WEP crypto uses the same key to join the network as it does to encrypt traffic on the network. All users using any particular access point can see each other's traffic.
There is 64/128 bit crypto, in each case 24 bits are taken for the node address, leaving 40/104 bits for encryption keys.
Crypto is done using RC4, a system with known, exploitable weaknesses.
No Wires Needed offers cards with factory-installed public key encryption and Diffie-Hellman support, but they do not offer their cars in the USA.
Presumably the company is paying for my training to make me a more valuable employee?
Once I have completed training (and perhaps received certification) I am presumably a more valuable employee- and deserve to earn more money.
When a company "gives" you training, it doesn't benefit you unless you get an increase in pay at completion. If not, you are a more valuable employee to any employer, so start looking for a company that recognizes that.
IANAL, that being said-
Any non-compete contract that makes it impossible for you to earn a living (short of moving to another industry, or another state) is invalid.
An employer can put restrictions on stealing clients, on taking proprietary technology, but cannot enforce a non-compete that basically puts you out of work.
Who cares what it is. I just want to know where I have to go in Switzerland to meet those two chicks who were riding that phallic-looking piece of self-propelled artillery.
Actually, it downloads with HTTP, and people have used broadband (via PPP on the TiVo's serial port) for months now. Hacking in ethernet just cuts out the need for a PPP server and provides higher throughput than 115Kbps.
The TiVo does use FTP to upload a file to their server, the file contains the 'anonymous' viewing data on what shows you have recorded/watched.
Lastly, it uses NTP to set the clock. Without setting the clock every few days, the hardware clock in the unit will drift quickly, and you end up missing the begininng/end of shows.
The TiVo dials in with PPP, requests the (encrypted) guide data with HTTP, gets the (unencrypted) network showcases and similar files via HTTP, uses FTP to upload your viewing statistics, and uses NTP to set the clock.
I had a chance at a six-figure six-month contract in Saudi Arabia.
I would have gone, given a reasonable assurance that _my_ rights would be protected. One privately owned company not having a good TCP/IP network isn't going to make any difference to their human rights situation, but the money would make a big difference to my financial situation.
OTOH, If the job had been in, say, Singapore, I wouldn't have gone.
I honestly think that the press publicity over his DUI might turn some 'undecided' voters who have a similar charge in their past to vote for Bush, but is unluckly to convince anybody who was going to vote for him to decide against Bush.
He just won the drinker's votes. Not a small bloc. DUI laws are getting out of hand. I have one beer and I'm afraid to drive- not that I'm impaired, just that they cops are overly agressive in making DUI arrests, and the state overly agressive in prosecuting people.
Yes, Bush _was_ DUI in the distant past, but now he does not drink at all. What does that say about his morals?
. I really wish our candidates were more interactive, and could have their noses
rubbed in tough questions until they answered them.
There was an interesting short story in one of the major SF magazines (Analog, Asimov's, or F&SF) about an 'interactive' virtual candidate emulator.
Basically, program a turing machine with all of the candidate's speeches, statements, campaign promises and speech patterns, and have it interact with all of the voters, one-on-one.
Interesting concept. For an AlGore-ithm, just take some "Eliza" source code and add in a a strong "Green" position in place of the psychobabble, and you're done. A weekend project for any undergrad.
The problem isn't that High School is unfair and competitive, the problem is that the values that are promoted are unrealistic.
I presume that you have never watched MTV's
Daria?
Life isn't fair, but in the real work world, being able to plan for the long term, complete complex tasks, and make your boss look good are survival skills- not fashion, not football, not "popularity".
High School values conformity and social acceptance to make hormone-charged teens easier to manage, not because it has any value in the real world.
Better yet, give anybody (who can prove citizenship) just enough material things (food, clothing, shelter) to keep them alive. No more giving away MONEY to the poor.
I agree that nobody should have to live on the street, starve, or freeze. But that doesn't mean they should be given cash handouts either.
Yah know I hear all this "guns make us safe" rhetoric whenever somebody talks about making it harder to own one or at least requiring an owner to demonstrate that they are at least minimally responsible.
The problem is, the the laws that are passed to "make it harder to own one", or to "demonstrate responsibility" do little to keep criminals from buying guns. If you read the actual laws, it's clear that the ultimate goal of the authors is to legislate firearms ownership out of existence.
