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Comment: Re:new slogan (Score 1) 811

Just give me a shirt treated with something that reacts to the radiation at different levels, similar to how flourescing materials react at different wavelengths, and tickets, and I'll gather your readings. You can stand in line outside the checkpoint and use your personal recording device (cell phone, camera, etc.) to film the reaction of the materials. All you have to do is pretend to be taking video of, say, your son about to take his first flight before you let him go through the checkpoint you can't, since you don't have a ticket. Oh, and since they won't let you, as his parent, accompany him to the gate, hope he doesn't get kidnapped or worse.

Or use something that retains changes after exposure to radiation. Lots of easy ways to get measurements without asking permission from the TSA or violating their rules.

Comment: Re:Time delay - info from the future? (Score 1) 465

by Lemmeoutada Collecti (#39793649) Attached to: Quantum Experiment Shows Effect Before Cause

So then I propose the following experiment - while noting the time delay will need to be on the order of milliseconds most likely to make it work.

1) A statistically significant number of photon pairs are generated, e.g. 100, and measured by Alice and Bob.
2) Alice and Bob compare all of their results, under the following rule:
a) If the results are coordinated in a statistically significant portion of the measurements, say 80%?, then the bit is read as a 1.
b) If the results are coordinated in what statistically is random chance, basically random, then the result is a 0.
3) Victor then decided to send a 0 or a 1, and if sending a 1 entangles all the pairs. If sending a 0, Victor entangles none of the pairs.

While the number of photons required and the delay would have to be calibrated such that random chance is distinctly differentiated from correlation, since they already have established that the correlation is statistically significant, that is just a matter of the volume of photons required.

Comment: Re:Obligatory xkcd (Score 1) 372

by Lemmeoutada Collecti (#39356071) Attached to: Multiword Passwords Secure Or Not?

While this comic is accurate in the basic calculation, there are several assumptions that a password hacker can use to simplify even a semi-brute force search.

* The US keyboard layout only has 94 symbols (~7 bits).

* Unless the site is completely non-English, there are probably some US users.

Applying those criteria, the base search would be 7^Length for the initial scan, with a very high probability of finding the password in that pass. That is n-(floor(n/8)) actual entropic bits. A 1024 bit password reduces to 1016 bits. Further reductions in the initial scan can be made by only scanning for common substitution characters, and removing the lower 19 ASCII codes from the space (which are not easily used in a password. That leaves behind 5 bits per character. The remaining space for the 1024 bit password is now n-(floor(n/8)*4)=~n/2 or 512 bits of entropy. A brute force search can be conducted on that space in mere seconds.

So our attacker manages to obtain more than one password, possibly an entire file. Since one vulnerability is usually all that is required to gain further access, they only need one or two successes. They use the above methodology, in all reality gaining more than one or two passwords. Game, set, match.

In theory, salting the passwords is only effective if they are performing a man-in-the-middle capture. If they obtain the list of hashed passwords directly, salt does nothing to help.

There are ways to mitigate this threat, such as multi-factor authentication. But thinking that passwords are going to do more than slow a determined attacker down is subscribing to the illusion of security.

Comment: Re:If you can computer-generate the models... (Score 1) 471

by Lemmeoutada Collecti (#38315814) Attached to: Clothier Slammed For Using 'Perfect' Virtual Model

And see, that is what happens when you idealize the appearance of your wenche... wrenches. My toolbox is full of single piece cast wrenches with plenty of nice curves on the outside. It actually makes the grip much more comfortable when working for longer than five minutes. Some of the more high end ones also have "clothing" on them, rubber grips wrappings.

Actually, come to think of it, my wrenches have a more natural human-like curve than those plastic models.

Comment: Re:Imagine that (Score 1) 333

by Lemmeoutada Collecti (#37984174) Attached to: Survey Finds Cheating Among Students At All GPA Levels

So toward the end of your study, you had learned to seek and use reference resources, aggregate the data from those sources, and derive conclusions based on your research. Congratulations, you learned to learn. The only thing you missed, your sources deserved credit to avoid it being plagiarism.

And to further your education, and acknowledged expert in the field is a legitimate reference, since the only difference between an acknowledged expert and a published work by an expert is peer review of the data (where applicable).

Comment: Re:What is the code for burns via shark? (Score 2) 380

WICD10.01X for the initial nap, WICD10.01XA for subsequent, and since this seminar obviously included sharks, W56.42EXA for inability to find sharks exciting. In case of further symptoms related to W56.42EXA and related codings, consult the PDR to determine if the conditional is pathological, psychological, meteorological, or meta-logical.

Cases where meta-logical stress induced psychological pathology is indicated should be admitted to trauma care within one hour to prevent further loss of cognitive faculties and potential decrease in billable coding according to EMCR401-36 subsection ii(a).

If unable to determine the exact morphology of the shark, repeated cranial impact stimulation using a arboreal mesh imprinted with all potential ICD codes is required. Avoid stimulation of the frontal and prefrontal cortices unless patient displays negative reactions to application on the posterior sinister epidural surfaces.

If in doubt of final diagnosis, select all available codes and notify the patient's HMO, secondary insurance provider, preferred mortician, and nearest organ donor collection facility. Ensure that the patients organ donor card is completed properly to ensure prompt and accurate payment for donated organs.

Comment: Re:From Wikipedia... (Score 1) 627

by Lemmeoutada Collecti (#37391652) Attached to: "Wi-Fi Refugees" Shelter in West Virginia Mountains

I hate to tell you this, but I am provably able to detect electromagnetic radiation using reliable, reproducible methods.

My first method is to open my eyes. Since light is a form of EM, the rod and cone cells in them are quite adequate as receptors.

As an adjunct to that, I have tactile response to high voltage, low amperage electrical fields, e.g. a Tesla Coil's emissions. This is, of course, because my entire nervous system is electrical in operation, and those high energy fields can produce current in a conductor under the right circumstances.

I am also able, through chemical means, to perceive strong infrared fields through the epidermal layers of my integument. The translation of infrared to localized heat is chemically translated into an electrical signal in the aforementioned nervous system.

In addition to my senses, many species of avian are able to sense magnetic fields.

The point here is that while some trials have been conducted, establishing the absence of a sense in x population does not mean that all populations lack the sense. Otherwise, a double blind, fully randomized study of penguins would very inaccurately conclude that all birds, and even some flying mammals, are flightless.

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