If, in a discussion on climate, that includes among other things atmospheric dynamics, you do not know what the basic states of matter are, you don't belong.
These things are easy to look up. Why should I play teacher to a bunch of willfully ignorant idiots? I am not getting paid to teach.
Simple answer: Windows' memory management is stupid. Windows will try to free up as much physical memory as possible by swapping out pages. Which means if you're running a memory-hungry app like Firefox, you will be hitting swap a lot.
This can be easily demonstrated by firing up two different apps, and then using one for an extended period of time. If you then Alt+Tab to the other app, it will take some time (sometimes seconds) to come into focus, as Windows is loading it from swap. Linux is a bit smarter, it keeps code resident until there is memory pressure, and only then it swaps out inactive apps.
I'd still think that this is irrelevant. What is relevant for a push for independence is, IMO, merely the desire of the people in an area to govern themselves. Why they would want that should be irrelevant.
Why is it relevant that Ingushetiya is mostly Muslim? What does that irrelevant factoid have to do with this news?
The only thing that I fear it is relevant for, is for the inevitable Kremlin propaganda offensive to paint themselves as defenders against the Muslim barbarians. A tactic that worked very well to get the Chechnyan separatists out of the Western news and gave Russia a free hand to do whatever they wanted in Chechnya.
Obligatory disclaimer: the Chechnyan separatists were bastards. That does not wipe out the strong suspicion that Russia played on fears of Muslim terrorism in the West for propaganda purposes.
Well, let's start by asking a simple question about prevention of the primary vector: how much US cattle is fed animal protein? Would you care to bet on 0%? I wouldn't.
As long as the above number is more than 0, there is a chance of BSE spreading. The only thing that killed BSE in the British industry was destroying the herds and instituting a full ban on animal protein in feed. A ban, I note, that is not in place in the US.
Ahem. A buyout usually has a premium over the current share price. In other words, if a buyout is hanging over the market, the expected trend is up. Only a fool shorts when the price is likely to go up.
In this particular case, shorting would have been a defensible move if done before the bad news coming out. However, that raises the question on how you time that without relying on insider knowledge (and consequently having the SEC come knocking).
In any case, buying long options, either put or call, depending on your analysis of the future of the stock, is a better bet in almost all cases. Shorting is for suckers.
That's stupid advice. Buying stock is a limited risk, if they tank, you're out you're initial investment, if they don't, you take the profit. Shorting is an unlimited risk, you have a limited profit (the difference between your short price and 0), and if they don't tank, you're at risk as long as you don't buy back.
Shorting is for gamblers and fools. If you really think they're going to tank, buy put options.
Apple doesn't have competition, Apple isn't even competition. Nokia alone already sells more phones in one quarter than Apple merely plans to sell in a year. The only place where Apple wins is in the hype department.
And as for how websites look, just go into a shop and look at a demo model, OK? It's WebKit, it looks just the same as on an iPhone.
The Apple ads use hyperbole to point out the contrast between their world and the PC World and rubbing the shortcomings in the viewers face, and now, the Mobile Phone world.
I'm very sorry, but out here in the underdeveloped nations of Europe, we have been using the Internet on our smartphones, and quite a bit more of it than Apple offers on the iPhone, for years, at 3G speeds even and with decent battery lifespans. The one with the shortcomings is Apple.
Your example given is bullshit. The SSL certificate as used in HTTPS is tied to the server name, via the Common Name embedded in the cert. So yeah, certificate management is the issue, but your example is not applicable. That's why I posted my rather flippant answer.
And as for the general security of HTTPS, a self-signed cert is less secure than a signed cert, but the only thing a signed cert proves, and the only thing it technically can prove, is that someone has confirmed that the cert belongs to the server you're visiting. That that still doesn't stop the typo-squatting phishers is part and parcel of the SSL protocol as used by web browsers vs. web servers.
Unix was never designed for security. In fact, the most common objection against Unix in its early days, from users coming from systems like VMS and TOPS-20, was in fact that Unix was horribly insecure.
What makes a difference is that after twenty years of security breaches, a culture has grown in the Unix world that depends on using Best Practices to mitigate the inherent design problems in Unix that make for bad security. Hence, for example, why a modern *nix box shows many different users in the output of ps. Microsoft, with its NIH mentality, refused to draw the lessons that many generations of computer operators had drawn, and decided to trust on the superior security design of the NT kernel. However, they managed to foster a culture that did away with all Best Practices, hence the common spectacle of requiring Administrator access for everything (and then patching it badly with UAC), and running services under the SYSTEM account.
Which only goes to show that design is not everything. You can design a system as secure as you like, as long as you ignore the security features, it will be less secure.
