The article lists BigRed at Indiana (#43 on Top500) based on a technicality. But even the technicality is incorrect. The ABE cluster at NCSA@UIUC (#14 on Top500) is literally on the UIUC campus.
I doubt the Purdue one will beat Abe on the Top500 list.
Those 22 languages (AFAIK, there are only 18 official languages, but maybe this has changed recently) are the ones spoken by at least one million people.
There are many other "minor" languages spoken by other people.
Mind you, these are not dialects. These are full-blown unique languages with unique written scripts (however, many of them do share common traits).
It is amazing how we are able to maintain a democracy, let alone a country.
"Copyright Laws are international and know no bounds"
Umm..since when? All laws are restricted to a given legal entity (generally a country). Each entity decides how to enforce their own laws.
It is true that most countries (if not all) have copyright laws, but the parameters (such as lifetime of a copyright) varies significantly. In that sense, your statement is non sensical.
If I found out who you were, I'd come bitch slap you.
First of all, this transistor was developed in the ECE dept, not CS.
As for CS, we're not droping in rankings. On the other hand, we shall be climbing very soon. We have the highest percentage (and number) of young faculty of any CS program in the world. I give us 2-4 years before you see the results of the rampant hiring over the past 2-3 years (15+ new faculty members), who are all pushing to get tenure over the next half-decade.
Finally, Mosaic, the original httpd and NCSA telnet were all "intented" at NCSA, not at CS department. However, they did hire tons of CS grad students on those project. Nonetheless, these 2-3 inventions are not the only things that make us prestigous, except maybe in the eyes of mainstream media and the lay man.
Don't worry. BestBuy appreciates long-term under-paid theiving employees. It is cheaper to hire and maintain them than hire ethical high-turnover employees.
Actually tritium has a half life of 12.3 years, so **they** lied. You'll need to get it replaced or refilled in 10 years, just like all other tritium-based devices (like gun sights).
I dont beleive that for a second. *IF* they are loud, invest in a good case. However, I don't think the processor fans are loud by themself. Its the other case fans (which are larger and more in number) that make most of the noise.
The Dell boxes that use retail Intel processors and fans are generally very quite. Rated below 30db.
This is obviously a scheme to deter overclockers from scamming away at Intel's Expense.
Holy shit, the 3.2 Ghz Processor blew up when I ran it at 4.0 Ghz. Let me try and get a new one. Oops, I glued on a custom industrial-quality fan to cool the damn thing.
I mean why would a person NOT use the fan provided by Intel in the retail package? The complete package is warranted, if something happens -- it is Intel's problem. So, don't put monster fans when the retail package will do.
FIrstly, QT was never available under GPL on Windows. It was available under a free for non-profit basis (some restricted "freeware" license). This stopped with the 2.3 release because lots of Win32 developers would just use it and never buy the full license until the final release of the program. In other words, buy 1 license for mutliple developers and only near the end of the release cycle.
Additioanlly, the $2000 license is a propreitary license. You can not just simply compile konqueror on it for both technical and financial reasons. Konq uses KDE extensions to QT, which are not available with the QT on Windows. Secondly, Konq and KHTML are released under the GPL, which means that the Windows developer would have to release the code under GPL too. I suppose this could be stall point as recuperating costs could be a problem. I know donations can be accepted but no guarantees.
Not arguing your point about being multilinked, but making a point regarding the variance in slashdotting:
I suppose the popularity of GNU/Linux, the historic Linus vs. Andy debates, the FUD being brought out by ADTI (and the aforementioned Brown book) all must play a role in getting a "bigger slashdotting".
This report was of core essence to all users (and fans) of GNU/Linux, so one can easily assume a slashdotting of great proportions. It only helps that a person of great respect, prestige, and fame has tarnished the credibility of Brown and boosted the legality of the Linux kernel in the report.
I was just talking about the Sybil attack in general. However, I see how that doesnt follow directly.
However, but do tell how do you trust the first time you swap keys? What if it an RIAA enforcer? And this doesnot have to just deal with mp3/audio files.
