Poker isn't about blind luck. If a computer ONLY ever bet what it had, and what the odds of its opponent having, then it would be very easy to beat. The human knows that if the computer bets, it has a hand, and the human should fold. Similarly, if the human bets big but is bluffing, the computer would assume that the human had made his hand and fold.
"Pitfall 4: Security. Hackers can exploit a robot's vulnerabilities and turn it into a weapon or completely disable it. Solution: Install safeguards to counter these vulnerabilities."
I agree with your sentiment, but the article is about moving established print comics to the web. I believe that both MT and PA started out as web-comics.
Kallahar
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I think they'll take a guess when you show up for the interview.
No, it's more like saying your ABS system may fail if someone sticks a magnet on your trunk. Obviously a bomb is a bomb, a missile is a missile, but what if someone makes a high-power EM transmitter in a cell phone case? Does security know to check for that? I doubt it, that's why it's important.
Or say you were pissed off at your ex-wife and you simply waved a wand over her purse and had everything inside marked as "stolen" or "kidnapping ransom"
Wouldn't it be great? You could use the SS to get revenge!
Good point, similar to WEP in my opinion. Sure, WEP can be broken, but having your AP encrypted is like putting a big "NO TRESPASSING" sign up. Anyone who breaks in could definately not have done it accidentally.
I have an old Celeron 433 with an STB TVPCI (BT848 chipset). For software I'm running IULabs IUVCR (their site seems to be down) which changes the channel and sets all the encoding options. Everything captures to AVI, which I then play on that computer or any other on the network (nothing has TV out yet)
For scheduling everything is run through the MS Task Scheduler and is under manual control.
Would you rather hire a bouncer for your club that did time for domestic abuse, or hire someone who's a sweetheart?
Obviously if you're choosing between a hacker and an experienced Ph.D then you pick the Ph.D, but choosing between a hacker and some joe with a MS Cert, I'd pick the hacker.
If you're going to have the cars sort themselves out, why bother with signals at all? If everything is guided by GPS, why have headlights? If it's not the human doing the driving, why have traffic laws that are there to punish human errors?
Actually one of the basic design approaches these x-price contenders are doing is using off-the-shelf components. The automotive industry has been exploding vapors for decades, so it's logical that a spark plug would be well engineered.
Armadillo also uses this approach, they're using standard NOS injectors to feed the peroxide into the engine.
NASA stuff is so expensive because they develop everything in-house. That's good when you need absolute quality control, but it skyrockets the price.
A big question would be: "What would Google gain by going public?"
Most companies go public when they need to raise immediate cash. For example, Company XYZ wants to launch a new product, but it will take 20 million to set up the equipment and such to do it. Since they can't just increase sales, they have to find investors. They could do it in private, and solicit people individually, but that's why the stock exchanges were created in the first place -- for the free exchange of investments in one centralized place.
So, unless Google needs immediate cash to launch a product, I think they should stay private.
Because slashdot has well made servers with nice fat pipes. Many sites do not get "slashdotted" when they get slashdotted, it's only the smaller sites with cheap hosting that get taken down.
During a March 1999 CNN interview, while trying to differentiate himself from rival Bill Bradley, Gore boasted: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.... The terrible irony in this exchange is that while Gore certainly didn't create the Internet, he was one of the first politicians to realize that those bearded, bespectacled researchers were busy crafting something that could, just maybe, become pretty important." - Wired News
Al Gore never claimed he invented the internet, and anyone who jokes about it is just showing their ignorance. (sorry timothy)
"They're obviously using resources that would not normally be available. Using someone else's resources without their knowledge is abhorrent to us."
Of course, the people with the open proxies have provided a public service to the world. His argument would be similar to someone setting up a website, and then complain when someone uses it without their knowledge. Or putting a sign on your front door that says "Open for Business, please come in" and then complaining when people walk in.
If you don't want people using your computer, don't provide public services on it.
That's why (1) you never use real info, especially an email address. (2) don't brag about your collection or try to impress others. (3) have plausible deniability.
With the PPV hack, the people made the request of their own free will, on their own TV which they're paying for cable access to. The *thought* that the billing request was being blocked by their illegal device, but it wasn't. That doesn't mean they aren't responsible for making the request though.
But I agree, XML may be good for small messages that need to be exchanged, but for all of my projects it has been far more efficient to store it in a flat file that is read in in a stream. Doing it by XML resulted in a 4 meg data file (vs about 50k in the flat file). And then the processing time and memory overhead on top of that.
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, & water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
--Vice President Al Gore, 8/11/94
http://rosecity.net/al_gore/gore_isms_too.html I'm starting to think it's a myth, what with so many people being attributed to saying that...
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
America had a population of a few tens of thousands in the 1400's. Europe had a lot, but not more than in the tens of millions. Now, the US has swelled to 280 million people. Sure, mars may look like an unneeded desert now, but if we put 20,000 settlers there now then in 600 years they'll have had a chance to grow.
Slashdot Mirror
Trust.
Do you trust NYT?
Poker isn't about blind luck. If a computer ONLY ever bet what it had, and what the odds of its opponent having, then it would be very easy to beat. The human knows that if the computer bets, it has a hand, and the human should fold. Similarly, if the human bets big but is bluffing, the computer would assume that the human had made his hand and fold.
Kallahar
"Pitfall 4: Security. Hackers can exploit a robot's vulnerabilities and turn it into a weapon or completely disable it. Solution: Install safeguards to counter these vulnerabilities."
