Ah! I get it now. I think. Wait, no I don't... WTF?
I took a few minutes to do a search and it led me to StackExchange. Pfft... They let *ME* give answers there, so I'll be damned if I trust 'em. However, if I'm reading correctly, it looks like it may still be possible but a rather futile effort?
Where UUID is the ID (and not email) and both password and email are hashed & salted.
I'm missing something and I should make it very clear that I hate DB work and absolutely suck at it. I've described my DB admin in the past, on this site, and he was an odd, very odd, man whom I'm convinced was a wizard.
Wait, no, I'm retarded. I'll send this anyway and admit my shame. I just figured it out. It's a comparison and not a retrieval, right? "This value gets entered and is hashed and salted and if it matches that value then it is true." Where "this value" is not actually stored in any way? No, that's not even English. IOW, the hashed value that is stored is not meaningfully "decrypted" (no such critter as 'unhashing' really) but *just* the hashed value? Yeah, I think that's it. (I'm now on my second Rum and Coke. I don't really drink any more so...) Yeah, I'll send this anyhow.
Thanks! That's really neat. I'm a Secular Buddhist (not a damned monk!) and it's interesting to note the parallels. I've read some Socrates, Plato, etc... I'm unfamiliar with this one and will have to spend more time with it. I'll probably treat them as koans and meditate on them. (It needn't be a question to be a koan.) #25 makes me think of The Prisoner's Dilemma, albeit a slightly different aspect, as if viewing it from a third party view. I think, perhaps, I'll ponder that one first.
It took me a minute but I found the download link for that one and then I went to download the plain text file and didn't like it so I remember that I'd set my browser up to enable mhtml files (single file - whole page) and I saved that. Much thanks and I'm hoping I will learn something new. From a quick scan, there are some interesting parallels between what I'm reading there and similar to some of what I'd expect to hear on refuge or whatnot.
Again, much thanks! Hmm... While certainly not as valuable, and you may already be familiar with them, I can think of no more appropriate response than to offer this: http://catb.org/esr/writings/u...
Navigation is the funny looking squiggles in the top right and left.
That's a very valid point and one I'd not thought of. I'm not sure how one could go about enacting changes like that but it's certainly an interesting idea. I suspect the majority of politicians are on the fast track (I've forgotten the name) list or just charter. I seem to recall a recent story about a mayor (from LA?) that got held up in TSA and had to spend a night locked down or some crap like that. I've not seen anything more about it.
Hmm... Google is not finding anything but I know it was on Slashdot. Well, I'm reasonably certain it was on here.
If it's any consolation, I'm moderately likely to be the State Senator to represents my district in Maine after the 2016 election. You can't vote for me and I'll not be able to do a damned thing about the TSA. Maybe I can float a bill, or get a public referendum started, that requires State officials to fly commercial on any/all State related trips? I believe the current process allows them a certain dollar value and they can then put their own money in and travel by any means they want. So, they can drive or fly commercial - and not 'upgrade' to a private charter. That would have a *very* good chance of passing in Maine.
As a citizen, you can write it up and try to get your reps to sponsor a similar bill at the federal level (and State level), I guess. There are probably other ways to go about it but it might be interesting to see how they react. I'm pretty sure that most of 'em aren't going to be too interested. In Maine, anyone can propose a bill if you get enough signatures. Of course, getting them to act on it is tough. Maine was going "green" quite early and actually voted for medical marijuana many years ago but the government dragged it out, took it to court, added some requirements with another law, refused to fund it, etc... (It's legal now and it's been a civil offense for a *very* long time.)
I'll have to think about it. I doubt there will be much that I can do but I'll do what I can. I might only be able to make a little noise. I don't plan on running for a second term so I can actually do the "right thing" while serving because I don't need to worry about vindictive people. Then again, if I do the "right thing" they may want me to run again and I'm loathe to do so. I've better things to do with my time - even if it's just posting on Slashdot. I am retired for a reason, I am inherently lazy. It's not my fault, it's the laws of the universe. Entropy and all that...
Linux users will be okay, I imagine. The Girl Child got her MBP and my son uses Debian mostly so he got one of these: http://www.titancomputers.com/...
I don't know exactly what he specced it out to be but it wasn't *too* bad. I think it came to a little under, or just over, 3k with shipping. I just let him pick it out and that way he gets what he wants. He has it with him (I had it shipped to him and he got it early). He's got Debian on it now and I'm probably going to order two more of them. One for me and one for the girlfriend. I poked at it earlier and it's pretty damned speedy and surprisingly cool. I'd have expected more heat from it but it's not bad, not bad at all.
I guess he had to do a little tweaking as there were some screen tearing issues but the open source driver fixed it. I guess he was getting some screen tearing with the Nvidia drivers.
Anyhow, it's never really been "good" for Linux users though it's better now. I suspect they'll (we'll) be just fine.
Don't tell macs4all or canadianmacfan this but one of my gifts for my daughter was a new MBP. I know... I know... I did my best to bring them up right but I failed as a parent and she has an iPod, iPad, and several other Apple devices like a desktop, a couple of laptops, and I think she's even got a damned router made by them. Buggered if I know the name but the girl's a fan and yes, yes she has been exposed to Linux. (Her brother uses Debian - sometimes Arch.)
