How does having saved information prove that the coroner wasn't there using the computers then? What do they get out of this that they didn't already know from reading the webserver logs?
We all know you're from the government lab in Harrisburg, and you're crazy if you think you'll get any free help from us. Do your own legwork for a change, and for god's sake- don't submit this one to "Ask Slashdot"!
Congratulations. I'm sure he's always thrilled to hear from you.
Anyway- the original poster pointed out why your idea would not work. You've responded in several ways:
- linking to a useless Wikipedia article.
- demanding an apology.
- providing the name of a book you may or may not have read (just knowing the name doesn't win you any prizes).
- naming the author of that book, who you claim to exchange emails with (that doesn't make you an expert).
- claiming to have years and years of experience in cryptography/cryptanalysis.
.. but, you have yet to show that you actually know what the AC was referring to in his reply. Just explain it and prove me wrong. Until then, I stand by my original point (and contribution to this discussion): the AC knows what he's talking about, whereas you do not.
For starters, I read published books whenever I decide to learn about something new. So instead of browsing the Wikipedia, maybe you should go out and pick up a good book on cryptanalysis. After reading the first chapter or so, you should be able to decipher (haha!) what the original poster was talking about, and why your response, "you don't know what encryption is" was completely off-base.
You obviously don't know what encryption is, while you invent some retarded protocol of your own, then blame it on me.
"protocol"? You might want to do a little light reading on the basics of cryptography & cryptanalysis. I'm not saying the parent is an absolute authority (nor will I rule it out), but he/she clearly has a much better understanding of both topics than you do.
I usually start by asking myself, "what programming language am I most familiar with?".. then, once I have that figured out, I spam "Ask Slashdot" until they post my question. By then, I've already lost interest and/or forgot about the reason for needing an application framework in the first place, so I close the loop by replying to the question with a completely offtopic (yet slightly humorous) comment.
I've never had to run any anti-spyware utilities to remove trash from my OS. I don't update virus definitions three times per minute to keep my computer from getting infected and turning into a botnet-drone.
That's the simple reality of it - you (Windows users) spend a non-trivial amount of time each day dealing with problems that Mac users don't have to worry about.
Your analogy is false, also. How is careful management of my email aliases anything like trying to sell gas to people?! How absurd..
Right, that's why it's called an analogy, because the two aren't directly related. The two situations are similar - the gas station owner take precautions that are generally not necessary to prevent a robbery. You're taking precautions that are generally not necessary to prevent spam. Another example- let's say I just bought a new car and I'm paranoid about getting door-dings while parked in public parking lots. To solve this problem, I purchase my own private island and move there with my new car. Since I'm the only person living on the island, the possibility of door-dings has been completely eliminated. "I haven't had a door-ding in years!"
And regardless of the specifics surrounding the 553 error (which I may have misunderstood), your anti-spam system is more complex than mine, period. I don't care if you only spend a millisecond every year maintaining your alias list, it's more than I spend (or am willing to spend). The majority of end-users share my point of view.
Spam is not an economic problem.
You're kidding, right? Do a Google search for spam+economic+problem.. then count how many pages you have to sift through before you find someone who agrees with you (or better yet, read a few of the articles to learn why nobody agrees with you).
Correct, I'm a random third party.. but this is a public message board; we're not communicating via email. And no, I don't sift through any email to check for false positives - I'm just careful about who I give my address to, and if I know it's going to be published somewhere, I obfuscate it. I'm not going to waste my time going through "five 9s" of captured spam to find that one dirty joke that was improperly classified. I'm also not going to spend any extra seconds setting up aliases, nor will I waste time replying to someone's useless "challenge/response" system. Deep down, spam is an economic problem. If consumers stopped purchasing what spammers are advertising, nobody would pay them to send spam. Until that changes, they will continue to "find a way".. and adjust their rates accordingly.
Now, if you're OK with only receiving spontaneous email from people who are capable of understanding a 553 error & the information it provides, you have a near-perfect system in place. For me, that wouldn't work.. because most of the people I know outside of work have no clue what any of that means.
To me, your system is analogous to a gas station owner who requires full background checks on any person before they're allowed to buy gas (or enter the store), just to be sure he won't get robbed. Well, he will probably never get robbed.. but he'll also never sell any gas. You get the idea.
Not with my interface. Load bookmark. Click. Copy. Paste.
I would consider that "cumbersome"; you've added 5 steps to the normal process of typing in your email address.
Your system for eliminating spam certainly sounds fool-proof & effective, but it all goes back to the main question raised by the article - how does a random third party contact you if they haven't been given your "friends & family" email address beforehand? The answer: they can't. So you solved your spam problem at the expense of core functionality. Congratulations.
What a bad reason to lay off their employees. I can't believe that they bought another company...
