Comment Re:Cities aren't 'normal' (Score 1) 515
People have been living in actual cities way before the first city was established on your list. A city nearby was made a "Municipium" (city) by the Romans in the year 54.
Submission + - Why Linux crashes, but living things don't (medgadget.com) 1
Myrmidon10 writes: A study published in the Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences looks into why living thing don't need to reboot and never crash, but software control systems, like Linux, do.
Submission + - Intel unveils Atom Z6 Moorestown smartphone CPU (examiner.com)
kamk2k8 writes: On Tuesday Intel announced a new low-power atom chip for cell phones that will further dismantle the distinction in performance between computer and mobile. Their new Atom Z6 CPU will mark Intel’s first legitimate attempt to break into a market largely dominated by UK-based ARM.
Intel’s goal was to build a chip which delivered on the company’s legendary performance and also have enough battery to last through a typical workday. Pankaj Kedia, director of Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group said of the Z6 "When you look at Web page type of performance; for example: Java-script-rich Web sites. Specifically, how fast the Web pages load. We're getting less than two seconds. The best phones out there-nine or ten seconds," he said. "Performance matters if you're going to use the Web in its entirety." The chip, previously known as “Moorestown”, has an average use time of around 10 days; with its continuous media viewing time being near 5 hours.
Intel’s goal was to build a chip which delivered on the company’s legendary performance and also have enough battery to last through a typical workday. Pankaj Kedia, director of Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group said of the Z6 "When you look at Web page type of performance; for example: Java-script-rich Web sites. Specifically, how fast the Web pages load. We're getting less than two seconds. The best phones out there-nine or ten seconds," he said. "Performance matters if you're going to use the Web in its entirety." The chip, previously known as “Moorestown”, has an average use time of around 10 days; with its continuous media viewing time being near 5 hours.
Submission + - Google Releases a Tutorial for Hackers 1
Hugh Pickens writes: ""Learn how hackers find security vulnerabilities and exploit web applications!" as the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Google has released Jarlsberg, a "small, cheesy" web application specifically designed to be full of bugs and security flaws as a security tutorial for coders and encourages programmers to try their hands at exploiting weaknesses in Jarlsberg as a way of teaching them how to avoid similar vulnerabilities in their own code. Jarlsberg has multiple security bugs ranging from cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery, to information disclosure, denial of service, and remote code execution. The codelab is organized by types of vulnerabilities. In black box hacking, users try to find security bugs by experimenting with the application and manipulating input fields and URL parameters, trying to cause application errors, and looking at the HTTP requests and responses to guess server behavior while in white-box hacking, users have access to the source code and can use automated or manual analysis to identify bugs. The tutorial notes that accessing or attacking a computer system without authorization is illegal in many jurisdictions but while doing this codelab, users are specifically granted authorization to attack the Jarlsberg application as directed."
Submission + - Pressure mounts on Icann to approve .xxx domain (pcauthority.com.au)
An anonymous reader writes: An application for the .xxx domain was first submitted six years ago. Icann approved the application in 2005, and entered into an agreement with ICM Registry regarding technical and commercial terms. However, Icann reversed its decision in March 2007. An independent review panel was called to look into why Icann had changed its mind, and concluded that the body had been under pressure from the US government. Now the registry that submitted that application, ICM Registry, is pushing for .xxx to be approved. The company has argued that the .xxx internet domain should be approved for porn site use, allowing parents and businesses to easily configure browsers or filters to automatically block sites that carry the domain.
Comment Re:Rogue-like game for the blind (Score 1) 157
There should be plenty of games available from a time when computers were not able to display graphics.
Those text-based games sometimes feature much more elaborate storylines than today's games. I think you could probably play them using braille lines or similar devices.
Comment Re:x64 (Score 1) 179
You make exactly the same mistake as the original coder by assuming no one can actually achieve a score of 2^63-1.
The way to go is to use some arbitrary precision math data type.
Comment They broke the law (Score 1) 449
The law says 2/3. They used 66/100.
Comment Re:Not always feasible... (Score 0) 352
So what? Someone else will publish something that you didn't find out. Society will nevertheless benefit and thus get what they pay for. They don't pay for the individual benefit of single researchers.
Comment Re:My university is happy about our DC network. (Score 1) 288
Same here. The top 3 users in the DC++ network host 9TB, 6TB and 5TB... quite impressive.
Comment Re:It's what we did too (Score 1) 288
You're indeed way too old. An "album" nowadays is a set of MP3s, not a compact disk.
Comment Could last a while (Score 5, Insightful) 283
The last eruption was in 1821 and lasted 2 years... you better get yourself some train tickets if you want to travel in Europe!
Comment Re:I've got the cure (Score 1) 456
Unfortunately, my religion doesn't allow me to use them...
Comment Re:And the lesson people don't learn is... (Score 1) 162
You're right.
Equally important is the question: why do we have to be able specify IP adresses in more than one number format? I don't see any benefit in that.
Comment Re:Stop calling it 'insurance' (or update Wikipedi (Score 1) 2424
You seem to forget that there would be no "pre-existing conditions" if everyone would have had access to health insurance previously.
It is only a problem in the current transition phase, going from optional to mandatory insurance.
Where I live, you are insured automatically from the moment you are born (conceived actually, because it also covers pre-natal illnesses). Never heard of "pre-existing conditions".
