We consider ourselves masters of our universe, however there is so much yet to learn.
It always amazes me how a spider can weave a thread which is so strong and flexible yet for all our mastery of the earth we cannot yet reproduce its properties.
I believe we will find a pathway to the stars, whether it is a single tether or an entire webbed tower I don't know but I am not ready to give up on mans' inginuity.
Actually the problem is not binary versus none binary, its fixed length versus variable length fields and records. With old style formats, you knew that the header was 512bytes followed by 600 bytes of meta data, followed by the document sections which all indicate their size (or have some way of calculating it based upon the block type)
With XML, you get a tag opening and have to parse until the closure, this adds a lot to the complexity of reading.
Writing is slightly different, and should infact be simpler with XML even though it may be more verbose, you don't need to buffer the entire block or rewrite the section header to indicate the length, you just happily do a sequential write.
I found an article about tages which explains how it works quite nicely (infact its the discussion where the protection is essentially given an autopsy). Theres enough info there to understand the way it works.
Its all about how the disk is corrupted by having 2 index links on the disk both point at a a sector with the same identifier, but that when the disc head is travelling in one direction (as the disc rippers do) it misses completely the data hidden in the duplicated sector. The only way to find the duplicated sector is to read the disc backwards. Doing a diff on the 2 images will identify the hidden data.
Crap, I linked to the wrong article. I had seen this article and got mixed up with the site I searched (I thought it was from the reg and didn't triple check)
My apologies for searching for towels on the wrong site but I knew I had seen it somewhere, and its obviously still as valid today as it was then.
Basically a dry foam covering on the wall which could leave prints from whatever tries to climb it. Because the surface will be fragile there would be nothing to get a grip on so it would fall, its like us trying to climb a sand-dune.
You could even get a spray on compound and touchup bits which get disturbed.
If the results were needed on a regular basis then I would agree with you, but for sheer speed and flexibility you honestly cannot beat excel.
If I had to sit down for even 15 minutes writing an import for whichever data* I have been asked to process then its a waste, because in that 15 minutes I have gotten the answers to the direct question asked.
I'm certainly not going to go to the hassle of setting up a database structure and importing the fields and designing an output query just so I can find whatever I've been asked (trends, totals, graphs etc).
The job is usually a throwaway and I'll be damned if I'm going to waste my life fucking around with things for a one off. There are times however that I see multiple files in the same format (from the same customer) or require more advanced processing work, this is where the database solution comes in.
*which can come from anywhere, anytime and (now) almost any size
With the excel version you just double click on the CSV file and put a formula in column C. If theres another type of dataset, you just rinse/repeat.
Need to show a graph? no problem. Sum those fields? done. Arrange them? ok Merge with that one? alright Save them in this format? ok email the results? yer ok
I realise using Excel might be a hack, but its a damn sight better than your inflexible solution.
I hope you don't mean the flickering ones for viewing 3d movies. These things would be horrendous for that, imagine the focal length bouncing backwards and forewards 30 times a second, I bet most people would throw up within minutes.
Eyeglass wearers would be better getting a hud by using the actual ground eyeglass as a substrate for the standard LCD screen than mess around with this dynamic focusing solution.
Your point about 3 is moot. All trusted applications will be runnable.
Think of the XBOX, only signed games can run, in this scenario, microsoft are the trust authority, if a piece of software remains unsigned then it cannot be run.
However, this only gives a false sense of security because all it takes to break this is somebody finding an exploit in a data file allowing unsigned code to be read and executed.
No TCP system will ever be able to handle signing every single data file although the RIAA/MPAA would like this.
Just because one troll tries to game the system doesn't mean his voice is heard. There should be enough general lurkers around to spot the obvious gaming.
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We consider ourselves masters of our universe, however there is so much yet to learn.
It always amazes me how a spider can weave a thread which is so strong and flexible yet for all our mastery of the earth we cannot yet reproduce its properties.
I believe we will find a pathway to the stars, whether it is a single tether or an entire webbed tower I don't know but I am not ready to give up on mans' inginuity.
Actually the problem is not binary versus none binary, its fixed length versus variable length fields and records.
With old style formats, you knew that the header was 512bytes followed by 600 bytes of meta data, followed by the document sections which all indicate their size (or have some way of calculating it based upon the block type)
With XML, you get a tag opening and have to parse until the closure, this adds a lot to the complexity of reading.
Writing is slightly different, and should infact be simpler with XML even though it may be more verbose, you don't need to buffer the entire block or rewrite the section header to indicate the length, you just happily do a sequential write.
It might be faster to use the correct link where you are, but considering how I get:
/linux/faq.html was not found on this server.
404 Not Found
Error
Not Found
The requested URL
and the comments in the google groups page discovered its not working outside the US made the "apparantly" there.
I'm glad it works for you in Asia, but it doesn't work here in England.
So, use coral as your proxy :)
h tml
http://picasa.google.com.nyud.net:8080/linux/
http://picasa.google.com.nyud.net:8080/linux/faq.
Chris, looks good so far, big thanks.
