Well, everything can be brute forced, there is no absolute security. The idea here is to make the lock impossible to crack using any method other than brute force. That is what this technology does.
What methods have they developed to make the next sequence purely unpredictable?
There are algorithmical random number generators that produce sequences of random numbers you can not distinguish from really random numbers. I don't remember methods for extracting the seed from such sequences. Has that changed lately? If not, all you have to do is seed the key and the lock, and then discard the seed. Or am I missing something?
I know there used to be "special" CD-Rs for copying music (special only when looking at the price tag, mind you), at least that is how it worked in Poland. But that is not the case anymore, so either the tax was forced for all CD-Rs or the "special" CD-Rs would not sell, and got dropped. Judging by the subject at hand, I guess the former. As to why this could happen at all, I have no clue.
No, you are paying for the security (and other) copies you might want to make on those CDs from original CDs (i.e. for whatever the "fair use" copying is allowed in your country). Call it the fair use tax if you will.
This tax has nothing to do with illegal copies (i.e. burning an ISO you just downloaded). That is a separate issue.
This sounds more like a self-discipline problem than a problem with technology to me.
Exactly. I do not have to have Firefox, Thunderbird, or ICQ open while I am working, but I do.
If I get a job with a seemingly tight deadline, I concentrate (I mean really concentrate), and often get it done faster that I would have otherwise. This is no paradox, this is normal, and done on purpose -- I get more tired when working very concentrated, so I prefer not to.
Just cause it's called a "laptop" doesn't mean you have to use it on your lap.
Well, not have to use it on a lap, that I give you. But being able to use it on a lap is definately a requirement from where I sit (currently considering buying one).
I agree. Too bad there are plenty games less open-ended than Go, and still without a good AI.
By the way, my original comment was to a post claiming a sophisticated AI would (among other things) prevent the use of high-level languages. The only case where that applied was a chess AI with its "sophistication", all other game AIs being rather simple.
It can win against most very good players, so I call it sophisticated. Other games do not have that kind of AI, because the programming involved is neither clever nor a brute-force search.
I switched over to showers a while ago, but before that I would often read books while taking a bath, and I know other people who do that. Ever used a hair-dryer on a book? I guess this makes a point for a waterproof screen.
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Not even a desktop. But the feature has been advertised numerous times. ;)
Weird, I thought Intel was already making those. Ahh, I see, Intel's are less portable.
That is assuming those systems are not already using such distributed mechanisms.
Well, everything can be brute forced, there is no absolute security. The idea here is to make the lock impossible to crack using any method other than brute force. That is what this technology does.
I know there used to be "special" CD-Rs for copying music (special only when looking at the price tag, mind you), at least that is how it worked in Poland. But that is not the case anymore, so either the tax was forced for all CD-Rs or the "special" CD-Rs would not sell, and got dropped. Judging by the subject at hand, I guess the former. As to why this could happen at all, I have no clue.
I did not say I agree, I just explained how it works.
No, you are paying for the security (and other) copies you might want to make on those CDs from original CDs (i.e. for whatever the "fair use" copying is allowed in your country). Call it the fair use tax if you will.
This tax has nothing to do with illegal copies (i.e. burning an ISO you just downloaded). That is a separate issue.
Ver, very metaphorical indeed.
If I get a job with a seemingly tight deadline, I concentrate (I mean really concentrate), and often get it done faster that I would have otherwise. This is no paradox, this is normal, and done on purpose -- I get more tired when working very concentrated, so I prefer not to.
Maybe change it to suit your children, whom you are hurting with the pollution? They are not magically protected by driving with you.
Last time I checked, I was not a bird.
I did happen to be fairly close to Chernobyl (i.e. in Poland), when it blew up, though.
Exactly what I was thinking. If I wanted a heater, I would be considering buying a heater, not a laptop.
I agree. Too bad there are plenty games less open-ended than Go, and still without a good AI.
By the way, my original comment was to a post claiming a sophisticated AI would (among other things) prevent the use of high-level languages. The only case where that applied was a chess AI with its "sophistication", all other game AIs being rather simple.
It can win against most very good players, so I call it sophisticated. Other games do not have that kind of AI, because the programming involved is neither clever nor a brute-force search.
When was the last time you saw a game with a sophisticated AI? Chess excluded.
Maybe there was no 7800 when he bought it, especially considering the 512 MB version of it...
Right, that one would likely buy Google. Or sell Apple to Google to gain control of Google. Or something. ;)
In Soviet Russia, you watch the government? Tha came out weird...
Greatly increasing local land value. Now, where does he plan to land...
This is Slashdot. You'd have to have an ex first. ;)
I switched over to showers a while ago, but before that I would often read books while taking a bath, and I know other people who do that. Ever used a hair-dryer on a book? I guess this makes a point for a waterproof screen.