Sorry, but you're wrong. An acronym is an abbreviation (you got that part right) formed by taking the initial letter of each word in the phrase. You can do something like add an extra letter to make an acronym pronounceable, but that isn't part of the definition.
I would argue from evidence that it is in fact possible to actually deliver the speed, given that my connection has been averaging ~17mbit combined throughput over the last year, with peaks up to the 100mbit limit regularly (which it never fails to deliver either). This a residential connection for a flat 43e a month. Now, granted, you're correct in that it would be very difficult indeed to achieve that if every single customer used as much, but the point is that they don't, which is why you *can* really have that - the isp in question just needs to not oversell *too* much.
Strict sense? It's not physically possible in any sense whatsoever. You can, of course, throw more bits at it, but that doesn't make it higher quality, it just encodes the artifacts introduced by the previous encoder more faithfully. The information discarded by the first encode isn't going to magically re-appear.
Actually, the reason I use PNG is so I don't get cumulative encoding losses if I edit the image for some other purpose at a later date. I would think that the same holds true for lossless audio for the purposes of many people who advocate it.
Not quite, but TrueCrypt has supported hidden volumes for a long time. That is, the encrypted container has two passwords, one will open the main volume that you can fill with sensitive/private but non-incriminating stuff, while the other opens the hidden volume within the same container. It's also completely impossible to tell whether or not a given container has a hidden volume.
You need to realize that languange is not - and doesn't need to be - completely accurate at all times. 'Dark side' is still used not because anyone actually thinks it is in fact dark in any physical sense, but because it's an evocative and metaphorically apt term. Also, Pink Floyd.
Eh, and only now do I realize that the whole issue is irrelevant, since glider is made for botting, not cheating as such. AFAIK, it sends completely valid input, so whether you trust the client or not doesn't actually enter into it. I'd like to know how full server-side validation helps when all you get is valid commands.
That's a good rule in general, but a major part of the reason WoW is so successful is because it has very smooth gameplay, something previously nigh-unseen in an mmo. No rubberbanding etc. that often made its predecessors practically unplayable. All this because they do trust the client to some extent. Now, obviously, this causes issues, but IMHO the compromise is very much acceptable in this case. They could have made it secure, they almost certainly had the expertise to do so. Instead, they made it (arguably, but their success very much supports the argument) the best mmorpg ever, at least at the time. I'm not saying that necessarily gives them a free pass, but it damn well does go a long way in my book.
You're quite right, it isn't proven by any means. However, stuff disappearing into a black hole for eternity is a physical oddity that seems at odds with our understanding of the universe, and hawking radiation is a solid hypothesis for explaining that away, and the math works, so it is generally considered likely to be true.
Where, then, are you proposing the heat actually goes? Basic thermodynamics, energy does not simply disappear. Some minor fraction might escape via various means, but the rest eventually ends up in the air of the room, and convection takes care of the rest. It might not be *fast*, but that doesn't mean it's wasted. Also, it's physically impossible to have an inefficient heat source, so I'm not seeing the point of describing one as efficient. Effective, sure. Efficient, no. It's certainly possible to use less energy by heating only what is necessary (i.e. yourself), but that's a matter of targeted heat transfer, not efficiency. If, on the other hand, you want to keep a room or a house warm, the only relevant factor is the rate of heat transfer from within the system to the surroundings - any transfer of heat into the system is not wasted, given the reasonable (I think, for anyone wanting to prove me wrong, this is where I might be mistaken) assumption that the rate of dissipation of heat within the system is far greater than the rate of heat loss to the surroundings.
Depends on your point of view. The *apparent* speed of light (group velocity - that is, the speed of wave propagation) in a medium is variable, but individual photons have zero mass, thus *can not* experience acceleration. In terms of basic classical physics, a=F/m, m is 0 - division by zero, the equation is unsolvable, i.e. the concept simply does not apply.
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Very much so, yes. And, in fact, 13-14 sounds about right for me as well.
Sorry, but you're wrong. An acronym is an abbreviation (you got that part right) formed by taking the initial letter of each word in the phrase. You can do something like add an extra letter to make an acronym pronounceable, but that isn't part of the definition.
