If the summaries were more accurate and fact-checked, the discussion could start on the topic. But since we often times get wrong statements, opinions are raised based on the wrong assumptions, those have to be refuted and checked etc. etc. I think better summaries would start better discussions.
Math is a structuring science, of a-priori knowledge. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology are a-posteriori (needing observations/verification with the real world), and each have a different focus.
Any thoughts on HTTPS only for the login page, or for all pages?
You can just steal the session cookie after login, so just doing the login page is almost useless. It prevents the attacker from learning the password and re-entering the system, but a) he can change the password and b) there is no reason he wouldn't get the job done within one session.
The existence and use of non-free software [which] is a social problem. It's an evil. And our aim is a world without that problem.'
This problem will only be solved or approached once
(1) citizens can program, and once there is a language intuitive, useful and easy enough to pick up for non-programmers.
(2) programs can be changed on-the-fly -- like in OLPC/XO where you can switch to the source mode and edit the python code for each activity
As long as programming is not understood by users, the source might as well be not open, because they can not read and make sense of it anyway.
Java Applets are already sandboxed, what more do you need? Java has had a good security record in browsers in the last 10 years, and its stable. Maybe the applets themselves are crappy and don't work, but that's not Java's fault.
Why is it that when a attack originates in China, people immediately think it was ordered by the chinese government, but if it originates from Turkey -- not so much? Perhaps because we don't understand the Chinese too well?
"Turkey says it will step up administration of the Internet this year while continuing to build out the country's fiber-optic backbone and expand broadband access for consumers. Internet administration was mentioned in a keynote report on the work of the government to Turkey's parliamentary session. It underlined the importance of culture and noted the need to 'strengthen the development of civic morality' and 'speed up the establishment of moral and behavioral norms that carry forward traditional Turkish virtues.' The pledge comes amid revelations that DDoS attacks against WordPress last week allegedly originated from Turkey."
From other studies, I am certain the issue is the light emitted.
For sleeping, your brain expects dim, red light. Bright, blueish light (what typical lamps, LEDs and displays emit) wakes your brain up or keeps it awake. The effect of turning on the light when going to the bathroom is a shock to the brain that takes quite long (1 hour I believe) to recover from (getting back to sleep).
Good advice is to go to sleep early, and wake up early, to use dim red lights rather than blue lamps in the evening. Try it out and you'll feel more refreshed.
No but if you post like a few secret documents, or are in the wrong place at the wrong time you get flown to a foreign country, stuck into a hole of a cell, get tortured, with virtually no contact to the outside world, you barely get a lawyer if you are US-citizen. And you get charged for treason with the perspective of death penalty, or you don't get a charged with anything if you are not an US-citizen.* There is definitely something wrong in the US too (namely the right to a fair trial), and saying it's not as bad as Zimbabwe doesn't make it better.
Most network throughput is at least 80-90% efficient already, so it won't get much faster. It will make it more responsive though, which is good if you're browsing the web, playing an online game or something else interactive.
I assume this is under load though, because on ping there's not much to be saved. On local sites I have 8-12 ms ping, on slashdot I have 140-150 ms. Since the theoretical round trip in a straight line at light speed is some 110 ms, there's not even room for a 50 ms drop. A lot of weirdness can happen under load though if stuff gets buffered up various places.
Doesn't this also mean that under high bittorrent pressure, pings will not time out and and ssh will remain responsive.
"In Washington it has been proposed that the clocks move forward by 2 hours this summer to give us more daylight time in the day, and hopefully in turn stimulate the economy. My question is..."
I don't read the summary as England-specific, just that the suggestion originated there (in gov?). No reason to get upset.
I think they should show emails in your gmail contacts' inboxes and let you associate it to your accounts. If you manage to get 4 out of 5 correctly, you're in.
Indeed, it is in fact a bad idea to tackle the seasonal flu. The flu mutates every year, and our immune system is able to learn a new defence. The seasonal flu is not a danger in countries with basic hygiene and sufficient access to medical facilities. If all such flu mutations are killed at once, more drastic mutations that haven't occurred due to lack of selection pressure will appear, expectedly more dangerous than the current strains. This is exactly what we see today with broadband antibiotics: Some people need them. Doctors and governments don't want to be blamed for not acting and give them pro-actively, creating an undesired situation where the bacteria are stronger, and the antibiotics are worthless for everyone.
The seasonal flu is a good thing to have for our immune system.
I think the flash is just for the sound, and this hasn't been standardized yet (html5), so maybe it was overlooked since it's not part of the game play.
Slashdot Mirror
If the summaries were more accurate and fact-checked, the discussion could start on the topic. But since we often times get wrong statements, opinions are raised based on the wrong assumptions, those have to be refuted and checked etc. etc.
