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Panda3D
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This class maintains a cache of Bam and/or Txo objects generated from model files and texture images (as well as possibly other kinds of loadable objects that can be stored in bam file format). More...
Public Member Functions | |
| __init__ () | |
| considerFlushIndex () | |
| Flushes the index if enough time has elapsed since the index was last flushed. More... | |
| flushIndex () | |
| Ensures the index is written to disk. More... | |
| bool | getActive () |
| Returns true if the BamCache is currently active, false if it is not. More... | |
| bool | getCacheCompiledShaders () |
| Returns whether compiled shader programs will be stored in the cache, as binary .txo files. More... | |
| bool | getCacheCompressedTextures () |
| Returns whether compressed texture files will be stored in the cache, as compressed txo files. More... | |
| int | getCacheMaxKbytes () |
| Returns the maximum size, in kilobytes, which the cache is allowed to grow to. More... | |
| bool | getCacheModels () |
| Returns whether model files (e.g. More... | |
| bool | getCacheTextures () |
| Returns whether texture files (e.g. More... | |
| int | getFlushTime () |
| Returns the time in seconds between automatic flushes of the cache index. More... | |
| bool | getReadOnly () |
| Returns true if the cache is in read-only mode. More... | |
| Filename | getRoot () |
| Returns the current root pathname of the cache. More... | |
| listIndex (Ostream out, int indent_level) | |
| Writes the contents of the index to standard output. More... | |
| BamCacheRecord | lookup (const Filename source_filename, str cache_extension) |
| Looks up a file in the cache. More... | |
| setActive (bool flag) | |
| Changes the state of the active flag. More... | |
| setCacheCompiledShaders (bool flag) | |
| Indicates whether compiled shader programs will be stored in the cache, as binary .sho files. More... | |
| setCacheCompressedTextures (bool flag) | |
| Indicates whether compressed texture files will be stored in the cache, as compressed txo files. More... | |
| setCacheMaxKbytes (int max_kbytes) | |
| Specifies the maximum size, in kilobytes, which the cache is allowed to grow to. More... | |
| setCacheModels (bool flag) | |
| Indicates whether model files (e.g. More... | |
| setCacheTextures (bool flag) | |
| Indicates whether texture files will be stored in the cache, as uncompressed txo files. More... | |
| setFlushTime (int flush_time) | |
| Specifies the time in seconds between automatic flushes of the cache index. More... | |
| setReadOnly (bool ro) | |
| Can be used to put the cache in read-only mode, or take it out of read-only mode. More... | |
| setRoot (const Filename root) | |
| Changes the current root pathname of the cache. More... | |
| bool | store (BamCacheRecord record) |
| Flushes a cache entry to disk. More... | |
Static Public Member Functions | |
| static | considerFlushGlobalIndex () |
| If there is a global BamCache object, calls consider_flush_index() on it. More... | |
| static | flushGlobalIndex () |
| If there is a global BamCache object, calls flush_index() on it. More... | |
| static BamCache | getGlobalPtr () |
| Returns a pointer to the global BamCache object, which is used automatically by the ModelPool and TexturePool. More... | |
Public Attributes | |
| bool | active |
| Returns true if the BamCache is currently active, false if it is not. More... | |
| bool | cache_compiled_shaders |
| Returns whether compiled shader programs will be stored in the cache, as binary .txo files. More... | |
| bool | cache_compressed_textures |
| Returns whether compressed texture files will be stored in the cache, as compressed txo files. More... | |
| int | cache_max_kbytes |
| Returns the maximum size, in kilobytes, which the cache is allowed to grow to. More... | |
| bool | cache_models |
| Returns whether model files (e.g. More... | |
| bool | cache_textures |
| Returns whether texture files (e.g. More... | |
| int | flush_time |
| Returns the time in seconds between automatic flushes of the cache index. More... | |
| bool | read_only |
| Returns true if the cache is in read-only mode. More... | |
| Filename | root |
| Returns the current root pathname of the cache. More... | |
This class maintains a cache of Bam and/or Txo objects generated from model files and texture images (as well as possibly other kinds of loadable objects that can be stored in bam file format).
This class also maintains a persistent index that lists all of the cached objects (see BamCacheIndex). We go through some considerable effort to make sure this index gets saved correctly to disk, even in the presence of multiple different processes writing to the same index, and without relying too heavily on low-level os-provided file locks (which work poorly with C++ iostreams).
| __init__ | ( | ) |
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If there is a global BamCache object, calls consider_flush_index() on it.
| considerFlushIndex | ( | ) |
Flushes the index if enough time has elapsed since the index was last flushed.
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If there is a global BamCache object, calls flush_index() on it.
| flushIndex | ( | ) |
Ensures the index is written to disk.
| bool getActive | ( | ) |
Returns true if the BamCache is currently active, false if it is not.
"active" means that the cache should be consulted automatically on loads, "not active" means that objects should be loaded directly without consulting the cache.
This represents the global flag. Also see the individual cache_models, cache_textures, cache_compressed_textures flags.
| bool getCacheCompiledShaders | ( | ) |
Returns whether compiled shader programs will be stored in the cache, as binary .txo files.
See set_cache_compiled_shaders().
This also returns false if get_active() is false.
| bool getCacheCompressedTextures | ( | ) |
Returns whether compressed texture files will be stored in the cache, as compressed txo files.
See set_cache_compressed_textures().
This also returns false if get_active() is false.
| int getCacheMaxKbytes | ( | ) |
Returns the maximum size, in kilobytes, which the cache is allowed to grow to.
See set_cache_max_kbytes().
| bool getCacheModels | ( | ) |
Returns whether model files (e.g.
egg files and bam files) will be stored in the cache, as bam files.
This also returns false if get_active() is false.
| bool getCacheTextures | ( | ) |
Returns whether texture files (e.g.
egg files and bam files) will be stored in the cache, as txo files.
This also returns false if get_active() is false.
| int getFlushTime | ( | ) |
Returns the time in seconds between automatic flushes of the cache index.
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Returns a pointer to the global BamCache object, which is used automatically by the ModelPool and TexturePool.
| bool getReadOnly | ( | ) |
Returns true if the cache is in read-only mode.
