While it would be nice to think that the Enigma should fetch more than the Apple 1 this doesn't reflect either the significance or scarcity of the items.
There were only 200 Apple 1 machines made and I doubt if there are more than a handful still in existence. Thousands of Enigma machines were made and I expect more have survived than the Apple 1.
Both machines had a significant impact on the 20th century. The widespread use of Enigma and its flaws may have changed the outcome of WW2. While the Apple 1 may have triggered the personal computer revolution. Both items have had a profound impact and lead to the world we see today.
Real life isn't beautiful and threfore cannot be true.
So if The Netherlands winning is a more beautiful result it must be true.
Anyway, the American's aren't known for maintaining historical accuracy. C.f. the film U-571. If the American's want to believe that The Netherlands won, then it must be true. Just like Saddam and his weapons of mass destruction.
Re: Due to reporting restrictions, we are unable to give any further details...
This is no different from any other case in England. The fundamental freedom is the right to a fair trial. Trials should be conducted in court and not in the presss.
While a case is before a court (sub judice) it is inappropriate to comment on the details of the case. Such comments could prejudice the case and be contempt of court
Other hardware based encrypted drives have been around for a while.
One example is http://www.ioraid.com/
This uses a hardware token with the encryption key. If the token's not present when you power on the drive it doesn't appear on USB .... don't know about Firewire.
Again, expensive, but the drive seems fast, doesn't need any effort from the host system, and does have both USB and Firewire interfaces.
"a publication is obscene if its overall effect is to 'tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely ... to read, see or hear' it"
So that would include the rules for MP's expenses then. Many MPs have certainly been corrupted by rules for expenses. Although I'm not sure they've all become depraved.
"DST is more trouble than it's worth. It should be boycotted, who's with me?"
Excellent idea.
But let's go one better and do away with all time zones. Everyone uses GMT.
Then the UK works 9am-5pm, Europe 8am-4pm, New York 2pm-10pm and so on. No more worrying about what time to ring the US office .... I want to ring the LA office and I know they work 5pm-1am. Easy.
"Wow are you seriously suggesting that those with access to the data should be trained to read encrypted data directly?"
Not only that, any letters will have to printed with the personal details encrypted. We all know that names and addresses should be kept away from the prying eyes of the Post Office.
Remember paper is a really dangerous and vicious weapon. Just think how many paper-cuts you can inflict with a carelessly wielded piece of paper. And we all know that paper beats stone in a contest.
The organiser of the event was interviewed on Radio 4 this morning.
Yes, the problem is with the number of people who turned up to watch creating a concern for public order and health and safety. Even that wasn't the reason to cancel this year's event.
The proposal is to make it a ticket-only event (like many other gatherings). To control the numbers of people attending the organisers need to close off the land and control access. Unfortunately, Coopers Hill is common land with public footpaths. These can't be closed (even for one day) without the necessary permissions. Closing the common land and footpaths requires permission from councils. There isn't time to get the paperwork sorted for this year's event. So, ultimately the problem is bureaucracy.
As the organiser admitted: a victim of its own success.
I doubt if the CVV codes persist. Except in the email. It's probably a monolithic application that writes some details for order shipping to one database, payment details to another database, generates and confirmation email and ends.
This looks like development code that was not removed.
I'm testing my shiny new application. I want to know exactly what values are being processed. I know, I'll copy all the user's input into hidden fields in the email. Solved.
Waddyamean I should have removed the diagnostic code?
Filtering, filter, cyber filtering, Internet filtering and so on. If this cloud is automated it must be possible to get some embarrassing words into the list before they're caught.
"So if I publish something on my private, globally diverse server system, that nobody but me has access to, I could be held in account for that material"
Read the article again.
The penultimate paragraph says:
"the material was generally accessible to all or available to or was placed before or offered to the public "
So in what way does publishing something in private make it generally accessible?
Time to get a picture of ASBO boy down the road. A little adjustment to make it look like a self picture before installation. Then tuck the camera into the changing room ceiling. One more troublemaker off the streets.
If it's a Nook-e reader then will technical manuals have to read like this example I found.
"As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual."
