But you could in theory if you were rich and that's good enough for a capitalist society! Everything is A-OK if a rich man or the Unabomber wouldn't be inconvenienced by it.
Let us not forget by intentionally weakening encryption, the NSA has made everyone who uses computers unsafe from attack.
Yep that's the one thing in these leaks that actually surprised me. They weakened their own government's security to make their job easier. They assume their enemies are dumb instead of assuming they are as smart as themselves.
If NIST works to cut all ties with the NSA I'd be willing to assume they, like me, didn't think the NSA would risk sabotaging US government security.
At this point I don't even care if Google did it on purpose (probably not, seems like a classic "testing code left in production version" mistake), this is like going after a guy who stole a bottle of Thunderbird instead of Bernie Madoff.
Couldn't the same thing be achieved with brute-forcing? If they have a program that can evaluate the strength of a curve, they can just fuzz the inputs and choose the "best" (worst) set of inputs. Perhaps they could build a function that would produce artificially weak random-ish inputs instead of properly random ones to speed it up further?
You might have seen the story about Linus Torvalds' reaction to calls for this...and he's right. Even if RdRand were entirely predictable, since it's only one input used to seed/dev/random, it could only help.
For instance, he plays unproductive semantic games, arguing that because ocean pH is not predicted to fall below the ‘neutral point’ of 7.0, the term ‘ocean acidification’ is a misnomer. This ignores the fact that scientists refer to a drop in pH as ‘acidification’, regardless of where you are on the scale. The term is simply used to describe the direction of change.
How about a measured increase between when Mega Man 3 came out and today?
And why should a shelled creature be harmed by living near a natural CO2 seep? I don't think just bubbling CO2 through water will create a large, concentrated change in the immediate vicinity. You know how diffusion works right?
No he's trying to point you to a previous mass extinction caused by ocean acidification. Technically life did "adapt" but it took a length of time to recover that I wouldn't say is tolerable for a human civilization.
Open up for spoon feeding! Here comes the choo-choo!
Well then you'll have to explain how the oceans are becoming more acidic (or less alkaline, if you prefer) according to our best measurement methods. Sounds like you have the X-prize here in the bag, I can't wait to see what massive breakthrough in the field of chemistry you'll pioneer next!
More agnostic but not more reasonable...the original didn't fly in the face of half the scientific fields out there like yours did. It was actually in-line with our best scientific knowledge, it just had a heaping helping of religious extremism on top of it.
What happens if China were to split their Communist Party into two, with team colors, and let people vote for one or the other? Then would the score be even?
Bigotry is an absolute term that can be defined independently of anyone's opinions. Tolerance is only against bigotry/discrimination. If you think I'm hypocritical, ignorant and childish, those do not conflict with tolerance. You're entitled to your own opinions.
The "open-mindedness" analogy is wrong and the fact that you made it suggests that you have the same flawed understanding of tolerance that I was complaining about. It's more like I'm a person who claims to be scientific telling everyone else they are assholes for believing in homeopathy and auras. The quacks who don't understand how science works think I'm being hypocritical and closed-minded and that I haven't given their BS a fair shake.
Was just gonna say, there's a game like that in one of the Mario Party series games. The stuff you see on-screen doesn't suggest it's a masturbation simulator...but then you're all standing around furiously shaking your Wiimotes. My best friend likes to say he's the best at it:-P
Wow, Morgan Freeman said that? Amazing, all it takes to turn a present-day black man's understanding of race relations to that of an early-1900s white man's is a metric fuckton of money. I guess it separates you from the realities of racism as well as it does from most other realities.
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What's the US gonna do about it?
There's an important lesson in here about setting red lines...
But you could in theory if you were rich and that's good enough for a capitalist society! Everything is A-OK if a rich man or the Unabomber wouldn't be inconvenienced by it.
Let us not forget by intentionally weakening encryption, the NSA has made everyone who uses computers unsafe from attack.
Yep that's the one thing in these leaks that actually surprised me. They weakened their own government's security to make their job easier. They assume their enemies are dumb instead of assuming they are as smart as themselves.
If NIST works to cut all ties with the NSA I'd be willing to assume they, like me, didn't think the NSA would risk sabotaging US government security.
"Also I'm one of the aliens who has populated the planet in your absence. Hi! Wow we're really similar except for the foreheads."
"Yes, but we're trying to warm the planet now to prevent an ice age. Those are now considered debt."
