My dad used to take away my keyboard when I spent too much time at the computer. At first, I just searched the house until I found the keyboard, but he started to take it with him. I wisened up, changed the BIOS so it would not stop on keyboard errors, modified my AUTOEXEC.BAT so Norton Commander got started and continued to "program" my batch files with my mouse by copy and pasting single letters from a reference line I typed while I had the keyboard.
True story.
Also, when I was older, the Internet was a myth. A solid myth, but no one I knew directly had access to it. But with the help of BBS and pooled pocket money, the one guy who had a CD-ROM drive loaded the CD-Rs with warez and porn we bought from the USA and redistributed them locally.
The point? Don't be so sure that they can't bypass your proxy. They have tits & gore for motivation, after all.
Basically, you say that DOS serves a purpose. Then, you go on a tangent on how the people who are "hit" by this (hint: they are not. not in the least) don't get the Internet. Then, you claim that this sends any message other than "we are doing the right thing as we really are fighting criminals".
How can it not be obvious that all their competitors pay the same taxes and more? The point is practically making itself, hammering it into everyone's skull all by itself.
The only real question is: Are you rationalizing this because you are paid directly or indirectly? I.e. do you get money from someone to spew this stuff or do you just happen to enjoy the indirect payment of using the same tricks?
> If it's like WikiLeaks' previous document releases, a select few newspapers are given weeks to troll the material and write stories, with the rest of the world's media poring through the Internet afterward.
The butthurt is strong with this one.
I can see how an organization like Wikileaks wants to
1) make sure there is some sort of protection 2) make sure that said protection, most likely partially unedited, does not leak in its original form
Contrary to what people are trying to tell you, Wikileaks _does_ retract information, like names, that may hurt people.
So yah, it does suck for the others, but it's painfully obvious that Wikileaks has to work with people they trust.
Dunno, when I was in school, I had at least one knife on me every single day for most of my school years. Plus lighters and a torch.
End result? Teachers came to me instead of walking down to the main teacher's lounge when they needed to cut anything or start the Buthane in Chemistry.
Now I am working. And I carry a Victorinox Swiss Tool while doing desk work.
> It's the apps, stupid. > I think we all know the answer to those questions.
We do, but apparently, we disagree. Walled garden, my ass. If I want tethering, I tap the _widget_ on my home screen and it's activated. I paid my provider exactly zero euros for this oh so holy privilege. I am running a stock firmware cause I happen to like HTC Sense. But if I wanted to run a different image, I could. HTC would not try to limit my choice.
Obviously, Meego will be even more open once they get their act together for real.
Long stories short? Yes, it's the apps (but not only those) and Apple is losing; and fast.
Those uses are almost exclusively historic. I'll be evil and just paste the TOC in case anyone believes you:
1 Name 2 Geometry 3 Origin hypotheses 4 Archaeological record 5 Historical use in the East 5.1 Hinduism 5.2 Buddhism 5.3 Jainism 5.4 Other Asian traditions 6 Historical use in the West 6.1 Antiquity 6.1.1 Greco-Roman antiquity 6.1.2 Celtic antiquity 6.1.3 Germanic antiquity 6.2 Pre-Christian Europe and folk culture 6.2.1 Baltic 6.2.2 Slavic 6.2.3 Finnic 6.3 Medieval and early modern Europe 7 Native American traditions 8 Western use in the early 20th century 9 As the symbol of Nazism 10 Post-WWII stigmatization in Western countries 10.1 Germany 10.2 European Union 10.3 Legislation in other European countries 10.4 Latin America 10.5 Media 10.6 Satirical use 10.7 Controversies over pre-1930 designs 10.8 Controversies over Asian products 11 Contemporary use in Asia 11.1 South Asia 11.2 East Asia 11.3 Central Asia 12 New religious movements 13 See also 14 References 14.1 Bibliography 14.2 Notes 15 External links
> But I was arguing that swastika coolness came from Nazis. And also, that nazi interpretation was the normal and commonly held one.
> Before saying it, you should know that asians represent like a 60% of the total population, so, if you need to stablish a position like normal or commonly held, you should take the asiatic view.
"it"? If you count Indians towards the Asian population, see my post above. If not, I don't see how you arrive at 60%. Also, Chinese and Mongolians see the swastika as a symbol for nazi/racism, same as the Asian parts of the Russian Federation. Implying that there is a truly global common view means you need to get down to the truly basic things; way more basic than a swastika. And even then, many Chinese would argue that maintaining unity and peace is more important that free expression or, in fact, human life.
