I would make the passphrase something more relevant -- so if they grant you immunity for the contents of the passphrase, you're still covered. something along the lines of;
"All my hard drives and other digital storage media are filled with illegal and incriminating material, including but not limited to: classified national security documents, illegal pornography, evidence of insider trading, evidence of tax evasion, evidence of fraud, evidence of terrorist associations and funding activities, and naked pictures of your mother in compromising positions":-)
Chaining FW drives is great in theory; however, in practice, once you chain more than 2 drives on a single firewire chain (either FW400 or FW800), the performance of the entire chain degrades substantially -- I have measured this using a fairly new iMac, and GDrive-Q drives (using the oxford 924 chipset)
One of my favorite quotes on the need to know... (also Bernards longest sentence:-)
Bernard: Apparently, the fact that you needed to know was not known at the time that the now known need to know was known, therefore those that needed to advise and inform the Home Secretary perhaps felt the information he needed as to whether to inform the highest authority of the known information was not yet known and therefore there was no authority for the authority to be informed because the need to know was not, at that time, known or needed.
> Why are we waiting until it's a crisis to deal with it?
Because that's just human nature -- we're all procrastinators -- some of us admit it -- others are putting that admission off.
History is replete with situations where timely action would have saved piles of money and/or lives -- have we ever acted at the right time? No -- we wait until something like http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/dday.htm is necessary.
So I think we can all safely predict that it will be a crisis before we do anything about it.
And remember -- never put off until tomorrow that which can be put off until the day after.:-)
If Intel adds more or wider SSE registers or otherwise adds to or changes the thread specific state, the context switcher in the kernel will have to be updated to support that.
Hetrogenous cores could also cause changes to the scheduler -- ie having a small number of OOO cores, and a larger number of in order cores -- some threads will run better on one type of core than another.
But for the most part, he's probably right -- the days of rapid large scale architectural changes to the kernel are over.
Software patents are really nothing of the sort -- they are process patents. You patent the process that the software implements. Then they usually claim a computer running software that implements this process -- that's the Machine part that is allowed.
I expect that much of the/. crown will see me as part of the problem, as I have several of these sort of patents granted with several more applied for.
I don't care if you think they're "opt-in" -- if you're sending 50,000 emails twice a week, you're a spammer. You might call it a newsletter etc, but it's still mass emailing -- ie. SPAM.
I'm sure plenty of the spammers who send me email think I opted in. They're wrong -- and I won't opt out because it only confirms that my email address is valid, leading to more spam -- no, I just permanently block them. I bet plenty of your "opted in" recipients have done the same to you.
The best one I saw was on a russian web site -- it was the usual flecked image -- however the image was a small calculus problem -- if you could solve it correctly you got in.
Didn't just weed out bots, but also stupid and uneducated people. And interestingly enough, it would let drunk russians through:-) (Some of the russians I know solve calculus problems as kind of a drinking game)
I wasn't trying to be funny -- I know I've got a pretty sick sense of humour, but I draw the line at joking about someone else's potentially fatal condition.
Unless they themselves start naming their tumors (Jim, Bob etc) -- then they're fair game:-)
But seriously, Cancer is a real bitch -- and I genuinely wish this guy a speedy recovery.
So are debuggers illegal now? How about compilers? Logic analysers? I'm pretty sure Germany has extradition treaties with USA/Canada/the rest of Europe. Does that make most of us criminals?
What about debugging by printf or cout?
Pretty soon we'll have to be licensed members of the programmers guild. Please line up to pee in the cup and be fingerprinted for your mandatory background check. (oh, and your papers please) (does that count as a Godwin when we're talking about the Germans?:-)
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I would make the passphrase something more relevant -- so if they grant you immunity for the contents of the passphrase, you're still covered. something along the lines of;
:-)
"All my hard drives and other digital storage media are filled with illegal and incriminating material, including but not limited to: classified national security documents, illegal pornography, evidence of insider trading, evidence of tax evasion, evidence of fraud, evidence of terrorist associations and funding activities, and naked pictures of your mother in compromising positions"
Chaining FW drives is great in theory; however, in practice, once you chain more than 2 drives on a single firewire chain (either FW400 or FW800), the performance of the entire chain degrades substantially -- I have measured this using a fairly new iMac, and GDrive-Q drives (using the oxford 924 chipset)
Yep -- to lazy to even proofread it :-)
I find that the following two axioms explain much of what I observe in human behavior...
1: Thinking is hard.
2: People are lazy.
That's all here is to it.
