just about 6 mos (?) after the 64-bit linux stuff was announced. It's incredible how much progress you can make with billions of $$s backing you up.
Not exactly. Remember that MS had the Alpha port of WinNT4 going, and lot of 2k/XP is based on NT (most..).
And I really don't think that they started the port only after Intel "Announced" ia64 being available. I bet that MS has been on this port for 2-3 years minimum. Compare that to Linux then, It makes a nicer graph =)
What I really don't understand is why MS fucked Alpha down. In my experience Alpha is STILL pretty nice player in server level (my uni runs mostly on alphas/ x86+linux)
With alpha support it'd be much easier to support amd athlon+x86-64 (it's ev6 style bus, right?)
Well, as a sort-of US of A. authority at Intelink, I can assure you that we have a top-notch security and stuff here. As a matter of Fact, we just hired some pretty keen security-guys from Russia, and some step-overs from China.
One example of our high security is that we use exclusively Adobe PDF personalized format for exchanging information within.
We also recently upgraded our PKI infrastructure to support ROT-14 encrypting method, which makes the "bits of key" ("standard" being 128bit) effectively 8*bytes of encrypted message.
More information can be gained from www.intelnet.gov.
CPI is not a way to measure anything.
Look at RISC chips. They're MADE for high CPI count. And do you know how? by making the instructions smaller/simlpler.
Surprise-surprise, different cpu's/architechtures have different Instructions. some don't have FPU at all. Some don't have BCD-crap (x86's full of that shit).
And how will you determine WHICH instruction they use for measuring the speed? Cause you know, P4 beats hell out of Athlon doing NOOP.
There is no way you can measure processors total power, it's near perfectly subjective thing. Photoshop test is crap because G3/4's has altivec unit which beat the hell out of anything, but ONLY in some applications. It's like using wheel, it sure is good on ground, but try using that under water..
Funny, when I was something like 8 years old, I, bored, of course, found a hairpin on the floor and, not knowing better, straightened it a bit, and...
well, there was a huge (transformator, i think) metallic thing on the wall, and I stuck that hairpin into it. Next thing I remember was a flash in my eyes. No shaking, however. Nice jolt anyways. Oh, and I held that pin in one hand, between index finger and thumb. I remember touching that hand, it had something black (like powder) on it, but it went off as I touched it (oddly, it didn't stick to the other hand). The touching surface on fingers was burnt (skin went off where pin touched it).
It happened on the back of a class, but no-one noticed anything, so the flash must have been just my own receptor overload..
after that I asked my dad "how do you check the power in socket"..
Well, when you talk about "smart" cards you probably mean just plain old "circuit" card. Which is usually just ISO7816-1,2,3,4 compliant card.
Those standards define electracal interface, and "command" interface. There's a lot of cards that don't abey the standards to the full extent, or extend them in weird directions.
Now, the thing VISA is offering, is that the card is totally standard -compliant, some call it EMV-part2 (part1 is again about interface...). To be VISA-SC compliant, you have to obey EMV-p2..
About privacy: You have near to zero. I know, I program this stuff (not EMV-p2, but near to it. If I'd tell about EMV-p2, they'd come and shoot me in no time;). All transactions end up at least at VISA's servers, which may or may not (yeah, right) track you & your shopping behaviour.
But this stuff isn't new at all, it could have been done (is done) with plain old ISO-2 stripe too. The new stuff is that card can deny certain shoppings. For example you yourself can deny buying 300kg of lollipops with your card. That's just a silly example, but that's possible. You could also limit time at which card functions.. etc..
And I believe that they (Borland) had to license the Qt from trolltech in order to use it in commersial application (kylix). So they can do whatever they want to do with it. (in case they bought appropriate license.
First of all, what type of security is going to be implemented to prevent hacks. It seems that it would be pretty easy to shore up a single server, or even several in a single datacenter, but it would be a daunting task to protect thousands of machines spread thoughout the world against hackers.
