The ISS mission has exceeded it's original goals and it's far past time to recognize that. To say that it's invaluable to science is nonsense. To say that it is also invaluable to a human mars mission (something that I always thought was kind of stupid any way considering the countless failures we have had sending other spaceships there) is not much better than nonsense. This all has *got* to be a big open secret at NASA.
NASA can finally be unhindered to develope the next generation of propulsion technologies that will be required for any space mission rather than worry about what flavor of bubble gum a handful of Astronauts will need as they check off another orbit done.
I am truly glad that the Trump administration can see that.
Rather than a human mars mission, I much, much rather see us be able to find a way to send another spacecraft to Pluto and have it only need a year to get there.
I understand that. But there still needs to be a formalized and verifiable method in place that the software is not malicious in nature from whatever sources it originates from.
It's the same reason that there are ISO certifications for factories (e.g. ISO 9001) to notify others that certain manufacturing methods and standards are being met, even though those same factories could have been meeting those standards before they were ISO certified.
Rather than trying to fix that which increasingly seems to be unfixable at the microcode level, perhaps a different tact is needed.
The two attack vectors are through executing malicious javascript code through a web browser and the other would be downloading malicious programs and/or having physical access to the computer. The latter problem might be tackled by allowing only "certified" known programs that are not malicious to be executed on the computer. Which would mean controlling the program from origination to delivery perhaps with a "Linux registry". You would be right to roll your eyes, but the situation we are in is not exactly pretty either. There could be a specific control program to turn off this feature for those who would wish, such as those compiling their own code. Plus, it would not need to be executed on computers that do not have the faulty CPUs.
To counter the former (attack via web browser), Intel's patch could be enabled while the web browser was operating (as that generally will be less performance critical imho). Perhaps eventually the browser could examine a trusted certificate before letting a web page load.
It would be trivial to granulate these further and offer a combination of the two as they are needed. In a sense, you are "locking down" which programs are allowed to run in user space. I certainly agree that these options are quite ugly, but they are options nonetheless. But as I see it, that's where we are at.
Who knows though - this might could be seen as an opportunity. If Linux is the only operating system that can offer a solution such as this, maybe its desktop market share might grow rapidly. Maybe at one point it might could bring about "The Year of the Linux Desktop".
The downfall of Radio Shack began when they decided to fire all their engineers at their Texas HQ and become a cell phone reseller and equipment re-badging company.
Evidently they didn't need their engineers and the world really didn't need Radio Shack.
. So saying there's no more maple syrup seems silly, saying that there might be shortage and it'll get more expensive makes more sense.
This is absolutely true. Market forces will predominate. Making extreme bad arguments only makes people dismiss the science of climate change more, not recognize it for its truth.
The local goodwill is very busy. I know I purchase sacrificial work clothes that I use for painting/auto repair there. I know the local church group (who also owns thrift stores) has found uses for clothes that they couldn't otherwise sell and they can recycle the cloth material efficiently.
So I'm grateful for the people who donate their unwanted clothes for whatever reason.
Intel can't likely even fab the old chips any more, and even if they could it would still require a redesign, so it's a non-starter.
I disagree. They would only need to do one redesign, because the architecture is the same across many different chip families. And why the flaw stretches back to 1995 in the first place.
The bigger question would be to repackage the chips to the various sockets (and voltages) where they may no longer have the specific packaging machines in place to do so.
But this is Intel with the world's best engineers. If they say they can't do it, it will give the appearance that they are being lazy and dragging their feet because they need to protect the stock sell their CEO had back in November.
On the other hand, if they really did have the best engineers eager to get the job done, they might see this as a way to create new technology that they could turn around and sell that could perhaps also extend the lifetime of legacy systems.
People should be upset for being forced to be on an upgrade mill anyway!
AM antennas could be done, they could be embedded in the back casing of cell phones. They don't need to be "iron bars" aka ferrites like the oldyn days.
Meltdown is probably an easy fix even for the silicon. Spectre however, as far as I can see, is next to impossible to fix. Maybe somebody can correct me, but they need to get rid of the speculative execution pipeline all together.
It really seems very facetious of them to try to sell everybody on their new CPUs with this very heavy baggage hanging over their chips.
I would expect that AMD would make some statement on how they plan on dealing with the Spectre vulnerability which their latest CPUs are vulnerable to.
Don't ask me to buy your net generation CPU if it is vulnerable.
I would expect that AMD would make some statement on how they plan on dealing with the Spectre vulnerability which their latest CPUs are vulnerable to. There is nary a mention on the link provided to this story.
