You could actually use and measure the schools and highways that the government spent money on to improve. But how many more nuclear bombs and B2 bombers do you really need? The world already has enough nuclear bombs to destroy the whole world many times over. And the GPS-guided bombs can be deployed by B-52 bomber just as effectively. My point is, most of the extra spending on the weapons has minimal or no benefits. In addition, civilian projects are usually more transparent to the public. So it is easier to discover wasteful practice and hopefully find a fix for it. On the other hand, DoD budget is sometimes behind several layers of smoke screen (e.g. 'black' projects). So it is difficult to audit and find out where all those money are spent and waste.
Hey, remember that DoD was infamous for requesting $600 a pop toilet seat that must satisfy 'military' standard (whatever it means). What makes spending on DoD dangerous is the fact that a lot of the weapon developing programs were run under the 'black' projects. While you could easily find documentation on how the public money at work on civilian projects, the tax payers could never know where the money was spent and whether it was spent smartly on the black projects.
But how do you know that the Internet will not be born without military research? A lot of the technologies powering the Internet were not started from military research, such as, TCP/IP, HTML, Web browser, etc. The Internet could have born from civilian research projects.
Why spending money on unemployed people is equivalent to socialism? In fact, it is the most extreme socialist countries (e.g China, North Korea, former-USSR) which contribute a lot of money on their weapons, but almost nothing to their people.
While this money spent on weapons does translate to some employment, it should be noted that a lot of the defence budget are actually spent towards R&D. You could waste billions of dollars to test run dozens of the experimental weapon in order to get it work correctly. This money does not necessarily create that many employment. It is much better off spending the money on infrastructure projects, such as repairing broken highways, bridges, schools, etc. It will not only get more people to be employed, but also improve the general living standard.
This DIY guy plans to use GPS for guildance and targetting. So in thoery, this DIY missile can be aimed as well. With a nuclear, biologic or chemical payload, you don't really need to aim that accurately.
From I read in the article, I think it is not an emulator per se. It is more like a just-in-time compiler/translator. Probably it is something similar to what the Transmeta Crusoe or Alpha FX!32 does. Both of these products already proved that you could do it in software implementation pretty efficiently.
We don't need the terrorist link. India already has WMD (nuclear bomb). That is enough reason to impose sanction or even invade it. Oh, it is the US's ally, please just turn your head and pretend you don't see it.
I think the human suffering by the ordinary people is part of the intended purpose from the US government's point of view. They think that with enough suffering, the people will rise up against the government. They do the same to Cuba and North Korea (and Iraq before the war) and always urge the people to topple their government thru uprising or coup.
However, the author of the article proposed that the Matrix is interfacing directly to the brain via the Bioport. It will need to intercept the brain's signal and understand what they mean. In effect, the Matrix must act and process like a brain in order to fool the real brain into believing that the appearance and consiousness of virtual world are real. I believe it requires more than just floating point math or even fuzzy math to achieve that. If the Matrix is capable and powerful enough to do that, it surely should be capable enough to control the fusion process by itself. So what is the point of keeping the humans.
Why not? One of the supposed selling point for the Athlon 64 is that it will run 32-bit software equally well (unlike the Itanic). Also, at its introduction, there will not be that many 64-bit software available. Hence, it is important to look at its 32-bit performance so that you could decide whether to get it early (if the 32-but performance is good) or wait until more 64-bit software is available (if 32-bit performance is worse than current Athlon XP).
I agree with you that the author's explanation is pretty weak. Considering that the Matrix central computer has to monitor and control billions of people, each with thousands of brain signals. Since all these signals can occur simultenouly, it implies that the Matrix computer must have massive and efficient parallel processing capability. I mean, if you already have this kind of computing power, why would you still need the human to do the processing?
I pronounce MySQL as My Sequel. I think almost everyone working with SQL products pronounces SQL as Sequel (e.g. MS SQL Server as Sequel Server, etc). I mean even though the name is in one word, there is nothing stopping you to say it in two words.
You are not alone for the paper feed problem. There was a class-action suit against HP because of this. As part of the settlement, HP provides a owner-installed kit to fix the problem free of charge. See this link. I installed it and it did fix the problem.
Actually, if you own a Laserjet 5L, 6L, 3100, 3150,or 1100, and it developed paper feed jam, you could order those 'rubber' fix from HP free of charge (no shipping charge as well). See this link. The only catch is you have to read the instructions and install the fix yourself. I ordered and installed the fix for my LJ 6L. It did fix the problem (most of the time). However, you only have one chance to install it right. If you screw it up, you really need a HP technician to undo the damage. This freebie is the result of the class action of the unsatisfied owners the aforementioned printers.
