Or there actually is a 1b: At message generation time when the message it still in the clear, you generate the standard encrypted message AND(!) you generate a duplicate one with the users private key (you just used it a second ago) and the FBI's (whomever) public key. This two-times as large message is what is actually sent.
So the receiver gets it and decrypts it like normal. If the FBI (\a{3}) gets it, they decrypt THEIR half of the message, leaving the original encrypted. They've got the private key, the user's public key is already known. This way the math doesn't change/break and all of the CongressCritters are happy.
If (when) the FBI private key is compromised, you change it to protect all future messages. If you find someone without a second embedded message or the length doesn't match, you round them up and educate them on the error of their ways. If you later on investigate and discover a complete message mismatch, they're obviously evil and so you educate them again. Permanently.
Adding "Modern Life Services" to the list of buzzwords that mean nothing.
Au gratin, I mean contraire -- I beg to differ. This is a WONDERFUL turn of phrase that describes things exactly:
1: Modern: Current, Available, Bad, Cool, In-demand, Wanted -- not that OLD icky thing that's always worked.
2: Life: Length of usage. You'll ALWAYS want this item and won't want to be without it. Without Life you've got Death, and you don't want to think about THAT.
3: Service: We tell you that we'll do stuff for you for MONEY. And then you pay us! And on good days -- if we're bored enough -- we might actually do something. Won't YOU be surprised! But if not, you'll pay us anyway.
my carrier locks them to my phone by marking them as system applications
Here's something to try: Debloater. It DOES NOT REMOVE the application and free up "ROM space", however it disables and effectively removes it from use. The app won't run, the icon disappears from the menu, all that.
It works on UNrooted phones, although you do have to have a minimum Android version (v4.4 I think) and turn on Debugging while you're using it. Works fine on my phones. You can turn things off and then back on if you want. You can PROBABLY also use it to disable the ADB debugging feature, in which case it's either Really like your Current Configuration, or it's System Reset Time. (Oops, don't do that.)
Personally, I liked just having the icon "go away." There's only one BlockBuster left in the US -- it's a 20-hour drive for me to get there so I doubt I'll be running the vendor-forced-install app very much.
Again it's not truly UNINSTALLED, just invisible. Nearly the same thing.
it seems hypocritical and counter productive for them to then criticize someone who shares their own views
EVIL. They're all evil, all of them. They eat babies, rape women (or men, Equal Opportunities you know), kick dogs, and step on ants. They hate their neighbors -- they're not even HUMAN. They should all be destroyed.
Pick a side, that's the rhetoric being applied to (one of) the OTHER side. If they're not human it's easy to ignore them and dismiss the bastards. FAR be it to imagine that they're actually thinking people with concerns and a different point of view. The world is black and white; it's not complicated at all, that makes it much easier to process.
On the other hand, what do you do when you've got one person who says, "I insist (something), and I absolutely will not rest until it is" against a different person, "I insist (something opposite), and and I absolutely will not rest until it is." There's only one world, that's the problem with an immovable rock and an irresistible force. (You both want it so much? I suggest pistols at 20 paces.)
And actually, they both sound like kids: "I'm going to hold my breath until I get my way." And with kids, sometimes the answer is "No." Or at least it used to be -- not everyone on Slashdot gets their own pony.
Not only did he call a guy who rescued kids a "pedo"
..... A price will be paid for his words.
He goes down in a kids hole multiple times for multiple kids -- with witnesses, even. Of course he's a pedophile.
(How on Earth did Musk come up with that?)
And a price? NP. Here, have a new car. There's more where that came from when it runs out of juice. Or: you've always wanted to shoot someone you didn't like into outer space? Soon, he can actually DO that.
the willingness of people to trust what they see on Twitter and elsewhere is another side of the problem that needs attention
What?!? You expect people to think for themselves? But we've trained them from school to only regurgitate facts and just expect that the internet (Google, Bing) can always accurately answer their questions. The computer is always right, and has been ever since green-bar paper.
You can have a computer monitor their work speed and quality.... Better to give them push-style notifications that they're falling behind and need to catch up or get terminated, etc
Manna? Is that you? Manna?OK, I'm ready for the next task.
The current culture of treating with disdain anything older than 6 months.... We have become fans of reinventing the wheel over and over, without so much as once thinking about whether there is even a benefit to the effort.
