Life without linux would be like losing an eye. I could still function, but at a handicap.
When I started linux, everything took a/long/ time to learn and do. Now that I'm good (by which I mean quite good as compared to the average linux user), I feel crippled when I am forced to use windows. Everything is slower. I can't customize things the way I want (Equilibrium, anyone?).
Before linux, I was very good at windows (very familiar with customizations through the mmc, did my own registry hacks, etc.).
I still use windows, but not for anything serious - not any more.
In the land of the cyclops, the two-eyed man is king - or something like that.
It's not that I can't use windows, but I find it painful. To be honest, sometimes I find linux painful - but at least I can fix it.
In their faq, they mention that the don't try to predict the departure delay, they focus on the arrival delay - specifically to avoid misunderstandings that might cause missed flights.
One thing this might tell you is how long you'll be on the tarmac until you actually leave - giving you a better idea of when you'll arrive much sooner.
While that doesn't directly affect the passenger, it can be extremely useful for whoever is picking you up.
Your shocked dismay at being modded flamebait is entirely irrational, as you are entirely misrepresenting what Sir_Lewk said.
He did/not/ say that 'applications made with Javascript can't possibly exist in a "real" distro.' He said that any Linux offering that limits itself to/one/ language cannot be considered a full distro.
That is debatable - but I very much empathize. IMO, a fundamental feature of Linux is its openness, which allows me to do whatever I please on my hardware (even run ancient COBOL apps - though some work would be required) with minimal effort.
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Now, to your previous post:
Sir_Lewk is mentioning that both Palm's Web OS and Android are castrated distros. Nokia's offering is/not/ arbitrarily limited by language - which is a huge boon to development. If you want an already existing application, you don't need to rewrite it from scratch in whatever language, you/port/ it.
As to "since when is being compiled a requirement?", consider this: who would to convert a compiled language into an interpreted one? If you want platform compatibility, you/port/ the compiler. Being compiled is a requirement if you don't want to attempt to convert a language/designed/ for compilation into an interpreted one.
As to your ad hominem attack on Sir_Lewk, it lends you absolutely/no/ credibility.
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I have now explained what you have requested. IMHO, your posts easily fall into the realm of flamebait. You are not worth another explanation unless you can demonstrate understanding.
I strongly disagree with many of your statements, particularly with respect to the reasoning of those in the US.
I am not without personal experience. I've lived in a socialist country (Argentina) and seen first hand its health care. From my perspective, the US system works better - much better. As to Bosnia, I can't directly relate. I certainly hope it's better than Argentina, but regardless, please recognize that it is difficult to fully understand the differences without prolonged personal exposure.
Good point, armies can't really get around that- unless we look at militia, but it seems that it would be difficult for them to be competitive nowadays; the middle east seems to be a good example of that.
Due to the personalized nature of health care, I don't see that health care would significantly benefit from socialization.
At the same time, there are significant similarities - but at first glance, I don't see any benefit to socialized medicine.
Wait, you're deriding the military program as being socialistic while suggesting that money should be redirected to health care reforms? Perhaps you should rethink that one a little...
However, it seems likely that it had not previously been discovered by black hats, due to the apparent lack of exploits.
Of course, that begs the question - would a black hat exploit the vulnerability for all it's worth until the flaw was determined, or use it on a select few systems? The more widely-used the vulnerability, the sooner it would be found - but the greater the immediate reward...
I read a similar thing a few years ago, but they actually tracked performance over time - but a quick search didn't find it. At any rate, the performance of toothpaste degrades over time - about a week, iirc - I suspect due to a gradual loss of water.
Agreed - and IMO, almost nothing in the article is specific to Apple. Nothing in the article sways me to believe anything the author states - though both the presented facts and the conclusion may have truth, nothing in A leads me to believe B.
Incidentally, this is coming from someone that in general is aware of their technology, but as far as personal experience goes, they are about as foreign to me as the colemak keymap.
Back in the 70s or 80s, there was a study published by the Scientific American investigating the source of the ability that had developed in some blind to perceive the locations of objects, or at least get an idea of their environment. The subjects themselves had many thoughts about the source of their abilities, some describing it as a pressure they felt on their forehead, but all lost their rudimentary abilities when their ears were covered.
My parents have a copy of the study, but unfortunately, I do not, and am unable to find the article on google.
I haven't thoroughly investigated that possible career path - mostly because of the high burnout rate (not that I've seen any statistics - that's just an observation from anecdotal evidence), so I could be out in left field.
A designer and a developer are not equivalent - would you ask a construction worker to design your house? Or your architect to construct it? --------------
That said, IMO the best way to get into any field is not through studying - though that is important.
For example, if you want to get hired to work on games, you might start by making mods for existing games and releasing your work for free to the community. If you still love it, get some more formal education, while using that new knowledge in your work. When you graduate, you should have a good idea of what you're getting yourself into, plus you should have some street cred and excellent samples of your work.
