Orion was a great idea, but the original plans were to launch the ship from earth. Let's hope that if they ever plan to revive it, they will launch from the moon (preferably the far side),since setting off nukes on or near earth would be far too disruptive. (early high-altitude tests like the Starfish test took out several communication satellites)
The worst thing of these cheap players is their lack of decent region locking. Unwitting consumers may be exposed to content from all over the world. This must stop immediately.
You're basically correct. Theoretically many different inputs have the same md5 hash. However, the chances of finding two such inputs are very small. There is no real practical value to finding such a collision, other than to give a rough idea of what it takes computationally to find one. Since md5 is used to check the integrity of files like linux isos, it is important to know how secure the algorithm is.
It is a bit like SETI@home, It is very likely that we're not alone in the universe, but until we have empirical proof that we're not, nobody is truly satisfied.
Besides, if this was of true significance for national safety, funding would be found to run this on dedicated machines.
Sometimes I feel that people nowadays are using complex technologies where simple solutions will suffice.
When I was a kid (late'70s early '80s ), I've seen something similar done without expensive digital camera's. they just took a cheap 'chemical' toy camera (plastic lens, thumbwheel transport) which they let ride along the string (I believe the wind blows it along), and they rigged the shutter to go off when the camera reached the top of the string. All done with coathangers and wire. And if it crashed, you didn't lose hundreds of euro's/dollars/pounds.
In this case, I see very little advantage in using a digital camera.
Chlorine is a chemmical that was even used as poison on WW I.
Yes, and table salt contains both chlorine and sodium, so if you eat that you will both suffocate and catch on fire.
Sorry to be so flippant, but there is a world of difference between chlorine in gaseous form, and the chlorine containing compounds that are added to drinking water in some parts of the world.
Yes, they are slightly poisonous, they have to be to be antiseptic, but to equate the two is needlessly alarmist.
Thankfully I'm not a US citizen, so my exposure to this sort of rubbish is, oh, probably 2-3 years away...
Don't count on it. I don't live in the US, I've never been to the US. But I still get many spams telling me that I can swindle the US tax system. I think the whole world will suffer the spam fallout of local US elections.
The Odyssey spacecraft is not their only relay. Early januari the European Mars Express orbiter comes online, which can be used as a backup relay (if Beagle2 has survived the landing). The best source of current information I have seen is the webcast of the press conference from this morning, which can be found on the official beagle2 site (I'm not providing a direct link to the streams, because slashdotting their server wouldn't be very nice at this moment, they have enough to worry about)
I wouldn't go as far as calling it digusting, but it is definetly a one-sided article. Perhaps this has to do with the fact that the BBC itself is a major producer of DVDs. Balanced reporting is a dying art.
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please RTFA. It clearly states that the amount of light from the sun ( measured outside of the amosphere by satellites) has gone up, while the amount of light reaching the surface (measured on earth where there are lab technicians with access to clean rags, soap and water) has gone down.
Do you make a xerox copy, or do you use a Xerox (tm) machine to make a photocopy?
Of course the name Xerox comes from Xerography (greek for "dry-writing" as it was the first process to use toner, or dry ink) which is the technical term for the original photocopy process. (the quality was terrible, mostly grey on white, and big black surfaces tuned out white with a grey edge, but text worked fine) so, "making a xerox" is equivalent to "taking a photo".
It would be possible (trivial?) to put a feature in our favourite open source browser to give a security warning when you visit such a URL.
Why would you do that, since only IE is affected. It would be like Open Office popping up a window saying: "If this were MS Office you'd be infected by a VBR virus." While I agree that such a site would be suspicious, such a feature would add no functionality to the browser.
The main thing that keeps me on ext3 is ext2 backwards compatability. You dont have to worry about having custom repair/bootdisks to recognize your install...
you don't need a custom repair disk for xfs if you can boot from CD. Knoppix comes with xfs support and with the xfsrepair utility. (as I found out one day, when my debian system suddenly refused to mount the corrupted xfs partition, which also happened to be the filesystem root. Booting Knoppix allowed me to fix the problem in minutes.)
I haven't used ext3 or reiserfs yet, so I can't make a direct comparison.
Things like java have poluted the world by making everything think they can program.
Of course, 20 years ago programmers said pretty much the same thing about BASIC, but there are still assembly and c/c++ programmers around and society hasn't crumbled. So, while on a gut-level I agree with your post, I think Civilisation-As-We-Know-It will probably survive.
Something like Freenet would be great. But without all the encryption/anonymity nonsense.
Since the content is "hosted" on users' PCs, you need that encryption/anonymity nonsense. If users know exactly what they have in their cache, there is a risk that users start editing or erasing content.
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I guess now we have to add The inbox on that list?
Orion was a great idea, but the original plans were to launch the ship from earth. Let's hope that if they ever plan to revive it, they will launch from the moon (preferably the far side),since setting off nukes on or near earth would be far too disruptive. (early high-altitude tests like the Starfish test took out several communication satellites)
two slight corrections:
a device that only works with their music store
wrong: the ipod plays mp3's without problems, and itunes can rip audio cd's to both mp3 and AAC
- a music store that only works with their device
nearly correct. itunes lets you burn the music to audio cd, after that you can do with it what you like.
