In the classical sense, reality is independent of observation. Not so in the realm of quantum mechanics, where observation is not possible without interaction which in turn effects the state being observed/measured.
As a lay person with an engineering background, I find QM to be exceedingly weird. All our intuition stems from interaction with the classical (macroscopic) stuff around us. Trying to extend it to the quantum world is rather frustrating.
I recently took up an opportunity to attend a few lectures on introductory quantum mechanics, just to see if I can develop some intuitive understanding of quantum mechanics. My key takeaway (please correct me if I am wrong) was that in the quantum world, measuring a quantum state and interacting with a quantum state are the same thing and will almost always modify the state being measured.
There were a host of other concepts which were introduced but most of them appear to boil down to this essential difference.
Apps on the app store come in different "price tiers" from free, to $0.99, to $1.99 etc. Apple translates these prices for countries other than the USA. Mostly this is done by multiplying or dividing by the exchange rate, adding VAT where necessary, and rounding to a nice even amount (if they calculated the correct price should be £2.04 or £1.94, then the actual price will be £1.99, for example).
In what plane of existence is 1.99 "a nice even amount"?
Indeed, technology often gets blamed for handwriting's demise. But in an interesting twist, new software for touch-screen devices, such as the iPad, is starting to reinvigorate the practice."
Asimov has written several stories with a similar theme. People discovering ancient practices rendered obsolete by new technology.
Since this is a free and open source tool, it should be possible to save a copy of the key as well as the scrambled message as soon as it is received, so that it can be decrypted at any later time.
It is explicitly mentioned in the article that the aim of this is not to prevent the recipient from saving a copy. It is to prevent decryption at the lots of other places where it might be cached since the key is destroyed after a short while.
If you make the cat click on the 'I Agree' button, doesn't that make the cat the actual licensed end user, not you? Meaning you're actually using your software unlicensed (gasp!)?
AFAIK, you do not need a license to *use* the software. You need one in order to distribute it.
AFAIK, an allotrope is just a different spatial arrangement of atoms without any transfer of electrons. However, in this case, the arrangement is such that there is a transfer of charge from one set of atoms to another.
From TFA,
How can an element be ionic? Classical chemistry textbooks indicate that charge transfer occurs when atoms have different electronegativities and this automatically disqualifies pure elements as possible ionic phases. Boron finds a surprising solution to this problem â" its new structure contains two very different types of nanoclusters, B12 icosahedra (blue in the figure above) and B2 dumbbells (orange in the figure above). The electronic structures of these two clusters are very different â" in fact, the dependence of electronic properties on the size of the cluster is well known and is the main idea of nanotechnology. Electronegativities of the B12 icosahedra and B2 pairs are different, and this causes charge redistribution and the emergence of partial ionicity in this elemental structure.
People need to stop linking to printable versions... you're screwing the host by consuming their bw without giving them the courtesy of receiving a banner impression from your visit. I'm looking at you AdBlock folks too... You shouldn't penalize the sites that try to use unobtrusive advertising. That PC World site doesn't have roadblocks or expanding ads, they're fairly normal.
Yeah, right. A fairly normal site, with the actual content needlessly split into two pages and compressed into a 260px narrow column.
You create artificial shortages and cripple the hardware to keep the market from "eroding". I guess we don't don't create markets to sell products anymore. We create them for their own sake. That's quite a monster you got there.
But not without a reboot. However, from the article and the paper, it is implied that the device is intended to be used in a live scenario. No powering off, no disconnection from the network. I doubt such a thing is possible in Linux.
It also eliminates the need to seize a computer itself, which typically involves disconnecting from a network, turning off the power and potentially losing data. Instead, the investigator can scan for evidence on site.
Does it mean, you don't even have to reboot? If it is true, that means there are back doors.
Slashdot Mirror
True. However, it is ironical that doctors who are supposed to have dexterous hands have barely legible hand writing!
There are several:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Depends on what we mean by reality!
