Back in the days before I knoew much about computers I was messing around inside one. When I put it back together I had accidentally takes the serial port plug (where it plugged into the motherboard) and plugged it into the PS2 hookup. I turned on the system and it booten nicely into windows, but my mouse wasn't working. after a few seconds I noticed that the mouse felt kinda warm... a few seconds later a thin curl of black smoke started coming out from the seam between the buttons. I quickly hit the power button and found the problem. I wonder how long it would have taken to the mouse to actually burst into flames? The best way to learn something is to break it.
Very true, but as much as I don't want to trust the NSA, I don't want to trust 60 minuites a\even more. IMHO, 60 minuites is just another one of those "Sensationalize the story so that it appeals to the common denominator" type shows. I would trust the NSA more so then I would trust 60 minuites. But that's just me.
Yes, home networks are relatively inexpensive (less than $2000), but your average consumer will not want to set up a firewall/router and a home network just to watch TV
Why would the average user NEED to settup a home firewall/router? connect the box to you PC via network, what use is a router? If it's not connected to out internet then whats the use of a Firewall? Alos, I don't think the person willing to spend $2000 for one of these would have much of a problem with the network harwdare costs.
I for one would much rather see an anti-trust case against AOL then I would against MS. Not that I'm a big fan of MS, but AOL just seems bigger and more evil in my eyes. AOL as a company owns far more then MS does, not just in quantity, but in diversity. It's almost to the point that no matter where you go there is no excape from AOL.
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but if we were to consider this a Zero Sum game, Unix loses, Linux gains, Microsoft doesn't change a thing.
I thought the whole point of linux was the create a better, Free OS. Not to hurt other OSs. Sure, this doesn't hurt windows, but who cares? Linux is here for Linux's sake, not to crush all other choices. With that in mind this is deffinitly a win.
It doesn't say anything about denying service. It jsut means that those people will be watched more closely. It's the same thing that happenes in small stores. If the owner knows someone is stealing stuff then they keep an eye on them the next time they come in. This is No different, except that the computer has a better memory. Of course the computer can make mistakes, but so can humans.
Is where exactly are they going to get the database of 'known shopfilters'? And who is to be listed as a 'known shoplifter'?
Lets see. they can build the database from people the they catch shoplifting. And my guess as to who is going to be lsited as shoplifters would be "the people that they catch shoplifting". Sounds simple enough to me. what part don't you understand again?
This is great! I live in an area in which DSL in not available, but a freidn of mine who lives jsut over a maile away can get it. We were considering a fewwireless solutions to get me connected to his network, but this seems much less expensive.
try running Fsck on a database server with a database with sever hundred GB in it, that should show you why journaling is important.
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Don't know about you, but i would rather have my web server crash then becoming a mindles zombie of Code red's. But then again I would much rather haev a web server that didn't do either.
Have you seen the size of this Helios thing? It would have to fit into something that could survive the trip into space and entering the Martian atmosphere. Not to mention that Helios looks extreamly fragile. I'm sure the upper winds here on earth and mighty rough, but Mars is a planet that has year round hurricanes the size of which we would never see here on earth.
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Umm.. you DO know that there was a patch that would have prevented Code red released by MS aver a month before eEye released it's findings?
But what I was trying to say is that when you a 32bit bitmap, and a 24bit bitmap, and you display them on a display set to 32 bits you will see the exact same image as if you displayed them on one set to 24 bits. Of course when you are doing image blending you ned more depth for each color, but that isn't really what's ment by 24-bit color and 32-bit color, that's just how the math is done. The bit depth of 24 or 32 bit colors means nothing to how the image is actually displayed in teh end. just as to how it's calculated if you do blending and other stuff on the way to the screen.
lets say you take a picture with a very high quality digital camera and save the picture as an uncompressed BMP. When that file is converted into a.jpg tere are specific patterns in the file that show that it was compressed as a jpg. Colors are related to colors next to it, and you end up with odd compression fragments when the file is uncompressed. If a coded message is inserted into the jpg it will alter those compression patterns. The article talks about altering the least significant bit of color. in the JPG algorithem a small change like that would have drastic effects on how the image was compressed. By analizing those patterns they can tell if something odd was inserted into the file. They can't tell what it was, but they can tell the the picture was altered in some way. At least thats what I interpreted from the article, as alway, i could be wrong.
Ummm. no one can. 32 bit color and 24 bit color both use 8 bits for red, green, and blue. The extra 8 bits are used for alphablening or just to align the color to something the computer can copy faster. With 3d cards the bit depth is important because of the way colors are combined with textures and all kinds of funky stuff, but after all the rendering is done 24 bit and 32 bit are exactly the same.
When I first read the headline I thought it said "Build a Mindstorm Robot to Fly the ISS". What a difference one word makes. That's also an awful lot of trust to put into a little pile of plastic.
yes, so very true. but my choice of physical book over ebook doesn't really have anything to do with how it's liscenced. it's just that it's easier to use.
I think the reason that eBooks are unpopular is that they are not books. Books are portable, easy to use, easy to store, last for a long time, and have a fantastic "Refresh rate". I can't stand reading large amounts of text on a computer monitor, or LCD screen. Teh screens are ether too bright, and glare and reflections, or are just plain too flickery. With a book you can read it in bright light, low light, and by flashlight. The batteries never go dead ether. It's just so nice having an actual physical book there to look at, and reference whenever you need it.
