So if I flip a coin and cover it up, and ask you "What are the chances it is heads?" you would answer back "it's either 100% or 0%"? What kind of pedantic choice of interpretation is that?
A mathematically correct, but absolutely useless one. The guy's obviously an actuary.
In my country a person like you would be called an ant-fucker. Because ant-fuckery is the only way to describe this level of pedantry. Don't get me wrong, it's not meant as a grave insult. Polite people use the term in casual conversation and nobody is offended.
Welcome fellow citizen of Kazakhstan! How much for sister?
Let me repeat: you can't make money off nothing but an idea. Give up already on this ridiculous "intellectual property" BS.
What about facebook? What about Google's search algorithm? I know they were turned into actual software, but they're still just ideas rather than physical objects.
Dr. Bob was great, it's amazing how many Americans take chiropody seriously. So was the MyCleanPC stuff. The "APK BS" is too obvious and easily avoided to be real trolling, I think the guy's genuinely deranged..
Ok, really. How is this perceptibly different than pump-and-dump spam?
Sigh. I wonder what reddit's doing right now. Even if they're railroading some innocent kid for the atrocity-of-the-day, it's gotta be better than this.
Sucks that I'll forever only have a few mostly crappy photos of my wedding reception
I find it hard to believe that nowadays you wouldn't have hundreds of reasonable quality mobile phone pictures from pretty much everyone who attended. Granted, they might not be professiional level, but does that really matter?
Yes, but it's still theoretically possible to reconstruct data from a quantum analysis of sand combined with a gravitino-fluxmeter. You need to strap it to a rocket and launch it into the sun. It's the only way to be sure.
We really need a way to exclude video stories. Also, where do I sign up to buy a front page story?
I generally visit slashdot at work, and I'm not some cool graphic designer who's allowed to sit there all day playing music through his headphones and not answering the phone. So I skip past any video link/story anyway.
At least they've started doing transcripts of interviews now.
That statement =/= "impossible", but rather "not feasible".
In other words, you probably dont want to rely on it as secure destruction if the information will be sensitive years from now, because new technology could change "not feasible" to "doable".
Yes, and aliens might teleport a vast black hole to the centre of the Earth and destroy our planet tomorrow for the lulz.
There are some possibilities so remote that they're not worth worrying about.
Yes it does, or else people would be doing it. And, no, saying "but the NSA can do it on their planet-sized quantum computer, but I'm not allowed to talk about it" isn't sufficient excuse.
If you say "it is possible to do X" then it is up to you (or someone) to do X.
For something like recovering data from a hard drive, you're not talking about some weird theoretical possibility that might be testable in the future. As of now, it's either possible or it's not.
This is irrespective of any actual technical details BTW.
Using quantum detection for variations in the strength of the magnetic field (government level equipment) can detect multiple layers.
What you seem to be unaware of is that, when The Government want to restore a destroyed hard drive, They simply use their Quantum Flux Capacitor Time Machine to go back in time to just before you tried to wipe it and get their Men in Black to zap you and copy the disk.
When you return to consciousness, you have no recollection of what has happened (since they obviously reset time after they leave), so you set about overwriting the disk, or dissolving it in acid or whatever, and have no idea how they manage to produce a flawless copy of your collection of Japanese child tentacle porn as evidence against you.
I thought this was common knowledge in the tech community after the revealing M.I.B. documentary series?
To be fair, after the Second World War, Britain did become fairly socialist. We introduced the National Health Service, nationalised major industries like railways, coal and steel, had a progressive tax regime, provided council housing and benefits for those who were unemployed or sick, and so on.
Then the Wicked Witch came along and started dismantling anything socialist. As a result, Britain is now a great country to be a very wealthy banker in, just like it was before about 1914.
You might as well just take out the money that the ticket to Israel would have cost and flush it down the toilet, then stay at home buggering yourself with a cucumber. It'll amount to pretty much the same thing as your actual "holiday" if you try to be a smartass to Israeli security staff.
And still is thank you very much. Why people insist on leaving mail on insecure servers I dont know, not to mention that the govt (US at least) feels no problem about reading anything 6 months or older. And the IRS... well they'll start with that email that just showed up 5 minutes ago.
Your countries tax department reads peoples email?
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It's like Hitler calling his party Natinal Socialists, when they hated actual socialists. It sounds better than "insane totalitarian thug party".
is this real life
is this just fantasy?
So if I flip a coin and cover it up, and ask you "What are the chances it is heads?" you would answer back "it's either 100% or 0%"? What kind of pedantic choice of interpretation is that?
A mathematically correct, but absolutely useless one. The guy's obviously an actuary.
In my country a person like you would be called an ant-fucker. Because ant-fuckery is the only way to describe this level of pedantry. Don't get me wrong, it's not meant as a grave insult. Polite people use the term in casual conversation and nobody is offended.
