>This is a well-established result in encryption and there is no point in arguing about it. The only time one-time > pad encryption has ever been broken was when the agents misused their one-time pads. The Venona decrypts are a good example of this.
Yep, that's the more fascinating part - who is generating the pads, HOW are they being generated and distributed? This has been going on for soooo long it's hard to believe that someone hasn't broken it from that end.
I'd like to offer my services to any blogger needing to get rid of their review laptop from MS/AMD. I will gladly accept your laptop for free. Only to help you ease your conscience, of course. I offer this as a free public service to any and all bloggers who find themselves burdened with these laptops. I even promise to install some flavor of Linux and write reviews. I'll even donate my Toshiba laptop to some worthy cause. No, really - I promise.
>Although the layout of this page is awful (and they beg for click-fraud abuse), it does show a few really good maps of > the current undersea cable infrastructure. Pretty neat stuff.
I'm surprised this much information is available in the information restriction age.
For SSOE 1.0a, from TFA: -------- SSOE might not be the biggest OS, but it eats CPU like nothing else around. For the best experience, ensure your computer meets the following basic requirements: # RAM: 256MB or Greater # Hard Disk: Unimportant. Have 4KB free for all it matters. # CPU: 2.6 GHZ absolute minimum. The faster, the better. Dual core if possible. # Graphics Card: Have at least 64MB VRAM. Hardware T&L preferred. ----------
Good grief. Blows Vista away. I'll stick with some flavor of Linux and be able to use my PC when I'm *not* online, too.
>If Penguins were featherless, covered in oozing mucous, constantly moaned in pain and had soulless empty sockets > where their eyes should be we wouldn't care if they disappeared from the earth or not.
Well, hey... I mean, if they all looked like attorneys, who wouldn't be happy to see them go?
>I said the same damn thing 2 weeks ago and got label a troll. I guess the harsh language I used might have had something > to do with it. an calling everyone who used html text a dumb ass possibly didn't help my case.
If you'd have thrown in something about how it was all Microsoft's fault, or how Linux doesn't have this sort of vulnerability, you'd have been +5; Insightful.
>It's convenient, portable, and works with every browser. Find it here: http://www.amazon.com/ >Merriam-Websters-Collegiate- Dictionary-11th-Merriam-Webster/dp/0877798087
I don't seem to have a drive bay large enough. Is there a wi-fi version?
>Honestly, the more I see of this stuff, the more I wonder if it isn't time for a congress reform rather than any of the billion other >little "reforms" that congress proposes.
Not to worry - there will certainly be a congressional investigation into the whole sordid affair
>The original intent of the founding fathers was that regular people would run for office and represent the best interests of their >constituents; in the tradition of Cincinnatus [wikipedia.org] They certainly never intended for the "career" politicians we see today.
I'm glad to see someone beside me post this. Never, ever, ever vote for an incumbent politician.
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>Do the laws of physics require that you consume this twinkie instead of that ho-ho? It reduces quickly to absurdity.
Everyone knows the laws of physics require that you consume *both* the ho-ho and the twinkie. The real question is - who the hell ate the OTHER twinkie and ho-ho, since they come 2 in a package?
There must be a lot of money in litigating - imagine the cost of suing a website based in a foreign country versus marketing a product for which people will just pay you. I wonder if they get "venture capital" to pursue these stoopid international escapades?
Great! Maybe Credit Suisse has a bunch of Toshiba laptops and THEY can pay MS to figure out why opensuse 10.2 crashes the shit out of my Toshiba laptop, when 10.1 ran like a swiss watch.
>To those confused, the real problem with cell phone use on airplanes is that you are traveling so fast >that you are switching towers once every minute or
A) Why does the FAA give a flying fsck about cell phone companies problems? B) I hope this is correct information C) Assuming that it is, Thank you for clearing it up D) This explains why, when I accidentally leave my C-phone on in my carry on, the plane doesn't crash
This is pure legal wrangling by some dirtbag law firm. "Class Action" usually means the consumer gets a "free" CD or some other trivial BS while the law firm(s) involved collect millions.
Conducted by the Social Issues Research Centre in the United Kingdom, the study identified key factors that can negatively affect cardio functions, as well as the immune and nervous systems.
I thought everything I previously read said users just clicked away when they get frustrated.
>You said something about 'gas cylinder'....are you talking about those propane refillable things
Sort of - as someone else mentioned, gas isn't always piped to rural locations. This was about a 100 pound cylinder that the gas company would come fill just like your oil tank.
I knew I'd provoke a slew of comments about the safety of gas, gas detectors, etc. I'm not totally paranoid about gas - I use it for bbq, I have a hotdog cart that uses gas and other things. I just don't trust it in my house any more. That said, I have a woodstove that we're using every day right now.