Normally, the cache starts in read-write mode. It can put itself into read-only mode automatically if it discovers that it does not have write access to the cache.
| Filename getRoot | ( | ) |
Returns the current root pathname of the cache.
See set_root().
| listIndex | ( | Ostream | out, |
| int | indent_level | ||
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Writes the contents of the index to standard output.
| BamCacheRecord lookup | ( | const Filename | source_filename, |
| str | cache_extension | ||
| ) |
Looks up a file in the cache.
If the file is cacheable, then regardless of whether the file is found in the cache or not, this returns a BamCacheRecord. On the other hand, if the file cannot be cached, returns NULL.
If record->has_data() returns true, then the file was found in the cache, and you may call record->extract_data() to get the object. If record->has_data() returns false, then the file was not found in the cache or the cache was stale; and you should reload the source file (calling record->add_dependent_file() for each file loaded, including the original source file), and then call record->set_data() to record the resulting loaded object; and finally, you should call store() to write the cached record to disk.
| setActive | ( | bool | flag | ) |
Changes the state of the active flag.
"active" means that the cache should be consulted automatically on loads, "not active" means that objects should be loaded directly without consulting the cache.
This represents the global flag. Also see the individual cache_models, cache_textures, cache_compressed_textures flags.
| setCacheCompiledShaders | ( | bool | flag | ) |
Indicates whether compiled shader programs will be stored in the cache, as binary .sho files.
This may not be supported by all shader languages or graphics renderers.
| setCacheCompressedTextures | ( | bool | flag | ) |
Indicates whether compressed texture files will be stored in the cache, as compressed txo files.
The compressed data may either be generated in-CPU, via the squish library, or it may be extracted from the GSG after the texture has been loaded.
This may be set in conjunction with set_cache_textures(), or independently of it. If set_cache_textures() is true and this is false, all textures will be cached in their uncompressed form. If set_cache_textures() is false and this is true, only compressed textures will be cached, and they will be cached in their compressed form. If both are true, all textures will be cached, in their uncompressed or compressed form appropriately.
| setCacheMaxKbytes | ( | int | max_kbytes | ) |
Specifies the maximum size, in kilobytes, which the cache is allowed to grow to.
If a newly cached file would exceed this size, an older file is removed from the cache.
Note that in the case of multiple different processes simultaneously operating on the same cache directory, the actual cache size may slightly exceed this value from time to time due to latency in checking between the processes.
| setCacheModels | ( | bool | flag | ) |
Indicates whether model files (e.g.
egg files and bam files) will be stored in the cache, as bam files.
| setCacheTextures | ( | bool | flag | ) |
Indicates whether texture files will be stored in the cache, as uncompressed txo files.
| setFlushTime | ( | int | flush_time | ) |
Specifies the time in seconds between automatic flushes of the cache index.
| setReadOnly | ( | bool | ro | ) |
Can be used to put the cache in read-only mode, or take it out of read-only mode.
Note that if you put it into read-write mode, and it discovers that it does not have write access, it will put itself right back into read-only mode.
| setRoot | ( | const Filename | root | ) |
Changes the current root pathname of the cache.
This specifies where the cache files are stored on disk. This should name a directory that is on a disk local to the machine (not on a network-mounted disk), for instance, /tmp/panda-cache or /c/panda-cache.
If the directory does not already exist, it will be created as a result of this call.
| bool store | ( | BamCacheRecord | record | ) |
Flushes a cache entry to disk.
You must have retrieved the cache record via a prior call to lookup(), and then stored the data via record->set_data(). Returns true on success, false on failure.
| bool active |
Returns true if the BamCache is currently active, false if it is not.
"active" means that the cache should be consulted automatically on loads, "not active" means that objects should be loaded directly without consulting the cache.
This represents the global flag. Also see the individual cache_models, cache_textures, cache_compressed_textures flags.
| bool cache_compiled_shaders |
Returns whether compiled shader programs will be stored in the cache, as binary .txo files.
See set_cache_compiled_shaders().
This also returns false if get_active() is false.
| bool cache_compressed_textures |
Returns whether compressed texture files will be stored in the cache, as compressed txo files.
See set_cache_compressed_textures().
This also returns false if get_active() is false.
| int cache_max_kbytes |
Returns the maximum size, in kilobytes, which the cache is allowed to grow to.
See set_cache_max_kbytes().
| bool cache_models |
Returns whether model files (e.g.
egg files and bam files) will be stored in the cache, as bam files.
This also returns false if get_active() is false.
| bool cache_textures |
Returns whether texture files (e.g.
egg files and bam files) will be stored in the cache, as txo files.
This also returns false if get_active() is false.
| int flush_time |
Returns the time in seconds between automatic flushes of the cache index.
| bool read_only |
Returns true if the cache is in read-only mode.
Normally, the cache starts in read-write mode. It can put itself into read-only mode automatically if it discovers that it does not have write access to the cache.
| Filename root |
Returns the current root pathname of the cache.
See set_root().


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Bitstream Interpretation Library (BIL)
0.1
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A register for doing cyclic redundancy checks. More...
#include <packetprocessor/V5CRCRegister.hpp>
Public Member Functions | |
| V5CRCRegister () | |
| Constructs a V5CRCRegister instance. | |
| virtual void | write (const boost::uint32_t *words, size_t wordCount) |
| When writing a word, a CRC check will be issued (by calling check()). | |
| virtual void | read (boost::uint32_t *words, size_t wordCount) const |
| When reading a word, the current CRC value will be returned. | |
| boost::uint32_t | crcValue () const |
| Gets the current CRC value. | |
| void | reset () |
| Resets the CRC register value to 0. | |
| void | update (const boost::uint32_t *words, size_t wordCount, RegisterAddress::address_t registerAddress) |
| Updates the CRC value based on given data and register address. | |
| void | check () const |
| Checks if CRC was successful, i.e. CRC value is 0 again. | |
| Public Member Functions inherited from bil::Register | |
| Register (RegisterAddress::address_t address, const std::string &name, bool writable=true, bool readable=true) | |
| Constructs a Register instance. | |
| virtual | ~Register ()=0 |
| Destructs a Register instance. | |
| RegisterAddress::address_t | address () const |
| Gets register address. | |
| const std::string & | name () const |
| Gets register name. | |
| bool | writable () const |
| Tells if register is writable. | |
| bool | readable () const |
| Tells if register is readable. |
A register for doing cyclic redundancy checks.
