Very good point about the easy detection. Of course, man-in-the-middle does not work with public key cryptography.
The idea is based upon modular mathmatics, and laws of exponents. Basically one computer knows the number "a", and sends a number derived from "a" across the network. "a" itself cannot be determined from this number. The other computer generates a number "b" and sends a number derived from "b" across the network, and again, only the second computer will ever know "b". A computer needs to know either "a" and the number derived from "b", or vice versa to get the private key. A man in the middle knows only a number derived from "a" and a number derived form "b", but neither "b" nor "c", so a man in the middle cannot crack the encryption.
Not the best solution, but for my dev machine at work, I don't need 3d accel, so I just stuck in three low end graphics card's, one monitor each. That way, I can run them all at any resolutions, so I can have 1024x768 to test things at what the user would experience, 2048x1536 for coding, and 1600x1200 for other tasks. Just using three cards can be a relatively inexpensive solution.
Although Alternating current has provided easier long range transfer of power, it does seem to be causing problems with machines. A recent study conducted by Maxtor (sorry, I lost the link, probably on google), found that AC power generates weak antistropic fields. Although this is normally not a problem, as the power supply converts the flow to DC, a poorly shielded power supply can leak the antistropic magnetic field, sometimes corrupting data on the harddrive. Although not usually a problem, this can be dangerous around production machines, so either switch to dc, or check your power supplies carefully. Usually, it is not a problem of a poorly built power supply, but simply one who's shielding fails over time.
I'm from the year 3042. We have found that time travel is real, and would have discovered the time machine in 2048, but scientists were detered by this article. Dan Church is Wicked Ill
I must agree. I've always had a major fear of needles, and thus even a simple shot has always hurt for me, yet once I cut my finger open (somewhat deeply) after I thought it would be clever to hit a sheet of plexiglass with a sledgehammer (which exploded and cut me open), and this barely hurt at all, simply because it was unexpected, however stupidily.
I heard that the new Exa acceleration system raises the overall omium flash potential (for the lazy, http://www.google.com/search?q=omium+flash). Couldn't this lead to more monitor burn out (even on LCD's), and overheating of graphics cards?
As a developer, I love GCC. Its great, easy, and best of all free.
GCC is probably one of the most benifical open source projects around, more important even than linux.
I've always found the field of embedded operating system's somewhat intruiging. From the automatic welders, to the VCRs, etc. Anything involving robots, or extremely low power systems is somewhat interesting, and even if linux eventually fails on the desktop market (stops growing), it may be around us in our daily lives much longer.
If a company claimed infringement over a patent which the open source movement had prior art on, what would the ramifications have been? Are there any lawyers out there?
This doesn't directly answer the question, but a nice big break in the middle of the day helps me get myself on track easily. After a few hours of coding, I may start to slow down. If I just take an hour (eat lunch, walk around a little), my brain clears, and I come back fully productive. My work place allows this, and I'm not sure how many others do.
I'm in massachussets, and I'm glad massachussets is attempting to make the move. What I wonder is, with the major fight surrounding it, why is there just about 0 press? My history teacher, who knows about just about any current event in massachussets hasn't even heard of it. Why is no information getting to the unnerds?
The faster and farther we get away from oil the better IMHO. I think the bonus should be the extra MPG, and the environmental impact should be the reason. We can spare a few $$$ for environmentally friendlier vehicles. I guess the real problem is, if the government does not intervene, companies will only do what will profit them, and if it does, we end up with violations of rights. Will we ever make the switch in consumer end vehicles in the long run?
While fast for what it does, OSX does quite a bit. Will you really get a 3d accelerated GUI environment to run on a $100 machine? That seems like asking a lot from the hardware which costs so little.
While OSX is nice, I've heard that it can be somewhat slow on even a 700mhz iBook. Do we really want to use it on a $100 laptop?
I think this is a great concept, and I must say, I love ubuntu, but what about hardware conflicts.
Not just with ubuntu, but with Linux in general, i've always had trouble with the combination of a
PCI GeForce and integrated graphics conflicting. This can be a real pain. Any solution for thigns like this?
With the current "unsmart" lasers, what is the rate of misses right now? have there been any dangerous or even fatal laser misses, and how much safety will this new method actually bring about?
I am against illegal P2P, and I think that downloading songs is wrong, but why is it considered such a terrible crime.
Lighten the penalties, and maybe people will buy from you!
Enron could have been around if these were invented back in the day. Imagine this:
Where are your records?
Sorry, they fell through the windmill on my PDA.
Where does the line lie in ethics of science? Should we kill embreyos to make stem cells?
While many conservatists are plagued for saying no, when "an embreyo killed is not a baby, and could save millions",
is this any different? If cloning ends up having the potential to prevent birth defects and such,
is forcing someone to give up her eggs, worth it in the end?
Virus's are one of the most annoying things around. Not only do they effect unsecure users, but users who administrate their computers well, due to network traffic usage. I say we eat all the virus writers alive!