You know - you open the door, smell gas, know that it's heavier than air so if you're smelling it, it's filled from the floor to at least your nose. Nah, I think I'll stay away from it...
>Though it's not specifically enumerated the USSC has ruled privacy is a right. In the early 1800s > the Supreme Court ruled that privacy, anonymity, is a bedrock of the freedom of political speech
Interesting information. I knew about the older ruling but had forgotten. There was also the matter of Roe v Wade wherein the supreme court held an inherent right to privacy.
Interesting subject and under a lot of assault of late (and I don't just mean the patriot act).
>Are you being sarcastic? Mocking the current government's ridiculous abuses of our rights?
No. The 4th protect you against unreasonable search and seizure and the supreme court has held that the 14th incldes an "inherent right to privacy" (if I recall the wording correctly) but that's as close as it gets. There is no enumerated "right to privacy".
I'm not going to argue that the problems you cite aren't urgent. I will take issue with your characterization of abuses of eminent domain, energy supply and legislators stalking minors as "short sightedly trying to battle the present-day high profile battles". I do that you did not include "viral marketing" in your list of pressing issues.
Yes, Sir. I'll gut FTC tomorrow, given an opportunity. Along with about 75% of the rest of government, starting right here in my town. Government (federal, state or local) doesn't need to investigate viral marketing, spam or most of the other "issues" they stick their fat noses into. Federal government is supposed to provide for the national defense and regulate interstate commerce. [insert lengthy rant re: abuses of government power here]
Tell you what - stop re-electing incumbent politicians and see what 10 years will bring. We'll have a much smaller, more focused government without career politicians in busy mucking things up.
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>So what was the cause 30 years ago?
Well, hell. This was the 1st thing I thought, too. I even have mod points, but you're already +5. Oh well, day late and a dollar short... phooey.
My compliments on a good point.
>This is a well-established result in encryption and there is no point in arguing about it. The only time one-time
> pad encryption has ever been broken was when the agents misused their one-time pads. The Venona decrypts are a good example of this.
Yep, that's the more fascinating part - who is generating the pads, HOW are they being generated and distributed? This has been going on for soooo long it's hard to believe that someone hasn't broken it from that end.
Al
I'd like to offer my services to any blogger needing to get rid of their review laptop from MS/AMD. I will gladly accept your laptop for free. Only to help you ease your conscience, of course. I offer this as a free public service to any and all bloggers who find themselves burdened with these laptops. I even promise to install some flavor of Linux and write reviews. I'll even donate my Toshiba laptop to some worthy cause. No, really - I promise.
>Although the layout of this page is awful (and they beg for click-fraud abuse), it does show a few really good maps of
> the current undersea cable infrastructure. Pretty neat stuff.
I'm surprised this much information is available in the information restriction age.
For SSOE 1.0a, from TFA:
--------
SSOE might not be the biggest OS, but it eats CPU like nothing else around.
For the best experience, ensure your computer meets the following basic requirements:
# RAM: 256MB or Greater
# Hard Disk: Unimportant. Have 4KB free for all it matters.
# CPU: 2.6 GHZ absolute minimum. The faster, the better. Dual core if possible.
# Graphics Card: Have at least 64MB VRAM. Hardware T&L preferred.
----------
Good grief. Blows Vista away.
I'll stick with some flavor of Linux and be able to use my PC when I'm *not* online, too.
>If Penguins were featherless, covered in oozing mucous, constantly moaned in pain and had soulless empty sockets
... I mean, if they all looked like attorneys, who wouldn't be happy to see them go?
> where their eyes should be we wouldn't care if they disappeared from the earth or not.
Well, hey
>I said the same damn thing 2 weeks ago and got label a troll. I guess the harsh language I used might have had something
> to do with it. an calling everyone who used html text a dumb ass possibly didn't help my case.
If you'd have thrown in something about how it was all Microsoft's fault, or how Linux doesn't have this sort of vulnerability, you'd have been +5; Insightful.
>It's convenient, portable, and works with every browser. Find it here: http://www.amazon.com/
>Merriam-Websters-Collegiate- Dictionary-11th-Merriam-Webster/dp/0877798087
I don't seem to have a drive bay large enough. Is there a wi-fi version?
>Honestly, the more I see of this stuff, the more I wonder if it isn't time for a congress reform rather than any of the billion other
>little "reforms" that congress proposes.
Not to worry - there will certainly be a congressional investigation into the whole sordid affair
>The original intent of the founding fathers was that regular people would run for office and represent the best interests of their
>constituents; in the tradition of Cincinnatus [wikipedia.org] They certainly never intended for the "career" politicians we see today.
I'm glad to see someone beside me post this. Never, ever, ever vote for an incumbent politician.
