I remember reading about this, and not being surprised. I think it tells us something about a) the British press and b) the mind set of the passengers (even after the car sped up to avoid the alleged paparazzi chasers 3 occupents *still* chose not to beltup.
> I find that drivers in Germany do an exemplary job of this, as well as abiding rules of the road and other drivers.
As a cyclist and occasional driver in Darmstadt, Germany my experience of drivers is somewhat different. Most drive above the posted limit, and on most of my commutes I see at least one red light jumper, many on cell phones, and in one narrow street the occassional car driving at normal speed with 2 wheels on the pavement:-( And I regularly have to slow down/stop for cars/lorries abusing my right-of-way on a cyclepath (even the ones painted in bright red !). And don't get me started on pavement and no-stop zone parking:-(
On the other hand they are better than the drivers I experience in Karachi who driver like crazy, and sit on their horms half the time !
Come on: did you really think that the complete dismantle / clean up / store or fix the very long term waste plan/costing was realistic. No-one knew when the plants were built, and no-one knows now. It was assumed that future generations would pickup the tab and/or find a technical fix. Any retirement accounts were just for show.
Some years back I chose to reduce from 40 hours a week to 30. Best move I ever made, even though I got a pro-rata salary reduction. I choose to cycle instead of own a car, skip alpine skiing holidays and useless tech. tools, but gained overall quality of life. And I saw more of my kids growing up. And no union required ! And I am confident my employer got the *best* 30 hours of my working-week, not the end-of-day/end-of-week hanging around in the coffee room !!
I know that Slashdot has just copied the article title, but it seems incorrect:
- The article only seems to discuss security: this is only one class of bug. - Surely a bug is a mismatch between the requirements and the implementation. If certain security criteria are not required, then it is not a bug if they are not met !
I suggest the title should be more like "Study Confirms The Government Produces The Least Secure Software".
> In contrast, Germany has worked hard to make heatings and houses fit for the 21st century.
Yep: we are coming up to 10 years in our PassivHaus in central Germany: not only is there little need for active heating, but it is incredibly comfortable to live in: draught / sound proofing, no hot/cold spots,...
FWIW our triple screen test machine is called 'hydra'.
(Well it was for many years, until the Windows admins took over our Solaris boxes, and started renaming them XXnnnn in sequential order:-( But 'hydra' is still an alias to it.)
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The obvious missing part of the article is that anyone who uses GPS as their sole method of navigation is an idiot (I hope that no ship would reply solely on GPS, as the article seems to imply they may.)
(Of course some people do reply to much on it: and end up driving down tail tracks and into rivers.)
Maybe to block trackers on stolen cars, or covert trackers on their own cars ? To make trailing of themselves by the police more difficult, esp. once the police start to rely to much on GPS, and less on local knowledge, paper maps etc.
> Religion still dominates most people's moral compasses (including those who claim ahtiest/agnostic) and it affects many facets of our lives.
Does religion have a monopoly on morals ? Just because I think I should be nice to other people does not mean that I got it from religion. Maybe it is just the way many people are, and religion just encompassed it. Also I am a vegan, primarily for moral reasons. I certainly did not get that from my upbringing, and certainly not from the Christian church !
> Hell, the western world is still effectively fighting the crusades.
Are they religious wars, or wars over resources ? Or the one disguised as the other ? If Kuwait and Iraq had exported carrots, would the West have intervened ?
Except most people who tick the "Christian" box do not believe in the bible: they just mix and match, and re-interpret to make it support what they want !
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Point taken, although pure CPU load would not be the only measure: good reaction time is important for music, and useful for web browsing. 3 cores could support 1 for video, 1 for compiling, 1 for web/music. Except GCC already supports parallel building: I am not sure what the maximum useful number of cores would be ! I would also agree that "I have N cores" may become the new "my camera has N-megapixels" !
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> Most desktop apps are still single threaded
Maybe tru, but I could easily be compiling, listening to music, recoding a video and browsing the web at the same time.
Personally I think that is usually just an excuse, and it is more about motivation (as a test: ask someone who has 'no time' for exercise if they have time for 3x30 minutes great sex a week, and I bet a heck of a lot could 'find' the time for that !!).
The "C" in ACTA is for "Counterfeiting". If new laws can help reduce the inflow of conterfeit, and often substandard, say car brake parts, or medicines, arriving in Europe then I am for it. On the other hand if other, more contraversial, measures are piggybacked in on it then that is a different matter.
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I remember reading about this, and not being surprised. I think it tells us something about a) the British press and b) the mind set of the passengers (even after the car sped up to avoid the alleged paparazzi chasers 3 occupents *still* chose not to beltup.
> I find that drivers in Germany do an exemplary job of this, as well as abiding rules of the road and other drivers.
As a cyclist and occasional driver in Darmstadt, Germany my experience of drivers is somewhat different. Most drive above the posted limit, and on most of my commutes I see at least one red light jumper, many on cell phones, and in one narrow street the occassional car driving at normal speed with 2 wheels on the pavement :-( And I regularly have to slow down/stop for cars/lorries abusing my right-of-way on a cyclepath (even the ones painted in bright red !). And don't get me started on pavement and no-stop zone parking :-(
On the other hand they are better than the drivers I experience in Karachi who driver like crazy, and sit on their horms half the time !