But if I'm going to have to learn anything, I might as well learn something new. Besides, we learn from our mistakes so the new shiny won't have any of the old crud. Any if I'm one of the first on the bandwagon, it looks great for me -- look how smart I am! I can program in Z, which is guaranteed to be 23 time BETTER than C!
highlight when a message has been forwarded versus composed by the sender
So I suppose it'll also tag a copy/paste sequence directly from another message? That's just as hard (easy) as forwarding. (Actually, it's ever-so-slightly harder, but not really.)
What if I dictate it verbally? (if nothing else, split screen or 2nd screen.)
What if I paraphrase it?
So all they're actually doing is highlighting the FORWARD indicator. Like that's going to stop anyone from forwarding the message to start with? I really don't get this. (I really don't get Facebook / Twitter either, but that's another matter and just me.)
Because Wikipedia itself isn't a reliable source,
That said, on most topics it ends up being pretty good.
THIS -- it's a good Cliff notes intro to most anything, but NOT an true authoritative source like most people seem (want?) to believe. I wish they would learn the difference.
"But old, slow, hard-to-access paper is so inconvenient -- and the words just sit there and don't dance around the page with audio or anything? Where's the entertainment in my scholarly article? What, you expect me to think or something?"
if you can definitively tell me what the ending episode was about, line for line, then congratulations.
Beancounter: Sorry, you're show's been canceled.
You're overbudget after renting out that stupid island -- airdrop shipping is expensive! So wrap it up.
McGoohan: WHAT? You told me 26 episodes! You promised!
Beancounter: Oops. Life isn't pretty. Oh yeah, you've only got the props and cameras for two more days, the people for four.
McGoohan: How on Earth am I supposed to finish up over 10 episodes of action in only two days?
Beancounter: Not my problem. Oh, and I need to take that chair you're sitting on. There's still a bench over there -- for now. Don't expect it there after lunch.
See you, wouldn't want to be you!
Bring on the AI diagnosis, remote-viewed autosurgery please.
Agree, but:
SystemW: Knife cut last muscle holding heart in place.
SystemW: Remove knife.
SystemW: Automatic WSS snapshot.
SystemW: Hand successfully grasped, removed heart.
SystemW: Old heart released over receiving bin.
SystemW: New heart picked up.
SystemW: New heart placed in patient.
SystemW: Windows forced updates occurring. ETA: 20 minutes.
SystemW: Windows forced updates occurring. ETA: 22 minutes.
SystemW: Windows update failure. System restore in progress.
SystemW: System restore successful, resuming operations.;-)
SystemW: Hand out of place! Reoriented.
SystemW: Hand successfully grasped, removed heart.
SystemW: Old heart released over receiving bin.
SystemW: New heart picked up.
SystemW: NOTE: heart is lighter than expected.
SystemW: New heart placed in patient. ...
2 inches is really a bit too short, maybe 4 or 6".
Look for:
Power Extension Cord Cable,
3 Prong Y Splitter Cable Power Extension Cord
The first is a 12" long extension plug, not 2". The 2nd is a literal Y power cable. I got a bunch back (Monoprice? $1.50 per item? Cheap, that's why I got 2 dozen.) They're a little bit of a hassle and kinda flop over and get in the way, but it's the best solution to the weird vertical then horizontal type power connectors. Murphy's Law applies here: If you've got a Vert power strip you have Hor plugs which interfere, and vice-versa. Large spaced strips help somewhat but I always need more than I have.
Amazon's got the first for $2.20 each (net, x10, B00CEJW0WQ) and the second for $4 each (net, x5, B01F66AE5I) I got the Y cables for much less 2 years ago. Haven't a clue if these particular ones are any good, they were the first in a random search.
I've got a Xiaomi Max 2 from Banggood.com, I think. 5.3A battery, large screen, battery lasts SOT for a day (that's 24 hours SOT) and not on minimal brightness. Charges up in 3 hours or less. There's a few add-ons, I've activated all of them. I would have added in APKs if they were missing.
The ONLY thing it doesn't do is run on the Verizon network -- wrong frequencies. It works fine on WiFi and VoiP, and I have a small Verizon hotspot that fits in my pocket as well. (That's slightly annoying, but the phone makes up for it.)
Samsung should be worried. Apple might be worried, but their users are addicts anyway, so probably not.
In the version I saw,... the drones lacked any collision detection sensors.
Cool. So you wait for them to get in a mostly vertical stack, and take out the top one with your drone. SKY PINBALL! At least now you've got the "falling fireworks" covered.
