"There's nothing more useless than a lock with a voice imprint."
Except maybe a password policy. The overhead on keeping people in line, especially with draconian software that enforces password selection policies and aging, is more costly than the problem for all but the crown-jewel servers.
Security that prevents black-hats from getting cyphertext passwords in crackable codes is the only security that improves the bottom line rather than making it worse.
On that network you could run this nuke simulation twice a week. Without building a billion-dollar computer.
Of course, you're probably not going to get the same amount of participation with ATOM BOMB research as you are with CURING CANCER research (Do you know what that cute little screen saver is really doing? Bwa-ha-ha-haaa! -Erris). But overt ANTHRAX VACCINE research got a decent fraction of the way there, and is closer to the former than the latter, in practical terms.
--Blair
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If you suffer through the interminable downloads (remind me not to let this guy show me pictures of his kids), you discover that he did this in order to house...a 1 GHz Celeron...
This reminds me of those kits you could buy that would turn the front and rear ends of your VW Beetle into a Rolls Royce.
There's no reason to be in an expensive place to do this sort of business. It adds nothing to productivity. The only thing it adds is cachet, which only impresses VC's. Hence, what happened.
Now, if blinding pilots for 5-10 seconds while they're climbing under full power at 500 feet isn't considered "life-threatening risk" to everyone on board and lots of people in the city below, then I must be some sort of chicken...
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From where does ICANN's power depend?
To whom do we petition to have that power revoked?
--Blair
"The revolution will be webcast."
You're a literalist.
--Blair
FlexiDiscs, they were called.
And they came in a mag called Flexipop.
But they were around long before that.
The first recorded object I ever owned was a square flexi, and that was in 1968, before Flexipop even got the idea.
--Blair
And they're not windows. They're boxes.
--Blair
"There's nothing more useless than a lock with a voice imprint."
Except maybe a password policy. The overhead on keeping people in line, especially with draconian software that enforces password selection policies and aging, is more costly than the problem for all but the crown-jewel servers.
Security that prevents black-hats from getting cyphertext passwords in crackable codes is the only security that improves the bottom line rather than making it worse.
--Blair
You'd think people would prepare for this.
--Blair
You mean the guy who stole the Jargon File?
--Blair
Ken Thompson has a few words on the subject that all programmers are well served to read.
--Blair
The FAA has well-known procedures in place for certifying HW and SW for safety. Look up DO-178B, for instance.
It'd be almost trivial for the shipbuilding industry to adapt them to their somewhat lower-risk environment.
--Blair
Currently, the UD molecule screener uses as much as 375 CPU-years per day.
On that network you could run this nuke simulation twice a week. Without building a billion-dollar computer.
Of course, you're probably not going to get the same amount of participation with ATOM BOMB research as you are with CURING CANCER research (Do you know what that cute little screen saver is really doing? Bwa-ha-ha-haaa! -Erris). But overt ANTHRAX VACCINE research got a decent fraction of the way there, and is closer to the former than the latter, in practical terms.
--Blair
Oh my god. The Big Picture ads have arrived at /.
I may pay for this.
--Blair
"Yeah, right."
If you suffer through the interminable downloads (remind me not to let this guy show me pictures of his kids), you discover that he did this in order to house...a 1 GHz Celeron...
This reminds me of those kits you could buy that would turn the front and rear ends of your VW Beetle into a Rolls Royce.
--Blair
Haven't the courts upheld that particular piece of "sarcasm"?
Or did they turn around on it again, being essentially a tool of The Man?
--Blair
You mean, non-bawmer residents, right?
--Blair
Why do I get the feeling that just as we get this problem solved, 100mbit wireless LAN will become available at reasonable prices?
--Blair
I've been yelling about this for years.
There's no reason to be in an expensive place to do this sort of business. It adds nothing to productivity. The only thing it adds is cachet, which only impresses VC's. Hence, what happened.
The scam is over. Time to get back to work.
--Blair
Really.
--Blair
DNS. It's not just for breakfast any more.
--Blair
And people complain about grade inflation.
--Blair
100 GHz computing should hit in about 10 years.
--Blair
I think it would be easier to resurrect the IANA.
--Blair
"No, really."
But what we really want to know is why you haven't replaced your computer yet...
--Blair
Probably.
Unfortunately, trolling only gets you -1 Troll about 10% of the time, and +1 Funny 30% of the time.
So it's effective karma whoring, and proof that Slashdot approximates society.
--Blair
Easy solution:
Make both sides go downhill.
--Blair
"Wait for it."
As the few moments prior to landing are the most critical, distracting and flash blinding the pilot could easily lead to the plane crashing.
Back when the (iirc) MGM Grand in Las Vegas was new, they had a laser show they ran off their roof.
They shut it down when it scanned the eyes of a pilot during takeoff from McCarron.
Here's a link to google's cached page for it (the original is behind a login dialog):
Laser blinds flight crew.
Now, if blinding pilots for 5-10 seconds while they're climbing under full power at 500 feet isn't considered "life-threatening risk" to everyone on board and lots of people in the city below, then I must be some sort of chicken...
--Blair