Maybe because I'm doing some Windows (7) code development and debug right now, but I would have thought that not having random code locations would have been noticed by application developers as they debugged their code - especially when you're creating threads, looking at the address of the thread start *should* be different each time the application starts, but if it's the same all the time that's an indication that ASLR isn't working.
Shouldn't this be part of a verification process for a new kernel release? I'm not trying to knock Microsoft here as this is a somewhat esoteric bug, but I would think that the security implications would drive the requirement for verifying that the code resides in a different location on each startup.
As many people note, you can set your watch to arrivals/departures of trains in Japan - but I'm amazed at how much the Japanese take it for granted.
They don't see it as anything special, this is a service, like always getting a dial tone when you pick up a phone in North America.
I'm wondering how this could be translated to Canadian culture - I don't think the Toronto subway system (http://www.ttc.ca/) could ever get their collective heads wrapped around the idea that they MUST be on time, ALWAYS & FOREVER.
I always thought Chris Hadfield's answer to that question when the shuttle was flying was the most profound.
He that he was most scared that the launch would be cancelled as he generally had friends/family at the Cape and they couldn't stick around to see the later launch.
The Rolls Royce "merlin", like other Rolls Royce aero engines of the time, was named after a bird of prey. The bird they named the engine after is a type of falcon which is called a "pigeon hawk" in North America and "merlin" in Europe.
So, did SpaceX name their engine after the bird (and Rolls Royce's engine) or the mythical wizard?
I really wonder what they think "AI" is - are they thinking that's it's Skynet or a way to process large amounts of vague data to come up with a conclusion (of which the latter is really how the term seems to be applied currently).
Without understanding where they are coming from, the dire warnings are of no more value than the ravings of a crazy guy with tinfoil on his head.
There's another book/universe that hasn't been desecrated in a while.
Something magical (excuse the pun) happened with GoT - maybe it's because the author a) alive and can offer insights that might not be obvious from reading the books and b) is an experienced TV writer who can help guide the series. Or maybe it was sheer luck.
There are a lot of great Sci-Fi fantasy out there that deserves to be explored as TV series, how about trying to select one that won't elicit groans from geeks like us.
Huh? How is this more accurate than anything else?
Can anybody validate the assumption that the distribution accessing US government computers is the same as the distribution across actual computers?
As a few people noted, they use Linux systems for working but other systems for accessing the government. Personally, I do development on Linux and Windows 7 machines, surfing on an oldish Windows 7 machine and accessing banking and government websites on a Mac. That would mean I'm seen as a Mac user, when it's only a tiny fraction of what what I'm doing and a small fraction of the number of machines accessing the Interwebs.
I guess I'm probably so far in the minority that I'm in the noise and don't significantly change the stats.
This is a pretty standard recall - I imagine that a thousand or so of these notices go out every year from all call manufacturers.
You make an appointment to take the car into a dealership, they fix it and you're on your way. Easy peasy.
Somewhere people have gotten the idea that recalls are a primary indicator of poor quality/design when in reality, supplier parts don't meet specification, specifications are wrong and basic mistakes are made.
The certification process does an excellent job of ensuring the vehicles are safe, recalls generally come out after a few million hours of operation in which something wears out or rusts (which is what happened here).
That was my first thought - they go from being presented as a litigious off shore company to a domestic technology powerhouse that is worried about protecting it's IP.
All by moving an office; the actual engineers and IP isn't going anywhere.
I thought that when the robot that was looking to the end of one of the "Star Shafts" (back in 2002), a chamber like this was hypothesized because the robot came to the "door" at the end of the shaft.
I haven't keep up with the research for a while, but I think saying that this is the "discovery of the century" is simple hyperbole.
I would think that when you're presenting as Microsoft (or Google, or Amazon...) and you're demonstrating, you must be ABSOLUTELY sure that if there is a problem, you can recover with your company's products.
I would be very interested to know if the presenter still has a job - if Microsoft is serious about making Win10/Edge the number one platform/browser then this guy and anybody else involved with the debacle should be looking for work today.
Thank you - some interesting trips down memory lane (no pun intended) especially when see from the '90s or early 2000s in which speed, memory/disk sizes, resources, etc. which would be totally inadequate now.
I don't know if there's a objective way of determining who has the worst winters.
I never thought too much about Toronto winter weather other than it was bad until we relocated our company headquarters to another part of Ontario where they thought they had the worst weather in the northern hemisphere although it was positively mild when I compared it to what I've put up with in Toronto. They closed down schools with 4" of snow - just about anywhere else I've been (with the exception of Georgia where 0.5" of snow is seen as the coming of the apocalypse), that's nothing to get excited about.
If I was to rate the winters in the various cities in North America I've been in over the years, I would say that Boston has the worst winters (and, yes, I have been in Michigan).
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Maybe because I'm doing some Windows (7) code development and debug right now, but I would have thought that not having random code locations would have been noticed by application developers as they debugged their code - especially when you're creating threads, looking at the address of the thread start *should* be different each time the application starts, but if it's the same all the time that's an indication that ASLR isn't working.
Shouldn't this be part of a verification process for a new kernel release? I'm not trying to knock Microsoft here as this is a somewhat esoteric bug, but I would think that the security implications would drive the requirement for verifying that the code resides in a different location on each startup.
As many people note, you can set your watch to arrivals/departures of trains in Japan - but I'm amazed at how much the Japanese take it for granted.