It wasn't the video cameras that got him caught. He just happened to be part of the advertising for selling the camera system. Its the same thing as if someone recognised a picture of someone on the cover of a magazine and called the police. He wasn't a criminal, the cameras didn't catch him, him getting caught had nothing to do with any invasion of privacy, Get over it.
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Back in the days before I knoew much about computers I was messing around inside one. When I put it back together I had accidentally takes the serial port plug (where it plugged into the motherboard) and plugged it into the PS2 hookup. I turned on the system and it booten nicely into windows, but my mouse wasn't working. after a few seconds I noticed that the mouse felt kinda warm... a few seconds later a thin curl of black smoke started coming out from the seam between the buttons. I quickly hit the power button and found the problem. I wonder how long it would have taken to the mouse to actually burst into flames? The best way to learn something is to break it.
Very true, but as much as I don't want to trust the NSA, I don't want to trust 60 minuites a\even more. IMHO, 60 minuites is just another one of those "Sensationalize the story so that it appeals to the common denominator" type shows. I would trust the NSA more so then I would trust 60 minuites. But that's just me.
I for one would much rather see an anti-trust case against AOL then I would against MS. Not that I'm a big fan of MS, but AOL just seems bigger and more evil in my eyes. AOL as a company owns far more then MS does, not just in quantity, but in diversity. It's almost to the point that no matter where you go there is no excape from AOL.
It doesn't say anything about denying service. It jsut means that those people will be watched more closely. It's the same thing that happenes in small stores. If the owner knows someone is stealing stuff then they keep an eye on them the next time they come in. This is No different, except that the computer has a better memory. Of course the computer can make mistakes, but so can humans.
If MS wasn't a HUGE corperation then there wouldn't even have been need of a trial.
If the media is being taxed then they are making money off of it. Why would they want to ban something that is a source of income for them?
This is great! I live in an area in which DSL in not available, but a freidn of mine who lives jsut over a maile away can get it. We were considering a fewwireless solutions to get me connected to his network, but this seems much less expensive.
code red has nothing to do with email clients, and it has nothing to do with running attachments.
try running Fsck on a database server with a database with sever hundred GB in it, that should show you why journaling is important.
Don't know about you, but i would rather have my web server crash then becoming a mindles zombie of Code red's. But then again I would much rather haev a web server that didn't do either.
Have you seen the size of this Helios thing? It would have to fit into something that could survive the trip into space and entering the Martian atmosphere. Not to mention that Helios looks extreamly fragile. I'm sure the upper winds here on earth and mighty rough, but Mars is a planet that has year round hurricanes the size of which we would never see here on earth.
Umm.. you DO know that there was a patch that would have prevented Code red released by MS aver a month before eEye released it's findings?
But what I was trying to say is that when you a 32bit bitmap, and a 24bit bitmap, and you display them on a display set to 32 bits you will see the exact same image as if you displayed them on one set to 24 bits. Of course when you are doing image blending you ned more depth for each color, but that isn't really what's ment by 24-bit color and 32-bit color, that's just how the math is done. The bit depth of 24 or 32 bit colors means nothing to how the image is actually displayed in teh end. just as to how it's calculated if you do blending and other stuff on the way to the screen.
lets say you take a picture with a very high quality digital camera and save the picture as an uncompressed BMP. When that file is converted into a .jpg tere are specific patterns in the file that show that it was compressed as a jpg. Colors are related to colors next to it, and you end up with odd compression fragments when the file is uncompressed. If a coded message is inserted into the jpg it will alter those compression patterns. The article talks about altering the least significant bit of color. in the JPG algorithem a small change like that would have drastic effects on how the image was compressed. By analizing those patterns they can tell if something odd was inserted into the file. They can't tell what it was, but they can tell the the picture was altered in some way. At least thats what I interpreted from the article, as alway, i could be wrong.
Ummm. no one can. 32 bit color and 24 bit color both use 8 bits for red, green, and blue. The extra 8 bits are used for alphablening or just to align the color to something the computer can copy faster. With 3d cards the bit depth is important because of the way colors are combined with textures and all kinds of funky stuff, but after all the rendering is done 24 bit and 32 bit are exactly the same.
When I first read the headline I thought it said "Build a Mindstorm Robot to Fly the ISS". What a difference one word makes. That's also an awful lot of trust to put into a little pile of plastic.
yes, so very true. but my choice of physical book over ebook doesn't really have anything to do with how it's liscenced. it's just that it's easier to use.
I think the reason that eBooks are unpopular is that they are not books. Books are portable, easy to use, easy to store, last for a long time, and have a fantastic "Refresh rate". I can't stand reading large amounts of text on a computer monitor, or LCD screen. Teh screens are ether too bright, and glare and reflections, or are just plain too flickery. With a book you can read it in bright light, low light, and by flashlight. The batteries never go dead ether. It's just so nice having an actual physical book there to look at, and reference whenever you need it.
What does .NET and Passport have to do with CodeRed?
It wasn't the video cameras that got him caught. He just happened to be part of the advertising for selling the camera system. Its the same thing as if someone recognised a picture of someone on the cover of a magazine and called the police. He wasn't a criminal, the cameras didn't catch him, him getting caught had nothing to do with any invasion of privacy, Get over it.