We send a rover to Mars. It picks up some rocks and does a few tests on them. Analysis can reveal the most likely liquids in which certain minerals will dissolve, re-crystallize and what sort of metamorphosis we are likely to find.
Re-engineer Outlook and the back end services supporting it. Employ end-to-end encryption with private keys held only by the client. Microsoft's systems serve only to distribute public keys and store and forward encrypted content.
So when the NSA comes asking, Microsoft (or any other service provider) can honestly say "We can't decrypt that for you, signed warrant or not." The NSA can already scrape encrypted content off the backbone choke points, so bugging Microsoft for something they don't have would be pointless. FISA courts would have to authorize searches of customers' premises or equipment for keys and plaintext. Which is a much more difficult task.
The entire design of messaging protocols that decrypt the server content is suspect. If I were running an e-mail service, I'd tell my customers that I don't want to see the content passing through my system.
Cops are trained to handle their weapon properly, including responsible use (hopefully) and storage of that weapon.
Bullshit. The minimum qualifying score for our sheriff's department would still get a shooter asked (politely) to please leave a public range. Or seek assistance from a proficient shooter. And we (in nearby Snohomish County, Washington State) had a recent incident where a child of an officer shot and killed his sister with a gun he took from a cupholder in the family car.
Different jurisdictions have different standards. But they are all too often distressingly low. I can understand them not all being excellent marksmen. Shooting is not why most people become police officers. In fact, being overly fond of firearms might get candidates rejected for psych reasons. But you'd think common sense surrounding such dangerous technology would be a prerequisite. Not so.
Does Cuba actually have sophisticated missile equipment?
I would hope the answer is 'No'. Not after that little incident in 1962 anyway. I would hope that the CIA/NSA/Pentagon would make it their business to know exactly what kind of military technology is moving into/out of that country. Or they are not doing their f*king job, in my opinion.
Screw looking for online porn and tax havens. Keep an eye on the people with the nukes.
If patents are so good, we should have seen this on the market already. If IV puts this into the public domain, Walmart will have a Chinese mosquito laser system in stock by Christmas.
If some guard had a knack for spotting bombers and he just picked up a bent twig to do his thing, I'd me mildly amused. Its the guy who charges US$6K a pop for the bent twig that pisses me off.
I use DBAN (http://www.dban.org/). And from what I've heard, its not likely anyone will be able to recover anything short of using some very expensive forensic techniques. Sure, if someone wants your data and is willing to wait out by the dumpster for you to retire it, they could still get it. But given a random dumptruck load of DBAN-wiped PCs, which one is worth the recovery cost?
The biggest problem is that people selling used PCs want to be able to show a working machine with an OS. And for most people, that means not scraping off Windows. I always throw Ubuntu on my old scrubbed systems. But most people will wet themselves if they don't see the familiar Microsoft logo.
That's the ideomotor effect. You know, possibly subconsciously, where the water is likely to be (read Blink! by Malcolm Gladwell) based on experience. So when you walk to that spot, the stick points down.
I've had well drillers dowse for wells before. I didn't give them any crap for their show. Because they had a track record for finding water. Why? Probably 30 or 40 years drilling wells. But even if they think its the stick, that's fine with me. Same as with the baseball players with the lucky socks.
Yeah, but the TSA got to look at scanner porn in the meantime. And yet, we would have been better off had they just bought every TSA agent a subscription to "Jugs" and left the flying public alone.
From Pakistan? Not a country known for its technical accomplishments. I'd say when you have an educated class within a hopelessly backward culture, you suppress their ability to accomplish goals. Which leads to frustration and a certain subset of that class lashing out destructively.
If Boeing can't get their act together with the 787, I fear the fury that will be unleashed in the Seattle area.
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We send a rover to Mars. It picks up some rocks and does a few tests on them. Analysis can reveal the most likely liquids in which certain minerals will dissolve, re-crystallize and what sort of metamorphosis we are likely to find.
Re-engineer Outlook and the back end services supporting it. Employ end-to-end encryption with private keys held only by the client. Microsoft's systems serve only to distribute public keys and store and forward encrypted content.
