Dude, do you realize how many addresses a 128-bit address space gives you? About 3.4 * 10^38 address, give or take. I would type out the number for you, but I'd probably get carpal tunnel syndrome from doing it.
If you were to assign addresses at the rate of one billion addresses PER SECOND for a BILLION YEARS, you would not even come close to using up one trillionith of the address space.
In short, we will not 'run out eventually', as you say. The sun will supernova long before that will ever happen.
Do you really think that MS is just applying for patents in the US? When they file a patent application, it is filed in numerous countries. This is common practice.
We had to replace all the raised floor panels in one of our old data centers because of zinc whiskers. It took us a while to figure out what was going on.
If you had taken time to check into it, you could have avoided looking foolish.
If you knew anything about HF, you would know it propagates via the ionosphere thousands of miles away from it's source.
So even if the power was out say, in Denver, you would still be able to hear interference from a BPL system in NY, where the power may still be on.
Same argument for practicing "out in the country". If BPL became widespread, there would be interference everywhere regardless of whether the power was on or not.
I don't think that your comments about restarting life and restoring the atmosphere to livable conditions on Mars are attainable goals, but I found your remark about the fate of our own planet to be interesting.
No matter what we do, Earth will eventually become a planet devoid of life. The sun will eventually run out of energy or nova or supernova. But if you believe the astronomers, we don't have to worry about this for a really, really long time (~5 billion years).
I think that the stupidity/selfishness of humans will cause human life (and maybe all other forms of life) to end on earth well before then. I'm really a fan of science and scientific endevors, but human nature is not something you can describe mathematically.
Let's pretend that future missions to Mars discover that there was once living organisms on the planet.
Other than the knowledge of that fact, what's the payoff? How does humankind here on earth benefit from this discovery?
Personally, I think the vastness of the universe practically guarantees that life exists in some other solar system. So what's the big deal about finding out if life once existed on a neighbor planet in our own solar system?
They don't want long life for rovers
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Ok, hear me out.
Cost aside, there most likely is a way to greatly extend the life of a rover.
From the noises NASA has been making, there will be a series of unmanned missions to Mars before an attempt to send humans will be made (I don't necessarily agree with the premise of sending humans to Mars).
NASA has said the limiting factor is power, because of the dust accumulation on the solar panels.
Let's say that the cost of implementing a way to eliminate the dust doubled the cost of the mission (probably would be less). If dust were eliminated, then the rovers could operate until the batteries could not longer hold a sufficient charge to do science.
What I'm getting at here is politics. A solution could be engineered to greatly extend the life of the rovers. But that would result in a reduced number of missions and *less funding*.
The poster didn't say anything about Universal Health Care. He wants to be able to afford to purchase health care coverage.
The truth is that most people who work in jobs that do not provide health care benefits can not afford to purchase health insurance because of the high premiums (in the U.S.)
For the most part, the coverage of SCO's actions have been largely confined to the technology press.
SCO is hoping this road show will generate enough interest to get the mainstream press to pay attention to them. Their case is weak, so they have been braying loudly to anyone that will pay attention to them, hoping that the pressure of increased media coverage will induce IBM to start responding publicly...this can only help them.
As long as IBM keeps their comments confined to the courts, SCO's momentum dies and so does their stock. This road show is the "pump" in "pump 'n dump".
A security hole in Outlook allowed the person who stole the code to install a program that recorded keystrokes.
Some of you are thinking "Yes, but if the machine had been loaded with the latest patches, this wouldn't have happened!"
I'm sorry, but that's lame. If MS had a policy that gave more importance to writing secure code, it's quite possible that this never would have happened. But writing secure code takes more time, doesn't it?
In the litigious society we live in, I would not be surprise if Valve went after MS for damages.
Who will you use for a reference at your old company once it becomes clear that you organized an en masse departure? You will have to be totally honest with prospective employers, because they will find out happened when they make inquires about you at the company you help screw.
Rep. Adam Smith this evening denied ever writing that the GPL was a threat to America's "innovation and security".
"What I meant to write was the GPL is a threat to 'evil corporations stifiling all innovation and security' pertaining to software development". Rep. Smith claimed that he momentarily blacked out, due to Bill Gate's penis being lodged in his throat, and unintentionally left out the words "evil corporatons stifiling all.."
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Dude, do you realize how many addresses a 128-bit address space gives you? About 3.4 * 10^38 address, give or take. I would type out the number for you, but I'd probably get carpal tunnel syndrome from doing it.
If you were to assign addresses at the rate of one billion addresses PER SECOND for a BILLION YEARS, you would not even come close to using up one trillionith of the address space.
In short, we will not 'run out eventually', as you say. The sun will supernova long before that will ever happen.
They can use it to search for dupes.
You can appreciate the details.
My President would never allow his operatives to write the speech of a head of state. That would mean that he wasn't in charge...oh, wait.
If humans were susceptible to as many viruses as Windows, we would all be dead.
