Something about endings...
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The Confusion
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· Score: 2, Insightful
About the ending: though Stephenson need not really bother to end this book, as it is incomplete until the third volume is published, he does make an effort.
Knowing Neil Stephenson, I don't expect anything different by the end of the third volume.
Hypothetically, QC is provably secure. In practice, it is not.
If it were possible for the sender to generate precisely one photon per bit, and for the receiver to precisely read the intensity, polarity, and time delay WITHOUT data loss, there is no way that a MITM attack can succeed.
Otherwise we're relying upon statistical methods that are provably FLAWED.
Conventional encryption such as DSA and AES are sufficiently safe for all practical purposes, and far less expensive/more convenient.
RTFA, oh nevermind, this is Slashdot. Anyhow, $250/year is just for developers to insure themselves against legal defense expenses. Companies are expected to pony up $30,000/year for $1,000,000 coverage. That's not a one-time payment, either.
I know that OSRM and you are both well meaning, though you might want to put a standard disclaimer in your replies that you are on the board. At any rate...
Is OSRM offering patent insurance? I didn't see that in the press release.
$25,000 coverage for $250/year? Do we really need this? In three years time, we'd be paying more than the cost of SCO's unnecessary license for a minuscule amount of coverage that we don't need, because, as they themselves say, Linux is free of copyright infringements.
It's kind of a nice thing to be able to use this script to check Apple's iTunes services out, and see what they actually have on offer.
For instance, I had no problem finding popular artists that I like, such as Tori Amos and Peter Gabriel. But a search for Boards of Canada turned up nothing.
If iTunes doesn't offer a wider selection of music than I can obtain elsewhere, why would I want to use their service at 0.99 per track? On the other hand, if they had hard-to-find music that I couldn't easily buy elsewhere, I'd consider using the service, heck, even buying an iPod to play them.
But they don't, so I won't. Thanks to the downhillbattle folks for making it possible for me to find out!
Yes, what I definitely want to happen is that when I make a selection, a little marble gets imprinted and rolls down a chute, which then conveys the response.
DMAE (Dimethylaminoethanol) is another choline-related supplement that has a more immediate effect due to it's ability to cross the blood-brain barrier directly (choline does not). Once DMAE enters the brain, it is methylated (Kreb's cycle) to choline, and has very noticeable effects.
I'd be more inclined to call this a demonstration of the successful "many-eyes" approach. The latest mremap() vulnerability took only a few weeks to be discovered, and the folks publishing it are "eyes" that have alerted kernel developers to the problem.
"In fact it's perfectly safe," said one of the officials, "it's built so that even if the ship does break up, the storage holds cannot possibly be breached."
"In fact it's perfectly safe," said one of the officials, "it's built so that even if the ship does break up, the storage holds cannot possibly be breached."
Perhaps the information survives in the black hole interior. Physics infers a black hole by an event horizon, but that does not necessarily imply a singularity. On the other hand, if the interior is considered as a "universe" with its own set of physical laws and structure, this conjecture could be quite relevant.
For a somewhat handwaving explanation of what I'm talking about, take a look at this hypothesis.
Yes, but when it crosses the "point" of the event-horizon, the event-horizon will have disappeared, as the "black hole" would have evaporated in the meantime.
It will be interesting to see whether such phenomena are actually found.
Some scientists have theorized that quasars are *not* distant galaxies, but stars with a peculiar lens-effect that causes a very large perceived red shift.
Part of the problem with the idea that the red shift is a doppler effect is that the observed quasars are apparently all in a relatively spherical arrangement about the Earth, thus implying that the Earth must be the center of the observed universe.
It could be that this is just an artifact of observation: we see the quasars as equidistant from Earth because we are perceiving them from Earth. But it is very strange and implies a problem with the theory.
Slashdot Mirror
Video killed the radio star.
(Buggles)
About the ending: though Stephenson need not really bother to end this book, as it is incomplete until the third volume is published, he does make an effort.
Knowing Neil Stephenson, I don't expect anything different by the end of the third volume.
It couldn't have been by Leonardo da Vinci. He wouldn't have drawn a vagina. :-P
So July 7 is Burn All JPEGs Day?
Hypothetically, QC is provably secure. In practice, it is not.
If it were possible for the sender to generate precisely one photon per bit, and for the receiver to precisely read the intensity, polarity, and time delay WITHOUT data loss, there is no way that a MITM attack can succeed.
