Perhaps you should actually look up the definition of random before declaring it?
1. Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective: random movements. 2. Mathematics & Statistics: Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution. 3. Of or relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.
The pertinent definition is the mathmatical one, which needs a probability distribution. It's very easy to observe a data set that does not have an appropriate distribution. Also, definition 3 speaks of have equal likelihood of the outcome, which the discovered bug proved was not. I couldn't tell from the article if they saw a pattern or simply discovered the bug, but it could have been invalidated by the first definition as well.
Why is it we also have not heard of ANY foreign terrorist activities on airliners since all this started?
I suspect it's because after 9/11, they know that any shenanigans on a plane, the passengers *will* band together to either bring down the terrorists or bring down the plane.
It's called planning. Not "the other chopper", but the other *3* transports. I'm sure the mission profile was designed for the possibility of a crash, and there were probably more rescue teams and support craft on alert standby in case this turned into a "Black hawk down" type of thing. The operation had been planned for quite some time; do you think maybe they know what they are doing better than you?
TFA: "Razer says the magnetic field put out by the Hydra base station is 20 times weaker than the Earth's magnetic field, so it shouldn't affect objects such as credit cards, HDDs or speakers in the surrounding area."
If it's weaker than the earth's magnetic field, why not just use earth's magentic field?
Stop misplacing your anger people and blame the people who are ultimately responsible for everyone's misery - pirates!
Going by this logic then, to stop drunk drivers, why don't we go around and knife every tire in every car we see. Don't blame the vandal, blame the drunk drivers!
I wonder why it couldn't follow the same type of structure as a notary public... The level of trust and accountability is already in place there, and crypto allows for easier revocation than paper, so it seems like it would be an easy way to organize.
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Then you might want to go get a real sleep study done. Seriously.
This doesn't change the problem, brute force attempts come through on ssh too. All you solution does is transfer the question to a different port.
That said, I prefer scp myself.
What does "normal people" mean here? I'm middle-aged and married with teenage kids. We own our house, cars, etc.
I think that refers to people who *don't* read slashdot. :D
I'm just trying to figure out how to work tubes into this discussion.
Same problem I have with my cable internet right now... I don't care so much about the bandwidth, but the latency is killing my gaming!
Actually, I'm using the first definition that popped out from Google.
Unexpected results are, by definition, random.
Perhaps you should actually look up the definition of random before declaring it?
1. Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective: random movements.
2. Mathematics & Statistics: Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
3. Of or relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.
The pertinent definition is the mathmatical one, which needs a probability distribution. It's very easy to observe a data set that does not have an appropriate distribution. Also, definition 3 speaks of have equal likelihood of the outcome, which the discovered bug proved was not. I couldn't tell from the article if they saw a pattern or simply discovered the bug, but it could have been invalidated by the first definition as well.
So *by definition*, it truly was not random.
Why is it we also have not heard of ANY foreign terrorist activities on airliners since all this started?
I suspect it's because after 9/11, they know that any shenanigans on a plane, the passengers *will* band together to either bring down the terrorists or bring down the plane.
Not being very familiar with relativity and all that, at what precision and time frame might relativistic effects cause this to become unsynchronized?
It's called planning. Not "the other chopper", but the other *3* transports. I'm sure the mission profile was designed for the possibility of a crash, and there were probably more rescue teams and support craft on alert standby in case this turned into a "Black hawk down" type of thing. The operation had been planned for quite some time; do you think maybe they know what they are doing better than you?
And a misery module for /. won't work. It would be indistinguishable from a site upgrade.
ROFL +5 insightful
best comment award!
TFA: "Razer says the magnetic field put out by the Hydra base station is 20 times weaker than the Earth's magnetic field, so it shouldn't affect objects such as credit cards, HDDs or speakers in the surrounding area."
If it's weaker than the earth's magnetic field, why not just use earth's magentic field?
Reminds me of one of my favorite posters - "Those of you who think you know everything are very annoying to those of us that do."
I believe UHF was named back in the FM days when they didn't have modern 2.4 Ghz type transmitters...
I've been a lifelong Windows user (happy about it too)
Sounds like Stockholm Syndrome to me.... ;)
that's gay
3 minutes of video, 0 seconds showing robot walking.
fag.
Shouldn't you be making these comments ... NEVER
FTFY
Stop misplacing your anger people and blame the people who are ultimately responsible for everyone's misery - pirates!
Going by this logic then, to stop drunk drivers, why don't we go around and knife every tire in every car we see. Don't blame the vandal, blame the drunk drivers!
But at least he's... still alive.... :D
Wait... You mean imdb.org isn't the official website?
No need, there's already this site called wikileaks...
I wonder why it couldn't follow the same type of structure as a notary public... The level of trust and accountability is already in place there, and crypto allows for easier revocation than paper, so it seems like it would be an easy way to organize.
hydrogen, a highly flammable gas, storing this in a safe manner might also be problematic
I have cans of several different types of highly flammable gasses in several places in the house. What's the problem?
(Note to self; time to refill the gas grill for summer!)
Citation Needed.
If there's rain, you don't exactly need an artificial cloud...
even if it had to be stored 50 miles away and delivered via an underground cable that comes up under the reactors.
Yeah, that's a great idea in earthquake country. O.o