very, slowly. Then shot, dissected and paraded around the grounds as an example. Then really hurt
The general populace has got so used to being able to play DVDs on their windows machines that that may be the start of the general consumer backlash against DRM (or will force the companies to develop software players anyway), at which point DRM can only become more villified
I'm currently an undergrad at cambridge (UK, not US...) and, although I've never seen him, from what I've heard he certainly didn't get this medal for being a nice person. A brilliant astrophysicist he may be, but he is certainly not one of the more sociably types. Although I suspect that's for case for most world-famous scientists.
Wouldn't most of MGS burn up in Mars' atmosphere when its orbit decays sufficiently (as per the article)? There's certainly enough atmosphere to do aerobraking on...
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There is a problem with this - it forces a hole in the 'plausible deniability' defence. Really, how many people keep bits of /dev/random data lying around on the filesystem? Having this tool 'officially' point out that it is random data means the police can ask you, however impolitely, for the encryption keys (UK encryption key laws...). And you don't really have a defence for that, as what are the chances of it _actually_ being completely random data?
There's a simple solution to this - cat your encrypted file with a certain length of /dev/random data, both front and back, and remember the offsets. Then, when you want to access it, dd the encrypted part into a ramdisk, then dd it back when you're done. Problem solved.
Mine are named after discworld characters:
:D
Main desktop - vetinari
Laptop - vimes
Shell account/web/mail server - lipwig (of course)
eeePC - rincewind (lots of travelling, see)?
It's even better if the character and computer role match up
The only other courses in the first term was digital electronics and pure mathmatics courses. Only in the second term was Java introduced as the perennial OOP/procedural language. I think we've got one of the lowest dropout rates in the country (but don't quote me on that).
When starting uni, a few weeks into my first term I started getting pains in my wrists & arms. Went to see the nurse, prescribed painkillers, didn't really help. Before uni I spent hours and hours on a computer without any issues at all. Turns out it was the twisty gears on my bike - changed them to the the thumb type and my problems went away overnight. Maybe I just have strange wrists, no one else seems to have a problem with the twisty gears...
Does this strike anyone as ever so slightly childish?
Eh? What the hell is going on here?
May I point out that in the UK we have far less gun crime than in the US? We are the most gun-unfriendly country in the western world, and the majority of people like it. They like not having to worry about carrying a gun for self protection when they go to the shops. There is simply no need for guns here. Why is that not the case in the US?
its not ironic now??? Google lost the 'don't be evil' a loooooong time ago...
I always go with external enclosures - far more flexible, you can put the hard disk inside a box without destroying it. You can get dual IDE/SATA enclosures as well. Most come with backup software as well. Built-in enclosures are simply an extra annoyance
Does anyone know if this required OS support? ie, will it just be a problem under windows, and will linux be able to bypass it?
please, please, please, don't join the AACS group...
C'mon now, this is getting a bit lame. Bring back the ponies, I say...
Well, it is the main hub for Eastnet
The whole IT dept at this uni who chose windows live mail (why, for god's sake? WHY???) should be boiled. Very, very, slowly. Then shot, dissected and paraded around the grounds as an example. Then really hurt
The idiots
The IT department should all be shot. Simple as that
until I see it
This probably won't be granted, due to the gobs of prior art around
This isn't the ball lightning as created by proper thunderstorms. Silicon vapour can't pass through glass without breaking it, as far as I know...
The general populace has got so used to being able to play DVDs on their windows machines that that may be the start of the general consumer backlash against DRM (or will force the companies to develop software players anyway), at which point DRM can only become more villified
Don't worry mate, you're already very very unique. And know it. Changing to metric won't change that one bit.
I'm currently an undergrad at cambridge (UK, not US...) and, although I've never seen him, from what I've heard he certainly didn't get this medal for being a nice person. A brilliant astrophysicist he may be, but he is certainly not one of the more sociably types. Although I suspect that's for case for most world-famous scientists.
Wouldn't most of MGS burn up in Mars' atmosphere when its orbit decays sufficiently (as per the article)? There's certainly enough atmosphere to do aerobraking on...
*queue tumbleweed*
Ah we all knew it was gonna be a flop anyway. I guess what they say about microsoft and vacuum cleaners is true then...
Firefox + CookieSafe. Problem solved. And no need to wake up all the politicians in congress to do it