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But to be a useful one-time pad, don't you have to be able to repeat the results to decode the message?
No. You have to distribute matched pads - one to the encoder, one to the decoder.
Thus, if someone gets his or her hands on a copy of the pad, decryption is trivial.
That said, I think this light-based encryption solution is brilliant in the lab.
I much prefer working with Swiss or Germans - many of the ones I've worked with won't do much more than a 9 hour day, but they'll work very hard during those 9.
Are you really suggesting that a 9 hour day is some kind of acceptable norm or am I misunderstanding you? You guys should be aiming for a maximum of 40 hours / wk for a decent work/life balance.
You're certainly welcome to your opinion.
As a guy who worked for a company with its headquarters in France, I'm siding with the CEO on this.
As a guy who worked for a Swiss company with developers in France, whom I had to visit every week for 4-5 days a week for 6 months.... yeah, I'm siding with him too. Don't get me wrong, they stayed in the office till 7 pm... but the early ones came in at 9am, and almost everyone spent their entire day bitching.
I much prefer working with Swiss or Germans - many of the ones I've worked with won't do much more than a 9 hour day, but they'll work very hard during those 9.
No... it is not. Using an ending of 'i' for the plural form from words where the singular form ends in 'us' comes from Latin, and is as such only applicable to Latin plurals. Virus is originally a Latin word, but in Latin could not itself possess a plural, because it did not denote a single thing. It is best likened to an English noun which does not have a quantity associated with it, such as "happiness" or "everything", and so does not make any sense to try to pluralize. If you are a native English speaker, trying to pluralize such words is going to probably sound sort of odd. That's because it's wrong. In modern English, we have have altered the conceptual meaning of the word virus so that it can refer to a unique thing, but because that is an English invention and not Latin, the plural follows English convention for pluralization and not Latin. Hence, viruses.
Best explanation I've read yet for the virii-viruses issue. Thanks!
My personal favorite is the last article linked in TFS.
we’re frankly smarter than most people in society (the PhD and doing original research is kind of a baseline test for that ). I know, that’s probably not ‘nice’ to say but it’s true.
There is a point that we realize we’re idiots for committing ourselves to a life of functional poverty (because seriously, we’re never going to pay off our student loans)
Apparently the author has a different definition of smarter than I do. I know better than to take on more debt than I can handle. But then, I only have an MBA, not a PhD.
It's matter of principle[...]I'll gladfully spend hours finding a way to get it for free than pay even 1p, even though a hour of my time is worth much more than that.
Don't look now, but I just figured out why you're not rich.
So, what you're saying is, you'll happily pay that Microsoft Tax, so that you can play games? Interesting . .
So what you're saying is that people will pay money for in order to do something they want to do? Interesting...
Many share their good and bad interview experiences with {Google, FB, MS, Apple etc} on a daily base. Why is this one getting any extra attention?
Because Slashdot figured out years ago that in order to monetize the use base, they needed to keep people coming back as often as possible, and in order to do that they need stories.
Unfortunately, most of the original and competent editors are long gone, and the current batch of editors posts pretty much anything they receive (additionally, many digg-level intellects now have accounts here to vote on the firehose, perpetuating the editors' mistaken belief that we want this crap).
While the only argument every kneejerker gives is,"If you can't make money on media, no one would ever write a book again! We might as well just abandon civilization."
Which, if taken as true, pretty much undermines every argument that you made, as media and textbooks would never advance and people would be stuck using 2012 textbooks forever. Just sayin'. It's not the quantity of arguments that counts, it's the quality.
Or it could be that you are a full of shit denialist. Sorry the time for engagement is over. You have a first amendment right to be a lying sack of shit. I have a first amendment right to tell the truth, and call you a lying sack of shit. And I don't care how many asshole moderates push my karma down.
And to think, some people wonder why more people don't see things their way...
Except that the total amount of proof of anything Manning has done at the moment, is ZERO.
You mean, except for the thing about him pleading guilty to charges? You know, described in that thing at the top of this page we call a summary?
You've never been charged with a crime by the government, have you?
Lemme drop a little free-range wisdom on ya: The justice system is fucked. Often times, accused people are given 2 choices by prosecutors: plead guilty and get a lesser sentence, or fight to prove your innocence (yes, that's right, it's no longer 'innocent until proven guilty') and risk having the book thrown at you. It doesn't matter whether you're actually guilty or not, it's all just a farce to keep the money flowing through.
Don't take my word for it, go steal a candy bar from Walmart* and enjoy the anal-raping courtesy of the US corporate court system.
* Wal-mart always prosecutes. Always.
That's by design, actually. The prosecutor, if he believes you are guilty, attempts to bring the full force of the law down upon you; if you are innocent, then the concept, at least, is that the truth will out (given that you only need reasonable doubt to escape punishment). Due to economic realities, however, we can't afford the costs of a full trial, so in cases where the defendant knows he is guilty and is likely to face the full punishment for his crime, he is given a chance to reduce his punishment and the economic burden on the taxpayers.
If you're innocent, man up and say so. If you're guilty, plea. Don't give me this "I only commited purgery and plead guilty because I thought they were going to find me guilty anyway" crap. We have a justice system to respect your rights, but if you don't use it, it's your own fault.
Except that the total amount of proof of anything Manning has done at the moment, is ZERO.
You mean, except for the thing about him pleading guilty to charges? You know, described in that thing at the top of this page we call a summary?
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