Don't forget to turn off all the access controls! Makes it much easier to meet user demands for table changes. Just tell 'em to change it themselves! They can do it from anywhere!
Most C programmers don't bother to check the return of system calls like printf() Because they almost always don't fail and it makes for really ugly code? Besides, if a printf() or fprintf() to stdout or stderr fails, you're hosed in spectacular ways anyway.
They still haven't solved the #1 problem with cloning though: why would I want another one of me? My exact genes aren't that great as is. Why not? Let's say, sometime in the distant future, maybe 20 years from now, you become a Type II Diabetic, and as a result you experience total renal failure. With a clone of yourself, you have not one but two kidneys that are guaranteed/i not to be rejected, since it will have your exact same genes, your exact same blood type, etc.
If you were cynical about it, you'd think that they're trying to set up a monopoly for the casinos, Duh! That's exactly what they're doing. It's exactly what they did in Detroit, when I lived there. When they passed the laws to allow the casinos, they made sure that other forms of gambling had stricter laws and penalties attached to them.
It's all about the tax revenue. It's always been all about the tax revenue.
No, most of us are smart enough to hide our spam carefully in the form of the insightful or informative commentary. For instance, did you know that Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, uses H3RB4L V1@GRA!!!!
Does anyone know what tech the White House has? It would seem like the storage requirements for storing every single e-mail sent in and out of the White House would be huge.
which is ironic, when your ilk attack France for not getting involved in a war that didn't involve them Um, what? Yes, Iraq directly involved France. France was making tons of money pumping oil out of Iraq and selling it to their people and to their allies. A good chunk of the oil lines that were taken over by U.S. forces weren't Iraqi oil lines, they were French oil lines. That's why the French didn't get involved.
No, you can't blame them, but you're defending France for entirely the wrong reasons.
Now that's out of the way, my point:
The GERMANS started it Yes, the Germans started WWII, but they weren't the ones that got the Japanese involved. The Japanese got involved in war before the Germans did because they saw an opportunity to attack other countries like China and also to take over islands that didn't belong to them. It was mostly due to a lack of resources. We didn't like what they were doing, so while attacking China, they bombed Pearl Harbor.
While I doubt that they "save" all the traffic, it is entirely possible, that transmitted data is scanned for certain key words and the flagged packets are then investigated further. Ummm...not likely. Take a look at this interview with Klein. He says:
"I flipped out," he said. "They're copying the whole Internet. There's no selection going on here. Maybe they select out later, but at the point of handoff to the government, they get everything."
The paragraphs above that explain what he means in technical terms (including details of the peering done here), but basically when the NSA gets it, they get everything. What the NSA does with it from there is anybody's guess, but saving everything probably seems unreasonable, but then again, how much storage does the NSA have?
Well, it seemed like the last time I looked at those pictures, there were more of them. Of course, they were of the outside of the secret room, and not of the inside, but anyway, there were more. My tinfoil hat is going on now.
Exactly. The NSA has always had cryptography as one of their charters, and as a result, they have traditionally been able to hire the best of the best in cryptography and cryptoanalysis. If the NSA says it's good enough for top secret data, believe me, at least at the time they said it, it is.
I wouldn't doubt that the NSA isn't constantly trying to break cryptos like AES 192 or 256, if, for no other reason, than to test to see if they really are that secure. One thing is for certain though -- if they knew how to break it, they certainly wouldn't tell anyone. That, in itself, would be the highest level of top secret classified information, since knowledge of breaking these algorithms would represent a threat to national security and, well, they are National Security:)
Yeah. The buy was probably a good move for Microsoft. ProClarity makes business intelligence and analytics software that integrates tightly with Microsoft SQL Server, specifically the Analysis Services. This was probably a strategic move on Microsoft's part to acquire them for their technology. The patent suit is just a thorn in the rose, so to speak, not likely part of any sinister plan.
I don't think it matters. That's probably what they wanted. If you look at Timeline's website, you'll find these guys are patent trolls. They're probably not much more than a front for the lawyers. Think The SCO Group, only smarter.
Your ISP will just disallow UDP packets to your house. Not likely. Most of your streaming media players (Windows Media, RealPlayer, Quicktime, etc.) all use UDP, since streaming video, in particular, really can't afford the overhead of TCP.
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Don't forget to turn off all the access controls! Makes it much easier to meet user demands for table changes. Just tell 'em to change it themselves! They can do it from anywhere!
-- Steve Ballmer
It's all about the tax revenue. It's always been all about the tax revenue.
No, most of us are smart enough to hide our spam carefully in the form of the insightful or informative commentary. For instance, did you know that Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, uses H3RB4L V1@GRA!!!!
pfffft. It said best-of-breed. Clearly it's running OS/360.
Good point. In fact, with the new requirement to preserve all e-mail, how long before W, Cheny & Co. open up GMail accounts?
Does anyone know what tech the White House has? It would seem like the storage requirements for storing every single e-mail sent in and out of the White House would be huge.
No, you can't blame them, but you're defending France for entirely the wrong reasons.
Now that's out of the way, my point: The GERMANS started it Yes, the Germans started WWII, but they weren't the ones that got the Japanese involved. The Japanese got involved in war before the Germans did because they saw an opportunity to attack other countries like China and also to take over islands that didn't belong to them. It was mostly due to a lack of resources. We didn't like what they were doing, so while attacking China, they bombed Pearl Harbor.
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The paragraphs above that explain what he means in technical terms (including details of the peering done here), but basically when the NSA gets it, they get everything. What the NSA does with it from there is anybody's guess, but saving everything probably seems unreasonable, but then again, how much storage does the NSA have?
Well, it seemed like the last time I looked at those pictures, there were more of them. Of course, they were of the outside of the secret room, and not of the inside, but anyway, there were more. My tinfoil hat is going on now.
You can read Klein's April 2006 statement in his own words here and there are pictures of the secret room at AT&T here.
Very scary stuff.
Exactly. The NSA has always had cryptography as one of their charters, and as a result, they have traditionally been able to hire the best of the best in cryptography and cryptoanalysis. If the NSA says it's good enough for top secret data, believe me, at least at the time they said it, it is.
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I wouldn't doubt that the NSA isn't constantly trying to break cryptos like AES 192 or 256, if, for no other reason, than to test to see if they really are that secure. One thing is for certain though -- if they knew how to break it, they certainly wouldn't tell anyone. That, in itself, would be the highest level of top secret classified information, since knowledge of breaking these algorithms would represent a threat to national security and, well, they are National Security
Yeah. The buy was probably a good move for Microsoft. ProClarity makes business intelligence and analytics software that integrates tightly with Microsoft SQL Server, specifically the Analysis Services. This was probably a strategic move on Microsoft's part to acquire them for their technology. The patent suit is just a thorn in the rose, so to speak, not likely part of any sinister plan.
I don't think it matters. That's probably what they wanted. If you look at Timeline's website, you'll find these guys are patent trolls. They're probably not much more than a front for the lawyers. Think The SCO Group, only smarter.
No way. Timeline is the worst kind of a bottom feeder in the industry. They are patent trolls.
Sure looks that way, doesn't it? You should have been modded up +5, informative!
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