I doubt you have any idea whether or not this species can adapt to a new environment, especially after 133 years of human interference. Some species might be able to, some might not.
And whoever moderated my comment as flamebait, would you care to explain why?
I assumed that the first part of the comment was flamebait on account of a.) its lack of sensitivity towards creatures without the ability to adapt to generic changes humankind might make, and b.) the second part of the comment making the assertion that a species' right to live or die should be based on aesthetics, which smells of flamebait in my book.
Please let's not advance the consumerist mentality of humankind any further than it already is.
If we think along the lines of, "It doesn't matter if we cut down the rainforest, because we can re-make the gorillas somewhere else", we're going to lose sight of why it makes much more sense to live with nature than to fight it constantly.
I hear this argument from Monsanto: "Well, the chemical agricultural revolution didn't work, and I know we said this last time, but this time, we really do have the answer, in this test tube right here..."
Pull the other one.
What we need is to step back and take a holistic approach. I'm not against cloning, but it treats the effect, not the cause.
But this species did exist 133 years ago... It isn't like the world changes so drastically in 133 that the animal wouldn't survive...
Is this flamebait? Or have you failed to notice that species sometimes have very localised ecosystems?
The one question I have to ask is why? Why do we need to bring this animal back into existance when they describe it as "an alley dog". Why not bring back some of the supposed beautiful creatures of the past?
The RS/6000 B50 and a companion Intel chip-based Netfinity server are compact and designed for managing tasks like Web hosting, messaging, Internet security, directory services and electronic commerce. It runs on IBM's UNIX system, called AIX, or a low-cost, open source alternative that is popular with Web site managers, the Linux operating system.
Apparently these new servers run on AIX or linux - emulating high-end hardware can't be the most efficient approach, surely?
If you obtained a key pair from a third party, wouldn't this fuel the "well, why do you need that if you're not a criminal?" argument when you use a different key pair for email correspondance?
Your other two suggestions are rock-solid, though.
Mmm-hmmm... but if you've got a Playstation with maybe thirty, thirty-five titles, and you only ever play five or ten of those any more, and you can sell your old playstation along with the other twenty-five games for the price of a new game for your playstation II... there's your upgrade path. In fact if you can sell your old playstation for the price of a beer... there's your upgrade path.
There is some truth in what he says, even though he said it for the wrong reason. The Saturn was a pig to develop for, and the support of the developer community is very important! Sega have obviously learned by this mistake, because they've now given PC games manufacturers a nice, easy porting job to do.
Being able to hack your VCR is almost as useful as being able to hack your kernel (for most users, at least).
My VCR is let down by its menu-driven programming (in the sense of switching record on and off) interface. I'd love to be able to delve in and change it. It would also be nice to prevent a whole lot of videos barfing in the year 2000.
But I appreciate the wisdom of not being allowed to do so! Likewise for my console. It just 'works', which is why you buy a console as well as a PC.
From a purely cynical point of view... do Loki specialise in bringing 'Myth'-type games from the Windows platform in particular?
If the boot were on my foot, I would concentrate my efforts on code to convert games written for Windows to this SMJPEG or SMPEG-based platform... then let the developer community perfect the rendering code. If they are doing this for a number of different games, they minimise their time-to-market, and I feel that the market for linux games is going to be a large one (my HDD gets shot of Windows as soon as there are a decent number available).
Having said this, I heartily applaud what Loki have done, and I wish them every success, if only for making the leap of faith.
colour is a bit of a mixed bag. on the one hand, it enables you to watch mpegs. on the other, it opens up the temptation to clutter the user interface. mind you, i'm a fan of colour in an xterm!
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some education:
crack is the street name for freebased cocaine, which is a process that makes the substance smokable. it is sold in 'rocks' (large crystals), so anyone snorting it would be as obvious as someone with drugs stuck up their nose.
i disagree, the trick is *never to let microsoft get their foot in the door again*. mp3 has the potential to win because the internet has changed the rules and small companies can open wide distribution channels. artists (for the most part) would jump at the chance to rid themselves of the recording industry. here in the u.k. cd's are almost prohibitively expensive now (around seventeen pounds - twenty-five-ish dollars - for an album). artists would see more of the money they deserve if the likes of mp3.com can just gain momentum...
You make good points, but they don't really back up the points that Mr. Priestly is making. Your arguments suggest the use of StealthPGP. In George Orwell's 1984, Smith relied on a piece of white dust or hair or something (I can't quite remember), but it didn't stop the Thought Police knowing his every move.