The CRC register is an one word write- and readable register. Writes will trigger a check of its register value. Reads will return the current CRC value. The actual updating of the CRC values must be done from outside per update().
Definition at line 23 of file V5CRCRegister.hpp.
| V5CRCRegister::V5CRCRegister | ( | ) |
Constructs a V5CRCRegister instance.
Definition at line 14 of file V5CRCRegister.cpp.
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When writing a word, a CRC check will be issued (by calling check()).
| words | Pointer to data words to write. |
| wordCount | Number of data words to write. |
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Reimplemented from bil::Register.
Definition at line 21 of file V5CRCRegister.cpp.
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When reading a word, the current CRC value will be returned.
| words | Pointer to data buffer. |
| wordCount | Number of data words to read. |
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Reimplemented from bil::Register.
Definition at line 33 of file V5CRCRegister.cpp.
| boost::uint32_t V5CRCRegister::crcValue | ( | ) | const |
| void V5CRCRegister::reset | ( | ) |
Resets the CRC register value to 0.
Definition at line 50 of file V5CRCRegister.cpp.
| void V5CRCRegister::update | ( | const boost::uint32_t * | words, |
| size_t | wordCount, | ||
| RegisterAddress::address_t | registerAddress | ||
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Updates the CRC value based on given data and register address.
| words | Pointer to data words. |
| wordCount | Number of data words. |
| registerAddress | Target register of data words. |
Definition at line 56 of file V5CRCRegister.cpp.
| void V5CRCRegister::check | ( | ) | const |
Checks if CRC was successful, i.e. CRC value is 0 again.
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Definition at line 73 of file V5CRCRegister.cpp.


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RBI appoints three-member advisory panel for DHFL
by PTIHighlights
- IDFC First Bank's non-executive chairman Rajiv Lall, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance's managing director and chief executive N S Kannan, and mutual funds' association AMFI's chief executive N S Venkatesh would be part of the panel
- On Wednesday, RBI superseded DHFL's board and placed the company under an administrator
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday constituted a three-member panel to advise the administrator of DHFL, ahead of formally moving for resolution of the troubled mortgage lender under the insolvency law.
IDFC First Bank's non-executive chairman Rajiv Lall, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance's managing director and chief executive N S Kannan, and mutual funds' association AMFI's chief executive N S Venkatesh would be part of the panel, an official statement said.
On Wednesday, the Reserve Bank superseded DHFL's board and placed the company under an administrator in the wake of governance issues and severe liquidity crisis which had led to a string of defaults.
Indian Overseas Bank's former managing director R Subramaniakumar was appointed as the administrator.


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To create a tooltip, your element needs the data-tooltip
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The above example uses the default styles as defined in k-tooltips.scss. Change these values to your liking to style your default tooltip.
Whilst some default examples use em's, you can use any unit that would normally work.
This is the maximum width your tooltip can grow to before content begins to wrap.
Set the padding (inner-spacing) of your custom tooltip.
This is the distance which your tooltip should be from the element it corresponds to. For most use cases this value should be negative, as the CSS positioning works on a left-to-right/top-to-bottom basis.
Set the base background color for your tooltip and the corresponding directional-arrow.
Set the radius of your tooltip's border. To disable the border, set this to 0.
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Set the color for the tooltip's directional arrow - generally this should be the same color as the tooltip's background.
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Set your tooltip's default text color.
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Set the animation speed at which your tooltip should fade in. To disable animations set this value to 0s.
Set the z-index for your tooltip. This should generally be a fairly large number to ensure it does not render underneath any element.
You need to call the tooltip function on your element:
The tooltip function accepts two custom parameters:
Position is a value from a hard coded list and can be either top, bottom, left or right. This sets the position of the tooltip element itself, so a value of top (default) would place the tooltip above the element.
Style controls the visual appearance of the tooltip. This value can be thought of as your tooltip's "theme". To create a theme, see the custom tooltips section. This value is default by default, applying the default styles outlined above.
The above init is the same as writing:
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To use K-Tooltips on an inline element, for example on a word in a sentence, your element also needs the inline-tooltip class:
It is possible to create any number of differently styled tooltips to use in your project. Here is an exampe of a tooltip using custom styles:
K-Tooltips come with a light theme which can be used instead of the default dark tooltip. You can add all other custom styles you may want below the provided light one, or above if you're feeling crazy.
Any style included here can be passed to the style parameter when initialising your tooltip:
If using more than one tooltip style in a single project, we cannot initialise the default tooltip on the naked [data-tooltip]
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Breaking Cryptoalgorithms and Brute Force Attacks
- cascade encryption options to make decryption more difficult
- brute force attacks are currently the most viable strategy
- Popular Tools for Brute Force
- Brute Force Attacks Explained
- Brute Forcing Linux Full Disk Encryption with Hashcat
Cryptography vs. Quantum Computers
- cracking symmetric algorithms
- 128-bit keys can be broken on a supercomputer
- 256-bit keys provide future protection from quantum computers
- current asymmetric algorithms will eventually need to be replaced
- Will Quantum Computers Break Encryption?
