...and in apple, there are designated places where one expects to find things like "Quit", and "Preferences", that are likely different on other platforms. I think apple did this on purpose, but it makes writing cross-platorm gui apps annoying because the mac version will always be a bit different. I mean you might get around it with compiler directives, or something like that, but it has to be considered.
Good point, except that the ui for the mac and for linux are likely to still be a bit different. Things like the "master" menu bar, and the dock are unique to mac, and so the version a mac user uses will likely still be different than
the x version...
To ask that question is to miss the beauty that is beowolf.
Few things (anything?) that can be done on a beowolf can't be done on a single multiprocessor machine. But if your problem is well suited to a beowolf approach, it's often much cheaper.
...right but you lose information if you save an office document that way.
And even assuming that, as often as not the US government uses a proprietary data format exclusively.
NSF now only accepts grant applications electronically. The forms are now an MS Office macro or an Adobe PDF form (which requires that you use the Adobe writer).
Why should I have to pay a third party to do business with the government? Especially when alternatives exist (or could if the government took interest in this issue)...
Is it really good public policy to permanently store records that are meant to be for the public's benefit in a data format that cannot be guaranteed to be readable in the future?
This is the argument.
Closed standards are of course allowed by law. Companies and individuals should be allowed to use them. I argue that it is not good public policy, and governments should demand that their software vendors provide them with software that stores its data in a publicly reproducible way.
...might or might not now help linux... a lot of people I've talked to just don't like openoffice (and I've noticed that big spreadsheets are intolerably slow). There's a bit more work to be done there, besides the standard ms office problems. (That said, it wouldn't hurt a bit). But it would definately help a company like apple.
CH3 is methane? Count your bonds on carbon and try again. And a quick googling gives nothing on your cracking method. What I think you've done is to confuse cracking with combustion.
As far as I'm aware, heating methane to 1600K produces acetylene and hydrogen.
When you carefully optimize your code to acheive maximum serial performance, you get just that, maximum serial performance.
The algorithm that acheives maximal parallel performance, in my experience, is often quite different. What you really need to do is to carefully plan your code for maximum benefit in the resources you have available.
If you want to design a parallel code, start with that assumption, not from the standpoint of parallelizing a serial code.
An empty password will pass this check because the code uses the length of the user entry, not the length of the correct password. Other potential problems (buffer overflows, etc.) are left as an exercise for the reader. [Shameless plug: If you enjoy problems like this, have strong security experience, communicate well, and want a job at a fun (and profitable) company, visit http://www.cryptography.com/company/careers.html.]
I know...I've been waiting for this for a long time. I try to read as much as I can from a variety of viewpoints. There's not too much in the way of english language arab news. Well, there is the Arab News of saudi arabia. But al Jazeera seems to be quite popular and it would have been interesting to see what all the fuss is about.
However, most responsible scientists would have just called it water. I've never seen a scientific source using that name. I'm not even sure IUPAC or any of the other standards bodies even recognizes that name.
Not to rag too much on apple, but they're still slower to release fixes than open source. Both fink and my gentoo linux box are
usually patched the same week (and often the same day) that I hear about the problem.
Gentoo is getting a reputation for releasing fixes before slashdot announces, as the smug 1337 gentoo users like to point out.
Does that make me one of them now, too?
I'm not meaning to say that apple is doing a poor job, by any means. I'm just wanting to point out that apple is not the only organization that takes security seriously, and that there are others that beat apple out the door with security fixes.
The thing is that I am trained on the fine points of quantum mechanics, and the rest is sort of lying unused in the back of the head. I instantly regretted posting it, when I thought about it, but I'd already hit the post button.
Now the mods have given it visibility, and I regret it more.
But I stand by my point. The sun's output *is* the primary reason we have weather at all, and fluctuations in that output should be considered, and have not been considered to my knowledge.
And it is a very scary thought that if dramatic climate change occurs because of the sun, and not our impact, as is generally thought, we can do very little to stop it.
Global warming is caused by filtering we would like to avoid.
The greenhouse effect is caused by the fact that IR electromagnetic radiation is absorbed by "greenhouse" gasses, trapping energy on our planet that if these gasses were absent, would reflect harmlessly into space.
The ozone layer, on the other hand, filters out harmful UV radiation that generally is not trapped even by greenhouse gasses.
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...and in apple, there are designated places where one expects to find things like "Quit", and "Preferences", that are likely different on other platforms. I think apple did this on purpose, but it makes writing cross-platorm gui apps annoying because the mac version will always be a bit different. I mean you might get around it with compiler directives, or something like that, but it has to be considered.
