Could the biblical story of Noah's ark explain this, as a worldwide flood leaving only a single family of eight alive will achieve this effect of everyone having similar genes.
Before you mod me down into oblivion for sounding like a self-righteous Creationist, do note that other cultures have references to a catastrophical flood (such as the Chinese, apparently the character for ship is that story).
Just think about it, since it seems so easy to sue individuals for "stealing" music for $10k or so, I think if this keeps up, RIAA will reap serious profits from many individuals living in the US via lawsuits of this nature. If they successfully sue (read: 'extort from') just a million people, that's $10 billion into their pockets, especially along with the misconception that they are part of the government (remember that CNN article a while back about those university students?)
They really should die. Then again, if they choose to live by the lawsuit, they die by the lawsuit. Hopefully.
That is why they hang the jumbotron way up over there... although playing UT2k2 or Quake or (insert favorite FPS) on one of those can be quite an experience, especially have it 2 meters in front of you... problem is, they might be too pixelated...
Actually, the refresh rates are not completely meaningless for an LCD screen, considering both CRT and LCD screens do need to update more or less frequently to show what has change. That figure can be misleading though, once taken the reponse rate of the LCD screen into account. This screen has a 22 ms reponse rate which can translate into about 45 Hz, if I may say so. Once these two figures are put together, a better grasp of how well the screen reponds can be realized.
Low refresh rates hurt on CRT screens becase each pixel flickers at that frequency much like a strobe light (think seizures). LCD screens, on the other hand don't have this problem because the backlight glows constantly so it does not flicker like a strobe light. Try waving you hands rapidly back and forth in front of a CRT screen displaying a white background (such as this page) you will find your hands 'flickering'. On a LCD Screen, your hands will not 'flicker'.
I remember I (or my brother) used to do the waving in front of the old and antiquated 13" CRT screen, and go, Look at all the fingers I have!!!
Nah, NAT will solve the problem - about a zillion times less expensive to implement.
Nope, absolutely wrong.
While all computers on the same NAT can directly connect to others, it cannot do so easily to others on another NAT, or other 'real' IP addresses. This effectively prevents anyone from running any server that can serve to networks outside the NAT, unless some ports are designated at the NAT router level specificly for that particular server. I don't see ISP's or network admins designating specific port ranges for every computer, as it takes work, and it could conflict with applications that uses specific port ranges (such as file transfers on MSN used by illiterate users who can't use ftp).
I would say using NAT to solve this problem is all but a cheap bandage that will cost more in the long run. IPv6 must be implemented soon to ensure the continue growth of the Internet.
Jupiter is still more than 10 times larger than the Earth, and since it is more than 5 times away, it makes sense the Earth is about half as large as Jupiter in the picture. It may not look that way because the Earth is a crecent in that picture.
1) Find Open Windoze SMB share (or any open, insecure systems) 2) "Hack" into it 3) Try to get caught (log files, whatever) 4) Claim that was a honeypot 5) Sue for profit
As an undergraduate student, I noticed two major groups of people, one that does it because they have the background, the other are the rest who have zero clue on what CS is all about. Those of the latter group would just drown themselves in the textbooks or lab manuals and memorize whatever methods the professors (or TA's) decides to use, which I find are very inadequate if they were applied in the real world. I am fortunate that I am part of the former group with few other friends who actually have real life experience in the relevant field (e-commerence webapps, application development, etc).
Anyway, even those who memorize the textbook find themselves failing the course, because the art of programming and computer science is definitely not for them. If they can't even relate a class (object) to a real world object, forget taking these courses.
See No Evil, Listen No Evil, Say No Evil, and keep the job.
Actually, the companies who fire whistle blowers really do have something to hide, which also shows that they are untrustworthy with their business pratices.
Another great example of the "use it and toss it" philosophy for useful objects. Is anyone going to recycle a DVD? Given the fact that nobody really keeps all the pop cans and paper for recycling if a recycling box / station is not within walking distance, I highly doubt it.
Actually, it has to be the only source of update because only Microsoft can do something about problems within their source code, therefore, they are the sole providers of patches for Windows.
Who cares how much data or what data format it can store! All I want is to remove the top cover of the drive and replace it with plexiglass, mod the computer case so there's also a plexiglass so the pretty blue laser light can actually shine through the case. mmm...
Of course, this is quite expensive, unless someone can show me a blue laser that I can attach to the computer that will automatically point towards the eyes of whoever snooping over my back....
How about Microsoft's trusted computing platform, or CD copy protection schemes? If putting a mod chips or using a marker pen to circumvent (break) code-based restrictions, doesn't that act constitute as an unauthorized access into a system? So could the DMCA somehow play into this?
Remember you do not own the CD, you merely have a licence to play it. Also in the future you may not own the hardware, you merely have a licence to use it.
I read somewhere that a device could be built to read CRT screens through walls by picking up stray electrons or electromagnetic waves generated by it. I doubt anyone can secure that other than changing the LCD screen to a more 'secure' format.
Wait, does this count as a 'Snooping-over-back attack'?
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Could the biblical story of Noah's ark explain this, as a worldwide flood leaving only a single family of eight alive will achieve this effect of everyone having similar genes.
Before you mod me down into oblivion for sounding like a self-righteous Creationist, do note that other cultures have references to a catastrophical flood (such as the Chinese, apparently the character for ship is that story).