I think it is because at the time MS introduced the Xbox, they claimed that there was no way you could hack the Xbox to run Linux. Also, they would (jokingly) hire the first one who could do it. I guess there must be a lot of hackers who want to work for MS:-) Considering that MS always boast that they are the technology leader (and extinct the hackers !), the hackers just want to show who is in charge.
I think the original poster misunderstood the patch. From the look of the patch file name Q815411_WXP_SP2_ia64_ENU.exe, it is actually for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, i.e. the Itanic, rather than Alpha.
I wonder which Borland product uses SafeDisc. I have used multiple Borland programming products, Delphi, CBuilder, JBuilder, Pro and Enterprise versions. None of them seems to be copy-protected.
Is it possible to encrypt the Crypto-Gram article with Schneier's private key, then every one receiving it just use Schneier's public key to decrypt it?
The x86 processor uses 80-bit internally in its FP units. But we don't call it a 80-bit processor. Usually, it is the ALU that determines its archetiture.
Statistically speaking, it has 98% sucess rate on launches. I agree that it does not mean anything on future launches. What I disagree with your original post is you asked 'How many shuttles have there been?' and 'How many have exploded?'. But you did not take the number of launches into the equation. Is 98% success rate good enough? I don't know and I wish it could be better. But just counting the number of shuttles could not give you the complete picture.
The author of that article should have done more research before making these speculations. The Shuttle was in the automatic descend mode at that moment. So piloting error is out of question, unless the pilot manually overrided the control. Also, there are a whole bunch of sensors around fuel delivery mechanism. If anything went wrong there, NASA would have mentioned it already (but they have not). So the only probable theory is the structural failure.
However, your rational behind just counting the number of shuttle is questionable. What if I have just one shuttle and it launched every year for the next 100 years and then it exploded on the 100th time. In your logic, you have one shuttle and it suffered a 100% failure after 100 years. Now say I have 100 shuttles and we launch a new shuttle every year for the next 100 year. Let say 10 of them exploded. So you have 90 shuttles left and had a 90% sucesss rate. But which scenario would you prefer? Both scenario launched 100 times, yet the first scenario has one failure but none left and the second scenario has 90 left but 10 failures. Just counting how many shuttles does not give you the whole picture about reliability.
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You could actually use and measure the schools and highways that the government spent money on to improve. But how many more nuclear bombs and B2 bombers do you really need? The world already has enough nuclear bombs to destroy the whole world many times over. And the GPS-guided bombs can be deployed by B-52 bomber just as effectively. My point is, most of the extra spending on the weapons has minimal or no benefits. In addition, civilian projects are usually more transparent to the public. So it is easier to discover wasteful practice and hopefully find a fix for it. On the other hand, DoD budget is sometimes behind several layers of smoke screen (e.g. 'black' projects). So it is difficult to audit and find out where all those money are spent and waste.
Hey, remember that DoD was infamous for requesting $600 a pop toilet seat that must satisfy 'military' standard (whatever it means). What makes spending on DoD dangerous is the fact that a lot of the weapon developing programs were run under the 'black' projects. While you could easily find documentation on how the public money at work on civilian projects, the tax payers could never know where the money was spent and whether it was spent smartly on the black projects.
But how do you know that the Internet will not be born without military research? A lot of the technologies powering the Internet were not started from military research, such as, TCP/IP, HTML, Web browser, etc. The Internet could have born from civilian research projects.
Why spending money on unemployed people is equivalent to socialism? In fact, it is the most extreme socialist countries (e.g China, North Korea, former-USSR) which contribute a lot of money on their weapons, but almost nothing to their people.
While this money spent on weapons does translate to some employment, it should be noted that a lot of the defence budget are actually spent towards R&D. You could waste billions of dollars to test run dozens of the experimental weapon in order to get it work correctly. This money does not necessarily create that many employment. It is much better off spending the money on infrastructure projects, such as repairing broken highways, bridges, schools, etc. It will not only get more people to be employed, but also improve the general living standard.
This DIY guy plans to use GPS for guildance and targetting. So in thoery, this DIY missile can be aimed as well. With a nuclear, biologic or chemical payload, you don't really need to aim that accurately.
From I read in the article, I think it is not an emulator per se. It is more like a just-in-time compiler/translator. Probably it is something similar to what the Transmeta Crusoe or Alpha FX!32 does. Both of these products already proved that you could do it in software implementation pretty efficiently.
We don't need the terrorist link. India already has WMD (nuclear bomb). That is enough reason to impose sanction or even invade it. Oh, it is the US's ally, please just turn your head and pretend you don't see it.