With that sort of background, even if you don't get hired, you could at the very least hire yourself - if you are any good, that is to say.
Second, I find it useful to think about how much faster that is. In this case, it means it is 2^137 times faster than a pure brute force attack, which certainly seems impressive. Fortunately, as you mentioned, this is still far too difficult to be applied.
Just for fun, google this: 2^119 picoseconds in millenia
I'm not so sure about this - many sections of I-15 in northern Utah are made of concrete. In the past 5 years, temperatures have varied from -10 to 100 degrees fahrenheit.
Granted, Utah is pretty dry, but that area has pretty high humidity in the winters - around 70% (http://www18.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nephi%2C+ut+weather).
I'm sure if we just set up some sort of beowulf cluster among our desktops and set up a cloud on top of it it would solve all of our problems.
Windows 7 is already going there - the actual plan is to use the XP VM to host the internet locally - like freenet, but umm... controlled by Microsoft instead of the evil... umm... people. Yeah.
However, this is completely reasonable, although it may cause some support problems. IMO, the only people running this should be the ones aware of the license issues - and if some kid installs this on his parents computer with no plans to upgrade, he's probably going to install the first cracked version he can find.
Furthermore, it seems as if this is a step in the right direction for MS. It seems as if all of their Windows releases have been terribly buggy until at least the first service pack. Having this sort of a RC may give Windows 7 the testing that the other releases have lacked.
It would be interesting to compare the amount of change between Windows releases with how long it took for them to become stable. It might be a reasonably accurate predictor of how long it might take for 7 to become stable, or if nothing else, it would be interesting to see if MS has been able to decrease its paid-for beta period over time.
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Humans - the new replacement for robots.
Why drop half a million dollars on a machine when you can pay someone 25k a year to do the same job!
But really, they probably do have robots that do some of the work - but to my (very limited) knowledge, even the best are somewhat destructive.
Take a look at http://devicescape.com/
It auto logins to APs with web-based login screens.
It's probably because it's hard to know know how to celebrate it, and it's not quite as broadly applicable to the populace.
That's really what the International Talk Like A Pirate Day has going for it - everyone can participate, it's easy to celebrate!
(oh, and for the mute out there, I'm sure you can sign like a pirate, too. Just not in my general direction, ok?)
Life without linux would be like losing an eye. I could still function, but at a handicap.
When I started linux, everything took a /long/ time to learn and do. Now that I'm good (by which I mean quite good as compared to the average linux user), I feel crippled when I am forced to use windows. Everything is slower. I can't customize things the way I want (Equilibrium, anyone?).
Before linux, I was very good at windows (very familiar with customizations through the mmc, did my own registry hacks, etc.).
I still use windows, but not for anything serious - not any more.
In the land of the cyclops, the two-eyed man is king - or something like that.
It's not that I can't use windows, but I find it painful. To be honest, sometimes I find linux painful - but at least I can fix it.
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I can't help but wonder - is the kindle's data connection still available?
And if so, on what end is the code that limits the kindle to accessing wikipedia and amazon?
Thanks -
It's good to get direct feedback - it certainly helps to see other people's perspectives.
At any rate, thanks again, and have a great day!
In their faq, they mention that the don't try to predict the departure delay, they focus on the arrival delay - specifically to avoid misunderstandings that might cause missed flights.
One thing this might tell you is how long you'll be on the tarmac until you actually leave - giving you a better idea of when you'll arrive much sooner.
While that doesn't directly affect the passenger, it can be extremely useful for whoever is picking you up.
I wouldn't use it for deciding when to go to the airport, but as for deciding how much time you have in the airport, that is valuable.
Peace of mind - I'd rather know that I'll probably be alright despite the extra-long security line.
I'd like to know - hey, the plane's not here, and it looks like I'll have plenty of time to eat.
This is, could be quite convenient - especially if coupled with a notification on flight arrival or boarding.
Ok, I'll bite.
Your shocked dismay at being modded flamebait is entirely irrational, as you are entirely misrepresenting what Sir_Lewk said.
He did /not/ say that 'applications made with Javascript can't possibly exist in a "real" distro.' He said that any Linux offering that limits itself to /one/ language cannot be considered a full distro.
That is debatable - but I very much empathize. IMO, a fundamental feature of Linux is its openness, which allows me to do whatever I please on my hardware (even run ancient COBOL apps - though some work would be required) with minimal effort.
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Now, to your previous post:
Sir_Lewk is mentioning that both Palm's Web OS and Android are castrated distros. /not/ arbitrarily limited by language - which is a huge boon to development. If you want an already existing application, you don't need to rewrite it from scratch in whatever language, you /port/ it.
Nokia's offering is
As to "since when is being compiled a requirement?", consider this: who would to convert a compiled language into an interpreted one? If you want platform compatibility, you /port/ the compiler. Being compiled is a requirement if you don't want to attempt to convert a language /designed/ for compilation into an interpreted one.
As to your ad hominem attack on Sir_Lewk, it lends you absolutely /no/ credibility.
