Thats a bad thing how? People should hate MS because they put out poorly designed (XP) insecure (IIS) expensive (everything) software. Opening up the APIs would make good software work with windows the way its supposed to. Thats what makes people happy to use thier computer. It shouldn't be about how 1337 you are using GNU/Lunix.
Now we just have to get virus writers to cooperate. Get a bunch of different virii to not simply destroy the host, or simply DDOS some target they've got a beef with and they could do wonders!
There'd have to be a way to ensure an initial release so that survival of the fitest could be the determining factor in each version's success. Virus writers wouldn't have to controll mutation, they just have to make sure they keep writing new virus code. That way, if a virus doesn't have what it takes, it would be less able to propogate. The more successful virii would have more targets and be better at what they do.
How can you ensure that virii can work together without detroying each other in the process? Digital RNA?
The nodes don't need an IRC channel, they already communicate with each other. World propogation of a signal could take as little as 30 seconds. Plus, thay don't rely on a single resource for instructions. Instead all they need is a message from an approved source, one containing the private key.
There's no need to switch to "Turbo Mode" Achord can update whenever there's a fix for the exploit. In addition, switching to turbo mode would only help raise awareness of the presence on other nodes, therefore endangering other nodes. Each node shouldn't resist being erased. It should resist any updates from a source tat doesn't contain the private key.
Since all they have to do is keep watching for uninfected nodes, each node could wait for a code update (which includes the appropriate private key) and then work around the specific anti-worm software.
I don't think its meant to actually protect against a stupid law. Its for making a point.
Remember a few months back (last year or something) when Adobe threatened some professors who were giving a strictly academic study of the security of its e-book things... (I just got home from school, I'm tired, I can't remember specifics. Hopefully you know what I'm talking about here)
OK so that was basically a discussion of specific security risks. They had to stop because the discussion was considered a touchy subject, they'd already done the research and found the holes and such. Its kind of the same thing with this now. (Alan Cox did it a few months back too) They are trying to make it very clear how stupid the DMCA really is.
To the retard politicians, they aren't gonna get it unless people start to complain about how they can't get security fixes because they violate the DMCA. Only when it starts to hurt a huge number of people or a bunch of biger businesses will they care. It takes extreme (sarcastic) measures like this to get normal people, who don't pay attention to this stuff, to care.
Its a shitty way to do it, but what else can we do?
Why, if COFDM is better, would the FCC decide on 8VSB? Is it because 8VSB would interfere more with regular FM radio? Doen't Europe use FM too? I'm probably way off here.
Exactly. The whole point of satelite radio is to get away from Dan and the stupid zoo crew.(commercials, bad play lists, etc) Digital FM takes care of the least important factor killing radio.
Modernizing and devolpment are great, but just like Linux, New Orleans is going to need people to support Windows. Even at a smaller college here in Minnesota, it can take a lot of man hours to get a new system up and running (whether its wireless, a new mail server, or just updating 300 new computers)
Getting ahead now is fine, but what is Microsft going to say 5 years from now when its time to upgrade again? Do you really think they'll allow the city to keep its copies of Windows XP when the special license agreement says they must upgrade or else?
How about maintaining systems that have known major security flaws? Someone finding out you got a traffic ticket might not be a big deal, but what about the fact you got arrested 12 years ago, or how much money you make... Not that Linux is totally secure, but theres a lot easier ways of fixing problems once they're found.
If you need a system customized for running a traffic ticket managment system, then Linux can be customized to do so. Do you need a way to keep track of city salaries, Linux can do a better job of managing a database of names and income levels.
If the city doesn't have money to buy software, how are they going to afford the actual hardware to run XP on? Its great for gaming if you can have that 2GHz P4, but for older systems its just going to hold things back.
See the above post. Find some info on what ethanol did to engines when it was first put into gasoline.
There's also a pretty dramatic drop in engine performance. In fact the drop is more than enough to make BioDiesel less environmentally friendly than using regular petroleum based norm.
In high school I went on a tour of the "Mall of America" They had rows of 55 gallon drums of congealed fat from all the little food shops. The guide said they used it in a lot of cosmetics, expecially lipstick. Think about that next time you kiss your wife.
If so many people just want their music, why wouldn't they look for the cheapest and easiest way to get it? I don't really think people should be sharing thier music (I like my CD converted to MP3 though, for all the right reasons) but how would Napster and all the P2P services have any impact if a lot of people weren't using them?
I beg to differ. While I do enjoy the sound of a nice tube amp, there are plenty of solid state devices that are many times more clear than anything a tube can produce. Music does tend to be an emotional experience, it should be IMO, so you might like the sound of tube to resistors. That doesn't mean they are better.
Well I've got it installed (that was quick and painless, it didn't even give me the "do you want to run this now" crap) So far it's fast and easy to use. It needs a thesaurus, but with Merriam Webster Online I can do that in other ways.
