Whereas I agree with the general sentiment, in the original Copyright Act of 1790, copyright was 14 years with a 14-year renewal. I think patents are 7+7. (Even so, it is reasonable to copy any material published prior to 1982.)
Having been bitten by a dog that lunged through a screen door while I was approaching the front door of a house, I (and the law!) disagree. Even if the dog is on your property, you must remain in control of it at all times.
Every time one of these stories hits the Web, I find that I need to explain how control systems end up connected to the Internet (at least in those cases I've heard of). The control system, itself, is NOT connected to the Internet. However, the HR system ends up getting connected to the Internet so that people can fill out their time-cards, etc. Unfortunately, the HR systems are on the same intranet as the control system. So, once an attacker has subverted the HR system, he/she has access to the control system. The only good solution is to run multiple intranets, but this seems rarely to be the case.
In most first or second edition D&D games, there is a weak correlation between Int and Wis because Magic-Users want the Wisdom bonus versus spells. Moreover, Thieves and Fighters often dump on both stats.
In most third and fourth edition D&D games, there will be a negative correlation between Int and Wis because every point spent on Int is one fewer available for Wis.
And the best part is, when your car spontaneously starts on fire, the damage is not covered by the warranty (at least if it's a Ford). Having been burned (ha-ha) by Ford once in this regard, I am never purchasing another car from them again. Ever.
When building your own system, you need to purchase enough hardware to cover your peak load. As a result, you have to buy more hardware than you usually need. Since I'm on the road, I don't have my paper archives accessible, but I think that average utilization tends to run at around 10%. When you use EC2, you only need to pay for peak hardware when you need the peak hardware. Thus, in our studies, EC2 tends to be cheaper for small/medium organizations (unless your workload is extremely stable). (I think there are serious limitations with cloud computing, which you can read in our JBI article: "Cloud Computing: A New Business Paradigm for Biomedical Information Sharing," but cost is not the main issue.)
1. Yes, under Tools->Preferences->Advanced->Tabs you can choose your desired behavior "When closing a tab."
2. I think so; under Tools->Preferences->Advanced->History you can choose to "Check Documents" always.
There aren't equivalents because Opera doesn't have plugins. However, Opera ships with controls for blocking images and javascript.
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The article focuses on RSA's SecurID, but one of the main drawbacks of RSA's SecurID is that it is only time based.
I can only speak to the RSA authentication I use, but once a 6-digit password has been used, it cannot be used a second time. This feature is enforced server-side and is especially annoying if you need to authenticate multiple times because each remote application (email, timecard, etc.) requires a separate authentication.
Moreover, at least in this instance, the SecurID password must be combined with a 4-digit PIN. Actually, according to Wikipedia: "A user authenticating to a network resourcesay, a dial-in server or a firewallneeds to enter both a personal identification number and the number being displayed at that moment on their RSA SecurID token (emphasis mine)." However, it then goes on to note that "some systems using RSA SecurID disregard PIN implementation altogether." Thus, a PIN seems to be an optional component of SecurID.
Not at all, improperly chosen checksums are a bad idea. Well chosen checksums are a good idea. I merely thought this to be an amusing anecdote regarding a particularly bad "checksum."
You're still at the mercy of a good checksum. On of the courier services in the San Francisco area only used tracking numbers that were divisible by 9 as their "checksum." It is left as an exercise for the reader as to how much this protects against transposition typos.
Based on the provided definitions, it's reasonable to claim to be an agnostic atheist. I believe that nothing can be known concerning the existence of any god; I also believe that no god exists. These are not mutually exclusive. The former is (IMHO) primarily a rational/logical assertion; the latter is a statement of faith/belief.
Speed dial, my favorite websites just a Ctrl-# key away
Built-in torrent support, just click on the link and away you go
Small memory foot-print
Mouse gestures, right-left click to go back, for example.
The fast forward button, keyboard shortcut, mouse gesture: sites with a "next" button can be navigated by just clicking fast forward, as can sites with a bunch of images.
