The/really/ fun ones are the ones that infect the firmware for various components of the computer, such as the NIC or the CD drive. AFAIK those are only proof-of-concept research versions, but it is possible for one to go unnoticed in the wild.
Specifically, it is a key-distribution scheme that can't be attacked by a MITM attack, assuming the equipment behaves in an ideal manner. Most of the breaks of QKD systems have come from the fact that equipment does not behave in an ideal manner.
Quantum Cryptography is an outdated term, it should be called Quantum Key Distribution. It's essentially Diffie-Hellman without the possibility of a Man In The Middle attack going unnoticed.
Sometimes you'll want to generate a new secret key, and not have the opportunity to physically travel to the same location as the other party. If you've already got an uninterrupted optical fiber and the QKD equipment you can generate new secret keys on demand. It's not likely to be practical for general use anytime soon, but there may be practical applications for a military or similar organization.
For starters, it's flash only with no fallback. Now, that doesn't make one deserve to be arrested, but it does mean he (or whoever made it, if contracted) shouldn't be making web pages.
Well, my father did teach at UCLA after getting his PHD (math, differential geometry to be specific) but he's been working in the software industry for over 20 years now. That said, his specialty happens to be quite useful for a good variety of software, and programming pays better than professorship.
Of course an anecdote isn't reliable data, but your post is an anecdote as well.
Getting around some limitations is different from getting around all limitations. Knowing which rules you can bend and which you can't is an important thing to teach children.
Atom is getting there for mobile. It's always been higher performance than ARM, just a power hog. But they're rather rapidly catching up in power consumption, and still winning in performance. I expect Atom to overtake ARM for performance/watt within the next few years.
No, many current variants of SUSY predict we should see this quite a lot. Other versions agree with the SM. Quite a few variants of SUSY can be ruled out, others are still viable. Quite a lot of string theory variants can also be ruled out, and a few theories involving extra dimensions (Kaluza-Klein partner particles would likely alter this result, though it is not sensitive enough to rule out a lot of these interactions.)
That doesn't mean SUSY is wrong, or that string theory is wrong, or that extra dimensions are wrong. It just means that certain versions of these theories are wrong. When the LHC ruled out the Higgs boson having a mass between 150 and 400 GeV that didn't damage the Standard Model, it just ruled out formulations of the Standard Model with a Higgs with a mass between 150 and 400 GeV.
I think you're deluded. The public knows what the Republicans are, and they like that. You think people are basically good and reasonably logical, and if shown the facts will change their opinions. This is demonstrably false for most people, they're basically emotional and tribalistic, and will do or believe almost anything to stay a part of their chosen tribe/social group. The fear of ostracism is often stronger than the fear of death (witness soliders dying for their country) and changing the chosen tribe of a person is very, very difficult.
Slashdot is targeted at the tech-oriented crowd. The set of all tech-oriented people is quite a bit larger than the set of network administrators. It's therefore a good idea to explain what BGP is so that the mathematicians, scientists, engineers, etc, can understand what the article is about. Even for many network administrators BGP will be a thing they learned about and then mostly forgot, since it's not used directly by smaller organizations, and larger organizations likely have some admins responsible only for internal systems.
That update changed what it meant to be DKIM compliant. From the time of their initial DKIM implementation to September 2011 they were DKIM compliant, as of September 2011 Google was not DKIM compliant, since they have fixed the issue they now are compliant again.
Trusting a single "cloud" provider for all your hosting is silly. Something like a Xen vm image backed up nightly can be hosted on a large number of cloud provider systems, and you can use round-robin DNS to help limit the impact of downtime at any one provider. And if a provider will be down for a significant period (longer than it will take for DNS caching to expire), just remove that IP from the DNS records.
Of course you can also have a local server/datacenter that can run your same VM image, and use it for extra redundancy.
One of the major points of the "cloud" hype was that the underlying provider shouldn't matter. If you can't swap cloud hosts easily then cloud hosting is no different from shared hosting with extra buzzwords.
