I loved the review and agree that it wasn't the normal run of the mill "here's the TOC and index" deal that we see far to often on Slashdot.
The real question is whether is goes into enough technical depth, I would say. I know reading overviews and general ideas is usually very useful and helpful in the short term (perhaps to sound knowledgable in a meeting?) but would this book really give you enough "technical prowess" to write your own firewall?
That's my only real concern, but a great review nonetheless.
It sounds to me like Microsoft is going to try and sell the idea of their CLI through their semi-open source Rotor. Has anyone seen what this actually is? I haven't heard a thing about since the day I attended the.NET launch in Seattle.
If I were M$ I would be very afraid to let people see my code; as it were its never been really impressived when small snippets get released.
So, if I can teach it a repetative motion task it can do it? That should be great assuming I always put my laundry in the same place at the end of the day, the dishes on my counter and my vacuum in the same corner.
Does this also account for the the angle at which the foam in the wing? They don't mention it so I thought it was a question worth asking.
My understanding was that the foam glanced off the wing at high speeds and wasn't simply "shot" into it from a right angle. I may be completely wrong (and would love to be corrected) on my misunderstanding.
This obviously wasn't the same kind of foam we use to sleep on when we go camping.
They make it sound like it will be hard for him to get a job because most of his dissertation won't be published. I think that's probably completely wrong.
Even though it does suck that he can't release it in its original form; he'll have absolutely no problems finding a job. If that many large financial corporations were concerned about their communication infostructure surely one (if not all of them) are scratching to hire him.
If all he wants is money and no real academic prestige this is great. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fun to be in his position right now
I don't think they show a substantial speed increase, but I think they show a larger increase than by simply ramping up the CPU clock.
I know that if I clock my Athlon higher first using the CPU multiplier, and then using the FSB, my results show that the FSB boost is far more effective. Recently AMD has had more significant FSB increases than CPU speed increases (move from DDR200, DDR333, DDR400).
That was exactly my thought. Most Heatsinks use clips that are based on retention from a certain height. That would mean that those clips would know be on using too much pressure, wouldn't they?
I happen to be using some huge copper heatsink (SK6?) that mounts to the motherboard using the 4 mouting holes, so this wouldn't be a problem for me if I decided to use one. But, most people don't have those...
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I would go further to say that those names had zero significance except for being alias' used just for contacting people in the NSA by Platform. Why give out any real names? The NSA we all know and love never has.
This guy sounds a bit paranoid to me. As far as I'm concerned it's the US Governments job to look into things like this, not his. Does he honestly think the *NSA* would buy software with huge security holes? One might wonder if the names he saw were fake in the first place; I personally doubt the *NSA* would just give them out.
Or maybe I just give them more credit than they deserve...
It's about time, I reckon. If get one more:
"FREE VIAGRA SHIPPED FROM MEXICO"
or
"Re: You want to have HOT ANAL sex!!!!"
email I may drop kick my computer across the room.
Maybe Intel should concentrate on memory bandwidth instead of speed. Seems to me that all these MHz increases aren't nearly as effective as speeding up the FSB. We need a new memory interface architecture, go AMD?
After you hit about 60 fps in Q3 you're not gonna notice anything else higher.
So we get a label saying "Cannot be ripped and distrubuted over Kazza" on our CDs from now on?
This is all an exercise is futility it seems to me. People will find a way to copy the media, no matter what. Why not use money/technology to do something a bit more useful?
Remember when you used to play wargames as a kid? Now you can do it with your very own Spy Satellite.
"Now you'll know all of your enemies moves; where they're keeping the water ballon stash, how many they have, and if that teenage girl in the house across the street is sun bathing topless again."
The $10,000 question is : Is this game more fun than the original? Did they improve it in any fashon?
Seems that companies are far more interested in the graphic development rather than the gameplay as of late. I think we all know this is true, but does it matter? Why change something that works.
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I loved the review and agree that it wasn't the normal run of the mill "here's the TOC and index" deal that we see far to often on Slashdot.
