Let's make it clear to whomever is considering paying the SCO extortion: if they do, SCO will reveal them, since it is part of their propaganda campaign. And as soon as they do, at least half their customer base will cancel their contracts. Still feel that was a smart move, EV1? Perhaps you trusted SCO not to reveal your confidential business? What has SCO done in the last year that would give you the impression that you should trust them?
Not really a good analogy... the Dukes of Hazard was based on a story about people doing something that was actually illegal -- running moonshine. Since in this case SCO is actually ghte people that are doing something illegal, it doesn't work to compare them with the local law enforcement -- however corrupt it may be.
ev1servers.net 1666 Active Browsing Users... and climbing! Personally, I think I'll keep hitting "refresh" just to watch the slashdot effect in action!
When SCO loses and immediately files bankruptcy because they've spent far more on lawyers then they have taken in in revenue, it might be just a little difficult for anybody to get money out of them... in fact, even if the IBM countersuit prevails, I expect they will never get paid.
But one with actual life would - for scientific, and arguably for moral reasons - have to be quarantined. Why? I say if we find any Martians, we kill them and eat them! "So, after spending $20 billion on sending humans to Mars, what have we discovered about Martian life?" "They taste just like chicken!"
ICANN creates a.xxx domain, making porn much easier to filter. Anybody publishing explicit pictures not in the.xxx domain is convicted under existing laws against making pornography available to minors, and "honest" pornograpers still have most of their free speech rights intact. Unless somebody wants to argue that they have a right to target children...
I mean, if a Canadian film can win Best Foreign Film this year, surely ROTK could have been nominated for it as well (and, ultimately, win it). Uh, English language films don't qualify as Foreign Language. The Canadian film (Les Barbarians) was in that OTHER language they speak in Canada... French.
In fact, the best line of the evening was spoken by the winner of Best Foreign Language Film: "I'm just thankful that Lord of the Rings didn't qualify for this category!"
"At the end of the day, we're going to trust the Germans. It does require us to remain vigilant to make sure that they keep their promises... Holy Shit!!! Look at all those tanks!" -- Anonymous Polish Politician, September 1, 1930.
It is amusing because now everybody with a hotmail address is going to feel compelled to spell it out -- "That's 'hotmail', H-O-T-M-A-I-L, _not_ H-O-T-M-A-L-E!" I've even been known to point out the difference on occaision when giving out my email address...
I appologize for the rude suprise, but I assumed everybody had learned from the goatse links to be wary about clicking on links, especially when at work... The question is, does this qualify as "typo squatting" or not?
I stand corrected. The more general case with m input positions and n possible output positions is n!/m! different combinations, if I remember my Probability and Statistics class correctly. So 6 inputs IS enough provided there are more than 6 possible output positions.
But then again, I could be wrong. No, you're correct. Whereas finding where the light inputs to the key should be would be trivial (it's where the light is shining, duh!), finding where the outputs should be is non-trivial. It would require advanced optical recognition to be able to distinguish the opening for the detector from the wall of the keyhole. One could even position "dummy" outputs that would be indistinguishable from the real ones. This would give you many more effective combinations, limited only by key size relative to the size of the optical fibers.
Gold doesn't corrode. Yes, but imagine how pissed off you'll be when you lose one of you $300 keys!
Actually, optical fibers wouldn't work very well either (the ends are subject to getting scratched and becoming non-transmissive.) Perhaps one would be better off with tunnels and mirrors... those would only be subject to filling up with pocket lint.
"Pilot to tower, we're now cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet... make that 14,000 feet... request clearance to drop to 13,000 feet... ok, now could we go back to 15,000 feet?... over." Seriously, aren't you supposed to specify an altitude when you file a flight plan? What do gliders do?
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Let's make it clear to whomever is considering paying the SCO extortion: if they do, SCO will reveal them, since it is part of their propaganda campaign. And as soon as they do, at least half their customer base will cancel their contracts. Still feel that was a smart move, EV1? Perhaps you trusted SCO not to reveal your confidential business? What has SCO done in the last year that would give you the impression that you should trust them?
