I would have thought the money could have been better spent improving flash memory, or at least making it cheaper. As you say, data densities are up, but there must be a better way to do it than this.
I think you're being a little unfair; we should be able to see a half decent idea within this product:
The disks are protected within cartridges as packs of ten until they go into the drive and gain the magic piece of glass. All optical media needs this bulk to protect it; the new system simply reuses the bulk so that 1 drive and 500 disks has 1 protective layer, rather than 500. This is a good idea: The same end result is achieved, but the media is thinner, allowing more to fit in the same place and 470 gigs to be served in the space usually occupied by a single CD within its' case.
The only real question is why? Surely flash drives would be a more practical recipient of R&D money.
The article states that the disks come in packs of ten, sealed within cartidges. These carts go into the drives, which removes individual disks for use. You, nor I, never have to get out fat fingers anywhere near the delicate little disks.
Now that that's cleared up, I still can't think of much of a use for these things.
I think that's better than saying "Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Does Allow Remote Code Execution", after all, just having the vulnerability doesn't mean that code will be executed. You still have to run IE and visit a malicious website.
Imagine a PC with no network conection at all - a vulnerability in VML is not going to lead to remote code execution.
Re:Looks like they'll need another safety sign.
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And now I have seen it, I wish I hadn't. Thanks anyway.
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They put a 403 on the ISS? I guess space exploration is only for nerds...
£225 is cheap, I was expecting it to be £299. Usually anything electric has the same numbers, but with a different currency symbol in front. The reasons for this (VAT, shipping, etc) are argued online whenever a new product is released in the US and UK.
I bet if I went out and bought a two way radio it would say "made in China" on it somewhere. Am I the only one that thinks that China probably doesn't need to import these sorts of things?
This is going to sundy crazy, but it seems as though Microsoft has recently been using the using the courts for good. First they use the coursts to punish those who have been scamming users with pirated copies of Windows for cash and now they're providing a better anti-spam deterant than the British legal system.
I know this goes against what many on/. may stand for, but I have to say that I'm surprised and pleased.
Go Microsoft! The **PAA could learn much from you.
Perhaps the non geeks shouldn't be reading slashdot? I'm sure Wikipedia has everthing that the non geek could ever want, hopefully they'll stay there. Thanks for the link though...
I imagine that entering the code not only "unlocks" one of the movies, but also allows deletes the others, or at least allows them to be over written. It must be possible to create an image of one of these memory sticks onto your PC from where you can either unlock each movie in turn (all you would need to do is create four images, for example) or simply break the locking system and get access to all movies.
I think you're mis-understanding the point of the a b g n after the 802.11
This isn't just marketing hype, but the creation and naming of standards. Standards are, I think we can agree, a useful thing. The standard for 802.11a was written first, then 802.11b, etc, etc. Some standards made it into the shops before others (802.11b before 802.11a for example). This isn't the work of marketing drones, however, but the need to produce standards and thus interoperability. I think that was the whole point of the original article.
If you don't need the new standards, I suggest you don't buy them.
I'm sure there will be some provision for shooting things down. If they're spending trillions on it, they can probably afford a couple of fighter jets and the innevitable loss of human life to kee it upright.
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>Even after you use cryptography, you are never quite sure that it is protecting you like it is supposed to do.
Which is why everyone should enjoy themselves trying to break the encryption on any product they buy; be it wifi access point, USB memory stick, or a file encrypted with some PC software; trying to break the encryption is enjoyable and vital to continuing security.
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I'm not so sure: YouTube has one of the biggest tubes of the whole internets, the clue's in the name.
Will it be able to perform cunnilingus on a hardwood floor?
I would have thought the money could have been better spent improving flash memory, or at least making it cheaper. As you say, data densities are up, but there must be a better way to do it than this.
I think you're being a little unfair; we should be able to see a half decent idea within this product:
The disks are protected within cartridges as packs of ten until they go into the drive and gain the magic piece of glass. All optical media needs this bulk to protect it; the new system simply reuses the bulk so that 1 drive and 500 disks has 1 protective layer, rather than 500. This is a good idea: The same end result is achieved, but the media is thinner, allowing more to fit in the same place and 470 gigs to be served in the space usually occupied by a single CD within its' case.