- How Quantum Computers Break Encryption
- IBM Warns of Instant Breaking of Encryption by Quantum Computers
General Vulnerabilities
- encryption is hard to get right
- it must be arduously tested
- open source options allow users to scrutinize and update code
- prone to configuration issues
- encryption software is easy to misconfigure
- can create vulnerabilities
- consider nation state backdoors and implementation weakening
- ScienceDirect - Full Disk Encryption
- Tales from the Crypt: Hardware vs. Software
Software Based Attacks
- bad design can result in private info being stored in easily accessible areas
- there are many attacks we are unaware of
Physical Attacks On Disk Encryption
- hardware keyloggers
- firmware rootkits
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spying/shoulder surfing
- mitigating physical threats
- keep your adversaries away from your devices
- conceal your device
- completely power down your device
- always keep your device with you
- Ten Simple Steps for Keeping Your Laptop Secure
- Hardware Keyloggers
- Reviews of the Best USB Keyloggers
- Rootkits As Fast As Possible
- Shoulder Surfing
- DMA - Direct Memory Access Attacks
- ports that support DMA:
- PCI
- PCI express
- firewire
- thunderbolt
- if a user gains access to these ports he may be able to obtain your key
- can also inject commands to the OS
- github: inception - allows DMA attacks
- Passware Kit Enterprise
- can decrypt disks encrypted with BitLocker, TrueCrypt, FileVault2, or PGP
- $1000
- WindowsSCOPE Phantom Probe USB Dongle
- USB dongle that captures memory screenshot
- Practical DMA Attack on Windows 10
- PrivateCore PCI DMA Attack
- Direct Memory Attack the Kernel
- PCILeech
- PCILeech - Ulf Fritz interview
- Why You Should Not Leave Your Computer Unsupervised
- Inception
- ports that support DMA:
- Direct Memory Access Mitigations
- MAC OSX 10.7.2/Windows 8.1 and newer
- DMA is disabled when the user has locked the OS
- prevents firmware DMA attacks
- DMA attacks still work while the user is logged on
- DMA is disabled when the user has locked the OS
- Windows 10
- OS has DMA port protection
- can use DataProtection/AllowDirectMemoryAccess MDM policy to block DMA ports at startup
- makes DMA attacks more difficult
- Macs Newer than 2012
- enable VT-D
- blocks DMA requests
- enable VT-D
- Qubes OS
- provides protection against DMA attacks
- DMA Attack Mitigation
- Stop DMA Attacks
- Preventing DMA Attacks
- Intel Virtualization Technology
- MAC OSX 10.7.2/Windows 8.1 and newer
BootKey Problem
- the blocks where the OS is stored must be decrypted before the OS can boot
- the key must be available before there is a user interface to ask for the password
- provides an attack surface
- most disk encryption options offer pre-boot authentication
- pre-boot environment can be swapped with a less secure option
- BootKits can be used to circumvent the pre-boot
- the key cannot be decrypted until an external key is input
- LUKS and BitLocker can use hardware for encryption
- TPM - Trusted Platform Module
- ensures the integrity of the boot environment
- mitigates attacks that attempt to replace the bootloader with a modified version
- TPM - Trusted Platform Module
- Cold Boot Attack
- provides a means to obtain a dump of the computer’s memory
- memory can be reconstructed to reveal the key
- a can of duster is used to freeze the memory for longer data retention
- memory stays accessible for a short time after shutdown
- the memory is removed and placed into another machine where it is dumped
- works on DDR1, DDR2, and DDR3 ram
- the boot partitions cannot be encrypted with the software implementations of disk encryption
- BitLocker needs an unencrypted volume to boot from
- provides a means to obtain a dump of the computer’s memory
- Pre-boot Authentication
- BitLocker Countermeasurers
- Does Microsoft Claim Pre-boot Authentication is Not Necessary?
- Bootkit
- Attacking Encryption Systems
- TPM - Trusted Platform Module
- Cold Boot Attacks On Encryption Keys
- The Chilling Reality of Cold Boot Attacks
- the key must be available before there is a user interface to ask for the password
Evil Maid Attack
- attacker boots device using a live CD/USB and changes the bootloader to a hacked version
- hacked bootloader will save the key and send to attackers
- if the bootloader is compromised, the entire system is compromised
- Knowledgeable Evil Maid Attack
- adversary with physical access to the machine and knowledge of the where specific files are located on the disk
- files can be modified to allow changes to the OS
- The Evil Maid Attack
- Defend Your MacOS Computer from Malware and Evil Maid Attacks
- Evil Maid Attack - Wikipedia
- F-Secure’s Guide to Evil Maid Attacks
Other Hardware Attacks
- remove storage, place storage unit in similar device with hacked bootloader
- modified hardware may be installed to capture input
- hardware keyloggers, bus mastering device capturing memory, firmware rootkits
- hotswapping drives and cables
- Hardware Attacks, Backdoors and Electronic Component Qualification
- Hardware Cyberattacks: How Worried Should You Be?
- Top 5 Firmware and Hardware Attack Vectors
Attacks On Encrypted Containers, Volumes, and Partitions
- increased attack surface compared to full disk encryption
- most attacks still apply
- may fail to encrypt private files
- opt for whole disk encryption
- containers allow us to have multiple levels of security
- containers do not contain any signature of encryption
- may allow for plausible deniability
- use VeraCrypt for encrypted containers
- Windows, Mac and Linux
- How to Use VeraCrypt Containers to Secure Your Data
Defense Against Disk Decryption Attacks
- prevent physical access to your device
- hide your device
- setup alerts to notify you of tampering
- set up subtle traps to detect tampering
- do not use the device if you suspect that it has been tampered with
- do not leave your device unattended and unlocked
- consider powering down your device when you are not near
- bring your device with you
- disable ports that support DMA
- PCI
- PCI Express
- FireWire
- Thunderbolt
- use full disk encryption
- use pre-boot authentication
- use multifactor authentication if possible
- tokens and keys
- encrypt bootloader or place on usb
- use secure boot and tpm where available
- avoid SSD drives
- don’t put sensitive data on the device until the device is encrypted
- always encrypt first
- make your memory hard to remove from your system
- tape, superglue, etc.
- enable POST in BIOS
- mitigates cold boot attacks by overwriting RAM
- use a BIOS password
- disable sleep and hibernation
- delete hiberfil.sys
- find where your OS dumps memory and disable memory dumps
- swap files may contain sensitive information
- encrypt your swap
- read the VeraCrypt documentation
- Physical Attacks to Your Computers and Disk Encryption
- Laptop Security Tips
Additional Resources
- The clock is ticking for encryption


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Pharmacological Interventions for Alcohol Abuse
Team Member
Shuang Chen, Sonia Gill, Rebecca Nourse, Anne Paumgarten
Project Summary
Alcohol use disorders affect over 17 million adults in the United States as of 2012. Only a third of the population seeks treatment and less than ten percent receives medication for alcohol abuse. The purpose of this project is to determine which pharmacological intervention for alcohol abuse is most effective at increasing the number of non-drinking days among alcohol abuse population.