I think the human suffering by the ordinary people is part of the intended purpose from the US government's point of view. They think that with enough suffering, the people will rise up against the government. They do the same to Cuba and North Korea (and Iraq before the war) and always urge the people to topple their government thru uprising or coup.
However, the author of the article proposed that the Matrix is interfacing directly to the brain via the Bioport. It will need to intercept the brain's signal and understand what they mean. In effect, the Matrix must act and process like a brain in order to fool the real brain into believing that the appearance and consiousness of virtual world are real. I believe it requires more than just floating point math or even fuzzy math to achieve that. If the Matrix is capable and powerful enough to do that, it surely should be capable enough to control the fusion process by itself. So what is the point of keeping the humans.
Why not? One of the supposed selling point for the Athlon 64 is that it will run 32-bit software equally well (unlike the Itanic). Also, at its introduction, there will not be that many 64-bit software available. Hence, it is important to look at its 32-bit performance so that you could decide whether to get it early (if the 32-but performance is good) or wait until more 64-bit software is available (if 32-bit performance is worse than current Athlon XP).
I agree with you that the author's explanation is pretty weak. Considering that the Matrix central computer has to monitor and control billions of people, each with thousands of brain signals. Since all these signals can occur simultenouly, it implies that the Matrix computer must have massive and efficient parallel processing capability. I mean, if you already have this kind of computing power, why would you still need the human to do the processing?
I pronounce MySQL as My Sequel. I think almost everyone working with SQL products pronounces SQL as Sequel (e.g. MS SQL Server as Sequel Server, etc). I mean even though the name is in one word, there is nothing stopping you to say it in two words.
You are not alone for the paper feed problem. There was a class-action suit against HP because of this. As part of the settlement, HP provides a owner-installed kit to fix the problem free of charge. See this link. I installed it and it did fix the problem.
Actually, if you own a Laserjet 5L, 6L, 3100, 3150,or 1100, and it developed paper feed jam, you could order those 'rubber' fix from HP free of charge (no shipping charge as well). See this link. The only catch is you have to read the instructions and install the fix yourself. I ordered and installed the fix for my LJ 6L. It did fix the problem (most of the time). However, you only have one chance to install it right. If you screw it up, you really need a HP technician to undo the damage. This freebie is the result of the class action of the unsatisfied owners the aforementioned printers.
I think it is because at the time MS introduced the Xbox, they claimed that there was no way you could hack the Xbox to run Linux. Also, they would (jokingly) hire the first one who could do it. I guess there must be a lot of hackers who want to work for MS :-) Considering that MS always boast that they are the technology leader (and extinct the hackers !), the hackers just want to show who is in charge.
I think the original poster misunderstood the patch. From the look of the patch file name Q815411_WXP_SP2_ia64_ENU.exe, it is actually for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, i.e. the Itanic, rather than Alpha.
I wonder which Borland product uses SafeDisc. I have used multiple Borland programming products, Delphi, CBuilder, JBuilder, Pro and Enterprise versions. None of them seems to be copy-protected.
Is it possible to encrypt the Crypto-Gram article with Schneier's private key, then every one receiving it just use Schneier's public key to decrypt it?
The x86 processor uses 80-bit internally in its FP units. But we don't call it a 80-bit processor. Usually, it is the ALU that determines its archetiture.
Statistically speaking, it has 98% sucess rate on launches. I agree that it does not mean anything on future launches. What I disagree with your original post is you asked 'How many shuttles have there been?' and 'How many have exploded?'. But you did not take the number of launches into the equation. Is 98% success rate good enough? I don't know and I wish it could be better. But just counting the number of shuttles could not give you the complete picture.
The author of that article should have done more research before making these speculations. The Shuttle was in the automatic descend mode at that moment. So piloting error is out of question, unless the pilot manually overrided the control. Also, there are a whole bunch of sensors around fuel delivery mechanism. If anything went wrong there, NASA would have mentioned it already (but they have not). So the only probable theory is the structural failure.
You mean those flying saucers in Area 51?
But the original poster said 'heroes' not 'American heroes'. Just because he is an Israeli does not exclude him to be a hero.
However, your rational behind just counting the number of shuttle is questionable. What if I have just one shuttle and it launched every year for the next 100 years and then it exploded on the 100th time. In your logic, you have one shuttle and it suffered a 100% failure after 100 years. Now say I have 100 shuttles and we launch a new shuttle every year for the next 100 year. Let say 10 of them exploded. So you have 90 shuttles left and had a 90% sucesss rate. But which scenario would you prefer? Both scenario launched 100 times, yet the first scenario has one failure but none left and the second scenario has 90 left but 10 failures.
Just counting how many shuttles does not give you the whole picture about reliability.