A few years ago I was chatting with the fire brigade liaison officer from one of the London hospitals. They were planning to remove a cobalt-60 source. The fire brigade said that if the flask was damaged they would impose a 1 mile exclusion zone.
Re: Where the hell are the IRA when you need them?
"The more I hear from Nuremberg^WBrighton, the more I'm beginning to think that assassination as a political tool might have some mileage in it yet."
Well, to put it absolutely bluntly. Confidential investigations have revealed the existence of certain documents whose providence is currently unestablished but whose effect if realised would be to precipitate a by-election.
Don’t you realise that SatNavs are sentient creatures. This one was obviously tired of life (it had been to London too many times). It had heard about lemmings and decided to leap off a cliff.
Mr Jones should take his SatNav for a restful holiday in Morocco where the navigating instructions are much simpler.
Yes they do. I've seen it with my own eyes when they were pouring the foundations for the motorway.
It was late at night and I was on my way home from the pub. I saw this cement mixer full of bits of brick and beancounter empty its load into the trench for the foundations. Trust me.
A year ago we discovered that RBS had failed to keep effective and responsible control of its finances. Why should we expect any different behaviour with data?
Maybe. But isn't it simpler to have a uniform policy to reserve the copyright etc in all documents rahter than trying to create a list of which documents do and don't require IP control. It avoids the opportunity of junior staff making the wrong decision.
In a similar way the civil service should use encrypted media for all documents rather than saying the canteen menu can be unencrypted while the tax credits database must be encrypted.
Did anyone else read the start of the article as "Staff at Google's London bar".
Loved the helicopter with slo-mo rotors. Clearly our overlords were taking an interest. I guess the staff were busy incinerating the remaining copies of the 'Rendlesham File'.
"chipping babies at birth" .... will this really work?
A brief Google didn't turn up any suggestions of pet microchips being tampered with. But is it really impossible to remove, replace or modify the chip?
Much better to have a WiFi connection wired into the cortex. That way our NuLabor overlords will be able to control us without the tedium of filling in forms or enacting laws.
Was it Dr Who that exposed the Prime Minister as an alien? I always thought this was fiction, but perhaps it was a documentary.
Two weeks to contact the web site administrators. Epic fail.
"he contacted staff at NICE, the SANS Institute, UK CERT and the offices of politicians, among others"
Ah! Now I understand. He tried to contact a foreign organisation (SANS Institute) or someone in a bedroom in Sutton (UK CERT).
I know the NHS isn't true government, but a better starting point would have been http://www.govcertuk.gov.uk/. Alternatively one of the other members of FIRST located in the UK http://www.first.org/.
Well .... having just listened to the adult (male) in the next cubicle he was able to take a crap while talking to his mate on the mobile. Does using the phone at the same time mean a pass or a fail. But he forgot the washing hands bit afterwards.
Overall, I think this behaviour rates a fail in the "taking a crap" assessment.
So, perhaps a certificate for successfully taking a crap isn't such a daft idea.
Re: @Too much egg: I actually do pattern recognition
I agree it's doomed to fail. And the tests continue to confirm this.
However, it may be possible to reduce the 1.8 x 10^15 comparisons figure.
This assumes that it is necessary to compare every biometric with every other. If the chosen biometric has different groups that don't overlap then you only need to compare within the one group. If fingerprints could be unambiguously assigned the classification "arch", "loop" or "whorl" then you would only need to compare within the same classification. There would be no point in making a comparison between a "whorl" and anything in the "arch" or "loop" sets.
But the scanning technology doesn't work reliably (yet). And I doubt if it's possible to unambiguously assign fingerprints to a classification. When does an "arch" become a "loop"?
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Could have been worse ...
"Most dildos don't have sharp edges."
Wasn'tt the Rev Shayne stabbed to death with a dildo in Crimes of Passion?
Does my bum look big in this?
Does my bum look big in this?
... "this" being America.
Mine's the coat styled to cover a lardie-arse.
Title please
I think we deserve to be told the title of the film, then we can judge just how inappropriate the material was.
Or was it a home movie production?
Re: That "is" an impressive pic of her...
