It's about money. According to most of the analysts I've heard, this is being done to tap into the revenue stream the Reuters and Bloomberg get from selling financial data. The need for censorship is being used as a pretext.
Saying that most Chinese are satisfied reminded me of an interesting tangential fact: income disparity is greater now in China than under Chiang Kai-shek.
Almost every country only recognizes patents filed under their system. The US for example only recognizes USPTO filings. Even PCTs must be filed locally to be recognized.
This may or may not be a fix for the random shutdowns, but I've had luck solving the problem by cleaning the processor heat sink. Pulled a chunk of lint out of a few Sony Vaios and eliminated the problem (at least for the time being).
Don't know, but even from a distance you can tell they are the greasiest thing on two legs. Including the fry cook at Long John Silvers. And like the fry cook, I don't care to imagine the taste.
I've wondered if IPv6 can provide some accidental security, giving some equivalence to NAT. With IPv4, you could probe a bunch of systems by just incrementing through all the addresses you cared to try. You were almost guaranteed to find somebody at each address. IPv6 has so many possible addresses it's far less likely to stumble upon something connected at each one. Especially if addresses are handed out non-sequentially. Now you have to have a list of potential victims before you can start polling.
Not a cure, since the DNS effectively has this list. But at least an inconvenience to any worm.
Sorry, but your describing the theory of DNA that's decades out of date. Genes do code for proteins. Effectively a list of Lego bricks. Ok, what are you going to build? The complexity arises from DNA->RNA transcription, epigenetics, and all sorts of other weird mechanisms that direct what to do with the bricks. Complexity is a function of proteins, but they are not equal. Complexity is parts (proteins) plus instructions (all the other stuff). And that's the simplified explanation.
I've heard that the Sony radio was a little too big for pockets. So... Sony had custom shirts made for the sales staff that had larger pockets. "See how nicely it fits in a pocket?"
A most of you are aware, there is a lot of "junk" DNA mixed with genes. We're begining to learn that a lot of the "junk" is another form of coded instruction. Or to force fit an analogy for the Slashdot crowd, genes code for hardware, "junk" DNA codes for software. So equating the number of genes with the complextity of an organism is only part of the picture. Not as bad as equating the number of chromosomes with complexity (corn has more than humans, I believe). But still overly simplified.
It doesn't matter what FF does: if people have never heard of it they won't install or run it. So I propose this:
Buy 1 second of ad time for the next Superbowl (less if you can get it). Cost is about $85k per second. Not cheap. But it will be so odd that it will be discussed for weeks before it airs in newspapers and on TV. Probably run dozens of times like the 1984 Apple ad. And slowed down so people will have time to figure out "what the hell was that?" And that will be worth the equivalent of millions of ad dollars.
And production values can be cheap. Just a static frame with the logo, web url, and something along the lines of "For a more secure internet!" Cheap cheap cheap ('cause all your money is going to the network).
Oh, I checked all the cables. It was the umpteenth time trying to format it and listening to it go erg-erg-erg that I just up and hit the PC case. It started formating fine for a few moments, then the noise. Being a lowly grad student with lots of pent up frustration, I was fine beating the crap out of the machine for an hour. After the format, it never had another problem in the 2 years I was responsible for it.
The ethernet card is even stranger. If it weren't for lack of cash and some mighty expensive software license locked to the machine, I'd just replace it. But after the lightning near miss, the AGP, onboard ethernet, and sound died. AGP card works fine in another machine. onboard ethernet is toast. Won't even boot if sound is enabled in bios. So all three are disabled. Found the ethernet card trick by accident. Tried a couple cards with random results. One time I forgot to unplug the pc. Inserting the card powered everything up and the card worked. Some more screwing around confirmed that it was the only guaranteed method of booting properly. Changing buss setting helped, but never fixed the trouble.
My guess is that something in the bus controller is toasted. Just a few transistors, but enough that timings are out of spec. And I wouldn't stake my life on that guess either. Jsut trying to keep the sucker alive until we can get a nice core 2 duo replacement (probably in 6 months).
I believe that was trotted out in addition to other arguments. Standard boilerplate statement kind of thing. Its the other arguments that are more revealing.
Then again maybe I'm confusing this case with instances where they claim that revealing how they are intercepting communications will compromise the interception. In those same instances they also claim that the method is not covered by law and they don't have to go to FISA. Even if I'm confusing monitoring programs, neither smells of ordinary POTS monitoring. Laws were written with POTS in mind. Which brings me back to my point: is there a weakness in our wiretap laws? Fussing over what's happened may not address the root issue.
