-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Travis Northrup: > Yes, it can. The program can spend the processor time to run that > extra instruction set. Do we actually need or want that? Would it > be worth spending the cpu time in exchange for just a miniscule > effort to do it ourselves?
Are you really arguing something like 1000 cycles on a modern processor (so, what, a microsecond, tops) vs 5 minutes of human effort? Is this maybe an example of why crypto software UX is almost universally god-awful? Best, - -Gordon M. > On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 3:53:25 PM, Gordon Morehouse wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 > >> Travis Northrup: >>> >>> >>>> This argument (Mbit/s versus GiB/month) reminds me of the >>>> old saw about the most useless unit of velocity >>>> (furlongs/fortnight instead of m/sec). >>> >>>> Mick >>> >>> I know exactly what you mean. Personally, I consider any change >>> to be a convenience modification only. In reality the only >>> current differences are in defining storage rate and traffic >>> rate (1024/1000 respectively) and its defined in bits. From >>> there all conversions are simple math that should be operator >>> responsibility. > >> Why, when the config file can be liberal in what it accepts in >> the numerator, and in the denominator (seconds, days, weeks, mean >> months)? > >> Calculating numbers is a job for a computer. > >> Best, - -Gordon M. >> > > _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing > list [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > - -- Sent from my thing that sends email. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSm+Y+AAoJED/jpRoe7/ujPRYH/1agvqhrhhk7/uqNr9oEW+Wi A7fJ2Z6Dt/j+b1A9ty05regLN5q+4t9JE5A492j146v8aJEcZoAWU6718ug8n1Kq wzX0t5oWl36UivFr99pVvKTf1YHEQ9BCx4S88bbkUn6IvYFv/z8n4o+Kw2dutYDO Zgl0NGaPrc5IgAglGv6p2Kjc9TON8bkIYJENkbaW58kVEeCad9Sel3i2ZDrC7E2R WJw8E51n472HpbYbCu5L/zuijzjxpYdjI0Nu3KI3Qci9Uozkpgq2N7bo3n2rzYMI ufwSnyqAwQLH1ZCkYhYVbR4uEuNRGP2/sAUXrKdhYVNE6c3MsCY/Zm51nnDzHX4= =GzbJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
