i'm guessing 30bits. elliptic curve cryptography requires a smaller key for a comparable amount of security to other methods and 30bits is still 1,073,741,824 combinations.
this is because even if programs aren't using bandwidth networks use a csma/cd "carrier sense multiple access with collision detection" setup where, simply put, if someone is transmitting on the line, you back off and wait to transmit. so when 6-8 comes around and everyone starts on aim and myspace the network gets, for lack of a better term, congested with their packets; the tubes get clogged.
I personally view computer science in the same manner as I do chemistry, as an emergent science that derives from physics. Each science is fundamentally structured by the laws of physics, yet this invariably yields mathematical approximations to each subsequently emergent feature contained within each field (think quantum mechanics mathematics approximating to classical mechanics mathematics at the larger scales). The mathematics contained within each field is, naturally, uniquely differentiated from the mathematics of physics (until, of course, you amusingly start coding physics engines), yet is still an integral part of the fields. you certainly don't need to be a math wiz to be a part of the computer science field just as you don't need to be a math wiz to do simple, basic chemistry; you do need an understanding, however, of basic maths. The deeper you get into each field, though, the more complex the math invariably gets; it's inescapable.
impressive list. zork was definitely an amazing game. there's probably a handfull of muds you're missing. but you need to subtract 2 from each of those final fantasy games, and you seem to be mistaking cross (while still a great game) with trigger.;)
"This is Why PC Magazine isn't for people who know about computers."
with your immense wisdom, might you share with us some of the ideas that WILL reinvent computing. because, as someone who does know a lot about computing, i can say that the what's at the base of these five concepts is exactly where the computer is heading and are, what's to be considered, the reinvention of computing.
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i'm guessing 30bits. elliptic curve cryptography requires a smaller key for a comparable amount of security to other methods and 30bits is still 1,073,741,824 combinations.
this is because even if programs aren't using bandwidth networks use a csma/cd "carrier sense multiple access with collision detection" setup where, simply put, if someone is transmitting on the line, you back off and wait to transmit. so when 6-8 comes around and everyone starts on aim and myspace the network gets, for lack of a better term, congested with their packets; the tubes get clogged.
I personally view computer science in the same manner as I do chemistry, as an emergent science that derives from physics. Each science is fundamentally structured by the laws of physics, yet this invariably yields mathematical approximations to each subsequently emergent feature contained within each field (think quantum mechanics mathematics approximating to classical mechanics mathematics at the larger scales). The mathematics contained within each field is, naturally, uniquely differentiated from the mathematics of physics (until, of course, you amusingly start coding physics engines), yet is still an integral part of the fields. you certainly don't need to be a math wiz to be a part of the computer science field just as you don't need to be a math wiz to do simple, basic chemistry; you do need an understanding, however, of basic maths. The deeper you get into each field, though, the more complex the math invariably gets; it's inescapable.
...and people wonder why I don't consider psychology as valid a science as physics and chemistry.
impressive list. zork was definitely an amazing game. there's probably a handfull of muds you're missing. but you need to subtract 2 from each of those final fantasy games, and you seem to be mistaking cross (while still a great game) with trigger. ;)
"This is Why PC Magazine isn't for people who know about computers." with your immense wisdom, might you share with us some of the ideas that WILL reinvent computing. because, as someone who does know a lot about computing, i can say that the what's at the base of these five concepts is exactly where the computer is heading and are, what's to be considered, the reinvention of computing.