Facebook, 4chan, digg, slashdot, reddit, and redtube make their sites accessible by ipv6 only (and not through v4 to v6 tunnels.) They take a hit in traffic for a little while, two weeks later, every ISP is giving out ipv6 addresses and every ancient router and pc is upgraded.:)
There are those who are geeks-on-the-outside, and geeks-on-the-inside. May this thread contain many posts about what ways we outgeek our fellows and grumble about the dilution of obscure skills and subjects by bringing them to larger audiences.
I'll start: grumble, kids these days and their Arduinos. I'd better use a DSP or FPGA in my next project. And kids these days think FFVII is the pinnacle of classic gaming. Grumble, grumble. *gets fed a mutton chop by Link*
I'd use 1 to 3 high powered electrodeless fluorescent lighting tubes at the center of an empty ball, and have the skin of the sphere be made from some sort of light-diffusing glass or plastic. Electrodeless fluorescent lighting is very efficient and long-lasting.
Actually, come to think of it, since it used one day a year, so what if the light source has 100,000 hours of useful runtime? Damn this fixation on longevity and efficiency!
I would make each vertex of the geodesic sphere a tungsten electrode (cooled if necessary) and have fairly high powered plasma arcs flowing across the ball's surface, switching directions, forming patterns, and suchlike. The viewers should avoid staring too long.
A different salt for each row in a password file prevents attacking all the hashes at the same time. Offline attacks are still possible with individual salted hashes, no matter the hash.
The threat is reduced, to be sure, but it is not prevented, if I am to take your post literally.
I'd have just used an 8 bit micro because it's cheap and minimizes parts, just not an Arduino because I don't use Arduinos.
Think of it this way: you can be glad it was done with a "coder friendly" AVR platform rather than some beast of a processor running Java on Linux with breakneck 10ms latency.
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> Sure, but they don't give you the visual feedback programming did "back then".
Don't they? Explain visual feedback programming differences between running python on today's macs with running basic on, say, the Apple II of old.
To get an idea of where you're coming from, what is your "back then" experience?
I'll add that I commented how I personally feel about the use of open wifi. More broadly speaking, I do not think there should be any laws or rules against using open wifi, but rather more education on the subject. As a crypto-enthusiast, I think social networking sites should be much more serious about security.
I have some reservations about it, but not enough to refuse to use it in an emergency. I already have a net connection at the places I frequent. I would assume a coffee shop owner invites the use. I do not expect that the average Joe Neighbourhood who leaves his wifi open invites access, even though he may be ignorant and not realize the consequences. However, the computers don't distinguish between the former and the latter's intended use. The computer just sees an open acess point. I once accidentally used an open wifi for weeks without realizing it: my machine just connected to whatever it could find open. Whoops! Once I realized it I set it to use my own closed wifi.
In my opinion, while technically it is an open invitation, it is impolite.
Even if you are dangerously ignorant and naive about security of any sort, it does not mean one should have bad things happen to them by opportunists and criminals, nor does it mean criminals should not be punished. However my righteous contempt of criminals does absolutely nothing to stop this sort of thing: better security practices, on the other hand, do.
It's slowly getting there. PhaseOne has a 60MP medium format digital back, for example.
BetterLight has a digital scanning back for large format (no bayer interpolation artifacts either) which gives ~139MP images. Admittedly it is not like the sensors we know and love in regular digital cameras.
You spell it Cannon and you're telling someone who shoots with a 1D and has likely used Zeiss lenses that they can't buy awesome Canon lenses in the toy department at Best Buy.
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I just tell potential employers that I ascended Nethack multiple times.
Dear Slashdot,
Thank you for propagating this non-news publicity stunt in true Slashbot form. You never disappoint.
Love, Expensify
Femtoseconds are so last microsecond. This just in: Trading geeks have started to talk about attoseconds!
~17% of russian roulette players later admitted to regretting it.
See Texas Memory Systems for multi-terabyte solutions. Unless you were actually looking for standard form factors.
From their FAQ:
Q: I really want to make my home computer faster, can you help?
A: Have you considered a home equity line of credit?
