Comment Re:Bad code offsets? (Score 1) 279
There’s CALL
But CALL is equivalent of PUSH/JMP
Comment Re:SRB separation (Score 1) 117
Does anyone know the altitude that SRB separation occurs?
Around 150000ft (source)
Comment Re:Cell processor (Score 3, Informative) 144
Are we still at the point where we can't get hold of Cell processors for machines specifically designed for this sort of task?
I haven't checked the details yet, but I was told that IBM QS21 is Cell based blade system
Comment Re:Developers vs. Sysadmins (Score 3, Informative) 502
"Physics is to mathematics as sex is to masturbation"
- Richard Feynman
Comment Re:Tor, email anonymizers and encryption (Score 1) 125
Diffie-Hellman key exchange is considered to be secure against eavesdropping but vulnerable to MitM.
ESA Sent Takedown Notices For 45 Million Infringements In Fiscal 2009 81
eldavojohn writes "The Entertainment Software Association has released this year's fiscal report (PDF), putting out their numbers to level the finger at new targets. Following up on last year's published report, this one has a whole bunch of new numbers to ponder. The top five P2P game piracy countries this year are: Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and Poland. The ESA's anti-piracy program notes, 'Chief among this year's actions were five separate law enforcement raids against game pirates in California, resulting in the seizure of several thousand games and dozens of modded consoles, and the arrests of five individuals.' But don't worry, they've expanded to other countries. 'The ESA sent takedown notices to ISPs covering more than 45 million instances of infringement of member company games in more than 100 countries worldwide.' They also strive to show they are actually doing things, like endorsing 43 bills aimed at regulating content or controlling access to video games — with not a single one of them making it into law. They did put some into effect at the state level; mostly making it a crime to sell mature games to minors. You can also find their activities localized to you, as this report has sections arranged by state and country. Conspicuously absent this year are any global numbers of what piracy cost the entertainment industry, so unfortunately Ars Technica will have to find someone else to audit, although Venture Beat has a good breakdown."
Comment Re:Connection, yes. Server, no. (Score 1) 235
The point is that the last implicit rule of the rule set should be DROP ANY. This is the case with PIX, Checkpoint and most of the other firewalls I have seen.
To match the functionality of the current NAT devices, default rule set should
To match the functionality of the current NAT devices, default rule set should
- Allow all outbound traffic from Trusted interface to Internet
- Allow inbound traffic if it is return packet for connection initiated from Trusted network.
If user then decides to remove all rules, failure mode will be exactly the same (all inbound/outbound packets will be dropped).
Comment Re:Connection, yes. Server, no. (Score 1) 235
I think you got this wrong.
Currently most of the users don't set up their NAT (which is usually PAT anyway) and just like others pointed out, REJECT rule could be default like the NAT rule is.
Only difference would be that if these inane users want to allow some remote applications (e.g. Torrent) to establish connection to their computer, they need to be tinkering around with port forwarding and need to dedicate different port for each computer and so on.
Without NAT and using the REJECT by default would allow users to use very similar point-and-click interface for enabling the connections to those computers they desire, much like they do with the port forwarding at the moment, but without a need to be tinkering around with the port settings on the application side.
Currently most of the users don't set up their NAT (which is usually PAT anyway) and just like others pointed out, REJECT rule could be default like the NAT rule is.
Only difference would be that if these inane users want to allow some remote applications (e.g. Torrent) to establish connection to their computer, they need to be tinkering around with port forwarding and need to dedicate different port for each computer and so on.
Without NAT and using the REJECT by default would allow users to use very similar point-and-click interface for enabling the connections to those computers they desire, much like they do with the port forwarding at the moment, but without a need to be tinkering around with the port settings on the application side.
Comment Re:How about "Robots Only" (Score 1) 224
Hell, NASA should consider offering one-way trips. They'd have enough volunteers to crash their Web server.
Yeah, but how many of those volunteers would be capable of doing the job? You don't want random nut to fly to Mars just to go bat shit insane and wreck perfectly good experiment.
Robotic Glider Set To Break Autonomous Flight Records 33
SoaringIsAwesome writes "Dan Edwards, a student at NC State University, is attempting to break two records by creating an autonomous glider. The project goal is a 142-mile cross country flight and a 25-mile flight (with return) without human intervention. The glider finds thermal updrafts and automatically circles them to gain altitude, much like birds and insects do. Recently, the glider flew in the desert for 4.5 hours, covering 70.5 miles by itself using only air currents to stay aloft. Since the NC State demonstration vehicle does not have a motor, this shows real promise for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that actually have a motor, with possibilities of extending flight duration considerably. Combine daytime soaring with a solar energy system to charge batteries for the night, such as the 84-hour flight by QinetiQ's Zephyr, and you might just get an answer to flying for months on end. With this kind of endurance, the eye in the sky that the city of Lancaster is considering might be even more practical."
Comment Re:Tarps, flags, semaphore, mirrors.... (Score 1) 115
You might have computers at the receiving end, but the way I read it is they try to come up with a system that doesn't require power (i.e. computers) to encode the data.
Comment Re:140 to the Bottom, not the top (Score 1) 169
I was thinking exactly the same. If it is going to be anything like Zenobia outside of Larnaca, Cyprus, it'll offer quite wide variety of possible dives. Shallow dives at Zenobia are very easy but still give you very good view of the huge wreck. Deep dives around the wreck give you access to the entrances to the wreck and main deck where you can still see cars and trucks suspended in their chains.
As they actually plan to use it as a dive site, I'd assume that they also make sure that it'd be available for those who aren't into technical diving.
Comment Re:Matrox Millenium (Score 1) 320
Descent was truly 3D, you had control over all axis. It also supported motion tracking VR goggles.
Comment Re:Why can't you land it by remote/autopilot? (Score 3, Informative) 233
Think of that Canadian pilot whom invented a way to put a jetliner in a slip to lose altitude to land at an abandoned military field when the plane ran out of gas because of metric/imperial issues.
I take that as an reference to Gimli Glider, a story that anybody interested about aviation should read. Another good example of having a human in the loop was 2003 shootdown in Baghdad.
Comment Re:Surprising (Score 1) 243
A big part should be disallowing judges or anyone having to do with law enforcement from affiliating with political parties.
[...]
A political party does a lot in the way of telling people who operate under their banner to behave.
Membership card isn't really a magical mind control device that allows you to manipulate the actions of the party member.
Do you also think that racism will disappear as soon as you outlaw KKK?
