Generally RFID tags are sealed against such things, though I can't figure out whether they use an active, passive, or semi-passive chip (I think it's passive, but..), so I can't say for sure that washing would have NO effect. Actually more worrisome is that I read somewhere that BAC mandates that your passport be at least somewhat readable. As paper is classically more fallible than electronics in the presence of moisture, I would say that's your primary concern.
For the record, there's about 100 consonants and somewhere close to 30 vowels in human language (more if you include allophonic variation and tones). For frame of reference, English has about twenty vowels (including diphthongs) and somewhere between twenty-two and twenty-eight consonants. Then there's peculiarities like Rotokas and !Xoo (sorry, don't feel like making the diacritics for that one).
As for TFA, as has been pointed out, vocabulary is cheap. If they could learn grammar by flash card, this might be on to something, but otherwise, it gets filed under "reinventing the wheel."
I'm kind of curious how you arrive at this conclusion. If two women or two men were to conceive a child, then this is a genetic cross that would, by its very nature never have happened. The net effect would logically be to strengthen the so-called gene pool, not weaken it, because it removes any and all potential genetic bottlenecks caused by extant traits of a local population. We're talking about people that, at the current level of medical science, would not have reproduced at all- their continued contribution to the gene pool is much appreciated in this sense.
Don't know about your particular NVRaid array, but the monitors should take you about twenty minutes TOPS, and that's if you have three different GPU vendors running at once. That's been my experience, anyway.
Depending on how low the envelope power is for the blocks, they might be able to adopt something like a semi-passive or passive RFID tag, where it's powered partially or entirely by the transceiver at the computer, and all the brick does is reflect a processed signal. In that case, you could have blocks that work for literally tens of years. Maybe it's not possible at this moment, but it's only going to get smaller (and consume less power) from here.
You don't go to Pocahontas for the broadband and don't live there if you don't like roughing it at some level. Really, unless you're working at Green Bank or Snowshoe, I can't see why you would live there in the first place...
I actually wholeheartedly disagree. I found Galaxy's controls to be muddy and unresponsive and, while it may be somewhat unfair, my first impression is overwhelmingly negative on the whole.
Uhh...VMWare has done XP for years now. I actually did a lot of toying with Windows XP in a VM running in Linux a while back. Was pretty handy- Screwed up that copy of the ntkrnl32.dll? Rewind!
Right, right, they're running your typical LAMP stack. You know, like most of the internet. Statistically speaking, if you have a site, you more than likely have a site served by Apache on Linux. In truth, I've heard of very few servers that receive significant traffic that DON'T run Apache and even fewer that don't run Linux. As the internet is based around open international standards, there's no reason a Linux-based server couldn't serve packets containing harmful windows executable code. Your first point is a non-issue.
As to your second point, it's only natural that windows machines be targeted. More critical security vulnerabilities as part of the base operating system that is almost certainly being run as root ("administrator" if you've never used *nix) means greater capability for general chaos. Alternatively, more useful machines for ye olde botnette. One problem with targeting Linux machines is the Unix permissions model that would create a situation where even if someone were to find a hole by which they could access the system, they would still need to find a method by which to elevate their user privileges to root so that they could accomplish more than manipulation of the user's home directory. This leads to the second problem- security flaws in a *nix system are almost certainly related to the software installed on them rather than the Linux kernel itself, making it a roulette game whether your particular method of attack is even present to be exploited.
In a system that has been systematically secured by experts from all callings for years on end, it becomes, with each patch level, more and more likely for the human equation's unreliability to be the single greatest point of failure. Being fallible, people resort to insecure data practices for their own convenience, out of laziness, from a lackadaisical attitude, or out of habit; thus creating a situation where the likelihood of a partial or full breach rapidly approaches one. This is a well known point of failure, and is even counted on, at some level, with a sane backup policy and data redundancy.
What's more, while rootkits and their dangers are very real, one cannot say that it is a vulnerability of a system that someone in possession of what is assumed to be a secure superuser password can install software on that system. Were you to steal the keys to a car, you certainly wouldn't find it strange be able modify the engine of said vehicle- after all, with keys you can unlock the door and with a minimum of effort pop the hood and go to work.
