You could try be explaining the Caesar cypher and then a good encryption method (without going too much into the math). Should be pretty simple and interesting enough to get all the way through.
For anyone else who might be reading:
Caesar cypher was a weak method of encryption that just replaced each letter with the one 3 after it in the alphabet and after z, you go back to a. a=d b=e, etc... This was only secure as long as the person you're hiding your info from don't know how it works. It's very breakable and anyone who can see how it works will have no problem breaking it even if you change your shift value. On the other hand, other encryption methods don't have to be shy about how they work, and yet it takes many years with hundreds of computers to break.
Knowing how something works doesn't have to give you a way to break it, and something that's 'secret' has a chance of having major weaknesses. If the code is open, those weaknesses can be pointed out and fixed. If the code is closed, people can still find problems with the code and ways to crack it.
are you kidding me? have you been following all the cheating and instability that's been going on with nVidia's drivers lately? Every new driver seems to bring image quality down a notch
You can pick your own compile settings. Normally people don't pick these intelligently, but that's beside the point. There can be performance differences, but there are people out there who spend a ton of money on cooling for a small overclock, so what's so bad about compiling for a little extra performance?
Also, there are USE flags which can set the functionality at compile time. Want to use a program without a front end? set -X, want to use ungif instead of gif? set -gif, etc...
"install vim|emacs, openssh, and fluxbox right off the bat. it will help make the install a little less painless."
I agree with the vim|emacs point. I don't care for nano much, and I think that they can fit a few more editors onto the install CDs. I'd greatly appreciate it.
Btw, OpenSSH is on the install CD. Run "/etc/init.d/sshd start"
I like to start ssh and do the majority of the work from my laptop.
teraflops are a poor measure of performance. Since both computers use different architectures, each flop could be of different complexity, it can take more or less flops (floating point operations) to perform the same operation depending on whether you're dealing with cisc or risc.
I don't know, these remind me of the displays that Matrox used to use in its Parhelia promotions. It doesn't look like they have the pictures up any more, but they used similar looking triple LCDs.
I used to run triple monitors on my main machine (dual 19", 17") and I got used to it over a long period of time. I finally made the switch to Linux/FreeBSD on my boxes a few months ago, and after getting used to multiple desktops, I started liking that a lot better than multiple monitors. Sometimes I had more than enough programs to fill up all three monitors, and then I had to switch back and forth between programs. Sometimes I had too few programs open and I had a monitor or two just displaying a background. Using multiple desktops, I can make sure that I've got more than enough setups for my needs (I have 6 set up, but I can add more easily).
Using tabbed terminals(Gnome Terminal)/browsers (Mozilla/Galeon)/IM(GAIM)/editors (gedit/vim in terminal)/whatever makes me far more productive than multiple monitors.
UCR makes us paranoid about cheating. When they catch someone cheating, the person gets an F in the course and the choice of going to a seminar, or getting suspended for a quarter. If the person chooses to fight it, I believe he/she will be suspended for a year if the person can't prove that there wasn't cheating.
To catch cheating, they use MOSS, and an anonymous cheating report form
If you cheat twice, you're likely to get suspended for a year or get expelled.
Different size bills prevents counterfeiters from bleaching small denominations and reprinting them as larger denominations. A lot of counterfeit money is $1 bills that have been 'upgraded'. Having different size denominations also helps out blind people.
but does windowsupdate give you the option to tweak things for your individual computer? This update is not necessary, but we are given the OPTION to tweak our kernels.
Many Linux distributions have simple update systems that take care of a lot more than just IE and Windows. Did you install all your updates for MS Office? what about your AntiVirus updates? patching your games? Why do you have to go to so many different places to get patches? I can get them all in one place, and with the exception of kernel upgrades, I don't even have to reboot;)
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it sounds to me like their office suite is a rebranded OpenOffice.org, so yes, it includes an Excel and a PowerPoint clone.
