In the next four years we will see the appointment of possibly two new Supreme Court justices. Who would you appoint to the Supreme Court and why? If you don't have a name... describe the qualities that you would seek and why you seek them.
The salary is lower than the industry average. They are really pushing the stock options... with a pretty high strike price. The options would probably still pay off... but not the salary.
The only bad thing I have to say about Ingerson's code is that he should use comments. He does mention that he wants kwiki to be easily changed by anyone. His lack of comments are a detriment to many people wishing to contribute. His idea of clean code means no comments. To some extent I can agree, but there are cases where code can't be made clearly understandable (especially when doing serious mojo), and a comment is needed.
BTW, the "CENATEK Rocket Drive" that you mention is basically a glorified ram disk requiring ram that can only be used for the disk. There is no long term storgage as far as it is concerned... when you power down, the disk is wiped. I can do the same thing in linux without paying the 70$. I believe this is also possible in DOS and ms windows.
So, the ony reason for this comment was to say that a ram disk isn't the same thing as solid state long term storage that most people expect when mentioning "solid state disks".
that is clearly defined in the vi help... just do a man to figure out that you need to do a ":help" in vi.. then figure out that ":help replace" gives you the help for replacement... then decipher that %s:xxx:boo:g does what you want. simple. no need for an extra book on one's shelf.
At first I laughed hard at this... but remember that many great ideas come from odd-ball ideas that aren't based on existing technology. These leaps of thought are sometimes a jump into a new realm of technology.
Currently we do have the tech to make gas flow between two curtians of flowing gas. I'm not sure this could be made into a protective dome... but without forward thinking, we're all stuck where we are.
that's a matter of opinion. if you hadn't gotten used to the way ms windows does it, you wouldnt be complaining. i've been using linux only for a bit under 3 years, and don't have a problem with the cut/paste situation.
it's only good for text.
across all desktops and all apps, this is true, although within certian environments, you can drag 'n drop, and cut/paste images and text. I can cut/paste html from mozilla browser into mozilla mail. in openoffice I can cut/paste images from one doc to another.
that's why he mentioned the scorpian.... imagine a 6 foot stinger hanging off the back of your suit!
forget snapping towels in the locker room; lookout for the poison loaded stingers!
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bulls**t. how many hours of training do those silly humans take before easy missions in orbit around earth? how many thousands of hours did it take for moon missions? now multiply that time by all the training support staff that had to be present at the training sessions.
write the program once.... use it again and again or train the human again and again, and use him once.
Their prototype suit is composed of twelve layers of materials... [they] think their suit will largely be ready before real missions to Mars start in about twenty years. They also hope that NASA will pick their design.
Jesus NO!. Just think of the deaths that will happen without the "13th-layer". If I were nasa, I would demand more layers. 20 years should be enough time to come up with one more.
you went from asking the question Where are the security flaws in that extremely easy and automated system? to defending debian's and windows' security. you have lost your focus.
if you ask a question... be happy you got an answer, and try to listen to it. instead you have dragged this puppy out for several days and probably are none the wiser for it.
And I keep saying over and over: if you get your package or distribution or whatever from an untrusted source, it can have signatures out the wazzu, but that doesn't make it safe.
no cracked package has made it into debian... but by the time debian discovered that their distribution server was hacked, you can bet a few people had already installed potentially compromised packages that were supposed to be safe.
This type of thing happened about 3 times last year to high profile software sites (debian, openssh, and someone else). And I say it again... you cannot rely on a package being safe just because it is from a reputable distributor or has signatures.
To be safe you must verify that the package has not been tampered with since creation. If you rely on signatures to prove that, you must prove that the sigs haven't been tampered with. Finally you must prove that the sig is from someone you trust before trusting the package. There may even be a step here that I'm missing.
My point is that you are looking at a small part of the picture and that part seems secure only if you implicitly trust all the other parts. In doing that, you take your security in your own hands... just don't install stuff on my system:)
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this question is way too "iffy". rephrase it:
In the next four years we will see the appointment of possibly two new Supreme Court justices. Who would you appoint to the Supreme Court and why? If you don't have a name... describe the qualities that you would seek and why you seek them.
The salary is lower than the industry average. They are really pushing the stock options... with a pretty high strike price. The options would probably still pay off... but not the salary.
There is an office in Dublin and Zurich. Google has offices all over the world... you might be somewhat close to one.
The only bad thing I have to say about Ingerson's code is that he should use comments. He does mention that he wants kwiki to be easily changed by anyone. His lack of comments are a detriment to many people wishing to contribute. His idea of clean code means no comments. To some extent I can agree, but there are cases where code can't be made clearly understandable (especially when doing serious mojo), and a comment is needed.
