This is not a problem for file-systems as stored on disk so much as it is a problem for the file-system API. Passing around and manipulating arbitrarily long numbers in memory is substantially slower than using fixed-length numbers and could result in a big performance penalty for file operations.
No, the type of time_t - time_t must be signed. That doesn't imply that time_t must be signed. For example, (unsigned int) - (unsigned int) is int, not unsigned int.
Wrong. The C99 standard says in section 6.3.1.8 paragraph 1:
Many operators that expect operands of arithmetic type cause conversions and yield result types in a similar way. The purpose is to determine a
common real type for the operands and result. For the specified operands, each operand is converted, without change of type domain, to a type whose corresponding real type is the common real type. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the common real type is also the corresponding real type of the result, whose type domain is the type domain of the operands if they are the same, and complex otherwise.
Here, the common real type is unsigned int, and the description of the addition and subtraction operators (section 6.5.6) does not specify a different type for the result when both operands have arithmetic type.
If you disagree, please cite relevant parts of the standard to support your case.
I think the production and distribution cost of singles is just too expensive for them to sell in the masses they used to. If they were sold online in a readily usable format at a fair price I dare say the singles market would gradually recover to its former size. At the moment the major labels are probably scared to make such a change.
So the attacker puts something in your login script that creates a key-logging pseudo-tty and runs your shell again inside that. Unless you're very paranoid, you won't notice that. (They can hide this better if they get root, which is apparently quite easy from a regular user account on many systems.) Next time you login to the remote system, they get your password or the passphrase to your keyring.
The flaw in your argument is that the unique private key (the "endorsement key") is optional. IBM says it has not put such keys in any of the ESS or TCPA crypto-processors so far.
This is true for the money-making bands. The majority of signed bands never make enough money to put the label or themselves in profit. By cutting the recording costs the label can cut their losses on these bands. (Also, by selling individual songs at a fair price, they might increase sales for bands that produce the occasional popular song but not enough to make popular albums.)
You can get a multi-format reader quite cheaply, though. I saw one in a UK department store that handles CF, SD/MMC, MS and SM for only about £40. You can probably find them cheaper in computer stores.
If your cell phone is digital then the network's switching equipment receives the complete number all at once and can count the digits. In contrast, with analogue dialling there's no indication of how many digits are being dialled, other than (a) the digits themselves or (b) timing. Time-outs will equally annoy those who dial slowly and those who dial quickly, so they aren't a good solution.
My wife used their translator for the paper she just wrote, but that was just to demonstrate her argument that machine translation doesn't work very well.
Most people don't know what "format" really means. IDE HDs are formatted at the factory and cannot be reformatted using standard tools. Floppies are generally formatted too, now. But the "format" command in DOS and Windows is dual-purpose and also does file-system creation (what "mkfs" or "newfs" does in Unix). A "quick format", which is what "format" normally ends up doing, is just file-system creation and not formatting at all.
Wait, you mean American POWs are always treated properly.
I didn't say that at all. I'm saying the US would (rightly) describe failure to treat American POWs properly as war crimes.
On the other hand, the detainees in Gitmo are not being tortured, unless by being held in a pleasant climate and being fed every day counts as torture.
It's not a "pleasant climate" and while there isn't clear evidence of torture the secrecy surrounding the detention camp is somewhat suspicious. A recent Amnesty International press release on the subject states that:
Amnesty International also reiterated its concern about conditions in the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, where detainees are allegedly confined for 24 hours a day to small cells in sweltering heat. Some of the conditions reported -- including exercise limited to 15 minutes twice a week -- are in direct violation of international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners.
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Amnesty International is also concerned by reports that suspected members of al-Qa'ida arrested by US officials in Afghanistan or elsewhere have been transported for questioning to third countries where they might be at risk of human rights violations. These countries include Egypt, where suspected members of Islamic opposition groups are frequently tortured during incommunicado detention.
The Taliban formed, at the time, the effective government of Afghanistan, and Al Quaeda members were their guests. They seem to fit into the two categories you enumerated, but I don't know.
These nuances are almost always missed in evolution vs. creation debates.
It was a core argument of Darwin's Origin of Species (chapter 1, section 6) that there isn't a clear distinction between variation and speciation. Anyone who hasn't read the book is unqualified to engage in such debates on either side, in my opinion.
Not all that the detainees at Guantanamo were all taken from Afghanistan. Those that were, would normally be considered prisoners of war. If the US's enemies did not treat POWs in the proper way, the US government would be screaming "war crimes". Why do international conventions not appply to the US?
USB 2.0 (aka USB High-Speed) allows for speeds up to 480 Mb/s, which makes it much more competitive with Firewire. I think most PCs have been shipping with these ports for a few months now.
In the GSM world it is normal for the same handset to be available on competing networks. Orange only had exclusivity on the HTC phone for a limited period.
