Where I worked on traffic systems we had strict password requirements. Lives were at stake, after all. It never bothered us. We got used to memorising new strict passwords every month. It just takes practice and we had a small group to train up.
Then one day I had to help out a user on the corporate network. Their passwords were harder than ours and changed every week. The guy I needed to see wasn't there but that was okay because their office had a standard password based on the year, month and week number so somebody logged me in to his account.
This has already driven away the much-hoped-for internet economy that Cyberjaya was built, at billions of ringgit in taxpayer expense, to host.
Gee I remember driving past that place when I was in KL the first time in 2000. Recently I had to research radiotherapy services for my father in law, who is from Ipoh. I noticed that a lot of equipment is made in Malaysia for export, but it rarely gets used there. I am sure the Government wants their people to be nice productive manufacturers, but to not ask too many questions.
Over the years I have noticed places which should have taken off big time (Palau Langkawi is one which comes to mind) are not growing much at all. There should be more thinking outside the box.
My wife's dad, when he was a teacher could never get a passport to travel. His family assumed that this was because he earned money from the Government and they didn't want him to take it out of the country. Maybe it had more to do with not wanting their teachers to be too worldly....
This reminds me of the first time I went fossil hunting. I found a trilobite by accident. I haven't found one since. This planet is a fluke until consistent results can be established. I wish them the best of luck.
From an operational standpoint you want to have lots of things which trigger safe mode. I don't think you should treat going to safe mode as a bad thing.
A far more interesting result would have been if they hadn't been able to detect life on Earth as the inability to do so from such a close distance would make detecting Earth-like life elsewhere in the galaxy a laughable prospect.
Free oxygen is a pretty good indicator for life. Its just that this spacecraft doesn't work that way.
This time, I think they're entirely justified of being afraid of Linux.
I agree but not for the reasons you give. Mobile phones are the new platform. Microsoft, Symbian, Apple and Google are going head to head in that market. Google may push the linux kernel into a leading position against Windows.
I liked it when we all used horses. If your horse got tired then you could just rest beside the road and let it eat the grass. These new fangled petrol powered cars are no good because I keep forgetting to fill them up. Also I don't get free fertiliser. It will be years before they can do that.
As a bike rider I agree. The problem is that bike riders are used as a medium of exchange when walkers and drivers conflict over land use. I cycle on the road but I currently have a badly broken arm to show for my troubles.
The segway may work as a kind of a robot with a human in the loop. Its a bit like when you call a call centre drone. You are actually speaking to a machine which uses a human as a voice box. Maybe the segway will carry a human as a pair of eyes and voice box. But I won't buy one just to move around.
Dense doesn't have to mean massive. Energy supply from the sun is available at a constant rate. High ISP engines are available (an LED for example) but their thrust is very low, almost certainly below drag from the atmosphere at that altitude. Definitely for the LED example. Yeah you are right. Its not going to work.
Imagine a CD with a microprocessor, solar power and LCD shutters. It can change attitude by contollling its albedo selectively. It can change orbit by reflecting sunlight. You could put a stack of them on a platform like this.
At wavelengths low enough to use a high gain antenna it can be very hard to jam a signal coming straight down. Of course the bird may be easy to damage.
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One day, we'll use a big private key (from a microsd card or an RFID) to authenticate instead of relying on a puny little 8-16 alphanumeric password.
The RFID will be embedded in your palm at birth. Can't honestly say I am looking forward to that.
Where I worked on traffic systems we had strict password requirements. Lives were at stake, after all. It never bothered us. We got used to memorising new strict passwords every month. It just takes practice and we had a small group to train up.
Then one day I had to help out a user on the corporate network. Their passwords were harder than ours and changed every week. The guy I needed to see wasn't there but that was okay because their office had a standard password based on the year, month and week number so somebody logged me in to his account.
This has already driven away the much-hoped-for internet economy that Cyberjaya was built, at billions of ringgit in taxpayer expense, to host.