Which is where your argument falls down.
As Basil Fawlty would say:
Don't mention the HURD.
50's style? these glasses I have in my hand are from the 50's you insensitive clod.
The worst thing of these cheap players is their lack of decent region locking. Unwitting consumers may be exposed to content from all over the world. This must stop immediately.
me, my brother, my mom and my dad all live in different cities.
Wow, your family must live in an enormous house.
You're basically correct. Theoretically many different inputs have the same md5 hash. However, the chances of finding two such inputs are very small. There is no real practical value to finding such a collision, other than to give a rough idea of what it takes computationally to find one. Since md5 is used to check the integrity of files like linux isos, it is important to know how secure the algorithm is.
It is a bit like SETI@home, It is very likely that we're not alone in the universe, but until we have empirical proof that we're not, nobody is truly satisfied.
Besides, if this was of true significance for national safety, funding would be found to run this on dedicated machines.
No no no no no!
The obvious question is:
"Does SCO plan to send a probe to mars, carrying an invoice for $699?"
Sometimes I feel that people nowadays are using complex technologies where simple solutions will suffice.
When I was a kid (late'70s early '80s ), I've seen something similar done without expensive digital camera's. they just took a cheap 'chemical' toy camera (plastic lens, thumbwheel transport) which they let ride along the string (I believe the wind blows it along), and they rigged the shutter to go off when the camera reached the top of the string. All done with coathangers and wire. And if it crashed, you didn't lose hundreds of euro's/dollars/pounds.
In this case, I see very little advantage in using a digital camera.
Boy, I feel old.
Chlorine is a chemmical that was even used as poison on WW I.
Yes, and table salt contains both chlorine and sodium, so if you eat that you will both suffocate and catch on fire.
Sorry to be so flippant, but there is a world of difference between chlorine in gaseous form, and the chlorine containing compounds that are added to drinking water in some parts of the world.
Yes, they are slightly poisonous, they have to be to be antiseptic, but to equate the two is needlessly alarmist.
Thankfully I'm not a US citizen, so my exposure to this sort of rubbish is, oh, probably 2-3 years away...
Don't count on it. I don't live in the US, I've never been to the US. But I still get many spams telling me that I can swindle the US tax system. I think the whole world will suffer the spam fallout of local US elections.
The Odyssey spacecraft is not their only relay. Early januari the European Mars Express orbiter comes online, which can be used as a backup relay (if Beagle2 has survived the landing). The best source of current information I have seen is the webcast of the press conference from this morning, which can be found on the official beagle2 site (I'm not providing a direct link to the streams, because slashdotting their server wouldn't be very nice at this moment, they have enough to worry about)
is this in the best or worst category?
I wouldn't go as far as calling it digusting, but it is definetly a one-sided article. Perhaps this has to do with the fact that the BBC itself is a major producer of DVDs. Balanced reporting is a dying art.
please RTFA. It clearly states that the amount of light from the sun ( measured outside of the amosphere by satellites) has gone up, while the amount of light reaching the surface (measured on earth where there are lab technicians with access to clean rags, soap and water) has gone down.
Days were brighter when I was a kid.
And I thought it was only nostalgia that made it look that way. Well I guess it's time to stock up on flashlights and batteries.
Do you make a xerox copy, or do you use a Xerox (tm) machine to make a photocopy?
Of course the name Xerox comes from Xerography (greek for "dry-writing" as it was the first process to use toner, or dry ink) which is the technical term for the original photocopy process. (the quality was terrible, mostly grey on white, and big black surfaces tuned out white with a grey edge, but text worked fine) so, "making a xerox" is equivalent to "taking a photo".
Well, if you put it like that, I see your point. It can be confusing.
It would be possible (trivial?) to put a feature in our favourite open source browser to give a security warning when you visit such a URL.
Why would you do that, since only IE is affected. It would be like Open Office popping up a window saying: "If this were MS Office you'd be infected by a VBR virus." While I agree that such a site would be suspicious, such a feature would add no functionality to the browser.
The main thing that keeps me on ext3 is ext2 backwards compatability. You dont have to worry about having custom repair/bootdisks to recognize your install...
you don't need a custom repair disk for xfs if you can boot from CD. Knoppix comes with xfs support and with the xfsrepair utility. (as I found out one day, when my debian system suddenly refused to mount the corrupted xfs partition, which also happened to be the filesystem root. Booting Knoppix allowed me to fix the problem in minutes.)
I haven't used ext3 or reiserfs yet, so I can't make a direct comparison.
Things like java have poluted the world by making everything think they can program.
Of course, 20 years ago programmers said pretty much the same thing about BASIC, but there are still assembly and c/c++ programmers around and society hasn't crumbled. So, while on a gut-level I agree with your post, I think Civilisation-As-We-Know-It will probably survive.
from dictionary.com
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pretend:
4. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. [Obs.]
it is an old, but correct usage of the term.
think "pretender to the crown."
Something like Freenet would be great. But without all the encryption/anonymity nonsense.
Since the content is "hosted" on users' PCs, you need that encryption/anonymity nonsense. If users know exactly what they have in their cache, there is a risk that users start editing or erasing content.
Any chance of a slashdot interview by way of a farewell?