Some of these might be in other browsers, but I gave up on IE (except for filling out my timecard at work) and Firefox (except for SQL injection hacking) because they were memory hogs that were rife with bugs. So, as I said, some of these may not be unique to Opera.
Heh, "exploder," good one. I started receiving these robocalls shortly after my Ford Focus spontaneously started on fire (I don't have a clever pun, though). It was still under warranty (2-1/2 years into a 3 year warranty) so the timing was reasonable. However, Ford had refused to cover the fire under the warranty (the bastards never did pay, why, oh why, aren't those jerks in bankruptcy court... probably because their warranties were worthless). As a result, I really tore into the poor soul at the other end of the phone line: "So, if I extend my warranty will you buy me a new car because it just burned to a crisp?" "Excuse me, sir?" "Unless you're prepared to honor the current warranty I don't ever want to speak with you again (expletive probably deleted)." I only ever received about 4 or 5 calls. I guess you can get off their list if you harangue their employees enough!
And many of the LaTeX equation commands work in Word. For example, if you type x_i, the equation editor will automatically subscript the i (once you hit the space bar).
In Word they're called, wait for it... Styles. And, yes, you should always use Styles to improve consistency and portability (in the sense of re-formating the document with different styles).
I agree with many of your observations, except the separation of content/style. In LaTeX, I would frequently need to add negative boxes to get figures to look right and would need to break up long equations to prevent having text appear in the margins.
In Word, I agree that most people fail to separate content and style, because you can just start using Word with no training. The same is not true of LaTeX, which forces you not to take shortcuts. However, these same good practices are also supported in Word. For example, if you want your paper to be re-formatable (e.g., in case your first conference submission is rejected), you should use Styles. Using Styles properly, I can re-format a paper in seconds. Because of slight changes in.cls files (e.g., conference-specific functions), it takes me longer to re-format using LaTeX. Similarly, cross-references can be obnoxious in Word until you look into the details and realize that they work just like cross-references in LaTeX.
Long documents: I wrote my dissertation in Word (247 pages) with no difficulty. And as a CS person, it was rife with equations.
White space: In math mode, LaTeX will frequently run into the margin unless you manually break the equation up.
Compatibility: I take it you've never tried to recompile LaTeX written on one machine on a different machine? I've had serious problems (usually shortly before a deadline) with that issue.
Or perhaps he didn't reveal anything at all. To summarize: "The veep's office said yesterday that he simply described an upstairs workspace that was converted into a guestroom when the Bidens moved in. No security gaffe -- at least that's what they're telling us."
I respectfully disagree. I have a USB thumb drive with TrueCrypt. When I plug this device into my machine at home, I am automatically asked if I want to mount the encrypted volume. I hit the enter key (to accept), type in my password, and the drive is accessible, including opening the root folder. When I plug this device into my machine I work, I have to navigate to "My Computer" (8 keystrokes), navigate to the drive (2 keystrokes), navigate to the directory (3 keystrokes), navigate to the executable (4 keystrokes), pull up the file-chooser (2 keystrokes), navigate to the file (4 keystrokes), mount the volume (1 keystroke), navigate back to the new drive (3 keystrokes), and open the root folder on the encrypted drive (1 keystroke). In other words, disabling autorun adds nearly 30 keystrokes to an operation that occurs roughly twice a day (in the morning and after lunch). All of this extra work "protects" me from being prompted to verify that I want to run a program. (Now admittedly, encrypted drives are clearly malware from the perspective of DHS, but that's their problem!)
Isn't this generally true of income tax in the US? There have been times when I couldn't file my taxes because the tax laws for year X were still being finalized early in year X+1. I think they've got this backwards: the tax law for year X should be finalized before the last day of year X-1. Then I could plan accordingly.
Funny, I would have figured that this regex would only accept strings like BBBBh, tttttttth, h, and BBtth. Not sure how to pronounce most of these, though.