Eliminating duplicate positions after a merger is a "bad reason" to layoff employees? You "can't believe" they bought a company that actively maintains & releases the last (potentially) enterprise-grade storage engine for one of their larger competitors?
Those are both no-brainer business decisions from Oracle's point of view. Remember, Oracle has a commitment to its stockholders to make decisions in the best financial interest of the corporation. Part of that commitment means eliminating jobs in certain situations (so when you have two departments essentially responsible for the exact same thing, the next logical step is to eliminate one of those departments).
Yes, what a disappointment. I had originally planned on upgrading the RAM in my new MacBook Pro to 16GB the moment I received it, but there goes that plan..
Seriously, I think most consumers will manage to survive with "just" a 32-bit CPU in their laptop. In fact, I would be surprised if the average consumer could name a single advantage to using a 64 bit CPU over a 32 bit CPU.
I'd be interested in seeing the business case for moving forward with something like this. Seems like there would be more cost-effective alternatives, expecially since this is essentially "unproven" technology when it comes to physical security.
I'm just speculating, but this sounds like a decision that was made at the executive level rather than a decision made by a security professional.
But have they demonstrated working quad-core CPUs the way Intel did in TFA? I think an "announcement" is more impressive if they can demonstrate at least a working prototype.
I don't know - that sort of demonstration is completely useless, since there's no way to verify if the demo CPUs are ready for mass production, cool enough for prolonged use, or even whether or not they're faster than dual-core CPUs.
I'm sure there are a few G5 Powerbook "prototypes" laying around at Apple HQ. Clearly, that doesn't translate into a releasable product.
Not to be outdone by AMD..? Bad news: AMD made this very same announcement in June/2005, indicating quad-core CPUs would be available 'sometime in 2007'.
This is probably part of NASA's sneaky plan to address GWB's big space exploration initiative. The real money is being spent studying global warming and other "down to earth" topics we should be concerned about. Uhm, I mean, global warming theory.. yeah.
Additionally, they only studied the brains of other college students. What about the brain of the person who skipped college because the pace is too slow and the culture is counter-productive? What about the brains of the people who are making more money (annually) at age 16 than most college graduates make before their 40th birthday?
I conclude that the brains of the people described above are much different than that of a regular college student's brain. Now, can I have a grant, too?
We are always disappointed when researchers feel the need to publish details of vulnerabilities before a fix is available...
We (consumers) are always disappointed when vendors postpone a patch for a critical vulnerability to the point where a researcher must release the details of said vulnerability in order to motivate the vendor.
I doubt you'd be required to learn something like that on your own time, but don't be surprised if the person who is willing to do it gets promoted, or rewarded in some other way, before you do.
Unfortunately for you, there are a lot of people out there who genuinely enjoy learning things like AD administration, or (fill in the blank) technology. They will take the time to learn off-the-clock, and to them, it doesn't seem like work (they also put learning ahead of other silly things like paying bills, laundry, shopping, etc). So how can you possibly compete against those types of people..? Quit your job, and start doing something that you genuinely enjoy doing. The rest will fall into place.
Ah damn it I can't believe Jobs this. This is honestly dissapointing.
Maybe you missed the part of the article that explains how Jobs made 3.5 billion dollars (in stock) by selling Pixar to Disney. Now, as you were saying- you can't believe he did this..?
I understand that Pixar holds a special place in many people's hearts; however, at the end of the day, it all comes down to dollars. Don't fault Jobs for making the king of all no-brainer business decisions (again, that was 3.5 billion dollars).
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Congratulations. I'm sure he's always thrilled to hear from you.
.. but, you have yet to show that you actually know what the AC was referring to in his reply. Just explain it and prove me wrong. Until then, I stand by my original point (and contribution to this discussion): the AC knows what he's talking about, whereas you do not.
Anyway- the original poster pointed out why your idea would not work. You've responded in several ways:
- linking to a useless Wikipedia article.
- demanding an apology.
- providing the name of a book you may or may not have read (just knowing the name doesn't win you any prizes).
- naming the author of that book, who you claim to exchange emails with (that doesn't make you an expert).
- claiming to have years and years of experience in cryptography/cryptanalysis.
For starters, I read published books whenever I decide to learn about something new. So instead of browsing the Wikipedia, maybe you should go out and pick up a good book on cryptanalysis. After reading the first chapter or so, you should be able to decipher (haha!) what the original poster was talking about, and why your response, "you don't know what encryption is" was completely off-base.
.. ironically, details of what happened along with the whereabouts of each missing person have turned up on Google. CIA unavailable for comment.
Next: Google founders kidnapped in broad daylight.
I usually start by asking myself, "what programming language am I most familiar with?" .. then, once I have that figured out, I spam "Ask Slashdot" until they post my question. By then, I've already lost interest and/or forgot about the reason for needing an application framework in the first place, so I close the loop by replying to the question with a completely offtopic (yet slightly humorous) comment.
