Its capitalized THERMITE for the system, and just Thermite for the batteries... ?
I thought "WOW! COOL! They figured out a way to control the burn really slowly and are using it to power the system!!!" Guess not.
FYI, its fun stuff to (carefully) play around with. You just need to grind/sand/file some stuff. Mix 3 parts powdered rust with 1 part powdered aluminum - light with a magnesium strip or sparkler.
Thanks for clearing that up, rueba. When I saw the PittsburgH (has the ending "H",) I figured that something was amiss.
yah, it is Univ. of Pittsburgh... Pitt. Note, however, that the link you gave to the researcher's bio is hosted on a CMU page.
With the CNBC center located at CMU, I would've thought the BBC would've mentioned CMU instead. Nice to see the Pitt prof working in conjunction with them, though!
Anyhews... although the fundamentals of NQR have been published for years, there are really only a few groups worldwide that work on this. AFAIK, only two corporations and two Universities do NQR related stuff.
Guess who publishes findings in journals and who patents things. We've actually had our work stolen, via patent, because details were revealed during discussions with the USArmy. The same co. was then awarded $20M+ in research funding, while we had to beg for less than $200k. And that was supposed to fund my prof, the students (myself,) purchase equipment, etc. There's nothing like watching a bunch of frauds use your work, and squander millions, while you do fundamental reseach using items purchased at HomeDepot and Kitchen Ka'boodle.
We currently have a (minimal) amount of funding from a certain big corporation. Because of this, they want the rights to our work first, and who can blame them. I've personally made a rather simple observation that may apparently have use in many other fields. We're torn between publishing the work, or having my name on a patent app.
OK, I'm rambling. 12+ hours in the lab today isn't helping. My point being: Whoa! You mentioned NMR! and, Not all scientific discoveries/techniques are published in journals.
I'd bought the student edition of MatLab 5 (?) a while ago. This was in 1999, or so, and it surprisingly came with installers for both Win AND Linux back then. Unfortunately, due to the rapidly changing libs in linux around that time, it ran for only about 6 months or so. (old libc? I forget. the disc is around here somewhere.)
And yeah, some Loki games are horked. That's a shame since I'd really like to have Myth2 up and running again.
Considering that Mr. and Mrs. Mainstream do indeed shop at WalMart, I hope the same.
I've seen MANY un-PC-edumacated people kicking away on Windows boxes that never changed the default wallpaper. The Linare puke-green-flem-ball pic wouldn't (L)inspire me to even WANT to use that PC.
Anyhews, I hope this goes over well regardless. Seeing more and more cheap boxes with Linux preinstalled is DoublePlusGood, right?
Not the PC so much as the x86 architecture. If the cell-arch pu's being developed by Sony, IBM, & Toshiba turn out to be all they claim, x86 might indeed die off, and Windows would most certainly follow.
Cars don't suck because they crash when people drive drunk, the drivers do. Windows doesn't suck when idiots connect it to a high speed network unprotected, the moron using it does.
Bad analogy, bud.
The internet is the highway, OS/Apps the vehicles. Drunk drivers are the miscreants --> Viri, Trojans, Spyware, whatever. The drunks/viri are dangers to all the other drivers out there. With more and more drunks on the road every day, the regular users need more protection... seatbelts/airbags --> firewalls/viruschecks and/or VEHICLES THAT ARE IMMUNE TO IMPACTS FROM DRUNKS (safer, more secure OS.)
If I plan on driving the same roads with drunks, I'd rather have a homebuilt M1A1 TANK than a mass produced Jugo.
elaborate? well, I think it was misunderstood, perhaps.
No, the firm MetLife (or, afaik, any other company) was never referenced within the Peanuts strip itself; the Peanuts characters were, however, used in a advert campaign. The same applies to the BSAEngs page; the well known Dilbert is used to promote the agenda. I see what looks like a typical Dilbert 3-pane strip there, but was this same strip used as a daily comic submission? The strip doesn't even directly mention the BSAEngs, it just focuses on their motivation.
As an aside, I find it rather amusing (truely ironic?) that that BSAEngineers.com site's first page has a link to "FREE Software Audit Tools" that takes you to? ~ ERROR ~ Page not found.
In good news, flash games and java games all fly like shit out of a teflon coated colon. Which is kinda cool.
Ok, WEIRDNESS. Most flash apps have been causing firefox to die on me recently, quite annoying since it is used everywhere. Using Gentoo, I'd emerged GPLFLASH instead of the proprietary version.
