From RFC 2131, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol:
The BOOTP clarifications document discusses the ramifications of the use of the BROADCAST bit RFC 1542, Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol:
If a client does not have this limitation (i.e., it is perfectly able to receive unicast BOOTREPLY messages), it SHOULD NOT set the BROADCAST flag (i.e., it SHOULD clear the BROADCAST flag to 0). When last I looked, IETF, not Microsoft, was king of DHCP.
You raise a good point - since a file with a wide dynamic range cannot be normalized upward as clipping will occur, the file that is heavily compressed is normalized downward, instead. So everything sounds equally soft. You then turn the knob up.
Replay Gain certainly do not fix the problem of dynamic range compression, since information has been lost. However, Replay Gain can normalize tracks with varying degrees of dynamic range compression, and make them sound equally loud; a partial, the-best-you-can-do fix.
mp3gain losslessly adjusts the data frame scale factor
wavegain calculates a scale factor for a PCM file which can be passed to the encoder (or it can scale the file directly)
foobar2000 does not modify the file but read-only scans it, and applies the correction at playback
If you can't design brainless bodies, you can simply hook the bodies up to huge heat farms. You have to design a virtual world for their minds to live in, though.
A better solution might be the authentication system old 386 games had where you have to do some simple but human intelligence requiring task. "Find the word in the upper right of manual pg 4" -> "Enter the 3rd word from the following paragraph"
But I believe that if a man makes something of value or merit, he should be rewarded for that effort.
And a farkin licensing fee or royalty compensation is A-O-Fuggin-K in my book.
I think we all agree that inventors of good ideas should be protected. But don't you think that 20 years for a term of patent is way too long? The primary argument for patents is that innovation should be rewarded - but how long does it really take to turn a profit on a great idea? 5? 10 years?
The issue with patent law in general is that with a term of 20 years, the inventor gets 20 years of monopoly profits while the consumer gets screwed with 20 years of monopoly and price gouging.
A good way to reduce the amount of people getting screwed would be to base the term of patent by field/sector/some sort of estimate on how long it takes to break even in that sector. Take that, x, and add some years, say 5, as reward. This way, innovation continues and the consumer gets screwed only x+5 years instead of 20 years. I'm pretty sure x will turn out to be much smaller than 15.
It's simple really. The TSA has their risk model based on various factors such as race, ticket purchase habits, slow/fast day at the airport, etc. Each criteria that's met increases the chances of you getting 'randomly' selected. It's still technically random, just not uniformly random.
"Mansell pointed out that time-consuming manual examination can still retrieve phone data."
All they're saying is that non-standard formats make it harder to lift information - it's still there. Just like it's harder to recover lost data on ReiserFS than it is on ext2. It's still there, but the filesystem makes it a little more confusing.
Anyway, this should become less of a problem as manufacturers settle on a few standard formats to cut costs.
The only education needed is in the specific technology department that handles these things and they just need to basically make sure that things are taken care of before the phone leaves the company - it usually isn't that hard.
I disagree. The problem is not limited to devices provided by an employer. Employees are likely to put confidential company information on their personal PDAs, just as they do on their home computers. Most of them let confidential information leak simply because they weren't aware that emptying your Recycle Bin doesn't really delete it.
They need to be FUDed into action by articles just like this one, or by their IT departments - that *really* deleting sensitive data, be it browser history, email, pr0n or cellphone texts, requires that certain magical steps be taken.
Once aware that some sort of magical wiping procedure is required, they will naturally bother to discover the appropriate procedures by asking their IT department/some expert if they deem the information sufficiently sensitive.
That would only work in a completely free world. In actuality, many Chinese cannot freely leave China even if they wanted to. Only the top percentile of society is truly mobile and can leave if they so choose. Everyone else would be hard pressed to be granted a visa, much less residency, to countries which human rights groups give positive feedback A+++++ would visit again.
3) What exactly is being validated? The OpenSSL Crypto modules? The whole distribution?
FIPS 140-2 is concerned with cryptographic module implementations, not applications or products per se. The FIPS 140-2 "cryptographic module" defined for OpenSSL contains the FIPS 140 specific cryptographic API and algorithm implementations only; i.e. the API for low level algorithms (RSA, AES, 3DES, DSA, SHA-1). This cryptographic module is a minimal subset of the full OpenSSL distribution which is essentially just the *.c and *.h files for the relevant crypto algorithms
And they don't even certify the entire package, only the encryption algorithms. Haven't cryptographers spent forever showing how to implement secure algorithms? It would seem the majority of security flaws arise from the rest of the software package. The dinner the NIST guys got must have been pretty delicious.
The article says the rotation speed's about 5 kph, or 3 mph. How'd you see something like that from space?
