Well, that once again boils down to the fact that HTTPS isn't perfect. It scrambles the content but does not hide the length of the message and it cannot hide the IP address of the client. But still, HTTPS provides more security over HTTP.
Because then a man-in-the-middle can inject a new certificate, which claims to be yours. There's no way to tell whether that certificate is actually from you or not, unless it is verified down to the root level.
The major downside to this is promoting the idea that an https connection is "secure", because especially when it comes to https, there are so many different attacks to level against both an end user and a host that we'd be better using a risk grading system.
A security feature does not have to be perfect to provide value. The user is still significantly more protected with HTTPS than with HTTP.
Not that the movie, the game, the song, the whatever was bad. Oh, far from it. There's great movies, songs, games and whatever else out there. I just cannot agree with the licensing terms. Dear copyright industry (I used to call you content industry, but let's call a spade a spade and be honest here, your business focus is copyright, not content anymore): A contract needs two parties agreeing on it. And I simply cannot agree to your conditions, while you're unwilling to offer conditions that I could agree with. In other words, no sale will take place here.
Fair argument, but please take care of your part too, to respect the license agreement. The artist didn't intend it to free distribution. You said "a contract needs two parties agreeing on it". If you are the party not agreeing, stay away from that content. Don't buy that media, but don't pirate that either. Use entertainment that is licensed in other terms. Otherwise you are sending a contradictory message.
Analogy: if you pirate the content, it's like not putting up with a woman's terms, but still wanting her so badly that you rape her.
It's actually very easy to understand. You put one sample at +1, then the next one at -1, and repeat that pattern. This is the highest frequency you can make. As you need two samples to do one cycle, the sample rate (for example 44,100 Hz) gives you a halved frequency range (for example 22,050 Hz).
You could as well download some open source blueprints and assembly instructions for building a nice wooden cabinet, but you still would have to buy the power drill yourself.
Hi, Bennett. It seems that for many, you are some kind of shady character who randomly pops up every now and then. Could you at least introduce yourself and how did you wind up writing these articles to Slashdot? What's the deal here?
Stuff like this is why I deleted my facebook in the first place.
So you were running a Facebook competitor but decided to halt all the operations due to seeing how bad the datamining was getting? Well, thanks for doing the responsible thing.
Well, they manufactured a few million of those power cords in record time / efficiency too, so you shouldn't beat up yourself too much by just following the tradition.:)
How in hell can you screw up a power cord. The copper wire has to be a certain diameter to carry the correct amount of current.
You just answered your own question. It is about engineering to the absolute minimum. 0.5 mm^2 wire will theoretically carry enough power to satisfy the laptop, but once the cord gets some beating, the copper strands get worn and the resistance increases...making things toasty.
A way to ruin it besides the exchanges breaking themselves?
The concept of "cryptocurrency" is still fairly new. Maybe there lurks some kind of deficiency which we are not aware of right now, but which some smart guy will discover one day. Of course, we can't use any kind of system if we constantly worry about some flaw which isn't even known to exist. But it's good to think about this stuff every now and then.
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Well, that once again boils down to the fact that HTTPS isn't perfect. It scrambles the content but does not hide the length of the message and it cannot hide the IP address of the client. But still, HTTPS provides more security over HTTP.
Because then a man-in-the-middle can inject a new certificate, which claims to be yours. There's no way to tell whether that certificate is actually from you or not, unless it is verified down to the root level.
The major downside to this is promoting the idea that an https connection is "secure", because especially when it comes to https, there are so many different attacks to level against both an end user and a host that we'd be better using a risk grading system.
A security feature does not have to be perfect to provide value. The user is still significantly more protected with HTTPS than with HTTP.
It's good to warn about those too, because there's still the risk that the attacker is seeing which specific pages you are viewing.
If a 3rd party already has control over your traffic flows where they can inject content then you are already fucked, encryption or not.
That is not true.
Citation accepted.
Has anyone used the Finnish Urho3D engine? It's odd that it isn't more well known, as the feature list certainly packs a punch.
Thanks for the clarification. In that case, I fully agree with you.
Citation?
What operating system and player were you using?
50c covers only the manufacturing cost of the disc.
Not that the movie, the game, the song, the whatever was bad. Oh, far from it. There's great movies, songs, games and whatever else out there. I just cannot agree with the licensing terms. Dear copyright industry (I used to call you content industry, but let's call a spade a spade and be honest here, your business focus is copyright, not content anymore): A contract needs two parties agreeing on it. And I simply cannot agree to your conditions, while you're unwilling to offer conditions that I could agree with. In other words, no sale will take place here.
Fair argument, but please take care of your part too, to respect the license agreement. The artist didn't intend it to free distribution. You said "a contract needs two parties agreeing on it". If you are the party not agreeing, stay away from that content. Don't buy that media, but don't pirate that either. Use entertainment that is licensed in other terms. Otherwise you are sending a contradictory message.
Analogy: if you pirate the content, it's like not putting up with a woman's terms, but still wanting her so badly that you rape her.
It's actually very easy to understand. You put one sample at +1, then the next one at -1, and repeat that pattern. This is the highest frequency you can make. As you need two samples to do one cycle, the sample rate (for example 44,100 Hz) gives you a halved frequency range (for example 22,050 Hz).
Why would it cover anything than the actual code?
The project is still fully open source.
You could as well download some open source blueprints and assembly instructions for building a nice wooden cabinet, but you still would have to buy the power drill yourself.
Then the deskstar stories will start.
Hey, that's one of the classics! SonyBMG rootkit, removal of OtherOS, and the Deathstar hard drives. Two decades of ranting excellence!
Yep, that's exactly what I mean. Aaaahhhahhahhahhahhaa!
Don't worry. Only the crusty NPAPI support is removed. PPAPI is the modern interface for plugins.
Besides, the idea you described makes more sense to be implemented in form of an extension instead of a plugin.
Hi, Bennett. It seems that for many, you are some kind of shady character who randomly pops up every now and then. Could you at least introduce yourself and how did you wind up writing these articles to Slashdot? What's the deal here?
Stuff like this is why I deleted my facebook in the first place.
So you were running a Facebook competitor but decided to halt all the operations due to seeing how bad the datamining was getting? Well, thanks for doing the responsible thing.
Well, they manufactured a few million of those power cords in record time / efficiency too, so you shouldn't beat up yourself too much by just following the tradition. :)
How is mentioning that it is a C5 connector useful information, but black color is useless information?
How in hell can you screw up a power cord. The copper wire has to be a certain diameter to carry the correct amount of current.
You just answered your own question. It is about engineering to the absolute minimum. 0.5 mm^2 wire will theoretically carry enough power to satisfy the laptop, but once the cord gets some beating, the copper strands get worn and the resistance increases...making things toasty.
I believe you can already do this by using physical Bitcoins.
A way to ruin it besides the exchanges breaking themselves?
The concept of "cryptocurrency" is still fairly new. Maybe there lurks some kind of deficiency which we are not aware of right now, but which some smart guy will discover one day. Of course, we can't use any kind of system if we constantly worry about some flaw which isn't even known to exist. But it's good to think about this stuff every now and then.