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Researchers have shown that a new quantum-based procedure for distributing secure information along communication lines could be successful in preventing serious security breaches. So all we need are quantum computers, and our cats are safe?
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Do they realize that quantum-based solutions will mean that their passwords will also get cracked faster?
And it won't stop people from clicking on "You Must See This!"
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It's a "quantum step". I.e. the smallest possible step in the quantum world - close to nothing at all. Hence: title is correct.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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The US Supreme Court has overturned a tax-related ruling from 1992, freeing state and local governments to collect billions in internet sales tax. "Should five per cent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all"
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Hmmm? Seems Illinois has been doing this for a few years now... I've been robbed!
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I paid "use tax" on my state returns for years. (Which is where you calculate what you would have paid has the transactions been in-state and pay it on the state return.) Haven't recently because Amazon started collecting sales tax and I haven't bought from anyone else online in a very long time.
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A proposed European law would mandate that content providers utilize some kind of content filter to make sure rights holders get their royalties. But for a public open source code repository, such a contraption could be a nuisance, or it could be catastrophic. A side effect of a political decision? Well, I never!
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The Linux Foundation and Dice.com's 2018 Open Source Jobs Report shows the demand for open-source savvy employees is stronger than ever. Because it's The Y-- you know the rest
Just call me lame running joke.
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The union believes software updates are vulnerable to government misuse. "I wanna be your backdoor man."
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Ironically, the ACLU was all in favor of the FCC controlling the internet. The little bit of government control "we like" rarely ends there.
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Ibrahim Diallo found himself jobless for three weeks with no idea why "We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error."
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The software developer is expected to push companies to switch to Office 365 by tightening access to that software's online services. Paying for something once and using it forever is so last century, isn't it?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Paying for something once and using it forever is so last century, isn't it?
Are you still using Windows 3.1? DBaseIV? WP5.1? 
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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No, but if I wanted to - I could.
The subscription model is a worrisome trend. Some companies that maintain legacy code rely on the licences for software being "perpetual licences". What happens to legacy code when your toolchain is available only under a subscription model, and stops working X years after a newer version is released?
For that matter, a couple of years ago I used my version of Word for Windows 6.0 (Hebrew Edition) to convert some legacy files for my father from a now-defunct format to Word format. What would have happened if Word 6.0 didn't work because it had been superseded by a "newer and better" version which didn't include these converters?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: No, but if I wanted to - I could.
Just like you can use an old sock to save money. My point is that those solutions are so horribly dated and insecure that it may not be a very good idea to begin with.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I also gave a couple of use cases where I would want to use legacy tools. Sometimes you simply have no choice.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I've been running my Exchange servers since the early 1990's (even before it was called Exchange).
I will continue to do so PRECISELY to keep my data off of their cloud servers.
I've met people who trust the "cloud" with their private data. I've also met people who eat their own snot.
Software as a service === NOPE.
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Gartner predicts
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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This is the first of a series of posts in which we’ll explore all things command-line – from the origins of the command-line and the evolution of the terminal, to what we’re doing to overhaul and modernize the Windows Console & command-line in future Windows releases. It's what all the cool kids are using these days
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In this article we will explore potential optimisations to the import process specifically within the context of reducing memory during the import process. Just try writing anything without them
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The team harnessed the power of brain signals called "error-related potentials" (ErrPs), which naturally occur when people notice a mistake. How to make a rude robot
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Overall, Americans think that 39 percent of the news they see on TV or hear on the radio or read in newspapers is deliberately intended to deceive. More lies! I actually give you misinformation 88.3% of the time
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Look, we all love Star Wars, and part of that love is picking apart all of the ways it's dumb. Because we're dedicated to bringing you only the news of importance
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Do aerodynamics matter in space?
Full disclosure: Didn't actually read the article, after a pop-up forcing me to agree to their cookie policy I then got another pop-up about my ad blocker so I just closed the page. I bet Tim Berners-Lee is so proud....
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I didn't read it either.
As an answer to your question, kinda.
While there is nowhere near an atmosphere and drag to worry about, one would want a small cross-section relative to direction of travel to reduce the impact of space/dust and debris. Trailing edges really wouldn't matter though for that.
Would probably want to utilize a rounded/spherical surface anyways, once we start working with electro-magnetic shielding
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