In the classical sense, reality is independent of observation. Not so in the realm of quantum mechanics, where observation is not possible without interaction which in turn effects the state being observed/measured.
https://paulromer.net/jupyter-...
But I prefer Linux because Windows, like so many other digital platforms out there today, has an agenda: to shape my behavior as a consumer.
systemd: Hold my beer...
As a lay person with an engineering background, I find QM to be exceedingly weird. All our intuition stems from interaction with the classical (macroscopic) stuff around us. Trying to extend it to the quantum world is rather frustrating.
I recently took up an opportunity to attend a few lectures on introductory quantum mechanics, just to see if I can develop some intuitive understanding of quantum mechanics. My key takeaway (please correct me if I am wrong) was that in the quantum world, measuring a quantum state and interacting with a quantum state are the same thing and will almost always modify the state being measured.
There were a host of other concepts which were introduced but most of them appear to boil down to this essential difference.
How about the government can have as much privacy as it's citizens.
I think a government should have far _less_ privacy than it's citizens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
What about GIMP, then?
Margarine is (sometimes) a butter substitute but we don't call it butter.
What about peanut butter?
Here is the link to the actual course.
Apps on the app store come in different "price tiers" from free, to $0.99, to $1.99 etc. Apple translates these prices for countries other than the USA. Mostly this is done by multiplying or dividing by the exchange rate, adding VAT where necessary, and rounding to a nice even amount (if they calculated the correct price should be £2.04 or £1.94, then the actual price will be £1.99, for example).
In what plane of existence is 1.99 "a nice even amount"?
Indeed, technology often gets blamed for handwriting's demise. But in an interesting twist, new software for touch-screen devices, such as the iPad, is starting to reinvigorate the practice."
Asimov has written several stories with a similar theme. People discovering ancient practices rendered obsolete by new technology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fun_They_Had
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power
Since this is a free and open source tool, it should be possible to save a copy of the key as well as the scrambled message as soon as it is received, so that it can be decrypted at any later time.
It is explicitly mentioned in the article that the aim of this is not to prevent the recipient from saving a copy. It is to prevent decryption at the lots of other places where it might be cached since the key is destroyed after a short while.
Here it is:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/06/09/1731238
If you make the cat click on the 'I Agree' button, doesn't that make the cat the actual licensed end user, not you? Meaning you're actually using your software unlicensed (gasp!)?
AFAIK, you do not need a license to *use* the software. You need one in order to distribute it.
AFAIK, an allotrope is just a different spatial arrangement of atoms without any transfer of electrons. However, in this case, the arrangement is such that there is a transfer of charge from one set of atoms to another.
From TFA,
How can an element be ionic? Classical chemistry textbooks indicate that charge transfer occurs when atoms have different electronegativities and this automatically disqualifies pure elements as possible ionic phases. Boron finds a surprising solution to this problem â" its new structure contains two very different types of nanoclusters, B12 icosahedra (blue in the figure above) and B2 dumbbells (orange in the figure above). The electronic structures of these two clusters are very different â" in fact, the dependence of electronic properties on the size of the cluster is well known and is the main idea of nanotechnology. Electronegativities of the B12 icosahedra and B2 pairs are different, and this causes charge redistribution and the emergence of partial ionicity in this elemental structure.
I wish this lawsuit and its implications get more publicity in the mainstream media.
From version 1 of the gimp user manual
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80821046@N00/2633127801/
Would we then have people killing each other to get there?
Yeah, right. A fairly normal site, with the actual content needlessly split into two pages and compressed into a 260px narrow column.
Here is a link to the printable version
FLOSS: I will kill your monster.
But not without a reboot. However, from the article and the paper, it is implied that the device is intended to be used in a live scenario. No powering off, no disconnection from the network. I doubt such a thing is possible in Linux.
It also eliminates the need to seize a computer itself, which typically involves disconnecting from a network, turning off the power and potentially losing data. Instead, the investigator can scan for evidence on site.
Does it mean, you don't even have to reboot? If it is true, that means there are back doors.