I've always got a copy of Windows XP handy to toss onto any OEM'd machine I get. They come with the sticker on the side for a reason. Remember...the ISOs are free to copy.
It seems to me that your average coffee shop or cafe, local bookstore, any place that doesn't have a huge corporate structure behind it like B&N or Starbucks, is not going to have the least bit of interest in where you surf or what you do. If I were a coffee shop owner (I've considered it more than once) and wanted to add wireless, I would go out and buy a nice consumer grade wireless router, plug it into my cable modem, power it on, post the SSID on the counter, and go back to selling coffee. It becomes a feature of the establishment, and for anyone who's curious, I can tell them exactly how it's set up.
If someone approaches my one coffee shop with the offer of "free wireless service" and they'll pay me a set amount per month to allow it to run in my store, I would turn them down. The hassle of having to allow someone else access to your store whenever there's a problem, as well as scheduling and getting help promptly, as opposed to taking down the SSID sign, stopping by Best Buy on the way home, and then putting the SSID sign back up the next day, would require an awfully rich proposition, and my guess is it wouldn't be worth it to the research company.
Now, consider the fact that the RIAA is known to prosecute those on whose computers it has found songs that an agency retained by the RIAA has tagged with some sort of digital signature, and then shared.
Is the RIAA now responsible for all of the downloading of that song that has taken place?
IIRC, The RIAA's lawsuits are generally based on the RIAA's hired snoops having found an infected file on the defendant's open share. If they can provide the hash for any of these files and those files are found, that should provide the evidence they need.
Presumably if the lawsuit is genuinely based on them having FOUND one of these files on the defendant's share, they will know which one(s) was found.
He even provided a method for the baggage claim: you present your real ticket, with the fake name, and tell the counter you have no ID. Then, when you get to security, you present the fake pass, with your real name, and they screen you and you go through. Then, on the other end, you claim your baggage with the fake ticket.
He wants to send _people_ to do it. And when you use people, you end up with the same problems we have here on Earth. Which is exactly why we have the problems we do here on Earth.
It wouldn't have to be though...that was the OP's point. Virus makes its own one-time pad, encrypts all your data, destroys one-time pad, and tells you to send $XXX,XXX,XXX.XX to virus writer to get your data decrypted. You send $XXX,XXX,XXX.XX to virus writer, virus writer moves to a small island somewhere in the south pacific.
The story ends there...virus writer doesn't have, need, or care about the one-time pad, because said virus writer never intended to follow through with decrypting your data.
The revolution's discs can be larger than the gamecube's discs without issue, since (IIRC) the hole in the middle is the standard size for a CD/DVD. And (hopefully) they'll allow more space for games on the new system...
Errr...how is a deck of cards easier to carry than a piece of fiber optic cable? And how is playing a game of solitaire easier than digging a hole in the sand?
Scientific analysis has determined that the most efficient way to store hydrogen for combustion is to wrap it up with carbon in long-chain "hydrocarbon" molecules, store them in a liquid state, and use either applied kinetic or induced electrical energy to remove the hydrogen molecules from the carbon molecules within the engine the hydrogen is intended to power.
a) easy to kidnap someone worth swapping faces with, including someone who has other similar physical characteristics (some are easier, e.g. body style, hair color; some are difficult, e.g. extreme height or weight differences, skin color) b) an easy and painless procedure that doesn't require months of healing c) easy to find a doctor who has the necessary skills who doesn't already have more money than you could possibly offer to perform the procedure for an illicit reason d) easy to reprogram your personality and habits to blend in in the places where the person whose face you "swapped" with yours would be known or well-known (what's the point of stealing someone's physical identity if not to gain access to the places that person would normally have access to, but which you do not?)
"You" are not going to benefit at all from this case, except that your own personal satisfaction level will go up and up as Sony is bent farther and farther over. On the other hand, I'd be interested to know what method they're going to use to calculate the number of violations for which fines will be sought.
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The problem is reasonable. The response is not. There's a post above that illustrates the point, but this is the point.
You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks^H^H^H^H^H^Hterrorists with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!
I've always got a copy of Windows XP handy to toss onto any OEM'd machine I get. They come with the sticker on the side for a reason. Remember...the ISOs are free to copy.
