This was certainly the case when I used vector processors. It is possible that the vector processor does not run an OS at all. It has been many years since I have worked on such a beast but when I did we ran a loader system with a standard OS which would cross compile code for the processor and load it almost onto the hardware (there was actually a small program we called a monitor to deal with I/O, etc, but no multi-tasking, security or anything). It would then run and the results were read back into the front-end computer.
If you are really paranoid compile the compiler with a different compiler. Or use a different compiler to compile two linux systems, and only allow logon to one from a remote shell from the second.
There is loads of evidence for global warming. To say there is no consensus is like saying that there is no consensus that smoking causes cancer. There may be a few maverick scientists who go against the consensus, plus the scores of industry sponsored mouthpieces but there certainly is a consensus.
I have always wondered why some languages evolve much faster than others. Someone knowing modern Greek can read 2,000+ year-old text with comparable difficulty to someone knowing modern English reading Chaucer. Similarly Italians can read latin (an Italian once told me that the Latin used by Thomas Aquinas read very like a Piedmont dialect!), and Tamils can read ancient Tamil. However we cannot understand more than a couple of words from Beowulf, which is a mere 1300 years old! Why the difference in speed of change?
I have to run with ec_intr=0 on my thinkpad r40e, or else the system hangs. I believe that this stops some of the acpi functionality working. Hopefully this kernel will fix this.
Incidentally, do ubuntu auto updates have to revert my grub boot file to default, removing this option meaning I have to boot via custom options and fix it. It only takes a couple of minutes, but I always forget to reboot immediately after accepting the update, and the next time I try to boot always seems to be when I am in a hurry!
...before Christianity generally didn't even bother with legalism or appearances.
If you ignore from the Roman empire, Greeks, the Dane Law and many others perhaps you might get this impression.
For some it will be a boon. The scientologists will claim that it is a device which lets you see God, and claim prior art, saying it was invented in a previous incarnation.
Seriously, just as some fringe religious groups promote using acid for divine experience I doubt that it will be long before this is used by some group as a tool of religion.
Mod parent up. This is highly relevant
(I have done a survey, and I am not releasing results but it does indicate that I am definitely better than you. Try to refute that without access to the facts!)
It depends how patient you are. The session keys are retrievable from the messages (if you have your own secret key). If you store all your messages you can retrieve the individual secret key for each one.
You might even be able to ask the security services for a copy of each email, consider the equivalent of hand encrypted snail-mail. If someone asked you to reveal the keys for all letters between persons X and Y between January 2007 and June, 2007, inclusive you probably would not remember without copies of the letters.
Of course if the security services have done their homework they will request decryption of all relevant emails, so you may as well just hand over your secret key.
GnuPG has a --show-session-key command, so that when you are asked to reveal the key for an encrypted message you can comply with the law by revealing the session key that was generated for that specific message rather than your secret key.
This complies with the letter of the law, so you can ask for a written order for each individual message. Of course if they are really serious at this point they will smile at your request and get out the rubber hoses....
I for one will be printing out all of my data in hardcopy to send to the government
Actually it would be a really good protest if you could get everyone to do that for a week, or even a day. Imagine all the mail sacks arriving at No. 10, and all the real letters getting mixed up with data reports!
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This was certainly the case when I used vector processors. It is possible that the vector processor does not run an OS at all. It has been many years since I have worked on such a beast but when I did we ran a loader system with a standard OS which would cross compile code for the processor and load it almost onto the hardware (there was actually a small program we called a monitor to deal with I/O, etc, but no multi-tasking, security or anything). It would then run and the results were read back into the front-end computer.
How is this redundant? It might be obvious to some people, but I can't see it said anywhere else.
wire your own computer out out of logic gates!
If you are really paranoid compile the compiler with a different compiler. Or use a different compiler to compile two linux systems, and only allow logon to one from a remote shell from the second.
Especially when its your phys ed. teacher.
Possibly if he discusses this with a mechanic or someone he could be done for conspiracy.
.... We have a patent on that thought. $20 has been deducted from your Microsoft Wallet.
There is loads of evidence for global warming. To say there is no consensus is like saying that there is no consensus that smoking causes cancer. There may be a few maverick scientists who go against the consensus, plus the scores of industry sponsored mouthpieces but there certainly is a consensus.
My favourite is happisburgh (haysbru)
I have always wondered why some languages evolve much faster than others. Someone knowing modern Greek can read 2,000+ year-old text with comparable difficulty to someone knowing modern English reading Chaucer. Similarly Italians can read latin (an Italian once told me that the Latin used by Thomas Aquinas read very like a Piedmont dialect!), and Tamils can read ancient Tamil. However we cannot understand more than a couple of words from Beowulf, which is a mere 1300 years old! Why the difference in speed of change?
Are you telling me that voting republican will not ad inches to my penis and make me attractive to women?
I have to run with ec_intr=0 on my thinkpad r40e, or else the system hangs. I believe that this stops some of the acpi functionality working. Hopefully this kernel will fix this. Incidentally, do ubuntu auto updates have to revert my grub boot file to default, removing this option meaning I have to boot via custom options and fix it. It only takes a couple of minutes, but I always forget to reboot immediately after accepting the update, and the next time I try to boot always seems to be when I am in a hurry!
Well not software patents in the UK.... they are supposed to be non enforcible.
...before Christianity generally didn't even bother with legalism or appearances.
If you ignore from the Roman empire, Greeks, the Dane Law and many others perhaps you might get this impression.
Haverford Student Sued for Music Copyright Infringement http://www.biconews.com/article/view/36
Tell that to the Cathars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathars#Albigensian_Crusadeor the Catholics in Tudor times.
For some it will be a boon. The scientologists will claim that it is a device which lets you see God, and claim prior art, saying it was invented in a previous incarnation.
Seriously, just as some fringe religious groups promote using acid for divine experience I doubt that it will be long before this is used by some group as a tool of religion.
Mod parent up. This is highly relevant (I have done a survey, and I am not releasing results but it does indicate that I am definitely better than you. Try to refute that without access to the facts!)
Maybe the slashdot host had to pause to update a botnet;-)
- This is a facility where someone who has accessed the disk using the keyes can set an option so that the next boot will not need a passphrase
- This only covers one boot, for remote startup, etc. The system resets to normal operation
- This only affects users who deliberately enable this feature
- Those users ar only affected if the PC is stolen after the feature is enabled and before the next boot
This is not some security hole, or government backdoor. It is a facility that some people need and most will never enable.dhimmi
It depends how patient you are. The session keys are retrievable from the messages (if you have your own secret key). If you store all your messages you can retrieve the individual secret key for each one.
You might even be able to ask the security services for a copy of each email, consider the equivalent of hand encrypted snail-mail. If someone asked you to reveal the keys for all letters between persons X and Y between January 2007 and June, 2007, inclusive you probably would not remember without copies of the letters. Of course if the security services have done their homework they will request decryption of all relevant emails, so you may as well just hand over your secret key.
GnuPG has a --show-session-key command, so that when you are asked to reveal the key for an encrypted message you can comply with the law by revealing the session key that was generated for that specific message rather than your secret key. This complies with the letter of the law, so you can ask for a written order for each individual message. Of course if they are really serious at this point they will smile at your request and get out the rubber hoses....
Just wait for them to ask for the key. If they don't know there's more data then they won't ask.
I for one will be printing out all of my data in hardcopy to send to the government
Actually it would be a really good protest if you could get everyone to do that for a week, or even a day. Imagine all the mail sacks arriving at No. 10, and all the real letters getting mixed up with data reports!