Just looking at the cargo is deceptive, because it ignores the cost of re-entry. You're still paying shuttle prices for re-entry even though all that actually needs to come down is 7 astronauts,
I would pay a lot for the hang glider re-entry method.
In computers, there are critically important reasons why base2 is used (transistors act as electronic switches which have two states: on and off). Wiring buses in computers (address lines, data lines) are base2, with the electricity being on or off. When data is read and written on the hard disk, its done in a binary format. When searching for data on a disk, its either a binary search, or the equivalent of a binary search (divide and conquer) algorithm used to find data, with O(log n) search time. Please don't dumb it down. We don't need to dumb it down. Its not that the computer is to compl-cated, its that the user is too dumb. Users have been suing drive manufacturers who have been lying to people like this. I expect data to be stored this way. Two wrongs don't make a right (it takes three lefts for that), but I digress, don't change it. DON'T!
FIrst off, young sprat, I've used decimal hardware. So are you going to force me to say 1KB is 1024 even though it makes no sense on that system?
Second, I've used disk drives for other purposes than computers - data logging using dedicated hardware. Why should I be tied to your computer idiosyncrasies? Mass storage was around before computers settled on binary. It has always used decimal units. You are making a common mistake - assuming that because something is some way now, that it was always that way.
Third, if base two is so critical to computers, then how many Hertz are in 1 MHz?
And finally, I'm now working on ternary logic. Storing information as 3^N is already inside some devices you're using, so maybe binary is not so critical after all.
Hacker mastermind Albert Gonzalez was sentenced Thursday in US District Court to two concurrent 20-year stints in prison for his role in what prosecutors called the 'unparalleled' theft of millions of credit card numbers from major US retailers.
If I was Albert Gonzalez, I would have asked for 480 concurrent 1-month sentences instead. Then when the judge finalized the sentence, I'd show him the definition of the word "concurrent".
Then the crime wouldn't be 'unparalleled', would it? Besides, the judge could just add a mutex to each sentence so they end up being sequential anyway.
What's the logic behind concurrent sentences. 2 concurrent 20 year sentences is for all intents and purposes the same as one 20 year sentence. SO he basically got away with one of the crimes with no punishment. If its because 40 years for these 2 crimes is too harsh, then logically 20 years is too harsh for 1 and the law needs to be changed. Can someone explain the logic to me
What happens if one of the two cases gets reversed on appeal? You want him to go free?
Easy enough to check the interface. IDE uses one flat cable. ST-506 and its cousins used separate control and data cables. Same 4-wire power connector.
Those new prefixes are just lame. It's like they are trying to punish computer users or something for offending their sense of beaurocratic order for so long. A much more logical approach would be to specify whether or not the prefix is meant to be base-10 or base-2.
Ummm. That's exactly what the new prefixes do. The i means binary.
Wait long enough and any technology can be lost. Lots of old cities still have wood water pipes. Good luck finding someone who knows where they are or can repair them. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/us/18water.html
A dowser was working Down Under when his failure caused him to ponder "the charge on me watta was more than it oughta. So I couldn't tell lightning from thunder."
Obviously it would not be in a democracy. However many of us live in a representative democracy where our government represents those who speak the loudest
The NFL Saints can trademark a specific design - like gold, with black and white borders but they can't trademark the fleur-de-lis itself. They also can't trademark this design if its already in common use.
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Just looking at the cargo is deceptive, because it ignores the cost of re-entry. You're still paying shuttle prices for re-entry even though all that actually needs to come down is 7 astronauts,
I would pay a lot for the hang glider re-entry method.
You mean a BOL - Big Old Lemon.
1) Vandalize the wikipedia article about yourself
2) Order the print-on-demand book
3) Sue VDM for libel
4? Profit!
Third, if base two is so critical to computers, then how many Hertz are in 1 MHz?
1000, you troll. Here's the thing... base 2 isn't critical to processor speed... but it is on your hard drive. Now get off my lawn.