Well, it seemed to get really bad over the past week or so. ALSO - Apparently, I've had a kind of severish constipation due to blockage in my colon in the same time period. (TMI? probably.)
I unmerged GPLFlash for the non-free version, and both firefox AND my meatspace colon have shown marked improvement within the same 24 hour period!!
I used to like Dilbert, but I cannot stand any comic strip that whores itself out to corporate interests in this way. A comic strip is not an advertising platform.
Peanuts --> MetLife
The Simpsons --> Butterfinger
The Flintstones --> Winston Cigarettes
There's more I've not thought of I'm sure.
I need my morning cup of brain-juice...
And this is exactly the same as a Hollywood/Music/Althelete Celeb selling Product-Q. Because Robert DeNiro is in an advert for American Express hasn't really changed my opinion on his acting abilities.
I see a bunch of posts discussing the fact that the mini will have problems cooling the overclocked CPU.
Too lazy/busy to do some real research here, I know that someone here on/. can answer anyways.
The same case is used for the faster processor. How different are the processors themselves? ie, The mini has already been designed to handle the heat output of the 1.45GHz, so how much more heat (if any) would an overclocked lesser cpu generate?
"In Microsoft's world customers are confidant that we take responsibility. They know that they will get their upgrades and patches."
But reading the EULA, MS clearly states that they are not responsilble. I expect WindowsUpdate to change my system through patches, but I don't expect upgrades. I'm still running Win2kPro on my tri-boot system (Debian and Gentoo.) I KNOW that I will not get my UPGRADE to XP. I also hated hearing MS discuss XP SP2, and calling it an "upgrade." Also, I am CONFIDANT that MS would not take responsibility for data loss. ~ FUD
"There a myth in the market that there are hundreds of thousands of people writing code for the Linux kernel. This is not the case; the number is hundreds, not thousands," he said.
so it is hundreds of hundreds, then?:p
"If you look at the number of people who contribute to the kernel tree, you see that a significant amount of the work is just done by a handful.
"There are very few of the improvements that come through the wider community. There are more skilled developers writing for the Microsoft platform than for open source."
My guess is that only a "handful" of MS employees work on windows' micro-kernel as well. Though it might be true that there are more developers writing for the MS platform, this is because it is the world's most widely used OS. He's done a bait-and-swtich almost... Discussing the kernel development and relating it to the wide base of application software?
"The way that 2004 started off there were a lot of myths in the marketplace around the cost and capability of Linux. But now a lot of the ideology has been replaced with commercial reality."
He uses the word "myth" quite often here. So let us look at a few select definitions of the noun:
* a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
* A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal
So a myth doesn't necessarily mean make-believe. We could interpret his quote to have meant this : "The world-view and cultural IDEALS of Linux have made themselves a concrete REALITY over the past year!"
"[Customers] need a solution that comes with the appropriate levels of support and service. This is where Linux is becoming more challenged as people expect more from Linux."
Well, uh... DUH! If you expect more out of something, that something will be more challenged to perform. Water is wet. The Pope is Catholic. If I expect my automobile to drive 200 mph, the manufacturer will have a bigger challenge designing it. Go figure.
"Linux is not ready for mission-critical computing. There are fundamental things missing. For example, there is no single development environment for Linux as there is for Microsoft, neither is there a single sign-on system."
OK, I'll admit, I'm not a software guy. But aren't these unrelated statements? ie, What does a development environment have to do with mission-critical computing??
/. recently had the story of the Ohio power-plant being crippled because Windows systems were compromised. Did that mission-critical application even DO development??
Plenty of mission-critical situation use Linux that do no development, right? Server uptime, information distribution, stable communications?
The Linux Desktop (and kernel?) may have certain things missing, that's a given. That doesn't mean that it isn't ready for SOME mission critical computing. I'd be more inclined to use a kernel/OS that allows inspection of it's source for any mission-critical apps. Ask NASA why the Mars rovers are using Linux instead of Windows.
FUD FUD FUD, is all I got out of the article.
Please explain where I'm incorrect here. I admit that I'm not as knowledgable on some of these points as many of you, and would prefer to know why/how I might be incorrect.
I was fortunate enough to spend two weeks in China, and 3 days in HongKong, in 2001. I (a white US citizen) was there as a tourist. This had been my first trip overseas.
