I wonder if the moderators know what "redundant" actually means. Furthermore, redundancy is actually a *good* thing. We build redundancy into systems all the time to ensure that our message (signal, transfer, whatever) reaches the target as intended. Checksums are a form of redundancy as well. Backups are redundant data. None of these things are bad.
They collected saliva from a whopping 23 people to come up with this wonder list of proteins. Ever heard of genetic variation? dot dot dot seems appropriate...
I agree. Additionally, how are you supposed to read the screen when your hands are in the way, and when they're not in the way the screen is covered with grubby finger marks?
People have more time for leisure activities in the year 2008. The average work day is about four hours. But the extra time isn't totally free. The pace of technological advance is such that a certain amount of a jobholder's spare time is used in keeping up with the new developments--on the average, about two hours of home study a day.
They got it almost spot on: 4 hours actual work; 2 hours slashdot; 2 hours talking; 2 hours walking around the office; 1 hour making coffee's; 3 hours replying to emails; 3 hours answering telephones; 1 hour break time; 2 hours travel time; 2 hours home study time; 2 hours sleep. Rinse-and-repeat.
I am not pretending to understand this entire issue. However, I think the problem relates to the kernel being compiled with GCC 4.3.0. I think the article may be wrong in saying: Part of the problem is that there are an enormous number of installed kernels that are vulnerable to this problem, but only if GCC 4.3 is installed.. Of course, I may be wildly off base, but this is the only way that my pseudo-thought makes sense.
With all due respect, an application that uses strcpy will not necessarily bring a system down (nor introduce buffer overflows, or whatever). strcpy used properly is quite safe. Sure, if you strcpy to some unknown memory address of some unknown size then this will cause problems. That is not a strcpy fault, but a programmer fault. strncpy is not inherently "better". To say that "Any application that performs a simple strcpy brings linux down" is FUD.
Its market assessment suggests there would be 15,000 people a year prepared to part with [...] Astrium anticipates it be will be producing about 10 planes a year.
So, that is 1500 people per plane? Seems there is some magic going on with their projections (market assesments)...
Extensive auditing and testing cannot, however, find something that you have not anticipated. Sure, the code may run "as designed" as be free of bugs and mem. leaks, but if something comes up that was not thought of...
The data is useless if it's so bad it can't be easily worked on, and the information might as well not exist if it's hidden in the bad data.
The data is there. You can interpret and present that data (as information) any way you like. The fact that the data is being presented (as information) with silly HTML/XHTML or whatever is irrelevant. The data is not bad. The information might be... (I personally don't think it is, but I'm just going along with what you said). The data is solid, how that data is presented (i.e. information) is possibly a problem. But, hey, you have the data... muck around with it all you like and present it in a better way. That'd be fair. Or, better still, contribute to the project and fix their "foundations" (as you put it... and where I disagree--I would say the foundations are strong, but the building shaky).
You're correct of course. But look beyond the HTML/XHTML... This project isn't about that, it's about sharing of biological information and data.
That's all I see, what about anybody else?
Well, actually, I see much more. I see a project that seeks to gather every single scrap of data or information about every single taxon on Earth; a database of LIFE, of everything that we know about organisms that share this planet with us. At this point I can gloss over the malformed pages etc etc... that will sort itself out in time. The important thing is that the information and data is available.
My love of the "natural" sciences is not something I hide. My respect for E.O.Wilson is also something I do not hide. Wilson frequently mentions his wish for this project to become true, and I can understand his reasons for doing so. Wilson, I admit, is not without critics (but who of us are?). I only mention Wilson because this is a project he has often spoken of. Despite varying opinions on him, he DOES believe in biological information (and, yes, probably data) for the masses. Not to mention that he has a writing style to die for...
Anyway, back on topic. This project is grand in its scope and bold in its objectives. Whether it fails or succeeds is beside the point really... the project is a challenge to all of science and is quite like open-source software. The more shoulders (of giants) we can sit on, the better the end result will be.
Great project. Worthwhile project. I take my hat off to all involved. Thank-you.
I talk to them. By "first impression" I meant in the first 5 minutes or so. In an interview that lasts 1-1.5 hours, you can, generally, get past the persons appearance and get an inkling of what they're capable of. If they sit there for an hour-and-a-half feeling uncomfortable (because they're overdressed, or trying to be something they're not) then you can pick that up. A shirt and tie and nice shiny shoes will not hide that. But, most of us hate interviews... I was just trying to say "be comfortable and yourself"... that's all I was trying to say. Cheers.