I thought it was very enlightened and inclusive (or do I mean weird) that a Church of England school would employ someone who wears a burka.
Re: Oh jeebers....
While it would be nice to think that the Enigma should fetch more than the Apple 1 this doesn't reflect either the significance or scarcity of the items.
There were only 200 Apple 1 machines made and I doubt if there are more than a handful still in existence. Thousands of Enigma machines were made and I expect more have survived than the Apple 1.
Both machines had a significant impact on the 20th century. The widespread use of Enigma and its flaws may have changed the outcome of WW2. While the Apple 1 may have triggered the personal computer revolution. Both items have had a profound impact and lead to the world we see today.
Re: Good One Simon
"how would you make sure the beer was cold and the Bhaiji's hot"
That's what Thermos flasks are for. They keep hot things hot and cold things cold.
At the moment I've an ice cream and two cups of coffee in mine.
Catching eels
How are they going to catch the eels that have invaded the building ?
If the radio series is a guide then they need to hire some elephants.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fkh25
Ask LucasFilm so you must
My name also to use ask LucasFilm so you must.
Yodaphone cannot they be, so Vodafone become they must.
Re: When's the last time...
Remember, never travel with anyone called John (nickname Jack). You'll be arrested when you trry to greet them.
And never travel anywhere if you're about to marry someone called Juanna.
Beauty is truth
Remeber, truth is beauty and beauty is truth.
Real life isn't beautiful and threfore cannot be true.
So if The Netherlands winning is a more beautiful result it must be true.
Anyway, the American's aren't known for maintaining historical accuracy. C.f. the film U-571. If the American's want to believe that The Netherlands won, then it must be true. Just like Saddam and his weapons of mass destruction.
Re: Entitlement?
"He wanted an "entitlement card", eh?"
Now why did I read that as "Internment Card" ?
I am not a number, I am a free man.
If they give me a number I am prisoner.
That's not the ISS
I've looked at the image and I don't think it's the ISS.
I wondered if it was a black helicopter.
But, no, I've decided ... it's Santa, Rudolf et al off on their summer holiday.
Re: Due to reporting restrictions, we are unable to give any further details...
This is no different from any other case in England. The fundamental freedom is the right to a fair trial. Trials should be conducted in court and not in the presss.
While a case is before a court (sub judice) it is inappropriate to comment on the details of the case. Such comments could prejudice the case and be contempt of court
Re: A cheaper/cuter option?
"Spotted these guys at Infosec, http://tinyurl.com/28×49mj,"
I couldn't get this URL to work for me.
What's the real URL?
Re: First drive with minimal standards so far
Other hardware based encrypted drives have been around for a while.
One example is http://www.ioraid.com/
This uses a hardware token with the encryption key. If the token's not present when you power on the drive it doesn't appear on USB .... don't know about Firewire.
Again, expensive, but the drive seems fast, doesn't need any effort from the host system, and does have both USB and Firewire interfaces.
I'd like to see an El Reg review.
corrupt
"a publication is obscene if its overall effect is to 'tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely ... to read, see or hear' it"
So that would include the rules for MP's expenses then. Many MPs have certainly been corrupted by rules for expenses. Although I'm not sure they've all become depraved.
Re: Apple should fix that
"DST is more trouble than it's worth. It should be boycotted, who's with me?"
Excellent idea.
But let's go one better and do away with all time zones. Everyone uses GMT.
Then the UK works 9am-5pm, Europe 8am-4pm, New York 2pm-10pm and so on. No more worrying about what time to ring the US office .... I want to ring the LA office and I know they work 5pm-1am. Easy.
Re: Redundancy
"Lucky they have reduncancy built-in"
Of course they have redundancy .... or has BT stopped handing out P45s ?
Re: did you read the story past the headline?
"Wow are you seriously suggesting that those with access to the data should be trained to read encrypted data directly?"
Not only that, any letters will have to printed with the personal details encrypted. We all know that names and addresses should be kept away from the prying eyes of the Post Office.
Paper !
Remember paper is a really dangerous and vicious weapon. Just think how many paper-cuts you can inflict with a carelessly wielded piece of paper. And we all know that paper beats stone in a contest.
