How many videocards will be able to run 3840x1024 on a frequency of 85 Hz? Because that is what you would need if you used triple 19" CRT monitors. With TFT's you can get away with 60, 70 or 72 Hz without degrading picture quality. CRT's also produce a lot of heat and use a lot of energy. Besides that, who would still want his desk to be occupied with 3 CRT's while you can get decent 1280x1024 17" TFT's at decent prices?
Hey, it's not that old, wait for it to improve. Or maybe help a little. I think it does most things pretty good, but the performance can be a bit lacking, mostly due to the way the schema's are checked. Sometimes Eclipse tends to rebuild a bit too much. That is a long standing issue. I think it is already pretty cool, and beats a lot of XML editors out there. Try the Ant XML build file support as well, including code completion (!).
"I am not a fan of the current administration's policies towards the release of papers and research on climate change."
Excuse me? If anything, science should be open to anybody - maybe excluding some research with far reaching information on building weapons. If it's for or against measures against climate change - that should not matter.
"The sysinternals guys seem to know Windows better than MS. Cool people to know if you are forced to use MS operating systems."
Definately. They also make utilities like ProcessExplorer (blocked by badly configured company firewalls, unfortunately), which can actually tell you the description and location of the process that is stuck. Or the application that is keeping your file hostage. Or which application started up which Java VM. Or which DLL's are currently loaded. Well, all the functionality that you would expect in your OS in the first place. Not that linux fares so much better with process management...
"The cost of the Iraq War, along with all other DoD-related expenses (including funding the entire military) is small potatoes compared to spending on social programs. If you really want to free up money in the Federal budget, make real cuts to programs like corporate subsidies, personal welfare, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other such programs."
Yeah, just let those people rot (except the corporate subsidies, but I would be reluctant to cut too many of those as well - they should be linked to world affairs).
Anyway, the suggestion was to free up money for "above initiatives". I presume there is enough money in the war in Iraq or the DoD to do just that. You're trying to shift the focus of the discussion altogether with your comment. The gist was that there is money available for these kind of initiatives if the political will is there.
Yes, because this, of all things, is not a one time pad. It's more in the line of choosing a book and encrypt the data with that. Age old, quite effective, but unnecessary in this day and age where you have AES-256 (or even Serpent-256 if you are really conservative).
"That's not randomness at all. It only seems random -> An interesting assertion, but without any backing evidence."
No, for a cryptographer to use it they must make it very, very likely that this source generates true random numbers. This is pretty hard to do (as mentioned, randomness is hard to prove). Just saying that there is no evidence to the contrary is not enough. If there are doubts about the randomness of the source, forget any use whatsoever.
I've got the same, for 600 euro's (which, believe it or not, is cheap here in Europe) - although that included shipping and the sound bar. It's major drawback is that of most TFT's: significant light leakage. It's pretty uniform though, although the corners leak slightly more light. As you said: no stuck pixels, great ergonomics, good value. Lovely for text oriented stuff such as programming and reading slashdot. At least this site is not stuck on 800 x 600 as some sites are. Shame of the 1650 x 1050 pixels, otherwise.
I've never experienced the problem you've described. I must say that it does sound as a configuration problem if the USB and the lights on the front remain on. Otherwise, you might have a problem with the (build in) power supply.
"Interfer enough so data is unusable, then they have to resend. Repeat as much as possible. Isn't having multiple versions of secret data floating around a bad thing?"
Not if that data is encrypted using a true one time pad.
That means that the burn time for a single disk is still something like 4 hours (minimum). That's a lot, but probably good enough for overnight backups.
"...perfect example of one of the reasons that the French did not want to allow themselves to be painted, by a sensationalist Arab press, as being anti-Muslim in their foreign relations..."
And with good reason. But I think that would go for any nation at this point in time. Like it or not, the Arab world is growing and countries need to think or rethink their relation to the Arab world. I am the last to to support or like any religion, but there it is.
"You'd think Germany, of all places, would know better (I hope that comment didn't invoke Godwin)."