Meta analyses and randomized controlled trials were used to obtain data on the probability of discontinuing the drug due to adverse effects and the probability of abstaining from alcohol vs. continued drinking. Mortality rates due to alcohol-related causes were obtained from a CDC lifetable database. We use TreeAge software to create a Markov model that included five decision tree arms – Topiramate, Acamprosate, Disulfram, Naltrexone and a no treatment arm. Probabilities were converted to a three-month timeframe. Incremental payoffs were assigned to each Markov cycle of 3 months of sobriety.
Topiramate is most effective by increasing 7.62 months of non-drinking days. (Acamprosate: 7.17 months; Disulfram:5.65 months, Naltrexone: 4.63 months, No-treatment: 3.97 months) The result of 1-way sensitive analysis shows that when the probability of discontinuation of Topiramate is lower than 0.30, Topiramate is better option. When the probability of discontinuation of Topiramate is larger than 0.30, Acamprosate is preferred.
We recommend Topiramate could be considered for FDA approval to treat alcohol abuse based on our study.
Background
- Alcohol use disorders affect over 17 million adults in the United States as of 2012.
- Only a third of the population seeks treatment and less than ten percent receives medication for alcohol abuse.
- The purpose of this decision analysis is to determine which drug out of naltrexone, disulfiram, acamprosate and topiramate is most effective at increasing the number of non-drinking days among those who have received a score of 15 or higher on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Tool (AUDIT) screening.
Objective
- Use decision tree Markov modeling to determine which pharmacological intervention for alcohol abuse has the highest payoff in number of sober months per 12-month period.
- Primary care providers can then utilize this tool to decide which pharmacologic therapy should be prescribed.
Methods
- Markov Model: Relapse common and recurring
- Primary Outcome: Months of Sobriety
- 12 Month Timeframe
- Incremental Rewards: Four 3-Month Payoff Cycles; Abstinence (3 months); Partial Abstinence (1.5 months); Any Drinking (0 months); Death (0 months)
Results
Topiramate is preferred arm with 7.62 months of abstinence:
Sensitivity Analysis
Discussion
- Topiramate has the highest efficacy of any drug available and a moderate discontinuation rate, making it the preferred drug.
- While less effective, acamprosate and naltrexone have much lower discontinuation rates.
- Acamprosate becomes the preferred drug if topiramate’s discontinuation rate goes above ~0.30 for its current rate of drinking.
- If topiramate’s discontinuation rate goes above ~0.65 even disulfiram will become favored over topiramate but not acamprosate.
Conclusion
- Heavy drinkers wishing to abstain from drinking should begin treatment with topiramate.
- Topiramate is found to be most effective as it has the lowest rate of returning to drinking in combination with a moderate drop out rate.
Reference
- Alcohol Facts and Statistics. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics. Accessed May 20, 2017.
- Jonas DE, Amick HR, Feltner C, et al. Pharmacotherapy for adults with alcohol use disorders in outpatient settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2014;311(18):1889-1900.
- Donoghue K, Elzerbi C, Saunders R, Whittington C, Pilling S, Drummond C. The efficacy of acamprosate and naltrexone in the treatment of alcohol dependence, Europe versus the rest of the world: a meta‐analysis. Addiction. 2015;110(6):920-930.
- Johnson BA, Rosenthal N, Capece JA, et al. Topiramate for treating alcohol dependence: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2007;298(14):1641-1651.
- Ulrichsen, J, Nielsen, MK, Ulrichsen, M. Disulfiram in severe alcoholism – an open controlled study. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 64, 356-362.
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AircraftList.json
This JSON file reports on the state of all of the aircraft tracked by a receiver or merged feed.
Request
The address of the JSON file is http://<site-address>/VirtualRadar/AircraftList.json. The request uses query string parameters and a custom header to pass information about the state of the site to the browser.
Virtual Radar Server will respond to both GET and POST requests for AircraftList.json but there is a caveat, see Known Aircraft for details.
Query string parameters
The names of query string parameters are case-insensitive. They are used to modify the output from AircraftList.json:
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| ldv | The lastDv value from the last aircraft list fetched. Omit this if this is the first time you are fetching an aircraft list. The server will use this value and the X-VirtualRadarServer-AircraftIds header to figure out what has changed since the last time you fetched a list and will only send the changed information. If you do not supply these values then you are always sent a full aircraft list. |
| lat | The decimal latitude to measure distances and calculate bearings from. Omit if no distance or bearing calculations are to be made. |
| lng | The decimal longitude to measure distances and calculate bearings from. Omit if no distance or bearing calculations are to be made. |
| selAc | The ID of the selected aircraft, if any. Omit if no aircraft is selected. |
| trFmt | The format of trails that you want to be passed. Omit if you do not want trail history to be sent for each aircraft that is transmitting a position. The legal values for this parameter are f for a full trail, fa for a full trail with altitudes, fs for a full trail with speeds, s for a short trail, sa for a short trail with altitudes and ss for a short trail with speeds. Short trails only show the last 30 seconds of positions. The duration of a short trail can be changed in the server settings. |
| refreshTrails | Set to 1 to force the server to send the entire trail for each aircraft. If this is missing or 0 then the server will try to only send new positions for the trail. |
| feed | The ID of the feed whose aircraft list you want to see. If missing or invalid then the default feed is used - this is configured on the server. |
Filters can be passed as query string parameters to constrain the results to just those aircraft that match some condition. Multiple filters can be passed but only one of each kind of filter can be passed - for example, if you pass two callsign filters then only one of them will be honoured.
| Prefix | Filter Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| fAir | String | The to / from / via airport code |
| fAlt | Integer range | Altitude in feet |
| fCall | String | Callsign |
| fCou | String | Country |
| fDst | Number range | Distance in kilometres |
| fEgt | Enum | Engine type |
| fNoPos | Boolean | No position transmitted |
| fIco | String | ICAO |
| fMil | Boolean | Is military |
| fTyp | String | Model ICAO code |
| fOp | String | Operator name |
| fOpIcao | String | Operator ICAO code |
| fReg | String | Registration |
| fSpc | Enum | Aircraft species |
| fSqk | Intger range | Squawk |
| fInt | Boolean | Is flagged as interesting in database |
| fWtc | Enum | Wake turbulence category |
| fUt | String | User tag |
| fNBnd | Bounds | The top-most latitude of the bounds. Only returns aircraft within these bounds. |
| fSBnd | Bounds | The bottom-most latitude of the bounds. Only returns aircraft within these bounds. |
| fWBnd | Bounds | The left-most longitude of the bounds. Only returns aircraft within these bounds. |
| fEBnd | Bounds | The right-most longitude of the bounds. Only returns aircraft within these bounds. |
All filters (except the Bounds filters) are passed with a name that consists of a prefix and then a single-character code that describes the condition. If the condition is negated / reversed (e.g. NOT equal to) then a suffix of N is also appended. The full list of conditions is as-per below:
| Condition | Suffix Character | Filter Types That Can Use It |
|---|---|---|
| Between - lower | L | Number range |
| Between - upper | U | Number range |
| Contains | C | String |
| Ends with | E | String |
| Equals | Q | String, Boolean, Enum |
| Starts with | S | String |
When a range has both an upper and a lower bound then two query string parameters need to be passed, one for the upper and one for the lower. If one part of the range is negated (i.e. it has an N suffix) then the other part must also be negated.
