This approach pretty much assumes that the brute-force attack wouldn't be happening from many different computers on many different IP addresses each attacking an individual port. If we're talking 1 port in 30000 then all you need is a botnet at least as large as 30000 machines. All except one will waste time with their respective honeypots but one will be getting the job done.
I wonder if the DDoS would bring the server to its knees first, though.:)
I'm not so sure the writing is on the wall, though. Much like they learned with DirectX (D3D specificly), Microsoft knows they can substantially influence the future development of other companies. They pretty much dictate an API and the graphics guys tailor their hardware to it (to be fair: along with extentions to OpenGL... but at least with those they control what device-specific parameters to use).
The thing is that the XBox line has to permiate all levels in the market, like DirectX was carried on Windows' shoulders. They probably do have an ultimate plan to drop hardware altogether and just release a specification, but it's an ultimate plan. The money their games division is dwarfed by the revenue generated by Microsoft as a whole. If it's part of the business plan, they really don't ever have to turn a profit on the games division, if it so pleases the shareholders. It'd be a relatively short-term sacrifice for a long-term cash cow.
Now I'm not saying there's a tricky part to this, but, if there was, it'd be staying one step ahead of the PS3 and Sony's responses. So far they're doing ok, but IMHO it's not so much marketing prowess as it is Sony being just so out of touch with the gaming public. Since the XBox landed on the scene in 2001, it seems to be held in place by that unholy barrel o' cash of Microsoft's and nothing else. I won't believe the console market truly is big enough for three separate companies until I see all three of them post a profit.
If you rewind a 8 years or so and have Sega with the assets and unrelated income that Microsoft has today, I wonder if the Dreamcast would be following the same footsteps.
(Or they could attack the egg, killing it. But that would have even more theologians up in arms... there are millions of sperm but (typically) only one egg.) No more than The Pill, anyway.
Am I the only one who read this and imagined a Fantastic Voyage-style attack submarine shooting lasers at a comparatively huge ovum?
All in all, it is an awesome place to live. And it has less rape crimes than usa . . . it has to first take care of the social mentality first. Else it is all hypocrisy. Perhaps it's that very duality within culture that keeps society safe. That is, pedophiles can distract themselves with an aknowledgement and fiction of the forbidden instead of having to let it brew in secret and then actually DO those things. Those staged photos of an acted rape on the inside cover of a magazine show a woman suffering so a real one doesn't have to.
If their culture changed overnight to reflect western attitudes of "think of the children", personally I think similar sex crime statistics would increase to match.
Naturally content filtering and protection of children simply stem from politicians importing a technique proven in the west to increase leveraging of power and justification of bureaucracy.
... just use Winamp and get the.NSF plug in. Or any input plugin for any exotic format that you enjoy. And switch to the disk-writer output plugin. It's rather beautiful and has worked for, what, like 8 years now?
IMHE (In My Humble Experience), file locks are glitchy and don't really work right on network storage (please please provide counter-examples if you have them). If one writes an application that makes heavy use from write-only locks, shared-read locks, and other file system locks provided by Windows, yeah, I can see some corruption possibly happening when the network store refuses to honor those requests. Also NTFS-specific file system conveniences (sparce-file options, alternative data streams, etc) generally get hung out to dry across a network.
I doubt those bugs are so much with Home Server as it is with those specific applications.
3) FFXII: Revenant Wings (DS). I expected much better than what it turned out to be. Even looking at videos of the game on IGN didn't quite get across the abysmal pacing and unbelievable lack of variety in this game. Its supposed depth doesn't amount to anything in practice. When Square followed up to FFX with FFX-2, they set the par for all other main Final Fantasy game spinoffs. I don't think it was much of a surprise, personally.
It's a damn good thing they start fresh with each sequel of the main franchise, is all I'm saying.:)
Most of the home versions have a "workout mode" that takes your weight as input and calculates how many kcal you burn based on your performance.
Now that I think about it, I'm curious how accurate those calculations are... how would they know if I'm holding onto a chair in back of me to support my weight or if I'm really twisiting around and stuff?
So, are you saying that by being true vaporware they can live on in glory in a fictional world? Such that, in non-existance we are spared from the crushing mediocrity of "meh"?
But, 96 KHz sampling? You do know the Nyquist theorem, don't you? You are aware that top human frequency tops off around 20 KHz, right? That 48 KHz, even with 24-bit precision, should take care of all sounds possible for the human to hear?
I've had audiophiles* just snub their noses at mathematical proof and regrettably inform me that I do not have "the golden ear." I wonder if there have ever been any research on whether self proclaimed audiophiles REALLY have magical hearing.