You would think that the USA, of all places, would have learned what invading a country really means. I think that the only real change from such a situation should come from within a country. That would mean less regulation (which really entrenches governments, as history has shown) and trying to help the Iraqi's build a better country. Iraq is a very difficult country to reign. Sadam only just managed it by being pretty brutal. Not that that indemnifies him, but I believe the situation was definately better than it is now. Since you already mentioned Godwin, I can safely say that Sadam was far from a Hitler. He mostly really oppressed his people to stay in power (from what I can surmise).
"now that Saddam would have still be in exactly the same situation (only more entrenched and richer) if he had been handled according to, say, French or German dictates on the matter"
Yes, he would have. But is this a better situation? And why save Iraq, there are plenty, much less divided countries to "safe". Lets hope the USA learned its lesson and won't try to save those either. I am not too worried, most of them don't contain any oil.
"Did you prefer the Taliban running Afghanistan?"
Of course not, and I have much less problems with invading Afganistan. There was nothing to mess up worse than it already was. But to say that it was an altruist action by the USA, neh. I really, really hope that those girls can do something positive with their education, and that the country won't return to chaos (it is going the wrong way at the moment).
The point of such inane regimes is to replace chaos/war (which is probably worse). To help the countries one should try and remove poverty instead of attacking the ones to run the country. Because that is restoring chaos and, unfortunately, war.
"You mean France? Germany? Russia? You know, the ones with substantial (and ongoing) cash-generating relationships with Saddam?"
Check out the number of transactions between the USA and Iraq as well, specifically a few years before the USA attacked Iraq.
"Or were you thinking of the high number of Islamist-types that have set up camp in Germany and France, where it's increasingly politically difficult to do anything that might offend them, or even just give them an excuse to act offended (see recent riots in France, see the complete de-clawing of any law enforcement in Germany, as it relates to dealing with radicalized, militant foreigners living locally on the dole while they plot things like 9-11... which is exactly what happened)"
What a complete and utter BS. What have those French riots to do with Iraq? De-clawing of any law enforcement in Germany? Have you ever even been there? And you can plot things like 9-11 almost anywhere. You could even get pilot training in the US to go for it if you wanted to...which is exactly what happened (yuk, yes, that last part really made it true, now, didn't it).
"Or, you could remind yourself of the number of countries that saw the same intel, and very much pitched in. You could even remind yourself of the security council votes that gave Saddam one last chance lest he face dire consequences. It's not "most of these countries," it's more like a minority of them. Places like eastern Europe, more recently familiar with living under tyrants like Saddam, were and still are all for removing him from power."
Dire consequences maybe, but not war. And nobody really supported the completely idiotic "prove that you don't have them" coming from the USA. Places like eastern Europe? You don't understand anything about politics if you think that they gave a fuck about Sadam. That was simple power play by Bush. If you think that they gave their support for nothing in return, you are quite mistaken. And even then it was support in words only, not that many eastern European soldiers there in Iraq, now are there.
"If you want to get upset about something, get upset about where all of Saddam's toys went (ahem: check in Syria, which is full of his people, his money, and many shipments of his WMD-related goodies and technology)."
Right, I believe you got most of your most wanted list in prison, or indeed killed. There is no reason why Siria, or even Iraq would want to deploy WMD's anyway. If they really wanted to deploy WMD's, or hurt the USA or Israel, they could have already done so in the last 20 years. Of course they would be bombed into tiny radioactive particles right after, but hey, what else is new?
All this talks simply takes away the focus of the reason why Europe and many other countries don't support the USA. They know it is simply about power and, specifically, oil and gas. That's why Iraq invaded Quwait, why Bush invaded Iraq and why even Afganistan was so important. It's all about USA, no, Texan companies taking control.
"It will never be possible to write as efficiently (execution time), as in a more direct language.."
Well, obviously, theoretically you're right. But in practice some Java applications that run under JIT can actually go faster as, e.g. C++ code. Especially if you take some common coding practices in C++ (heavy use of copying constructors etc).
