That's kind of a wussy ass war crime. What does it matter what happens to the dead, they're dead. People should be more concerned about the living.
Uhh... that's the whole point. Few are very concerned about whether a robot cuts up a body on a battlefield, or whether a soldier does it on his way past to check his gun hasn't jammed, or because he didn't like the expression on the dead guy's face.
The point is that, if people start creating robots like this, it will have a living, evolving impact on our society, and everyone in it. It's more a concern about humans becoming cannibals-by-proxy, than about robots being uncivilised.
Nope, because the nature of it's quasi-one time pad means that you can generate hundreds of false positives,
That's much better, but since the viewing window is a constant, the false positives only add another stage to the process, with a few hundred possible answers to check. Every time you try a password and it doesn't work, you eliminate one of those possible answers. Wouldn't take long to work through them all.
So you are worried about crackers breaking into your house and setting up spy cams to steal your banking password?
No, I'm worried that the planet will be overrunby self-assured neanderthals who can't think of a situation other than home banking in which an authentication system might be used.
Talk about paranoid
If you can't make use of controlled paranoia, you've no business discussing security issues.
Ahh, apologies. I missed that inference in the original. That's what I get for skimming over posts about copyright that compare them to matter vs. anti-matter, I guess:D
Let's see. Worst case scenario, you set up a camera that does about 30fps, with rotating filters in front, and use OCR to look for text in each frame. 30 passwords per second is a lot faster than 1 password + delay, 2 password + longer delay, 3 password + get account re-enabled.
Aside from that brute force method, I suspect the system is pretty vulnerable to more sophisticated attacks, like quickly narrowing down what window people have by analysing the more obvious features (number of lines, angle of lines, ratio of vertical lines to horizontal waves, etc.) of an on-screen pattern, for instance.
What are YOU talking about? GP didn't even mention public domain. You, however, did, out of context. Permissive licenses such as Creative Commons and GPL are NOT Public Domain.
Apparently they care more about freedom than having the highest quality images available. What more is there to say?
Agreed, but one could also say that uploading the photos of a politician that their PR dept. asked you to upload is disingenuous anyway. What's wrong with a standard candid photo after all? Are they that ashamed of how they look in on an AVERAGE day?
So to say it was unknowable that Japan existed is the exact opposite of what is true.
Good points, well made, and I agree.
Also, on a more fundamental level, all things that are true and affect our reality are knowable. Using the word unknowable to mean "I don't understand how they could have found out" is an abuse of logic.
Next time, you may want to complete the phrase's grammar by inserting "of". Otherwise, it's hard for people to figure out that you're not talking about a threesome with one particular couple.
making an arranged marriage work is, pretty much, the foundation of what makes any marriage work. Both partners have to give and take, and accept each other's faults as they are...while Western marriages have the option to divorce when that's no longer possible, arranged marriages are much more difficult to opt-out of
These things are in direct contradiction though. If the foundation of a marriage is acceptance of faults and give and take, then the option of divorce clearly undermines that, since its sole purpose is to provide a way out when you've decided that you don't want to accept or give/take any more. Marriages work through give/take and acceptance, yes, but only when taken beyond the selfish kind of "I'll accept this as long as it works for me and I'll give as long as you give", to the more selfless "I'll accept because I love and care and have dedicated myself to you always and I'll give because you deserve it, and if you want to give in return, then I'll happily take too."
There is such a thing as part-time work. Or, you could temp for an agency for a change of organisation on a regular basis. Or, you could do random freelance jobs that interest you in your spare time. Or, you could do a mixture of any of those, and probably quite a few other things.
I already have a time sink in my life, it's called work. It regularly consumes 13 hours of my day, factor in an average 8 hours of sleep and that leaves me with 3 hours in which to do things like play games, eat food, etc.
It seems common lately, but this is a pretty weird notion; that life is all about having fun after work, and work is just a waste of time. Work IS the majority of your time. It's what YOU do --- YOUR job; YOUR career; YOUR chosen way to exist. It should be something that's meaningful to you -- something you care about and believe in. Either find a way to enjoy it (by enjoying the technical challenge of a high-end IT job, or the service to others that waiting tables involves, for instance) or get/invent a new job that you DO give a shit about. Otherwise, you're a) doomed to a hateful existence; and b) essentially whoring your life away for the sake of money from someone you don't like.
Hell, if you want to spend your time playing games, just quit the job, live off social security, and play games. Why lie about who you are? But if you want your time to be meaningful and your job to be rewarding, then pick a meaningful job that you're capable of feeling the rewards from.
Running a tracker is hardly special or unique. If you put up a paywall, we will simply go elsewhere.
Yep. Also, I'm not aware of any part of the bittorrent protocol that provides the facilities for payments etc. that they're fantasising about. No one is going to give up their myriad bittorrent clients for some unproven and proprietary p2p system by the people who destroyed their favourite site, even if its free. And if it's not proprietary, it'll be forked to remove the paytard stuff.
