He has illegally circumvented a carefully designed protection mechanism ! His discovery will cause bazillions of dollars to be lost to crime and piracy.
Worse even, sites such as Slashdot freely link to this information, destroying a successful business model (namely e-commerce) !
Don't let him get away with it, protect our right to profit !
And while you are at it, imprison all mathematicians who might find ways to break our precious cipher systems by finding a way to factor large numbers
(Sounds stupid, but wouldn't there be legal action in such a case ?
I think he wants to know if it works the other way round too. Previous posts specified that W2K had no problem accessing other systems, but that the reverse wasn't true. (e.g. Kerberos issues ?)
Windev (a windows-based RAD toolkit) supports (supposedly) all keywords and functions both in English and in French. My personal experience with its French keywords has been brief and painful (though I am French) since all the other languages I had learned before were English-based.
Having lived in a world full of if-then-else blocks, I just couldn't stand the si-alors-sinon blocks. I would guess it is because I am used to reading and writing well-structured sentences (in French at least) and am thus just horrified by the way it looks (and sounds). Add to this that their choice of function names are often twice to three time longer than the English ones...
Furthermore, most of the translations that I have seen (be they manuals, novels...) make little sense when you actually read the original English version.I think that most often the translations are made by people who are not French native speakers, non-technical people or both.
I write you this letter while I'm on my way towards Venus. We decided that since our stay on Mars has been shortened, we could afford a quick trip there. Well, I'm not sure the boss will approuve our touring, and he might deduct it from our vacation time. We've also been told by locals that Neptune was nice this time of the year.
Your loving son.
PS. If I can manage to buy postcards, I'll send you one.
Actually, the human body is sensitive to the concentration of CO2 in the air. When it goes up, the presence of CO2 in the blood triggers a suffocating feeling (e.g. hold your breath).
However, inert gases (N,He...) do not trigger this feeling, but neither contribute to the oxygenation of your body. Since you are still breathing, you keep your blood's CO2 level low and feel fine. (Until you suffer from the lack of oxygen, which is what you are trying to avoid.)
Conclusion: Get in a room full of CO2, you'll know quickly you should get out. Get in a room full of inert gases (or toxic ones), tougher luck.
I wonder what are the limiting factors to the range of temperatures that the components of a PC can support (both high and low). Since they are not subjected to mechanical stress, the metal parts should handle low temperatures well enough, and, IIRC, silicon is rather stable thermally.
However, I am amazed that my own PIII is still alive at +75C, without overclocking. And let's not talk about the stability of Windows in such conditions. BTW, if anyone knows a solution which is less expensive than changing it (or than using dry ice ), I'd be glad to hear it.
This could create some interesting games:
Gather a couple of friends and dare them to view dirtier and dirtier sites. The first to ring the alarm loses. Randomly clicking links might work too.
This would imply producing and selling a whole new batch of DVD players. I guess consumers wouldn't like it much. They would have to try and justify it with some technological improvements.
Anyway, would the hypothetical mathematician who releases his algorithm for efficient large number factorization be held responsible for breaking encryption schemes ?
Slashdot Mirror
He has illegally circumvented a carefully designed protection mechanism ! His discovery will cause bazillions of dollars to be lost to crime and piracy.
Worse even, sites such as Slashdot freely link to this information, destroying a successful business model (namely e-commerce) !
Don't let him get away with it, protect our right to profit !
And while you are at it, imprison all mathematicians who might find ways to break our precious cipher systems by finding a way to factor large numbers
(Sounds stupid, but wouldn't there be legal action in such a case ?
I think he wants to know if it works the other way round too. Previous posts specified that W2K had no problem accessing other systems, but that the reverse wasn't true. (e.g. Kerberos issues ?)
On a 20 he slashes and dottes the site.
Windev (a windows-based RAD toolkit) supports (supposedly) all keywords and functions both in English and in French.
...) make little sense when you actually read the original English version.I think that most often the translations are made by people who are not French native speakers, non-technical people or both.
My personal experience with its French keywords has been brief and painful (though I am French) since all the other languages I had learned before were English-based.
Having lived in a world full of if-then-else blocks, I just couldn't stand the si-alors-sinon blocks.
I would guess it is because I am used to reading and writing well-structured sentences (in French at least) and am thus just horrified by the way it looks (and sounds). Add to this that their choice of function names are often twice to three time longer than the English ones...
Furthermore, most of the translations that I have seen (be they manuals, novels
And this definitely sucks.
It isn't, we had a live demo !
Dear mom,
I write you this letter while I'm on my way towards Venus. We decided that since our stay on Mars has been shortened, we could afford a quick trip there. Well, I'm not sure the boss will approuve our touring, and he might deduct it from our vacation time. We've also been told by locals that Neptune was nice this time of the year.
Your loving son.
PS. If I can manage to buy postcards, I'll send you one.
A web server (incl. TCP stack) has been put on a PIC (256 bytes, 12 bit).
http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/~shri/iPic.html
An ordinary ball-bearing fan, the one I got with the processor.
Actually, the human body is sensitive to the concentration of CO2 in the air. When it goes up, the presence of CO2 in the blood triggers a suffocating feeling (e.g. hold your breath).
However, inert gases (N,He...) do not trigger this feeling, but neither contribute to the oxygenation of your body. Since you are still breathing, you keep your blood's CO2 level low and feel fine. (Until you suffer from the lack of oxygen, which is what you are trying to avoid.)
Conclusion: Get in a room full of CO2, you'll know quickly you should get out.
Get in a room full of inert gases (or toxic ones), tougher luck.
I wonder what are the limiting factors to the range of temperatures that the components of a PC can support (both high and low). Since they are not subjected to mechanical stress, the metal parts should handle low temperatures well enough, and, IIRC, silicon is rather stable thermally.
However, I am amazed that my own PIII is still alive at +75C, without overclocking. And let's not talk about the stability of Windows in such conditions. BTW, if anyone knows a solution which is less expensive than changing it (or than using dry ice ), I'd be glad to hear it.
This could create some interesting games :
Gather a couple of friends and dare them to view dirtier and dirtier sites.
The first to ring the alarm loses.
Randomly clicking links might work too.
"Public humiliation" Russian roulette anyone ?
I'm astonished that they gave out a patent for this technique. Administrators (should) already know and use it.
Isn't novelty a critical requirement for patents (i.e. no previous disclosure) ?
This would imply producing and selling a whole new batch of DVD players. I guess consumers wouldn't like it much. They would have to try and justify it with some technological improvements.
Anyway, would the hypothetical mathematician who releases his algorithm for efficient large number factorization be held responsible for breaking encryption schemes ?
I hope not.