That's nothing, people do that all the time. There's actually a website you can go to that has an animated schematic of your computer connected to all kinds of different government machines. All you have to do is click on one and then type for a few seconds. If your mission is urgent, you will have to wait for longer, but there's a progress bar so you know when you're getting close. Sometimes you'll get an 'Access Denied' message, which is always red and in very large type. You know you're in when you see either lots of text scrolling by really fast, or another animated schematic representing the government agency's various critical systems. I've never been able to find this website, but I'm sure it exists.
The issue isn't that anyone is more or less intelligent because they are of a particular race, religion, or anything else. The point is that because of the unique genetic circumstances surrounding Ashkenazi Jews, specifically their extended genetic isolation, they have developed particular genetic traits.
It doesn't have anything to do with politics... the point is that anyone can develop these particular traits, provided that they carry and propogate these particular genes. It's only because of their isolation that the differences are great enough to be significant.
It's like saying that it's politically incorrect to ask new mothers whether they have Jewish ancestry, and give them lots of extra tests if they do. It's just science... a particular population has a greater incidence of certain genetic traits, some of which are diseases, and one of which happens to be that they tend to score better on IQ tests. The politically incorrect thing here would be to make out of this something it's not.
I've never felt persecuted for being a geek... on the contrary, I'm usually surprised when people are awed at what they consider completely inaccessible, but what I consider fairly basic. I've been called a "Web God" for nothing more than nicely formatting an HTML table with CSS. Being a geek sucks when you're 12, but not when you're an adult.
I'm a big fan of the dark underbellies of society, but I'd go there because I want to lookit all the pretty lights, not because I don't feel welcome anywhere else...
An Anandtech review concludes that the G5 is somewhat crippled by Mac OS X when used for multi-threaded server applications like MySQL. The reviewer recommends serving with Yellow Dog Linux over Mac OS X for this reason.
Presumably, the Intel version of OS X has the same threading and locking problems inherent to Darwin. Until they fix this, there'll always be a place on an Intel Mac for Linux development.
How about using it to resolve the OpenOffice.org/FSF/Java thing? Either pay developers to get the Java bits working in GCJ, or rewrite them in some other language?
... what's that out there in the Pacific Ocean? It looks like a conglomeration of floating debris centered around a couple of larger ships. And... is that a kayak? Wow, the resolution on this thing is amazing!
this is almost certainly going to be the sticking point with any solution. these governments don't *need* to know what you're transmitting, just that you are trying to hide something - then they can background-check you at their leisure, if they even care about proving anything.
what's needed is a cryptographic AND steganographic solution... hide the encrypted traffic within a seemingly innocuous transmission, so it's not even apparent that anything dissident-y took place.
I know that not all the content the Chinese censors need to filter is in Chinese, but this report made me wonder... how would applying filters to a logographic language such as Chinese differ from filtering content in Western language systems?
It seems like it would be a lot easier to block an idea if it were represented by a unique character than by a set of phonemes that could easily be 0bfu5cat3d without losing meaning. Does a language like Chinese generally lend itself better to computerized manipulation?
Actually, poignant appeal aside, I meant this to be more of a [+1 Funny] than [+1 Insightful]... haven't you guys seen the bake sale/bomber bumper sticker?
Hey, everyone has bias, man. Fox is out to make a buck, too, just like everyone else. I focused on Fox because of their use of the phrase 'fair and balanced' to describe their reporting.... because SBC used the same phrase here. As my original post indicated, I don't have a problem with bias (it's unavoidable!), but I do have a problem with pretending you are unbiased when you clearly are not. CBS owned up. Has Fox?
Full disclosure: I'm biased as hell against Fox. Sue me.
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Yep, I see your point. Thanks for setting me straight.
But they do ask new parents this. It's just one of a battery of medical history questions they hit you with at your first OB visit.
That's nothing, people do that all the time. There's actually a website you can go to that has an animated schematic of your computer connected to all kinds of different government machines. All you have to do is click on one and then type for a few seconds. If your mission is urgent, you will have to wait for longer, but there's a progress bar so you know when you're getting close. Sometimes you'll get an 'Access Denied' message, which is always red and in very large type. You know you're in when you see either lots of text scrolling by really fast, or another animated schematic representing the government agency's various critical systems. I've never been able to find this website, but I'm sure it exists.
The issue isn't that anyone is more or less intelligent because they are of a particular race, religion, or anything else. The point is that because of the unique genetic circumstances surrounding Ashkenazi Jews, specifically their extended genetic isolation, they have developed particular genetic traits.