But I have to wonder how victims of crime are made safer when their assailants have a gun.
We ban cocaine. We banned alcohol. We severely restrict fully-automatic weapons. Criminals still can get anything they choose.
"Vote for Al Gore if you think the first five amendments should be eliminated"
Once we lose our "Second Amendment Rights" we will have no tools left to attempt to recover our "First Amendment Rights" when they too are taken away.
Right now, restrictions on amendment #2 are much more popular and easy to pass than trying to restrict "free speech" or "freedom of religion" rights. In the short term, we are significantly closer to losing our second amendment rights than our first amendment rights.
For that and other reasons, I shall hold my nose and vote for Bush. Not because I agree with all of his views, but because I consider him to be the least dangerous of the two viable presidential candidates.
If all of the candidate watermarks have been broken, what is their next step?
The best possible result for SDMI would have been for at least one of the watermarks not to have been broken during the public examination period, then they could have released hardware and software knowing that it was better than any of the discarded watermarking solutions.
This sort of test is silly- just because it can't be broken today, by people for whom $10K is a lot of money, doesn't mean it won't be broken the day after it is released.
Their $10,000 would have been better spent on a few hours by a professional cryptographer in reviewing the algorythm.
Your obvious prejudice is aptly demonstrated. The problem isn't guns, the problem isn't the internet, the problem is people- violent criminal people.
Comments like "catering to gun wielding idiots. There should be an IQ test for gun ownership in this country. I propose the test score has to be higher than 200." are pointless, especially when the author's spelling and punctuation clearly demonstrate an IQ somewhat lower... Actually, have you seen the reports on the median IQ of police officers?
The fact is, the vast majority of people who commit murder in this country, and a suprisingly large percentage of their victims, have a history of violence and criminal activity.
I am a "techno-geek". I am voting for Bush, for two reasons:
Nader and the Libertarian candidates have no chance.
Gore is no friend of civil liberties.
Blaming columbine on "guns" or "the internet" or "video games" are all cop outs. The problem is violent people.
Consider this: Nearly half of all murder victims have detectable amounts of cocaine in their bloodstream.
Americans are more violent, with or without firearms.
Our non-firearm (knife, rock, vehicular, etc) homicide rate is higher than Britain's TOTAL homicide rate (including guns). So even if the US banned all firearms possession, we would still kill each other more often.
Guns are not the problem, the Internet is not the problem- violent criminals are the problem.
New gun control laws in the USA only disarm the victims, and serve to distract politicians and the population from the complexity of a real solution.
Call me greedy, but why should I give my old hardware away to somebody I do not know, when I can get way more than I feel it is worth by posting it up on Ebay with no reserve or minimum bid?
Greedy is putting a Sparc IPX on Ebay with a $80 reserve.
Don't get me wrong- I've been known to give hardware away, to people I know or for answering a trivia question at 2600 meetings- sort of like your requirements that the recipient be a 'true geek'.
I've had bad experiences as an employee (mostly due to management that was fickle, incompetent, or not entirely sane), so now I consult.
As a consultant you are paid by the hour- this tends to help avoid the 80-hour work week, or at least make it financially rewarding. It also avoids burnout- if you're careful about choosing the right contract, a month or two of 12-hour days can give you the savings cushion for a month or two of downtime, or a week in Aruba.
If you do choose to become a consultant, there are a few major pitfalls to consider-
If you work through a consulting firm, make sure that they pay you overtime, and that you will be paid twice a month regardless of whether the client has paid the invoice yet.
If you work independent for potentially cash-starved pre-IPO firms, bill every week or every second week, and if they stop cutting checks, don't continue to work the long hours- chances are they are running low on funds you may never get paid.
If you have problems getting along with the employees or management, try to leave on a friendly note- today's happy customer is tomorrow's referral to a better contract.
If you are independent, consider incorporating or joining up in an LLC with other local consultants.
DVD mastering technology has improved over the last couple of years, there shouldn't be any noticeable MPEG artifacts on newer major label DVD releases.
A new VHS tape on a X-head VCR might approach the image quality of a DVD, but only the first or second time you play it- Tapes wear out.
