"During a recent talk in Redmond, security researcher Dan Kaminsky wasn't sure how geeky to get. After all, he was talking to a bunch of executives on the first day of Blue Hat, not Microsoft's rank-and-file engineers.
So he kept his comments brief when it came to a flaw in something called MD5--a "hashing" algorithm, or a kind of fingerprint used to authenticate documents. He figured it was probably too esoteric for his audience. The rest of his presentation was focused on a different security topic.
But when it came time for questions, "this one guy with a shock of white hair looks straight at me and just says, 'MD5.'" Kaminsky, who said the comment seemed more like an order than a request for information, complied by demonstrating how two Web pages could have the same "hash," as the man listened and nodded knowingly.
A week later, Kaminsky learned that his interrogator was Jim Allchin--one of the highest-ranking executives at Microsoft and, as the person in charge of the Windows operating system, one of the leaders in the technology industry as a whole. Allchin's questions made clear just how deep the technical knowledge runs among the most senior ranks of the world's biggest software company.
The brief encounter made a lasting impression on Kaminsky. "I was like, 'Who was that guy?'" he said.
--Ina Fried
"
Knowing about MD5 means... "Allchin's questions made clear just how deep the technical knowledge runs among the most senior ranks of the world's biggest software company."
WTF ?
The problem is that these laws were written before the Internet was even a twinkle in the eye of [ENTER YOUR OPINION OF WHO CREATED THE INTERNET HERE].
Heaven forbid he should be found not guilty - but if he is, new laws should and most likely will be passed, that are more relavant to this case.
just my opnion anyway.
I agree - although I would say some form of commenting is useful.
"You see, the problem is that as much as a developer might comment his/her code, he/she will give as obvious some things that might be not so obvious, thus, you end up supposing you understand the code when you really do not."
Is very true.. they may understand what the code is supposed to do/does but not how the code works - having said that (about to contradict myself) you could argue that thats just down to a bad programmer.
I really think its a case of balance - its good to have comments for reference (and a documentor is very useful) but having a good code maintainer (programmer) is probably more important
It would be interesting to see some stats (if available) on what happens to the servers heat, when a room temperature drops in incremental stages.
Also I have seen some server farms that have fans inside the cabinets for extra cooling.
It says on imdb that The Last Starfighter was...
"The first movie to do all special effects (except makeup) on a computer. All shots of spacecraft, space, etc were generated on a Cray computer."
so more original than star wars.
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"During a recent talk in Redmond, security researcher Dan Kaminsky wasn't sure how geeky to get. After all, he was talking to a bunch of executives on the first day of Blue Hat, not Microsoft's rank-and-file engineers. So he kept his comments brief when it came to a flaw in something called MD5--a "hashing" algorithm, or a kind of fingerprint used to authenticate documents. He figured it was probably too esoteric for his audience. The rest of his presentation was focused on a different security topic. But when it came time for questions, "this one guy with a shock of white hair looks straight at me and just says, 'MD5.'" Kaminsky, who said the comment seemed more like an order than a request for information, complied by demonstrating how two Web pages could have the same "hash," as the man listened and nodded knowingly. A week later, Kaminsky learned that his interrogator was Jim Allchin--one of the highest-ranking executives at Microsoft and, as the person in charge of the Windows operating system, one of the leaders in the technology industry as a whole. Allchin's questions made clear just how deep the technical knowledge runs among the most senior ranks of the world's biggest software company. The brief encounter made a lasting impression on Kaminsky. "I was like, 'Who was that guy?'" he said. --Ina Fried "
Knowing about MD5 means...
"Allchin's questions made clear just how deep the technical knowledge runs among the most senior ranks of the world's biggest software company."
WTF ?
The problem is that these laws were written before the Internet was even a twinkle in the eye of [ENTER YOUR OPINION OF WHO CREATED THE INTERNET HERE]. Heaven forbid he should be found not guilty - but if he is, new laws should and most likely will be passed, that are more relavant to this case. just my opnion anyway.
I agree - although I would say some form of commenting is useful. "You see, the problem is that as much as a developer might comment his/her code, he/she will give as obvious some things that might be not so obvious, thus, you end up supposing you understand the code when you really do not." Is very true.. they may understand what the code is supposed to do/does but not how the code works - having said that (about to contradict myself) you could argue that thats just down to a bad programmer. I really think its a case of balance - its good to have comments for reference (and a documentor is very useful) but having a good code maintainer (programmer) is probably more important
It would be interesting to see some stats (if available) on what happens to the servers heat, when a room temperature drops in incremental stages. Also I have seen some server farms that have fans inside the cabinets for extra cooling.
Yes! I have (the company I work for clock) use PostgreSql for some large-ish popular sites:
Eddie Izzard (link
JD Wetherspoon (link
Bill Bailey (link and others We find it far the best solution for us
I knew it - I knew Steven Hawking was lying to me when he said his wheelchair could fly, must be why he's so brainy!
I might buy a toshiba flat screen tv in the hope that it releases a 132.7 MHz international playboy signal !
Do you think Bush would want pretzels banned ? under the 'food of human destruction' category.
It says on imdb that The Last Starfighter was... "The first movie to do all special effects (except makeup) on a computer. All shots of spacecraft, space, etc were generated on a Cray computer." so more original than star wars.
damn, i wish i could spell !
God = 376
Satan = 12864
encoraging !