I've seen plenty of reports the earth is warming, the problem is people don't know what the earth was like 5,000 years ago or 50,000 years ago. These are geological 'blinks of an eye'
The average temperature may be warmer than it was 200 years ago, but that short of a time fram is vitually meaningless.
wasn't there a 'big freeze' scare back in the '70s?
If this little thing called 'religion' is no big deal, then why are so many of those Afghani's ready to blindly follow a madman to thier death? It might not mean much to you, but it means a lot to them and lots of other people on this earth.
Actually they were combining the pressure test and the O2 checks at the same time.(to save time because they were behind schedule) Unfortunatly the aluminum in thier suits burned at 14PSI of pure oxygen.
I wish I still had my mod points for the day, I'd mod it down too. Did you actually read the article or the response? Mr. Goscomb talked about why the review was wrong. Smoothwall does protect passwords the way it should, but because of the way certain tools it uses work, there are less secure symilinks to files with the correct permissions on them.
Had you seen that, you wouldn't be making a redundant post. All you've done is make yourself look bad because everyone who actually read the article can see you're agreeing with the bad reviewer.
Read first, then post. In your case I might suggest you read twice and then post.
If you go to a real college you will get what's known as a liberal education. No, you don't have to learn all there is about the democrats. You do have to take courses in subjects other than computer science such as art, history, language arts, physics, chemistry, math, math, math, and more math, phisical education, composition, etc.
On the bright side, you can probably get credit for the programming languages you already know and if you've been in the real world long enough, you should be able to get the non-programming computer courses like a structures course.
A fake degree might take a year, a real one will take lots of hard work and 3 years minimum.(I couldn't do it in 3 years, but I'm 21 and nowhere near you on the corporate ladder and such)
It looks like you'd be dealing with a whoping 3203128 bits/disk.
With the format they used you get about 242944 bytes per disk. (I'll round that 243KB per disk)Because sectors were found using a hole in the disk, I'll use the formatted compacity here.
Let's assume for ease of calculation that this 100GB disk is 100,000MB. (I dont feel like calculating everything with real binary values)
100,000MB is 100,000,000KB
100,000,000KB / 243KB/disk is 411522.6 (round up to 411,523 disks!
The original floppy disks were about 1/8" thick.
1/8" * 411,523 is 51,440" divide that by 12" you get 4287 feet. Approxamatly 4/5 of a mile.
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Thats a bad thing how? People should hate MS because they put out poorly designed (XP) insecure (IIS) expensive (everything) software. Opening up the APIs would make good software work with windows the way its supposed to. Thats what makes people happy to use thier computer. It shouldn't be about how 1337 you are using GNU/Lunix.
There'd have to be a way to ensure an initial release so that survival of the fitest could be the determining factor in each version's success. Virus writers wouldn't have to controll mutation, they just have to make sure they keep writing new virus code. That way, if a virus doesn't have what it takes, it would be less able to propogate. The more successful virii would have more targets and be better at what they do.
How can you ensure that virii can work together without detroying each other in the process? Digital RNA?
Read the article!!!
The nodes don't need an IRC channel, they already communicate with each other. World propogation of a signal could take as little as 30 seconds. Plus, thay don't rely on a single resource for instructions. Instead all they need is a message from an approved source, one containing the private key.
You'll do as Curious Yello pleases.
There's no need to switch to "Turbo Mode" Achord can update whenever there's a fix for the exploit. In addition, switching to turbo mode would only help raise awareness of the presence on other nodes, therefore endangering other nodes. Each node shouldn't resist being erased. It should resist any updates from a source tat doesn't contain the private key.
Since all they have to do is keep watching for uninfected nodes, each node could wait for a code update (which includes the appropriate private key) and then work around the specific anti-worm software.
Some of us read "Newest First"
I don't think its meant to actually protect against a stupid law. Its for making a point.
Remember a few months back (last year or something) when Adobe threatened some professors who were giving a strictly academic study of the security of its e-book things... (I just got home from school, I'm tired, I can't remember specifics. Hopefully you know what I'm talking about here)
OK so that was basically a discussion of specific security risks. They had to stop because the discussion was considered a touchy subject, they'd already done the research and found the holes and such. Its kind of the same thing with this now. (Alan Cox did it a few months back too) They are trying to make it very clear how stupid the DMCA really is.
To the retard politicians, they aren't gonna get it unless people start to complain about how they can't get security fixes because they violate the DMCA. Only when it starts to hurt a huge number of people or a bunch of biger businesses will they care. It takes extreme (sarcastic) measures like this to get normal people, who don't pay attention to this stuff, to care.
Its a shitty way to do it, but what else can we do?
sopwath
Shoot them both, then use the gun to beat them over the head until thier skull caves in.
Its better to be safe than sorry.
You seem to know what you're talking about...
Why, if COFDM is better, would the FCC decide on 8VSB? Is it because 8VSB would interfere more with regular FM radio? Doen't Europe use FM too? I'm probably way off here.