If you like performance, try the 1.6 VM (beta)! Although it should make much more of a difference on a Windows box really. The code speedup that I got was about 50% for a heavily algorithmic application (cryptographic, mostly SHA-1, unoptimized). I presume it has to do with the better register handling of the VM. This is one of the fun things about Java, it can get faster without recompilation of any source code.
In the Netherlands, the most obvious PIN's are removed from the possible PIN pool, afaik. So you cannot get a PIN with the combination 1234. Although my previous PIN has 3x the same digit in a row, and one up front (so now you have a 1/15 chance to crack my old PIN, assuming 6 tries). So there might be some 10-100 combinations missing from the 10,000 possibilities (4 digits), not a big deal.
Wow, that's weird. You should think about security *before* being run over by a rootkit. These guys think you can combat a rootkit *after* it has been installed? Furthermore, I would say that the kernel is the inner layer, not the outer layer. And to top it off, you never control the hardware itself, unless you are talking about levers. I've not actually touched my computer for over a week. And my CPU? Never (it's pretty hard to get at, and it has tiny, tiny levers).
Doesn't matter. Most people won't notice the performance penalty anyway. Especially true for office machines. How many applications that a normal user runs would need the current performance figures? Anser: none, maybe except games.
And I pitty the fool who has bad game performance and starts complaining about a non-detectable root-kit installation to his neighbour. More likely, they spend 4 hours trying to resolve this, and then go off to buy a new PC.
If it is named the same, people would expect that it has the same purpose. Now we have just a version number difference, even if it is a highest level version number. Maybe we should name it the GSL or GRMSL instead. Then we should have less problems with it:)
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How many videocards will be able to run 3840x1024 on a frequency of 85 Hz? Because that is what you would need if you used triple 19" CRT monitors. With TFT's you can get away with 60, 70 or 72 Hz without degrading picture quality. CRT's also produce a lot of heat and use a lot of energy. Besides that, who would still want his desk to be occupied with 3 CRT's while you can get decent 1280x1024 17" TFT's at decent prices?
"I think most drivers would notice you setting attempting to set them on fire, whether your clothes wre soaked in gasoline or not. :)"
Dunno, I would not try that on a freeway [pictures a forlorn guy standing with a single lit match on the left lane of a freeway].
Hey, it's not that old, wait for it to improve. Or maybe help a little. I think it does most things pretty good, but the performance can be a bit lacking, mostly due to the way the schema's are checked. Sometimes Eclipse tends to rebuild a bit too much. That is a long standing issue. I think it is already pretty cool, and beats a lot of XML editors out there. Try the Ant XML build file support as well, including code completion (!).
"I am not a fan of the current administration's policies towards the release of papers and research on climate change."
Excuse me? If anything, science should be open to anybody - maybe excluding some research with far reaching information on building weapons. If it's for or against measures against climate change - that should not matter.
RIP Master Monkey? Snuff?
Nice argument, but the kid could always "forget" to take the phone with him/her.
"The sysinternals guys seem to know Windows better than MS. Cool people to know if you are forced to use MS operating systems."
Definately. They also make utilities like ProcessExplorer (blocked by badly configured company firewalls, unfortunately), which can actually tell you the description and location of the process that is stuck. Or the application that is keeping your file hostage. Or which application started up which Java VM. Or which DLL's are currently loaded. Well, all the functionality that you would expect in your OS in the first place. Not that linux fares so much better with process management...
I vote for Glasswire to try and rewrite most of the core utilities within the Linux system. Stop yapping and start typing.
"The cost of the Iraq War, along with all other DoD-related expenses (including funding the entire military) is small potatoes compared to spending on social programs. If you really want to free up money in the Federal budget, make real cuts to programs like corporate subsidies, personal welfare, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other such programs."
Yeah, just let those people rot (except the corporate subsidies, but I would be reluctant to cut too many of those as well - they should be linked to world affairs).
Anyway, the suggestion was to free up money for "above initiatives". I presume there is enough money in the war in Iraq or the DoD to do just that. You're trying to shift the focus of the discussion altogether with your comment. The gist was that there is money available for these kind of initiatives if the political will is there.