Anyway, she's not the most gentle creature with her hardware. She works in a pediatric trauma unit and things get jostled around when you're in a hurry. I should probably OTP this next part 'cause I'm never going to live it down but, well, I don't recall her ever actually having anything break - hardware wise. She's... Hmm... 28 now (I'm pretty sure) and has probably been using Apple products for 15 years?
I've bought a lot of iStuff over the years and she generally wants one of them refreshed every holiday - like it was a new iPad for her birthday. She's not asked for an iPod in a while?
Ah - she says I'm an ass - she's 27. She also says, "They're great Dad, you should get one." I did once. She absconded with it on a visit. My two kids are getting my girlfriend drunk. 'Tis the first time they've met. But, I digress...
So, as much as I like to poke the rather crazy and overly defensive iFans... The hardware seems to hold up pretty well. I know that it holds up very well at a small community's elementary school. Oh - the screens break on iPods but I'm now told they still work even if they are, "Mashed to shit." The kid swears like a sailor. So, while it's anecdotal, there's quite a bit of data in that anecdote. From what I observe, the hardware holds up just fine.
Well, I don't usually drink but I'm gonna go have a rum and coke with the kids. Any posts beyond this point and it wasn't me - it was someone using my UID while I was away from the computer. (That's my lie, I'll tell it any way I want.) Merry festivities and goodnight to all unless I shamble back in. I imagine two drinks will serve quite nicely.
IOW - Can't the UID be separate and just use that to unhash the email address and send the verification/address change/confirmation emails to it? It doesn't seem unworkable to me. I may be missing something, however. I did mention, I am no guru. Thus the question.
That's what I mean. Hash and salt the email address, use a username as the token, and unhash email only after securely logged in. In other words, I was saying, using the email as the identifier is a bad idea (I think?) if they can avoid it. That way, if the DB is broken, stolen, or whatnot - they just get the hashed and salted email address and it means nothing to them no matter how many rainbow tables they've got access to.
(I'm no guru or anything but I've been listening to you guys for years.) If I were going to make something like this, that's one of the first things I'd look into. If I didn't then I'd suffer the scorn/wrath of many Slashdotters who'd call me a n00b, an idiot, and say I was a menace who knew shit about security. I've never *done* that but I'm pretty sure I could figure it out and I kind of know where to look if I need to do it.
Heh, I've been watching you guys tear the hell out of security for years now. Err... I think my early account was in the 21xxx range but I don't recall the UID and certainly don't have the email address. So, yeah, I've been paying attention to all the things you've all been saying for all these years. To be honest, shutting the hell up and listening to people who know what they're talking about is actually probably the skill that's given me the most benefit in my life.
Hmm... They might not be cheaper now. Imagine them all connected to HQ and them just sending the repricing information down the stream to various pre-configured settings. That would almost be trivial at this point - assuming they could keep the devices from being constantly damaged. The expenses that they undergo when they remodel the interior is high enough that such an additional feature might not be more than a trivial rounding error.
I probably have more crap in my house than you, yet there are plenty of people who know where my key is and know the alarm code. The alarm, if set off, would mean the cops get there in an hour or so - at best. What I do have is insurance. If my house gets broken into then I'm going to want to know why because they could have just asked me. Depending on who, how, and why - I might not even want to have them sent to jail. You want them put away for life, over property?
Heh... I had a friend come up and visit last spring and I took him over to a small town where I'd bought a piece of property. I was showing him where some famous people had lived and talking about the town's history, pretty much how everything had passed by and there was little left but memories. We walked by a graveyard and he turned to me and asked, "So, who's dead in there?"
I replied, "Everybody."
At any rate, if you ever get the chance to visit Maine - you might like it. You'd probably fit right in. They let me live there and I'm almost as accepted as a native but I'll always be an "import" or "from away."
"... every light, every doorknob will be connected to the internet."
Allow me to be vulgar and say, "Like fuck it will." There is absolutely zero chance of that happening - and I'm kind of a computer loving geek. I have 0 IoT type devices that actually do the whole "internet" part of that - unless you want to count cameras and, even then, I have to login to a local system, as I am not home, and then (and only then) is that very specific IP address allowed to view those camera feeds.
They don't have a username separate from an email address so that they can salt/hash the email address and not store it in plain text? I'm no guru or anything but that's what I'd look into if I were going to set something like this up.
It does and it is unfortunate. Thus, "Whenever you can." For some that is never, for others? Maybe. Better if some know that they can opt to do so than none know at all. It's more efficient and less expensive if you're going with a small party. It's not as speedy and there generally aren't any service personnel on the flights I've taken but it's nicer in many ways. Hell, we've even had firearms with us - in the cabin. (Locked in cases - we were going hunting and had lots and lots of gear.)
So, if you can afford it and you want to avoid the TSA then keep it in mind. It's not perfect and it doesn't help most folks in most situations, probably. It is, however, an option to know about. (And if you're lucky and they like you then they'll maybe let you fly the plane for a while. And it is awesome.)
We can't just have the working class voting with ease!
In my case, I never know where I'll be so I always get an absentee ballot. I don't have any town election or anything because I don't live in a town - I live in an unincorporated township. So, I just get an absentee ballot. I've been doing it that way for years but I can get one online now. It's how I had to vote while I was enlisted. It's just second nature now.
Heh... There's either a D.C. resident or someone who works in politics there and they had a mod point. Oh no! (Sorry, for the residents - it'd suck but, well, it's going to get their attention and you'll get a few days off from work.)
