Re: "when written out in full"
> 82,589,933 is not the prime number, ...
Actually, it is a prime number. Exponents of Mersenne primes need to be prime.
Apologies for being a bit of a Klugscheisser. ----->
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> Find those unpatched plastic routers with known vulnerabilities on the internet, gain access and update the damn firmware.
Colleague of mine sort of did that: broke into servers of his internet provider and patched a (nasty) kernel bug in all of them. Things went to court. Judge: "So, are you root-at-provider-dot-com?". Sadly he got more than just a slap on the wrist.
That judge -------------->
that it searched the whole bloody file-system. A stale NFS mount stalled it, that's how I noticed.
mupdf needs to be mentioned here, the fastest pdf reader I have met so far: with simple pdfs it can render at a rate of 100 per second on a decent machine. pdf-movies are possible and totally fun.
I am a completely normal person, thank you for asking -------->
> You have to provide a counter argument. The fact is that Linux IS built for speed not security.
No, I don't have to provide a counter argument to your unsubstantiated (and frankly silly) claim.
Linux may well not be part of the "security first and foremost" camp of OSes, its track record regarding security is not bad. Considering the wide deployment, it's actually quite good.
By the way, "works" (not "speed" as you suggest) is Linus' main goal for all I can see.
> http://ianjoyner.name/Open_Source.html
"The Failure of Open Source
Open-source software is supposed to promote the idealistic notion that software should be freely available and cheap for all. It is actually achieving the opposite effect. Here is why. [...]"
"While Google might have developed Android (???is it open source???), Android is mainly based on Linux (more warm, fuzzy open source sentiments) – a system developed for speed, not security. "
BS of the highest order.
> Once past it there is no way back... Ever.
I suspect that several years after this clusterfuck the UK will re-join.
This from a German, possibly being the most unpopular post ever, down-votes away! *sniffle*, *sob*
for (unsigned int i=0; i<100; ++i)
{ printf("I shall not comment on Brexit\n"); }
> ...what those "competing forces" actually are?
Electromagnetic force driving apart versus strong force binding. See also fundamental forces (there are four: gravitational, electromagnetic, strong, and weak).
> VW had the misfortune to be caught first
Yes, and it took surprisingly long to test other brands of cars. That the scandal wouldn't be VW only was everybody's suspicion, right from the start. The German government is lenient towards all German car manufacturers, to nobody's surprise.
If buyers in the US get recompensated whilst German buyers don't, that would be seriously telling.
It's bloody depressing: think VW should do some fixing for the cars sold? Nope, not happening (too expensive for poor VW). Financially compensate customers? You. Gotta. Be. Kidding.
What they did consider is financial aid for VW (and the likes).
What they did find out is that those owners need to pay more tax now.
Should you ever meet a German mocking another nation: point him to this.
The one with the Pickelhaube in the pocket --------->
In recent news: World's largest ARM supercomputer is headed to a nuclear security lab.
I have to admit that I sometimes up-vote so many comments in a row that it may seem strange to the observer. Whenever I find a comment informative or funny/original I give an up-vote. The comments under some articles like "Who, Me?" are often very entertaining to me, so five up-votes in a row are not really exceptional. Similarly under "Something for the weekend, Sir?".
I rarely down-vote, only for utter shite like conspiracy crap and pseudo science (as from Faux Science Slayer, who luckily has been slayed).
The one with the "Peace" sign on it. ----------->
@Alien8n:
> 1. Contact the infringing party direct and...
That may well have happened.
If not, the school should have gone all "mea culpa" after the first contact from the photographer (or his lawyer). Letting this go to court, especially with the only argument "things from the internet are public domain" is incredibly stupid.
Another thing: When you put something online it gets nicked all the time. People trying to make a living, say as a photographer, sometimes get enormously annoyed by that. So the photographer may have wanted to actually get things to court.
I am pretty certain it's not about the money. Ask anyone whether it's worth the time for a few hundred bucks.
Here is why so many lecture notes/slides are not available to the public (German situation, may well apply to other countries):
You are allowed to use other content (think images and text fragments) to a greater degree than other types of publications. Therefore, however, you cannot make your stuff available to the general public (IF you are exercising the mentioned greater use of other content) . Unsurprisingly Unis lock access down by default.
that once a thing appears online it is public domain has been tried several times and was shot down by court in each instance. I am quite puzzled the school's lawyer tried it.
"It going to be messy, ...": I don't think so. When I put anything on my web site I make sure I have the right to do so. If some of those content gathering sites get problems, no tears from my side.
There should be some "honest" error mechanism, especially for schools and the like.
From
3 - https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Unofficial-FAQ#why-is-it-caseunderscore-insensitive
"Case insensitivity is widely considered to be more user friendly. This holds for file systems, ..."
Frankly, this is bollox. The rest of the arguments ranges from weak to silly as well.
The advice/opinions "why unsigned ints are bad" is misleaded at best.
I'll stop there. Not tempted.
Hmm, this is a hard one. What could one possibly do about this? Sufficient funding?
Communist ideas!!!argh!madness!!!! ------------>
P.S.: similar problems exist in GrumpenLand, including but not limited to buildings in bad need of repair.
> They were enjoying themselves?
Which ist illegal in tze Land of tze Grump!
Now seriously: I am more than a little annoyed that all papers reporting on this go like "Two old people tried to escape their alloted 10 square meters for the purpose of having a nice time. Soon caught and brought back to their old person prison. How very cute. Giggles all around!"
WHAT THE FUCK?
More can be gleaned form the subject lines of a certain kind of spam offering random 'survival' items. This apparently targets conspiracy theory nuts. Going like "... that the government wants to make ILLEGAL".
Real(*) clickbait headlines, I love them just as much as that spam --->
(*) contrast to playful/funny clickbait on the Reg.