What about the Saitama Super Arena in front of 25'000 people during the Animelo festival ?
1. "She" isn't, and has never been in any of the top music 50 charts in Japan.
Vocalogenesi ranked #1 on the Oricon, and dozens of Vocaloid albums mostly featuring Miku all were ranked in the top 20. In which Japan are you living ?
I doubt any physicist would refer to the Higgs boson as "God particle" and that's obviously not the case in TFA. So why kdawson is feeding this idiotic meme ?
Next time we speak about serious science are we going to refer the research subject's as "pixie dust" or "Satan ichor" ?
Perpetual calendar anyone ?
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Incredible that we're still keeping this outdated Gregorian Calendar instead of a Perpetual Calendar that would solve all these idiotic fiddling with complicated date mechanisms.
What does this article bring to us about RFID security that we did not already know ?
An RFID tag can be read from afar ! Oh big deal, but isn't it the precise purpose of a contactless badge or ID card to be read this way ?
Did these guy break any security protection in any contactless card ? No.
They're just telling us that they scared some clueless FEDs attending the conference. That could be an interesting information if only their paper wasn't full of hype and so void of content relating to the security of RFID cards.
They jump to the conclusion that being able to read an RFID card with an RFID reader "is very dangerous" but aside movie-plot scenarios I hardly see how being able to read a random number on some random card is a threat to anybody.
Seriously, how could privacy concerned people focus on this when we're basically broadcasting ourselves on the Internet and our neighboorhood (purchases with credit card, cellphone broadcasting a unique ID at a range a thousand time bigger than what any RFID tag could achieve, etc.) ?
As you said, a bison has an average life of 20 years while whe slaugher cows at an average life of 2 years.
So what you need to compare is not the average weight of the herd at a set date, but the cumulative weight of the grown and slaughtered herd over 20 years.
Although we don't have the figures, it's obvious that the growth of a calve to a full-grown adult require far more energy (and thus produce far more methane or externalities like imported soy) than the sustenance of an adult.
> How exactly has it made it harder to create fake passports?
Because the biometric information stored in the chip is digitally signed ! In order to create a fake passport, the counterfeiter would have to obtain the private key used to sign those.
This is not something "impossible" to do, but certainly harder than fake a simple paper passport.
Notice that in the article, the author mention the fact that you could "clone" a passport, not create a fake one: And what the heck will you do with the cloned passport, since you're obviously not the same person on the photo ?
As usual the journalist is confusing everything. What these bozos have done is just read the content of the RFID chip exactly in the same way a custom officer would have done: using the key which is *printed* on the passport !
Basically this chip do what it has been designed for: improve the difficulty to create fake passports.
Now of course you have always some neo-luddites like those who are spreading FUD in order to sway opinions who will never read the details of the article and just remember the passports have been "cracked"
An all in One PDA will never be good enough to fit all the needs.
But until we got some tiny, open and efficient modules, you should consider this as a very effective way to accomodate all your gizmos without running out of pocket space... and still be able to wear only a shirt in summer !
Besides, the integrated wiring system will not only keep your wires tidy, but could also be used to fit a GPS antenna !
It's astonishing that so many people managing emails gateways have not yet implemented a systematic bounce of emails containing risky attachments !
I've enforced this rule on my company's gateway (9000+ mailboxes) for more than 3 years now and we have decreased the number of viruses by more than 95% ! (there's only the classical macro viruses and those embeded in.zip who are then handled by the antivirus).
This is a very effective security improvement with a very marginal hindrance for users. The very few users who sometimes need to send an executable attachment rename it or ask their sender to rename the attachment.
/etc/postfix/body_checks/^(.*)name\=\"(.*)\.(lnk|css|wsh|sct|shs|scf|inf|m si|msp|cab|reg|hta|com|pif|vbs|vbe|js|jse|bat|cmd| vxd|exe|scr|chm)\"$/ REJECT Sorry, your message cannot be delivered successfully, your mail contain a FORBIDEN attachment.
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Really? What stadium?
What about the Saitama Super Arena in front of 25'000 people during the Animelo festival ?
1. "She" isn't, and has never been in any of the top music 50 charts in Japan.
Vocalogenesi ranked #1 on the Oricon, and dozens of Vocaloid albums mostly featuring Miku all were ranked in the top 20. In which Japan are you living ?
[...]and I guarantee you, a computer will never be able to produce the emotions that some of the great artists' recordings can.
I'm sure Emilly Howell beg to differ.
Their weakness was in their business model (paid subscription by companies). Google would not have to fear this.
... designed by Blue Security, but shutdown by the spammers themselves. If only Google would put his strengh on such a venture, spam would die.
I doubt any physicist would refer to the Higgs boson as "God particle" and that's obviously not the case in TFA. So why kdawson is feeding this idiotic meme ?
Next time we speak about serious science are we going to refer the research subject's as "pixie dust" or "Satan ichor" ?
Incredible that we're still keeping this outdated Gregorian Calendar instead of a Perpetual Calendar that would solve all these idiotic fiddling with complicated date mechanisms.
I always wondwered why /. used this strange icon of a barefoot, now I understand but I'm wondering to which skit it is related.