It probably wouldn't even take a million cars to gridlock D.C. for days. They'd be calling in wreckers from several states away and have nowhere to store all the cars they impounded. I can pretty much guarantee that you'll get their attention. You might not get what you want but you will get noticed.
I've been pondering this form of protest for a lot of years now. Just bring some water, maybe a BBQ grill, and have ourselves a street party. Figure four people per car, well... They can't put all 4,000,000 of us in jail. It's not even a huge barrier to entry - a few hundred bucks for bailing your car out, another couple hundred in gas, and a few days off from work. I'm pretty sure they can't arrest all of us.
Yes, yes I have been pondering this for a long time. How many cars are in the District right now? I doubt they can handle a million more at one time. The traffic will be backed up for miles and miles. And it will be awesome! Err... Except I haven't really been quite pissed enough to do that and I've never had a million people, ever, think I had a good idea. (Two or three but they were drunk.)
Hmm... Maybe we can do it if they're going to ratify the TPP?
Heh... How silly. I donate tons to charities. It's a favorite hobby of mine. And no, you really don't understand. I'll vote for Bernie because he will be better for you. He will be better for your kids and for your friends. Me? I can pay for my health care. My kids work but don't actually need to. Their children won't have to work either.
I'm sorry you don't understand. Not everybody applies game theory to all aspects of life. Some of us do things that are, mostly, altruistic. I'd probably, personally, be better off supporting Trump or Bush.
As for donating to the government? I have. In 2008, after selling, I donated to NASA. I sent them a good chunk but was a little disappointed because I'm unable to earmark it for something specific - it can only go to the general fund. (I'd wanted to earmark it for educational outreach, not something like to put a man on Mars or anything silly - I didn't donate *that* much.)
No, my life would be better with idiots in office who do things like make sure that I don't pay shit for taxes and enable me to make more money. However, my life is already just fine and I can weather anything Sanders will do even if I don't agree with him entirely. Why? Because I don't want your kids to have a shitty life. I know, that's hard to believe. It's true, however.
By the way, if you have kids and they're into tech and interested in a private school then look into a school called Kents Hill. There's three to five scholarships available every year. Why? So that your kids can enjoy life. Seriously, not everyone's an asshole and no, I'm not entirely altruistic either. (I want your kids healthy, educated, and employed so they're not stealing my shit. I like my shit. That's why I bought it.)
The slavery thing... Well, it's a matter of perspective. That they argued about it at all is actually an indication of improvement. This is hard to explain but I've done a fair bit of reading on the subject because a part of my heritage is descended from Black African slaves who fought on the side of the English during the Revolution. (It's a neat story but I'm not going to share it all tonight unless you really want me to type it out.)
Anyhow, to the point (and it's not much of a point), we must look at things in perspective. This is not an attempt to wipe it away or to minimize it, it's wrong and was always wrong even if there were people who felt it was perfectly justified.
See, to them it was normal. In 200 years we'll have people looking back at us and thinking we were uncultured, barbaric, ignorant, evil, and worse. The things you do today will be considered an abomination tomorrow by those who wish to judge you their lesser.
Keep in mind, it wasn't a bunch of white people running around with nets to catch fine specimens. No, it was black people selling their brethren into slavery. They too were making use of slave labor. Those "Slavic" countries? Err... Yeah, not even all slaves where black.
An article on Slashdot, a day or two ago, was about the targets for nukes. Many of us thought it was deplorable. Yet, you weren't there. (I wasn't even born yet - I was born in '57 and the list was made in '56.) What nobody in that thread mentioned was that the USSR had started targeting American population centers and the USA responded in kind. Then long-range missiles came out and there was a bit of a gentleman's agreement (likely violated) where they agreed to go back to targeting military infrastructure instead.
Times, perspective, and values change. What you're doing, right now as you read this, may be considered a crime against humanity in 200 years. It's okay to judge and to judge harshly but I think it's important to understand the environment and perspectives. Ethics are situational, though we might say that morals are not but those are often influenced by perspective.
That's an interesting view. I'd never pictured anything from Ancient Greece, it makes sense to me. I may borrow that.;-) Meh, I'm bored - I'll type some more out for you.
But, yes... I've always been willing to take long odds if the payout is high enough and the chance of success was reasonable - relative to the risk. I was still working on my thesis when I got my first contract and the penalty for missing that contract would have meant that I was in debt forever and that I'd probably have missed my chance at remaining in academia.
My advisor put me in touch with someone in the Mass. Dept. of Transportation. I needed not just the data they had but permission to collect more. It turned out, they were quite interested in what I was doing up there in Cambridge. (Around 1990.) I'd showed them my preliminary results, while writing up the paper, and that I was able to accurately model the traffic and make predictions and that, with some changes, their throughput could be increased as well as safety improvements made.
By the time I was done, I had a contract ready in RI and then NY and pretty soon I was down in GA and headquartered in NC. I finalized the sale of my company in early 2008. Eventually, I added modeling pedestrian traffic which is actually quite lucrative. They really want you to walk a certain path in a department or grocery store, for example. (That and modeling traffic in emergencies for even some outdoor events, things like that.) But I did it, "on a computer."
And that's the rest of the story. That's really all there is to it. I don't even *like* mathematics, I'm just good at it so I figured I'd be a tenured professor, driving an old Saab, and working at an old university somewhere in New England. Yes, I worked hard. I lived in my office on four hours of sleep for years. But I didn't have employees in the traditional sense. I had people who worked *with* me. I sure as hell didn't do it on my own. In fact, I'd dare say that, irrespective of my bank account balance, I'm rather ordinary.
