I rarely think back to my starting days on the net when I fancied myself a leet hacker (I did have the decency, at least, not to use 1337 speak) - but perhaps it would be useful here (though shameful). Most of the time, it was a mix of social engineering, a trojan (keylogger perhaps), and other such vile methods. But the great thing was, once I got one password, the rest soon followed giving me a great sense of juvenile pride.
I wish we had had.NET back then. It's not possible to create.NET securely. Imagine - one password: one stolen identity:)
This is very scary. How far is MS willing to go with respect to giving up its vision of.NET?
Microsoft is rich because people upgrade if not every year, then every other year. It could not possibly survive by selling bug-free software - it's just not in their interest. The vast majority of users DON'T blame MS for the crashes, rather they either blame a 3rd party program or themselves even though the fault lies almost entirely on Microsoft.
They DON'T get bad press from outlook viruses - the evil hacker delinquent kids do. MS is seen, of course, as the victim.
Windows2000 was released with, what, 20,000 known bugs in it. It seems to me that my Windows partition works worse and worse with each new version I put on it. So I buy another. Don't you realize, this is the best business model of all? But of course, now that the nerds, geeks and generally intelligent people are widely blaming microsoft they want to quickly sidestep widespread scrutiny by (you guessed it) telling us security is their highest priority.
Microsoft sells software that is so bloated that if they actually did a decent code audit (which, of course, would be far too expensive) and tightened things up, you wouldn't need that couple gigs just devoted to the OS. In short: MS NEEDS you to upgrade. Why on earth would they really mend their ways? Especially if it would cost more and get less overall business?
yeah, I wrote them a nice long email laying out my situation, and I told them that they'd most probably multiply significantly the number of subscriptions if they let you pay monthly.... they replied saying that they might work on it in the future:(. here's part of the email:
When we will be able to do it technically we will do it. For the moment it need bit more time. There is also the problem that we are going to offer more and more attractive stuff and don't want someone to pay for one month, grab everything and stop.
hehe... I keep forgetting that I have that turned on - i've had the prefs file manually edited since 0.9... i think even in the milestones it was possible to block them but they only just (0.9.4) let you turn it on in the UI.
Now I get very, very pissed whenever I use someone else's computer, *smirk*. I too haven't seen a popup in a very long time. USE MOZILLA!!!
I love mandrake, and have bought a couple boxed sets, because unlike a couple previous replies, I think that its work getting linux on the desktop is highly important.
The only problem with their club is that you must pay for an entire year at a time. The least you can pay is $60.... Now, I'm not too rich at all, but I really wouldn't mind paying $5 a month even if it was autobilled. I'd even pay $6 a month - the extra buck to cover extra credit card fees that they'd have.
you're lucky... Algebraic Topology texts are much cheaper than the average math textbooks... Here are 3 good books:
"Algebraic Topology," Hatcher, Allen; "A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology," May, Peter J.; "Algebraic Topology," Harper, J.R. & Greenberg, Marvin J.
Here are the links from amazon: 1 ; 2 ; 3.
Good Luck and Cheers!
I saw a TLC program a month or so ago, where they used some specialized trucks to drive accross antarctica... They had some problems with huge ravines and blown tyres, frozen motor oil, etc. etc. but they made it. Note: it _could_ have been the arctic, i forget now... but it's awesome all the same.
Makes for a good logical paradox
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Ok... so this guy is motivated to create a time machine because his dad died from smoking too much at age 33. Hrmm... let's say he could go back:
He tells his father to quit smoking... and he does. This guy then has no motivation to make the time machine, and therefore doesn't. And his father dies again. Ummm...
Can anyone tell me where my flaw is? Or, like I expect, is macro-scale time travel logically impossible (for a whole variety of reasons)?
Ahh... but were the errors errors in the proof or just syntactical? I don't think that the proof has been seriously revised or changed. That having been said, please note I haven't read a previous version. After all, this is a "preprint" just for that reason - so this type of thing can be ironed out before publishing.
It's extremely rare that a preprint gets published verbatim - they usually go through a couple versions. Errors may remain, but i'd say it's more of a leap of faith to say that this version is mathematically erroneous.