This article reads like FUD applied to cryptography.
Firstly, secrecy and obscurity are not synonymous. This point has been made by others, so I won't labour it. Suffice to say that the product of two large primes is not as easily reverse-engineered as binary software.
Secondly, the fact that secrets can be time-limited is exactly the reason why PGP, and other encryption software, usually recommends a default key length shorter than the maximum allowable.
Thirdly, it is the threat of plummeting to certain death that gives the Indiana Jones technique its strength. That is to say, it is the fear of retribution, rather than the obscurity, which provides the security in this case.
Fourthly, what a lot you have to learn about asymmetric crpytography! When I wish to authenticate the origin of a message, I don't just check its "This Key Generated for 'Verisign Clarse One Primary CA' by Genuine Microsoft Products" tag. And as for keeping your keys at an 'unknown' offset on your hard drive, well, if your mathematical principles had been followed in the design of cryptographic techniques used today, I think we'd be using methods much faster than brute force to crack them, don't you?;P
> Of course, part of the blame goes to society. It > is completely acceptable for a woman to trade on > her looks instead of her brain/abilities. But > half of society is female.
This argument is a little fallacious. I don't think society is humanitarian enough. But the whole of society is composed of humans... what could possibly be the problem?!
> And don't bother trying the stud/slut argument. > How many sluts don't get married because they've > slept with too many men? How many women won't > hang with their girl friends because their girl > friends are sluts?
Since you ask: the answer is that way more women are ostracised in this way than men.
You are massively oversimplifying the issues here!
seemingly because of the headway that linux is currently making against microsoft, some people have already forgotten how difficult it is to go head to head with microsoft. linux does not compete on a commercial basis, and this gives it a certain amount of invulnerability. but be is wise to place itself where it does, because it gives bosses, third-party developers and end users the justification they need. after all, no-one ever got fired for complimenting microsoft, did they?
intel are not dissimilar from microsoft in their competitive practice, and so it's important to keep them onside as well. don't worry, you'll see beos get the market position they deserve when the market is ready for it.
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I doubt you have any idea whether or not this species can adapt to a new environment, especially after 133 years of human interference. Some species might be able to, some might not.
And whoever moderated my comment as flamebait, would you care to explain why?
I assumed that the first part of the comment was flamebait on account of a.) its lack of sensitivity towards creatures without the ability to adapt to generic changes humankind might make, and b.) the second part of the comment making the assertion that a species' right to live or die should be based on aesthetics, which smells of flamebait in my book.
thanks,
hamish
Please let's not advance the consumerist mentality of humankind any further than it already is.
If we think along the lines of, "It doesn't matter if we cut down the rainforest, because we can re-make the gorillas somewhere else", we're going to lose sight of why it makes much more sense to live with nature than to fight it constantly.
I hear this argument from Monsanto: "Well, the chemical agricultural revolution didn't work, and I know we said this last time, but this time, we really do have the answer, in this test tube right here..."
Pull the other one.
What we need is to step back and take a holistic approach. I'm not against cloning, but it treats the effect, not the cause.
But this species did exist 133 years ago... It isn't like the world changes so drastically in 133 that the animal wouldn't survive...
Is this flamebait? Or have you failed to notice that species sometimes have very localised ecosystems?
The one question I have to ask is why? Why do we need to bring this animal back into existance when they describe it as "an alley dog". Why not bring back some of the supposed beautiful creatures of the past?
So I guess it was flamebait. Someone moderate?
I wouldn't hold your breath: Handspring had a better chance to break into a 'fresh start', but didn't come out with anything revolutionary.
The RS/6000 B50 and a companion Intel chip-based Netfinity server are compact and designed for managing tasks like Web hosting, messaging, Internet security, directory services and electronic commerce. It runs on IBM's UNIX system, called AIX, or a low-cost, open source alternative that is popular with Web site managers, the Linux operating system.
Apparently these new servers run on AIX or linux - emulating high-end hardware can't be the most efficient approach, surely?
If you obtained a key pair from a third party, wouldn't this fuel the "well, why do you need that if you're not a criminal?" argument when you use a different key pair for email correspondance?
Your other two suggestions are rock-solid, though.
Mmm-hmmm... but if you've got a Playstation with maybe thirty, thirty-five titles, and you only ever play five or ten of those any more, and you can sell your old playstation along with the other twenty-five games for the price of a new game for your playstation II... there's your upgrade path.
In fact if you can sell your old playstation for the price of a beer... there's your upgrade path.
