63. As an aside, a ‘byte’ is a term that refers to a certain amount of data, namely 8 ‘bits’. A bit is either a zero or a one, given that computers compute by means of binary code. A ‘kilobyte’ is 1024 bytes, a ‘megabyte’ is 1024 kilobytes and a ‘gigabyte’ is 1024 megabytes.
So are you suggesting that the opportunity to create something that will deliver a return to your decendents is not an incentive to create? How many other fields of endeavour offer this kind of opportunity?
Necessary? doubtful, but to suggest that the current regime of life + 50 years does *not* provide an incentive is plain wrong.
It's not necessarily the "medicine", I regularly lose my sense of smell temporarily in the late stages of a cold these days. The loss of smell generally lingers for a week or so after the cold has gone.
It's been shown on a number of occasions that creating airborne surveillance devices which look like animals simply invites predators to catch and destroy them.
My Company has "white" power outlets and "pink" power outlets. Pink outlets provide power 24/7, the white ones all shut off (along with the office lights) when the building alarm is armed. All offices have at least one "pink" outlet so if you really want your PC to stay alive you connect to that one.
EAL-7 is the highest possible security rating under the Common Criteria system. I believe only one product has this rating, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Link, the "Data Diode" unit.
Under the old European/UK/Australian ITSEC system, E6 was the highest rating.
My memory from visiting the Vasa Museum is that there were a number of changes (again, late ones) made by the King. The engineers presumably felt that they couldn't reject the changes, but I suspect they knew what the outcome would be.
The original design had two rows of cannons. The King insisted on a third row, placing the new row of ports far closer to the waterline (and hence limiting the heel of the ship under sail).
As a result of the additional weight above the waterline (from all the extra cannons), extra ballast was required below the waterline to prevent the entire ship from becoming top-heavy. This merely exacerbated the problem of the lower row of gun ports by raising the waterline.
In the end a 5 knot breeze was sufficient to heel the ship enough so she began taking on water through the lower gun ports, with the expected result.
Oh, and the waters of Stockholm harbour are brackish, with salinity levels below that favoured by woodworm. Hence the preservation.
If you don't want your children to play such games don't let them do so. They are your children. You control them.
That is exactly the point. Allowing them to purchase these games without your involvement removes that control.
If I had any children I might want to permit them to play such games.
Then buy the games for them, and let them play them. Use their money if you have to. What aspect of your behaviour as a responsible parent is being infringed here?
You would deny me the right to decide what is best for my children, just because you are too lazy or inept to control yours.
No, allowing children to make these purchases without your involvement is denying your right to decide what is best for your children. You have it backwards.
Such laws do not affect only children. They make selling the restricted items much more difficult and risky, thus increasing cost and decreasing availability.
Get over it. Many items have sales restrictions on them. Alcohol, fireams, tobacco, prescription medicines and cinema tickets are all examples. This is no different (particularly with the case of cinema tickets).
That being said -- if you can doctor a photo, you can doctor a hash. This is one of the things that makes files hosted on a single server w/ MD5 hashes "verifying" them a little silly...if you can alter the file, you can alter the.md5 file as well.
Only using hashs would be dumb. I expect that the hashs would be signed with the camera's private key. That way you can't generate a valid, signed hash from a doctored image.
My wife is a GP, so she gets all the info on this stuff. I read an article in a journal which indicated that there was quite a high incidence of "loss of best-corrected vision", which essentially means that you can lose your glasses/contacts, but your sight will never be as good as it was when you had your glasses on. It went on to suggest that it is a good procedure for the general populace, but was not recommended for people who need fine-detailed vision and those who stare at VDUs all day. It is likely that as the procedure is developed further, these issues will be overcome. Wait a few years, when the procedure is better understood & controlled, and the risks are lower, you'll be better off. When it comes to you sight, it's probably not a good idea to be an "early adopter".
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The simulation part is correct, but they're just simulating your brain. Everyone and everything else is a construct of that.
Concepts were supposed to fix this problem, but they were booted out at the last minute.
I'm enjoying the implication that, when it comes to standardization, "at the last minute" can mean "two years earlier".
