Another thought: The HTML5 canvas element and Java's AWT "Graphics" element are very alike. I wonder how long it takes for someone to program a converter, so all java applet/mobile games are available as HTML5 games?
They should call it "visible source" in this case, because they only meet one of the two criteria generally associated with "open source": 1.) source code is accessible (visible) CHECK 2.) source code may be changed and redistributed NOCHECK "visible source" is still a lot better than "closed source"
take Microsoft letting Russian authorities view (some of?) the Windows sources. That's not opensourcing windows, that's selectively visible-sourcing it.
What's needed is an end-to-end validation system. My card needs to tell me if I'm connected over a secure, untampered channel to my bank; maybe some LEDs along with the chip (that's right, ditch the magnetic stripe). My bank needs to know that it is a valid card; perhaps some sort of one time pad that's burned into the card at time of issuance.
depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If the mission is to keep any North Korean from crossing the border, the apporach to "always fire, except if subject is identified as friendly" will yield better results than "only fire if subject is identified as enemy". That's of course accepting the death of the odd sheep, shepherd or other friendly subject that fails to be identified correctly. Just stay out of the DMZ!
weird, I've been experiencing this on a really old Nokia Phone (no smartphone) here in germany. Dead silence both ways while call is active.The problem goes away after a reboot, but not for long. Probably a coincidence, but I never had this problem before. <insert>conspiracy theory about a bug in some surveillance equipment</insert>
maybe they're not trying to find a job within 6 month, because...
* they already have a "side-job" generating enough money
* they're freelancing
* working on the black market
* discovering the opposite sex
If doing this prevented a person from ever reproducing would it qualify?
good question
from the Darwin Award site:
Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way.
By this definition, it wouldn't qualify, because he's not "eliminating himself", just his offspring.
It's debatable wether or not such a tatoo is "obviously stupid". Since it's debatable, it can't be obvious, therefore he wouldn't clearly improve the gene-pool.
So the answer is probably no, but nice idea!
Maybe the process of tatooing "all known interesting math stuff" on his body would kill him... that would certainly qualify him for a darwin award.
But, if you're asking whether or not a bittorrent-based distribution model is the future of TV, consider this... Bittorrent works by doing what the bandwidth providers SPECIFICALLY DO NOT WANT YOU TO DO. That is, use all the bandwidth you can. It fundamentally breaks the over-subscription model. In short, this distribution model won't scale using the existing infrastructure and it will take major changes for it to actually work.
ISPs could just put up some torrent caches and this way save on upstream bandwidth cost, delivering the chunks themselves locally.
They will work illegally. No big deal. That's what any intelligent citizen of any country does when their lawmaking weasels start cranking stupid laws like that.
Why is that law stupid? What's to say against requiring someone to keep books so you can tax them correctly. No really. I'm a self-employed german and I'm outsourcing book-keeping and tax-filing (it's just too complicated and I would lose more money than it costs if I didn't). That's just the cost of doing business (well, part of it) I just got more cost-competitive compared to my ukrainian competition. Level playing field -> fair game.
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so flash is the visual basic of the web?
Another thought: The HTML5 canvas element and Java's AWT "Graphics" element are very alike. I wonder how long it takes for someone to program a converter, so all java applet/mobile games are available as HTML5 games?
What's the showstopper for java-applets anyway?
that's why monty eventually quit sun and made MariaDB
I'd call it "visible source"
They should call it "visible source" in this case, because they only meet one of the two criteria generally associated with "open source":
1.) source code is accessible (visible) CHECK
2.) source code may be changed and redistributed NOCHECK
"visible source" is still a lot better than "closed source"
take Microsoft letting Russian authorities view (some of?) the Windows sources. That's not opensourcing windows, that's selectively visible-sourcing it.
What's needed is an end-to-end validation system. My card needs to tell me if I'm connected over a secure, untampered channel to my bank; maybe some LEDs along with the chip (that's right, ditch the magnetic stripe). My bank needs to know that it is a valid card; perhaps some sort of one time pad that's burned into the card at time of issuance.
you mean a cryptographic smartcard that has the private key on chip and never tell it like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card#Cryptographic_smart_cards ?
talked to a guy at a shell-station in europe. He said the prices are updated remotely via network. They change multiple times a day.
You do understand that Mythbusters has a substantially higher budget than the DPRK, don't you?
yeah, but they burned it all on duct-tape, so now we're getting to watch repeats disguised as remakes.
"Look, it's an intruder, CEASE FIRE!"
nonono, "Look, it's a friend, CEASE FIRE!"
depends on what you're trying to accomplish.
If the mission is to keep any North Korean from crossing the border, the apporach to "always fire, except if subject is identified as friendly" will yield better results than "only fire if subject is identified as enemy".
That's of course accepting the death of the odd sheep, shepherd or other friendly subject that fails to be identified correctly.
Just stay out of the DMZ!
they might as well just spray the rough area with bullets, giving the term "brute-force attack" a new meaning.
if the mythbusters could do it, so can north korea
finally my botnet will pay up to it's expectations
weird, I've been experiencing this on a really old Nokia Phone (no smartphone) here in germany. Dead silence both ways while call is active.The problem goes away after a reboot, but not for long.
Probably a coincidence, but I never had this problem before.
<insert>conspiracy theory about a bug in some surveillance equipment</insert>
how about networking our asterisken and connecting them to one another?
mod parent funny
"Al".upper() == "AI"
False
I was wondering how he was getting matches for his song. He doesn't mention what database he is querying for a match.
yes he does: "With this algorithm in place I decided to index all my 3000 songs."
maybe they're not trying to find a job within 6 month, because...
* they already have a "side-job" generating enough money
* they're freelancing
* working on the black market
* discovering the opposite sex
Exactly. As a greybeard old enough to have used 98Lite
Dude, you better not have a grey beard yet. You must be in your twenties.
become?
If doing this prevented a person from ever reproducing would it qualify?
good question
from the Darwin Award site:
Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way.
By this definition, it wouldn't qualify, because he's not "eliminating himself", just his offspring.
It's debatable wether or not such a tatoo is "obviously stupid". Since it's debatable, it can't be obvious, therefore he wouldn't clearly improve the gene-pool.
So the answer is probably no, but nice idea!
Maybe the process of tatooing "all known interesting math stuff" on his body would kill him... that would certainly qualify him for a darwin award.
But, if you're asking whether or not a bittorrent-based distribution model is the future of TV, consider this... Bittorrent works by doing what the bandwidth providers SPECIFICALLY DO NOT WANT YOU TO DO. That is, use all the bandwidth you can. It fundamentally breaks the over-subscription model. In short, this distribution model won't scale using the existing infrastructure and it will take major changes for it to actually work.
ISPs could just put up some torrent caches and this way save on upstream bandwidth cost, delivering the chunks themselves locally.
nice catch ;)
extreme altruism
They will work illegally. No big deal. That's what any intelligent citizen of any country does when their lawmaking weasels start cranking stupid laws like that.
Why is that law stupid?
What's to say against requiring someone to keep books so you can tax them correctly.
No really. I'm a self-employed german and I'm outsourcing book-keeping and tax-filing (it's just too complicated and I would lose more money than it costs if I didn't). That's just the cost of doing business (well, part of it)
I just got more cost-competitive compared to my ukrainian competition.
Level playing field -> fair game.