I vaguely recall another/.er saying that the USB modifications were to address the different physical situation that a console would be in compared to computer. Something along the lines of the joystick cable not falling out when some drunkard falls over the cable...
Without being able to trust our developers to give reasonable estimates on time, we can't function.
The whole point of the article is that you can't trust your developers to estimate well, because it is an (algorithmically) impossible task.
I'd guess that an alternative explanation is that humans are more complex than algorithms - so trying to model the estimating "process" with algorithms is fundamentally flawed. I'd personally like to believe this, AI developers probably wouldn't.
That's why Software Engineering is unlike any other engineering field. If bridges had to be as malleable as software is, we'd never be able to drive across them because they'd always be down for repairs.
The trouble is the inventor's patent will be bought out by the person who owns the telemarketing firm. His ear is, unfortunately, nowhere near the business end of the charge.
I think the particular argument just comes down to interpretation (although it was still interesting to read):
It appears Mr. Raymond has not read the dust jacket of his own book. It says: "The development of the Linux operating system by a loose confederation of thousands of programmers--without central project management or control--turns on its head everything we thought we knew about software project management." This assertion is precisely why CatB is such a famous essay. People look to the open-source method as a new way to create software and, in the process, break the tyranny of Microsoft.
What was meant by "the Linux operating system"? If it was what RMS would call GNU/Linux then Connel is taking things way out of context, if it was the Linux kernel then maybe ESR should keep a tighter check on his publishers blurb. I'd personally guess the first interpretation, but I've not read the book which may give some more context...
The assumption in the second figure's was that they already had the main hardware and support capability, and were just adding to it. Thought I agree that the $0 support delta was stretching Gray's Law od Programming a little to far...
No Man is an island, entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less,
as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were;
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind;
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
I think you had to by an XT bridgeboard card. I don't remember if the emulation was via an Amiga screen (those copper list scrolly ones), or some kind of dual boot.
Was it a coincidence that it happened at the page that meant to link Hackers (supposedly a myth)
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The only thing I can think of is that your ISP doesn't allow any initial SYN packets through to you. This would make you only capable of being a client. If enough ISPs banded together to they could conceivably restrict the majority of iternet connected people this way.
I'd like to think that economics would rear its head at this point and supply of server allowed connections would appear to fit the demand gap. (A lot of online games rely on peer to peer for example)
Even more draconian, imagine legislation in this area. Maybe people would need a (government) server license to run tcp listeners.
Even more scary, this would stop a lot of trojans that set up listeners...
Wouldn't it be quicker to stop once n is greater than or equal to the square root of the number to be factored?
Only in an abstract kind of sense. Given that the numbers are composite (and the RSA could be lying here) - the alogrithm will be sure to have finished before your optimization comes into play. Hence the calculation as to what the square root was will slightly slow down the overall run time.
20Mb, you don't know that you were born. My first computer had no drive at all. It could fit about 40kB of data on a C5 cassette tape. And I'm only in my (late) 20s. I'm sure some real old timers had it worse. Probably had to punch cards by hand, and their machines that only had 7 bytes of memory.
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I vaguely recall another /.er saying that the USB modifications were to address the different physical situation that a console would be in compared to computer. Something along the lines of the joystick cable not falling out when some drunkard falls over the cable...
You're correct of course. The FAA have now reverted to saying "all options are open."
Thats what Ananova are saying here anyway.
Imagine I am Vic Reeves, waving a handbag in your general direction saying 'Ooooooooh!' in a high pitched voice.
(It would make more sense if you'd watched Shooting Stars)
It's on Solaris too. It's the reason why DNS isn't working - at least that's how I discovered it.
Without being able to trust our developers to give reasonable estimates on time, we can't function.
The whole point of the article is that you can't trust your developers to estimate well, because it is an (algorithmically) impossible task.
I'd guess that an alternative explanation is that humans are more complex than algorithms - so trying to model the estimating "process" with algorithms is fundamentally flawed. I'd personally like to believe this, AI developers probably wouldn't.
That's why Software Engineering is unlike any other engineering field. If bridges had to be as malleable as software is, we'd never be able to drive across them because they'd always be down for repairs.
That sounds like Hammersmith Bridge to me.
Did you read who these people are? I don't expect acquiring bandwidth is much of a problem, if you know what I mean.
Its funny how that is accepted by everyone, yet we also hear the quote "More people are living now than have died throughout history"
The trouble is the inventor's patent will be bought out by the person who owns the telemarketing firm. His ear is, unfortunately, nowhere near the business end of the charge.
The knowledge base is tightening up.
Random rubbish for lameness filter.
I think the particular argument just comes down to interpretation (although it was still interesting to read):
What was meant by "the Linux operating system"? If it was what RMS would call GNU/Linux then Connel is taking things way out of context, if it was the Linux kernel then maybe ESR should keep a tighter check on his publishers blurb. I'd personally guess the first interpretation, but I've not read the book which may give some more context...
The assumption in the second figure's was that they already had the main hardware and support capability, and were just adding to it. Thought I agree that the $0 support delta was stretching Gray's Law od Programming a little to far...
(Aside - isn't a stupid religious battle at the root of this evil?)
No, but your other points are all excellent.
The main NORAD complex is thought to be able to withstand a nuke from about 500yds.
Guilt, hopefully that's just me.
I think you had to by an XT bridgeboard card. I don't remember if the emulation was via an Amiga screen (those copper list scrolly ones), or some kind of dual boot.
If there's no problem with your kernel you don't need to upgrade.
You really don't understand the nature of addiction...
Was it a coincidence that it happened at the page that meant to link Hackers (supposedly a myth)
The only thing I can think of is that your ISP doesn't allow any initial SYN packets through to you. This would make you only capable of being a client. If enough ISPs banded together to they could conceivably restrict the majority of iternet connected people this way.
I'd like to think that economics would rear its head at this point and supply of server allowed connections would appear to fit the demand gap. (A lot of online games rely on peer to peer for example)
Even more draconian, imagine legislation in this area. Maybe people would need a (government) server license to run tcp listeners.
Even more scary, this would stop a lot of trojans that set up listeners...
Time for sleep
Who moderated that as insightful? Has /. suddenly become a haven for pre-Renaissance historians? Or is this just a symptom of False Authority Syndrome
Wouldn't it be quicker to stop once n is greater than or equal to the square root of the number to be factored?
Only in an abstract kind of sense. Given that the numbers are composite (and the RSA could be lying here) - the alogrithm will be sure to have finished before your optimization comes into play. Hence the calculation as to what the square root was will slightly slow down the overall run time.
Didn't really need an extra word at all - email me said it all.
20Mb, you don't know that you were born. My first computer had no drive at all. It could fit about 40kB of data on a C5 cassette tape. And I'm only in my (late) 20s. I'm sure some real old timers had it worse. Probably had to punch cards by hand, and their machines that only had 7 bytes of memory.