Audio CDs don't need as much error protection because they can extrapolate their way through errors. In fact, they had to do this back in the day because CD players didn't have buffers and the processing power to go back after an error and "fix" it.
And CDs only had to compete with LPs anyway, which wasn't hard to do.
I have a bundle of SD cards in my wallet. Some of them are pretty old and crappy so I hardly use them anymore. If I dd encrypted data onto one of the cards the police may ask why they can't mount it as FAT. I can then say oh I think that one is stuffed which is pretty plausible I suppose.
So why doesn't he just turn over some benign images as the "decrypted data"? How can they know, without the encryption key?
Maybe he is not prepared for that. If set up correctly there would be no difference between an encrypted volume and random data. But if the police know you have a pgp file there they will ask you for the passphrase and decrypt it themselves.
When I travel I take a clean laptop. The police can look at anything they like. Of course I can still get my hands on files I need.
Iran baffles me. Their population doesn't seem to be "in step" with their leadership. Everything I see coming from inside Iran contrasts the typical world-view of Islamic zealots. But their government sends out messages promoting just that, following a hard line.
The United States baffles me. Their population doesn't seem to be "in step" with their leadership. Everything I see coming from inside the US contrasts the typical world-view of Christian zealots. But their government sends out messages promoting just that, following a hard line.
I used to work with somebody who was mapping the ground under the Antarctic ice cap with radar. The idea is you mount the radar on a sled pointing straight down and tow it along the surface. Then you take your data back to the lab and use interferometry to deduce the shape of the surface.
And I cannot fathom Torvalds actually selling the Linux trademark to Microsoft.
Everybody has their price. What if he gets run over by a bus or killed in a freak accident with a flying chair. Are you sure his estate wouldn't want to cash in?
I think buying Linus out would have potential as a disruptive strategy. Microsoft could market one of their own products (say WindowsCE) as Linux.
The Linux name now has a lot of recognition among the general public and PHBs. This recognition may not transfer to a new name, particularly if it is clear somebody is playing funny buggers.
Just thinking about the way the BSD Lawsuit held BSD back and gave Linux a head start.
But I agree with most people who replied to my post that the GPL provides a lot of protection to Linux as a product.
The component which we will lose is local reporting on remote events. I read The Age for news in my region. For everything else I browse google news and select the best source.
The Age won't get much advantage from sending reporters to the USA. But historically they only did that because I couldn't buy the New York Times in Melbourne.
and allows a reader to disable all signatures if he is not interested in them.
You answered your own question.
I'd just like to hear it from the person actually doing it, in order to decide how to respond. Why would someone want to bypass a user's preference to not see signatures, especially since it requires extra work?
There is a script floating around which will automatically insert a sig on slashdot posts. It doesn't have to require ongoing work.
I do not think you can. I have spent some time in India in the past. Judges there are not elected.
Electing Judges is pretty much specific to the USA. I don't know of any other countries which do that. And considering the number of people here who accuse US Judges of populism, I think appointed Judges are better over all.
Hmm... "birth of the Crab Nebula" or "death of the Great Crab Civilization"?
On that note, it looks like the data doesn't go back far enough to provide any evidence for the scenario in Clarke's "The Star"
Well they have only gone down a hundred metres or so to get this data. I wouldn't be surprised if they could double that. Calibration may be an issue until other dates are measured for older volcanoes, etc.
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Audio CDs don't need as much error protection because they can extrapolate their way through errors. In fact, they had to do this back in the day because CD players didn't have buffers and the processing power to go back after an error and "fix" it.
And CDs only had to compete with LPs anyway, which wasn't hard to do.
I have a bundle of SD cards in my wallet. Some of them are pretty old and crappy so I hardly use them anymore. If I dd encrypted data onto one of the cards the police may ask why they can't mount it as FAT. I can then say oh I think that one is stuffed which is pretty plausible I suppose.
So why doesn't he just turn over some benign images as the "decrypted data"? How can they know, without the encryption key?
Maybe he is not prepared for that. If set up correctly there would be no difference between an encrypted volume and random data. But if the police know you have a pgp file there they will ask you for the passphrase and decrypt it themselves.
