I remember an interview with Some Big Guy (sorry don't remember) who said literally that Microsoft Research is where Microsoft sends smart people to just.. age.
Let's hope he's totally wrong, I for sure know I love my ClearType (which originated from a MS Research Lab technology).
You're correct, I was just generalising too much (search/portal/directory etc.). I even remember Google was powering Yahoo's search for a long time before their acquisitions (which is kinda ironic when you look back).
But my point wasn't on the technicalities. I mean - people love underground dogs appearing out of nowhere that appear to be there for the fun and not the money. But thing is, as a company grows, money gets involved.. and well you see what happens.
The reason is there's no such thing as a "simple sender verification".
Making verification simple is what made SSL certificates as unsecure for identity verification as no SSL at all (the only thing you know with SSL nowadays is that there's no 3rd party listening on the traffic).
Sorry Slashdot slashdotted my examples up there. Repost (spaces deliberate to avoid turning it into a link): ----------- http :// user : password @ www . domain . com /
Phishers were using it to fake legitimate domain names:
http :// www . microsoft . com ? sid = 2149wef07wefewf5e4f9f8f6ewf68002 @ 123 . 234 . 324 . 123 / (i.e. notice the true address is the IP in the end)
I wonder how many of your folks actually remember that Yahoo had the same status in our minds like what Google is (up to) now.
We were all in awe about the few kids that decided to start their small search engine business, and how the original Yahoo logo was drawn in Paintbrush with a mouse (and that aliased rough version was their logo for a long time before it switched to the nice refined version we see now).
Noone thought of Yahoo like some evil commercial entity trying to cram ads in your throat... But things change. And I suppose every big business is prone to go this way, Google is no exception.
If this happens let's see how long will the Google fanatics that always defend them in their actions go to the other extreme. Because such fans are exactly the kind of people that react first when their idol goes out of their well defined way.
And someone else said that if they show flash popups it'll be the first day in their demise... Nope, it'll be the last day. What they are doing now will be the first day, unless it's extremely refined and subtle.
Well after Mac moves to Intels, emulating one OS in the other OS will be rather cheap operation. Maybe even some library like GTK could be installed so we can swap apps from one too the other..
(ok I'm expecting comments in the line of "great! all windows worms now compatible with macs" but you HAVE to have thought of it before..)
With regular CPU's we have smart caching, brand predictions, optimizations, parsing of machine commands into simpler micro commands and what not and what not. This has all been designed and tested on the current generation of technology.
We're still fighting to get a QPU right enough so it can do math on just few qbits (i.e. few bits). Modern CPU simply does modern CPU job better than the first few generations of QPU will.
CPU's strengths are QPU weaknesses and vice versa.
Finally we got a Mersene number just under 10 million digits! I mean seriosly, with this number in possession just imagine the possibilities. Like... uhmmmm...
BTW this is why I always thought calling them "computers" is misleading. When you say computer you expect the full thing, being able to handle any PC tasks you throw at it.
I'd rather call it Quantum Processing Unit (QPU), and just like FPU before it it'll play together with the core CPU, not replace it, since you still need a "normal" CPU to display the interface, code editor, to compile code and to show the results of the quantum computations of the QPU.
You can't just grab a QPU and adapt it to do all tasks a moden CPU can. They're just.. different thing.
Well you're correct: working with databases WILL be one of the strong points of quantum computers. However as for the 8-bit 16-bit argument.. 16-bit is an upgrade to 8-bit technology that still can address content in bytes, you still run linear commands and get predictable results out of it.
Quantum computers are not evolution from computer technology, they're an entirely new beast. It's not even like PowerPC vs Intel or anything. You can't just "port" programs to it that are made for regular PC-s.
They are also not better in data throughput or speed as a technology on their own. They use aspects of quantum mechanics (which scientists still can't explain why they happen in first place) to run very specialised set of tasks through it and obtain results that'd take years of loops on a normal PC to compute.
I still don't see it in my mobile phone or PC, was my point.
You know I've read lots of interesting application for quantum PC-s, but they are all esoteric, like hacking encryption keys or in scientific supercomputers for.. well simulating quantum level events:)
The progress is certainly interesting, but I everything shows this won't be the future of the mass computing, where running multimedia and office application are more practical usage of technology, and not especially suited for quantum computers (cuz most of you know quantum computers aren't just super fast computers.. they're just.. well odd).
For personal computing we gotta be looking into nano-technology, which also would be compatible with today's PC architecture (i.e. nano RAM in a laptop or nano HDD with SCSI interface for example).
I know what a true spyware/adware is, and in the case of adware I gotta say that unwelcome software that pops up advertisements I don't want on statrup or at random times is paifully close.
Dude, step away from the keyboard. Lots of people use Gmail and are interested in its new features. What people aren't interested in are your pointless rants about your reactions to the day's news.
