I agree, it's too big. My laptop keyboard has no delete key and no insert key but the cPS LOCK KEY THAT I ONLY EVER PRESS BY ccident - trying to go for the "a" - is twice as big as any normal key.
Statistically you have a better chance of being struck by lightning multiple times - or be killed in a random crash with an 18 wheel Deisel, than perishing in a 'terror attack'.
Not if you come from Iraq, the Lebannon or Israel.
I don't understand how this scheme of putting a shield in the ionosphere is supposed to protect satellites, which are all outside the ionosphere, from solar storms caused by the Sun which is also outside the ionosphere. It seems to me that this shield would be effective only for Earth originated "attacks".
And yet, when the problem first came up he wrote an article about it and posted it on the Internet. That's not the action of a man who knows he is running pirated software.
With unlimited computing power I could break your SSL session in minutes, seconds even. No cipher short of a random one time pad is perfectly secure.
However, the principle behind encryption is not to make messages perfectly secure, but secure enough so that by the time they have been decrypted the information being protected is useless. For instance, let's pretend I can decrypt your SSL session on my laptop in 100 years. That's entirely possible if the cipher used is a bit weak, but what good does it do me to know your current credit card details in 100 years time?
With modern computers, it's quite easy to make ciphers almost arbitrarily secure but in olden days, when secure ciphers were extremely expensive, the trade off between how long lived the information was and the security of the cipher was often critical and when misjudged could lead to disastrous results.
IGNORANT: Levy 300% taxes on Microsoft software. Like the Firefox initiative, every individual who converts another to Free Software gets $100. You will find ignorance vanishing overnight.
You have your cause and effect the wrong way around. People are not ignorant because they buy Microsoft software. They buy Microsoft software because they are ignorant.
If C is low level, then so is Java. They have almost identical syntax, but Java offers a few extra features e.g. array bounds checking and built in support for object oriented programming. Everything else is just libraries.
when the conversation is on the phone it requires much more brainpower just to process the sound because of the lack of visual cues.
When I'm driving and having a conversation with a passenger, I find it best to keep my eyes on the road. If I look at the passenger when I'm talking to them, I soon notice a visual cue of sheer terror.
Since I started playing WoW just after Christmas, I've stopped buying other computer games, or going to the cinema or going out to the pub or seeing any of my friends, or eating or drinking except at survival levels. So I've saved a lot of money which is quite fortunate since i also lost my job...
"And for all the talk of how great microkernels are, I still managed to make my shiny new OSX G4 powerbook kernel fault a couple times in the first 4 hours after I got it home"
The OS X kernel is not a microkernel. The Mach, BSD and device driver subsystems all share the same address space. OS X is exactly as monolithic as Linux and Windows.
Functions are constant pointers in C. After all, what is a function but an address that the program jumps to. In this respect they are similar to arrays.
jeremyp@pamela:jeremyp$ gcc --version powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
I came to the conclusion that the article really was talking about England since the National Health Service is organised by country i.e. the English NHS, Scottish NHS and Welsh NHS (I think) are all accountable to different governing instutions.
Slashdot Mirror
I agree, it's too big. My laptop keyboard has no delete key and no insert key but the cPS LOCK KEY THAT I ONLY EVER PRESS BY ccident - trying to go for the "a" - is twice as big as any normal key.
I don't understand how this scheme of putting a shield in the ionosphere is supposed to protect satellites, which are all outside the ionosphere, from solar storms caused by the Sun which is also outside the ionosphere. It seems to me that this shield would be effective only for Earth originated "attacks".
Nah,
The BBC Model B beats it hands down, so does the Commodore 64.
And don't forget, if your MP3 player is also your cell phone, you won't be able to use it on aeroplanes.
And yet, when the problem first came up he wrote an article about it and posted it on the Internet. That's not the action of a man who knows he is running pirated software.
From the manufacturer's web site:
(my emphasis)It's always the same: you get these beautifully sculpted mice/trackballs/joysticks and they are only good for right handers.
Actually they took both the VFS and networking subsystems from BSD.
The VFS and networking portions of the kernel originally came from BSD.
That'll be why most of the chapter was cut from the book, as the intro says if you care to read it..
With unlimited computing power I could break your SSL session in minutes, seconds even. No cipher short of a random one time pad is perfectly secure.
However, the principle behind encryption is not to make messages perfectly secure, but secure enough so that by the time they have been decrypted the information being protected is useless. For instance, let's pretend I can decrypt your SSL session on my laptop in 100 years. That's entirely possible if the cipher used is a bit weak, but what good does it do me to know your current credit card details in 100 years time?
With modern computers, it's quite easy to make ciphers almost arbitrarily secure but in olden days, when secure ciphers were extremely expensive, the trade off between how long lived the information was and the security of the cipher was often critical and when misjudged could lead to disastrous results.
If C is low level, then so is Java. They have almost identical syntax, but Java offers a few extra features e.g. array bounds checking and built in support for object oriented programming. Everything else is just libraries.
So all I need to do is look over your shoulder while you type your user name and then steal your cell phone.
Good system.
Since I started playing WoW just after Christmas, I've stopped buying other computer games, or going to the cinema or going out to the pub or seeing any of my friends, or eating or drinking except at survival levels. So I've saved a lot of money which is quite fortunate since i also lost my job...
Yes, but you've just given JK Rowling the ending of the last book.
That isn't considered a hard rule.
I can't comment on NT, but in OS X the drivers are definitely in kernel space. I would class it as a monolithic kernel albeit based on Mach.
"And for all the talk of how great microkernels are, I still managed to make my shiny new OSX G4 powerbook kernel fault a couple times in the first 4 hours after I got it home"
The OS X kernel is not a microkernel. The Mach, BSD and device driver subsystems all share the same address space. OS X is exactly as monolithic as Linux and Windows.
Functions are constant pointers in C. After all, what is a function but an address that the program jumps to. In this respect they are similar to arrays.
e.g.
int a [20];
int f() {}
a is a pointer. f is a pointer.
I came to the conclusion that the article really was talking about England since the National Health Service is organised by country i.e. the English NHS, Scottish NHS and Welsh NHS (I think) are all accountable to different governing instutions.