Define "intercepted". In the modern world of airborne operations, this typically means only that enemy defenses have spotted you along the edge of their airspace and sent a plane to make sure you stay on your side. Kind of like if you saw your neighbor creeping along the opposite side of your fence and letting your dogs out into the yard.
Android 2.0 (Eclair) was released in October 2009. Effectively what the market is saying is that at the end of a two-year contract, your device will be obsolete. Reminds me of all the negative press the computer OEM's got over selling Windows XP machines right before the release of Vista that wouldn't be capable of the upgrade. Except for, you know, all of the outrage.
The issue being raised by the GP above isn't that the comic provides some insight, but rather that it has become sort of a Godwin's law of xkcd that any thread even remotely related to crptography will eventually contain a reference to this comic, regardless of how relevant the true meaning may be to the conversation.
I should probably clarify that it wasn't my intention to imply anything about the relative worthiness of the platforms. More that it's way too early to talk of the two "competing", which is the implication of the summary.
The Raspberry Pi is expected to ship to mainstream customers early Q1 2012. Per the summary, this group is still in the "could end up in mass production" phase.
They can hardly compete if this one isn't being sold.
Consider the PC component market: products constantly being introduced, replaced, obseleted, along with pretty considerably-paced devaluation; parts that were fairly recently top-of-the-line are now middle-of-the-line. It's no wonder an OEM would want to minimize stock on hand.
I would imagine that the reason Cobol code has so few bugs is because the vast majority of it was written years ago and any bugs that might have been there have been fixed already. I'd be more interested in a study that compares only new code that hasn't had the benefit of years of maintenance and eyeballs.
In my experience with spectroscopy, only the "visible light" spectrum is commonly referred to as "light". Granted, the term originates from a time when we didnt know a whole lot about electromagnetic radiation, so there is some ambiguity.
Regarding "public danger", your chance of being killed by a terrorist has never been greater than your chance of being killed by a washing machine.{{Citation needed}}
Might it not be better just to cut say military spending in half? Nobody is going to invade the US, without coming home to a glass parking lot anyway, and all that money is just thrown down a hole.
So you're suggesting that the military is redundant because we still have the military to protect us?
For much the same reason that Linux is still available for DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC, S390, etc. Granted, it doesn't make business sense for Microsoft to support that many architectures, but barring it being prohibitively difficult to design which I imagine it is not, maintaining support for the x86-only community is likely to increase sales to those who wouldn't otherwise be able to upgrade.
A certification is sort of the equivalent of a degree mill -- you can get one very quickly with very little effort, literally from a book, without having any understanding of how stuff actually works.
Seems like a fault of the certifying agency. To certify literally means to confirm, so either they need to specify that they are only certifying an ability to pass a basic test related to (INSERT TOPIC), or they need to design tests that actually determine true competency.
Spy planes don't necessarily have to overfly enemy territory to observe it. Overflights run the risk of being shot at and provoking a military response, even if the violation isn't intentional. With a relatively small country like NK, flying around the edges of their airspace at a decent altitude gives you a reasonable view inland without the unnecessary risk.
Laser targeting requires line of sight. This means either troops on the ground in foreign territory or aircraft loitering in unfriendly airspace. TV guidance systems would be susceptible to the kind of jamming systems that create this problem to begin with.
We're basically waiting until Kim Jong Il shuffles off his mortal coil and hopefully some newer, saner blood can take over and a proper peace can be brokered.
Past:
We're basically waiting until Kim Il Sung shuffles off his mortal coil and hopefully some newer, saner blood can take over and a proper peace can be brokered.
Future:
We're basically waiting until Kim Jong-un shuffles off his mortal coil and hopefully some newer, saner blood can take over and a proper peace can be brokered.
"Specific protection applies to medical units or establishments; transports of wounded and sick personnel; military and civilian hospital ships; safety zones established under the Geneva Conventions; and religious, cultural, and charitable buildings, monuments, and POW camps. However, if these objects are used for military purposes, they lose their immunity. If these protected objects are located near lawful military objectives (which LOAC prohibits), they may suffer collateral damage when the nearby military objectives are lawfully engaged."
Effectively, what the LoAC states is that military targets may be (reasonably) lawfully engaged, whether they're absolutely discrete bases or in the middle of a schoolyard. The only reason a combatant places these facilities together is to act as a human shield and discourage attack on the basis of conscience.
Though I could just spend those 3.3 days playing the latest game, much more enjoyable and loosing 3 years is not that big of a deal.
You assume that physical activity is necessarily unenjoyable. Find and take up something you enjoy, whether it be racquetball, basketball, biking, bowling, skating, golf, etc, and it will never feel like work.
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But how do you patent a tree and retire a millionaire after the IPO?
I'm no biblical scholar but isn't that what God did?
Define "intercepted". In the modern world of airborne operations, this typically means only that enemy defenses have spotted you along the edge of their airspace and sent a plane to make sure you stay on your side. Kind of like if you saw your neighbor creeping along the opposite side of your fence and letting your dogs out into the yard.
Android 2.0 (Eclair) was released in October 2009. Effectively what the market is saying is that at the end of a two-year contract, your device will be obsolete. Reminds me of all the negative press the computer OEM's got over selling Windows XP machines right before the release of Vista that wouldn't be capable of the upgrade. Except for, you know, all of the outrage.
