I'd also like a condition that says they have to increase their network architecture to support their advertised broadband speeds.

I couldn't help but notice that the last line of the linked article was, "Love VMS or leave it, but don't complain."

I guess we all got tired of being told to see Figure 1 and just left VMS... I haven't logged into a VMS machine in over 15 years.

The base in which you choose to represent the number is not really relevant. The computer is storing it all in binary anyway. You can write your applications to accept them in decimal if you wish, and let the computer convert them to binary. The reason that the standard is hexadecimal is because it is much quicker to convert from hex to binary in your head than from decimal to binary.

The binary representation allows you to see the network topology (and hence the routing rules) much more quickly. There's a reason that 255 shows up so often in IPv4 address, it's 0xff which is eight ones in binary, and when used as a mask it selects all the bits in the octet. Similarly, something like 248 is 0xf8 which is 11111000 in binary, which makes it much easier to see how the subnet routing is set up.

The philosophy of using hex is that hex is what networking experts would prefer to work in. So, give them hex addresses, and let the standard users just use DHCP-like services and never worry about IP addresses.

Actually, I don't have a problem with Wikileaks. They are very clear about what they stand for, and there is a very great need in the world for an organization such as Wikileaks. My issue is with Pfc Manning.

But, I certainly agree with the rest of your post. Far too many people are just using a substitute for the "-1, I disagree" mod (which is missing for a reason). Some sort of meta-modding would be nice.

These mods are comical. Talk about censorship! If you say something negative about Wikileaks or Pfc Manning, the hordes will mod you down with "off topic" and "over rated". Clearly some people are using mod points to censor opinions that they don't agree with.

I agree completely, and I hope your post gets modded up to make this discussion more visible. What Pfc Manning did was not whistle-blowing; it was a vindictive response to his own demotion. He took it upon himself to endanger numerous people just to satisfy his own ego, and he probably didn't think through the full ramifications of his actions.

Yep. I think that's part of what makes it so freakin' cool.

At first I thought, "oh, to make it harder to see with a telescope," but then I RTFA and noticed that amateur astronomers have been tracking the thing in orbit, so I guess the paint job is just to make it look cool. Really, though, if I were in charge of a super secret space plane, I'd want it to look cool, too.

Asking that of BadAnalogyGuy is like asking a car if it meant to be on asphalt.

That would be Level 1 of the CMMI model. That's arguable the model where most development actually occurs. My guess is that the GP is in an industry like medical devices, aerospace, or defense where the contracts require all the documentation and "process management" of Level 5.

I like the D programming language. It's relatively new, but its well designed and multi-paradigm. It's suitable for system-level programming, but still supports higher-lever programming methods such as OO and functional programming.

I personally like the idea of scheduled releases which have been somewhat reasonably tested. Giving developers a mechanism to deal with the cutting edge versions of each package is nice, but I'd rather not have those in the releases on my servers.

Doesn't the US Navy already have a nearly emissions free propulsion system that it uses on most of its aircraft carriers and ballistic missile submarines? Seems to me like the most environmentally friendly option for powering these giant cargo ships would be nuclear.

Galois (look him up!!) is long dead, but he was quite possibly the greatest genius ever to walk the planet. Too bad he was killed in a sword fight when he was 20. As a teenager, he solved a centuries-old math problem and created a fundamental branch of advanced mathematics.

Wow! A sighting of the amazingly rare acknowledgment of error and an apology in an internet forum!!
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