I would argue from evidence that it is in fact possible to actually deliver the speed, given that my connection has been averaging ~17mbit combined throughput over the last year, with peaks up to the 100mbit limit regularly (which it never fails to deliver either). This a residential connection for a flat 43e a month. Now, granted, you're correct in that it would be very difficult indeed to achieve that if every single customer used as much, but the point is that they don't, which is why you *can* really have that - the isp in question just needs to not oversell *too* much.
Clearly the solution is to overclock the universe.
Strict sense? It's not physically possible in any sense whatsoever. You can, of course, throw more bits at it, but that doesn't make it higher quality, it just encodes the artifacts introduced by the previous encoder more faithfully. The information discarded by the first encode isn't going to magically re-appear.
Actually, the reason I use PNG is so I don't get cumulative encoding losses if I edit the image for some other purpose at a later date. I would think that the same holds true for lossless audio for the purposes of many people who advocate it.
What's that in fluid ounces?
Give it time.
Not quite, but TrueCrypt has supported hidden volumes for a long time. That is, the encrypted container has two passwords, one will open the main volume that you can fill with sensitive/private but non-incriminating stuff, while the other opens the hidden volume within the same container. It's also completely impossible to tell whether or not a given container has a hidden volume.
You need to realize that languange is not - and doesn't need to be - completely accurate at all times. 'Dark side' is still used not because anyone actually thinks it is in fact dark in any physical sense, but because it's an evocative and metaphorically apt term. Also, Pink Floyd.
And what's more, some of these entities have, in relatively recent history, been at war with each other.
Not everyone is American. Important event, sure, but not one most of us foreign heathens generally remember the date of.
Ok, got me there, never realized the distinction. Regardless, the point still stands.
How exactly is that relevant to current usage? I don't see people saying deer aren't deer because they were called harts in medieval times.
A trebuchet is a form of catapult.
Eh, and only now do I realize that the whole issue is irrelevant, since glider is made for botting, not cheating as such. AFAIK, it sends completely valid input, so whether you trust the client or not doesn't actually enter into it. I'd like to know how full server-side validation helps when all you get is valid commands.
That's a good rule in general, but a major part of the reason WoW is so successful is because it has very smooth gameplay, something previously nigh-unseen in an mmo. No rubberbanding etc. that often made its predecessors practically unplayable. All this because they do trust the client to some extent. Now, obviously, this causes issues, but IMHO the compromise is very much acceptable in this case. They could have made it secure, they almost certainly had the expertise to do so. Instead, they made it (arguably, but their success very much supports the argument) the best mmorpg ever, at least at the time. I'm not saying that necessarily gives them a free pass, but it damn well does go a long way in my book.
You're quite right, it isn't proven by any means. However, stuff disappearing into a black hole for eternity is a physical oddity that seems at odds with our understanding of the universe, and hawking radiation is a solid hypothesis for explaining that away, and the math works, so it is generally considered likely to be true.
So because you're not personally affected by this sort of thing, there's nothing wrong with it?
The scenario you're describing is so mind-numbingly trivial to avoid that even I could do the math involved.
How so? It's entirely possible to appreciate the vastness and beauty of the universe without bringing religion into it.
Where, then, are you proposing the heat actually goes? Basic thermodynamics, energy does not simply disappear. Some minor fraction might escape via various means, but the rest eventually ends up in the air of the room, and convection takes care of the rest. It might not be *fast*, but that doesn't mean it's wasted. Also, it's physically impossible to have an inefficient heat source, so I'm not seeing the point of describing one as efficient. Effective, sure. Efficient, no. It's certainly possible to use less energy by heating only what is necessary (i.e. yourself), but that's a matter of targeted heat transfer, not efficiency. If, on the other hand, you want to keep a room or a house warm, the only relevant factor is the rate of heat transfer from within the system to the surroundings - any transfer of heat into the system is not wasted, given the reasonable (I think, for anyone wanting to prove me wrong, this is where I might be mistaken) assumption that the rate of dissipation of heat within the system is far greater than the rate of heat loss to the surroundings.
Depends on your point of view. The *apparent* speed of light (group velocity - that is, the speed of wave propagation) in a medium is variable, but individual photons have zero mass, thus *can not* experience acceleration. In terms of basic classical physics, a=F/m, m is 0 - division by zero, the equation is unsolvable, i.e. the concept simply does not apply.