Concerning the eating contest reference: There is a classic Norwegian fairy tale ("The Ashlad who had an eating contest with a troll" if I translated the title correctly). In this story, the ashlad (the hero of most such fairy tales) tricks a troll into an eating contest. However, the ashlad first straps his backpack to his chest so that he can spill all of the food into the backpack. When the backpack fills up, he takes out a knife and slices his 'belly' open. He then encourages the troll to follow suit, to make more room. The troll cuts open its own belly, and dies.
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Whereas I agree with the general sentiment, in the original Copyright Act of 1790, copyright was 14 years with a 14-year renewal. I think patents are 7+7. (Even so, it is reasonable to copy any material published prior to 1982.)
Having been bitten by a dog that lunged through a screen door while I was approaching the front door of a house, I (and the law!) disagree. Even if the dog is on your property, you must remain in control of it at all times.
Every time one of these stories hits the Web, I find that I need to explain how control systems end up connected to the Internet (at least in those cases I've heard of). The control system, itself, is NOT connected to the Internet. However, the HR system ends up getting connected to the Internet so that people can fill out their time-cards, etc. Unfortunately, the HR systems are on the same intranet as the control system. So, once an attacker has subverted the HR system, he/she has access to the control system. The only good solution is to run multiple intranets, but this seems rarely to be the case.
In most first or second edition D&D games, there is a weak correlation between Int and Wis because Magic-Users want the Wisdom bonus versus spells. Moreover, Thieves and Fighters often dump on both stats.
In most third and fourth edition D&D games, there will be a negative correlation between Int and Wis because every point spent on Int is one fewer available for Wis.
And the best part is, when your car spontaneously starts on fire, the damage is not covered by the warranty (at least if it's a Ford). Having been burned (ha-ha) by Ford once in this regard, I am never purchasing another car from them again. Ever.
When building your own system, you need to purchase enough hardware to cover your peak load. As a result, you have to buy more hardware than you usually need. Since I'm on the road, I don't have my paper archives accessible, but I think that average utilization tends to run at around 10%. When you use EC2, you only need to pay for peak hardware when you need the peak hardware. Thus, in our studies, EC2 tends to be cheaper for small/medium organizations (unless your workload is extremely stable). (I think there are serious limitations with cloud computing, which you can read in our JBI article: "Cloud Computing: A New Business Paradigm for Biomedical Information Sharing," but cost is not the main issue.)
Purdue has one of the biggest programs: CERIAS, the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security.
1. Yes, under Tools->Preferences->Advanced->Tabs you can choose your desired behavior "When closing a tab." 2. I think so; under Tools->Preferences->Advanced->History you can choose to "Check Documents" always.
There aren't equivalents because Opera doesn't have plugins. However, Opera ships with controls for blocking images and javascript.
I can only speak to the RSA authentication I use, but once a 6-digit password has been used, it cannot be used a second time. This feature is enforced server-side and is especially annoying if you need to authenticate multiple times because each remote application (email, timecard, etc.) requires a separate authentication.
Moreover, at least in this instance, the SecurID password must be combined with a 4-digit PIN. Actually, according to Wikipedia: "A user authenticating to a network resourcesay, a dial-in server or a firewallneeds to enter both a personal identification number and the number being displayed at that moment on their RSA SecurID token (emphasis mine)." However, it then goes on to note that "some systems using RSA SecurID disregard PIN implementation altogether." Thus, a PIN seems to be an optional component of SecurID.
Not at all, improperly chosen checksums are a bad idea. Well chosen checksums are a good idea. I merely thought this to be an amusing anecdote regarding a particularly bad "checksum."
You're still at the mercy of a good checksum. On of the courier services in the San Francisco area only used tracking numbers that were divisible by 9 as their "checksum." It is left as an exercise for the reader as to how much this protects against transposition typos.
Based on the provided definitions, it's reasonable to claim to be an agnostic atheist. I believe that nothing can be known concerning the existence of any god; I also believe that no god exists. These are not mutually exclusive. The former is (IMHO) primarily a rational/logical assertion; the latter is a statement of faith/belief.
Off the top of my head:
Some of these might be in other browsers, but I gave up on IE (except for filling out my timecard at work) and Firefox (except for SQL injection hacking) because they were memory hogs that were rife with bugs. So, as I said, some of these may not be unique to Opera.