Beijing and Shanghai seemed like foreign countries compared to the body of the nation. HongKong (part of China now) felt a world away.
I can't speak on the tech side of things. My vacation gave me an opportunity to escape the net and I was grateful for it, really.
My personal experiences were great. The people were very friendly, from the elderly to children. I never once felt in danger or threatened. In fact, I found people to be more helpful and courteous than most Americans. Mind you, I was concerned that I'd accidentally do something to insult people, so I tried to watch and learn and not step on people's toes. I was overly worried. Don't act like the sterotypical American guffah, and you should be OK.
Many wanted to speak with me, I felt, because they wanted to practice their English. Our tourguide taught us only a few minor phrases. I tried to use them when possible, but there were few Chinese I'd met who I could not communicate directly with myself, in English.
People did seem to avoid discussion on events though, if we spoke in public. In private, people would open up. For instance, our tourguide would not discuss politics, religion, etc. while we we out and about. However, he made it a point to discuss these topics when the group had privacy.
Ah, another instance, which I suppose goes against what I'd said about speech earlier... My last night in Beijing, I wanted to see some of the nightlife of the city. After not being able to convince any in the group (we were beat down tired, and I was the youngin'...) to come out with me, I decided to brave the city alone. Perhaps not too brave (i WAS alone, 12000 miles from home,) I found the nearest bar to the hotel. Anyhews, NOONE in the establishment spoke English. It took me ~3 mins just to get the point across that I'd enjoy a beer. After getting about 1/2-way through it, a man who I can only surmise was the owner/manager wanted to apparently show me around. AFAICould tell, it was his residence as well. He was proud to show off his artworks, allowed me to play with this gorgeous ~15-string lute-thingy, etc. In short order, he moved a curtain from the wall which had behind it a door... painted as the American flag!!! Inside was a small shrine/prayer area, and I was able to please him just because I recognized and commented "Dali Lama" on the photo he had of him and the Dali Lama. I think those two words were the only ones said that both of us understood.
The point here being that people did not practice free speech, but seemed to let me in on their lives if some sort of privacy was available.
Economically, well...
Being a student, I certainly wasn't fincancially well off, and I needed to do considerable budgeting to afford the trip. Total cost ended up being around $2000 US for all expenses, including airfare, trinkets bought, beer, etc. For that $2k over 2+ weeks, I felt like I was treated like a foreign dignatary or some such. We stayed at 4-star hotels (much better than hotels I've stayed at here in the states,) had all our whims looked after diligently, and ate like kings. I almost felt out of place (economic status) staying at "Hotel Beijing." After a week, we needed to ask our guide to stop ordering SO MUCH food for us, we were given enough to feed 4 people each. ( That's four voracious American people. )
Hong Kong was, well, it felt like a British china-town. Go figure. Its a special province, and even citizens need a passport to travel in and out. An interesting place, for sure, but I'd rather have spent my few days there as more time in Shanghai.
I suppose I'm not responding to the questions being asked by the poster, and instead just blabbing on telling stories here, so I'll wrap it up.
Great vacation, great people, great scenery, great accomodations, great food, great prices (haggle everywhere!!!). The freedom thing does need some work, but the people do seem to want it.
Here's hoping that your travels are as rewarding as mine were! =)
I'd not thought of that, and it does make perfect sense! Thank you =)
You could, however, perform some calculations because it is a linear scale. For instance, the average temperature of a few measurements. ie, (20 + 30) / 2 = 25 C average.
Just to clarify for all you non-US folks that think the US Customary temperature unit is Celcius... (/sarcasm off)
We in the U.S. generally use a unit called a degree Fahrenheit. The big exception here are those in the scientific community. 0 Celcius = 32 degrees Farhenheit. 100 C = 212 degrees F. ( we mark the degrees with a superscript "o", so "32^o F" we'd use if you can imagine the superscipt there.)
Anyhews, so to further clarify for all parties:
The original poster was fine, though why they converted TFA's Celcius into Kelvin, I'm not sure. For measuring the change in temperature, 1 C = 1 K
For us (US,) a 1 C change is a 1.8 degree F change. So the 2-11 C difference is equivalent to saying a predicted change of 3.6-19.8 degrees F.
The T1 line, investigators later found, was one of multiple ingresses into Davis-Besse's business network that completely bypassed the plant's firewall, which was programmed to block the port Slammer used to spread.