It doesn't have anything to do with politics... the point is that anyone can develop these particular traits, provided that they carry and propogate these particular genes. It's only because of their isolation that the differences are great enough to be significant.
It's like saying that it's politically incorrect to ask new mothers whether they have Jewish ancestry, and give them lots of extra tests if they do. It's just science... a particular population has a greater incidence of certain genetic traits, some of which are diseases, and one of which happens to be that they tend to score better on IQ tests. The politically incorrect thing here would be to make out of this something it's not.
not enough room ;)
Thanks, now I have those visions too. Great.
I've never felt persecuted for being a geek... on the contrary, I'm usually surprised when people are awed at what they consider completely inaccessible, but what I consider fairly basic. I've been called a "Web God" for nothing more than nicely formatting an HTML table with CSS. Being a geek sucks when you're 12, but not when you're an adult.
I'm a big fan of the dark underbellies of society, but I'd go there because I want to lookit all the pretty lights, not because I don't feel welcome anywhere else...
Embrace your geekdom!
An Anandtech review concludes that the G5 is somewhat crippled by Mac OS X when used for multi-threaded server applications like MySQL. The reviewer recommends serving with Yellow Dog Linux over Mac OS X for this reason.
Presumably, the Intel version of OS X has the same threading and locking problems inherent to Darwin. Until they fix this, there'll always be a place on an Intel Mac for Linux development.
echo "main(){return 0;}" > true.c && gcc true.c -o true
/bin/true has seen this much development for a long time.
Now it's perfect, unless you count these entries. I like the nostdlib one, but it seems like the sig should be comprehensible.
I don't think
works for me... it'd be exit(0) for true, exit(1) for false, but it looks like it returns true by default.
It appears that if you have the Tabbrowser Preferences extension installed, then this exploit doesn't work.
Yep, every so often he could come into the office, see if any money needed distributing, take care of it all, post it on his blog, and go away! :)
How about using it to resolve the OpenOffice.org/FSF/Java thing? Either pay developers to get the Java bits working in GCJ, or rewrite them in some other language?
... what's that out there in the Pacific Ocean? It looks like a conglomeration of floating debris centered around a couple of larger ships. And... is that a kayak? Wow, the resolution on this thing is amazing!
mod parent up.
this is almost certainly going to be the sticking point with any solution. these governments don't *need* to know what you're transmitting, just that you are trying to hide something - then they can background-check you at their leisure, if they even care about proving anything.
what's needed is a cryptographic AND steganographic solution... hide the encrypted traffic within a seemingly innocuous transmission, so it's not even apparent that anything dissident-y took place.
ha ha ha... i love canadian dollar jokes. mod this guy up :)
I've heard the same thing once or twice, but this page says it's one of the least expensive radioisotopes.
This blogger comes to the conclusion that it is at least a thousand times more expensive than gold.
And here's a solid figure: the Canadian Ontario Hydro company asks about 28 million dollars (Canadian) a kilogram. Hang on, I'll get my wallet.
I know that not all the content the Chinese censors need to filter is in Chinese, but this report made me wonder... how would applying filters to a logographic language such as Chinese differ from filtering content in Western language systems?
It seems like it would be a lot easier to block an idea if it were represented by a unique character than by a set of phonemes that could easily be 0bfu5cat3d without losing meaning. Does a language like Chinese generally lend itself better to computerized manipulation?
Anyone know if the 'Minimal' install set requires more CDs? One could set everything else up from a repository...
Actually, poignant appeal aside, I meant this to be more of a [+1 Funny] than [+1 Insightful]... haven't you guys seen the bake sale/bomber bumper sticker?
Glad to stimulate discussion though...
It will be a sad day when our corporations get all the money they want and NASA has to publish a sponshorship opportunity to run a website.
Hey, everyone has bias, man. Fox is out to make a buck, too, just like everyone else. I focused on Fox because of their use of the phrase 'fair and balanced' to describe their reporting.... because SBC used the same phrase here. As my original post indicated, I don't have a problem with bias (it's unavoidable!), but I do have a problem with pretending you are unbiased when you clearly are not. CBS owned up. Has Fox?
Full disclosure: I'm biased as hell against Fox. Sue me.
I hear ya. Funny thing is, he'd be the first one to say that it's sad that he's the only one in the trenches.
This is just one more example of how hard it is to get real, unbiased information these days. It's not just telecom, people.