They would put the cards just played in at one end, and different cards would come out at the other end, and all the time we were playing the cards would be shuffling every few seconds or so.
Maybe they are just constantly shuffling the 8 decks which is why there is no slowdown?
I have wondered about this. The last time I was in Vegas, something like 8 decks were used, and at teh end of each hand the used cards were fed back in and shuffled with the other 8 decks.
It's a target, and a lot of installs tend to have way more vulns than windows. It just doesn't have the marketshare to make developing malware for it viable.
If AV's were not so useless and purely reactive, they would be doing this in the first place. Maybe it will be adopted into them.
Of course, this would not be needed if we could educate people to keep everything updated with security patches, and not let random programs run as admin.
I'm just waiting for Linux and OS X to inevitably catchup once they become viable targets.
Whenever these kinds of stories on the flaws in e-voting come up, most people inevitably advocating going to paper and that there is no advantage to e-voting. Bullshit!
It has been done sloppily as hell so far, but the technology we have allows for much greater convenience and accuracy than is posisble with paper. If we implement a system we trust, which is possible, then all those manhours wasted counting and recounting can be used on something useful, and there are many advantages, not least that it may encourage more people to vote if they can do it without all the hassle of registering and having to turn up and wait in line.
Thanks for the explanation, but I am still confused in regards to my question. Is a particle coming out of seemingly nowhere violating the first law? If not, why not?
Can someone please explain to me why Hawking radiation does not violate the first law of thermodynamics?
As I understand Hawking radiation, two particles emerge from a black hole and circle each other, and eventually get sucked back in disappearing into where they came from. Although sometimes when they are near the event horizon, only one of the particles gets sucked back in, and the other stays behind which is known as hawking radiation.
Is this not the same as energy seemingly being created, just appearing out of nowhere? Or is it mass, and the first law does not apply?
A bit of research would have revealed a few banks that do this. Or, asking on a more generic answer/question site would have yielded faster replies.
This is not a techy thing in the least, it's a waste of space when real and interesting issues that the slashdot community would love to discuss disappear.
Its your "doubt" v/s his certainty of having upgraded his work machine.
No, it is my certainty. 7 has amazing resource management, and is more efficient than any previous version of windows. If he is having ht eproblems he states, then he is doing something wrong. Not surprising given his ignorance of Windows.
VT support was relevant because without VT support virtual machines are significantly slower. If he was using a CPU without VT support, then that would explains his slowness with VM's, something he may have been falsely attributing to windows.
The default Aero interface is far, far more minimalist than the fisher-price horror that was XP. Both 7 and XP allow you to go back to the classic UI.
Bollocks to that. I went from XP to 7 at work and now having 2 VM's running at once makes my entire system chug (E6600, 4 GB RAM, 2 windows VM's should run fine). 7 is only fast if you're doing nothing with it, utter shite resource management.
Using a CPU with VT support? I am, and I know that I can run 3 VM's simultaneously with either Hyper-V or VirtualBox. I doubt I could even run one on XP without performance slowdown.
If I want to change my network settings I have to navigate through 7 "helpful" windows wizards before being able to manually set my IP address. No Windows, I dont need you to diagnose the problem, I know the problem. What's that, you want me to contact my Systems Administrator, I AM THE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR.
Well, this is because you are ignorant. Go to manage adpaters, right click on adapter and select properties, and then modify the ip setting for tcp/ip. 3 steps. There is also netsh if you want to do it from the commandline.
Nothing wrong with the Windows 7 install, apart from the fact it installs Windows 7.
What an eloquent point of argument.
Clearly the GP has never tried to contact Microsoft support. As an enterprise customer they've been nothing but useless.
You're doing something wrong. Not surprising given the poor knowledge you have of Windows so far. Microsoft have first rate support.
Well you may consider United Arab Emirates security to be good but it's not what I look for in an OS. Introducing Windows Dubai, Burka edition.
You were probably aware he was referring to UAC, which is actually a great feature, and far more flexible than what is available in unix land.
Its just as annoying, the only difference is I can copy a file with just one UAC popup, not three. Still occurs far too often and takes over whatever I am doing.
It never "takes over". God. Try copying some files to / as a normal user on most linux distros and see if they don't do the same thing. If you're getting too many prompts, you are probably using the system incorrectly. Set up the system as an administrator and then use it as a user, is that so hard?