I was talking about a global trust matrix. There are many complications with this:
For example: Client A, B, C.
Client A trusts Client B and vice versa Client A trusts Client C and vice versa
So, Client B is introduced to Client C by Client A.
However, there is a misunderstanding between Client B and Client C and they mistrust each other.
Now what?
Does B still want to trust A? Does C still want to trust A? Does A still want to trust either on of them?
"Only your key is known to the central sites so that your identity remains anonymous but your habits can be tracked"
You contradict myself. You are not anonymous if someone knows who you are. You might get a feeling of anonymity because of the shelter provided by the powers to be. But, that is all at their mercy.
Things that are really, really hard to implement in a true P2P network:
- Global trust matrix
- Economy
- Authentication
These are hard because the equality of peers can always be exploited by users with malicious intent. They can join in the P2P network as multiple peers (if a network limits one user per IP, an attacker with multiple computers and sufficient resources can compromise). Remember that in a true P2P network everyone is equal - it is nearly impossible to implement schemes that avoid the Sybil attack.
You need a central certificate authority to validate the autheticity of users. And, that is a big no-no in P2P systems.
So, forget about trust matrix. You can't trust anyone in a true P2P network.
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Biggest on Big10 campus is a lie.
The article lists BigRed at Indiana (#43 on Top500) based on a technicality. But even the technicality is incorrect. The ABE cluster at NCSA@UIUC (#14 on Top500) is literally on the UIUC campus.
I doubt the Purdue one will beat Abe on the Top500 list.
Drop the non-apple qualifier. ThinkPads are *the* best laptops. EOF.
because you can only have so many diesel generators on an island.
ROFL. 22 billion+?
btw, yeah, i meant what i wrote! =)
Those 22 languages (AFAIK, there are only 18 official languages, but maybe this has changed recently) are the ones spoken by at least one million people.
There are many other "minor" languages spoken by other people.
Mind you, these are not dialects. These are full-blown unique languages with unique written scripts (however, many of them do share common traits).
It is amazing how we are able to maintain a democracy, let alone a country.
umm? what exactly is a HQ? doesn't HQ stands for head quarters?
if so, there can only be one.
You're wrong.
Only Nintendo of America is HQed in Redmond. Nintendo (parent corp) in HQed in Kyoto, Japan.
And, Google is not HQed in Kirkland. They're HQed in Mountain View.
But, Redmond does have a sizable number of companies around like Nintendo, Safeco, AT&T wireless (now Cingular), etc.
PETA likes this legislature. They pulled for it. They proclaim victory on their front page.
"Copyright Laws are international and know no bounds"
Umm..since when? All laws are restricted to a given legal entity (generally a country). Each entity decides how to enforce their own laws.
It is true that most countries (if not all) have copyright laws, but the parameters (such as lifetime of a copyright) varies significantly. In that sense, your statement is non sensical.
If I found out who you were, I'd come bitch slap you.
First of all, this transistor was developed in the ECE dept, not CS.
As for CS, we're not droping in rankings. On the other hand, we shall be climbing very soon. We have the highest percentage (and number) of young faculty of any CS program in the world. I give us 2-4 years before you see the results of the rampant hiring over the past 2-3 years (15+ new faculty members), who are all pushing to get tenure over the next half-decade.
Finally, Mosaic, the original httpd and NCSA telnet were all "intented" at NCSA, not at CS department. However, they did hire tons of CS grad students on those project. Nonetheless, these 2-3 inventions are not the only things that make us prestigous, except maybe in the eyes of mainstream media and the lay man.
FYI, Tactille Surreal got traded to the Miami Feat this past off season. Maybe you were thinking of Lamer Hoodlum.
How Bill Gates came to be known as the big cheese (story includes the trouble that follows).
Don't worry. BestBuy appreciates long-term under-paid theiving employees. It is cheaper to hire and maintain them than hire ethical high-turnover employees.
Actually tritium has a half life of 12.3 years, so **they** lied. You'll need to get it replaced or refilled in 10 years, just like all other tritium-based devices (like gun sights).