While I'm not certain that the "episodic content" model will work in the long run,
Tell that to EA and the Sims franchise.
Its like a drug, my missus finds out theres a new pack out and its another hole in the credit card.
I realise the article is quite old, however as with many things, the underlying technology is likely to be variations on the theme.
Tages works to prevent casual copying and thats the main area of concern.
If its implimented with a cleaner system footprint then it is doing its job.
I found an article about tages which explains how it works quite nicely (infact its the discussion where the protection is essentially given an autopsy).
Theres enough info there to understand the way it works.
Have a read of it
Its all about how the disk is corrupted by having 2 index links on the disk both point at a a sector with the same identifier, but that when the disc head is travelling in one direction (as the disc rippers do) it misses completely the data hidden in the duplicated sector.
The only way to find the duplicated sector is to read the disc backwards.
Doing a diff on the 2 images will identify the hidden data.
(at least it sounds reasonable...)
Crap, I linked to the wrong article.
I had seen this article and got mixed up with the site I searched (I thought it was from the reg and didn't triple check)
My apologies for searching for towels on the wrong site but I knew I had seen it somewhere, and its obviously still as valid today as it was then.
I found your hypothosis intruiging, so I went out to try it.
I could not find a simple way to stop the action of the gaba in the brains without physically removing their head (a messy procedure).
I did however find that if you remove the Gaba there is no way to restart the action afterwards.
I thought the XBox couldn't do "proper" HDTV formats so why waste the money on a HDTV prize ;)
I mean, MS are currently trying to save money!
It could be like Aerogel.
Basically a dry foam covering on the wall which could leave prints from whatever tries to climb it.
Because the surface will be fragile there would be nothing to get a grip on so it would fall, its like us trying to climb a sand-dune.
You could even get a spray on compound and touchup bits which get disturbed.
If the results were needed on a regular basis then I would agree with you, but for sheer speed and flexibility you honestly cannot beat excel.
If I had to sit down for even 15 minutes writing an import for whichever data* I have been asked to process then its a waste, because in that 15 minutes I have gotten the answers to the direct question asked.
I'm certainly not going to go to the hassle of setting up a database structure and importing the fields and designing an output query just so I can find whatever I've been asked (trends, totals, graphs etc).
The job is usually a throwaway and I'll be damned if I'm going to waste my life fucking around with things for a one off.
There are times however that I see multiple files in the same format (from the same customer) or require more advanced processing work, this is where the database solution comes in.
*which can come from anywhere, anytime and (now) almost any size
Hang on, your query will return no records.
With the excel version you just double click on the CSV file and put a formula in column C.
If theres another type of dataset, you just rinse/repeat.
Need to show a graph? no problem.
Sum those fields? done.
Arrange them? ok
Merge with that one? alright
Save them in this format? ok
email the results? yer ok
I realise using Excel might be a hack, but its a damn sight better than your inflexible solution.
I've noticed when youtube movies are linked onto pages they already do the click to view thing.
I actually prefer it in this kind of context.
Captain, we are losing magnetic confinement.
we have started venting plasma from the core.
30 seconds to warp core breach.
I hope you don't mean the flickering ones for viewing 3d movies.
These things would be horrendous for that, imagine the focal length bouncing backwards and forewards 30 times a second, I bet most people would throw up within minutes.
Eyeglass wearers would be better getting a hud by using the actual ground eyeglass as a substrate for the standard LCD screen than mess around with this dynamic focusing solution.
Your point about 3 is moot.
All trusted applications will be runnable.
Think of the XBOX, only signed games can run, in this scenario, microsoft are the trust authority, if a piece of software remains unsigned then it cannot be run.
However, this only gives a false sense of security because all it takes to break this is somebody finding an exploit in a data file allowing unsigned code to be read and executed.
No TCP system will ever be able to handle signing every single data file although the RIAA/MPAA would like this.
Do you want this? [Yes] [No]
*Installs safety Browser*
Do you want me to stop? [Yes] [No]
*Installs Barbie screensaver*
Have you had enough yet? [Yes] [No]
*Installs OMG Ponies! desktop theme*
Its for Windows and Internet Explorer only :(
Why can't this run on Linux?
Moderation and group communication.
Just because one troll tries to game the system doesn't mean his voice is heard.
There should be enough general lurkers around to spot the obvious gaming.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/09/12 28221
The new article is however a derivative, because the discussion seems further on now and a site has been setup.
The ability to scan the entire sky in high resolution in one go WILL be a benefit to every other telescope on earth.
As soon as this thing detects anything strange, the other specific scopes can be aimed in that direction.
Without this, its blind luck whether an event will be witnessed.
Technically, it should be no different than driving the rovers on Mars.
You take everything as a single indivisible step and don't rush until you know the outcome of the previous one.
Damn good job this demo isn't sponsored by Real.
"As you can see, I make the incision here exposing the hear.....BUFFERING......
Actually, this is the gillette principle.
Pure repeat sales, they would love to get us to do this, but your absolutely right.
I would use a fuel cell if:
1) I can purchase a 20 gallon barrel for pence and fill up at home.
2) each refill will last much longer than current tech.