The XFree86 process has been dysfunctional for quite some time with politics dominating. A fork was probably imminent either way. This is natural selection at work, and shows why open source is an effective model.
Also, gig fiber to the desktop *is* nice. Try pulling down a complete set of ISOs (MSDNAA, BSD, Linux, whatever). The more the better, in my opinion. The equipment really isn't that expensive.
$200+ is not expensive? Especially given that you can buy complete desktop computers for $600 now?
a) No fine print ---print will be larger, as it is today on credit card offers
With credit cards offers they need not only a larger print, but also a table in a standard format that explains what annual fees, setup fees etc. are charged. So if the "Annual Fee" box says none, you can be certain there is no "spiffy plastic card rental fee" hidden somewhere else. When I receive and offer, I just throw away the letter and colurful brochures enclosed and go straight to the table.
Hopefully they will be also be required to state the "critical contract terms" clearly like that rather than just print the same BS in larger fonts. Something like:
Activation Fee: Monthly Service Fee: Taxes: Included Daytime Minutes: Included Weeknight Minutes: Definition of Weeknights (start, end time) Included Weekend Minutes Length of Contract: Early termination fee:
Where "activation fee" includes all one-time fees you pay regardless of what BS name they decide to call it.
From here: The bridge has the optimum span between cable-stayed columns. It is delicate, transparent, and uses the minimum material, which makes it less costly to construct.
Why does this talk of "delicate" bridges not have me rushing to cross it? I realise there's more than one definition of the word delicate, but still.
He selectively chooses material to illustrate his extreme leftist views
You mean just like you selectively choose comments to illustrate YOUR extreme anti-moore views? How about this line from the Washington Post?
What's remarkable here isn't Moore's political animosity or ticklish wit. It's the well-argued, heartfelt power of his persuasion. Even though there are many things here that we have already learned, Moore puts it all together.
The density of prime numbers is 1/log (n)... so I'm off by a factor of 512 (I did my math with a 512 bit number). So you're right. You've merely got to grow by a factor of 27076852481648582613070451017022301791371455814216 958741899214654439\ 66120903931272499975005961073 806735733604454495675 614232576, rather than 13863348470604074297892070920715418517182185376879 082875852397903073\ 10653902812811519987203052069 789048695605480701785 914487078912
Its not about putting signals out to communicate. Its about finding signals that are a byproduct or other things. Computer, motors and what not transmit lots of RF noise, for instance.
2048 bit space? Lets do some math, ok? Forget 2048 bit. Lets talk 512 bit for now.
2^512 possibilities
Assuming every PC can do a billion operations per second (~2^30) and there are about 16 million users (2^24). Lets say there are 2^17 seconds in a day (its somewhere between 2^17 and 2^16) and 2^9 days in a year. Lets say the program was 8 years old instead (2^3)
That gives you 2^(30+24+17+9+3)=2^83 operations so far
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They're not looking for their local radio stations... a lot of industrial activity produces radio emissions as a byproduct. A planet with sustained emissions could indicate an industrialized alien civilization.
Now this might not sound as a big chance, but since you need to go through the biometric scanner twice, when you get on or when you get off. So this reduces the amount of people nescessary for failure to 500.
You are assuming that the two are independent. Maybe the faiure is not random, but a consequence of the characteristic of your iris. In that case the same people who failed the first one will fail the second.
That said, while that might work out for the remaining 999 people, it would be an incredible inconvenience for people who are going to fail it every time! Maybe those people could get RFID implants:)
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What makes you so sure that printing paper copies is the dominant cost?
What if the company goes out of business? What happens to everyone that depends on their product then?
The XFree86 process has been dysfunctional for quite some time with politics dominating. A fork was probably imminent either way. This is natural selection at work, and shows why open source is an effective model.
I'm going to die in 2011, you insensitive clod!
Also, gig fiber to the desktop *is* nice. Try pulling down a complete set of ISOs (MSDNAA, BSD, Linux, whatever). The more the better, in my opinion. The equipment really isn't that expensive.
$200+ is not expensive? Especially given that you can buy complete desktop computers for $600 now?