Otherwise we're relying upon statistical methods that are provably FLAWED.
Conventional encryption such as DSA and AES are sufficiently safe for all practical purposes, and far less expensive/more convenient.
OSRM wants $30,000/year from businesses for $1,000,000 coverage.
RTFA, oh nevermind, this is Slashdot. Anyhow, $250/year is just for developers to insure themselves against legal defense expenses. Companies are expected to pony up $30,000/year for $1,000,000 coverage. That's not a one-time payment, either.
I know that OSRM and you are both well meaning, though you might want to put a standard disclaimer in your replies that you are on the board. At any rate...
Is OSRM offering patent insurance? I didn't see that in the press release.
$25,000 coverage for $250/year? Do we really need this? In three years time, we'd be paying more than the cost of SCO's unnecessary license for a minuscule amount of coverage that we don't need, because, as they themselves say, Linux is free of copyright infringements.
It's kind of a nice thing to be able to use this script to check Apple's iTunes services out, and see what they actually have on offer.
For instance, I had no problem finding popular artists that I like, such as Tori Amos and Peter Gabriel. But a search for Boards of Canada turned up nothing.
If iTunes doesn't offer a wider selection of music than I can obtain elsewhere, why would I want to use their service at 0.99 per track? On the other hand, if they had hard-to-find music that I couldn't easily buy elsewhere, I'd consider using the service, heck, even buying an iPod to play them.
But they don't, so I won't. Thanks to the downhillbattle folks for making it possible for me to find out!
Yea.. I'm sorry but the first thing I thought when I saw this article was : "Ok.. so what do I have to take to make this bigger?"
It is likely that you can increase your short-term recall in the short-term by some chemical means, such as caffeine or other methylated compound.
Yes, what I definitely want to happen is that when I make a selection, a little marble gets imprinted and rolls down a chute, which then conveys the response.
How's that for a 3D interface?
HijackThis! is essential for removing those hard-to-corner spyware thingies in Windows.
Or, you could just use GNU/Linux and not have to worry about creatures hiding in your registry.
DMAE (Dimethylaminoethanol) is another choline-related supplement that has a more immediate effect due to it's ability to cross the blood-brain barrier directly (choline does not). Once DMAE enters the brain, it is methylated (Kreb's cycle) to choline, and has very noticeable effects.
I'd be more inclined to call this a demonstration of the successful "many-eyes" approach. The latest mremap() vulnerability took only a few weeks to be discovered, and the folks publishing it are "eyes" that have alerted kernel developers to the problem.
Nickels are more likely to land heads down, right?
"In fact it's perfectly safe," said one of the officials,
"it's built so that even if the ship does break up, the
storage holds cannot possibly be breached."
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
"In fact it's perfectly safe," said one of the officials,
"it's built so that even if the ship does break up, the
storage holds cannot possibly be breached."
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
IP Address ranges 207.218.192.0 through 207.218.255.0 are registered to EV1.
Set a route to 127.0.0.1 for this range.
I have three words for Darl McBride: Bring It On!
How's this?
Perhaps the information survives in the black hole interior. Physics infers a black hole by an event horizon, but that does not necessarily imply a singularity. On the other hand, if the interior is considered as a "universe" with its own set of physical laws and structure, this conjecture could be quite relevant.
For a somewhat handwaving explanation of what I'm talking about, take a look at this hypothesis.
Yes, but when it crosses the "point" of the event-horizon, the event-horizon will have disappeared, as the "black hole" would have evaporated in the meantime.
Missing Data? Do you think they'd cast Brent Spiner for the role? He's been known to recite awful poetry on ST:TNG, after all.
Personally, though, I *quite* like "Oh Freddled Gruntbuggly." It's right up there with Jabberwocky as some of the best nonsense verse I've read.
It will be interesting to see whether such phenomena are actually found.
Some scientists have theorized that quasars are *not* distant galaxies, but stars with a peculiar lens-effect that causes a very large perceived red shift.
Part of the problem with the idea that the red shift is a doppler effect is that the observed quasars are apparently all in a relatively spherical arrangement about the Earth, thus implying that the Earth must be the center of the observed universe.
It could be that this is just an artifact of observation: we see the quasars as equidistant from Earth because we are perceiving them from Earth. But it is very strange and implies a problem with the theory.
A paper on this subject is available.