* Uses more system resources. Running VMware or playing games is severely affected. * USB Storage is more painful. Not just the "scan and fix" dialouge with each USB Drive but I installed the Android SDK and now it refuses to recongise my milestone as a Mass Storage device (only computer in the lab that does this) * UI demands more attention, default settings are painful. * Important system config utilities are hidden behind bad and useless wizard.
*7 uses significant less resources. I would guess what happened with you is you have a non standard install, ie you bought a computer from dell and are using 7 with all the crap dell installs along with it. *Teh scan and fix thing only comes up if you use flash drives under both linux and windows. This is because vfat while compatible with fat32, is not fat32. *UI demands more attention? What? Have you tried Ubuntu recently? *No important utilities are hidden at all. You're just ignorant.
Censorship is the result of something being censored. It does not matter if it is a government, Microsoft or a cell phone company doing the censoring. It is still censorship.
Surely this action would remove their common carrier status? Now that they have demonstrated they have the capability to censor content, they can assume responsibility for other content that they allow through?
Also, for those saying it is not censorship because it is not the government....no. Just no.
I've been using the 64bit flash beta for linux for a while, and it has always been the best implementation I have seen....very speedy and stable. Is this actually an improvement, or just changing from beta to stable?
If you have even the least amount of will, or the least ability to think critically, then you won't be magically subjected to advertising without your knowledge.
It isn't science, it is still just psychology. And like Psychology, what is true for masses does not have to be true for any individual.
The reason advertising works is because people are dumb, not because of advanced clandestine techniques.
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It seemed instant?
They would put the cards just played in at one end, and different cards would come out at the other end, and all the time we were playing the cards would be shuffling every few seconds or so.
Maybe they are just constantly shuffling the 8 decks which is why there is no slowdown?
Well, I was in Vegas very recently, and that's how it was at the blackjack tables at quite a few of the casinos I went to....
So yeah, I think it's basically impossible these days at any of the big casinos.
Objective facts being used to make an argument, not an extrapolation from personal experience.
I have wondered about this. The last time I was in Vegas, something like 8 decks were used, and at teh end of each hand the used cards were fed back in and shuffled with the other 8 decks.
Surely that makes it impossible?
Err, can you give a citation for the legislation you implicitly reference for 2. ?
this isn't twitter, fool.
It's a target, and a lot of installs tend to have way more vulns than windows. It just doesn't have the marketshare to make developing malware for it viable.
If AV's were not so useless and purely reactive, they would be doing this in the first place. Maybe it will be adopted into them.
Of course, this would not be needed if we could educate people to keep everything updated with security patches, and not let random programs run as admin.
I'm just waiting for Linux and OS X to inevitably catchup once they become viable targets.
Whenever these kinds of stories on the flaws in e-voting come up, most people inevitably advocating going to paper and that there is no advantage to e-voting. Bullshit!
It has been done sloppily as hell so far, but the technology we have allows for much greater convenience and accuracy than is posisble with paper. If we implement a system we trust, which is possible, then all those manhours wasted counting and recounting can be used on something useful, and there are many advantages, not least that it may encourage more people to vote if they can do it without all the hassle of registering and having to turn up and wait in line.
Actually, evolutionarily, the chicken came first.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38238685/ns/technology_and_science-science/
The chicken would have had to have the mutation necessary to lay the egg in the first place.
Yay for anecdotal evidence.
No, it's fine. App has been around for at least 10 years prior to the iPhone.
What pisses me off is how many people started using podcasting when it's just streaming.
Thanks for the explanation, but I am still confused in regards to my question. Is a particle coming out of seemingly nowhere violating the first law? If not, why not?
Can someone please explain to me why Hawking radiation does not violate the first law of thermodynamics?
As I understand Hawking radiation, two particles emerge from a black hole and circle each other, and eventually get sucked back in disappearing into where they came from. Although sometimes when they are near the event horizon, only one of the particles gets sucked back in, and the other stays behind which is known as hawking radiation.
Is this not the same as energy seemingly being created, just appearing out of nowhere? Or is it mass, and the first law does not apply?
A bit of research would have revealed a few banks that do this. Or, asking on a more generic answer/question site would have yielded faster replies.
This is not a techy thing in the least, it's a waste of space when real and interesting issues that the slashdot community would love to discuss disappear.