Gee I remember driving past that place when I was in KL the first time in 2000. Recently I had to research radiotherapy services for my father in law, who is from Ipoh. I noticed that a lot of equipment is made in Malaysia for export, but it rarely gets used there. I am sure the Government wants their people to be nice productive manufacturers, but to not ask too many questions.
Over the years I have noticed places which should have taken off big time (Palau Langkawi is one which comes to mind) are not growing much at all. There should be more thinking outside the box.
My wife's dad, when he was a teacher could never get a passport to travel. His family assumed that this was because he earned money from the Government and they didn't want him to take it out of the country. Maybe it had more to do with not wanting their teachers to be too worldly....
Also when you press keys concurrently they can all have different modifiers.
shoot back?
Its a bit strange that in the original patent application the cord comes out under the users wrist.
This reminds me of the first time I went fossil hunting. I found a trilobite by accident. I haven't found one since. This planet is a fluke until consistent results can be established. I wish them the best of luck.
Lots of exoplanets have been found.
Safe mode is safe.
From an operational standpoint you want to have lots of things which trigger safe mode. I don't think you should treat going to safe mode as a bad thing.
The public's attention for exoplanets is already waning.
The public don't know what exoplanets are. They aren't interested in them at all.
I stared at this thing much longer than any sane person should have.
Programming is complete. Return to your normal activities. You will receive instructions when required.
I have read and heard here and there that Rupert was naturalized by an act of Congress. If true, can anyone cite the act?
-- Tangential discussions tend to go offtopic. So what.
I don't want to encourage any move which could result in Murdoch returning to Australia. BTW do you type your sig into every post?
A far more interesting result would have been if they hadn't been able to detect life on Earth as the inability to do so from such a close distance would make detecting Earth-like life elsewhere in the galaxy a laughable prospect.
Free oxygen is a pretty good indicator for life. Its just that this spacecraft doesn't work that way.
You've been "mostly dead" all day...
Time to go through his pockets for loose change I think.
This time, I think they're entirely justified of being afraid of Linux.
I agree but not for the reasons you give. Mobile phones are the new platform. Microsoft, Symbian, Apple and Google are going head to head in that market. Google may push the linux kernel into a leading position against Windows.
I don't always have the internet with me, in a form convenient for viewing xkcd or anything similar
Randall take note. This guy is a rich source of meta tech culture irony.
I liked it when we all used horses. If your horse got tired then you could just rest beside the road and let it eat the grass. These new fangled petrol powered cars are no good because I keep forgetting to fill them up. Also I don't get free fertiliser. It will be years before they can do that.
all of those exhaust vapors made breathing even more difficult.
Shame those drivers don't use electric cars then. I can think of plenty of use cases where they won't work. So what?
Most of the roads in my state have convenient electricity wires running along them, almost as if somebody saw a need to supply power there.
Think about people who walk for a living. Security guards and gofers.
As a bike rider I agree. The problem is that bike riders are used as a medium of exchange when walkers and drivers conflict over land use. I cycle on the road but I currently have a badly broken arm to show for my troubles.
The segway may work as a kind of a robot with a human in the loop. Its a bit like when you call a call centre drone. You are actually speaking to a machine which uses a human as a voice box. Maybe the segway will carry a human as a pair of eyes and voice box. But I won't buy one just to move around.
Dense doesn't have to mean massive. Energy supply from the sun is available at a constant rate. High ISP engines are available (an LED for example) but their thrust is very low, almost certainly below drag from the atmosphere at that altitude. Definitely for the LED example. Yeah you are right. Its not going to work.
I can buy real solid fuel rocket engines at my local modelling shop.
- Where'd I put my AOL CD collection?
Imagine a CD with a microprocessor, solar power and LCD shutters. It can change attitude by contollling its albedo selectively. It can change orbit by reflecting sunlight. You could put a stack of them on a platform like this.
At wavelengths low enough to use a high gain antenna it can be very hard to jam a signal coming straight down. Of course the bird may be easy to damage.