the "right hand" is the fingerprint, and the "forehead" is the retinal scan. Think of it from John's perspective. What he saw were people scanning their fingers and eyes, and he described it as best he could.
all it would take is a national rationing system like in time of worldwide disaster to make it true. 21 Dec 2012. I wish it were just silly Mayan prophecy, but it isn't. You will see prophecy fulfilled.
The number of the beast is meant to be understood using the concepts of the time in which it is relevant. In this case, my guess is ASCII. Maybe it's just coincidence, but: B + I + L + L + G + A + T + E +S + III 66 + 73 + 76 + 76 + 71 + 65 + 84 + 69 + 83 + 3 = 666
I do not think that trying to use Greek numbering is relevant, though.
The New Mexico magazine has a page dedicated to those stories: One of Our 50 is Missing. It makes me sad that people are not only ignorant, but willfully so.
Read this PDF. In particular, page 13: Measurements at CERN Wrote a simple application to write/verify 1GB file * Write 1MB, sleep 1 second, etc. until 1GB has been written * Read 1MB, verify, sleep 1 second, etc. Ran on 3000 rack servers with HW RAID card After 3 weeks, found 152 instances of silent data corruption
Reading/Writing 1MB/sec for three weeks has 152 SILENT errors. They don't mention detected errors, but it has to be more than the silent ones.
ZFS is available on Linux via FUSE. I've experimented with it myself. It only works on sparc and x86 architectures, though. I found this out after trying to compile it for my NSLU2.
ZFS is the only filesystem I would trust with a large amount of data. We have several ZFS storage units here at work, and I've built a few myself. Personally, I'd run Solaris x86 in a VM and export filesystems via NFS before I'd run anything else.
... men are good for three things. Opening jars, killing bugs and changing tires. She says, the other things she can buy in a store with or without batteries.
There exist electric jar openers, plenty of things which kill bugs (spray, zappers, cats), and plenty of places which will change tires. She is saying you are useless in the nicest possible way.
I'd rather be a slow driver than be an assclown guilty of vehicular manslaughter or dead to save a minutes time... The "freedom" to be a self-centered jerk does not impress me.
I'm from Stillwater - he just gave OSU $100 million yesterday.
I figure eventually he will purchase the whole state and change the name to "Pickens." Our university will be renamed "Pickens State University" and OU will be more appropriately abbreviated "PU":)
People are much more willing to learn... if they can see that the knowledge is useful.
That pretty much sums it up.
I learn even when I don't know the knowledge is useful. I don't want to risk being one who "knows not, and knows not he knows not." I don't understand how people can survive in IT without that kind of approach; my jobs have been far too demanding for it. Had I not learned templates on my own without a need, I would never have known where they could be applied (and therefore justify the time to learn), and I'd be nowhere near as proficient in C++ as I am now.
Why? I can't get it through my head, because I disagree. First, what do you mean by a language? If you mean the core concepts and paradigms, and the trivia (syntax, mainly), then, for a person trained in these concepts (has a BSCS, for instance), no it doesn't take years. Or, it shouldn't take years. If it does take years, then that's a problem with the language.
It shouldn't take years to be proficient, but it does. Stroustrup himself said it takes at least 18 months to become proficient in C++, and he is right. I've programmed in C/C++ for 15 years, and I've seen C++ programmers that are nowhere near proficient even after several years.
The problem is not the language, it is the programmers. You wouldn't believe how many people don't want to learn something they don't absolutely have to use (like templates). I can count on one hand the number of people I've met in 15 years that were willing to learn.
If on the other hand, by "language" you mean the language plus all the additions, such as the libraries and the environment, then maybe that could take a while.
I consider a library and its language to be separate concepts, like Java. You can know Java inside and out but still not know about the multitudes of functions which comprise its library. C++ on the other hand, has a smaller library, thus making it easier to grasp for those willing to make the effort.
If you were going to be the test pilot AND the programmer for a new fly-by-wire flight control system. What language would you pick? There is a good change a software bug would be fatal (literally) so choose the language well. Very few would pick C++.
