Which means that that if Intel DID try such a tactic (artificial drop in supply), Dell could say, "Fine! We are now selling AMD chips." Not the easiest solution, and certainly Intel does wield (and use) power over OEMs. But, AMD is a credible competitor, and this makes the market work out better for the consumer.
So buy from Intel's competitors (at least some of the time), to help keep the market favorable for you in the future.
Triple DES, with 3 separate keys has (according to my handy copy of Schneier's Applied Cryptography has an effective key length of 112 bits (or 2^112 keys)) That means it is effectively immune from a brute force search, meet-in-the-middle attack, differential attack, etc.) for many of our lifetimes. Basic DES is susceptible to a serious brute force attempt, yes. Triple DES (when done right) is NOT. Many people, businesses, and corporate customers are using Triple DES, and are probably quite safe in doing so (at least from anyone with less than $100,000,000+ US).
Your statement that a casual user with a desktop machine can effectively break even the normal DES, is patently false. The DES challenges showed that it took an ENORMOUS amount of work to break it, well beyond anyone without massive parallelism (beyond even what a good university has:) Of course, if the key is not randomly chosen, all bets are off.
And personally, I like Blowfish (patent free, VERY secure against brute force, and just plain clever).
The fact that Linus is working for Transmeta means that they have a substantial amount of control over what happens in the Linux kernel...
On the other hand, Linus can leave and find a great job ANYWHERE he wants (basically). So, it is not like Transmeta can really dictate anything about Linux.
The version of PGCC and Gcc 2.95 that they were using in the past were buggy (I myself submitted three separate code generation bug reports for things that were affecting my own development). The latest version, 2.95.2 seems much better, and is what is being used for 7.0. So perhaps that will help a bit with stability. I myself have been using Mandrake for well over a year, and enjoying it very much.
When I was younger, movies shown on TV would generally be allowed to show the end credits properly, with some talk overs about the next show, etc. Nowadays, they get put on a small subwindow with the credits blasting by at a million lines a second while clips of other shows may be shown.
Also, the movies themselves are often sped up a bit to allow more commercial time. I remember watching Star Wars on TV, and I could easily tell it had been considerably sped up because the pitch of all the audio had risen (voices, music, etc.) and the pacing even felt faster than I remembered it. This actually was noticed enough to be mentioned in the news afterwards. (Even though it had been sped up, it still took over 2.5 hours to run, so probably more than 40 minutes were commercials)
And all this while various Hollywood guilds have lobbied hard to prevent or lesson such actions by the networks. The guilds hold considerable power, and without them, there would probably be many more alterations (ie. not showing the credits at all).
Steganography could be used to embed the authentication into the signal itself (perhaps even for each frame) and could make it difficult to alter the picture without altering the integrity of the hash. Wow, what a great IDEA! Someone patent it.:)
A contractor has it made compared to the many administrative temps and secretaries who are made promises (yes, actual promises, it has happened to many people I know) of eventual permanent employment, which then never happens. "Temps" are often quite skilled (having done many different things) and go without benefits for years at a time. Manpower Associates proudly proclaims to be one of the largest, perhaps THE largest, employer in the U.S. (and growing by leaps and bounds). A great deal of these "employees" earn no benefits, and are not making the kind of money a professional "contractor" makes.
Unless you want your kids (or your friends and neighbors kids) to to be relegated to a future where service sector jobs for no benefits are the norm, consider making a distinction between well-paid and rewarded "contractors" and those hard-working, underappreciated, and largely uninsured "temps".
Also, the use of prison labor in industrial countries is a growing sector, and helps to further destroy the job base. Don't get me started on NAFTA and GATT.
Since the software world is different from patents involving industry, how about this:
Patent granting exclusive use for 6 years from date of application. No extension. Same holds for all IP based patents (chemical formulas, drugs, etc.) In fact, why not all patents?
Of course, the international business community would fight this tooth and nail (they are trying harder to protect and extend IP rights in the U.S. and abroad, using GATT and other trade agreements that can effectively sidestep national law)
Unfortunately, it is more like a tax on uneducated people (a regressive tax which, ironically, is justifed as a way to pay for more public education) Wealthy people have accountants (as a last resort) who TELL them it is a losing battle, even if they are actually stupid. I know many a doctor, lawyer, etc. who play the lottery because they think it ISN'T such a bad bet!
Of course, my scientist friend-of-a-friend's Grandma played the Lotto, and he kept trying to convince her it was an awful waste of money, until she won $14 million.
