The chance of a different message generating the same hash basically only depends on the number of bits used in the hash. Sure, a combination of hash functions would give more bits. However, I strongly suspect that the combination of two hash functions to create one final hash would always be worse in that respect than a carefully designed hash function with the same number of bits.
No hashing algorithm can care for more than 2^bits number of different documents.
Do these predators actually exist in real life, or is it just something that politicians made up to scare the parents to vote for them?
To me it sounds like the chance of a kid getting hit by a car or killed by a gun is magnitudes higher than actually being molested by someone they met online, but you don't hear the government or parents whine about that.
That sounds expensive, ineffective and unfriendly for the environment. If they are connected to the grid anyway, why not use the electricity directly instead of burning up fossil fuel in ineffective small-scale generators?
Rather don't. Since the Playstation 3 is from SONY, who are even more trigger-happy when it comes to DRM and artificial restrictions than Microsoft, you would still support it.
Because sooner or later (with computers: mostly sooner), a new computer will do the work much faster than 10 old computers, saving a lot of money on energy, rent, support and cooling. Even if they actually work, it makes more sense to replace N older computers with one new.
Well, I was of course talking about population. If we count the area, my own Glorious Kingdom of Sweden would be one of the largest countries in Europe!
Another interesting number taken directly from the CIA:
Population below poverty line:
USA - 12% (2004 est.)
China - 10% (2001 est.)
These numbers are of course relative - a poor person in the US has more money than a poor person in china, however, most of the things you need over there are about 10 times as cheap as in Sweden (using this as a reference since it's where I spend most of my time); food, clothing, rent.
Let's say we give all the money from research to buy food to the people in Africa instead. How long would that last? Why don't they have food now?
Research is the key to progress, not short-sighted efforts to make the rich world feel good but would only help for a relatively short time. Check for example this, that would be able to give relatively cheap energy to a lot of parts of Africa. It could never be possible unless we spend money on space research now.
Oh, you saw it on TV? Then it must be true! Fox News can't be wrong, can they?
Having been to China for a month, and visiting some factories, I can assure you that the standards in the new factories are pretty much the same there as in the western world. Older places looked like they could have been from the western parts of the world, just 50 years back. Would you call that prison too?
Reading these slashdot posts I can understand why many Americans seem to think that randomly invading other countries isn't that bad, since living anywhere else than in the glorious United States of America must be like living in a prison camp.
<rant>how come 'slashdot' isn't a valid word in the firefox spellchecker?</rant>
As would anyone that's been outside their own state in the US. The GP is just an ignorant troll, that will hopefully be downmodded to hell by those that have modpoints available.
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Dude, install NTP. Then you could have kept the machine going without those useless capacitors!
No, he was merely asking people to think, and to check if there's actually any truth in what she says. She is a politician after all.
You already give your keys and access codes to your "physical" security company.
The chance of a different message generating the same hash basically only depends on the number of bits used in the hash. Sure, a combination of hash functions would give more bits. However, I strongly suspect that the combination of two hash functions to create one final hash would always be worse in that respect than a carefully designed hash function with the same number of bits.
No hashing algorithm can care for more than 2^bits number of different documents.
I think that tells a lot about modern art.
Broadband is for downloading video. You'd be fine with your dial-up for anything else.
Do these predators actually exist in real life, or is it just something that politicians made up to scare the parents to vote for them?
To me it sounds like the chance of a kid getting hit by a car or killed by a gun is magnitudes higher than actually being molested by someone they met online, but you don't hear the government or parents whine about that.
I clicked at least 10 times, but it doesn't work. Nothing happens!
But no games would work. :)
That sounds expensive, ineffective and unfriendly for the environment. If they are connected to the grid anyway, why not use the electricity directly instead of burning up fossil fuel in ineffective small-scale generators?
Blue? Red? Neo, is that you?
Rather don't. Since the Playstation 3 is from SONY, who are even more trigger-happy when it comes to DRM and artificial restrictions than Microsoft, you would still support it.
I want frikkin lasers on my head.
And the shark teeth implants that goes with it!
If you have sources, give us. Otherwise stop wasting our time with religion.
I'm quite sure google codes most of their really memory-intense software on their own.
Because sooner or later (with computers: mostly sooner), a new computer will do the work much faster than 10 old computers, saving a lot of money on energy, rent, support and cooling. Even if they actually work, it makes more sense to replace N older computers with one new.
No.
Next question?
Well, I was of course talking about population. If we count the area, my own Glorious Kingdom of Sweden would be one of the largest countries in Europe!
Another interesting number taken directly from the CIA:
Population below poverty line:
These numbers are of course relative - a poor person in the US has more money than a poor person in china, however, most of the things you need over there are about 10 times as cheap as in Sweden (using this as a reference since it's where I spend most of my time); food, clothing, rent.
So where would these special economic zones you are talking about be, and where in my post did I indicate that I was visiting those?
Let's say we give all the money from research to buy food to the people in Africa instead. How long would that last? Why don't they have food now?
Research is the key to progress, not short-sighted efforts to make the rich world feel good but would only help for a relatively short time. Check for example this, that would be able to give relatively cheap energy to a lot of parts of Africa. It could never be possible unless we spend money on space research now.
Don't forget about the precious Intellectual Property.
Oh, you saw it on TV? Then it must be true! Fox News can't be wrong, can they?
Having been to China for a month, and visiting some factories, I can assure you that the standards in the new factories are pretty much the same there as in the western world. Older places looked like they could have been from the western parts of the world, just 50 years back. Would you call that prison too?
Reading these slashdot posts I can understand why many Americans seem to think that randomly invading other countries isn't that bad, since living anywhere else than in the glorious United States of America must be like living in a prison camp.
<rant>how come 'slashdot' isn't a valid word in the firefox spellchecker?</rant>
As would anyone that's been outside their own state in the US. The GP is just an ignorant troll, that will hopefully be downmodded to hell by those that have modpoints available.
Of course it would have to be a robotic shark, anything else would be ridiculous.