Do you really think that MS is just applying for patents in the US? When they file a patent application, it is filed in numerous countries. This is common practice.
We had to replace all the raised floor panels in one of our old data centers because of zinc whiskers. It took us a while to figure out what was going on.
If you had taken time to check into it, you could have avoided looking foolish.
We need a Mars mission badly? Really?
I'd like to hear your reasons why we need a Mars mission 'badly'. What bad things happen if we don't have a Mars mission?
Personally, I think we need a cure for cancer badly.
If what you say is true, then these regulations are having the proper effect.
If you knew anything about HF, you would know it propagates via the ionosphere thousands of miles away from it's source.
So even if the power was out say, in Denver, you would still be able to hear interference from a BPL system in NY, where the power may still be on.
Same argument for practicing "out in the country". If BPL became widespread, there would be interference everywhere regardless of whether the power was on or not.
I don't think that your comments about restarting life and restoring the atmosphere to livable conditions on Mars are attainable goals, but I found your remark about the fate of our own planet to be interesting.
No matter what we do, Earth will eventually become a planet devoid of life. The sun will eventually run out of energy or nova or supernova. But if you believe the astronomers, we don't have to worry about this for a really, really long time (~5 billion years).
I think that the stupidity/selfishness of humans will cause human life (and maybe all other forms of life) to end on earth well before then. I'm really a fan of science and scientific endevors, but human nature is not something you can describe mathematically.
Let's pretend that future missions to Mars discover that there was once living organisms on the planet.
Other than the knowledge of that fact, what's the payoff? How does humankind here on earth benefit from this discovery?
Personally, I think the vastness of the universe practically guarantees that life exists in some other solar system. So what's the big deal about finding out if life once existed on a neighbor planet in our own solar system?
Ok, hear me out.
Cost aside, there most likely is a way to greatly extend the life of a rover.
From the noises NASA has been making, there will be a series of unmanned missions to Mars before an attempt to send humans will be made (I don't necessarily agree with the premise of sending humans to Mars).
NASA has said the limiting factor is power, because of the dust accumulation on the solar panels.
Let's say that the cost of implementing a way to eliminate the dust doubled the cost of the mission (probably would be less). If dust were eliminated, then the rovers could operate until the batteries could not longer hold a sufficient charge to do science.
What I'm getting at here is politics. A solution could be engineered to greatly extend the life of the rovers. But that would result in a reduced number of missions and *less funding*.
Ok, I've removed my tinfoil hat. Comments?
The poster didn't say anything about Universal Health Care. He wants to be able to afford to purchase health care coverage.
The truth is that most people who work in jobs that do not provide health care benefits can not afford to purchase health insurance because of the high premiums (in the U.S.)
If you think that people should be going to Mars, then you should have no qualms about reparing the Hubble. Going to Mars is much, much riskier.
Even if they wanted to, they couldn't do it.
The optics on the HST are so sensitive, the sunlight that is reflected off the earth would destroy them.
For the most part, the coverage of SCO's actions have been largely confined to the technology press.
SCO is hoping this road show will generate enough interest to get the mainstream press to pay attention to them. Their case is weak, so they have been braying loudly to anyone that will pay attention to them, hoping that the pressure of increased media coverage will induce IBM to start responding publicly...this can only help them.
As long as IBM keeps their comments confined to the courts, SCO's momentum dies and so does their stock. This road show is the "pump" in "pump 'n dump".
A security hole in Outlook allowed the person who stole the code to install a program that recorded keystrokes.
Some of you are thinking "Yes, but if the machine had been loaded with the latest patches, this wouldn't have happened!"
I'm sorry, but that's lame. If MS had a policy that gave more importance to writing secure code, it's quite possible that this never would have happened. But writing secure code takes more time, doesn't it?
In the litigious society we live in, I would not be surprise if Valve went after MS for damages.
Who will you use for a reference at your old company once it becomes clear that you organized an en masse departure? You will have to be totally honest with prospective employers, because they will find out happened when they make inquires about you at the company you help screw.
Most people don't want to hire a "troublemaker".
Rep. Adam Smith this evening denied ever writing that the GPL was a threat to America's "innovation and security".
"What I meant to write was the GPL is a threat to 'evil corporations stifiling all innovation and security' pertaining to software development". Rep. Smith claimed that he momentarily blacked out, due to Bill Gate's penis being lodged in his throat, and unintentionally left out the words "evil corporatons stifiling all.."
Hire the Slashdot editors. Unlimited hot air.
If you're building a seperate internet, you still need routers.
:)
Or maybe I don't get the joke
1. Stop goofing off and take school seriously. Take college-prep track in high school with as many math courses as possible.
2. Do not take a break between high school and college.
3. Get a degree in engineering instead of computer science.
4. Get married and start making babies as soon as you have that first job out of college.
Calling Slashdot Editors idiotic morons is an insult to idiotic morons everywhere.