And cigarette's are really just an even MORE regressive tax.:-)
Yes, but mainly because that would be a trademark based lawsuit. Uri Gellar's name is not a trademark (Although he probably wishes it could be, maybe he should incorporate). But if someone parodies Pokemon (and they do it in a way that doesn't step on other legal toes), it should be legal under US Law. BTW. IANAL.
I'm amazed that these companies have such a high risk requirement to pay $35 each year, instead of, say $3500 for 100 years (perhaps pro-rated over time to cover inflation).
If I were an investor, I'd demand such an option. If amazon.com (for example) lost it's domain due to such an oversight, it could be a catastrophe.
A contract (IANAL) has a stricter legal definition than a "promise". Meeting of the minds, etc... Still, this may possibly be actionable, depending on the nature of the merchant's "promise".
We admitted it for some class of setups after the Mindcraft benchmarks, and worked to improve the areas of deficiency. That still didn't make the benchmarks useful to 95% of people needing to deploy web-servers.
And "wussies" is spelled "wussies". Although I'll probably be woosy come New Year's Eve...
Christmas is celebrating a pagan festival (winter solstice), hence the tree and other rituals (gifts perhaps?) So, for all the christians who have a tree, are they sinning by worshipping a false God?
And dude, I repent already! Forgive me and forever hold your peace. PS. hey-sus is at least 2003 years old...
I don't understand how the 2.2 kernel didn't work for win 95 clients (as stated in the article). Was this ever true, and if so, for what version of the 2.2 kernel?
Also, what is the state of threading in apache? Is there currently any support for it (the article states the 1.2.x version they used didn't support it at all)
Not a very bad article (it is somewhat old now), but maybe not to relevant any longer. (And they seems to thing that web based administration is easier than config files... well, whatever floats your boat.)
Please... Ebert gives every Simpson/Bruckheimer piece o' garbage the thumbs up. He gives lots of "summer" fun movies a "go see it for fun" even if it is offensively moronic. He is hardly the thinking man's reviewer. For real reviews, read the New York Times (or Mick LaSalle, or even James Berardinelli).
Thanks for correcting this (as I would have). Note that the "day after pill" works to suppress ovulation (like the normal birth control pill) and thus is NOT an abortive pill. If it fails, and conception occurs, a normal pregnancy will develop.
I began to have problems, largely due to switching between mouse and keyboard. I changed my mouse, moved it to my left hand, checked my posture, etc. But I also found that keeping some fresh water nearby (get a filled water bottle handy), and drinking often, really seemed to help. I've heard the same thing from others, so I suggest you keep well hydrated to help avoid typing pain.
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So buy from Intel's competitors (at least some of the time), to help keep the market favorable for you in the future.
Your statement that a casual user with a desktop machine can effectively break even the normal DES, is patently false. The DES challenges showed that it took an ENORMOUS amount of work to break it, well beyond anyone without massive parallelism (beyond even what a good university has :) Of course, if the key is not randomly chosen, all bets are off.
And personally, I like Blowfish (patent free, VERY secure against brute force, and just plain clever).
On the other hand, Linus can leave and find a great job ANYWHERE he wants (basically). So, it is not like Transmeta can really dictate anything about Linux.
The version of PGCC and Gcc 2.95 that they were using in the past were buggy (I myself submitted three separate code generation bug reports for things that were affecting my own development). The latest version, 2.95.2 seems much better, and is what is being used for 7.0. So perhaps that will help a bit with stability. I myself have been using Mandrake for well over a year, and enjoying it very much.
The Athlon has 128k of L1 cache, so reducing the the L2 cache speed may not have as much effect as on a PII/III chip which has 32k of L1 cache (?).
Also, the movies themselves are often sped up a bit to allow more commercial time. I remember watching Star Wars on TV, and I could easily tell it had been considerably sped up because the pitch of all the audio had risen (voices, music, etc.) and the pacing even felt faster than I remembered it. This actually was noticed enough to be mentioned in the news afterwards. (Even though it had been sped up, it still took over 2.5 hours to run, so probably more than 40 minutes were commercials)
And all this while various Hollywood guilds have lobbied hard to prevent or lesson such actions by the networks. The guilds hold considerable power, and without them, there would probably be many more alterations (ie. not showing the credits at all).
Steganography could be used to embed the authentication into the signal itself (perhaps even for each frame) and could make it difficult to alter the picture without altering the integrity of the hash. Wow, what a great IDEA! Someone patent it. :)
A contractor has it made compared to the many administrative temps and secretaries who are made promises (yes, actual promises, it has happened to many people I know) of eventual permanent employment, which then never happens. "Temps" are often quite skilled (having done many different things) and go without benefits for years at a time. Manpower Associates proudly proclaims to be one of the largest, perhaps THE largest, employer in the U.S. (and growing by leaps and bounds). A great deal of these "employees" earn no benefits, and are not making the kind of money a professional "contractor" makes.