Just think about it, since it seems so easy to sue individuals for "stealing" music for $10k or so, I think if this keeps up, RIAA will reap serious profits from many individuals living in the US via lawsuits of this nature. If they successfully sue (read: 'extort from') just a million people, that's $10 billion into their pockets, especially along with the misconception that they are part of the government (remember that CNN article a while back about those university students?)
They really should die. Then again, if they choose to live by the lawsuit, they die by the lawsuit. Hopefully.
That is why they hang the jumbotron way up over there... although playing UT2k2 or Quake or (insert favorite FPS) on one of those can be quite an experience, especially have it 2 meters in front of you... problem is, they might be too pixelated...
Is that the Redeemer? uhh... ARGH!
Actually, the refresh rates are not completely meaningless for an LCD screen, considering both CRT and LCD screens do need to update more or less frequently to show what has change. That figure can be misleading though, once taken the reponse rate of the LCD screen into account. This screen has a 22 ms reponse rate which can translate into about 45 Hz, if I may say so. Once these two figures are put together, a better grasp of how well the screen reponds can be realized.
Low refresh rates hurt on CRT screens becase each pixel flickers at that frequency much like a strobe light (think seizures). LCD screens, on the other hand don't have this problem because the backlight glows constantly so it does not flicker like a strobe light. Try waving you hands rapidly back and forth in front of a CRT screen displaying a white background (such as this page) you will find your hands 'flickering'. On a LCD Screen, your hands will not 'flicker'.
I remember I (or my brother) used to do the waving in front of the old and antiquated 13" CRT screen, and go, Look at all the fingers I have!!!
You forgot the iLoo.
If you were talking about light,
Yellow light + Blue light = white light
You are correct.
They were probably refering to mixing paint, so they should say:
Yellow + Cyan = green
IMHO, I doubt any non-geek or non-artist type will know what cyan is.
This was covered two days ago by space.com. They have pictures and good for people who didn't register on NYT.
Running a game using a scanner is more sensible than using a printer. Game of Life in Postscript.
Actually, in the future we might use up the entire IPv9 address space. Read RFC 1606.
Nope, absolutely wrong.
While all computers on the same NAT can directly connect to others, it cannot do so easily to others on another NAT, or other 'real' IP addresses. This effectively prevents anyone from running any server that can serve to networks outside the NAT, unless some ports are designated at the NAT router level specificly for that particular server. I don't see ISP's or network admins designating specific port ranges for every computer, as it takes work, and it could conflict with applications that uses specific port ranges (such as file transfers on MSN used by illiterate users who can't use ftp).
I would say using NAT to solve this problem is all but a cheap bandage that will cost more in the long run. IPv6 must be implemented soon to ensure the continue growth of the Internet.
Jupiter is still more than 10 times larger than the Earth, and since it is more than 5 times away, it makes sense the Earth is about half as large as Jupiter in the picture. It may not look that way because the Earth is a crecent in that picture.
This reminds me of that Martian dude from Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show...
...you cannot get the FBI or other crime organizations to help you.
You mean the mafia? Or did you mean other anti-crime organizations?
I can see this might happen:
1) Find Open Windoze SMB share (or any open, insecure systems)
2) "Hack" into it
3) Try to get caught (log files, whatever)
4) Claim that was a honeypot
5) Sue for profit
It does seem this easy.
As an undergraduate student, I noticed two major groups of people, one that does it because they have the background, the other are the rest who have zero clue on what CS is all about. Those of the latter group would just drown themselves in the textbooks or lab manuals and memorize whatever methods the professors (or TA's) decides to use, which I find are very inadequate if they were applied in the real world. I am fortunate that I am part of the former group with few other friends who actually have real life experience in the relevant field (e-commerence webapps, application development, etc).
Anyway, even those who memorize the textbook find themselves failing the course, because the art of programming and computer science is definitely not for them. If they can't even relate a class (object) to a real world object, forget taking these courses.
See No Evil, Listen No Evil, Say No Evil, and keep the job.
Actually, the companies who fire whistle blowers really do have something to hide, which also shows that they are untrustworthy with their business pratices.
Another great example of the "use it and toss it" philosophy for useful objects. Is anyone going to recycle a DVD? Given the fact that nobody really keeps all the pop cans and paper for recycling if a recycling box / station is not within walking distance, I highly doubt it.
As if our trash problems are not severe enough.
Actually, it has to be the only source of update because only Microsoft can do something about problems within their source code, therefore, they are the sole providers of patches for Windows.
Since when did we trust Microsoft / Windows?
Who cares how much data or what data format it can store! All I want is to remove the top cover of the drive and replace it with plexiglass, mod the computer case so there's also a plexiglass so the pretty blue laser light can actually shine through the case. mmm...
Of course, this is quite expensive, unless someone can show me a blue laser that I can attach to the computer that will automatically point towards the eyes of whoever snooping over my back....
Just like that other time when OpenOffice.org got nailed for distributing their own software.
Yup, that's their mentality: Guilty until proven innocent.
How about Microsoft's trusted computing platform, or CD copy protection schemes? If putting a mod chips or using a marker pen to circumvent (break) code-based restrictions, doesn't that act constitute as an unauthorized access into a system? So could the DMCA somehow play into this?
Remember you do not own the CD, you merely have a licence to play it. Also in the future you may not own the hardware, you merely have a licence to use it.
Rather, changing the CRT screen to a more secure format, such as LCD
I read somewhere that a device could be built to read CRT screens through walls by picking up stray electrons or electromagnetic waves generated by it. I doubt anyone can secure that other than changing the LCD screen to a more 'secure' format.
Wait, does this count as a 'Snooping-over-back attack'?