(* You didn't say you were, don't take it personally. When I see super-high sampling rates bandied about I get a little red.)
I disagree about making snooping warrants obsolete. Prosecutors love (and, many times, need) redundant evidence to make sure the accused it put away for a long time.
What you're essentially proposing is encrypting the same data twice, first with the questionable algorithm, then with another algorithm of your choice. If that's the case, you might as well just encrypt it with the second algorithm, hopefully more complicated than just shifting and adding.;)
The IP division works closely with the DOJ's cyber crime laboratory, so separating a copyright unit could fracture investigation More likely, then, is that those currently enpowered for enforcement don't want their power diluted. Makes perfect sense.
If you look at the DS and GBA there are very very few FPS games But the DS has Quake and more than a few mods. What other M-rated FPS do you need? Perhaps I should have written: "there are very very few officially licensed FPS games"
It's obvious that homebrew and homebrew ports don't count since they didn't count for Gamasutra's analysis.
Not really a complaint that there needs to be more, mind you, I don't like the genre much, personally. More of an observation that there are more generic FPS games on PSP than DS or GBA.
IMHO the breakdown is more indicative of the types of games that are on the systems. If you look at the DS and GBA there are very very few FPS games and that genre tends to be slanted towards M ratings. Likewise, those systems have plenty of platformer type games which slant towards E.
Arecibo Observatory Loses Funding No, it was cut about 25%. If it lost funding, it would have zero funding.
The Arecibo Observatory funding was slashed. No, it was cut about 25%, it's still at $8 million. I suppose next time I trip and fall I can describe it as me "plummeting towards the ground."
This comes after "a review panel for the foundation's astronomy division two years ago" suggested cutting Arecibo's financing by 25 percent as a way to pay for new facilities So it was cut so we could get new stuff? How do we know the new stuff isn't going to be good? I guess the quarter of the staff that was laid off would, shockingly, have someplace new to work.
Guess I should hurry Yup, because not only is it going to be closed for sure, but the evil government lackeys will fill in the crater upon which it was built. With concrete. And then put some Walmarts on it.
There's a lot of events in scientific funding that are a damn shame but this one really isn't that horrible. There really is no need to FUD this one up.
IANAWBD (Web Browser Developer), but... there's just so much data for web pages now. You've got plugged-in interpreted flash code, graphics that need to be kept in RAW formats in memory because of speed, the full length and width of the page on an in-memory surface to pan through on a window.
Even then it still needs a dynamic layout for CSS and scripting on the fly. And even then some scripting is safe, some is not, so there are rules that the code has to implement like pop-up blockers, password managers, warnings on insecure pages, warnings on cross-site scripting, etc. All that and the browsers STILL need to be able to sensibly parse and display completely borked pages with invalid HTML.
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This approach pretty much assumes that the brute-force attack wouldn't be happening from many different computers on many different IP addresses each attacking an individual port. If we're talking 1 port in 30000 then all you need is a botnet at least as large as 30000 machines. All except one will waste time with their respective honeypots but one will be getting the job done.
:)
I wonder if the DDoS would bring the server to its knees first, though.
Why the AC post? +1 Interesting
I'm not so sure the writing is on the wall, though. Much like they learned with DirectX (D3D specificly), Microsoft knows they can substantially influence the future development of other companies. They pretty much dictate an API and the graphics guys tailor their hardware to it (to be fair: along with extentions to OpenGL... but at least with those they control what device-specific parameters to use).
I mean, you even have John Carmack commenting, "I especially like the work I'm doing on the [Xbox] 360, and it's probably the best graphics API as far as a sensibly designed thing that I've worked with."
The thing is that the XBox line has to permiate all levels in the market, like DirectX was carried on Windows' shoulders. They probably do have an ultimate plan to drop hardware altogether and just release a specification, but it's an ultimate plan. The money their games division is dwarfed by the revenue generated by Microsoft as a whole. If it's part of the business plan, they really don't ever have to turn a profit on the games division, if it so pleases the shareholders. It'd be a relatively short-term sacrifice for a long-term cash cow.
Now I'm not saying there's a tricky part to this, but, if there was, it'd be staying one step ahead of the PS3 and Sony's responses. So far they're doing ok, but IMHO it's not so much marketing prowess as it is Sony being just so out of touch with the gaming public. Since the XBox landed on the scene in 2001, it seems to be held in place by that unholy barrel o' cash of Microsoft's and nothing else. I won't believe the console market truly is big enough for three separate companies until I see all three of them post a profit.