Welcome fellow citizen of Kazakhstan! How much for sister?
I'm 40 and live in the UK so I watched Sanford and Son when it was called Steptoe and Son.
You dirrrty old man.
But...but...my friend Clare made $8273 last week working from home!
Let me repeat: you can't make money off nothing but an idea. Give up already on this ridiculous "intellectual property" BS.
What about facebook? What about Google's search algorithm? I know they were turned into actual software, but they're still just ideas rather than physical objects.
The first post from the APK spammer is actually more useful than the story itself.
It's certainly made me reconsider my attitude to my HOSTS file.
Dr. Bob was great, it's amazing how many Americans take chiropody seriously. So was the MyCleanPC stuff. The "APK BS" is too obvious and easily avoided to be real trolling, I think the guy's genuinely deranged..
If you cannot separate eggs using the shells, stop cooking at just go to McDonalds.
If you cannot separate eggs using the shells please never try to drive a car on a public highway, and most certainly never, ever have any children.
Ok, really. How is this perceptibly different than pump-and-dump spam?
Sigh. I wonder what reddit's doing right now. Even if they're railroading some innocent kid for the atrocity-of-the-day, it's gotta be better than this.
Don't you mean especially if?
Surely it would be better from their point of view if the public thought that just disconnecting the hard drive made it somehow unreadable?
Sucks that I'll forever only have a few mostly crappy photos of my wedding reception
I find it hard to believe that nowadays you wouldn't have hundreds of reasonable quality mobile phone pictures from pretty much everyone who attended. Granted, they might not be professiional level, but does that really matter?
Yes, but it's still theoretically possible to reconstruct data from a quantum analysis of sand combined with a gravitino-fluxmeter. You need to strap it to a rocket and launch it into the sun. It's the only way to be sure.
Yo Dawg I got you another backup so you can make backups of your backups of your backups.
We really need a way to exclude video stories. Also, where do I sign up to buy a front page story?
I generally visit slashdot at work, and I'm not some cool graphic designer who's allowed to sit there all day playing music through his headphones and not answering the phone. So I skip past any video link/story anyway.
At least they've started doing transcripts of interviews now.
I formatted a hard disk drive last night to use it for something else. Smashing it to pieces would have been much faster and more satisfying.
I just pop into my local undertakers and get my mate Dave, the night security guard, to chuck it in the next coffin up for cremation.
That statement =/= "impossible", but rather "not feasible".
In other words, you probably dont want to rely on it as secure destruction if the information will be sensitive years from now, because new technology could change "not feasible" to "doable".
Yes, and aliens might teleport a vast black hole to the centre of the Earth and destroy our planet tomorrow for the lulz.
There are some possibilities so remote that they're not worth worrying about.
That doesnt mean it cant be done.
Yes it does, or else people would be doing it. And, no, saying "but the NSA can do it on their planet-sized quantum computer, but I'm not allowed to talk about it" isn't sufficient excuse.
If you say "it is possible to do X" then it is up to you (or someone) to do X.
For something like recovering data from a hard drive, you're not talking about some weird theoretical possibility that might be testable in the future. As of now, it's either possible or it's not.
This is irrespective of any actual technical details BTW.
Nice try NSA guy.
He is now going to disappear you with his Quantum Computer Wormhole gun.
Try laughing when your tortured body is smeared around an antimatter blackhole in another galaxy, for eternity, like in that Star Trek..
Using quantum detection for variations in the strength of the magnetic field (government level equipment) can detect multiple layers.
What you seem to be unaware of is that, when The Government want to restore a destroyed hard drive, They simply use their Quantum Flux Capacitor Time Machine to go back in time to just before you tried to wipe it and get their Men in Black to zap you and copy the disk.
When you return to consciousness, you have no recollection of what has happened (since they obviously reset time after they leave), so you set about overwriting the disk, or dissolving it in acid or whatever, and have no idea how they manage to produce a flawless copy of your collection of Japanese child tentacle porn as evidence against you.
I thought this was common knowledge in the tech community after the revealing M.I.B. documentary series?
Then the Wicked Witch came along and started dismantling anything socialist. As a result, Britain is now a great country to be a very wealthy banker in, just like it was before about 1914.
Whatever your opinion of Bill Gates, I doubt that the Israelis have much to fear from him as a suicide bomber.
You might as well just take out the money that the ticket to Israel would have cost and flush it down the toilet, then stay at home buggering yourself with a cucumber. It'll amount to pretty much the same thing as your actual "holiday" if you try to be a smartass to Israeli security staff.
And still is thank you very much. Why people insist on leaving mail on insecure servers I dont know, not to mention that the govt (US at least) feels no problem about reading anything 6 months or older. And the IRS... well they'll start with that email that just showed up 5 minutes ago.
Your countries tax department reads peoples email?
You assume yours doesn't?