To me, the lesson to be learned would be that you do not completely bypass a firewall for windows' boxes doing critical work.
The govt. suggests completely cutting them off from the outside world?? Why not instead suggest that they enforce the firewall, and perhaps consider other OSes?
Even with no external network connection, I'd think they'd still have an internal LAN, yes? One infected usb-key or floppy could then have the same outcome?
The link I gave is for the SECOND of the two mentioned - the non-gaiman/zemeckis version. The B&G one supposedly has "no dragon YET!," not the G/Z version as I made it sound.
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Its capitalized THERMITE for the system, and just Thermite for the batteries... ?
I thought "WOW! COOL! They figured out a way to control the burn really slowly and are using it to power the system!!!" Guess not.
FYI, its fun stuff to (carefully) play around with. You just need to grind/sand/file some stuff. Mix 3 parts powdered rust with 1 part powdered aluminum - light with a magnesium strip or sparkler.
For people trying to migrate away from Windows, the solution isn't usually going to be to buy more hardware.
Thanks for clearing that up, rueba. When I saw the PittsburgH (has the ending "H",) I figured that something was amiss.
yah, it is Univ. of Pittsburgh... Pitt. Note, however, that the link you gave to the researcher's bio is hosted on a CMU page.
With the CNBC center located at CMU, I would've thought the BBC would've mentioned CMU instead. Nice to see the Pitt prof working in conjunction with them, though!
Being a post that was already scored +4 Insightful, I read it, and was surprised to see NMR mentioned (somewhat) off-topic
e sonance - similar to NRM, but without the constant magnetic field.
I'm a research assistant doing work on NQR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Quadrupole_R
Anyhews... although the fundamentals of NQR have been published for years, there are really only a few groups worldwide that work on this. AFAIK, only two corporations and two Universities do NQR related stuff.
Guess who publishes findings in journals and who patents things. We've actually had our work stolen, via patent, because details were revealed during discussions with the USArmy. The same co. was then awarded $20M+ in research funding, while we had to beg for less than $200k. And that was supposed to fund my prof, the students (myself,) purchase equipment, etc. There's nothing like watching a bunch of frauds use your work, and squander millions, while you do fundamental reseach using items purchased at HomeDepot and Kitchen Ka'boodle.
We currently have a (minimal) amount of funding from a certain big corporation. Because of this, they want the rights to our work first, and who can blame them. I've personally made a rather simple observation that may apparently have use in many other fields. We're torn between publishing the work, or having my name on a patent app.
OK, I'm rambling. 12+ hours in the lab today isn't helping. My point being: Whoa! You mentioned NMR! and, Not all scientific discoveries/techniques are published in journals.
Fippy doesn't drop the PGT, that's his cousin in HHP, up on the ledge next to the zone.... line....
Damn, I'm glad I've not touched EQ in a while.
No no, don't worry. We're just going to use the "upgraded" version. Click on the icon we've set up here that says "OOo Impress" from now on.
I'd bought the student edition of MatLab 5 (?) a while ago. This was in 1999, or so, and it surprisingly came with installers for both Win AND Linux back then. Unfortunately, due to the rapidly changing libs in linux around that time, it ran for only about 6 months or so. (old libc? I forget. the disc is around here somewhere.)
And yeah, some Loki games are horked. That's a shame since I'd really like to have Myth2 up and running again.
Considering that Mr. and Mrs. Mainstream do indeed shop at WalMart, I hope the same.
I've seen MANY un-PC-edumacated people kicking away on Windows boxes that never changed the default wallpaper. The Linare puke-green-flem-ball pic wouldn't (L)inspire me to even WANT to use that PC.
Anyhews, I hope this goes over well regardless. Seeing more and more cheap boxes with Linux preinstalled is DoublePlusGood, right?
Not the PC so much as the x86 architecture. If the cell-arch pu's being developed by Sony, IBM, & Toshiba turn out to be all they claim, x86 might indeed die off, and Windows would most certainly follow.
Bad analogy, bud.
The internet is the highway, OS/Apps the vehicles. Drunk drivers are the miscreants --> Viri, Trojans, Spyware, whatever. The drunks/viri are dangers to all the other drivers out there. With more and more drunks on the road every day, the regular users need more protection... seatbelts/airbags --> firewalls/viruschecks and/or VEHICLES THAT ARE IMMUNE TO IMPACTS FROM DRUNKS (safer, more secure OS.)