There is some truth in what he says, even though he said it for the wrong reason. The Saturn was a pig to develop for, and the support of the developer community is very important! Sega have obviously learned by this mistake, because they've now given PC games manufacturers a nice, easy porting job to do.
Being able to hack your VCR is almost as useful as being able to hack your kernel (for most users, at least).
My VCR is let down by its menu-driven programming (in the sense of switching record on and off) interface. I'd love to be able to delve in and change it. It would also be nice to prevent a whole lot of videos barfing in the year 2000.
But I appreciate the wisdom of not being allowed to do so! Likewise for my console. It just 'works', which is why you buy a console as well as a PC.
From a purely cynical point of view... do Loki specialise in bringing 'Myth'-type games from the Windows platform in particular?
If the boot were on my foot, I would concentrate my efforts on code to convert games written for Windows to this SMJPEG or SMPEG-based platform... then let the developer community perfect the rendering code. If they are doing this for a number of different games, they minimise their time-to-market, and I feel that the market for linux games is going to be a large one (my HDD gets shot of Windows as soon as there are a decent number available).
Having said this, I heartily applaud what Loki have done, and I wish them every success, if only for making the leap of faith.
colour is a bit of a mixed bag. on the one hand, it enables you to watch mpegs. on the other, it opens up the temptation to clutter the user interface. mind you, i'm a fan of colour in an xterm!
hamish
some education:
crack is the street name for freebased cocaine, which is a process that makes the substance smokable. it is sold in 'rocks' (large crystals), so anyone snorting it would be as obvious as someone with drugs stuck up their nose.
i read it.
i disagree, the trick is *never to let microsoft get their foot in the door again*. mp3 has the potential to win because the internet has changed the rules and small companies can open wide distribution channels. artists (for the most part) would jump at the chance to rid themselves of the recording industry. here in the u.k. cd's are almost prohibitively expensive now (around seventeen pounds - twenty-five-ish dollars - for an album). artists would see more of the money they deserve if the likes of mp3.com can just gain momentum...
You make good points, but they don't really back up the points that Mr. Priestly is making. Your arguments suggest the use of StealthPGP. In George Orwell's 1984, Smith relied on a piece of white dust or hair or something (I can't quite remember), but it didn't stop the Thought Police knowing his every move.
"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers."
--Bill Gates from "The Road Ahead," p. 265.
This article reads like FUD applied to cryptography.
;P
Firstly, secrecy and obscurity are not synonymous. This point has been made by others, so I won't labour it. Suffice to say that the product of two large primes is not as easily reverse-engineered as binary software.
Secondly, the fact that secrets can be time-limited is exactly the reason why PGP, and other encryption software, usually recommends a default key length shorter than the maximum allowable.
Thirdly, it is the threat of plummeting to certain death that gives the Indiana Jones technique its strength. That is to say, it is the fear of retribution, rather than the obscurity, which provides the security in this case.
Fourthly, what a lot you have to learn about asymmetric crpytography! When I wish to authenticate the origin of a message, I don't just check its "This Key Generated for 'Verisign Clarse One Primary CA' by Genuine Microsoft Products" tag. And as for keeping your keys at an 'unknown' offset on your hard drive, well, if your mathematical principles had been followed in the design of cryptographic techniques used today, I think we'd be using methods much faster than brute force to crack them, don't you?
I'm awfully glad this guy works for Microsoft.
Hamish
hear, hear.
> Of course, part of the blame goes to society. It
> is completely acceptable for a woman to trade on
> her looks instead of her brain/abilities. But
> half of society is female.
This argument is a little fallacious. I don't think society is humanitarian enough. But the whole of society is composed of humans... what could possibly be the problem?!
> And don't bother trying the stud/slut argument.
> How many sluts don't get married because they've
> slept with too many men? How many women won't
> hang with their girl friends because their girl
> friends are sluts?
Since you ask: the answer is that way more women are ostracised in this way than men.
You are massively oversimplifying the issues here!
seemingly because of the headway that linux is currently making against microsoft, some people have already forgotten how difficult it is to go head to head with microsoft. linux does not compete on a commercial basis, and this gives it a certain amount of invulnerability. but be is wise to place itself where it does, because it gives bosses, third-party developers and end users the justification they need. after all, no-one ever got fired for complimenting microsoft, did they?
intel are not dissimilar from microsoft in their competitive practice, and so it's important to keep them onside as well. don't worry, you'll see beos get the market position they deserve when the market is ready for it.
I love Babelfish. Quite the most endearing patter on the 'net (excepting exceptions, of course).
You mean a one-time Paddy?