But the whole thing about QM and spooky action at a distance is that it appears to break the speed of light. An entangled particle light years away from its partner, would instantly collapse to the same state as its partner when the partner is observed. If this can be harnessed to send information, then the notional limit of light speed disappears. While it's a good theoretical exercise to calculate possible limits, they very often turn out to be nothing more than hurdles.
Furthermore, you will never get to New York by heading west on I40. What if current physics is all based on heading west ? The natural limit is the pacific, which to a car based traveller is insurmountable. If you change your theoretical paradigm to a plane, you can get to New York by heading west. But first you have to invent the plane. And very soon after it is achieved some clever wit says "hang on, why don't we travel east in the first place ?" This is the potted history of all discovery so far.
Which language is it presented in again ? Oh, English. Where is it sold ? Oh, the US and Canada. While it's not a useless device, it's hardly a godsend to the native tribes of equatorial New Guinea. Most people who buy it will be geeks with money to burn on gadgets, who coincidentally live in cities and towns with cell phone access. The inaccuracy of some of the entries and overall complexity of most the entries makes it useless for simple and fast access to useful knowledge. The entry on the internal combustion engine does a good job of telling you about its history and basic principles, but doesn't tell you the plug gap for a 98 Ford. Which are you more likely to need to know as you go about your daily business ? A useful fact or a treatise on the history of engines in general ? Now if they made it so that you could add data to the dbase as you go along through life, then upload that data periodically for possible inclusion in the main site, I think you would get better and more in depth and useful data overall.
And how do you get that non-Enron power to the Enron customers without going over their lines ? All this will achieve is to make it easier for a cartel to establish control.
So instead of putting YOUR balls on the line, you want to get us to take the blame when you fail. I would guess that the very act of posting this on slashdot disqualifies you from the position, or at least from the intelligent employers short list. You are worried about gambling your future by working for a gambling company. Think about it.
You really have no idea do you. Your average house feeding power cable is 1" thick. You really think that electricity is going to be affected by a couple of poncy hard drive magnets when it has the opportunity to fly down a 1" thick cable ? Why haven't Al-Qaida thought of this ?
The LHC is an accelerator project, not a superconductor project. The reason their magnets didn't work is down to physical engineering not faulty theory or blue sky thinking. The LHC will still piss all over any other collider project in the world when it's run at full power. They're starting at lower energies to "run it in". They have also advanced the state of understanding in ultra low temperature electro-magnets.
I agree, but the simple fact is, is it any good now ? You don't HAVE to start it on boot, just run it if you need it. Or is that too much work ? I still have version 1.06r1 on my XP box (which never really goes on the net), and it runs fine. Oh dear, my definitions are 673 days old, yet I still have no problems... Maybe because I use linux to browse the net (and everything else). [meta - is this a troll ?]
Hang on, who TOLD them about the blog ? Self inflicted I'm afraid. I recently played the game here in the UK and declared 3 days work I had done in the previous 2 weeks (Thur, Fri and following Mon). Their response ? Oh, Well our week runs from signing day to signing day (Tue) so that means you have to sign off. Great. so much for being honest. Last fucking time. (BTW, declaring work done means you get no money but don't have to spend 3 weeks re-signing on and waiting a month for money to live on) - tl; dr; don't work for agencies.
Well let me say that I applaud this act, and hope that they get Leela to follow suit. I may be an old prevert but Marge has a nice set of tits. The subtle hints of nipple and suggestive leaning over always do it for me. After all, the story is always more colourful in the minds eye. Here's my favourite Leela clip. COITUS INTERRUPTUS !
Over 690 comments at time of writing. Yet the dire state of SSL gets about 200 comments. Are there any geeks left on this site ? Who gives a flying oriental fuck about "the state of sexism in the united states" or even elsewhere. I have no problem with women, most people I know have no problem with women. People are people. So explain the fuss ? Somebody needs a platform ? Don't waste my time !
