Luckily, networking and filesharing systems are robust enough to make interoperability a minor concern these days. It's not like we're exchanging zfs floppies.
Amen... I was running a file-level checksum database in a vain attempt to detect bitrot until I discovered zfs. To be honest, I think it would be fairly easy to add bitrot detection in any existing fs (for a developer of course, not me)... Just add a hash to each sector. but you wouldn't get all the robust goodies baked into zfs.
There is rarely any choice in the case of roads. If I don't like the way my city is maintaining the roads, what alternative do I have? Occasionally you will find a private turnpike or bridge, but usually there is a monopoly road provider.
This post and all "informative" mods: whoosh. How many people on Slashdot actually run a business that accepts credit cards? To real geeks, PCI is and always will be the Peripheral Component Interconnect.
Yeah, what did they do before checks? The person receiving cash wrote a receipt. This is all the proof you need (although potentially as much trouble as writing a check).
It's possible the poster weighed a lot to begin with and then lost a significant amount of water weight (in addition to any actual weight loss achieved). I used to consume about 1500 calories per day in soda (i.e. corn syrup) so this is not completely implausible.
You don't have to lie... just put down your correct info, then change it all immediately. I doubt there's a duty to actively inform them of password changes. You change your passwords regularly anyways, right?
First, it's not a law, merely a guideline (they are amending a comment).
Second, the comment does not say "proxy". It says: "In a scheme involving computers, using any technology or software to conceal the identity or geographic location of the perpetrator ordinarily indicates sophisticated means". Note the word "ordinarily." I am a privacy advocate, but this is not a particularly scary turn of events. It's basically saying that if you commit a crime and use technology to hide who you are, judges are encouraged to increase sentencing because you are likely to be a more sophisticated criminal than one who did not have the forethought to hide his identity. It sounds downright plausible to me.
a) Microwaves are radio waves.
b) Almost every cell phone uses a radio frequency that falls into the "microwave" category. They just have an incredibly low transmit power (less than a Watt). A microwave oven usually emits over 1000 Watts. This system is likely over 100000000 Watts.
Yeah, there's not one magic frequency at which water will absorb electromagnetic energy. Standing in front of a few megawatts at any frequency in the microwave range is stupid.
If you must have everything in terms of throughput, look at it like this: They are offering 40 GB/month throughput (about 16KBps). Furthermore, they will allow you to BURST up to 6MB/sec as long as your average remains 16KBps.
Not incidental, as the first time I wanted to book a hotel online I didn't know where to go and just did hotels.com. I guess I could have typed "hotels" into Google, but I would have gotten hotels.com as the top hit.
Thanks for this. In typical Slashdot fashion, people are running their mouths without checking their sources:
2.4 Non-Exclusivity of Authorizations. The authorizations granted to Google in this Settlement Agreement are non-exclusive only, and nothing in this Settlement Agreement shall be construed as limiting any Rightsholder's right to authorize, through the Registry or otherwise, any Person, including direct competitors of Google, to use his, her or its Books or Inserts in any way, including ways identical to those provided for under this Settlement Agreement.
Yeah, Google is the only one who has licensed works so broadly. But they have almost certainly paved the way for any competitor to make the exact same agreement.
This bugs the crap out of me. If I say I have $1 M, NOBODY is going to think I mean thousand. And as to the GP, I always read that as Mega Millions and I hear the voice of the guy in the Lotto commercial. I guess Lotto advertising has really gone to my head.
Just run the answers through a good hAsh function. Yeah it's an extra step, but you don't answer security questions that often and that way people don't know our favorite drink. Not completely secure if the attacker knows your hash function but I longer low hangng fruit
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"Control, target is too slow to engage. Recommend we get out and walk"
Or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3XzPhdBx9g
Luckily, networking and filesharing systems are robust enough to make interoperability a minor concern these days. It's not like we're exchanging zfs floppies.