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>Do the laws of physics require that you consume this twinkie instead of that ho-ho? It reduces quickly to absurdity.
Everyone knows the laws of physics require that you consume *both* the ho-ho and the twinkie. The real question is - who the hell ate the OTHER twinkie and ho-ho, since they come 2 in a package?
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Reisers attorney, according to TFA:
>'This is a unique opportunity for someone to buy the company for pennies on the dollar. We welcome all vultures.
"vultures"? Funny words from the vulture bleeding him in the first place.
There must be a lot of money in litigating - imagine the cost of suing a website based in a foreign country versus marketing a product for which people will just pay you. I wonder if they get "venture capital" to pursue these stoopid international escapades?
Great! Maybe Credit Suisse has a bunch of Toshiba laptops and THEY can pay MS to figure out why opensuse 10.2 crashes the shit out of my Toshiba laptop, when 10.1 ran like a swiss watch.
See? MS might just help the linux community
>To those confused, the real problem with cell phone use on airplanes is that you are traveling so fast
>that you are switching towers once every minute or
A) Why does the FAA give a flying fsck about cell phone companies problems?
B) I hope this is correct information
C) Assuming that it is, Thank you for clearing it up
D) This explains why, when I accidentally leave my C-phone on in my carry on, the plane doesn't crash
This is pure legal wrangling by some dirtbag law firm. "Class Action" usually means the consumer gets a "free" CD or some other trivial BS while the law firm(s) involved collect millions.
Conducted by the Social Issues Research Centre in the United Kingdom, the study identified key factors that can negatively affect cardio functions, as well as the immune and nervous systems.
I thought everything I previously read said users just clicked away when they get frustrated.
What changed?
>thermocouple should have cut off the gas supply! If
:)
"should have". It was 26 years ago now. Don't recall if I even diagnosed it. I only need 1 house full of gas to know I don't want any more gas.
>the unit should have been replaced
It was. With an electric stove.
>Oil tank?? Why would I have an oil tank in my yard?? Heating oil. Most around here are in the cellar.
>You said something about 'gas cylinder'....are you talking about those propane refillable things
...
Sort of - as someone else mentioned, gas isn't always piped to rural locations. This was about a 100 pound cylinder that the gas company would come fill just like your oil tank.
I knew I'd provoke a slew of comments about the safety of gas, gas detectors, etc. I'm not totally paranoid about gas - I use it for bbq, I have a hotdog cart that uses gas and other things. I just don't trust it in my house any more. That said, I have a woodstove that we're using every day right now.
You know - you open the door, smell gas, know that it's heavier than air so if you're smelling it, it's filled from the floor to at least your nose. Nah, I think I'll stay away from it
>I've always been curious why more people don't use gas.
Came home 11pm, family asleep, house full of gas.
Emptied house, shut off gas, cleared the air and sent everyone back to bed.
7AM the next day - threw out the gas stove, removed gas cylinder and had an electric installed by noon.
That was 1980. I've used gas in commercial settings seince then, but never again in my own home.
> was under the impression that libertarians were the embodiment of capitalism
We are. That answer was $1.00 (cheaper than Google Answers)
Please mail payment forthwith.
Mr. Haney was a Libertarian
>Though it's not specifically enumerated the USSC has ruled privacy is a right. In the early 1800s
> the Supreme Court ruled that privacy, anonymity, is a bedrock of the freedom of political speech
Interesting information. I knew about the older ruling but had forgotten. There was also the matter of Roe v Wade wherein the supreme court held an inherent right to privacy.
Interesting subject and under a lot of assault of late (and I don't just mean the patriot act).
>Are you being sarcastic? Mocking the current government's ridiculous abuses of our rights?
No. The 4th protect you against unreasonable search and seizure and the supreme court has held that the 14th incldes an "inherent right to privacy" (if I recall the wording correctly) but that's as close as it gets. There is no enumerated "right to privacy".
>SOME benefit to justify (stop laughing, even though it's government, it's true) anyone have an idea of
>what the original justification was?
Congressional cell phone contracts expire in January.
I'm not going to argue that the problems you cite aren't urgent. I will take issue with your characterization of abuses of eminent domain, energy supply and legislators stalking minors as "short sightedly trying to battle the present-day high profile battles". I do that you did not include "viral marketing" in your list of pressing issues.
Yes, Sir. I'll gut FTC tomorrow, given an opportunity. Along with about 75% of the rest of government, starting right here in my town. Government (federal, state or local) doesn't need to investigate viral marketing, spam or most of the other "issues" they stick their fat noses into. Federal government is supposed to provide for the national defense and regulate interstate commerce. [insert lengthy rant re: abuses of government power here]
Tell you what - stop re-electing incumbent politicians and see what 10 years will bring. We'll have a much smaller, more focused government without career politicians in busy mucking things up.