I heard it from a comedian decades ago -- give everyone a purple paingun. When you seen an idiot driver, shoot his car. When the police see a completely purple car, they give them a "stupid driver" ticket.
you can see it becoming a powerful support tool for doctors
As long as the tail doesn't wag the dog there, I agree.
I'm sorry Dr. Bill, you cost 1 Million dollars a year to pay, while McBox Boxieface over there costs $500/month for power plus maintenance. And can literally be in two places at once. Why don't you go back to school and choose a better degree this time?
Bring Back the 'Away' Message -- not answering the phone
I was going to mention that. My cell phone insists on ringing during a call, temporarily interrupting it. That's a "call alert" or some such nonsense. I can disable it by dialing a prefix Every Single Time I call out but doesn't disable on answering a call.
I called the company (Verizon) about disabling this feature. "It's just a feature added into my phone's feature-set. No extra charge." "Can I get it removed?" No, but it's a free feature." "Can I *PAY* for it to be removed?" "No, we can't do that."
If there's a busy signal, there's a pretty good chance I'm busy on the phone. Imagine that! If it rings and rings, there's a good chance I'm not at home. Or maybe in the bathroom, or maybe out of earshot, or maybe I've got laryngitis. Where did all of this "online, every time, all of the time" thing COME from, anyway? I'm NOT online all of the time, and even if I were I'm doing something. If I'm not talking to you, then I'm doing something else -- surprise! Leave me a message / email / SMS and I'll get back to you.
Slashdot Mirror
Here is what it ultimately boils down to:
... a 'master key'
1. The user
2. Companies with
Or there actually is a 1b: At message generation time when the message it still in the clear, you generate the standard encrypted message AND(!) you generate a duplicate one with the users private key (you just used it a second ago) and the FBI's (whomever) public key. This two-times as large message is what is actually sent.
So the receiver gets it and decrypts it like normal. If the FBI (\a{3}) gets it, they decrypt THEIR half of the message, leaving the original encrypted. They've got the private key, the user's public key is already known. This way the math doesn't change/break and all of the CongressCritters are happy.
If (when) the FBI private key is compromised, you change it to protect all future messages. If you find someone without a second embedded message or the length doesn't match, you round them up and educate them on the error of their ways. If you later on investigate and discover a complete message mismatch, they're obviously evil and so you educate them again. Permanently.
Adding "Modern Life Services" to the list of buzzwords that mean nothing.
Au gratin, I mean contraire -- I beg to differ. This is a WONDERFUL turn of phrase that describes things exactly:
1: Modern: Current, Available, Bad, Cool, In-demand, Wanted -- not that OLD icky thing that's always worked.
2: Life: Length of usage. You'll ALWAYS want this item and won't want to be without it. Without Life you've got Death, and you don't want to think about THAT.
3: Service: We tell you that we'll do stuff for you for MONEY. And then you pay us! And on good days -- if we're bored enough -- we might actually do something. Won't YOU be surprised! But if not, you'll pay us anyway.
my carrier locks them to my phone by marking them as system applications
Here's something to try: Debloater. It DOES NOT REMOVE the application and free up "ROM space", however it disables and effectively removes it from use. The app won't run, the icon disappears from the menu, all that.
It works on UNrooted phones, although you do have to have a minimum Android version (v4.4 I think) and turn on Debugging while you're using it. Works fine on my phones. You can turn things off and then back on if you want. You can PROBABLY also use it to disable the ADB debugging feature, in which case it's either Really like your Current Configuration, or it's System Reset Time. (Oops, don't do that.)
Personally, I liked just having the icon "go away." There's only one BlockBuster left in the US -- it's a 20-hour drive for me to get there so I doubt I'll be running the vendor-forced-install app very much. Again it's not truly UNINSTALLED, just invisible. Nearly the same thing.
it seems hypocritical and counter productive for them to then criticize someone who shares their own views
EVIL. They're all evil, all of them. They eat babies, rape women (or men, Equal Opportunities you know), kick dogs, and step on ants. They hate their neighbors -- they're not even HUMAN. They should all be destroyed.
Pick a side, that's the rhetoric being applied to (one of) the OTHER side. If they're not human it's easy to ignore them and dismiss the bastards. FAR be it to imagine that they're actually thinking people with concerns and a different point of view. The world is black and white; it's not complicated at all, that makes it much easier to process.