Don't ask me to buy your net generation CPU if it is vulnerable.
Ikr?? What self respecting nerd doesn't futz around with ancient hardware/electronics/tubes/machines/cars to make and see the thing work if not for nostalgia purposes alone?
The supreme court of the United States has definitively ruled that patentable items can no longer be protected by copyright once the patent has been expired.
It's a shame that people are so full of themselves that they think they are truly that special that they somehow made a unique creation here. But actually it's likely worse in that people think they found an easy target and want to take what they can with a bad faith claim.
This is a time where counter claims under the DMCA need to be filed against these bad faith claims and collect damages to help prevent further abuse.
The fact is they could replace older chips a lot less expensively than people think. One reason if they use modern manufacturing to produce older chips the yield would be nearly 100%.
It's clear that this flaw is much worse than you understand. So much so that the patches that Linux, Microsoft, and Apple are essentially redesigning their kernels. No small undertaking, and done in a rush.
The fact that JavaScript can access protected kernel memory is particularly disturbing.
OP, you're original post is still right with optical communication as well. Part of the problem lies within the fact that we don't know how much unseen light blocking dust is between here and there or other unfortunate large planet size non-radiating objects that we can't see. Something that lower frequency radio waves would not succumb to so easily.
My off the cuff guess is that you'd need to build a massive spaceship the size of an aircraft carrier if not more to generate the required power to transmit with the accompanying dish and electronics required. Try to get that into orbit affordably.
The communications technology to reach across 4.3 light years doesn't exist yet either. Look at the great lengths that we need to stay in touch with the Voyager aircraft just barely out of our solar system - launched 40 years ago.
And don't expect humans to survive all the hard radiation that's out there either. So it'd have to be a robot mission.
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The ISS mission has exceeded it's original goals and it's far past time to recognize that. To say that it's invaluable to science is nonsense. To say that it is also invaluable to a human mars mission (something that I always thought was kind of stupid any way considering the countless failures we have had sending other spaceships there) is not much better than nonsense. This all has *got* to be a big open secret at NASA.
NASA can finally be unhindered to develope the next generation of propulsion technologies that will be required for any space mission rather than worry about what flavor of bubble gum a handful of Astronauts will need as they check off another orbit done.
I am truly glad that the Trump administration can see that.
Rather than a human mars mission, I much, much rather see us be able to find a way to send another spacecraft to Pluto and have it only need a year to get there.
I understand that. But there still needs to be a formalized and verifiable method in place that the software is not malicious in nature from whatever sources it originates from.
It's the same reason that there are ISO certifications for factories (e.g. ISO 9001) to notify others that certain manufacturing methods and standards are being met, even though those same factories could have been meeting those standards before they were ISO certified.
Rather than trying to fix that which increasingly seems to be unfixable at the microcode level, perhaps a different tact is needed.
The two attack vectors are through executing malicious javascript code through a web browser and the other would be downloading malicious programs and/or having physical access to the computer. The latter problem might be tackled by allowing only "certified" known programs that are not malicious to be executed on the computer. Which would mean controlling the program from origination to delivery perhaps with a "Linux registry". You would be right to roll your eyes, but the situation we are in is not exactly pretty either. There could be a specific control program to turn off this feature for those who would wish, such as those compiling their own code. Plus, it would not need to be executed on computers that do not have the faulty CPUs.
To counter the former (attack via web browser), Intel's patch could be enabled while the web browser was operating (as that generally will be less performance critical imho). Perhaps eventually the browser could examine a trusted certificate before letting a web page load.
It would be trivial to granulate these further and offer a combination of the two as they are needed. In a sense, you are "locking down" which programs are allowed to run in user space. I certainly agree that these options are quite ugly, but they are options nonetheless. But as I see it, that's where we are at.
Who knows though - this might could be seen as an opportunity. If Linux is the only operating system that can offer a solution such as this, maybe its desktop market share might grow rapidly. Maybe at one point it might could bring about "The Year of the Linux Desktop".
What it shows is that Google has become a social justice media company rather than a top tier search engine company.
I can get most everything now from Bing quite well and I'm needing google less and less as time goes by.
The downfall of Radio Shack began when they decided to fire all their engineers at their Texas HQ and become a cell phone reseller and equipment re-badging company.
Evidently they didn't need their engineers and the world really didn't need Radio Shack.
. So saying there's no more maple syrup seems silly, saying that there might be shortage and it'll get more expensive makes more sense.