Is that 5 kph near the circumference? If you assume it's spinning like a disc, it's barely moving in the inner 50km.
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From RFC 2131, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol: The BOOTP clarifications document discusses the ramifications of the use of the BROADCAST bit RFC 1542, Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol: If a client does not have this limitation (i.e., it is perfectly able to receive unicast BOOTREPLY messages), it SHOULD NOT set the BROADCAST flag (i.e., it SHOULD clear the BROADCAST flag to 0). When last I looked, IETF, not Microsoft, was king of DHCP.
You raise a good point - since a file with a wide dynamic range cannot be normalized upward as clipping will occur, the file that is heavily compressed is normalized downward, instead. So everything sounds equally soft. You then turn the knob up.
Replay Gain certainly do not fix the problem of dynamic range compression, since information has been lost. However, Replay Gain can normalize tracks with varying degrees of dynamic range compression, and make them sound equally loud; a partial, the-best-you-can-do fix.
mp3gain losslessly adjusts the data frame scale factor
wavegain calculates a scale factor for a PCM file which can be passed to the encoder (or it can scale the file directly)
foobar2000 does not modify the file but read-only scans it, and applies the correction at playback
Replay Gain fixes this. mp3gain and wavegain implement Replay Gain, so do music players like foobar2000.
The algorithm does some psychoacoustic modeling, so it's better than plain RMS or worse, peak normalization.
...they encode their videos with Real.
If you can't design brainless bodies, you can simply hook the bodies up to huge heat farms. You have to design a virtual world for their minds to live in, though.
Let's hope this model isn't affected by the radiation around Ragnar Anchorage.
Spies of Saruman?
Can't the bot simply render and OCR it?
A better solution might be the authentication system old 386 games had where you have to do some simple but human intelligence requiring task. "Find the word in the upper right of manual pg 4" -> "Enter the 3rd word from the following paragraph"
How efficient are these compared to regular adapter + cable? The lack of a magnetic core may mean your utilities bill goes up x2.
Gaius Baltar, head of JSF firmware development: "I am appalled at our allies' lack of trust in my Command Navigation Program."
The issue with patent law in general is that with a term of 20 years, the inventor gets 20 years of monopoly profits while the consumer gets screwed with 20 years of monopoly and price gouging.
A good way to reduce the amount of people getting screwed would be to base the term of patent by field/sector/some sort of estimate on how long it takes to break even in that sector. Take that, x, and add some years, say 5, as reward. This way, innovation continues and the consumer gets screwed only x+5 years instead of 20 years. I'm pretty sure x will turn out to be much smaller than 15.
It's simple really. The TSA has their risk model based on various factors such as race, ticket purchase habits, slow/fast day at the airport, etc. Each criteria that's met increases the chances of you getting 'randomly' selected. It's still technically random, just not uniformly random.
Also in the article:
"Mansell pointed out that time-consuming manual examination can still retrieve phone data."
All they're saying is that non-standard formats make it harder to lift information - it's still there. Just like it's harder to recover lost data on ReiserFS than it is on ext2. It's still there, but the filesystem makes it a little more confusing.
Anyway, this should become less of a problem as manufacturers settle on a few standard formats to cut costs.
They need to be FUDed into action by articles just like this one, or by their IT departments - that *really* deleting sensitive data, be it browser history, email, pr0n or cellphone texts, requires that certain magical steps be taken.
Once aware that some sort of magical wiping procedure is required, they will naturally bother to discover the appropriate procedures by asking their IT department/some expert if they deem the information sufficiently sensitive.
magic == dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/treoflashdevicething
Snake expert: They must have used some sort of pheromone to make the snakes go crazy.
Sam L Jackson: Great... snakes on crack.
Slight problem...
AOL CTOs have been using Google.
don't forget the free energy machine in my backyard. No one will touch it because they are afraid of big oil.
That would only work in a completely free world. In actuality, many Chinese cannot freely leave China even if they wanted to. Only the top percentile of society is truly mobile and can leave if they so choose. Everyone else would be hard pressed to be granted a visa, much less residency, to countries which human rights groups give positive feedback A+++++ would visit again.
Not only did Daikatana take 3 years to develop, you can't leave this area without your buddy, Superfly Johnson.
On my computer I see a CD drive, USB thumb drives, but no floppies. I stopped using floppies the day BIOSes supported boot from CD.
The article says the rotation speed's about 5 kph, or 3 mph. How'd you see something like that from space? Is that 5 kph near the circumference? If you assume it's spinning like a disc, it's barely moving in the inner 50km.
Your Best Buys are always at Frys.
There is, and it's called Amir Tofangsazan.