Well, that's an easy one. One centralized server which tells client what file to get, AND also tells md5 sum of the file & possibly also fragments (512k each, maybe).
Has Swarmcast done anything to prevent this from happening.
Now, to get an answer to that, you should read the article..
firstoff: bollocks!
I can understand your concern, but things you mention are not of concern in this case. You see, THE thing about this meeting is that people who are there, are (not all, but most) _organizers_. Linus himself is not as much a kernel programmer than he is kernel developement organizer. These people are those who listen to "bigger forces", and maybe push kernel development into that direction.
The question is NOT about linux kernel getting "core" development team (altough there's one already, though in fluctuating state as it is..). Here's question about "bigger picture".
Of course I'm very sorry about people who've committed to kernel but still not getting to the meeting, but well, that's how life goes, now it's time for them to get their thoughts heard thru code. Linux (kernel) makes it fully possible. Remember that Linus (T) is not some bs-man sitting somewhere, but he's a real haccker with great attitude to great "hacks". If you'r code is good, it'll always gets through, if not immediately (ReiserFS).. there's time for everything under the sun..
C'mon! Don't you get it that it's nearly impossible to get engine in a car to be even nearly as effective as a burning process is made in a power plant. For example: in a modern engine about 40-50% of fuel is used as somekind of a energy (moving / heating / self-powering), as in a modern power plant nearly 95% of burnt matter is transferred into energy. Yes, transferring that energy to car takes its toll, but that's not necessarily that big. batteries used in electric car are bitchy, but that's a problem to be solved... And where the fuck from do you take that 70% loss? Do you live in some of those 3rd world countries? last time I checked it in a physics books, it was 15% max, in finland, where we have damn long distances between powerplants, not having them in every town.. Psi
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just about 6 mos (?) after the 64-bit linux stuff was announced. It's incredible how much progress you can make with billions of $$s backing you up.
Not exactly. Remember that MS had the Alpha port of WinNT4 going, and lot of 2k/XP is based on NT (most..).
And I really don't think that they started the port only after Intel "Announced" ia64 being available. I bet that MS has been on this port for 2-3 years minimum. Compare that to Linux then, It makes a nicer graph =)
What I really don't understand is why MS fucked Alpha down. In my experience Alpha is STILL pretty nice player in server level (my uni runs mostly on alphas/ x86+linux)
With alpha support it'd be much easier to support amd athlon+x86-64 (it's ev6 style bus, right?)
Well, as a sort-of US of A. authority at Intelink, I can assure you that we have a top-notch security and stuff here. As a matter of Fact, we just hired some pretty keen security-guys from Russia, and some step-overs from China.
One example of our high security is that we use exclusively Adobe PDF personalized format for exchanging information within.
We also recently upgraded our PKI infrastructure to support ROT-14 encrypting method, which makes the "bits of key" ("standard" being 128bit) effectively 8*bytes of encrypted message.
More information can be gained from www.intelnet.gov.
FYEO.
Rojer Saramantch,
SPR, Intelnet.
You're trolling, right?
/architechtures have different Instructions. some don't have FPU at all. Some don't have BCD-crap (x86's full of that shit).
CPI is not a way to measure anything.
Look at RISC chips. They're MADE for high CPI count. And do you know how? by making the instructions smaller/simlpler.
Surprise-surprise, different cpu's
And how will you determine WHICH instruction they use for measuring the speed? Cause you know, P4 beats hell out of Athlon doing NOOP.
There is no way you can measure processors total power, it's near perfectly subjective thing. Photoshop test is crap because G3/4's has altivec unit which beat the hell out of anything, but ONLY in some applications. It's like using wheel, it sure is good on ground, but try using that under water..
