downer94

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by downer94 13y ago
What about that whole thing about geographic proximity to the school in question? How does one reconcile a particular choice if it involves a long commute or relocation? And do families living in close proximity receive priority enrollment
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by downer94 13y ago
It's either that or sharks with frickin' "LASER" beams attached to their heads...
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by downer94 13y ago
Oh, I dunno, maybe by promising to vaporize it with multiple thermonuclear warheads? I mean, I did contrast the idea with an a attack involving a hypothetical Dyson sphere...
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by downer94 13y ago
That's the one!
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by downer94 13y ago
Well, what if you just ransom it? Targeting it is hardly destructive.
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by downer94 13y ago
Bruce Schneier once equated the security of a 256 bit private key by comparing the energy needed to brute force all possible combinations of 256 bits to the amount of energy harnessed for one year by a Dyson Sphere built around the sun. So
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by downer94 13y ago
And so, as Microsoft Windows continues its precipitous decline, that bastard abomination known as the Windows systray icon finds a way to ride the mass exodus to Mac OS, much like small pox found its way to The New World across the ocean.
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by downer94 13y ago
If I had a factory job, the last thing I'd ever want is for my picture to be put on display, telling the whole world that my lot in life was that of an indentured servant, making $9 an hour to pack your iPad, for a glimmering tip of $5
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by downer94 13y ago
I agree. In that scenario, I feel absolutely no need for restraint in attacking someone else's encrypted information. Namely, when that someone else is an uninvited eavesdropper. I refuse to tolerate the idea of placing a high-powered
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by downer94 13y ago
Yeah, Phil Zimmerman's article mostly addresses intercepting vulnerable transmissions over a wire or through the air waves. Not so much about breaking encryption, and attacking a static target. I think Phil Zimmerman's assumption
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by downer94 13y ago
Both are intended for controlled distribution. I expect my doctor and the testing center to control the dissemination of my protected healthcare information. The production company and the TV station expect its viewers to contol the dissemi
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by downer94 13y ago
I know that DRM isn't explicitly defined as encryption, but encryption is usually the apparatus that achieves the goal of DRM. In most modern situations DRM schemes involve carefully implemented encryption. But ultimately, the content
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by downer94 13y ago
So, no one ever dares to ask this, but I'm going to because I never see mention of it crop up in these sorts of discussions. Where do you draw the line between an individual's assertion of privacy over confidential information, an