I heard "mammoth" is just NSA slang for gigaabyte .
The mammoth DNA has been sequenced - 4 billion base pairs, each pair is two bits. 1GB. So this guy simply made "offsite backups" of one mammoth per day, on average.
There is a difference of reporting truth with bias (CNN) and outright bullshit (Fox News)
The "outright bullshit" would be the Daily Mail.
Fox is somewhere in between. While CNN lets its bias show, the Fox has a very deliberate bias, and pushes its agenda. But outside the opinion pieces, they to seem to try and avoid outright bullshit. But Daily Mail just doesn't care.
Its worse than that. Fingerprints are not hashable. So when somebody hacks the British Rail database, millions of fingerprints may hit the black market.
I have been reading the IMDB forums for about 15 years,...
Its a shame you newbies will never know how awesome the IMDB used to be. I think the rot started when they moved from Usenet to the WWW. Then came AOL and the unwashed masses.
Cell towers are mostly owned by independents, who provide a service to all carriers from the same tower... use them on any network you like by changing the SIM card.
Cool. And you have number portability, so it sounds like the regulator is not completely useless.
compared sugar to cocaine and concluded that sugar may be more addictive.
What a pointless comparison. Neither cocaine nor sugar are at all addictive like tobacco. Sure, sugar hits the reward centres of the brain, but its a very stretched analogy. You cannot treat obesity with Naltrexone.
But the relevant point is: governments are willing to listen to health lobbyists on tobacco only because the ideas have long had strong public support. There is no support for similar alcohol restrictions, let alone something as stupid as a sugar tax. Whether sugar is actually as evil as you make out is irrelevant to the question.
How long will it take the government to extend this to diet and other lifestyles?
We have had a high tax on alcoholic spirits since forever. This succeeds in getting people to drink beer and wine instead, which supposedly reduces harm. More recently, a similar tax has been applied to "alcopops" - sugary pre-mixed drinks. But beer and wine? Not a chance.
Fat tax is a silly "thin end of the wedge" argument. But there has been pressure on fast-food businesses to offer healthier options at the same price.
Cigarette tax is the only one that has broad support. Even smokers want to quit. So no, will not be extended.
Labelling someone as a "racist bigot" is typically an act of bigotry itself, oh the irony.
Bigotry is defined as "intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself.".
So if someone is anti-immigration because they do not want their country to change, that is just plain old conservatism. You may well disagree, but call them racist and you become a bigot.
Obvious? The obvious joke to a normal human would be a "The Island of Doctor Moreau" reference.
I had to google to find otherwise. South Park? I had kids and watched them grow in adults since that show was funny. Next you'll be telling me The Simpsons or Family Guy is still in production.
Nobody "owns" the movies, not even the studios. You just buy limited rights. You are quibbling. OK, Netflix is time-limited, and removing DRM would allow people to build a library at home. But that's already dead-easy from bittorrent etc etc. What does the DRM achieve? It certainly does not limit piracy. It does stop anyone making a non-approved client, which might remove control from Netflix (change the promoted new shows). Maybe Amazon would sell subsidised Netflix boxes with adverts? But you can stop that by law, no DRM needed.
People are happy to pay for Netflix for the convenience, added services (info, recommendations,...) and reasonable prices. Removing DRM will not change that. In fact it may become even more convenient fore many people. With an open API, there will be lots of new and better ways to watch Netflix (as well as lots of bad, buggy ones.)
I like to use the browser plugin that adds data from IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes and links to reviews. With an open system, you could have all that and more on other clients such as Android or IOS.
Now you are getting into game theory. Democracy breaks down if we all act in our own self interest. But I guess it has already broken down given that someone so unpopular and unpredictable has made it to office. I wish you guys good luck.
I voted on no less than TWENTY THREE items. Some national, some state, some local.... Sure, the presidential and senatorial races are mostly pre-decided,
Wow, seriously!? I had no idea. Our federal elections have just two items: local representative, and state senator. Referendums are rare.
Many of the local results (as an example, a bond referrendum to build a new police station)
Isn't that what you elect parliament to decide?
If you let people vote on everything, they will say yes to most spending, and no to taxes, so the gov't ends up in massive debt. Is that how you want the US gov't to be?... Oh wait.
Has anyone calculated the chances of the election being won by a single vote?
And if you are in a safe red/blue state, like the majority of Americans, the chances of your vote making a difference to the electoral college are zero.
Even at the local level, thanks to rampant gerrymandering in the US, you are most likely in a "safe" seat, where the election is predetermined formality.
Bothering to vote is not really a rational choice. You are better off spending your energy on trying to influence others votes.
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I heard "mammoth" is just NSA slang for gigaabyte .
The mammoth DNA has been sequenced - 4 billion base pairs, each pair is two bits. 1GB.
So this guy simply made "offsite backups" of one mammoth per day, on average.
There is a difference of reporting truth with bias (CNN) and outright bullshit (Fox News)
The "outright bullshit" would be the Daily Mail.
Fox is somewhere in between. While CNN lets its bias show, the Fox has a very deliberate bias, and pushes its agenda. But outside the opinion pieces, they to seem to try and avoid outright bullshit. But Daily Mail just doesn't care.
Its worse than that. Fingerprints are not hashable. So when somebody hacks the British Rail database, millions of fingerprints may hit the black market.
And you know you should never re-use passwords.
Honest question: Am I not supposed to use recursion?
It depends. See https://developers.slashdot.or...
If you're implying that Trump is some how anti-semetic or anti-Jewish ...