The real question is whether is goes into enough technical depth, I would say. I know reading overviews and general ideas is usually very useful and helpful in the short term (perhaps to sound knowledgable in a meeting?) but would this book really give you enough "technical prowess" to write your own firewall?
That's my only real concern, but a great review nonetheless.
It sounds to me like Microsoft is going to try and sell the idea of their CLI through their semi-open source Rotor. Has anyone seen what this actually is? I haven't heard a thing about since the day I attended the .NET launch in Seattle.
If I were M$ I would be very afraid to let people see my code; as it were its never been really impressived when small snippets get released.
So, if I can teach it a repetative motion task it can do it? That should be great assuming I always put my laundry in the same place at the end of the day, the dishes on my counter and my vacuum in the same corner.
I, seriously, just got the biggest headache ever. SCO must be desperate for something to do as of late.
Does this also account for the the angle at which the foam in the wing? They don't mention it so I thought it was a question worth asking.
My understanding was that the foam glanced off the wing at high speeds and wasn't simply "shot" into it from a right angle. I may be completely wrong (and would love to be corrected) on my misunderstanding.
This obviously wasn't the same kind of foam we use to sleep on when we go camping.
They make it sound like it will be hard for him to get a job because most of his dissertation won't be published. I think that's probably completely wrong.
Even though it does suck that he can't release it in its original form; he'll have absolutely no problems finding a job. If that many large financial corporations were concerned about their communication infostructure surely one (if not all of them) are scratching to hire him.
If all he wants is money and no real academic prestige this is great. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fun to be in his position right now
I'm guessing you're right ;)
*BSD > *doze
I think so.
I don't think they show a substantial speed increase, but I think they show a larger increase than by simply ramping up the CPU clock.
I know that if I clock my Athlon higher first using the CPU multiplier, and then using the FSB, my results show that the FSB boost is far more effective. Recently AMD has had more significant FSB increases than CPU speed increases (move from DDR200, DDR333, DDR400).
That was exactly my thought. Most Heatsinks use clips that are based on retention from a certain height. That would mean that those clips would know be on using too much pressure, wouldn't they? I happen to be using some huge copper heatsink (SK6?) that mounts to the motherboard using the 4 mouting holes, so this wouldn't be a problem for me if I decided to use one. But, most people don't have those... Comments?
The link is almost as reliable as my Athlon system.
I would go further to say that those names had zero significance except for being alias' used just for contacting people in the NSA by Platform. Why give out any real names? The NSA we all know and love never has.
This guy sounds a bit paranoid to me. As far as I'm concerned it's the US Governments job to look into things like this, not his. Does he honestly think the *NSA* would buy software with huge security holes? One might wonder if the names he saw were fake in the first place; I personally doubt the *NSA* would just give them out. Or maybe I just give them more credit than they deserve...
It's about time, I reckon. If get one more:
"FREE VIAGRA SHIPPED FROM MEXICO"
or
"Re: You want to have HOT ANAL sex!!!!"
email I may drop kick my computer across the room.
What scares me is the people who don't mind this.
Maybe Intel should concentrate on memory bandwidth instead of speed. Seems to me that all these MHz increases aren't nearly as effective as speeding up the FSB. We need a new memory interface architecture, go AMD?
After you hit about 60 fps in Q3 you're not gonna notice anything else higher.
Overkill anyone?
Maybe they will start selling read-only flash cards with 96kbps MP3s on them then. And make it secure.
So we get a label saying "Cannot be ripped and distrubuted over Kazza" on our CDs from now on?
This is all an exercise is futility it seems to me. People will find a way to copy the media, no matter what. Why not use money/technology to do something a bit more useful?
Remember when you used to play wargames as a kid? Now you can do it with your very own Spy Satellite.
"Now you'll know all of your enemies moves; where they're keeping the water ballon stash, how many they have, and if that teenage girl in the house across the street is sun bathing topless again."
Not all technology is fun. Unless you are the ultimate geek.
The $10,000 question is : Is this game more fun than the original? Did they improve it in any fashon?
Seems that companies are far more interested in the graphic development rather than the gameplay as of late. I think we all know this is true, but does it matter? Why change something that works.