My XP box is on 24/7/365 and has been running this way for well over 2 years. I have had exactly 2 BSOD in that time period. It automatically updates every night and is running all current patches. I play tons of 3D intensive games, download torrents, and do some video converting and lots of CD/DVD burning all the time. It is pretty easy to have a relatively crash free XP if you use decent hardware and know what you are doing. Even 2000 was a million times more stable than 98, and XP is even more so.
Criticizing and trying to discuss the decisions made by our government is the most patriotic thing you can do. Blindly following bad decisions and refusing to even talk about them is just plain ignorant.
I believe the main problem with this concept of identification would be in how much tolerance to allow. You need to allow enough to take into account all of the slight variances, but still remain strict enough not to allow false positives. Probably not the most practical of ideas now, but something interesting to watch for in the future...
"Researchers have also uncovered an Ancient Egyptian mandible, dated to approximately 2750 BC, having two perforations just below the root of the first molar, indicating the draining of an abscessed tooth. Recent excavations of the construction workers of the Egyptian pyramids also led to the discovery of evidence of brain surgery on a labourer, who continued living for two years afterwards."
"The Edwin Smith papyrus is the oldest known surgical text, dating back to the 1600s BC, although it contains information dating back to 3000 BC. It is an ancient Egyptian textbook on surgery, and describes in exquisite detail the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of numerous ailments."
I know how ethernet cards work,(you forgot to school me on how many twists/per length to prevent crosstalk though) but as you stated, unless you were directly connected to the machine before it goes into a hub/switch, you are only reading the waves from the hub/switch. I'm pretty sure that if you need to be directly connected to the ethernet cable to measure the variance, it would be a little easier to just follow the cable back to the card. I would think switching patch cables would be enough variance so you wouldn't be able to match (depending on how sensitive the equipment is that is being used and how much different the twists are in the cable).
Can somebody give me a better breakdown explanation? I read TFA, but couldn't gather it's meaning from the context. Damn this non-context aware application...
"95 percent is still far too low for a viable consumer product. Can you imagine if 5 percent of the folks buying something based on this technology found that it didn't work? The public outcry would be enormous."
You mean like getting the cheap wireless card to work on my Linux laptop?
Yep, but at somepoint the "hardware fingerprint" gets translated to a digital version, or a "software fingerprint" to be processed by the wi-fi router. No routers are able to read "hardware anything" natively.
This is the same argument why fingerprint/retina scanners can also be hacked - at some point all data, no matter how it is gathered, is converted into 1s and 0s - and can be copied/spoofed.
Because 85%* of the people buying a PS3 don't know or care what HDMI is. Ask any 12 year old what the difference is between non-HDMI and HDMI. Now ask him what new gaming console he wants for Christmas. See what I mean?
* 94.73% of internet statistics are made up, including this one.
wow, I'm a troll for asking a relevant question. Thanks Slashdot!
Let me clarify - I realized using only an ISP email or using as a primary one is Not A Good Idea(TM) - what I am saying is go ahead and use the ISP email - just have others as your primary. I don't own my own domain so I can't be my own email provdier yet...
I can understand the reasoning behind not using an ISP provided email as your only or primary email, but to not use an email account that you paid for seems strange to me.. I generally use my ISP provided email as my "junk" address when I need to give an email but don't want to or don't trust who I am giving it to to keep it secret. Best of both world...
Weird...for a second I thought you had something to offer to the conversation. For the record, you are exactly the same as all the other stupid juvenile Slashdot posters, so please address comments directly to you in the future, and you will reply with something stupid.
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My XP box is on 24/7/365 and has been running this way for well over 2 years. I have had exactly 2 BSOD in that time period. It automatically updates every night and is running all current patches. I play tons of 3D intensive games, download torrents, and do some video converting and lots of CD/DVD burning all the time. It is pretty easy to have a relatively crash free XP if you use decent hardware and know what you are doing. Even 2000 was a million times more stable than 98, and XP is even more so.
Criticizing and trying to discuss the decisions made by our government is the most patriotic thing you can do. Blindly following bad decisions and refusing to even talk about them is just plain ignorant.
I hate to break it to you and your "pseudoscience", but Slashdot is not a good representation of "the mood of our country" ever.
Anyone who would look at politicians as role models need to be sterilized immediately. Same goes for professional sports figures.
