This could be interesting as VMWare are most likely going to have to rely on the GPL being valid as otherwise they are not allowed to distribute that code, only their own code. So, presumably they need to show that the GPL is valid and that they are complying with it (which will be subject to interpretation).
Users don't have to worry about the GPL as anyone is allowed to use GPL code however they like, but it's only when you distribute it that you come up against its restrictions.
There's a whole raft of issues with getting autonomous cars to work how we want them, but I don't think any of the problems are insurmountable. With regards to a blind corner, it would be neat if the first vehicles taking that corner would be cautious (20mph), but as they uploaded information about that particular corner to some kind of driving knowledge base, subsequent cars would be able to take that same corner quicker. Also, if the cars could share sensor information, then it would be possible for a car to "see" round the blind corner if there was another car already round there.
I'd much prefer to share roads with autonomous vehicles, especially when I'm walking or cycling. They have the potential to have much, much better collision avoidance than your average driver. With a decent array of sensors (e.g. infrared, radar, lidar) they should be able to detect humans (maybe other animals as well) and reduce speed to allow corrective actions if necessary.
I'd anticipate that autonomous vehicles would be able to react a lot quicker and of course they wouldn't be distracted (driver distraction being the number one cause of accidents). In the case of an emergency, I wouldn't want the vehicle to be relying on the human to wake up, figure out what was going on and then take appropriate action.
Why would you care if it was a binary or a script as long as it did what you wanted (assuming you know/expect what it's going to do)? When you use chmod +x, you're expecting the file to be executable and both binary files and scripts can be executable.
I don't like hidden file extensions as it hides from the user useful information about what type of file it is. If the OS is going to base decisions on what to do with files based on part of the filename, then the OS should show the extensions.
Is there anything wrong with the way it works or is it just the advertising firm that you don't like? I've been using Ghostery for ages and haven't encountered problems with it, so I'm curious.
Too true. Thai food is another problem - proper Thai food won't have any wheat, but buy it from a supermarket and you get crab cakes covered in breadcrumbs and its ilk. I take the view that if it's in a packet in the supermarket then it's probably got wheat in it somewhere (unless I check).
Funnily enough, I often encounter the opposite - foods that shouldn't contain gluten often have wheat added to them (presumably because wheat is a cheap ingredient). Things like onion bhajis (which are traditionally made with gram flour) in supermarkets are now made with wheat instead. I've picked up packets of soft tortillas that are advertised as "corn tortillas", but they're basically wheat tortillas with some corn added to them. WTF?
Why do you think it takes balls to log in? Just be thankful that your safe and comfortable life means that you don't need anonymity. (I also don't need anonymity, but at least I have some understanding that other people are in different situations).
I'm also a cyclist, but I don't think engine noise is that critical. I get a lot of info about where a car is behind me from the noise that it makes, but the majority of that is the noise of tyres on the road. Engine noise is only useful in warning me when someone is aggressively accelerating (presumably to overtake).
Also, it's perfectly legal for deaf people to drive cars and ride bikes, so relying on sounds for safety doesn't work for everyone.
I don't mind occasional loose ends, but Prometheus was nothing but badly thought out loose ends that made no sense. It was a real shame as I love Ridley's other films and was really looking forward to Prometheus.
I really enjoyed it, but then I'm a big fan of PKD. What aspects of it don't you like or was it his general writing style rather than the content? (I didn't know it was planned as 2 novels - I wasn't aware that PKD actually planned his writing that much).
Nope, Alien makes a lot more sense than Prometheus no matter how you try to spin it. At least when they stick their face into an opening egg, they've still got their helmet on. The overall plot (evil company wants to smuggle an alien back to earth by flesh-wrapping it in a crew member) at least makes some kind of sense whereas Prometheus just doesn't (dying man decides to visit alien planet who had something to do with early humans so that they can keep him alive for some reason).
I don't even understand what the Engineer at the beginning was doing. His DNA somehow spawned humans except that we're clearly evolved from other life-forms on Earth, so maybe the Engineer spawned all life on Earth. Except, that would mean that he spawned all the dinosaurs and just got lucky that mammals ended up becoming the dominant life-form to eventually evolve into humans. How is that even supposed to work?
There's a difference between accelerating to a similar speed as the traffic you're joining and accelerating so that you wheel-spin past a single vehicle. It would take a bit of algorithm tuning to get it right, but I imagine that certain sections of road (especially junctions) require quick acceleration. There's also sections of road that you don't want to be accelerating ferociously e.g. before blind corners.
On average, drivers don't crash. Therefore the average speed must be reasonable for the road conditions, otherwise you'd get people having acrash on most journeys.
If you're going to be using "science", then a good first step would be investigating the correlation of accidents and speed. Speed by itself is not a reliable indicator of the recklessness of the driver.
I'd prefer more intelligent sensors/cameras that penalise aggressive acceleration (i.e. sudden rate of change of speed in close proximity of other road users) or can detect lack of awareness of the driver.
As it's stateless UDP, there's not much of a connection to the proper server. All you need to do is send the appropriate source and destination ports and IP address and you're good. It would involve waiting for an outgoing request and then sending spoofed packets that look like they are a reply. The one with the right ports will be allowed through the firewall as it looks like a reply.
I'd always thought they were expensive, specialist devices, but it looks like you can get pci express cards for laptops quite cheaply. I'd imagine you'd want to position the aerial outside of a server room though.
Thanks for your translation, it's most helpful. I don't see why you need to seize control of a server to spoof a response as spoofing implies that you're faking the response so it looks like it's come from the respective server.
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Ask your bank. I got a whole book of blank cheques from my bank.
Additionally, biometrics are subject to change (e.g. accidents, illnesses).
What? A terrorist once rode in a child-molester? What a time to be alive.