A higher-end home theater system would include 6.1 digital audio decoding, component video, anamorphic widescreen television. Watch a movie on such a setup, and you'll throw away your VHS VCR.
I never purchased movies on tape, but now I have a medium-priced DVD player and many DVD movies, these are the reasons I buy DVDs:
Digital audio.
Component Video.
Anamorphic widescreen. Most DVD movie releases are widescreen, it can be difficult to find tapes in 'the original theatrical aspect ratio'.
Random Access. Great for the South Park and Monty Python box sets, or to jump the your favorite scene or music video.
Less expensive. South Park is cheaper to purchase on DVD than on tape.
DVD-ROM features. For example, T2:UE includes the entire screenplay as both video and as text.
Extra features. Many DVDs offer several different trailers, audio commentary, subtitles, featurette 'making of', outtakes, music videos. Sometimes it's garbage, sometimes worth watching.
Easter Eggs. You're not going to find any secret menus on a VHS tape.
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There is 64/128 bit crypto, in each case 24 bits are taken for the node address, leaving 40/104 bits for encryption keys.
Crypto is done using RC4, a system with known, exploitable weaknesses.
No Wires Needed offers cards with factory-installed public key encryption and Diffie-Hellman support, but they do not offer their cars in the USA.
Once I have completed training (and perhaps received certification) I am presumably a more valuable employee- and deserve to earn more money.
When a company "gives" you training, it doesn't benefit you unless you get an increase in pay at completion. If not, you are a more valuable employee to any employer, so start looking for a company that recognizes that.
IANAL, that being said-
Any non-compete contract that makes it impossible for you to earn a living (short of moving to another industry, or another state) is invalid.
An employer can put restrictions on stealing clients, on taking proprietary technology, but cannot enforce a non-compete that basically puts you out of work.
Who cares what it is. I just want to know where I have to go in Switzerland to meet those two chicks who were riding that phallic-looking piece of self-propelled artillery.
The TiVo does use FTP to upload a file to their server, the file contains the 'anonymous' viewing data on what shows you have recorded/watched.
Lastly, it uses NTP to set the clock. Without setting the clock every few days, the hardware clock in the unit will drift quickly, and you end up missing the begininng/end of shows.
All standard protocols. All easily proxied.
Since vote swapping is legal in Congress, it should be legal for the average citizen as well. OTOH, IANAL.
The president cannot singlehandedly save nor trash the environment. His powers are limited.
Have you actually read Gore's book? What he wants to do to "save" the environment is frightening.
I will vote for Bush because of what President Clinton said: "Gore is the next best thing" to third Clinton term.
I would have gone, given a reasonable assurance that _my_ rights would be protected. One privately owned company not having a good TCP/IP network isn't going to make any difference to their human rights situation, but the money would make a big difference to my financial situation.
OTOH, If the job had been in, say, Singapore, I wouldn't have gone.
I honestly think that the press publicity over his DUI might turn some 'undecided' voters who have a similar charge in their past to vote for Bush, but is unluckly to convince anybody who was going to vote for him to decide against Bush.
He just won the drinker's votes. Not a small bloc. DUI laws are getting out of hand. I have one beer and I'm afraid to drive- not that I'm impaired, just that they cops are overly agressive in making DUI arrests, and the state overly agressive in prosecuting people.
Yes, Bush _was_ DUI in the distant past, but now he does not drink at all. What does that say about his morals?
I'm a two-issue voter, but being male, I doubt I'll ever need an abortion, so I compromise my principles on that issue.
There was an interesting short story in one of the major SF magazines (Analog, Asimov's, or F&SF) about an 'interactive' virtual candidate emulator.
Basically, program a turing machine with all of the candidate's speeches, statements, campaign promises and speech patterns, and have it interact with all of the voters, one-on-one.
Interesting concept. For an AlGore-ithm, just take some "Eliza" source code and add in a a strong "Green" position in place of the psychobabble, and you're done. A weekend project for any undergrad.
But did she shave her head?
Got pictures?
