"During an authorized test inside a multinational corporation's class B, scanrand detected 8300 web servers across 65,536 addresses. Time elapsed: approximately 4 seconds."
That is crazy! Does anyone have information, for comparison, on what a scan like that would take using other tools?
"I personally hate the fact that each city can have its own different tax, and would love to see a consistent sales tax everywhere I go."
What about those of us that live in a sales tax free state like New Hampshire? I would love NOT to see a consistent sales tax in my state.. unless it's zero. If they start taxing purchases on the internet, I guess I'll just buy more stuff in New Hampshire.
Speaking of that.. imagine the oddity in this scenario: I buy a product online from a vendor based in New Hampshire. There is no sales tax in New Hampshire, but this view would be in favor of taxing my purchase. I think this idea is going to backfire in a flurry of loopholes and problems of the penumbra.
Perhaps there is some biological reason that causes the 'smaller males' to only create females, and the 'larger' to create males, giving the illusion that she is picking which sperm makes which sex. I'm not sure of the details of the research, but maybe they are overlooking something and drawing the wrong conclusion because it seems neat (or because it fits the analogy).
Just a thought.
I'm starting to think more and more than life is a computer system. Perhaps we are all running in some ultimate program... Or even worse, what if we are just "running" in a crazy program thats not finished yet.. and some programmer is just getting his jollies seeing how far along his project is with an incomplete test-build... but that's another story:-P
Bottom line.. DNA error-checks.. we are in the Matrix.
I think the exposure will be great for MAME and arcade emulation in general. I made my own arcade cabinet this year, and it was a fun project. I take pride in what I built, and playing games on it have a unique feel you can't get when emulating games on a computer with a keyboard. Something about standing up with real arcade joysticks in your hands... good stuff guys. I encourage anyone who has the time and an interest in old school gaming to build their own... don't buy one:)
Between the man^H^Heat-eating fish, the crazy centipedes, and now the bees, it seems like we really have no idea about anything that goes on in this world. It's strange how environmental news is really playing up this whole "when species other than humans attack" even though it's "when species other than humans move somewhere they weren't previously". I wonder if the newswire of the animal world complains about humans moving around? It just goes to show how one-sided / inside the box our thinking as a race is.
If it's only got 82-legs, why is it a centipede? I'm sure some bum just spent his day cutting off the lower 1/4 of all the centipedes in sight.. new species!
In the meantime, the Department of Energy will continue to buy Plutonium 238 from Russia. Wahlquist said the Department of Energy will buy 1 kilogram of the non-weapons grade Plutonium from the Russian government this year. The U.S. plans to buy another 5 kilograms of the material from Russia in 2003 and additional quantities in 2004 and beyond.
Sounds like a big nasty drug deal to me. I heard we can get a good deal on the "weapons grade" as opposed to the "non-weapons grade" from China.
Turning off the phone while charging it may or may not help. Imagine this scenario:
You are waiting for an important call at the beach (don't ask =] ). Your cell phone dies. You wind it up to keep the phone on standby so you can still get the call. Depending on when the call actually occurs, you may only have a couple minutes of talk time. Of course that would be enough to let the caller know the deal, and then call from a pay phone, but hey *shrugs*:)
"Motorola claims that 45 seconds' winding will produce 4-6 minutes of talk time and 'several hours' of standby time."
That's actually not bad at all. The only problem is that if you wind it to get standby back, if someone calls you are likely to only have a minute or so of talking. This seems like an excellent idea for emergencies though.
Security already IS an issue for wireless LANs. I have a feeling that if and when this comes out I'm going to be sitting on my butt playing Unreal Tournament and my PS2 will dial 911!
Forget cleaning the environment... how bout bugs that just eat other bugs, and then themselves. I hate bugs... 'cleansing' bugs or not, if I see one in my house I'm gonna squish it. I know everything has a purpose, but I have enough bugs up here in New Hampshire. I wouldn't worry too much about the environment anyways.. we are already doomed:)
I seriously doubt that the fact he was modding PSX/PS2's contributed to his case compared to the actual software piracy. It's not illegal to open up something you own (yes, you actually OWN the hardware.. not 'licensed' like the software) and make modifications to it. The chips are designed to get around copy-protection though, yes, but cable descrambler boxes are for the same reasons yet thousands of retailers can sell them in Popular Science and Playboy. I think the bigger animal here is the software piracy.. once you cross the line and start SELLING the games, you are in for a kick in the stomach. I think Sony is focusing more on the mod chip side of things to discourage chipmakers / installers.
I never understood how exactly the numbers are figured. Piracy obviously doesn't cause as much financial loss as is reported. For example, some 14 year old pirates 3DStudio Max to create 3D graphics in his basement. There is no way this kid could afford this software at all, yet they are reporting this as a 'loss'. It's not a loss at all... they didn't lose a sale, heck they never would have got his money in the first place! How can companies claim to lose money on something they wouldn't have sold anyway.
Another example: video game piracy. Once mod chips / mod plugs came out, Sony reported tons of losses due to software piracy. Here again, a lot of those sales they wouldn't have made. How many people downloaded and burned games "just because they could". Half the (games/music/software.. you pick) would still be sitting on the shelf at the piraters local retail store regardless of whether or not they pirated it.
Yeah I ran into that same problem:) A great way to figure out the answers is to run some searches on Google for what seem to be the key points and ideas in the riddle. It worked on most of the ones I wanted answers to so far, and my google search skills are getting better by the second.. I'll have to put that on my resume;-)
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"During an authorized test inside a multinational corporation's class B, scanrand detected 8300 web servers across 65,536 addresses. Time elapsed: approximately 4 seconds."
That is crazy! Does anyone have information, for comparison, on what a scan like that would take using other tools?