Brilliant, I say.
Kallahar
I agree with your sentiment, but the article is about moving established print comics to the web. I believe that both MT and PA started out as web-comics.
Kallahar
I think they'll take a guess when you show up for the interview.
Kallahar
No, it's more like saying your ABS system may fail if someone sticks a magnet on your trunk. Obviously a bomb is a bomb, a missile is a missile, but what if someone makes a high-power EM transmitter in a cell phone case? Does security know to check for that? I doubt it, that's why it's important.
Kallahar
Also don't forget that if you have a rocket that can put something into orbit, you can strap a nuke to it and call it an ICBM.
Kallahar
Or say you were pissed off at your ex-wife and you simply waved a wand over her purse and had everything inside marked as "stolen" or "kidnapping ransom"
Wouldn't it be great? You could use the SS to get revenge!
Kallahar
Good point, similar to WEP in my opinion. Sure, WEP can be broken, but having your AP encrypted is like putting a big "NO TRESPASSING" sign up. Anyone who breaks in could definately not have done it accidentally.
Kallahar
I have an old Celeron 433 with an STB TVPCI (BT848 chipset). For software I'm running IULabs IUVCR (their site seems to be down) which changes the channel and sets all the encoding options. Everything captures to AVI, which I then play on that computer or any other on the network (nothing has TV out yet)
For scheduling everything is run through the MS Task Scheduler and is under manual control.
Travis
yeah, what's a "Buick" or a "Ford Contour"? They should just name them "Red Car" or "Fast Automobile". :)
Travis
Consider this:
Would you rather hire a bouncer for your club that did time for domestic abuse, or hire someone who's a sweetheart?
Obviously if you're choosing between a hacker and an experienced Ph.D then you pick the Ph.D, but choosing between a hacker and some joe with a MS Cert, I'd pick the hacker.
Travis
My hometown similar pop, university, implemented a city-wide cable internet system.
Ashland Fiber Net
The city now offers TV, Internet, and hosting at around $40/mo.
Travis
If you're going to have the cars sort themselves out, why bother with signals at all? If everything is guided by GPS, why have headlights? If it's not the human doing the driving, why have traffic laws that are there to punish human errors?
Travis
Actually one of the basic design approaches these x-price contenders are doing is using off-the-shelf components. The automotive industry has been exploding vapors for decades, so it's logical that a spark plug would be well engineered.
Armadillo also uses this approach, they're using standard NOS injectors to feed the peroxide into the engine.
NASA stuff is so expensive because they develop everything in-house. That's good when you need absolute quality control, but it skyrockets the price.
Travis
A big question would be: "What would Google gain by going public?"
Most companies go public when they need to raise immediate cash. For example, Company XYZ wants to launch a new product, but it will take 20 million to set up the equipment and such to do it. Since they can't just increase sales, they have to find investors. They could do it in private, and solicit people individually, but that's why the stock exchanges were created in the first place -- for the free exchange of investments in one centralized place.
So, unless Google needs immediate cash to launch a product, I think they should stay private.
Travis
Because slashdot has well made servers with nice fat pipes. Many sites do not get "slashdotted" when they get slashdotted, it's only the smaller sites with cheap hosting that get taken down.
Kallahar
During a March 1999 CNN interview, while trying to differentiate himself from rival Bill Bradley, Gore boasted: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. ... The terrible irony in this exchange is that while Gore certainly didn't create the Internet, he was one of the first politicians to realize that those bearded, bespectacled researchers were busy crafting something that could, just maybe, become pretty important." - Wired News
Al Gore never claimed he invented the internet, and anyone who jokes about it is just showing their ignorance. (sorry timothy)
Kallahar
"They're obviously using resources that would not normally be available. Using someone else's resources without their knowledge is abhorrent to us."
Of course, the people with the open proxies have provided a public service to the world. His argument would be similar to someone setting up a website, and then complain when someone uses it without their knowledge. Or putting a sign on your front door that says "Open for Business, please come in" and then complaining when people walk in.
If you don't want people using your computer, don't provide public services on it.
Travis
Didn't you know? Iraq is a direct military threat to the United States.
That's why (1) you never use real info, especially an email address. (2) don't brag about your collection or try to impress others. (3) have plausible deniability.
With the PPV hack, the people made the request of their own free will, on their own TV which they're paying for cable access to. The *thought* that the billing request was being blocked by their illegal device, but it wasn't. That doesn't mean they aren't responsible for making the request though.
Travis
But I agree, XML may be good for small messages that need to be exchanged, but for all of my projects it has been far more efficient to store it in a flat file that is read in in a stream. Doing it by XML resulted in a 4 meg data file (vs about 50k in the flat file). And then the processing time and memory overhead on top of that.
Travis
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, & water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
--Vice President Al Gore, 8/11/94
http://rosecity.net/al_gore/gore_isms_too.html
I'm starting to think it's a myth, what with so many people being attributed to saying that...
Travis
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
-- George W. Bush, August 11, 1994
http://www.rense.com/general29/lddr.htm
Travis
You need to think bigger, and more long term.
America had a population of a few tens of thousands in the 1400's. Europe had a lot, but not more than in the tens of millions. Now, the US has swelled to 280 million people. Sure, mars may look like an unneeded desert now, but if we put 20,000 settlers there now then in 600 years they'll have had a chance to grow.
Long term.
Travis