Well, I hire people. And I have conditioned myself not to be influenced by first impressions (but, I admit, I may be in the minority). Additionally, if I were going for a job (which I am not, I have one and am very comfortable), I'd dress how I like. Sure, you might get plenty of knock-backs... but I don't want to work for people like that anyway. My personal view is "dress for the occasion" and to a level you're comfortable with. If you "overdress" you feel awkward, and this will probably manifest itself by you appearing, well... awkward and unsure. Just my 2 cents.
Interesting points. For a (not entirely off-topic) good read on the lost fortunes and tenacity of individuals making a transatlantic cable reality, I'd recommend A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable by J.S.Gordon. The first cable (not fiber-optic of course) was a pain in the butt for all. As far as I know, the lessons learned in those pioneering days are still important. This contains some interesting info on those pioneering days.
BTW I'm willing to bet Google will join another club on this route to add some much needed redundancy.
[...] sustain the unprecedented growth in data and Internet traffic between Asia and the United States. [...](will) increase Trans-Pacific lit (sic) cable capacity by about 20 percent
Seems pretty significant. Additionally I wonder how this will affect other countries within the Pacific region... in particular (because I reside there) Australia. It is a fairly short hop from Japan to Australia, and hopefully at some point the increased bandwidth is extended.
At Chikura, Unity will be seamlessly connected to other cable systems, further enhancing connectivity into Asia.
This statement seems to at least allure to increased bandwidth to all nearby nations, including I suppose nations not "Asian"; e.g. China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and maybe New Zealand. This, of course, is pure conjecture on my part; but a new link to Japan, while being great for Japan, may be just a stepping stone onto even bigger things. My globe just shrunk a little bit more.
As someone who trained for a year to become a Lawyer
It takes much, much longer to become a lawyer, or even an Artical Clerk. Are you saying that you started your training and didn't finish; or that you, somehow, became qualified in one year?
Slashdot Mirror
They got one of my favorites as well: Barbie Horse Adventure.
As well as having superb gameplay it had digitized voices... or was that another Barbie game? In any case, they were both great.
I am still playing Lemonade Stand in search for the perfect score you insensitive clod.
Sudo runs things as the super user, hence the name......this is not what you want if you are going for higher security.
Actually "su" stands for "switch user". You can just as easily sudo to _any_ user.
Oh I see. We need to leave out the "are" just after "proteins", ending up with a sentence that makes sense. Cool.
I wonder if the moderators know what "redundant" actually means. Furthermore, redundancy is actually a *good* thing. We build redundancy into systems all the time to ensure that our message (signal, transfer, whatever) reaches the target as intended. Checksums are a form of redundancy as well. Backups are redundant data. None of these things are bad.
They collected saliva from a whopping 23 people to come up with this wonder list of proteins. Ever heard of genetic variation? dot dot dot seems appropriate...
What is "As many as 20 percent of the proteins are found in saliva are also found in blood[...]" supposed to mean?
...write notes like "Setup meeting with Jim and Susan, 2:30 tomorrow..."
Hmm. Except that most people can probably type faster than they can scribble notes. Wait... you said "manager"; I understand now.
I agree. Additionally, how are you supposed to read the screen when your hands are in the way, and when they're not in the way the screen is covered with grubby finger marks?
People have more time for leisure activities in the year 2008. The average work day is about four hours. But the extra time isn't totally free. The pace of technological advance is such that a certain amount of a jobholder's spare time is used in keeping up with the new developments--on the average, about two hours of home study a day.
They got it almost spot on: 4 hours actual work; 2 hours slashdot; 2 hours talking; 2 hours walking around the office; 1 hour making coffee's; 3 hours replying to emails; 3 hours answering telephones; 1 hour break time; 2 hours travel time; 2 hours home study time; 2 hours sleep. Rinse-and-repeat.
Ok. So I was wrong. Interesting link -- thanks.
I am not pretending to understand this entire issue. However, I think the problem relates to the kernel being compiled with GCC 4.3.0. I think the article may be wrong in saying: Part of the problem is that there are an enormous number of installed kernels that are vulnerable to this problem, but only if GCC 4.3 is installed.. Of course, I may be wildly off base, but this is the only way that my pseudo-thought makes sense.
With all due respect, an application that uses strcpy will not necessarily bring a system down (nor introduce buffer overflows, or whatever). strcpy used properly is quite safe. Sure, if you strcpy to some unknown memory address of some unknown size then this will cause problems. That is not a strcpy fault, but a programmer fault. strncpy is not inherently "better". To say that "Any application that performs a simple strcpy brings linux down" is FUD.
Its market assessment suggests there would be 15,000 people a year prepared to part with [...] Astrium anticipates it be will be producing about 10 planes a year.