Thanks for putting your name behind your opinion, Anonymous Coward.
We shouldn't be surprised at the way things are heading. In the analog days, natural limits were imposed on both corporations and customers, which now thanks for technology advancements are gone (i.e. perfect digital copy).
Digital Technology is just a world without set rules waiting for someone to set them. Corporations can program their way to dictatorship, but we can also program our way to freedom.
At the end, I think people will win since they are too many enthusiasts which will be willing to provide DRM free content as an opposition to the entertainment industry. In a global world, not only bad news come fast.
I saw this being modded down as a flamebait, well sorry for making it look like this.
But honestly I looked at the headline and I felt like laughing. Everybody is ovelry itnerested in everything Google does, even if many other companies have done it before, and better in some respects.
I love Google, but it's amusing, just like how someone's overly interested in the first steps of a baby, though it's not a shock to anyone that human beings can walk.
I bet at least one of the "game doesn't work" incidents was related to the adware/spyware preinstalled on the PC clashing with spyware design to copy protect the games being installed.
This kind of conflicts were hinted at when XCP's rootkit fiasco became popular, and we all know that modern games aren't that much better (some of them at least) in that respect, since they come with various "copy protection" mechanisms licensed from 3rd party providers, hooking to core OS functions.
It's only gonna get worse as more and more apps appear to have those.
Except for the part that you need multibillion facilities, equipment and staff to build a CPU; Where to build your own PC you need to be good with building toy houses out of LEGO blocks.
There are lots of shops which will build a custom PC for you based on your needs even if you can't tell apart gigahertz from gigabyte.
But of course, it's a lot easier paying more, having a slicker case, and have a bunch of spyware/adware popping up popups and eating your CPU and RAM, right.
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I remember an interview with Some Big Guy (sorry don't remember) who said literally that Microsoft Research is where Microsoft sends smart people to just.. age.
Let's hope he's totally wrong, I for sure know I love my ClearType (which originated from a MS Research Lab technology).
You're correct, I was just generalising too much (search/portal/directory etc.). I even remember Google was powering Yahoo's search for a long time before their acquisitions (which is kinda ironic when you look back).
But my point wasn't on the technicalities. I mean - people love underground dogs appearing out of nowhere that appear to be there for the fun and not the money. But thing is, as a company grows, money gets involved.. and well you see what happens.
Check out this article from 2004:
s -image-ads-success.html
See how it ends: 'So, is the "do no evil" search engine already feeling the pressure from Wall Street? Could we ultimately see Google displaying Image ads at Google.com?'.
http://www.searchenginelowdown.com/2004/10/google
I said this has been fixed more than an year ago, in this patch:
n /MS04-004.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulleti
and Firefox didn't have that vulnerability (I guess the rest followed suit).
The reason is there's no such thing as a "simple sender verification".
Making verification simple is what made SSL certificates as unsecure for identity verification as no SSL at all (the only thing you know with SSL nowadays is that there's no 3rd party listening on the traffic).
Sorry Slashdot slashdotted my examples up there. Repost (spaces deliberate to avoid turning it into a link): // user : password @ www . domain . com /
// www . microsoft . com ? sid = 2149wef07wefewf5e4f9f8f6ewf68002 @ 123 . 234 . 324 . 123 / (i.e. notice the true address is the IP in the end)
-----------
http :
Phishers were using it to fake legitimate domain names:
http :
This is not new. This is why IE stopped supporting direct login from the url an year or so back:
f 8f6ewf68002@123.234.324.123/ (i.e. notice the true address is the IP in the end).
:)
http://www.domain.com/
Phishers were using it to fake legitimate domain names:
http://www.microsoft.com?sid=2149wef07wefewf5e4f9
Phishers use everything they can get their hands on, it's not as if they're afraid of braking the law
I wonder how many of your folks actually remember that Yahoo had the same status in our minds like what Google is (up to) now.
We were all in awe about the few kids that decided to start their small search engine business, and how the original Yahoo logo was drawn in Paintbrush with a mouse (and that aliased rough version was their logo for a long time before it switched to the nice refined version we see now).
Noone thought of Yahoo like some evil commercial entity trying to cram ads in your throat... But things change. And I suppose every big business is prone to go this way, Google is no exception.
If this happens let's see how long will the Google fanatics that always defend them in their actions go to the other extreme. Because such fans are exactly the kind of people that react first when their idol goes out of their well defined way.
And someone else said that if they show flash popups it'll be the first day in their demise... Nope, it'll be the last day. What they are doing now will be the first day, unless it's extremely refined and subtle.
Well after Mac moves to Intels, emulating one OS in the other OS will be rather cheap operation. Maybe even some library like GTK could be installed so we can swap apps from one too the other..
