They would probably simulate the latancies on the internet to find out if it contributed to stress.
I don't think that they'll use standard tcp/ip for missions to Mars. Even a modern mission to the moon is not likely to use straight up http. The reason is that tcp/ip is not well suited for networks with large bandwidth-delay products.
I think a much more likely possibility for Internet use during space travel is to store a large amount of material in the spacecraft before launch, then periodically send updates to that information, and new material based on crew requests.
Actually, computers do not produce random numbers at all. They can only provide pseudorandom numbers.
The whole point of hardware random number generators is to surpass the limitations of psuedorandom number generation algorithms. By periodically feeding thermal (or better yet quantum) noise into the pseudorandom seed you can get very good quality randomness.
Inform the vendor, if the vendor does nothing, tell the world it is broken, demo your exploit to some journalists if you like.
I realize that this subject has produced a lot of hot tempers, but please view this as an honest request for information.
Please explain your reason for not giving Microsoft a period of time before you release details about the serious security holes in their software that you are aware of.
I agree with you that they should be given time to release a fix so that their customers are not harmed, and I agree that releasing exploit code is not warrented, but I don't understand the reason to not release any information, given that Microsoft is not currently planning to fix the problems. It seems to me that black hats can find the holes just as easily as you can, and an impending public information release would move Microsoft to action.
...the only thing that differentiates our leaders is the varying degrees of moral bankruptcy they exhibit.
But in a democracy, the leaders are us. So isn't their moral bankruptcy indicative of the moral bankruptcy of the American people? Sadly, I think we are getting the sort of leaders we deserve.
Global warming is fairly strongly established at this point, but its actual effects -- even at macroscopic levels -- still remain terrifyingly unknown.
You knew that global warming was the only thing staving off the next ice age right? (see Fallen Angels by Larry Niven)
You are correct that Microsoft programs have security holes and misfeatures, but all that does is lower the barrier to entry. It is secondary to the point I was making.
There are more virii for Windows because there are more virus writers who know Windows, and there are more targets which run Windows. Yes, if market share were equal Windows would still have more virii than Mac OS X or Linux, but here and now the largest contributing factor is the dominance of Windows.
Please don't let your dislike of Microsoft's shoddy software distort your judgement.
It could be the OSX users aren't constantly wasting time patching their systems against the latest virus/worm of the week, cleaning up after email viruses and klez worms, reinstalling their OS after yet another unexplained failure, etc. Or worse yet, not having to repair their computer because the no-name Chinese power supply caught fire, or the defective capacitors on the no-name motherboard leaked and failed, or the fan/heatsink fell off the processor because the tabs on the socket broke...
While many of the problems you mention are valid advantages of Macs over PCs, remember that the reason Macs have fewer virii is almost entirely due to the Mac's smaller market share. Before OS X, Mac OS security was the same as Windows (ie, none), and even now, there are almost certainly exploitable security holes in common Mac software.
Linux has fewer virii for the same reason. The holes are there (and better known in the case of Linux), but few exploit them on a large scale because Linux has a smaller share of the market.
I don't think earplugs would block it. It sounds like the sound is transmitted using hypersonic frequencies, and only becomes audible once it hits something, like.. your head. From there, bone transmission takes over, and plugging your ears won't do a thing.
*Hello, friend.*
Who's that?
*I'd like to make you an offer you can't ignore.*
Where are you? I can't see you.
*Now, for a limited time only, you can buy our exclusive AD BLOCKER equipment for just $49.95*
Aahhh! I'm going insane!
*Remember, AD BLOCKER contains Tuning INterference Frequency Overriding Impedence Level Helmet Addition Technology for improved AD BLOCKING!*
...so it is the atom that interacts with the incident photon, not the emitted photon.
But aren't lasers made possible by the property of bosons that they tend to wind up in the same quantum state? Sorry I can't phrase this in the proper language, but I'm only into physics as an interested layman.