> Remember, in a global world, the westerners are a minority.
I will raise you one India, which is one of the birthplaces of the swastika, where everyone and their mom will readily tell you that swastikas mean nazis and by the way, would you like to buy "Mein Kampf"? Same for Arabia and Africa, at least the portions that I saw.
But all of this does not even matter. XBox Live is a US-based operation. Their service, their standards.
Finally, a locally-used map is different from a globally-used gaming service.
Yes, swastikas have a long history of meaning good luck and prosperity all across the world. Yes, I would have preferred the nazis to use the goatse man instead of the swastika, but unless you are in the most remote regions of the Andes, a swastika means nazis.
The twin towers had a different meaning before 9/11, Tiananmen Square used to have a different meaning and so did a lot of other symbols/places/buildings.
And about the trolls who argue otherwise: They don't want to use the swastika cause they are deeply rooted in one of various old cultures or religions. It's because they want to shock people or they actually condone the actions of the nazis.
Long story short: Fuck them. Optionally with a large swastika. Those are cool, after all.
Depends. I am interested in how medicine works, etc. I could not care less about crime stories. She is learning more and more command line stuff on her Linux system, but she does not care about building stuff.
Stop pretending this is a black/white all-or-nothing thing.
Wrong. My gf does not get the geek things, either. At best, she tolerates them. There are things she likes which I don't really have access to.
Claiming that a partner is boring because he or she does not share all of your interests says a lot about you and your experience (or lack of experience) with relationships, but nothing about the partners of grandparent's friends.
> Parents today often use writing/drawing as calm down methods, and the kids start looking at it as punishment.
The fuck? My nieces _love_ drawing and painting. Matter of fact, one of them explicitly asked for a coloring book for Christmas.
I agree that books are your best option. There are so many great books and they will challenge kids into thinking while making sure they will always like books as they grow older. Also, Lego or similar.
Look at what comes out of the Kinect. Plain data, no encryption, authentication or anything.
Now if they merely designed it not to interfere or if they actually wanted the public to have a go at it... Decide for yourselves.
Anyway, I am desperately waiting for someone to
a) use two Kinects at the same time with the help of polarized filters b) write a software package that maps 3D space. Cave mapping, anyone? TEN KINDS OF AWESOME!
You still need to use SATA cables. Notice how the picture in the article shows only one of those things in a slot? Guess why.
Also, for 1U, you usually slant the RAM at 45 degrees. Not possible with straigth nor with angled SATA connectors.
Also, the idea is ancient.
But all of this is irrelevant, anyway. People are already working to get the form factor Apple used in the new MacBook Air into other hardware. I am not sure if it's the perfect form factor, but it seems to work reasonably well, it's not a horribly broken crutch like the above and it exists. In 3-12 months, most 1U servers will have one or two of those slots on-board. Problem solved.
I think you mean the plaster bomber who cut off his leg and the stomach bomber who swallowed the bomb. Or the one who had it sewn into his belly. Or the one who has the PETN stuffed in his crutches or wheelchair.
If the attacker is prepared to die, you can not protect against him/her. And even if you do, they will simply choose the next target which is not as protected.
I can send anyone on Earth a SMS with any 14 char numeric or 11 char alphanumberic sender within seconds. Forging this is easier than faking Caller ID via our Asterisk.
That theory assumes that both algorithms have the same level of security.
With cryptanalysis, this is not the case. And once one hash is broken, the other will, hopefully, resist the same attack.
Also, please note that I can not trivially create SHA2 756 or something while hashing with different algorithms is trivial. If you want, you can start using ten different salts for ten different runs of the hashing function.
None of this is bulletproof but given public input, it will not lessen your security and have arguably no meaningful overhead (embedded, battery, etc ignored, here) while giving you a very decent chance of better security.
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> I guess I rely on the complaints of being unable to get to sites as my guide to its effectiveness.
PS: I complained about the lack of keyboard, as well. I wasn't stupid; neither are your kids (presumably).
> If they do manage to bypass it I think perhaps I might be more proud of that achievement than I would be upset. :D
That's the correct reaction, yes :)
At least, that is what you think.
My dad used to take away my keyboard when I spent too much time at the computer. At first, I just searched the house until I found the keyboard, but he started to take it with him. I wisened up, changed the BIOS so it would not stop on keyboard errors, modified my AUTOEXEC.BAT so Norton Commander got started and continued to "program" my batch files with my mouse by copy and pasting single letters from a reference line I typed while I had the keyboard.