Why not? It's a great little hypervisor.
This could be interesting as VMWare are most likely going to have to rely on the GPL being valid as otherwise they are not allowed to distribute that code, only their own code. So, presumably they need to show that the GPL is valid and that they are complying with it (which will be subject to interpretation).
Users don't have to worry about the GPL as anyone is allowed to use GPL code however they like, but it's only when you distribute it that you come up against its restrictions.
There's a whole raft of issues with getting autonomous cars to work how we want them, but I don't think any of the problems are insurmountable. With regards to a blind corner, it would be neat if the first vehicles taking that corner would be cautious (20mph), but as they uploaded information about that particular corner to some kind of driving knowledge base, subsequent cars would be able to take that same corner quicker. Also, if the cars could share sensor information, then it would be possible for a car to "see" round the blind corner if there was another car already round there.
I'd much prefer to share roads with autonomous vehicles, especially when I'm walking or cycling. They have the potential to have much, much better collision avoidance than your average driver. With a decent array of sensors (e.g. infrared, radar, lidar) they should be able to detect humans (maybe other animals as well) and reduce speed to allow corrective actions if necessary.
I'd anticipate that autonomous vehicles would be able to react a lot quicker and of course they wouldn't be distracted (driver distraction being the number one cause of accidents). In the case of an emergency, I wouldn't want the vehicle to be relying on the human to wake up, figure out what was going on and then take appropriate action.
Why would you care if it was a binary or a script as long as it did what you wanted (assuming you know/expect what it's going to do)? When you use chmod +x, you're expecting the file to be executable and both binary files and scripts can be executable.
I don't like hidden file extensions as it hides from the user useful information about what type of file it is. If the OS is going to base decisions on what to do with files based on part of the filename, then the OS should show the extensions.
Is there anything wrong with the way it works or is it just the advertising firm that you don't like? I've been using Ghostery for ages and haven't encountered problems with it, so I'm curious.
Too true. Thai food is another problem - proper Thai food won't have any wheat, but buy it from a supermarket and you get crab cakes covered in breadcrumbs and its ilk. I take the view that if it's in a packet in the supermarket then it's probably got wheat in it somewhere (unless I check).
Funnily enough, I often encounter the opposite - foods that shouldn't contain gluten often have wheat added to them (presumably because wheat is a cheap ingredient). Things like onion bhajis (which are traditionally made with gram flour) in supermarkets are now made with wheat instead. I've picked up packets of soft tortillas that are advertised as "corn tortillas", but they're basically wheat tortillas with some corn added to them. WTF?
You can burn your fingers if you're not very good with a lighter.
Why do you think it takes balls to log in? Just be thankful that your safe and comfortable life means that you don't need anonymity. (I also don't need anonymity, but at least I have some understanding that other people are in different situations).
I'm also a cyclist, but I don't think engine noise is that critical. I get a lot of info about where a car is behind me from the noise that it makes, but the majority of that is the noise of tyres on the road. Engine noise is only useful in warning me when someone is aggressively accelerating (presumably to overtake).
Also, it's perfectly legal for deaf people to drive cars and ride bikes, so relying on sounds for safety doesn't work for everyone.
I don't mind occasional loose ends, but Prometheus was nothing but badly thought out loose ends that made no sense. It was a real shame as I love Ridley's other films and was really looking forward to Prometheus.
I really enjoyed it, but then I'm a big fan of PKD. What aspects of it don't you like or was it his general writing style rather than the content? (I didn't know it was planned as 2 novels - I wasn't aware that PKD actually planned his writing that much).
Nope, Alien makes a lot more sense than Prometheus no matter how you try to spin it. At least when they stick their face into an opening egg, they've still got their helmet on. The overall plot (evil company wants to smuggle an alien back to earth by flesh-wrapping it in a crew member) at least makes some kind of sense whereas Prometheus just doesn't (dying man decides to visit alien planet who had something to do with early humans so that they can keep him alive for some reason).
I don't even understand what the Engineer at the beginning was doing. His DNA somehow spawned humans except that we're clearly evolved from other life-forms on Earth, so maybe the Engineer spawned all life on Earth. Except, that would mean that he spawned all the dinosaurs and just got lucky that mammals ended up becoming the dominant life-form to eventually evolve into humans. How is that even supposed to work?
There's a difference between accelerating to a similar speed as the traffic you're joining and accelerating so that you wheel-spin past a single vehicle. It would take a bit of algorithm tuning to get it right, but I imagine that certain sections of road (especially junctions) require quick acceleration. There's also sections of road that you don't want to be accelerating ferociously e.g. before blind corners.
On average, drivers don't crash. Therefore the average speed must be reasonable for the road conditions, otherwise you'd get people having acrash on most journeys.
If you're going to be using "science", then a good first step would be investigating the correlation of accidents and speed. Speed by itself is not a reliable indicator of the recklessness of the driver.
I'd prefer more intelligent sensors/cameras that penalise aggressive acceleration (i.e. sudden rate of change of speed in close proximity of other road users) or can detect lack of awareness of the driver.
And also true (as far as we can tell).
As it's stateless UDP, there's not much of a connection to the proper server. All you need to do is send the appropriate source and destination ports and IP address and you're good. It would involve waiting for an outgoing request and then sending spoofed packets that look like they are a reply. The one with the right ports will be allowed through the firewall as it looks like a reply.
I'd always thought they were expensive, specialist devices, but it looks like you can get pci express cards for laptops quite cheaply. I'd imagine you'd want to position the aerial outside of a server room though.
Thanks for your translation, it's most helpful. I don't see why you need to seize control of a server to spoof a response as spoofing implies that you're faking the response so it looks like it's come from the respective server.
I believe this is made easier as NTPd sends from port 123 whereas openNTP uses a random port.