It true that processing speed is measured with FLOPS (floating-point operations per second), but it isn't a very relevant measurement because it fails to take into account many equally important factors.
Graphics applications are faster with floating point. But with most other applications the floating-point usage is much lesser than integer.
Embedded processors like StrongARM don't even have a FPU (the floating point instructions can be emulated though) and seem to perform pretty well (in the applications they are supposed to).
Why hotmail would do something like this is completely beyond me.
Actually this is the standard (As far as I can rebmember). When the sender issues a "RCPT TO: user@domain.com" command, the MX server has to reply with a message indicating if it can deliver mail to that user.
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linux box with no network card, no mouse, no keyboard, and no monitor is hack-proof.
I could still pull off the power cord and do a DOS.
Nothing is hack proof...
It true that processing speed is measured with FLOPS (floating-point operations per second), but it isn't a very relevant measurement because it fails to take into account many equally important factors. Graphics applications are faster with floating point. But with most other applications the floating-point usage is much lesser than integer. Embedded processors like StrongARM don't even have a FPU (the floating point instructions can be emulated though) and seem to perform pretty well (in the applications they are supposed to).