... uses machine learning to analyze account activity and recognize unusual patterns, such as account details being used in two locations within similar time periods...
Wow, almost everything is machine learning now! Such a buzz word...
I think that what was simple back when the original *NIX tools were developed is quite different than what is simple today. With more memory / CPU / advanced tools / (hu)man power, things that might have been moderately complex might fit into the "simple" category today.
do one thing and do it well
"one thing" is quite subjective. It almost never means a literal "one thing". It's possible to argue that almost every piece of software does "one thing", depending on how you set up your argument. Likewise, its possible to argue that almost no piece of real software does "one thing".
This is hardly a requirement. If you drive your vehicle hundreds of miles a day, probably an electric vehicle isn't for you (yet). According to this page:
I'd had Linux on it. I put the disc in, loaded it up. Everything worked, and worked well.
Then I loaded Vista on it. It took me a few hours to find the network drivers (because the model wasn't listed on the manufacturer's website (Lenovo)), and then a few days to find the SM Bus drivers. I still haven't found the audio drivers for it. I did install the nVidia drivers on it, that took three reboots to get them going. The updates took me 9 hours to download (for some reason, under Vista, the download speed is almost a quarter of what it is under Linux) and install.
This is what you'd have me leave Linux for? I thought Windows "just worked," and ran everything!
Which version of Linux (release date / year)? If it is a more recent build than from 2007, comparing it to Windows Vista (which was released in January 2007) is hardly fair... I'm not surprised 8.5 YEARS of updates took a while to download.
Although some current WiFi systems have similar bandwidth, it has to be divided by the number of devices, so each user might be receiving just 5 to 10 megabits per second...
Current 80MHz 4x4 WiFi can reach speeds over 1Gbps... Even a 1x1 station can see about 350Mbps of throughput in a clean channel. This comparison is nonsense.
Next generation WiFi having MU-MIMO support also won't split the bandwidth as described (I think this is a fair comparison since this is also a technology is not yet widely adopted).
Motion blur on LCDs has been one of their weakest points for some time. Only in the last 2 years have some LCD models been released that utilize technology to reduce the amount of motion blur down to levels similar to that experienced on CRTs. I use LCDs for a variety of reasons, but I do miss the clarity/crispness of a CRT when playing fast paced FPS style games... Hopefully these solutions will continue to improve and become more mainstream.
Check out this page for some interesting details / comparisons:
This site is full of great information on the subject.
The main reason CRTs had such low motion blur is that the image persistence is much lower than that of a standard LCD (on an LCD without some of these newer technologies, each frame image is displayed for the entire frame duration).
Agreed, except for HTTP when used in a web browser. I don't know how many times I've had large downloads fail in a browser (terminate too early, etc) and have had to fall back to running curl / wget manually instead.
Bob reports that the bug-tracking system abandoned by OpenSSL has actually been very useful to the OpenBSD developers
If LibreSSL is managed anything like the OpenBSD project itself, it won't have a public bug tracking system, which I find quite annoying...
Don't get me wrong, I like OpenBSD and have used it since 2.9, I just don't understand why they don't have a publicly available bug tracking system.
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... uses machine learning to analyze account activity and recognize unusual patterns, such as account details being used in two locations within similar time periods...
Wow, almost everything is machine learning now! Such a buzz word...
I hope the person in the car isn't using a pacemaker, or other electronic device for their survival...
How is this rated 5 interesting? 5 - Funny, maybe....
I think the current demos were also done on some insanely high-end Quad GPU configured workstation, that costs around $60k ( https://arstechnica.com/gaming... and https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/d... ).
And even with all of the above hardware, I think they are just running at 24fps?
It looks like this is a long ways off, for a reasonably priced high-end home gaming machine (ie. $4k budget).
This is why I use my toes to unlock my phone!
It sounds like they are reviving part of the failed Google Wave project...
The future of keyboards is VR.
We will log into a VR system, sit down at a virtual desk and keyboard, and type away.