Radio 4
The organiser of the event was interviewed on Radio 4 this morning.
Yes, the problem is with the number of people who turned up to watch creating a concern for public order and health and safety. Even that wasn't the reason to cancel this year's event.
The proposal is to make it a ticket-only event (like many other gatherings). To control the numbers of people attending the organisers need to close off the land and control access. Unfortunately, Coopers Hill is common land with public footpaths. These can't be closed (even for one day) without the necessary permissions. Closing the common land and footpaths requires permission from councils. There isn't time to get the paperwork sorted for this year's event. So, ultimately the problem is bureaucracy.
As the organiser admitted: a victim of its own success.
Re: Good point
I doubt if the CVV codes persist. Except in the email. It's probably a monolithic application that writes some details for order shipping to one database, payment details to another database, generates and confirmation email and ends.
This looks like development code that was not removed.
I'm testing my shiny new application. I want to know exactly what values are being processed. I know, I'll copy all the user's input into hidden fields in the email. Solved.
Waddyamean I should have removed the diagnostic code?
Words, words, words
Time to try a lot of other variants.
Filtering, filter, cyber filtering, Internet filtering and so on. If this cloud is automated it must be possible to get some embarrassing words into the list before they're caught.
not Microsoft
But surely "open source" is a synonym for "not Microsoft".
So, to please the fanboyz the Minister should add Safari to the list.
Re: Ugh.
"So if I publish something on my private, globally diverse server system, that nobody but me has access to, I could be held in account for that material"
Read the article again.
The penultimate paragraph says:
"the material was generally accessible to all or available to or was placed before or offered to the public "
So in what way does publishing something in private make it generally accessible?
Am I dreaming
Is there going to be a Bobby Ewing moment and this is all a dream?
Or is it shades of Reggie Perrin's friend and time to collect the compo.
Cabling Engineer
In some places this might be called cable monkey, though in Barbie's case cable bunnie may be apt.
Then she'd need all the necessary protectives ....
A backless, topless boiler suit,
And high-heeled hobnail army boots.
Re: 44 year old man arrested
Time to get a picture of ASBO boy down the road. A little adjustment to make it look like a self picture before installation. Then tuck the camera into the changing room ceiling. One more troublemaker off the streets.
the new Tate Modern
Perhaps it's just a new Tracy Emin installation.
Although it does look like someone lying on their side reading a book.
Re: I Don't Believe It!
£140,000 that's just a rounding error on Fred the Shred's payoff.
A bird ?
Are you sure the baguette bomb wasn't thrown by the scaly hands of our lizard overlords?
They don’t want us to find the secrets of black holes, hyperspace, time travel and the real nature of god.
Baguette bomb
Are you sure it was only bits of baguette that were found? Could this have been a suicide baker recruited by the Taleban?
Location, locaton, location
Does Upminster count as Essex?
If you laid all the Essex girls end-to-end no one would be surprised.
Merkins
a ticket for "not speaking English"
Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha. ROTFL.
I doubt if the rookie cop speaks English either. Not for him such words as burgled, petrol, bungalow and caravan.
Nook-e meets Haynes
If it's a Nook-e reader then will technical manuals have to read like this example I found.
"As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual."
Re: Oops.
I agree.
A few years ago I was chatting with the fire brigade liaison officer from one of the London hospitals. They were planning to remove a cobalt-60 source. The fire brigade said that if the flask was damaged they would impose a 1 mile exclusion zone.
Re: Where the hell are the IRA when you need them?
"The more I hear from Nuremberg^WBrighton, the more I'm beginning to think that assassination as a political tool might have some mileage in it yet."
Well, to put it absolutely bluntly. Confidential investigations have revealed the existence of certain documents whose providence is currently unestablished but whose effect if realised would be to precipitate a by-election.
What do you mean?
You're on a death list Minister.
[Yes, Minister - Series 2 episode 7]
Lemmings
Don’t you realise that SatNavs are sentient creatures. This one was obviously tired of life (it had been to London too many times). It had heard about lemmings and decided to leap off a cliff.
