How long would it take if the authentification system limited ot to one attempt per hour?

The second component is transformed into a CAPTCHA image and then protected using evolution of a two-dimensional dynamical system close to a phase transition, in such a way that standard brute-force attacks become ineffective.

You don't need a bunch of mumbo jumbo to make a brute force attack ineffective, all you need to do is lock the account after x failed login attempts.

Do they give you, you know, like a magazine or video to watch while you pat yourself down?

It's very common among my friends to use a parent's name when tagging children. Am I to be expected to be able to ID all of my friends' kids? Mark needs to come out of Zuckerland an see how people actually use his product.

Whoahohoho there, Booger! Did you just say "British pizza"? I think I threw up a little in my mouth.

Dude, her TV has a digital tuner. She doesn't need the box. Stop fucking being an idiot.

The QAM tuner can get all clear channels. Some places you get more than just networks. I get Braves TV in HD, for example. I also get about 5-10 other SD digital channels (NASA, etc.). But your point is correct for fiber systems. My point is, a lot of people are paying for the box when they don't need to, and until the FCC addresses that, cable viewers will still keep renting the cablecos box. In related news, my cableco is still hit-or-miss then you call and ask for CableCARD, even though they've been using them for more than 3 years. One rep I called had never heard of them, the next knew they had the dual-channel version and that they charged $5 for them ($2 each for the single channel).

The barrier isn't technological, it's psychological. My mom has a cable box she doesn't need. The installer told her she needed to get cable. I told her to take it back and demand a refund. She won't. During the 80's, you had to have a box to get channels above 13, because that was the highest a TV could tune. Then the FCC mandated cable-ready TV's, and you didn't need a box at all except for pay TV. There was no education or information given to the public, so a lot of people went through the 90's still believing they need a box, and the cablecos still play on that. The only was to solve the problem is to educate the public, something like forcing the cablecos to hand their customers a pamphlet clearly showing what channels do and do not require a box.

What's the solution for retaining the screen height we need to be productive?"

I'm no genius so I'm just spittin' into the wind here, but I would probably start off with not buying products that don't match my needs?

CR funding funds programs at their current or planned level, whichever is lowest. Since the old program is not in the authorization, it isn't funded. Since the new program has no appropriation, it also isn't funded. Civilians can be temporarily repurposed while waiting for funds, but contractors will have to fund any employees out of their own pockets. We just got word that here in Huntsville, another 150-250 people will get layoff notices tomorrow, and top of the 500 that have already lost their jobs, meaning that about one-third of Huntsville's Constellation workforce has been laid off.

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/09/more_huntsville_layoffs_loom_a.html

It's an authorization bill, which defines mission, but does not provide funding. Funding is provided by an appropriation bill, which should come later. The OP is wrong about this bill preventing lay-offs, since a) there is no money in an authorization bill, and b) the lay-offs related to Constellation have already happened.

If they're going to fire you over something like this, consider the possibility that they were going to fire you anyway. If you're sure you're clean all around, hire a lawyer, but don't sic 'em on the company until you've been fired or want to get fired.

Wouldn't the Pentagon just buy up all the Kindles and burn them?

... it's certainly not the drunken debauchery.

Yay you. Here's a $%^&ing cookie. Now get the $%^@ back to work and hit your $%&^ing ticket quota!