It looks like you are looking for a shortcut. In any case, if you are seriously going to do hacking you have to be extremely inquisitive and have lots of patience. A CS degree might give you general knowledge that will help you plan a strategy but specific knowledge of how a system works only comes from playing with it. Also going to college gives you a chance to play with hardware and software that you might not have otherwise been able to and that's the real value.
Sun is still trying to be relevant. I thought they would stop issuing bombastic, baseless, bullshit press releases when they were finally acquired. I thought that was the whole point? Guess not. Maybe they really believe this crap.
Almost every bit of information they have is second or third hand (a guy heard from a guy who heard from a guy). They are barely one step above a rumor site. Most of them don't have the expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Industry Analysts who look at industry trends and give advice to executives can be useful but analysts for financial institutions (e.g. Gene Munster for Piper Jaffray) that are making specific predictions about product introductions have a (not so) hidden agenda. Get people to buy now on optimistic news and dump later when it proves to be bogus. Remember, they make money in both directions.
Ok, not a load of crap, but is far from convincing. Don't get me wrong. I believe in evolution but I find the fossil record to be suggestive, not definitive. I find other evidence, (genetics, etc) more convincing. Think about it: how many fossil samples do we have? Of those how many are intact? I'm not sure I would hazard a scientific theory on so few samples. And how do they determine relatedness? By similar appearance. It's kind of ridiculous. It seems to have all of the legitimacy of phrenology. I can see how creationists have a hard time accepting the fossil record as definitive proof of evolution.
This is ridiculous. It's one snapshot taken at a more or less random time. How is this an invasion of privacy when the picture is taken in a public place? Total idiocy.
I'm not a Microsoft fan, but this test is bogus. Windows Vista has had a lot of performance tweaks since it came out. Vista's reputation for horrible performance is based on initial impressions from when it first came out. I'd be interested to see how the latest version of Vista compares to Windows XP. If Windows 7 is 5% better than Vista is right now, then people are going to have a much better initial reaction to it than Vista and performance won't be a barrier to switching from XP.
This also raises the other point where this test falls down. Measured performance is not the same as perceived performance. Most people don't sit there with a stop-watch and measure how long something takes. What really matters to most people is the responsiveness of the system. Vista failed here. It basically attracted attention to the areas where it was most slow by interfering with doing other things while some operation was taking forever (e.g. copying files, etc). A lot of these issues can be smoothed over with better threading, etc. I think Microsoft has learned that lesson. I'm not sure whether Windows 7 will be faster than XP in measured performance but I bet it will feel as fast or faster.
Uh, you do know that RAM is cheap, right? I understand that it's annoying to buy more RAM to use an OS that has no additional features that are of interest except support, but really who runs computers with 512 MB of RAM? For corporations with thousands of computers this might be annoying. On the other hand, since they have thousands of computers they can probably afford it. I don't think consumers will care that much. This seems to be a tempest in a teapot to me.
Oh noes! It's the exaflood! Where have we heard this before? If there were a shortage of bandwidth, the price would be going up. It's not. It's going down. I am really tired of these Malthusian predictions. Technological innovation will take care of most of this problem (e.g. DWDM, DOCSIS 3.0, etc). I wonder who funded this study? Is it someone looking for a subsidy to build out infrastructure or is it cable companies anxious to jack up prices?
This isn't a violation of net neutrality because as a site owner you could serve traffic to these locations but *choose* not to. If a provider prevented you from serving content to certain locations, etc, that would be a violation of network neutrality.
It seems to me the Somali government should be doing something about the pirates. Yet their government spokesperson said the other day: "Give us some extra cash and we can take care of that pirate problem for you." That sounds a lot like extortion to me. It's like a protection racket. Ridiculous. Maybe we should stop food aid shipments? I suppose that would just make things worse.
Read the article. They went through the courts. However the fourth amendment not only requires a court order it requires that the search be limited in scope in duration. That's why AT&Ts indiscriminate monitoring of all users traffic is a violation of the fourth amendment even though it was court ordered.
