Comment Re:Bad Science (Score 2, Interesting) 323
Insolation at the top of the atmosphere is approximately 1360 watts per square meter. Where do you get "342?" Are you perhaps considering only part of the spectrum?
Insolation at the top of the atmosphere is approximately 1360 watts per square meter. Where do you get "342?" Are you perhaps considering only part of the spectrum?
May I just point out re: your sig the phrase is "intents and purposes" not "intensive purposes."
This is nothing to do with Go, Java, C++, or Google. Or how many words are defined in the OED.
Why? I have always believed it is morally wrong to allow stupid people to keep their money.
God, I miss CompuServe...
Or FIDOnet...
I have 4 real and dozens of virtual machines all running one flavor or another of Linux, with Ubuntu being the most common (I also have 3 CentOS boxes of various versions, one current Fedora box, one Mandriva, one SuSE, one Gentoo, one Debian). The real boxes all run or another Ubuntu version, one LTS server, and three desktop alternate installs (2 laptops with whole disk encryption and one "server" with a 5TB software RAID-5 array).
These are all behind one static IP address.
So, am I one user? 4 users? Does CentOS count as RedHat? It deliberately maintains the same versions of all software as RHEL.
There is no methodology that will give you an accurate count.
When I update all the requests will appear to be from one machine. Okay, so store a cookie or something. But what about a VM you snapshot and rollback (as I often do; these VMs are used for testing). I think you just have to pick a methodology and apply it consistently. Document it thoroughly. And then the consumers of the number can make their own judgment of the quality.
Just remember: Every poll you have ever seen was the result of talking to someone who doesn't just hang up on or walk away from the pollster. Now what do you think of those numbers?
And attackers can attack it. You can't crack the root password if it doesn't have one and it can't login, which, to me, is the whole point of the approach. I think it is avery GOOD thing. It closes an avenue of attack and improves accountability. It is a *smart* thing and I for one hope they never move back.
That one burned down, fell over, and THEN sank into the swamp...
Okay. I take it all back. I waited 15 minutes to post my little rant. I've just never seen a torrent start so slowly for me. Now it is up and fully saturated with peers. Let's just pretend I never posted anything, mmm'kay?
I guess I should learn patience. I have four peers. I'll be leaving this up a long time, I think!
I am currently attempting to download the
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