The only thing that FIPS 140-2 implies is that someone in marketing figured out that by using the correct algorithms, they can sell crap products to the government. Congratulations - you just screwed the public for $210 for a flash drive that is no more secure than commercial grade sticks and a copy of TrueCrypt (which uses FIPS 140-2 compliant algorithms, no less)
But hey, why should you care? Enjoy your job security.
>> The lowest 48 bits are taken from the MAC addresses.
Not quite true. The lowest 64 bits are a host address, each host can have multiple addresses, and one of those addresses can be derived from the 48-bit MAC address.
4 in 10 respondents shared passwords with at least one person in the past year. > 4 in 10 are married?
Nearly as many people use the same password to log into multiple Web sites, which could expose their information on each of the sites if one of them becomes compromised. (A separate recent study revealed that 75% of people use the same password for Social Networking Sites and their email accounts) > If I have a hotmail account and a twitter account, which I never use, should I create strong, unique passwords for both? Why?
Almost half of all users never use special characters (e.g. ! ? & #) in their passwords, a simple technique that makes it more difficult for criminals to guess passwords. > Examples of weak passwords: Pingeico4 due7Johh Eexee9ot Soobanah6 Ja3sahte
2 in 10 have used a significant date, such as a birth date, or a pet's name as a password – information that's often publicly visible on social networks. > Some people have disposable passwords for useless login credentials. A New York Times account doesn't require a strong password.
Most of these conclusions are neither scary nor stupid.
It is the protocol itself. HTTransferP and TransmissionCP is designed to transport data - not sit around and wait for it. Yes, tornado is better at handling multiple connections than apache - but it will still result in poor server performance when you have tens or hundreds of thousands of socket descriptors sitting in swapped-out virtual memory.
If you want to build a real-time, instant notification application, you need to forget HTTP and use a protocol suited to the requirement. The best solution I can think of right now is the SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY model that was designed for SIP. The next best choice would be a straightforward application of SMTP. Both of these deliver data on-demand. Both have been around for several years. Both of them will scale into the millions without using a relay or a masquerade.
Any Net Neutrality plan must enable "paid prioritization" of network traffic. -also- Any Net Neutrality plan must enable "complimentary non-prioritization" of network traffic. -also- AT&T == tardfarm
These spacecraft were fit with RTGs, which generate electricity via radioactive decay. If the rate of decay varies by distance from the neutrino source, how could that affect the characteristics of the spacecraft as a whole?
On a motorcycle, neither the brakes nor the steering require engine assist. Virtually all modern automobiles have power-assist steering, and most have assisted braking. That alone would make a kill switch a bad idea.
Instead, regulations require overpowered brakes, and all automobiles must be no more than one lever shift away from neutral.
So some dude rewired the car to short out the throttle position sensor? And then was shocked when it worked?
Basically he is saying that damaged wiring would prevent electronic records of a malfunction. But, duh, if there is damaged wiring before the accident, then there would still be damaged wiring after the accident, and Toyota/NHTSA would be able to find the problem.
In this context, bit-width refers to the size of a data register, not the size of the address space. The address space of an x86-64 processor varies between 40-bits up to a full 64-bits, depending upon the generation of a particular architecture.
Further, consider the purpose of such a mechanism. DD3 can move data at a rate in the range of 2^34 bytes/sec. If we had a memory pool of 2^48 bytes, it would take 4 hours just to read the full contents of that memory space one time. This is clearly unusable, so that "artificial limit" is practical and efficient given current technology.
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I agreed with this in 1996. Now I just think that anyone that pays any price for SMS is retarded.
We need a thousand nukes just in case we want to nuke NK and Iran a thousand times?
Wouldn't a hundred times each be enough?
== Most classic power plants have run for over a 100 years with the right upgrades. ==
The first nuclear reactor - a test reactor - went online in 1942. I know math is hard, but seriously?
Nokia N900
Also, install an SSH server on the phone for extra awe.
C --- if (err 0) printf("Unexpected Error: some_method() returned %i\n", err);
C# --- catch (Exception ex) { EventLog.WriteEntry("AppNameHere", String.Format("Unexpected Error:\n{1}", ex.ToString()) }
There are better ways, but this at least gives *something*.
There is none. The FCC chairman made a speech, and everyone is reacting to that. The big points are:
1) ISP cannot block any legal content.
2) ISP can throttle anything they want.