I think better summaries would start better discussions.
No, I think he means the Old Ones.
And they will return some day.
[...]
Your only hope is suicide or to be eaten first.
Well hopefully not tomorrow, I have a dentist's appointment.
I'm sure something can be arranged in Second Life...
Math is a structuring science, of a-priori knowledge. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology are a-posteriori (needing observations/verification with the real world), and each have a different focus.
How would WLAN do under these circumstances? ... assuming you can cram these people in a hall.
Any thoughts on HTTPS only for the login page, or for all pages?
You can just steal the session cookie after login, so just doing the login page is almost useless. It prevents the attacker from learning the password and re-entering the system, but a) he can change the password and b) there is no reason he wouldn't get the job done within one session.
This problem will only be solved or approached once
(1) citizens can program, and once there is a language intuitive, useful and easy enough to pick up for non-programmers.
(2) programs can be changed on-the-fly -- like in OLPC/XO where you can switch to the source mode and edit the python code for each activity
As long as programming is not understood by users, the source might as well be not open, because they can not read and make sense of it anyway.
Except the status bar. They're freaking me out with making it go away, then bringing it back only it's broken, etc.
You are using a beta version. You don't get to complain.
Java Applets are already sandboxed, what more do you need? Java has had a good security record in browsers in the last 10 years, and its stable. Maybe the applets themselves are crappy and don't work, but that's not Java's fault.
Why is it that when a attack originates in China, people immediately think it was ordered by the chinese government, but if it originates from Turkey -- not so much?
Perhaps because we don't understand the Chinese too well?
From other studies, I am certain the issue is the light emitted.
For sleeping, your brain expects dim, red light. Bright, blueish light (what typical lamps, LEDs and displays emit) wakes your brain up or keeps it awake. The effect of turning on the light when going to the bathroom is a shock to the brain that takes quite long (1 hour I believe) to recover from (getting back to sleep).
Good advice is to go to sleep early, and wake up early, to use dim red lights rather than blue lamps in the evening. Try it out and you'll feel more refreshed.
Some related wikipedia pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actroid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid_robot
Be honest, do you think this guy was created to play ping pong or to crush people?
Plenty of oil is the wrong term when you have a limited resource and constant growth of demand.
Watch this video, it's insightful.
No but if you post like a few secret documents, or are in the wrong place at the wrong time you get flown to a foreign country, stuck into a hole of a cell, get tortured, with virtually no contact to the outside world, you barely get a lawyer if you are US-citizen. And you get charged for treason with the perspective of death penalty, or you don't get a charged with anything if you are not an US-citizen.*
There is definitely something wrong in the US too (namely the right to a fair trial), and saying it's not as bad as Zimbabwe doesn't make it better.
* see Taxi to the Dark Side
OTOH the websites make it pretty clear that you should download their browser ...
slow, clunky and doesn't work in my browser*
* what the average user might say
Most network throughput is at least 80-90% efficient already, so it won't get much faster. It will make it more responsive though, which is good if you're browsing the web, playing an online game or something else interactive.
I assume this is under load though, because on ping there's not much to be saved. On local sites I have 8-12 ms ping, on slashdot I have 140-150 ms. Since the theoretical round trip in a straight line at light speed is some 110 ms, there's not even room for a 50 ms drop. A lot of weirdness can happen under load though if stuff gets buffered up various places.
Doesn't this also mean that under high bittorrent pressure, pings will not time out and and ssh will remain responsive.
when the moles don't have bombs. Especially logic bombs.
I don't read the summary as England-specific, just that the suggestion originated there (in gov?). No reason to get upset.
Does anyone know what Gaddafi actually said?
Is arduino open source hardware according to the new definition?
I think they should show emails in your gmail contacts' inboxes and let you associate it to your accounts. If you manage to get 4 out of 5 correctly, you're in.
Indeed, it is in fact a bad idea to tackle the seasonal flu. The flu mutates every year, and our immune system is able to learn a new defence. The seasonal flu is not a danger in countries with basic hygiene and sufficient access to medical facilities. If all such flu mutations are killed at once, more drastic mutations that haven't occurred due to lack of selection pressure will appear, expectedly more dangerous than the current strains. This is exactly what we see today with broadband antibiotics: Some people need them. Doctors and governments don't want to be blamed for not acting and give them pro-actively, creating an undesired situation where the bacteria are stronger, and the antibiotics are worthless for everyone.
The seasonal flu is a good thing to have for our immune system.
http://playbiolab.com/ (based on the same platform as z-type)
http://websnooker.com/ (incorrect beta url on mozilla labs)
I think the flash is just for the sound, and this hasn't been standardized yet (html5), so maybe it was overlooked since it's not part of the game play.