I dont beleive that for a second. *IF* they are loud, invest in a good case. However, I don't think the processor fans are loud by themself. Its the other case fans (which are larger and more in number) that make most of the noise.
The Dell boxes that use retail Intel processors and fans are generally very quite. Rated below 30db.
This is obviously a scheme to deter overclockers from scamming away at Intel's Expense.
Holy shit, the 3.2 Ghz Processor blew up when I ran it at 4.0 Ghz. Let me try and get a new one. Oops, I glued on a custom industrial-quality fan to cool the damn thing.
I mean why would a person NOT use the fan provided by Intel in the retail package? The complete package is warranted, if something happens -- it is Intel's problem. So, don't put monster fans when the retail package will do.
FIrstly, QT was never available under GPL on Windows. It was available under a free for non-profit basis (some restricted "freeware" license). This stopped with the 2.3 release because lots of Win32 developers would just use it and never buy the full license until the final release of the program. In other words, buy 1 license for mutliple developers and only near the end of the release cycle.
Additioanlly, the $2000 license is a propreitary license. You can not just simply compile konqueror on it for both technical and financial reasons. Konq uses KDE extensions to QT, which are not available with the QT on Windows. Secondly, Konq and KHTML are released under the GPL, which means that the Windows developer would have to release the code under GPL too. I suppose this could be stall point as recuperating costs could be a problem. I know donations can be accepted but no guarantees.
Not arguing your point about being multilinked, but making a point regarding the variance in slashdotting:
I suppose the popularity of GNU/Linux, the historic Linus vs. Andy debates, the FUD being brought out by ADTI (and the aforementioned Brown book) all must play a role in getting a "bigger slashdotting".
This report was of core essence to all users (and fans) of GNU/Linux, so one can easily assume a slashdotting of great proportions. It only helps that a person of great respect, prestige, and fame has tarnished the credibility of Brown and boosted the legality of the Linux kernel in the report.
"had him cuss the tech support guy in Hindu"
Thank god it wasn't me, I would have cussed him out in Christianity.
Hindi is the language. Hindu is the religion.
Ah, you didnt specify civil vs. criminal. =)
At least in the US, a good lawyer can make a case that the PGP will self-incriminate based on the fifth amendment.
I dont know about the other parts of the world.
I was just talking about the Sybil attack in general. However, I see how that doesnt follow directly.
However, but do tell how do you trust the first time you swap keys? What if it an RIAA enforcer? And this doesnot have to just deal with mp3/audio files.
I was talking about a global trust matrix. There are many complications with this:
For example: Client A, B, C.
Client A trusts Client B and vice versa
Client A trusts Client C and vice versa
So, Client B is introduced to Client C by Client A.
However, there is a misunderstanding between Client B and Client C and they mistrust each other.
Now what?
Does B still want to trust A? Does C still want to trust A? Does A still want to trust either on of them?
Wow. This situation sucks.
"Only your key is known to the central sites so that your identity remains anonymous but your habits can be tracked"
You contradict myself. You are not anonymous if someone knows who you are. You might get a feeling of anonymity because of the shelter provided by the powers to be. But, that is all at their mercy.
Don't confuse privacy for anonymity.
Things that are really, really hard to implement in a true P2P network:
- Global trust matrix
- Economy
- Authentication
These are hard because the equality of peers can always be exploited by users with malicious intent. They can join in the P2P network as multiple peers (if a network limits one user per IP, an attacker with multiple computers and sufficient resources can compromise). Remember that in a true P2P network everyone is equal - it is nearly impossible to implement schemes that avoid the Sybil attack.
You need a central certificate authority to validate the autheticity of users. And, that is a big no-no in P2P systems.
So, forget about trust matrix. You can't trust anyone in a true P2P network.
how in the world do 280 public hot spots cover two-thirds of a country (that is 45,226 sq km in area)?
what is the technology behind these super hot spots? or is this just another case of aggrandized mathematics?