If I plan on driving the same roads with drunks, I'd rather have a homebuilt M1A1 TANK than a mass produced Jugo.
elaborate? well, I think it was misunderstood, perhaps.
No, the firm MetLife (or, afaik, any other company) was never referenced within the Peanuts strip itself; the Peanuts characters were, however, used in a advert campaign. The same applies to the BSAEngs page; the well known Dilbert is used to promote the agenda. I see what looks like a typical Dilbert 3-pane strip there, but was this same strip used as a daily comic submission? The strip doesn't even directly mention the BSAEngs, it just focuses on their motivation.
As an aside, I find it rather amusing (truely ironic?) that that BSAEngineers.com site's first page has a link to "FREE Software Audit Tools" that takes you to? ~ ERROR ~ Page not found.
Well, it seemed to get really bad over the past week or so. ALSO - Apparently, I've had a kind of severish constipation due to blockage in my colon in the same time period. (TMI? probably.)
I unmerged GPLFlash for the non-free version, and both firefox AND my meatspace colon have shown marked improvement within the same 24 hour period!!
COINCIDENCE?! I think.. so, yes.
I see a bunch of posts discussing the fact that the mini will have problems cooling the overclocked CPU.
/. can answer anyways.
Too lazy/busy to do some real research here, I know that someone here on
The same case is used for the faster processor. How different are the processors themselves? ie, The mini has already been designed to handle the heat output of the 1.45GHz, so how much more heat (if any) would an overclocked lesser cpu generate?
Is cooling the overclocked chip even a concern?
because a 45yo would suddenly start driving like a 95yo! Oh, the horror.
But reading the EULA, MS clearly states that they are not responsilble. I expect WindowsUpdate to change my system through patches, but I don't expect upgrades. I'm still running Win2kPro on my tri-boot system (Debian and Gentoo.) I KNOW that I will not get my UPGRADE to XP. I also hated hearing MS discuss XP SP2, and calling it an "upgrade." Also, I am CONFIDANT that MS would not take responsibility for data loss. ~ FUD
so it is hundreds of hundreds, then?
My guess is that only a "handful" of MS employees work on windows' micro-kernel as well. Though it might be true that there are more developers writing for the MS platform, this is because it is the world's most widely used OS. He's done a bait-and-swtich almost... Discussing the kernel development and relating it to the wide base of application software?
He uses the word "myth" quite often here. So let us look at a few select definitions of the noun:
* a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
* A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal
So a myth doesn't necessarily mean make-believe. We could interpret his quote to have meant this : "The world-view and cultural IDEALS of Linux have made themselves a concrete REALITY over the past year!"
Well, uh... DUH! If you expect more out of something, that something will be more challenged to perform. Water is wet. The Pope is Catholic. If I expect my automobile to drive 200 mph, the manufacturer will have a bigger challenge designing it. Go figure.
OK, I'll admit, I'm not a software guy. But aren't these unrelated statements? ie, What does a development environment have to do with mission-critical computing??
The Linux Desktop (and kernel?) may have certain things missing, that's a given. That doesn't mean that it isn't ready for SOME mission critical computing. I'd be more inclined to use a kernel/OS that allows inspection of it's source for any mission-critical apps. Ask NASA why the Mars rovers are using Linux instead of Windows.
FUD FUD FUD, is all I got out of the article.
Please explain where I'm incorrect here. I admit that I'm not as knowledgable on some of these points as many of you, and would prefer to know why/how I might be incorrect.
I was fortunate enough to spend two weeks in China, and 3 days in HongKong, in 2001. I (a white US citizen) was there as a tourist. This had been my first trip overseas.
Beijing and Shanghai seemed like foreign countries compared to the body of the nation. HongKong (part of China now) felt a world away.
I can't speak on the tech side of things. My vacation gave me an opportunity to escape the net and I was grateful for it, really.
My personal experiences were great. The people were very friendly, from the elderly to children. I never once felt in danger or threatened. In fact, I found people to be more helpful and courteous than most Americans. Mind you, I was concerned that I'd accidentally do something to insult people, so I tried to watch and learn and not step on people's toes. I was overly worried. Don't act like the sterotypical American guffah, and you should be OK.
Many wanted to speak with me, I felt, because they wanted to practice their English. Our tourguide taught us only a few minor phrases. I tried to use them when possible, but there were few Chinese I'd met who I could not communicate directly with myself, in English.