Mr Jones should take his SatNav for a restful holiday in Morocco where the navigating instructions are much simpler.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/3605343/Taken-for-a-ride.html
Waddyamean ?
Waddyamean "Beancounters and bricks don't mix" ?
Yes they do. I've seen it with my own eyes when they were pouring the foundations for the motorway.
It was late at night and I was on my way home from the pub. I saw this cement mixer full of bits of brick and beancounter empty its load into the trench for the foundations. Trust me.
More of the same
A year ago we discovered that RBS had failed to keep effective and responsible control of its finances. Why should we expect any different behaviour with data?
Where's the IT angle?
Pieces of one. Pieces of one.
What's that?
It's a parroty-bit.
Re: So ...
"sounds like SU is trying to spread FUD"
Maybe. But isn't it simpler to have a uniform policy to reserve the copyright etc in all documents rahter than trying to create a list of which documents do and don't require IP control. It avoids the opportunity of junior staff making the wrong decision.
In a similar way the civil service should use encrypted media for all documents rather than saying the canteen menu can be unencrypted while the tax credits database must be encrypted.
Think about the children
With an increased number of checks won't the queue get longer?
Methinks it's time to submit a CRB application on behalf of your child as soon as they are born.
Lost revenue
Do they really mean "lost revenue"?
Sounds a bizarre arrangement.
Sorry, the computer system is down. We'll just cancel your parking ticket.
Sorry, the computer is down. This month's rent is free.
Sorry, the computer is down. You can reserve a book, but we can't charge you the usual fee.
Sorry, the computer system is down. You won't have to pay your library fine next time.
Someone will have to remind the Council how cash works.
Is it just me ....
Did anyone else read the start of the article as "Staff at Google's London bar".
Loved the helicopter with slo-mo rotors. Clearly our overlords were taking an interest. I guess the staff were busy incinerating the remaining copies of the 'Rendlesham File'.
Re: This is getting out of hand
"chipping babies at birth" .... will this really work?
A brief Google didn't turn up any suggestions of pet microchips being tampered with. But is it really impossible to remove, replace or modify the chip?
Much better to have a WiFi connection wired into the cortex. That way our NuLabor overlords will be able to control us without the tedium of filling in forms or enacting laws.
Was it Dr Who that exposed the Prime Minister as an alien? I always thought this was fiction, but perhaps it was a documentary.
WTF - two weeks
Two weeks to contact the web site administrators. Epic fail.
"he contacted staff at NICE, the SANS Institute, UK CERT and the offices of politicians, among others"
Ah! Now I understand. He tried to contact a foreign organisation (SANS Institute) or someone in a bedroom in Sutton (UK CERT).
I know the NHS isn't true government, but a better starting point would have been http://www.govcertuk.gov.uk/. Alternatively one of the other members of FIRST located in the UK http://www.first.org/.
petard hoisting
Luckily I'm not a customer of Virgin Media.
But has anyone tried the trick of editing the hosts file and adding an entry
127.0.0.1 advancedsearch.virginmedia.com
Is there a real use for this web site or is just an adman's wet dream?
Re: what next....
@cookieMonster
"a certificate for successfully taking a crap?"
Well .... having just listened to the adult (male) in the next cubicle he was able to take a crap while talking to his mate on the mobile. Does using the phone at the same time mean a pass or a fail. But he forgot the washing hands bit afterwards.
Overall, I think this behaviour rates a fail in the "taking a crap" assessment.
So, perhaps a certificate for successfully taking a crap isn't such a daft idea.
Re: @Too much egg: I actually do pattern recognition
I agree it's doomed to fail. And the tests continue to confirm this.
However, it may be possible to reduce the 1.8 x 10^15 comparisons figure.
This assumes that it is necessary to compare every biometric with every other. If the chosen biometric has different groups that don't overlap then you only need to compare within the one group. If fingerprints could be unambiguously assigned the classification "arch", "loop" or "whorl" then you would only need to compare within the same classification. There would be no point in making a comparison between a "whorl" and anything in the "arch" or "loop" sets.
But the scanning technology doesn't work reliably (yet). And I doubt if it's possible to unambiguously assign fingerprints to a classification. When does an "arch" become a "loop"?
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