In the end we had five offices and a little over 200 people employed. I got a phone call asking if I'd be willing to consider a sales offer over lunch. I figured that I'd amuse myself and get a free lunch. The now-parent company is almost a household name. While it's public information and easy enough to find, they do almost nothing but provide government services really. They supply food, logistics, sometime manpower, and even have their hand in with some defense contracts. I knew that we'd accumulated some value and a lot of assets (compute cycles are expensive when you're modeling stuff) but I was a bit weirded out by the numbers they offered. Obviously, I took the offer with some caveats about keeping the people who worked with me or offering severance packages that equaled five years in wages.
They've now got one of those newfangled things called a "human resource department" and I guess they even have stuff like assigned parking. Heh... Most of them still work there including a few that, I'm pretty sure, don't actually need to work. I was able to give giant bonuses when I sold so the ones who had been with me since the start probably don't actually have to work. It seemed the right thing to do and I had it structured ahead of the sale so that I could avoid paying taxes on those bonuses 'cause, well, that was an insane tax bill.
Anyhow, that's quite a novella. Yes, yes I am bored. My kids are getting my girlfriend drunk and teasing me because she's younger than both of them. I'm hiding upstairs. Ho ho ho... *sighs* Ah well, that's the gist of the story if you're curious. There have been times in the past where I've eaten Ramen noodles or boxed macaroni and cheese. I'm not stupid enough to forget those days.
Mint is pretty nice. I've found it a bit buggy on some Nvidia cards but, oddly, the official Ubuntu flavors run fine - even if I hack a bit and installed Cinnamon DE. It should be noted that I don't actually have to interact with other people in a business realm, really. I don't care if you send me a.doc and I can't read it. I'll email you and ask you to call or I'll just settle for reading it.
My children are getting my girlfriend drunk. They've been teasing me about my having a girlfriend that is younger then they are. I no longer drink, I'm retired from my professional drinking career a few years ago, so it's kind of awkward. I might have one or two with 'em but that'll be it. I can only imagine how stupid I sounded when I was still drinking. Ah well...
At any rate, I don't use Citrix but we used to have that setup in my office. Secretarial staff, meeting rooms, on-site people from various municipalities or businesses, etc. would make use of them. That was on these little Wyse thingies. I haven't played with CAD since I designed my house and brought it in for the architect to polish and review. I brought that in on digital and paper (I still own a plotter). I roughed it out on a real drafting table because I'm geeky like that and actually had thought about becoming an architectural draftsman before settling on mathematics.
You should be able to disable automatic focus stealing by registry edits. I used to have a site that had that information but I've long since forgotten it.;-) Shoulda asked way back then. I do use a lot of VMs but mostly just to poke, play, and learn stuff. I like VMware. 'Tis handy.
Also, I'm not entirely positive but I think my kids are actually more expensive to buy for now than they were when they were children. My daughter wants a Honda Accord (good choice, kid) and my son (who doesn't drink much) has decided to accept a loan/gift and has found a bar he wants to buy in Peru. They're still not discussing marriage but his girlfriend's a very cute native girl. He's done well. *nods*
Peter, do not forget this - it is important. You are ruled by consent. Should it become so untenable and should you have enough backing from your peers, the government has no choice but to change. Doubly so in America - we have firearms. State Actors don't do well against insurgencies and guerrilla warfare.
This is not me advocating anything in particular. It's just a reminder. Our "damned government" is our government only because we continue to allow them that power. Somewhere along the way, things got screwy. The government should be afraid of the populous and not the other way around. We're lethargic and apathetic. I presume that means we've yet to become disenfranchised enough to refresh that tree of liberty, I have little doubt that we will need to do so at some point - it seems to be cyclical if history is any indication.
The adage about "you get the government you deserve" is largely true. For instance, when was the last time you used a vacation day to go down to the court house and observe the courts to ensure they were upholding their end of the social contract? It is by your will that you call them your master. A healthy balance is probably to not call them your betters and to always keep that in mind.
It's Christmas and I've got a few minutes to myself so I'll spread a little cheer.
Not everyone will vote for their own pocketbook. Not everyone will vote in their own self-interest. Not every subscribes to Game Theory or the Prisoner's Dilemma...
To give an example; I will pay more in taxes if Bernie Sanders is elected and allowed to make the changes he wants to make. I'm expecting my tax rate to be somewhere around 150% what it is now, based on the numbers I've seen thrown around. However, I've sent him a couple of donations already and will be voting for him in the general - should he make it that far.
Why? Because it's not, "I've got mine, fuck you." It is, "I've got mine, how can I help?"
Everybody has a GPS. Fuck the million man march. Get a million people to use Google and figure out when you need to leave your house to all arrive simultaneously at 1600 Penn. Ave, Washington D.C. at 12:00 noon on a Monday. Get as close as you can, lock your doors, shut off your car and refuse to leave. You now have their attention. Do not fight back, do not speak to the police, just sit in your car and make sure you get as close to the Capitol as you possibly can - bumper to bumper. If you must leave then just get out of your car, lock it, and walk away.
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Ah! I get it now. I think. Wait, no I don't... WTF?
I took a few minutes to do a search and it led me to StackExchange. Pfft... They let *ME* give answers there, so I'll be damned if I trust 'em. However, if I'm reading correctly, it looks like it may still be possible but a rather futile effort?