The problem isn't that High School is unfair and competitive, the problem is that the values that are promoted are unrealistic. I presume that you have never watched MTV's Daria? Life isn't fair, but in the real work world, being able to plan for the long term, complete complex tasks, and make your boss look good are survival skills- not fashion, not football, not "popularity". High School values conformity and social acceptance to make hormone-charged teens easier to manage, not because it has any value in the real world.
I agree that nobody should have to live on the street, starve, or freeze. But that doesn't mean they should be given cash handouts either.
The problem is, the the laws that are passed to "make it harder to own one", or to "demonstrate responsibility" do little to keep criminals from buying guns. If you read the actual laws, it's clear that the ultimate goal of the authors is to legislate firearms ownership out of existence.
We ban cocaine. We banned alcohol. We severely restrict fully-automatic weapons. Criminals still can get anything they choose.Gun control only disarms the victims.
"Vote for Al Gore if you think the first five amendments should be eliminated"
Once we lose our "Second Amendment Rights" we will have no tools left to attempt to recover our "First Amendment Rights" when they too are taken away.
Right now, restrictions on amendment #2 are much more popular and easy to pass than trying to restrict "free speech" or "freedom of religion" rights. In the short term, we are significantly closer to losing our second amendment rights than our first amendment rights.
For that and other reasons, I shall hold my nose and vote for Bush. Not because I agree with all of his views, but because I consider him to be the least dangerous of the two viable presidential candidates.
But just to make you happy, I've updated my signature to avoid such confusion in the future.
The best possible result for SDMI would have been for at least one of the watermarks not to have been broken during the public examination period, then they could have released hardware and software knowing that it was better than any of the discarded watermarking solutions.
This sort of test is silly- just because it can't be broken today, by people for whom $10K is a lot of money, doesn't mean it won't be broken the day after it is released.
Their $10,000 would have been better spent on a few hours by a professional cryptographer in reviewing the algorythm.
Comments like "catering to gun wielding idiots. There should be an IQ test for gun ownership in this country. I propose the test score has to be higher than 200." are pointless, especially when the author's spelling and punctuation clearly demonstrate an IQ somewhat lower... Actually, have you seen the reports on the median IQ of police officers?
The fact is, the vast majority of people who commit murder in this country, and a suprisingly large percentage of their victims, have a history of violence and criminal activity.
I am a "techno-geek". I am voting for Bush, for two reasons:
Blaming columbine on "guns" or "the internet" or "video games" are all cop outs. The problem is violent people.
Consider this: Nearly half of all murder victims have detectable amounts of cocaine in their bloodstream.
Our non-firearm (knife, rock, vehicular, etc) homicide rate is higher than Britain's TOTAL homicide rate (including guns). So even if the US banned all firearms possession, we would still kill each other more often.
Guns are not the problem, the Internet is not the problem- violent criminals are the problem.
New gun control laws in the USA only disarm the victims, and serve to distract politicians and the population from the complexity of a real solution.
Greedy is putting a Sparc IPX on Ebay with a $80 reserve.
Don't get me wrong- I've been known to give hardware away, to people I know or for answering a trivia question at 2600 meetings- sort of like your requirements that the recipient be a 'true geek'.
Almost nowhere. Downtown and most suburbs are dead on weekday evenings, except for bars and night clubs.
McDonalds, IHOP, White Castle, and Dunkin Donuts have 24 hour locations.
On the north side, Melrose (3233 Broadway), and a handful of greasy spoon diners.
I'd kill for a good 24-hour sushi restaurant within 75 miles of downtown Chicago.
As a consultant you are paid by the hour- this tends to help avoid the 80-hour work week, or at least make it financially rewarding. It also avoids burnout- if you're careful about choosing the right contract, a month or two of 12-hour days can give you the savings cushion for a month or two of downtime, or a week in Aruba.
If you do choose to become a consultant, there are a few major pitfalls to consider-
SSL is a much better solution, no employer is going to block outbound HTTPS connections without good cause.
A new VHS tape on a X-head VCR might approach the image quality of a DVD, but only the first or second time you play it- Tapes wear out.
A higher-end home theater system would include 6.1 digital audio decoding, component video, anamorphic widescreen television. Watch a movie on such a setup, and you'll throw away your VHS VCR.
I never purchased movies on tape, but now I have a medium-priced DVD player and many DVD movies, these are the reasons I buy DVDs: