In a quantum sense, it seems that it is possible for particles to travel faster than the speed of light. Using tiny "tubes" through which microwaves have a small liklihood of traversing, studies have shown that while most waves stop dead, some "jump" through the tube instantaneously. Someone please explain why this does not collapse the laws of physics as we know them.
The author specifically lists a few approaches that would limit the utility of pre-generated tokens, e.g. interactive challenges and beacons (which limit the time-window during which tokens can be pre-generated).
It sounds like the idea is that the CPU overhead would be very small under normal use, just another step in the connection setup process.
You're right, it's amazing that Japan has half the population of the US on 1/25th the land mass. After you subtract the sparsely populated mountainous areas, you get "small" towns that look like Manhattan. Maybe "size" refers to land area (and corresponding shipping/distribution costs) instead of population?
OK, I don't have any particular vested interest in.gov, but I think someone should make a couple points here.
First, simply as a point of fact, state and local governments *can* get themselves into serious financial difficulties through mismanagement. I don't know if it's officially considered bankruptcy, but Orange County, FL had its credit rating slashed about 10 years ago because of some horrible investments. It could no longer borrow money so it couldn't pay its bills and had to be bailed out. I don't remember exactly how they recovered, but they did.
Second, and more fundamentally, governments *are* accountable in that we live in a democracy. Don't you vote? If your state leaders did stupid things with money, wouldn't you vote the dumbasses who did it out of office? It's not the same purely venal motivation corporations have, but it probably shouldn't be. After all, things like running schools, feeding hungry people, and keeping the streets safe don't have any immediate payoff, but most people think those are worthwhile endeavors.
Please note that I'm not arguing that government-run organizations are terribly efficient, but then neither are most for-profit corporations.
I don't understand why "if( 1==x )" is ugly. If the poster prefers "if( x==1 )", then I submit that some (experienced) programmers use the former because they know how easy it is to mistype the comparison operator. In that case, "1=x" causes a compiler error while "x=1" simply assigns 1 to x and continues.
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In a quantum sense, it seems that it is possible for particles to travel faster than the speed of light. Using tiny "tubes" through which microwaves have a small liklihood of traversing, studies have shown that while most waves stop dead, some "jump" through the tube instantaneously. Someone please explain why this does not collapse the laws of physics as we know them.
The author specifically lists a few approaches that would limit the utility of pre-generated tokens, e.g. interactive challenges and beacons (which limit the time-window during which tokens can be pre-generated).
It sounds like the idea is that the CPU overhead would be very small under normal use, just another step in the connection setup process.
You're right, it's amazing that Japan has half the population of the US on 1/25th the land mass. After you subtract the sparsely populated mountainous areas, you get "small" towns that look like Manhattan. Maybe "size" refers to land area (and corresponding shipping/distribution costs) instead of population?
OK, I don't have any particular vested interest in .gov, but I think someone should make a couple points here.
First, simply as a point of fact, state and local governments *can* get themselves into serious financial difficulties through mismanagement. I don't know if it's officially considered bankruptcy, but Orange County, FL had its credit rating slashed about 10 years ago because of some horrible investments. It could no longer borrow money so it couldn't pay its bills and had to be bailed out. I don't remember exactly how they recovered, but they did.
Second, and more fundamentally, governments *are* accountable in that we live in a democracy. Don't you vote? If your state leaders did stupid things with money, wouldn't you vote the dumbasses who did it out of office? It's not the same purely venal motivation corporations have, but it probably shouldn't be. After all, things like running schools, feeding hungry people, and keeping the streets safe don't have any immediate payoff, but most people think those are worthwhile endeavors.
Please note that I'm not arguing that government-run organizations are terribly efficient, but then neither are most for-profit corporations.
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I don't understand why "if( 1==x )" is ugly. If the poster prefers "if( x==1 )", then I submit that some (experienced) programmers use the former because they know how easy it is to mistype the comparison operator. In that case, "1=x" causes a compiler error while "x=1" simply assigns 1 to x and continues.