No. Rotating around the x axis, the result would be b5b. Rotating around the z axis, the result would be d5d. Rotating around the y axis, the result would be q5q.
On a (very marginally) related note, the same applies to binary patches. When applied to two versions of the same binary, bsdiff (which can take advantage of the structure of executable files) routinely produces patches which are 5-10 times smaller than those produced by Xdelta (which can't).
In short: Executable files are far more than just streams of bytes.
. Our guy asked for a show of hands: How many ran linux at home. About 1/3 of the hands went up. He observed that they didn't need to hire any more linux expertise.
Users != Expertise.
My mother uses Microsoft Windows, but I wouldn't trust her to administrate a server; for that matter, I wouldn't trust her to keep her own computer working properly.
It sounds like this is actually the billionth *CPU* from Intel, not the billionth chip. Intel produces quite a lot of other silicon in addition to the CPUs it is best known for, and I suspect that Intel actually passed the billion *chip* mark many years ago.
What's the big deal here? Companies have been offering cheap upgrades for years. If you have a mobile phone from company X, you can almost always get a mobile phone from company Y for less than the "normal" price.
Microsoft has done this before, as well. When Windows 2000 was released, it cost $250, but it was available as an "upgrade" for $120. There was no requirement that the upgrade be from an earlier version of Windows; in fact, it was explicitly stated that this was an upgrade "from any operating system".
Quite apart from the issue of security holes, does anyone trust AOL-TW to even *try* to make this secure? I'd be extremely surprised if they weren't keeping AIM keys in "escrow" where the NSA^W FBI^W Department of Homeland Security can access them.
That feeling goes up exponentially thinking about someone trying to discharge the caps without someone there who knows what they're doing to guide them.
Don't worry, they'll have no trouble discharging the capacitors...
Shouldn't the title to this story have been "Group Discloses Anti-Disclosure Plan"?
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Given that the initial plans are to embed RFID tags in the shipping crates -- not in the products themselves -- I'd say that the description given is entirely accurate.
If a chunk of foam can cause this much damage, what happens if a bird gets in the way?
I know they test-fire birds at the fuselage, but if a bird hits the wing (or rather, if the wing hits a bird) it could cause problems.
They can find ways to ensure that foam doesn't come loose like this in the future, but I don't think they can eliminate the possibility of overflying birds.
Alternatively, if you're interested in BSD, you could subscribe to the cvs-all@freebsd.org, source-changes@openbsd.org, and source-changes@openbsd.org mailing lists.
Redhat is coming close to establishing monopoly status within the linux market.
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The GPS arrow points to the east, and Stevens begins another session of geocaching -- a sport like a high-tech scavenger hunt -- in Cottage Grove's Ravine Park.
Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt, not a high-tech scavenger hunt. In a scavenger hunt, you know what you're looking for, but you don't know where it is; in a treasure hunt, you know where it is, but you don't know what it is.
Right. And every time Microsoft talks about distributing more stuff with Windows, the FTC starts talking about lawsuits and antitrust.
I'm not trying to defend Microsoft here -- they certainly were acting in an anticompetitive manner -- but it wouldn't surprise me at all if Redhat starts to get into antitrust problems.
Yes, Redhat is only distributing free stuff; but as MSIE vs. Netscape shows, even free stuff can raise antitrust issues.
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If you rotate it around the temporal axis, p2p (peer-to-peer) becomes pfp (peer-from-peer).
No. Rotating around the x axis, the result would be b5b. Rotating around the z axis, the result would be d5d. Rotating around the y axis, the result would be q5q.
On a (very marginally) related note, the same applies to binary patches. When applied to two versions of the same binary, bsdiff (which can take advantage of the structure of executable files) routinely produces patches which are 5-10 times smaller than those produced by Xdelta (which can't).
In short: Executable files are far more than just streams of bytes.
