Word: methods
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...envious Roman aristocrat in Gladiator will get him bigger roles but not an Oscar, yet. Del Toro has three arguments in his favor. One: he's quite good in the film. Two: he's the hottie du jour, sleepily sensual and muy macho, with a touch of the Method. Three: he's the standard bearer for a dozen or so superb actors in Traffic; Del Toro was the only one nominated...
That may not be enough. Looking at file names alone is a glitchy method of recognizing a song. If Napster's system pulls down every file named La Vida Loca but leaves ones that users labeled, say, La Vida Loco containing the same song, the labels may well go back to court and demand more. "The question isn't what's going to be sufficient in the eyes of Napster," says Vance Ikezoye, CEO of Audible Magic, which makes software that identifies music files based on the actual music. "The question is going to be what kind of technology...
...Rabin's method is new and potentially changes the crypto landscape," he said. "His work is very practical and is a major breakthrough...
Cipher Deavours of Kean University said Rabin's method would have no practical purpose because it will not work for very long codes, an assertion Rabin refutes...
Robert Morris, a retired cryptographer who was chief scientist for the National Security Agency, said although Rabin's method does make code-breaking more difficult, code-breakers will simply find another way to eavesdrop on the message...