Fuck this site
Its your "doubt" v/s his certainty of having upgraded his work machine.
No, it is my certainty. 7 has amazing resource management, and is more efficient than any previous version of windows. If he is having ht eproblems he states, then he is doing something wrong. Not surprising given his ignorance of Windows.
VT support was relevant because without VT support virtual machines are significantly slower. If he was using a CPU without VT support, then that would explains his slowness with VM's, something he may have been falsely attributing to windows.
You're full of shit.
Debatable. I prefer XP's minimalist looks.
The default Aero interface is far, far more minimalist than the fisher-price horror that was XP. Both 7 and XP allow you to go back to the classic UI.
Bollocks to that. I went from XP to 7 at work and now having 2 VM's running at once makes my entire system chug (E6600, 4 GB RAM, 2 windows VM's should run fine). 7 is only fast if you're doing nothing with it, utter shite resource management.
Using a CPU with VT support? I am, and I know that I can run 3 VM's simultaneously with either Hyper-V or VirtualBox. I doubt I could even run one on XP without performance slowdown.
If I want to change my network settings I have to navigate through 7 "helpful" windows wizards before being able to manually set my IP address. No Windows, I dont need you to diagnose the problem, I know the problem. What's that, you want me to contact my Systems Administrator, I AM THE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR.
Well, this is because you are ignorant. Go to manage adpaters, right click on adapter and select properties, and then modify the ip setting for tcp/ip. 3 steps. There is also netsh if you want to do it from the commandline.
Nothing wrong with the Windows 7 install, apart from the fact it installs Windows 7.
What an eloquent point of argument.
Clearly the GP has never tried to contact Microsoft support. As an enterprise customer they've been nothing but useless.
You're doing something wrong. Not surprising given the poor knowledge you have of Windows so far. Microsoft have first rate support.
Well you may consider United Arab Emirates security to be good but it's not what I look for in an OS. Introducing Windows Dubai, Burka edition.
You were probably aware he was referring to UAC, which is actually a great feature, and far more flexible than what is available in unix land.
Its just as annoying, the only difference is I can copy a file with just one UAC popup, not three. Still occurs far too often and takes over whatever I am doing.
It never "takes over". God. Try copying some files to / as a normal user on most linux distros and see if they don't do the same thing. If you're getting too many prompts, you are probably using the system incorrectly. Set up the system as an administrator and then use it as a user, is that so hard?
* Uses more system resources. Running VMware or playing games is severely affected.
* USB Storage is more painful. Not just the "scan and fix" dialouge with each USB Drive but I installed the Android SDK and now it refuses to recongise my milestone as a Mass Storage device (only computer in the lab that does this)
* UI demands more attention, default settings are painful.
* Important system config utilities are hidden behind bad and useless wizard.
*7 uses significant less resources. I would guess what happened with you is you have a non standard install, ie you bought a computer from dell and are using 7 with all the crap dell installs along with it.
*Teh scan and fix thing only comes up if you use flash drives under both linux and windows. This is because vfat while compatible with fat32, is not fat32.
*UI demands more attention? What? Have you tried Ubuntu recently?
*No important utilities are hidden at all. You're just ignorant.
as soon as any of those text messages cross state lines, and T-Mobile is aware of it, they can get screwed for it.
They can now. They couldn't before, as they were just a carrier.
Censorship is the result of something being censored. It does not matter if it is a government, Microsoft or a cell phone company doing the censoring. It is still censorship.
What is the possible relevance of your point?
This is blocking based on message content, not just blacklisting a number.
Surely this action would remove their common carrier status? Now that they have demonstrated they have the capability to censor content, they can assume responsibility for other content that they allow through?
Also, for those saying it is not censorship because it is not the government....no. Just no.
Are you sure about that? I have always had smooth full screen video, in HD under the beta plugin, which was beta than any other flash plugin....
I've been using the 64bit flash beta for linux for a while, and it has always been the best implementation I have seen....very speedy and stable. Is this actually an improvement, or just changing from beta to stable?
Oh, Hogwash
If you have even the least amount of will, or the least ability to think critically, then you won't be magically subjected to advertising without your knowledge.
It isn't science, it is still just psychology. And like Psychology, what is true for masses does not have to be true for any individual.
The reason advertising works is because people are dumb, not because of advanced clandestine techniques.