I'm a Discordian. My version of Discordianism doesn't value ignorance, but I'm certain some other people's versions do. But Discornianism is a disorganized religion, so trying to keep things like information organized to only be accessible to certain groups tends to fail. The whole "Think for yourself, Schmuck!" bit also helps, though a few people seem to have decided for themselves to let someone else do their thinking for them.
Cable lacing is a very good way to hold a wire harness together. It's more expensive than zip ties due to the labor needed, but less likely to damage the cables under stress. You don't see it very much these days since zip ties are cheap and good enough for static applications, but well-done lacing is used for high-end applications like the rovers.
Some things are expensive because they are rare and/or pretty with few non-aesthetic uses (like gold.) Some things are expensive because they are rare and/or pretty with substantial non-aesthetic uses (like platinum). Massive amounts of gold would quickly lead to oversupply and lower prices, the demand for jewelry is reasonably small and the use in plating electrical contacts requires very small amounts. Massive amounts of platinum would allow several types of industrial uses on a large scale (it's a great catalyst and has uses in some battery tech) thereby increasing demand and potentially preventing a price crash.
Of course that all depends on how much "massive amounts" actually is, but with some things the cost drop will be offset by the increased demand for similar total profit.
In general the ascii-art transformation is done after the code is written, it's just a fun thing to do that won't confuse the judges at all (they're sure to run it through a code-beautifier/auto-indenter and otherwise remove the art.)
But I also know Verilog, and use it a good bit more than the Python.
If I could have an HDL that acted like Python, I'd love it. Languages (HDL and Programming) are tools, and the high-level ones tend to be better tools. The low-level ones tend to be good for learning, but there's a lot to be said for the effort saved by using a high-level language.
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The /really/ fun ones are the ones that infect the firmware for various components of the computer, such as the NIC or the CD drive. AFAIK those are only proof-of-concept research versions, but it is possible for one to go unnoticed in the wild.
It does prevent MITM.
Specifically, it is a key-distribution scheme that can't be attacked by a MITM attack, assuming the equipment behaves in an ideal manner. Most of the breaks of QKD systems have come from the fact that equipment does not behave in an ideal manner.
Quantum Cryptography is an outdated term, it should be called Quantum Key Distribution. It's essentially Diffie-Hellman without the possibility of a Man In The Middle attack going unnoticed.
Sometimes you'll want to generate a new secret key, and not have the opportunity to physically travel to the same location as the other party. If you've already got an uninterrupted optical fiber and the QKD equipment you can generate new secret keys on demand. It's not likely to be practical for general use anytime soon, but there may be practical applications for a military or similar organization.
The first incompleteness theorem applies only to formal systems. There are accepted methods of proof outside of such formal systems.
There's plenty wrong with it.
For starters, it's flash only with no fallback. Now, that doesn't make one deserve to be arrested, but it does mean he (or whoever made it, if contracted) shouldn't be making web pages.
Well, my father did teach at UCLA after getting his PHD (math, differential geometry to be specific) but he's been working in the software industry for over 20 years now. That said, his specialty happens to be quite useful for a good variety of software, and programming pays better than professorship.
Of course an anecdote isn't reliable data, but your post is an anecdote as well.
Getting around some limitations is different from getting around all limitations.
Knowing which rules you can bend and which you can't is an important thing to teach children.
Atom is getting there for mobile. It's always been higher performance than ARM, just a power hog. But they're rather rapidly catching up in power consumption, and still winning in performance. I expect Atom to overtake ARM for performance/watt within the next few years.
Taiwan calls itself the "Republic of China."
China is the "People's Republic of China."
Both claim all of mainland China and Taiwan as part of their nations.
No, many current variants of SUSY predict we should see this quite a lot. Other versions agree with the SM.
Quite a few variants of SUSY can be ruled out, others are still viable. Quite a lot of string theory variants can also be ruled out, and a few theories involving extra dimensions (Kaluza-Klein partner particles would likely alter this result, though it is not sensitive enough to rule out a lot of these interactions.)
