this is great research. this'll go a long way in peoples understanding of the human brain and the development of neural networks. i think we can look forward to more intelligent computers now.
Now that we can see and have a bit of control over the structure, the next step to do would be to study the response of a neuron.
The problem there is that at that small resolution you cannot trust what you see. There's a basic limit expressed in terms of Heisenberg uncertainity principle which states that if u know the position then u can't know the velocity. So theres a trade off there. So it's not possible to move nanoscale structures around .
well that's the whole point. Is this random or not. If it were random then the chance of those atoms aligning in a pattern is zero for all practical purposes. Similarly if evolution was random then the chances of creating something as intelligent as human is zero.
What this shows us is that it can't be random. If u stretch it a bit far and draw a simili to evolution then maybe darwins right. There's a definate direction in evolution.
so many times have experiments proven intution wrong.
Says Sandia researcher Richard Plass, "Kinetics say that 10,000 moving atoms should go anywhere. Nobody really expected an assembly would arise."
Whoever said life couldn;t evolve just cuz it's probabilistically impossible for a random process to create something as intelligent as human(allright with the exception of / . ers), needs to think again.
even we had a filtering proxy server.. but whenever someone found a site which was wrongly blocked, you just had to inform the sysad.. and the site would be unblocked. simple as that.
Something like that should be implemented everywhere.. a submit for review ! but i dunno how feasible this is ?
this is good. what we need is better filters.. but that's a far fetched dream.. so til then those ppl whose research involves subjects that can confuse the filter can use the 10% of the computer.. though i feel it should be more.
i wonder when they'll put in webcams to know who's in the bathroom;-)
but in anyway this is a nice idea.. atleast you'll know how approximately how long you'll have to hold it..... aaaaaaaaaaaaaarh i gotta go NOW
well maybe not me.. but someone might wanna get this thing down.. microsoft had asked slashdot to remove some posts
now if some big coorporation is not happy with some site then they can simply get a trademark on that and sue em !
i kindof liked Brainf**k... this is the other extreme !!!
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well i feel RIAA will be the ultimate loser in this war. come to think of it, it's the research which has enabled the music industry to come this far. If they try to curb research to make a quick buck then they're very shortsighted.
If people like Felton don't present their results then that'll stagnate the industry.. whatever loopholes are there will remain.. and you just won't have any progress!
someone should try explaining to them that this is for their good ! and if they stop it then they stand to lose a lot. Imagine if the thing "leaks" out and all the script kiddies start distributing code to bypass their security.
i can't see how making the packet is less computationally intensive than computing the checksum. In the 2-SAT case, they're anyway generating all the 2^n cases, so the complexity is still exponential.
And another factor is of reliability. What if a packet times out. Not all the packets you send are responded to... so if that one in a million packets which represents the actual solution times out then all your effort goes down the drain.
well the problem is with the implementation not the protocol. SSH protocol has a provision to send in null data. so if properly implemented then this defeats the attack.
well depends on your application. if u r involved in development work then you might need the hourly update
From the article
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Think about how often you need to update. Are you really going to build FreeBSD from source every hour? If not, why upgrade your source code every hour? Developers need rapid access to changes, of course, but many users don't have to update their source as frequently as they do
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that point is answered in the article !
Besides a PhD doesn't qualify you for a teaching job. I know a lot of PhD's who're great researchers but really bad when it comes to teaching. You don't need a masters degree either to teach in a high school what's needed is a degree in education and some basic understanding of the topic (though it's good if u've a bachlors in that topic)
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this is great research. this'll go a long way in peoples understanding of the human brain and the development of neural networks. i think we can look forward to more intelligent computers now.
Now that we can see and have a bit of control over the structure, the next step to do would be to study the response of a neuron.
i'm using netscape 4.72 and it renders it pretty well and so does opera5.0. but the site is really slow. i guess they've been /.ed
The problem there is that at that small resolution you cannot trust what you see. There's a basic limit expressed in terms of Heisenberg uncertainity principle which states that if u know the position then u can't know the velocity. So theres a trade off there. So it's not possible to move nanoscale structures around .
well that's the whole point. Is this random or not. If it were random then the chance of those atoms aligning in a pattern is zero for all practical purposes. Similarly if evolution was random then the chances of creating something as intelligent as human is zero.