BTW, the "CENATEK Rocket Drive" that you mention is basically a glorified ram disk requiring ram that can only be used for the disk. There is no long term storgage as far as it is concerned... when you power down, the disk is wiped. I can do the same thing in linux without paying the 70$. I believe this is also possible in DOS and ms windows.
So, the ony reason for this comment was to say that a ram disk isn't the same thing as solid state long term storage that most people expect when mentioning "solid state disks".
that is clearly defined in the vi help... just do a man to figure out that you need to do a ":help" in vi.. then figure out that ":help replace" gives you the help for replacement... then decipher that %s:xxx:boo:g does what you want. simple. no need for an extra book on one's shelf.
enclose your query in double qoutes such as:
"blah blah blah"
Do you often claim other's work as your own?
you stole from: new scientist
your comment is a verbatim rip off of the original post by Catherine , Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent,UK
and if it did that, could they not see it was checking for the dubug process...
what is this SCROTUS you mention? and to whom does it belong?
At first I laughed hard at this... but remember that many great ideas come from odd-ball ideas that aren't based on existing technology. These leaps of thought are sometimes a jump into a new realm of technology.
Currently we do have the tech to make gas flow between two curtians of flowing gas. I'm not sure this could be made into a protective dome... but without forward thinking, we're all stuck where we are.
not knocking you... i understand the confusion here, but I do have an example of what the grand parent is talking about (not perfect, but close):
first time on a motorcycle, going at 15 mph feels fast, but is really slow.
you or me, standing on the side lines would see the slowness, but the rider doesn't.
later on, riding at 90 mph feels fast, and it really is.
what are the benefits of using firefox and thunderbird over using the normal mozilla?
I've been using mozilla for a long time, and haven't had a reason to try the new offsprings, so I'm mainly looking for an overview.
they must charge a premium, since, the fewer customers they have... the more must be charged.... economy of scale and all that.
my guess is that the three people that want that service are cash loaded, and don't want their children spoiled.
yikes, so trying this brute force would take about 1 second. cool.
Until then, it's broken in my eyes.
Ouch... I hate when stuff gets broken into my eyes.
or you could "highlight, middle-click into browser window". that's still two steps.
It's always been broken.
that's a matter of opinion. if you hadn't gotten used to the way ms windows does it, you wouldnt be complaining. i've been using linux only for a bit under 3 years, and don't have a problem with the cut/paste situation.
it's only good for text.
across all desktops and all apps, this is true, although within certian environments, you can drag 'n drop, and cut/paste images and text. I can cut/paste html from mozilla browser into mozilla mail. in openoffice I can cut/paste images from one doc to another.
pico. any other app that has an emacs type text interface.
that's why he mentioned the scorpian.... imagine a 6 foot stinger hanging off the back of your suit!
forget snapping towels in the locker room; lookout for the poison loaded stingers!
bulls**t. how many hours of training do those silly humans take before easy missions in orbit around earth? how many thousands of hours did it take for moon missions? now multiply that time by all the training support staff that had to be present at the training sessions.
write the program once.... use it again and again or train the human again and again, and use him once.
Their prototype suit is composed of twelve layers of materials ... [they] think their suit will largely be ready before real missions to Mars start in about twenty years. They also hope that NASA will pick their design.
Jesus NO!. Just think of the deaths that will happen without the "13th-layer". If I were nasa, I would demand more layers. 20 years should be enough time to come up with one more.
easy way out of that is to drink too much... then when your friend is driving you home, tell him to stop at the grocery. repeat every saturday night.
wow... you are welcome for the help.
you went from asking the question Where are the security flaws in that extremely easy and automated system? to defending debian's and windows' security. you have lost your focus.
if you ask a question... be happy you got an answer, and try to listen to it. instead you have dragged this puppy out for several days and probably are none the wiser for it.
welcome to my foes list.
And I keep saying over and over: if you get your package or distribution or whatever from an untrusted source, it can have signatures out the wazzu, but that doesn't make it safe.
:)
no cracked package has made it into debian... but by the time debian discovered that their distribution server was hacked, you can bet a few people had already installed potentially compromised packages that were supposed to be safe.
This type of thing happened about 3 times last year to high profile software sites (debian, openssh, and someone else). And I say it again... you cannot rely on a package being safe just because it is from a reputable distributor or has signatures.
To be safe you must verify that the package has not been tampered with since creation. If you rely on signatures to prove that, you must prove that the sigs haven't been tampered with. Finally you must prove that the sig is from someone you trust before trusting the package. There may even be a step here that I'm missing.
My point is that you are looking at a small part of the picture and that part seems secure only if you implicitly trust all the other parts. In doing that, you take your security in your own hands... just don't install stuff on my system