Sad to say, I read EVERY day, and my karma is excellent, and hasn't varied in 10 years. I think karma is, ya know, karma. Mod points are down to comment strength. After all, they are contributed by fellow posters.
Or does the cloud movement bear the burden of fuzzy definitions in assessing its shortcomings as well as its promise?"
FUCK OFF !
Anybody with a brain does not use the cloud for anything important. This necessarily leads to the phrase, "don't trust the cloud". Which historically refers to "Don't leave your eggs in one basket", which means " look after your own". You can make the question as "fuzzy" as you like but the answer is still NO !
The real problems are that (a) its such a hassle to drill down to the name of the certificate holder and (b) when you do find it its usually something like "No Obvious Connection to the Website Corp. (Holdings) PLC". (the extended ID in Firefox helps, where its used).
It is not a hassle to "drill down" to find the name of the cert holder. Firefox puts it right there on the front of the security popup. And most verified certs are verified to some unknown corporate division anyway - I don't see your point.
As for the "steel door on a tent" quip, the same is true for verified certs. They make no claim about the security of the SITE, only that the cert was issued to such and such and the connection to that site is encrypted. Given the recent \0 fiasco, you should realise that using a cert for verification is unrealistic at best and misleading at worst. Certs are for encryption.
The main problem with "secure" sites is that too many people don't realise that the site is not what is secured. It is only the connection to the site that is encrypted, the server itself could be sitting in a room full of chinese hackers for all you know. Too many sites mention their "secure server" when in actual fact the machine is sat in a rack with thousands of other machines surrounded by minimum wage techs.
My open university course makes this mistake right at the beginning. It specifically says that "the letter 's' [appended to http] means you are connected to a secure web server, using techniques to protect your details from electronic snoopers". This is not true. Your precious credit card details could be sat on that server in plain text and you would be none the wiser.
Also, I have bought verified certs where the method of verification was an automated phone call to the number I gave in the application. What use is that ? I could be anyone, anywhere. So IMHO using certs for verification is a waste of time and gives entirely the wrong impression. Self signed certs are fine because they don't pretend to verify my identity, they just provide the details of who created them and encrypt the connection. If a 3rd party were to try phishing by creating their own self signed cert, the cached version in my browser tells me it is not valid because it has a different key. In this respect it is no different than a verified cert.
All the verification businesses go out of their way to avoid mentioning self signed certs, because they don't make them any money. But for the purpose for which they were designed, self signed certs are fine.
Computing horsepower ? It's ok for slashdot to inflict painful javascript and useless CSS on us but if THEY have to implement a fairly light security system it's too much !
fuck off.
WTF is north west west ? Did you mean west north west ? And you must have fucking good eyesight to determine that this picture was taken anywhere specific. A few power lines and a couple of rooflines with trees around. Maybe you could give us the GPS coordinates smartarse. And opening a probable 3rd generation image in photoshop proves nothing. There is no image data available other than size.
"If I were you I would..." I is singular. Basically avoid using "was" unless it really makes sense when read back. "The government was contemplating a new law" is grammatically correct as there is only one government mentioned, but "the government were contemplating a new law" is better as a government is composed of many individuals. Also look up "past subjunctive".
tl; dr; 100% is plural, regardless of the subject matter. It represents 100 percentage points, ie. plural.
They steal from us, we steal from them. Let's see who breaks first. Maybe we'll reach a stage where some kind of peace agreement is the only way forward. Reasonable copyright terms being one of the clauses.
Idiot. What do you see on every search results page, both above and to one side of the results ? That's right ADVERTISMENTS ! What is one of googles biggest earners - ADWORDS ! Where are adwords useful ? In searches ! Pull your pants up, your intellect is showing.
You have flu shots every year for 20 years ? WHY ?
I've never had a flu shot, ever. Last time I got vaccinated was at school with the BCG shot. I have had a couple of tetanus boosters after injuries since then but never a flu shot. The only people who get flu shots here are the elderly and children. Basically, vulnerable people. And people wonder why these viruses keep evolving...