My thinking was:
UUID = KGIII
Password = somelongpassword
Email = kgiii@example.com
Where UUID is the ID (and not email) and both password and email are hashed & salted.
I'm missing something and I should make it very clear that I hate DB work and absolutely suck at it. I've described my DB admin in the past, on this site, and he was an odd, very odd, man whom I'm convinced was a wizard.
Wait, no, I'm retarded. I'll send this anyway and admit my shame. I just figured it out. It's a comparison and not a retrieval, right? "This value gets entered and is hashed and salted and if it matches that value then it is true." Where "this value" is not actually stored in any way? No, that's not even English. IOW, the hashed value that is stored is not meaningfully "decrypted" (no such critter as 'unhashing' really) but *just* the hashed value? Yeah, I think that's it. (I'm now on my second Rum and Coke. I don't really drink any more so...) Yeah, I'll send this anyhow.
Thanks! That's really neat. I'm a Secular Buddhist (not a damned monk!) and it's interesting to note the parallels. I've read some Socrates, Plato, etc... I'm unfamiliar with this one and will have to spend more time with it. I'll probably treat them as koans and meditate on them. (It needn't be a question to be a koan.) #25 makes me think of The Prisoner's Dilemma, albeit a slightly different aspect, as if viewing it from a third party view. I think, perhaps, I'll ponder that one first.
It took me a minute but I found the download link for that one and then I went to download the plain text file and didn't like it so I remember that I'd set my browser up to enable mhtml files (single file - whole page) and I saved that. Much thanks and I'm hoping I will learn something new. From a quick scan, there are some interesting parallels between what I'm reading there and similar to some of what I'd expect to hear on refuge or whatnot.
Again, much thanks! Hmm... While certainly not as valuable, and you may already be familiar with them, I can think of no more appropriate response than to offer this:
http://catb.org/esr/writings/u...
Navigation is the funny looking squiggles in the top right and left.
That's a very valid point and one I'd not thought of. I'm not sure how one could go about enacting changes like that but it's certainly an interesting idea. I suspect the majority of politicians are on the fast track (I've forgotten the name) list or just charter. I seem to recall a recent story about a mayor (from LA?) that got held up in TSA and had to spend a night locked down or some crap like that. I've not seen anything more about it.
Hmm... Google is not finding anything but I know it was on Slashdot. Well, I'm reasonably certain it was on here.
If it's any consolation, I'm moderately likely to be the State Senator to represents my district in Maine after the 2016 election. You can't vote for me and I'll not be able to do a damned thing about the TSA. Maybe I can float a bill, or get a public referendum started, that requires State officials to fly commercial on any/all State related trips? I believe the current process allows them a certain dollar value and they can then put their own money in and travel by any means they want. So, they can drive or fly commercial - and not 'upgrade' to a private charter. That would have a *very* good chance of passing in Maine.
As a citizen, you can write it up and try to get your reps to sponsor a similar bill at the federal level (and State level), I guess. There are probably other ways to go about it but it might be interesting to see how they react. I'm pretty sure that most of 'em aren't going to be too interested. In Maine, anyone can propose a bill if you get enough signatures. Of course, getting them to act on it is tough. Maine was going "green" quite early and actually voted for medical marijuana many years ago but the government dragged it out, took it to court, added some requirements with another law, refused to fund it, etc... (It's legal now and it's been a civil offense for a *very* long time.)
I'll have to think about it. I doubt there will be much that I can do but I'll do what I can. I might only be able to make a little noise. I don't plan on running for a second term so I can actually do the "right thing" while serving because I don't need to worry about vindictive people. Then again, if I do the "right thing" they may want me to run again and I'm loathe to do so. I've better things to do with my time - even if it's just posting on Slashdot. I am retired for a reason, I am inherently lazy. It's not my fault, it's the laws of the universe. Entropy and all that...
Linux users will be okay, I imagine. The Girl Child got her MBP and my son uses Debian mostly so he got one of these:
http://www.titancomputers.com/...
I don't know exactly what he specced it out to be but it wasn't *too* bad. I think it came to a little under, or just over, 3k with shipping. I just let him pick it out and that way he gets what he wants. He has it with him (I had it shipped to him and he got it early). He's got Debian on it now and I'm probably going to order two more of them. One for me and one for the girlfriend. I poked at it earlier and it's pretty damned speedy and surprisingly cool. I'd have expected more heat from it but it's not bad, not bad at all.
I guess he had to do a little tweaking as there were some screen tearing issues but the open source driver fixed it. I guess he was getting some screen tearing with the Nvidia drivers.
Anyhow, it's never really been "good" for Linux users though it's better now. I suspect they'll (we'll) be just fine.
Don't tell macs4all or canadianmacfan this but one of my gifts for my daughter was a new MBP. I know... I know... I did my best to bring them up right but I failed as a parent and she has an iPod, iPad, and several other Apple devices like a desktop, a couple of laptops, and I think she's even got a damned router made by them. Buggered if I know the name but the girl's a fan and yes, yes she has been exposed to Linux. (Her brother uses Debian - sometimes Arch.)
Anyway, she's not the most gentle creature with her hardware. She works in a pediatric trauma unit and things get jostled around when you're in a hurry. I should probably OTP this next part 'cause I'm never going to live it down but, well, I don't recall her ever actually having anything break - hardware wise. She's... Hmm... 28 now (I'm pretty sure) and has probably been using Apple products for 15 years?