Good point, except that the ui for the mac and for linux are likely to still be a bit different. Things like the "master" menu bar, and the dock are unique to mac, and so the version a mac user uses will likely still be different than the x version...
That said, things can only get better...
To ask that question is to miss the beauty that is beowolf.
Few things (anything?) that can be done on a beowolf can't be done on a single multiprocessor machine. But if your problem is well suited to a beowolf approach, it's often much cheaper.
Hilarity would ensue.
Right about mathematica. Does anybody know if there is a free (or Free) alternative for symbolic mathematics?
...right but you lose information if you save an office document that way.
And even assuming that, as often as not the US government uses a proprietary data format exclusively. NSF now only accepts grant applications electronically. The forms are now an MS Office macro or an Adobe PDF form (which requires that you use the Adobe writer).
Why should I have to pay a third party to do business with the government? Especially when alternatives exist (or could if the government took interest in this issue) ...
Is it really good public policy to permanently store records that are meant to be for the public's benefit in a data format that cannot be guaranteed to be readable in the future?
This is the argument.
Closed standards are of course allowed by law. Companies and individuals should be allowed to use them. I argue that it is not good public policy, and governments should demand that their software vendors provide them with software that stores its data in a publicly reproducible way.
...might or might not now help linux ... a lot of people I've talked to just don't like openoffice (and I've noticed that big spreadsheets are intolerably slow). There's a bit more work to be done there, besides the standard ms office problems. (That said, it wouldn't hurt a bit). But it would definately help a company like apple.
Imagine flawless powerpoint support in keynote.
Mod this ad down, please.
I rather liked Neil Gaiman's "American Gods."
As far as I'm aware, heating methane to 1600K produces acetylene and hydrogen.
I'd not say this is perfectly good advice.
When you carefully optimize your code to acheive maximum serial performance, you get just that, maximum serial performance.
The algorithm that acheives maximal parallel performance, in my experience, is often quite different. What you really need to do is to carefully plan your code for maximum benefit in the resources you have available.
If you want to design a parallel code, start with that assumption, not from the standpoint of parallelizing a serial code.
Odd. I use c and python for the same things...:)
Not even a physical chemist?
I never thought I'd ever see it. A bra-ket/computer joke. Dirac would be proud, I'm sure.
Since when is the obvious way the best way? Or even a good way? Or even....you get the point. Code-wise, the obvious way usually sucks.
Think Nautilus. On windows, it's the "my computer"/explorer stuff.
Gentoo has started the trend it seems...
Here's the ROT13 message decoded:
This was courtesy of ROT13 JavaScript coder/decoder
I know...I've been waiting for this for a long time. I try to read as much as I can from a variety of viewpoints. There's not too much in the way of english language arab news. Well, there is the Arab News of saudi arabia. But al Jazeera seems to be quite popular and it would have been interesting to see what all the fuss is about.
It does make you wonder who the attackers are.
Yes, this substance does absorb IR.
However, most responsible scientists would have just called it water. I've never seen a scientific source using that name. I'm not even sure IUPAC or any of the other standards bodies even recognizes that name.
Not to rag too much on apple, but they're still slower to release fixes than open source. Both fink and my gentoo linux box are usually patched the same week (and often the same day) that I hear about the problem.
Gentoo is getting a reputation for releasing fixes before slashdot announces, as the smug 1337 gentoo users like to point out.
Does that make me one of them now, too?
I'm not meaning to say that apple is doing a poor job, by any means. I'm just wanting to point out that apple is not the only organization that takes security seriously, and that there are others that beat apple out the door with security fixes.
None at all. I'm quite glad people have come along to correct, and point out, my error.
Yes, I'm a git.
The thing is that I am trained on the fine points of quantum mechanics, and the rest is sort of lying unused in the back of the head. I instantly regretted posting it, when I thought about it, but I'd already hit the post button.
Now the mods have given it visibility, and I regret it more.
But I stand by my point. The sun's output *is* the primary reason we have weather at all, and fluctuations in that output should be considered, and have not been considered to my knowledge.
And it is a very scary thought that if dramatic climate change occurs because of the sun, and not our impact, as is generally thought, we can do very little to stop it.
Global warming is caused by filtering we would like to avoid.
The greenhouse effect is caused by the fact that IR electromagnetic radiation is absorbed by "greenhouse" gasses, trapping energy on our planet that if these gasses were absent, would reflect harmlessly into space.
The ozone layer, on the other hand, filters out harmful UV radiation that generally is not trapped even by greenhouse gasses.