J4Al4&/rO1.P9DeErxL ) Yes, that's the kind of passwords you should use
You're kidding, right? Otherwise, it sounds like a narcissistic case of "I'm capable of remembering long random gobbledygook, so you should be also."
And, I don't understand why the password file cannot be implemented in a dedicated-hardware "lock-box" such that it cannot be file-copied, preventing say 500,000,000,000,000 attempts at it. Using regular-file-based password repositories is just a speed-race to the bottom.
Typically you'd have 2 of these lock-boxes, 1 as a mirror spare*. The only way to get file access would be to break it open, or find the physical key. Otherwise, all access is through a throttled API. The per account throttling would be tighter than the per lock-box throttling. I'm not saying such is completely unhackable, but far less so than a regular server file because it's designed to do one and only one job. (Crap, I sound like Al Gore.)
* If one breaks, the other is physically unlocked and a new spare hooked up directly up for re-mirroring, cable to cable.
I dig the signs that say "Best Selection" and "Best Releases". That's technically true since they have no competition anymore (at least per physical stores).
It would be like after the apocalypse if you were the only dude on Earth, and if you happen to meet a lady, you could rightfully claim you are the "best bachelor available".
We at Slashdot have the best fools, believe me! None are foolier, and none are Aprilier. We have a spring in our step, and it ain't bone spurs, like that lyin' CNN claims. MFGA!
It could be a borderline case that could go either way, or at least take a long time to get overturned such that co's would rather just negotiate royalties instead of pay for more lawyers.
Even if one estimates there is say a 75% chance of winning, it could still take a lot of money to get to that eventual win. There's plenty of judges who fuck up technology cases.
Isn't x86 and x86-64 just an interface? Why does it need to be licensed?
My understanding is that the names of the machine language commands and registers are copyrighted. One can make a compatible chip without IP infringements, but if your documentation uses the commands or register names, then you face copyright problems. The names of the parts are not really an interface because the actual commands and register names are actually just numbers in practice. In machine language, the "FU" register may be "23" as in register 23. "FU" is just a nickname for programmers to use for human-to-human communication.
Thus, if one wants to write technical documentation that uses the common nicknames, such as "Register FU" instead of "Register 23", they'd have to license the rights to use the names. Because there is chip competition, to get system designers and programmers to use your (cloned) chip instead of the original, you want decent documentation. There's where the license pressure comes.
Oracle is trying to trick the courts into allowing the copyrighting of interfaces. Before it was mostly limited implementation. Thus, Oracle is potentially doing more damage to the legal system.
As much as the Big Tech co's do slimy shit, a lot of this is all kinds of organizations, big and small, battling for eyeballs to increase sales and lobbying power.
As a compromise, tax the "bad" bulbs rather than outright ban them. Outright bans tick me off, unless the product is proven to directly kill puppies or something. We have "sin taxes" on alcohol, tobacco, etc. Extrapolate that concept to bulbs. It still leaves choice in place, and helps fill the gov't coffers.
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Extreme? Okay, how about a '69 Plymouth instead.
You're kidding, right? Otherwise, it sounds like a narcissistic case of "I'm capable of remembering long random gobbledygook, so you should be also."
And, I don't understand why the password file cannot be implemented in a dedicated-hardware "lock-box" such that it cannot be file-copied, preventing say 500,000,000,000,000 attempts at it. Using regular-file-based password repositories is just a speed-race to the bottom.
Typically you'd have 2 of these lock-boxes, 1 as a mirror spare*. The only way to get file access would be to break it open, or find the physical key. Otherwise, all access is through a throttled API. The per account throttling would be tighter than the per lock-box throttling. I'm not saying such is completely unhackable, but far less so than a regular server file because it's designed to do one and only one job. (Crap, I sound like Al Gore.)
* If one breaks, the other is physically unlocked and a new spare hooked up directly up for re-mirroring, cable to cable.
People don't buy Maserati's for their ease of maintenance.
Then let's bring back the Model T.
If this keeps up, they'll have to slash their workforce in half.
Sing it: Internets Killed the Video Store...
Or: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I dig the signs that say "Best Selection" and "Best Releases". That's technically true since they have no competition anymore (at least per physical stores).
It would be like after the apocalypse if you were the only dude on Earth, and if you happen to meet a lady, you could rightfully claim you are the "best bachelor available".
Or even now, "the best Slashdotter outdoors".
We at Slashdot have the best fools, believe me! None are foolier, and none are Aprilier. We have a spring in our step, and it ain't bone spurs, like that lyin' CNN claims. MFGA!
It's a Bush-ism. Seems people miss semi-normal Presidents a lot these days.
...staying single
It could be a borderline case that could go either way, or at least take a long time to get overturned such that co's would rather just negotiate royalties instead of pay for more lawyers.
Even if one estimates there is say a 75% chance of winning, it could still take a lot of money to get to that eventual win. There's plenty of judges who fuck up technology cases.
Wow, Texas has the same temperature profile as equatorial Mars?
What, x86 chips don't need a heater because they run hot by themselves?
So politicians are presumed liars until proven innocent because they lie more often than not?
Okay, I guess that's actually a reasonable statistical assumption.
My understanding is that the names of the machine language commands and registers are copyrighted. One can make a compatible chip without IP infringements, but if your documentation uses the commands or register names, then you face copyright problems. The names of the parts are not really an interface because the actual commands and register names are actually just numbers in practice. In machine language, the "FU" register may be "23" as in register 23. "FU" is just a nickname for programmers to use for human-to-human communication.
Thus, if one wants to write technical documentation that uses the common nicknames, such as "Register FU" instead of "Register 23", they'd have to license the rights to use the names. Because there is chip competition, to get system designers and programmers to use your (cloned) chip instead of the original, you want decent documentation. There's where the license pressure comes.
I'm no IP lawyer, so don't quote me on this.
Clarification: "Before, copyrights were mostly limited to implementation."
Oracle is trying to trick the courts into allowing the copyrighting of interfaces. Before it was mostly limited implementation. Thus, Oracle is potentially doing more damage to the legal system.
As much as the Big Tech co's do slimy shit, a lot of this is all kinds of organizations, big and small, battling for eyeballs to increase sales and lobbying power.
I don't dispute that. It's about not making intentional malice the default assumption without more solid evidence.
It would be fair to apply Hanlon's razor. Companies are quite often sloppy with security.
As a compromise, tax the "bad" bulbs rather than outright ban them. Outright bans tick me off, unless the product is proven to directly kill puppies or something. We have "sin taxes" on alcohol, tobacco, etc. Extrapolate that concept to bulbs. It still leaves choice in place, and helps fill the gov't coffers.
Of all the things people should be suing the telecoms for, this is low on the list.
The one that keeps him on the golf course the longest.
The Milton Effect: You are fired and working at the same time. The boss just hasn't told you yet.
It's fake news and very fake news at the same time!