I've bought a lot of iStuff over the years and she generally wants one of them refreshed every holiday - like it was a new iPad for her birthday. She's not asked for an iPod in a while?
Ah - she says I'm an ass - she's 27. She also says, "They're great Dad, you should get one." I did once. She absconded with it on a visit. My two kids are getting my girlfriend drunk. 'Tis the first time they've met. But, I digress...
So, as much as I like to poke the rather crazy and overly defensive iFans... The hardware seems to hold up pretty well. I know that it holds up very well at a small community's elementary school. Oh - the screens break on iPods but I'm now told they still work even if they are, "Mashed to shit." The kid swears like a sailor. So, while it's anecdotal, there's quite a bit of data in that anecdote. From what I observe, the hardware holds up just fine.
Well, I don't usually drink but I'm gonna go have a rum and coke with the kids. Any posts beyond this point and it wasn't me - it was someone using my UID while I was away from the computer. (That's my lie, I'll tell it any way I want.) Merry festivities and goodnight to all unless I shamble back in. I imagine two drinks will serve quite nicely.
IOW - Can't the UID be separate and just use that to unhash the email address and send the verification/address change/confirmation emails to it? It doesn't seem unworkable to me. I may be missing something, however. I did mention, I am no guru. Thus the question.
That's what I mean. Hash and salt the email address, use a username as the token, and unhash email only after securely logged in. In other words, I was saying, using the email as the identifier is a bad idea (I think?) if they can avoid it. That way, if the DB is broken, stolen, or whatnot - they just get the hashed and salted email address and it means nothing to them no matter how many rainbow tables they've got access to.
(I'm no guru or anything but I've been listening to you guys for years.) If I were going to make something like this, that's one of the first things I'd look into. If I didn't then I'd suffer the scorn/wrath of many Slashdotters who'd call me a n00b, an idiot, and say I was a menace who knew shit about security. I've never *done* that but I'm pretty sure I could figure it out and I kind of know where to look if I need to do it.
Heh, I've been watching you guys tear the hell out of security for years now. Err... I think my early account was in the 21xxx range but I don't recall the UID and certainly don't have the email address. So, yeah, I've been paying attention to all the things you've all been saying for all these years. To be honest, shutting the hell up and listening to people who know what they're talking about is actually probably the skill that's given me the most benefit in my life.
Hmm... They might not be cheaper now. Imagine them all connected to HQ and them just sending the repricing information down the stream to various pre-configured settings. That would almost be trivial at this point - assuming they could keep the devices from being constantly damaged. The expenses that they undergo when they remodel the interior is high enough that such an additional feature might not be more than a trivial rounding error.
I probably have more crap in my house than you, yet there are plenty of people who know where my key is and know the alarm code. The alarm, if set off, would mean the cops get there in an hour or so - at best. What I do have is insurance. If my house gets broken into then I'm going to want to know why because they could have just asked me. Depending on who, how, and why - I might not even want to have them sent to jail. You want them put away for life, over property?
I don't want to live in your future.
Heh... I had a friend come up and visit last spring and I took him over to a small town where I'd bought a piece of property. I was showing him where some famous people had lived and talking about the town's history, pretty much how everything had passed by and there was little left but memories. We walked by a graveyard and he turned to me and asked, "So, who's dead in there?"
I replied, "Everybody."
At any rate, if you ever get the chance to visit Maine - you might like it. You'd probably fit right in. They let me live there and I'm almost as accepted as a native but I'll always be an "import" or "from away."
"... every light, every doorknob will be connected to the internet."
Allow me to be vulgar and say, "Like fuck it will." There is absolutely zero chance of that happening - and I'm kind of a computer loving geek. I have 0 IoT type devices that actually do the whole "internet" part of that - unless you want to count cameras and, even then, I have to login to a local system, as I am not home, and then (and only then) is that very specific IP address allowed to view those camera feeds.
They don't have a username separate from an email address so that they can salt/hash the email address and not store it in plain text? I'm no guru or anything but that's what I'd look into if I were going to set something like this up.
(no, it's not something that feels like metal or clothing your mom pressed).
Well, that's ironic.
*whistles innocently*
It does and it is unfortunate. Thus, "Whenever you can." For some that is never, for others? Maybe. Better if some know that they can opt to do so than none know at all. It's more efficient and less expensive if you're going with a small party. It's not as speedy and there generally aren't any service personnel on the flights I've taken but it's nicer in many ways. Hell, we've even had firearms with us - in the cabin. (Locked in cases - we were going hunting and had lots and lots of gear.)
So, if you can afford it and you want to avoid the TSA then keep it in mind. It's not perfect and it doesn't help most folks in most situations, probably. It is, however, an option to know about. (And if you're lucky and they like you then they'll maybe let you fly the plane for a while. And it is awesome.)
We can't just have the working class voting with ease!
In my case, I never know where I'll be so I always get an absentee ballot. I don't have any town election or anything because I don't live in a town - I live in an unincorporated township. So, I just get an absentee ballot. I've been doing it that way for years but I can get one online now. It's how I had to vote while I was enlisted. It's just second nature now.
Heh... There's either a D.C. resident or someone who works in politics there and they had a mod point. Oh no! (Sorry, for the residents - it'd suck but, well, it's going to get their attention and you'll get a few days off from work.)
