And it's been a failure, for a number of reasons:
- it cost a fortune to deploy
- one message costs an equivalent of about 1 USD, which means no one uses it except for communicating with the government
- it relies on a proprietary (although free as beer) rather obscure application for Windows, fortunately a non-profit foundation later developed a cross-platform library for accessing the mailbox
- once you register into the system, any official letter you get is automatically considered delivered, so you cannot deny receiving it, that's why any sane lawyer will discourage from getting such an account ever unless you are obligated to
Obviously, because so much money already burnt, the mailbox system is here to stay.
I'd guess most of the code run on these CPUs will still use the original IBM 360 instruction set from the sixties.
Being 4 times farther from Earth than the Moon, JWST won't be serviceable once deployed. Certainly not using the Shuttle.
More details are here. Looks like it's a tweaked merge-sort.
Once again, America is playing catchup. The Chinese already send all their data through a government proxy.
Melchett: Now, I've compiled a list of those with security clearance, have you got it Darling?
Darling: Yes sir.
Melchett: Read it please.
Darling: It's top security sir, I think that's all the Captain needs to know.
Melchett: Nonsense! Let's hear the list in full!
Darling: Very well sir. "List of personnel cleared for mission Gainsborough, as dictated by General C. H. Melchett: You and me, Darling, obviously. Field Marshal Haig, Field Marshal Haig's wife, all Field Marshal Haig's wife's friends, their families, their families' servants, their families' servants' tennis partners, and some chap I bumped into the mess the other day called Bernard."
Melchett: So, it's maximum security, is that clear?
Blackadder: Quite so sir, only myself and the rest of the English speaking world is to know.
FFMPEG can also decode E-AC3, i.e. Blu-Ray audio.
In some code, which was a result of reverse engineering, I have also seen SHA-1 hashes (probably of authors' names + some salt, but I can only guess for obvious reasons) being used instead of names. Looks a bit weird, but on the other hand it gives you the possibility to prove that it is actually your code if you would need a reference.
The major difference between bonds and bond traders is that the bonds will eventually mature.