Not really a good analogy... the Dukes of Hazard was based on a story about people doing something that was actually illegal -- running moonshine. Since in this case SCO is actually ghte people that are doing something illegal, it doesn't work to compare them with the local law enforcement -- however corrupt it may be.
Can't get blood from a stone... or money from a company in chapter 11!
ev1servers.net 1666 Active Browsing Users... and climbing! Personally, I think I'll keep hitting "refresh" just to watch the slashdot effect in action!
When SCO loses and immediately files bankruptcy because they've spent far more on lawyers then they have taken in in revenue, it might be just a little difficult for anybody to get money out of them... in fact, even if the IBM countersuit prevails, I expect they will never get paid.
What if 90% of the Operating System and Office Suite software came from a single company? They could hold our economy hostage!
I didn't know weasels could be muzzled!
But one with actual life would - for scientific, and arguably for moral reasons - have to be quarantined. Why? I say if we find any Martians, we kill them and eat them! "So, after spending $20 billion on sending humans to Mars, what have we discovered about Martian life?" "They taste just like chicken!"
Any chance we can talk Peter Jackson's team into making the Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, so that they don't suck?
ICANN creates a .xxx domain, making porn much easier to filter. Anybody publishing explicit pictures not in the .xxx domain is convicted under existing laws against making pornography available to minors, and "honest" pornograpers still have most of their free speech rights intact. Unless somebody wants to argue that they have a right to target children...
I mean, if a Canadian film can win Best Foreign Film this year, surely ROTK could have been nominated for it as well (and, ultimately, win it). Uh, English language films don't qualify as Foreign Language. The Canadian film (Les Barbarians) was in that OTHER language they speak in Canada... French.
In fact, the best line of the evening was spoken by the winner of Best Foreign Language Film: "I'm just thankful that Lord of the Rings didn't qualify for this category!"
LOTR is not just an epic, it is a... book!
Ehh, it's ok, the book is better anyway. What, it's been turned into a book so soon after the movie release?!? What's the book called?
What?!? When you think of Microsoft, don't you think of "Trusted Computing"?
"At the end of the day, we're going to trust the Germans. It does require us to remain vigilant to make sure that they keep their promises... Holy Shit!!! Look at all those tanks!" -- Anonymous Polish Politician, September 1, 1930.
Isn't "World Domination" also Linus' stated goal? Of course, the difference is that we know Linus is joking...
What are the chances of this codec being supported by Linux? I put it right up there will Ballmer suddenly growing all his hair back...
I appologize for the rude suprise, but I assumed everybody had learned from the goatse links to be wary about clicking on links, especially when at work... The question is, does this qualify as "typo squatting" or not?
You let your 5 year old surf the net unaccompanied, and you don't use CyberNanny or any other filtering service?!? Shame on you, too!
You have no idea how many times I try to type in hotmail.com and my fingers slip and hotmom.com comes out.
Consider yourself lucky you don't accidentally type hotmale.com instead!
I stand corrected. The more general case with m input positions and n possible output positions is n!/m! different combinations, if I remember my Probability and Statistics class correctly. So 6 inputs IS enough provided there are more than 6 possible output positions.
But then again, I could be wrong. No, you're correct. Whereas finding where the light inputs to the key should be would be trivial (it's where the light is shining, duh!), finding where the outputs should be is non-trivial. It would require advanced optical recognition to be able to distinguish the opening for the detector from the wall of the keyhole. One could even position "dummy" outputs that would be indistinguishable from the real ones. This would give you many more effective combinations, limited only by key size relative to the size of the optical fibers.
Actually, optical fibers wouldn't work very well either (the ends are subject to getting scratched and becoming non-transmissive.) Perhaps one would be better off with tunnels and mirrors... those would only be subject to filling up with pocket lint.
"Pilot to tower, we're now cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet... make that 14,000 feet... request clearance to drop to 13,000 feet... ok, now could we go back to 15,000 feet?... over." Seriously, aren't you supposed to specify an altitude when you file a flight plan? What do gliders do?