Amen... I was running a file-level checksum database in a vain attempt to detect bitrot until I discovered zfs. To be honest, I think it would be fairly easy to add bitrot detection in any existing fs (for a developer of course, not me)... Just add a hash to each sector. but you wouldn't get all the robust goodies baked into zfs.
There is rarely any choice in the case of roads. If I don't like the way my city is maintaining the roads, what alternative do I have? Occasionally you will find a private turnpike or bridge, but usually there is a monopoly road provider.
This post and all "informative" mods: whoosh. How many people on Slashdot actually run a business that accepts credit cards? To real geeks, PCI is and always will be the Peripheral Component Interconnect.
Yeah, what did they do before checks? The person receiving cash wrote a receipt. This is all the proof you need (although potentially as much trouble as writing a check).
It's possible the poster weighed a lot to begin with and then lost a significant amount of water weight (in addition to any actual weight loss achieved). I used to consume about 1500 calories per day in soda (i.e. corn syrup) so this is not completely implausible.
Instead of a table sized plot, I'd go with high resolution multitouch table display
You don't have to lie... just put down your correct info, then change it all immediately. I doubt there's a duty to actively inform them of password changes. You change your passwords regularly anyways, right?
Most people don't pay $5,400/year on insurance for one vehicle. Are you sure that wasn't $450/6mo?
True I think. Because if you have a "high enough DPI" then your lack of visual acuity is doing the down-sampling for you.
First, it's not a law, merely a guideline (they are amending a comment). Second, the comment does not say "proxy". It says: "In a scheme involving computers, using any technology or software to conceal the identity or geographic location of the perpetrator ordinarily indicates sophisticated means". Note the word "ordinarily." I am a privacy advocate, but this is not a particularly scary turn of events. It's basically saying that if you commit a crime and use technology to hide who you are, judges are encouraged to increase sentencing because you are likely to be a more sophisticated criminal than one who did not have the forethought to hide his identity. It sounds downright plausible to me.
To be clear, this is not legislation.
a) Microwaves are radio waves. b) Almost every cell phone uses a radio frequency that falls into the "microwave" category. They just have an incredibly low transmit power (less than a Watt). A microwave oven usually emits over 1000 Watts. This system is likely over 100000000 Watts.
Yeah, there's not one magic frequency at which water will absorb electromagnetic energy. Standing in front of a few megawatts at any frequency in the microwave range is stupid.
We should just have it display this at the end of 10,000 years: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/204/457753126_1934773ba3.jpg?v=0
Please step into my idiot-sized microwave oven for a demonstration, then.
If you must have everything in terms of throughput, look at it like this: They are offering 40 GB/month throughput (about 16KBps). Furthermore, they will allow you to BURST up to 6MB/sec as long as your average remains 16KBps.
Not incidental, as the first time I wanted to book a hotel online I didn't know where to go and just did hotels.com. I guess I could have typed "hotels" into Google, but I would have gotten hotels.com as the top hit.
That's why I don't hang out with accountants :-P
Seriously though, good point. I prefer to just say 1ee9.
I also actually use hotels.com and comics.com
2.4 Non-Exclusivity of Authorizations. The authorizations granted to Google in this Settlement Agreement are non-exclusive only, and nothing in this Settlement Agreement shall be construed as limiting any Rightsholder's right to authorize, through the Registry or otherwise, any Person, including direct competitors of Google, to use his, her or its Books or Inserts in any way, including ways identical to those provided for under this Settlement Agreement.
Yeah, Google is the only one who has licensed works so broadly. But they have almost certainly paved the way for any competitor to make the exact same agreement.
This bugs the crap out of me. If I say I have $1 M, NOBODY is going to think I mean thousand. And as to the GP, I always read that as Mega Millions and I hear the voice of the guy in the Lotto commercial. I guess Lotto advertising has really gone to my head.
Just run the answers through a good hAsh function. Yeah it's an extra step, but you don't answer security questions that often and that way people don't know our favorite drink. Not completely secure if the attacker knows your hash function but I longer low hangng fruit