The order in which filter parameters are passed has no effect, an aircraft must match all of the filters in order for it to pass. In effect the filters are ANDed together. If the aircraft does not have a value for a particular filter type (e.g. you filter against a callsign and the aircraft has no callsign) then it will only match against filters that have no value (e.g. fCallQ=) or filters that are negated (e.g. fCallQN=BAW1).
The Enum filter values are the enum to match (or not match) against. The enums are strings described in the JavaScript file
enums.js
. Boolean filters should pass 0 for false, 1 for true or nothing for undefined.
The four parameters that make up the Bounds filter do not accept a condition. If you supply one of the bounds then you must supply all of them and the effect will be to only return aircraft that have a position within those bounds. If you supply the selected aircraft ID in selAc then the selected aircraft will always returned in an aircraft list that has been constrained to a Bounds, even if the selected aircraft isn't within the bounds that you supply.
All of the filters are case insensitive.
So for example, if you wanted to constrain the list to only aircraft whose model ICAO type code starts with "A38" then you would pass a filter parameter of fTypeS=A38. If you want to filter just to those aircraft whose model ICAO type code does not start with "A38" then you would pass fTypSN=A38. If you wanted to filter to just those aircraft that do not have a model ICAO type code then you would pass fTypQ=, and similarly if you only wanted aircraft that have something, anything, for a model ICAO type code then it'd be fTypQN=.
Known Aircraft
When a browser first opens the map page it sends a request for an AircraftList.json that contains everything that the site knows about every aircraft being tracked.
For the second and subsequent requests the site tells the server which aircraft identifiers it now knows about. The server uses this information along with the ldv query string value to avoid resending information that has not changed. It uses these values to reduce the bandwidth for the second and subsequent requests.
The "known aircraft" list is a list of aircraft identifiers. There are two ways that you can send the list to the server: the old way and the new way.
The old way
The old way was to create a comma-separated list of aircraft identifiers (their numerical UniqueID identifiers, not the six character ICAO identifier) and send that in a header called X-VirtualRadarServer-AircraftIds.
If you are sending a GET request then this is the only way that you can tell the server about known aircraft.
The new way
The new way is to send a POST request rather than a GET and to send the known aircraft identifiers as a standard URL encoded form field in the body. The field is called icaos. The field value should be a hyphen separated list of six character ICAO hex codes for every known aircraft.
Virtual Radar Server has been using the new mechanism since version 2.2 but it continues to support both methods.
Response
The response is a JSON file. The first response will always contain everything that it knows about every aircraft that passes the filters (if any were supplied). Subsequent fetches will only return information that has changed, unless you fail to pass the correct ldv query parameter and Known Aircraft list.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| lastDv | Number | Identifies the version of the aircraft list. Pass this in the ldv query string parameter on the next fetch. |
| totalAc | Number | The total number of aircraft tracked by the list. This can be larger than the rows in acList if the list has been filtered. |
| src | Number | The source that the feed is working from. 0 = unknown, 1 = receiver, 2 = a fake receiver (only used in testing) and 3 = Flight Simulator X. |
| showSil | Boolean | True if the server has a silhouettes folder configured. No longer used. |
| showFlg | Boolean | True if the server has an operator flags folder configured. No longer used. |
| showPic | Boolean | True if the server has a pictures folder configured. No longer used. |
| flgW | Number | Pixel width of all flags. No longer used, now configured in JavaScript. |
| flgH | Number | Pixel height of all flags. No longer used, now configured in JavaScript. |
| shtTrlSec | Number | The number of seconds of positions that short trails contain. |
| stm | Number | The server time at UTC in JavaScript ticks. |
| acList | Array | The aircraft list. See below. |
| feeds | Array | A list of every feed configured on the server. The feed object is { id: integer, name: string } . |
| srcFeed | Number | The ID of the feed that was used to generate the list. |
| configChanged | Boolean | True if the server configuration has been changed since the last fetch. |
The acList is an array of objects where each object describes an aircraft being tracked by the server. If the request supplied filter parameters then only the aircraft that passed the filter are shown. Many of the properties of an aircraft are optional - if they are marked as such then they are not passed if they have not changed since the last time the aircraft list was fetched (see the ldv query string parameter and X-VirtualRadarServer-AircraftIds header.
