I think the reason is that when computers gained mainstream acceptance, these were the names that stuck. A Pentium is the same as a processor to people who's not interested in these things.
And btw, it's IBM and Motorola who names the PowerPC processors, not Apple.
Even if this is a blatant troll, he's got a point with number 4) (no, not the NATO bs)
The security of X is horrible. How many networks have been compromised by 'xhost +'? It should at least print a warning that by doing this, the whole world will be able to monitor your every keypress.
However, the state of toolkits under X is now quite a mess. How many of them are there again? 15? 20? All with their own look and feel, and all with their own pain in the ass dependencies. It's not enough that GTK and QT is somewhat of a standard. That's still one toolkit too many.
Ideally, there should be one standard toolkit api that is easily extensible by developers (ie a very flexible widget system), easily reconfigurable by the users (one standard look and feel, that "power users" can change).
Considering that the space elevator is just very slightly beyond the pipe dream stage, yes.
You won't see the end of rocket delivered sattelites for some years to come. I'm sure companies aren't putting their sattelites on hold, only beacause there might be a space elevator some day.
I think you're confusing things here. The sms virus you're probably thinking of, was never a real virus, just a badly formatted message that would crash certain (old) Nokia phones.
When they talk about viruses here, I think they're probably talking about viruses in the infrastructure.
Computer crashing, Ukraine-style
Contestants enjoyed the "creative destruction"
Over 300 self-confessed computer addicts have participated in a competition in the central Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya to destroy their own hardware in a spectacular fashion.
The event, dubbed the "First Open Computer Destruction Championship", was organised by a local FM radio station with the professed aim of raising young people's awareness of the dangers of spending too much time in front of a computer.
The competition comprised three main events - throwing a keyboard, kicking a computer mouse, and the most popular, the "creative destruction" of computer monitors.
The crowd cheered as cars were used to run over system boxes.
Ironically, the winners in each event received new computer hardware.
'Liberated'
Participants told Ukrainian TV that they felt better after destroying their equipment.
Radio engineer Yevhen Hrytsenko, who won the keyboard-throwing event with a result of 40.2 metres (132 feet), said he felt "liberated from computer addiction".
A user ready to "reboot" her mouse
"Just recently I busted my monitor at home. I was so angry at it, luckily I didn't destroy the keyboard, so I could throw it here today," he said.
Another participant agreed computers could be cumbersome: "I am so sick of these computers, all we do is just sit and type on them."
Another added: "After sitting at the keyboard all day, I needed revenge."
But in a country with an average annual income of about $700, a computer is still very much a luxury.
Only some 4% of the Ukrainian population are known to be active internet users.
BBC Monitoring, based in Caversham in southern England, selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages.
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The best record companies are:
And basicly any other label that release anything but the old trite rock music. Rock is dead.
You really should open ports tcp 135, 139 and 445.
Point being that AMD already sells 64 bit processors. No add-on needed.
Of course, I did too, but did you do so even after 486dx'es were sold seperately?
And how many consumers are going to buy this, open their box and plugin another processor module?
I think the reason is that when computers gained mainstream acceptance, these were the names that stuck. A Pentium is the same as a processor to people who's not interested in these things.
And btw, it's IBM and Motorola who names the PowerPC processors, not Apple.
An add-on module with 64 bit extensions? Does that sound crazy as crazy to everybody else as it does to me?
For example, how many here actually ever bought a math co-processor after there were processors with this built in?
English is not my native language, but I have no problems reading that.
However, wtf is 'paomnnehil' meant to be? 'Phenominal'?
Even if this is a blatant troll, he's got a point with number 4) (no, not the NATO bs)
The security of X is horrible. How many networks have been compromised by 'xhost +'? It should at least print a warning that by doing this, the whole world will be able to monitor your every keypress.
I agree to some extent.
However, the state of toolkits under X is now quite a mess. How many of them are there again? 15? 20? All with their own look and feel, and all with their own pain in the ass dependencies. It's not enough that GTK and QT is somewhat of a standard. That's still one toolkit too many.
Ideally, there should be one standard toolkit api that is easily extensible by developers (ie a very flexible widget system), easily reconfigurable by the users (one standard look and feel, that "power users" can change).
of this system, compared to others, is that it is so low level as to be filesystem agnostic.
As long as AES is considered to have decent security, this system could be used.
Wasn't criticizing, just providing a point of reference that people would recognise.
They mention in the article that this would greatly benefit vehicles like the Space Shuttle.
Considering that the space elevator is just very slightly beyond the pipe dream stage, yes.
You won't see the end of rocket delivered sattelites for some years to come. I'm sure companies aren't putting their sattelites on hold, only beacause there might be a space elevator some day.
The sea level thrust of this engince (204,420 lbf) is equivalent to 900,404 Newtons.
In comparison, the Space Shuttle engines produce 2,174,286 Newtons at sea level.
I think you're confusing things here. The sms virus you're probably thinking of, was never a real virus, just a badly formatted message that would crash certain (old) Nokia phones.
When they talk about viruses here, I think they're probably talking about viruses in the infrastructure.
as a strong hash function.
I thought this was a bad idea, since RSA is non probabilistic. When used as a hash, you've got neither semantic security nor indistinguishability.
Didn't read what they used the hash for though.
So, you're not new here, you're just stupid?
I'm guessing you're new here..
lol, windows and suicide.
as we all know, that big box is the hard disk
actually, in the us that's not half bad.
I bet some hungry code monkeys will rush to the challenge
we don't have no stinking communist unions over here you know
oh, it's the british broadcasting corporation? I thought it was the broadcasting corporation of bhutan. my bad.
or maybe I was implying that the uk is a third world country (compared to the US)
anybody with an iq of 165 should understand that his sig is just a troll. or maybe iq isn't the measure for intelligence it's made out to be.. hm.
Yeah yeah, calm down.
And that a third world (uhkay) regional tv channel would be slashdotted isn't exactly impossible.
Computer crashing, Ukraine-style Contestants enjoyed the "creative destruction" Over 300 self-confessed computer addicts have participated in a competition in the central Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya to destroy their own hardware in a spectacular fashion. The event, dubbed the "First Open Computer Destruction Championship", was organised by a local FM radio station with the professed aim of raising young people's awareness of the dangers of spending too much time in front of a computer. The competition comprised three main events - throwing a keyboard, kicking a computer mouse, and the most popular, the "creative destruction" of computer monitors. The crowd cheered as cars were used to run over system boxes. Ironically, the winners in each event received new computer hardware. 'Liberated' Participants told Ukrainian TV that they felt better after destroying their equipment. Radio engineer Yevhen Hrytsenko, who won the keyboard-throwing event with a result of 40.2 metres (132 feet), said he felt "liberated from computer addiction". A user ready to "reboot" her mouse "Just recently I busted my monitor at home. I was so angry at it, luckily I didn't destroy the keyboard, so I could throw it here today," he said. Another participant agreed computers could be cumbersome: "I am so sick of these computers, all we do is just sit and type on them." Another added: "After sitting at the keyboard all day, I needed revenge." But in a country with an average annual income of about $700, a computer is still very much a luxury. Only some 4% of the Ukrainian population are known to be active internet users. BBC Monitoring, based in Caversham in southern England, selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages.