Now as most of you know AIDS is a disease that kills faggots, Niggers and degenerate drug users. What a great illness in my opinion. Sure it may infect
some poor bastard who may have gotten it through ablood transfusion, but SORRY! It's your fault for losing all your blood, you moron.
When parents see stuff like this showing up in games (that's a Deus Ex 2 screenshot), they're not gonna be happy. I have to say, I was a bit shocked myself.
First, I'd like to point out that quantum computation and quantum encryption are two almost completely separate concepts. Quantum encryption is based on the fact that quantum states cannot be measured without altering. The most common example is the polarization of a photon, but it will work for any quantum state, so long as there exist, effectively, two unique states that can transmit the data.
Quantum computation, however, is much more complex and much more interesting. Quantum computers are based on the concept of quantum entanglement, the ability of a quantum state to exist in a superposition of all of its mutually exclusive states: It's a 1 and a 0. However, this is not as easy to use as one might think. While it's true that if you have n quantum logic gates you have the ability to input 2^n data values simultaneously (as opposed to only 1 piece of data if you have n digital logic gates), this is not going to be the end of classical computing for a few reasons. First, quantum computers have to be perfectly reversible. That means for every output there's an input and vice versa. And there has to be no way of knowing the initial states of the data. You don't process data, you process probabilities in a quantum computer; if you know exactly what any one value is throughout the computation, you can find out all of the values: the superposition ends and you're stuck with a useless chunk of machinery. This means YOU CAN ONLY GET ONE RESULT FROM ANY QUANTUM COMPUTATION, THE END RESULT. You can't see what the data in the middle is or the computer becomes useless. (Landauer's principle makes heat loss data loss. When your processor gets hot, it's losing data. If the same thing happened to a quantum computer, it wouldn't be quantum anymore.) Decoherence is what happens when you randomly lose data to the environment by design, not by choice, and the superposition ends. This is bad for Q.C. Oh, and quantum computers can only do *some* things faster, like prime factorization and discrete logarithms. Not multiplication or addition. Plus, the circuits that would do basic arithmetic would be bigger and slower than what you've currently got.
So what does this all mean? It means that quantum computers are going to provide some advantages (real quick big number factorization), and some disadvantages (that whole RSA standard). The most realistic initial use of quantum computers will be as add-ons to existing super-computers to resolve certain types of NP-Complete headaches that regular math can't simplify yet. At best they will someday be an add-on to your PC; but they will never replace the digital computer.~
If you want more info, check out http://www.qubit.org, it's got some decent tutorials.
Symantec isn't making the choice to block the ads, the consumer who buys the product and allows the ads to be blocked is the one making the choice. The choice is still very much in the consumer's hand unless Symantec is somehow physically forcing their users to enable or make use of the feature or their product.
I think "Right to Watch" would be a bit of a misnomer. It's much more like the "Right to Record". Nothing is going to stop anyone from watching something when it's broadcast.
Many of the more indie films that happen to be distributed by the MPAA do not see wide release, perhaps only playing in New York or LA. Because of this, not all Academy members may get a chance to see them, and it can hurt the film's chances of being nominated for awards.
Screeners allowed the Academy members to view movies in the comfort of their own homes or while travelling which means they wouldn't have to go out of their way to see a film that wasn't playing on thousands of screens nationwide.
The monthly fee, I believe, is going to be $15/mo. A new high for MMORPGs.
Having been in the beta for a long time, I'm going to suggest staying away from this one for at least a few months. Even in the last two weeks, servers have been going up and down daily an most things still don't even appear to work correctly. The game is not nearly completed.
From what I did play, though, I had fun with... I just won't be picking it up for a while. Besides, I've still go DAoC to keep me busy.
lol/. owes me a new diaper because this story is so funny that I filled the one I was wearing with liquid faeces that poured out of my ass when I lost control of my bowels while laughing
...so if Verizon runs fiber to your house, you'll be able to get Verizon service or none at all.
Isn't that how it should be? If Verizon foots the cost of rolling out thouands and thousands of miles of fiber, shouldn't they be the only ones who can use it?
That's a bit different from phone lines which were subsidised through tax money and therefore should be open to all. If Verizon is the one paying for the fiber, then it should be theirs to use alone if they please.
They did use it actually. Sony came out with a cable to connect two PS2s together for head to head gaming like they did with the PS1 (the port for doing so in the back was later removed from that as well). That's how multiplayer in Gran Turismo worked also. Of course, to work you must have two PS2s and two televisions, something most people aren't willing to move around to play together.
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It is exactly 1.7GB
Anyone who gives a different amount is wrong or lying.
Nanotech. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?
Assembly Language. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?
East Coast vs. West Coast. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?
Resumes. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?
Encryption. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?
Freedom of Expression. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?
P2P. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?
Microsoft Security. What's it all about? Is it good, or it is whack?