This thread was about making him watch the South Park movie, not his trial or execution. So, get off your moral high horse and get some lessons in reading comprehension. For the record, I think the whole trial was a farce but that has nothing to do with this thread.
Wouldn't borrowing incur debt? I believe this graph is showing that spending was mostly balanced with income and thus either Democrats raised taxes or reduced spending. Of course, at least in Clinton's case he had a booming economy which would increase the amount of money in absolute terms available without changing taxes (he even lowered taxes).
If he was that easily humiliated, maybe he deserved to be hanged. I am joking but please there is no correlation between being offended and torture which all this amounts to, not humiliation. You know sometimes I wonder if people even think through the consequences of what they are suggesting. When this is held up as an example of humiliation it cheapens the concept of humiliation by surplanting it with the offensive. Soon nobody will be able to say anything offensive because it amounts to humiliation and we'll have lost our right to free speech. Nice job.
Haha. That's awesome. IF Democrats are the tax and spend party, then the Republicans are just the spend party. I guess that works until your America goes bankrupt. Oh wait.
Anyhow, I think this was stupid and juvenile on the part of the Marines, but I think you underestimate him if you think this amounts to some kind of torture. I am sure he saw the Marines for what they were, stupid kids playing at being tough.
Uh, if that's the case, I was overestimating Google. I thought they'd be more efficient. In any case, the point about latency still stands as does my point that the "google mainframe" works differently than the "classic mainframe" which is really the only relevant point. The exact details and speculation on my part about efficieny are irrelevant.
I wasn't casting aspersions. I was just pointing out a difference between "classic" mainframes and (for lack of a better word) google "mainframes". I think they made the right trade-off.
Also this difference in resource utilization and the cost of resources is probably why they pick server farms in a box over mainframes, but that's just a guess.
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It looks like you are looking for a shortcut. In any case, if you are seriously going to do hacking you have to be extremely inquisitive and have lots of patience. A CS degree might give you general knowledge that will help you plan a strategy but specific knowledge of how a system works only comes from playing with it. Also going to college gives you a chance to play with hardware and software that you might not have otherwise been able to and that's the real value.
Think Fallout 3 but in a MMO format.
Sun is still trying to be relevant. I thought they would stop issuing bombastic, baseless, bullshit press releases when they were finally acquired. I thought that was the whole point? Guess not. Maybe they really believe this crap.
Almost every bit of information they have is second or third hand (a guy heard from a guy who heard from a guy). They are barely one step above a rumor site. Most of them don't have the expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Industry Analysts who look at industry trends and give advice to executives can be useful but analysts for financial institutions (e.g. Gene Munster for Piper Jaffray) that are making specific predictions about product introductions have a (not so) hidden agenda. Get people to buy now on optimistic news and dump later when it proves to be bogus. Remember, they make money in both directions.
Ok, not a load of crap, but is far from convincing. Don't get me wrong. I believe in evolution but I find the fossil record to be suggestive, not definitive. I find other evidence, (genetics, etc) more convincing. Think about it: how many fossil samples do we have? Of those how many are intact? I'm not sure I would hazard a scientific theory on so few samples. And how do they determine relatedness? By similar appearance. It's kind of ridiculous. It seems to have all of the legitimacy of phrenology. I can see how creationists have a hard time accepting the fossil record as definitive proof of evolution.
This is ridiculous. It's one snapshot taken at a more or less random time. How is this an invasion of privacy when the picture is taken in a public place? Total idiocy.
I'm not a Microsoft fan, but this test is bogus. Windows Vista has had a lot of performance tweaks since it came out. Vista's reputation for horrible performance is based on initial impressions from when it first came out. I'd be interested to see how the latest version of Vista compares to Windows XP. If Windows 7 is 5% better than Vista is right now, then people are going to have a much better initial reaction to it than Vista and performance won't be a barrier to switching from XP.
This also raises the other point where this test falls down. Measured performance is not the same as perceived performance. Most people don't sit there with a stop-watch and measure how long something takes. What really matters to most people is the responsiveness of the system. Vista failed here. It basically attracted attention to the areas where it was most slow by interfering with doing other things while some operation was taking forever (e.g. copying files, etc). A lot of these issues can be smoothed over with better threading, etc. I think Microsoft has learned that lesson. I'm not sure whether Windows 7 will be faster than XP in measured performance but I bet it will feel as fast or faster.