It probably wouldn't even take a million cars to gridlock D.C. for days. They'd be calling in wreckers from several states away and have nowhere to store all the cars they impounded. I can pretty much guarantee that you'll get their attention. You might not get what you want but you will get noticed.
I've been pondering this form of protest for a lot of years now. Just bring some water, maybe a BBQ grill, and have ourselves a street party. Figure four people per car, well... They can't put all 4,000,000 of us in jail. It's not even a huge barrier to entry - a few hundred bucks for bailing your car out, another couple hundred in gas, and a few days off from work. I'm pretty sure they can't arrest all of us.
Yes, yes I have been pondering this for a long time. How many cars are in the District right now? I doubt they can handle a million more at one time. The traffic will be backed up for miles and miles. And it will be awesome! Err... Except I haven't really been quite pissed enough to do that and I've never had a million people, ever, think I had a good idea. (Two or three but they were drunk.)
Hmm... Maybe we can do it if they're going to ratify the TPP?
Heh... How silly. I donate tons to charities. It's a favorite hobby of mine. And no, you really don't understand. I'll vote for Bernie because he will be better for you. He will be better for your kids and for your friends. Me? I can pay for my health care. My kids work but don't actually need to. Their children won't have to work either.
I'm sorry you don't understand. Not everybody applies game theory to all aspects of life. Some of us do things that are, mostly, altruistic. I'd probably, personally, be better off supporting Trump or Bush.
As for donating to the government? I have. In 2008, after selling, I donated to NASA. I sent them a good chunk but was a little disappointed because I'm unable to earmark it for something specific - it can only go to the general fund. (I'd wanted to earmark it for educational outreach, not something like to put a man on Mars or anything silly - I didn't donate *that* much.)
No, my life would be better with idiots in office who do things like make sure that I don't pay shit for taxes and enable me to make more money. However, my life is already just fine and I can weather anything Sanders will do even if I don't agree with him entirely. Why? Because I don't want your kids to have a shitty life. I know, that's hard to believe. It's true, however.
By the way, if you have kids and they're into tech and interested in a private school then look into a school called Kents Hill. There's three to five scholarships available every year. Why? So that your kids can enjoy life. Seriously, not everyone's an asshole and no, I'm not entirely altruistic either. (I want your kids healthy, educated, and employed so they're not stealing my shit. I like my shit. That's why I bought it.)
The slavery thing... Well, it's a matter of perspective. That they argued about it at all is actually an indication of improvement. This is hard to explain but I've done a fair bit of reading on the subject because a part of my heritage is descended from Black African slaves who fought on the side of the English during the Revolution. (It's a neat story but I'm not going to share it all tonight unless you really want me to type it out.)
Anyhow, to the point (and it's not much of a point), we must look at things in perspective. This is not an attempt to wipe it away or to minimize it, it's wrong and was always wrong even if there were people who felt it was perfectly justified.
See, to them it was normal. In 200 years we'll have people looking back at us and thinking we were uncultured, barbaric, ignorant, evil, and worse. The things you do today will be considered an abomination tomorrow by those who wish to judge you their lesser.
Keep in mind, it wasn't a bunch of white people running around with nets to catch fine specimens. No, it was black people selling their brethren into slavery. They too were making use of slave labor. Those "Slavic" countries? Err... Yeah, not even all slaves where black.
An article on Slashdot, a day or two ago, was about the targets for nukes. Many of us thought it was deplorable. Yet, you weren't there. (I wasn't even born yet - I was born in '57 and the list was made in '56.) What nobody in that thread mentioned was that the USSR had started targeting American population centers and the USA responded in kind. Then long-range missiles came out and there was a bit of a gentleman's agreement (likely violated) where they agreed to go back to targeting military infrastructure instead.
Times, perspective, and values change. What you're doing, right now as you read this, may be considered a crime against humanity in 200 years. It's okay to judge and to judge harshly but I think it's important to understand the environment and perspectives. Ethics are situational, though we might say that morals are not but those are often influenced by perspective.
A "true democracy" is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.
That's an interesting view. I'd never pictured anything from Ancient Greece, it makes sense to me. I may borrow that. ;-) Meh, I'm bored - I'll type some more out for you.
But, yes... I've always been willing to take long odds if the payout is high enough and the chance of success was reasonable - relative to the risk. I was still working on my thesis when I got my first contract and the penalty for missing that contract would have meant that I was in debt forever and that I'd probably have missed my chance at remaining in academia.
My advisor put me in touch with someone in the Mass. Dept. of Transportation. I needed not just the data they had but permission to collect more. It turned out, they were quite interested in what I was doing up there in Cambridge. (Around 1990.) I'd showed them my preliminary results, while writing up the paper, and that I was able to accurately model the traffic and make predictions and that, with some changes, their throughput could be increased as well as safety improvements made.
By the time I was done, I had a contract ready in RI and then NY and pretty soon I was down in GA and headquartered in NC. I finalized the sale of my company in early 2008. Eventually, I added modeling pedestrian traffic which is actually quite lucrative. They really want you to walk a certain path in a department or grocery store, for example. (That and modeling traffic in emergencies for even some outdoor events, things like that.) But I did it, "on a computer."
