Posts by Rob Moss. 28 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Jul 2009
“This research is groundbreaking because it is the first method of breaking single-key AES that is (slightly) faster than brute force,”
Holy cow, I didn't even have to write anything of my own to contradict the "headline" :-)
Every time a crypto is "broken" by researchers, the word "broken" is used pretty loosely, like "I dropped my teacup on to some soft foam and a tiny fleck of paint broke off from the surface"
Why bother releasing a Symbian phone without a GPU?
I've used the Nokia X6 with Symbian and it was awful compared to any other touchscreen phone out there now.
Firstly it was slow due to an old CPU, secondly, the touch couldn't make up it's mind if it wanted double tap or single tap, then the menus and screens would take a long time to update and movement was jagged.
Android is the new Symbian
Yeah it's a lot lot better, but it couldn't have been any worse, even if it was switched off. Last November when I joined Vodafail as they had exclusive rights to the HTC Desire HD handset their network was unusable at most times of the day with Internet being nonexistant and calls regularly dropping out after 30 seconds. On the 96 tram home to Carlton at 5pm or so I could rarely view pages and when I could it was up to two minutes of waiting for a page like on theregister.co.uk to load
Now the network is usable most of the time however there are still large gaps in and around the CBD where pages will often time out and signal may drop or keep switching from HSPA/GPRS/3G
Phone calls are dropping much less now but I still use a landline whenever making calls because I just know their service might shit itself at any time and drop my calls
Overall I would say they are getting there but are only half way. If they can resolve the rest of the problems and guarantee the best service currently will become the future's standard service then I'll stay otherwise I'll be moving to NextG
The reference to Bike Polo and Fixies is relevant but the link is to the older Grass Polo variety for gentlemen of leisure
Exhibit A, Prince Phillip: http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/f1/24/000024f1_medium.jpeg
I think Rik actually means Hard Court Bike Polo, played on concrete/asphalt surfaces and is growing in numbers
Exhibit B: http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com http://leagueofbikepolo.com
Check it out
....British
We defeated this stupidity, you can too. Rise up against the opt-in opt-out 'tards that would seek to intrude on what you do at home and in your own time
There were many commenters on the Australian firewall issue that were very positive, and there were some that were not. To the not positive commenters, please poke yourself in the eye now
Also, our Communications Minster, Stephen Conroy is British, please take him back as we don't want him
"IOUG also found that Microsoft 's SQL Server - which only runs on Windows and x86 - is by far the most popular database in use besides Oracle (91 per cent) followed by MySQL (44 per cent)."
Where are these figures coming from? Are we talking about PerCent, as in 100% or are we talking about made up figures which don't represent anything...
If SQL Server is 91%, and MySQL is 44%, then the total must be 135%
Gavin, I've always enjoyed your articles... however this looks like it might have been a bit rushed
You can't really imagine it until you have actually set foot there.
It's big, dry on the surface and there are lots of Afghan camels roaming free and destroying entire areas of vegetation by stripping the grass and plants of all of their leaves so they die, causing food shortages for other animals such as Kangaroos and smaller creatures the size of mice that are then food for larger creatures such as Dingoes.
There are plenty of water holes located underneath the ground which the Aboriginals and some of us new Australians know how to find. There is water, but it's scarce. When the Aboriginals move from place to place they know where these water holes are and plan their journey according to that.
When a Camel wonders around and finds a water hole by digging or falling into a well and dies in it, it poisons the water so that it is undrinkable for anyone else. This is the problem.
Camels are a problem. As funny as they look, it's a real problem that is getting worse and worse. They are a pest and Conservationists and people who know the desert all agree that the Camels should be turned into food. I agree, and recently had a delicious Camel Diane in the Alice Springs steakhouse.
Black helicopter, because it's more likely to have a mounted mini-gun turret and camel-seeking missiles.
I take issue with the quote: PC users cite ... "clarity of product roadmaps"..
I would never ever under any circumstances "cite clarity of product roadmaps" in relation to Windows roadmaps
Windows 2, 3, 3.11, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7. Version, year, made up name, year, made up name, made up name, version. Where is the clear roadmap? I have never seen one
I grew up on a Mac Plus, Built a PC, ran Dos then Windows for 15 or so years on many Desktops and Laptops and now i'm ready to go back to Mac.
Has anyone checked through the source code and found why Windows is slow, consumes heaps of memory, crashes?
Or is this 20k lines of code all of the comment lines and no actual code?
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/* i don't know why we have to put in a sleep(1); for every loop iteration */
..
/* i thought that strcpy without checking the size was a good idea */
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/* i think this is a bug, but i'm not sure, i'll leave it in */
..
/* where is goto? */
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/* BASIC is much easier than C */
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/* memcpy because 640k should be enough for everyone! */
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/* are null pointers bad? */
"
Jesus, a 2.4l engine on a Hybrid? That's bigger than most "normal" cars!
When combined with the Electric motor that would probably pump out the same as a v6!
I get the feeling that these motor companies just don't get it.
A 2-4 seater car that runs on a 1lt diesel engine combined with an electric motor that charges while you brake would be a good idea. Why am I the only one thinking of this?
My car sits in the garage while my bikes get a good pedaling
I had the flu twice. Here in Melbourne, Australia it's winter and we have the most swine flu in Australia.
It's like the regular flu, with a bit of stuffy head and some body ache. Drink some hot lemon tea, and have some echinacia.
The only people it has actually killed were people with PRE-EXISTING SEVERE medical conditions. It's just like the regular flu, which also kills people with weak immune systems.
And no, I wasn't hugging (or anything else) any piggies
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