| Property | Type | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Number | No | The unique identifier of the aircraft. |
| TSecs | Number | No | The number of seconds that the aircraft has been tracked for. |
| Rcvr | Number | No | The ID of the feed that last supplied information about the aircraft. Will be different to srcFeed if the source is a merged feed. |
| Icao | String | Yes | The ICAO of the aircraft. |
| Bad | Boolean | Yes | True if the ICAO is known to be invalid. This information comes from the local BaseStation.sqb database. |
| Reg | String | Yes | The registration. |
| Alt | Number | Yes | The altitude in feet at standard pressure. |
| GAlt | Number | Yes | The altitude adjusted for local air pressure, should be roughly the height above mean sea level. |
| InHg | Number | Yes | The air pressure in inches of mercury that was used to calculate the AMSL altitude from the standard pressure altitude. |
| AltT | Number | Yes | The type of altitude transmitted by the aircraft: 0 = standard pressure altitude, 1 = indicated altitude (above mean sea level). Default to standard pressure altitude until told otherwise. |
| TAlt | Number | Yes | The target altitude, in feet, set on the autopilot / FMS etc. |
| Call | String | Yes | The callsign. |
| CallSus | Boolean | Yes | True if the callsign may not be correct. |
| Lat | Float | Yes | The aircraft's latitude over the ground. |
| Long | Float | Yes | The aircraft's longitude over the ground. |
| PosTime | Number | Yes | The time (at UTC in JavaScript ticks) that the position was last reported by the aircraft. |
| Mlat | Boolean | Yes | True if the latitude and longitude appear to have been calculated by an MLAT server and were not transmitted by the aircraft. |
| PosStale | Boolean | Yes | True if the last position update is older than the display timeout value - usually only seen on MLAT aircraft in merged feeds. |
| IsTisb | Boolean | Yes | True if the last message received for the aircraft was from a TIS-B source. |
| Spd | Number | Yes | The ground speed in knots. |
| SpdTyp | Number | Yes | The type of speed that Spd represents. Only used with raw feeds. 0/missing = ground speed, 1 = ground speed reversing, 2 = indicated air speed, 3 = true air speed. |
| Vsi | Number | Yes | Vertical speed in feet per minute. |
| VsiT | Number | Yes | 0 = vertical speed is barometric, 1 = vertical speed is geometric. Default to barometric until told otherwise. |
| Trak | Number | Yes | Aircraft's track angle across the ground clockwise from 0° north. |
| TrkH | Boolean | Yes | True if Trak is the aircraft's heading, false if it's the ground track. Default to ground track until told otherwise. |
| TTrk | Number | Yes | The track or heading currently set on the aircraft's autopilot or FMS. |
| Type | String | Yes | The aircraft model's ICAO type code. |
| Mdl | String | Yes | A description of the aircraft's model. Usually also includes the manufacturer's name. |
| Man | String | Yes | The manufacturer's name. |
| CNum | String | Yes | The aircraft's construction or serial number. |
| From | String | Yes | The code and name of the departure airport. |
| To | String | Yes | The code and name of the arrival airport. |
| Stops | String[] | Yes | An array of strings, each being a stopover on the route. |
| Op | String | Yes | The name of the aircraft's operator. |
| OpCode | String | Yes | The operator's ICAO code. |
| Sqk | Number | Yes | The squawk as a decimal number (e.g. a squawk of 7654 is passed as 7654, not 4012). |
| Help | Boolean | Yes | True if the aircraft is transmitting an emergency squawk. |
| Dst | Number | Yes | The distance to the aircraft in kilometres. |
| Brng | Number | Yes | The bearing from the browser to the aircraft clockwise from 0° north. |
| WTC | Enum | Yes | The wake turbulence category of the aircraft - see enums.js for values. |
| Engines | String | Yes | The number of engines the aircraft has. Usually '1', '2' etc. but can also be a string - see ICAO documentation. |
| EngType | Enum | Yes | The type of engine the aircraft uses - see enums.js for values. |
| EngMount | Enum | Yes | The placement of engines on the aircraft - see enums.js for values. |
| Species | Enum | Yes | The species of the aircraft (helicopter, jet etc.) - see enums.js for values. |
| Mil | Boolean | Yes | True if the aircraft appears to be operated by the military. |
| Cou | String | Yes | The country that the aircraft is registered to. |
| HasPic | Boolean | Yes | True if the aircraft has a picture associated with it. |
| PicX | Number | Yes | The width of the picture in pixels. |
| PicY | Number | Yes | The height of the picture in pixels. |
| FlightsCount | Number | Yes | The number of Flights records the aircraft has in the database. |
| CMsgs | Number | Yes | The count of messages received for the aircraft. |
| Gnd | Boolean | Yes | True if the aircraft is on the ground. |
| Tag | String | Yes | The user tag found for the aircraft in the BaseStation.sqb local database. |
| Interested | Boolean | Yes | True if the aircraft is flagged as interesting in the BaseStation.sqb local database. |
| TT | String | Yes | Trail type - empty for plain trails, 'a' for trails that include altitude, 's' for trails that include speed. |
| Trt | Number | Yes | Transponder type - 0=Unknown, 1=Mode-S, 2=ADS-B (unknown version), 3=ADS-B 0, 4=ADS-B 1, 5=ADS-B 2. |
| Year | String | Yes | The year that the aircraft was manufactured. |
| Sat | Boolean | Yes | True if the aircraft has been seen on a SatCom ACARS feed (e.g. a JAERO feed). |
| Cos | Array | Yes | Short trails - see note 1. |
| Cot | Array | Yes | Full trails - see note 2. |
| ResetTrail | Boolean | Yes | True if the entire trail has been sent and the JavaScript should discard any existing trail history it's built up for the aircraft. |
| HasSig | Boolean | Yes | True if the aircraft has a signal level associated with it. |
| Sig | Number | Yes | The signal level for the last message received from the aircraft, as reported by the receiver. Not all receivers pass signal levels. The value's units are receiver-dependent. |
Note 1 - Short Trails (Cos)
Short trails are a list of values that represent the positions that the aircraft has been seen in over so-many seconds (by default 30 seconds).
The array is an array of numbers. The numbers are arranged in groups of either 3 or 4, depending on whether just positions are being sent or whether the altitude or speed is also being sent.
If just positions are being sent (TT is empty or missing) then the first value is latitude, the second value is longitude and the third is the server time that the position was seen at UTC in JavaScript ticks.
If altitude or speeds are also being sent (TT is either 'a' for altitude or 's' for speed) then the first value is latitude, the second longitude, the third is server time and the fourth is either altitude or speed.
The first group of values represents the earliest position in the trail while the last group represents the latest position in the trail. If ResetTrail is true then the array contains the entire trail over the last 30 seconds, otherwise it just holds the coordinates added to the trail since you last fetched the aircraft list.
To look at it another way, if Cos is an array of n numbers and TT is an empty string then the values represent:
| [0] | Latitude of earliest coordinate |
| [1] | Longitude of earliest coordinate |
| [2] | Time of earliest coordinate |
| ... | |
| [n-3] | Latitude of latest coordinate |
| [n-2] | Longitude of latest coordinate |
| [n-1] | Time of latest coordinate |
Note 2 - Full Trails (Cot)
Full trails are a list of values that represent the positions that the aircraft has been seen in since it was first picked up.