I think I see what you mean though. Two photons in free flight have very little interaction. It's only at their ends where they interact, and there is always matter there, so it is the light-matter interaction which is the significant one.
Then you probably know a lot more about the visual effects business than I do. However, that doesn't change my point which is, Starship Troopers had a large budget for visual effects. With a similar budget, Episode One managed an almost entirely CG set with many CG characters. Why couldn't Starship Troopers, which had CG bad guys and CG space battles, create CG armor as well? Or at least armor costumes?
I strongly suspect that the answer has more to do with politics and actor face time than with effects budgets.
I believe that this illustrates the difference between making a movie out of a book because of a real love for the book (Lord of the Rings), and making such a movie for a reason which doesn't include respect and faithfulness to the story the author was telling (The Postman, Starship Troopers, etc).
The important point is that photons do not interact with each other (well, they actually do but the cross-section is so small that it is of no practical relevance).
The armor went because it would have been too expensive to equip to render it.
Are you aware that the Starship Troopers movie had a production budget nearly that of Star Wars Episode 1? And you're telling me that it would have been too expensive for them to have rendered the suits?
Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
TTFN
Re:Planets (the Indian definition)
on
Defining "Planet"
·
· Score: 1
It is possible to accurately determine 'events' such as...birth & death, progeny...
It would be very useful to have a way of predicting things like that. What evidence is there that the system of astrology you describe actually has these abilities?
Dell should be at least be able to get one that is lighter.
Because Dell has access to secret materials that defy the laws of physics which aren't available to Apple?
I'm actually surprised that the two laptops weigh almost exactly the same. I'm a little disappointed that Dell's isn't thinner, but I imagine they're keeping costs down by using plastic rather than metal like the Apple laptop.
i wouldn't be suprised if they got up there and didn't find a plaque or a flag for that matter
Since the point of our trips to the moon was to demonstrate that US space technology was superior to that of the USSR, do you really think they would have let us get away with a hoax like that? Do you think that the Soviets were not listening to all of the transmissions to and from the lunar missions, and calculating the direction and distance of the transmitters?
At the first sign of fakery, they would have blown the whistle and publicized to the world that the US was lying about going to the moon.
The only thing I really wish I'd known when I was twelve is that Aikido has what I was looking for and didn't find in Karate classes. It has helped me build a strong body and spirit in the supportive and friendly environment that I really needed back then. (Not to mention that it would have been cool to lay waste to the jerks who picked on me in junior high. Oh wait, that's not the true spirit of Aikido...)
And besides, if I'd started back then, I'd be shodan by now.:)
The problem with this is that it's too conspicuous. Making a lot of money on stock doesn't scream "I'm a time traveler!" Winning bets on every major sporting event for years in a row does.
Typically, reference counting takes more memory and more time than more sophisticated GC techniques.
I don't know that that's the case. Refcount almost certainly takes less time than other kinds of GC because it doesn't have to do any searching. It's true that refcout GC uses an extra integer per item of data, but how does that compare to the memory a regular GC must use to keep track of everything?
Python still uses refcount GC. However, since 2.0 it also has a reference cycle detector. See here for more information.
TTFN
Re:Martin Black - could be much better
on
Blacker Than Black
·
· Score: 1
That can only work on monochromatic light. Different wavelengths need different spacings to interefere like that.
Is is theoretically possible to make a holographic pattern that would absorb like that at all wavelengths? Or even multiple wavelengths?
Slashdot Mirror
They would probably simulate the latancies on the internet to find out if it contributed to stress.
I don't think that they'll use standard tcp/ip for missions to Mars. Even a modern mission to the moon is not likely to use straight up http. The reason is that tcp/ip is not well suited for networks with large bandwidth-delay products.
I think a much more likely possibility for Internet use during space travel is to store a large amount of material in the spacecraft before launch, then periodically send updates to that information, and new material based on crew requests.
TTFN
People have rights because the government chooses to grant them.
The government chooses to grant rights to the people because if it doesn't, the people will choose to grant themselves a new government.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson
TTFN
Actually, computers do not produce random numbers at all. They can only provide pseudorandom numbers.