Absolutely agreed. The only problem with them is the learning curve, which is quite on the steep side. But as long as you took the time to get acquainted with linux, learning LaTeX is easy by comparison. Virtually all technical papers are written using LaTeX.
Of course, it's not really suited for writing the quick english assignment, but then again, why use Word for that? Any of the others work perfectly.
How similar is this to VMWare? I assume they have a similar function, but i tried VMWare out on Mandrake 8.0 and it does run windows faster than native, as advertised. How does this functionality compare with VPC?
Are they architecturally similar?
Well, actually, it's a beautifully simple, short-and-sweet, easy-to-follow 6 page proof. Most students of topology can easily follow it (well, pretty easily anyway).
I highly doubt that any errors will pop up at all simply because the proof is elementary. (note to non-mathematicians... elementary and simple or easy are two very different things in math). And it's only 6 pages!
PNG == Pseudorandom number generator.... that's just the way i spell it. i know the so-called "correct" spelling is hyphenated, but i hate hypens. Besides, _every_ other pseudo-xxxxx word is spelled as one word, without the hyphen. But hey, to each his own and appy polly loggies for the confusion.
is that it gives the MEDIUM far too much responsibility. If one password is transmitted insecurely, they're all compromised. Even worse, if Skriptkiddie01 has access to, say, one email account belonging to you (perhaps through no fault of your own... say a hotmail bug... and there has been no shortage of those) then most of the time he can get one of your passwords (through those damn "I forgot my password - email it to me") and then extrapolate.
The only way to make this method any good is to "nickname"... instead of actual host names, nickname them something that looks random - say x512, y513 or whatever; then use that to attach. Of course this doesn't really pertain to the original question, which i think was authentication, but anyway. Go for Counterpane's Password Safe: endorsed by Bruce Schneier and soon-to-be opensourced! It uses Blowfish for encryption, and Yarrow for PNG.:)
In I'm sure what will always be remembered as a sad day for happiness, Scott Adams, the author of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy," died suddenly early Friday of a heart attack, at the age of 49.
Scott Adams was by all accounts one of the greatest comic geniuses of all times, and his 5 part trilogy forming the Ultimate HitchHiker's Guide is not only roaringly funny, but deeply philosophical as well. Sum-Total, it sold over 50 million copies, and was translated into more than 147 languages (including Klingon, Ant and Dog). (no, seriously!)
Not only was Adams unique in his suberb writing ability and narrative style, but also featured prominently in radio, effectively bringing back to life the BBC's radio comedy.
In recent years, he had been working hard on a film version of his off-the-mark and sublimely nonsequitur series, with actors Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey, Ben Affleck and even Bruce Willis in the running for the lead part.
Adams leaves behind a wife and seven year old daughter.
As he goes to join Graham Chapman, the comedic genius behind many of the best Monty Python sketches (and with whom he worked extensively and whose semi-autobiography "A Liar's Autobiography, Volume VI" he co-authored with Eric Idle), I'm sure his presence, his genius, his personality and his work will sorely be missed.
In his own words,
"Dreadfully sorry for all the inconvenience"
"'Poof!' Vanished in a puff of logic"
"So long, and thanks for all the fish!"
And of course, the answer is 42.
Cheers,
jacobb
PS. to get the original Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series in mp3 format, surf on over to UFIE'S FTP
They are well, well worth it.
Hi.
I myself was/am a gifted child, with an IQ of 174 (Cattell). I think that i might be able to offer some help. The most important thing for the child at this moment is friends. Not sports or hobbies, or anything... just friends. They will develop in the child all the necessary social skills, etc, etc. As to what to teach him, take him to a library all day for a week, and note what he reads (ask him first, not to go towards fiction). He will migrate towards what he loves to do. THAT is what to teach. I have hated all the times in my life where i know what i was being taught was important or whatnot (like your example of nanotechnology), but i really only had a slight interest in it. "Teaching" isnt really the right word, but if you help him learn (believe me, gifted children are never 'taught' something) what he loves, he will be following the best course available.
all you must to is to make available information, and he will learn. that is all that is important.
just my 2 cents
Well, many people say I'm lucky to have a photographic memory, and in many ways I am, including my method of password storage. I have 50 different passworded accounts (ok, 47), and each has a minimum of 8 (some places dont let you put any more) alphanumeric passwords which I generate using truly random numbers (radioactive decay), see http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/ My pgp passphrase is 53 chars and contains all special characters as well as caps, lowercase, and numbers. But, it's not truly random, but a combination of my other passwords. I find this helps people a lot when they ask me how to choose new passwords. Combine some old ones! Most people cant store them all in their memory, tho, so I point them to Counterpane's passwordSafe. there's a link on their site, http://www.counterpane.com hope this helped. JacobB
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No - i'm talking about the entire .NET ideology.