Yes, because this, of all things, is not a one time pad. It's more in the line of choosing a book and encrypt the data with that. Age old, quite effective, but unnecessary in this day and age where you have AES-256 (or even Serpent-256 if you are really conservative).
"That's not randomness at all. It only seems random -> An interesting assertion, but without any backing evidence."
No, for a cryptographer to use it they must make it very, very likely that this source generates true random numbers. This is pretty hard to do (as mentioned, randomness is hard to prove). Just saying that there is no evidence to the contrary is not enough. If there are doubts about the randomness of the source, forget any use whatsoever.
I've got the same, for 600 euro's (which, believe it or not, is cheap here in Europe) - although that included shipping and the sound bar. It's major drawback is that of most TFT's: significant light leakage. It's pretty uniform though, although the corners leak slightly more light. As you said: no stuck pixels, great ergonomics, good value. Lovely for text oriented stuff such as programming and reading slashdot. At least this site is not stuck on 800 x 600 as some sites are. Shame of the 1650 x 1050 pixels, otherwise.
I've never experienced the problem you've described. I must say that it does sound as a configuration problem if the USB and the lights on the front remain on. Otherwise, you might have a problem with the (build in) power supply.
"Interfer enough so data is unusable, then they have to resend. Repeat as much as possible. Isn't having multiple versions of secret data floating around a bad thing?"
Not if that data is encrypted using a true one time pad.
That means that the burn time for a single disk is still something like 4 hours (minimum). That's a lot, but probably good enough for overnight backups.
"...perfect example of one of the reasons that the French did not want to allow themselves to be painted, by a sensationalist Arab press, as being anti-Muslim in their foreign relations..."
And with good reason. But I think that would go for any nation at this point in time. Like it or not, the Arab world is growing and countries need to think or rethink their relation to the Arab world. I am the last to to support or like any religion, but there it is.
"You'd think Germany, of all places, would know better (I hope that comment didn't invoke Godwin)."
You would think that the USA, of all places, would have learned what invading a country really means. I think that the only real change from such a situation should come from within a country. That would mean less regulation (which really entrenches governments, as history has shown) and trying to help the Iraqi's build a better country. Iraq is a very difficult country to reign. Sadam only just managed it by being pretty brutal. Not that that indemnifies him, but I believe the situation was definately better than it is now. Since you already mentioned Godwin, I can safely say that Sadam was far from a Hitler. He mostly really oppressed his people to stay in power (from what I can surmise).
"now that Saddam would have still be in exactly the same situation (only more entrenched and richer) if he had been handled according to, say, French or German dictates on the matter"
Yes, he would have. But is this a better situation? And why save Iraq, there are plenty, much less divided countries to "safe". Lets hope the USA learned its lesson and won't try to save those either. I am not too worried, most of them don't contain any oil.
"Did you prefer the Taliban running Afghanistan?"
Of course not, and I have much less problems with invading Afganistan. There was nothing to mess up worse than it already was. But to say that it was an altruist action by the USA, neh. I really, really hope that those girls can do something positive with their education, and that the country won't return to chaos (it is going the wrong way at the moment).
The point of such inane regimes is to replace chaos/war (which is probably worse). To help the countries one should try and remove poverty instead of attacking the ones to run the country. Because that is restoring chaos and, unfortunately, war.
"Admin'ing that box is sooo boring it just chuncks away. Zero issues."
:)
Sounds like famous last words to me. Better knock on wood or something
"You mean France? Germany? Russia? You know, the ones with substantial (and ongoing) cash-generating relationships with Saddam?"
Check out the number of transactions between the USA and Iraq as well, specifically a few years before the USA attacked Iraq.
"Or were you thinking of the high number of Islamist-types that have set up camp in Germany and France, where it's increasingly politically difficult to do anything that might offend them, or even just give them an excuse to act offended (see recent riots in France, see the complete de-clawing of any law enforcement in Germany, as it relates to dealing with radicalized, militant foreigners living locally on the dole while they plot things like 9-11... which is exactly what happened)"
What a complete and utter BS. What have those French riots to do with Iraq? De-clawing of any law enforcement in Germany? Have you ever even been there? And you can plot things like 9-11 almost anywhere. You could even get pilot training in the US to go for it if you wanted to...which is exactly what happened (yuk, yes, that last part really made it true, now, didn't it).