Unless you want your kids (or your friends and neighbors kids) to to be relegated to a future where service sector jobs for no benefits are the norm, consider making a distinction between well-paid and rewarded "contractors" and those hard-working, underappreciated, and largely uninsured "temps".
Also, the use of prison labor in industrial countries is a growing sector, and helps to further destroy the job base. Don't get me started on NAFTA and GATT.
The proper form of this saying is: "NTSC - Never TWICE the Same Color"
Exactly, if you can't change the signal, then just raise the noise. (This applies to politics as well :)
Since the software world is different from patents involving industry, how about this:
Patent granting exclusive use for 6 years from date of application. No extension. Same holds for all IP based patents (chemical formulas, drugs, etc.) In fact, why not all patents?
Of course, the international business community would fight this tooth and nail (they are trying harder to protect and extend IP rights in the U.S. and abroad, using GATT and other trade agreements that can effectively sidestep national law)
Unfortunately, it is more like a tax on uneducated people (a regressive tax which, ironically, is justifed as a way to pay for more public education) Wealthy people have accountants (as a last resort) who TELL them it is a losing battle, even if they are actually stupid. I know many a doctor, lawyer, etc. who play the lottery because they think it ISN'T such a bad bet!
:-)
Of course, my scientist friend-of-a-friend's Grandma played the Lotto, and he kept trying to convince her it was an awful waste of money, until she won $14 million.
And cigarette's are really just an even MORE regressive tax.
Yes, but mainly because that would be a trademark based lawsuit. Uri Gellar's name is not a trademark (Although he probably wishes it could be, maybe he should incorporate). But if someone parodies Pokemon (and they do it in a way that doesn't step on other legal toes), it should be legal under US Law. BTW. IANAL.
I often wonder how far I could go in Hollywood if only *I* had Keanu's agent...
I'm amazed that these companies have such a high risk requirement to pay $35 each year, instead of, say $3500 for 100 years (perhaps pro-rated over time to cover inflation).
If I were an investor, I'd demand such an option. If amazon.com (for example) lost it's domain due to such an oversight, it could be a catastrophe.
Can you imagine how big the kernel will be in 20 years? :)
A contract (IANAL) has a stricter legal definition than a "promise". Meeting of the minds, etc... Still, this may possibly be actionable, depending on the nature of the merchant's "promise".
We admitted it for some class of setups after the Mindcraft benchmarks, and worked to improve the areas of deficiency. That still didn't make the benchmarks useful to 95% of people needing to deploy web-servers.
And "wussies" is spelled "wussies". Although I'll probably be woosy come New Year's Eve...
Sorry for the offtopic, but:
Christmas is celebrating a pagan festival (winter solstice), hence the tree and other rituals (gifts perhaps?) So, for all the christians who have a tree, are they sinning by worshipping a false God?
And dude, I repent already! Forgive me and forever hold your peace. PS. hey-sus is at least 2003 years old...
I don't understand how the 2.2 kernel didn't work for win 95 clients (as stated in the article). Was this ever true, and if so, for what version of the 2.2 kernel?
Also, what is the state of threading in apache? Is there currently any support for it (the article states the 1.2.x version they used didn't support it at all)
Not a very bad article (it is somewhat old now), but maybe not to relevant any longer. (And they seems to thing that web based administration is easier than config files... well, whatever floats your boat.)
I want to be able to submit patches. For example, I'll sing melodically and add my own back-masking. Boy, this is gonna be GREAT!
Please... Ebert gives every Simpson/Bruckheimer piece o' garbage the thumbs up. He gives lots of "summer" fun movies a "go see it for fun" even if it is offensively moronic. He is hardly the thinking man's reviewer. For real reviews, read the New York Times (or Mick LaSalle, or even James Berardinelli).
Thanks for correcting this (as I would have). Note that the "day after pill" works to suppress ovulation (like the normal birth control pill) and thus is NOT an abortive pill. If it fails, and conception occurs, a normal pregnancy will develop.
RU486 is a totally different matter.
The Pentium V will be a funny name... (ie. version 5 of chip version 5)
I began to have problems, largely due to switching between mouse and keyboard. I changed my mouse, moved it to my left hand, checked my posture, etc. But I also found that keeping some fresh water nearby (get a filled water bottle handy), and drinking often, really seemed to help. I've heard the same thing from others, so I suggest you keep well hydrated to help avoid typing pain.