I'm a firm believer that warrants are required to listen to conversations. But everyone keeps missing an important clue. Warrants are specified by laws. Laws have loopholes. When the feds say "the Pres has the authority," they are really saying "We're using a loophole." Ok, so prove he has the authority. "Telling you would reveal secrets."
Aha! If the tapping is known, and if traditional tapping methods are well known and covered by law, then this is something else. A method of monitoring communications not widely known and not well covered by law.
All the fury over NSA tapping is mere Jerry Springer hoopla. I'm more curious about what the mystery method is and why it isn't covered by law. Seems that's a much more productive discussion.
On the one hand, I think that scenario is going to be extremely rare. On the other, cancer due to viral infection (often spread in a family) is turning out to be more common than thought with the same devistating effect.
Yes, let's not resort to a battle of ideas, ideals, morals, ethics, qualifications, experience, or anything of substance. Mockery is much more productive. Because if you can just out mock the other guy, you must be the best.
Please don't say it's acceptable to mock the incumbent. Or anyone else. That's just excusing bad behavior. It's the same logic that makes parents think it's ok for their little brat to scream and throw stuff at a restaurant. It may be the norm, but it's not acceptable.
Had a tour of a place making gallium-arsenide semiconductors. The basement storage area with dozens of tanks fo arsine was a spooky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsine
You both missed the point, then made it. Yes, it's about marketing. A common marketing tool is to "get them while they are young." Redhat has neglected that strategy, which got them where they are today. Ubuntu isn't. Their "try it, you'll like it" strategy works with new and old users alike. Familiarity breeds loyalty. Loyalty breeds profits.
And that's just the limit for storage. For data juggled in RAM, you're probably limited by the PCI/PCI-X/PCIe bandwidth first (gotta get on the bus). There's room, but under ideal conditions. Then there's CPU-RAM highway. Gotta do something with that data.
So no matter where you direct the flood of data, it's going to see some resistance. But (luckily?) it sounds like we'll never have to worry about the data coming in that fast.
Such a system would have to be supported by one or both of the two parties. But it benefits a third. Care to place a bet on the chances of that happening?
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It's about money. According to most of the analysts I've heard, this is being done to tap into the revenue stream the Reuters and Bloomberg get from selling financial data. The need for censorship is being used as a pretext.
Saying that most Chinese are satisfied reminded me of an interesting tangential fact: income disparity is greater now in China than under Chiang Kai-shek.
Almost every country only recognizes patents filed under their system. The US for example only recognizes USPTO filings. Even PCTs must be filed locally to be recognized.
This may or may not be a fix for the random shutdowns, but I've had luck solving the problem by cleaning the processor heat sink. Pulled a chunk of lint out of a few Sony Vaios and eliminated the problem (at least for the time being).
Don't know, but even from a distance you can tell they are the greasiest thing on two legs. Including the fry cook at Long John Silvers. And like the fry cook, I don't care to imagine the taste.
The roadrunner is also the state bird of New Mexico, location of LANL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrunner_(bird)
It was always ironic to see them running up and down the road in front of my grandparents home.
I've wondered if IPv6 can provide some accidental security, giving some equivalence to NAT. With IPv4, you could probe a bunch of systems by just incrementing through all the addresses you cared to try. You were almost guaranteed to find somebody at each address. IPv6 has so many possible addresses it's far less likely to stumble upon something connected at each one. Especially if addresses are handed out non-sequentially. Now you have to have a list of potential victims before you can start polling.
Not a cure, since the DNS effectively has this list. But at least an inconvenience to any worm.
Sorry, but your describing the theory of DNA that's decades out of date. Genes do code for proteins. Effectively a list of Lego bricks. Ok, what are you going to build? The complexity arises from DNA->RNA transcription, epigenetics, and all sorts of other weird mechanisms that direct what to do with the bricks. Complexity is a function of proteins, but they are not equal. Complexity is parts (proteins) plus instructions (all the other stuff). And that's the simplified explanation.
Even tetraploid corn doesn't have enough. Should have used camels ... 35 pairs.
I've heard that the Sony radio was a little too big for pockets. So ... Sony had custom shirts made for the sales staff that had larger pockets. "See how nicely it fits in a pocket?"
Can anyone confirm or refute this story?
A most of you are aware, there is a lot of "junk" DNA mixed with genes. We're begining to learn that a lot of the "junk" is another form of coded instruction. Or to force fit an analogy for the Slashdot crowd, genes code for hardware, "junk" DNA codes for software. So equating the number of genes with the complextity of an organism is only part of the picture. Not as bad as equating the number of chromosomes with complexity (corn has more than humans, I believe). But still overly simplified.