On the other hand, what do you do when you've got one person who says, "I insist (something), and I absolutely will not rest until it is" against a different person, "I insist (something opposite), and and I absolutely will not rest until it is." There's only one world, that's the problem with an immovable rock and an irresistible force. (You both want it so much? I suggest pistols at 20 paces.)
And actually, they both sound like kids: "I'm going to hold my breath until I get my way." And with kids, sometimes the answer is "No." Or at least it used to be -- not everyone on Slashdot gets their own pony.
Not only did he call a guy who rescued kids a "pedo"
..... A price will be paid for his words.
He goes down in a kids hole multiple times for multiple kids -- with witnesses, even. Of course he's a pedophile. (How on Earth did Musk come up with that?)
And a price? NP. Here, have a new car. There's more where that came from when it runs out of juice. Or: you've always wanted to shoot someone you didn't like into outer space? Soon, he can actually DO that.
the willingness of people to trust what they see on Twitter and elsewhere is another side of the problem that needs attention
What?!? You expect people to think for themselves? But we've trained them from school to only regurgitate facts and just expect that the internet (Google, Bing) can always accurately answer their questions. The computer is always right, and has been ever since green-bar paper.
VR song for porn
HERE "Internet is for PORN!!" dated Apr 28, 2006 is the foundation of your song. I suppose you've made the second verse.
Wonder what we'll be watching (feeling?) in the next 12 years?
You can have a computer monitor their work speed and quality. ... Better to give them push-style notifications that they're falling behind and need to catch up or get terminated, etc
Manna? Is that you? Manna? OK, I'm ready for the next task.
I'm trying to make sense of the data but the math is actually kind of hard.
BARBIE? Is that you? I'm a fan of your album.
The current culture of treating with disdain anything older than 6 months.... We have become fans of reinventing the wheel over and over, without so much as once thinking about whether there is even a benefit to the effort.
But if I'm going to have to learn anything, I might as well learn something new. Besides, we learn from our mistakes so the new shiny won't have any of the old crud. Any if I'm one of the first on the bandwagon, it looks great for me -- look how smart I am! I can program in Z, which is guaranteed to be 23 time BETTER than C!
highlight when a message has been forwarded versus composed by the sender
So I suppose it'll also tag a copy/paste sequence directly from another message? That's just as hard (easy) as forwarding. (Actually, it's ever-so-slightly harder, but not really.)
What if I dictate it verbally? (if nothing else, split screen or 2nd screen.)
What if I paraphrase it?
So all they're actually doing is highlighting the FORWARD indicator. Like that's going to stop anyone from forwarding the message to start with? I really don't get this. (I really don't get Facebook / Twitter either, but that's another matter and just me.)
Because Wikipedia itself isn't a reliable source,
That said, on most topics it ends up being pretty good.
THIS -- it's a good Cliff notes intro to most anything, but NOT an true authoritative source like most people seem (want?) to believe. I wish they would learn the difference.
"But old, slow, hard-to-access paper is so inconvenient -- and the words just sit there and don't dance around the page with audio or anything? Where's the entertainment in my scholarly article? What, you expect me to think or something?"
"You've marked this 'Sensitive - NoForn'. Did you know that if people from other countries see this, you could get executed?"
Oh, never mind Hillary -- I'm with you. Would you like a copy sent to your home server for safekeeping as well?
Their service is great where they have competition. Speedtest.net just now showed 679 Mbps down and 776Mbps up
I don't know what you're talking about. I can only get AT&T in my area and I see slightly better bandwidth than that.
You DO mean per month, right?
if you can definitively tell me what the ending episode was about, line for line, then congratulations.
Beancounter: Sorry, you're show's been canceled. You're overbudget after renting out that stupid island -- airdrop shipping is expensive! So wrap it up.
McGoohan: WHAT? You told me 26 episodes! You promised!
Beancounter: Oops. Life isn't pretty. Oh yeah, you've only got the props and cameras for two more days, the people for four.
McGoohan: How on Earth am I supposed to finish up over 10 episodes of action in only two days?
Beancounter: Not my problem. Oh, and I need to take that chair you're sitting on. There's still a bench over there -- for now. Don't expect it there after lunch. See you, wouldn't want to be you!
Bring on the AI diagnosis, remote-viewed autosurgery please.
Agree, but:
;-)
...
SystemW: Knife cut last muscle holding heart in place.
SystemW: Remove knife.
SystemW: Automatic WSS snapshot.