Heh, "exploder," good one. I started receiving these robocalls shortly after my Ford Focus spontaneously started on fire (I don't have a clever pun, though). It was still under warranty (2-1/2 years into a 3 year warranty) so the timing was reasonable. However, Ford had refused to cover the fire under the warranty (the bastards never did pay, why, oh why, aren't those jerks in bankruptcy court ... probably because their warranties were worthless). As a result, I really tore into the poor soul at the other end of the phone line: "So, if I extend my warranty will you buy me a new car because it just burned to a crisp?" "Excuse me, sir?" "Unless you're prepared to honor the current warranty I don't ever want to speak with you again (expletive probably deleted)." I only ever received about 4 or 5 calls. I guess you can get off their list if you harangue their employees enough!
And many of the LaTeX equation commands work in Word. For example, if you type x_i, the equation editor will automatically subscript the i (once you hit the space bar).
In Word they're called, wait for it ... Styles. And, yes, you should always use Styles to improve consistency and portability (in the sense of re-formating the document with different styles).
I agree with many of your observations, except the separation of content/style. In LaTeX, I would frequently need to add negative boxes to get figures to look right and would need to break up long equations to prevent having text appear in the margins.
In Word, I agree that most people fail to separate content and style, because you can just start using Word with no training. The same is not true of LaTeX, which forces you not to take shortcuts. However, these same good practices are also supported in Word. For example, if you want your paper to be re-formatable (e.g., in case your first conference submission is rejected), you should use Styles. Using Styles properly, I can re-format a paper in seconds. Because of slight changes in .cls files (e.g., conference-specific functions), it takes me longer to re-format using LaTeX. Similarly, cross-references can be obnoxious in Word until you look into the details and realize that they work just like cross-references in LaTeX.
Or perhaps he didn't reveal anything at all. To summarize: "The veep's office said yesterday that he simply described an upstairs workspace that was converted into a guestroom when the Bidens moved in. No security gaffe -- at least that's what they're telling us."
I respectfully disagree. I have a USB thumb drive with TrueCrypt. When I plug this device into my machine at home, I am automatically asked if I want to mount the encrypted volume. I hit the enter key (to accept), type in my password, and the drive is accessible, including opening the root folder. When I plug this device into my machine I work, I have to navigate to "My Computer" (8 keystrokes), navigate to the drive (2 keystrokes), navigate to the directory (3 keystrokes), navigate to the executable (4 keystrokes), pull up the file-chooser (2 keystrokes), navigate to the file (4 keystrokes), mount the volume (1 keystroke), navigate back to the new drive (3 keystrokes), and open the root folder on the encrypted drive (1 keystroke). In other words, disabling autorun adds nearly 30 keystrokes to an operation that occurs roughly twice a day (in the morning and after lunch). All of this extra work "protects" me from being prompted to verify that I want to run a program. (Now admittedly, encrypted drives are clearly malware from the perspective of DHS, but that's their problem!)
Isn't this generally true of income tax in the US? There have been times when I couldn't file my taxes because the tax laws for year X were still being finalized early in year X+1. I think they've got this backwards: the tax law for year X should be finalized before the last day of year X-1. Then I could plan accordingly.
I recommend checking out Jared Diamond's book, The Third Chimpanzee. IIRC, he include examples of sociopathic chimpanzees.
Funny, I would have figured that this regex would only accept strings like BBBBh, tttttttth, h, and BBtth. Not sure how to pronounce most of these, though.
Concerning the eating contest reference: There is a classic Norwegian fairy tale ("The Ashlad who had an eating contest with a troll" if I translated the title correctly). In this story, the ashlad (the hero of most such fairy tales) tricks a troll into an eating contest. However, the ashlad first straps his backpack to his chest so that he can spill all of the food into the backpack. When the backpack fills up, he takes out a knife and slices his 'belly' open. He then encourages the troll to follow suit, to make more room. The troll cuts open its own belly, and dies.