There *are* better things out there than the iPod. How is this surprising? And when you have such a generalized list...well, you will always get strange results. What was the criteria for determining a product that would make the list?
It's not like we have to wait until everyone gets food and water dependably until we can have nice happy broadband access here in North America. Something like 33,000 young children die every day of long-term hunger, and that hasn't stopped us from having as much broadband as we do. This is not meant to be flaimbait, so don't take it that way. My comment is just that I think that fast, reliable internet will come to the developed world much faster than you think. And while I agree that the change will not cripple Microsoft, I do think that the shift will be in the next few years, judging by the speed and momentum which it has gained recently.
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Extreme? How? You fell right into the trap. He didn't specify a time frame on the Titanic's side of the equation, and therefore he didn't really state anything. I mean, you really cannot measure coal consuption of a machine from a hundred years ago, not specify a RATE of usage, and then give that information for a computer now. It just doesn't make sense, so don't bother asking.
Even if Vista and related products use higher encryption, Windows' obsessive temp file creation, along with swap files, seems to minimize the effect that using encryption has, right?
I mean, sure, it'll be much harder to brute force any MS encryption now, but did people do it that way before? Weren't there always other workarounds that will still be present?
The anti-virus companies have finally learned that the type of viruses they're creating are too difficult to fight against. So they've decided to start writing slightly new viruses that can be more easily killed through their new type of program, which will cost the unsuspecting Windows user, oh, only a few dozen more dollars a month.
Brute force is certainly not the weakness. Our cryptography schemes these days can last millions of years against a flat-out brute force attack. My guess is that TFA is more referring to attacks that figure out sensitive information about the PRNG, or using a noise attack, or something. Not brute force.
...the defense used when a gang of young teenagers went around killing people in defence of their own beliefs. Oh wow. And I bet half of you believed me.
I'm confused about the use of the word "ban". By the sounds of it, the game cannot legally be sold. But that doesn't mean it's banned. If you already have a copy, surely you're still allowed to run it?
MS continues to do its absolute best (or does it?) to prevent their products from being hacked to bits (no pun intended), and they have no choice. As part of their business, it's mandatory that they attempt to curtail software piracy. But they know, and we know, that it can't be done. It's like the terrorists (now, seriously guys, I'm NOT making a link between hackers and terrorists, I'm above that). But look at it this way. The US government has to protect against all possible terror threats, whereas the terrorists only have to find one single way to break through. That is, Microsoft will have to figure out every possible way that their products can be cracked and provide protection, but the hackers must only find one single weakness. So to speak.
If this is the only way to measure it so accurately, how do they know it's so damned accurate? Wouldn't you have to test it against something else to know how your accuracy is, and if you could do that, why not just use the other method, if it's so accurate?
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There *are* better things out there than the iPod. How is this surprising? And when you have such a generalized list...well, you will always get strange results. What was the criteria for determining a product that would make the list?
Uploading and downloading pictures are the same thing, depending on the perspective you're using. Think about it.
http://www.drs.org.au/wwwboard/messages/85.html
that's 33000 kids under five years old, every day
It's not like we have to wait until everyone gets food and water dependably until we can have nice happy broadband access here in North America. Something like 33,000 young children die every day of long-term hunger, and that hasn't stopped us from having as much broadband as we do. This is not meant to be flaimbait, so don't take it that way. My comment is just that I think that fast, reliable internet will come to the developed world much faster than you think. And while I agree that the change will not cripple Microsoft, I do think that the shift will be in the next few years, judging by the speed and momentum which it has gained recently.
Extreme? How? You fell right into the trap. He didn't specify a time frame on the Titanic's side of the equation, and therefore he didn't really state anything. I mean, you really cannot measure coal consuption of a machine from a hundred years ago, not specify a RATE of usage, and then give that information for a computer now. It just doesn't make sense, so don't bother asking.
Even if Vista and related products use higher encryption, Windows' obsessive temp file creation, along with swap files, seems to minimize the effect that using encryption has, right?
I mean, sure, it'll be much harder to brute force any MS encryption now, but did people do it that way before? Weren't there always other workarounds that will still be present?
Why on earth are private companies (I won't even get started on governments) still developing weapons? This is incredibly sick.
Woah. Troll? Eh? I don't follow the logic of the mods here. I was trying to, uh, be..."funny". But I guess I'm just not. Ouch.
The anti-virus companies have finally learned that the type of viruses they're creating are too difficult to fight against. So they've decided to start writing slightly new viruses that can be more easily killed through their new type of program, which will cost the unsuspecting Windows user, oh, only a few dozen more dollars a month.
I love the world of GNU/Linux.
It collects information about its surroundings, evaluates it, and then discards the data in favour of running into un-seen objects.
Brute force is certainly not the weakness. Our cryptography schemes these days can last millions of years against a flat-out brute force attack. My guess is that TFA is more referring to attacks that figure out sensitive information about the PRNG, or using a noise attack, or something. Not brute force.
...the defense used when a gang of young teenagers went around killing people in defence of their own beliefs. Oh wow. And I bet half of you believed me.
Microsoft has decided to not release Windows Vista at all this year.
"San Andreas Banned In Australia"
The title implies that the game itself is banned, not its sale. Yeeeesh.
Eh? the article says "gotten", does it not? Perhaps I'm making a fool of myself, but hey. Oh well.
I'm confused about the use of the word "ban". By the sounds of it, the game cannot legally be sold. But that doesn't mean it's banned. If you already have a copy, surely you're still allowed to run it?
MS continues to do its absolute best (or does it?) to prevent their products from being hacked to bits (no pun intended), and they have no choice. As part of their business, it's mandatory that they attempt to curtail software piracy. But they know, and we know, that it can't be done. It's like the terrorists (now, seriously guys, I'm NOT making a link between hackers and terrorists, I'm above that). But look at it this way. The US government has to protect against all possible terror threats, whereas the terrorists only have to find one single way to break through. That is, Microsoft will have to figure out every possible way that their products can be cracked and provide protection, but the hackers must only find one single weakness. So to speak.
Longhorn? You mean Vista.
In Soviet Russia, the moon pays you!
"AT&T" is operating as normal. And so are "Sprint" and "AOL".
Like seriously, what's with putting Telus in quotes?
If this is the only way to measure it so accurately, how do they know it's so damned accurate? Wouldn't you have to test it against something else to know how your accuracy is, and if you could do that, why not just use the other method, if it's so accurate?
/me is confused
an article to go nicely with the story http://netscape.com.com/Opera,+Firefox+squabble+ov er+best-browser+claim/2100-1032_3-5740879.html
shows another side to the whole FF thing.
For crying out loud, just use freaking mirrordot. Or search for the article on the net yourself; it's not like it'd be all that difficult to find!
"semi-transparent"?
Do you mean "translucent"?
The pdf states that passwords should "Be 12 or more characters in length on Windows systems, 8 characters in length on UNIX"
Anyone care to explain this? 'Cause the file certainly doesn't.