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Who the fuck is Thomas ? Gordon Moore himself has said that he thinks it can't continue.
But the whole thing about QM and spooky action at a distance is that it appears to break the speed of light. An entangled particle light years away from its partner, would instantly collapse to the same state as its partner when the partner is observed. If this can be harnessed to send information, then the notional limit of light speed disappears. While it's a good theoretical exercise to calculate possible limits, they very often turn out to be nothing more than hurdles.
Furthermore, you will never get to New York by heading west on I40. What if current physics is all based on heading west ? The natural limit is the pacific, which to a car based traveller is insurmountable. If you change your theoretical paradigm to a plane, you can get to New York by heading west. But first you have to invent the plane. And very soon after it is achieved some clever wit says "hang on, why don't we travel east in the first place ?" This is the potted history of all discovery so far.
Which language is it presented in again ? Oh, English. Where is it sold ? Oh, the US and Canada. While it's not a useless device, it's hardly a godsend to the native tribes of equatorial New Guinea. Most people who buy it will be geeks with money to burn on gadgets, who coincidentally live in cities and towns with cell phone access. The inaccuracy of some of the entries and overall complexity of most the entries makes it useless for simple and fast access to useful knowledge. The entry on the internal combustion engine does a good job of telling you about its history and basic principles, but doesn't tell you the plug gap for a 98 Ford. Which are you more likely to need to know as you go about your daily business ? A useful fact or a treatise on the history of engines in general ? Now if they made it so that you could add data to the dbase as you go along through life, then upload that data periodically for possible inclusion in the main site, I think you would get better and more in depth and useful data overall.
And how do you get that non-Enron power to the Enron customers without going over their lines ? All this will achieve is to make it easier for a cartel to establish control.
So instead of putting YOUR balls on the line, you want to get us to take the blame when you fail. I would guess that the very act of posting this on slashdot disqualifies you from the position, or at least from the intelligent employers short list. You are worried about gambling your future by working for a gambling company. Think about it.
You really have no idea do you. Your average house feeding power cable is 1" thick. You really think that electricity is going to be affected by a couple of poncy hard drive magnets when it has the opportunity to fly down a 1" thick cable ? Why haven't Al-Qaida thought of this ?
The LHC is an accelerator project, not a superconductor project. The reason their magnets didn't work is down to physical engineering not faulty theory or blue sky thinking. The LHC will still piss all over any other collider project in the world when it's run at full power. They're starting at lower energies to "run it in". They have also advanced the state of understanding in ultra low temperature electro-magnets.
I agree, but the simple fact is, is it any good now ? You don't HAVE to start it on boot, just run it if you need it. Or is that too much work ? I still have version 1.06r1 on my XP box (which never really goes on the net), and it runs fine. Oh dear, my definitions are 673 days old, yet I still have no problems ...
Maybe because I use linux to browse the net (and everything else). [meta - is this a troll ?]
Hang on, who TOLD them about the blog ?
Self inflicted I'm afraid. I recently played the game here in the UK and declared 3 days work I had done in the previous 2 weeks (Thur, Fri and following Mon). Their response ? Oh, Well our week runs from signing day to signing day (Tue) so that means you have to sign off. Great. so much for being honest. Last fucking time. (BTW, declaring work done means you get no money but don't have to spend 3 weeks re-signing on and waiting a month for money to live on) - tl; dr; don't work for agencies.
Well let me say that I applaud this act, and hope that they get Leela to follow suit. I may be an old prevert but Marge has a nice set of tits. The subtle hints of nipple and suggestive leaning over always do it for me. After all, the story is always more colourful in the minds eye. Here's my favourite Leela clip. COITUS INTERRUPTUS !
Over 690 comments at time of writing. Yet the dire state of SSL gets about 200 comments. Are there any geeks left on this site ? Who gives a flying oriental fuck about "the state of sexism in the united states" or even elsewhere. I have no problem with women, most people I know have no problem with women. People are people. So explain the fuss ? Somebody needs a platform ? Don't waste my time !