As I recall, US cell phone plans already tend to include upwards of 1000 minutes per month which is practically unlimited - and they're extremely expensive! This is bad for potential light users. I think there's a need for two or more charge models.
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This is not a problem for file-systems as stored on disk so much as it is a problem for the file-system API. Passing around and manipulating arbitrarily long numbers in memory is substantially slower than using fixed-length numbers and could result in a big performance penalty for file operations.
Wrong. The C99 standard says in section 6.3.1.8 paragraph 1:
Here, the common real type is unsigned int, and the description of the addition and subtraction operators (section 6.5.6) does not specify a different type for the result when both operands have arithmetic type.
If you disagree, please cite relevant parts of the standard to support your case.
I think the production and distribution cost of singles is just too expensive for them to sell in the masses they used to. If they were sold online in a readily usable format at a fair price I dare say the singles market would gradually recover to its former size. At the moment the major labels are probably scared to make such a change.
So the attacker puts something in your login script that creates a key-logging pseudo-tty and runs your shell again inside that. Unless you're very paranoid, you won't notice that. (They can hide this better if they get root, which is apparently quite easy from a regular user account on many systems.) Next time you login to the remote system, they get your password or the passphrase to your keyring.
The flaw in your argument is that the unique private key (the "endorsement key") is optional. IBM says it has not put such keys in any of the ESS or TCPA crypto-processors so far.
If it's based on gcc (which the version described in the paper is) he'll have to release the source when he sells the binaries.
Add to the downsides a fragile and awkwardly-placed stylus (unless they changed that shortly before launch).
This is true for the money-making bands. The majority of signed bands never make enough money to put the label or themselves in profit. By cutting the recording costs the label can cut their losses on these bands. (Also, by selling individual songs at a fair price, they might increase sales for bands that produce the occasional popular song but not enough to make popular albums.)
You can get a multi-format reader quite cheaply, though. I saw one in a UK department store that handles CF, SD/MMC, MS and SM for only about £40. You can probably find them cheaper in computer stores.
Now you're talking about Variants, which are essentially dynamically-typed.
If your cell phone is digital then the network's switching equipment receives the complete number all at once and can count the digits. In contrast, with analogue dialling there's no indication of how many digits are being dialled, other than (a) the digits themselves or (b) timing. Time-outs will equally annoy those who dial slowly and those who dial quickly, so they aren't a good solution.
And there go all your mailing lists. Thanks for playing.
My wife used their translator for the paper she just wrote, but that was just to demonstrate her argument that machine translation doesn't work very well.
Most people don't know what "format" really means. IDE HDs are formatted at the factory and cannot be reformatted using standard tools. Floppies are generally formatted too, now. But the "format" command in DOS and Windows is dual-purpose and also does file-system creation (what "mkfs" or "newfs" does in Unix). A "quick format", which is what "format" normally ends up doing, is just file-system creation and not formatting at all.
I didn't say that at all. I'm saying the US would (rightly) describe failure to treat American POWs properly as war crimes.
It's not a "pleasant climate" and while there isn't clear evidence of torture the secrecy surrounding the detention camp is somewhat suspicious. A recent Amnesty International press release on the subject states that:
The Taliban formed, at the time, the effective government of Afghanistan, and Al Quaeda members were their guests. They seem to fit into the two categories you enumerated, but I don't know.
Because consumers are mostly stupid and will buy the printer with the lowest up-front price, or buy a PC with a "free" (bundled) printer.
The BBC recently had a report on the Foundation on their environmental radio magazine Costing the Earth, which is what the linked article is based on.
It was a core argument of Darwin's Origin of Species (chapter 1, section 6) that there isn't a clear distinction between variation and speciation. Anyone who hasn't read the book is unqualified to engage in such debates on either side, in my opinion.
Not all that the detainees at Guantanamo were all taken from Afghanistan. Those that were, would normally be considered prisoners of war. If the US's enemies did not treat POWs in the proper way, the US government would be screaming "war crimes". Why do international conventions not appply to the US?
USB 2.0 (aka USB High-Speed) allows for speeds up to 480 Mb/s, which makes it much more competitive with Firewire. I think most PCs have been shipping with these ports for a few months now.
In the GSM world it is normal for the same handset to be available on competing networks. Orange only had exclusivity on the HTC phone for a limited period.
As I recall, US cell phone plans already tend to include upwards of 1000 minutes per month which is practically unlimited - and they're extremely expensive! This is bad for potential light users. I think there's a need for two or more charge models.
It's all about fashion, like the logos and ringtones some people buy for their mobile phones (a huge market in Europe and Japan).
I suppose there's some point in getting an unusual ringtone for your phone so you can recognise it, but having done so, why change it?
Not at all - early WCDMA handsets will support GSM as well, in the same way that many 2G handsets sold in the US still support AMPS.