If you rewind a 8 years or so and have Sega with the assets and unrelated income that Microsoft has today, I wonder if the Dreamcast would be following the same footsteps.
Am I the only one who read this and imagined a Fantastic Voyage-style attack submarine shooting lasers at a comparatively huge ovum?
If their culture changed overnight to reflect western attitudes of "think of the children", personally I think similar sex crime statistics would increase to match.
Naturally content filtering and protection of children simply stem from politicians importing a technique proven in the west to increase leveraging of power and justification of bureaucracy.
Then you'll need to read up on RFC 2324.
... just use Winamp and get the .NSF plug in. Or any input plugin for any exotic format that you enjoy. And switch to the disk-writer output plugin. It's rather beautiful and has worked for, what, like 8 years now?
IMHE (In My Humble Experience), file locks are glitchy and don't really work right on network storage (please please provide counter-examples if you have them). If one writes an application that makes heavy use from write-only locks, shared-read locks, and other file system locks provided by Windows, yeah, I can see some corruption possibly happening when the network store refuses to honor those requests. Also NTFS-specific file system conveniences (sparce-file options, alternative data streams, etc) generally get hung out to dry across a network.
I doubt those bugs are so much with Home Server as it is with those specific applications.
It's a damn good thing they start fresh with each sequel of the main franchise, is all I'm saying.
Most of the home versions have a "workout mode" that takes your weight as input and calculates how many kcal you burn based on your performance.
Now that I think about it, I'm curious how accurate those calculations are... how would they know if I'm holding onto a chair in back of me to support my weight or if I'm really twisiting around and stuff?
Chief: Do not be alarmed. Continue swimming naked.
So, are you saying that by being true vaporware they can live on in glory in a fictional world? Such that, in non-existance we are spared from the crushing mediocrity of "meh"?
Truly philosophical.
Said much better than I could have hoped to. I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
24 bits per sample, cool. With you all the way.
But, 96 KHz sampling? You do know the Nyquist theorem, don't you? You are aware that top human frequency tops off around 20 KHz, right? That 48 KHz, even with 24-bit precision, should take care of all sounds possible for the human to hear?
I've had audiophiles* just snub their noses at mathematical proof and regrettably inform me that I do not have "the golden ear." I wonder if there have ever been any research on whether self proclaimed audiophiles REALLY have magical hearing.
(* You didn't say you were, don't take it personally. When I see super-high sampling rates bandied about I get a little red.)
I disagree about making snooping warrants obsolete. Prosecutors love (and, many times, need) redundant evidence to make sure the accused it put away for a long time.
What you're essentially proposing is encrypting the same data twice, first with the questionable algorithm, then with another algorithm of your choice. If that's the case, you might as well just encrypt it with the second algorithm, hopefully more complicated than just shifting and adding. ;)
Which should be fine so long as they aren't florists with a beestiality complex.
"there are very very few officially licensed FPS games"
It's obvious that homebrew and homebrew ports don't count since they didn't count for Gamasutra's analysis.
Not really a complaint that there needs to be more, mind you, I don't like the genre much, personally. More of an observation that there are more generic FPS games on PSP than DS or GBA.
IMHO the breakdown is more indicative of the types of games that are on the systems. If you look at the DS and GBA there are very very few FPS games and that genre tends to be slanted towards M ratings. Likewise, those systems have plenty of platformer type games which slant towards E.
What brought this up all of a sudden? Did the congressional members finally see this report on the Anonymous gang?
Even if you're not looking for a date but a quick good time.
There's a lot of events in scientific funding that are a damn shame but this one really isn't that horrible. There really is no need to FUD this one up.
... you'll always need backups. Even the most reliable systems will eventually fail. Routine backing up is essential.
You don't need enterprise storage solutions: great. That means that you probably don't need to do nightly backups.
The lesson in you losing your data is not that you needed NAS, but you needed to make better backups.
IANAWBD (Web Browser Developer), but... there's just so much data for web pages now. You've got plugged-in interpreted flash code, graphics that need to be kept in RAW formats in memory because of speed, the full length and width of the page on an in-memory surface to pan through on a window.
Even then it still needs a dynamic layout for CSS and scripting on the fly. And even then some scripting is safe, some is not, so there are rules that the code has to implement like pop-up blockers, password managers, warnings on insecure pages, warnings on cross-site scripting, etc. All that and the browsers STILL need to be able to sensibly parse and display completely borked pages with invalid HTML.
Nevermind maintaining history, cache, cookies, referring pages, bookmarks.