Exactly. The whole point of satelite radio is to get away from Dan and the stupid zoo crew.(commercials, bad play lists, etc) Digital FM takes care of the least important factor killing radio.
Modernizing and devolpment are great, but just like Linux, New Orleans is going to need people to support Windows. Even at a smaller college here in Minnesota, it can take a lot of man hours to get a new system up and running (whether its wireless, a new mail server, or just updating 300 new computers)
Getting ahead now is fine, but what is Microsft going to say 5 years from now when its time to upgrade again? Do you really think they'll allow the city to keep its copies of Windows XP when the special license agreement says they must upgrade or else?
How about maintaining systems that have known major security flaws? Someone finding out you got a traffic ticket might not be a big deal, but what about the fact you got arrested 12 years ago, or how much money you make... Not that Linux is totally secure, but theres a lot easier ways of fixing problems once they're found.
If you need a system customized for running a traffic ticket managment system, then Linux can be customized to do so. Do you need a way to keep track of city salaries, Linux can do a better job of managing a database of names and income levels.
If the city doesn't have money to buy software, how are they going to afford the actual hardware to run XP on? Its great for gaming if you can have that 2GHz P4, but for older systems its just going to hold things back.
See the above post. Find some info on what ethanol did to engines when it was first put into gasoline.
There's also a pretty dramatic drop in engine performance. In fact the drop is more than enough to make BioDiesel less environmentally friendly than using regular petroleum based norm.
In high school I went on a tour of the "Mall of America" They had rows of 55 gallon drums of congealed fat from all the little food shops. The guide said they used it in a lot of cosmetics, expecially lipstick. Think about that next time you kiss your wife.
If so many people just want their music, why wouldn't they look for the cheapest and easiest way to get it? I don't really think people should be sharing thier music (I like my CD converted to MP3 though, for all the right reasons) but how would Napster and all the P2P services have any impact if a lot of people weren't using them?
sopwath
I beg to differ. While I do enjoy the sound of a nice tube amp, there are plenty of solid state devices that are many times more clear than anything a tube can produce. Music does tend to be an emotional experience, it should be IMO, so you might like the sound of tube to resistors. That doesn't mean they are better.
sopwath
True, but if you're just taking notes its generally better to be able to actually read them later.
It's good stuff.
sopwath
I've seen plenty of reports the earth is warming, the problem is people don't know what the earth was like 5,000 years ago or 50,000 years ago. These are geological 'blinks of an eye'
The average temperature may be warmer than it was 200 years ago, but that short of a time fram is vitually meaningless.
wasn't there a 'big freeze' scare back in the '70s?
good luck with your greenpeace group,
sopwath
If this little thing called 'religion' is no big deal, then why are so many of those Afghani's ready to blindly follow a madman to thier death? It might not mean much to you, but it means a lot to them and lots of other people on this earth.
good luck,
sopwath
Actually they were combining the pressure test and the O2 checks at the same time.(to save time because they were behind schedule) Unfortunatly the aluminum in thier suits burned at 14PSI of pure oxygen.
good luck,
sopwath
Had you seen that, you wouldn't be making a redundant post. All you've done is make yourself look bad because everyone who actually read the article can see you're agreeing with the bad reviewer.
Read first, then post. In your case I might suggest you read twice and then post.
Good luck, SopWATh
If you go to a real college you will get what's known as a liberal education. No, you don't have to learn all there is about the democrats. You do have to take courses in subjects other than computer science such as art, history, language arts, physics, chemistry, math, math, math, and more math, phisical education, composition, etc.
On the bright side, you can probably get credit for the programming languages you already know and if you've been in the real world long enough, you should be able to get the non-programming computer courses like a structures course.
A fake degree might take a year, a real one will take lots of hard work and 3 years minimum.(I couldn't do it in 3 years, but I'm 21 and nowhere near you on the corporate ladder and such)
good luck,
sopwath
This appears to be more of a review so it's not as bad but this story covered the same book.
Come on editors
Way way way way more information than he or the rest of us needed
You overestimated the actual compacity of the disk. You have to remove 1 index track, 2 spare tracks, and 1 reserved track.
It should be about 242944 bytes.
Good luck,
sopwath
I found this site with some stats.
It looks like you'd be dealing with a whoping 3203128 bits/disk.
With the format they used you get about 242944 bytes per disk. (I'll round that 243KB per disk)Because sectors were found using a hole in the disk, I'll use the formatted compacity here.
Let's assume for ease of calculation that this 100GB disk is 100,000MB. (I dont feel like calculating everything with real binary values)
100,000MB is 100,000,000KB
100,000,000KB / 243KB/disk is 411522.6 (round up to 411,523 disks!
The original floppy disks were about 1/8" thick.
1/8" * 411,523 is 51,440" divide that by 12" you get 4287 feet. Approxamatly 4/5 of a mile.
good luck,
sopwath