So yes, my dear Coward, grandparent was correct- this is somewhat more elegant than we're used to seeing, but it is most certainly presented in a way thst prompts one to think that there is something "wrong" with Apache or Linux.
"I'm curious as to what hacks for the XO exist that exemplify it as a (hardware) platform 'designed to be hackable'."
Wish I could answer GP's question, but as it is, I think I'll just chuckle that he got modded up anyway.
Isn't that what Open Usability is about? Additionally, considering the number of exceedingly terrible websites I've seen by so-called "Usability Experts," how can you really define what it means to be "qualified?"
When you put it like that, I'm wholly and entirely against it. Laptops exist to be _mobile_ computers, a role my T43 has been nearly unmatched in. Laptops aren't for games and desktop-level power applications, and I would even go so far as to say it's a terrible idea. For the same performance as an equivalent desktop, you need to spend almost twice as much money, and you have either a) noisy fans because laptop cases are never going to not be small and cramped or b) excessive heat, because quiet fans don't often have high throughput. I'd try to count the number of so-called "desktop replacement" laptops I've serviced over the past year that were overheating and shutting down from idling on a wooden surface, but it might be considered libel. Add to all these problems the weight and poor battery life that large laptops generally bring to the table and it becomes readily apparent that the only selling point for such machines is a sort of ephemeral "trendiness."
I'm disappointed in Lenovo if parent's prediction is correct.
No, they demanded four terms, to which the two with the least effect were given (open spps and open devices). There's yet work to be done, because having these without the others would seem to be an open license to exploit people who would try to utilize open apps on open hardware. "You want a smartphone and a map application that isn't ours? All right, but it's going to cost you."
You call that funny? I think my first thought was, "Well, that seems sensible." Frankly, less than being interested in their jobs, I've not yet found a GS member who had even half of the requisite knowledge to pass the A+, let alone do actual administrative work in any capacity. Most of them strike me as rank novices that are simply too anti-social to be cashiers.
What does BB run their servers on, actually?
Pardon me for rolling my eyes? You seem to be attacking me for asking (not unreasonably) for sources that support another's argument while not actually making an argument of my own. Calling someone a troll for desiring the necessary burden of proof in what could, among less cultured people, be construed as "flamebait" (the mods seem to be saying "troll") seems rather audacious.
And thank you, LynnwoodRooster; AKAImBatman. That was informative.
Notably, this doesn't seem to have affected Japan or Germany at all. Not only do they make many respectable automobiles, they have two of the most well-developed mass-transit systems in the world. There are a number of differing factors, however, not the least of which being there are actually places outside of those countries that want to buy their cars.
I maintain that, at least from my own Gentoo-using corner of the world, the RTFM attitude is perfect. Traditionally it has served as a barrier to entry and prevents frivolous children from using it to be rebels with no real cause. I first looked to other operating systems because I became frustrated with Windows and after trying Linux, reading, and learning a bit, I decided that I would continue with it as it suited my needs. Too many people are too fixated on Linux not being Windows these days- I couldn't give a damn less about Linux "conquering the desktop" or Linux being "ready for the desktop" (Oh for the love of god, how many times do we have to hear this tripe?). The simple fact is, it's here for the people that actually want it, and those people know exactly who they are.
He's apparently never been to (or heard of) Japan, where the normal everyday mobile is supplanting the home PC for both web-browsing, email, sms, and even games to a lesser extent.
Of course, my base-model NTT DoCoMo that practically came with the plan is better than most of the overpriced trash I could get in the US (It even has a Kanji dictionary and 1 GB internal flash).
Actually, I rather think that the "faith" that there is ETI is better described as "Statistics." Statistically, there is a high probability. And because of this, an experiment was started and is ongoing. If it returns a null value, does that mean that ETI doesn't exist? Not necessarily- this is statistics.
By contrast, there is no way to test for even the possibility of an omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient being. This makes it not only a matter of pure faith, but also moot, as even if it does exist, we can never detect, interact with, or understand it.