3) Wireless carriers can do whatever they want.
Basically, your ISP can continue doing exactly what it is currently doing.
Yeah. Should have been: "Stupid Makes You Fox News"
> Most people...
I'm sorry, is this FOX News?
Yes. It worked as designed. That is the crazy thing.
The only thing that FIPS 140-2 implies is that someone in marketing figured out that by using the correct algorithms, they can sell crap products to the government. Congratulations - you just screwed the public for $210 for a flash drive that is no more secure than commercial grade sticks and a copy of TrueCrypt (which uses FIPS 140-2 compliant algorithms, no less)
But hey, why should you care? Enjoy your job security.
>> The lowest 48 bits are taken from the MAC addresses.
Not quite true. The lowest 64 bits are a host address, each host can have multiple addresses, and one of those addresses can be derived from the 48-bit MAC address.
Use QT to develop for the Maemo/Meego platform. Its as open source friendly as you could possibly get.
Which has nothing to do with "How Stupid People Are With Passwords"
4 in 10 respondents shared passwords with at least one person in the past year.
> 4 in 10 are married?
Nearly as many people use the same password to log into multiple Web sites, which could expose their information on each of the sites if one of them becomes compromised. (A separate recent study revealed that 75% of people use the same password for Social Networking Sites and their email accounts)
> If I have a hotmail account and a twitter account, which I never use, should I create strong, unique passwords for both? Why?
Almost half of all users never use special characters (e.g. ! ? & #) in their passwords, a simple technique that makes it more difficult for criminals to guess passwords.
> Examples of weak passwords: Pingeico4 due7Johh Eexee9ot Soobanah6 Ja3sahte
2 in 10 have used a significant date, such as a birth date, or a pet's name as a password – information that's often publicly visible on social networks.
> Some people have disposable passwords for useless login credentials. A New York Times account doesn't require a strong password.
Most of these conclusions are neither scary nor stupid.
It is the protocol itself. HTTransferP and TransmissionCP is designed to transport data - not sit around and wait for it. Yes, tornado is better at handling multiple connections than apache - but it will still result in poor server performance when you have tens or hundreds of thousands of socket descriptors sitting in swapped-out virtual memory.
If you want to build a real-time, instant notification application, you need to forget HTTP and use a protocol suited to the requirement. The best solution I can think of right now is the SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY model that was designed for SIP. The next best choice would be a straightforward application of SMTP. Both of these deliver data on-demand. Both have been around for several years. Both of them will scale into the millions without using a relay or a masquerade.
Popularity != Good design
Any Net Neutrality plan must enable "paid prioritization" of network traffic.
-also-
Any Net Neutrality plan must enable "complimentary non-prioritization" of network traffic.
-also-
AT&T == tardfarm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_anomaly
These spacecraft were fit with RTGs, which generate electricity via radioactive decay. If the rate of decay varies by distance from the neutrino source, how could that affect the characteristics of the spacecraft as a whole?
My point. You missed it.
100 cents is too much to poast an internet. All internets should be poasted for a discounted 99 cents.
On a motorcycle, neither the brakes nor the steering require engine assist. Virtually all modern automobiles have power-assist steering, and most have assisted braking. That alone would make a kill switch a bad idea.
Instead, regulations require overpowered brakes, and all automobiles must be no more than one lever shift away from neutral.
So some dude rewired the car to short out the throttle position sensor? And then was shocked when it worked?
Basically he is saying that damaged wiring would prevent electronic records of a malfunction. But, duh, if there is damaged wiring before the accident, then there would still be damaged wiring after the accident, and Toyota/NHTSA would be able to find the problem.
hurr durr I'm a professor derp derp derp.
In this context, bit-width refers to the size of a data register, not the size of the address space. The address space of an x86-64 processor varies between 40-bits up to a full 64-bits, depending upon the generation of a particular architecture.
Further, consider the purpose of such a mechanism. DD3 can move data at a rate in the range of 2^34 bytes/sec. If we had a memory pool of 2^48 bytes, it would take 4 hours just to read the full contents of that memory space one time. This is clearly unusable, so that "artificial limit" is practical and efficient given current technology.
So what should you do? Stop using Twitter?
Yes.
I'd be happy with 480p. As an added bonus, it would play on most of the new mobile phones (droid, pre, n900, etc)
Why would I ever want a website to have access to my camera or microphone?
Are you serious?? Is this just trollbait???