I thought that the goin theory was that at the center of each galaxy lay a black hole, which created the "spiral" effect (such as the one that we see in the Milky Way's "arms"). Does this contradict current knowledge, or is our galaxy just a fluke?
Then Microsoft appears to be wrong. While it's likely true that Internet Explorer is no less secure than Firefox (come on, professional coders at Microsoft probably know what they're doing), the fact is that the Mozilla Project is better at getting fixes. When there was a security vulnerability in Firefox 0.9.3 (I believe) a few months ago, the patch was released within a few short hours. Flaws in Internet Explorer often run rampant for days, sometimes weeks. So while Internet Explorer's code may be no less secure, it is effectively the weaker browser. Saying that Firefox poses no threat to Microsoft is either naive, egotistical, or idiotic.
I didn't mean to imply that telephone lines are useless- far from it, they don't run out of batteries (most of the time), don't have static-y reception all the time, and are very useful in themselves. My point was that in an emergency (let's say a fire), it might be difficult to get to a landline phone, where a cellphone would be in a pocket, for example. Also, in an earthquake (I'm in San Diego, I have to mention Earthquakes!) telephone lines go down, but cell towers are usually reliable. I didn't mean to start an argument over which is better, since cellphones and landlines both definitely have their strong points.
Hmm, last I check through almost every major emergency the phone lines are about the last thing to go out, heck even power loss doesn't effect corded telephones. Cell Phones while improving, simply don't have the same reputation.
Power loss doesn't really effect cell phones, either. Hell, there could be a complete cable, phone and power outage at your house but your cell phone would still have reception. I'd think that they'd have the best reputation!
This system will work well! After XBox's all die and overheat from overuse (no comment on Microsoft's engineering), people will now be able to come back to their trusty computers and play Half Life 2! Although, I think that there would be a greater reaction to the it's-gonna-be-damned-awesome HL2 if Valve waited, until, say December 1st, when the novelty of Halo 2 has worn off and people are ready for something new.
Now all I need is to magically find one of those new Blue Gene/L's in my closet with a Half Life 2 disc sitting next to it, and the day would be perfect!
Are you suggesting that since people are "still in denial about the resulting effects", the research should stop? People will eventually realize what the work has done, but it must be completed before it can have any effects.
non-open source electronic voting is a dangerous situation.
Although I support open source as much as the next guy, I think that making the source code widely available in a situation such as the presidential election is far more dangerous than having it closed source. The thing is, if a non-company-affiliated programmer sees a security flaw that no one else does (possible, but not that likely), this one anonymous person could, for example, change votes and not be suspect at all. I'm not sure that there is any way to completely secure electronic voting machines, but I'm confident that making them open source poses a greater risk than help.
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I thought that the goin theory was that at the center of each galaxy lay a black hole, which created the "spiral" effect (such as the one that we see in the Milky Way's "arms"). Does this contradict current knowledge, or is our galaxy just a fluke?
- dshaw
Then Microsoft appears to be wrong. While it's likely true that Internet Explorer is no less secure than Firefox (come on, professional coders at Microsoft probably know what they're doing), the fact is that the Mozilla Project is better at getting fixes. When there was a security vulnerability in Firefox 0.9.3 (I believe) a few months ago, the patch was released within a few short hours. Flaws in Internet Explorer often run rampant for days, sometimes weeks. So while Internet Explorer's code may be no less secure, it is effectively the weaker browser. Saying that Firefox poses no threat to Microsoft is either naive, egotistical, or idiotic.
- dshaw
I didn't mean to imply that telephone lines are useless- far from it, they don't run out of batteries (most of the time), don't have static-y reception all the time, and are very useful in themselves. My point was that in an emergency (let's say a fire), it might be difficult to get to a landline phone, where a cellphone would be in a pocket, for example. Also, in an earthquake (I'm in San Diego, I have to mention Earthquakes!) telephone lines go down, but cell towers are usually reliable. I didn't mean to start an argument over which is better, since cellphones and landlines both definitely have their strong points.
- dshaw
Hmm, last I check through almost every major emergency the phone lines are about the last thing to go out, heck even power loss doesn't effect corded telephones. Cell Phones while improving, simply don't have the same reputation.
Power loss doesn't really effect cell phones, either. Hell, there could be a complete cable, phone and power outage at your house but your cell phone would still have reception. I'd think that they'd have the best reputation!
- dshaw
This system will work well! After XBox's all die and overheat from overuse (no comment on Microsoft's engineering), people will now be able to come back to their trusty computers and play Half Life 2! Although, I think that there would be a greater reaction to the it's-gonna-be-damned-awesome HL2 if Valve waited, until, say December 1st, when the novelty of Halo 2 has worn off and people are ready for something new.
- dshaw
They have a lot of use in cryptography, which is certainly very useful.
/me shakes a fist at Big Brother
- dshaw
Now all I need is to magically find one of those new Blue Gene /L's in my closet with a Half Life 2 disc sitting next to it, and the day would be perfect!
- dshaw
Time to pool funds with like-minded geeks and buy a nice 15-mile plot of land in Nevada to turn into your town/city.
... or until he gets the constitution changes and runs for president...
Sounds good to me! I'll just declare war on the state of Nevada and eventually the entire United States, and make it the Sovereign Land of Hackerdom.
Wait until he gets voted out (or doesn't run for reelection) without accomplishing anything before bailing out.
- dshaw
Yeah, it's time to move to Nevada or Arizona. I never liked the beach anyway.
/me packs up and moves away
- dshaw
No, those are the guys with the OC-128 lines.
- dshaw
Are you suggesting that since people are "still in denial about the resulting effects", the research should stop? People will eventually realize what the work has done, but it must be completed before it can have any effects.
- dshaw
non-open source electronic voting is a dangerous situation.
Although I support open source as much as the next guy, I think that making the source code widely available in a situation such as the presidential election is far more dangerous than having it closed source. The thing is, if a non-company-affiliated programmer sees a security flaw that no one else does (possible, but not that likely), this one anonymous person could, for example, change votes and not be suspect at all. I'm not sure that there is any way to completely secure electronic voting machines, but I'm confident that making them open source poses a greater risk than help.
- dshaw