1) Videotape self in embarrassing situation (it has to be good) 2) Leave tape in public place and wait for distribution 3) Sue for unauthorized distribution 4) Profit!
If you leave enough tapes around, eventually this will work.
Let us say the number 13.37 has four significant digits (assume 42 is an exact number). This means the answer may only have four significant digits. Therefore one must round 42.003 to 42.00. The poster is correct.
Did you not even read your own article? It's not a registry key -- it's a signing key. Furthermore, the key exists and can be replaced with a known key-pair. You can't know it's "paranoid fantasy" or "urban legend" any more than a tinfoil hat can prove it isn't.
Therefore, any objective judgement must be based on the fact it exists, regardless of how it got there. Arguing about whether it was specifically for clandestine NSA activity is pointless, but I don't like the fact these sorts of things exist.
The NSA key inside CAPI can be replaced by your own key, and used to sign cryptographic security modules from overseas or unauthorised third parties, unapproved by Microsoft or the NSA. This is exactly what the US government has been trying to prevent. A demonstration "how to do it" program that replaces the NSA key can be found on Cryptonym's [extern] website.
This google cache link seems to imply that LAME code was indeed used. The presence of an internal data structure contained within LAME source code was present in the executable go.exe. I'm willing to bet there is enough evidence to get a copyright suit started. It would be so ironic.
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the "right hand" is the fingerprint, and the "forehead" is the retinal scan. Think of it from John's perspective. What he saw were people scanning their fingers and eyes, and he described it as best he could.
all it would take is a national rationing system like in time of worldwide disaster to make it true.
21 Dec 2012. I wish it were just silly Mayan prophecy, but it isn't. You will see prophecy fulfilled.
The number of the beast is meant to be understood using the concepts of the time in which it is relevant. In this case, my guess is ASCII. Maybe it's just coincidence, but:
B + I + L + L + G + A + T + E +S + III
66 + 73 + 76 + 76 + 71 + 65 + 84 + 69 + 83 + 3 = 666
I do not think that trying to use Greek numbering is relevant, though.
The New Mexico magazine has a page dedicated to those stories: One of Our 50 is Missing. It makes me sad that people are not only ignorant, but willfully so.
My understanding was that VT on AMD CPUs (AMD-V) is always active and does not need to be enabled by the BIOS. Use this utility to confirm.
It uses only 10MB of RAM and boots to a fully installed system in seconds -- Tiny Core rules
I think it should be Bill Gates :)
It will be.
A bit of googling leads to this PDF which I got from this link. These are more descriptive than the ZFS slide.
Read this PDF. In particular, page 13:
Measurements at CERN
Wrote a simple application to write/verify 1GB file
* Write 1MB, sleep 1 second, etc. until 1GB has been written
* Read 1MB, verify, sleep 1 second, etc.
Ran on 3000 rack servers with HW RAID card
After 3 weeks, found 152 instances of silent data corruption
Reading/Writing 1MB/sec for three weeks has 152 SILENT errors. They don't mention detected errors, but it has to be more than the silent ones.
One of the rules I learned in public speaking class: never pass anything around the room while you are talking. It distracts from your presentation.
ZFS is available on Linux via FUSE. I've experimented with it myself. It only works on sparc and x86 architectures, though. I found this out after trying to compile it for my NSLU2.
There's a blog, a wiki, and a google group.
ZFS is the only filesystem I would trust with a large amount of data. We have several ZFS storage units here at work, and I've built a few myself. Personally, I'd run Solaris x86 in a VM and export filesystems via NFS before I'd run anything else.
... men are good for three things. Opening jars, killing bugs and changing tires. She says, the other things she can buy in a store with or without batteries.
There exist electric jar openers, plenty of things which kill bugs (spray, zappers, cats), and plenty of places which will change tires. She is saying you are useless in the nicest possible way.
I got a 404 on your link. try this one.
I'd rather be a slow driver than be an assclown guilty of vehicular manslaughter or dead to save a minutes time ... The "freedom" to be a self-centered jerk does not impress me.
oh, the irony.