"I personally hate the fact that each city can have its own different tax, and would love to see a consistent sales tax everywhere I go."
What about those of us that live in a sales tax free state like New Hampshire? I would love NOT to see a consistent sales tax in my state.. unless it's zero. If they start taxing purchases on the internet, I guess I'll just buy more stuff in New Hampshire.
Speaking of that.. imagine the oddity in this scenario: I buy a product online from a vendor based in New Hampshire. There is no sales tax in New Hampshire, but this view would be in favor of taxing my purchase. I think this idea is going to backfire in a flurry of loopholes and problems of the penumbra.
Perhaps there is some biological reason that causes the 'smaller males' to only create females, and the 'larger' to create males, giving the illusion that she is picking which sperm makes which sex. I'm not sure of the details of the research, but maybe they are overlooking something and drawing the wrong conclusion because it seems neat (or because it fits the analogy). Just a thought.
I'm starting to think more and more than life is a computer system. Perhaps we are all running in some ultimate program... Or even worse, what if we are just "running" in a crazy program thats not finished yet.. and some programmer is just getting his jollies seeing how far along his project is with an incomplete test-build... but that's another story :-P
Bottom line.. DNA error-checks.. we are in the Matrix.
That reminds me of Ian Malcom's statement in Jurassic Park "..life will find a way..."
This raises some interesting questions about survival and evolution.
I believe you just reiterated my point on how one-sided our thinking is.
I think the exposure will be great for MAME and arcade emulation in general. I made my own arcade cabinet this year, and it was a fun project. I take pride in what I built, and playing games on it have a unique feel you can't get when emulating games on a computer with a keyboard. Something about standing up with real arcade joysticks in your hands... good stuff guys. I encourage anyone who has the time and an interest in old school gaming to build their own... don't buy one :)
Between the man^H^Heat-eating fish, the crazy centipedes, and now the bees, it seems like we really have no idea about anything that goes on in this world. It's strange how environmental news is really playing up this whole "when species other than humans attack" even though it's "when species other than humans move somewhere they weren't previously". I wonder if the newswire of the animal world complains about humans moving around? It just goes to show how one-sided / inside the box our thinking as a race is.
If it's only got 82-legs, why is it a centipede? I'm sure some bum just spent his day cutting off the lower 1/4 of all the centipedes in sight.. new species!
In the meantime, the Department of Energy will continue to buy Plutonium 238 from Russia. Wahlquist said the Department of Energy will buy 1 kilogram of the non-weapons grade Plutonium from the Russian government this year. The U.S. plans to buy another 5 kilograms of the material from Russia in 2003 and additional quantities in 2004 and beyond.
Sounds like a big nasty drug deal to me. I heard we can get a good deal on the "weapons grade" as opposed to the "non-weapons grade" from China.
Turning off the phone while charging it may or may not help. Imagine this scenario:
:)
You are waiting for an important call at the beach (don't ask =] ). Your cell phone dies. You wind it up to keep the phone on standby so you can still get the call. Depending on when the call actually occurs, you may only have a couple minutes of talk time. Of course that would be enough to let the caller know the deal, and then call from a pay phone, but hey *shrugs*
"Motorola claims that 45 seconds' winding will produce 4-6 minutes of talk time and 'several hours' of standby time."
That's actually not bad at all. The only problem is that if you wind it to get standby back, if someone calls you are likely to only have a minute or so of talking. This seems like an excellent idea for emergencies though.
You can check out stats at:
The Slashdot Stats Slashbox
Might not be exactly what you were looking for, but you can get an idea of the number of hits this site gets.
Security already IS an issue for wireless LANs. I have a feeling that if and when this comes out I'm going to be sitting on my butt playing Unreal Tournament and my PS2 will dial 911!
Forget cleaning the environment... how bout bugs that just eat other bugs, and then themselves. I hate bugs... 'cleansing' bugs or not, if I see one in my house I'm gonna squish it. I know everything has a purpose, but I have enough bugs up here in New Hampshire. I wouldn't worry too much about the environment anyways.. we are already doomed :)
I seriously doubt that the fact he was modding PSX/PS2's contributed to his case compared to the actual software piracy. It's not illegal to open up something you own (yes, you actually OWN the hardware.. not 'licensed' like the software) and make modifications to it. The chips are designed to get around copy-protection though, yes, but cable descrambler boxes are for the same reasons yet thousands of retailers can sell them in Popular Science and Playboy. I think the bigger animal here is the software piracy.. once you cross the line and start SELLING the games, you are in for a kick in the stomach. I think Sony is focusing more on the mod chip side of things to discourage chipmakers / installers.
I never understood how exactly the numbers are figured. Piracy obviously doesn't cause as much financial loss as is reported. For example, some 14 year old pirates 3DStudio Max to create 3D graphics in his basement. There is no way this kid could afford this software at all, yet they are reporting this as a 'loss'. It's not a loss at all... they didn't lose a sale, heck they never would have got his money in the first place! How can companies claim to lose money on something they wouldn't have sold anyway.
Another example: video game piracy. Once mod chips / mod plugs came out, Sony reported tons of losses due to software piracy. Here again, a lot of those sales they wouldn't have made. How many people downloaded and burned games "just because they could". Half the (games/music/software.. you pick) would still be sitting on the shelf at the piraters local retail store regardless of whether or not they pirated it.
Nothing.. unless you're an atheist in which case your riddle isn't cross-platform ;-)
Yeah I ran into that same problem :) A great way to figure out the answers is to run some searches on Google for what seem to be the key points and ideas in the riddle. It worked on most of the ones I wanted answers to so far, and my google search skills are getting better by the second.. I'll have to put that on my resume ;-)