Posts by Jimmahh

Quantum crypto felled by 'Perfect Eavesdropper' exploit

Don't quote me on this, but... =P

I thought the advantage of being able to use symmetric key exchange was it fundamentally had a lower computational overhead... that and it looked nice and neatly symmetric ;-)

Praying for meltdown: The media and the nukes

Let-Me-Google-It-For-You(TM)

"Also a link to an online copy of the Daily Mail's "Nature's Deadly Rage" would be great if you could provide it..."

Err... you did try Googling the phrase; Daily Mail's "Nature's Deadly Rage" didn't you....?

Because an online version of that copy seems to be the first result

*shrug*

Lady Gaga puts the squeeze on breast milk ice cream

Nasty Lab work if you get it....

"...the cattle practically live in laboratory conditions"

Nobody shit on the floor in any of the labs I've worked in.... *shrug*

Traffic-light plague sweeps UK: Safety culture strangles Blighty

Baffles me...

Why are pedestrians, cyclists and motorists referred to in articles/studies like these as if they're entirely different species?

I drove to work today, but tomorrow I'll be cycling down to the station to catch the train into London and then walk from the station... I guess I must be some kind of weird one-off mongrel =P

One third of Russians say Sun revolves round Earth

RE: Polls

They'd probably care about the effect on the seasons that might have... *shrug*

Spam volumes double as Rustock botnet wakes

Yeah but...

How come a similar dip wasn't seen in previous years? *shrug*

Wikileaks outs 400,000 classified Iraq War docs

Or as said slightly differently.... ;-)

"The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less."

Location-based quantum crypto now possible, boffins say

It's worse than that... they've moved Jim =P

Hell, if the allowed area is small enough continental drift starts to become a problem with long distance calls ;-)

That'd be interesting to try and have to explain to a room full of generals suddenly looking a blank screen mid-sentence if you forgot to take it into account...

Reg reader applauds World's Crappiest phish

Has AMFM gone into scams?

"We thank you for your comprehention in this manner"

Erm... I think they're aiming a bit high hoping for people actually comprehending that email =)

Voting chaos in not-fit-for-purpose electoral system

Not to be a pedant (but it's an IT news site so what can you expect)

"...the legitimacy of forming a government with the ringing endorsement of just over a third of the electorate"

It's just over a third of the people who voted, not the whole electorate, much less the British people (to badly paraphrase a man called Gil =)

Bank security guru: Sue your bank for refund

Re: possible haddock issue

It's not spelt out in the article or the blog post itself, but in the supporting doc (PDF of letters bouncing back and forward between him and the bank) he does explain why he wasn't willing to sign the second declaration....

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/claim-natwest-0910.pdf

Legless Lithuanian attacks copper with todger

!(untitled) <-- I think I need to get out more

"How can you breach the peace in your own bloody house?"

Well, trying to cockslap a police officer seems to be a good start... =)

Large Hadron Collider to fire up again next Thursday

Fair enough

Now pop off and do some experiments to prove/disprove your theory (one somewhat easier than the other in general)

The other lot have got a bit of head start, but I'm sure you can catch up if you apply yourself =)

Note to Captain Kirk: Warp speed will kill you

Oh dear god....

The sheer levels of nerd rage about him forgetting that's what big blue whatsit on the front was for are actually worse than I expected while reading the article =)

US lab births flexy, stingy solar cells

Missing a trick...

Wonder if it's lightweight enough to make a sail with? =)

Reg bean counter in charity cycling towerathon

Shameless promotion...

...but as it's all in the cause of embarressing someone (and that charity thing =) I guess I'll let you off =)

ISPs scorn government net snoop plan

@AC 14:46

"You might break my ciphers, but you'll never break my codes."

At which point they'll move to plan C; breaking your fingers until you tell... '=|

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For the love of god woman!

Stop letting them make public fools of themselves, they clearly need a firm hand, etc, etc....

Music industry busts jukebox piracy scheme

@Something similar...

"The quality of some of the songs (including "popping") clearly indicated that the tracks had been downloaded"

Right, because stuff that's been downloaded is made out of those dodgy knocked off ones and zeroes that fell off the back of a lorry...

Maybe he used some old decks to copy all of that old vinyl onto his laptop (probably a lot easier to carry around) and made a bollocks of the quality? *shrug*

Swine flu will [enter scare words here]...

@Not my words, either Sarah ...

Erm.... pardon?

Treatments can have side-effects, best stop taking them?

Or is this a "Drug works by stuffing up RNA in it's target... *quick google* Holy shit! I've got RNA too... PANIC!!!!" kind of arguement?

Don't call me Ishmael

RE: Particular to workplace?

Surely all you have to do is come up with some paper-thin excuse to put on a show called "Citrix" and you'll be alright again?