Passport is one aspect, yes... a very ugly aspect.
I rarely think back to my starting days on the net when I fancied myself a leet hacker (I did have the decency, at least, not to use 1337 speak) - but perhaps it would be useful here (though shameful).
Most of the time, it was a mix of social engineering, a trojan (keylogger perhaps), and other such vile methods. But the great thing was, once I got one password, the rest soon followed giving me a great sense of juvenile pride.
I wish we had had .NET back then. It's not possible to create .NET securely. Imagine - one password: one stolen identity :)
This is very scary. How far is MS willing to go with respect to giving up its vision of .NET?
It could not possibly survive by selling bug-free software - it's just not in their interest. The vast majority of users DON'T blame MS for the crashes, rather they either blame a 3rd party program or themselves even though the fault lies almost entirely on Microsoft.
They DON'T get bad press from outlook viruses - the evil hacker delinquent kids do. MS is seen, of course, as the victim.
Windows2000 was released with, what, 20,000 known bugs in it. It seems to me that my Windows partition works worse and worse with each new version I put on it. So I buy another.
Don't you realize, this is the best business model of all? But of course, now that the nerds, geeks and generally intelligent people are widely blaming microsoft they want to quickly sidestep widespread scrutiny by (you guessed it) telling us security is their highest priority.
Microsoft sells software that is so bloated that if they actually did a decent code audit (which, of course, would be far too expensive) and tightened things up, you wouldn't need that couple gigs just devoted to the OS. In short: MS NEEDS you to upgrade. Why on earth would they really mend their ways? Especially if it would cost more and get less overall business?
Now I get very, very pissed whenever I use someone else's computer, *smirk*. I too haven't seen a popup in a very long time.
USE MOZILLA!!!
The only problem with their club is that you must pay for an entire year at a time. The least you can pay is $60.... Now, I'm not too rich at all, but I really wouldn't mind paying $5 a month even if it was autobilled. I'd even pay $6 a month - the extra buck to cover extra credit card fees that they'd have.
Bottom line: I can afford $5 /mo but not $60 /year
Here are 3 good books:
"Algebraic Topology," Hatcher, Allen ; ;
"A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology," May, Peter J.
"Algebraic Topology," Harper, J.R. & Greenberg, Marvin J.
Here are the links from amazon: 1 ; 2 ; 3.
Good Luck and Cheers!
I saw a TLC program a month or so ago, where they used some specialized trucks to drive accross antarctica... They had some problems with huge ravines and blown tyres, frozen motor oil, etc. etc. but they made it.
Note: it _could_ have been the arctic, i forget now... but it's awesome all the same.
He tells his father to quit smoking... and he does. This guy then has no motivation to make the time machine, and therefore doesn't. And his father dies again. Ummm...
Can anyone tell me where my flaw is? Or, like I expect, is macro-scale time travel logically impossible (for a whole variety of reasons)?
After all, this is a "preprint" just for that reason - so this type of thing can be ironed out before publishing.
It's extremely rare that a preprint gets published verbatim - they usually go through a couple versions.
Errors may remain, but i'd say it's more of a leap of faith to say that this version is mathematically erroneous.
Virtually all technical papers are written using LaTeX.
Of course, it's not really suited for writing the quick english assignment, but then again, why use Word for that? Any of the others work perfectly.
How similar is this to VMWare? I assume they have a similar function, but i tried VMWare out on Mandrake 8.0 and it does run windows faster than native, as advertised.
How does this functionality compare with VPC?
Are they architecturally similar?
Well, actually, it's a beautifully simple, short-and-sweet, easy-to-follow 6 page proof. Most students of topology can easily follow it (well, pretty easily anyway).