The issue being raised by the GP above isn't that the comic provides some insight, but rather that it has become sort of a Godwin's law of xkcd that any thread even remotely related to crptography will eventually contain a reference to this comic, regardless of how relevant the true meaning may be to the conversation.
I should probably clarify that it wasn't my intention to imply anything about the relative worthiness of the platforms. More that it's way too early to talk of the two "competing", which is the implication of the summary.
The Raspberry Pi is expected to ship to mainstream customers early Q1 2012. Per the summary, this group is still in the "could end up in mass production" phase. They can hardly compete if this one isn't being sold.
(companies HATE keeping stock these days).
Consider the PC component market: products constantly being introduced, replaced, obseleted, along with pretty considerably-paced devaluation; parts that were fairly recently top-of-the-line are now middle-of-the-line. It's no wonder an OEM would want to minimize stock on hand.
I'm not saying Republicans are angles or anything like that.
You could, however, say they are quite obtuse.
I would imagine that the reason Cobol code has so few bugs is because the vast majority of it was written years ago and any bugs that might have been there have been fixed already. I'd be more interested in a study that compares only new code that hasn't had the benefit of years of maintenance and eyeballs.
If Steve Jobs showed up at Android developers and offered to work with them, I think they would be would be suspicious.
I think if Steve Jobs were to show up at an Android developers office, they would be more than suspicious...
4. "Single, sexy ladies are waiting for you in Interplanetary Transit!"
In my experience with spectroscopy, only the "visible light" spectrum is commonly referred to as "light". Granted, the term originates from a time when we didnt know a whole lot about electromagnetic radiation, so there is some ambiguity.
Regarding "public danger", your chance of being killed by a terrorist has never been greater than your chance of being killed by a washing machine.{{Citation needed}}
They're "going green" because it saves them money.
To be fair, they didn't necessarily specify which green they intended to save.
Might it not be better just to cut say military spending in half? Nobody is going to invade the US, without coming home to a glass parking lot anyway, and all that money is just thrown down a hole.
So you're suggesting that the military is redundant because we still have the military to protect us?
The move towards tablet-style interfaces as a default makes me cringe. And seriously, the shut down option being hidden by default? C'mon, GNOME devs.
Oh, wait? Were you guys talking about Windows 8?
Gahhhh, why won't they drop x86 already?
For much the same reason that Linux is still available for DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC, S390, etc. Granted, it doesn't make business sense for Microsoft to support that many architectures, but barring it being prohibitively difficult to design which I imagine it is not, maintaining support for the x86-only community is likely to increase sales to those who wouldn't otherwise be able to upgrade.
A certification is sort of the equivalent of a degree mill -- you can get one very quickly with very little effort, literally from a book, without having any understanding of how stuff actually works.
Seems like a fault of the certifying agency. To certify literally means to confirm, so either they need to specify that they are only certifying an ability to pass a basic test related to (INSERT TOPIC), or they need to design tests that actually determine true competency.
Spy planes don't necessarily have to overfly enemy territory to observe it. Overflights run the risk of being shot at and provoking a military response, even if the violation isn't intentional. With a relatively small country like NK, flying around the edges of their airspace at a decent altitude gives you a reasonable view inland without the unnecessary risk.
Unless you have laser or TV guidance.
Laser targeting requires line of sight. This means either troops on the ground in foreign territory or aircraft loitering in unfriendly airspace. TV guidance systems would be susceptible to the kind of jamming systems that create this problem to begin with.
Present:
We're basically waiting until Kim Jong Il shuffles off his mortal coil and hopefully some newer, saner blood can take over and a proper peace can be brokered.
Past:
We're basically waiting until Kim Il Sung shuffles off his mortal coil and hopefully some newer, saner blood can take over and a proper peace can be brokered.
Future:
We're basically waiting until Kim Jong-un shuffles off his mortal coil and hopefully some newer, saner blood can take over and a proper peace can be brokered.
Read up on the Law of Armed Conflict.
"Specific protection applies to medical units or establishments; transports of wounded and sick personnel; military and civilian hospital ships; safety zones established under the Geneva Conventions; and religious, cultural, and charitable buildings, monuments, and POW camps. However, if these objects are used for military purposes, they lose their immunity. If these protected objects are located near lawful military objectives (which LOAC prohibits), they may suffer collateral damage when the nearby military objectives are lawfully engaged."
Effectively, what the LoAC states is that military targets may be (reasonably) lawfully engaged, whether they're absolutely discrete bases or in the middle of a schoolyard. The only reason a combatant places these facilities together is to act as a human shield and discourage attack on the basis of conscience.
You assume that the United States is the only country capable of nuclear detonation monitoring.
"Why is HAARP such an attractive target for conspiracy theorists? HAARP is a gigantic, high-energy, Pentagon-funded gizmo located in the remote Alaskan wilderness that plays around with the Earth’s ionosphere, but whose purpose seems deeply mysterious to the scientifically uninformed."
Though I could just spend those 3.3 days playing the latest game, much more enjoyable and loosing 3 years is not that big of a deal.
You assume that physical activity is necessarily unenjoyable. Find and take up something you enjoy, whether it be racquetball, basketball, biking, bowling, skating, golf, etc, and it will never feel like work.