That's just me, though. YMMV.
Can anybody else read this comment? My browser keeps crashing..
I've never had to run any anti-spyware utilities to remove trash from my OS. I don't update virus definitions three times per minute to keep my computer from getting infected and turning into a botnet-drone.
That's the simple reality of it - you (Windows users) spend a non-trivial amount of time each day dealing with problems that Mac users don't have to worry about.
And regardless of the specifics surrounding the 553 error (which I may have misunderstood), your anti-spam system is more complex than mine, period. I don't care if you only spend a millisecond every year maintaining your alias list, it's more than I spend (or am willing to spend). The majority of end-users share my point of view.You're kidding, right? Do a Google search for spam+economic+problem
Correct, I'm a random third party.. but this is a public message board; we're not communicating via email. And no, I don't sift through any email to check for false positives - I'm just careful about who I give my address to, and if I know it's going to be published somewhere, I obfuscate it. I'm not going to waste my time going through "five 9s" of captured spam to find that one dirty joke that was improperly classified. I'm also not going to spend any extra seconds setting up aliases, nor will I waste time replying to someone's useless "challenge/response" system. Deep down, spam is an economic problem. If consumers stopped purchasing what spammers are advertising, nobody would pay them to send spam. Until that changes, they will continue to "find a way".. and adjust their rates accordingly.
Now, if you're OK with only receiving spontaneous email from people who are capable of understanding a 553 error & the information it provides, you have a near-perfect system in place. For me, that wouldn't work.. because most of the people I know outside of work have no clue what any of that means.
To me, your system is analogous to a gas station owner who requires full background checks on any person before they're allowed to buy gas (or enter the store), just to be sure he won't get robbed. Well, he will probably never get robbed.. but he'll also never sell any gas. You get the idea.
Your system for eliminating spam certainly sounds fool-proof & effective, but it all goes back to the main question raised by the article - how does a random third party contact you if they haven't been given your "friends & family" email address beforehand? The answer: they can't. So you solved your spam problem at the expense of core functionality. Congratulations.
Those are both no-brainer business decisions from Oracle's point of view. Remember, Oracle has a commitment to its stockholders to make decisions in the best financial interest of the corporation. Part of that commitment means eliminating jobs in certain situations (so when you have two departments essentially responsible for the exact same thing, the next logical step is to eliminate one of those departments).
Seriously, I think most consumers will manage to survive with "just" a 32-bit CPU in their laptop. In fact, I would be surprised if the average consumer could name a single advantage to using a 64 bit CPU over a 32 bit CPU.
I'd be interested in seeing the business case for moving forward with something like this. Seems like there would be more cost-effective alternatives, expecially since this is essentially "unproven" technology when it comes to physical security.
I'm just speculating, but this sounds like a decision that was made at the executive level rather than a decision made by a security professional.
I'm sure there are a few G5 Powerbook "prototypes" laying around at Apple HQ. Clearly, that doesn't translate into a releasable product.
Not to be outdone by AMD..? Bad news: AMD made this very same announcement in June/2005, indicating quad-core CPUs would be available 'sometime in 2007'.
This is probably part of NASA's sneaky plan to address GWB's big space exploration initiative. The real money is being spent studying global warming and other "down to earth" topics we should be concerned about. Uhm, I mean, global warming theory.. yeah.
Additionally, they only studied the brains of other college students. What about the brain of the person who skipped college because the pace is too slow and the culture is counter-productive? What about the brains of the people who are making more money (annually) at age 16 than most college graduates make before their 40th birthday?
I conclude that the brains of the people described above are much different than that of a regular college student's brain. Now, can I have a grant, too?
.. if you do end up with SATA, make sure to get some neon lighting for inside the case.
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Current setup - 4x Seagate 400GB SATA, NVRAID-0, ThermalTechno 4000 1U Case w/ Ground-FX, 3x Zalmat 80mm SilentKiller Fans (soon)
I doubt you'd be required to learn something like that on your own time, but don't be surprised if the person who is willing to do it gets promoted, or rewarded in some other way, before you do.
Unfortunately for you, there are a lot of people out there who genuinely enjoy learning things like AD administration, or (fill in the blank) technology. They will take the time to learn off-the-clock, and to them, it doesn't seem like work (they also put learning ahead of other silly things like paying bills, laundry, shopping, etc). So how can you possibly compete against those types of people..? Quit your job, and start doing something that you genuinely enjoy doing. The rest will fall into place.
Hmm, interesting. I've always used my USB flash drive for sharing and copying music from major record labels; maybe I should pick up another one.
keywords: P2P music napster free music
I understand that Pixar holds a special place in many people's hearts; however, at the end of the day, it all comes down to dollars. Don't fault Jobs for making the king of all no-brainer business decisions (again, that was 3.5 billion dollars).