People did seem to avoid discussion on events though, if we spoke in public. In private, people would open up. For instance, our tourguide would not discuss politics, religion, etc. while we we out and about. However, he made it a point to discuss these topics when the group had privacy.
Ah, another instance, which I suppose goes against what I'd said about speech earlier... My last night in Beijing, I wanted to see some of the nightlife of the city. After not being able to convince any in the group (we were beat down tired, and I was the youngin'...) to come out with me, I decided to brave the city alone. Perhaps not too brave (i WAS alone, 12000 miles from home,) I found the nearest bar to the hotel. Anyhews, NOONE in the establishment spoke English. It took me ~3 mins just to get the point across that I'd enjoy a beer. After getting about 1/2-way through it, a man who I can only surmise was the owner/manager wanted to apparently show me around. AFAICould tell, it was his residence as well. He was proud to show off his artworks, allowed me to play with this gorgeous ~15-string lute-thingy, etc. In short order, he moved a curtain from the wall which had behind it a door... painted as the American flag!!! Inside was a small shrine/prayer area, and I was able to please him just because I recognized and commented "Dali Lama" on the photo he had of him and the Dali Lama. I think those two words were the only ones said that both of us understood.
The point here being that people did not practice free speech, but seemed to let me in on their lives if some sort of privacy was available.
Economically, well... Being a student, I certainly wasn't fincancially well off, and I needed to do considerable budgeting to afford the trip. Total cost ended up being around $2000 US for all expenses, including airfare, trinkets bought, beer, etc. For that $2k over 2+ weeks, I felt like I was treated like a foreign dignatary or some such. We stayed at 4-star hotels (much better than hotels I've stayed at here in the states,) had all our whims looked after diligently, and ate like kings. I almost felt out of place (economic status) staying at "Hotel Beijing." After a week, we needed to ask our guide to stop ordering SO MUCH food for us, we were given enough to feed 4 people each. ( That's four voracious American people. )
Hong Kong was, well, it felt like a British china-town. Go figure. Its a special province, and even citizens need a passport to travel in and out. An interesting place, for sure, but I'd rather have spent my few days there as more time in Shanghai.
I suppose I'm not responding to the questions being asked by the poster, and instead just blabbing on telling stories here, so I'll wrap it up.
Great vacation, great people, great scenery, great accomodations, great food, great prices (haggle everywhere!!!). The freedom thing does need some work, but the people do seem to want it.
Here's hoping that your travels are as rewarding as mine were! =)
in the contexts the poster used it, my guess would be "geeky scientist type person."
However, IANAL(inguist of British slang.)
I'd not thought of that, and it does make perfect sense! Thank you =)
You could, however, perform some calculations because it is a linear scale. For instance, the average temperature of a few measurements. ie, (20 + 30) / 2 = 25 C average.
Just to clarify for all you non-US folks that think the US Customary temperature unit is Celcius... (/sarcasm off)
We in the U.S. generally use a unit called a degree Fahrenheit. The big exception here are those in the scientific community. 0 Celcius = 32 degrees Farhenheit. 100 C = 212 degrees F. ( we mark the degrees with a superscript "o", so "32^o F" we'd use if you can imagine the superscipt there.)
Anyhews, so to further clarify for all parties:
The original poster was fine, though why they converted TFA's Celcius into Kelvin, I'm not sure. For measuring the change in temperature, 1 C = 1 K
For us (US,) a 1 C change is a 1.8 degree F change. So the 2-11 C difference is equivalent to saying a predicted change of 3.6-19.8 degrees F.
To me, the lesson to be learned would be that you do not completely bypass a firewall for windows' boxes doing critical work.
The govt. suggests completely cutting them off from the outside world?? Why not instead suggest that they enforce the firewall, and perhaps consider other OSes?
Even with no external network connection, I'd think they'd still have an internal LAN, yes? One infected usb-key or floppy could then have the same outcome?
Ah, I see that they tricked you, as intended.
M=Mega=10^6. m=mili=10^-3
So they're really only getting 0.1bps!!! How horrific!
Portland to Seattle/Redmond is only about 145 miles.
Keep your friends close, your enemies closer?
**EDIT** -- damnit, i DID preview it!
The link I gave is for the SECOND of the two mentioned - the non-gaiman/zemeckis version. The B&G one supposedly has "no dragon YET!," not the G/Z version as I made it sound.
Aw, hell, just mod it down...