1000? Wow.
Binary system? What binary system?
With an MLC drive in my laptop most of the storage in my computer is non-binary. So I guess you're still wrong.
In computers, there are critically important reasons why base2 is used (transistors act as electronic switches which have two states: on and off). Wiring buses in computers (address lines, data lines) are base2, with the electricity being on or off. When data is read and written on the hard disk, its done in a binary format. When searching for data on a disk, its either a binary search, or the equivalent of a binary search (divide and conquer) algorithm used to find data, with O(log n) search time. Please don't dumb it down. We don't need to dumb it down. Its not that the computer is to compl-cated, its that the user is too dumb. Users have been suing drive manufacturers who have been lying to people like this. I expect data to be stored this way. Two wrongs don't make a right (it takes three lefts for that), but I digress, don't change it. DON'T!
FIrst off, young sprat, I've used decimal hardware. So are you going to force me to say 1KB is 1024 even though it makes no sense on that system?
Second, I've used disk drives for other purposes than computers - data logging using dedicated hardware. Why should I be tied to your computer idiosyncrasies? Mass storage was around before computers settled on binary. It has always used decimal units. You are making a common mistake - assuming that because something is some way now, that it was always that way.
Third, if base two is so critical to computers, then how many Hertz are in 1 MHz?
And finally, I'm now working on ternary logic. Storing information as 3^N is already inside some devices you're using, so maybe binary is not so critical after all.
If I was Albert Gonzalez, I would have asked for 480 concurrent 1-month sentences instead. Then when the judge finalized the sentence, I'd show him the definition of the word "concurrent".
Then the crime wouldn't be 'unparalleled', would it? Besides, the judge could just add a mutex to each sentence so they end up being sequential anyway.
What's the logic behind concurrent sentences. 2 concurrent 20 year sentences is for all intents and purposes the same as one 20 year sentence. SO he basically got away with one of the crimes with no punishment. If its because 40 years for these 2 crimes is too harsh, then logically 20 years is too harsh for 1 and the law needs to be changed. Can someone explain the logic to me
What happens if one of the two cases gets reversed on appeal? You want him to go free?
Gonzalez is evidently charged with not only the Heartland case, but also the TJX break-in from 2007.
This has already been done. It's selinux, and the NSA swears that it's really, really secure and that they don't know of any back doors in it.
I patented a process for fixing that which I call "proofreading". So far I can't find any examples of where it has been tried before.
Easy enough to check the interface. IDE uses one flat cable. ST-506 and its cousins used separate control and data cables. Same 4-wire power connector.
Then it said "Squirrel!"
355/113 is better
The SEC's budget for FY 2009 was $913 million and they had about 500 lawsuits going.
On topic, Witty. Hell, it deserves an Oscar!
Those new prefixes are just lame. It's like they are trying to punish computer users or something
for offending their sense of beaurocratic order for so long. A much more logical approach would be
to specify whether or not the prefix is meant to be base-10 or base-2.
Ummm. That's exactly what the new prefixes do. The i means binary.
This doesn't matter with the new Advanced Format Slashdot, which rounds all posts up to 4K.
Only the Senate needs to approve treaties, that's the "advice and consent" clause.
newspaper buried in a landfill will easily outlast unmaintained digital data. I'll send you some 8" floppies if you don't believe me.
Pay at the counter.
How does that help?
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/florida_skimming/
Wait long enough and any technology can be lost. Lots of old cities still have wood water pipes. Good luck finding someone who knows where they are or can repair them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/us/18water.html
A dowser was working Down Under
when his failure caused him to ponder
"the charge on me watta
was more than it oughta.
So I couldn't tell lightning from thunder."
Obviously it would not be in a democracy. However many of us live in a representative democracy where our government represents those who speak the loudest
The NFL Saints can trademark a specific design - like gold, with black and white borders but they can't trademark the fleur-de-lis itself. They also can't trademark this design if its already in common use.