It's heading rapidly towards the level of incompetence that the rootkit fiasco was...
It would be funny if the vulnerability that was exploited came from that very rootkit, installed by some unsuspecting employee putting a Sony CD into the computer...
For stupid coming from defective hardware, this might be the road to fixing it. However, I think most stupidity is a software problem. Bad software is rarely fixed by throwing more hardware on it.
(And for those who now feel the urge to point out that the human brain isn't a computer: If you can't infer what I mean you might need a software upgrade.:-))
You know, "we're secure against SQL injection" isn't the same as "we're secure". Of course storing non-SQL related things which might be used in other attack forms (like XSS) in the data base is completely unrelated to SQL injection attacks (unless the SQL injection is used to get that code in because otherwise the system is well secured against it). Just like it won't help your security if you protect against all sorts of attacks, but post your admin password on the main page.
The basic idea, and brilliance, is simple. Get a plastic scintillator and hook it up to a CCD camera. Use a time exposure to record the flashes of light, and you have a cheap and easy Geiger counter.
That's a radiation detector, but it's not a Geiger counter.
Of course, what the poster wants most probably is just a radiation detector (and the Geiger counter is just the one radiation detector he knows of), so your advice isn't wrong; it's just wrong to call that a Geiger counter.
In your dreams, pal. If it does take over the world and revolutionize technology, we'll know for sure...unless "we" is just a bunch of people who don't know science from apple sauce. But the trouble with just about any technology these days is that environmental activists are going to find a reason why we're supposed to hate it. With anything that's derived from carbon (hey, that's just about everything, isn't it?) that requires lots of combustion and chemical processing, you're going to be on their shit list sooner or later. Best thing to do is find a cave to live in, stick to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and keep a low profile.
Hunter-gatherer lifestyle? Do you want to have PETA against you?:-)
Well, given that Switzerland has many mountains, storing the energy shouldn't be that much of a problem. It's a proven method: In times with much energy, pump water up, and in times of little energy, use that pumped-up water to generate electricity again. Both pumps and water turbines can be quickly switched on and off, therefore they are ideal for this purpose.
The current technologies of renewable energy simply cannot support the world's energy needs.
Well, Switzerland is not the world. The question therefore is whether the current (or near-future) technologies of renewable energy can support Switzerland's energy needs.
To be honest, I don't know if they can. But it's a different question to whether they can support the world energy needs.
If you've got the modern economy figured out, feel free to respond.
It's actually quite easy: The modern economy is a big game, and the score is measured in dollars. Anything else doesn't matter. Unemployed people only matter as far as they are a cost factor. As long as the extra win is larger than the extra cost they cause, they are acceptable. Oh, someone starves from our decisions? Does it cost us something? No? Well, then, don't worry. Our score is not affected. What, morality? Oh, I guess we can make a nice campaign from it. Good for our score. What, we should follow moral rules? That would harm our score! Impossible! No, moral rules are only to be used against others, to reduce their score!
No, you can't be wrong on the last one (the one I quoted), because it's not a fact of nature, but a fact of math. Basically, 1+1=2 because we defined it that way. What could change is that there are processes in nature which are adequately described by this equation. But that doesn't affect the validity of the equation any more than the fact that even today there are processes not well described by it; e.g. one drop of water and one drop of water going together give one (bigger) drop of water, not two.
No, the Microsoft profit for the computer was already realized the moment you bought that Windows PC. It doesn't matter for their profit if you actually run it. And if you happen to buy games for that XBox, that's also profit for MS, independent of what you do on your PC.
Will that somehow eventually devolve into me not being able to figure out the TV remote?
Well, I'm sure that some "clever" TV designer will at some point notice that "everyone" has a smartphone, and therefore instead of a regular remote will provide a TV remote app for your phone. Bad luck if you happen to only own a standard phone...
I think the elderly are keeping tech evolution a giant step back... then again, I can't ask, in good conscience, for them to be ignored as I'm sure 50 years from now I'll be glad to use them new-fangled holographic systems without scratching my head too much....
But scratching your head at the right place will be a key to interacting with those holographic systems. You may find it unintuitive, but the young people around you will tell you that it's completely intuitive, and you're just unwilling to learn.
Well, just wait until in 40 years you try to use the then new input devices (whatever they will be) in the style you are used from your touch screen, and wonder why they don't work...
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In Germany, it is.
BTW, I'm still waiting for the Schleswig-Holstein Institute of Technology. :-)
They don't know my GPS coordinates, they know only little about what web sites I browse, and they know nothing about my email.
It's heading rapidly towards the level of incompetence that the rootkit fiasco was...
It would be funny if the vulnerability that was exploited came from that very rootkit, installed by some unsuspecting employee putting a Sony CD into the computer ...
But he could care less: He could care so little that he wouldn't even bother to post about how little he cares about it.