True story.
Also, when I was older, the Internet was a myth. A solid myth, but no one I knew directly had access to it. But with the help of BBS and pooled pocket money, the one guy who had a CD-ROM drive loaded the CD-Rs with warez and porn we bought from the USA and redistributed them locally.
The point? Don't be so sure that they can't bypass your proxy. They have tits & gore for motivation, after all.
Good to know, might have been six or eight, too.
Basically, you say that DOS serves a purpose. Then, you go on a tangent on how the people who are "hit" by this (hint: they are not. not in the least) don't get the Internet. Then, you claim that this sends any message other than "we are doing the right thing as we really are fighting criminals".
I don't get it.
Your level of spin doctoring is magnificent.
How can it not be obvious that all their competitors pay the same taxes and more? The point is practically making itself, hammering it into everyone's skull all by itself.
The only real question is: Are you rationalizing this because you are paid directly or indirectly? I.e. do you get money from someone to spew this stuff or do you just happen to enjoy the indirect payment of using the same tricks?
Quoth http://www.vancouversun.com/news/WikiLeaks+could+alter+diplomats+relay+info+Expert/3890617/story.html
> If it's like WikiLeaks' previous document releases, a select few newspapers are given weeks to troll the material and write stories, with the rest of the world's media poring through the Internet afterward.
The butthurt is strong with this one.
I can see how an organization like Wikileaks wants to
1) make sure there is some sort of protection
2) make sure that said protection, most likely partially unedited, does not leak in its original form
Contrary to what people are trying to tell you, Wikileaks _does_ retract information, like names, that may hurt people.
So yah, it does suck for the others, but it's painfully obvious that Wikileaks has to work with people they trust.
I wanted to write the same, but I will make sure you are credit with being first. Also, I look forward to even the most minimal editing on /.
Dunno, when I was in school, I had at least one knife on me every single day for most of my school years. Plus lighters and a torch.
End result? Teachers came to me instead of walking down to the main teacher's lounge when they needed to cut anything or start the Buthane in Chemistry.
Now I am working. And I carry a Victorinox Swiss Tool while doing desk work.
So yah, ban all them weapons!!!111
> It's the apps, stupid.
> I think we all know the answer to those questions.
We do, but apparently, we disagree. Walled garden, my ass. If I want tethering, I tap the _widget_ on my home screen and it's activated. I paid my provider exactly zero euros for this oh so holy privilege. I am running a stock firmware cause I happen to like HTC Sense. But if I wanted to run a different image, I could. HTC would not try to limit my choice.
Obviously, Meego will be even more open once they get their act together for real.
Long stories short? Yes, it's the apps (but not only those) and Apple is losing; and fast.
Those uses are almost exclusively historic. I'll be evil and just paste the TOC in case anyone believes you:
1 Name
2 Geometry
3 Origin hypotheses
4 Archaeological record
5 Historical use in the East
5.1 Hinduism
5.2 Buddhism
5.3 Jainism
5.4 Other Asian traditions
6 Historical use in the West
6.1 Antiquity
6.1.1 Greco-Roman antiquity
6.1.2 Celtic antiquity
6.1.3 Germanic antiquity
6.2 Pre-Christian Europe and folk culture
6.2.1 Baltic
6.2.2 Slavic
6.2.3 Finnic
6.3 Medieval and early modern Europe
7 Native American traditions
8 Western use in the early 20th century
9 As the symbol of Nazism
10 Post-WWII stigmatization in Western countries
10.1 Germany
10.2 European Union
10.3 Legislation in other European countries
10.4 Latin America
10.5 Media
10.6 Satirical use
10.7 Controversies over pre-1930 designs
10.8 Controversies over Asian products
11 Contemporary use in Asia
11.1 South Asia
11.2 East Asia
11.3 Central Asia
12 New religious movements
13 See also
14 References
14.1 Bibliography
14.2 Notes
15 External links
> But I was arguing that swastika coolness came from Nazis. And also, that nazi interpretation was the normal and commonly held one.
No, you were not. At least not in http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1881716&cid=34329620 which I replied to.
> Before saying it, you should know that asians represent like a 60% of the total population, so, if you need to stablish a position like normal or commonly held, you should take the asiatic view.
"it"? If you count Indians towards the Asian population, see my post above. If not, I don't see how you arrive at 60%. Also, Chinese and Mongolians see the swastika as a symbol for nazi/racism, same as the Asian parts of the Russian Federation.