Facebook, 4chan, digg, slashdot, reddit, and redtube make their sites accessible by ipv6 only (and not through v4 to v6 tunnels.) :)
They take a hit in traffic for a little while, two weeks later, every ISP is giving out ipv6 addresses and every ancient router and pc is upgraded.
There are those who are geeks-on-the-outside, and geeks-on-the-inside.
May this thread contain many posts about what ways we outgeek our fellows and grumble about the dilution of obscure skills and subjects by bringing them to larger audiences.
I'll start: grumble, kids these days and their Arduinos. I'd better use a DSP or FPGA in my next project. And kids these days think FFVII is the pinnacle of classic gaming. Grumble, grumble. *gets fed a mutton chop by Link*
Thank you for the "scare quotes." I wasn't sure what slant I should have "read into" this "summary."
I'd use 1 to 3 high powered electrodeless fluorescent lighting tubes at the center of an empty ball, and have the skin of the sphere be made from some sort of light-diffusing glass or plastic. Electrodeless fluorescent lighting is very efficient and long-lasting.
Actually, come to think of it, since it used one day a year, so what if the light source has 100,000 hours of useful runtime? Damn this fixation on longevity and efficiency!
I would make each vertex of the geodesic sphere a tungsten electrode (cooled if necessary) and have fairly high powered plasma arcs flowing across the ball's surface, switching directions, forming patterns, and suchlike. The viewers should avoid staring too long.
All we could manage was a cold cup of tea, without milk or sugar.
He also did not cuddle afterwords, for which he may get the chair.
A different salt for each row in a password file prevents attacking all the hashes at the same time. Offline attacks are still possible with individual salted hashes, no matter the hash.
The threat is reduced, to be sure, but it is not prevented, if I am to take your post literally.
Also, excellent point on encryption.
In fact, forget the food, water, cave, high-speed internet, and blackjack!
I'd have just used an 8 bit micro because it's cheap and minimizes parts, just not an Arduino because I don't use Arduinos.
Think of it this way: you can be glad it was done with a "coder friendly" AVR platform rather than some beast of a processor running Java on Linux with breakneck 10ms latency.
> Sure, but they don't give you the visual feedback programming did "back then".
Don't they? Explain visual feedback programming differences between running python on today's macs with running basic on, say, the Apple II of old.
To get an idea of where you're coming from, what is your "back then" experience?
I'll add that I commented how I personally feel about the use of open wifi. More broadly speaking, I do not think there should be any laws or rules against using open wifi, but rather more education on the subject. As a crypto-enthusiast, I think social networking sites should be much more serious about security.
I have some reservations about it, but not enough to refuse to use it in an emergency. I already have a net connection at the places I frequent.
I would assume a coffee shop owner invites the use. I do not expect that the average Joe Neighbourhood who leaves his wifi open invites access, even though he may be ignorant and not realize the consequences.
However, the computers don't distinguish between the former and the latter's intended use. The computer just sees an open acess point.
I once accidentally used an open wifi for weeks without realizing it: my machine just connected to whatever it could find open. Whoops! Once I realized it I set it to use my own closed wifi.
In my opinion, while technically it is an open invitation, it is impolite.
Even if you are dangerously ignorant and naive about security of any sort, it does not mean one should have bad things happen to them by opportunists and criminals, nor does it mean criminals should not be punished. However my righteous contempt of criminals does absolutely nothing to stop this sort of thing: better security practices, on the other hand, do.
Clear as mud? :)
Since Dr. Cooper is a fictional character, that's HIGHLY unlikely!
You're a jerk, a complete arsehole.
No.
I might get modded down for this, but I haven't died either, and I suspect others like me are beginning to come out of the closet.
> I look forward to digital catching up.
It's slowly getting there. PhaseOne has a 60MP medium format digital back, for example.
BetterLight has a digital scanning back for large format (no bayer interpolation artifacts either) which gives ~139MP images. Admittedly it is not like the sensors we know and love in regular digital cameras.
You spell it Cannon and you're telling someone who shoots with a 1D and has likely used Zeiss lenses that they can't buy awesome Canon lenses in the toy department at Best Buy.
>Lets face it, a book with an audience of 1 will be a major hit with hipsters
Nay, too mainstream.
Only animal woodcuts from the 1800s, pal.
I got nothin'.