Not necessarily, there are two modes that you can use the EMV cards in. Plaintext offline PIN, and Encrypted offline PIN. In plaintext offline PIN the card reader presents the PIN to the card in plaintext.
Guess which mode most of the UK cards use, Go on, Guess. (Hint: it's not encrypted.)
It isn't a viable business model, it doesn't need to be, because the RIAA isn't a business. It's a business association made up of record labels, such as Sony, Warner et al - see Link, and it does the bidding of the member companies.
http://www.riaa.com/aboutus.php?content_selector=aboutus_members
It's funded through dues, which all the member companies pay. It doesn't need to make a profit because it's not a business.
Eh? Not that I like Windows, but 64 bit flavours of Windows allow more than 4GB.
If you specifically meant 32 bit OSs you whould have said so - it's not mentioned in your post, and only implied by the GP poster.
You mean like how Leto Atreides became the Kwisatz Haderach, despite coming after Paul who couldn't cut it?
(Just a desperate attempt to get some geekyness back into slashdot...)
Except of course it was Leto Atreides II, not Leto Atreides...
ASRock is the budget sub-brand of Asus.
Not any more. It was floated on the Taiwan stock exchange in 2007.
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed -- it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer. -- A.J. Perlis