The whole point of hardware random number generators is to surpass the limitations of psuedorandom number generation algorithms. By periodically feeding thermal (or better yet quantum) noise into the pseudorandom seed you can get very good quality randomness.
TTFN
Inform the vendor, if the vendor does nothing, tell the world it is broken, demo your exploit to some journalists if you like.
I realize that this subject has produced a lot of hot tempers, but please view this as an honest request for information.
Please explain your reason for not giving Microsoft a period of time before you release details about the serious security holes in their software that you are aware of.
I agree with you that they should be given time to release a fix so that their customers are not harmed, and I agree that releasing exploit code is not warrented, but I don't understand the reason to not release any information, given that Microsoft is not currently planning to fix the problems. It seems to me that black hats can find the holes just as easily as you can, and an impending public information release would move Microsoft to action.
TTFN
Hehe, as a Canadian I was expecting something more along the lines of Freedom-Freedom-Hawaii.
No, most of Canada can stay. It's just Freedom Canada that has got to go.
Darn Freedomians.
TTFN
...the only thing that differentiates our leaders is the varying degrees of moral bankruptcy they exhibit.
But in a democracy, the leaders are us. So isn't their moral bankruptcy indicative of the moral bankruptcy of the American people? Sadly, I think we are getting the sort of leaders we deserve.
TTFN
Torque is the 'angular version' of acceleration.
No. Torque is the angular version of force. Angular acceleration is the angular version of acceleration.
TTFN
a reference to a scientific work...would be far more appropriate than science fiction.
#include <stdhumor.h>
TTFN
Global warming is fairly strongly established at this point, but its actual effects -- even at macroscopic levels -- still remain terrifyingly unknown.
You knew that global warming was the only thing staving off the next ice age right? (see Fallen Angels by Larry Niven)
TTFN
This is MS astroturfer BS.
Don't be silly.
You are correct that Microsoft programs have security holes and misfeatures, but all that does is lower the barrier to entry. It is secondary to the point I was making.
There are more virii for Windows because there are more virus writers who know Windows, and there are more targets which run Windows. Yes, if market share were equal Windows would still have more virii than Mac OS X or Linux, but here and now the largest contributing factor is the dominance of Windows.
Please don't let your dislike of Microsoft's shoddy software distort your judgement.
TTFN
It could be the OSX users aren't constantly wasting time patching their systems against the latest virus/worm of the week, cleaning up after email viruses and klez worms, reinstalling their OS after yet another unexplained failure, etc. Or worse yet, not having to repair their computer because the no-name Chinese power supply caught fire, or the defective capacitors on the no-name motherboard leaked and failed, or the fan/heatsink fell off the processor because the tabs on the socket broke...
While many of the problems you mention are valid advantages of Macs over PCs, remember that the reason Macs have fewer virii is almost entirely due to the Mac's smaller market share. Before OS X, Mac OS security was the same as Windows (ie, none), and even now, there are almost certainly exploitable security holes in common Mac software.
Linux has fewer virii for the same reason. The holes are there (and better known in the case of Linux), but few exploit them on a large scale because Linux has a smaller share of the market.
TTFN
I don't think earplugs would block it. It sounds like the sound is transmitted using hypersonic frequencies, and only becomes audible once it hits something, like.. your head. From there, bone transmission takes over, and plugging your ears won't do a thing.
*Hello, friend.*
Who's that?
*I'd like to make you an offer you can't ignore.*
Where are you? I can't see you.
*Now, for a limited time only, you can buy our exclusive AD BLOCKER equipment for just $49.95*
Aahhh! I'm going insane!
*Remember, AD BLOCKER contains Tuning INterference Frequency Overriding Impedence Level Helmet Addition Technology for improved AD BLOCKING!*
Help me!
TTFN
The online gaming community is chock full of kids...
:)
Too many idiots in the world...
Xbox live...[is] going to fail.
