<pedant>No, begging the question is assuming the answer. It justs asks the question.</pedant>
Anyway debian provides a wonderful, stable server distro with the best free software out there. If you want stuff like proprietary audio and video codecs, you can probably get or compile them, but it's not the primary goal of debian. You might be better off with something else.
"This virus is trying to attach itself to other files on your hard disk. Before it can do this, you will need to agree to the terms of the GPL. Ok or Cancel?"
Well, I solved the halting problem when I was 11 and went on to overturn the second law of thermodynamics. But my dog ate the homework assignment before I could turn it in.
I agree; but it's still worth running static analysis tools - like lint, or PMD to catch admittedly obvious mistakes - before you do the semantic (expensive, human) analysis. I mean we turn all the warnings on when we compile, don't we?
I was compiling and running 64-bit apps in 1998. That's like listing "doesn't decapitate driver in the event of crash" in the list of safety features in a modern car.
"According to a Beijing digest, this SHA-1 encryption includes the world's gold standard Message-Digest algorithm 5 (MD5)."
Where do I start? SHA-1 stands for 'Secure Hash Algorithm 1' and is not an encryption scheme. Neither does it include MD5 which is a completely different hash (or message digest) algorithm.
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Which brings up a good point- it's just as bad to name someone as a co-author on a paper s/he doesn't agree with. If in doubt, ask.
<pedant>No, begging the question is assuming the answer. It justs asks the question.</pedant>
Anyway debian provides a wonderful, stable server distro with the best free software out there. If you want stuff like proprietary audio and video codecs, you can probably get or compile them, but it's not the primary goal of debian. You might be better off with something else.
Or worse, trying to download Asus drivers.
"This virus is trying to attach itself to other files on your hard disk. Before it can do this, you will need to agree to the terms of the GPL. Ok or Cancel?"
Yes. It's particularly grating as I don't have a (first) life.
blah, blah, patents are evil, blah, so is DRM.
That's why I'm posting this comment from Ubuntu.
...unless you're in NZ or Australia, when Patch Tuesday is on Wednesday.
Amusingly enough, the EPA does regulate water discharge.
Let's try a FAQ:
...?
Q. Is carbon dioxide (CO2) a pollutant?
A. Try spending an hour in a 100% C02 atmosphere, and let us know what you think.
Q. Then isn't it reasonable it should be regulated by the EPA?
A.
Spamhaus didn't pay, and nor will they.
e360 is a spammer, and they will never obtain judgment against Spamhaus in a UK court. (Because they are a spammer. So sue me, e360.)
:)
Well, I solved the halting problem when I was 11 and went on to overturn the second law of thermodynamics. But my dog ate the homework assignment before I could turn it in.
I agree; but it's still worth running static analysis tools - like lint, or PMD to catch admittedly obvious mistakes - before you do the semantic (expensive, human) analysis. I mean we turn all the warnings on when we compile, don't we?
I was compiling and running 64-bit apps in 1998. That's like listing "doesn't decapitate driver in the event of crash" in the list of safety features in a modern car.
That's too difficult. Can't you just send me the /etc/hosts file for the Internet?
It's OK dude - I heard Vista is so secure you won't need to run Symantec AV any more.
Er, it's true dude. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/sha1 _broken.html
Not the end of the world, but time to go for SHA-256 or better for new software and protocols.
"According to a Beijing digest, this SHA-1 encryption includes the world's gold standard Message-Digest algorithm 5 (MD5)."
Where do I start? SHA-1 stands for 'Secure Hash Algorithm 1' and is not an encryption scheme. Neither does it include MD5 which is a completely different hash (or message digest) algorithm.
See Schneier - http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/sha1 _broken.html
and http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/cryp tanalysis_o.html for actual coverage of the break. "They can find collisions in SHA-1 in 2**69 calculations, about 2,000 times faster than brute force. Right now, that is just on the far edge of feasibility with current technology. Two comparable massive computations illustrate that point." That's down from 2**80, so it's a concern, but not exactly the end of the world.
New apps being written should probably be using SHA-256 (256 bits) rather than with SHA1 (160 bits only).
Hey, I ran that and nothing @#$%^&* NO CARRIER
Is that the one that says "IE7: Because looking at porn should be dangerous" ?
Don't you remember when EFF broke rot13 ? These days you should really be using triple-rot13 in encrypt-decrypt-encrypt mode.
More like having a racing car and getting it serviced by Dick Dastardly.
Anyways, somewhat on topic, I hear that in California all new development and remodeling requires fluorescent lighting. Is that true?
I don't know, but thank you for being the first person in this discussion to spell 'fluorescent' correctly.
I've also discovered a marvellous invention known as a 'clothes line' which uses almost no energy to dry your clothes.