The only real question is why? Surely flash drives would be a more practical recipient of R&D money.
The article states that the disks come in packs of ten, sealed within cartidges. These carts go into the drives, which removes individual disks for use. You, nor I, never have to get out fat fingers anywhere near the delicate little disks.
Now that that's cleared up, I still can't think of much of a use for these things.
I think that's better than saying "Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Does Allow Remote Code Execution", after all, just having the vulnerability doesn't mean that code will be executed. You still have to run IE and visit a malicious website.
Imagine a PC with no network conection at all - a vulnerability in VML is not going to lead to remote code execution.
And now I have seen it, I wish I hadn't. Thanks anyway.
They put a 403 on the ISS? I guess space exploration is only for nerds...
£225 is cheap, I was expecting it to be £299. Usually anything electric has the same numbers, but with a different currency symbol in front. The reasons for this (VAT, shipping, etc) are argued online whenever a new product is released in the US and UK.
In short, the UK is more expensive.
I bet if I went out and bought a two way radio it would say "made in China" on it somewhere. Am I the only one that thinks that China probably doesn't need to import these sorts of things?
I've just re-read what I typed earlier - I'm sorry for the keyboard errors I made; it's late and I'm tired. Hopefully you know what I meant though!
>I'm glad I get paid to work on their product because it requires so much babysitting. Thank dog I don't run it at home anymore.
So it's only Windows users that recieve spam?
This is going to sundy crazy, but it seems as though Microsoft has recently been using the using the courts for good. First they use the coursts to punish those who have been scamming users with pirated copies of Windows for cash and now they're providing a better anti-spam deterant than the British legal system.
/. may stand for, but I have to say that I'm surprised and pleased.
I know this goes against what many on
Go Microsoft! The **PAA could learn much from you.
Perhaps the non geeks shouldn't be reading slashdot? I'm sure Wikipedia has everthing that the non geek could ever want, hopefully they'll stay there. Thanks for the link though...
And post Roland some stuff!
Roland Piquepaille
89, rue de l'Eglise
Paris, FR 75015
FR
I imagine that entering the code not only "unlocks" one of the movies, but also allows deletes the others, or at least allows them to be over written. It must be possible to create an image of one of these memory sticks onto your PC from where you can either unlock each movie in turn (all you would need to do is create four images, for example) or simply break the locking system and get access to all movies.
I think you're mis-understanding the point of the a b g n after the 802.11
This isn't just marketing hype, but the creation and naming of standards. Standards are, I think we can agree, a useful thing. The standard for 802.11a was written first, then 802.11b, etc, etc. Some standards made it into the shops before others (802.11b before 802.11a for example). This isn't the work of marketing drones, however, but the need to produce standards and thus interoperability. I think that was the whole point of the original article.
If you don't need the new standards, I suggest you don't buy them.
16 hour pornography? Should be just enough time...
Ladies, call me.
Yep, my Karma has just dropped to "bad". Ah well, at least I've got my health ;-)
>One purpose of the job was to aid the professor in areas which he has difficulty due to his disability, the posting said.
Bedpans. And walking upstairs with a prof. over one shoulder.
I've submitted my CV.
So now there's a girl that know s more about comp. sec. than I ever will... Another reason to feel intimidated by the fairer sex.
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She's nice, but her friends are a little bit special...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/windowsnyder/5820026
Please God, grant me the ability to punch Roland Piquepaille in the face over standard TCP/IP.
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Gmail's picture preview is exactly the same. Only after reading this article did I understand what was going on.
I'm sure there will be some provision for shooting things down. If they're spending trillions on it, they can probably afford a couple of fighter jets and the innevitable loss of human life to kee it upright.
>Even after you use cryptography, you are never quite sure that it is protecting you like it is supposed to do.
Which is why everyone should enjoy themselves trying to break the encryption on any product they buy; be it wifi access point, USB memory stick, or a file encrypted with some PC software; trying to break the encryption is enjoyable and vital to continuing security.