So, it's a case of the place is so crowded that nobody goes there anymore?
TTFN
...so it is the atom that interacts with the incident photon, not the emitted photon.
:)
But aren't lasers made possible by the property of bosons that they tend to wind up in the same quantum state? Sorry I can't phrase this in the proper language, but I'm only into physics as an interested layman.
I think I see what you mean though. Two photons in free flight have very little interaction. It's only at their ends where they interact, and there is always matter there, so it is the light-matter interaction which is the significant one.
How's that for butchering scientific language?
TTFN
I work for Tippett Studio.
Then you probably know a lot more about the visual effects business than I do. However, that doesn't change my point which is, Starship Troopers had a large budget for visual effects. With a similar budget, Episode One managed an almost entirely CG set with many CG characters. Why couldn't Starship Troopers, which had CG bad guys and CG space battles, create CG armor as well? Or at least armor costumes?
I strongly suspect that the answer has more to do with politics and actor face time than with effects budgets.
I believe that this illustrates the difference between making a movie out of a book because of a real love for the book (Lord of the Rings), and making such a movie for a reason which doesn't include respect and faithfulness to the story the author was telling (The Postman, Starship Troopers, etc).
TTFN
The important point is that photons do not interact with each other (well, they actually do but the cross-section is so small that it is of no practical relevance).
Except in generating lasers...
(sorry, I had to say it)
TTFN
The armor went because it would have been too expensive to equip to render it.
Are you aware that the Starship Troopers movie had a production budget nearly that of Star Wars Episode 1? And you're telling me that it would have been too expensive for them to have rendered the suits?
Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
TTFN
It is possible to accurately determine 'events' such as...birth & death, progeny...
It would be very useful to have a way of predicting things like that. What evidence is there that the system of astrology you describe actually has these abilities?
TTFN
Dell should be at least be able to get one that is lighter.
Because Dell has access to secret materials that defy the laws of physics which aren't available to Apple?
I'm actually surprised that the two laptops weigh almost exactly the same. I'm a little disappointed that Dell's isn't thinner, but I imagine they're keeping costs down by using plastic rather than metal like the Apple laptop.
TTFN
i wouldn't be suprised if they got up there and didn't find a plaque or a flag for that matter
Since the point of our trips to the moon was to demonstrate that US space technology was superior to that of the USSR, do you really think they would have let us get away with a hoax like that? Do you think that the Soviets were not listening to all of the transmissions to and from the lunar missions, and calculating the direction and distance of the transmitters?
At the first sign of fakery, they would have blown the whistle and publicized to the world that the US was lying about going to the moon.
TTFN
The only thing I really wish I'd known when I was twelve is that Aikido has what I was looking for and didn't find in Karate classes. It has helped me build a strong body and spirit in the supportive and friendly environment that I really needed back then. (Not to mention that it would have been cool to lay waste to the jerks who picked on me in junior high. Oh wait, that's not the true spirit of Aikido...)
:)
And besides, if I'd started back then, I'd be shodan by now.
TTFN
...who won the major sporting events...
The problem with this is that it's too conspicuous. Making a lot of money on stock doesn't scream "I'm a time traveler!" Winning bets on every major sporting event for years in a row does.
TTFN
We were just wasting black power.
You shouldn't waste black power. Next time use white power. It may not have soul, but it's easy to find on the Internet.
TTFN
Typically, reference counting takes more memory and more time than more sophisticated GC techniques.
I don't know that that's the case. Refcount almost certainly takes less time than other kinds of GC because it doesn't have to do any searching. It's true that refcout GC uses an extra integer per item of data, but how does that compare to the memory a regular GC must use to keep track of everything?
Python still uses refcount GC. However, since 2.0 it also has a reference cycle detector. See here for more information.
TTFN
That can only work on monochromatic light. Different wavelengths need different spacings to interefere like that.
Is is theoretically possible to make a holographic pattern that would absorb like that at all wavelengths? Or even multiple wavelengths?
TTFN