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by 001sky 12y ago
you'd have to have either a permanent installation or exquisite timing. again, the greatly narrows down attack surface. you might be able to surveil small lots of targets this way, but it would be harder than you think. Again, if your
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by 001sky 12y ago
If your using a mechanical typewriter, your likely not in a public (and/or pre-deterined place). This forces an attacker into a cumbersome, intrusive, and maybe-evidence-left-behind espionage scenario (B&E). That in and of itself i
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The Rosetta comet landing has made history(washingtonpost.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
rule # 1 of propoganda: things are never as they seem
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Rosetta mission: setback as landing probe fails to respond initially(telegraph.co.uk)
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by 001sky 12y ago
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/pres-obama-drops-by-mart... http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-hobnobs-frien... http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/17&#x
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Cubicles Rise in a Brave New World of Publishing(nytimes.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
This is a very good framing.
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by 001sky 12y ago
This is missing the point. The statistical relevance here is about search costs and stochastic error inherent in attribute selection. Advice to "pick the right lottery ticket numbers" is not a proper strategy to playing the lotter
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by 001sky 12y ago
survivorship bias much ;)
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To Catch a Crook: The F.B.I.’s Use of Deception(nytimes.com)
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FBI director defends impersonation of AP reporter(cnn.com)
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Donald Stookey, chemist who created kitchen staple CorningWare, dies at 99(washingtonpost.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
that (referenced) analysis is out of date
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by 001sky 12y ago
The confidence game here is the same as any other. 1> Google is a legit, law abiding, legal accountable entity 2> Because of (1), the download likely has the attributes associated with google, not more commonly with "bad guys&quo
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Appeals Court Is Urged to Strike Down Program for Collecting Phone Records(nytimes.com)
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In Climbing a California Peak, the Challenge Is Finding a Place to Park(nytimes.com)
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Globetrotter Pico Iyer makes case for staying put(hosted2.ap.org)
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Virgin spaceship’s descent system deployed early(washingtonpost.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
"we do know enough to say that the modern default is bad." Could you articulate why this statement is even plausible?
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by 001sky 12y ago
No, i'm clearly reading the data. You're simply speculating. The drugs laws are widely used as pretexts for minority supression. The issue being discussed is the broader sociological function of the drugs laws: namely, to keep the
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by 001sky 12y ago
Stronger borders: 80 percent support stricter border control to try and reduce illegal immigration in a newly released Post-ABC poll. That's funny.
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by 001sky 12y ago
http://www.gallup.com/poll/179045/less-half-americans-suppor...
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by 001sky 12y ago
In ths US, drugs are basically the opiate of the masses. In particular, minorities. The drug laws are basically the rich white people saying: heads I win, tails you lose. As such, nothing will change. Nobody runs faster from a school with
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by 001sky 12y ago
Arrington may have been making an oblique literary referance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws & Investors tend to invest to things they can sell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x
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by 001sky 12y ago
Any "authorizarion code"--such as a password or a secret handshake--is an (ex-post) proxy for an (ex-ante) authorization.
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by 001sky 12y ago
Biomentric security is not a "security mechanism"? This seems pedantic and absurd. A password or a username is no different than any other proxy variable to verify identity and authorizations. The bigger question is about the impl
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Police can require cellphone fingerprint, not pass code(hamptonroads.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Scylla_and_Charybdis
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by 001sky 12y ago
"If our planet was 50% larger in diameter, we would not be able to venture into space, at least using rockets for transport." Don't tell hollywood.

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