I thought QT was released under the QPL
try clicking the comment number next to the time, you can see how many points they were given. This can exceed 5.
yes, they can be charged
just because the highest score shown is +5 doesn't mean that some people haven't been given more points than others.
an unlocked Barton can use whatever speed FSB your parts can handle...
look into hotplug
You could try be explaining the Caesar cypher and then a good encryption method (without going too much into the math). Should be pretty simple and interesting enough to get all the way through. For anyone else who might be reading: Caesar cypher was a weak method of encryption that just replaced each letter with the one 3 after it in the alphabet and after z, you go back to a. a=d b=e, etc... This was only secure as long as the person you're hiding your info from don't know how it works. It's very breakable and anyone who can see how it works will have no problem breaking it even if you change your shift value. On the other hand, other encryption methods don't have to be shy about how they work, and yet it takes many years with hundreds of computers to break. Knowing how something works doesn't have to give you a way to break it, and something that's 'secret' has a chance of having major weaknesses. If the code is open, those weaknesses can be pointed out and fixed. If the code is closed, people can still find problems with the code and ways to crack it.
are you kidding me? have you been following all the cheating and instability that's been going on with nVidia's drivers lately? Every new driver seems to bring image quality down a notch
read the parent to my post, he brought Gentoo into this, not me. I replied before he was modded down btw.
You can pick your own compile settings. Normally people don't pick these intelligently, but that's beside the point. There can be performance differences, but there are people out there who spend a ton of money on cooling for a small overclock, so what's so bad about compiling for a little extra performance? Also, there are USE flags which can set the functionality at compile time. Want to use a program without a front end? set -X, want to use ungif instead of gif? set -gif, etc...
"install vim|emacs, openssh, and fluxbox right off the bat. it will help make the install a little less painless." I agree with the vim|emacs point. I don't care for nano much, and I think that they can fit a few more editors onto the install CDs. I'd greatly appreciate it. Btw, OpenSSH is on the install CD. Run "/etc/init.d/sshd start" I like to start ssh and do the majority of the work from my laptop.
teraflops are a poor measure of performance. Since both computers use different architectures, each flop could be of different complexity, it can take more or less flops (floating point operations) to perform the same operation depending on whether you're dealing with cisc or risc.
I don't know, these remind me of the displays that Matrox used to use in its Parhelia promotions. It doesn't look like they have the pictures up any more, but they used similar looking triple LCDs.
I used to run triple monitors on my main machine (dual 19", 17") and I got used to it over a long period of time. I finally made the switch to Linux/FreeBSD on my boxes a few months ago, and after getting used to multiple desktops, I started liking that a lot better than multiple monitors. Sometimes I had more than enough programs to fill up all three monitors, and then I had to switch back and forth between programs. Sometimes I had too few programs open and I had a monitor or two just displaying a background. Using multiple desktops, I can make sure that I've got more than enough setups for my needs (I have 6 set up, but I can add more easily). Using tabbed terminals(Gnome Terminal)/browsers (Mozilla/Galeon)/IM(GAIM)/editors (gedit/vim in terminal)/whatever makes me far more productive than multiple monitors.
UCR makes us paranoid about cheating. When they catch someone cheating, the person gets an F in the course and the choice of going to a seminar, or getting suspended for a quarter. If the person chooses to fight it, I believe he/she will be suspended for a year if the person can't prove that there wasn't cheating.
To catch cheating, they use MOSS, and an anonymous cheating report form
If you cheat twice, you're likely to get suspended for a year or get expelled.
The policy on academic dishonesty
Different size bills prevents counterfeiters from bleaching small denominations and reprinting them as larger denominations. A lot of counterfeit money is $1 bills that have been 'upgraded'.
Having different size denominations also helps out blind people.
there's some good discussion going on in the forums: click me
I'll go with you, I'm in Riverside
maybe 2.6-test2 didn't get enough feedback for the developers to work on porting test 3-5?
"When I speak of free software, I'm referring to freedom, not price." - Richard M. Stallman
he said it's $100 for the next person to solve it, it's possible first (or whatever) place got a larger prize.
does the history really matter? shouldn't each post be modded for the merit of the post rather than the history or karma of a poster?
rename the benchmark 3dmark2003.exe
but does windowsupdate give you the option to tweak things for your individual computer? This update is not necessary, but we are given the OPTION to tweak our kernels. Many Linux distributions have simple update systems that take care of a lot more than just IE and Windows. Did you install all your updates for MS Office? what about your AntiVirus updates? patching your games? Why do you have to go to so many different places to get patches? I can get them all in one place, and with the exception of kernel upgrades, I don't even have to reboot ;)