I believe the main problem with this concept of identification would be in how much tolerance to allow. You need to allow enough to take into account all of the slight variances, but still remain strict enough not to allow false positives. Probably not the most practical of ideas now, but something interesting to watch for in the future...
"Researchers have also uncovered an Ancient Egyptian mandible, dated to approximately 2750 BC, having two perforations just below the root of the first molar, indicating the draining of an abscessed tooth. Recent excavations of the construction workers of the Egyptian pyramids also led to the discovery of evidence of brain surgery on a labourer, who continued living for two years afterwards."
"The Edwin Smith papyrus is the oldest known surgical text, dating back to the 1600s BC, although it contains information dating back to 3000 BC. It is an ancient Egyptian textbook on surgery, and describes in exquisite detail the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of numerous ailments."
http://www.medgadget.com/wiki/wiki/Surgery
It is a medical Wiki page, so believe at your own risk...
Start with 6 packs of Lucky Strikes filterless a day.
I know how ethernet cards work,(you forgot to school me on how many twists/per length to prevent crosstalk though) but as you stated, unless you were directly connected to the machine before it goes into a hub/switch, you are only reading the waves from the hub/switch. I'm pretty sure that if you need to be directly connected to the ethernet cable to measure the variance, it would be a little easier to just follow the cable back to the card. I would think switching patch cables would be enough variance so you wouldn't be able to match (depending on how sensitive the equipment is that is being used and how much different the twists are in the cable).
Can somebody give me a better breakdown explanation? I read TFA, but couldn't gather it's meaning from the context. Damn this non-context aware application...
Nah, we'll all go on just pretending the ham heads don't exist like we were doing before.
The first rule about ham radio is you don't talk about ham radio. (Especially ON a ham radio)
I don't think looking at the variances of radio signals would help on a wired card to much.
What? Making fun of the Apple ads? But they so accurately depict the state of computing circa 1997 so well...
"Peabody, set the wayback machine to the time of rampant computer viruses in the wild..."
"95 percent is still far too low for a viable consumer product. Can you imagine if 5 percent of the folks buying something based on this technology found that it didn't work? The public outcry would be enormous."
You mean like getting the cheap wireless card to work on my Linux laptop?
I think they are talking using this in additon to MAC filtering, not in place of.
And now it has finally reached the SPAM community.
Yep, but at somepoint the "hardware fingerprint" gets translated to a digital version, or a "software fingerprint" to be processed by the wi-fi router. No routers are able to read "hardware anything" natively.
This is the same argument why fingerprint/retina scanners can also be hacked - at some point all data, no matter how it is gathered, is converted into 1s and 0s - and can be copied/spoofed.
"The fact is only 2 things tell us what the general public is thinking: polls and votes."
Actually, only one thing tells the general public what to think - Rupert Murdoch. Well, maybe all the gay "reality" shows on Bravo a little bit too.
Because 85%* of the people buying a PS3 don't know or care what HDMI is. Ask any 12 year old what the difference is between non-HDMI and HDMI. Now ask him what new gaming console he wants for Christmas. See what I mean?
* 94.73% of internet statistics are made up, including this one.
wow, I'm a troll for asking a relevant question. Thanks Slashdot!
Let me clarify - I realized using only an ISP email or using as a primary one is Not A Good Idea(TM) - what I am saying is go ahead and use the ISP email - just have others as your primary. I don't own my own domain so I can't be my own email provdier yet...
A bar where they have swingsets?
I can understand the reasoning behind not using an ISP provided email as your only or primary email, but to not use an email account that you paid for seems strange to me.. I generally use my ISP provided email as my "junk" address when I need to give an email but don't want to or don't trust who I am giving it to to keep it secret. Best of both world...
"I've NEVER used an email address I've had with an ISP, and would not reccomend it to anyone."
And your reasoning behind this is??
Baby's on fire
Better throw her in the water
Look at her laughing
Like a heifer to the slaughter
Baby's on fire
And all the laughing boys are bitching
Waiting for photos
Oh the plot is so bewitching
http://www.enoweb.co.uk/
...and the plural of Data is Lies.
Weird...for a second I thought you had something to offer to the conversation. For the record, you are exactly the same as all the other stupid juvenile Slashdot posters, so please address comments directly to you in the future, and you will reply with something stupid.