63. As an aside, a ‘byte’ is a term that refers to a certain amount of data, namely 8 ‘bits’. A bit is either a zero or a one, given that computers compute by means of binary code. A ‘kilobyte’ is 1024 bytes, a ‘megabyte’ is 1024 kilobytes and a ‘gigabyte’ is 1024 megabytes.
Let the flamewar begin...
400 miles is about 640,000 meters
640k should be enough for anyone.
So are you suggesting that the opportunity to create something that will deliver a return to your decendents is not an incentive to create? How many other fields of endeavour offer this kind of opportunity?
Necessary? doubtful, but to suggest that the current regime of life + 50 years does *not* provide an incentive is plain wrong.
It's not necessarily the "medicine", I regularly lose my sense of smell temporarily in the late stages of a cold these days. The loss of smell generally lingers for a week or so after the cold has gone.
I think you can put them in the same corner as Duke Nukem Forever and that Holographic Storage thing that keeps popping up on Slashdot.
Likewise:
Flying Cars
3D TV
Fusion Power
It's been shown on a number of occasions that creating airborne surveillance devices which look like animals simply invites predators to catch and destroy them.
http://gizmodo.com/359417/hawks-agree-wowwees-dragonfly-tastes-delicious
My Company has "white" power outlets and "pink" power outlets. Pink outlets provide power 24/7, the white ones all shut off (along with the office lights) when the building alarm is armed. All offices have at least one "pink" outlet so if you really want your PC to stay alive you connect to that one.
It's likely that they said 'boogedy-boogedy' a lot.
EAL-7 is the highest possible security rating under the Common Criteria system. I believe only one product has this rating, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Link, the "Data Diode" unit.
Under the old European/UK/Australian ITSEC system, E6 was the highest rating.
My memory from visiting the Vasa Museum is that there were a number of changes (again, late ones) made by the King. The engineers presumably felt that they couldn't reject the changes, but I suspect they knew what the outcome would be.
The original design had two rows of cannons. The King insisted on a third row, placing the new row of ports far closer to the waterline (and hence limiting the heel of the ship under sail).
As a result of the additional weight above the waterline (from all the extra cannons), extra ballast was required below the waterline to prevent the entire ship from becoming top-heavy. This merely exacerbated the problem of the lower row of gun ports by raising the waterline.
In the end a 5 knot breeze was sufficient to heel the ship enough so she began taking on water through the lower gun ports, with the expected result.
Oh, and the waters of Stockholm harbour are brackish, with salinity levels below that favoured by woodworm. Hence the preservation.
If you don't want your children to play such games don't let them do so. They are your children. You control them.
That is exactly the point. Allowing them to purchase these games without your involvement removes that control.
If I had any children I might want to permit them to play such games.
Then buy the games for them, and let them play them. Use their money if you have to. What aspect of your behaviour as a responsible parent is being infringed here?
You would deny me the right to decide what is best for my children, just because you are too lazy or inept to control yours.
No, allowing children to make these purchases without your involvement is denying your right to decide what is best for your children. You have it backwards.
Such laws do not affect only children. They make selling the restricted items much more difficult and risky, thus increasing cost and decreasing availability.
Get over it. Many items have sales restrictions on them. Alcohol, fireams, tobacco, prescription medicines and cinema tickets are all examples. This is no different (particularly with the case of cinema tickets).
That being said -- if you can doctor a photo, you can doctor a hash. This is one of the things that makes files hosted on a single server w/ MD5 hashes "verifying" them a little silly...if you can alter the file, you can alter the .md5 file as well.
Only using hashs would be dumb. I expect that the hashs would be signed with the camera's private key. That way you can't generate a valid, signed hash from a doctored image.
I have been using e-tax to do my taxes since FY 1998-9.
They've had plenty of time to make it cross-platform.
My wife is a GP, so she gets all the info on this stuff. I read an article in a journal which indicated that there was quite a high incidence of "loss of best-corrected vision", which essentially means that you can lose your glasses/contacts, but your sight will never be as good as it was when you had your glasses on.
It went on to suggest that it is a good procedure for the general populace, but was not recommended for people who need fine-detailed vision and those who stare at VDUs all day.
It is likely that as the procedure is developed further, these issues will be overcome.
Wait a few years, when the procedure is better understood & controlled, and the risks are lower, you'll be better off. When it comes to you sight, it's probably not a good idea to be an "early adopter".