The array is an array of numbers. It's very similar to short trails (see Note 1 - Cos above) except that instead of being sent the server time you are sent the heading of the aircraft at each coordinate. The idea is that the full track only shows the position the aircraft was in when its heading changed, so that if an aircraft travels in a straight line across the map then it can be described with just two positions - its start position and its end position - rather than hundreds of positions that together end up describing a straight line.
With that in mind, if just positions are being sent (TT is empty or missing) then the first value is latitude, the second value is longitude and the third is the heading angle (see Trak) that the aircraft was pointing in when it was at that position.
If altitude or speeds are also being sent (TT is either 'a' for altitude or 's' for speed) then the first value is latitude, the second longitude, the third is heading and the fourth is either altitude or speed.


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This paper aims to identify/predict covid positive individuals by using lung X-Ray images. There are many papers which have been published on this topic but this paper successfully solves all the problems which makes it different than other papers. The whole thing started as a project but different insightfull findings lead us to make a fulfledged paper and publish it(<–I know we thought of publishing from the beginning but to add some spice i wrote that–>). Now, If you are a computer vision enthusiast or excited to know how AI and Machine Learning can help to over come the covid situation or want to quickly look through all the findings that this paper acchives in general then you should consider reading the blog. Now, without a further a do let’s hop on to the review.
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WATERWORLD A film review by Michael John Legeros Copyright 1995 Michael John Legeros (Universal)
Directed by Kevin Reynolds Written by Peter Rader and David Twohy Cast Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino MPAA Rating "PG-13" Running Time 135 minutes Reviewed at General Cinemas at Pleasant Valley, Raleigh (26JUL95)
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"Setback." - Dennis Hopper
DIE HARD, BRAVEHEART, Batman, Spaceman. Welcome to the Summer of Acceptance, where even the *best* of the big-gun blockbusters must be accepted on their own, flawed, faulted terms. Overlong, overdone, or overhyped, the ticket sales are the testimony to one simple fact: we're *willing* to accept the flawed (but still spectacular) visions of filmmakers like John McTiernan, Joel Schumacher, and, now, Kevin Reynolds. (Of course, we also embraced CONGO. Go figure.)
WATERWORLD floats, though not very high above the surface. The joys of the Most Expensive Movie Ever Made ($175M) include a breezy tone, good humor, and *dynamite* action. Director Kevin Reynolds (ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES) has clearly beaten his playmates at the punch bowl. Sure, it's THE ROAD WARRIOR on water, but the stunt-heavy set-pieces are more open and relaxed than anything we've seen in DIE HARD or BATMAN.
The first hour is the best, successfully suspending our disbelief that a world covered with water would still support human life. (And, for that matter, would still support so many late-20th century relics!)  He's at odds with everyone, including the Atollers (who live in harmony on a man-made atoll) and the Smokers (who like to smoke and kill and not necessarily in that order). The Mariner just wants to be left alone with his ecology lesson, but that proves difficult after he befriends a little girl (Tina Majorino) with a strange tattoo.
WATERWORLD starts to sink in the second hour, as the film begins to feel less and less "finished." The logic problems are the worse, ranging from a casual deep-sea dive that offers no mention of decompression--much less the dangers of tangled support cables!--to the return of a patchwork airship that looks better suited to GILLIGAN'S ISLAND than THE ROWED WARRIOR. Skipper!! The second hour also marks the deterioration of the FX, particularly in the matte department.
Another albatross is the story, which is thin even by summer-movie standards. The plot is essentially an extended chase sequence with a dash of characterization for Costner. Numerous dead-end references don't help, either, and suggest a number of cut scenes. Hopper calls for "the trackers," but we're only shown some shark fins in passing. Tripplehorn talks about a "music box" as something "nobody else has seen," but when did *she* see it? And the list goes on.
(The sexism doesn't make much sense, either. Why not paint the future as a place where the sexes are equal, and where the Mariner not only thinks about selling his woman, but also himself??)
Despite a production history more difficult than a James Cameron shoot, the acting in WATERWORLD in surprisingly strong. Costner is amazing as the brutish, brooding hero who is more prone to throwing little girls overboard than to waxing wisecracks while killing. For someone who has never been licensed as an action figure, he's also *very* nimble on his feet.
The villain, the Deacon, the bald-headed leader of the Smokers, is played with customary gusto by Dennis Hopper. (He's here because of a new industry rule that requires the actor to play the villain in at least *one* summer blockbuster a year. His characterization for *this* role: Southern accent.) He gets upstaged, though, by young star Tina Majorino (WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN). She's plays the little girl with the map on her back, and she's a scene-stealer.
(Only Jeanne Tripplehorn--as the love interest--doesn't fit. With her shaved armpits and shiny hair, she's too clean-looking. The actress has spunk, sure, but she acts like she walked (trippled?) in from another movie, entirely. She's awful.)
The other technical credits are a mixed catch. The production design is a winner, with the Mariner's trimaran as the coolest contraption next to the Batmobile. The lighting is inconsistent, imagine that!, but the photography makes great use of the water, water that's everywhere. There's also the slight problem of overscoring--this is not a story that needs swelling strings.
BOTTOM LINE: Though one can easily imagine a longer and more robust cut surfacing sometime in the future, the current version of WATERWORLD is great eye-candy with just a little bit of depth below the waves.
Grade: B-
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A generic interface for evolution algorithm classes. More...
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| void | Initialize (IGenomeListEvaluator< TGenome > genomeListEvaluator, IGenomeFactory< TGenome > genomeFactory, List< TGenome > genomeList) |
| Initializes the evolution algorithm with the provided IGenomeListEvaluator, IGenomeFactory and an initial population of genomes. More... | |
| void | Initialize (IGenomeListEvaluator< TGenome > genomeListEvaluator, IGenomeFactory< TGenome > genomeFactory, int populationSize) |
| Initializes the evolution algorithm with the provided IGenomeListEvaluator and an IGenomeFactory that can be used to create an initial population of genomes. More... | |
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| TGenome | CurrentChampGenome [get] |
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| bool | StopConditionSatisfied [get] |
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Initializes the evolution algorithm with the provided IGenomeListEvaluator and an IGenomeFactory that can be used to create an initial population of genomes.
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