But once it's cracked, the cracked version will be better than the original version, since it doesn't come with such invasive copy protection, and will probably work on more computers because of that.
In a modern network like G2 or DC, TT hashes are used to verify file integrity. A Tree hash involves breaking the file into regular sized chunks, each of which you hash separately. Then you hash those hashes together to create a new hash, and hash those together, and so on until you have one root hash for the whole file.
Once you have enough hashes and the pieces of the files, you can hash each one and actually find which piece is the bad piece via an iterative sequence. Even though each piece matches the hash given for it, the hashes won't combine to make the tree of hashes work out correctly.
But how does this make sense? The root hash is the hash of the hash of the hash (etc.) of parts of the file. If one of those parts is corrupted but still has the same hash (hash collision), then how would that affect the tree of hashes built from those hashes? The hash of the block in question is the same, after all.
Actually, a similar scam was run in The Netherlands not too long ago.
Guy claims to have invented a compression technique that would be able to compress a movie into 1KB of data.
Some Philips high-up manager invests millions of his own personal money in it (not the company's money, apparently he wanted it all for himself), and got zero in return. He let himself be scammed by his own greed.
The "inventor" has since died, and the source or object code have either disappeared, or are stored in a safe or something.
I say it's bullocks, since the compression ratio is just way too good to be true.
Paint a grid on the floor, with squares of 1 sq. ft., possibly with magnetic paint, and install cameras or magnetic sensors to sense the lines passing underneath. Add a compass or rotational sensor to help determine the orientation. Add some maths, stir, and you might just have something that might work. (Or not...)
Slashdot Mirror
Wow, you didn't even read the Slashdot Summary.
Funny how perspective can skew observations...
To keep it from being boring, they put a tiny spaceship inside!
Miss Ampere's Parlour
Funny, the eBay auction says that the item is located in Chicago (for you Americans, that's a big city in Illinois).
It's a village in Canada, made up of igloos :-P
He's an American. Americans don't have world maps :-P
If they didn't pass on the cost of those taxes to the customers, would they just grow the money for the taxes on trees or something?
Maybe the EFF should apply for a grant to file this suit...
That was the first book I've ever continued reading because it was so. Terribly. Bad.
But once it's cracked, the cracked version will be better than the original version, since it doesn't come with such invasive copy protection, and will probably work on more computers because of that.
But how does this make sense? The root hash is the hash of the hash of the hash (etc.) of parts of the file. If one of those parts is corrupted but still has the same hash (hash collision), then how would that affect the tree of hashes built from those hashes? The hash of the block in question is the same, after all.
So... one $300 hookerbot or 300 $1 hookerbots?
Actually, a similar scam was run in The Netherlands not too long ago.
Guy claims to have invented a compression technique that would be able to compress a movie into 1KB of data.
Some Philips high-up manager invests millions of his own personal money in it (not the company's money, apparently he wanted it all for himself), and got zero in return. He let himself be scammed by his own greed.
The "inventor" has since died, and the source or object code have either disappeared, or are stored in a safe or something.
I say it's bullocks, since the compression ratio is just way too good to be true.
How about Dungeon Master? I'd say that would be one of the CRPG-defining games, if not the CRPG-defining game...
Efficient, open minded? Bwahahahahahaaaaa!
Watch 28 Days Later sometimes.
Migration to Linux:
Costs differences:
+$2 per modem
-$5 per Windows licence
===== +
-$3
So Linux computers would be $3 cheaper, even with slightly more expensive modems.
hjkl are the ancient "cursor keys" from before there were cursor keys. They're still used in old-fashioned programs like nethack and vi.
Nah, the American version of Google uses only sites mentioned in the Bible as trustworthy to get its facts from.
Nah, put it in front of that copyrighted park sculpture in Chicago!
Paint a grid on the floor, with squares of 1 sq. ft., possibly with magnetic paint, and install cameras or magnetic sensors to sense the lines passing underneath. Add a compass or rotational sensor to help determine the orientation. Add some maths, stir, and you might just have something that might work. (Or not...)
Maybe because RMAs are expensive and give the brand a bad name?
I decided I like it when, when reading the abstract, which is completely obfuscated and illegible, I stumbled upon the word "cromulent". Marvelous!
That should be: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/200503 30/od_uk_nm/oukoe_no_life_china_sabre...