A find of high-quality neodymium or europium ore would be much more interesting.
We'd love to get hold of more Europium, but:
[ ] Afghanistan cornered the market [ ] They can only get Oceanium down under. [ ] All of Jupiter's moons are ours, except the one with the rare earth element. Figures.
The way "they" explained it, the margin for error on clock synchronisation wasn't sufficient for this. If it was, surely some tech at the back of the room would have gone "Uhhh yeah... That's less than the margin for error for synch'ing the clocks. You probably shouldn't say 'OMG RELATIVITEE IS BORKUND' just yet."
I know the data release was for peer review and media hyped it up, but the biggest brains in the science community surely can't have missed something that simple.
Ok. Pretty basic mistake I made here. This series should not have the initial 1. Not sure why I wrote that. So one has zeta(s)= 1/1^s + 1/2^s + 1/3^s + 1/4^s...
I wouldn't worry about it. Like you said, it's not your area!
It's not like you said you saw neutrinos break Special Relativity or anything...
Of course, and that's what I do. But still, it's another attack vector. And I bet many people actually put in easily guessable answers.
Worse than that, they put in the truth. In this age of social networking, it is trivial to find out a maiden name, a date of birth, a child's name, a first school etc.
Would it be possible to have neutrino generators and detectors at both sites and test the speed in both directions? That would probably mean testing the speed between CERN and Fermilab. That way, if there was an error in clock synchronisation, it would show up because the neutrinos would take longer in one direction than the other.
Surely this will result in the same... err, results. The neutrinos are following the exact same path with the exact same anomalies.
A better idea would be to perform the same experiment in a geographically disimilar environment.
I have yet to find a DVD which VLC couldn't skip any and all "forced content" by simply selecting "Root" from the Navigation menu when you right click on the playback area.
Sucks that this is how I have to do it, but it's three clicks and I'm watching the movie. I use my PC for DVD playback anyway; Buying a Blu-Ray player, TV, laptop, stereo / iPod dock, suround sound system etc seemed stupid when I could get a PC which did the whole lot for less.
The only talk on the tubes I can find involves not mounting the filesystem through one of the Volume Options in TrueCrypt, which it sounds like you've done.
Since I live in Iran, I can vouch for it being true. The government-run media claims that the "PPTP" (and some other) protocols have been blocked, although I'm not sure how this works. I, for sure, can't access the VPN connections I used to be able to access. So I'm going to find a friend outside of Iran and ask them to start a VPN connection on port 80; just to see if they are feeding people another lie or not.:-)
Probably shouldn't post this kind of thing over an unencrypted connection.
I'm not a Linux dude, so I'm a little out of my depth here, but I can tell you a little about TrueCrypt on Windows.
It sounds like you're using partition / device level encryption, which would result in a device totally unreadable without the TrueCrypt app mounting the volume totally. Windows will still show the hardware as present, but won't report any partitions or FS on the device. In order to perform any kind of checking on the disk, the file system needs to be mounted, which needs the container to be mounted fully and therefore the file system exposed. In Windows, you cannot perform any file system checking on the unmounted media without first mounting the enclosed encrypted partition, there is no file system to check. I can't see how this is any different in Linux.
The big problem with TrueCrypt is that it doesn't allow you to perform lower-level maintenance operations (like fsck) on partitions. Yes even if you unmount the mountpoint and try to fsck / fdisk the device under/dev/mapper/ it won't be recognized. This is why I changed my home backup drives to dm-crypt/luks.
I'm sorry, I don't understand your issue. You can perform any and all file operations you require on a mounted volume, including defrag, formatting, file system checks etc. You can't do that when the volume isn't mounted because the entire volume is garbage to the OS. It has no file system to check.
Because you can't log in to the webserver to cancel? Perhaps the denial of service was internal and intentional.