SystemW: Hand successfully grasped, removed heart.
SystemW: Old heart released over receiving bin.
SystemW: New heart picked up.
SystemW: New heart placed in patient.
SystemW: Windows forced updates occurring. ETA: 20 minutes.
SystemW: Windows forced updates occurring. ETA: 22 minutes.
SystemW: Windows update failure. System restore in progress.
SystemW: System restore successful, resuming operations.
SystemW: Hand out of place! Reoriented.
SystemW: Hand successfully grasped, removed heart.
SystemW: Old heart released over receiving bin.
SystemW: New heart picked up.
SystemW: NOTE: heart is lighter than expected.
SystemW: New heart placed in patient.
Tab me plus is critical for me, utterly critical, took 3 Chrome plugins to replicate it
So you're going to just leave us all hanging?
This is just like the TV series Firefly, except with shiny silver foxes.
whereas your sanity depends on this not happening.
Too late. Google not only owns my soul, but now-a-days actually IS my soul.... and sanity's overrated anyway.
gotta agree there the stuff been so sad i didn't even watch it pirated.
THIS. When you can't give it away for free (even though you're not trying), you know you've done something wrong.
add is essentially a 2 inch long extension cord.
2 inches is really a bit too short, maybe 4 or 6".
Look for:
Power Extension Cord Cable,
3 Prong Y Splitter Cable Power Extension Cord
The first is a 12" long extension plug, not 2". The 2nd is a literal Y power cable. I got a bunch back (Monoprice? $1.50 per item? Cheap, that's why I got 2 dozen.) They're a little bit of a hassle and kinda flop over and get in the way, but it's the best solution to the weird vertical then horizontal type power connectors. Murphy's Law applies here: If you've got a Vert power strip you have Hor plugs which interfere, and vice-versa. Large spaced strips help somewhat but I always need more than I have.
Amazon's got the first for $2.20 each (net, x10, B00CEJW0WQ) and the second for $4 each (net, x5, B01F66AE5I) I got the Y cables for much less 2 years ago. Haven't a clue if these particular ones are any good, they were the first in a random search.
I've got a Xiaomi Max 2 from Banggood.com, I think. 5.3A battery, large screen, battery lasts SOT for a day (that's 24 hours SOT) and not on minimal brightness. Charges up in 3 hours or less. There's a few add-ons, I've activated all of them. I would have added in APKs if they were missing.
The ONLY thing it doesn't do is run on the Verizon network -- wrong frequencies. It works fine on WiFi and VoiP, and I have a small Verizon hotspot that fits in my pocket as well. (That's slightly annoying, but the phone makes up for it.)
Samsung should be worried. Apple might be worried, but their users are addicts anyway, so probably not.
In the version I saw, ... the drones lacked any collision detection sensors.
Cool. So you wait for them to get in a mostly vertical stack, and take out the top one with your drone. SKY PINBALL! At least now you've got the "falling fireworks" covered.
I heard it from a comedian decades ago -- give everyone a purple paingun. When you seen an idiot driver, shoot his car. When the police see a completely purple car, they give them a "stupid driver" ticket.
you can see it becoming a powerful support tool for doctors
As long as the tail doesn't wag the dog there, I agree.
I'm sorry Dr. Bill, you cost 1 Million dollars a year to pay, while McBox Boxieface over there costs $500/month for power plus maintenance. And can literally be in two places at once. Why don't you go back to school and choose a better degree this time?
Bring Back the 'Away' Message -- not answering the phone
I was going to mention that. My cell phone insists on ringing during a call, temporarily interrupting it. That's a "call alert" or some such nonsense. I can disable it by dialing a prefix Every Single Time I call out but doesn't disable on answering a call.
I called the company (Verizon) about disabling this feature. "It's just a feature added into my phone's feature-set. No extra charge." "Can I get it removed?" No, but it's a free feature." "Can I *PAY* for it to be removed?" "No, we can't do that."
If there's a busy signal, there's a pretty good chance I'm busy on the phone. Imagine that! If it rings and rings, there's a good chance I'm not at home. Or maybe in the bathroom, or maybe out of earshot, or maybe I've got laryngitis. Where did all of this "online, every time, all of the time" thing COME from, anyway? I'm NOT online all of the time, and even if I were I'm doing something. If I'm not talking to you, then I'm doing something else -- surprise! Leave me a message / email / SMS and I'll get back to you.
Obligitory XKCD.