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Nothing much. It was related to the quoted text directly above it, not to my post above that.
would that be modded "interesting".
Uhh... that's the whole point. Few are very concerned about whether a robot cuts up a body on a battlefield, or whether a soldier does it on his way past to check his gun hasn't jammed, or because he didn't like the expression on the dead guy's face.
The point is that, if people start creating robots like this, it will have a living, evolving impact on our society, and everyone in it. It's more a concern about humans becoming cannibals-by-proxy, than about robots being uncivilised.
That's much better, but since the viewing window is a constant, the false positives only add another stage to the process, with a few hundred possible answers to check. Every time you try a password and it doesn't work, you eliminate one of those possible answers. Wouldn't take long to work through them all.
No, I'm worried that the planet will be overrunby self-assured neanderthals who can't think of a situation other than home banking in which an authentication system might be used.
If you can't make use of controlled paranoia, you've no business discussing security issues.
Ahh, apologies. I missed that inference in the original. That's what I get for skimming over posts about copyright that compare them to matter vs. anti-matter, I guess :D
Let's see. Worst case scenario, you set up a camera that does about 30fps, with rotating filters in front, and use OCR to look for text in each frame. 30 passwords per second is a lot faster than 1 password + delay, 2 password + longer delay, 3 password + get account re-enabled.
Aside from that brute force method, I suspect the system is pretty vulnerable to more sophisticated attacks, like quickly narrowing down what window people have by analysing the more obvious features (number of lines, angle of lines, ratio of vertical lines to horizontal waves, etc.) of an on-screen pattern, for instance.
Basically... donotwant.
I'm not sure I believe he said that. Send me a copy of the clip, will you? ;)
What are YOU talking about? GP didn't even mention public domain. You, however, did, out of context. Permissive licenses such as Creative Commons and GPL are NOT Public Domain.
Agreed, but one could also say that uploading the photos of a politician that their PR dept. asked you to upload is disingenuous anyway. What's wrong with a standard candid photo after all? Are they that ashamed of how they look in on an AVERAGE day?
Actually tracer clouds are the more rational explanation. Rahl's hand is in everything lately.
Good points, well made, and I agree.
Also, on a more fundamental level, all things that are true and affect our reality are knowable. Using the word unknowable to mean "I don't understand how they could have found out" is an abuse of logic.
Ahh, that's a good point :)
That's almost certainly because you're more mainstream than them, or less picky.
Next time, you may want to complete the phrase's grammar by inserting "of". Otherwise, it's hard for people to figure out that you're not talking about a threesome with one particular couple.
Short answer: no.
Long answer: no, they don't even know themselves, and so sharing themselves, or knowing what they need shared in return, is pretty much impossible.
My advice to all slashdotters: never marry a chick who can't self-analyse and who doesn't constantly try to improve herself.
These things are in direct contradiction though. If the foundation of a marriage is acceptance of faults and give and take, then the option of divorce clearly undermines that, since its sole purpose is to provide a way out when you've decided that you don't want to accept or give/take any more. Marriages work through give/take and acceptance, yes, but only when taken beyond the selfish kind of "I'll accept this as long as it works for me and I'll give as long as you give", to the more selfless "I'll accept because I love and care and have dedicated myself to you always and I'll give because you deserve it, and if you want to give in return, then I'll happily take too."
You seem to be confusing sex with sex trafficking ;)
There is such a thing as part-time work. Or, you could temp for an agency for a change of organisation on a regular basis. Or, you could do random freelance jobs that interest you in your spare time. Or, you could do a mixture of any of those, and probably quite a few other things.
That odd reason is probably exactly what I'm getting at: that people know you won't appreciate it.
It's interesting how you totally filtered out the part I wrote about enjoying menial jobs as a service to humanity.
It seems common lately, but this is a pretty weird notion; that life is all about having fun after work, and work is just a waste of time. Work IS the majority of your time. It's what YOU do --- YOUR job; YOUR career; YOUR chosen way to exist. It should be something that's meaningful to you -- something you care about and believe in. Either find a way to enjoy it (by enjoying the technical challenge of a high-end IT job, or the service to others that waiting tables involves, for instance) or get/invent a new job that you DO give a shit about. Otherwise, you're a) doomed to a hateful existence; and b) essentially whoring your life away for the sake of money from someone you don't like.
Hell, if you want to spend your time playing games, just quit the job, live off social security, and play games. Why lie about who you are? But if you want your time to be meaningful and your job to be rewarding, then pick a meaningful job that you're capable of feeling the rewards from.
Yep. Also, I'm not aware of any part of the bittorrent protocol that provides the facilities for payments etc. that they're fantasising about. No one is going to give up their myriad bittorrent clients for some unproven and proprietary p2p system by the people who destroyed their favourite site, even if its free. And if it's not proprietary, it'll be forked to remove the paytard stuff.
You think? Personally, I think you'd have to be a glutton for punishment, to want to admin a site for people interested in rainbow tables.
You know, just about that whole post was pretty twisted.