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Generally RFID tags are sealed against such things, though I can't figure out whether they use an active, passive, or semi-passive chip (I think it's passive, but..), so I can't say for sure that washing would have NO effect. Actually more worrisome is that I read somewhere that BAC mandates that your passport be at least somewhat readable. As paper is classically more fallible than electronics in the presence of moisture, I would say that's your primary concern.
For the record, there's about 100 consonants and somewhere close to 30 vowels in human language (more if you include allophonic variation and tones). For frame of reference, English has about twenty vowels (including diphthongs) and somewhere between twenty-two and twenty-eight consonants. Then there's peculiarities like Rotokas and !Xoo (sorry, don't feel like making the diacritics for that one). As for TFA, as has been pointed out, vocabulary is cheap. If they could learn grammar by flash card, this might be on to something, but otherwise, it gets filed under "reinventing the wheel."
Or getting a free Maya install and the eula telling you can't install it as a giant wall of three-dimensional glyphs on program startup.
I'm kind of curious how you arrive at this conclusion. If two women or two men were to conceive a child, then this is a genetic cross that would, by its very nature never have happened. The net effect would logically be to strengthen the so-called gene pool, not weaken it, because it removes any and all potential genetic bottlenecks caused by extant traits of a local population. We're talking about people that, at the current level of medical science, would not have reproduced at all- their continued contribution to the gene pool is much appreciated in this sense.
Speaking of display technology, could this be utilized to make the next generation of display technologies in any way?
Don't know about your particular NVRaid array, but the monitors should take you about twenty minutes TOPS, and that's if you have three different GPU vendors running at once. That's been my experience, anyway.
Depending on how low the envelope power is for the blocks, they might be able to adopt something like a semi-passive or passive RFID tag, where it's powered partially or entirely by the transceiver at the computer, and all the brick does is reflect a processed signal. In that case, you could have blocks that work for literally tens of years. Maybe it's not possible at this moment, but it's only going to get smaller (and consume less power) from here.
Why does Spiderman never get tagged for littering?
You don't go to Pocahontas for the broadband and don't live there if you don't like roughing it at some level. Really, unless you're working at Green Bank or Snowshoe, I can't see why you would live there in the first place...
I actually wholeheartedly disagree. I found Galaxy's controls to be muddy and unresponsive and, while it may be somewhat unfair, my first impression is overwhelmingly negative on the whole.
Uhh...VMWare has done XP for years now. I actually did a lot of toying with Windows XP in a VM running in Linux a while back. Was pretty handy- Screwed up that copy of the ntkrnl32.dll? Rewind!
Right, right, they're running your typical LAMP stack. You know, like most of the internet. Statistically speaking, if you have a site, you more than likely have a site served by Apache on Linux. In truth, I've heard of very few servers that receive significant traffic that DON'T run Apache and even fewer that don't run Linux. As the internet is based around open international standards, there's no reason a Linux-based server couldn't serve packets containing harmful windows executable code. Your first point is a non-issue.
As to your second point, it's only natural that windows machines be targeted. More critical security vulnerabilities as part of the base operating system that is almost certainly being run as root ("administrator" if you've never used *nix) means greater capability for general chaos. Alternatively, more useful machines for ye olde botnette. One problem with targeting Linux machines is the Unix permissions model that would create a situation where even if someone were to find a hole by which they could access the system, they would still need to find a method by which to elevate their user privileges to root so that they could accomplish more than manipulation of the user's home directory. This leads to the second problem- security flaws in a *nix system are almost certainly related to the software installed on them rather than the Linux kernel itself, making it a roulette game whether your particular method of attack is even present to be exploited.
In a system that has been systematically secured by experts from all callings for years on end, it becomes, with each patch level, more and more likely for the human equation's unreliability to be the single greatest point of failure. Being fallible, people resort to insecure data practices for their own convenience, out of laziness, from a lackadaisical attitude, or out of habit; thus creating a situation where the likelihood of a partial or full breach rapidly approaches one. This is a well known point of failure, and is even counted on, at some level, with a sane backup policy and data redundancy.
What's more, while rootkits and their dangers are very real, one cannot say that it is a vulnerability of a system that someone in possession of what is assumed to be a secure superuser password can install software on that system. Were you to steal the keys to a car, you certainly wouldn't find it strange be able modify the engine of said vehicle- after all, with keys you can unlock the door and with a minimum of effort pop the hood and go to work.