It doesn't matter what FF does: if people have never heard of it they won't install or run it. So I propose this:
Buy 1 second of ad time for the next Superbowl (less if you can get it). Cost is about $85k per second. Not cheap. But it will be so odd that it will be discussed for weeks before it airs in newspapers and on TV. Probably run dozens of times like the 1984 Apple ad. And slowed down so people will have time to figure out "what the hell was that?" And that will be worth the equivalent of millions of ad dollars.
And production values can be cheap. Just a static frame with the logo, web url, and something along the lines of "For a more secure internet!" Cheap cheap cheap ('cause all your money is going to the network).
Oh, I checked all the cables. It was the umpteenth time trying to format it and listening to it go erg-erg-erg that I just up and hit the PC case. It started formating fine for a few moments, then the noise. Being a lowly grad student with lots of pent up frustration, I was fine beating the crap out of the machine for an hour. After the format, it never had another problem in the 2 years I was responsible for it.
The ethernet card is even stranger. If it weren't for lack of cash and some mighty expensive software license locked to the machine, I'd just replace it. But after the lightning near miss, the AGP, onboard ethernet, and sound died. AGP card works fine in another machine. onboard ethernet is toast. Won't even boot if sound is enabled in bios. So all three are disabled. Found the ethernet card trick by accident. Tried a couple cards with random results. One time I forgot to unplug the pc. Inserting the card powered everything up and the card worked. Some more screwing around confirmed that it was the only guaranteed method of booting properly. Changing buss setting helped, but never fixed the trouble.
My guess is that something in the bus controller is toasted. Just a few transistors, but enough that timings are out of spec. And I wouldn't stake my life on that guess either. Jsut trying to keep the sucker alive until we can get a nice core 2 duo replacement (probably in 6 months).
I believe that was trotted out in addition to other arguments. Standard boilerplate statement kind of thing. Its the other arguments that are more revealing.
Then again maybe I'm confusing this case with instances where they claim that revealing how they are intercepting communications will compromise the interception. In those same instances they also claim that the method is not covered by law and they don't have to go to FISA. Even if I'm confusing monitoring programs, neither smells of ordinary POTS monitoring. Laws were written with POTS in mind. Which brings me back to my point: is there a weakness in our wiretap laws? Fussing over what's happened may not address the root issue.
I'm a firm believer that warrants are required to listen to conversations. But everyone keeps missing an important clue. Warrants are specified by laws. Laws have loopholes. When the feds say "the Pres has the authority," they are really saying "We're using a loophole." Ok, so prove he has the authority. "Telling you would reveal secrets."
Aha! If the tapping is known, and if traditional tapping methods are well known and covered by law, then this is something else. A method of monitoring communications not widely known and not well covered by law.
All the fury over NSA tapping is mere Jerry Springer hoopla. I'm more curious about what the mystery method is and why it isn't covered by law. Seems that's a much more productive discussion.
IE7 still has the pesky problem, even after all the patches and rewrites, of being Internet Explorer from Microsoft.
On the one hand, I think that scenario is going to be extremely rare. On the other, cancer due to viral infection (often spread in a family) is turning out to be more common than thought with the same devistating effect.
Yes, let's not resort to a battle of ideas, ideals, morals, ethics, qualifications, experience, or anything of substance. Mockery is much more productive. Because if you can just out mock the other guy, you must be the best.
I hope you enjoy the irony...
Please don't say it's acceptable to mock the incumbent. Or anyone else. That's just excusing bad behavior. It's the same logic that makes parents think it's ok for their little brat to scream and throw stuff at a restaurant. It may be the norm, but it's not acceptable.
Had a tour of a place making gallium-arsenide semiconductors. The basement storage area with dozens of tanks fo arsine was a spooky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsine
I wasn't aware that Hitler was as popular as bacon. Come to think of it, that may be quite true amongst kosher households.
It's not rocket science and usually works.
You both missed the point, then made it. Yes, it's about marketing. A common marketing tool is to "get them while they are young." Redhat has neglected that strategy, which got them where they are today. Ubuntu isn't. Their "try it, you'll like it" strategy works with new and old users alike. Familiarity breeds loyalty. Loyalty breeds profits.
And that's just the limit for storage. For data juggled in RAM, you're probably limited by the PCI/PCI-X/PCIe bandwidth first (gotta get on the bus). There's room, but under ideal conditions. Then there's CPU-RAM highway. Gotta do something with that data. So no matter where you direct the flood of data, it's going to see some resistance. But (luckily?) it sounds like we'll never have to worry about the data coming in that fast.
Such a system would have to be supported by one or both of the two parties. But it benefits a third. Care to place a bet on the chances of that happening?