I highly doubt that any errors will pop up at all simply because the proof is elementary. (note to non-mathematicians... elementary and simple or easy are two very different things in math).
And it's only 6 pages!
if it's simply connected: either it's not a 3-manifold (depending on whether the bubble is closed or not) or it's not a counterexample.
PNG == Pseudorandom number generator.... that's just the way i spell it. i know the so-called "correct" spelling is hyphenated, but i hate hypens. Besides, _every_ other pseudo-xxxxx word is spelled as one word, without the hyphen. But hey, to each his own and appy polly loggies for the confusion.
is that it gives the MEDIUM far too much responsibility. :)
If one password is transmitted insecurely, they're all compromised. Even worse, if Skriptkiddie01 has access to, say, one email account belonging to you (perhaps through no fault of your own... say a hotmail bug... and there has been no shortage of those) then most of the time he can get one of your passwords (through those damn "I forgot my password - email it to me") and then extrapolate.
The only way to make this method any good is to "nickname"... instead of actual host names, nickname them something that looks random - say x512, y513 or whatever; then use that to attach. Of course this doesn't really pertain to the original question, which i think was authentication, but anyway. Go for Counterpane's Password Safe: endorsed by Bruce Schneier and soon-to-be opensourced! It uses Blowfish for encryption, and Yarrow for PNG.
you don't need to tell me how stupid i am. I apologize for my ineptitude.
Sincere and humblest apologies.
jacobb
Scott Adams was by all accounts one of the greatest comic geniuses of all times, and his 5 part trilogy forming the Ultimate HitchHiker's Guide is not only roaringly funny, but deeply philosophical as well. Sum-Total, it sold over 50 million copies, and was translated into more than 147 languages (including Klingon, Ant and Dog). (no, seriously!)
Not only was Adams unique in his suberb writing ability and narrative style, but also featured prominently in radio, effectively bringing back to life the BBC's radio comedy.
In recent years, he had been working hard on a film version of his off-the-mark and sublimely nonsequitur series, with actors Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey, Ben Affleck and even Bruce Willis in the running for the lead part.
Adams leaves behind a wife and seven year old daughter.
As he goes to join Graham Chapman, the comedic genius behind many of the best Monty Python sketches (and with whom he worked extensively and whose semi-autobiography "A Liar's Autobiography, Volume VI" he co-authored with Eric Idle), I'm sure his presence, his genius, his personality and his work will sorely be missed.
In his own words,
"Dreadfully sorry for all the inconvenience"
"'Poof!' Vanished in a puff of logic"
"So long, and thanks for all the fish!"
And of course, the answer is 42.
Cheers,
jacobb
PS. to get the original Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series in mp3 format, surf on over to UFIE'S FTP
They are well, well worth it.
42.
fnord.
Hi.
I myself was/am a gifted child, with an IQ of 174 (Cattell). I think that i might be able to offer some help. The most important thing for the child at this moment is friends. Not sports or hobbies, or anything... just friends. They will develop in the child all the necessary social skills, etc, etc.
As to what to teach him, take him to a library all day for a week, and note what he reads (ask him first, not to go towards fiction). He will migrate towards what he loves to do. THAT is what to teach. I have hated all the times in my life where i know what i was being taught was important or whatnot (like your example of nanotechnology), but i really only had a slight interest in it. "Teaching" isnt really the right word, but if you help him learn (believe me, gifted children are never 'taught' something) what he loves, he will be following the best course available.
all you must to is to make available information, and he will learn. that is all that is important.
just my 2 cents
Well, many people say I'm lucky to have a photographic memory, and in many ways I am, including my method of password storage. I have 50 different passworded accounts (ok, 47), and each has a minimum of 8 (some places dont let you put any more) alphanumeric passwords which I generate using truly random numbers (radioactive decay), see http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/ My pgp passphrase is 53 chars and contains all special characters as well as caps, lowercase, and numbers. But, it's not truly random, but a combination of my other passwords. I find this helps people a lot when they ask me how to choose new passwords. Combine some old ones! Most people cant store them all in their memory, tho, so I point them to Counterpane's passwordSafe. there's a link on their site, http://www.counterpane.com hope this helped. JacobB