So yes, my dear Coward, grandparent was correct- this is somewhat more elegant than we're used to seeing, but it is most certainly presented in a way thst prompts one to think that there is something "wrong" with Apache or Linux.
"I'm curious as to what hacks for the XO exist that exemplify it as a (hardware) platform 'designed to be hackable'." Wish I could answer GP's question, but as it is, I think I'll just chuckle that he got modded up anyway.
Isn't that what Open Usability is about? Additionally, considering the number of exceedingly terrible websites I've seen by so-called "Usability Experts," how can you really define what it means to be "qualified?"
When you put it like that, I'm wholly and entirely against it. Laptops exist to be _mobile_ computers, a role my T43 has been nearly unmatched in. Laptops aren't for games and desktop-level power applications, and I would even go so far as to say it's a terrible idea. For the same performance as an equivalent desktop, you need to spend almost twice as much money, and you have either a) noisy fans because laptop cases are never going to not be small and cramped or b) excessive heat, because quiet fans don't often have high throughput. I'd try to count the number of so-called "desktop replacement" laptops I've serviced over the past year that were overheating and shutting down from idling on a wooden surface, but it might be considered libel. Add to all these problems the weight and poor battery life that large laptops generally bring to the table and it becomes readily apparent that the only selling point for such machines is a sort of ephemeral "trendiness."
I'm disappointed in Lenovo if parent's prediction is correct.
No, they demanded four terms, to which the two with the least effect were given (open spps and open devices). There's yet work to be done, because having these without the others would seem to be an open license to exploit people who would try to utilize open apps on open hardware. "You want a smartphone and a map application that isn't ours? All right, but it's going to cost you."
You call that funny? I think my first thought was, "Well, that seems sensible." Frankly, less than being interested in their jobs, I've not yet found a GS member who had even half of the requisite knowledge to pass the A+, let alone do actual administrative work in any capacity. Most of them strike me as rank novices that are simply too anti-social to be cashiers. What does BB run their servers on, actually?
Pardon me for rolling my eyes? You seem to be attacking me for asking (not unreasonably) for sources that support another's argument while not actually making an argument of my own. Calling someone a troll for desiring the necessary burden of proof in what could, among less cultured people, be construed as "flamebait" (the mods seem to be saying "troll") seems rather audacious. And thank you, LynnwoodRooster; AKAImBatman. That was informative.
Source, please. Substantiate statements with facts.
Notably, this doesn't seem to have affected Japan or Germany at all. Not only do they make many respectable automobiles, they have two of the most well-developed mass-transit systems in the world. There are a number of differing factors, however, not the least of which being there are actually places outside of those countries that want to buy their cars.
I maintain that, at least from my own Gentoo-using corner of the world, the RTFM attitude is perfect. Traditionally it has served as a barrier to entry and prevents frivolous children from using it to be rebels with no real cause. I first looked to other operating systems because I became frustrated with Windows and after trying Linux, reading, and learning a bit, I decided that I would continue with it as it suited my needs. Too many people are too fixated on Linux not being Windows these days- I couldn't give a damn less about Linux "conquering the desktop" or Linux being "ready for the desktop" (Oh for the love of god, how many times do we have to hear this tripe?). The simple fact is, it's here for the people that actually want it, and those people know exactly who they are.
Well what about the Popular Front?
Bigger botnets?
He's apparently never been to (or heard of) Japan, where the normal everyday mobile is supplanting the home PC for both web-browsing, email, sms, and even games to a lesser extent. Of course, my base-model NTT DoCoMo that practically came with the plan is better than most of the overpriced trash I could get in the US (It even has a Kanji dictionary and 1 GB internal flash).
Actually, I rather think that the "faith" that there is ETI is better described as "Statistics." Statistically, there is a high probability. And because of this, an experiment was started and is ongoing. If it returns a null value, does that mean that ETI doesn't exist? Not necessarily- this is statistics. By contrast, there is no way to test for even the possibility of an omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient being. This makes it not only a matter of pure faith, but also moot, as even if it does exist, we can never detect, interact with, or understand it.