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by hugh 18y ago
Yes it does change that vector. I'm talking about the physical tokens which generate a new key every 30 seconds, like: http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=1156 This way you need to know the password _and_ have the physical token in your hand
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by hugh 18y ago
it's not important for every participant in a debate to make the other side's arguments for them Ah, but there shouldn't be "another side" in these sorts of discussions. I'm just trying to propose ways in which it's possible to discuss po
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by hugh 18y ago
Let's assume the 98th-percentile scenario, from a Democratic perspective: a few mildly inappropriate emails are discovered via the hack. I'm expecting a bunch of things to be "discovered" in the next few days. Most will be fakes -- some o
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by hugh 18y ago
There already exist plenty of expensive ways to do this. You could, for instance, add it to your will. Or get a safe deposit box, put some envelopes in there, and mention the safe deposit box in your will. Or just leave letters with your la
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by hugh 18y ago
If you really believe the unlikely proposition that one political party is honest and the other is full of liars, then I'm sure you can find other sites upon which to put forth that argument.
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by hugh 18y ago
I think they'll have a worse fate than NeXT. When the time comes for electric cars to go mainstream, the big car companies will just muscle in on Tesla's territory -- there's no need to buy them since (as far as I know) they don't own any o
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by hugh 18y ago
If the patent couldn't be transferred, wouldn't this mean that only the inventor, personally, was allowed to make the product? Invent a new type of fuel pump, and you've gotta spend the next ten years on the factory floor putting together f
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by hugh 18y ago
If the people who pulled off this attack are very smart, then they'll be shutting up about it. The US Secret Service has a lot of resources and a pretty limited mission statement. It's not a good idea to attract their attention.
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by hugh 18y ago
Startup idea: ultra-secure webmail (accessed via one of those little physical key-generating token thingies). None of this "I've forgotten my password but here's my mother's maiden name" crap.
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by hugh 18y ago
Agreed. There's not even an attempt at a "Well usually we wouldn't publish someone's personal email but in this particular case we think it's justified because [insert justification here]" I guess I may be expecting too much of a site calle
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by hugh 18y ago
To put it another way, the "lies" you hear in a political campaign (at least in official statements) are almost never genuine lies. Instead, you get a lot of exaggerations, things taken out of context, strictly-true things phrased misleadin
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by hugh 18y ago
Even more so than any commercial network. The BBC is a law unto itself, beholden neither to the government of the day nor to the viewers. They produce the programs they feel like producing, and only hire people who think like themselves. No
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by hugh 18y ago
Would we also be able to stop yard signs and bumper stickers? Because they also annoy me. There is, of course, this pesky thing called "Freedom of speech".
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by hugh 18y ago
Here's a good guideline: in order to avoid looking like you're advocating for one particular candidate in these sorts of discussions, it's best to always use two examples: one which makes one party look bad, and another which makes the othe
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by hugh 18y ago
Is it time to break up the New York Times?
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by hugh 18y ago
Good idea, but 3% really does seem excessive. I'd price it at about 0.7% if I were them. But I'm sure they know this, and they're probably planning to drop the price in the future.
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by hugh 18y ago
Both, but primarily the latter.
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by hugh 18y ago
Job security for postdocs? I've never heard of a postdoc losing their job. Sure, you might be only funded for a year at a time, but at least the money runs out on a predetermined date rather than unexpectedly one Friday. Maybe my experience
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by hugh 18y ago
A share in a gold-hoarding dragon is worthless if the dragon is in control and never intends to pay dividends. But if the dragon's actions are controlled by a board and the board is elected by the shareholders, then the share is suddenly wo
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by hugh 18y ago
I think we need to distinguish between two aspects of good storytelling: having a good story, and telling it well. In a game, I think the latter matters a lot more than the former. People don't play games just because they want to see a sto
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by hugh 18y ago
Good idea (especially if you can persuade somebody to pay you). Design suggestion: wording on the left hand side is too verbose. You should think about how to get the idea across more quickly, maybe as a three-step pseudo-cartoon. On the do
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by hugh 18y ago
Point of caution: "Leave and start your own company" is exactly the same advice you're always going to wind up getting on this site. You'll get it in response to any question from "I think I have a great idea for a company, and..." to "My
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by hugh 18y ago
Don't forget the Department of Energy and the various military funding agencies -- they fund an awful lot of external research as well (in addition to any unpublished stuff they might be doing internally). I'm sure the Department of Agricul
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by hugh 18y ago
I'm talking about doing mathematics, not just taking down the notation. Sure, I can type LaTeX too, but once I've typed an equation it still looks like a mess. The structure isn't obvious. It's not intuitively obvious how to eliminate some
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by hugh 18y ago
A lot of comments already, but I'll just make two points: 1. I suspect that a lot of what's being trained in handwriting classes is not just the ability to make legible versions of the 26 letters of the English alphabet, but rather general
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by hugh 18y ago
I'm sure they will. Maybe I'll show up then, and claim my billion.
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by hugh 18y ago
And to think that less than a year ago I was thinking "I'm sick of this physics thing, I'm going to go and become one of those overpaid finance guys" I'm so glad I didn't. Otherwise I'd probably be unemployed in New York City right now, wit
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by hugh 18y ago
Counter-anecdote: Erdos.
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by hugh 18y ago
As I understand it, it's not that he couldn't reach a keyboard, but that it would be pretty uncomfortable for long stretches. I'm sure he could dictate to a computer if he really wanted to, but given that he's constantly surrounded by secre
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by hugh 18y ago
Sigh. This is why we can't have nice things -- whatever cool thing you create, sooner or later somebody is going to show up and use it for boring political arguments. Well, that or porn.

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