I completely agree with you. Worse than that is when people ask something like, "Did you get my comment on MySpace?" It makes me wonder why they just can't talk to them in person...
"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation,"
Wow... I mean... just... wow.
So there you have it. Next time your neighbour bothers you, just shoot him. Otherwise we won't be able to justify the use of guns in a wartime situation.
Google says that its fingerprinting technology makes it impossible for the company (or anyone else) to eavesdrop on other sounds in the room, such as personal conversations, because the conversion to a fingerprint is made on the PC, and a fingerprint can't be reversed, as it's only an identity.
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The Google program converts sound into graphs, weeds out background noise, and reduces the graphs to key features that can then be translated into just four bytes of information, so that the fingerprints for an entire year of television programming would add up to no more than a few gigabytes, the company said.
I'd love to get my hands on the source code that does this, and see what makes it tick. Being as how the conversion is said to be done client-side, I wonder how much strain it would put on a person's processor.
I cross the Canada/U.S. border all the time. I've never been "power tripped" on my Canadian customs. U.S. customs is another story all together.
I originally thought that this was because I'm a Canadian citizen, but I know many Americans who also have more problems crossing into the U.S. than Canada.
Every morning where I work someone makes a coffee run. Sometimes I'm not at my desk so I just leave a small box there with some cash. They know what to get me and just take the money from the box. Nobody's ever stolen from that box.
...but then again, I work for a small company where everybody knows everybody. That's probably a factor.
I could be wrong here, but I was of the impression that ethernet over power had speed issues because of the amount of lost packets caused by line noise.
Perhaps not the wisest choice for streaming a high-def signal?
You forgot to mention the forthcoming suits against Sun for NFS and Microsoft for Windows File Sharing (both of which work just fine over the public internet, if your firewall permits it.)
The *AA sue Microsoft? If that were to ever happen, it'd be a show worth watching.
I don't know. Here in Canada, we switched to metric, but we kept most of the old Brittish spelling. I think that the U.S. is less likely to have a problem with a change like this than we are.
To me, the "simplified" spelling illustrated in the article looks horrible, but that's only because it's what I'm used to.
That being said, I don't think that the spelling will change for a while because most of the decision makers are familiar with "proper" English. It's what they were raised with. That may change when they're replaced by a younger generation who've been around the internet and netspeak their whole lives.
I think that the real security problem is that the key could be reverse-engineered from the program used to interperet the data. They'd probably have been better off using something server-side (such as PHP) to build this program on. Unfortunately, PHP isn't as flexible as Flash, and puts a higher load on the server.
Then again, the idea may just to have been to discourage lazy people. After all, it's not like we're dealing with sensitive data here.
At the present level of computing technology, a brute force attack on such a key would take waaaay too much time to be practical, but you have to consider the length of time that you want to keep this data secret, and how much processor speed will improve within that time span.
Damn you Moore!
Note: Yes I know that Moore's law refers to the compexity of integrated circuits, and not their speed.
I think the idea of standardizing computer equipment like that does have its merits, but good luck getting all the hardware manufacturers to agree on a common set of benchmarks.
Plus (if you're talking about Ontario) we're not allowed to use our health card as identification, or even show it to anyone who isn't a health care provider.
The vast majority of the music I own is legitimately purchased. I have no particular love for the RIAA, but I do feel that the artists who spent all the time and effort to create the music I'm listenting to have a right to be compensated.
Besides, the music business is like any other. If they charge an outrageous price for their product, nobody will buy it. Don't try to justify your theft (and yes, it is theft) by saying that I'm an idiot for paying for my music.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying that downloaders are bad. After all, I've done my share of downloading myself. I'm just saying that this whole notion that music should be free simply because it can easily be pirated anyway is stupid.</rant>
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In the snow? Uphill both ways?
Or, *gasp* a regular battery charger. It's cheaper.
This sounds like a cool invention, but I have to say that it does kinda seem like technology for technology's sake.
FTA: Wow... I mean... just... wow.
So there you have it. Next time your neighbour bothers you, just shoot him. Otherwise we won't be able to justify the use of guns in a wartime situation.
Wow, and I was impressed by long filename support (well, impressed for DOS anyway).
FTA: I'd love to get my hands on the source code that does this, and see what makes it tick. Being as how the conversion is said to be done client-side, I wonder how much strain it would put on a person's processor.
I cross the Canada/U.S. border all the time. I've never been "power tripped" on my Canadian customs. U.S. customs is another story all together.
I originally thought that this was because I'm a Canadian citizen, but I know many Americans who also have more problems crossing into the U.S. than Canada.
I'd mod ya funny if I had any points.
Every morning where I work someone makes a coffee run. Sometimes I'm not at my desk so I just leave a small box there with some cash. They know what to get me and just take the money from the box. Nobody's ever stolen from that box.
...but then again, I work for a small company where everybody knows everybody. That's probably a factor.
I could be wrong here, but I was of the impression that ethernet over power had speed issues because of the amount of lost packets caused by line noise.
Perhaps not the wisest choice for streaming a high-def signal?
<sarcasm>Now that's not fair. I for one, love the media. They tell me what to think so I don't have to figure stuff out for myself. :P</sarcasm>
Yeah, but they said that IPv4 uses 16-bit not 8-bit, so it's still wrong.
I don't know. Here in Canada, we switched to metric, but we kept most of the old Brittish spelling. I think that the U.S. is less likely to have a problem with a change like this than we are.
To me, the "simplified" spelling illustrated in the article looks horrible, but that's only because it's what I'm used to.
That being said, I don't think that the spelling will change for a while because most of the decision makers are familiar with "proper" English. It's what they were raised with. That may change when they're replaced by a younger generation who've been around the internet and netspeak their whole lives.
How did I not catch that when I previewed?
I think that the real security problem is that the key could be reverse-engineered from the program used to interperet the data. They'd probably have been better off using something server-side (such as PHP) to build this program on. Unfortunately, PHP isn't as flexible as Flash, and puts a higher load on the server.
Then again, the idea may just to have been to discourage lazy people. After all, it's not like we're dealing with sensitive data here.
In most cases, I would tend to agree with you.
At the present level of computing technology, a brute force attack on such a key would take waaaay too much time to be practical, but you have to consider the length of time that you want to keep this data secret, and how much processor speed will improve within that time span.
Damn you Moore!
Note: Yes I know that Moore's law refers to the compexity of integrated circuits, and not their speed.
Shh... you're not supposed to ask that. :P
Hey don't knock VRML. After all, it brought us Virtual Cow Tipping*... ummm so yeah... I guess it was pretty useless.
* Sorry, I tried to find a link but it looks like the site doesn't exist anymore.
I think the idea of standardizing computer equipment like that does have its merits, but good luck getting all the hardware manufacturers to agree on a common set of benchmarks.
Whoever said that copy and paste involves reading?
Plus (if you're talking about Ontario) we're not allowed to use our health card as identification, or even show it to anyone who isn't a health care provider.
Agreed. I've had three PDAs now. I've found them to be more time wasters than savers, especially when something breaks down.
I now use pen and paper for scheduling.
That's the biggest load of crap I've ever read.
The vast majority of the music I own is legitimately purchased. I have no particular love for the RIAA, but I do feel that the artists who spent all the time and effort to create the music I'm listenting to have a right to be compensated.
Besides, the music business is like any other. If they charge an outrageous price for their product, nobody will buy it. Don't try to justify your theft (and yes, it is theft) by saying that I'm an idiot for paying for my music.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying that downloaders are bad. After all, I've done my share of downloading myself. I'm just saying that this whole notion that music should be free simply because it can easily be pirated anyway is stupid.</rant>