That doesn't mean SUSY is wrong, or that string theory is wrong, or that extra dimensions are wrong. It just means that certain versions of these theories are wrong. When the LHC ruled out the Higgs boson having a mass between 150 and 400 GeV that didn't damage the Standard Model, it just ruled out formulations of the Standard Model with a Higgs with a mass between 150 and 400 GeV.
I disagree. Woz's designs for the hardware on the original Apples were certainly innovations, and also original.
That's fixable by dissolving no-doz (or other brand) caffeine pills in it first. Or powdered caffeine.
I think Obama's policies are disastrous too, but I didn't vote for Romney or Obama.
I think you're deluded. The public knows what the Republicans are, and they like that. You think people are basically good and reasonably logical, and if shown the facts will change their opinions. This is demonstrably false for most people, they're basically emotional and tribalistic, and will do or believe almost anything to stay a part of their chosen tribe/social group. The fear of ostracism is often stronger than the fear of death (witness soliders dying for their country) and changing the chosen tribe of a person is very, very difficult.
The same applies for most other groups of people.
Slashdot is targeted at the tech-oriented crowd. The set of all tech-oriented people is quite a bit larger than the set of network administrators. It's therefore a good idea to explain what BGP is so that the mathematicians, scientists, engineers, etc, can understand what the article is about. Even for many network administrators BGP will be a thing they learned about and then mostly forgot, since it's not used directly by smaller organizations, and larger organizations likely have some admins responsible only for internal systems.
That update changed what it meant to be DKIM compliant. From the time of their initial DKIM implementation to September 2011 they were DKIM compliant, as of September 2011 Google was not DKIM compliant, since they have fixed the issue they now are compliant again.
Trusting a single "cloud" provider for all your hosting is silly. Something like a Xen vm image backed up nightly can be hosted on a large number of cloud provider systems, and you can use round-robin DNS to help limit the impact of downtime at any one provider. And if a provider will be down for a significant period (longer than it will take for DNS caching to expire), just remove that IP from the DNS records.
Of course you can also have a local server/datacenter that can run your same VM image, and use it for extra redundancy.
One of the major points of the "cloud" hype was that the underlying provider shouldn't matter. If you can't swap cloud hosts easily then cloud hosting is no different from shared hosting with extra buzzwords.
Comodo is currently quite good IMO. av-comparatives does show AVG slipping.
A5. Eris is a real bitch sometimes.
I'm a Discordian. My version of Discordianism doesn't value ignorance, but I'm certain some other people's versions do. But Discornianism is a disorganized religion, so trying to keep things like information organized to only be accessible to certain groups tends to fail. The whole "Think for yourself, Schmuck!" bit also helps, though a few people seem to have decided for themselves to let someone else do their thinking for them.
Cable lacing is a very good way to hold a wire harness together. It's more expensive than zip ties due to the labor needed, but less likely to damage the cables under stress. You don't see it very much these days since zip ties are cheap and good enough for static applications, but well-done lacing is used for high-end applications like the rovers.
Some things are expensive because they are rare and/or pretty with few non-aesthetic uses (like gold.) Some things are expensive because they are rare and/or pretty with substantial non-aesthetic uses (like platinum). Massive amounts of gold would quickly lead to oversupply and lower prices, the demand for jewelry is reasonably small and the use in plating electrical contacts requires very small amounts. Massive amounts of platinum would allow several types of industrial uses on a large scale (it's a great catalyst and has uses in some battery tech) thereby increasing demand and potentially preventing a price crash.
Of course that all depends on how much "massive amounts" actually is, but with some things the cost drop will be offset by the increased demand for similar total profit.
Or the Post-Terran Mining Corporation.
In general the ascii-art transformation is done after the code is written, it's just a fun thing to do that won't confuse the judges at all (they're sure to run it through a code-beautifier/auto-indenter and otherwise remove the art.)
The only programming language I know is Python.
But I also know Verilog, and use it a good bit more than the Python.
If I could have an HDL that acted like Python, I'd love it. Languages (HDL and Programming) are tools, and the high-level ones tend to be better tools. The low-level ones tend to be good for learning, but there's a lot to be said for the effort saved by using a high-level language.