Uh, you do know that RAM is cheap, right? I understand that it's annoying to buy more RAM to use an OS that has no additional features that are of interest except support, but really who runs computers with 512 MB of RAM? For corporations with thousands of computers this might be annoying. On the other hand, since they have thousands of computers they can probably afford it. I don't think consumers will care that much. This seems to be a tempest in a teapot to me.
Oh noes! It's the exaflood! Where have we heard this before? If there were a shortage of bandwidth, the price would be going up. It's not. It's going down. I am really tired of these Malthusian predictions. Technological innovation will take care of most of this problem (e.g. DWDM, DOCSIS 3.0, etc). I wonder who funded this study? Is it someone looking for a subsidy to build out infrastructure or is it cable companies anxious to jack up prices?
This isn't a violation of net neutrality because as a site owner you could serve traffic to these locations but *choose* not to. If a provider prevented you from serving content to certain locations, etc, that would be a violation of network neutrality.
It seems to me the Somali government should be doing something about the pirates. Yet their government spokesperson said the other day: "Give us some extra cash and we can take care of that pirate problem for you." That sounds a lot like extortion to me. It's like a protection racket. Ridiculous. Maybe we should stop food aid shipments? I suppose that would just make things worse.
Read the article. They went through the courts. However the fourth amendment not only requires a court order it requires that the search be limited in scope in duration. That's why AT&Ts indiscriminate monitoring of all users traffic is a violation of the fourth amendment even though it was court ordered.
And you are an idiot.
This thread was about making him watch the South Park movie, not his trial or execution. So, get off your moral high horse and get some lessons in reading comprehension. For the record, I think the whole trial was a farce but that has nothing to do with this thread.
Really? People marked this as Troll? You're idiots.
I never said it was the right thing to do. It was stupid, negligent, juvenile, but it wasn't torture which is a war crime.
Wouldn't borrowing incur debt? I believe this graph is showing that spending was mostly balanced with income and thus either Democrats raised taxes or reduced spending. Of course, at least in Clinton's case he had a booming economy which would increase the amount of money in absolute terms available without changing taxes (he even lowered taxes).
If he was that easily humiliated, maybe he deserved to be hanged. I am joking but please there is no correlation between being offended and torture which all this amounts to, not humiliation. You know sometimes I wonder if people even think through the consequences of what they are suggesting. When this is held up as an example of humiliation it cheapens the concept of humiliation by surplanting it with the offensive. Soon nobody will be able to say anything offensive because it amounts to humiliation and we'll have lost our right to free speech. Nice job.
Haha. That's awesome. IF Democrats are the tax and spend party, then the Republicans are just the spend party. I guess that works until your America goes bankrupt. Oh wait.
I thought the Iraqis were running the trial? Did I miss something?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Saddam_Hussein
Anyhow, I think this was stupid and juvenile on the part of the Marines, but I think you underestimate him if you think this amounts to some kind of torture. I am sure he saw the Marines for what they were, stupid kids playing at being tough.
What is Obama's view on gun rights?
Yeah, the kind left in your pocket.
What, people are surprised? He telegraphed this months before the election when he reversed a campaign promise to support the FISA "compromise".
I can't wait for all the rationalizations by his supporters and deflections to how much worse GWB supposedly was.
There is no rationalization.
Uh, if that's the case, I was overestimating Google. I thought they'd be more efficient. In any case, the point about latency still stands as does my point that the "google mainframe" works differently than the "classic mainframe" which is really the only relevant point. The exact details and speculation on my part about efficieny are irrelevant.
I wasn't casting aspersions. I was just pointing out a difference between "classic" mainframes and (for lack of a better word) google "mainframes". I think they made the right trade-off.
I thought Texas was supposed to be conservative? I guess they don't mind picking winners and losers in markets.
Also this difference in resource utilization and the cost of resources is probably why they pick server farms in a box over mainframes, but that's just a guess.