Do you think it would go undetected for long if thousands of cellphones and laptops made in China, Korea or wherever had a hardware sneak-chip installed?
Do you think it would be worth the effort to seed just a few of those thousands for some possible marginal gain? (Also keep in mind that specialized changes wreak havoc on an assembly line's schedule)
I'm tempted to make a funny reply about how entropy increases cause a change in mass...
However, I'm pretty sure they're talking about hard-hacks, aka "chips under your keyboard" to listen in to network traffic, keyboard usage, hard disk IO, VGA screen dumping and what not.
If all of the judges in the land believe it is within their power to continue with the lie and refuse to hear appeals based on this, guess what happens?
Eclipses might not happen at all in that case. Remember that the distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth are *just* right for the Moon to exactly cover the Sun during an eclipse.
You're interpreting "unlicensed" in a different way. Proprietary companies give out licenses for their software for customers to use. Using an "unlicensed" version of the software means either
a) Not following that license; by say using a personal license in a business environment for multiple machines
b) Pirating it; and hence not following the license under which the original copy (from which it was pirated) was distributed.
To be frank, I think you're nitpicking or being pedantic about how Shuttleworth used the word "unlicensed"
You need: `kill -9 -1`
`kill -9 1` won't work because killing init would cause kill to kill itself. And kill doesn't have suicidal tendencies
Unless of course you're using Mac OS X
Imaginary numbers are used purely as a mathematical device, and do not point to anything tangible or real.
You could replace "i" everywhere with "sqrt(-1)" and everything would be the same. The fact that sqrt(-1) has no meaning in the physical world says nothing about using it to find a real answer; as long as the answer doesn't *contain* sqrt(-1). In fact, using imaginary numbers in calculations is very similar to using vectors.
The concept of negative energy OTOH, is not a mathematical device, and is *expected* to point to something "real".
However, the OP's claim that energy can be thought of as a square of some physical property and hence cannot be negative is purely deduction from example (hence with no basis), and does not contradict anything. Infact, a form of energy called potential energy is very often negative in calculations since it is a purely relative quantity.
Then again, I should mention that potential energy is also a mathematical device (with a vague physical counterpart), as are all other forms of "energy". *grin*
Like what? I am at a loss to say I have seen anLike what? I am at a loss to say I have seen anything on MS-Windows before I have seen it elsewhere.ything on MS-Windows before I have seen it elsewhere.
Oh there are a few if you care to look for them...
id Software's games
Opera
Maya
Probably more; a lot of them games admittedly, since making them portable is less work (compared to the overall development process).
Indeed, it's frustrating how/. authors seem to like generating spin and controversy. Pure hits and revenue game.
If I didn't know/. was really just a blog, I would have said it's bad journalism at its best.
If you'd even read TFA, you'd know that they're talking about Linux and Windows Server 2003, and that Linus had the following to say about them: Is Linux kernel development proceeding faster than Windows Server development?
I'm the wrong person to ask, for multiple reasons. First off, I'm somewhat biased, of course. But the other reason is that I don't even know -- or really care -- how Windows Server development actually proceeds, so how could I even compare and make an intelligent point?
I simply don't use Microsoft products, not because I hate them, but because they aren't interesting to me.
And, they were talking about virtualisation and the development process used in both of them: In your opinion, where does Linux shine versus Windows? Reliability? Virtualisation?
I think the real strength of Linux is not in any particular area, but in the flexibility.
So, where do Desktops and wireless come in all this again Mr. Troll?
But energy and food demands are increasing every year, everywhere. Plus, most of our energy is non-renewable.
We are facing a resource crunch whether or not the population increases.
The Halo universe might not be 100% original, Ya think?
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Every release since then has been slower.
Actually, I found 2.18 to be _much_ faster than 2.16. To quote a friend of mine, "gnome-terminals are popping up like popcorn:D"
12 meg of RAM for GDM? Give me a break. Its a freaking login box. /me fires up htop
Hmmm, its using 2mb on my computer...
Sure, and meanwhile, Program Manager (Windows 9x) and Presentation Manager (OS/2) did more with less memory (Two Meg), back in 1995. 2mbs in 1995! Computers back then had 16mb of RAM remember?
Right now, on my computer, Firefox is at the top of the memory list with 125mbs, followed by thunderbird at 25. Neither of them are gnome apps. The core gnome component using the most amount of memory right now is nautilus (which does half the work in gnome) and its taking up 12mb. [
Now, what were you saying about memory in gnome?
There can never be a Borg, its always the Borg. All Borg are one. Unless of course he's the first one, in which case you should probably not reply to him, who knows how he spreads the infection:P
Wait, did I just confuse the Borg and Zombies? Sigh.
See, you two can't even agree on package managers, and you're saying there isn't fragmentation. Erm,
Apt == apt emerge is a frontend for portage Yast is a frontend for rpm
slackware's pkgtool is a "frontend" for their.tgz pseudo-package management
That said, its interesting that no one's mentioned Conary here yet
But then again, its really irritating to have to reboot for anything. And with tools like kexec, you will never need to do an actual hardware reboot. Unless of course, you use windoze ^^
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Do you think it would go undetected for long if thousands of cellphones and laptops made in China, Korea or wherever had a hardware sneak-chip installed?
Do you think it would be worth the effort to seed just a few of those thousands for some possible marginal gain? (Also keep in mind that specialized changes wreak havoc on an assembly line's schedule)
Much easier to just target the fish directly.