It seems to me that your average coffee shop or cafe, local bookstore, any place that doesn't have a huge corporate structure behind it like B&N or Starbucks, is not going to have the least bit of interest in where you surf or what you do. If I were a coffee shop owner (I've considered it more than once) and wanted to add wireless, I would go out and buy a nice consumer grade wireless router, plug it into my cable modem, power it on, post the SSID on the counter, and go back to selling coffee. It becomes a feature of the establishment, and for anyone who's curious, I can tell them exactly how it's set up.
If someone approaches my one coffee shop with the offer of "free wireless service" and they'll pay me a set amount per month to allow it to run in my store, I would turn them down. The hassle of having to allow someone else access to your store whenever there's a problem, as well as scheduling and getting help promptly, as opposed to taking down the SSID sign, stopping by Best Buy on the way home, and then putting the SSID sign back up the next day, would require an awfully rich proposition, and my guess is it wouldn't be worth it to the research company.
Now, consider the fact that the RIAA is known to prosecute those on whose computers it has found songs that an agency retained by the RIAA has tagged with some sort of digital signature, and then shared.
Is the RIAA now responsible for all of the downloading of that song that has taken place?
IIRC, The RIAA's lawsuits are generally based on the RIAA's hired snoops having found an infected file on the defendant's open share. If they can provide the hash for any of these files and those files are found, that should provide the evidence they need.
Presumably if the lawsuit is genuinely based on them having FOUND one of these files on the defendant's share, they will know which one(s) was found.
He even provided a method for the baggage claim: you present your real ticket, with the fake name, and tell the counter you have no ID. Then, when you get to security, you present the fake pass, with your real name, and they screen you and you go through. Then, on the other end, you claim your baggage with the fake ticket.
My guess is that Bush would be on the defensive in that particular war...
No...it's just that Intel's found out about it now :)
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He wants to send _people_ to do it. And when you use people, you end up with the same problems we have here on Earth. Which is exactly why we have the problems we do here on Earth.
I'd love to be able to play Oblivion at 2560x1600 with high details turned on. Don't necessarily need 16xFSAA, but it doesn't hurt.
It wouldn't have to be though...that was the OP's point. Virus makes its own one-time pad, encrypts all your data, destroys one-time pad, and tells you to send $XXX,XXX,XXX.XX to virus writer to get your data decrypted. You send $XXX,XXX,XXX.XX to virus writer, virus writer moves to a small island somewhere in the south pacific. The story ends there...virus writer doesn't have, need, or care about the one-time pad, because said virus writer never intended to follow through with decrypting your data.
Just make sure it's out of the Raid 1 array before you do this...
"They don't answer to you."
I think this is the most important attitude problem the guy has...
Of, by, for.
The revolution's discs can be larger than the gamecube's discs without issue, since (IIRC) the hole in the middle is the standard size for a CD/DVD. And (hopefully) they'll allow more space for games on the new system...
Sorry. I just read through the whole thread on Hebrew, and I read the last line as
:)
YHWH
It seemed appropriate to your post...
it's not voter, vote (hopefully) it's vote, date, location
Errr...how is a deck of cards easier to carry than a piece of fiber optic cable? And how is playing a game of solitaire easier than digging a hole in the sand?
(My $.02)
I saw this on /. a few months ago...
Scientific analysis has determined that the most efficient way to store hydrogen for combustion is to wrap it up with carbon in long-chain "hydrocarbon" molecules, store them in a liquid state, and use either applied kinetic or induced electrical energy to remove the hydrogen molecules from the carbon molecules within the engine the hydrogen is intended to power.
Or how about the front of a dryer, so we can finally see what the King of Underwear Gnomes looks like? I want my socks back...
You say this as if you think it is
a) easy to kidnap someone worth swapping faces with, including someone who has other similar physical characteristics (some are easier, e.g. body style, hair color; some are difficult, e.g. extreme height or weight differences, skin color)
b) an easy and painless procedure that doesn't require months of healing
c) easy to find a doctor who has the necessary skills who doesn't already have more money than you could possibly offer to perform the procedure for an illicit reason
d) easy to reprogram your personality and habits to blend in in the places where the person whose face you "swapped" with yours would be known or well-known (what's the point of stealing someone's physical identity if not to gain access to the places that person would normally have access to, but which you do not?)
"You" are not going to benefit at all from this case, except that your own personal satisfaction level will go up and up as Sony is bent farther and farther over. On the other hand, I'd be interested to know what method they're going to use to calculate the number of violations for which fines will be sought.