So, that is 1500 people per plane? Seems there is some magic going on with their projections (market assesments)...
Well, duh! It's so the workers can use VPN (PPTP).
Extensive auditing and testing cannot, however, find something that you have not anticipated. Sure, the code may run "as designed" as be free of bugs and mem. leaks, but if something comes up that was not thought of...
The data is useless if it's so bad it can't be easily worked on, and the information might as well not exist if it's hidden in the bad data.
The data is there. You can interpret and present that data (as information) any way you like. The fact that the data is being presented (as information) with silly HTML/XHTML or whatever is irrelevant. The data is not bad. The information might be... (I personally don't think it is, but I'm just going along with what you said). The data is solid, how that data is presented (i.e. information) is possibly a problem. But, hey, you have the data... muck around with it all you like and present it in a better way. That'd be fair. Or, better still, contribute to the project and fix their "foundations" (as you put it... and where I disagree--I would say the foundations are strong, but the building shaky).
You're correct of course. But look beyond the HTML/XHTML... This project isn't about that, it's about sharing of biological information and data.
That's all I see, what about anybody else?
Well, actually, I see much more. I see a project that seeks to gather every single scrap of data or information about every single taxon on Earth; a database of LIFE, of everything that we know about organisms that share this planet with us. At this point I can gloss over the malformed pages etc etc... that will sort itself out in time. The important thing is that the information and data is available.
My love of the "natural" sciences is not something I hide. My respect for E.O.Wilson is also something I do not hide. Wilson frequently mentions his wish for this project to become true, and I can understand his reasons for doing so. Wilson, I admit, is not without critics (but who of us are?). I only mention Wilson because this is a project he has often spoken of. Despite varying opinions on him, he DOES believe in biological information (and, yes, probably data) for the masses. Not to mention that he has a writing style to die for...
Anyway, back on topic. This project is grand in its scope and bold in its objectives. Whether it fails or succeeds is beside the point really... the project is a challenge to all of science and is quite like open-source software. The more shoulders (of giants) we can sit on, the better the end result will be.
Great project. Worthwhile project. I take my hat off to all involved. Thank-you.
I talk to them. By "first impression" I meant in the first 5 minutes or so. In an interview that lasts 1-1.5 hours, you can, generally, get past the persons appearance and get an inkling of what they're capable of. If they sit there for an hour-and-a-half feeling uncomfortable (because they're overdressed, or trying to be something they're not) then you can pick that up. A shirt and tie and nice shiny shoes will not hide that. But, most of us hate interviews... I was just trying to say "be comfortable and yourself"... that's all I was trying to say. Cheers.
Well, I hire people. And I have conditioned myself not to be influenced by first impressions (but, I admit, I may be in the minority). Additionally, if I were going for a job (which I am not, I have one and am very comfortable), I'd dress how I like. Sure, you might get plenty of knock-backs... but I don't want to work for people like that anyway. My personal view is "dress for the occasion" and to a level you're comfortable with. If you "overdress" you feel awkward, and this will probably manifest itself by you appearing, well... awkward and unsure. Just my 2 cents.
Interesting points. For a (not entirely off-topic) good read on the lost fortunes and tenacity of individuals making a transatlantic cable reality, I'd recommend A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable by J.S.Gordon. The first cable (not fiber-optic of course) was a pain in the butt for all. As far as I know, the lessons learned in those pioneering days are still important. This contains some interesting info on those pioneering days.
BTW I'm willing to bet Google will join another club on this route to add some much needed redundancy.
I am willing to bet you're right.
[...] sustain the unprecedented growth in data and Internet traffic between Asia and the United States. [...](will) increase Trans-Pacific lit (sic) cable capacity by about 20 percent
Seems pretty significant. Additionally I wonder how this will affect other countries within the Pacific region... in particular (because I reside there) Australia. It is a fairly short hop from Japan to Australia, and hopefully at some point the increased bandwidth is extended.
At Chikura, Unity will be seamlessly connected to other cable systems, further enhancing connectivity into Asia.
This statement seems to at least allure to increased bandwidth to all nearby nations, including I suppose nations not "Asian"; e.g. China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and maybe New Zealand. This, of course, is pure conjecture on my part; but a new link to Japan, while being great for Japan, may be just a stepping stone onto even bigger things. My globe just shrunk a little bit more.
Umm, a bit of clarification please... you say:
As someone who trained for a year to become a Lawyer
It takes much, much longer to become a lawyer, or even an Artical Clerk. Are you saying that you started your training and didn't finish; or that you, somehow, became qualified in one year?
for from the ashes, firefox was born.