Go buy a book on basic information theory. The Nyquist theorem states that if your sampling rate is at least twice the highest frequency, the reconstructed waveform is indistinguisable from the original.
Now, in edge cases CD can fall flat, because 22KHz may not be enough to capture the full sound. While 22KHz is beyond the limit of most humans' hearing, it is considered good enough, but sometimes high harmonics do have an influence on lower harmonics, and the standard low-pass filter that cuts off a CD at 22KHz will kill those high harmonics and their side-effects. But that's admittedly an edge case. I'd wager that CD is good enough for at least 99% of all music.
I fail to see the problem. $_ is defined in the scope of the for loop. Therefore it is global to all subscopes. And for the record, to use what is considered local scope in other languages, in Perl, you do not use local, but my instead.
Ah, ESR. The man who spends so much time on writing config file parsers that he forgets such subtle things as, well, the actual problem his application is trying to solve. Or basic security best practices. Seriously, have you forgotten the debacle that was his attempt to rewrite the kernel config system? Or the many security flaws in fetchmail? Or the various ways fetchmail could unexpectedly mangle your mail? Or the backscatter issue that still isn't solved?
ESR is a pontificating blowhard, who has managed to write a few mediocre utilities, and built a reputation on his own proclamations of genius. Not a man I'd take programming advice from.
Yeah, I can guess where you're going. Appeasement in the context of the riots in the banlieues has a very specific meaning, which is used by the right-wing crazies online. And you know that, but you prefer to use it in this vague way because you can then start playing passive-aggressive mindgames when called on your racism.
Fuck off to FFI, there you will at least get plenty of "me too" posts to bolster your fragile ego.
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The subtlety in phase transitions is not worth discussing if an ignoramus categorically states that clouds aren't vapour.
And since when is expecting high school level physics knowledge in a discussion on climate science elitist?
Mart
If, in a discussion on climate, that includes among other things atmospheric dynamics, you do not know what the basic states of matter are, you don't belong.
These things are easy to look up. Why should I play teacher to a bunch of willfully ignorant idiots? I am not getting paid to teach.
You feel slighted? Your problem. Get educated.
Mart
You also fail basic physics.
Mart
Simple answer: Windows' memory management is stupid. Windows will try to free up as much physical memory as possible by swapping out pages. Which means if you're running a memory-hungry app like Firefox, you will be hitting swap a lot.
This can be easily demonstrated by firing up two different apps, and then using one for an extended period of time. If you then Alt+Tab to the other app, it will take some time (sometimes seconds) to come into focus, as Windows is loading it from swap. Linux is a bit smarter, it keeps code resident until there is memory pressure, and only then it swaps out inactive apps.
Mart
You don't know what the correct term for this state is, I presume?
Here's a hint: if you're going to mix in a discussion on science, it helps if you don't get your basic terms wrong.
Mart
What built-in web server needs a GUI on the server itself?
Mart
Sigh. And if I hadn't put up that disclaimer, people would have hit me with Beslan and other assorted atrocities. I can't win, can I?
Let's face it, Chechnya and Russia were at war. Bad things happen in war, on both sides. That's history.
Mart
I'd still think that this is irrelevant. What is relevant for a push for independence is, IMO, merely the desire of the people in an area to govern themselves. Why they would want that should be irrelevant.
mart
Why is it relevant that Ingushetiya is mostly Muslim? What does that irrelevant factoid have to do with this news?
The only thing that I fear it is relevant for, is for the inevitable Kremlin propaganda offensive to paint themselves as defenders against the Muslim barbarians. A tactic that worked very well to get the Chechnyan separatists out of the Western news and gave Russia a free hand to do whatever they wanted in Chechnya.
Obligatory disclaimer: the Chechnyan separatists were bastards. That does not wipe out the strong suspicion that Russia played on fears of Muslim terrorism in the West for propaganda purposes.
Mart
Well, let's start by asking a simple question about prevention of the primary vector: how much US cattle is fed animal protein? Would you care to bet on 0%? I wouldn't.
As long as the above number is more than 0, there is a chance of BSE spreading. The only thing that killed BSE in the British industry was destroying the herds and instituting a full ban on animal protein in feed. A ban, I note, that is not in place in the US.
Mart
Ahem. A buyout usually has a premium over the current share price. In other words, if a buyout is hanging over the market, the expected trend is up. Only a fool shorts when the price is likely to go up.
In this particular case, shorting would have been a defensible move if done before the bad news coming out. However, that raises the question on how you time that without relying on insider knowledge (and consequently having the SEC come knocking).
In any case, buying long options, either put or call, depending on your analysis of the future of the stock, is a better bet in almost all cases. Shorting is for suckers.