"Or, you could remind yourself of the number of countries that saw the same intel, and very much pitched in. You could even remind yourself of the security council votes that gave Saddam one last chance lest he face dire consequences. It's not "most of these countries," it's more like a minority of them. Places like eastern Europe, more recently familiar with living under tyrants like Saddam, were and still are all for removing him from power."
Dire consequences maybe, but not war. And nobody really supported the completely idiotic "prove that you don't have them" coming from the USA. Places like eastern Europe? You don't understand anything about politics if you think that they gave a fuck about Sadam. That was simple power play by Bush. If you think that they gave their support for nothing in return, you are quite mistaken. And even then it was support in words only, not that many eastern European soldiers there in Iraq, now are there.
"If you want to get upset about something, get upset about where all of Saddam's toys went (ahem: check in Syria, which is full of his people, his money, and many shipments of his WMD-related goodies and technology)."
Right, I believe you got most of your most wanted list in prison, or indeed killed. There is no reason why Siria, or even Iraq would want to deploy WMD's anyway. If they really wanted to deploy WMD's, or hurt the USA or Israel, they could have already done so in the last 20 years. Of course they would be bombed into tiny radioactive particles right after, but hey, what else is new?
All this talks simply takes away the focus of the reason why Europe and many other countries don't support the USA. They know it is simply about power and, specifically, oil and gas. That's why Iraq invaded Quwait, why Bush invaded Iraq and why even Afganistan was so important. It's all about USA, no, Texan companies taking control.
"It will never be possible to write as efficiently (execution time), as
in a more direct language.."
Well, obviously, theoretically you're right. But in practice some Java applications that run under JIT can actually go faster as, e.g. C++ code. Especially if you take some common coding practices in C++ (heavy use of copying constructors etc).
If you like performance, try the 1.6 VM (beta)! Although it should make much more of a difference on a Windows box really. The code speedup that I got was about 50% for a heavily algorithmic application (cryptographic, mostly SHA-1, unoptimized). I presume it has to do with the better register handling of the VM. This is one of the fun things about Java, it can get faster without recompilation of any source code.
In the Netherlands, the most obvious PIN's are removed from the possible PIN pool, afaik. So you cannot get a PIN with the combination 1234. Although my previous PIN has 3x the same digit in a row, and one up front (so now you have a 1/15 chance to crack my old PIN, assuming 6 tries). So there might be some 10-100 combinations missing from the 10,000 possibilities (4 digits), not a big deal.
For the sake of comparison, I run a 53 Watt PSU on this system, which draws about 12 Watts from the wall. Yaay * 8 for cool-running VIAs!
Wow, that's weird. You should think about security *before* being run over by a rootkit. These guys think you can combat a rootkit *after* it has been installed? Furthermore, I would say that the kernel is the inner layer, not the outer layer. And to top it off, you never control the hardware itself, unless you are talking about levers. I've not actually touched my computer for over a week. And my CPU? Never (it's pretty hard to get at, and it has tiny, tiny levers).
Doesn't matter. Most people won't notice the performance penalty anyway. Especially true for office machines. How many applications that a normal user runs would need the current performance figures? Anser: none, maybe except games.
And I pitty the fool who has bad game performance and starts complaining about a non-detectable root-kit installation to his neighbour. More likely, they spend 4 hours trying to resolve this, and then go off to buy a new PC.
"Not only is it installed on a strong majority of Linux-based systems, but also on a large number of traditional Unix systems elsewhere."
Don't forget the cygwin install base, although it might not amount to that much, and they might not have gcc installed.
If it is named the same, people would expect that it has the same purpose. Now we have just a version number difference, even if it is a highest level version number. Maybe we should name it the GSL or GRMSL instead. Then we should have less problems with it :)