Base 10 system? Using prefixes to express multiples of base units? No memorizing antiquated and imprecise ratios?
You have a base unit for every type of measurement; length(m), mass(g), weight(N), pressure(Pa), energy (J), etc. Just add prefixes and numerical values and you're all set! So easy..
Isin't this what the GPL already accomplishes quite well?
With it, companies force people who want to re-release products based on their code to supply the modified code with it, effectively nulling any potential commercial value.
Correction: All your CPU cycles are belong to obscure corporations...
Seriously...logic dictates that you must use availible ressources as efficiently as possible to attain the most probable goal. What are the probabilities of finding alien life within the next 6 months? Ok...now after you've spent time figuring that out: What are the possibilities of breaking an RC5 key within the next 6 months?...
I think it is more interresting to see that there is a rather fascination new area of competition forming: "Leeching user ressources". Why waste thousands of dollars developing one's own supercomputing systems when one can use the fact that everybody is willing to "show off their CPU strength" to their advantage? Companies are venturing slowly into this field because of the fear that people might realize something is getting flaky...that maybe they're being scratched a little too well on the back...
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If you managed to do 2s complements on the fly, you could even have -512 to +511!
And BTW, you can only do 0 to 1023 with 10 fingers.
The kilogram is not a unit, it is 1000 grams..
Base 10 system?
Using prefixes to express multiples of base units?
No memorizing antiquated and imprecise ratios?
You have a base unit for every type of measurement; length(m), mass(g), weight(N), pressure(Pa), energy (J), etc. Just add prefixes and numerical values and you're all set! So easy..
This should have been in response to the AC below..
Which is perfect if you don't mind all your navigational data evaporating into the atmosphere due to loss before it can reach the craft.
Isin't this what the GPL already accomplishes quite well?
With it, companies force people who want to re-release products based on their code to supply the modified code with it, effectively nulling any potential commercial value.
I can see the obviousness of your comment, "Americans, the most pigheaded and self-centered people in the world!"
Erm...good point. Now that you mention it, I had forgotten about the UD deal.
Isin't that what college and university dorms are all about?
"Unf unf! Look at all that pr0n I can download in 5 minutes!"
Correction: All your CPU cycles are belong to obscure corporations...
Seriously...logic dictates that you must use availible ressources as efficiently as possible to attain the most probable goal. What are the probabilities of finding alien life within the next 6 months? Ok...now after you've spent time figuring that out: What are the possibilities of breaking an RC5 key within the next 6 months?...
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I think it is more interresting to see that there is a rather fascination new area of competition forming: "Leeching user ressources". Why waste thousands of dollars developing one's own supercomputing systems when one can use the fact that everybody is willing to "show off their CPU strength" to their advantage? Companies are venturing slowly into this field because of the fear that people might realize something is getting flaky...that maybe they're being scratched a little too well on the back...