Implying that there is a truly global common view means you need to get down to the truly basic things; way more basic than a swastika. And even then, many Chinese would argue that maintaining unity and peace is more important that free expression or, in fact, human life.
> Remember, in a global world, the westerners are a minority.
I will raise you one India, which is one of the birthplaces of the swastika, where everyone and their mom will readily tell you that swastikas mean nazis and by the way, would you like to buy "Mein Kampf"? Same for Arabia and Africa, at least the portions that I saw.
But all of this does not even matter. XBox Live is a US-based operation. Their service, their standards.
Finally, a locally-used map is different from a globally-used gaming service.
Yes, swastikas have a long history of meaning good luck and prosperity all across the world. Yes, I would have preferred the nazis to use the goatse man instead of the swastika, but unless you are in the most remote regions of the Andes, a swastika means nazis.
The twin towers had a different meaning before 9/11, Tiananmen Square used to have a different meaning and so did a lot of other symbols/places/buildings.
And about the trolls who argue otherwise: They don't want to use the swastika cause they are deeply rooted in one of various old cultures or religions. It's because they want to shock people or they actually condone the actions of the nazis.
Long story short: Fuck them. Optionally with a large swastika. Those are cool, after all.
I would tend to disagree with that assessment.
> Why the heck would you take 6 testicles? Short of making sperm they are useless.
Correct. More shots.
> Nothing would be more satisfying than a remake of Jedi Knight that lets gamers slice Jar Jar to bits in multiplayer.
I pity you. Truly, I do.
I am the fun uncle _and_ I only give presents which I judge to challenge them in some way.
Why you are implying that fun and learning are mutually exclusive is beyond me.
Depends. I am interested in how medicine works, etc. I could not care less about crime stories. She is learning more and more command line stuff on her Linux system, but she does not care about building stuff.
Stop pretending this is a black/white all-or-nothing thing.
Wrong. My gf does not get the geek things, either. At best, she tolerates them. There are things she likes which I don't really have access to.
Claiming that a partner is boring because he or she does not share all of your interests says a lot about you and your experience (or lack of experience) with relationships, but nothing about the partners of grandparent's friends.
> Parents today often use writing/drawing as calm down methods, and the kids start looking at it as punishment.
The fuck? My nieces _love_ drawing and painting. Matter of fact, one of them explicitly asked for a coloring book for Christmas.
I agree that books are your best option. There are so many great books and they will challenge kids into thinking while making sure they will always like books as they grow older. Also, Lego or similar.
Look at what comes out of the Kinect. Plain data, no encryption, authentication or anything.
Now if they merely designed it not to interfere or if they actually wanted the public to have a go at it... Decide for yourselves.
Anyway, I am desperately waiting for someone to
a) use two Kinects at the same time with the help of polarized filters
b) write a software package that maps 3D space. Cave mapping, anyone? TEN KINDS OF AWESOME!
You still need to use SATA cables. Notice how the picture in the article shows only one of those things in a slot? Guess why.
Also, for 1U, you usually slant the RAM at 45 degrees. Not possible with straigth nor with angled SATA connectors.
Also, the idea is ancient.
But all of this is irrelevant, anyway. People are already working to get the form factor Apple used in the new MacBook Air into other hardware. I am not sure if it's the perfect form factor, but it seems to work reasonably well, it's not a horribly broken crutch like the above and it exists. In 3-12 months, most 1U servers will have one or two of those slots on-board. Problem solved.
I think you mean the plaster bomber who cut off his leg and the stomach bomber who swallowed the bomb. Or the one who had it sewn into his belly. Or the one who has the PETN stuffed in his crutches or wheelchair.
If the attacker is prepared to die, you can not protect against him/her. And even if you do, they will simply choose the next target which is not as protected.
I can send anyone on Earth a SMS with any 14 char numeric or 11 char alphanumberic sender within seconds. Forging this is easier than faking Caller ID via our Asterisk.
That theory assumes that both algorithms have the same level of security.
With cryptanalysis, this is not the case. And once one hash is broken, the other will, hopefully, resist the same attack.
Also, please note that I can not trivially create SHA2 756 or something while hashing with different algorithms is trivial. If you want, you can start using ten different salts for ten different runs of the hashing function.
None of this is bulletproof but given public input, it will not lessen your security and have arguably no meaningful overhead (embedded, battery, etc ignored, here) while giving you a very decent chance of better security.