I'm surprised that most of the comments have been negative. Someone sais encryption and immediatly everyone thinks there's some sinister plot at work. I personally use an encrypted link from my work to my home computer (via ssh) all the time. It makes it so people can't snoop my passwords and generally can't see what I am doing. I think this is a great idea. I won't buy from a web site unless its over an encrypted link. Encryption is generally a good idea.
Having security on a computer that can't be broken unless someone really wants to isn't good enough a lot of times. As it is now you can tap a monitor connection and see what the other person see's. A simple splitter will do it. I'm not sure about digital displays but my geuess is it isnt much harder. Encryption would fix that.
As far as encrypting keyboards, I'm all for that too. I've heard of devices that you can place next to keyboard cables to detect and store keypresses. I really do want my passwords kept private.
It's true that encryption can be used to limit access as in the case with DVD but I don't think this is what we are talking about here. A good (open protocol) encrypted link ala ssh would be a good idea.
I have heard that a lot of physics relies on the physicists having a good feel for what's going on. As the cutting edge of physics travels further and further away from the things that you can immediately see, hear and touch do you find it harder for people to get that intuitive feel for what's going on?
Recent advancements in 3D accelerators have greatly increased the realism of the games many of us love to play so much but I could also see them being a great tool for teaching physics. Have any of the physicists you know of who do visualization use PCs with modern 3D accelerators instead of high-end expensive workstations?
Are there any projects that you know of that are trying to make use of this new technology to, teach concepts that can't be demonstrated in a lab? I think it would be great to have an interactive demonstration of the time/space dilation effect as you approach the speed of light.
I suspected nothing major would go wrong but there was so much hype, I even got bought into it somewhat.
Here's my theory:
Dates are mostely used for accounting and finantial programs and reporting/analysis tools. The power grid doesn't much care what the date is, nor does your car or your shaver. When the nuclear power plant decides what mixture of ions to put in the core water it will look at all the operating peramiters of the plant, not the date. And even if it did, whoever programmed it wouldn't have written non y2k complient code, it's too important.
Y2K bugs caused very few problems because that's the way they were designed. I don't know about everybody else but if I was writing missile launch code I wouldn't say, oh well, this doesn't take leap year and Y2K into account but that's ok. If it's important, I write it right. If it's generating a report that 3 people read occasionaly, I'm not goig to care much about how it handles Y2K. People made the code sloppy mostly when it didn't matter that much.
I found the quote. Weird thing to say. It sounds above like he doesn't know what's going on, then he sais that he wants to tell but he cant.
I've been dissapointed in toms sight lately, not really because he's arogant, or has 10 banner adds on his homepage (though that doesn't help). The sight has just dried up. The reviews are too slow, too late, and too few and far between. There's too many other good sights to read now and his isn't at the cutting edge anymore. I read about the MAXX somewhere else before I read Toms.
His bread and butter was the Celeron overclocking stuff that he covered and now there's not a peep about overclocking the P3-x5x0E's. He did some really good stuff but he's been slipping lately.
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Some drug lord/evil dictator could launch a barrage of garbage collecting thingies to pull down...say...all the GPS satellites!
Or DirectTV could take out all their competition.
Who has jurisdiction over crimes committed in space?
Having security on a computer that can't be broken unless someone really wants to isn't good enough a lot of times. As it is now you can tap a monitor connection and see what the other person see's. A simple splitter will do it. I'm not sure about digital displays but my geuess is it isnt much harder. Encryption would fix that.
As far as encrypting keyboards, I'm all for that too. I've heard of devices that you can place next to keyboard cables to detect and store keypresses. I really do want my passwords kept private.
It's true that encryption can be used to limit access as in the case with DVD but I don't think this is what we are talking about here. A good (open protocol) encrypted link ala ssh would be a good idea.
Recent advancements in 3D accelerators have greatly increased the realism of the games many of us love to play so much but I could also see them being a great tool for teaching physics. Have any of the physicists you know of who do visualization use PCs with modern 3D accelerators instead of high-end expensive workstations?
Are there any projects that you know of that are trying to make use of this new technology to, teach concepts that can't be demonstrated in a lab? I think it would be great to have an interactive demonstration of the time/space dilation effect as you approach the speed of light.
I suspected nothing major would go wrong but
there was so much hype, I even got bought into
it somewhat.
Here's my theory:
Dates are mostely used for accounting and
finantial programs and reporting/analysis
tools. The power grid doesn't much care
what the date is, nor does your car or
your shaver. When the nuclear power plant
decides what mixture of ions to put in the
core water it will look at all the operating
peramiters of the plant, not the date. And
even if it did, whoever programmed it
wouldn't have written non y2k complient
code, it's too important.
Y2K bugs caused very few problems because
that's the way they were designed. I don't
know about everybody else but if I was writing
missile launch code I wouldn't say, oh well,
this doesn't take leap year and Y2K into
account but that's ok. If it's important,
I write it right. If it's generating a
report that 3 people read occasionaly, I'm
not goig to care much about how it handles
Y2K. People made the code sloppy mostly when
it didn't matter that much.
The failures were minor by design.
I found the quote. Weird thing to say. It
sounds above like he doesn't know what's going
on, then he sais that he wants to tell but he
cant.
I've been dissapointed in toms sight lately, not
really because he's arogant, or has 10 banner
adds on his homepage (though that doesn't help).
The sight has just dried up. The reviews are
too slow, too late, and too few and far between.
There's too many other good sights to read now
and his isn't at the cutting edge anymore.
I read about the MAXX somewhere else before I
read Toms.
His bread and butter was the Celeron overclocking
stuff that he covered and now there's not a
peep about overclocking the P3-x5x0E's. He
did some really good stuff but he's been slipping
lately.