Trump is not anti-Jewish*, but he sure does not like the other semites. Excpet the Saudis - they're good for business. Love the Untied States.
* Trump made Steve Bannon leave his white hood at home.
In 4 years please.
If a giant asteroid was a heading toward Earth, would you rather use what little time you had left, or sleep through it and die without knowing?
I have been reading the IMDB forums for about 15 years, ...
Its a shame you newbies will never know how awesome the IMDB used to be.
I think the rot started when they moved from Usenet to the WWW. Then came AOL and the unwashed masses.
No, but if you cant be bothered to log in ...
No worries mate. She'll be right.
Actually, in the UK:
Cell towers are mostly owned by independents, who provide a service to all carriers from the same tower ... use them on any network you like by changing the SIM card.
Cool. And you have number portability, so it sounds like the regulator is not completely useless.
Now I have to wonder when the Greatest Nation on Earth is going to do the same.
What you talkin' bout? We never had roaming charges anywhere within the continent. Though it does help that the whole continent is one country.
compared sugar to cocaine and concluded that sugar may be more addictive.
What a pointless comparison. Neither cocaine nor sugar are at all addictive like tobacco.
Sure, sugar hits the reward centres of the brain, but its a very stretched analogy. You cannot treat obesity with Naltrexone.
But the relevant point is: governments are willing to listen to health lobbyists on tobacco only because the ideas have long had strong public support. There is no support for similar alcohol restrictions, let alone something as stupid as a sugar tax. Whether sugar is actually as evil as you make out is irrelevant to the question.
How long will it take the government to extend this to diet and other lifestyles?
We have had a high tax on alcoholic spirits since forever. This succeeds in getting people to drink beer and wine instead, which supposedly reduces harm.
More recently, a similar tax has been applied to "alcopops" - sugary pre-mixed drinks. But beer and wine? Not a chance.
Fat tax is a silly "thin end of the wedge" argument. But there has been pressure on fast-food businesses to offer healthier options at the same price.
Cigarette tax is the only one that has broad support. Even smokers want to quit. So no, will not be extended.
GUI? We don't need no stinkin' GUI!
# mkdir junk .... junk
# mv file1 dir2
# ls -la junk
Look carefully!!
# rm -rf junk
... thousands of /.ers around the World stop to stare blankly at their bowl of Corn Flakes (or whatever breakfast cereal) ...
Corn Flakes have added Niacin (B3), so I assume that Kellogs are already aware of the cannibal apocalypse potential.
And "bigotry" isn't limited to racism.
Labelling someone as a "racist bigot" is typically an act of bigotry itself, oh the irony.
Bigotry is defined as "intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself.".
So if someone is anti-immigration because they do not want their country to change, that is just plain old conservatism.
You may well disagree, but call them racist and you become a bigot.
Attempting to read the article made me feel dumb.
So I read the comments, and now feel like a genius.
Obvious? The obvious joke to a normal human would be a "The Island of Doctor Moreau" reference.
I had to google to find otherwise. South Park? I had kids and watched them grow in adults since that show was funny.
Next you'll be telling me The Simpsons or Family Guy is still in production.
Nobody "owns" the movies, not even the studios. You just buy limited rights. You are quibbling.
OK, Netflix is time-limited, and removing DRM would allow people to build a library at home. But that's already dead-easy from bittorrent etc etc.
What does the DRM achieve? It certainly does not limit piracy. It does stop anyone making a non-approved client, which might remove control from Netflix (change the promoted new shows). Maybe Amazon would sell subsidised Netflix boxes with adverts? But you can stop that by law, no DRM needed.
People are happy to pay for Netflix for the convenience, added services (info, recommendations, ...) and reasonable prices.
Removing DRM will not change that. In fact it may become even more convenient fore many people. With an open API, there will be lots of new and better ways to watch Netflix (as well as lots of bad, buggy ones.)
I like to use the browser plugin that adds data from IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes and links to reviews. With an open system, you could have all that and more on other clients such as Android or IOS.
Why is anyone buying when it is out of copyright in parts of Oceania?
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au...
The 'no DRM or GTFO' stance you are advocating is just stupid.
Well it works for music and broadcast television. I can play iTunes downloads or record television using open-source software, all DRM-free.
So we should all stay home?
Now you are getting into game theory. Democracy breaks down if we all act in our own self interest.
But I guess it has already broken down given that someone so unpopular and unpredictable has made it to office.
I wish you guys good luck.
I voted on no less than TWENTY THREE items. Some national, some state, some local. ... Sure, the presidential and senatorial races are mostly pre-decided,
Wow, seriously!? I had no idea. Our federal elections have just two items: local representative, and state senator. Referendums are rare.
Many of the local results (as an example, a bond referrendum to build a new police station)
Isn't that what you elect parliament to decide?
If you let people vote on everything, they will say yes to most spending, and no to taxes, so the gov't ends up in massive debt. Is that how you want the US gov't to be? ... Oh wait.
Good to see censors quickly down modding the post. Rational discourse is not allowed.
If I had the points, I'd have modded you back up, even though I think you were quite wrong about Trump. Sad to see the mod system abused like that.
Has anyone calculated the chances of the election being won by a single vote?
And if you are in a safe red/blue state, like the majority of Americans, the chances of your vote making a difference to the electoral college are zero.
Even at the local level, thanks to rampant gerrymandering in the US, you are most likely in a "safe" seat, where the election is predetermined formality.
Bothering to vote is not really a rational choice. You are better off spending your energy on trying to influence others votes.