. Our guy asked for a show of hands: How many ran linux at home. About 1/3 of the hands went up. He observed that they didn't need to hire any more linux expertise.
Users != Expertise.
My mother uses Microsoft Windows, but I wouldn't trust her to administrate a server; for that matter, I wouldn't trust her to keep her own computer working properly.
It sounds like this is actually the billionth *CPU* from Intel, not the billionth chip. Intel produces quite a lot of other silicon in addition to the CPUs it is best known for, and I suspect that Intel actually passed the billion *chip* mark many years ago.
What's the big deal here? Companies have been offering cheap upgrades for years. If you have a mobile phone from company X, you can almost always get a mobile phone from company Y for less than the "normal" price.
Microsoft has done this before, as well. When Windows 2000 was released, it cost $250, but it was available as an "upgrade" for $120. There was no requirement that the upgrade be from an earlier version of Windows; in fact, it was explicitly stated that this was an upgrade "from any operating system".
Here's a paypal link
(And before anyone asks, that link does actually send the money to him.)
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/etexts/soc/demograph.p df
1 in 4 Americans are under the age of 18; so yes, (more than) 1 in 6 Americans know how to use a computer.
Quite apart from the issue of security holes, does anyone trust AOL-TW to even *try* to make this secure? I'd be extremely surprised if they weren't keeping AIM keys in "escrow" where the NSA^W FBI^W Department of Homeland Security can access them.
I can do better than that...
#include <kernel.c>
It's pretty hard to see a large-scale switch away from something which has never been used on a large scale.
Now, I'm not saying that we ever will see such a shift; but the fact that we haven't seen one yet implies absolutely nothing.
That feeling goes up exponentially thinking about someone trying to discharge the caps without someone there who knows what they're doing to guide them.
Don't worry, they'll have no trouble discharging the capacitors...
Shouldn't the title to this story have been "Group Discloses Anti-Disclosure Plan"?
Given that the initial plans are to embed RFID tags in the shipping crates -- not in the products themselves -- I'd say that the description given is entirely accurate.
I believe that they use dead birds.
Ideally, thawed dead birds.
Are you sure about that? Planes have hit birds above 30,000 ft -- how high was the shuttle when the foam detached?
If a chunk of foam can cause this much damage, what happens if a bird gets in the way?
I know they test-fire birds at the fuselage, but if a bird hits the wing (or rather, if the wing hits a bird) it could cause problems.
They can find ways to ensure that foam doesn't come loose like this in the future, but I don't think they can eliminate the possibility of overflying birds.
Alternatively, if you're interested in BSD, you could subscribe to the cvs-all@freebsd.org, source-changes@openbsd.org, and source-changes@openbsd.org mailing lists.
[Redhat] can't raise the price of their distro with impunity
Are you sure about that?
Redhat is coming close to establishing monopoly status within the linux market.
The GPS arrow points to the east, and Stevens begins another session of geocaching -- a sport like a high-tech scavenger hunt -- in Cottage Grove's Ravine Park.
Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt, not a high-tech scavenger hunt. In a scavenger hunt, you know what you're looking for, but you don't know where it is; in a treasure hunt, you know where it is, but you don't know what it is.
Right. And every time Microsoft talks about distributing more stuff with Windows, the FTC starts talking about lawsuits and antitrust.
I'm not trying to defend Microsoft here -- they certainly were acting in an anticompetitive manner -- but it wouldn't surprise me at all if Redhat starts to get into antitrust problems.
Yes, Redhat is only distributing free stuff; but as MSIE vs. Netscape shows, even free stuff can raise antitrust issues.
you (the admin) still have to hunt down all the non-MS patches yourself. RedHat does this for you :-)
Redhat provides patches for everything it distributes.
Microsoft provides patches for everything it distributes.
I fail to see the problem.
Has Apache or Netscape ever provided patches for Microsoft to distribute?
Microsoft has a framework in place for patch distribution; it's not their fault if nobody takes advantage of it.