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The key thing about safety critical software is that it is horrendously expensive to produce. The amount of testing that on-flight software has to undergo is far in excess of that which would be required for a desktop application. The kind of code being executed is also very different. The pilot of an aircraft is not going to ask the processor to instantiate a new window with an odd mix of properties half way through a flight! The developers of safety-critical software also have knowledge of/control over all of the software running on the hardware - no dodgy downloads from Warez'R'Us on an airliner. Additionally, I don't think that many applications programmers would be over-joyed by the prospect of coding in Spark Ada, and an engine controller certainly won't be developed in Java anytime soon.
I wonder if part of the problem could be that anything on a TODO list is perceived as being fairly rigidly sketched out in the lead developer's mind, thus reducing the opportunities for contributors to influence the direction of the project as much as they would wish. There is also the possibility that anything remaining on a TODO list cannot be deemed to be too important, or worth the effort to implement, by everyone else who hasn't volunteered to do it. Maybe wishlist would be a better description. Btw, excellent replies, Mark!
Patent: Requirements Based Aquisition
A method by which a complex engineering project is commissioned by means of creating a mathematical representation of the project requirements within a digital programmable computer. Acceptance of the project deliverables is dependent on successful demonstration of similarity between the performance of the actual hardware and the digital representation.
Patent: Simulation Based e-Aquisition
A business process identical to that listed above, with the transaction being conducted over the global internet.
The karma rating may give you a warm fuzzy feeling, but it's no substitute for engaging in real discussion and reading replies to your posts (obviously you do, so don't take this as a criticism!). If you have something to say that is meaningful/relevant/insightful/whatever then the opinion of some random moderator doesn't change the merit of the comment. I'm surprised that you feel the need to have your opinions backed up (anonymously) because you are obviously well able to express yourself. Signal 11 has amply demonstrated that emotive arguments get higher moderation than rational arguments; why are you so concerned about karma? If your comment is meaningful/funny/... to you then it is a valuable addition to the community. If you are trolling, then it isn't. You don't need moderators to tell you how useful it is. Anyone can increase their karma by posting Microsoft/MPAA/RIAA SUX comments - the really insightful stuff doesn't tend to get moderated up as much, but if we all had exactly the same views,/. would be a very boring place. If you are bored of/. then stop reading/posting, but trolling isn't great entertainment.
If the only reason for posting a "meaningful" response is to increase the number of some counter on a machine somewhere, are you sure that you really have anything meaningful to say?
The whole point of patents is that reverse engineering becomes unnecessary. Full disclosure of the method is made in return for society granting a short period in which the inventor can gain the benefits of having a monopoly on the technology.
But that doesn't change the fact that software patents are a bloody stupid idea.
The issue there only arose through the use of a precompiled binary. The source itself wasn't actually infected. This doesn't demonstrate that having the source is not a guarantee of security.
It's all very well creating a disk that will last for 10 millennia, but what are the chances that they will be able to read what's on it? Indeed, what are the chances that they will think that there is anything to read on it? What will differentiate it from any of the other "prehistoric mirrors" that we obviously feel it so necessary to mass produce?
located at fruitsofthesea.demon.co.uk "The Law of Sealand is based on British Common Law and British Law of Contract." I would suspect that there would be no significant difference between the British and Seal(andish?/ish?) laws in this area.
While you are certainly right that the military could do away with Sealand, I don't think it is true to say that "nobody will be the wiser". It would probably be quite noticable to all those who are paying for services there if the service were just to stop overnight.
Anyway, while it's true that the French special forces act on a politician's whim (Rainbow Warrior, anyone?) I would hope that the SAS would not be used to murder innocent civilians not involved in violent activity.
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Additionally, I don't think that many applications programmers would be over-joyed by the prospect of coding in Spark Ada, and an engine controller certainly won't be developed in Java anytime soon.
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There is also the possibility that anything remaining on a TODO list cannot be deemed to be too important, or worth the effort to implement, by everyone else who hasn't volunteered to do it.
Maybe wishlist would be a better description.
Btw, excellent replies, Mark!
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A method by which a complex engineering project is commissioned by means of creating a mathematical representation of the project requirements within a digital programmable computer. Acceptance of the project deliverables is dependent on successful demonstration of similarity between the performance of the actual hardware and the digital representation.
Patent: Simulation Based e-Aquisition
A business process identical to that listed above, with the transaction being conducted over the global internet.
Unfortunately, the quantity of troll posts far exceeds the quality.
The karma rating may give you a warm fuzzy feeling, but it's no substitute for engaging in real discussion and reading replies to your posts (obviously you do, so don't take this as a criticism!). If you have something to say that is meaningful/relevant/insightful/whatever then the opinion of some random moderator doesn't change the merit of the comment. I'm surprised that you feel the need to have your opinions backed up (anonymously) because you are obviously well able to express yourself. Signal 11 has amply demonstrated that emotive arguments get higher moderation than rational arguments; why are you so concerned about karma? If your comment is meaningful/funny/... to you then it is a valuable addition to the community. If you are trolling, then it isn't. You don't need moderators to tell you how useful it is. Anyone can increase their karma by posting Microsoft/MPAA/RIAA SUX comments - the really insightful stuff doesn't tend to get moderated up as much, but if we all had exactly the same views, /. would be a very boring place. If you are bored of /. then stop reading/posting, but trolling isn't great entertainment.
If the only reason for posting a "meaningful" response is to increase the number of some counter on a machine somewhere, are you sure that you really have anything meaningful to say?
But that doesn't change the fact that software patents are a bloody stupid idea.
If I were the NSA (and I'm not)
but then you would say that...
It was a neat hack though!
It's all very well creating a disk that will last for 10 millennia, but what are the chances that they will be able to read what's on it? Indeed, what are the chances that they will think that there is anything to read on it? What will differentiate it from any of the other "prehistoric mirrors" that we obviously feel it so necessary to mass produce?
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located at fruitsofthesea.demon.co .uk
"The Law of Sealand is based on British Common Law and British Law of Contract." I would suspect that there would be no significant difference between the British and Seal(andish?/ish?) laws in this area.
They will not host *child* porn.
He mentions pirate radio stations in the interview. Radio Caroline broadcast from the North Sea for decades.
Change my credit card!
Anyway, while it's true that the French special forces act on a politician's whim (Rainbow Warrior, anyone?) I would hope that the SAS would not be used to murder innocent civilians not involved in violent activity.