I also graduated in 1973. However, I learned Fortran IV, Basic, Algol and UNIVAC 1100 Series Assembler. In addition we worked with the first desktop programmable calculators (Monroe,HP,etc.) Of course, most of the work was on punched cards and 110 baud Teletype terminals.
My experience is that advanced mathematics is not needed every day but it is needed sometimes. In my career I've worked in the chemical industry, biomedical engineering and telecom; all as a software engineer. In each I have used calculus at some time. Sometimes it just added insight and others it was absolutely required to do the job.
Understanding advanced math certainly doesn't hurt and often helps your career by making you more versatile to your employer.
The exploit talks about modifying SMRAM. It's done with root level access on the computer. And in my understanding, the effect is not permanent, since you're changing RAM. Reboot, and it'll be gone.
Really?? As I understand RAM memory dynamic RAM works as you describe but not static RAM. Which is SMIRAM?
>>> A company can't deny its nature.
Hogwash!!
Companies do not exist outside of the people that comprise them. Humans ARE capable of controlling their actions. A company's "nature" is totally dictated by the people that comprise it.
Microsoft's "nature" is anti-competitive because its management wants to exist outside the laws and outside the ethical behavior standards that govern normal social behavior.
Microsoft is fully capable of changing its "nature". It's management does not want to. It needs to be punished under the laws that govern our country and other countries so that it pays the full cost (and suffers the consequences) of such illegal behavior. At the moment Microsoft sees no bad consequences for its illegal behavior and has no reason to change. It time they did suffer the consequences. Well, alright, past time.
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I also graduated in 1973. However, I learned Fortran IV, Basic, Algol and UNIVAC 1100 Series Assembler. In addition we worked with the first desktop programmable calculators (Monroe,HP,etc.) Of course, most of the work was on punched cards and 110 baud Teletype terminals.
My experience is that advanced mathematics is not needed every day but it is needed sometimes. In my career I've worked in the chemical industry, biomedical engineering and telecom; all as a software engineer. In each I have used calculus at some time. Sometimes it just added insight and others it was absolutely required to do the job. Understanding advanced math certainly doesn't hurt and often helps your career by making you more versatile to your employer.
The exploit talks about modifying SMRAM. It's done with root level access on the computer. And in my understanding, the effect is not permanent, since you're changing RAM. Reboot, and it'll be gone.
Really?? As I understand RAM memory dynamic RAM works as you describe but not static RAM. Which is SMIRAM?
>...or, to be blunt, "do our debugging for us." Hey, its a dirty job but SOMEBODY has got to do it. :-)
>>> A company can't deny its nature. Hogwash!! Companies do not exist outside of the people that comprise them. Humans ARE capable of controlling their actions. A company's "nature" is totally dictated by the people that comprise it. Microsoft's "nature" is anti-competitive because its management wants to exist outside the laws and outside the ethical behavior standards that govern normal social behavior. Microsoft is fully capable of changing its "nature". It's management does not want to. It needs to be punished under the laws that govern our country and other countries so that it pays the full cost (and suffers the consequences) of such illegal behavior. At the moment Microsoft sees no bad consequences for its illegal behavior and has no reason to change. It time they did suffer the consequences. Well, alright, past time.
Seems to me this could be misuded by a goverment for political suppression.