Funny, when I was something like 8 years old, I, bored, of course, found a hairpin on the floor and, not knowing better, straightened it a bit, and...
well, there was a huge (transformator, i think) metallic thing on the wall, and I stuck that hairpin into it. Next thing I remember was a flash in my eyes. No shaking, however. Nice jolt anyways. Oh, and I held that pin in one hand, between index finger and thumb. I remember touching that hand, it had something black (like powder) on it, but it went off as I touched it (oddly, it didn't stick to the other hand). The touching surface on fingers was burnt (skin went off where pin touched it).
It happened on the back of a class, but no-one noticed anything, so the flash must have been just my own receptor overload..
after that I asked my dad "how do you check the power in socket"..
Well, when you talk about "smart" cards you probably mean just plain old "circuit" card. Which is usually just ISO7816-1,2,3,4 compliant card.
;). All transactions end up at least at VISA's servers, which may or may not (yeah, right) track you & your shopping behaviour.
Those standards define electracal interface, and "command" interface. There's a lot of cards that don't abey the standards to the full extent, or extend them in weird directions.
Now, the thing VISA is offering, is that the card is totally standard -compliant, some call it EMV-part2 (part1 is again about interface...). To be VISA-SC compliant, you have to obey EMV-p2..
About privacy: You have near to zero. I know, I program this stuff (not EMV-p2, but near to it. If I'd tell about EMV-p2, they'd come and shoot me in no time
But this stuff isn't new at all, it could have been done (is done) with plain old ISO-2 stripe too. The new stuff is that card can deny certain shoppings. For example you yourself can deny buying 300kg of lollipops with your card. That's just a silly example, but that's possible. You could also limit time at which card functions.. etc..
And I believe that they (Borland) had to license the Qt from trolltech in order to use it in commersial application (kylix).
So they can do whatever they want to do with it. (in case they bought appropriate license.
First of all, what type of security is going to be implemented to prevent hacks. It seems that it would be pretty easy to shore up a single server, or even several in a single datacenter, but it would be a daunting task to protect thousands of machines spread thoughout the world against hackers.
Well, that's an easy one. One centralized server which tells client what file to get, AND also tells md5 sum of the file & possibly also fragments (512k each, maybe).
Has Swarmcast done anything to prevent this from happening.
Now, to get an answer to that, you should read the article..
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firstoff: bollocks! I can understand your concern, but things you mention are not of concern in this case. You see, THE thing about this meeting is that people who are there, are (not all, but most) _organizers_. Linus himself is not as much a kernel programmer than he is kernel developement organizer. These people are those who listen to "bigger forces", and maybe push kernel development into that direction. The question is NOT about linux kernel getting "core" development team (altough there's one already, though in fluctuating state as it is..). Here's question about "bigger picture". Of course I'm very sorry about people who've committed to kernel but still not getting to the meeting, but well, that's how life goes, now it's time for them to get their thoughts heard thru code. Linux (kernel) makes it fully possible. Remember that Linus (T) is not some bs-man sitting somewhere, but he's a real haccker with great attitude to great "hacks". If you'r code is good, it'll always gets through, if not immediately (ReiserFS).. there's time for everything under the sun..
Are you sure with your facts? I mean 21.5 Mbps is damn lot for a _packed_ stream.. it's DeCSS:d _before_ its unmpegged..
Psi
On a contrary, it's pretty damn hard. But it's still easier than keeping Earth off spinning..
Psi
C'mon! Don't you get it that it's nearly impossible to get engine in a car to be even nearly as effective as a burning process is made in a power plant. For example: in a modern engine about 40-50% of fuel is used as somekind of a energy (moving / heating / self-powering), as in a modern power plant nearly 95% of burnt matter is transferred into energy. Yes, transferring that energy to car takes its toll, but that's not necessarily that big. batteries used in electric car are bitchy, but that's a problem to be solved... And where the fuck from do you take that 70% loss? Do you live in some of those 3rd world countries? last time I checked it in a physics books, it was 15% max, in finland, where we have damn long distances between powerplants, not having them in every town.. Psi