Mart
That's stupid advice. Buying stock is a limited risk, if they tank, you're out you're initial investment, if they don't, you take the profit. Shorting is an unlimited risk, you have a limited profit (the difference between your short price and 0), and if they don't tank, you're at risk as long as you don't buy back.
Shorting is for gamblers and fools. If you really think they're going to tank, buy put options.
Mart
So you don't have any evidence. The quote you give is as much speculation as your original post.
Mart
Apple doesn't have competition, Apple isn't even competition. Nokia alone already sells more phones in one quarter than Apple merely plans to sell in a year. The only place where Apple wins is in the hype department.
And as for how websites look, just go into a shop and look at a demo model, OK? It's WebKit, it looks just the same as on an iPhone.
Mart
I'm very sorry, but out here in the underdeveloped nations of Europe, we have been using the Internet on our smartphones, and quite a bit more of it than Apple offers on the iPhone, for years, at 3G speeds even and with decent battery lifespans. The one with the shortcomings is Apple.
Fucking fanboys.
Mart
Your example given is bullshit. The SSL certificate as used in HTTPS is tied to the server name, via the Common Name embedded in the cert. So yeah, certificate management is the issue, but your example is not applicable. That's why I posted my rather flippant answer.
And as for the general security of HTTPS, a self-signed cert is less secure than a signed cert, but the only thing a signed cert proves, and the only thing it technically can prove, is that someone has confirmed that the cert belongs to the server you're visiting. That that still doesn't stop the typo-squatting phishers is part and parcel of the SSL protocol as used by web browsers vs. web servers.
Mart
Unix was never designed for security. In fact, the most common objection against Unix in its early days, from users coming from systems like VMS and TOPS-20, was in fact that Unix was horribly insecure.
What makes a difference is that after twenty years of security breaches, a culture has grown in the Unix world that depends on using Best Practices to mitigate the inherent design problems in Unix that make for bad security. Hence, for example, why a modern *nix box shows many different users in the output of ps. Microsoft, with its NIH mentality, refused to draw the lessons that many generations of computer operators had drawn, and decided to trust on the superior security design of the NT kernel. However, they managed to foster a culture that did away with all Best Practices, hence the common spectacle of requiring Administrator access for everything (and then patching it badly with UAC), and running services under the SYSTEM account.
Which only goes to show that design is not everything. You can design a system as secure as you like, as long as you ignore the security features, it will be less secure.
Mart
Java VPN client eh? By any chance are you referring to Juniper Network Connect? I know how to get that working, and it has nothing to do with Firefox.
Mart
Here's a nickel, kid. Go buy yourself a decent book on how SSL works.
Mart
Go buy a book on basic information theory. The Nyquist theorem states that if your sampling rate is at least twice the highest frequency, the reconstructed waveform is indistinguisable from the original.
Now, in edge cases CD can fall flat, because 22KHz may not be enough to capture the full sound. While 22KHz is beyond the limit of most humans' hearing, it is considered good enough, but sometimes high harmonics do have an influence on lower harmonics, and the standard low-pass filter that cuts off a CD at 22KHz will kill those high harmonics and their side-effects. But that's admittedly an edge case. I'd wager that CD is good enough for at least 99% of all music.
Mart
I fail to see the problem. $_ is defined in the scope of the for loop. Therefore it is global to all subscopes. And for the record, to use what is considered local scope in other languages, in Perl, you do not use local, but my instead.
Mart
Ah, ESR. The man who spends so much time on writing config file parsers that he forgets such subtle things as, well, the actual problem his application is trying to solve. Or basic security best practices. Seriously, have you forgotten the debacle that was his attempt to rewrite the kernel config system? Or the many security flaws in fetchmail? Or the various ways fetchmail could unexpectedly mangle your mail? Or the backscatter issue that still isn't solved?
ESR is a pontificating blowhard, who has managed to write a few mediocre utilities, and built a reputation on his own proclamations of genius. Not a man I'd take programming advice from.
Mart
You've given him the wrong link. The Daily Mail is for those who want to complain about the darkies messing up the country.
Mart
Yeah, I can guess where you're going. Appeasement in the context of the riots in the banlieues has a very specific meaning, which is used by the right-wing crazies online. And you know that, but you prefer to use it in this vague way because you can then start playing passive-aggressive mindgames when called on your racism.
Fuck off to FFI, there you will at least get plenty of "me too" posts to bolster your fragile ego.
Mart
Short answer: legacy. Shall I now start enumerating the various Windows programs that put their files in strange places?
Again, this is not a distinguishing flaw in Linux as compared to Windows.
Mart