(ok I'm expecting comments in the line of "great! all windows worms now compatible with macs" but you HAVE to have thought of it before..)
Ok, Microsoft, we got you the first time!
Accidentally skip "2 Probe" in the heading and we got news.
With regular CPU's we have smart caching, brand predictions, optimizations, parsing of machine commands into simpler micro commands and what not and what not. This has all been designed and tested on the current generation of technology.
We're still fighting to get a QPU right enough so it can do math on just few qbits (i.e. few bits). Modern CPU simply does modern CPU job better than the first few generations of QPU will.
CPU's strengths are QPU weaknesses and vice versa.
Finally we got a Mersene number just under 10 million digits! I mean seriosly, with this number in possession just imagine the possibilities. Like... uhmmmm...
uhmmm....
oh never mind.
Indeed my point.
.. different thing.
BTW this is why I always thought calling them "computers" is misleading. When you say computer you expect the full thing, being able to handle any PC tasks you throw at it.
I'd rather call it Quantum Processing Unit (QPU), and just like FPU before it it'll play together with the core CPU, not replace it, since you still need a "normal" CPU to display the interface, code editor, to compile code and to show the results of the quantum computations of the QPU.
You can't just grab a QPU and adapt it to do all tasks a moden CPU can. They're just
Thing is, if you program it with the toolset of C, it'll not be better than IBM XT at blazingly fast 4MHz (approx).
The quantum computers require totally different approach to programming... So that's why you won't play QuantumQuake very soon.
Well you're correct: working with databases WILL be one of the strong points of quantum computers. However as for the 8-bit 16-bit argument.. 16-bit is an upgrade to 8-bit technology that still can address content in bytes, you still run linear commands and get predictable results out of it.
Quantum computers are not evolution from computer technology, they're an entirely new beast. It's not even like PowerPC vs Intel or anything. You can't just "port" programs to it that are made for regular PC-s.
They are also not better in data throughput or speed as a technology on their own. They use aspects of quantum mechanics (which scientists still can't explain why they happen in first place) to run very specialised set of tasks through it and obtain results that'd take years of loops on a normal PC to compute.
I still don't see it in my mobile phone or PC, was my point.
You know I've read lots of interesting application for quantum PC-s, but they are all esoteric, like hacking encryption keys or in scientific supercomputers for .. well simulating quantum level events :)
.. well odd).
The progress is certainly interesting, but I everything shows this won't be the future of the mass computing, where running multimedia and office application are more practical usage of technology, and not especially suited for quantum computers (cuz most of you know quantum computers aren't just super fast computers.. they're just
For personal computing we gotta be looking into nano-technology, which also would be compatible with today's PC architecture (i.e. nano RAM in a laptop or nano HDD with SCSI interface for example).
I know what a true spyware/adware is, and in the case of adware I gotta say that unwelcome software that pops up advertisements I don't want on statrup or at random times is paifully close.
Dude, step away from the keyboard. Lots of people use Gmail and are interested in its new features. What people aren't interested in are your pointless rants about your reactions to the day's news.
Thanks for putting your name behind your opinion, Anonymous Coward.
We shouldn't be surprised at the way things are heading. In the analog days, natural limits were imposed on both corporations and customers, which now thanks for technology advancements are gone (i.e. perfect digital copy).
Digital Technology is just a world without set rules waiting for someone to set them. Corporations can program their way to dictatorship, but we can also program our way to freedom.
At the end, I think people will win since they are too many enthusiasts which will be willing to provide DRM free content as an opposition to the entertainment industry. In a global world, not only bad news come fast.
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
I embrace it and then extend.
I saw this being modded down as a flamebait, well sorry for making it look like this.
But honestly I looked at the headline and I felt like laughing. Everybody is ovelry itnerested in everything Google does, even if many other companies have done it before, and better in some respects.
I love Google, but it's amusing, just like how someone's overly interested in the first steps of a baby, though it's not a shock to anyone that human beings can walk.
I bet at least one of the "game doesn't work" incidents was related to the adware/spyware preinstalled on the PC clashing with spyware design to copy protect the games being installed.
This kind of conflicts were hinted at when XCP's rootkit fiasco became popular, and we all know that modern games aren't that much better (some of them at least) in that respect, since they come with various "copy protection" mechanisms licensed from 3rd party providers, hooking to core OS functions.
It's only gonna get worse as more and more apps appear to have those.
Good pun.
Except for the part that you need multibillion facilities, equipment and staff to build a CPU;
Where to build your own PC you need to be good with building toy houses out of LEGO blocks.
There are lots of shops which will build a custom PC for you based on your needs even if you can't tell apart gigahertz from gigabyte.
But of course, it's a lot easier paying more, having a slicker case, and have a bunch of spyware/adware popping up popups and eating your CPU and RAM, right.