What does this article bring to us about RFID security that we did not already know ?
An RFID tag can be read from afar ! Oh big deal, but isn't it the precise purpose of a contactless badge or ID card to be read this way ?
Did these guy break any security protection in any contactless card ? No.
They're just telling us that they scared some clueless FEDs attending the conference. That could be an interesting information if only their paper wasn't full of hype and so void of content relating to the security of RFID cards.
They jump to the conclusion that being able to read an RFID card with an RFID reader "is very dangerous" but aside movie-plot scenarios I hardly see how being able to read a random number on some random card is a threat to anybody.
Seriously, how could privacy concerned people focus on this when we're basically broadcasting ourselves on the Internet and our neighboorhood (purchases with credit card, cellphone broadcasting a unique ID at a range a thousand time bigger than what any RFID tag could achieve, etc.) ?
A good exemple that sometimes the market is unable to find the most optimal solution and someone has to regulate.
Good research, but there's a flaw in your logic.
As you said, a bison has an average life of 20 years while whe slaugher cows at an average life of 2 years.
So what you need to compare is not the average weight of the herd at a set date, but the cumulative weight of the grown and slaughtered herd over 20 years.
Although we don't have the figures, it's obvious that the growth of a calve to a full-grown adult require far more energy (and thus produce far more methane or externalities like imported soy) than the sustenance of an adult.
Just an other incentive to design a tracker-less Torent protocol ...
I'm OK with the linguists trying to mothball those old languages for the sake of knowledge and history.
But the priority for a universal understanding should be to teach new generations a logical language instead of trying to keep these alive.
> How exactly has it made it harder to create fake passports?
Because the biometric information stored in the chip is digitally signed ! In order to create a fake passport, the counterfeiter would have to obtain the private key used to sign those.
This is not something "impossible" to do, but certainly harder than fake a simple paper passport.
Notice that in the article, the author mention the fact that you could "clone" a passport, not create a fake one: And what the heck will you do with the cloned passport, since you're obviously not the same person on the photo ?
It has not been cracked !
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As usual the journalist is confusing everything. What these bozos have done is just read the content of the RFID chip exactly in the same way a custom officer would have done: using the key which is *printed* on the passport !
Basically this chip do what it has been designed for: improve the difficulty to create fake passports.
Now of course you have always some neo-luddites like those who are spreading FUD in order to sway opinions who will never read the details of the article and just remember the passports have been "cracked"
Pityfull
... but spammers are using BlueSecure API to validate their list, and instead of cleaning it, they send these futile threats.
This is clearly the proof that the idea of Bluesecure is sound, it please me to see how much those scumbags of spammers are annoyed >:)
For a good Classical ID3 tagging guide, you should also consider MusicBrainz's Classical Style Guide
Obligatory reference to Average PC survival time
Knowing the damage one of those capsule would cause to a satellite, it's like allowing people to put their tombstones on the highway ...
An all in One PDA will never be good enough to fit all the needs.
But until we got some tiny, open and efficient modules, you should consider this as a very effective way to accomodate all your gizmos without running out of pocket space... and still be able to wear only a shirt in summer !
Besides, the integrated wiring system will not only keep your wires tidy, but could also be used to fit a GPS antenna !
It's astonishing that so many people managing emails gateways have not yet implemented a systematic bounce of emails containing risky attachments !
.zip who are then handled by the antivirus).
/etc/postfix/body_checks /^(.*)name\=\"(.*)\.(lnk|css|wsh|sct|shs|scf|inf|m si|msp|cab|reg|hta|com|pif|vbs|vbe|js|jse|bat|cmd| vxd|exe|scr|chm)\"$/ REJECT Sorry, your message cannot be delivered successfully, your mail contain a FORBIDEN attachment.
I've enforced this rule on my company's gateway (9000+ mailboxes) for more than 3 years now and we have decreased the number of viruses by more than 95% ! (there's only the classical macro viruses and those embeded in
This is a very effective security improvement with a very marginal hindrance for users. The very few users who sometimes need to send an executable attachment rename it or ask their sender to rename the attachment.
What would have been far more interesting is a Windows to Linux migration with the same improvement in performance and TCO.
> The actual saying is "Omnis vulnerat et ultima necat"
;-) It is in fact "Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat"
Almost
I personnaly prefer this one : "Aspiciendo senescis"
Also used by our Latin ancestors on their sundials it mean "While you watch me, you age"
Jeff Sonas assertion remind me of Iain Banks "Culture" series where most of the universe is ruled by the Minds (some kind of omniscient AIs).
He says that surprisingly even the Minds can't beat the best humans (OK the best amongst trillions) in specific areas.
Incidently I believe the computational approach of computers would never beat very intuitive players like Bobby Fisher.
> the V-22 Osprey really HAS no reason to exist
Ridiculous comparison, this technology is designed to build micro-drones while the Osprey is supposed to lift tons of armament and passengers !
Based on their FAQ:
[...] launch the PepperPanel viewer and sign in with your user name and password [...]
At least Paypal do not need an applet and is usable whatever browser you use.
I only hope this applet will be Java based and not an IE-specific stuff.