I'm from Stillwater - he just gave OSU $100 million yesterday.
:)
I figure eventually he will purchase the whole state and change the name to "Pickens." Our university will be renamed "Pickens State University" and OU will be more appropriately abbreviated "PU"
People are much more willing to learn ... if they can see that the knowledge is useful.
That pretty much sums it up.
I learn even when I don't know the knowledge is useful. I don't want to risk being one who "knows not, and knows not he knows not." I don't understand how people can survive in IT without that kind of approach; my jobs have been far too demanding for it. Had I not learned templates on my own without a need, I would never have known where they could be applied (and therefore justify the time to learn), and I'd be nowhere near as proficient in C++ as I am now.
Java has templates. They are called generics.
Why? I can't get it through my head, because I disagree. First, what do you mean by a language? If you mean the core concepts and paradigms, and the trivia (syntax, mainly), then, for a person trained in these concepts (has a BSCS, for instance), no it doesn't take years. Or, it shouldn't take years. If it does take years, then that's a problem with the language.
It shouldn't take years to be proficient, but it does. Stroustrup himself said it takes at least 18 months to become proficient in C++, and he is right. I've programmed in C/C++ for 15 years, and I've seen C++ programmers that are nowhere near proficient even after several years.
The problem is not the language, it is the programmers. You wouldn't believe how many people don't want to learn something they don't absolutely have to use (like templates). I can count on one hand the number of people I've met in 15 years that were willing to learn.
If on the other hand, by "language" you mean the language plus all the additions, such as the libraries and the environment, then maybe that could take a while.
I consider a library and its language to be separate concepts, like Java. You can know Java inside and out but still not know about the multitudes of functions which comprise its library. C++ on the other hand, has a smaller library, thus making it easier to grasp for those willing to make the effort.
If you were going to be the test pilot AND the programmer for a new fly-by-wire flight control system. What language would you pick? There is a good change a software bug would be fatal (literally) so choose the language well. Very few would pick C++.
As a matter of fact, Lockheed Martin used C++ with the Joint Strike Fighter.
Ethernet ... beat everything else to get to 100Mbps.
Are you forgetting FDDI/CDDI? As I recall, it was available before 100 Mbps Ethernet.
"The Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) specifies a 100-Mbps token-passing, dual-ring LAN using fiber-optic cable."
"Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI) is the implementation of FDDI protocols over twisted-pair copper wire."
Diebold's slogan is "We never rest."
Compare to the popular phrase: "There is no rest for the wicked."
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/257500.html
1) Videotape self in embarrassing situation (it has to be good)
2) Leave tape in public place and wait for distribution
3) Sue for unauthorized distribution
4) Profit!
If you leave enough tapes around, eventually this will work.
This is the best response I've read yet. Very well said.
Let us say the number 13.37 has four significant digits (assume 42 is an exact number). This means the answer may only have four significant digits. Therefore one must round 42.003 to 42.00. The poster is correct.
Did you not even read your own article? It's not a registry key -- it's a signing key. Furthermore, the key exists and can be replaced with a known key-pair. You can't know it's "paranoid fantasy" or "urban legend" any more than a tinfoil hat can prove it isn't.
Therefore, any objective judgement must be based on the fact it exists, regardless of how it got there. Arguing about whether it was specifically for clandestine NSA activity is pointless, but I don't like the fact these sorts of things exist.
From this page linked from another comment:
The NSA key inside CAPI can be replaced by your own key, and used to sign cryptographic security modules from overseas or unauthorised third parties, unapproved by Microsoft or the NSA. This is exactly what the US government has been trying to prevent. A demonstration "how to do it" program that replaces the NSA key can be found on Cryptonym's [extern] website.
This google cache link seems to imply that LAME code was indeed used. The presence of an internal data structure contained within LAME source code was present in the executable go.exe. I'm willing to bet there is enough evidence to get a copyright suit started. It would be so ironic.
... then hilarity ensues when they hit the wrong button at a family reunion ...