At this point I don't even care if Google did it on purpose (probably not, seems like a classic "testing code left in production version" mistake), this is like going after a guy who stole a bottle of Thunderbird instead of Bernie Madoff.
"Don't worry about the mammoth numbers, I'm sure they'll adapt to the changing weather. Mammoths have been around a very long time you know."
Couldn't the same thing be achieved with brute-forcing? If they have a program that can evaluate the strength of a curve, they can just fuzz the inputs and choose the "best" (worst) set of inputs. Perhaps they could build a function that would produce artificially weak random-ish inputs instead of properly random ones to speed it up further?
AFAIK there's no indication that NIST was complicit in this...but if they are I'd agree.
You might have seen the story about Linus Torvalds' reaction to calls for this...and he's right. Even if RdRand were entirely predictable, since it's only one input used to seed /dev/random, it could only help.
Whoa warn me before you set up a straw man in front of me and then wipe him out. I almost got hurt.
Actually after doing a little research, it looks like you're wrong:
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/lsuatoni/can_we_keep_discussions_about.html
For instance, he plays unproductive semantic games, arguing that because ocean pH is not predicted to fall below the ‘neutral point’ of 7.0, the term ‘ocean acidification’ is a misnomer. This ignores the fact that scientists refer to a drop in pH as ‘acidification’, regardless of where you are on the scale. The term is simply used to describe the direction of change.
Sorry, that link is only tangentially relevant to the issue of climate vs. evolution speed (haste makes waste, D'oh!)
I should really link to this...
http://uanews.org/story/ua-study-evolution-too-slow-to-keep-up-with-climate-change
Climate change is 10,000 times faster than evolution. That's OVER NINE THOUSAAAND! I knew it was ten-something...
Huh so you didn't even hit up the Wikipedia page on the topic. You're ballsy, I'll give you that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_acidification#Acidification
How about a measured increase between when Mega Man 3 came out and today?
And why should a shelled creature be harmed by living near a natural CO2 seep? I don't think just bubbling CO2 through water will create a large, concentrated change in the immediate vicinity. You know how diffusion works right?
You're arguing semantics.
Climate change 10x faster than evolution:
http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2013/pr-climate-change-speed-080113.html
No he's trying to point you to a previous mass extinction caused by ocean acidification. Technically life did "adapt" but it took a length of time to recover that I wouldn't say is tolerable for a human civilization.
Open up for spoon feeding! Here comes the choo-choo!
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/april/prehistoric-mass-extinction-042710.html
Correct answer almost on the first post, nice work ("svn" would also have been acceptable.)
TFA is describing a horrible clusterfuck that must be replaced with proper revision control. You don't build on top of this, you KILL IT WITH FIRE!
Well then you'll have to explain how the oceans are becoming more acidic (or less alkaline, if you prefer) according to our best measurement methods. Sounds like you have the X-prize here in the bag, I can't wait to see what massive breakthrough in the field of chemistry you'll pioneer next!
More agnostic but not more reasonable...the original didn't fly in the face of half the scientific fields out there like yours did. It was actually in-line with our best scientific knowledge, it just had a heaping helping of religious extremism on top of it.
What happens if China were to split their Communist Party into two, with team colors, and let people vote for one or the other? Then would the score be even?
Bigotry is an absolute term that can be defined independently of anyone's opinions. Tolerance is only against bigotry/discrimination. If you think I'm hypocritical, ignorant and childish, those do not conflict with tolerance. You're entitled to your own opinions.
The "open-mindedness" analogy is wrong and the fact that you made it suggests that you have the same flawed understanding of tolerance that I was complaining about. It's more like I'm a person who claims to be scientific telling everyone else they are assholes for believing in homeopathy and auras. The quacks who don't understand how science works think I'm being hypocritical and closed-minded and that I haven't given their BS a fair shake.
Was just gonna say, there's a game like that in one of the Mario Party series games. The stuff you see on-screen doesn't suggest it's a masturbation simulator...but then you're all standing around furiously shaking your Wiimotes. My best friend likes to say he's the best at it :-P
Who's to fault these guys, they could be the next Zuckerberg.
Well then let's hope their careers are permanently ruined. One Zuckerberg is more than enough...
Wow, Morgan Freeman said that? Amazing, all it takes to turn a present-day black man's understanding of race relations to that of an early-1900s white man's is a metric fuckton of money. I guess it separates you from the realities of racism as well as it does from most other realities.