So when the NSA comes asking, Microsoft (or any other service provider) can honestly say "We can't decrypt that for you, signed warrant or not." The NSA can already scrape encrypted content off the backbone choke points, so bugging Microsoft for something they don't have would be pointless. FISA courts would have to authorize searches of customers' premises or equipment for keys and plaintext. Which is a much more difficult task.
The entire design of messaging protocols that decrypt the server content is suspect. If I were running an e-mail service, I'd tell my customers that I don't want to see the content passing through my system.
Analog is just digital that can't make up its mind.
Buy 'Do Not Track' Online.
"massing.ensemble.alters"
Latin characters? Really?
Cops are trained to handle their weapon properly, including responsible use (hopefully) and storage of that weapon.
Bullshit. The minimum qualifying score for our sheriff's department would still get a shooter asked (politely) to please leave a public range. Or seek assistance from a proficient shooter. And we (in nearby Snohomish County, Washington State) had a recent incident where a child of an officer shot and killed his sister with a gun he took from a cupholder in the family car.
Different jurisdictions have different standards. But they are all too often distressingly low. I can understand them not all being excellent marksmen. Shooting is not why most people become police officers. In fact, being overly fond of firearms might get candidates rejected for psych reasons. But you'd think common sense surrounding such dangerous technology would be a prerequisite. Not so.
Does Cuba actually have sophisticated missile equipment?
I would hope the answer is 'No'. Not after that little incident in 1962 anyway. I would hope that the CIA/NSA/Pentagon would make it their business to know exactly what kind of military technology is moving into/out of that country. Or they are not doing their f*king job, in my opinion.
Screw looking for online porn and tax havens. Keep an eye on the people with the nukes.
NSFW: http://isnsfw.blogspot.com/2011/10/whats-difference-between-me-and.html
http://www.intellectualventures.com/index.php/inventions-patents/our-inventions/photonic-fence
If patents are so good, we should have seen this on the market already. If IV puts this into the public domain, Walmart will have a Chinese mosquito laser system in stock by Christmas.
That's Googl.
Sorry. Wrong Ozzy. Never mind.
Late, I know. But someone had to do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bpIbdZhrzA
STOP
If some guard had a knack for spotting bombers and he just picked up a bent twig to do his thing, I'd me mildly amused. Its the guy who charges US$6K a pop for the bent twig that pisses me off.
I use DBAN (http://www.dban.org/). And from what I've heard, its not likely anyone will be able to recover anything short of using some very expensive forensic techniques. Sure, if someone wants your data and is willing to wait out by the dumpster for you to retire it, they could still get it. But given a random dumptruck load of DBAN-wiped PCs, which one is worth the recovery cost?
The biggest problem is that people selling used PCs want to be able to show a working machine with an OS. And for most people, that means not scraping off Windows. I always throw Ubuntu on my old scrubbed systems. But most people will wet themselves if they don't see the familiar Microsoft logo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVrJ8DxECbg
That's the ideomotor effect. You know, possibly subconsciously, where the water is likely to be (read Blink! by Malcolm Gladwell) based on experience. So when you walk to that spot, the stick points down.
I've had well drillers dowse for wells before. I didn't give them any crap for their show. Because they had a track record for finding water. Why? Probably 30 or 40 years drilling wells. But even if they think its the stick, that's fine with me. Same as with the baseball players with the lucky socks.
And no elephants were smuggled through. The device is a success!
Yeah, but the TSA got to look at scanner porn in the meantime. And yet, we would have been better off had they just bought every TSA agent a subscription to "Jugs" and left the flying public alone.
What do you mean "used to"?
people that gets shit done
From Pakistan? Not a country known for its technical accomplishments. I'd say when you have an educated class within a hopelessly backward culture, you suppress their ability to accomplish goals. Which leads to frustration and a certain subset of that class lashing out destructively.
If Boeing can't get their act together with the 787, I fear the fury that will be unleashed in the Seattle area.
Its been all downhill since they were bought by McDonnell-Douglas.
No longer the Dreamliner. Now the Boeing Firebird.