It's not racial profiling, it's (current or previous) nationality profiling, you know, the information that's visible on your passport?
I'm tempted to make a funny reply about how entropy increases cause a change in mass...
However, I'm pretty sure they're talking about hard-hacks, aka "chips under your keyboard" to listen in to network traffic, keyboard usage, hard disk IO, VGA screen dumping and what not.
If all of the judges in the land believe it is within their power to continue with the lie and refuse to hear appeals based on this, guess what happens?
Anarchy?
Eclipses might not happen at all in that case. Remember that the distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth are *just* right for the Moon to exactly cover the Sun during an eclipse.
What about the (over-ambitious, and hence comatose) dashboard project[1]? Is that close enough to what is needed?
1. http://nat.org/dashboard/
It seems as though people here haven't heard of Beagle[1] and Tracker[2].
1. http://beagle-project.org/
2. http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker/
You're interpreting "unlicensed" in a different way. Proprietary companies give out licenses for their software for customers to use. Using an "unlicensed" version of the software means either
a) Not following that license; by say using a personal license in a business environment for multiple machines
b) Pirating it; and hence not following the license under which the original copy (from which it was pirated) was distributed.
To be frank, I think you're nitpicking or being pedantic about how Shuttleworth used the word "unlicensed"
Actually, in that case I would go for Comb Sort.
As simple as Bubble Sort, and pretty much as fast as Quick Sort.
/me shakes head. Kids these days.
You need: `kill -9 -1`
`kill -9 1` won't work because killing init would cause kill to kill itself. And kill doesn't have suicidal tendencies
Unless of course you're using Mac OS X
Dammit, incorrectly modded you "redundant". Posting to remove the mod _
Imaginary numbers are used purely as a mathematical device, and do not point to anything tangible or real.
You could replace "i" everywhere with "sqrt(-1)" and everything would be the same. The fact that sqrt(-1) has no meaning in the physical world says nothing about using it to find a real answer; as long as the answer doesn't *contain* sqrt(-1). In fact, using imaginary numbers in calculations is very similar to using vectors.
The concept of negative energy OTOH, is not a mathematical device, and is *expected* to point to something "real".
However, the OP's claim that energy can be thought of as a square of some physical property and hence cannot be negative is purely deduction from example (hence with no basis), and does not contradict anything. Infact, a form of energy called potential energy is very often negative in calculations since it is a purely relative quantity.
Then again, I should mention that potential energy is also a mathematical device (with a vague physical counterpart), as are all other forms of "energy". *grin*
Oh there are a few if you care to look for them...
id Software's games
Opera
Maya
Probably more; a lot of them games admittedly, since making them portable is less work (compared to the overall development process).
Indeed, it's frustrating how /. authors seem to like generating spin and controversy. Pure hits and revenue game. /. was really just a blog, I would have said it's bad journalism at its best.
If I didn't know
Is Linux kernel development proceeding faster than Windows Server development?
I'm the wrong person to ask, for multiple reasons. First off, I'm somewhat biased, of course. But the other reason is that I don't even know -- or really care -- how Windows Server development actually proceeds, so how could I even compare and make an intelligent point?
I simply don't use Microsoft products, not because I hate them, but because they aren't interesting to me.
And, they were talking about virtualisation and the development process used in both of them:
In your opinion, where does Linux shine versus Windows? Reliability? Virtualisation?
I think the real strength of Linux is not in any particular area, but in the flexibility.
So, where do Desktops and wireless come in all this again Mr. Troll?
But energy and food demands are increasing every year, everywhere. Plus, most of our energy is non-renewable.
We are facing a resource crunch whether or not the population increases.
Second customer: Mozilla Firefox
Ya think?
Actually, I found 2.18 to be _much_ faster than 2.16. To quote a friend of mine, "gnome-terminals are popping up like popcorn
12 meg of RAM for GDM? Give me a break. Its a freaking login box.
Hmmm, its using 2mb on my computer...
Sure, and meanwhile, Program Manager (Windows 9x) and Presentation Manager (OS/2) did more with less memory (Two Meg), back in 1995. 2mbs in 1995! Computers back then had 16mb of RAM remember?
Right now, on my computer, Firefox is at the top of the memory list with 125mbs, followed by thunderbird at 25. Neither of them are gnome apps. The core gnome component using the most amount of memory right now is nautilus (which does half the work in gnome) and its taking up 12mb. [ Now, what were you saying about memory in gnome?
There can never be a Borg, its always the Borg. All Borg are one. Unless of course he's the first one, in which case you should probably not reply to him, who knows how he spreads the infection :P
Wait, did I just confuse the Borg and Zombies?
Sigh.
rpm
apt
slackware's pkgtool
gentoo's emerge
See, you two can't even agree on package managers, and you're saying there isn't fragmentation. Erm,
Apt == apt
emerge is a frontend for portage
Yast is a frontend for rpm
slackware's pkgtool is a "frontend" for their
That said, its interesting that no one's mentioned Conary here yet
Surely you mean Ghost in the Shell :)
Thats exactly the app I had in mind ;)
But then again, its really irritating to have to reboot for anything. And with tools like kexec, you will never need to do an actual hardware reboot.
Unless of course, you use windoze ^^
What if its a software I need to use now and I'm running a compile which takes a whole day to finish?
The big question is whether it needs to spell "ether"
Either that, or Irony Alert!