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I have now explained what you have requested. IMHO, your posts easily fall into the realm of flamebait. You are not worth another explanation unless you can demonstrate understanding.
I wish you the best of luck.
I strongly disagree with many of your statements, particularly with respect to the reasoning of those in the US.
I am not without personal experience. I've lived in a socialist country (Argentina) and seen first hand its health care. From my perspective, the US system works better - much better. As to Bosnia, I can't directly relate. I certainly hope it's better than Argentina, but regardless, please recognize that it is difficult to fully understand the differences without prolonged personal exposure.
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Good point, armies can't really get around that- unless we look at militia, but it seems that it would be difficult for them to be competitive nowadays; the middle east seems to be a good example of that.
Due to the personalized nature of health care, I don't see that health care would significantly benefit from socialization.
At the same time, there are significant similarities - but at first glance, I don't see any benefit to socialized medicine.
Wait, you're deriding the military program as being socialistic while suggesting that money should be redirected to health care reforms? Perhaps you should rethink that one a little...
Yes, it's a definite problem.
However, it seems likely that it had not previously been discovered by black hats, due to the apparent lack of exploits.
Of course, that begs the question - would a black hat exploit the vulnerability for all it's worth until the flaw was determined, or use it on a select few systems?
The more widely-used the vulnerability, the sooner it would be found - but the greater the immediate reward...
I read a similar thing a few years ago, but they actually tracked performance over time - but a quick search didn't find it. At any rate, the performance of toothpaste degrades over time - about a week, iirc - I suspect due to a gradual loss of water.
Agreed - and IMO, almost nothing in the article is specific to Apple. Nothing in the article sways me to believe anything the author states - though both the presented facts and the conclusion may have truth, nothing in A leads me to believe B.
Incidentally, this is coming from someone that in general is aware of their technology, but as far as personal experience goes, they are about as foreign to me as the colemak keymap.
Back in the 70s or 80s, there was a study published by the Scientific American investigating the source of the ability that had developed in some blind to perceive the locations of objects, or at least get an idea of their environment. The subjects themselves had many thoughts about the source of their abilities, some describing it as a pressure they felt on their forehead, but all lost their rudimentary abilities when their ears were covered.
My parents have a copy of the study, but unfortunately, I do not, and am unable to find the article on google.
I haven't thoroughly investigated that possible career path - mostly because of the high burnout rate (not that I've seen any statistics - that's just an observation from anecdotal evidence), so I could be out in left field.
A designer and a developer are not equivalent - would you ask a construction worker to design your house? Or your architect to construct it?
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That said, IMO the best way to get into any field is not through studying - though that is important.
For example, if you want to get hired to work on games, you might start by making mods for existing games and releasing your work for free to the community. If you still love it, get some more formal education, while using that new knowledge in your work. When you graduate, you should have a good idea of what you're getting yourself into, plus you should have some street cred and excellent samples of your work.
With that sort of background, even if you don't get hired, you could at the very least hire yourself - if you are any good, that is to say.
Two things:
First, they are talking about AES-256.
Second, I find it useful to think about how much faster that is. In this case, it means it is 2^137 times faster than a pure brute force attack, which certainly seems impressive. Fortunately, as you mentioned, this is still far too difficult to be applied.
Just for fun, google this: 2^119 picoseconds in millenia
Well, part of the problem is that the term 'cloud' is somewhat nebulous at best.
I'm pretty sure that the main issue with cloud computing is the loss of personal control of data, trusting in 'the man', etc.
I'm not so sure about this - many sections of I-15 in northern Utah are made of concrete. In the past 5 years, temperatures have varied from -10 to 100 degrees fahrenheit.
Granted, Utah is pretty dry, but that area has pretty high humidity in the winters - around 70% (http://www18.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nephi%2C+ut+weather).
May I interest you in a truly advanced OS/Environment/Editor?
Or do you lack the skills necessary to make the machine obey your every whim?
oblig: http://xkcd.com/378/
I'm sure if we just set up some sort of beowulf cluster among our desktops and set up a cloud on top of it it would solve all of our problems.
Windows 7 is already going there - the actual plan is to use the XP VM to host the internet locally - like freenet, but umm... controlled by Microsoft instead of the evil... umm... people. Yeah.
However, this is completely reasonable, although it may cause some support problems. IMO, the only people running this should be the ones aware of the license issues - and if some kid installs this on his parents computer with no plans to upgrade, he's probably going to install the first cracked version he can find.
Furthermore, it seems as if this is a step in the right direction for MS. It seems as if all of their Windows releases have been terribly buggy until at least the first service pack. Having this sort of a RC may give Windows 7 the testing that the other releases have lacked.
It would be interesting to compare the amount of change between Windows releases with how long it took for them to become stable. It might be a reasonably accurate predictor of how long it might take for 7 to become stable, or if nothing else, it would be interesting to see if MS has been able to decrease its paid-for beta period over time.