Clearly, the FRC should begin accepting donations for a special campaign to register all possible domain names in the new TLD. Then, no one will be able to "flood our homes, libraries, and society with pornography" because youngteens.xxx, cowfuckers.xxx, and CaptainScheißekopf.xxx will all redirect to frc.org.
Won't that be the day!
Why don't they do this test with an OS like *BSD (or Linux), with its highly-tuned networking stack?
Because there aren't any ways to watch DVDs on *BSD or Linux since the fall of DeCSS, so there's not much point in transferring all that data to a BSD or Linux box, duh!
Yeah, but did he recommend something ridiculous, like using "tehSuckOS" or perhaps "Micro$loth" as the prefix instead? Can you even use the dollar sign in C/C++ names?
What the author says is that we are more likely to miss spelling mistakes when the incorrect letter has a similar shape to the correct letter than when the incorrect letter is shaped differently. For example, "b" and "h" are similar in shape, so "tban" will often be mistaken for "than." However, "d" has a different shape than "h" so "tdan" is less often mistaken for "than." In fact, word shape is shown not to matter because there were a higher percentage of errors missed when the word shape was different ("tnan" vs. "than") than when word shape was similar ("tban" vs. "than") after controlling for differences in letter shape.
Google reports that both definitions are common. However, encoding and decoding do not necessarily imply encryption. Compression and encryption are both types of coding, but each has a different aim. The purpose of compression coding is to remove the redundancy in a set of data, while the purpose of encryption is to ensure that only authorized people or devices can read a message. Both of these are done by coding, and decompression and decryption are done by decoding.
Well, some attempts to explain gravity with quantum mechanics theorize the existence of a fundamental particle called the graviton. The graviton would be the force carrying particle for gravity, just as the photon is the force carrying particle for the electromagnetic force.
If the graviton exists, then it might be possible that they are not transmitted well through all types of matter and so could be blocked on their way from one object to another. This could explain the anomaly.
The reason that high-gain antennas are "evil" is because the effects of electromagnetic radiation exposure are (at a given frequency) proportional to the field strength expressed in units of power per area (typically [W/(m^2)]). High field strength can cause unacceptable heating of biological material (like you!).
So, while an antenna doesn't add any total power to a transmitted signal, a high-gain antenna does significantly increase the field strength in particular directions (the directions in which the antenna exhibits high gain). As an example, assume a device generates the maximum safe field strength at a certain distance using an omnidirectional antenna. If that antenna were replaced with one that exhibited 3 dB gain over the omnidirectional antenna in a certain direction, then the generated field strength would be twice the safe level. This could cause health problems for anyone who happened to stand in that beam for a period of time.
I used to have a company called Unitel for my long distance (before I went the cell route). 3.9 cents a minute with a $2.00 monthly fee if I spent less than $15. Pretty much impossible to beat.
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Maybe they adopted that "ignorant policy" after the 100th time some asshole 13 year old kid sent a pizza to "I.C. Weiner" up at the cryogenics lab.
If that hadn't happened, then Phillip J. Fry never would have gone into the future and then back into the past to become his own grandfather, thus ensuring both his existence and mine, you insensitive clod!
You mean as in Independence Day where Jeff Goldblum uses that cool "every phone book in America" thing to find his ex-wife's cell phone number by using is own last name? That would be awesome!
we now have 4 points to work with, so we can get our 3d postion in the solar system
Well, that could work... at least until Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are all perfectly in a line, at which time not only does your SSPS receiver start giving you junk coordinates, but you simultaneously win the lottery, get promoted to CEO of your company, and finally catch the eye of both the Olsen twins!
That last part's only if your birthday is in September though...
The/. article title is misleading. Nextel is going to pay for the new spectrum. According to the linked article, the FCC valued the spectrum Nextel would receive at $4.8 billion and valued the spectrum Nextel would give up at $1.6 billion. Nextel pays the difference, probably discounted a bit because of the cost of upgrading their network equipment to the new allocation.
So guess what? Nextel is paying an upcharge for the "good spectrum" based on the value of the "bad spectrum" that they had already licensed.
And why wouldn't he be talking about Satellite TV?
