Yes. The point was that there needs to be a distinction made between "speed of light" and "amount of time it takes for light to travel a certain distance."
It doesn't seem like the speed of light is really being "slowed down." Rather, the time it takes photons to travel a certain distance is being increased by the use of a device which scatters photons and also by means of electric fields. This is just like saying that light travels "more slowly" through certain media. Really, what I think is happening is that there is a delay when a photon is being absorbed into a certain medium before being able to pass through it. So, it seems that light slows down, but really the delay is caused by the interference of the medium and the speed of the actual photons is constant.
Maybe we should measure time as just one number (like computers). The only downside would be that it'd be a huge number. Other than that, it would make doing math with dates and times easier, and we wouldn't need leap years, DST, or any of the other devices set up to keep our calendar straight and the sun high in the sky at the right times.
Is it really true that the only thing protecting Macs thus far has been their smaller by comparison presence on the Internet? Is there nothing to be said for the inherent security or insecurity of a particular platform? This is the kind of argument that free operating systems get against their security all the time. It'll be interesting to see whether the Mac platform can stand up to increased attacks. If it does, this might help convince people that some platforms really are more secure than others.
I don't think that logs count as an interception of electronic communication. Usually, either party's software would be generating a log, thus not intercepting it but receiving it normally and making a record of it.
If an ISP logs the traffic through its servers, I don't know if that would count either because that's an expected kind of mediation that has to occur. Packets go through plenty of other machines besides the end points, but that has to be expected.
In some ways, this seems like the natural progression of the public school system (at least as I remember it). Efficiency and liability have already motivated policies that treat students more like livestock. Granted, that this technology would make it easier (and cause new problems and work-arounds if people become too reliant on it). It's a tough call sometimes. Parents expect that schools keep track of their kids while they're there, but does that mean having them carry devices that really do track their every move?
Silicon: is there anything it can't do?
Seriously, it'll be interesting to see how this impacts optical storage, not to mention all the other places lasers are used.
Number of controls isn't necessarily an OS limit, and browsers don't have to implement their own widgets. For instance Konqueror just uses the KDE/QT widgets. In fact, this makes it easier to port KHTML to use gui-toolkits besides QT.
These things can be done by free software. The reason that some distributions don't include software that does this is the issue of software patents. It's not that the software doesn't exist, it's that it might be illegal depending on patent law.
That's true. SMTP is just what it claims to be: simple. The only problem with a new mail protocol would be backwards compatibility. It couldn't be compatible with SMTP and still be effective in preventing spam or email spoofing. However, ISPs are not going to want to implement a protocol that no clients can use, and email clients are not going to support protocols that are not actually in use as easily. SMTP has been around for a long time, and replacing it isn't going to be easy. SMTP would have been replaced already if it weren't so universally used.
We've already got competing solutions to some of the problems with SMTP, but not a lot of people are using them. Most people don't encrypt email, S/MIME still is not widely used.
One of the reasons to respect the flag is that the flag is a symbol of a government that is supposed to respect certain freedoms. If flag burning is outlawed, then some of these freedoms are no longer being respected by the government, and that would be a disgrace whereas burning a flag if it were made illegal would be in the spirit of what the flag stands for and what the U.S. was founded on.
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I like how BSD is listed as the first GNU/Linux distribution.
If this is true, then I'm surprised the "working light saber" story hasn't been on Slashdot yet.
Yes. The point was that there needs to be a distinction made between "speed of light" and "amount of time it takes for light to travel a certain distance."
It doesn't seem like the speed of light is really being "slowed down." Rather, the time it takes photons to travel a certain distance is being increased by the use of a device which scatters photons and also by means of electric fields. This is just like saying that light travels "more slowly" through certain media. Really, what I think is happening is that there is a delay when a photon is being absorbed into a certain medium before being able to pass through it. So, it seems that light slows down, but really the delay is caused by the interference of the medium and the speed of the actual photons is constant.
Did everyone read TF-A?
I'm hungry. I haven't eaten since later this afternoon.
Netcraft confirms it!
Like how he must love proprietary software because that's what he used to develop GNU?
Maybe we should measure time as just one number (like computers). The only downside would be that it'd be a huge number. Other than that, it would make doing math with dates and times easier, and we wouldn't need leap years, DST, or any of the other devices set up to keep our calendar straight and the sun high in the sky at the right times.
Is it really true that the only thing protecting Macs thus far has been their smaller by comparison presence on the Internet? Is there nothing to be said for the inherent security or insecurity of a particular platform? This is the kind of argument that free operating systems get against their security all the time. It'll be interesting to see whether the Mac platform can stand up to increased attacks. If it does, this might help convince people that some platforms really are more secure than others.
Isn't any action morally or ethically questionable conduct depending on your given set of morals or ethics?
Spoiler Alert: It turns out the zebra did it!
If an ISP logs the traffic through its servers, I don't know if that would count either because that's an expected kind of mediation that has to occur. Packets go through plenty of other machines besides the end points, but that has to be expected.
In some ways, this seems like the natural progression of the public school system (at least as I remember it). Efficiency and liability have already motivated policies that treat students more like livestock. Granted, that this technology would make it easier (and cause new problems and work-arounds if people become too reliant on it). It's a tough call sometimes. Parents expect that schools keep track of their kids while they're there, but does that mean having them carry devices that really do track their every move?
Silicon: is there anything it can't do? Seriously, it'll be interesting to see how this impacts optical storage, not to mention all the other places lasers are used.
Number of controls isn't necessarily an OS limit, and browsers don't have to implement their own widgets. For instance Konqueror just uses the KDE/QT widgets. In fact, this makes it easier to port KHTML to use gui-toolkits besides QT.
Yeah, that wasn't intended as a viable cooling solution. I thought it was funny.
a liquid cooling system that is also a conversation piece http://nobispro.com/aquatank/?
"Wow, his supply of plasma grenades is lower than a doodle bug in Aunt Tillie's root cellar."
GOaaaall!
That's why I said that it might be illegal depending on patent law.
These things can be done by free software. The reason that some distributions don't include software that does this is the issue of software patents. It's not that the software doesn't exist, it's that it might be illegal depending on patent law.
We've already got competing solutions to some of the problems with SMTP, but not a lot of people are using them. Most people don't encrypt email, S/MIME still is not widely used.
It's good to see more promotion of secure coding practices, especially with Web languages like PHP.
One of the reasons to respect the flag is that the flag is a symbol of a government that is supposed to respect certain freedoms. If flag burning is outlawed, then some of these freedoms are no longer being respected by the government, and that would be a disgrace whereas burning a flag if it were made illegal would be in the spirit of what the flag stands for and what the U.S. was founded on.
I agree.
If the day ever comes when a law against flag burning is passed, that will be the day I burn a flag in protest.