Sad to say, I read EVERY day, and my karma is excellent, and hasn't varied in 10 years. I think karma is, ya know, karma. Mod points are down to comment strength. After all, they are contributed by fellow posters.
FUCK OFF !
Anybody with a brain does not use the cloud for anything important. This necessarily leads to the phrase, "don't trust the cloud". Which historically refers to "Don't leave your eggs in one basket", which means " look after your own". You can make the question as "fuzzy" as you like but the answer is still NO !
It is not a hassle to "drill down" to find the name of the cert holder. Firefox puts it right there on the front of the security popup. And most verified certs are verified to some unknown corporate division anyway - I don't see your point.
As for the "steel door on a tent" quip, the same is true for verified certs. They make no claim about the security of the SITE, only that the cert was issued to such and such and the connection to that site is encrypted. Given the recent \0 fiasco, you should realise that using a cert for verification is unrealistic at best and misleading at worst. Certs are for encryption.
The main problem with "secure" sites is that too many people don't realise that the site is not what is secured. It is only the connection to the site that is encrypted, the server itself could be sitting in a room full of chinese hackers for all you know. Too many sites mention their "secure server" when in actual fact the machine is sat in a rack with thousands of other machines surrounded by minimum wage techs.
My open university course makes this mistake right at the beginning. It specifically says that "the letter 's' [appended to http] means you are connected to a secure web server, using techniques to protect your details from electronic snoopers". This is not true. Your precious credit card details could be sat on that server in plain text and you would be none the wiser.
Also, I have bought verified certs where the method of verification was an automated phone call to the number I gave in the application. What use is that ? I could be anyone, anywhere. So IMHO using certs for verification is a waste of time and gives entirely the wrong impression. Self signed certs are fine because they don't pretend to verify my identity, they just provide the details of who created them and encrypt the connection. If a 3rd party were to try phishing by creating their own self signed cert, the cached version in my browser tells me it is not valid because it has a different key. In this respect it is no different than a verified cert.
All the verification businesses go out of their way to avoid mentioning self signed certs, because they don't make them any money. But for the purpose for which they were designed, self signed certs are fine.
Computing horsepower ? It's ok for slashdot to inflict painful javascript and useless CSS on us but if THEY have to implement a fairly light security system it's too much ! fuck off.
I bought a Sharp scientific calculator in about 1995. It has no solar panel, and yet I have NEVER had to replace the battery since I bought it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7574684.stm
WTF is north west west ? Did you mean west north west ? And you must have fucking good eyesight to determine that this picture was taken anywhere specific. A few power lines and a couple of rooflines with trees around. Maybe you could give us the GPS coordinates smartarse. And opening a probable 3rd generation image in photoshop proves nothing. There is no image data available other than size.
Breasts not asses. Mammal, mammaries, TITS !
No. The human race is a collective noun, so "are" is perfectly correct.
"If I were you I would ..." I is singular. Basically avoid using "was" unless it really makes sense when read back. "The government was contemplating a new law" is grammatically correct as there is only one government mentioned, but "the government were contemplating a new law" is better as a government is composed of many individuals. Also look up "past subjunctive".
tl; dr;
100% is plural, regardless of the subject matter. It represents 100 percentage points, ie. plural.
They steal from us, we steal from them. Let's see who breaks first.
Maybe we'll reach a stage where some kind of peace agreement is the only way forward. Reasonable copyright terms being one of the clauses.
Idiot. What do you see on every search results page, both above and to one side of the results ? That's right ADVERTISMENTS ! What is one of googles biggest earners - ADWORDS ! Where are adwords useful ? In searches ! Pull your pants up, your intellect is showing.
You have flu shots every year for 20 years ? WHY ?
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I've never had a flu shot, ever. Last time I got vaccinated was at school with the BCG shot. I have had a couple of tetanus boosters after injuries since then but never a flu shot. The only people who get flu shots here are the elderly and children. Basically, vulnerable people. And people wonder why these viruses keep evolving