This is absolutely true. Market forces will predominate. Making extreme bad arguments only makes people dismiss the science of climate change more, not recognize it for its truth.
I agree with you on this too.
The local goodwill is very busy. I know I purchase sacrificial work clothes that I use for painting/auto repair there. I know the local church group (who also owns thrift stores) has found uses for clothes that they couldn't otherwise sell and they can recycle the cloth material efficiently.
So I'm grateful for the people who donate their unwanted clothes for whatever reason.
Converting soybeans to fuel is a lot better than putting those soybeans into the food chain. Eating them turns men into Soy Boys.
He is a murderer. No police failure could change that.
And why the charges are woefully inadequate. He needs to be charged like a murderer.
Because Intel and benchmarks don't live in reality.
Because they live in "virtual" reality??
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.
Intel can't likely even fab the old chips any more, and even if they could it would still require a redesign, so it's a non-starter.
I disagree. They would only need to do one redesign, because the architecture is the same across many different chip families. And why the flaw stretches back to 1995 in the first place.
The bigger question would be to repackage the chips to the various sockets (and voltages) where they may no longer have the specific packaging machines in place to do so.
But this is Intel with the world's best engineers. If they say they can't do it, it will give the appearance that they are being lazy and dragging their feet because they need to protect the stock sell their CEO had back in November.
On the other hand, if they really did have the best engineers eager to get the job done, they might see this as a way to create new technology that they could turn around and sell that could perhaps also extend the lifetime of legacy systems.
People should be upset for being forced to be on an upgrade mill anyway!
AM antennas could be done, they could be embedded in the back casing of cell phones. They don't need to be "iron bars" aka ferrites like the oldyn days.
And your point is????
Meltdown is probably an easy fix even for the silicon. Spectre however, as far as I can see, is next to impossible to fix. Maybe somebody can correct me, but they need to get rid of the speculative execution pipeline all together.
It really seems very facetious of them to try to sell everybody on their new CPUs with this very heavy baggage hanging over their chips.
I would expect that AMD would make some statement on how they plan on dealing with the Spectre vulnerability which their latest CPUs are vulnerable to.
Don't ask me to buy your net generation CPU if it is vulnerable.
I would expect that AMD would make some statement on how they plan on dealing with the Spectre vulnerability which their latest CPUs are vulnerable to. There is nary a mention on the link provided to this story.
Don't ask me to buy your net generation CPU if it is vulnerable.
Ikr?? What self respecting nerd doesn't futz around with ancient hardware/electronics/tubes/machines/cars to make and see the thing work if not for nostalgia purposes alone?
The supreme court of the United States has definitively ruled that patentable items can no longer be protected by copyright once the patent has been expired.
Here is an expired patent describing such a device. And there were a number of devices before that. And schematic diagrams and circuits in magazines for white noise/sleep generators long ago.
It's a shame that people are so full of themselves that they think they are truly that special that they somehow made a unique creation here. But actually it's likely worse in that people think they found an easy target and want to take what they can with a bad faith claim.
This is a time where counter claims under the DMCA need to be filed against these bad faith claims and collect damages to help prevent further abuse.
Maybe even make google a co-defendant.
The fact is they could replace older chips a lot less expensively than people think. One reason if they use modern manufacturing to produce older chips the yield would be nearly 100%.
It's clear that this flaw is much worse than you understand. So much so that the patches that Linux, Microsoft, and Apple are essentially redesigning their kernels. No small undertaking, and done in a rush.
The fact that JavaScript can access protected kernel memory is particularly disturbing.
when they start using names like "Chris", "Pat", "Jamie". or "Kelly"!
Mail everybody a new chip from the past decade would be the "different" solution!.
They need to meet production goals for the model 3 before they can move on to other things, really.
OP, you're original post is still right with optical communication as well. Part of the problem lies within the fact that we don't know how much unseen light blocking dust is between here and there or other unfortunate large planet size non-radiating objects that we can't see. Something that lower frequency radio waves would not succumb to so easily.
My off the cuff guess is that you'd need to build a massive spaceship the size of an aircraft carrier if not more to generate the required power to transmit with the accompanying dish and electronics required. Try to get that into orbit affordably.
The communications technology to reach across 4.3 light years doesn't exist yet either. Look at the great lengths that we need to stay in touch with the Voyager aircraft just barely out of our solar system - launched 40 years ago.
And don't expect humans to survive all the hard radiation that's out there either. So it'd have to be a robot mission.