You stole my thunder, I was going to say that there are devices that can do that now without sucking down 200W. And, they don't really cost a bundle either. Especially if one digs around on eBay.

I've seen planes that use floppies, Zip, and now, my current ride uses an Ethernet connection between a laptop and the file server.

You're post makes me wistful for IUMA again. Anyone know of something similar these days?

I have a feeling the FBI would not actively discourage this, particularly when a honeypot is so tasty.

<sigh> Parent is the real one.

I'm on a tiny screen (1024 wide) and had to scroll side-to-side to read the article.

Great content, but wish I had a bigger screen.

A thousand monkeys standing around a box of parts would "accidentally" build a computer long before I figure it out. I'm impressed by what this guy did.

$35 (1968) is roughly equivalent to $73.80 to $107.00 (1980) using various indices

or, going the other way:

$850 (1980) is roughly equivalent to $277 to $403 (1968).

The value of gold was not allowed to inflate for several years (fixed at $35/oz. in 1934). John Seabrook wrote an article in 1989, Invisible Gold that briefly touched on the value of gold from the Gold Standard through the 1980s.

The post I replied to suggests stopping at the first collision. Perhaps the question was poorly worded. I would like to know how many collisions occur for a given hash. Could this be calculated without a brute-force attempt or is that the only way?

What fascinates me about this scenario is how many collisions can be found during this brute-force process?

I don't think you know any pilots because if you did, you'd know that this little trick doesn't work. [citation] rthille is correct.

Michigan, Florida, and Kentucky here. No problems.

Seems like most of you are missing a crucial point here. Or, possibly, I'm far too paranoid. FTFA:

and, FTFS:

Admirers, eh? I'd say that if I wanted to find someone, I'd find his price and start pursuing him. Just a thought, but I'd probably offer him a job. Maybe he needs one. Or, if that's not enticing enough, how about some sexual service[s] (to be provided by someone other than me, of course). Go down the list until you find his price. Then, when there's no possibility of escape, make him disappear. Just sayin'.

Whoa! For a second there, I thought, uh... well, oh, nevermind.

I always wondered if it would be possible to build a huge parabolic acoustic "mirror" that could focus the energy of those 1200 watt bass systems back either to the glass or the eardrums of the driver causing aural devastation. How big would this parabola have to be to get the kind of energy that could do some real damage?