When I travel I take a clean laptop. The police can look at anything they like. Of course I can still get my hands on files I need.
Iran baffles me. Their population doesn't seem to be "in step" with their leadership. Everything I see coming from inside Iran contrasts the typical world-view of Islamic zealots. But their government sends out messages promoting just that, following a hard line.
The United States baffles me. Their population doesn't seem to be "in step" with their leadership. Everything I see coming from inside the US contrasts the typical world-view of Christian zealots. But their government sends out messages promoting just that, following a hard line.
(or at least it did until January this year).
I used to work with somebody who was mapping the ground under the Antarctic ice cap with radar. The idea is you mount the radar on a sled pointing straight down and tow it along the surface. Then you take your data back to the lab and use interferometry to deduce the shape of the surface.
And I cannot fathom Torvalds actually selling the Linux trademark to Microsoft.
Everybody has their price. What if he gets run over by a bus or killed in a freak accident with a flying chair. Are you sure his estate wouldn't want to cash in?
I think buying Linus out would have potential as a disruptive strategy. Microsoft could market one of their own products (say WindowsCE) as Linux.
The Linux name now has a lot of recognition among the general public and PHBs. This recognition may not transfer to a new name, particularly if it is clear somebody is playing funny buggers.
Just thinking about the way the BSD Lawsuit held BSD back and gave Linux a head start.
But I agree with most people who replied to my post that the GPL provides a lot of protection to Linux as a product.
They can't buy Linux, they can't do deals with it.
What if they offered Linus Torvalds a billion dollars for the trademark and the copyright to his code?
The UK has a latitude between 50 and 50 degrees N
That place is smaller than I thought.
Also when Spirit was almost lost due to the flash memory problem workarounds could be used on Opportunity before it got into trouble.
So was this spacecraft based on an alien design?
I always thought that slogan was intended to make you feel guilty for not owning Ford. Doesn't seem to work on me.
The component which we will lose is local reporting on remote events. I read The Age for news in my region. For everything else I browse google news and select the best source.
The Age won't get much advantage from sending reporters to the USA. But historically they only did that because I couldn't buy the New York Times in Melbourne.
I'd just like to hear it from the person actually doing it, in order to decide how to respond. Why would someone want to bypass a user's preference to not see signatures, especially since it requires extra work?
There is a script floating around which will automatically insert a sig on slashdot posts. It doesn't have to require ongoing work.
I do not think you can. I have spent some time in India in the past. Judges there are not elected.
Electing Judges is pretty much specific to the USA. I don't know of any other countries which do that. And considering the number of people here who accuse US Judges of populism, I think appointed Judges are better over all.
Where I work they sent out a 500K pdf instructing us on how to avoid filling up the mail server.
On that note, it looks like the data doesn't go back far enough to provide any evidence for the scenario in Clarke's "The Star"
Well they have only gone down a hundred metres or so to get this data. I wouldn't be surprised if they could double that. Calibration may be an issue until other dates are measured for older volcanoes, etc.
the birth of the Crab Nebula was in the year 5446 BC. Mankind witnessed it 6,500 years later.
Traveling at the speed of light no time passed between the explosion and the observation at Earth. So the explosion really did happen in 1054.
Hmm... "birth of the Crab Nebula" or "death of the Great Crab Civilization"? You decide.
Yet another thing for Dr Zoidberg to be neurotic about.
No, he meant, "With enough Benjamin Franklins, you can route around censorship."
Thats because they all have the same name so if one breaks the law nobody knows which Ben Franklin did it.
the rovers did no serious science
Oh really?
I think it is an outreach thing, which for part of the Government amounts to advertising. Basically they are marketing themselves to future voters.
Maybe there is a lesson in this for other advertisers. Will there be a "Coca Cola" and "Tesla" MMOs in the future?
Proxy demand increasing in Ireland in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
I should start a business selling proxy services to Irish internet users. My connection will never be filtered in Australia.
I asked you not to say that.
Microsoft must be using a Holmes IV mainframe for their accounting. The best way to fix it might be to feed it lots of jokes.