simaolation - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Does it matter which data you send first? (Score 1) 188

by simaolation on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @01:07PM (#28111803) Attached to: Phony TCP Retransmissions Can Hide Secret Messages

>> you'd get an insanely poor data rate

The target application is busting through mass censorship by government entities. Even the equivalent throughput of a 300baud modem is better than no connectivity at all. Heck, I bet most of the /. readers over the age of 35 spent a goodly portion of their youth msging each other on local BBs at 1200baud or less --> and we thought it was lightning speed (compared to pen n'paper over snail mail).

Yeah, but dude, most people get around firewalls to watch porn. You can't expect them to stream porn at 10 kb/s! (OK, maybe specially encoded ASCII porn) What would you propose next? Give those hungry people muffins without muffin tops? EH?

Comment The definition of steganograph.... (Score 1) 188

by simaolation on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @12:54PM (#28111555) Attached to: Phony TCP Retransmissions Can Hide Secret Messages

Do these polish people understand the definition of steganography? If you reveal how you're secretly embedding information in this communication system, then your secret is out and the whole method is useless. This is why you can [should] publish [good] cryptographic systems but you don't go on the web and blare to everyone how you're hidding messages in the TCP/IP protocol. Let's hope those authoritarian censor state's IT people don't read slashdot...

Comment First post from UC BERZERKELEY STUDENT! (Score 1) 167

by simaolation on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @03:13PM (#27926095) Attached to: Break-In Compromises 160k Medical Records At UC Berkeley

And I have the SSNs to prove it!

Comment Scotty!... (Score 4, Funny) 429

by simaolation on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @07:54PM (#26458245) Attached to: Steve Jobs Takes Leave of Absence From Apple

...We need MORE POWER to the REALITY DISTORTION FIELD, now!

Comment Re:It does reduce stress (Score 1) 132

by simaolation on Wednesday January 07, 2009 @12:14PM (#26358561) Attached to: Playing Tetris Is Good For You

From what I've seen people do primarily play Tetris to decompress and reduce stress. No won says Tetris is super fun or exciting. It's just something to absorb your attention after a hard day. I don't know if the effect it has on traumatic stress is an extension of that, but I tend to think it is.

So when my CS friends tell me the computer is some kind of stochastic state machine and that the CPU is never truly idle, it's really playing Tetris when I'm not using it?

Slashdot Top Deals