So get out of your "Command Centre" and up the stairs / Stenna lift, pop yourself in your obesity scooter, and trundle on over to the nearest branch with your personal details in hand, and pull all of your cash out of the bank there and then, in form of a Banker's Draft if you live in a less-than-safe neighbourhood. Instruct them to provide you with the details of your direct debits, then cancel all of them. Scoot on over to your local credit union or other financial institution and set up an account with your big wad of cash / Banker's Draft, and have them contact the companies to set up new DD's. If they can't, spend half an hour calling the companies yourself.
There is no "basic human right to an internet connection" in the same way there's no "basic human right to drive a car" "basic human right to get credit" or "basic human right to own land". If you can pay the tolls and don't break the law, you can have an internet connection.
This law is unjust and needs repealing because it bypasses the right to a fair trial. Don't screw things up by making up rights which don't exist.
Yes, I know. My question was whether it was only appropriate for persons with Asperger's syndrome to use the term, much like it is now somewhat only appropriate for black people to use the word "nigger".
Seeing as medical science can get 360 degree views of a person's guts by virtue of a pill with an array of cameras and a short range antenna, I'm certain you could make the thing grenade-size and have some hardy optics, and transmit the 30m or so you can actually chuck a grenade.
In your comment, you used the word "aspie", which I've heard a few times before. Is it appropriate for folks who are not autistic to use the term, or is it similar to use of the "N-word" by some black folk?
I would say that testing your own code is the worst thing to do, as you know how it works and will (possibly subconsciously) input data which will either work, or bomb out gracefully. By all means to some quick debugging yourself, but you need fresh eyes to test your system properly.
It just so happens that aspies seem to perform this task remarkably well.
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A find of high-quality neodymium or europium ore would be much more interesting.
We'd love to get hold of more Europium, but:
[ ] Afghanistan cornered the market
[ ] They can only get Oceanium down under.
[ ] All of Jupiter's moons are ours, except the one with the rare earth element. Figures.
Please delete as appropriate.
As I posted below, the stub writer means that this is the the end of cold boots, as system state is persistent in memory even with no power.
Reboots for maintenance will require much more than non-volatile RAM.
s/reboot/cold-boot;
This will store your system state in memory, meaning you don't need to hibernate.
The way "they" explained it, the margin for error on clock synchronisation wasn't sufficient for this. If it was, surely some tech at the back of the room would have gone "Uhhh yeah... That's less than the margin for error for synch'ing the clocks. You probably shouldn't say 'OMG RELATIVITEE IS BORKUND' just yet."
I know the data release was for peer review and media hyped it up, but the biggest brains in the science community surely can't have missed something that simple.
Ok. Pretty basic mistake I made here. This series should not have the initial 1. Not sure why I wrote that. So one has zeta(s)= 1/1^s + 1/2^s + 1/3^s + 1/4^s...
I wouldn't worry about it. Like you said, it's not your area!
It's not like you said you saw neutrinos break Special Relativity or anything...
With egregious use of ~
Analytics script? What's that?
http://noscript.net/ If it's not from the trusted domain, it doesn't get run. Ever.
Of course, and that's what I do. But still, it's another attack vector. And I bet many people actually put in easily guessable answers.
Worse than that, they put in the truth. In this age of social networking, it is trivial to find out a maiden name, a date of birth, a child's name, a first school etc.
Would it be possible to have neutrino generators and detectors at both sites and test the speed in both directions? That would probably mean testing the speed between CERN and Fermilab. That way, if there was an error in clock synchronisation, it would show up because the neutrinos would take longer in one direction than the other.
Surely this will result in the same... err, results. The neutrinos are following the exact same path with the exact same anomalies.
A better idea would be to perform the same experiment in a geographically disimilar environment.
IANAP.
I have yet to find a DVD which VLC couldn't skip any and all "forced content" by simply selecting "Root" from the Navigation menu when you right click on the playback area.
Sucks that this is how I have to do it, but it's three clicks and I'm watching the movie. I use my PC for DVD playback anyway; Buying a Blu-Ray player, TV, laptop, stereo / iPod dock, suround sound system etc seemed stupid when I could get a PC which did the whole lot for less.
I stand corrected. Thank you.