Satellite TV, like cable TV, is not considered a "broadcast" medium because it is paid for by the subscriber. In order for something to be broadcast, it must be transmitted over the public airwaves in a public format unencumbered by encryption. Cable TV signals are not transmitted over the public airwaves (hence "cable") and satellite TV signals are generally encrypted so that non-subscribers cannot watch them. Therefore, this rule would arguably only apply to true broadcast TV stations like your local major network affiliates.
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Clearly, the FRC should begin accepting donations for a special campaign to register all possible domain names in the new TLD. Then, no one will be able to "flood our homes, libraries, and society with pornography" because youngteens.xxx, cowfuckers.xxx, and CaptainScheißekopf.xxx will all redirect to frc.org. Won't that be the day!
Any real car should be able to do 70 MPH in 2nd gear...
Yeah, but did he recommend something ridiculous, like using "tehSuckOS" or perhaps "Micro$loth" as the prefix instead? Can you even use the dollar sign in C/C++ names?
What the author says is that we are more likely to miss spelling mistakes when the incorrect letter has a similar shape to the correct letter than when the incorrect letter is shaped differently. For example, "b" and "h" are similar in shape, so "tban" will often be mistaken for "than." However, "d" has a different shape than "h" so "tdan" is less often mistaken for "than." In fact, word shape is shown not to matter because there were a higher percentage of errors missed when the word shape was different ("tnan" vs. "than") than when word shape was similar ("tban" vs. "than") after controlling for differences in letter shape.
Google reports that both definitions are common. However, encoding and decoding do not necessarily imply encryption. Compression and encryption are both types of coding, but each has a different aim. The purpose of compression coding is to remove the redundancy in a set of data, while the purpose of encryption is to ensure that only authorized people or devices can read a message. Both of these are done by coding, and decompression and decryption are done by decoding.
Well, some attempts to explain gravity with quantum mechanics theorize the existence of a fundamental particle called the graviton. The graviton would be the force carrying particle for gravity, just as the photon is the force carrying particle for the electromagnetic force.
If the graviton exists, then it might be possible that they are not transmitted well through all types of matter and so could be blocked on their way from one object to another. This could explain the anomaly.
Since he's from Massachusetts, Senator Kennedy would only cause a disturbance if the chowder had tomatoes in it.
You mean Shenanigan's?
Only if we also get "-1 Easier Said Than Done."
Yes, but that's a problem for a future generation!
The reason that high-gain antennas are "evil" is because the effects of electromagnetic radiation exposure are (at a given frequency) proportional to the field strength expressed in units of power per area (typically [W/(m^2)]). High field strength can cause unacceptable heating of biological material (like you!).
So, while an antenna doesn't add any total power to a transmitted signal, a high-gain antenna does significantly increase the field strength in particular directions (the directions in which the antenna exhibits high gain). As an example, assume a device generates the maximum safe field strength at a certain distance using an omnidirectional antenna. If that antenna were replaced with one that exhibited 3 dB gain over the omnidirectional antenna in a certain direction, then the generated field strength would be twice the safe level. This could cause health problems for anyone who happened to stand in that beam for a period of time.
I hope this answers your question.
I used to have a company called Unitel for my long distance (before I went the cell route). 3.9 cents a minute with a $2.00 monthly fee if I spent less than $15. Pretty much impossible to beat.
No way! This is a Xtian country, remember?
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Professor Hubert Farnsworth
You mean as in Independence Day where Jeff Goldblum uses that cool "every phone book in America" thing to find his ex-wife's cell phone number by using is own last name? That would be awesome!
Because Err and Inignot simply turned sideways and/or escaped into one of their 4,998 dimensions that we cannot detect.
After all, they are the Mooninites, and their culture has advanced hundreds of years beyond our own.
I wonder if they thought he was a nerd, and pulled his pants down and spanked him with moon rocks?
That last part's only if your birthday is in September though...
The /. article title is misleading. Nextel is going to pay for the new spectrum. According to the linked article, the FCC valued the spectrum Nextel would receive at $4.8 billion and valued the spectrum Nextel would give up at $1.6 billion. Nextel pays the difference, probably discounted a bit because of the cost of upgrading their network equipment to the new allocation.
So guess what? Nextel is paying an upcharge for the "good spectrum" based on the value of the "bad spectrum" that they had already licensed.
Anyone who needs 1TB of storage per month must be either a spammer or an *gasp* evil data-miner!
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Because that gives the rest of us the explanation of why we never run into these supposed girlfriends!
Har har har!