I doubt the veracity of your story. The NSA has worked on a secure Linux distribution. The big laboratories were also pioneers on the Internet. They've had a lot of experience with that type of software development and your rubber stamp story doesn't fit in with that.
The execution of programs would probably be trapped at the kernel level, so any program that performs an exec() call would get picked up by the profiler.
Just make a script that periodically calls every command in/usr/bin/sbin/ and/bin periodically. This could be done from a chroot jail so nothing actually got deleted. The detection program wouldn't know what was out of the ordinary if every command was part of what a user normally calls.
One problem is that there are a lot of different CCD chips out there. Certainly there are some that have a lot of "lag" that would not be affected as much by this.
The other problem is that these artifacts could be cleaned up with digital processing. With giant hard drives and fast processors, all that is needed is an app to do it.
Think about it a second. Making an animation from live action probably that bad. For example, the Star Trek cartoons told their stories as well as the original live action TV series. It's also not hard to imagine Planet of the Apes as a cartoon.
But going back the other way? It gives me the willies. There's so much that can be lost, and it's just a hard problem in general. It's a little like a cryptographic one way function. Easy to compute y = f(x), but coming up with x = f(y) is hard.
It's called the power cord on each item and a power strip. What would be nice is a daisy chain solution, running a powercord from one machine to another.
This would be easy to do with a modified power cable. On end would have a standard electric plug. The other end would have a standard equipment side plug, plus a jack to plug in the next item.
And, each cable should have a built-in circuit breaker in case someone puts 15 laser printers on the same daisy chain.
My dear friends, I would be much more interested in this article if it discussed eardrums or brains. As you all know by now, I am in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. A new brain would be just about right, even if it is made out of people! And eardrums. Many days spent at the firing range have just about blown out my right eardrum. Technology is wonderful, but unless it can solve real problems, I can't get excited about it.
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she can only enter a mcdonalds in disguise.
What would that be, a fat suit?
I doubt the veracity of your story. The NSA has worked on a secure Linux distribution. The big laboratories were also pioneers on the Internet. They've had a lot of experience with that type of software development and your rubber stamp story doesn't fit in with that.
The execution of programs would probably be trapped at the kernel level, so any program that performs an exec() call would get picked up by the profiler.
Just make a script that periodically calls every command in /usr/bin /sbin/ and /bin periodically. This could be done from a chroot jail so nothing actually got deleted. The detection program wouldn't know what was out of the ordinary if every command was part of what a user normally calls.
But I can tell you what WON'T happen.
Bluetooth will still be that great technology just around the corner that hardly anyone has an example of.
Cell phones will still not be good at browsing the web or reading e-mail.
Linux won't be the dominant force on the desktop (not for a few years at least).
The United States won't be finished with the job of restoring order in Afghanistan or Iraq.
PC's won't have a decent memory subsystem that can keep up with the CPU's.
The record companies won't have a good solution for distributing music on the Internet. Neither will movie companies.
Robots will not take over the world.
The fast/good/cheap trilemma will not be solved with technology.
Microsoft will still have a bunch of security holes in their OS. So will most distributions of Linux. OpenBSD will not.
NASA will not be able to keep their launch schedule.
The new Matrix movie will not live up to the hype, but it'll still be really good.
OK, to announce one thing that WILL happen in 2003: The Supreme Court will undo the Sonny Bono copyright law. Micky Mouse will be free!
One problem is that there are a lot of different CCD chips out there. Certainly there are some that have a lot of "lag" that would not be affected as much by this.
The other problem is that these artifacts could be cleaned up with digital processing. With giant hard drives and fast processors, all that is needed is an app to do it.
I'm Charlton Heston, so you need not feel sorry for me. Have you seen my movies? I was a STUD back in the day.
Think about it a second. Making an animation from live action probably that bad. For example, the Star Trek cartoons told their stories as well as the original live action TV series. It's also not hard to imagine Planet of the Apes as a cartoon.
But going back the other way? It gives me the willies. There's so much that can be lost, and it's just a hard problem in general. It's a little like a cryptographic one way function. Easy to compute y = f(x), but coming up with x = f(y) is hard.
It's called the power cord on each item and a power strip. What would be nice is a daisy chain solution, running a powercord from one machine to another.
This would be easy to do with a modified power cable. On end would have a standard electric plug. The other end would have a standard equipment side plug, plus a jack to plug in the next item.
And, each cable should have a built-in circuit breaker in case someone puts 15 laser printers on the same daisy chain.
I fricking hate monkeys.
My dear friends, I would be much more interested in this article if it discussed eardrums or brains. As you all know by now, I am in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. A new brain would be just about right, even if it is made out of people! And eardrums. Many days spent at the firing range have just about blown out my right eardrum. Technology is wonderful, but unless it can solve real problems, I can't get excited about it.
Sorry for not getting back to you. I forgot to check slashdot for a few days.
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Amen, brother.
First of all, I do NOT scream, I yell. Or act loudly.
Second of all, the proper quote is "Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!"
Thank you, and God Bless America.