No, it stands for Exceptionally Corrupt Microsoft Apologists. Didn't you get the memo?
One of my favorite quotes on the need to know... (also Bernards longest sentence :-)
Bernard: Apparently, the fact that you needed to know was not known at the time that the now known need to know was known, therefore those that needed to advise and inform the Home Secretary perhaps felt the information he needed as to whether to inform the highest authority of the known information was not yet known and therefore there was no authority for the authority to be informed because the need to know was not, at that time, known or needed.
> Was it the Midi-chlorians, Jar Jar Binks, the actors?
Yes, Yes, and Yes, oh, and you missed "the script" and "the director"
> When did Star Wars jump the shark?.
Ewoks.
> A bonus question: Did George Lucas redeem himself in Episode III?"
No.
For cancer scanning, you'd really want a PET (positron emission tomography)
That profoundly unfunny post (but insightful) will probably get modded as funny.
:-)
Lets wait and see
Hah -- we Canadians have *vastly* superior technology as compared to this -- we use Celine Dion's voice as the basis for our cone of agony!
If you are Canadian, and have a canadian cell phone, Go to http://www.merchantlaw.com/cellular.html to sign up...
> Why are we waiting until it's a crisis to deal with it?
:-)
Because that's just human nature -- we're all procrastinators -- some of us admit it -- others are putting that admission off.
History is replete with situations where timely action would have saved piles of money and/or lives -- have we ever acted at the right time? No -- we wait until something like http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/dday.htm is necessary.
So I think we can all safely predict that it will be a crisis before we do anything about it.
And remember -- never put off until tomorrow that which can be put off until the day after.
phasm42 simulposted the same idea... (at least within the same minute)
What about actually injecting ink instead of drugs? Pain free tattoos that take almost no time to apply.
:-)
I think I'll go off and file a patent on this
If Intel adds more or wider SSE registers or otherwise adds to or changes the thread specific state, the context switcher in the kernel will have to be updated to support that.
Hetrogenous cores could also cause changes to the scheduler -- ie having a small number of OOO cores, and a larger number of in order cores -- some threads will run better on one type of core than another.
But for the most part, he's probably right -- the days of rapid large scale architectural changes to the kernel are over.
Yes, but I'm not entirely sure that I don't fail to completely disagree with you.
Software patents are really nothing of the sort -- they are process patents. You patent the process that the software implements. Then they usually claim a computer running software that implements this process -- that's the Machine part that is allowed.
/. crown will see me as part of the problem, as I have several of these sort of patents granted with several more applied for.
I expect that much of the
I've never been able to trade my mod points for nookie. (perhaps I haven't tried hard enough :-)
And if this article is to be believed, with an IQ at around 145 or so, it's pretty much my only hope isn't it?
It could also be that they want to attract skilled Canadian programmers who are not interested in becoming Americans.
>They intend to create new life forms that are optimized for alcohol production.
:-) Everything is falling into place.
That's perfect, seeing as how I'm optimized for alcohol consumption
You, Sir, are part of the problem.
I don't care if you think they're "opt-in" -- if you're sending 50,000 emails twice a week, you're a spammer. You might call it a newsletter etc, but it's still mass emailing -- ie. SPAM.
I'm sure plenty of the spammers who send me email think I opted in. They're wrong -- and I won't opt out because it only confirms that my email address is valid, leading to more spam -- no, I just permanently block them. I bet plenty of your "opted in" recipients have done the same to you.
The best one I saw was on a russian web site -- it was the usual flecked image -- however the image was a small calculus problem -- if you could solve it correctly you got in.
:-) (Some of the russians I know solve calculus problems as kind of a drinking game)
Didn't just weed out bots, but also stupid and uneducated people. And interestingly enough, it would let drunk russians through
That's a nice theory -- I wish the USA would subscribe to it.
I wasn't trying to be funny -- I know I've got a pretty sick sense of humour, but I draw the line at joking about someone else's potentially fatal condition.
:-)
Unless they themselves start naming their tumors (Jim, Bob etc) -- then they're fair game
But seriously, Cancer is a real bitch -- and I genuinely wish this guy a speedy recovery.
So are debuggers illegal now? How about compilers? Logic analysers? I'm pretty sure Germany has extradition treaties with USA/Canada/the rest of Europe. Does that make most of us criminals?
:-)
What about debugging by printf or cout?
Pretty soon we'll have to be licensed members of the programmers guild. Please line up to pee in the cup and be fingerprinted for your mandatory background check. (oh, and your papers please) (does that count as a Godwin when we're talking about the Germans?