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Very good point about the easy detection. Of course, man-in-the-middle does not work with public key cryptography. The idea is based upon modular mathmatics, and laws of exponents. Basically one computer knows the number "a", and sends a number derived from "a" across the network. "a" itself cannot be determined from this number. The other computer generates a number "b" and sends a number derived from "b" across the network, and again, only the second computer will ever know "b". A computer needs to know either "a" and the number derived from "b", or vice versa to get the private key. A man in the middle knows only a number derived from "a" and a number derived form "b", but neither "b" nor "c", so a man in the middle cannot crack the encryption.
Not the best solution, but for my dev machine at work, I don't need 3d accel, so I just stuck in three low end graphics card's, one monitor each. That way, I can run them all at any resolutions, so I can have 1024x768 to test things at what the user would experience, 2048x1536 for coding, and 1600x1200 for other tasks. Just using three cards can be a relatively inexpensive solution.
Because a third architecture switch is exactly what Apple needs
Although Alternating current has provided easier long range transfer of power, it does seem to be causing problems with machines. A recent study conducted by Maxtor (sorry, I lost the link, probably on google), found that AC power generates weak antistropic fields. Although this is normally not a problem, as the power supply converts the flow to DC, a poorly shielded power supply can leak the antistropic magnetic field, sometimes corrupting data on the harddrive. Although not usually a problem, this can be dangerous around production machines, so either switch to dc, or check your power supplies carefully. Usually, it is not a problem of a poorly built power supply, but simply one who's shielding fails over time.
I'm from the year 3042. We have found that time travel is real, and would have discovered the time machine in 2048, but scientists were detered by this article.
Dan Church is Wicked Ill
I must agree. I've always had a major fear of needles, and thus even a simple shot has always hurt for me, yet once I cut my finger open (somewhat deeply) after I thought it would be clever to hit a sheet of plexiglass with a sledgehammer (which exploded and cut me open), and this barely hurt at all, simply because it was unexpected, however stupidily.
I heard that the new Exa acceleration system raises the overall omium flash potential (for the lazy, http://www.google.com/search?q=omium+flash). Couldn't this lead to more monitor burn out (even on LCD's), and overheating of graphics cards?
As a developer, I love GCC. Its great, easy, and best of all free. GCC is probably one of the most benifical open source projects around, more important even than linux.
I've always found the field of embedded operating system's somewhat intruiging. From the automatic welders, to the VCRs, etc. Anything involving robots, or extremely low power systems is somewhat interesting, and even if linux eventually fails on the desktop market (stops growing), it may be around us in our daily lives much longer.
If a company claimed infringement over a patent which the open source movement had prior art on, what would the ramifications have been? Are there any lawyers out there?
This doesn't directly answer the question, but a nice big break in the middle of the day helps me get myself on track easily. After a few hours of coding, I may start to slow down. If I just take an hour (eat lunch, walk around a little), my brain clears, and I come back fully productive. My work place allows this, and I'm not sure how many others do.
I'm in massachussets, and I'm glad massachussets is attempting to make the move. What I wonder is, with the major fight surrounding it, why is there just about 0 press? My history teacher, who knows about just about any current event in massachussets hasn't even heard of it. Why is no information getting to the unnerds?
The faster and farther we get away from oil the better IMHO. I think the bonus should be the extra MPG, and the environmental impact should be the reason. We can spare a few $$$ for environmentally friendlier vehicles. I guess the real problem is, if the government does not intervene, companies will only do what will profit them, and if it does, we end up with violations of rights. Will we ever make the switch in consumer end vehicles in the long run?
If your going to use an incredibly stripped down version of OSX, which no longer even resembles OSX to a large extent, why use OSX at all?
While fast for what it does, OSX does quite a bit. Will you really get a 3d accelerated GUI environment to run on a $100 machine? That seems like asking a lot from the hardware which costs so little. While OSX is nice, I've heard that it can be somewhat slow on even a 700mhz iBook. Do we really want to use it on a $100 laptop?
I think this is a great concept, and I must say, I love ubuntu, but what about hardware conflicts. Not just with ubuntu, but with Linux in general, i've always had trouble with the combination of a PCI GeForce and integrated graphics conflicting. This can be a real pain. Any solution for thigns like this?
With the current "unsmart" lasers, what is the rate of misses right now? have there been any dangerous or even fatal laser misses, and how much safety will this new method actually bring about?
I am against illegal P2P, and I think that downloading songs is wrong, but why is it considered such a terrible crime. Lighten the penalties, and maybe people will buy from you!
Enron could have been around if these were invented back in the day. Imagine this: Where are your records? Sorry, they fell through the windmill on my PDA.
Where does the line lie in ethics of science? Should we kill embreyos to make stem cells? While many conservatists are plagued for saying no, when "an embreyo killed is not a baby, and could save millions", is this any different? If cloning ends up having the potential to prevent birth defects and such, is forcing someone to give up her eggs, worth it in the end?
If I had a nickel every time I wished I had a shot gun...
If only Jar Jar could be to the side of the Death Star as it explodes...
I wish there was an "EgoManiac" mod.
And, am I the only one who finds it 30x faster to hit "Ctrl+W" than to go over to either X button?
Virus's are one of the most annoying things around. Not only do they effect unsecure users, but users who administrate their computers well, due to network traffic usage. I say we eat all the virus writers alive!