What this shows us is that it can't be random. If u stretch it a bit far and draw a simili to evolution then maybe darwins right. There's a definate direction in evolution.
so many times have experiments proven intution wrong.
Says Sandia researcher Richard Plass, "Kinetics say that 10,000 moving atoms should go anywhere. Nobody really expected an assembly would arise."
Whoever said life couldn;t evolve just cuz it's probabilistically impossible for a random process to create something as intelligent as human(allright with the exception of / . ers), needs to think again.
even we had a filtering proxy server .. but whenever someone found a site which was wrongly blocked, you just had to inform the sysad .. and the site would be unblocked. simple as that. .. a submit for review ! but i dunno how feasible this is ?
Something like that should be implemented everywhere
this is good. what we need is better filters .. but that's a far fetched dream .. so til then those ppl whose research involves subjects that can confuse the filter can use the 10% of the computer .. though i feel it should be more.
i wonder when they'll put in webcams to know who's in the bathroom ;-) .. atleast you'll know how approximately how long you'll have to hold it ..... aaaaaaaaaaaaaarh i gotta go NOW
but in anyway this is a nice idea
well maybe not me .. but someone might wanna get this thing down .. microsoft had asked slashdot to remove some posts
now if some big coorporation is not happy with some site then they can simply get a trademark on that and sue em !
this is downright crazy .. if i start a coorporation by name slashdot tommorow then can i sue to get this site down !
i kindof liked Brainf**k ... this is the other extreme !!!
well i feel RIAA will be the ultimate loser in this war. come to think of it, it's the research which has enabled the music industry to come this far. If they try to curb research to make a quick buck then they're very shortsighted. .. whatever loopholes are there will remain .. and you just won't have any progress!
If people like Felton don't present their results then that'll stagnate the industry
someone should try explaining to them that this is for their good ! and if they stop it then they stand to lose a lot. Imagine if the thing "leaks" out and all the script kiddies start distributing code to bypass their security.
i can't see how making the packet is less computationally intensive than computing the checksum. In the 2-SAT case, they're anyway generating all the 2^n cases, so the complexity is still exponential. ... so if that one in a million packets which represents the actual solution times out then all your effort goes down the drain.
And another factor is of reliability. What if a packet times out. Not all the packets you send are responded to
a simple nslookup on the IP gives
Name: dhcp77-223.pittsburgh.resnet.pitt.edu
Address: 130.49.77.223
Aliases: 223.77.49.130.in-addr.arpa
the doj letter reminds me of the song by ronin. .. really it's an art to write such a long letter without saying anything.
so typically diplomatic
Wow thats great news ! and it's good that it's in realplayer .. no more of going to windoze to listen to them.
well the problem is with the implementation not the protocol. SSH protocol has a provision to send in null data. so if properly implemented then this defeats the attack.
well depends on your application. if u r involved in development work then you might need the hourly update From the article """ Think about how often you need to update. Are you really going to build FreeBSD from source every hour? If not, why upgrade your source code every hour? Developers need rapid access to changes, of course, but many users don't have to update their source as frequently as they do """ that point is answered in the article !
yeah someone should post the transcript of the interview .. quite a few karma points at stake here ..
Oh u don't have to give the kickbacks for all of them.
Cost of satallite=$40,000 *(6)
Kickback to politicians=10,000
Total = $250,000!
Besides a PhD doesn't qualify you for a teaching job. I know a lot of PhD's who're great researchers but really bad when it comes to teaching. You don't need a masters degree either to teach in a high school what's needed is a degree in education and some basic understanding of the topic (though it's good if u've a bachlors in that topic)
i can see dead ppl! and they're supporting M$