They don't see it as anything special, this is a service, like always getting a dial tone when you pick up a phone in North America.
I'm wondering how this could be translated to Canadian culture - I don't think the Toronto subway system (http://www.ttc.ca/) could ever get their collective heads wrapped around the idea that they MUST be on time, ALWAYS & FOREVER.
Nonsense. They are great at holding down papers and keeping a door in position when the wind is blowing and there isn't a connection to the Interwebs.
If you were to say that out loud, would your face hurt?
I always thought Chris Hadfield's answer to that question when the shuttle was flying was the most profound.
He that he was most scared that the launch would be cancelled as he generally had friends/family at the Cape and they couldn't stick around to see the later launch.
Currently reading the SFWA's "Greatest Sci-Fi 1928-1964" edited by Theodore Sturgeon that I found in a used book store.
The Rolls Royce "merlin", like other Rolls Royce aero engines of the time, was named after a bird of prey. The bird they named the engine after is a type of falcon which is called a "pigeon hawk" in North America and "merlin" in Europe.
So, did SpaceX name their engine after the bird (and Rolls Royce's engine) or the mythical wizard?
Doing a quick search and there's no clear answer.
I really wonder what they think "AI" is - are they thinking that's it's Skynet or a way to process large amounts of vague data to come up with a conclusion (of which the latter is really how the term seems to be applied currently).
Without understanding where they are coming from, the dire warnings are of no more value than the ravings of a crazy guy with tinfoil on his head.
There's another book/universe that hasn't been desecrated in a while.
Something magical (excuse the pun) happened with GoT - maybe it's because the author a) alive and can offer insights that might not be obvious from reading the books and b) is an experienced TV writer who can help guide the series. Or maybe it was sheer luck.
There are a lot of great Sci-Fi fantasy out there that deserves to be explored as TV series, how about trying to select one that won't elicit groans from geeks like us.
Huh? How is this more accurate than anything else?
Can anybody validate the assumption that the distribution accessing US government computers is the same as the distribution across actual computers?
As a few people noted, they use Linux systems for working but other systems for accessing the government. Personally, I do development on Linux and Windows 7 machines, surfing on an oldish Windows 7 machine and accessing banking and government websites on a Mac. That would mean I'm seen as a Mac user, when it's only a tiny fraction of what what I'm doing and a small fraction of the number of machines accessing the Interwebs.
I guess I'm probably so far in the minority that I'm in the noise and don't significantly change the stats.
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This is a pretty standard recall - I imagine that a thousand or so of these notices go out every year from all call manufacturers.
You make an appointment to take the car into a dealership, they fix it and you're on your way. Easy peasy.
Somewhere people have gotten the idea that recalls are a primary indicator of poor quality/design when in reality, supplier parts don't meet specification, specifications are wrong and basic mistakes are made.
The certification process does an excellent job of ensuring the vehicles are safe, recalls generally come out after a few million hours of operation in which something wears out or rusts (which is what happened here).
So, why is this story worth the bandwidth here?
That was my first thought - they go from being presented as a litigious off shore company to a domestic technology powerhouse that is worried about protecting it's IP.
All by moving an office; the actual engineers and IP isn't going anywhere.
A bit ironic perhaps, but they're not getting the investor's money.
I thought that when the robot that was looking to the end of one of the "Star Shafts" (back in 2002), a chamber like this was hypothesized because the robot came to the "door" at the end of the shaft.
I haven't keep up with the research for a while, but I think saying that this is the "discovery of the century" is simple hyperbole.
I'm surprised that the Sudbury region of Ontario isn't mentioned - the town was built on nickel (there's even a giant Canadian nickel coin monument).
Does this mean that the Ontario nickel isn't high enough quality? Couldn't it be refined to meet the needs of the battery manufacturers?
I would think that when you're presenting as Microsoft (or Google, or Amazon...) and you're demonstrating, you must be ABSOLUTELY sure that if there is a problem, you can recover with your company's products.
I would be very interested to know if the presenter still has a job - if Microsoft is serious about making Win10/Edge the number one platform/browser then this guy and anybody else involved with the debacle should be looking for work today.
Qualcomm has continued to bully and push around it's customers for years now.
I would think whatever the cost to Apple, it's a net positive.
Ummm... Everything.
Gaming, streaming video, AI, robotics.
We've had some significant leaps in capabilities over the time /. has been active.
Thank you - some interesting trips down memory lane (no pun intended) especially when see from the '90s or early 2000s in which speed, memory/disk sizes, resources, etc. which would be totally inadequate now.
In that regard, Detroit is far more civilized than Toronto.
It was the eight inch runts that pointed it out to me.
Toronto has people who think that's eight inch ruts in the roads were made for them to use as a cross country ski trails.
Seriously.
Toronto has people who think that's eight inch runts in the roads were made for them to use as a cross country ski trails.
Seriously.
I don't know if there's a objective way of determining who has the worst winters.
I never thought too much about Toronto winter weather other than it was bad until we relocated our company headquarters to another part of Ontario where they thought they had the worst weather in the northern hemisphere although it was positively mild when I compared it to what I've put up with in Toronto. They closed down schools with 4" of snow - just about anywhere else I've been (with the exception of Georgia where 0.5" of snow is seen as the coming of the apocalypse), that's nothing to get excited about.
If I was to rate the winters in the various cities in North America I've been in over the years, I would say that Boston has the worst winters (and, yes, I have been in Michigan).