Well, I think in theory it would be possible to make something which worked sometimes (although simple compression would probably defeat this for good, since compressed packets often depend on previous packets sent... it would be infeasible to maintain this state information for all the clients in the network), but... only if each ISP had as much CPU power as NSA themselves:)
The trick is to make that identification process work even if the file is compressed, turned into a different computer file format or otherwise changed slightly. For a song, this means basing the fingerprint on the music's acoustical properties, rather than on the ones and zeros that make up a given digital file.
The video process is similar, but would use visual characteristics of individual video frames instead of audio qualities.
A good fingerprinting technique must be able to identify the movie even if parts of it are being downloaded out of order, or if some bits have been cut out, Maandonks said.
Wow, is this a kind of an april's fool or something? I don't even think I need to comment much on the infeasibility of this...
Next thing you know, the RIAA will be solving NP-complete problems in constant time or something...
Each day's data are stored in a single file with a header that provides complete identifying information, followed by the trial outcomes (sums of 200 bits) for each egg and each second. With 40 eggs running, there are well over 3 million trials generated each day, and the complete database at the end of 2001 occupies approximately 3 gigabytes of storage in a highly compressed form.
So they're compressing something like:
98 zeros (so obviously 102 ones, that doesn't need to be stored) 90 zeros 103 zeros......
Still, luck is always important. Would you be happy to loose a job at microsoft THEN one at google? I certainly would feel like a dumbass if that happened to me!
we geeks have little risk of that happening to us, since decent typists (like we should be) are looking at the screen while typing, instead of looking at the keyboard...
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More like - it all makes it too difficult to know how many people use firefox.
Well, what was the space that you were searching?
I find your statements odd, since a linear search is as random as a random search...
Well, I think in theory it would be possible to make something which worked sometimes (although simple compression would probably defeat this for good, since compressed packets often depend on previous packets sent... it would be infeasible to maintain this state information for all the clients in the network), but... only if each ISP had as much CPU power as NSA themselves :)
So I say "forget it".
Well, it gets better... If you RTFA, you can see the quotes I posted on my other comment in this discussion:
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Wow, is this a kind of an april's fool or something? I don't even think I need to comment much on the infeasibility of this...
Next thing you know, the RIAA will be solving NP-complete problems in constant time or something...
Nope... Are you?
Well, they wouldn't catch DC++ transfers since those are already compressed nowadays...
read the damn site!
And if there are spikes all the time? :)
Just kidding though, they would have to be to stupid to commit such a mistake...
So they're compressing something like:
98 zeros (so obviously 102 ones, that doesn't need to be stored)
90 zeros
103 zeros
Actually it should be something like:
"Warning:-) your passwor*/d doesn't m@@atch... but its closEnouWelcomour computer."
Well, I think you should send your concern to them (rdnelson@princeton.edu)...
:)
BTW (or not BTW) according to the image on their homepage, princeton has got a lot of chicks. Is it true?
And maybe you should ask those questions directly to the scientists involved. Who knows, they might even reply :)
Was that subject a Monty Python quote? :D
;)
Great sketch
I have predicted this article 2 days ago...
Wow, that's a story to tell ;)
Yeah, but just because he managed to repeatedly say bad (or at least, indiscrete) things about them in public.
Still, luck is always important. Would you be happy to loose a job at microsoft THEN one at google? I certainly would feel like a dumbass if that happened to me!
Maybe the idea is that normal people don't join, don't you think?
Seems cool to me :D Go ahead and propose it ;)
ahah. Who cares? :D
I'm going to give this a try... if it works on windows :) If not, I'll do it later only...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139227&cid=116 51464
we geeks have little risk of that happening to us, since decent typists (like we should be) are looking at the screen while typing, instead of looking at the keyboard...
Well, I was also amazed at my own comment moderation :O eheh...