And that's the rest of the story. That's really all there is to it. I don't even *like* mathematics, I'm just good at it so I figured I'd be a tenured professor, driving an old Saab, and working at an old university somewhere in New England. Yes, I worked hard. I lived in my office on four hours of sleep for years. But I didn't have employees in the traditional sense. I had people who worked *with* me. I sure as hell didn't do it on my own. In fact, I'd dare say that, irrespective of my bank account balance, I'm rather ordinary.
In the end we had five offices and a little over 200 people employed. I got a phone call asking if I'd be willing to consider a sales offer over lunch. I figured that I'd amuse myself and get a free lunch. The now-parent company is almost a household name. While it's public information and easy enough to find, they do almost nothing but provide government services really. They supply food, logistics, sometime manpower, and even have their hand in with some defense contracts. I knew that we'd accumulated some value and a lot of assets (compute cycles are expensive when you're modeling stuff) but I was a bit weirded out by the numbers they offered. Obviously, I took the offer with some caveats about keeping the people who worked with me or offering severance packages that equaled five years in wages.
They've now got one of those newfangled things called a "human resource department" and I guess they even have stuff like assigned parking. Heh... Most of them still work there including a few that, I'm pretty sure, don't actually need to work. I was able to give giant bonuses when I sold so the ones who had been with me since the start probably don't actually have to work. It seemed the right thing to do and I had it structured ahead of the sale so that I could avoid paying taxes on those bonuses 'cause, well, that was an insane tax bill.
Anyhow, that's quite a novella. Yes, yes I am bored. My kids are getting my girlfriend drunk and teasing me because she's younger than both of them. I'm hiding upstairs. Ho ho ho... *sighs* Ah well, that's the gist of the story if you're curious. There have been times in the past where I've eaten Ramen noodles or boxed macaroni and cheese. I'm not stupid enough to forget those days.
Mint is pretty nice. I've found it a bit buggy on some Nvidia cards but, oddly, the official Ubuntu flavors run fine - even if I hack a bit and installed Cinnamon DE. It should be noted that I don't actually have to interact with other people in a business realm, really. I don't care if you send me a .doc and I can't read it. I'll email you and ask you to call or I'll just settle for reading it.
My children are getting my girlfriend drunk. They've been teasing me about my having a girlfriend that is younger then they are. I no longer drink, I'm retired from my professional drinking career a few years ago, so it's kind of awkward. I might have one or two with 'em but that'll be it. I can only imagine how stupid I sounded when I was still drinking. Ah well...
At any rate, I don't use Citrix but we used to have that setup in my office. Secretarial staff, meeting rooms, on-site people from various municipalities or businesses, etc. would make use of them. That was on these little Wyse thingies. I haven't played with CAD since I designed my house and brought it in for the architect to polish and review. I brought that in on digital and paper (I still own a plotter). I roughed it out on a real drafting table because I'm geeky like that and actually had thought about becoming an architectural draftsman before settling on mathematics.
You should be able to disable automatic focus stealing by registry edits. I used to have a site that had that information but I've long since forgotten it. ;-) Shoulda asked way back then. I do use a lot of VMs but mostly just to poke, play, and learn stuff. I like VMware. 'Tis handy.
Also, I'm not entirely positive but I think my kids are actually more expensive to buy for now than they were when they were children. My daughter wants a Honda Accord (good choice, kid) and my son (who doesn't drink much) has decided to accept a loan/gift and has found a bar he wants to buy in Peru. They're still not discussing marriage but his girlfriend's a very cute native girl. He's done well. *nods*
Yes, yes I am a bit bored. Happy holidays.
Peter, do not forget this - it is important. You are ruled by consent. Should it become so untenable and should you have enough backing from your peers, the government has no choice but to change. Doubly so in America - we have firearms. State Actors don't do well against insurgencies and guerrilla warfare.
This is not me advocating anything in particular. It's just a reminder. Our "damned government" is our government only because we continue to allow them that power. Somewhere along the way, things got screwy. The government should be afraid of the populous and not the other way around. We're lethargic and apathetic. I presume that means we've yet to become disenfranchised enough to refresh that tree of liberty, I have little doubt that we will need to do so at some point - it seems to be cyclical if history is any indication.
The adage about "you get the government you deserve" is largely true. For instance, when was the last time you used a vacation day to go down to the court house and observe the courts to ensure they were upholding their end of the social contract? It is by your will that you call them your master. A healthy balance is probably to not call them your betters and to always keep that in mind.
It's Christmas and I've got a few minutes to myself so I'll spread a little cheer.
Not everyone will vote for their own pocketbook. Not everyone will vote in their own self-interest. Not every subscribes to Game Theory or the Prisoner's Dilemma...
To give an example; I will pay more in taxes if Bernie Sanders is elected and allowed to make the changes he wants to make. I'm expecting my tax rate to be somewhere around 150% what it is now, based on the numbers I've seen thrown around. However, I've sent him a couple of donations already and will be voting for him in the general - should he make it that far.
Why? Because it's not, "I've got mine, fuck you." It is, "I've got mine, how can I help?"
Happy Holidays.
#nothelping ;-)
Everybody has a GPS. Fuck the million man march. Get a million people to use Google and figure out when you need to leave your house to all arrive simultaneously at 1600 Penn. Ave, Washington D.C. at 12:00 noon on a Monday. Get as close as you can, lock your doors, shut off your car and refuse to leave. You now have their attention. Do not fight back, do not speak to the police, just sit in your car and make sure you get as close to the Capitol as you possibly can - bumper to bumper. If you must leave then just get out of your car, lock it, and walk away.