One example he gives is holding up your hand to pause a video.
What about the people without arms, you insensitive clod!
While administrator access is needed to execute a Bashware attack, this is fairly easily obtained
Really? that sounds like more of a problem than some particular tool....
simple tools
I think that what was simple back when the original *NIX tools were developed is quite different than what is simple today. With more memory / CPU / advanced tools / (hu)man power, things that might have been moderately complex might fit into the "simple" category today.
do one thing and do it well
"one thing" is quite subjective. It almost never means a literal "one thing". It's possible to argue that almost every piece of software does "one thing", depending on how you set up your argument. Likewise, its possible to argue that almost no piece of real software does "one thing".
... for who?
The thing with average is, you can't look on the tables and say 50 miles is enough for most.
No one in this thread has yet. I'm not worried about people mis-interpreting my post, this is slashdot, right?
I'm quite sure on average they have a non integer number of both...
This is hardly a requirement. If you drive your vehicle hundreds of miles a day, probably an electric vehicle isn't for you (yet). According to this page:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/...
The average driver drives about 36 miles per day...
I'd had Linux on it. I put the disc in, loaded it up. Everything worked, and worked well. Then I loaded Vista on it. It took me a few hours to find the network drivers (because the model wasn't listed on the manufacturer's website (Lenovo)), and then a few days to find the SM Bus drivers. I still haven't found the audio drivers for it. I did install the nVidia drivers on it, that took three reboots to get them going. The updates took me 9 hours to download (for some reason, under Vista, the download speed is almost a quarter of what it is under Linux) and install. This is what you'd have me leave Linux for? I thought Windows "just worked," and ran everything!
Which version of Linux (release date / year)? If it is a more recent build than from 2007, comparing it to Windows Vista (which was released in January 2007) is hardly fair... I'm not surprised 8.5 YEARS of updates took a while to download.
website am I on?
Although some current WiFi systems have similar bandwidth, it has to be divided by the number of devices, so each user might be receiving just 5 to 10 megabits per second...
Current 80MHz 4x4 WiFi can reach speeds over 1Gbps... Even a 1x1 station can see about 350Mbps of throughput in a clean channel. This comparison is nonsense.
Next generation WiFi having MU-MIMO support also won't split the bandwidth as described (I think this is a fair comparison since this is also a technology is not yet widely adopted).
Motion blur on LCDs has been one of their weakest points for some time. Only in the last 2 years have some LCD models been released that utilize technology to reduce the amount of motion blur down to levels similar to that experienced on CRTs. I use LCDs for a variety of reasons, but I do miss the clarity/crispness of a CRT when playing fast paced FPS style games... Hopefully these solutions will continue to improve and become more mainstream.
Check out this page for some interesting details / comparisons:
http://www.blurbusters.com/faq...
This site is full of great information on the subject.
The main reason CRTs had such low motion blur is that the image persistence is much lower than that of a standard LCD (on an LCD without some of these newer technologies, each frame image is displayed for the entire frame duration).
Agreed, except for HTTP when used in a web browser. I don't know how many times I've had large downloads fail in a browser (terminate too early, etc) and have had to fall back to running curl / wget manually instead.
Bob reports that the bug-tracking system abandoned by OpenSSL has actually been very useful to the OpenBSD developers
If LibreSSL is managed anything like the OpenBSD project itself, it won't have a public bug tracking system, which I find quite annoying... Don't get me wrong, I like OpenBSD and have used it since 2.9, I just don't understand why they don't have a publicly available bug tracking system.
It's ~3.5 years old.
Maybe some of the space junk will reflect some of the sun's light energy and reduce global warming...
Duplicate of this: http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1458205/Cancer-Cured-By-HIV
Speaking of new display technologies, the Mirasol display looks interesting:
http://www.mirasoldisplays.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferometric_modulator_display
... like a future driverless cab; just by thinking, passengers would tell the cab where to go.
In latest news, a widespread outbreak of lice has been linked to new taxi cab caps...