Sunrays are HORRIBLY SLOW. We have a few in some of the offices... they are about as fast as snails walking through molasses
a) No fine print ---print will be larger, as it is today on credit card offers
With credit cards offers they need not only a larger print, but also a table in a standard format that explains what annual fees, setup fees etc. are charged. So if the "Annual Fee" box says none, you can be certain there is no "spiffy plastic card rental fee" hidden somewhere else. When I receive and offer, I just throw away the letter and colurful brochures enclosed and go straight to the table.
Hopefully they will be also be required to state the "critical contract terms" clearly like that rather than just print the same BS in larger fonts. Something like:
Activation Fee:
Monthly Service Fee:
Taxes:
Included Daytime Minutes:
Included Weeknight Minutes:
Definition of Weeknights (start, end time)
Included Weekend Minutes
Length of Contract:
Early termination fee:
Where "activation fee" includes all one-time fees you pay regardless of what BS name they decide to call it.
In my book, buldozing thousands of palestinian homes is a war crime, not winning "fair and square".
From here:
The bridge has the optimum span between cable-stayed columns. It is delicate, transparent, and uses the minimum material, which makes it less costly to construct.
Why does this talk of "delicate" bridges not have me rushing to cross it? I realise there's more than one definition of the word delicate, but still.
Where does it say anything about the TCP stack? All it say is that portions of software are under the BSD license.
The only way to tell that the TCP stack is one of the portions used is through behavorial analysis.
He selectively chooses material to illustrate his extreme leftist views
You mean just like you selectively choose comments to illustrate YOUR extreme anti-moore views? How about this line from the Washington Post?
What's remarkable here isn't Moore's political animosity or ticklish wit. It's the well-argued, heartfelt power of his persuasion. Even though there are many things here that we have already learned, Moore puts it all together.
Its real easy to point fingers, isn't it?
A 5x mirror is CONVEX. You need a CONCAVE mirror to focus.
That is a simulator, not an emulator
The density of prime numbers is 1/log (n)... so I'm off by a factor of 512 (I did my math with a 512 bit number). So you're right. You've merely got to grow by a factor of 27076852481648582613070451017022301791371455814216 958741899214654439\3 806735733604454495675 614232576, rather than 13863348470604074297892070920715418517182185376879 082875852397903073\9 789048695605480701785 914487078912
6612090393127249997500596107
1065390281281151998720305206
Its not about putting signals out to communicate. Its about finding signals that are a byproduct or other things. Computer, motors and what not transmit lots of RF noise, for instance.
2048 bit space? Lets do some math, ok? Forget 2048 bit. Lets talk 512 bit for now.
9 08287585239790307310653902812811519987203052069789 048695605480701785914487078912
2^512 possibilities
Assuming every PC can do a billion operations per second (~2^30) and there are about 16 million users (2^24). Lets say there are 2^17 seconds in a day (its somewhere between 2^17 and 2^16) and 2^9 days in a year. Lets say the program was 8 years old instead (2^3)
That gives you 2^(30+24+17+9+3)=2^83 operations so far
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They're not looking for their local radio stations... a lot of industrial activity produces radio emissions as a byproduct. A planet with sustained emissions could indicate an industrialized alien civilization.
/* Revision date 10/11/2001 */
if (strcmp (FirstName, "mohammad" == 0 && strcmp (LastName, "Atta") == 0)
Score += 50;
I lost a couple of Gs on SCOX
You mean a couple of Gigadollars? Damn that must suck
data[x,y]
You might as well write this as data[y]. Unless you actually meant data[x][y]
Now this might not sound as a big chance, but since you need to go through the biometric scanner twice, when you get on or when you get off. So this reduces the amount of people nescessary for failure to 500.
:)
You are assuming that the two are independent. Maybe the faiure is not random, but a consequence of the characteristic of your iris. In that case the same people who failed the first one will fail the second.
That said, while that might work out for the remaining 999 people, it would be an incredible inconvenience for people who are going to fail it every time! Maybe those people could get RFID implants
Just search for "40 mph in knots"
:)
Google calculator really rocks
I'm sorry... I was just having a bit of fun there. I wanted to see if moderators blindly moded my post about modding blindly too :)
:)
I was half-expecting my post to be modded +5 informative
If the statistics are lumpy when they reach the SEC, they will be lumpy when they reach you.
Don't just mod things up blindly! The parent is a troll with an axe to grind. The links have nothing to do with the story.