> If this happened now, some life on Earth, such as bacteria buried kilometers > down in the crust, would almost certainly survive it.
What sort of intensity are we talking about here? A blast necessitating kilometers of shielding seems unlikely. That would, I think, vaporize the rock on the surface.
Even if Oracle does intend to liquidate Sun and merge its assets into itself rather than operate it as a wholly-owned subsiduary Sun certainly still exists as a legal entity. It takes many months (sometimes years) to work through all the details of a merger.
> If you were to look at the raw spectrum, you'd still see a power spike at > the frequency they were using for transmission, provided it was above the > noise floor.
Not if they are using spread-spectrum techniques. With those there is no power spike.
> An automobile's air filter will plug within minutes of being introduced to > volcanic ash.
Only when there is a great deal of it: enough to impede visibility. The levels we are talking about here might cut the life of your air filter in half. Jet engines are much more sensitive to this sort of dust than internal combustion engines are. They inhale much, much, much more air, it is impossible to filter it, and they run hot enough to melt the silica.
> Mr. Singh didn't say that all Chiropractic procedures are bogus. It's the > stuff about curing allergies and diabetes and stuff - that is the bogus part.
But that is an essential part of the theory: that all illness is the result of spinal "subluxations".
Massage can make back pain a bit better. Since some of what chiropractors do resembles massage, they can sometimes improve it. The theory under which they operate, however, is completely bogus. If you want a massage see a massage therapist, not a quack.
Really. It's called "political compromise". Example: "Give me all your money." "No!" "Ok, give me half your money." "No!". "Look! He's being unreasonable! I offered to meet him halfway and he just stonewalls! He refuses to negotiate!"
> Americans who "get it" really must support the pirate parties in Europe. > Europe has some real chance for finding a western model for relaxation of > intellectual property, one the U.S. could adopt later, and then catch back > up.
ROFL. It isn't the US Congress that is happily enacting "three strikes" laws.
> If there is any link between this project and Intellectual Ventures, it is > doomed to stay in a box.
Because we all know that there is no money to be made from charging people for the right to practice an invention, don't we? Whereas if you keep it in a box, never practicing it and never allowing anyone else to practice it: well, it's obvious. The billions will just roll in. I wonder how it is that all the other inventors throughout history have never stumbled upon this business model?
> There is one thing worse than a bad password, and that is one that needs to > be written down on a post-it note.
Let's see some statistics to support that claim. What percentage of break-ins are due to weak passwords? What percentage due to passwords being written down?
I repeat: Give your users little black books to write passwords in. Tell them to do so, tell them how to do so, and tell them how to keep the book secure. Then require secure passwords, for example by presenting them with a screenfull of good random passwords and requiring them to select one.
> oh, and that's not to mention the online bank that has a requirement for > your password to be entirely numeric and between 4 and 6 digits (after > sending a mailing out talking about how to create strong passwords to > everyone, and then they won't let you follow their own advice!)
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> If this happened now, some life on Earth, such as bacteria buried kilometers
> down in the crust, would almost certainly survive it.
What sort of intensity are we talking about here? A blast necessitating kilometers of shielding seems unlikely. That would, I think, vaporize the rock on the surface.
> A few recommendations...
a) Read the article.
Many sites do not allow accounts to be closed. Try to close your Slashdot account, for example.
> ...the user needs to be stupid or in a panic.
So it only works on 90% of users.
> Could life on Titan have established itself in those conditions?
If we find life on Titan we will know that it could and did, won't we?
> The question seems to have been missed.
No it hasn't. How do you propose to answer it?
Even if Oracle does intend to liquidate Sun and merge its assets into itself rather than operate it as a wholly-owned subsiduary Sun certainly still exists as a legal entity. It takes many months (sometimes years) to work through all the details of a merger.
> If you were to look at the raw spectrum, you'd still see a power spike at
> the frequency they were using for transmission, provided it was above the
> noise floor.
Not if they are using spread-spectrum techniques. With those there is no power spike.
> An automobile's air filter will plug within minutes of being introduced to
> volcanic ash.
Only when there is a great deal of it: enough to impede visibility. The levels we are talking about here might cut the life of your air filter in half. Jet engines are much more sensitive to this sort of dust than internal combustion engines are. They inhale much, much, much more air, it is impossible to filter it, and they run hot enough to melt the silica.
> Exactly like California is not the same thing as the USA, and the USA is not
> the same thing as California. Not to hard to grasp, is it?
You wouldn't think so, but some Europeans seem to have trouble with it (though it is more often New York they confound with the USA).
> Mr. Singh didn't say that all Chiropractic procedures are bogus. It's the
> stuff about curing allergies and diabetes and stuff - that is the bogus part.
But that is an essential part of the theory: that all illness is the result of spinal "subluxations".
> Massage therapists work on muscles; I've never heard of one doing a spine
> adjustment.
Spine adjustments are bullshit.
> My health insurance covers a chiropractor, and not a massage.
Probably because your state law requires that it do so.
> I am a chiropractor. I no longer practice though. Why? Because I never
> subscribed to the chiropractic philosophy.
Then you were never really a chiropractor.
> So yeah, I used to think they're bogus.
They are. A massage therapist could helped you more and with less hocus-pocus.
> They can make back pain marginally better.
Massage can make back pain a bit better. Since some of what chiropractors do resembles massage, they can sometimes improve it. The theory under which they operate, however, is completely bogus. If you want a massage see a massage therapist, not a quack.
Really. It's called "political compromise". Example: "Give me all your money." "No!" "Ok, give me half your money." "No!". "Look! He's being unreasonable! I offered to meet him halfway and he just stonewalls! He refuses to negotiate!"
> Americans who "get it" really must support the pirate parties in Europe.
> Europe has some real chance for finding a western model for relaxation of
> intellectual property, one the U.S. could adopt later, and then catch back
> up.
ROFL. It isn't the US Congress that is happily enacting "three strikes" laws.
...of the summary is incoherent, but it is a Slashdot summary. Why bother.
No. We're looking for ET's I Love Lucy.
> Even the survivors die a little every day.
Everybody dies a little every day. Life is fatal.
> I'm a bit more skeptical, given that gene therapy and immunotherapy are
> still very much in their infancy at the current time
Those are not the only applications for this knowledge.
> ...the first graphical remote desktop support...
The X Window System was first.
> If there is any link between this project and Intellectual Ventures, it is
> doomed to stay in a box.
Because we all know that there is no money to be made from charging people for the right to practice an invention, don't we? Whereas if you keep it in a box, never practicing it and never allowing anyone else to practice it: well, it's obvious. The billions will just roll in. I wonder how it is that all the other inventors throughout history have never stumbled upon this business model?
> There is one thing worse than a bad password, and that is one that needs to
> be written down on a post-it note.
Let's see some statistics to support that claim. What percentage of break-ins are due to weak passwords? What percentage due to passwords being written down?
I repeat: Give your users little black books to write passwords in. Tell them to do so, tell them how to do so, and tell them how to keep the book secure. Then require secure passwords, for example by presenting them with a screenfull of good random passwords and requiring them to select one.
> oh, and that's not to mention the online bank that has a requirement for
> your password to be entirely numeric and between 4 and 6 digits (after
> sending a mailing out talking about how to create strong passwords to
> everyone, and then they won't let you follow their own advice!)
Why do you continue to do business with them?