The only talk on the tubes I can find involves not mounting the filesystem through one of the Volume Options in TrueCrypt, which it sounds like you've done.
:D
*Looks around for a neck-beard to help out*
Since I live in Iran, I can vouch for it being true. The government-run media claims that the "PPTP" (and some other) protocols have been blocked, although I'm not sure how this works. I, for sure, can't access the VPN connections I used to be able to access. So I'm going to find a friend outside of Iran and ask them to start a VPN connection on port 80; just to see if they are feeding people another lie or not. :-)
Probably shouldn't post this kind of thing over an unencrypted connection.
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M = Mega, m = milli
:)
Mb = Megabit
I'm not a Linux dude, so I'm a little out of my depth here, but I can tell you a little about TrueCrypt on Windows.
It sounds like you're using partition / device level encryption, which would result in a device totally unreadable without the TrueCrypt app mounting the volume totally. Windows will still show the hardware as present, but won't report any partitions or FS on the device. In order to perform any kind of checking on the disk, the file system needs to be mounted, which needs the container to be mounted fully and therefore the file system exposed. In Windows, you cannot perform any file system checking on the unmounted media without first mounting the enclosed encrypted partition, there is no file system to check. I can't see how this is any different in Linux.
The big problem with TrueCrypt is that it doesn't allow you to perform lower-level maintenance operations (like fsck) on partitions. Yes even if you unmount the mountpoint and try to fsck / fdisk the device under /dev/mapper/ it won't be recognized. This is why I changed my home backup drives to dm-crypt/luks.
I'm sorry, I don't understand your issue. You can perform any and all file operations you require on a mounted volume, including defrag, formatting, file system checks etc. You can't do that when the volume isn't mounted because the entire volume is garbage to the OS. It has no file system to check.
Am I missing something?
Because you can't log in to the webserver to cancel? Perhaps the denial of service was internal and intentional.
So get out of your "Command Centre" and up the stairs / Stenna lift, pop yourself in your obesity scooter, and trundle on over to the nearest branch with your personal details in hand, and pull all of your cash out of the bank there and then, in form of a Banker's Draft if you live in a less-than-safe neighbourhood. Instruct them to provide you with the details of your direct debits, then cancel all of them. Scoot on over to your local credit union or other financial institution and set up an account with your big wad of cash / Banker's Draft, and have them contact the companies to set up new DD's. If they can't, spend half an hour calling the companies yourself.
There is always a way.
Indeed. By way of clarification: You should not be the only person to test your code.
There is no "basic human right to an internet connection" in the same way there's no "basic human right to drive a car" "basic human right to get credit" or "basic human right to own land". If you can pay the tolls and don't break the law, you can have an internet connection.
This law is unjust and needs repealing because it bypasses the right to a fair trial. Don't screw things up by making up rights which don't exist.
Hmmm... Whoosh there, my friend.
mX = milliX = 1/1000th of X.
Yes, I know. My question was whether it was only appropriate for persons with Asperger's syndrome to use the term, much like it is now somewhat only appropriate for black people to use the word "nigger".
I hate to point out the obvious, but... Why not stop speeding?
Seeing as medical science can get 360 degree views of a person's guts by virtue of a pill with an array of cameras and a short range antenna, I'm certain you could make the thing grenade-size and have some hardy optics, and transmit the 30m or so you can actually chuck a grenade.
An off-topic question:
:)
In your comment, you used the word "aspie", which I've heard a few times before. Is it appropriate for folks who are not autistic to use the term, or is it similar to use of the "N-word" by some black folk?
Just curious
I would say that testing your own code is the worst thing to do, as you know how it works and will (possibly subconsciously) input data which will either work, or bomb out gracefully. By all means to some quick debugging yourself, but you need fresh eyes to test your system properly.
It just so happens that aspies seem to perform this task remarkably well.
So you're saying that the diagnostic criteria the ASD's are so broad that it covers disorders caused by genetic and environmental factors?
Or that the ASD symptom set is representative of disorders which can be caused by BOTH environmental and genetic factors?
Sounds like the criteria need to be re-written.