Now as most of you know AIDS is a disease that kills faggots, Niggers and degenerate drug users. What a great illness in my opinion. Sure it may infect some poor bastard who may have gotten it through ablood transfusion, but SORRY! It's your fault for losing all your blood, you moron.
When parents see stuff like this showing up in games (that's a Deus Ex 2 screenshot), they're not gonna be happy. I have to say, I was a bit shocked myself.
that image, by the way, is very not work safe.
First, I'd like to point out that quantum computation and quantum encryption are two almost completely separate concepts. Quantum encryption is based on the fact that quantum states cannot be measured without altering. The most common example is the polarization of a photon, but it will work for any quantum state, so long as there exist, effectively, two unique states that can transmit the data.
Quantum computation, however, is much more complex and much more interesting. Quantum computers are based on the concept of quantum entanglement, the ability of a quantum state to exist in a superposition of all of its mutually exclusive states: It's a 1 and a 0. However, this is not as easy to use as one might think. While it's true that if you have n quantum logic gates you have the ability to input 2^n data values simultaneously (as opposed to only 1 piece of data if you have n digital logic gates), this is not going to be the end of classical computing for a few reasons. First, quantum computers have to be perfectly reversible. That means for every output there's an input and vice versa. And there has to be no way of knowing the initial states of the data. You don't process data, you process probabilities in a quantum computer; if you know exactly what any one value is throughout the computation, you can find out all of the values: the superposition ends and you're stuck with a useless chunk of machinery. This means YOU CAN ONLY GET ONE RESULT FROM ANY QUANTUM COMPUTATION, THE END RESULT. You can't see what the data in the middle is or the computer becomes useless. (Landauer's principle makes heat loss data loss. When your processor gets hot, it's losing data. If the same thing happened to a quantum computer, it wouldn't be quantum anymore.) Decoherence is what happens when you randomly lose data to the environment by design, not by choice, and the superposition ends. This is bad for Q.C. Oh, and quantum computers can only do *some* things faster, like prime factorization and discrete logarithms. Not multiplication or addition. Plus, the circuits that would do basic arithmetic would be bigger and slower than what you've currently got.
So what does this all mean? It means that quantum computers are going to provide some advantages (real quick big number factorization), and some disadvantages (that whole RSA standard). The most realistic initial use of quantum computers will be as add-ons to existing super-computers to resolve certain types of NP-Complete headaches that regular math can't simplify yet. At best they will someday be an add-on to your PC; but they will never replace the digital computer.~
If you want more info, check out http://www.qubit.org, it's got some decent tutorials.
Symantec isn't making the choice to block the ads, the consumer who buys the product and allows the ads to be blocked is the one making the choice. The choice is still very much in the consumer's hand unless Symantec is somehow physically forcing their users to enable or make use of the feature or their product.
I think "Right to Watch" would be a bit of a misnomer. It's much more like the "Right to Record". Nothing is going to stop anyone from watching something when it's broadcast.
My Pocket PC based PDA is unable to log on with the actual MSN messenger client. I've been hearing the same from a few others.
I guess that's a pretty big oops!
Many of the more indie films that happen to be distributed by the MPAA do not see wide release, perhaps only playing in New York or LA. Because of this, not all Academy members may get a chance to see them, and it can hurt the film's chances of being nominated for awards.
Screeners allowed the Academy members to view movies in the comfort of their own homes or while travelling which means they wouldn't have to go out of their way to see a film that wasn't playing on thousands of screens nationwide.
Until The Hurd finally reaches beta
The monthly fee, I believe, is going to be $15/mo. A new high for MMORPGs.
Having been in the beta for a long time, I'm going to suggest staying away from this one for at least a few months. Even in the last two weeks, servers have been going up and down daily an most things still don't even appear to work correctly. The game is not nearly completed.
From what I did play, though, I had fun with... I just won't be picking it up for a while. Besides, I've still go DAoC to keep me busy.
Combine this idea with that Xbox controller from earlier, and you've really got something there I think!
lol /. owes me a new diaper because this story is so funny that I filled the one I was wearing with liquid faeces that poured out of my ass when I lost control of my bowels while laughing
...so if Verizon runs fiber to your house, you'll be able to get Verizon service or none at all.
Isn't that how it should be? If Verizon foots the cost of rolling out thouands and thousands of miles of fiber, shouldn't they be the only ones who can use it?
That's a bit different from phone lines which were subsidised through tax money and therefore should be open to all. If Verizon is the one paying for the fiber, then it should be theirs to use alone if they please.
Uhhhhh that's a lot of words
Can you post a summary please?
Thank you, this will come in handy if it gets slashdotted.
sup dawg
They did use it actually. Sony came out with a cable to connect two PS2s together for head to head gaming like they did with the PS1 (the port for doing so in the back was later removed from that as well). That's how multiplayer in Gran Turismo worked also. Of course, to work you must have two PS2s and two televisions, something most people aren't willing to move around to play together.