Come on: did you really think that the complete dismantle / clean up / store or fix the very long term waste plan/costing was realistic. No-one knew when the plants were built, and no-one knows now. It was assumed that future generations would pickup the tab and/or find a technical fix. Any retirement accounts were just for show.
Some years back I chose to reduce from 40 hours a week to 30. Best move I ever made, even though I got a pro-rata salary reduction. I choose to cycle instead of own a car, skip alpine skiing holidays and useless tech. tools, but gained overall quality of life. And I saw more of my kids growing up. And no union required !
And I am confident my employer got the *best* 30 hours of my working-week, not the end-of-day/end-of-week hanging around in the coffee room !!
I know that Slashdot has just copied the article title, but it seems incorrect:
- The article only seems to discuss security: this is only one class of bug.
- Surely a bug is a mismatch between the requirements and the implementation. If certain security criteria are not required, then it is not a bug if they are not met !
I suggest the title should be more like "Study Confirms The Government Produces The Least Secure Software".
> What's the big problem with speed cameras? I don't see it.
Ditto :-(
But welcome to the wonderful world of mix-and-match law adherence !!
> Its the lack of slack. The world runs on slack. Cameras have no slack.
I thought the slack was the amber light ?
> How about this: Set the speed limits sanely, then most people won't violate them.
How about this: stop seeing the streets as only for motor vehicles and you may see that the speed limits are sane !!
> In contrast, Germany has worked hard to make heatings and houses fit for the 21st century.
Yep: we are coming up to 10 years in our PassivHaus in central Germany: not only is there little need for active heating, but it is incredibly comfortable to live in: draught / sound proofing, no hot/cold spots, ...
(Not that I necessarily agree with your other statements.)
> What else is there?
Easy: reduce energy consumption: switch off / efficient devices / more local production / more human power / better designed communities / ...
Yet another reason to use a VT100 hooked up to the serial port !
FWIW our triple screen test machine is called 'hydra'.
(Well it was for many years, until the Windows admins took over our Solaris boxes, and started renaming them XXnnnn in sequential order :-( But 'hydra' is still an alias to it.)
Or it was a Dr Who reference ?
I vote for growing 3 extra fingers. Then we can use Base 13. The jokes are better.
The obvious missing part of the article is that anyone who uses GPS as their sole method of navigation is an idiot (I hope that no ship would reply solely on GPS, as the article seems to imply they may.)
(Of course some people do reply to much on it: and end up driving down tail tracks and into rivers.)
> Why block GPS? What do criminals gain from it?
Maybe to block trackers on stolen cars, or covert trackers on their own cars ?
To make trailing of themselves by the police more difficult, esp. once the police start to rely to much on GPS, and less on local knowledge, paper maps etc.
Hey, Slashdot poster: I love Bill Gates: I just wish people would stop taking the piss out of him.
> Religion still dominates most people's moral compasses (including those who claim ahtiest/agnostic) and it affects many facets of our lives.
Does religion have a monopoly on morals ? Just because I think I should be nice to other people does not mean that I got it from religion. Maybe it is just the way many people are, and religion just encompassed it. Also I am a vegan, primarily for moral reasons. I certainly did not get that from my upbringing, and certainly not from the Christian church !
> Hell, the western world is still effectively fighting the crusades.
Are they religious wars, or wars over resources ? Or the one disguised as the other ? If Kuwait and Iraq had exported carrots, would the West have intervened ?
Except most people who tick the "Christian" box do not believe in the bible: they just mix and match, and re-interpret to make it support what they want !
Point taken, although pure CPU load would not be the only measure: good reaction time is important for music, and useful for web browsing.
3 cores could support 1 for video, 1 for compiling, 1 for web/music. Except GCC already supports parallel building: I am not sure what the maximum useful number of cores would be !
I would also agree that "I have N cores" may become the new "my camera has N-megapixels" !
> Most desktop apps are still single threaded
Maybe tru, but I could easily be compiling, listening to music, recoding a video and browsing the web at the same time.
> 'I don't have time.'
Personally I think that is usually just an excuse, and it is more about motivation (as a test: ask someone who has 'no time' for exercise if they have time for 3x30 minutes great sex a week, and I bet a heck of a lot could 'find' the time for that !!).
>> Didn't work for me. My operating system came out as "unknown", despite being bog-standard Safari on a Mac running Snow Leopard.
> These guys are into Serious crime. They don't want to deal with small volume, unknown Operating Systems run by petty criminals.
But surely an Apple OS *is* a serious crime :-)
The "C" in ACTA is for "Counterfeiting". If new laws can help reduce the inflow of conterfeit, and often substandard, say car brake parts, or medicines, arriving in Europe then I am for it.
On the other hand if other, more contraversial, measures are piggybacked in on it then that is a different matter.
>> Or maybe they *do* want to pay the *artist*...
> Certainly that happens too,...
How can we do that ? (serious question)