Random process => normal distribution = bell curve
Whoever told you that "random process => Bell curve" was a idiot. Yes, many things are normally distributed, yes the central limit theorem says that sampling many identically-distributed variables will give you a bell curve, but thats it.
Really. If you get into small groups, or have something whose distribution is non-normal there is absolutely no guarantee that the results will be normal, or even approximately normal. A sample standard deviation, from a small sample, will have an F-distribution, for example.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Next time you want to know about statistics, ask a statistician, not a bloody engineer.
Jesus, have you seen this one. Remember the fact that sendmail would delivermail addressed to user+keyword@foo.com to the address user@foo.com, and then user could filter on keyword? Well Ideaflood have patented that, too.
What are the chances of surviving initial impact into the ocean when the plane is in a 600 mile an hour vertical dive
Planes rarely hit the sea in 600mph vertical dives, at least not intact. If the planes still in one piece on impact, its probably because the pilot is ditching, and your chance of getting out isn't bad.
If there's catastrophic failure at altitude, you're screwed.Do I really want to float around in the North Atlantic for several days, clinging to a pillow full of beer farts
So if I set up a motor company in India, building cars with a faint resemblance to Fords, I should be able to market them as "Made In America", due to their similarity with American made cars?
(Assuming Ford haven't completely relocated to Mexico yet).
Parmesan means "From Parma", like "Made In The USA" means "Made in the USA".
These totalarian regimes like Sadaam are essentially never going to fail on thier own.
Thats right. It certainly could never happen in the totalitarian Romania,East Germany or Czechoslovakia. I realise there's a stereotype that Americans are totally ignorant of World History, but this was only fifteen years ago, you know. How old are you?
You can't drop dollar bills on the road & then arrest citizens for stealing when they pick them up.
No, but I can drop dollars in the street and then hang around to see who picks them up. Depending on local bylaws, I'd probably be allowed to photograph the doing it as well.
But if they rely on someone elses code to write a virus they are script kiddies (which is what this article is about). That's pretty much the definition of a script kiddie; people who use others scripts to cause damage because they haven'y the brains to do it themselves.
Its a concern, but not a terribly large one if you take care of it.
Right, and its a pretty small detail relative to the risks of dehydration, too. Given the choice between running a marathon on too much pure water or too little, I'll take my chances with hyponatremia.
Funded by the US military != devised by the US military. Most of the present protocols were designed by guys who wouldn't know which end of an M16 was the dangerous one.
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A 1944 design for a pigeon-guided missile, that was to be used to sink German battleships. Until the Navy decided it was a stupid idea.
Really. If you get into small groups, or have something whose distribution is non-normal there is absolutely no guarantee that the results will be normal, or even approximately normal. A sample standard deviation, from a small sample, will have an F-distribution, for example.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Next time you want to know about statistics, ask a statistician, not a bloody engineer.
How dare you doubt the word of Bill when he has already proved to be a visionary of the future, which was scarily prescient if you ignore the fact that early editions overlooked the Internet
Jesus, have you seen this one. Remember the fact that sendmail would delivermail addressed to user+keyword@foo.com to the address user@foo.com, and then user could filter on keyword? Well Ideaflood have patented that, too.
So if I set up a motor company in India, building cars with a faint resemblance to Fords, I should be able to market them as "Made In America", due to their similarity with American made cars?
(Assuming Ford haven't completely relocated to Mexico yet).
Parmesan means "From Parma", like "Made In The USA" means "Made in the USA".
Indeed, this is worse than "Correlation = Causation". Its post "hoc ergo propter hoc"
that was funnier using a Scottish footballer of the the 60s:
"St John taps in the rebound"
The most common addresses I get worms from are usenet@domain and slashdot@domain
But if they rely on someone elses code to write a virus they are script kiddies (which is what this article is about). That's pretty much the definition of a script kiddie; people who use others scripts to cause damage because they haven'y the brains to do it themselves.
I'll take salty OJ or salty, flat decaff Coke.
Ontario is in Canada. CAN-SPAM is a US act. This is Yahoo suing a spammer, the CAN-SPAM act is completely and utterly irrelevant.
In fact, IIRC, the CAN-SPAM act specifically prohibits individuals / companies from taking legal action against alleged spammers.
I read the ESPN website pretty regularly, and have never seen one of these. What am I doing right^H^H^H^H^Hwrong?
Thats pretty much the canonical example of why DWIM is a bad idea...
Funded by the US military != devised by the US military. Most of the present protocols were designed by guys who wouldn't know which end of an M16 was the dangerous one.
Theres a third option you missed: "Member of a Sparks tribute band"