For stupid coming from defective hardware, this might be the road to fixing it. However, I think most stupidity is a software problem. Bad software is rarely fixed by throwing more hardware on it.
(And for those who now feel the urge to point out that the human brain isn't a computer: If you can't infer what I mean you might need a software upgrade. :-))
He did. However, our ancestors didn't understand it and removed that part, assuming it was some nonsense someone smuggled in. :-)
You know, "we're secure against SQL injection" isn't the same as "we're secure". Of course storing non-SQL related things which might be used in other attack forms (like XSS) in the data base is completely unrelated to SQL injection attacks (unless the SQL injection is used to get that code in because otherwise the system is well secured against it). Just like it won't help your security if you protect against all sorts of attacks, but post your admin password on the main page.
Indeed. I could enjoy it if they had extracted Sony's DRM keys. But extracting user names etc., no.
If Geiger counters are hard to buy, you can make one. Here's an absolutely brilliant video on how to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Q7VfWdgEg
The basic idea, and brilliance, is simple. Get a plastic scintillator and hook it up to a CCD camera. Use a time exposure to record the flashes of light, and you have a cheap and easy Geiger counter.
That's a radiation detector, but it's not a Geiger counter.
Of course, what the poster wants most probably is just a radiation detector (and the Geiger counter is just the one radiation detector he knows of), so your advice isn't wrong; it's just wrong to call that a Geiger counter.
You'll have the display integrated in your glasses.
In your dreams, pal. If it does take over the world and revolutionize technology, we'll know for sure...unless "we" is just a bunch of people who don't know science from apple sauce. But the trouble with just about any technology these days is that environmental activists are going to find a reason why we're supposed to hate it. With anything that's derived from carbon (hey, that's just about everything, isn't it?) that requires lots of combustion and chemical processing, you're going to be on their shit list sooner or later. Best thing to do is find a cave to live in, stick to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and keep a low profile.
Hunter-gatherer lifestyle? Do you want to have PETA against you? :-)
So once in a decade, they'll buy electricity from another country. No big deal. It's not as if they were surrounded by enemies.
Well, given that Switzerland has many mountains, storing the energy shouldn't be that much of a problem. It's a proven method: In times with much energy, pump water up, and in times of little energy, use that pumped-up water to generate electricity again. Both pumps and water turbines can be quickly switched on and off, therefore they are ideal for this purpose.
Well, Switzerland is not the world. The question therefore is whether the current (or near-future) technologies of renewable energy can support Switzerland's energy needs.
To be honest, I don't know if they can. But it's a different question to whether they can support the world energy needs.
I think you posted to the wrong story. Did you actually want to post to that one?
It's actually quite easy: The modern economy is a big game, and the score is measured in dollars. Anything else doesn't matter. Unemployed people only matter as far as they are a cost factor. As long as the extra win is larger than the extra cost they cause, they are acceptable. Oh, someone starves from our decisions? Does it cost us something? No? Well, then, don't worry. Our score is not affected. What, morality? Oh, I guess we can make a nice campaign from it. Good for our score. What, we should follow moral rules? That would harm our score! Impossible! No, moral rules are only to be used against others, to reduce their score!
No, you can't be wrong on the last one (the one I quoted), because it's not a fact of nature, but a fact of math. Basically, 1+1=2 because we defined it that way. What could change is that there are processes in nature which are adequately described by this equation. But that doesn't affect the validity of the equation any more than the fact that even today there are processes not well described by it; e.g. one drop of water and one drop of water going together give one (bigger) drop of water, not two.
No, the Microsoft profit for the computer was already realized the moment you bought that Windows PC. It doesn't matter for their profit if you actually run it. And if you happen to buy games for that XBox, that's also profit for MS, independent of what you do on your PC.
Stating the obvious but:
septic = septic tank = yank = americans.
Obvious for whom?
I'm not sure that they were scapegoated as being the reason Germany lost WWI.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_legend
Well, I'm sure that some "clever" TV designer will at some point notice that "everyone" has a smartphone, and therefore instead of a regular remote will provide a TV remote app for your phone. Bad luck if you happen to only own a standard phone ...
I think the elderly are keeping tech evolution a giant step back... then again, I can't ask, in good conscience, for them to be ignored as I'm sure 50 years from now I'll be glad to use them new-fangled holographic systems without scratching my head too much....
But scratching your head at the right place will be a key to interacting with those holographic systems. You may find it unintuitive, but the young people around you will tell you that it's completely intuitive, and you're just unwilling to learn.
Well, just wait until in 40 years you try to use the then new input devices (whatever they will be) in the style you are used from your touch screen, and wonder why they don't work ...
But an online store is any store that sells things online, like e.g. Amazon. It's not specifically a place where I can buy apps.
But ... iBM is clearly an Apple trademark! It starts with i! :-)